Combines gleaner info

each year there is a booklet out. We might try to get this online. Some of these projects take some time. Good request. R62's (42,52 and 72's) were out in 1992. Major groups are 92-93 then 93-97 (long shoe machines started in '96),then painted machines from 98-2002 .

Here's a link to Dan Hurtt's website with the info you are looking for....

Thanks again! That's a great help!

Brother Tom put this info together and put on website. I see in one spot he has '96 R72 still rated at 300hp where it should read 330hp. I'll see if he can update this. Anyone see where we need to make a correction please let us know. I'm going to buzz threw school books to see if there is any added info that might be of interest to you guys. '92: Intro of series 2 rotary. This was sometimes called the Fat 50 project. This being a wider larger R50 that had been out and proven for a few years. Drives simplified to copy the 50s as well as top drives for the elevators were retained. Replacement machines for 50s eventially adopted similiar top drives as 62-72s. Taper lock elevator sprockets were amoung the many improvements. You will note the HP increase approx mid season at our website. '93: 70th anneiversary. 20% faster feeder chains. 557 feeder chain replaces lighter 550. This is likely when tail end of front feed was lengthened by two inches (this wasn't good for feeding and has been addressed with our feeder floor kits). Clean grain capacity increased by 27%. '94: wide spaced cylinder bars standard (3_4"). Feeder shafts increased to 1 3_4". False floor factory installed for front feed. '95: High wide wire top (rear) thresher concave. High wide wire bottom (front) thresher concave for corn soybean machines. Rear feed tention arms strengthened. larger right hand mainshaft bearing. Field installed dual spreader option. larger engine air intake prescreen and larger air cleaner on air cooled machines as used in previous year liquid machines and a few air cooled machines. 7 MPH second gear installed approx mid '94. larger heavier 130amp alternator installed approx mid '94. '96: Custom harvester cylinder option of narrow rasp (1_2") over concave and wide rasp (3_4") over seperator. longer shoe. Eliminated lens covers for cab lights. Single long flat slat feeder chain. Power steering priority valve changed to allow smoother steering while some other function is operated. Hydrostat pump and motor now separate assemblies. '97: Adjustable seperator grate. Stone trap offered. Feed stripper arrows (these could of been installed on some machines) removed from bottom of square tube in front feed and no longer recommended to be installed for any crop. Hump kit offered for rock door to make it more responsive to rocks and aid feed to cylinder (hump kit recommended in place of the optional 1"X1" square bar that could of been installed to help door respond to rocks). '98: 75th anniversary. Painted. Heavier corn varible. Heavier header clutch belt approx mid '98. Turret unloader option. Smartrac lateral Tilt system and Fieldstar optional. Dual flat slat feeder chains approx mid '97. Shim adjustable feeder hooks to level head on non-lTM machines instead of tilting feeder accordingly. Feed chain drum shock absorbers and campaigned to put on all '97s. Faster seperator fan and to be installed back to first long shoes in '96. More flighting added to bin fill auger to reduce loads approx mid '97. Heavier final drives switched up to six bolt in place of five. Dextron hydralic oil replaced with improved common hydralic systems oil of the day. Tach module changed to allow KPH calibration. High wide wire adjustable seperator grates offered. longer cylinder bars extended to discharge area available option. 6 inch taller radiator for R62s approx mid '98. Approx 40% increase in cab air flow in mid '98. '99: Electric concave adjust option. Easy close stone door option. Factory installed dual spreader option. W-ring guides for feed chains and campaigned to be put on some earlier machines. Heavier turret unload gearbox mount bolts late '98. New lower restriction rotary screen windmill blade late '98. Higher capacity engine fan blade 62s. Radiator on 72 redesigned to allow bigger material to flow threw late '98. larger shaft and bearing for engine PTO shaft. Steering axle stabilizer pad option. Sanden air conditioner compressors. '00: 285hp electronic QSC Cummins for 62. Rotary screen performance package and kit for older machines. Seperator clutch brusholder wire portection package and kit for older machines. '01: Remote easily greasable cylinder gearbox zirk. Extended cylinder bars to discharge now standard. Optional 14" swivel unloading auger. Hydralic drive spreader option. Hydralic chaff spreader option. Rotary screen saw tooth blades widened. '02: last year of 2 series. I do not have this info with me so I will search out and note changes or improvements if significant. I tried to make this as accurate as posible and is in addition to info allready on our website. There are many more less significant changes or changes I didn't see necesary to bore you with that took place over the 10 years of the large body 2 series production.