Combines Should I trade a 2388 for an R 72IJ

[luke]

the crops you harvest you need a machine that will give good grain quality for the popcorn and edible beans. forthis i would go with a STS john deere or a specialty rotor from case. my experience is gleaners grind things up bad.if you do many edible beans the STS is the way to go. a gleaner has few comforts in the cab

 

[Illinois_Gleaner]

I don't know who he thinks he is kidding saying

 

[lbran]

I've been in a 2388 this past year in wheat, and in corn. If you've been in a R72 and were not impressed, I would say something must have been terribly wrong. I've yet seen anything that could keep up with a 72 set right, bar none.

 

[acre_eater]

I do not know what kind of gleaner luke is talking about but all I hear at the elevator is that Gleaners have the best grain sample Also I was told by a deere dealer that an sts will grind corn above 28% I don't pretend to know just repeating what the dealer told me As far as the 2388 they seem to do a good job but They look like they are built very light. I think the welded frame on My gleaner will last longer than

 

[Brian]

Can't say anything bad about 2388; I'm sure its a good machine. I can say that our '94 R-72 is an awesome machine. This was our first year with it and we were very impressed. In 200+ bushell corn we were running 5.8 mph with 1_8-1_6 th b.p.a. rotor loss and even less shoe loss; the shoe loss was almost undectable. We ran cylinder speeds any where from 190-230 rpms. We never worked the engine the entire fall, could have went much faster but that seems fast enough to drive. We only have an 8 row head but our neighbor has 12 row and can go just as fast as us and do a good job. P.S. We have extended cylinder bars in, don't let ANYBODY talk you out of them.

 

[cutter2388]

I ran in the same wheat field as 2 r72,s and 2 r62, the grain averaged around 100 b_a. They had 30' drapers on the 72's and 25'augers on the 62's

 

[T__langan]

looks like we need to add a little something to our Series III "wish list" - a vibrator in the seat to make our privates tingle. That way Gleaner would have all the "comforts" of the Deeres! Gee whiz, I just can't help myself some days! Tom l.

 

[luke]

what is a series IIIIJ we had a new r72 and it ground the corn terrible the dealer couldn't make it work. they even resorted to taking out every other cylinder bar and it still ground up corn. we said the hell with gleaner and went green. we love the reliability, great resale,{anybody ever try to trade every year with gleaners its next to impossible}, the dealer service is great and is everywhere. the silver seeders just don't measure up to john deere .

 

[acre_eater]

a series 111 is a wish list of changes. It sounds like you have dealer problems to me. I have no trouble trading I trade quite offten. In our area Green combines value is dropping like a rock. I Know all areas are different but I don't think in another year you will find deere running ads about 9000 series resale value because of sales like 9500 1400 hrs retired farmer's sale all nice green equipment 37,000 if i owned green i would stay away from sales before doing my net worth statement!

 

[silverturnedgreen]

It seems that the most complaints about Deere come from either non-deere owners or former Deere owners of the "45 and 95" era! Those of us whom are "blessed" with owning both brands (Deere and Gleaner) can vouch for Deere's strong resale value, excellent parts and service availability and servicability attributes. We can also acknowledge Gleaners qualities, but resale and recent innovation are NOT on this list. I enjoy my C62, although I traded late in the season so I barely logged 150 hours on it this year. I prefer the Deere. I hope Gleaner acknowledges the "wish list" of series III mod's and (for their sake) come out with something new, SOON!!! It would be a shame to see the combine market whittle itself down to 2 or 3 major players!