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Bicker Steam Threshing 2013

drum is an interesting one certainly not a usual foster, outside elevator and a funny self feeder on wooden wheels.... is it an old one?

Did the 'clock face' Foster drums not have external elevators?

The self feeder is a 'rotary' one (rather than canvas conveyer). Fosters promoted wooden wheels quite heavily, right into the '40s and beyond; unlike their competitors, no idea why. Much like their proclivity for reverse forecarriages (as is the case with this machine - note the large 'rear' wheels beneath the straw-walkers).

I know it's off subject, but the spitfire has no markings, i.e no numbers or letters. Is this question to ",pedantic" or were they like this ?

Mark.

I think it is a MKXIX, and probably PS853

PS853 doesn't seem to be flying now so it is probably PM631 still a MKXIX.
Edit June 1994 Spitfire XIX PS853 sold to defray costs of rebuild on Hurricane LF363, so It probably wasn't PS853
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Originally Posted by windmiller78 (Post 270770)

drum is an interesting one certainly not a usual foster, outside elevator and a funny self feeder on wooden wheels.... is it an old one?

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on radio lincs on sunday said one was privately owned and one from memorial flight

The Threshing machine was new in October 1948 to a farmer in Bicker & was supplied by Geo R Dawson & Sons of Bicker who were agents for Fosters, in May 1950 a Holbein feeder was supplied by Fosters & fitted to the machine

Rotary feeders are pretty efficient, certianly labour saving, especially the ones with automatic band-cutters fitted. I like the look of the reverse-forecarriage machines.