Combines Axial Flow to Gleaner

I don't know much about the newer Gleaners, but had an N6 that just about ate my lunch years ago. For that reason and the way the company treated me over the deal, I'll never consider another silver seeder.

I demo a R72 a few years back when they first came out, no way that I was going to change,you need a degree in closing the rock trap and they looked hard to work on and we now have no dealer,my 2 old 1994 1688's i can rebuild in my shop any day with little help from my dealer, i guess I been around rotors since 1984 and just like they way they were built and work,my suggestion would be to stay red but all combines are good untill they break then the are all a pos My 2 cents

If Massey Ferguson were available by your Agco dealer I would rather go for that compared to a Gleaner, I dont like the long feder chain in the Gleaner. On the paper the Massey looks very good, but me situated in Europe i have never seen Agco rotor machines in real life. Well thats just my oppinion if you really need to quit your A.F

Went from Gleaner R62 to 2388 and would never go back.

Yes, a friend of mine changed from a 2388 to a Gleaner R65 3 years ago (2003 was the first year of the R65) and has been very happy. The Gleaner is built stronger and thicker in several key areas which will lead to and for him has led to lower upkeep costs. His downtime has been nill. This is not the N6, so please don't compare it to that machine, and I won't compare the 2388 to an 8010. His capacity is about the same or higher in the crops he does (soybeans, corn, and wheat),but his grain quality is noticeably better. He knew nothing of Gleaners when he decided to make the switch, and like you, was getting along fine with the 2388s. His local dealer brought him one to try, and as he looked it over, was just very impressed with how strongly it was constructed, yet how simple it was to work on. He has just traded for his second R65, and has really enjoyed his experience. What crops do you doIJ It is really tough to beat a Gleaner in small grains and soybeans with their new CDF rotor (think Specialty rotor). There is a learning curve to any new machine, but the Gleaner is really quite simple to get on to. And, you will find the on-line resources of the Gleaner boys on this site are second to none.

I think the new AGCO axial flow machines (Massey, Challenger and or Gleaner) seem to be worthy of consideration for hogging out ethanol corn and doing some soybeans, etc. The straight shot, 4.2 bps unload rate unloading auger would be nice in many instances. The rest of the evolved White _ Masey rotor has been pretty refined. I'd have tough time giving much consideration to the R - series because of the narrow _ offset feederhouse and MOG discharge. Just never liked the lack of centerline design. local dealer would be a big factor in this decision. .02

You might want to read my reply in gleaner segment. Unless they have changed in the last 4 years. Their quality really stinks since they became AGCO. We have had 7060s, 7080s,8550, 4w305, agco 9675,agcostar 8425. The ACs were great, but now we are all red except for one old 7080 that we just overhauled last year and has been putting out 245 hp since 1981,roosa master is wide open.If we would have had that reliability with AGCO wouldn't have changed

Had a gleaner in 1994. Virtually no parts or service back up. The high wear rate on things like elevators and accellerator rolls, the lop sided discharge, the old fashioned control lever, and a few things I can't think of will stop me ever going back.We nick named it the wizz_bang, cause it would wizz up the far end of the field then go bang.I have now had 6 red ones.

The R doesnt have 1 long feeder chain, it has 2 short feeder chains. Reason being is that the angle of entry into the cylinder doesnt change when you raise or lower the header. The second feeder has a stationary angle and the first chain raises and lowers with the header. Every cylinder has a sweet spot angle of entry and most makes angle changes when the head is raise or lowered, this was the reason for deeres long feederhouse, to decrease the changes in the angle of entry into the cylinder as the header height is changed.

I don't own either but in my neck of the woods when conditions really get ugly the gleaners and the old conventionals are going and the other rotors are sitting, service and parts avalability would be important.