Brand new M3 Gleaner

TramwayGuy wrote: Wonder if the Factory ever got their money from the dealer that went out of business and sold the M3 for half price?

Not sure, but I imagine by 1983 Allis Chalmers was in a fight for survival and probably were forced to take whatever amount of $$ they could get out of the dealer. Either way, both the dealer and AC involved took a substantial loss.

Really? I've only heard of 1 Gleaner fire in my life, and that was an electrical issue in the engine compartment. I see and hear about burned up JD's all the time.  

Edited by CrestonM - 11 Feb 2017 at 1:49pm

Sadly, there are a few burnt Gleaners at the combine salvage yard near Colfax Ia.

When I was growing up in the 70's and early 80's (when Gleaner was king) it was Deere and Massey that had a reputation of burning up. My cousin did lose a gas F2 once to a fire but the culprit was a rubber fuel line that sprung a leak right onto the distributor or spark plug wires. Could have been salvaged but opted for a diesel F2 ASAP.

Beirnesy wrote: Here is link to Machinery Petes  article on this Gleaner  M3 along with more pics   https://www.machinerypete.com/media_posts/never-used-1983-gleaner-m3-combine-found

That is definitely a legit combine, and definitely looks like she just rolled off the line at Independence Mo yesterday. Some nice pictures of the combine, and absolutely hardly any rust on her. Never sat outside. Wonder if it still has the plastic on the seat?

CrestonM wrote: Ray54 wrote: From the piece about the pair of Deere's looks like $40,000 may still be a lot high. Or is Shameless getting in on this and going and digging some of the old mason jars up he has hid??????????? I agree the Gleaners are much easier to set and retain grain, but....I do believe a low-houred machine (Or even NOS!), regardless of color, is always worth a lot! Yes, even a Deere. Plus, the flat screen Deere --00 series combines are rare as it is. Most of them burned up from overheating issues, due to the flat screen, if they weren't updated to the rotary screen.

The flat screen Deere 00 series combines were fine with diesel engines in them.  We ran a 1973 flat screen diesel for 35 years with no overheating problems.  One reason we kept running it so long was because the flat screen machines with gas engines had such a bad reputation for overheating and burning up that nobody wanted a flat screen machine even with a diesel in it.   Dad was going to trade ours on a new combine back in the 80s but even the Deere dealer wouldn't give anything for it so he kept on running it.

JCFarms wrote: So! It DOES NOT belong to the ORIGINALS owner. The neighbor bought it and is the one who thinks it's worth $45000. Bet he bought it for $5000.00.

Really doesn't matter who owns it as it stands now its a certainty it was never used and
the story is true, that's what's important.Also what he paid for it has no bearing on its
Market value. If you found a $100 bill lying on the side of the road would you sell it for
$20 because you got it for much less than its true market value?
The real 'original' owner of the combine BTW was AC/Gleaner

Lonn wrote: Could be but it is now his to sell for whatever he can get for it. I hope Gleaner buys it.  Deere would have enough pride to by a Deere like it if they don't already have one on display at their plant. I've been to the Waterloo plant back in th elate 80's and they had several tractors on display that were unique in some way. If memory serves, I believe the last 4020 is there and maybe the last 6030.  Does anyone know if AGCO has any type of display that features any unique Allis or Gleaner?

Yep. He can ask what ever he wants.
Agco doesn't even list Gleaner on most of their advertising.
Not even their website.

I think I'll buy it and take it on harvest. Lol

Dale-OH wrote: JCFarms,  I just looked at AGCO website and if you click the OUR Brands link at the top of the page Gleaner Is listed along with sunflower and white planters.

I just wonder why it is not on their home page. Wasn't Gleaner one of the very first brands they started with?

JCFarms wrote: Dale-OH wrote: JCFarms,  I just looked at AGCO website and if you click the OUR Brands link at the top of the page Gleaner Is listed along with sunflower and white planters. I just wonder why it is not on their home page. Wasn't Gleaner one of the very first brands they started with?

AGCO Corp does not want to admit that "AGCO" stands for "Allis Gleaner Company" or they pretend that it never was called that in the first place. Gleaner is the last part of Heritage left that traces back to the Allis Chalmers days. The idiot in charge of AGCO doesn't seem to understand that or care. Why they are still called "AGCO" is beyond me, the Orange tractors are gone, and no connection at all to past. They should just change the World wide Corporate name to "Massey Ferguson Corporation", seeing as it's Hesston by Massey Ferguson now. AGCO is a messed up company and its no surprise that they are trying to burry the Gleaner name on the website or not promoting it more.   

combinechris wrote: He wants $45,000 for it and he says he begged the guy to sell it to him. So I am suspicious of this person saying it only has eight hours on it. I'm sure the guy bought it for very little and now is selling it for an outrageous price so to me he seems like shyster and a jerk. But if he is giving some of the money he is selling it for to the gentleman he bought it from then I would have a different opinion of him.

wheatbreeder wrote: yeh the fuel tank paint is sad for a machine with 8 hr and shedded all its life

I wonder if the fuel tank on this "8 hour Gleaner M3 combine" was switched out at one point with another Gleaner's fuel tank?   

Yeah I am also wondering why the guy begged for years for the man to sell the combine, only to him finally selling to him and then for him to turn around and sell it right away. Something does seem off about the combine.

Our L3 has been shedded its whole life, and even though it's been used regularly, it still has more paint on the tank than that one! 

It's quite possible the hour meter is correct, on the other hand it is also quite likely that the hour meter quite working as well, Have the same hour meter on my 1977 AC 720 Garden tractor that reads 220 hours, but no way is that correct, and the meter has never worked on my AC 720.

Wish we could see more photo's of the cab interior and what the condition is like. By looking at the controls and wear and tear on items in the cab, you could quickly point out weather it really does have 8 hours on it. Would love to see the front beater that pulls the crop into the combine from the head. If all the paints there, it's likely legit. More photo's from inside the grain tank would also leave clues as to how many hours are on it. If it's not truly legit, it's still a darn nice M3 Gleaner and one of the nicest ones I have seen.