Yesterday while driving around looking at foliage I passed a big Gleaner in a field that had been doing soy beans. It had a head significantly bigger than most combines around and tracks. It looked like a recent model. Is Gleaner still in business? Does someone own them and making them with the Gleaner name.
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bradley martin
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Gleaner is very much alive. Owned and manufactured by Agco. They also own and manufacture Massey Ferguson, Challenger and Fendt combines. I believe they have another make or two that are not sold in North America. Some models appear in multiple lines with different color paint and decals.
Brendon-KS
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As others have said they are still active in the combine market. Right around our area here in central Kansas you see as many Gleaners in the field as any other brand of combine.
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fastfarmall
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It must of been a 40 foot head, that what their web site says they offer!! These company wont stop until they reach a 100 foot wide head!!!
Gleaner is the silver, now grey, combines.
The other makes mentioned are all in the Agco family, but not Gleaners.
Agco is pushing the Ideal combine now, yet another design and brand. It is massively huge. And very complex electronically.
Gleaner combines are actually about at their physical size limit. Good simple machines that just work. However with the rotor in cross ways, they are limited as to how long the the rotor can be, and you can only make them so big around. With a rotor length wise you can always add another few feet or make it a few inches bigger around and gain more capacity.
The cross ways rotor is pretty much maxed out where they are at. Never say never of course, can always wedge in a little more.
But it’s funny you would pick on the Gleaner as a monster machine, when the Ideal combine and there is a new JD combine also being tested this year, both are monsters that it’s difficult to find a header big enough to keep them full. They are running 6-7 miles per hour with a 16 row corn head to keep them full. Crazy!
Paul
The other makes mentioned are all in the Agco family, but not Gleaners.
Agco is pushing the Ideal combine now, yet another design and brand. It is massively huge. And very complex electronically.
Gleaner combines are actually about at their physical size limit. Good simple machines that just work. However with the rotor in cross ways, they are limited as to how long the the rotor can be, and you can only make them so big around. With a rotor length wise you can always add another few feet or make it a few inches bigger around and gain more capacity.
The cross ways rotor is pretty much maxed out where they are at. Never say never of course, can always wedge in a little more.
But it’s funny you would pick on the Gleaner as a monster machine, when the Ideal combine and there is a new JD combine also being tested this year, both are monsters that it’s difficult to find a header big enough to keep them full. They are running 6-7 miles per hour with a 16 row corn head to keep them full. Crazy!
Paul
fastfarmall
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But the IHC are made their also, right???? I see them hauled up and down 281 !!
retired farmer
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Also called a Silver Seeder. Had a guy combine my wheat with one a couple of times, half of the grain went out the back and half went in the bin. Cost me a lot of money.
BarryfromIA
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They are probably working on a remote controlled header to run along side and feed into the main header or they will have to build a conveyor to a semi running alongside.
Gleaner came out with combines called the Super (S) series a few years ago. They have only 1 gearbox on the combine part of the machine. They claim many fewer parts to break and takes less hp to do the same amount of threshing as competitors. Their machine supposedly weighs 10- 15 thousand lbs less than other machines , their design is simpler w/ fewer moving parts. They have the rotor mounted cross ways or transversely such that the crop mat enters rotor directly from the feeder house and the rotor supposedly threshes 360 degrees around a 30 inch rotor whereas the competition only threshes around 180 degrees of the 30 inch rotor. Gleaners have a dual stage cleaning fan and the competition has single stage fan.Their grain sample is the cleanest on the market they claim because of this.If grain is going out the back of a combine, the rotor or concave clearance is not set correctly. You don't see many Gleaners in eastern Corn Belt, think we lack Agco dealer network here.
Brendon-KS
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Even if that is remotely true it would be much more accurate to blame the operator rather than the machine. Gleaners wouldn't be one of the more popular combines here in Kansas wheat country if there was any basis for the "silver seeder" nickname. That name is usually used by those who drink heavily from the fountain of green koolaid and have trouble accepting that there is a lot of very good equipment out there, maybe even superior to theirs, that doesn't have a Deere decal on the side.
fastfarmall
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No it's not funny,16 row 30 inch head is 40 feet,on 1 mile rounds, one way is approximately 5 acres,in 300 bushel corn,is 1,500 Bu to the far end,a 1300 bushel grain cart,and 80,000 lb county, roads nothing matches!! It's a jumbled up mess.
caterpillar guy
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FastFarmall: With all the sarcasm I can muster just ad axles like in MI. 180,000 is the limit on 11 axles and I know if it fits it ships with those trains hauling grain. They can get up to about 1800 bushel on one now. I did load something like 1680-1750 on one last year hauling corn and beans. Solves the 1300 bushel cart problem. The STAA limits states on the weight they can haul now. When it was adopted the states were frozen at the limits that were in place at that time from what I understand.
Brendon-KS
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CaseIH combines are made in Grand Island, NE. The red combines you see leaving Hesston would be Massey Ferguson.
are the MF combines red Gleaners? or are they totally different?
what designs are the Fendt and Challenger machines? wouldn't think it would be cost effective to have 4 combine brands
glad they are still around for options besides the red and yellow CaseIH/NH or the green deerie things. I still see an occational CLass combine but around here most all are CaseIH or deere. not too many older Gleaners and don't see many newer ones or MF units.
back home in Delaware Gleaner and MF were the most popular with MF probably being the most popular. but that was 30 years ago.
what designs are the Fendt and Challenger machines? wouldn't think it would be cost effective to have 4 combine brands
glad they are still around for options besides the red and yellow CaseIH/NH or the green deerie things. I still see an occational CLass combine but around here most all are CaseIH or deere. not too many older Gleaners and don't see many newer ones or MF units.
back home in Delaware Gleaner and MF were the most popular with MF probably being the most popular. but that was 30 years ago.
retired farmer
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True, or I wouldn't have wrote it. Custom combiner out of Oklahoma. Not the first field I have seen over the years done with Gleaners. Don't have to replant after they get done.
fastfarmall
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You are right,i had my wires crossed! Grand Island is on 281 !!!
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