Combine Converted To 4WD

Combine converted to 4WD COMBINES Conversions 16-1-5 "It's great insurance for combining in mud and it cost far less to build than any commercial rear axle drive on the market," says Robert Greenlee, Okmulgee, Oki., who converted a Massey 510 combine to 4-WD by replacing the rear axle with the front steering axle from a 4-WD military truck driven by an extra engine and transmission from a 1971 Ford Plnto car. The add-on engine mounts on top of the combine, behind the grain tank. A drive-shaft off the transmission powers a pair of sprockets that chain-drive a pto shaft beneath the rear of the combine that drives the steering axle.

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