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I looked up some cleaning shoe specs in my literature collection: Early M2 (like we have now) 4667 in3 late M2 5252 in3 N5 6339 in3 R5 6339 in3 R40 3979 in3 Early R42 3918 in3 late R42 4705 in3 It would appear the late R42 and early M2 are similar, except R42 has accelerator rolls. I actually was looking favorably at a R5 before finding this R42. The budget would certainly prefer the R5, but the 42 is at the local dealer!

If you want a bare bones monster without all the latest bells and whistles a late N_R5 from a good home would be very cost effective and give you the shoe capacity you need in the hills. This is contingent upon your willingness to spend some time and a little $$ to "Hyperize" the rotor,cage and chaffer. Doing this to my 81 N6 really created a machine I would put up against machines that cost 3x's as much. Good luck in what ever you decide. Pete Hinrichsen

May I ask a question dairyfarmerIJ How many acres are you harvesting, and plus with a dairy operation, what are your time constraints for harvesting, (hours in a day let's say) I am curious. Thank you.

I used to run an l2 and an R50 side by side. Neither machine would outrun the other in corn, but I had a better corn sample from the R50. The only time there was a difference was if you got into some green stem beans that were ropey, then the R50 would walk off and leave the l2. I think the R40 and the R50 were the same machine as far as capacity. If I'm not mistaken the only differences were small things such as hopper capacity and final drives. The R50 with the Deutz is a lot more fuel efficient. Just my 2 cents.

good comment_question theat is the reason if i could afford it i will have a 70 or 72 when i get rid of the ole girl of a f2 i have or if something happens to my dad i would nevver get done otherwise dairyfarmer

Thank you dairyfarmer, That is one of those questions that I dont mean to pry. My thought is if you dont have a lot of time I would go with a larger capacity machine. I am sure your time is pretty precious with livestock. We do well with our R42 on 250 acres, but we have field sizes that range from 1.5 acres to 22, plus plots in them. We get done in a couple weeks with good weather. We grow corn, soybeans, wheat and milo. No, livestock, unless you include deer. grrrrr! Hope this helps!

local Farther_Son team used a R42 on about 2000+ acres here! Have done for over ten years, they seem to get along fine, stepped up from a F2 when partnership between Brothers split! Can't seem to get them to hyperize it though would make a awesome smaller machine! Rolf

Ours is not Hyperized. I would really like to see the inside of a hypered machine in person to see what it would take. It looks easy enough, but to me, it is one of those things that I need to look at and touch to get a good handle on what we would have to do. Our R42 has Just under 700 thresher hours, so the question would be, should I wait till we need to pull the rotor at about 1000-1100 hoursIJ Actually in 180+ corn we are going the same ground speed I could go in the CIH 1660 we had before this. With similar results in the tank and behind the machine. Green stem beans are what slows us done a bit comparatively.

I have a 89 1_2 R40 with about 1600 engine hours that I currently run with a 4 row head. I farm about 400 acres, no livestock, and I work full time. Next year I will going to a 6 row head. I have a Sunnybrook Gen I enclosed rotor with a majority of the Hyper mods. The cage and concave are starting to show wear and will be a concern by next year. In 150 to 200 bu corn on the sidehills, terraces, and buffer strips, I have had to slow down or corn will start going over the back. Depending on how picky you are on your sample, I have open the chaffer up and solved the poblem of corn going over the back. I do not have the slope kit but will probably install now. I think the R40 will handle the 6 row head, probably at a slower speed. My main concern is getting all the way across 1_2 mile rows since a lot of the time I am harvesting by myself. I have lost on spindle on the rear so I changed I change both of them out. I have also busted the ball joint on tye rod for the steering while going down the road that put me in the ditch. It took quite a few beers before the shaking stopped on that one.

We have an R50 (for sale btw) w_a 6 row head and we could run 4+ in dry 200 bu corn w_no problems. Earlier in the season we had to pull back a little as we were taking some stalks in that were still green. Whether we run in hills or terraces i was pleased how the system keeps the grain in the combine. You will like the update to the R series over your M.