Tom_Russell
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I have never had an F so I cant compare popcorn with the smell of wood burning in my shop stove. Some varieties have a nice aroma.
Combines The smell of burnt corn
l3
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You might as well try some corn in that shop stove, especially if it's Star link.
micky
Guest
Our F did the same, the chevy gas was a nice running unit. We pounded 500 acres a yr through it. Traded for a 6620, it had more capacity was a difficult to work on. Our F had a black 438 corn head, which was also easy to repair. Traded at 2800 hours, should have kept the F and got a second machine ot a M. I do miss the smell of the burnt corn, but now have the engine noise to keep me happy (lOl)
T__langan
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Gee, if you take your time driving to the truck_wagon to unload, your corn would already be dried! Those Gleaner engineers thought of everything, didn't they. 
Of course, if you were harvesting popcorn, you could throw a tarp over the hopper and have a giant "Jiffy Pop". I wonder how many pounds of butter it would take per bin fullIJ
Of course, if you were harvesting popcorn, you could throw a tarp over the hopper and have a giant "Jiffy Pop". I wonder how many pounds of butter it would take per bin fullIJTom_Russell
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Good idea!!!
VAfarmboy
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Thats probably the only way you will get rid of that Starlink! My uncle had one of those Gleaners that would burn the corn in the bin. He brought some aspestos insulation home from the shipyard where he worked and put it between the manifold and the bin.
Farmer_Ed
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I'd have to agree with you. At a price of over 100,000 dollars for a new combine, you can buy 20 Gleaner F packages and then combine 80 corn rows, 300 feet of wheat and soybeans in a swath, and 20 rows of swathed dry beans. All joking aside (Hey I'm back on the farm and it's Spring Break!) yes indeed these were great machines in their day. If you revamp them they are still great machines. We probably made 15-20 new changes to those old F's and they do just as good or better in quality then anyone in the area at every elevator we go to. We now have an older axial-flow and that baby does a nice job too and has more capacity and less minor problems...thus so far! ;-) Kept the F's and the F2 just in case though. We use them for the beans and to help out in other crops. Darn good machines in my book. No doubt the best at the time and still hang in there today if you get a couple! ;-) I can't say that I've ever had anything burn in the back of the bin, but every time we feel the bin up we dump it right away. I do like the access panel in the back on the F2 though! Take care and keep reminiscing the memories!
Tom_Russell
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My dad insulated the whole house with left over shipyard asbestos. That was during WWII when they built beach landing craft in Superior WI. Tom in MN