Dave H (MI)
Well-known Member
And here is the results. The only one I did not see was the F3. Guy thinks it is gold and it was too far out of the way. These are in reverse order from the worst to the best and in last place we have:
Gleaner N2. This machine was not listed in my last post. I found it on the trip. Dirty, kind of beat up. When I climbed up on it I immediately remembered someone using the phrase "head banger cab" because here it was in the flesh. Cab was rough. Some of the rocker switches were pushed down inside the console. Not for me. No one around to start it.
IH 1660 - A reasonably nice looking machine cosmetically. Clearly shedded. Clearly the shed was infested with rodents, but I will come back to that. Engine dripping oil, cannot tell from where. Several oddities...belts that were just hanging behind pulleys but the pulleys had belts on them. Wires replaced but the old ones still there. The lower part of the conveyor that takes the product to the top was wrapped several times around with electricians tape in two places. Then I opened the cab door and the smell of rodent urine nearly had me step back off the platform. Worst I have ever smelled and that is saying something. I explained to SWMBO that there are a lot of wires in there and likely half are stripped and shorting. The seat had no upholstery on it...just foam. This once had been a really nice combine...but no more. No one around to run it.
IH 1460 2WD - Very nice cosmetically, shedded, starts and runs nice. Cab solenoid bad but being replaced. Header lift cylinders dripping fluid badly. Has rigid grain head with it, not sure I want one. Cab good for age. Tires good all around. Been cleaned and looks pretty good.
IH 1460 4WD - This one has been out in the sun a bit and the sheet metal looks like maybe we ran up along side the woods a bit when working cuz there are scratches and dents of a tree like nature and some of the lower edges of the sheet metal have been crunched. Not a trace of a leak anywhere on this machine. Everything seems to work. Last fall it froze a rear hub combining soy and it was left in the field all winter. Hub was replaced but he had forgotten to put oil in it and froze up the replacement after a few hours. SO it was replaced again in the Spring (his story, not mine). Starts right up but when you engage the axial flow mech there is a squawk like a chicken was caught in there and then it sounds fine. Some eggs did come shooting out the back so I had him stop...no chicken...and restart the drive. It made the noise again and they looked at each other kind of funny so I asked what it was and was told it was the main drive belt for the axial flow (big flat belt under the hood up top) and that it was stiff from sitting. Does this sound right??? Anyway, cab reasonable, tires good but fronts better. It is 4WD. That about covers it.
Todays winner is:
Gleaner R52 - I would rather own this than an Italian sports car. 'nuff said. SWMBO has given me permission to go long on this one, but I still won't be able to afford it.
So the top two are the Gleaner R52 and IH 1460 4wd. I love to hear opinions if anyone cares to weigh in. Hitting the shower...never gonna get the smell of that 1660 off me.
Gleaner N2. This machine was not listed in my last post. I found it on the trip. Dirty, kind of beat up. When I climbed up on it I immediately remembered someone using the phrase "head banger cab" because here it was in the flesh. Cab was rough. Some of the rocker switches were pushed down inside the console. Not for me. No one around to start it.
IH 1660 - A reasonably nice looking machine cosmetically. Clearly shedded. Clearly the shed was infested with rodents, but I will come back to that. Engine dripping oil, cannot tell from where. Several oddities...belts that were just hanging behind pulleys but the pulleys had belts on them. Wires replaced but the old ones still there. The lower part of the conveyor that takes the product to the top was wrapped several times around with electricians tape in two places. Then I opened the cab door and the smell of rodent urine nearly had me step back off the platform. Worst I have ever smelled and that is saying something. I explained to SWMBO that there are a lot of wires in there and likely half are stripped and shorting. The seat had no upholstery on it...just foam. This once had been a really nice combine...but no more. No one around to run it.
IH 1460 2WD - Very nice cosmetically, shedded, starts and runs nice. Cab solenoid bad but being replaced. Header lift cylinders dripping fluid badly. Has rigid grain head with it, not sure I want one. Cab good for age. Tires good all around. Been cleaned and looks pretty good.
IH 1460 4WD - This one has been out in the sun a bit and the sheet metal looks like maybe we ran up along side the woods a bit when working cuz there are scratches and dents of a tree like nature and some of the lower edges of the sheet metal have been crunched. Not a trace of a leak anywhere on this machine. Everything seems to work. Last fall it froze a rear hub combining soy and it was left in the field all winter. Hub was replaced but he had forgotten to put oil in it and froze up the replacement after a few hours. SO it was replaced again in the Spring (his story, not mine). Starts right up but when you engage the axial flow mech there is a squawk like a chicken was caught in there and then it sounds fine. Some eggs did come shooting out the back so I had him stop...no chicken...and restart the drive. It made the noise again and they looked at each other kind of funny so I asked what it was and was told it was the main drive belt for the axial flow (big flat belt under the hood up top) and that it was stiff from sitting. Does this sound right??? Anyway, cab reasonable, tires good but fronts better. It is 4WD. That about covers it.
Todays winner is:
Gleaner R52 - I would rather own this than an Italian sports car. 'nuff said. SWMBO has given me permission to go long on this one, but I still won't be able to afford it.
So the top two are the Gleaner R52 and IH 1460 4wd. I love to hear opinions if anyone cares to weigh in. Hitting the shower...never gonna get the smell of that 1660 off me.