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**4GFarms** · Aug 23, 2016, 20:12

Hey Furrow, sorry to derail your thread. How do you like the Gleaner's? Could you drop straw for cattle??

Crappy deal for Westlock and bad time of year.

**furrowtickler** · Aug 23, 2016, 20:14

Love em way better than Massey's
No straw for anything lol

**hobbyfrmr** · Aug 23, 2016, 20:48

Originally posted by furrowtickler View Post

Love em way better than Massey's
No straw for anything lol

Our now retired welder in town ran Gleaners, he loved them. Easy to repair, common bearings simple adjusters etc. I recall he had an N6 all pumped up, He would do custom work and run along side the big Deere's at the time. You could see him because of the slighest black exhaust coming out.
When he plugged it though, look out! I recall him pulling the rotor out the side. A 970 case with a FEL and about 18 inches slack on the chain. WHAMO! Out she comes! Clear out the wet grain wad, shove er back in and giddyup!
Man, I would cringe watching it. It seemed to always work.

**4GFarms** · Aug 23, 2016, 20:58

I like the simplicity of them. But need to have a machine to drop straw for cattle. What are yours - s77???

Hobby, who would catch the rotor when it came out?? Haha. I have heard of more than a few gleaner guys pulling the rotor out the side

**furrowtickler** · Aug 23, 2016, 21:14

Got a S77 and a S78
Quite diff machines actually - happy with both
And unless the chopper drive fails you don't plug these newer ones .
90% of the time just drop concave and punch er through , have yet to plug the 78
But ya it can happen like any machine
That's one of two things that the Massey machines shone - the rotor reverser is awesome and the radiator system is unreal good

**4GFarms** · Aug 23, 2016, 21:19

Yeah the massey combines with the hydraulic rotor reverse is awesome. Does your gleaner have that new cooling system like the masseys or claas? Blowing out rads all the time sucks. And same with greasing. Next combine will be super low maintenance ( if that exists).

**furrowtickler** · Aug 23, 2016, 21:28

The new Gleaners can be greased in 15 min
They have reversing fans now , smart cooling they say
The S77 is way better than the S78
It's a timing cycle thing the needs to program better but either still not even close to the new Massey system

**4GFarms** · Aug 23, 2016, 21:31

Good deal. Best of luck to you for the rest of harvest. One day I will get to within a current decade for a combine haha!

**furrowtickler** · Aug 23, 2016, 21:31

We did 1300 AC of peas so far , the S77 never really needed the rad cleaned but the 78 about every 2-3 days depending on dust conditions .
Air cleaners about the same respectively

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