Combines GlEANER IS RETIRING

[mo_farm]

Boy you have a lot of room to talk. Case has had the same design for how many years nowIJ Gleaner just didn't change the numbers on the side every time they made some improvements like the red ones. And we weren't just bought by New Holland, lets see how much case ih is left after they get done merging the two companies.

 

[greg]

Magnum--you all can laugh at this if you want--but from what a good Deere dealer friend tells me--MF is taking quite a bit of business from JD in S.E. United States in the 30 to 75 horsepower range.A VERY solid tractor. I'm not playing a color war--just stating what I know from a reliable source

 

[bull_hauler]

I think it is getting rough for all machinery companies, we run a little bit of green, red,and a silver combine,but heard last week that a local Case IH dealer in Washburn, ND is closing its doors can't sell enough machinery to keep its franchise with Case IH. Its hard to see a local dealer go no matter what color it is he sells. As for the NH merging with Case IH , at least they will have a good tractor again, we haven't purchase from them since they quit the good ol 56 series tractors. And for the Gleaners retiring I don't think that will happen, in our small farming comunity there were 2 new R 72s purchased and an l3 and an M2 purchased by farmers that used to run JD and IH machines and a MF rotary guy puchased an JD 9750 ,no new Case IH axial Flows around here. I purchased the l3 and previously ran a JD,it'll be silver from now on!!!!!

 

[RamRod]

When a company goes to all the expense and effort to totally relocate their manufacturing facility, I don't think they are ready to roll over and play dead! Gleaner has been slow to change, but their combines(with proper setup) have been unbeatable until the big Cats and the 9750STS. The R-72 had the top end all it's own. I've run the prototype with new cab, etc. and I am willing to give Gleaner the chance to address these new competitors before I will jump ship. In soybeans we have averaged up to 17 acre per hour by sep. hrs. for whole bean crops, and in corn their reputation is great. We are not in a wheat area so have no experience there. Reliability has been top notch too. I would like to see eventually a center feed Gleaner with discharges right and left and about 450 ponies. At least they place the rotor in the combine the right direction!

 

[Tom_Russell]

You sound like a guy whose neighbor runs circles around you with his Gleaner. If you talk long enough and loud enough you just might be able to convince yourself that you know what you are talking about. Get lost Tom in MN

 

[Combine_Wizard]

Just who told you thisIJ Jean DixonIJ Or did you get it off an Ouija boardIJ Get real! I don't look for Gleaner to bail after 78 years of heritage and history!!!

 

[Tomato_Worm]

...And President Bush will surrender to Afghanistan! Total hogwash!!!

 

[AGCOfan]

Why mess with a good thing.

 

[jp]

I suppose pigs are flying up around your neighborhood too. I'm not a Gleaner fan, but when they totally revamp a factory to build the things in, that tells me that they might have plans to keep the things around a few more years. The Gleaners look like a good design, too bad the closest dealer that deals in combines is way too far away or they might get a look from us.

 

[All_colours_turned_Yellow]

In my opion the Gleaner lacks engineering and structural integrity. The grain heads must have been engineered by Pakistan engineering students! Anybody that would drive a thirty foot head entirely from one end, then hang cast iron weights on the other end to balance the weight out must have a screw loose. Common sensce would have a jack shaft running to both ends and balance it out with constructive usuable steel rather than dead weight. I would rather see a combine built out of iron rather than tin!