The last harvest | 3x Claeys/Clayson M103 & M80 at work

During the end of the 2021 wheat harvest season some oldtimer friends came together to cut the final field of the year using their classic Claeys and Clayson combine harvesters. The M103 was the most popular model of combine in the Netherlands during the 60s. In total machines were build by the Leon Claeys factory in Zedelgem, Belgium. This is the same factory as where New Holland Agriculture is producing combines, forage harvesters and balers today. Today most of these machines are in the hands of collectors and some are restored, as the 2 examples seen in this video. The 2 machines in this video are owned by farmer/contractor Ko Brasser and collector Bo de Kam. The third machine is a somewhat rare M80 machine. This combine was offered by Clayson from 1961 and followed 5 years later by the upgraded M89. It was a smaller version of the M103 aimed at small farmers whereas the M103 was for the big farmers and contractors. The model number M103 stands for the size of the sieves which are 10