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    Posted: 26 Aug 2020 at 1:00pm
Looking at a Gleaner G combine. Things is it is 180 miles away. Anyone ever transported one? How heavy, wide, and tall are they? Any stories or pictures of hauling one are welcome.

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How hard is it to take the header of one?
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I think the oldest model "G" Gleaners are back to 1967 or 68. At that time I don't think they were quick-tach heads. If it has a V-8 gas engine, it is a GM/Chevy engine and would be newer and probably quick-tach headers. It is wider than 8 ft I'm pretty sure. In my neck of the woods they have no value whatsoever. Too old. Too small.
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It was a gas then coveted to a diesel engine. He says it has the same diesel engine as a 190xt. I was figuring it was over 8 feet but is the wheel base? Can you drive it on to a 8.5 foot trailer? If its not quick attach head how  long are you talking to get a head off? half hour, hour or like 3 hours?
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Wheel tread supposed to be 100 inches to the center of the drive and steer wheels.  Wheelbase is 112 inches. Non-quick tach not that bad and probably comes off easier than goes on.
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So it would be relay tight to fight on a trailer that is 102 but it could be done. Do you know how tall they are, and how much they weight? Do you need a loader to be able to take and put the header on?

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Height with standard tires is just under 10 ft to top of cab. Weight is about 11,000 lbs. If the engine doesn't run, you'll surely need a loader or skidldr or forklift or something for the header.
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So on a 3 foot tall gooseneck trailer I will be under the 14 foot limit. Engine actually runs great the guy drove it 40 mile home two years ago. I have never been around the non quick attach header, do they bolted on?
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Do not "bolt-on".  Four prongs that fit into four sockets and then a spring loaded latch to trap them.
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Yikes,, be sure you know all the specs on it- or a 3 hour job may take all day, take a bunch of tools and equipment with you , 
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We hauled one back in March about 120 miles  It was on a lowboy only 18 inches off the ground and with the hopper extension it was over 14 feet tall so on a gooseneck you are going to be over 15’ tall. We left the 13’ head on and just flagged it but had pretty good roads. Our trailer was 102” wide and after we loaded we blocked the axles because it was super close to not being wide enough, very tough to load and keep straight on trailer would be safer with outriggers
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If same header attachment as a C2 they are not that difficult, used to change mine every fall between crops.
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Header not that hard to take off and put on. Was a quick tach at the time, compared to earlier models. Much better than the other colors at the time. Did you ever chase one of the other colors around the barn lot until you found a tree ?          MACK
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Mack, we used to have an A Gleaner with a 2/38 corn head and a 10' grain header. I recall the lower "wedge" pins that were spring loaded, but I was too young to remember the top hook-ups. What would that have looked like ? Thanks
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Same as bottom..... wedge pins..... far better than anybody else at the time. An A was just a little different at the top than an E where the top wedge pins were on the head with the A while an E had the top wedges with the combine throat. That's if I remember correctly.
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Originally posted by JeremyBright JeremyBright wrote:

We hauled one back in March about 120 miles  It was on a lowboy only 18 inches off the ground and with the hopper extension it was over 14 feet tall so on a gooseneck you are going to be over 15’ tall. We left the 13’ head on and just flagged it but had pretty good roads. Our trailer was 102” wide and after we loaded we blocked the axles because it was super close to not being wide enough, very tough to load and keep straight on trailer would be safer with outriggers

I agree. I wouldn’t recommend driving gleaner G onto a 30” high 102” wide gooseneck or onto a semi king-pin hookup 102” drop deck trailer WITHOUT DECK OUTRIGGERS. Best to use a detach TRAILER with OUTRIGGERS.
Or, just drive it without header for your 180 miles & figure 12-15 miles an hour(long 15-12hr day).

Congrats on a great older gleaner G! It was the big flagship combine in the era between Gleaner C2 & L/M models. Gleaner also used a modified G to test early rotor designs.
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How much diesel do they burn an hour?
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All G heads are quick-tach heads.   later ones were made even easier to attach but they all interchanged.
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Actually found out it is a little closer so it would be around 130 miles to drive home. Anyone ever drive one this far? The guy that has it drove it 40 miles to his house last year and he said it ran great. So, I think it would be fine to drive 130 miles, but would I need to check before and during the drive? 

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Man, 130 miles? I don’t like the 3 mile ride to one of our hay fields on my XT. 13 mph is sloooowwww
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Make sure the turning brakes work well and don't stick or it might put you in the ditch.
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I have a '68 G I've used for several years on a few acres of corn and beans. This year I tried wheat for the first time and even though it's infested with weeds (long story), what's going in the hopper is pretty clean. Most of the time I plant corn, and it cleans it as good as any modern combine. Biggest downside as I see it is that they only made the G four years, 68-72, and as I've been told, heads aren't interchangeable between Gleaner models without major adaptions. So if you're not fond of the header that comes with the combine, you may have a hard time finding another, without buying another combine that comes with it.
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Check grease level in trans...jack up rear wheels and spin....you may want to repack whl brgs....not cool to be broke down on the road with ruined wheel brg /spindle. I'd drive it but you have to be careful because there are a lot of fools to deal with on the road....maybe Montana isn't that populated?
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Still have 2 G's sitting in the tree line and a good 6 row 30 in corn head.  G was the 1st combine I used.  putting on head is more difficult than taking off.  You had to drive perfectly lined up and have the head sitting at the proper angle.  There is a tool that you use that usually came with the combine to push the pins in and out.  The last of the G's had a hydro otherwise they were variable speed.  I'd think it's be hard on the variable speed belt to drive it that far.  At one time I had 4 G combines that we ran and 1 for parts.  You could buy them cheap. Oh the memories of running those machines and working on them during harvest.  Cleaning fan has wood boards and those were hard to change out when they broke.  Always had to run and be listening very carefully for a slip clutch as those were the days before electronics and it seemed that once a clutch slipped (auger one), it would fill the cleaning fan with grain very quickly and break the boards. I think the raddle chain was also wooden, but our last ones, had metal instead of wood.    
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