Talk:Combine harvester
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This page has more detail which we could mine. [1] (http://www.sinc.sunysb.edu/Stu/nhussain/) Rmhermen 14:42 28 Jul 2003 (UTC)
Well, there's some. Kat 19:25 28 Jul 2003 (UTC)
I know that the leveling concept was invented by a man named "haywire" Hansen but can't find the company or reference too it online. I lived near his house however. If anyone can find info it's an intersting fact. His company was bought out long ago I believe. Jenshegg 23:45, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)
The thing I noticed is that about half the article is dedicated to sidehill combining but no mention of what happens to the crop after it is cut and conveyed into the throat is made. If I had time, the other things I would add would be (1) mention of price (these are extremely expensive machines) and how it forces many (at least American) farmers to hire out "custom combine" services and (2) a picture of a modern combine with a wide wheat header to demonstrate how wide a swath the machine can cut in one pass. Ari 19:04, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Date of invention?
Alvin Toffler in his book Futureshock states that the combine ('a machine that mowed, treshed, tied straw into sheaves and poured grain into sacks') was invented in 1836. Any more references to that? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 14:49, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)