Combines What size red to replace a R62

I'm sure some will disagree(especially gleaner guys but a 1666_2166 would be pretty close. The main advantage the Gleaner has is a bigger tank. I'v cut side by side with an R62 with our 1480, and the only advantage he has is that in corn he doesn't have to dump as often. He'll shell a little more corn in a day than I will and I'll cut quite a few more beans in a day cause I run a bigger head. A 66 should be pretty close capacity wise to an older 80. You could also get a good, slightly older 1680, and probably be pretty well off. The same age 80 will be more dependable than the R62, if my neighbors is any indication. Chads

I would say an 2188 0r 2388 would be better they are a class six machine, which is the same as your old R62. Why trade colors. You now how your gleaners do, if they are hyped they will do alot. As for dealers if you get a good one driving is not that bad. I drive 2.5 hrs one way for my dealer, becauce the one that is 45 min away the last gleaner he sold was a l. I am not knocking the case great machines, well except the 8010. My father in law has a 2388 and i help him out with my two 72's(inow different class sizes) but he has trouble running against my two. When we get into tough green oats he slows right down were as i can keep going. All machines take in 30 foot swathes. He uses a 30 foot straight cut head and I use 42 foot heads.Just my 2 cents. Colin

I know for a fact that they are not going to be anymore RElIABlE then my R62 or R72.I stopped 2 times in last 2 years while cutting with my R72 and never had to stop once for a break down on the R 62 this whole year. The 2 times I stopped for the 72 was a wire came off of the header clutch(about 5 minutes) and a bearing behind my variable speed head went out.That took about an hour by the time I got it off,went to the dealer for the bearing and put it back together.Thanks for the info Chads.How much would you have to give for a late model 1688IJ Would the cab be as nice as a GleanerIJ Thanks, IG

R62, I am just thinking that all things considered it might be the right time to try some other color.How simple are the red ones compared to the Gleaners,since you have been around both. Thanks, IG

We ran a 62 along side our 2388's with specialty rotors for two summers in wheat and the impression I had was that they were pretty well matched. The only difference was when it started to rain we could run the 2388's a little longer than the 62 before they had to quit, and the red ones could get tough, wet, irrigated wheat through the rotor a little better.

I'm just going by my own experiences on reliability. Neighbors is a 2000 hr machine, and it has some issues. As for simplicity. We were both in the field one day, my 1480 and his R62. I went to the bin to get a truck, 4 miles, and when I got back he was out climbing on my combine. His exact words were, "Man, this thing is simple." Not nearly as many drives and shafts and bearings. As for the 1688, I would say the cab would be comparable, but I've never spent the day in a Gleaner R series, either. I wouldn't even try to guess on combine prices, they're all over the board, but most of the nice 1688's I see seem like they're priced in the 50's. Chads

I'd stay with the 88 series which along with the 62 are both upper end class 6 machines. Both can handle 30' to 36' platforms, and 12 row corn hds. A 66 series machine can't come close to handling those kinds of loads. I'd be looking for a 2000-2001 2388, about in the middle of the 2300 production run. Just my $.02 worth.

I would agree with one of the posts below you would be wise to buy a good 1688 insted of a 2188 the only difference would be the cab and the difference in money between the two models doesn't justify what the better cab is worth. A bit of advice if you are going to buy a 1688 make sure it has the straw chopper a specialty rotor and the "spider web" reinforcments by the shaker arms. Happy combine shopping

we bought a really nice Case IH 2344 combine 2 falls ago for 57,000. IT had 654hrs on it. I would say you could get a good 1688 for around 35-45,000. Corn heads are almost as much as the combine. looked around for a whole year and finally found a 2000 1063 for 14,000. But the corn head is in good shape. Ploy snouts is another thing i like. I would look for a 2366. I think that would be a good match compared to the R62. I would say the R72 would be comparable to a 2388. justin