Combines n6 compared to r52

[John]

Had a local farmer change his late N6 for an R52. Boy, has he been disappointed! He hyperized the 52 and it still can't compete with his straight N6. He swears his next will be a class 6. Remember, there is a rotor_cage size difference in the 52 to 62, this was not so in the N5 and N6, same rotor and cage there, just the N5 had part of the cage blocked off.

 

[T__langan]

I'll agree with John. We've never had an N6 ourselves, but all I've ever heard of them tells me they are some real beasts. I doubt very much that even a late model R52 will run with an N6, although the head sizes you mentioned are quite suitable for a 52. Along with the rotor size difference, the shoe on the 52 is considerably narrower, thus hillside performance will suffer with the 52. There are guys around these parts running 62's with 15 and 20 ft heads and 6-30 corn heads just for the better hillside performance of the wide shoe. Tom langan

 

[strawwalker]

I can't compare the R52 to an N6 but my previous combine was a '92 R52. I was running a 20' 500 series head and a 6 row corn head. No problem in corn but when the soybean stalks were a bit green early on in soybean harvest I found the 20' head to be a bit much for it..not enough power to get much over 2.5 mph. I was running the Deutz engine. As soon as the stalks got drier 2-3 weeks into harvest there was no problem I could run 3.5-4.0 mph. Otherwise it was a great combine.

 

[John]

I run an N6 and the neighbor has an R52 and there is no comparison between the two. The 52 has a smaller rotor and shoe and the capacity is greatly reduced to the N_R6_60_62. Remember the 40-52 are one size machine and the 6-72 are the other internal option machine. When the neighbors 52 has some rough going, my N6 will sail right through it with a slight grunt every now and then. If you are use to the capacity of the N6, you are best to stay with the class 6 machine or better.