We had an old 760 Massey that used cherry wood for center support of the header drive shaft. We’ve also used Osage orange for old offset disc/gang bearings. Good luck on the restore!

Young ones wouldn’t know what to do on that combine. There no buttons, computers, ac, cab, wipers, just iron things that you push and pull and no labels. Man those were the days weren’t they.

Most of the wood used on old Gleaners is White Oak, The blocks you made for the separator clutch should be oil soaked as well as the boards for the bat reel as it keeps them from dry rot and somewhat water resistance. I really doubt a dealer will have any of the wood you need and if they do they will want more than the old combine is worth for them ! I made a video on greasing sealed bearing you might want to watch, It has sure saved me a lot of time and money over the years doing this and those old Gleaners are full of sealed non greaseable bearings. A 1/16" drill bit a grease needle and a little Permatex is all you need to keep the old girl happy as well as your wallet ! Bandit

Hello, from here in the United Kingdom. Im finding your videos very interesting. Not much information on Gleaners over here. Gleaner production stopped here in 1970. Those wooden blocks are what we call here in the Uk beach wood. The straw walker bearing are beach wood too. I know your machine has bat reel but the slats on a tine pick up reel like my Gleaners have are beach wood too. The spokes on the reel you pointed out are made from Ash wood. The wooden reel bearings are made from a reel hard wood of some sort similar to what would be use on sailing boat rigging. Just American hard wood will do.

i am enjoying the Gleaner series, can't wait for next installment

Man that thing can move out in high gear. Got to make a video on you out there in the field doing the big GLEAN Frank.

Good job buddy!

Can I bring my 428 cockshutt or my Massey Harris 90 combine and have a race😂😂😂 they are in the scrap yard making china steel better. The 428 got for free put a new 265 Chrysler Flathead in it. Frick I was young then now I'm... Went right through and used both of them for a few yrs. The MH had a straight cut header for it. It's still in the shed as red as it was when they be bought the combine in the 50's. It was here when we came here.

We use the case combines a lot at WMSTR. One of our goals is to preserve one of each model of case combines

Sweet. So much fun ahead. Start by getting the steering loosened up. I thought sure you were gonna buy that bucket off that grouchy guy's backhoe.

Frank Cunningham, master of machines, digger of dirt, and apparently, world class soccer player and skateboarder. He may just be the most interesting man in the world. Lol

I think I remember that bearing blocks were made out of cypress, she's a dandy😊

Inquiring minds want to know if we'll see you on a skateboard on that half pipe?! LOL I'd sure not be disappointed to see it pick, but I've been trying to buy an Allis Chalmers model 66 pull type. So I may not be a good judge of fixing old equipment, at least according to my wife! As for your wooden "bearing blocks" for those rods, if you have any Osage Orange "hedge" that would last forever and take oil or grease well enough to keep it free.

Or a combine demolition derby. I'm hoping to win since I have 2 combines😂😂😂 Great job on getting the Gleaner running.

Mike's Equipment Buhler KS. Maple is usually what they used for wood bearing blocks I believe.

Frank, what’s the story on the skateboard half pipe? 😂 Btw good work on the Gleaner, it’s cool to see old iron like that still running and being put back to work.

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I got a case A6 combine that were trying to bring back

I would make you a deal on the whole machine 😂

A friend of mine was questioning me on like 10-15 oil pressure on a case SC tractor. I said don't worry about it. This ol war time SC ol mine has run since when with that pressure

I have an A with a lot of good parts if you are interested in it, it has been setting a long time but I didn’t want to see it go for scrap.

will it thrash..........stay tuned

Gleaner Baldwin

Crazy dogs are the best.

Grandson of J.I. case dealer & I got a long way to go on A 6

Get you some good dry white oak from a local mill.

But it did need oil 🤣 You want to pace yourself, Frank. A lot of projects in that yard...

Frank how many acres do you have to combine?

Nothing new under the sun. CVT's bak in the day. Any idea of its age?

you have a low tire in the back

Oh Frank, what kind of mess have you gotten yourself into now, Custom Harvesting? Say, just turn off the Electric Fence, let the cows harvest it, and save yourself a whole lot of money and grief. If the cows get full, and there's still some left, get some goats. See? I hit the Easy Button so you don't have to. 🤣