Start of a New Era
Massey-Harris self-propelled combine put an end to threshing
By Leslie McManus
When word got out, in 1945, that 500 Massey-Harris 21A combines would be made available throughout the U.S., Woody Weeber – then of Sharon Center, Iowa – made a beeline for his local Massey dealership. “There was a tremendous demand for those combines, but he was one of the first there,” says his son, Steve Weeber, rural Iowa City, Iowa. “Later they sold them above sticker price. But the dealer told dad ‘A deal’s a deal,’ and he got his at sticker price.”