Gleaner F Questions

brandonh · Nov 28, 2010

Looking at a nice Gleaner F Combine for $2500. Has a 13ft grain head with Hart-Carter floating cutter and a 438 4 row corn. Ive never in my life been around a combine, but I was wondering, will this thing shell the corn? or does it leave it on the cob? is the F a good machine

Donnie Baker · Nov 28, 2010

Yes it will shell corn and do a nice job if you set it correctly. But you will not set any land speed records as 4 rows of good corn will have it at its maximum capacity. You can opt to go faster if you like and will soon find out why many guys called them silver seeders. I gotta go

gregger · Nov 28, 2010

yes it will shell corn good -- there are lots of adjustments to make it shell good -- need the manual for it for sure --

tbuzzard · Nov 28, 2010

F Gleaner is an excellent machine. Easy to work on. Does a good job of combining. If a gas engine will be a little thirsty. I ran a F and then an F3 for years.

JMS/.MN · Nov 28, 2010

You"ll find that it is the easiest machine to adjust and repair. With the thousands of them produced in the 70s, many used parts available. NO OTHER brand has the rock protection for the cylinder. Didn"t then, still doesn"t now, after DECADES! Most any machine can do a decent job harvesting, if the OPERATOR knows what he is doing, knows the machine, pays attention to what it is doing, and makes the proper adjustments. It is an excellent 4 row machine in corn. Push any machine for speed, beyond what it is designed for...causes losses. Calling them "Silver Seeders" is nothing but childish semantics. "Red Seeders, Green Seeders", they can all be maladjusted to produce the same results- just a bit harder to say. Local custom harvester that goes Tx-MN told me years ago that he knew the Gleaner was a better machine than JD, but the only reason he had JD was that JD had a greater finance plan....he was in the neighbor"s field last month with his Gleaner!

JDseller · Nov 28, 2010

Yes it will shell corn. $2500 would be a high price around here for it. If you do decide to buy it make sure you get all of the pullies and belts to change it from corn to beans/wheat. You should even have some different bars to go in the cylinder door. Also there where black & silver corn heads and orange & silver ones. The orange and silver where older and did not work as well.

LOU from WI · Nov 28, 2010

When you check it out make sure someone didn"t weld the adjustment rods & brackets solid. I used to work for a guy who hired out combining, and when he bought a Gleaner, someone had welded some of the adjustment brackets cause they would loosen up up over time and they didn't want to keep adjusting them.It was a pain to cut and grind all the welds off to make sure you could get the adj. right.JM2cents.
Victor

thurlow · Nov 28, 2010

I agree that the price would be high around here. We ran 2 of 'em way back when........both with the GM 292. They came with 13 ft 'feeler bar' headers; after a few years, we swapped for 16 ft floating cutter bar headers. Had to swap the external gears on the transmission to get right field speed with the 16 footers. If set correctly, they would starve the birds behind them in the corn field. Only major trouble we had was with the bearings on the clutch input shafts; the bearings were on one end of the shaft and the belt was on the other; weren't terribly expensive, but were a bit*h to change, even after 'whittling' a little on the frame with a torch.

olgentdc · Nov 28, 2010

They are good machines , You JUST NEED TO UNDERSTAND THEM ..., I dispise who ever wrote the operators manual , I find myself researchinbg all over the dambook trying to figure the thing out , there has got to be batter book than the one I have , Gleaners are impossible to get cleaned out after harvest , So if you are growing Non GMO and RR, you are in for contamination headaches .... i cut my teeth on Masseys and have run a Massey 300 for 25 yrs.. sure is easier to comprehend the Massey book to make the combine run sweet ,, and I can get that Massey 300cleaned out nicwe and quick ...........

paul · Nov 28, 2010

If it has a gasoline engine - I assume - then they sell for $600 - 1000 around here in good used condition at farm auctions, all 3 pieces.

A seller or equipment dealer might ask more, but...

A diesel engined one would bring more.

Condition is everything, what shape are the chains & sprokets in, what shape is the raddle in, how are the belts? How are the rasp bars?

An F is pretty old, can be a lot to fix if you don't know what you are looking at.

But they are good combines, easier to work on than most. I've had a 68 F, 77 F2, and now an F3, all the same combine just modernized. Good for 20 - 300+ acres, depending on the time & help you have for harvest. Neighbors used to run 500+ acres with them, but that was in 100+ bu corn with 2-3 kids helping move wagons, now we hope for 170+....

--->Paul

brandonh · Nov 28, 2010

he says it needs nothing but a operator. said they done beans with it this year. they just bought a bigger one and this one is no longer needed. it has the 6cly gas. were talking less than 50 acres a year.

gene bender · Nov 29, 2010

This guy doesent know if a combine will shell corn so he probably doesent know what it takes to grow a decent field of corn.

60 acre hillside · Nov 29, 2010

I was considering a $1200 combine but after careful thought remembered I needed a $3500 truck to haul the grain away. A combine without a truck is worthless.

1936 · Nov 29, 2010

Older one had 6 cyl chev motors. Dad wired a church key to the motor for an idea of oil usage in the day still in the shed with both heads. Your $$$ ideas to me is on the upper end of the scale.

Where is Alan in Neb???????

Allan in NE · Nov 29, 2010

Yeah, you guys.

Don't-cha-be cussin' my Gleaners! :>)

Allan

dhermesc · Nov 29, 2010

They are good machines, we had one for years then bought an IH 915 to run side by side with it in the late 1970s. The 915 could cover a lot more acres - when it was running. We probably covered about 600-800 acres a year with it - when it left the farm the drive train was shot along with the hydraulics - but it would still do a decent job in the field. Ours was an early unit with the 292 GM gas engine.

$2500 seems a but high, but then condition and hours is everything. I watched a good running "E" (much smaller) go for $400 a year ago. I figured the guy would combine a bin full or two of brome seed from the grader ditches on the way home and nearly have it paid for.

G.Fields · Nov 29, 2010

That may be, but every one has to start somewhere. For example there probably was a time that if you didn't have anything valuable to add you would have kept quiet, but now you progressed to being a d!ck. Like I said you have to start somewhere

GeneMO · Nov 29, 2010

The other brands call Gleaner the "galvanized grinder" or "Silver seeder"

If it is set right it does OK. There can be a huge difference in condition. They made F's for a long time. An F2 would be better. We had a straight F, Corn/Soybean special with a gas engine and a hydrostatic transmission. I really liked the hydrostat. Never gave us any trouble.

Gene

amnion · Nov 29, 2010

I'm currently looking at two Gleaner F2s. One a diesel and other a gas. The gas has a hydraulic auger and a grain saver. Both have 438 black cornheads and are gear trans. What is ballpark for these two machines if they are in good shape?

Silver-sided pheasant feeder is the way I hear people describe Gleaners around here.

Tom West Mi · Nov 29, 2010

I agree. It is hard enough to get started on your own when you get kicked in the teeth asking for help. I learn something new every year.

gene bender · Nov 30, 2010

Get real if a guy doesent know if a combine will shell corn and has to post on the internet to find out he has more problems than you can count in a day.

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