| Buster 50 - 6/21/2009 14:43
They have really changed in 40 years! I worked summers for the Green Giant at Blue Earth. Back then they were pull type behind farm tractors the company rented from local farmers for the harvest. Also had smaller tractors with swathers on them. I worked in pest control mostly but after big rains we would get to help run tow tractors and pull the stuck machines out. Thanks for posting the pictures.
Where do the vines come out now? Do they side dump on trucks?
Here are some pictures I have collected from days gone buy in WNY. I remember well one of the larger farms in town running 10 FMC pull type viners and one sp unit. They ran most of the viners on IH 1066's but neighbors were also hired to pull the combines so there was an M-M G-1355, JD 4020, Oliver 1755. They swathed the peas with three IH 275s. I wish I had more pictures from the pull type days. 
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Pea Harvest started in Southern MN a Few Pics
