The last harvest | 3x Claeys/Clayson M103 & M80 at work

During the end of the 2021 wheat harvest season some oldtimer friends came together to cut the final field of the year using their classic Claeys and Clayson combine harvesters. The M103 was the most popular model of combine in the Netherlands during the 60s. In total 27.510 machines were build by the Leon Claeys factory in Zedelgem, Belgium. This is the same factory as where New Holland Agriculture is producing combines, forage harvesters and balers today.
Today most of these machines are in the hands of collectors and some are restored, as the 2 examples seen in this video. The 2 machines in this video are owned by farmer/contractor Ko Brasser and collector Bo de Kam. The third machine is a somewhat rare M80 machine. This combine was offered by Clayson from 1961 and followed 5 years later by the upgraded M89. It was a smaller version of the M103 aimed at small farmers whereas the M103 was for the big farmers and contractors.
The model number M103 stands for the size of the sieves which are 103cm. It has a 100x60cm threshing drum (the same as Claeys' first model the MZ, which was the first SP combine harvester build in Europe). The grain tank has a capacity of 2.300L and it is powered by a Ford, Deutz or Perkins engine. Header sizes varied from 260 to 300, 350, 400 and 450 cm working width. Its maximum capacity was around 7T/hr.
Production of the M103 started in 1958 and ran until 1967 when it was replaced by the equally popular M135. In 1962 the name was changed from Claeys to Clayson, as it was more easily to write and speak worldwide and because it sounded a bit to similar to the German CLAAS for comfort. Its big rival in Europe. In 1964 the US Sperry Rand Corporation purchased Clayson and the name New Holland Clayson was introduced until the TF and TX line-up, when the Clayson name was finally dropped.
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[@charlesadam8552]

Cutting oats in Scotland on a cold October night in the Sixties with a 103, I used to climb up the back while the tank was emptying to warm myself up with the heat from the engine! Great solid, simple and reliable machine, but awful dust in your face sitting that low down if the wind was behind you!

[@sgtmiklin]

J'ai passé mon enfance sur une M103 ❤️ avec mon grand père, quand j'étais assez grand, je l'ai même conduite, des souvenirs formidables 🥰.... tout était mécanique et le son du 6 cylindres ford, imperturbable, toute une époque

[@zoidberg552]

Thank you for pure machine sound not messed up with background music. Love you videos !

[@Agrifotodotnl]

Thanks, good to hear!

[@lol62002]

It’s amazing how far and how quickly farming technology has moved in only 60 years

[@johncarv3778]

Damn right. Most of the time the music is ruining the whole video. Go for the countryside noises !

[@martinflashgordon]

Clayson are good harvesters.

[@toucheturtle3840]

Grew up on a farm in the 70’s. Brings back so many happy memories 😁

[@peejaygeee]

What a superb video of three of the most successful machines of their time, built like battleships and with no unnecessary frills they were easy to service and maintain. You could take one from a barn after 50 years and without too much ado have it working as well as ever within a few days. The restoration of these three deserves applause.

[@ramehalshaar105]

هانةتاتخامنك

[@alexthomson719]

That brings back happy memories back in the day when I was in my youth thanks so much for that 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍👍

[@Agrifotodotnl]

That is great to hear!

[@sgtmiklin]

Moi aussi 🥰🇫🇷

[@jackhume4532]

Wow, I really do love seeing classic farm machinery in action !!

[@sidikrim6499]

ياعلي ياعباس ياعلي تعبان وخايف وقلق وحزين وفاشل ومحروم وملعون ياعلي ياعباس ياعلي ياعلي ياعباس ياعلي

[@TheStrynboen]

started vith a M80 and endet vith a 8050..both vas solid and had great kapasity..and made a klean job

[@juancarlosmunoz6127]

Estupendas trilladoras!! Funcionan a pesar de tener muchas cosechas encima, desgraciadamente en la actualidad todo es más grande más veloz, desechable...con estás pequeñas trilladoras se tenía más contacto con el terreno, con el trigo, con la vida misma, en fin tal vez porque yo también soy agricultor me emociona ver estos vídeos, gracias por subir a la red este material, saludos desde México 🇲🇽

[@johnmetson7950]

Drove one of these many years absolutely fantastic and they were not made of plastic if you had I fire you could pee on it

[@mohammadalbalwi8176]

هذه حصادات تركيه. ذات جوده عاديه تؤدي الغرض. فلاباس، وعلى الوجه الاخرمن العالم الصناعي. بدات بعضها للوصول لحصاده تعَمل بالتقنيه الالكترونيه وتحصد بالرموت كنترول يتم تحريكها وتوجيهها بالحقل والحصاد والتفريغ. من قبل شخص واحد مشغل جالس بمكتبه تحت المكيف وامامه كوب كباتشينو.ومن خلال شاشه عرض امامه ت رصدكل شئ امامه بكل دقه وتنظيم. نقطه اخر السطر،

[@madeljacky]

Brilliant to see the old machines working as they were meant to, my father cut with one for years before he bought a 1530, also great to see the drivers checking the ground for grain that went out of the riddles and looking into the straw walkers to see they weren't blocked with chaff, we still use a M103, here is a video of it I made back in 2008 kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5nSppmbh7uirsk

[@martinmay91]

In Bayern wird einer auf Ebay- Kleinanzeigen verkauft. „Hallo Verkaufe eine Clayson M 103 Der Mähdrescher wahr bis gestern noch im Einsatz Und hat ohne Zwischenfälle Gedroschen! Clayson-Fahr M103 Motortyp k.a. 590 E Hubraum/ cm³ k.a. 5415 Zylinder/Turbo/Interc. 4 6 Leistung Kw/PS 29/40 (Benz.) 38/51 (Dies.) 59/80 (48/65) (57/78) Mit simms Einspritzpumpe und düsenstock ohne Rücklauf Ist der 6 Zylinder mit 80 PS, 5415 ccm, ohne Turbo mit 3 Gang Getriebe und Stufenlosem Variator, 4 Schüttler Maschine, Haspel hydraulisch Höhenverstellbar, Horizontal Manuell, Lammellensiebe Korntakerhöhung und Abtankrohr Verlängerung Kann auf eigener Achse transportiert werden. Ohne Gewährleistung und Garantie Rücknahme ausgeschlossen.“

[@robertocortassa295]

Italia 🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹💯🇮🇹 medioevo bellissime trebbie 💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@africadreamin]

Fantastic video, I wonder how the depreciation and fuel consumption compare with today's MEGA combines.

[@benscoles5085]

pound for pound these machines are worth more, you do not have to be a computer tech to fix, fuel wise these machine do not do as well per bushel harvested, but with this machine you do not have to get as high a bushel per acre to make it pay for itself either.

[@DG-ne8iq]

Today's harvesters have made progress in throughput from 80hp to over 600hp. The surface of the grain separation tables are more efficient and therefore less space is required per ton threshed, but they consume as much fuel! clayes 103 (1,5m2 the upper grid and3,7 in total) . 80hp 8L/h (with crusher 10L/h harvested 7T of wheat /h or 1L/T threshed an Axial 2388 (5,6m2 of grid 330hp 30L/h you harvest 2,5T or 1,2L/T , an Axial 543 hp consumes 50 l/h with 4m2 of grids, 60T/h or 0,83l/T

[@tomstandish6704]

Those combines are a credit to their owners

[@sgtmiklin]

Clayson était à la pointe, ce n'est pas pour rien que New Holland a racheté, il y a un peu de ces machines dans les New Holland d'aujourd'hui 🙂

[@davidbrewer7937]

Happy memories of sitting on the step of this (what seemed huge at the time) machine with a shotgun in Wales shooting rabbits & foxes as they ran for it across the stubble...

[@carlosalbertopino2137]

Excelente amigos Recordando historias

[@decnijfkris3706]

Claeys Zedelgem, the best.

[@mehmetgulser9910]

geçmiş misi sahip çıkmak geleceğe yön vermek emeğinize sağlık 76 model 1530 sahiydik

[@PatrickCoenenPaco]

Leuke video en mooi om deze oude combine’s in actie te zien. Kwam zondag een Claas Mecure tegen

[@Agrifotodotnl]

Bedankt Patrick, Mercure is ook een zeldzaam beestje.

[@a.j.leonard964]

I never seen this type of combine. Great video thanks for sharing.

[@bertnl530]

What is the thing standing left (from drivers view right) from the drivers place. To me it looks like a satellite thing, but is it that?

[@sgtmiklin]

Il y a des projecteurs pour éclairer la nuit, les deux leviers en bas du volant sur la colonne de direction sont pour lever le batteur et l'autre la coupe, sinon précisez

[@scottkaercher1733]

Farmers are good business people and using awesome machines like that that's how you make money. Those are awesome combines and i like seeing old machines still in use for farming.

[@pastrychef4840]

If you need any parts of this combain will be available after harvest I will sale my m 103 for parts

[@albertlopez6620]

Este ritual no es para todo el año solo temporal

[@arielbarriagallardo5732]

Yo tengo una m103 en chile y la tengo operativa.pero con motor mercedez 352.

[@AgriCHR]

Bel video. Bravo. Bei mezzi. 💪💪👍👍👋👋🚜🔝🇮🇹

[@edwinmiller6028]

Interested in what country this took place? In the late 50’s and in the 60’s my father bought a new Massy Harris self propelled combine with an 8’or 10’ header very similar to the small combine in the video, previously we used a Massy Harris Clipper 50 pull type combine with a Wisconsin v4 gas engine, what year was this video filmed? Thank you for putting this on you tube very interesting brings back many memories.

[@Agrifotodotnl]

This was filmed in the Netherlands.

[@miketango244]

Amazing how the old white men can work with these old machines and even drive very straight. When I was 13 and doing that with a John Deere MD730, I didn't do that well. great video!

[@benscoles5085]

we had an International, and that thing had a mind of it's own , did not go straight at all

[@nightstorm9128]

Yep,,those old white men,,when being white ment somthing..

[@ArthurDavies-lm3fp]

hey hope you're having a nice day just a quick question have you got any new holland 8070, 8080 or 8060 ? many thanks

[@Agrifotodotnl]

I don't own combines, I only photo and video them.

[@elephantcompany6061]

Who is older the farmer or machine?

[@Agrifotodotnl]

The farmer

[@JEDI-MAQUINAS]

👏👏👏

[@antoniorodriguesreal476]

Muito Muito show.. com certeza essa é a bisavó da clayson 1530 q saiu aqui no BRASIL nos anos 1970. Até o barulho e iqual.. depois virou clayson newholland

[@westlake6247]

My Dad bought one of these new,they were rebranded as CCIL in western Canada and were powered by a Deutz air cooled diesel

[@Agrifotodotnl]

Thats very interesting never knew that!

[@sgtmiklin]

@@Agrifotodotnl oui on voyait souvent un 6 cylindres Deutz refroidit par air de puissance équivalente, mais moi j'aime bien ce Ford

[@Lele-fi6mr]

Si, pure mio nonno l'aveva, l'unico brutto difetto del motore Deuz ad aria, prendevano fuoco.

[@limi800]

A 103 the first combine combine that i operated about 50 years ago, We thought it was big ,😅 Then a 135 after that, Combines have come a long way in 50 years.

[@albertlopez6620]

Lo que pasa que se pelean por hacerlo por qué muchos quieren su trozo paramos días siguientes y otros se locosechan y ya empiezan las peleas Quien cosechó mi trozo ? ara yo queo no quiero ser cucaracha ! Cucaracha es super mala maldición muchos se echan a llorar si se quedan sin sus 30 horas mínimo Algunos sacan de una manera que no notas que te han conectado en tu trozo Algún listo cosecha sacando lunes fumar y dejando la misma forma que dejas para que no lo notes y poder ellos completar sus ritual

[@alaincassamani9108]

Cela me rappelle mon adolescence ! J allais faire les moissons sur une ' Braud ". Bleu, belle machine. Cent pour cent française. J aime

[@turkmenoglu40]

KULLANDIĞIM MAKİNALARIN ATASI HARİKA. TÜRKİYEDEN SELAMLAR.👏👏👏🧚‍♂️🤲🤲

[@walterp7125]

My father had two of this combine long time ago....in '60 and '70 .....

[@arnomrnym6329]

Great footage, great machines. 👍🏾😎Thx

[@Agrifotodotnl]

Thanks!

[@casepower2335]

mooi man, we hebben er ook nog een gehad en een Braud, dat vond ik een mooie machine

[@Agrifotodotnl]

Bedankt. Op mijn kanaal staat ook een filmpje van een Braud.

[@OrazioRe]

👋👋👋👍👌💯💪

[@federalnoise]

Nice, mechanised, but without destroying the soil. Nice work.

[@marcelhaiduc7580]

Am avut combina M103 în anul acesta a fost dezmembrata a mers excelent în România mai sunt astfel de combine în functiune

[@ФедорПроцкин-с1т]

Що це за комбайни модель і де їх виробляли.

[@erryad4665]

Ладно там тактика с разводным ключом. Вы на убыточность как проверяете агрегат ?

[@mijnJD5830]

mooie video

[@Agrifotodotnl]

Bedankt!

[@Karl.RschGmbH]

Da hatte sich mal einer einen Ventilator vorne am Mähdrescher dran montiert, dass der Fahrer den Staub nicht mehr so stark abbekommt. Das Video habe ich auch mal bei KZbin gesehen!

[@dr.michaelwilliams9898]

Amazing....hardly no dust unbeliveable

[@2パルパ]

十数年前の勝、残す人はこういうので頑張る

[@nanakofiaddo8478]

Can it harvest corn .?

[@JurieNeethling-f1v]

Clayson M103 is the most reliable combine ever made and nothing wrong with its appetite. Here in South Africa we picked up 32 feet windrows with them

[@Agrifotodotnl]

Wow! Didn't know that was possible and didn't know they were sold in SA.

[@dreisternehof]

I Hope, it's Not their Last harvest forever? Great Machines in their era! Still in a brillant condition today! Thanks for that Video!

[@Agrifotodotnl]

No these combines are owned by enthusiasts that take good care of them.

[@BeatriceVert-te4wg]

séa Valtra t234

[@martinhambleton5076]

My Dad had an M89 back on the day. Brilliant piece of kit.

[@Masson-o9q]

Super ils y a beaucoup de monde qui à connu ça 😢

[@Aannggeerr]

Хоть бы козырек с брезента сделали, тенек хоть будет

[@bazejmania9927]

Super

[@decnijfkris3706]

tss

[@nazzarenoceretti8025]

👍🌈🙋‍♂️👏

[@Jearwa122]

great 👍

[@Condowie-Bloke]

What are they reaping? Looks like oats, I’m itching just watching it.

[@Condowie-Bloke]

Now I can see it’s some sort of wheat.

[@Agrifotodotnl]

This is spring sown wheat.

[@surface4985]

Wow - they are like new.

[@henrymichaelwilson8107]

Hello there. They look good. Have they a Ford 6D Engine.

[@charlesadam8552]

Yes

[@federalnoise]

Never stop, never.

[@nelmelissant9626]

Km

[@gennadiygoc9778]

😀👍

[@norbertzenk9344]

sieht aus Richtung E175, aber der hatte noch ein Sonnendach drauf!

[@OFTENUSER]

Besser gut kopieren als schlecht erfinden

[@hakanandersson7899]

Hejhej

[@АхмедБатибаев]

Лыжи.. Напровляшй...

[@pastrychef4840]

I have one 😁

[@JohnDoe-jq5wy]

That is a International harvester 151 painted yellow 🟡🟡🟡💛

[@Agrifotodotnl]

This is quite a different machine I think the IH 151 is a lot bigger.

[@JohnDoe-jq5wy]

Yes, the John Deere 55, Gleaner and the international harvester 151 were about the same size... The Massey Harris was a different configuration

[@jamesbarbour8400]

No it's not, Clayson/New Holland didn't build badge engineered combines for anyone else. Claas of Germany did build combines for Ford in the US in the 60s, under a badge engineering programme

[@VivoFotografie-DroneInspecties]

Tof in beeld gebracht!

[@Agrifotodotnl]

Bedankt!

[@daniele5250]

hello, what can it depend on that the wheat enters a little dirty with straw?

[@Agrifotodotnl]

That is not much of a problem it will be cleaned later.

[@daniele5250]

@@Agrifotodotnl received, thanks for the reply

[@georgedoorley5628]

were they cutting rye ?

[@Agrifotodotnl]

No, spring wheat.

[@pdkrace]

all the best next year.

[@OFTENUSER]

Let it indeed not be the last harvest

[@TheHankyman]

Germany or Nederlands?

[@flundgames7238]

Netherlands you can see it on the number plate

[@Agrifotodotnl]

This is the Netherlands.

[@bunnywarren]

The wheat is quite tall compared to the stuff I see in fields, is it a heritage variety? The variety I see in the fields is less than half the height meaning you get a lot less straw from a harvest.

[@Agrifotodotnl]

This is normal spring wheat in our part of the world.

[@jamesbarbour8400]

Looks like quite a heavy crop density wise. Probably a lot more than these machines were used to when they were first manufactured but the still coped wonderfully well - great footage, both at ground level and drone level too, by the way. The lack of annoying music is a plus also 👍

[@vincentgrouls]

What you see is the normal variety. Usually if you want to bale the straw then this is what you would sow so you get as many bales as possible. There exists ‘shortened’ wheat which they sow when they won’t bale the straw. It has been used in Belgium for many years too….

[@FILIPFROMSALMO]

WOW