Combines Gleaner F2

[Curt]

I would move on, you'll probably get in way over your head with this one. If it sat outside chances are the tires, belts and bearings are gonna need replaced and if water sat on the machine anywhere there is no tell what the frost did to it. That's just my opinion. Curt

 

[Russ_SCPA]

Interesting idea. I bought a 75 F diesel that was parked for 5 years. I paid $5,500 for machine with 13' rigid, and 4 row 38" orange head. Just replace all the belts, hoses and tires to start. Then watch bearings closely. I had to replace the bearings on main cross shaft from drives to seperator clutch. The right hand bearing went out, had lots of heat and sparks inside machine in dry wheat. Other than bearing and scoring on shaft no damge. BUT, it could have been a major disaster of a fire.

 

[venturis40]

i have a 77 l2 gear jammer i'll sell ya for less than that 20' strait head 20' floating cutter bar 6 row 30" orange belly only 400 acres on complete rebuild 13' dummy head with sund pickup also all the extra belts, pulleys and sprokets seives, chaffers etc... for other crops lots of extra parts (beater fans, raddle chains, elevator chains, etc.. ) all new in box all those parts are in good shape on the combine these spares were for the other l we traded for our N-7 i live in north east south dakota but i would think that you could truck it out there for less

 

[PETE]

I would stay away from that machine (been there, done that, had nothing but grief). $10,000 is about $6000 more than a machine in that condition is worth. low hours is only part of the equation in determining the value of a machine, the quality of care the machine has had is just a important as the the hours. I am afraid you are asking for more trouble than it is worth. Pete Hinrichsen

 

[jj]

Sounds a little high. I recently purchased a '81 F2 with 2500 hours thats in good shape for $7500. It also has the corn head and flex head. The flex needs some work though (I got that from another machine). jj

 

[Farmer_Ed]

I'd shy away form this deal be me.

 

[Wade]

I'd pass on that one. last fall I purchased a 79 gas F2 with 16' rigid head and pickup attachment for $3250 in central South Dakota. I purchased the machine from the original owner with 2200 engine hours on it. He had shedded the machine it's entire life and it absolutely looked like brand new. He also included a spare set of new belts for virtually the entire machine. I used the machine to combine my own alfalfa seed, but also did 6 neighbors seed on shares. I did this without a single breakdown, and paid for the machine, trucking, and fuel just on the share combining I did for the 6 neighbors. The number of hours on the machine isn't nearly as important as the care and maintenance the machine has had. It's very possible to find a high hour machine that would be in much better shape than one with 600 hours. As for $10,000, there are much better deals out there. The owner I bought mine from had been advertising it in a 4 state farm_ranch publication for weeks before I ran onto the ad. He hadn't included the price with the ad, so I assumed it was probably high. I also had wanted a diesel with hydro, but couldn't pass on the gas_gear F2 for $3250. I absolutely love the machine and am glad now that I got it with gas_gear. It has plenty of power and if that 292 Chevy gas engine ever needs work or overhauled, it will be considerably cheaper than a diesel.

 

[tbran]

u need a small seed kit for air control! and make sure baffle over bottom bin unloader is open to the front and closed to the rear and unload after a 1_4 bin the first time then gradually fill making sure light grasses will unload w_o bridging . Shovels are the option :-( trust me. Most work fine but some need close watching to determine if they will unload with full bin.

 

[dloc]

Have paid my dues. This is local ecotype stuff. Started by hand harvesting remnants, moved to hand strippers as plot size increased and then to a variety of combines. Mostly I've talked neighbors with antiques to pull their old machines out of the sheds. Avoided cross contamination from different varieties and we learned a lot about what didn't work. Most either didn't work well, cleaning was impossible or getting seed out of the bins was impossible. That is what led us to think about trying the F2. Also tried Prairie Habitat's stripper. For Silky wildrye, we cut the seed heads off and vac them up. Then run them through a little thresher.

 

[John]

They some times get out of adjustment and need to be set back into position. The light should only be on when the door is open. Fairly simple to adjust, easier if one is in the cab and one is under the throat to set it. Always lock the throat up when someone is under there. My F liked to hit minor slugs without the door opening and set the light off until I adjusted it. If I remember, it didn't take much of a bend to set it back into position.