Got it A Gleaner, L2

Got to feeling pretty low being I've been ridiculing you and just having a jolly good time at your expense.....so I went a lookin for you a Gleaner L2.

But we have a problem. You need to see an optometrist before we talk as your pencil slipped over a decimal place and you are about $13k low on your bid. This is $14,000, not $1,400.

I found one at Specialty NC, net equipment sales. It's a 1982, 2200 hrs, mint, 24' header, always shedded, one owner, in Syracuse, Kansas (right down the street-right). (620) 384-7584. They will throw in chrome hub caps and whitewalls for free.....for that price. Har Har.

Now don't get mad at me. I'm just trying to help an old friend fill out his remaining days. Grin.

Mark

If I have to go thru a dealer, I wanna stay under $10K.

Think if I hit the farm sales this winter, I can do way better than that.

I passed that derned $1400 guy here about 2 months ago and it was under 20 miles from me. Should have had my head examined on that one!

Heck, for no more than I'm gonna use it for ('bout 50 acres a year), I could go clear down to an F2. They work just as well as long as ya get the 6 cylinder diesel 'stead of the four.

Allan

Thought you were in church all day or sumpin.

Whoppin big difference in the two prices; course haven't seen the machines.

I had a JD 95 and a newer MF 760D. The two were miles apart in all respects.

My problem here is that we are not in NE and all the roads are narrow and trees everywhere and fences and small plots and you get the idea.

Mark

Thanks,

Mark

I dunno for sure, but you're probably right.

I remember the guys that had those 4 pop diesels always were a smokin' fer a living. I mean lots and lots of black smoke.

I really liked the 6 I had, never did push it to the black smoke point tho and it got along just fine.

Allan

Also are the hoppers and chutes galvanized?

Mark

I really get hyped when I get to goin' on Gleaners.

Every derned thing on 'em is galvanized. Plus, when it is time to repair, you walk up to 'em from the outside instead of crawlin' up into the belly of the beasts. :>)

AGCO now, I'm thinkin'.

Allan

With all the shiny metal I sorta figured they were galvanized. I really like that. Never saw one up close however.
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Do you really have a job in town too? Grin
Mark

With all the shiny metal I sorta figured they were galvanized. I really like that. Never saw one up close however.
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Do you really have a job in town too? Grin
Mark

I'm still kickin' myself over losin' that last machine I had. Wrote the check for $53K (at that time, I thought that was a lot of money).

Wasn't a monster sized machine, but just kept going and going and going.

Had a straight F before that and it was the same way only it was a gasser. Had to fill it every darned day, but it too just went on and on. :>)

Only lost one darned bearing in 14 years with those two machines.

Allan