Combines C 62

We tweaked with removing every second wire on the high end, in addition to varying concave and cylinder speeds. We managed to find a winning combination, but the fact still remains that a little extra walker length would certainly help. I think the optimum length would be around 150 to 160 inches.

I have a 98 C62 for the same reason as why you are considering one. A lot of our customers are dairy farmers and they like the long straw that comes from a conventional combine. I had a R52 before. The C62 was used when I bought it in 2000 and I've just finished my 3rd season with it. I now have 1900 engine hours and 1400 on the separator. The longer I have the combine the more I like it. It has incredible capacity and does a beautiful job in wheat, barley, corn and soybeans. I'm running a 8 row corn head and a 20' flex head but the combine could easily handle a 25' or even 30' flex head. If you will be running it in muddy conditions I would make sure that you have RWA . It is a very heavy combine and you will find that RWA makes it much easier on the combine. The 505 cummins is a great motor but I find it to be very thirsty for fuel especially compared to the Deutz that was in my R52. As for price I'm not sure what a nearly new 99 should be worth but a dealer here in Ontario has a 98 with 800 hours on it. It has RWA, GPS, and a 825 flex head and he is asking $ 175k Cdn. Where abouts are you located IJ let me know if there is anything else you would like to know about the machine.

you may also want to post on the Massey board because the 8680 Massey is the identical combine to a C62 only difference is the red paint.

Just curious but is the C62 a Massey design or is the Massey a Gleaner designIJ

Both the C62 and the 8680 are a Gleaner design. They are built on a R62 frame and bear a lot of resemblance to a R62. A lot of the parts are the same as a R62. Rumour has it the straw walkers that they use are from a Massey (860 IJ) but no one has ever confirmed this.

Call DandD Equipment in Chilton, WI. They sold more C62 combines than anyone in the Midwest.

Strawwalker, Thanks for the reply. I am currently in school in Iowa at university, but my families farm is in Pennsylvania. One thing that I am interested in is how the machine works on side hills, as we do custom harvesting in the east appalachian mountains. I would suspect that the belt conveyer would help here but am not sure. Thanks Wayne

Although I don't combine a lot of real hilly fields with mine I do encounter some and I don't have to slow up much on them...I have the pacer set very sensitive and I only notice the needle move up a a slight bit when on steep hills.... the design of the C62 helps out a lot on the hills. The high speed conveyor belt under the walkers brings the material forward to the distribution auger. The distribution auger keeps the grain that is entering the accelerator roll spread out evenly across the full width of the combine and the accelerator roll throws the grain into the blast of air coming from the fan. No one other than Gleaner has this type of design. Is the one you are looking at at a dealer in Pa. IJ I think I saw one listed there a while back. It looked like new. What are they asking for it IJ let me know if there is anything else you would like to know about the C62.

Where abouts are you strawwalkerIJ I don't see many C62's around. Shantz has one and that's all i've ever seen on a dealers lot Take care, Nathan

I'm also in Ontario but when I was looking for a used one back in 2000 there were a couple in Manitoba and several in the U.S. There aren't very many of them around although a neigbour about 10 miles from me also has one. There are aslo a few in Quebec. I bought mine from Mayer's in Jeffersonville Ohio. Where abouts are you located IJ