Combines Buying an F2 Gleaner

[PETE]

These are my suggestions for buying a F2 1. 79 or newer with the longer walkers and shoe. Hyperize the chaffer by cutting the first six row and running them with a seperate lever, then open those first six rows 1_8-1_4" more than middle. With this setup you should never have corn run out the back. 2. The clean grain auger is run off a sproket on the fan shaft instead of the walkers chain, the auger runs allot faster moving more grain. 4. 4 cyl turbocharged diesel stay away from a gas. 5. Sidehill blower is a must if you have hills. 6. Hydrostatic drive. 7. Variable speed header drive. I had two F2's, a 78 gas and a 81 diesel. The 81 was a much heavier built machine with the longer shoe. I was constantly working on the 78 fixing something, trying to keep the grain from coming out the back or over the walkers. I had very little trouble with the 81. The only reason I got rid of it as I needed something with more capacity and found a cherry N6. Pete Hinrichsen

 

[big_boy]

I once had a pair of F2 combines and both were very very reliable, one was a 292 chevy gas and the other was a 4 cylinder turbo and intercooled allis diesel. Do not buy the gas one unless you want to put in 100 gals of fuel a day, the diesel will use 35 gals in a day. You will want to buy the later F2 with the longer shoe and longer walkers. I was always amazed at how much mud those little machines would go through, they will cut where it is too muddy to walk. Good luck

 

[Southpaw]

We've got a 1983 F3 we are selling with 313 Flex head and 430 black belly corn head. We are in hilly terrain and would have to slow down in heavy corn to stop from losing out the back but we didn't have the chaffer mod or the hillside blower. Very reliable unit and still in very good shape. Had been wanting to step up to a rotary for some time. We just came across on a great deal on an R52 that we couldn't pass up so now we've got her up for sale.

 

[crowfarmer]

Dad had an F2 gas. It had the 292 chevy, long walkers with side hill blower. The combine used less than 1 gallon per acre of gasoline in soybeans. I know that is correct and was hard to believe. My M2 diesels use about the same amount of diesel fuel. We ran in soybeans in the same field and I was buying fuel. He had 3 different corn heads on it over the years (438, 430 and 630) but was best matched to the 430. The small grain tank (130+_-)capacity hurt. I put a late FG630 on it and the shoe and elevator was over loaded in good yielding corn but we got along with some extra weight on the tail. Try and get a 15 foot head. The 13 footer he had worked well unless you were in the mud. The 23.1 tires would make a rut and the mud was mounded too close to the next row over that you couldn't run in soybeans in the mud. The F2 series beanheads had a smaller diameter header auger that did not perform well. look for a M2_M3. You will not be sorry. Open concaves, open bottom walkers, much greater capacity, better grain heads, faster unloading, larger grain tank and on and on. I been around both and they are in different leagues. The guys do love their F2's but not for me. Good luck in finding the right machine for you! Steve

 

[Dave_F]

What are open walkers, I've never heard of these. What combines did Allis put them in, were they put in the G's.