Choosing Gleaner Combine Small
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Topic: Choosing Gleaner Combine Small
Posted By: 560Dennis
Subject: Choosing Gleaner Combine Small
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2011 at 8:53pm
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What Gleaner would be good for a 60 acre farm. The AllCRops are harder to find. If a gleaner would do small grains and grass seed which one would be the best choice ?
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Posted By: TedBuiskerN.IL.
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2011 at 9:12pm
An E would be a good choice. parts should be plentifull. Uses a D17 engine.
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Posted By: HagerAC
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2011 at 10:55pm
F2. Probably a little big for 60 acres, but they are pretty reasonably priced, simple to set up and operate, and parts are easy to get. We have 2 of them. Any gleaner is a good machine, just depends on the size ya need.
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Posted By: JohnCO
Date Posted: 14 Jun 2011 at 12:23am
An A would also do the job. Also simple and easy to work on, when they need work.
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Posted By: KevinON
Date Posted: 14 Jun 2011 at 6:17am
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My suggestion would be a K or K2.
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Posted By: ranger42
Date Posted: 14 Jun 2011 at 6:54am
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I agree wtih KevinON.... K2 would be Ideal and they are reasonable, I was at an Auction earlier this year in Vincennes, IN and I believe someone on this site bought the nice, low houred K2 diesel and 12ft flex head for around $5000.00 It would be more than enough machine and give you the flexiblility to take on a few more acres if you wanted.
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Posted By: BobHnwO
Date Posted: 14 Jun 2011 at 7:15am
I would get an M2!
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Posted By: Dipstick In
Date Posted: 14 Jun 2011 at 8:47am
An E,A, C, C2, G, K,F, (an M or L might be too large to house), but ANY Gleaner would work on a small farm in contrast to the smaller combines on a large farm. Really you can not go wrong with any model. They were superior to all of the other brands in many, many applications. They were referred to as "recycled hog feeders, hog feed processors,and many other unkind names", but if one were set and "operated correctly" they would return as good a sample as any other machine. We had one fellow that brought whole kernel corn and unsplit beans in to the elevator, and when I asked him if he used a corn sheller he said no, I just set it the way it's supposed to be. They would also run on wet nasty days when all the Red and Green machines went back to the shed. Many times I would see the neighbors come out with theirs and try only to go back to the house. But my trusty old C2 just kept shelling soybeans out of the pod and getting acres done. The same with damp foxtail and BIG jimpson weeds. They might not have been as pretty and frilly looking as the others, but by golly they WORKED!!!!!!
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Posted By: StewartMD
Date Posted: 15 Jun 2011 at 6:44am
We found our E locally and it was cheap. It's easy to work on and was a good investment. We were tired of waiting on custom harvesters to come in. Ours does just fine for us. We usually do less than 30 acres of small grains a year with it.
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Posted By: 560Dennis
Date Posted: 15 Jun 2011 at 8:56pm
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OK next question , what do I look for ? I don't know what is a good machine from a bad one. Is it worn out or is it field ready. GAS Or Diesel
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Posted By: Ryan Renko
Date Posted: 15 Jun 2011 at 9:07pm
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Diesel would be my choice and I would agree about getting a K2. Its got allot of comfort that you wont find in the older gleaners. Check out the cylinder bars first but some items just break on you. Overall condition is a good sign. How many hours on it, was it shedded and taken care of by a small farmer or was it "beat like a rented mule"??
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