Henry Guenter

It’s important that producers set their combines correctly before heading onto the field this harvest season. Threshing is a key area. It is accomplished by rubbing unthreshed material between two rough surfaces: the concave and the rub bars on the rotating cylinder. Material enters the front of the concave from the feeder chain and travels […] Read more

Henry Guenter, now retired, is a former service manager for Massey Ferguson. He has compiled advice on how to better prepare combines for harvest. It will soon be time for farmers to drive their combines out of the shed. Here’s what they should be doing to make their machines field-ready so they don’t have to […] Read more

Your tractor was in storage all winter and now that spring has arrived, you’re ready to take it into the field. Before you do, check a few things to avoid breakdowns and ensure your tractor performs to expectations. Before you start the tractor, check the fuel. If it is more than three months old, drain […] Read more

Henry Guenter is a retired former service manager for Massey Ferguson. He offers hints for keeping diesel engines running longer and more reliably in cold weather. Fuel Use diesel fuel conditioner in fuel stored more than three months. Without conditioner, you get poor starting, rough running, smoking and less power. Always store machinery with full […] Read more

Let’s say your implement dealer is trying to sell you a rotary combine, but you have always had a conventional. You are hesitant about switching to something you do not understand. I would like to explain some of the differences in design and what you will face in setting the rotary combine. I was in […] Read more

Henry Guenter was a service manager for Massey Ferguson for years. Crop germination was good this year and many farmers felt they had a bumper crop in the making. Then it turned hot and dry, producing an abundance of small kernels. Farmers may be thinking, “How will I ever save that canola? I had a […] Read more

Henry Guenter was a service manager for Massey Ferguson for many years. Now retired, he decided to compile some of his observations on how to improve the operation of certain MF equipment. We have included a few regarding Massey combines. The rest of the information is available here: What your massey manual won’t tell you. […] Read more

Henry Guenter was a service manager for Massey Ferguson for many years. He is now retired and living in Saskatoon, but decided to compile some of his observations on how to improve the operation of certain types of MF equipment. While the Western Producer didn’t have the space to put all his observations in print, […] Read more