[BILL WILLIAMSON]

Originally Posted by Randy in ca

I was just about to post the above link to Vince Falter's page regarding these engines used on grain Combines. For anyone wondering, Binders were pre-combine machines pulled by either a team of horses or a small tractor and used to cut and tie the grain into bunches which were then pitched into a threshing machine to separate the grain from the straw. The Combine combined these two operations making for a much less labour intensive operation.

GREAT explanation, Randy,
There was a LOTS of evolvement in harvesters, much like the evolvement of Hay Baling Equipment, where hay was gathered with Buck Rakes & fed into a STATIONARY Baler.
Bill Farmboy