International 1460 combine... good and the bad?

I am looking to uprade from an F2 gleaner. Right now, it is just exploring the options. I'm wanting something a little bigger and faster, and to go to 6 row instead of my current 4. I never liked the F2 in beans as it is terribly slow and the header never did a great job feeding, but it is great in corn. I have found a 146O. How are they for problems, maintenance, the good and bad?
 
my 1460 has 6,000hrs. been a very reliable machine.easy to work on as far as changing belts.Idle the engine down before engaging the threshing mechanism and the belts will last a long time.Can't really think of anything i don't like about it.
 
I still run a 1460, had very little trouble with it over the years. Only 1 bearing in a straw spreader this year. Of course for a combine as old as a 1460 it depends a lot on the care it's had up until now. There's a lot of good information over on New Ag Talk about these machines, just do a search of "1460". Guys like Old Pokey and Jon Hagen are a wealth of information over there.
 
Consider going to an M2 or M3...continue the Gleaner dependability, simplicity, ease of operation, setting, maintenance. M3 or updated M2 can take the 300 series flex head. Gleaner has the only true cyl rock protection. Much easier maintenance. Feeding with any combine is a matter of adjustments, within the limits they are built to. Consider the Gleaner rotaries as well- they"ll stand next to the IH and JD any day. Each has there own advantages/disadvantages, but all do a great job of delivering a good sample if adjusted right. Gleaners have a distinct advantage re rocks/ease of adjustment/maintenance.
 
we have a 60 & an 80. I believe the 1460 causes less trouble and in beans will do nearly as much but not in corn. the sieves have caused some problems in the 1480, but never in the 1460
 
I've put about 700 hours worth of seat time and grease gun duty on a 1460. It belonged to a neighbor that I help. He always kept it tip-top condition wise. He had a few parts on it that enabled it to cut soybeans later in the evening than I could with my 1660.

It did have non-working brakes that he never fixed. I herded it on a scary downhill road trip once when it slipped out of third gear.

I too, think they are less trouble than a 80 size machine of that era. I don't remember the 60 ever letting us down during harvest for more than an hour or so.
 
I'll stay with the red one. You want Gleaner parts around here it's a 200 mile round trip.
 
We had an F growing up, I know a F2 would be more machine but I think 1460 would be a beast for you. We ran a 22.5 ft 820 then 1020 for 5700 hours on one and 5500 on the other.
 
The 1460 will be way easier to work on and is a much simpler design (which means fewer things to break down) than the M2.

Al
 
Solid combine all around, and a great design that is modern by comparison to the F2. Just avoid going smaller, I believe the 1440s and 1420s had issues with front axle longevity.
 

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