Gleaner combine choices

We farm a little less than 200 acres. Corn beans and occasionally barley. I have been thinking of looking for an older gleaner combine. Mostly looking for input and opinion on what models to look for and or stay away from.personal experience,etc Definitely looking for diesel and capability for 6 row corn head. There are some "L" and "L2" local to me ( within a few hundred miles). Any help appreciated. Thanks J

If you can swing it, may want to look at an R40/50.

Thanks.I appreciate the help. I was curious because of availability locally. Trips to look and then if a purchase the transportation fees will also need to be taken into account.. I was also wondering about the air cooled engine. Not a lot of experience with that on my end.

I’ll get flamed but I don’t care.

Unit3 wrote: No hater here. Dad went from 80’s N6’s to a used 2002 R62. What a jump upward that was. He got into trading for someone’s two year old machines. R75,R76,S77, and lastly to a S78. Each was a jump upwards. If I had to backwards, I would not want to go back past the R76. 12” grain tank floor auger and a sloped pan ahead of the chaffer/sieve. Now dad is in a rest home with dementia. He will be 89 on the 24th. I was to see him yesterday and he asked me if I take all of my crops standing. I can’t remember of him ever raising oats. He loves the pictures and videos from the phone of the Gleaner’s.

victoryallis wrote: I’ll get flamed but I don’t care. We went from a ‘92 R52 to a ‘01 R62 HUGE upgrade.   1992 was the start of the Rx2 series,   ‘94 brought some changes motor just one, I believe a few updates in that ‘96 to ‘98 area.    I’ll get hated for this if your serious logon to a site called Agtalk in your post title include the name C Mayer and mention Gleaner.   Chris, Dale and their family own a large Gleaner dealer in Ohio and are very knowledgeable guys.  I was ready to look at a different brand after the ‘92 but the ‘01 won me back.  Over the years we learned how to successfully bale straw behind these rotary machines.   I won’t dox him but if you can figure out how to have a phone conversation with Tbran on the site it would be wise. Flame away haters

I don't hate on anyone for saying their opinion/real life experience. If someone condemns me for my opinion/real life experiences, then a problem arises.
Personally I have an 84 N6 that works just fine for me on my operation. I have harvested up to 1,500 acres in a year with it, but now I'm down to around 500, and it's mostly turned over to my son. It works well for me. Helps that I know the combine inside out as when the original owner bought it brand new, I worked at the dealership and did the predelivery inspection on it. Then after parts were wore out on it years later, he brought it back to the dealership, and I did 100 percent of the work on it to get it back to prestine condition. Then he used it for only a few years before retiring, then it sat inside for several years until I bought it. It does a satisfactory job for me. I would love something newer, but as of right now, it's all I can justify.
Darrel