fire in the hole
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Topic: fire in the hole
Posted By: SteveM C/IL
Subject: fire in the hole
Date Posted: 27 Oct 2016 at 8:39am
| Just saw an unusual sight.A burnt late madel Gleaned in a bean field a few miles north of Champaign. |
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Posted By: CrestonM
Date Posted: 27 Oct 2016 at 8:41am
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I've never actually seen a burned Gleaner. Heard of a couple, but never seen one. Green combines on the other hand....
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Posted By: DanD
Date Posted: 27 Oct 2016 at 8:50am
I've noticed the same thing. Lots of burned green combines I've seen. Thought maybe it was just because there was more of them? |
CrestonM wrote:Posted By: CrestonM
Date Posted: 27 Oct 2016 at 8:56am
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Their radiator system is a lot of it. The green ones have an air scoop. Basically a pocket with a fan in it. Sucks everything in, plugs up, overheats, fire. The Gleaners have the big fan on the side that self reverses every 10 minutes to blow out the radiator. Then the fan turns back around and tilts down to blow out the engine compartment, before tilting back up and going back to normal operation. That's Gleaner's smart solution to fires. What did John Deere do? They made factory installed air compressors in the engine compartment an option. Get out of the cab and clean it yourself, if you remember.
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Posted By: Brian F(IL)
Date Posted: 27 Oct 2016 at 11:58am
| Steve, do you recall where this was at? |
Posted By: SteveM C/IL
Date Posted: 27 Oct 2016 at 12:34pm
| on the west sde of county rd straight north at ex 238...bout 2-3 miles outa town. was headed to Dewey |
Posted By: ILGLEANER
Date Posted: 27 Oct 2016 at 2:11pm
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It's an S 77. I know the guy. He has a nice 8550 to. And now has a new S97 ------------- Education doesn't make you smart, it makes you educated. |
Posted By: CAL(KS)
Date Posted: 27 Oct 2016 at 2:16pm
galvanized doesnt burn as well as plastic  ------------- Me -C,U,UC,WC,WD45,190XT,TL-12,145T,HD6G,HD16,HD20 Dad- WD, D17D, D19D, RT100A, 7020, 7080,7580, 2-8550's, 2-S77, HD15 |
Posted By: Brian F(IL)
Date Posted: 27 Oct 2016 at 2:31pm
| Too bad. Nice family. |
Posted By: SteveM C/IL
Date Posted: 27 Oct 2016 at 6:25pm
| Had better part of hopper of beans.Could see that on return trip. |
Posted By: DanWi
Date Posted: 27 Oct 2016 at 9:29pm
| A friend just was talking the other day about the high exhaust temps on the JD because of the pollution crap. |
Posted By: CrestonM
Date Posted: 27 Oct 2016 at 9:33pm
Could be. My uncles got lucky. They ordered two 9460R JD tractors the last year they were available without DEF. It was also the last year for the quad range transmission, that they'd been using since the 70's or 80's. They like it, and hate the powerjerk (As do I). The old powershifts of the 80s were great! But the new ones are trash. Gotta bump through ever gear. On the old ones, you go straight from 1 to 8 at the push of the lever. Not on the new ones. You're gonna feel a jerk 8 times if you want to go from 1 to 8.
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Posted By: JohnCO
Date Posted: 28 Oct 2016 at 12:02am
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Did he get the S97 after the fire?
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