Combines Early Gleaner Rotor photo

First of all, many thanks to M. E. for posting the pic to this site for all of us to see. Ain't too often a person gets a sneak peak into the past like that! Michael - Can you kinda explain how that workedIJ Or can anyone figure it out from the picIJ It's hard to tell, but doesn't it look like the rotor inlet might have been way off to the right and the discharge went up the feederhouseIJ Can't see the lower part but makes me wonder where the separated grain went from the rotor..... Any other ideasIJ

laverda, the Italian combines made by Fiat,some years ago had a large, 300 HP rotary combine that had a Gleaner type transverse rotor on the back side of the header. The rotor was driven by a hydrostat arrangement. The straw was discharged at the left end of the header and the grain and chaff were elevated to the shoe located up behind the cab. They had distribution auger and accellerating rolls feeding the grain to the chaffer. The engine about as far to the rear as they could get it as a counter balance. Straw spreading was like and old All Crop. On the first round you put the straw in the fence or ditch. I always thought that laverda and Gleaner must have cooperated on some of the design work on that combine. looks like Gleaner tried to stick to "down front threshing" too.

there is a book by norm swinford about the N1 rotory prototype. the discharge was on the right side of the rotor the picture in the book shows a large canvas bag under the discharge. really a good book if your interested.

Silverman - would you mind passing along the name of that bookIJ Thanks- Tom langan

Allis-Chalmers farm equipment 1914-1985 by Norm Swinford,copy right 1994.This book has alot of information about some prototypes and where the company was headed right up to the point they where bought out,especialy about the model 8095 slated for 86 production.You should be able to find this book at yahoo for about 35 or 40 bucks.If you buy this book let us know what you think!