[BoSoT]

MF 550, modified to be used as a rooibos tea pickuper. Everything gets remove, basically just the header drive is functional.

 

[AnviL]

What is that, a big vacuum cleaner??

 

[Don Boles]

Interesting!
What is rooibos tea?

 

[BoSoT]

Just a big broom, with conveyor to the tank.

Rooibos tea is a indigenous plant, found only in the western cape, get cut, chopped in 2mm pieces, fermented overnight to get the red colour, picked up, graded and sold as tea.

 

[kevlar]

Wish I could remove all the inside parts to our combine, would sure reduce breakdowns!

 

[Triple Triangle]

Didn't know they made 550s with gray cabs.

 

[SK Farmer]

Didn't know they made 550s with gray cabs.

in 1979 they went to a silver cab to color match the 750 and 760. It remained that color till the last one rolled of the assembly line in 84 or 85.

 

[Don Boles]

What year silver cab 750/760?
What year 750/760 to 850/860?

 

[MF cowboy]

What year silver cab 750/760?
What year 750/760 to 850/860?

I thought 1979 models 700/550 series grey cab.
1981 was the start of the 800 series machines?

 

[SK Farmer]

Yes 1979 silver/grey cabs for all MF combines.

 

[SK Farmer]

The MF 850/ 860 were introduced in 1981.

 

[SK Farmer]

The MF 850/ 860 were produced till 1988. the 540 was stopped in 83 and the 550 ceased production in1985.

 

[TripleTriangle]

Didn't know they made 550s with gray cabs.

Meant to say 540, sorry.

 

[white owl]

Finally have time to get mine going this coming weekend

 

[MF cowboy]

Oh my whats with all the 550 resurrections??

 

[white owl]

No software glitch’s😄

 

[Combine Pilot]

You would be surprised how many farmers are still farming with 30 to 50-year-old equipment. Remember the average farm size in all of Saskatchewan is still 1600 acres.