[silverhusker]

Hey guys, well we finally decided the old L2 was getting a little outdated and updated to an R62 a week ago. The R62 showed up from North Dakota Thursday. It's a 1999 model with 1200 sep. hours, 1600 eng. hours, duals, and came with a 30ft rigid head which is perfect for us. Thought you might wanna see the pictures...

gettin the duals on...

and here is the head(sorry for the crappy pic.

Well tell me what you think.

 

[Guest]

looks like a nice machine. We ran one for a few years. Really liked it, it was a reliable machine for us. way more fuel efficient than the new ones

 

[gleanerjunkie]

Looks like a really nice machine, but wont know for sure until you get out in the field. What type of reel did you decide on? Im guessing pick up but cant quite tell from the pic.

Matt

 

[orangeandslverman]

It'll be a nice upgrade trust me. Is it 4wd? Surprised they took all the tires off to ship it. Good luck with it.

 

[silverhusker]

gleanerjunkie-the reel is a pickup reel, it was what came with the combine so we really had no option lol.
orangeandsilverman- no it isnt a 4WD, there is no need for a 4WD combine around here as it is always bone dry when we are combining. We were surprised they took all the tires off too.
spudbubba- no it isnt air cooled, gleaner stopped offering the air cooled Deutz's in 1995, and this is a 1999 model with the Cummins C Series engine 8.3L 505 Cu. Inch rated at 260 horse which is liquid cooled.
And can some1 delete idaho's post's or could u just delete them if u look at this again idaho?

 

[idaho]

sorry about that, I deleted it

 

[gleanerjunkie]

spudbubba-

A real easy way to tell whether the combine has an air cooled engine or a cummins is the air cooled has twin exhaust and the cummins only has one. Just for future reference.

Matt

 

[glennw]

We had a Gleaner with the air cooled engine but it only had one exhaust pipe so were we cheated?

In reality it was an R 52 so I guess the straight six only needed one versus the air cooled V8.

Don't take me too serious, I was only trying a play on your words.

By the way huskergleanerkid you got a great combine. Get the girl checked over and enjoy it for years to come. They are simple and efficient combines and should have a lot more capacity. Enjoy.

 

[gleanerjunkie]

glennw

I stand corrected. I never thought about the R52 and the straight six. Thanks for correcting me. Learn somethin new everyday

Matt

 

[spudbubba]

Is it one of them air cooled Gleaners? Looks nice even if it is a rotary

 

[connor]

I thought that by '99 the R-62's were rated 285 horse. I think '95-'97 were 260 hp 8.3's and then it got bumped to the 285 in '98. We had a '98 R-62 and I'm almost certain it had the 285 hp 8.3 Cummins.

 

[spudbubba]

Thanks for the correction, I was thinkin that the black chimney on the back meant it was air cooled. I'm not up on my rotories.

 

[rburk]

We have a 98 R62 and our book says 260 hp. I think they went to 285 when they went to the electronic controlled fuel injection.

 

[silverhusker]

Yea nddan is right, they went to the 285 horse in '00.

 

[connor]

I'm pretty sure they went to 285 in '98. Thats what we were told when we bought ours new if I remember correctly. I wouldn't doubt that the book still said 260 though, I've noticed that Agco has been lazy from time to time about updating some details on literature, manuals, etc. I know for a fact that for a while after they went to the 285 hp a lot of dealers still used ads that rated them at 260.

I looked on tractorhouse as a bit of a guide the other night as well. They were listing the '98's and newer 62's at 285 and the early Cummins 62's through '97 at 260. I can recall that '98 was the year that they started painting them, came back out with the conventional, and bumped the power on the rotaries.

 

[nddan]

260HP until '99 unless someone turned it up. 285HP started in '00. Here's a guide for you to use if you wish.
http://www.hurttequipment.com/html/hurtt.cfm?ID=16

 

[connor]

Not to call anyone a liar, but I really don't trust info that people list like that. That's kinda like the link that was posted on here a while back listing every model of Gleaner and their specs, and there was a ton of info on there that was wrong.

Like I said when we bought ours back in '98 we were told the 62's had the 285 horse, not turned up. And while on Tractorhouse.com, as I stated before, the 62's that they were listing the hp on showed the 98's and newer rated at the 285 hp, and I highly doubt that all those just coincidentally happened to be turned up to 285 as well.

I wouldn't doubt that the manual still said 260, because like I said I've noticed Agco hasn't been the best at updating literature like that on updated specs and such.

 

[jacobb]

i've drove 4 98 r 62's, every single one of them was a dog. Tried to turn up a couple 98's eng just gets hot in wheat harvest, 94 and 97 r62's could cut over 10% more a day. 99 r62 turned up will cut 20% more and wont get as hot. now i run 98 r72, it doesnt heat up and i d k how much more cap.

btw nice lookin machine husker gleaner