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CrestonM 
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Posted: 14 Nov 2016 at 7:41pm |
Anyone know what it was? I found this ad for it.
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GM Guy
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Posted: 24 Nov 2016 at 1:25am |
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I picked up a old Landhandler Magazine off Ebay, I think a 1984 one, and they talked about it in there. Apparently Allis put on a factory sponsored combine demonstration with all brands present. I think they had to buy combines from the competition to ensure availability at every stop of the tour.
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shameless (ne)
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Posted: 24 Nov 2016 at 1:39am |
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when the "N" series combine first came out, was at a field demo days at Mead,NE. this was before Husker Harvest Days, but was sorta the same. all brands of equipment available came in and showed off their machines in the fields. I remember watching all colors of combines (cept Gleaner) trying to combine wet oats in a field. they were plugging up trying to impress folks by going fast thru the field! them someone said...LOOKY THERE....and here came a BIG Gleaner with twice the size header, coming down the road, pulled in, combined the rest of the field, driving around and past the other colored machines, dumping the load in wagons and trucks, then left....never stopped once. and the sample was clean and really wet! lol...everyone just turned around and walked away from the fields as there wasn't anything else to watch cept dudes in suits and ties trying to unplug their machines! that combine was talked about all afternoon....even made an impressive article in the farm magazines!
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GM Guy
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Posted: 26 Nov 2016 at 7:57pm |
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Shameless, do you recall what model it was? The N5 and N6 bin is flush with the cab roof, N7 had a tall extension.
No matter what engine choice, all the N series engines sound pretty nasty cackling through the straight pipe, I bet it was quite the sight to see and hear! Thanks for the story. :)
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Gleaner: the properly engineered and built combine.
If you need parts for your Gleaner, we are parting out A's through L2's, so we may be able to help.
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Mike Plotner
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Posted: 26 Nov 2016 at 9:09pm |
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that would of been a sight to see! about every time I go to the farm science review, the AGCO guys don't want to hardly acknowledge the Gleaners are even there
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m16ty
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Posted: 26 Nov 2016 at 11:24pm |
I remember it used to be hard to get all the manufactures to compete head to head together. Most manufacturers knew there could only be one winner and they wouldn't go for fear they wouldn't win.
Even If JD invited Gleaner to a head to head match up, they knew better than show up because Deere wouldn't even invite them unless they knew 100% that they had the demonstration stacked where there was no possible way for Gleaner to win.
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shameless (ne)
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Posted: 26 Nov 2016 at 11:32pm |
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GM guy...no I really don't remember which one it was, cept it was a time when they really weren't on many dealer lots yet, they were that new. heard they trucked this one in from the factory, and unloaded it about a mile from the show grounds and drove it the rest of the way in. it could have been the 5 or 6. the other colored combines were still in the field, and everyone just turned and walked away after the Gleaner left! most did stop to look at the grain in the trucks and wagons tho! and later sitting eating a hotdog...listening to others saying "now that is a combine"! (even dudes with green hats on)
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DrAllis
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Posted: 27 Nov 2016 at 6:45am |
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The thing from the past I remember, was similar to this, but not quite like Shameless describes. There was a time (1984 is about right) where A-C owned an 860 Massey and an 8820 Deere. They set up in a large corn field with a weigh wagon and ran an N-6 against the 860, 8820 and an L-3 Gleaner. A-C Dealerships brought there potential Customers. Farmers each took turns making one round and dumping into the weigh wagon. Time after time the N-6 was dumping 2 to maybe 3 bushels more corn per acre. The point was this.....just looking on the ground isn't everything when it comes to machine losses. Every kernel counts and the weigh wagon did a pretty good job of convincing people. I never attended one of these sessions, but I know there was more than one held around the country. At a time of high interest and $100,000 combines, that extra couple bushels per acres meant something.
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Ryan Renko
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Posted: 27 Nov 2016 at 6:28pm |
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Great stories guys!!! The glory days of Gleaner! Ryan
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Mike Kroupa
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Posted: 27 Nov 2016 at 8:53pm |
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I will never forget the first years of Husker Harvest Days,78 or 79. Gleaner had a N6 W/12R corn head for the field demo. Corn was right 30% and to say the least it was slow going and it smoked like freight train, but it got through it ok and put out a respectable sample. Deere also had a 8820 w/12r head, but everyone else had 8 row heads. I bet the combine operators stomach was in a monkey knot, hoping the ole 3750 would stay together. LOL, Mike
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