A Few Pics of our Gleaner

Our main combine, (my grandpa's Gleaner K), this weekend shelling corn. One of the only K's used around us, and one of the few Gleaners; lots of red and green ones, these days. Back in the day everyone around had a Gleaner, the AC dealership right down the road had a lot to do with that. Hope you all enjoy!

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Where are you from in OK? I was in Oklahoma City and Shawnee a couple of weeks ago, ferrying a Cessna back that a friend of mine bought in Shawnee, (I flew airline into OKC). Good to see someone around my age on here. We gotta keep this stuff alive!

It seems that the same thing going on in your area was going on in ours. Our dealer, (10 miles or less from our farm), went out around 1980 or so - I know this because our 185 was bought new there in 1979, this K was bought new there in 1976, I believe, and a friend of ours has a 7000 that was bought there in the same time. Our neighbor bought a new K2 diesel (we now own it, too), in 1981 and had to go to a different dealer because the local one was gone at that time. Our closes Agco/Gleaner dealer is an hour away, now.

Same here with the new ones as well. I can only think of one "big-time" farmer in our county who uses a Gleaner, a friend of mine that farms 1,000+ acres a year, he just bought a new Gleaner last year, and the next county over theres a couple of farms still using Gleaner. Nothing like before, though.

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looks good! looks just like mine cept I have a spreader on mine. thems great little combines.

Ours used to have a spreader, it's been taken off for years now. We also have a straw chopper, but it's off, as well. They're great combines. We have this K, and two more K's that we don't really use, (one is a parts combine), and a K2 diesel. This one is the nicest of them all and the one we use the most. Thank goodness my grandpa took good care of it and kept it parked inside.

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Believe it or not I have hauled ostriches ( you heard right) to Sunfish to get worked up for the state fair some years ago!!! Got some strange looks hauling those critters

Yes sir, Denby Huff was the dealer.. His father, Dr. C Huff, (That was the name of the dealership when it was in operation, the "Dr. C Huff Company"), was a great friend of my grandfather and was a veterinarian, as well. Denby and my grandpa were the same age. Denby was a fascinating fellow; his knowledge of Allis Chalmers was encyclopedic. He worked on them for years after the dealership closed. Sadly, he passed away around probably 5 or 6 years ago. He was also a private-pilot, he had a Piper Twin Comanche for a while, (I think he got out of flying when he crashed it on takeoff one day).

Where are you located? We are close to where the dealership was, probably 10 miles or less from the dealership; just a few miles from downtown Sunfish, home of the SUNFISH MALL. Sadly, the Sunfish Mall was burned down by some kids or something just a few nights ago, on Halloween.

Did you know Denby when he was at the dealership or later?

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I met him around 2001 or so when I was looking for a tricycle front for our D-14 we plowed tobacco with. He had one from a D-15. Bruce at Big Clifty tractor told me about him. He was a real genuine fellow. We hit it off really well. He would call my cell phone and say is this Ben & Elmers? and then laugh. You know as do others from around here that was the dealer in Glasgow and Horse Cave that closed up 5 or 6 years ago I guess. The more questions you asked him about these old tractors the wider he'd smile and he knew the answer.

Good stuff. Yeah Bruce and AGCO parted way because they wanted him to spend several thousand dollars to update-modernize or something. He still sells the parts as of now but no new tractors! I bought a new rake from him a couple years ago cause I like him and John and he had the best price of course.

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houchens Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Joined: 29 Mar 2012 Location: Sunfish, Ky Points: 668	Post Options Post Reply Quote houchens Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: A Few Pics of our Gleaner Posted: 31 Oct 2016 at 11:15pm
	Our main combine, (my grandpa's Gleaner K), this weekend shelling corn. One of the only K's used around us, and one of the few Gleaners; lots of red and green ones, these days. Back in the day everyone around had a Gleaner, the AC dealership right down the road had a lot to do with that. Hope you all enjoy!
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CrestonM Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Joined: 08 Sep 2014 Location: Oklahoma Points: 8452	Post Options Post Reply Quote CrestonM Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 31 Oct 2016 at 11:19pm
	Sweet! You're not a whole lot older than I, so it's nice to see more young'uns on here! It's a great looking combine and since it's your grandpa's, it makes it that much better! Same here...everyone in Oklahoma had an Allis or Gleaner pull type, and later Gleaner self propelled. You won't find many Duetz Gleaners and even fewer AGCO Gleaners. Allis dealer support was great until the 70s.

houchens Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Joined: 29 Mar 2012 Location: Sunfish, Ky Points: 668	Post Options Post Reply Quote houchens Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 31 Oct 2016 at 11:27pm
	Where are you from in OK? I was in Oklahoma City and Shawnee a couple of weeks ago, ferrying a Cessna back that a friend of mine bought in Shawnee, (I flew airline into OKC). Good to see someone around my age on here. We gotta keep this stuff alive! It seems that the same thing going on in your area was going on in ours. Our dealer, (10 miles or less from our farm), went out around 1980 or so - I know this because our 185 was bought new there in 1979, this K was bought new there in 1976, I believe, and a friend of ours has a 7000 that was bought there in the same time. Our neighbor bought a new K2 diesel (we now own it, too), in 1981 and had to go to a different dealer because the local one was gone at that time. Our closes Agco/Gleaner dealer is an hour away, now. Same here with the new ones as well. I can only think of one "big-time" farmer in our county who uses a Gleaner, a friend of mine that farms 1,000+ acres a year, he just bought a new Gleaner last year, and the next county over theres a couple of farms still using Gleaner. Nothing like before, though.
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houchens Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Joined: 29 Mar 2012 Location: Sunfish, Ky Points: 668	Post Options Post Reply Quote houchens Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 31 Oct 2016 at 11:28pm
	Even when I was a kid, I remember a lot more farmers using Gleaners; the guys around us used K, F, L and M series, (mostly 2's and 3's in my memory), for a long time. But most of those guys have retired now and the new guys aren't going Gleaner, anymore.
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shameless (ne) Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Joined: 08 Jul 2016 Location: nebraska Points: 7463	Post Options Post Reply Quote shameless (ne) Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 31 Oct 2016 at 11:28pm
	looks good! looks just like mine cept I have a spreader on mine. thems great little combines.

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	Sure enjoy seeing the pictures. I can only dream about running one like that. Thanks for posting.

houchens Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Joined: 29 Mar 2012 Location: Sunfish, Ky Points: 668	Post Options Post Reply Quote houchens Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 Nov 2016 at 1:16am
	Ours used to have a spreader, it's been taken off for years now. We also have a straw chopper, but it's off, as well. They're great combines. We have this K, and two more K's that we don't really use, (one is a parts combine), and a K2 diesel. This one is the nicest of them all and the one we use the most. Thank goodness my grandpa took good care of it and kept it parked inside.
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NickT(Ky) Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Joined: 13 Sep 2009 Location: Elizabethtown, Points: 417	Post Options Post Reply Quote NickT(Ky) Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 Nov 2016 at 7:58pm
	was your dealer a man called Denvy Huff I think. I have bought a few parts off of him and the dolley on the gantry crain in my shop I got from him. He was a great fellow to talk to.

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	Believe it or not I have hauled ostriches ( you heard right) to Sunfish to get worked up for the state fair some years ago!!! Got some strange looks hauling those critters

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houchens Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Joined: 29 Mar 2012 Location: Sunfish, Ky Points: 668	Post Options Post Reply Quote houchens Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 Nov 2016 at 8:30pm
	Yes sir, Denby Huff was the dealer.. His father, Dr. C Huff, (That was the name of the dealership when it was in operation, the "Dr. C Huff Company"), was a great friend of my grandfather and was a veterinarian, as well. Denby and my grandpa were the same age. Denby was a fascinating fellow; his knowledge of Allis Chalmers was encyclopedic. He worked on them for years after the dealership closed. Sadly, he passed away around probably 5 or 6 years ago. He was also a private-pilot, he had a Piper Twin Comanche for a while, (I think he got out of flying when he crashed it on takeoff one day). Where are you located? We are close to where the dealership was, probably 10 miles or less from the dealership; just a few miles from downtown Sunfish, home of the SUNFISH MALL. Sadly, the Sunfish Mall was burned down by some kids or something just a few nights ago, on Halloween. Did you know Denby when he was at the dealership or later?
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	We have several gleaners running around our area, still out numbered by red and green but it's nice to see a galvanized beauty working hard. We are fortunate for agco support our dealer is 15 minutes away!
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NickT(Ky) Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Joined: 13 Sep 2009 Location: Elizabethtown, Points: 417	Post Options Post Reply Quote NickT(Ky) Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 06 Nov 2016 at 1:34pm
	I met him around 2001 or so when I was looking for a tricycle front for our D-14 we plowed tobacco with. He had one from a D-15. Bruce at Big Clifty tractor told me about him. He was a real genuine fellow. We hit it off really well. He would call my cell phone and say is this Ben & Elmers? and then laugh. You know as do others from around here that was the dealer in Glasgow and Horse Cave that closed up 5 or 6 years ago I guess. The more questions you asked him about these old tractors the wider he'd smile and he knew the answer.

houchens Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Joined: 29 Mar 2012 Location: Sunfish, Ky Points: 668	Post Options Post Reply Quote houchens Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 06 Nov 2016 at 2:29pm
	Haha I can hear him now! Yes, I knew about Ben and Elmer; we bought a new discbine from them back in the day, an NH 411. I used to say that Denby forgot more about these old AC's than most of us will ever learn. Big Cliftt is just a shadow, anymore. We bought a D17 IV from Bruce several years ago, but it don't seem like they're selling hardly anything from the looks of their yard, these days. Ole Denby fixed a lot of things for us. Our Deutz Allis 6260 was in the dealership shop at Glasgow twice because the PTO kept going out.. Took it to Denby and he fixed it and it's not gave us any problem since. Only thing I had against Denby was that he got two D21's on different occasions, and sold them both to somebody else ahead of us. Haha
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NickT(Ky) Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Joined: 13 Sep 2009 Location: Elizabethtown, Points: 417	Post Options Post Reply Quote NickT(Ky) Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 06 Nov 2016 at 4:09pm
	Good stuff. Yeah Bruce and AGCO parted way because they wanted him to spend several thousand dollars to update-modernize or something. He still sells the parts as of now but no new tractors! I bought a new rake from him a couple years ago cause I like him and John and he had the best price of course.

houchens Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Joined: 29 Mar 2012 Location: Sunfish, Ky Points: 668	Post Options Post Reply Quote houchens Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 06 Nov 2016 at 7:26pm
	I think he does still sell parts, though not 100% sure. It got to where most anything we needed he had to order it, so we just started ordering our parts from North Star. They ship them straight to us and have about anything we need on hand to send the next day. And we don't have to make any trips. Bruce and John are good fellas. I hope they're doing well up there.
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