Thank you for taking the time to set all this up. I really enjoyed it. I remember an old stripper and winnower on my fathers farm all broken down with parts missing, so seeing them here in action was a thrill. And the Fordson in action made it even more authentic. Even the age appropriate spark arrestor on the tractor. Great harvest action. Regards Dave
Hi David, I am glad you enjoyed the video. There are very few of these old strippers or winnower left in Western Australia. One day I hope to find a horse team to pull it with. It would be quite a handful holding the rains as well as operating the machine. I picked up 2 brand new spark a restore at a clearing sale for almost nightingale. I don’t think anyone else new what they were. Thanks from Geoffrey
Hi Geoffrey, It's great to see these machines being operated! My father told me about watching his father operating a stripper and the crop was heavy he would have to take a one foot cut. The cleaning was done by waiting for a windy day and throwing the grain and chaff up in the air by shovel to separate it.
Hi David, I am glad you enjoyed it. It would have been a slow job in a heavy crop. I have seen pictures of people throwing the grain in the air to clean it. Thanks from Geoffrey
Thank you for the great video. I'm from USA, never seen those machines before. Your men did an awesome job. It would be a long day steering and moving the cutter header up and down. Also hand cranking thrashing machine Great work guys!
Brilliant content, I really enjoyed watching that. Thank you very much for sharing. Very good insight too to why we were much stronger, fitter and less over weight problems in the passed. No time for mental health issues either when we were too busy working and too buggered at the end of the day to stew over stuff.
Thank you for showing this ,especially the stripper head up close to show how it works. As you mentioned, the crop is probably much thicker than 120 years ago and I would imagine once the stripper fingers got all the corrosion polished off it would also go much smoother. Again, thanks for the up close pictures.😊
The oats got me itching from here.great to see history working..there's scold sunbeam on the side of the road near pingelly be great to see the old machine working again.great job
Hi Jaime, at least the modern oats aren’t as itchy as the older varieties. I think the one near Pingelly is a Sunshine AL stripper harvester. I have one here that I hope to restore one day. Thanks from Geoffrey
Great to see it in action, maybe run it for a few rounds in the stubble that you have already stripped to polish up the fingers, the rust might be causing the blockages
Hi Neil, I am glad you enjoyed it. Yes the rust is definitely not helping the lock ups. Probably I should have taken the worst of it off with a wire brush first. Thanks from Geoffrey
I suspect the stripper machine would've been easier to operate with a well trained team of mules or horses. You were busier than a one armed paper hanger running that thing. Thanks for the look, what a glorious day it was. Best regards from Indiana, USA.
Where I lived and worked in NSW 35 years ago there was a stripper very similar to the one you have. Parked under a red gum on the edge of a cow paddock near Wakool. I would’ve given my eye teeth to see it run so thanks very much for putting this together. Lots of good memories from Aus, I met my wife on the way there she’s a Kiwi I’m sorry try not to hold that against me. Back to the stripper we never had anything like them in western Canada. There are a few farms running stripper headers around here now I’ve run one myself an excellent tool under the right conditions. Anyway thanks again good on ya mate.
Hello Geoffrey, great to see old machines doing some work not just decoration in the corner of a shed, my grandfather had the same set up here in central Victoria, the vented screen on the top of the stripper we have could be opened to let the light chaff blow out from the top leaving a much cleaner sample in the box to start with making winnowing much easier and the transport wheels on the winnowed need to be removed and the winnower levelled to make it easier to use. Cheers Oz22
Hi, I am glad you enjoyed it. This machine has been sitting in the shed for far to long. I have wanted to get it out for quite a while. I don’t think the top vent on mine opens, but I will go back and have a closer look as it would make sense to be able to open it. Unfortunately the ground under the winnower wasn’t particularly level. The wheels on this one just life up. The last part I have it back up on the wheels, but the first part it is sitting on the ground. Thanks from Geoffrey
I think your comb was abit tight for that crop. That was one of the pre harvest maintenance jobs to do before starting harvest. Access your crops,lift the the comb up, get underneath set the comb fingers apart .1/4 inch standard. If you had a down crop maybe 1/2 inch.
We used Pullmore belt dressing on considerably more modern equipment. Honey makes sense however it would attract ants, and here in the states Raccoons. Thank you for the interesting video.
Hi Sam, yes it is hard work compared to how we do it now, but would have been a huge step forward from cutting it with a scythe and hand threshing. Thanks from Geoffrey
An interesting look at early mechanised harvesting. Better than hand cutting & cleaning a crop. That would have been hard work, back in the day. Wheel drive machines like the AL harvester were a labour saver.
Can the finger spacing be opened up like on a comb front to for crops like oats to prevent blockages ? Its good that ya showing the predecessor to the header and the and the successor to the binder/threshing machine set up. The stripper/ winnower reduced the labor needed to harvest grain.
Hi Luke, unfortunately on this machine the fingers are riveted on so the spacing can’t be changed. I did look to see if I could change it. The stripper would have seemed like a huge step forward in the late 1800’s Thanks from Geoffrey
@@brookdalefarm7986 The stripper would work better in wheat. Chaff was the fuel for transport back then so a lot of oats would have been cut with a binder.
Thats what fed your sheep over summer. Quite often the sheep would fatten & be sold for profit. Now days with the incredible harvesters, nothing left in the paddock for sheep to graze.
Thank you for taking the time to set all this up. I really enjoyed it. I remember an old stripper and winnower on my fathers farm all broken down with parts missing, so seeing them here in action was a thrill. And the Fordson in action made it even more authentic. Even the age appropriate spark arrestor on the tractor. Great harvest action. Regards Dave
Hi David, I am glad you enjoyed the video. There are very few of these old strippers or winnower left in Western Australia. One day I hope to find a horse team to pull it with. It would be quite a handful holding the rains as well as operating the machine.
I picked up 2 brand new spark a restore at a clearing sale for almost nightingale. I don’t think anyone else new what they were.
Thanks from Geoffrey
Hi Geoffrey, It's great to see these machines being operated! My father told me about watching his father operating a stripper and the crop was heavy he would have to take a one foot cut. The cleaning was done by waiting for a windy day and throwing the grain and chaff up in the air by shovel to separate it.
Hi David, I am glad you enjoyed it. It would have been a slow job in a heavy crop. I have seen pictures of people throwing the grain in the air to clean it.
Thanks from Geoffrey
Very cool, thanks for running the old girl’s.
Thank you for the great video.
I'm from USA, never seen those machines before.
Your men did an awesome job.
It would be a long day steering and moving the cutter header up and down.
Also hand cranking thrashing machine
Great work guys!
wow!i grew up on the farm,but never saw any thing like this.
very interesting.thank you.larry in the USA
Hope you had fun Geoffrey, modern equipment wouldn't exist without the early machines, great history lesson. Cheers
Hi Darryl, yes it was a fun day. I have been wanting to get this out and working for a while now.
Thanks from Geoffrey
Brilliant content, I really enjoyed watching that. Thank you very much for sharing.
Very good insight too to why we were much stronger, fitter and less over weight problems in the passed. No time for mental health issues either when we were too busy working and too buggered at the end of the day to stew over stuff.
Hi, I am glad you enjoyed it. Winding the winnower all day certainly would have given you big arm muscles.
Thanks from Geoffrey
The guy who thought of the idea to combining the 2 machines to make a ground driven harvester was probably the guy cranking the winnower!
Hi, yes I definitely think you are right. I am surprised it took so long to combine them.
Thanks from Geoffrey
That guy would be one Cyrus McCormick, grandfather of International Harvester.
Thank you for showing this ,especially the stripper head up close to show how it works. As you mentioned, the crop is probably much thicker than 120 years ago and I would imagine once the stripper fingers got all the corrosion polished off it would also go much smoother. Again, thanks for the up close pictures.😊
Hi, I am glad you enjoyed it and liked seeing the closeups. The corrosion definitely makes the block ups worse.
Thanks from Geoffrey
Awesome, seen many old ones laying around farms when I was a kid but never seen one in action before
The oats got me itching from here.great to see history working..there's scold sunbeam on the side of the road near pingelly be great to see the old machine working again.great job
Hi Jaime, at least the modern oats aren’t as itchy as the older varieties.
I think the one near Pingelly is a Sunshine AL stripper harvester. I have one here that I hope to restore one day.
Thanks from Geoffrey
The Hayfeaver would have made me crazy in about 5 minutes anywhere near that setup. Thanks for giving it a run.
Hi Willian, I am glad you enjoyed it. The old fellas must have been tough to deal with the hay fever and dust.
Thanks from Geoffrey
Great to see it in action, maybe run it for a few rounds in the stubble that you have already stripped to polish up the fingers, the rust might be causing the blockages
Hi Neil, I am glad you enjoyed it. Yes the rust is definitely not helping the lock ups. Probably I should have taken the worst of it off with a wire brush first.
Thanks from Geoffrey
I suspect the stripper machine would've been easier to operate with a well trained team of mules or horses. You were busier than a one armed paper hanger running that thing. Thanks for the look, what a glorious day it was.
Best regards from Indiana, USA.
Where I lived and worked in NSW 35 years ago there was a stripper very similar to the one you have. Parked under a red gum on the edge of a cow paddock near Wakool. I would’ve given my eye teeth to see it run so thanks very much for putting this together. Lots of good memories from Aus, I met my wife on the way there she’s a Kiwi I’m sorry try not to hold that against me. Back to the stripper we never had anything like them in western Canada. There are a few farms running stripper headers around here now I’ve run one myself an excellent tool under the right conditions. Anyway thanks again good on ya mate.
most interesting, but looks like BLOODY hard work!
Absolutely fascinating, thanks for sharing how it was done originally 😀
Hi Alex, I am glad you enjoyed it.
Thanks from Geoffrey
Great demonstration showing that the J.I. Case thresher had a superior design
Hello Geoffrey, great to see old machines doing some work not just decoration in the corner of a shed, my grandfather had the same set up here in central Victoria, the vented screen on the top of the stripper we have could be opened to let the light chaff blow out from the top leaving a much cleaner sample in the box to start with making winnowing much easier and the transport wheels on the winnowed need to be removed and the winnower levelled to make it easier to use.
Cheers Oz22
Hi, I am glad you enjoyed it. This machine has been sitting in the shed for far to long. I have wanted to get it out for quite a while. I don’t think the top vent on mine opens, but I will go back and have a closer look as it would make sense to be able to open it. Unfortunately the ground under the winnower wasn’t particularly level. The wheels on this one just life up. The last part I have it back up on the wheels, but the first part it is sitting on the ground.
Thanks from Geoffrey
a nice video good to see these machines in action watching from the uk
Hi Peter I am glad you enjoyed it.
Thanks from Geoffrey
Boy what a job driving a team steering that stripper and holding a go pro I thought that would be hard then I saw the grain cleaner
Very interesting Geoffrey 👍
Hi Nick, I am glad you enjoyed it.
Thanks from Geoffrey
I think your comb was abit tight for that crop. That was one of the pre harvest maintenance jobs to do before starting harvest. Access your crops,lift the the comb up, get underneath set the comb fingers apart .1/4 inch standard. If you had a down crop maybe 1/2 inch.
Very cool equipment.
2 great pieces ❤❤
Hi Walter, I am glad you enjoyed it.
Thanks from Geoffrey
We used Pullmore belt dressing on considerably more modern equipment.
Honey makes sense however it would attract ants, and here in the states Raccoons. Thank you for the interesting video.
That looks suspiciously like hard work
Hi Sam, yes it is hard work compared to how we do it now, but would have been a huge step forward from cutting it with a scythe and hand threshing.
Thanks from Geoffrey
Interesting. I can defeinatly see why they needed to make a couple improvments. Be well.
this one never worked in europe because of the rainy whether.
we used binders pulled by 3 horses.hello from germany.
An interesting look at early mechanised harvesting.
Better than hand cutting & cleaning a crop.
That would have been hard work, back in the day.
Wheel drive machines like the AL harvester were a labour saver.
I'd imagine another advantage of this system compared to a binder is that an engine isn't needed at all.
Can the finger spacing be opened up like on a comb front to for crops like oats to prevent blockages ? Its good that ya showing the predecessor to the header and the and the successor to the binder/threshing machine set up. The stripper/ winnower reduced the labor needed to harvest grain.
Hi Luke, unfortunately on this machine the fingers are riveted on so the spacing can’t be changed. I did look to see if I could change it. The stripper would have seemed like a huge step forward in the late 1800’s
Thanks from Geoffrey
@@brookdalefarm7986 The stripper would work better in wheat. Chaff was the fuel for transport back then so a lot of oats would have been cut with a binder.
A lot has changed from old wooden/steel boxes on wheels to plastic/ steel boxes on wheels
That will last a fraction as long
Hi, yes it has. This machine is certainly a lot simpler than the modern machinery.
Thanks from Geoffrey
Excellent. Can see why the population of country towns has dropped
Dad used castor oil for belt dressing.
Hi, thanks for the tip. I hade t herd of using castor oil before.
Thanks from Geoffrey
@brookdalefarm7986 The belts were the black one's at the time, on a mf 587.
Have a dose yourself
Bet you lose A LOT of grain !
Thats what fed your sheep over summer. Quite often the sheep would fatten & be sold for profit. Now days with the incredible harvesters, nothing left in the paddock for sheep to graze.
it sucked being a farmer in 1905
Yes alot sucked back then. 10 years latter young men were being killed in the x1000s at Gallipoli & lf you got through that. A free trip to France.