17AFarmer: There has been mention of bean harvesters among many recently(maybe because its dry bean harvesting season). I have not farmed dry beans before, but we have leased acreage out to bean farmers in the past. I am curious as to the different sizes of machines. I usually hear of the CB Hay "Big Bertha", but what other sizes did they make? And didn't some machines have to have a third cylinder to handle really stringy straw from Limas? I am amazed to see quite a few of these old machines still in action, and best part is many of them still get pulled with a Caterpillar crawler. I didn't mean to take away from the Cat combine/JD 36 conversation. Now that we are seeing cooler weather, time to break out the crockpot and make some baby lima and ham hocks! JM

Juiceman.Hopeffully 17AFarmer will reply.He is quite the historian on old grain and bean harvesters

Here is our 1948 Standard pulled by a TD9    
Hercules was replaced with a 371 Jimmy