Title: Sunshine H.S.T. Model Ground-Drive Header Harvester
Record No: 0006
Product Type: Harvesters
Product Line: Header Harvesters
Subjects:
Brandname: Sunshine
Model/s: H.S.T. Header (Ground-Drive)
Manufacturer: H.V. McKay Massey Harris Pty. Ltd.
Where Made: Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Distributor: H.V. McKay Massey Harris Pty Ltd (and local agents)
Production Dates: 1936 [1] to 1948 [11]
Size/Capacity: 8 ft. or 10 ft. width of cut and later also 6 ft. cut (by 1938)
Weight:
Function:
Drawn by team or tractor, the H.S.T. header/harvester completes in one continuous operation the work of gathering, cutting, threshing and cleaning the grain.
Features: [1,2]
* Ground wheel drive
* Horse team or tractor drive
* Harvests every condition and type of crop, including down and tangled crop
* Primarily used for harvesting wheat, oats and barley but also harvested peas, lupin, sudan grass, lucerne, rye, millet, etc
* New straight feed twin spiral reel front
* Roller chain drive with adjustable speed
Options/Attachments:
Various accessories were offered to enable harvesting of a wide range of crops.
* 'Shippard' Crop Lifter
* 'Sundump' Chaff Saver
* Pea Reaping attachment
Other Information:
Invented by Mr Headlie Shippard Taylor, which gave the H.S.T. initials to his designs. His first header successfully harvested grain in 1914. In 1916 he was employed by H.V. McKay. [3, 4]
Compared to the earlier Sunshine Header Harvester, the H.S.T. model has 'a New Front Spiral Reel has greater capacity and draws the heads straight back, thus eliminating comb wear. It is larger in diameter and of much heavier steel. Wider and stronger comb fingers, with an extended (and renewable) ledger plate of the finest heat-treated steel, are provided also. The knife is stronger and cuts cleanly and with exceptional smoothness. The rear spiral runs at a much faster speed, so that the incoming crop is quickly and positively conveyed to the front elevator and drum.' [2]
Patents:
Shippard Crop Lifter, Sundump Chaff Saver
Price:
1936 - Delivery on rails at Sunshine: [1]
¼ cash before starting; balance 1st Feb following.
With Steel Wheels
8 ft. cut with 17-bushel grain box £168/-/-
10 ft. cut with 23 bushel grain box £195/-/-
1947 [10]
With Steel Wheels
6 ft. cut £264/-/-
8 ft. cut £276/-/-
10 ft. cut £306/-/-
With Wood Rims:
| 8 ft. cut with 12" main | £286/10/0 |
| 8 ft. cut with 14" main | £292/10/0 |
| 10 ft. cut with 14" main | £320/10/0 |
With Flanged Steel Wheels:
6 ft. cut with 13¼" main £268/5/0
8 ft. cut with 13¼" main £280/5/0
10 ft. cut with 13¼" main £314/0/0
Cataloguers: J.O'Callaghan; J.Douglas; L.Dale; M.Mc; J.Long , Tony Green
Date Created: 14/04/2004
Date Modified:
References:
- TL 41016, Price Book - H.V. McKay, Victoria Price Book, 1936
- TL 10727, Catalogue - H.V. McKay Massey Harris, 'Sunshine & Massey Harris Farm Implements', Victoria, 1936
- HT 7155, Memorandum of Agreement - H.V. McKay, Hugh Victor McKay Machinery Manufacturer & Headlie Shippard Taylor, Mar 1916
- HT 30862, Manuscript - H.S. Taylor, "The Genesis of the Sunshine Header", circa 1940
- MM 018608, Photograph - H.V. McKay Massey Harris, Farm Equipment Manufacture & Field Trials, Sunshine, Victoria, Dec 1935
- MM 018576, Photograph - H.V. McKay Massey Harris, Horse-Drawn Header Harvester at Work, Katunga, via Numurkah, Victoria, Jan 1935
7. TL 00968, Publicity Brochure - H.V. McKay Massey Harris, 'Sunshine Header Harvesters', Victoria, 1947, (Museums Victoria Trade Literature Collections).
8. MM 018608, Photograph - H.V. McKay Massey Harris, Farm Equipment Manufacture & Field Trials, Sunshine, Victoria, Dec 1935
9. TL 000957, Publicity Brochure - H.V. McKay Massey Harris Pty Ltd, H.S.T. Header Harvester, Sunshine, Victoria, 1936
10. TL 39738, Price Book - H.V. McKay Massey Harris Pty Ltd, 'Sunshine and Massey Harris Farm Machinery Agents Price Book No.47', Victoria, 1947
11. Handbook - 'Massey-Ferguson Grain Harvest Handbook', Sunshine, Victoria, circa 1964.
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