Combines l3 to 2166

[John]

Have you looked into an R52IJ It will take a 24' Flex and a 8-30 Hugger and beat the 2166 for capacity. Nothing wrong with an Axial, but the few I have in my area have a side hill and incline problem of throwing grain out the back. The 23 series I understand has that problem fixed. The Gleaner rotaries don't experience sidehill or incline problems and don't have the elephant ears to wear down regularly, also the Gleaner doesn't take a speciality rotor to do the best job. "Hyperizing" the R52 will increase its capacity alot too(kinda the same as a speciality rotor) but easier to set. If I had to make another brand choice over my Gleaner, it would be an Axial too.

 

[roadfarmer]

24 flex and 8row huggerIJ 52 i was around was hyperized and maxed out with a 18 flex. Seen and know of 66 with 25 and eight row and do wonderfull

 

[Seen_the_GREEN_light]

Yes I would agree with you the 2166 would be a major inprovement I personally not much for case but we switch from a 86' l3 to a 9500 JD and it will run circles around that l3 we had a 20' flex on the l3 and we now run a 25' Flex on the JD and we also picked up 1.5 to 2 mph ground speed same thing with the corn head I guess the reason I am tell you this is because I ran side by side with a 2166 this fall and we were both going the same speed doing a great job the only place the JD has an advantage in it green or tuff beans but the 2166 did a nicer job in corn less FM but doesn't matter to us all our corn goes to a hog farm anyways.

 

[John]

Somebody sure didn't know how to set that 52, my M2 ran a 16' flex and a 6-30 with ease until I got on the sidehills with it and 200+ bu corn. An l3 is quite a bit more machine than the M2 and the 5_50_52 is quite a bit larger than the l series. Seems to have an operator problem. My Hyper'd N6 with a 20' flex is limited to speed of the sickle, and I run wide open in 2nd gear(apx 7 mph) in 200+ corn. And almost every 5_50_52 in this neighborhood are running 8-30's.

 

[farmboy]

What was the size of head on the 2166IJ

 

[Seen_the_GREEN_light]

The size of the flex head was a 25' same as I was running on the JD

 

[farmboy]

Thanks Which one was doing a better job of cutting and were you using a air reel and if so what makeIJ Would a 20' head be to small for the 2166 would like a 25' as it would be alot fast when clipping White beans. How fast were driving with the 25' head and in what crop. How is the 25' head in wheat what speed. Thanks again.

 

[Seen_the_GREEN_light]

They were both doing a good job of cutting we run those aggressive sections I think they have 7 teeth per inch or something like that they are real agressive and provide a good clean cut. Air RealIJIJ Not we do not have a air real I all depends on who you talk to if they are worth it or not have a friend who runs a pair of 9610 with Greenstar side by side one with one without an air real he says in tall bean 24-30" there is no really advantage but in short beans there can be up to 3 bpa differnce so you have to decide if it pays or not a new 25' crary air real costs approx. $7500.00 I don't think I would put a 20' haed on a 2166 but I don't know what your yiels are either up hear in SE ND we have been averaging 40-50 bushel soybean be were running 3.5 - 4 mph without any trouble I dont like to go over 4.5 it just doesn't cut hem off as good and you can pick up a rock a lot easier when going faster. I have yet to combine wheat with this machine and not real shure if I ever will it is kinda hard to make money rasing wheat when it only yields the same a soybeans and is worth $2.00 a bushel less. Hope this answers most of your questions.

 

[jeff]

A 2166 is going to have no problem pushing 25' in white beans. In wheat it is going to be limited in ground speedIJIJ As for an air reel there seems to be two choices Crary or AWS. Personally I like the AWS especially the idea of driving the fan right up on the combine.

 

[glmar]

Forget about the expencive air reels!!! In aussie land we put on vibre mats. About $550 Aust$. All they do is bolt on to your sickle. The mat sits under the table auger and keeps the crop away from the sickle.