Combines N6 N7 VS l3

I know nothing about those rotary combines made by Gleaner. All I got to say is they`ll have to be dang good to beat the conventional combines Gleaner used to build.

The N6_7 is "Suppose" to have about 50% more capacity than the l series. Not ever running an l I wouldn't know! The N6 drawback is the engine, if you page down you can read some fairly easy remedies to that problem. The N7 had some updates as did all the N series but were fairly trouble free machines. All the UPDATES were done years ago in the N's so nothing to worry about now and parts are easy to come by. The R series are newer and more advanced than the N but the "Deutz Era" R machine does have a parts supply problem, AGCO Era are OK. And "Hyperized" is the KEY word to really make these machines last and run with ease. My N6 is and run great in corn and soybeans, and never plugs or pulls down!

If I bought one of these N6 or N7's and Hyperized it - what kinda of dollars am I looking atIJ Not including a engine rebuild. Just the processing components.

Just curious about this suppossed parts supply problem with the Deutz era machines. I've heard others comment about this too. We have an '87 hyperized R-60 and my dealer has always been able to get us anything we need for it. Of course with only 3,000 hours on it we have hardly ever had to fix it. Again, we've never experienced this parts availability problem with ours. What specific parts seem to be in short supplyIJ Brian

we have both an older l2 with the cross augers in the tank

From reading all the posts on here for some time now, Deutz used many European companies to supply parts for the Engine_drivetrains on the machines during their years of ownership and if the parts weren't made in the US_Canada or Independence, MO. Many are NlA or salvage yard only if you can get them. Engine and drivetrain parts is where the problem tends to be in the Deutz era. This is from reading many previous posts.

Maybe we're lucky but we have not had any problem getting any part that would keep a machine down for more than one day of harvesting. That is if we we're involved in getting the part or getting it runable again. A rainy spell did help us out a few times and we take care of a pile of machines. Trouble is there are dealers out there, some of them dual dealers and all brands, that don't give a rip if your Gleaner is running. With todays information super hiways and a little improvising there ain't much that can't be kept running. I suppose these remarks will come back to bite me next year but everything has been going so smooooth since we got the hyper flow down packed. Have a good one.

About the only thing that was different during the Deutz era is the engine. We have had very good luck getting any part we needed for the Deutz. The only drivetrain part that may have changed during Deutz era is the RWA. We have no RWA's but I remember ED having a problem getting a hub or shaft. Otherwise we gained alot during the Duetz era like chromed cages, R50 combine, and much more. I'm sure most of what we got during Deutz era was well into the plans before Deutz except maybe the engine.

Parts needed to hyperize an old N would run you about $1500. less if you can find used parts and more if you want the hyper seperator grate. What you need to tune up the normal wearing parts would have to be determined after a good look over. There can be a huge difference of what a machine needs when it has been threw 15 to 20 harvests. Heck there is a big difference of what a machine needs in 5 seasons depending on crops, conditions, and operators. Maybe someone can post on what it took them to hyperize not including normal wear and tear.

I hyperized my N6 three years ago with used parts for under $1000.I did all the work myself and I did not install the seperator grate (time and money). The only new parts I bought were the flat helicals for the extra rows in the thresher and two rasp F2 concave bars for the seperator belly. My machine had only 950 hrs when I hyperized so there wasn't alot of normal wear items to replace. Pete Hinrichsen