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| A post about pull-type combines mentioned the JD 1051, which was sold in Australia. The Aussie pull types were quite a bit different from the ones here in North America. Perhaps our Aussie friends can elaborate on these machines. The John Deere 1051 is an interesting machine. Based on the German 955-size combine it had a 41" wide by 24" diameter 8-bar cylinder and a 14-bar concave. It had 4 walkers and a grain tank capacity of 225 bu. The platform was a 25-ft comb, and the brochure calls for a 107 pto hp tractor. One of the posters on the earlier forum mentioned he had used a 1051. The platform would rotate back behind the combine for road transport. This would have been useful on our machines so they could have used larger straight-cut headers. Other similar pull-types include the International 710 and the Massey 587 as well as the Horwood-Bagshaw. Like our pull-types in Canada, the Aussie machines would have been a cheap alternative to the self-propelled models. Here's a couple pictures of the JD 1051 from a 1984 brochure.
 (JD 1051 comb.jpg)
 (JD 1051 pt header.jpg)
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Australian pull type combines
