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John Gehrer’s innovative Never Spill Spout began as an invention in his workshop, and wound up at trade shows across the Prairies.
Machinery

Turning that workshop project into a business

When he took his on-farm invention to a trade show, John Gehrer found demand

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For a lot of farmers, the off season is a great time to get equipment ready for the next season and make those put-off repairs. It also often means doing a bit of experimenting to see if it’s possible to make the little things work a little smoother. For John Gehrer, owner of the Never […] Read more
Red 4WD Tractors, 1957 – 2017 is a detailed history
Machinery, Wheat & Chaff

Red 4WD Tractors, 1957 – 2017 is a detailed history

A new book for the tractor lover in your life

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Lee Klancher’s new book Red 4WD Tractors, 1957 – 2017 is no lightweight, figuratively or literally. (That seems only fitting, given the high-horsepower subject matter.) The large format book runs over 370 pages and includes a more than ample helping of rare photos. With Red 4WD Tractors, Klancher follows up on his previous book about […] Read more
Keith Ayres picking up a nice wheat crop with his MF 750 in the 1970s.
Columns, Machinery

Combines I have known, Part 2

In the 60s, Les Henry spent most 
of his combining hours in 
Massey combine cabs

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Harvest seems to be moving along better this year so now may be the time to talk about combines. This is No. 2 in an irregular series about combines I have operated. The first piece went back to the old Oliver 30 pull type that was the first combine I ran and to Cockshutt 132 […] Read more
Arnold Innovations of Manitoba now offers two different hydraulically-assisted combine cylinder reverser wrenches.
Machinery

Combine cylinder reverser system

Hydraulic wrench designed 
to make clearing plugs easier

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As a farmer, Richard Arnold, who describes himself as heading research and development and Arnold Innovations, turned his own observations about the difficulty of clearing plugged combine cylinders into a small business. Arnold Innovations now produces two hydraulically assisted cylinder-reversing wrenches to make that job easier. Richard and his son were promoting their products at […] Read more
Features, Machinery

On-farm 3D printing still a pipedream

Ag Technology: So far, the plastic parts that can be printed are only short-term farm solutions

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When a non-standard equipment part breaks during harvest or spring planting, most farmers don’t have time to wait a few weeks for a replacement to arrive. What if they could print a new part right on the farm? That’s the dream being peddled to agricultural industries by a burgeoning 3D printing market, and it’s close […] Read more
The Tribine begins production
Machinery

The Tribine begins production

Will the Tribine's design become the new standard configuration for combines?

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It sort of looks like a combine. But not like one you’ve ever seen before. The Tribine, which was officially introduced to the public at the U.S. Farm Progress Show in August, is the blending of a rotary combine threshing body with a 1,000-bushel grain cart. The result, said Greg Terjesen, Tribine’s VP of sales […] Read more

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