Gleaner G Combine

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.

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.

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.

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.

Do not "bolt-on".  Four prongs that fit into four sockets and then a spring loaded latch to trap them.

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

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

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.

How much diesel do they burn an hour?

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? 

Knew a guy that drove a 4020 from Chicago Il. to Sweet Springs, Mo.         MACK

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.

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.