Combines stay away from silver paint

[tbran]

Congrats Nick!. You have discovered the secret plan of the Gleaner division. Keep all the combines at the plant to avoid any and all the problems that could possibly occur! Nick, slow down take a deep breath, and we will see if you are serious about wanting help or are like a few others who switch brands only to find out no matter what color it is they all have something you don't like. However since one has made a decision to say switch brands or machines the pride kind of gets in the way and I - opps, I mean - customers can't bring ourselves to admit it. We defend our actions to the bone rather than ,,well enuff on that. And ok we won't try to tell you anything, rather we will let you tell us. OKIJ What crop were you in. What was doneIJ 1.5 bu PER ACREIJ How did you determine that. Why were your machines different that most others in the loss areaIJ What were your yields, moisture, conditions, crop type. What was done _ tried by dealer(s). What did the dealer say about lossIJ How many combines has _ have they soldIJ What speed are you harvesting and on and on. There are thousands of R Gleaners running successfully, if not they wouldn't have production backed up, sold retail, til mid year in the not so good Ag economy of '01. As to a clean sample, well that is obtainable very easy, barring a mechanical problem such as a hole, or low rpm to the of nerly perfection but at a cost of shoe capacity but you don't have a complaint there, or hanv't spewed that forth yet. Finally I have a few friends who are running different color combines and by the looks of the fields they harvested this fall I would say a 1.5 Bu. loss would be a dramatic improvement over what THEY did!!!!! ;-) SooooooooooooooooooIJIJIJIJIJIJIJIJIJIJ The balls in your court,,,, if you really want help.

 

[nick]

Hope this answers your questions. I have had loss in all crops, corn, soybeans, wheat and oats. Every type of crop condition and this has been going on since 97. The service rep from agco was here along with many dealer mechanics and salesmen from 5 different dealers. Mechanics have said the loss was pathetic. One has an old rusted out MF without this type of loss. Gleaner said the 1.5 loss isn't that bad on the crops. I checked the loss according to the Gleaner charts and the dealer figured it also. It's so bad that a farmer I harvested for went back to using his red wore out gas new holland combine to get a better job. he'd rather have me do it because he milks cows and doesn't have the time. I have even gone over and run his old combine and let mine sit because of the dissapointment. The 1st 97 combine had a new threashing grate and extended cylindar bars installed. Reverse bars 4, have also been tried. Grates have been adjusted. On the 99, more of the same. Removed the 3 hylical bars, everyother wire from the seperator grate. Removed 1_2 cylindar bars, installed 4 reverse bars and 8 extended bars with short piece of paddle( per dealers suggestion). Dealer also leveled threashing grate. Other gleaner owners have also drove the combine and said there is a diffinate problem. While harvesting corn, I opened up the door in the grain bin while my wife was driving, and quite a bit of corn was coming out of the discharge end of the cage. Hope this answers your questions. Nick

 

[Hyper_Harvest]

Nick, I am a farmer,15 years ago we felt the same way you do.We had the same basic problems you do.That frustration you feel is what drove us to perfect the hyper mods. If you will work with us and do exactly as we ask,your loss'es will be under 1_2 bpa. at any harvest rate. We enjoy tough problems and will fix this if you will work with us.We are not afraid to go outside the box,the best of the best are here.Many here were set to give up also but were able to raise there R's from the dead.Can you start at the feeder house and walk us through all your settingsIJ Dan , Hyper II and others have helped hundreds. Hang on,when this beast is waken you WIll be impressed!A '99 62 is a grain sav'en hyper acre eater if set up right.No excuses allowed! We'll enjoy get'en you run'en right,since others could not. Hyper

 

[Silver_Bullet]

Nick, Hyper, tbran. As you work this machine over, would you keep us posted on hereIJ I think we may all learn from this. Somewhere along the line, there has to be something definately wrong. I have seen some small, minor things multiply themselves into big problems. It sounds like there may be something from the factory that has been overlooked that is unique to this machine. Nick, you have stayed with it this long, give it just a little more time and let these people figure it out. I think this has all of us curious now.