Farm Equipment - Gleaner timeline

After the Fordson Mounted Gleaner self-propelled combine was discontinued, Gleaner turned its focus towards the more popular and gaining ground: Pull type combine market. Starting in 1928 and remaining in production until 1955 when the Self-propelled combines were really starting to take off. Several models of Gleaner Pull type combines were made. They made both Small pull type combines for the smaller operators, and Bigger pull types for the custom operators.

Large Gleaner- Baldwin Pull type combines:

The Model "A" and "R" Pull type combines were built from 1929 to 1935 approximately. Around 2,876 Model "A" Pull type combines were built, while 7,590 Model "R" pull types were built. Both models had a 12 foot cutting width, and had a RASP Bar Cylinder with a diameter of 19.25, with a width of 26 inches. This size of Cylinder would be standard on all models of the larger Gleaner-Baldwin combines, and had a Raddle Walker Separation. The width of the Walkers were 32 inches while the length was around 154 inches. Total Sep area was approximately was around 4,992 inches square. Total Cleaning area was 2,464 square inches.
The Bin capacity of the "A" and "R" Pull type combines was around 50 bushels. The Pull type combines used a Ford A 4 cylinder, 32 HP engine.

In 1935, the Gleaner Baldwin model designations changed to the Model NR an NA's, and also had a cutting width of 12 feet, and retained the bin capacity of 50 bushels. The length of the Walkers changed to 164 inches up from 154 inches on the "A" and "R" models. Total separating area increased to 5, 248 square inches.

Next up came the Model "E" and "F" Pull type Gleaner Baldwin Combines. The Model "E" and "F" Pull type combines were built in the time frame of 1939 to 1951. With 10, 594 model "E" Pull type combines being built during its production run. The Model "F" Pull type had a production run of 2,543 combines. Initially the Model "E" and "F" combines had a bin capacity of 50 bushels, but in 1942 the capacity was dropped down to 40 bushels. In 1946, the Capacity of the bin returned to 45 bushels.

Gleaner- Baldwin brought out the Model "J" and "H" combines next, and were built in the time frame of 1939-1950 and were the last models of the Larger Gleaner pull type machines built. Only 401 models of the "J" Gleaner were built, while 773 models of the "H" Gleaner pull types were produced.
Engines used to power the larger pull types varied between 1944 - 1948. In 1944, they were powered by a Ford Le Roi engine that developed 32.5 HP. In 1947, the engine was changed to the Hercules engine which boosted HP up to 35HP. And finally in 1948, the engine on the pull type combine was changed yet again to the Ford 6-226 48 HP engine. The final engine change, would later go on to be used in the later Self propelled Gleaners, such as the A/R/B.

SMALL Gleaner Baldwin Pull Type combines:

The company produced 4 different models of a smaller pull type combine, starting with the Model "T" combine and ending with the P-80 Pull type. The "T" Gleaner pull type entered production in 1937 and was built until 1941, in which Gleaner sold 636 model "T" pull types in its final year of production. In total, 1,552 Gleaner "T" pull type combines were built. This size of pull type was made for the smaller family farm type operations. It had a 6 foot cutting width, with a RASP Bar Cylinder, with a 19.25 inch diameter cylinder with a width of 18 inches. Total Separating area in the combine was: 2,880 square inches, while total cleaning area was 1,464 square inches. Bin Capacity was 20 bushels. Engine options for the "T" and "S" Gleaners were the Wisconsin 12.5 HP engine, which later was increased to 16 HP.

The Model "S" Gleaner pull type combine was next in production, it was pretty much the same as the Model "T" pull type, however the length of the combine was increased to 126 inches from 120 inches on the "T", and the Total Separating area increased to 3,024 square inches. The cleaning area and bin capacity remained the same as the Model "T" pull type. The "S" Gleaner also had a 6 foot cutting width.

The "Six- S" Gleaner was the next model of Gleaner pull types produced. It had a cutting width of 74 inches. The length of the "Six- S" combine was increased to 132 inches up from 126 on the "S" model. The width of the Cylinder was also increased to 22 inches from 18 inches on the "S" Gleaner. Total separating area was increased to 3,168 square inches, and the Total cleaning area was increased to 1,891 square inches from 1,464 square inches on the "S" and early "T" Gleaner pull types. The "Six -S" Gleaner was powered by a Wisconsin 21.5 HP engine which was a big upgrade from the 16HP engine on the "S". Grain tank capacity increased to 22 bushels. In total between the "S" Gleaner and "Six-S" combines, 9,291 units were built from 1942 to 1953.

The Final Gleaner Pull Type Combine to ever be built was the P-80 Gleaner combine. It was dropped from Production after Allis Chalmers acquired Gleaner. AC decided to drop the Gleaner pull type combine and sell there All-crop Pull type combine instead. Self-propelled combines was the way of the future, and not long after the Gleaner P-80 was dropped, the AC All-crop combine would meet the same fate.
Only 287 P-80 Gleaners were produced in total during its 2 year production run in 1954 and 55. The P-80 Gleaner was pretty much the same as the "Six- S" Gleaner other then the fact the Wisconsin engine was upgraded to the 4-108-25HP engine.

So Gleaner had a pretty good run in the Pull Type market over the years, but they were not building pull type combines as later on as some of the other companies did. It paid off though, as Gleaner would move on to build a Damn fine Conventional Self-propelled combine. Copied from http://silvercombines1923.freeforums.net/thread/20/gleaner-baldwin-pull-type-combines" rel="nofollow - http://silvercombines1923.freeforums.net/thread/20/gleaner-baldwin-pull-type-combines