Pics-Couldnt Let This R Gleaner Be Sold For Scrap
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Topic: Pics-Couldnt Let This R Gleaner Be Sold For Scrap
Posted By: 180Puller
Subject: Pics-Couldnt Let This R Gleaner Be Sold For Scrap
Date Posted: 09 Aug 2016 at 10:33am
      About 10 years ago I heard of a 1952 R Gleaner in the Collins,MO area...In 2012 I went and looked at it but the owner still used it to cut fescue every year so it wasn't for sale..It did its last harvest in 2015 as the owner passed away in Feb 2016.. The estate sale was on Saturday August 6th...I couldn't be there as early Thursday morning my wife had a heart attack and was life flighted to Joplin by helicopter....They got her there in time and she's doing much better....She got to go home Saturday noon.. I didn't want to see the R go for scrap so I had a friend bid for me.....He got it for about half of what I told him to bid..It runs but has been well used....The air intake screen is missing and the bottom of the header isn't very good..In 2010 I said I wasn't buying another combine but I had to save this one since it was so close... I and my friend went and got it yesterday...We started to pull the header off but gave up....The former owners brother told us a way to get out of there without getting on a major hiway.....We were 15 ft wide....The roads are very curvy,hilly,and narrow in that area....It took us 60 miles to make it 45 miles home.....The first 40 miles went OK but on the last mile of that south of ElDorado Springs we met 7 cars .....I stopped at my friends place to load up some stuff that I bought from him..The last 20 miles went easier as I was in familiar country and there wasn't much traffic..Combines are much easier to haul home out of Kansas...Most of my 20 combines came from Kansas Most of these pictures were taken in 2012 but the one with the R loaded was taken yesterday evening after getting home.....The 2nd picture shows the late owner in 2012..The 4th picture shows the flat head 226 Ford engine...Early model R and A Gleaner combines with the flat head Ford 6 are almost non existent..Does anyone on here have one or know of one?
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Posted By: Sherman Farms
Date Posted: 09 Aug 2016 at 12:29pm
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JOB WELL DONE!! ITS NICE THAT PEOPLE ARE SAVING COMBINES TOO. ------------- B, C, RC, 3 wc,2 wd,3 wd45, d15, d17, d19, d21, 190, 440, 7040, 918 backhoe, 12 roto balers, 7 60 combines, 40, 66,2 72,90 super, sp100, Gleaner E, F3, 3 L2, R62, and much more |
Posted By: combinechris
Date Posted: 09 Aug 2016 at 1:17pm
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Wish I could have gotten it. Lol . Would like to see more pictures of it as you restore it if you are going to. ------------- 35 combines and 15 forage harvesters. mostly allis combines and equipment.WTB 2 row cornhead for a 90 |
Posted By: shameless (ne)
Date Posted: 09 Aug 2016 at 3:23pm
| good job! |
Posted By: CrestonM
Date Posted: 09 Aug 2016 at 3:44pm
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Looks nice! You can never have too many combines! Lol! I also would like to see more pics if you restore it. In particular, I'd like to see a pic of the raddle. I've only seen walker combines, never a raddle type, so that would be neat to see.
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Posted By: Adam Stratton
Date Posted: 09 Aug 2016 at 8:28pm
| Which auction company had the auction? Im not far from that neck of the woods and didn't see it advertised. Oh well. Glad you saved the combine! Hope your wife recovers. |
Posted By: Wdtractorman
Date Posted: 09 Aug 2016 at 8:33pm
| Nice save, i want a combine but iv got nothing to do with one. It also seams that our old combines are usally to far gone around here |
Posted By: CrestonM
Date Posted: 09 Aug 2016 at 8:52pm
That's what everyone said about this one!  That was in 2007. I used it to cut this year. Blew a lot of people's minds! I can't get a pic of it now to upload because it's a .png and I can't upload it. Edit: Here's a video. [TUBE]?v=el-Dh98uxWY[/TUBE]
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Wdtractorman wrote:Posted By: Brian Ahart
Date Posted: 09 Aug 2016 at 9:24pm
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Blaine, I'm glad your wife is doing ok. Your Model R is a nice find. The early SP units are few and far between these days. Based on the condition, I'm guessing it was shedded for some portion of its life (especially with the red lettering still intact). I noticed that it also has the optional lighting kit. We still have dad's '52 A (SN 4074) with the Ford 226 that he bought from the original owner back in the early 1980's. Dennis from NE has a '51 R with an 8xxx serial number. As I recall, there was a SN break in 1952 in which Gleaner went from 8xxx down to 4xxx serial numbers. At least that's my theory based on my 1951 and 1952 parts books. I definitely need to schedule a visit down to SWMO to see your collection. Thanks for posting. ------------- A-C Weight ID reference and other goodies at http://www.brianahart.net" rel="nofollow - brianahart.net |
Posted By: 180Puller
Date Posted: 10 Aug 2016 at 8:18am
  Heres the best early R Gleaner I have ever ran across....It sold for some pretty good money in April 2014 at the Lahodny sale near Concordia,KS..I think the serial # is 51R 8218..Its now in Mt Hope,KS.. I'm kind of surprised that practically no one on here owns a Ford powered A or R Gleaner or knows of one...I think that I know of (6) of them...For some reason they are very scarce.. As for restoring my R Gleaner it probably won't happen any time soon with as much stuff as I have.....I would probably do my T Gleaner first since its much easier to haul.. For Adam the auctioneers were Bruce and Le'an from Fair Play,MO.....They didn't advertise the sale out very far.....I happened to see the sale bill while in Bolivar,MO and my friend knew about it..The wife is still doing pretty good..Tell your Mom and Dad hello.. Brian,thanks for the serial # and come down sometime.. |