[thefatemu]

looking at buying either r62 or 9600,both @ 2800 sep hrs ,late model,s ,r62 has been thru workshop,9600 has very good service history.
leaning towards r62 because they seem simple compared to the JD.but like JD because of their reputation and better straw for baling.
both have good dealers close by.
i would appreciate any thoughts

 

[wafarmer]

I would go with the R-62. More capacity, and a simple machine has less to wear out over time, and you will really appreciate simplicity when you are the one working on it. You can bale the straw behind a gleaner, but I must concede that the JD would be better in that department. What year? If it has the deutz in it, you will get better fuel economy also. Gleaner in my opinion, would just do an all around better job of harvesting. I am going to catch it for that last statement, but that is what I have seen. JD may have a better reputation, but there is nothing wrong with a Gleaner.

 

[connor]

62 all the way. I'll agree with everything mentioned above, not to mention you'll have a little more capacity with the Gleaner over the JD.

 

[thefatemu]

thanks wafarmer & connor for the advice
the r62 has has the cummins wich i like and i've got an L2 that i've had for years and been a bloody good header so i guese i will stay with the chook sheds (OZ slang for gleaners)

 

[orangeandslverman]

We were in the exact same situation as you two years ago. We went with the 62 and don't regret it one bit. We liked it because the physical size of the 62 was smaller which made it easier to get into our small fields. We bale behind our 62 with no problems other than we don't get quite as many bales per acre. Any questions feel free to ask!

 

[rolf]

If you want a buy and use Header (combine) Get the 9600!
If your happy to "tinker" with R62! You can get it to perform almost like a Class 7 machine!

As we are on the the Gleaner Thread, your not going to get much of a fair comparison.
R62 with Bison (or 8 bar rotor with SWEEPS!) Feeder floor mod, Steep pitch helicals over thresher, hydro Spreader drive and maybe Sloped Grain pan before Sieves?. You'd will have a grain eater of a machine at a very cost effective price!
Their simple! (In my opinion, simper than the JD!) but with huge untapped capacity!
260 HP R62 harvesting 2.8 t/Ha wheat at 8km/Hr 550 ltr fuel tank we got 15 hours use from 260hp 8.3 Cummins! (Got to down to 1% fuel reading this morning for the first time in 13 years!

Comes down to service and depreciation for you! You might get more for the JD when your done with it! but the 62 would have run rings around it, in productivity in the mean time!

Rolf

 

[ausfarmer]

I would lean towards the 9600 if baling the straw is important and you harvest in dry conditions as the Gleaners in standard form tend break up the straw and rope the straw into the small windrow and some round balers do not like this at all, square balers it is not a problem. We are talking Australian dry conditions here and if you harvest where the stalk still has moisture it is not a problem. I'm not sure how the modified Bison rotors or others treat the straw but I have baled behind many rotaries and as a rule they all tend to be a little harsher than the JD9600.
On the other side of the coin there is often more grain sitting in the walkers' windrows and the Gleaners are far easier to service if you need a little room to move as I do.
Both will do the job well.

 

[boodles]

I was contracting for a guy who had a 9600 there the year before. He made comments several times how much more grain per hour I was harvesting and not throwing it out the back. For what it is worth.

 

[tks]

Why do most 9600 have 3000 plus hours and gleaners under 2000 hours? does that mean jd's don't wear out and gleaners do? That is what it seams like in our area. The gleaner will do more in a day.

 

[wafarmer]

Maybe it has taken the extra 1000 hours to harvest as many acres as the Gleaner? Also, I think 9600's have came out before 62's did, so maybe they are an older unit.

 

[nddan]

Well tks it would be silly to think wore out unless they are sitting somewhere in salvage. I remember lots of 9600's at auctions with 1000ish hours with alarming to me repair bills pinned to them. That is not to say the Gleaner don't need some upkeep by then as well. I will also say just a few mile spread between land being harvested can make a huge difference. Not to mention the crops being harvested threwout the world. Each of the machines in question would surely have needed a fair amount of rebuilding by now but could be kept in shape for many thousand more hours if kept up. Any used combine no matter the brand would need a good look over to check for wear and or foreign object injestion. Just a couple questions on the 9600. I do assume they have hourmeter for seperator and engine as does the Gleaner. There is some later model machine that has to have seperator engaged to run unloader. That isn't 9600 is it? That can make alot of difference if stoping to unload.