"Self-Propelled" Harvestor

The 1950's Minneapolis-Moline entered the self-propelled combine market. The "Self-Propelled" Harvestor was a good seller in the early 50's.  It was a basic harvesting machine. You can imagine the dirt and dust as the operator sat in there right along side the engine and in front of the grain tank. Goggles and a dust mask were required.  The Harvestor had an adjustable chaffer and a round hole sieve for beans.  It cleaned up the beans quite well.  It had a 14' table and and could take 2 windrow pickups  for windrowed oats and wheat. There was header control and the hydraulic drive worked but was not the greatest. A later model M-M combine was the Model S, followed by the SP-168. The 168 had some style. The previous models were basic machines. The Self Propelled Harvestor had a square bin, the S had a round one as did the SP 168. The 570 combine followed later. It had a square bin and the most remarkable feature was its all-bronze color.  The 4296, 3496 and 2890 were the last of the true Moline combines, prior to becoming White/Oliver clones in 1971. Above is a limited run 1/16 scale "Self-Propelled" Harvestor.

MM 3496

The Big MM 2890

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