General Information

Serial #

921686

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

IRON/ STEEL/ RUBBER TIRES

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

4.2 m

Width

2.5 m

Height

3.6 m

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Agriculture

Category

Crop handling

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Dion

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

City

Sainte-Thérèse

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

1955-1984

Canada

CANADIAN MADE HARVESTING EQUIPMENT

Function

HARVESTING OF ROW CROPS & FORAGE CROPS FOR ANIMAL FEED/ "IN OPERATION, THE FORAGE HARVESTER PICKS UP THE HAY WINDROW OR CUTS THE STANDING CROP, PASSES IT ON TO THE FEED ROLLS WHICH FEED IT INTO THE CUTTING MECHANISM...STEEL PADDLES, ON THE CORNERS OF THE CUTTERHEAD PLATE, THROW AND BLOW THE CUT MATERIAL THROUGH THE DELIVERY SPOUT TO THE WAGON OR TRUCK" [1) P.212].

Technical

EARLY MULTI-ROW FORAGE HARVESTER DEVELOPED & MADE BY CANADIAN COMPANY

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 & .2 MFR'S PLATE READS: 'DION/ FRERES INC./ STE-THERESE DE-BLAINVILLE, QUE./ MODEL NO. T28 [.1] T4 [.2] SERIAL NO. 921686 [.1] 917056 [.2]/ MADE IN CANADA'/ DECAL READS: 'MANUFACTURED BY/ DION/ FRERES INC./ STE-THERESE. P.Q. CANADA/ MADE IN CANADA'/ BILINGUAL DECALS CONTAIN PATENT & SAFETY INFO. [SEE SUPP. INFO. FOR PATENT NOS.]/.1 DECALS READ: '488' [CUTTERHEAD HOUSING], 'MANUFACTURED BY/ DION/ MADE IN CANADA' [DISCHARGE SPOUT] & 'DION/MADE IN CANADA' [ROW-CROP ATTACHEMENT]/ BILINGUAL DECALS CONTAIN MECHANICAL INFO./ STICKER READS: 'CANADA/ AGRICULTURE/ 121059'/.2 'T4/ 13433' CAST INTO METAL

Missing

From CA of 05/22/1997 by Kevin Machan: Yes - Missing hardware.

Finish

METAL PAINTED RED/ WHEEL RIMS METAL PAINT WHITE WITH BLACK RUBBER TIRES/ DECALS WHITE BACKGROUND WITH BLACK PRINT (SOME HAVE RED BORDERS)/ STICKER BLACK & YELLOW

Decoration

N/A