The forum seems pretty slow lately so I thought I'd share how things are going with the Gleaner.
I bought a 2012 Gleaner S67 as well as a 2012 35' 9250 a few months ago. Wish I had bought a combine last fall but I wasn't mentally prepared for the leap at that time so I ended up with a lot of work to do in a short period of time.
So far I have:
1. Replaced worn out accelerator lugs with new orange lugs
2. Replaced rear feederhouse chain as well as drive sprockets and drive shaft bearings
3. Replaced the bearings on in the main separator clutch assembly
4. Replace several idlers and belts
5. Installed AgLeader yield monitor and auto-steer
6. Replaced cylinder bars on concave half of rotor
7. Took rotor in to get it balanced
8. Removed ceramic inserts in feederhouse clutch and unloader clutch
9. Replaced the scrapers in the clean grain elevator (hardware was loose)
10. New bushings in pivot pulley hub
11. Removed all three canvases on the draper and replaced center one. Will replace remaining 2 when a few small parts arrive (hopefully tomorrow)
I think I'm missing a few things. For as short as that list is it's amazing how many man hours my emotes and I have into it. I could do each of those things in half the time or less now that I know how to do them but it's been a pretty steep learning curve.
I'm guessing I've had 30 acres of my poorer wheat ready to go for several days. The rest of my wheat is likely not ready to go and likely won't be ready for a few days. I'm cutting it pretty close on getting ready but hopefully next year will be easier with more familiarity and the whole winter to work on it.
I'm hoping things will work well this harvest but I have my concerns despite putting lots of parts and labor into this deal. I have had to make some compromises on what I can get done versus what I want to get done so there are some areas of the machine that I have not analyzed as thoroughly as I would have liked. I should know more in a couple of days when I'm in the field:)
Getting broke in on Gleaner ownership
I bought a 2012 Gleaner S67 as well as a 2012 35' 9250 a few months ago. Wish I had bought a combine last fall but I wasn't mentally prepared for the leap at that time so I ended up with a lot of work to do in a short period of time.
So far I have:
1. Replaced worn out accelerator lugs with new orange lugs
2. Replaced rear feederhouse chain as well as drive sprockets and drive shaft bearings
3. Replaced the bearings on in the main separator clutch assembly
4. Replace several idlers and belts
5. Installed AgLeader yield monitor and auto-steer
6. Replaced cylinder bars on concave half of rotor
7. Took rotor in to get it balanced
8. Removed ceramic inserts in feederhouse clutch and unloader clutch
9. Replaced the scrapers in the clean grain elevator (hardware was loose)
10. New bushings in pivot pulley hub
11. Removed all three canvases on the draper and replaced center one. Will replace remaining 2 when a few small parts arrive (hopefully tomorrow)
I think I'm missing a few things. For as short as that list is it's amazing how many man hours my emotes and I have into it. I could do each of those things in half the time or less now that I know how to do them but it's been a pretty steep learning curve.
I'm guessing I've had 30 acres of my poorer wheat ready to go for several days. The rest of my wheat is likely not ready to go and likely won't be ready for a few days. I'm cutting it pretty close on getting ready but hopefully next year will be easier with more familiarity and the whole winter to work on it.
I'm hoping things will work well this harvest but I have my concerns despite putting lots of parts and labor into this deal. I have had to make some compromises on what I can get done versus what I want to get done so there are some areas of the machine that I have not analyzed as thoroughly as I would have liked. I should know more in a couple of days when I'm in the field:)
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