Combines lex problematic areasIJ

We've run a 480 for three years now and the only downtime to speak of was caused by the feederhouse slipclutch, however a change-up has addressed the problem. Besides that, the air filter was too small and required frequent clean out, but again this has been addressed with a change up. Can't really tell you what they're like to work on because we haven't had to do anything, I find mechanics can be good ones to ask, they tend to be more honest than salesmen. We used to run Gleaners and one thing thats kind of been interesting is that when we used to talk about our Gleaner, we would say oh yeah but its so easy to work on, you can pull the rotor out in 30 min etc., they get sold on their simplicity and one of the knocks against the lexions is their complexity...what I'm getting at is the Gleaner needed to be easy to work on because it was always broke down, the lexion may be complex, but that doesn't matter to me if its not breaking down.

Would you mind emailing me @ mnfarm@earthlink.net I would like to visit with you. Where are you located, what crops, settings, headers etc... looks like I maybe running one next yearIJ

i have some friends that have run the same 480 for about 6 years and have done a lot of stuff but nothing i would estimate that was a real problem area. they got about 1600 hours out of the cylinder bars and they were just barely at the top end of being worn out. we have never put in a concave! they harvest corn, beans, wheet, and edible beans. they havent had much trouble with electrical at all, and they do alot of there own work on the machine when it is broke down! they are not a complicated as people make them out to be!!!

Hi RotorHead , I had some teething issues trying to set my concave. But then my ziegler cat dealer sent a guy who worked on it for a day and we test ran it over a small section. I saw some marked improvement. Air filters are more dependent on what days you run them. One year i changed them almost 4 times. But otherwise it's a lovely piece of equipment. I have put in almost around 1300hrs on it.

Il Farmer, Ziegler is the dealer for Minnesota and WC Iowa, how did you get them to travel all the way to IlIJ