The 2002 gleaners looked really good. I was told that they had been through a shop while they were still under warrenty and quite a bit of money had been put into them. The lower priced one had the unloading auger tin bent a little right at the end of the tube. I don't think it would of caused any trouble. I just don't think we are in a very strong gleaner area and the case and JD dealers are really good. That why these combines were at this auction because this custom cutter went green. I have to wonder some about gleaner, if they are coming out with some new stuff if they have waited to long. This cutter is a really good operator. He always had the latest stuff from gleaner even would have some of experimental stuff from gleaner, so he knew how to run these combines. He would tell you that he never felt he had an inferier product until this year when they brought in the JD combines in the same field and were out cutting him and doing a better job. They were having loses of 3 -6 kernal per foot, but the JD were only having 1-3. When he called in for help gleaner just told him that should be good enough. Well it isn't, when you have a customer with 14,000 acres of wheat 2-3 kernals per foot add up to a lot of bushels. Do you think he would of gotten ask to come back and cut next year, I don't think so. So my own personal feeling is that gleaner better wake up quick. Sorry so windy tonight, but I saw the value of my combine drop like a rock today. Kurt