A pull-type combine would probably have been cheaper but this machine gives the practicality and efficiency of a self-propelled machine without the price of one.
One of the benefits they advertised was that the tractor could be removed after the harvest and returned to work as a normal tractor.
It could also be a cheap option if a farmer had an extra tractor or bought a used one for cheap to run this machine.
These harvesters were build in the 1950s and 1960s.
They did not come with an engine, transmission or rear axle. Instead a tractor of the farmer's choosing was attached to the rear of the machine. This particular one is using a Chamerlain Countryman.
Various linkages connect the pedals and levers from the tractor to the cabin and a shaft goes to the steering column.
The harvester's functions are driven from the tractor's PTO.
[Here is a video I found on Youtube which gives a tour of the machine.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFZ3yeEQFLU)
[Here is an advertising brouchure from 1969](https://www.flickr.com/photos/aussiefordadverts/43521906961)
[An open cab version with a Ford tractor is shown in this news story.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNaz-I6r5-0)
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