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Do you know about the first Axial Flow combine harvester brochure?
Or the first press articles.

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Brochure for the Versatile D-118, G-125, and D-145.  The 145 was very popular in my area and kind of a ground breaking tractor overall in the 4x4 industry.  They cost about much as a top of the line 2 wheel drive tractor contributing to their success. 

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1 hour ago, dale560 said:

Lots of early versatile in this area also. A guy in town was repainting a 145 all summer looked good from afar.

I always wanted one and finally got one at local auction for $800.  Somebody put a reman 504 in it. 

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2 hours ago, Big Bud guy said:

I always wanted one and finally got one at local auction for $800.  Somebody put a reman 504 in it. 

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Well, now, I guess I need to post a few pics of 1 of the 2 145s that my cousin uses here in WI. Here he is planting corn down a the end of our driveway.

 

Keith-

 

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7 minutes ago, KeithFink said:

Well, now, I guess I need to post a few pics of 1 of the 2 145s that my cousin uses here in WI. Here he is planting corn down a the end of our driveway

What power plant does that have?  One thing some guys did around here was add full around fenders that covered both tires .  Made the tractor look bigger then it actually was. 

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Got a couple newer versatile brochure. Dad got all the extra brochures from IHC dealer in 86. You guys have been so good on putting pictures up now I will have to put a few up.it is a 15 gallon tote of brochures most never read. Sorry about sideways always forget which way to hold phone. In 85 you would have been king of the hill with these versatile products.IMG_1778.thumb.JPG.bb759f980ced559e6856416d43c8de62.JPG

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3 hours ago, dale560 said:

Got a couple newer versatile brochure. Dad got all the extra brochures from IHC dealer in 86. You guys have been so good on putting pictures up now I will have to put a few up.it is a 15 gallon tote of brochures most never read. Sorry about sideways always forget which way to hold phone. In 85 you would have been king of the hill with these versatile products.

 

 

That is a real prize to have in your possession.  A lot of the old brochures were just thrown out. I'm lucky to have saved a few over the years including this 1977 Versatile calendar showing some of their machinery available at the time. 

 

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7 minutes ago, hillskinefarms said:

Boy, that is one complicated hay rake.

Having said that, my dad bought a Fahr  3ph corn chopper in 1977 and used it for several years. Not overbuilt but it was a pretty descent chopper for smaller acreages.

And how! Fahr engineers must not have had enough to do the day they designed that one. That rake looks like a parts salesman's dream.

 

Keith- 

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2 hours ago, KeithFink said:

And how! Fahr engineers must not have had enough to do the day they designed that one. That rake looks like a parts salesman's dream.

 

Keith- 

German engineering

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1 hour ago, BOBSIH856 said:

German engineering

Well actually a Swiss invented the chain rake but Fahr went into serial production. My grandfather had one he bought new back in Switzerland.

-Urs

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One of the more popular Versatile products in this part of Sask. was the 400 self propelled swather. I believe it was their first hydrostatic drive model. They sold a lot of these as well as the model 10 pull types. From a 1972 ad. 

 

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