Naegele Combining Inc. is a family owned and operated business.

It was started in 1976, by Rick Naegele. His wife Angela joined him in 1978. The business was incorporated in 1988 in the state of Kansas and has remained the same through current times. Naegele Combining operates from Texas to North Dakota and Montana, following the wheat harvest before returning to the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles for corn harvest. Many of the jobs and farmers of whom are served have used Naegele for over 15 years.

After finishing high school in 1976 Rick bought a truck and a combine und went south.

It was a Gleaner G combine and a single axle Ford truck.

 
Two years later Rick and Angela got married. Angela joined the harvest. The business increased to two combines and trucks plus a trailerhouse.

This photo was taken in 1982 in Custer, Montana. Naegele Combining was operating three combines now. Another harvester had teamed up there to get the job done quicker.

The Ford trucks were slowly replaced by Macks. In 1985 the Gleaner N7 was state of the art.

To take care of big jobs teaming up with a second combiner helps to satisfy the customer. Here Langton Harvesting brought in the additional two combines.

When Deutz bought Allis Chalmer in 1987 times got tough for Gleaner customers. To be more competitive Naegele Combining switched to John Deere.

In 1988 the first grain cart on the Naegele crew joined the three 8820s.

Teaming up still is of advantage. Shown here is the Naegele crew with some combines of Frederick Harvesting.

During the 90s the Mack tandem trucks were replaced by Freightliners and the 8820s by 9500s.

In 2000 the combines were upgraded to four 9610s with 36 foot MacDon heads. The tandem trucks were replaced by Peterbilt semi tractors.

In 2001 Marvin Johnson and Rick Naegele teamed up to found NCI Transportation, a dispatching company that keeps the Naegele trucks busy in the off season and many other trucks and owner operators year around.

In 2005 the fleet was expanded again to now 5 combines and 8 semi trucks.

Two grain carts were taken on wheat harvest.

In December 2005 all harvesting equipment, including the trucks, were sold and the harvesting business discontinued.