Great video! I bought this same machine used in 1980 from a dealer in Rockfalls IL. It was so good. I got a lot of crap from all the JD, and IH guys, but I just did my own thing. One old farmer I knew stopped by when I was doing beans, and said, that is the cleanest sample I have ever seen! I said you are welcome!! PS, he had a 6620 JD.
@dontorgersen19082 жыл бұрын
Bought one in 1976 with my brother. Actually was invited back to Grand Island to see the process of manufacturing. Had a twenty foot grain header and a pick up header as well. We raised wheat, barley and oats. Over the years did a lot of custom harvesting. Many great memories raising my family while cutting barley day and night! Enjoyed seeing the TR70 in action again! Thanks!
@sergiomarin17932 жыл бұрын
Wow super clean sample for a 1970s combine
@joemcgrathagmachinesolutio61742 жыл бұрын
I worked on these as a very young man in the 70s. They had a lot of capacity for the time, and they were easy to adjust. Grain quality was superb. Caterpillar engine was strong and reliable. The headers were.....let’s say crude, but, they would go all day. The header height control for the grain head was a lever that pivoted between two 3/8 bolts to close a ground circuit. When it went up or down, lights would dim. Hey, it worked.
@glennspreeman16342 жыл бұрын
many TR70's had Deere cornheads with an adapter. worked very well.
@vanstractors2 жыл бұрын
Well as long as he gets to the field in that newer truck , Those older pieces of equipment will surely run !Always good to see older equipment running and working !
@billz4102 жыл бұрын
Keep the classics comin', Jason!
@marksmith91422 жыл бұрын
I bought corn ran through all 5 brands of combines. My favorite was from a New Holland. Just nice,clean shell corn!
@howardkucera2389 Жыл бұрын
Nice seeing one in the field again. I ran one for many years and just a couple years ago I upgraded to a tr 86 6 row head. I enjoy both machines but the tr 86 is a nice upgrade in speed and performance. We use the tr86 for corn and soybeans.
@ScottPykare2 жыл бұрын
It would be so awesome to be able to harvest with an older combine like this NH. I like the new equipment but the older has a special place. Thanks Jason 👍🏻
@ArmpitStudios2 жыл бұрын
Still some of the coolest looking combines out there, much better style than modern.
@bigtractorpower2 жыл бұрын
The TRs were cool combines. I want to find a TR95 to film next.
@meredith77352 жыл бұрын
as someone who got interested in farming initially due to the crazy technology of combines, this video is the epitome of raw mechanical engineering. thank you for sharing all of the footage of this amazing machine!
@austinmetro63172 жыл бұрын
I'm a farmer , but i'm also very interested in engineering, other way around for me. Watching this particular video, i just realised how important and intrinsic engineering evolution is to the future of food production
@andynieuwenhuis7833 Жыл бұрын
This old machine is A HANDS ON old fashioned fix a broken part do it yourself machine. It's alot nicer machine to work on THEN ANY OF THE NEW STUFF,with too many sensors and microchips; with a longer break down time for parts.
@jameshill4900 Жыл бұрын
@@andynieuwenhuis7833Only problem they have become obsolete. Parts are hard to find with many discontinued.
@johnkillian48742 жыл бұрын
I grew up watching the farmer near me use this combine for corn and beans across the street, for years i couldnt remember the model and this just took me straight back to being a kid! Thanks for sharing this jason and am now also following jacob on here!
@johnkauppi7078 Жыл бұрын
Australian farmer here.I drove one of these for a neighbour in the 80's,no complaints.We ran a MF 850 on our place and the TR,though same size,was a much faster,as in big eater,machine than our Massey.They were much heavier on fuel with the 3208 Cat with a duration of 9-10 hours a tank,compared to the MFs 354 perkins, 12-13 hours on a smaller tank.The TR 70 was a fine machine.I thought of getting one myself but bought a Inter 1480 in the late 90's.
@martyschwartz67292 жыл бұрын
Bought my first combine this year, TR99. Definitely happy with it.
@3408kid2 жыл бұрын
thats a pretty clean sample i dont know if the new machines do any better great video!
@scottphillips49922 жыл бұрын
Had some neighbors that ran 3 TR 70's in the late 70's all the way through to about 2003 or 2004 when the dad retired.
@tf72742 жыл бұрын
10/10 on that sample...and back in the day you never wanted to arm wrestle these operators...turning that wheel all day your forearms would double up by the end of harvest.
@samtalley7912 жыл бұрын
Nice to see this. TR70 was the last combine my grandpa had. 4 row wide corn head, in western KY.
@SimonKL112 жыл бұрын
That's a cool combine😉👍 thanks for sharing👍👍
@doylevermillion24752 жыл бұрын
I have a TR 85 with an 8 row jd header! Great machine !
@teresadroessler98722 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the great video,the tr70 was my first diesel combine with a Ford turbo engine,a great machine,my first combine was a mf 300 2 row Chrysler slant 6 engine
@excellent9522 жыл бұрын
Memories of neighbors using this machine. We were still using JD 7700 Turbo and later, IH 1480 in the 70's.
@x3mperformace2 жыл бұрын
One thing blows my mind, completely, when i see these kind of machinery. The age... If i consider the new equipment, i doubt that any of them, will be running in 50+ years out into the feauture. But a lot of the machines built back in the 60's - 70's and 80's are still running to this day.
@jankotze19592 жыл бұрын
Brilliant video Jason, enjoyed seeing this TR, awesome combine
@alanellis91582 жыл бұрын
That had been a big combine in its day and it produced a decent sample too ! 4 rows against 12 or 16 rows nowdays!
@Military-Museum-LP2 жыл бұрын
It’s nice to be able to make a comment first hand experience. Yes we ran a TR 70 with a 3208 cat motor. It was a big machine for its time. Three weeks Into it’s first season we picked up a large chunk of a granite type rock. We had downed corn and no crop insurance. As much as possible the corn has to be harvested. The rock trap had failed to function and the rock was digested causing major frame damage that the rotors were so far off their mounts. The combine went to the selling dealer who advised us there would be no warranty even though he confirmed the Rock trap door was defective. We had to get an attorney and finally settled (cost of the machine , plus loss of the use of the machine during harvest ) out of court 14 months later. NH took the combine back and cut it up into pieces we were told. We went back to IH because at the peak of the accident we had no combine. The IH dealer helped us with a demo Axial Flow that we later purchased. Thanks for all your wonderful videos.
@Military-Museum-LP2 жыл бұрын
By the way there were no granite deposits in that farm or anywhere near our area! It was never clear how it got in the middle of the field!
@obieacres46762 жыл бұрын
Thankyou for acknowledging new holland for the first rotor and the first twin rotor
@bigtractorpower2 жыл бұрын
I have been a TR fan since I was a kid. It was a great opportunity to film this TR70. I want to film a TR95 badly.
@obieacres46762 жыл бұрын
@@bigtractorpower not many tr95s around
@chadshafer80952 жыл бұрын
Great Video. Enjoy the Older Equipment that you video as much as the newer.
@karolykovacs50092 жыл бұрын
Very good parcel combine!
@jedadruled9842 жыл бұрын
We had a Clayson M103, that was a great machine.
@bigtractorpower2 жыл бұрын
Very cool. Thank you for sharing. Clayson came shortly after New Holland acquired the combine line.
@jedadruled984 Жыл бұрын
@@bigtractorpower You sure ? The M103 was made early 60th. On youtube several videos about Clayson M103, also from my home country the Netherlands.
@clintonstubbs23192 жыл бұрын
I’ve never really seen many New Holland combines in Georgia. From what I understand, New Holland developed one of the first rotary combine harvesters.
@bigtractorpower2 жыл бұрын
New Holland did bring the first rotary combine to market in 1975. The TR was a strong seller in the corn belt. The first 10 units were sold near where I live in Kentucky to a soybean seed farm replacing a fleet of John Deere 7700 combines.
@404nitro2 жыл бұрын
Pretty cool. Looks like he has a neat channel himself.
@williamdonovan81872 жыл бұрын
The rotary thrashing system eliminated the need for side-hill combines because it worked even if the combine was not level from side to side.
@adamreyling65052 жыл бұрын
Thats interesting. I didn't know NH had the first rotary.
@stevecunningham27592 жыл бұрын
Thanks BTP!
@littlerougue2 жыл бұрын
I like when your turn around is the front yard
@charlesfuglie2491 Жыл бұрын
My grandpa had one of them. I rode in that many hours there. I remember distracting that one with a rock.
@bigtractorpower Жыл бұрын
The TR70 has a cool cab. All windows with the safety bar around the front window. Good memories.
@davidkimmel42162 жыл бұрын
Great machine
@RJ1999x2 жыл бұрын
New Holland invented the twin rotor in 1975, 45 years later John Deere copies it
@Hinesfarm-Indiana2 жыл бұрын
They copy everything
@RJ1999x2 жыл бұрын
@@Hinesfarm-Indiana pretty much correct
@RJ1999x2 жыл бұрын
@@ROCK-s1t catchy, but very wrong
@drizz7862 жыл бұрын
So they really are the apple of agriculture, Good to know.
@RJ1999x2 жыл бұрын
@@ROCK-s1t lol, you couldn't be further from the truth. Obviously didn't read the original post
@jamesbarbour8400 Жыл бұрын
Still gets the job done and has doubtless paid for itself several times over, unlike todays combines, which cost in excess of a Million dollars with a header - just an insane amount of money for a machine that is continually depreciating in value.
@bigtractorpower Жыл бұрын
The combines built in the 70’s with proper care really hold up. Almost 50 years of service.
@FrequencyOfThought2 жыл бұрын
I recall a lot of farmers in Iowa snob nosing New Holland for whatever reason. Brand loyalty I suppose
@paulcasefarms99332 жыл бұрын
Boehn farms on youtube had a couple of them. Both of his were gear drive and one had a v8 gas motor.
@jamesjolly74062 жыл бұрын
👋hey👋 from Dexter,Missouri
@obieacres46762 жыл бұрын
Love the video love the twin rotors. makes me sad you went to a Deere. I had a deere for 30 years and finally got a new holland. Kinda the opposite of your journey
@detroit60252 жыл бұрын
Grandpa had a tr70 with the 3208 and 6 row corn head.
@bradolsen86292 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed this video very much but I will still be a green and yellow John Deere fan. Thank you grandpa
@bigtractorpower2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching. The TR70 is a good combine but do are the John Deere combines.
@joaopedromoreira41852 жыл бұрын
Uma pena a New Holland não ter comercializado esses rotores duplos aqui no Brasil
@michaelstark703 Жыл бұрын
No sensors to fail in there, but a great yellow tree air freshener😂😂😂
@bigtractorpower Жыл бұрын
Just the classic buzzer wire system.
@ericsmith14532 жыл бұрын
I think you are correct was the first self propelled rotary, the first rotary machine to my knowledge was a pull type designed and built by a British Company by the name Slattery. It was very popular in South Africa in the sixties to nineties. I suspect the engineers over at International Harvester studied it closely.
@daniedippenaar22242 жыл бұрын
The Slattery combines was built at Potgietersrus, South Africa. They also designed and built machines for picking and shelling peanuts.
@ericsmith14532 жыл бұрын
@@daniedippenaar2224 Thanx for the info,It appears the International Harvester Axial Flow harvesters followed this design closely .
@AJmx27020012 жыл бұрын
IH dropped the twin rotor concept to stick with the axial flow and the engineer that was on the IH twin rotor took the idea with them to New Holland. The 1st versions of IH concept of twin rotor was based on the IH 234 Sheller Unit Rotor
@philipingram16672 ай бұрын
The engineer's name was Roland Hill and I worked with one of his former coworkers from East Moline who told me IH had decided to go with the single rotor and he (Hill) was a proponent of the other design. There was a consent decree that kept New Holland from selling machines until 1977 when IH released the Axial Flow line.
@DavidRoberts-g4g3 ай бұрын
I believe the 1st TR70's were built in Lexington, Nebr.
@EDBZ282 жыл бұрын
Great video and history. I always thought was odd that manufactures produced a 5 row corn head….never a 5 or 10 row planter. What was the more popular engine choice…Ford or CAT?
@bigtractorpower2 жыл бұрын
The 5 row corn heads were used in seed corn harvesting. The male row is knocked out during the growing season. If you plant 12 rows of seed corn you harvest 10 rows and that is where the 5 row corn head came in handy. I would say CAT was more popular. I have come across more TR70’s with the 3208. The combine in this video has the CAT engine.
@EDBZ282 жыл бұрын
@@bigtractorpower very cool and great info! I never knew that about seed corn production and 5 row heads! A friend of mine from Alfred State college years back had a TR combine with 3208…he was from Penn yan and I think they sold it to a farmer in Canandaigua, NY. Not sure where it is now.
@jrofficialchannel30122 жыл бұрын
Good
@wingrider6872 жыл бұрын
I hope he owns the yard he keeps turning around in 😂
@JacobsFarmLife2 жыл бұрын
we do lol
@Oliver66FarmBoy2 жыл бұрын
Wonder how many they built with the Ford diesel. I don’t think I have ever seen one in that series that wasn’t 3208 powered. Did even know it was offered as an engine option till just now.
@JacobsFarmLife2 жыл бұрын
@@andrewbrown7831 We had two TR70s one with the v8 cat and one with ford 6 turbo. both hydrostatic
@crestviewfarm5229 Жыл бұрын
Boehm Farm used to have one with the Ford diesel, and another with the Ford 361 gas.
@CathySharp-g4c2 ай бұрын
My dad bought his TR70 back in the early 80's from a neighbour. My dads combine has the Ford engine option. We are up in Alberta Canada. Great machine, purrs like a kitten. Harvested barley, oats and canola.
@tarheels1009 ай бұрын
Looks to have just a touch of play in the stearing wheel after 50 years 😉
@bigtractorpower9 ай бұрын
It may. 5 decades in the field is a long time for a combine.
@tarheels1009 ай бұрын
@@bigtractorpower No kidding. Quite a career.
@Hinesfarm-Indiana2 жыл бұрын
I was wondering who first made the rotor combine, I think it was 77 or 78 when gleaner made the first transverse rotor.
@bigtractorpower2 жыл бұрын
Here is the Rotary Combine time line New Holland 1975 International 1977 Gleaner 1979 White 1979 Massey Ferguson 1985 ( Acquired White) CLAAS 1995 John Deere 2000
@Hinesfarm-Indiana2 жыл бұрын
@@bigtractorpower ok awesome, thanks.
@alancopper78662 жыл бұрын
Minneapolis Moline had the first rotary cylinder in the corn sheller before any one else had there's.
@Hinesfarm-Indiana2 жыл бұрын
@@alancopper7866 was that a pull type?
@robwar22882 жыл бұрын
I always thought IH was first! Never thought about NH! Wow!
@charlesfuglie2491 Жыл бұрын
They had 3 options for engines. The 3208 cat and the Ford more than they had a gas they offered for a will too
@Vip.kitty1232 жыл бұрын
Nice Jason. Why doesn't new Holland sell more combines
@bigtractorpower2 жыл бұрын
New Holland sells allot of combines in Europe. According to New Holland they sell 1 in four combines produced works wide.
@Vip.kitty1232 жыл бұрын
@@ROCK-s1t nice to know.
@Vip.kitty1232 жыл бұрын
@@bigtractorpower thanks for the info Jason
@jeanphilippecarrere38452 жыл бұрын
J'ai ça grande sœur la TR 85 en France 🇨🇵
@GaniyuKazeem-y3y10 ай бұрын
Good morning sir I need this type of machine how can I get your information
@crestviewfarm5229 Жыл бұрын
Great video! You forgot about the 361 gas as an engine option. I don't think that many were made. The one that the KZbinr wanna be farmer currently owns is the only one I've ever seen.
@damjanr94972 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU ....................🙏✌👍🙏 🤎💚💙
@bigtractorpower2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching.
@Gs-sv6pw2 жыл бұрын
Note he said FIRST !!!!! The TR70 sits in the Hebert Ford museum.
@Gs-sv6pw2 жыл бұрын
Henry Ford
@bigtractorpower2 жыл бұрын
The TR70 is the first rotary combine. The model in this video of course is not serial number one nor do I want to portray it as number. This video is intended to give the history of the TR70 combine and its significance in threshing. I did film the serial number one International 1460 Axial-Flow a few years ago harvesting soybeans. That video is titled Serial Number One IH 1460. The 1460 the IH’s first rotary combine in 1977.
@duggydo2 жыл бұрын
When I saw the thumbnail, I thought maybe you had filmed Wes Pandy harvesting.
@bigtractorpower2 жыл бұрын
No he has sold his TR70s. He harvests with a TR96 which is another cool Twin Rotor.
@duggydo2 жыл бұрын
@@bigtractorpower I know. I just saw the yellow combine on my phone and thought of him. Good video. Thanks for making these. You do really good work on the filming and research.
@popswrench22 жыл бұрын
tooo KooooooooooooooooooL!!!
@popswrench22 жыл бұрын
and SADLY , this is PERFECT appilication for a 3208 , except for the WEIGHT , and the "cheap CAT" sales point kept an otherwise JUNK engine in the market a decade longer .... AG and excavators , worked for its best farily constant RPM . after that , ugh . sure kept my wrenches turning 🤣😅😂
@fonderrobert12 жыл бұрын
My younger brother @organicdairyman runs a TR98 New Holland combine
@jensandersen21762 жыл бұрын
In the Ford Museum in Detroit, there is a TR 70 with a V8 gas engine. I am not sure what brand that engine is,
@IG107052 жыл бұрын
Most likely it's the Ford engine option they had
@GaniyuKazeem-y3y10 ай бұрын
Hello sir please I want to buy this machine I need this type of machine how can I get your information
@iahawk362 жыл бұрын
Several of my neighbors ran these growing up. Great machine for harvesting, but they all had a bad habit of catching fire!
@terenceblanchette90592 жыл бұрын
You had to keep the engine compartment clean, especially with the Cat engine. Because of the V8 configuration the turbo was on the back side close to the sheet metal. Chaff would build up around the turbo and catch fire. I owned TR 70's and never had an issue. It happens to JD combines quite often too. Again safety and maintenance.
@donaldcathey13582 жыл бұрын
We run 2 TR 70 3208 cat corn soybean wheat milo
@laurieredfern8045Ай бұрын
I purchased a NH TR 70 in !978 still operate a NH Cr 9040 better sample better cabin Progress
@bigtractorpowerАй бұрын
Very cool. I am working on 50 Years of Twin Rotor for 2025.
@cementer76652 жыл бұрын
I do NOT think this was the first New Holland Twin Rotor combine, IIRC, their first TR Series were RED, with Yellow trim, and came out in the late 1960's. I am thinking that the Model number of the first was something like TR-65, and the ads first appeared in magazines like Farm Journal and Successful Farming. The New Holland dealer at Springfield, NE had one of these red and yellow combines that set on his lot for several years unsold, and at one point, my uncle went to look at it, but the dealer would not come down off the original price, so it stayed there.
@bigtractorpower2 жыл бұрын
The New Holland’s in the 60’s were the 975, 985 and 995. There were conventional combines. They were painted red with yellow cabs. I really really want to film one of those classics.
@jameshill4900 Жыл бұрын
@@bigtractorpowerThere is also the 1400 I believe is the same but with diesel motor? Neighbour has one low hours that was stored as a spare. Unfortunately he pulled it out for room and likely it will deteriorate outside like my dad's old 985 has. I remember back then all the metric bolts but it was a nice combine in it's day. Great video as always.
@williammay53002 жыл бұрын
No sound
@bigtractorpower2 жыл бұрын
I am not sure why you are not hearing the sound. I just played the entire 14 minutes on KZbin and it has full sound. Is mute on your KZbin sound key?
@Hinesfarm-Indiana2 жыл бұрын
I’ve got sound
@williammay53002 жыл бұрын
@@bigtractorpower it's better now
@bigtractorpower2 жыл бұрын
@@williammay5300 good to hear. 👍👍. Thank you for watching.
@ikonseesmrno73002 жыл бұрын
@@bigtractorpower I've noticed that, as of late, freshly uploaded YT videos seem to be lacking their sound for a few minutes after posting. Have no idea why that is. Just hope it gets fixed. Hope you had a great Christmas, Jason & have a great New Year!! Regards!
@woodwelder2 жыл бұрын
I thought New Idea was the first to use a Rota ..?
@interman77152 жыл бұрын
Here's a bit of trivia ,IHC had been perfecting and developing the rotary combine since the early 60s and had invested over $100,000,000,00 in the concept. Some IHC engineers defected to NH and taken the technical drawings with them ,NH rushed the twin rotor( to get around the IHC patent) into production to beat IHC .A court battle ensued and IHC was awarded a settlement for NH's infringement.
@interman77152 жыл бұрын
@bigtractorpower. Thanks for the video buddy, good to see these classics at work 👍
@paulofrancisco565 Жыл бұрын
👍👍👏👏👏
@bigtractorpower Жыл бұрын
Thank you Paulo.
@jamesjolly74062 жыл бұрын
👍👍
@dana92652 жыл бұрын
Oh, my the good old days when men and women actually had to run equipment not like nowadays, you just sit back and do nothing pretty much
@derekcrago21972 жыл бұрын
Does that farmer even make a profit using vintage equipment???🤷🏼♂️
@bigtractorpower2 жыл бұрын
Sure they do. This farm has a smaller at acreage of corn as they focus on fresh vegetable and hay production. The corn is part of the rotation and the TR70 covers the acres they have in corn well. Plus the farmer enjoys running this combine.