Looking for an N5 Gleaner
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Topic: Looking for an N5 Gleaner
Posted By: david.bz
Subject: Looking for an N5 Gleaner
Date Posted: 08 Jan 2012 at 7:32am
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Hi there. I am looking to purchase an N5 with RWA and 630 corn head. |
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Posted By: AaronSEIA
Date Posted: 08 Jan 2012 at 9:11am
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Where are you located? Lot of Gleaners sitting "out back" at the AGCO dealers in NE Iowa. Finding one worth using might be harder. AaronSEIA
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Posted By: Dale
Date Posted: 08 Jan 2012 at 9:18am
| Just curious -why an N5 and not an N6 or N7 for that matter. |
Posted By: david.bz
Date Posted: 08 Jan 2012 at 7:43pm
| Thank you for the responses. I think that for my application which is a 6 row corn header in 100 bu/ac corn the N7 is too big. I am not saying I wouldn't do it but the acreages here where I am farming are too small. I have never owned a Gleaner. I have done a lot of research and I think that the N5 is the best size for the job. |
Posted By: Unit3
Date Posted: 08 Jan 2012 at 7:52pm
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Look for one with the later style throat hookup. They can except heads from the 80's right up to brand new. |
Posted By: david.bz
Date Posted: 08 Jan 2012 at 8:02pm
| Is there a particular year model where the throat attachment needed is standard? |
Posted By: ranger42
Date Posted: 08 Jan 2012 at 8:11pm
| I don't where your located, but the local john deere dealer here in Southern, IN. got in a 1985 N6 RWA, 6-30 greenstripe cornhead, 323 20ft flex. 2800 seperator hours. I haven't seen the machine in person and they have no pictures of it posted on their website. They're at $17,500 for the package. http://www.wrightstemle.com - www.wrightstemle.com |
Posted By: Unit3
Date Posted: 08 Jan 2012 at 9:24pm
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We had an 81 N6 with the old style and an 84 N6 with the new. 81 had the 670HI (7080)2850 rpm engine and the 84 had the 670I (8070) 2400 rpm engine. The 84 had the longer throat with the newer style hookup, 3 pin header height control (a plus), bomb bay access door, newer rock door, and the later style gear on gear accelerator roll drive. The next big jump is to go to "R" series 1998 and newer. I think 98 was when they started painting them. With these, you get a mucH muCH mUCH MUCH larger chaffer/sieve. Dad got a used 02 R62. WOW! what a jump from the N6. He then got a new to him R75 with 14" auger. The R62 had a Cummins and the R75 has the AGCO engine. With a 30' head in 18" though beans and an air reel, the sound from the R75's engine was a strong and steady ROAR. It would not pull down. I would like to see that engine in a semi. The R76 gives you a 12" tank auger to feed the 14" while the R75 was a 10". There is a flat pan just ahead of the chaffer/sieve on the N's to the new R5 series. On the R6 series, the pan is sloped down to the chaffer/sieve. This has greatly improved performance. You could overload and loose just alittle out of the sides, ahead of the chaffer/sieve. Not any more. One more thing. The N6's each a had a different hydrostat. My spelling will be off, but one had a Sunstran and the other had a Dayco? We never had any trouble, but one has a grease zirt on the inputshaft bearing. You grease it from the back side of the hydro and it is inside of the pulley. And get one with a chopper if you ever plan on harvesting soybeans. Long Live Gleaner. |
Posted By: Dan (SE MI)
Date Posted: 09 Jan 2012 at 10:40am
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Don't know where you are at, but here is a decent looking N6 in Michigan on an online auction that ends in a few days. Lot #18. Not sure if it has RWA. Looks like the heads are available as well.
http://www.sheridanauctionservice.com/index.php?subp=1&slb=1&pid=24473&cid=7413 - http://www.sheridanauctionservice.com/index.php?subp=1&slb=1&pid=24473&cid=7413
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Posted By: Gregor
Date Posted: 09 Jan 2012 at 9:33pm
| Stay with series 3 or newer. That had the newer throat that could take the R model heads. I believe it was 1982 or 83. The older series had its own head and unique to the N series. I have an 83 N6. N5 and N6 pretty much the same machine except the N6 engine has more power. I have a N5 for parts and so far have seen much difference besides the throat since my parted out N5 was a series 2. If you never been around one, there is some critical areas to look at to ensure you got a good machine. |
Posted By: david.bz
Date Posted: 10 Jan 2012 at 5:16pm
| Thanks for your responses. I was about to buy an N5 when I came across an R6 that looks like it has some life left. I have never been around gleaner before. I am about to embark on a learning curve. the machine has 2700 separator hours and I also bought a 630 corn head with it. I am in Belize Central America where the corn started flowering this last week and have done a deal looking at pictures only. We will see what happens. I am 1000 miles and 2 countries away from a dealer. That was a major part of my decision to purchase a Gleaner. I am in the jungle. I have a welder and a cutting torch, and access to a pretty good supply of belts and bearings. The combine will not be overworked as I will only be combining about 250 acres of corn twice a year. You wouldn't think that you would need capacity here where it never gets cold but believe me you do! The weather can change so fast here and you can be rained on for a week. I am sure glad I have internet here because I have a feeling that I am really going to need to draw on the experience of the guys on this forum. Thanks again!!! |
Posted By: JohnCO
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2012 at 12:25am
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Welcome to the forum david! Once you get the machine, please take pictures and post them here. We all enjoy looking at pictures.
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Posted By: david.bz
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2012 at 8:29pm
Thanks. Here are a couple of pictures of my new R6 Gleaner. 
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Posted By: david.bz
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2012 at 8:30pm
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Posted By: Unit3
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2012 at 9:39pm
| A 1000 miles and 2 countries away from a dealer? And I complain about driving 30 miles to mine. I feel so ashamed. Anyway that looks like a good machine. Check out the chains in the lower feeder house to see if they still have a half link in them. They come with one, so you can take it out when the chain wares. If the chains is loose and it does not have the half link, it is time to replace it. Same goes for the upper chains as well. Every now and then one of the 3 chains will get a cob in between itself and the sprocket and a it will jump a link ahead or behind the other 2. Place a bolt in the chain from the inside out and roll by hand the chain around the top sprocket and the chain will jump back in time with the other two. |
Posted By: david.bz
Date Posted: 12 Jan 2012 at 9:25pm
| Thanks for the information. Do the sprockets automatically need to be changed when a new feeder chain is installed? |
Posted By: ILGLEANER
Date Posted: 12 Jan 2012 at 9:29pm
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They dont have too. But It would be foolish not to replace the sprockets when changing the chain.
IG ------------- Education doesn't make you smart, it makes you educated. |
Posted By: david.bz
Date Posted: 12 Jan 2012 at 10:47pm
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I happen to agree with you. Thanks |