Combines looking to purchase a Gleaner K2

[Russ_SCPA]

Short tailled K2, too much head. 10 foot grain table is enough, 12 foot on a long tail. I've run a K2 diesel since 1979 and they are a good cleaning machine, but small.

 

[ROCK]

It is one of the earliest K2 made. It has dualsIJ Never seen that before. How many hours on separator or engineIJ Manual fold augerIJ Assuming gas motor. Any corn head with it. Was it shedded muchIJ With what you said about it $3500 may be fair price, they are good machines only if they were taken care of properly. How many acres do you plan on running with itIJ They are small and relatively easy to work on. Good luck

 

[nebraska_farmer]

i have a k combine, gas burner, 13 ft head with hume reel and love bar, 2-row 38 in head and 3-row 30 inch head, i love this combine, have run it for years, good grain sample, easy to work on, takes 5 rows of 30 in beans great, and 3 rows of corn real nice. just had a new sheave put on as it was eating drive belts, $3600.00 for the both upper and lower sheaves, other than that this machine hasn't cost me hardly anything to keep it going. it doesn't owe me anything! i bought a larger combine that takes 6-rows, but am keeping the k for a back-up machine if needed. i don't think you'll be sorry about this purchase.

 

[K_power]

I just finished my first harvest ever with my 73 K,250 Chevy gasser, and it was great. It's as much fun to work on as it is to run. I have the 10' rigid table and 238 orange corn head. Both work great. lots of good info from this group on settings and repairs. Post the pictures so we can see what how it looks.

 

[jake]

The k2 is a great machine but in my area they are hard to sale. I sold one last year.A 1979 with hyd unload auger, air, 330 black head, 12ft wobble black platform,Chopper, factory bin extension, in extra nice shape, no rust, and had a hard time getting $3500 for it. it took over a year to move it. If I had it to do over I would have kept it for a back up. How many times have we all said that. You may want to keep looking for a later model.

 

[ewbeye]

Sounds like the Sandy lake Implement combine that has been for sale for 2-3 years. If so, it may have been sitting outside for those years. Make sure its bearings are in good shape. The weather is tough on machines. It is a shortback 1977 K2. I own one and love it. The only problem I had with mine was the seperator clutch. I think 1977, was the first year on it's new design and I had to realign it as the factory mounting was not true for easy in and out engaging with the linkage. That year was also 1st for the GM 250 6 cylinder gas engine to have electronic ignition on the distributor. It runs great with minimal problems.

 

[j]

A K is a good machine, but small. If I were in the market for a smaller combine id go with an F if I had more than 50 or 60 acres to do. They can be had for close to the same money, and have much more capacity with an identical design. We have a K with 13 table, and can run about 2 acres _ hour in 40 to 45 bushel beans. ith the 13 ft head it isn about maxed out, you have to watch feeding, or it will plug the cylinder. If interested in machime id try to get them down alittle $3500 is high retail for a gas K2 in my neck of the woods

 

[Kaye2]

I own K2 number 24545, I really like it. Got the machine(chevy powered),12 FCB, 3 row narrow head and two row wide head(black) for 3000$. I have the manual unloading auger and non working air conditioning. It has like new rice and cane tires on it 18.4-26. I think it was a fair buy(I usually seem to pay too much though) It has done well for me this year and doesn't take up tons of room in the shed. Good luck. How many short back K2's did they makeIJ I can't believe how close the serial numbers are on these two machines.

 

[ewbeye]

They started the serial numbers of the shortback 1977 K2 gleaner at 24201. The 1978 K2 serial number started at 25201. So, at max, they could have made 1,000, but something leads me to believe less than that. The 79 K2 started with 26201, the 80 started with 27201, and the 81 started with 27601. Maybe 3,500 totalIJ I think most were gas burners with the industrial version of the GM250 - good balanced 6 cylinder engine. They start easy in all weather and have good power. Some luck guys got the 200 cu in diesel 4 cylinder. That engine is a fuel miser, but I still like my gaser better for starting when it gets cold. The 80 and 81 models had the 2 gear shift levers. How many times have we left the transmission in a gear while slipping the single lever to the other rangeIJIJIJIJ I finally just took my cab trans lever boot off and watch it carefully, not a problem. like someone said earlier, they're great little machines!

 

[Kaye2]

My 77 has two shifters, all the others I have been around(F and C2) had the single lever but two work just as well.