Combines The R75 s

[Silver_Shoes]

The cab visibilty issue is definately a subject to be discussed. The cab is very roomy and comfortable, but I have read some posts about not being able to see the ends of the header well with a 20 ft. I had talked to an engineer one day at the plant in hesston ks, He told me that when they redesigned the cab they were designing it for 30 ft or bigger platforms. Where the cab posts were previous were right in the way for the ends of 30 ft heads, no they are not. Moving the hydro gain lots in noise suppression. Also the cab is very comfortable and very roomy. Buy one and you'll like it very much

 

[Silver_Shoes]

The cab visibilty issue is definately a subject to be discussed. The cab is very roomy and comfortable, but I have read some posts about not being able to see the ends of the header well with a 20 ft. I had talked to an engineer one day at the plant in hesston ks, He told me that when they redesigned the cab they were designing it for 30 ft or bigger platforms. Where the cab posts were previous were right in the way for the ends of 30 ft heads, now they are not. Moving the hydro gain lots in noise suppression. Also the cab is very comfortable and very roomy. Buy one and you'll like it very much

 

[RJT]

As you may remember I got a new R62 and a new R65 last year so I now have 2 seasons on each. Visiability is definitly better on the R62 with a 30' header, and at first I thought the cab was just as good on the R62, but the new cab on the R65 grows on you, I really like it now. The new monitor tells you just about every thing you want to know all the time, shaft rpm's, grain moisture, etc. You really feel like when you get into the R62 you are moving back in time. Even the final drive gear ratio change was appreciated with all the mudding we had to do this fall. I could stay in 2nd gear even though my tires were 10" in the ground, where as the R62 couldn't. I have turret unloader because we unload on the go all the time into a tall 1000 bushel grain cart. I won't say the other unload system wouldn't work but you have to be much more carefull with it when unloading on the go or else have a low profile grain cart. One thing concerns me is where the field star monitor is located. I don't know where else you could put it but it really blocks your view to the right especially on the road and at night. All in all both have been very trouble free dependable machines. I have 700 seperator hours on the R65 and have not had a bearing go out , nor have I had to replace a belt, except a defective belt in the first 5 hours.

 

[T__l]

We ran an R65 for 3 days when I wore a hole in the feeder house floor on my 62. Did not like the cab at all. Poor visability, less leg room, definately not as quiet as my 62 and harder to keep clean because of trash build-up just outside of larger door. Had to build a screen to close in the fan better because to much trash was getting to the sieves and in the bin. larger unloading auger was slightly faster but also less clearance for grain cart because of the bigger tube. Engine was short on power, had to have cummins out twice to even get it close to my 62.Gear shift lever was difficult to operate. It was equipped with the new rotor which did seem to do a slightly better job of not grinding cobs as bad in the 220 bushel corn we were harvesting. The new electronics in the cab were nice. Didn't care for the hydro handle, could do without the reel control being on it. I could go on, but overall being a gleaner faithfull was pretty disappointed.

 

[RJT]

You asked about the open bottom. I went to all the work of enclosing it all before harvest only to find out it will not work in corn. So I removed it all and did what Gleaner recomends. I cut out the last row of fingers on the top sieve. It worked perfectly all season, never had any leafs or trash caught at the back of the sieve.

 

[JJ]

Everything about the new 5 series is a great improvement over the 2 series. I would recomend the 75 so you have the M11 motor. You could not give me or pay me to take the 65 with that QSC motor in it. We have a 62 with it and have constant troubles, power cuts in and out, had injection pump replaced. The Cummins service man even said that motor should not be in a combine. We have a M11 motor in one of our semis with over 12000 hours on it. Go with the 75.

 

[RamRod]

What do you mean specifically about "the new rotor"IJIJ Do they have an optional rotor nowIJ I saw a post once talking about a possible new one being tested. Tell me more. Thanks!

 

[Glean]

800 sep hr on our 65 25 ft head the right hand cab post blocks the end of the head have to look around the post other then that we like everything much better then the 62

 

[NDDan]

I have heard of some various vertions of new Gleaner rotor. I have heard of a 24" and 25" and both are enclosed with six rows of bars. Bars are mounted up like standard rotor (forward tilt). Rather than extending bars the last few inches to discharge they have spherical sweep somewhat like Sunnybrook gen 2 paddles. The discharge paddles are similiar to Sunnybrook which have the rolled back tips. I wish they'd go with straight discharge paddles to prevent the constipation in some crops. They will likely come with kickers, sweeps, or knifes inbetween the bars on seperator side. Surely they will at least come with the mounts to install such a thing. Don't know what the final product will be but I hear of some great results. We'll see soon I imagine. I'm getting to really like the new cab. There were surely some bugs to work out the first year but they are surely getting there. Make sure the doors seal up and I'm sure you'll notice they are very quite and comfortable. Take care

 

[T__l]

The new rotor is a little smaller in diameter but is heavier because it is totally enclosed. It has 6 rows of bars and has some "flighting" towards the discharge end. Did'nt really take time to look at it real good. The only difference in corn that I could see was a few more whole cobs which did seem to give the sieves a little more capacity. It was hard to tell for sure with the shortage of power. Dealer said the rotor worked really well in wheat and soybeans, less rumble and ran smoother. Also supposed to take a little less power. Havn't had time to ask much more about it.