A 1965 Gleaner E displaying its ease of loading for over-the-road hauls. Gleaner combines date from 1923, when the Baldwin brothers of, created a high-quality and reliable self-propelled combine harvester. They decided to use the 'Gleaner' name for their radically redesigned grain harvesting machine based on inspiration from ', an 1857 painting. Is the act of collecting leftover crops from farm fields after they have been commercially harvested, or on fields where it is not economically profitable to harvest.

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Gleaner Harvesting-Combines - Rotary, R42 Combine (serial number 43001 to 47999) / R52 Combine (serial number 53001 to 57999) Parts Catalog Home Company Products Service Parts Finance Technology. The Gleaner Manufacturing Company is an American manufacturer of combine harvesters. Gleaner has been a popular brand of combine harvester particularly in the Midwestern United States for many decades, first as an independent firm, and later as a division of Allis-Chalmers.

In the, it is the act of frugally recovering resources from low-yield contexts. Thus, with the Gleaner name, the company evoked a positive in potential customers' minds, of a brand of harvester that would leave none of the grain behind. A combine harvester combines the (plus or minus ),, and functions into one machine, hence the 'combine' part of its name. To that list, the Baldwin brothers' Gleaner added self-propulsion. Earlier combines, the so-called pull-type or tractor-drawn combines, were towed. The original Gleaner design was mounted on a Model F.

It had a retail price of $950 FOB at the factory in Nickerson. This design was manufactured between 1923 and 1928. The Gleaner was one of the pioneers in self-propelled combines. They were often considered the 'Cadillac' of the industry because of this feature and because of their solid engineering. Buescher (1991) credited the design principally to one of the brothers, Curt Baldwin, and explained that it focused on the needs of custom cutters like the Baldwin brothers themselves: contractors who move north with the harvest season, providing harvesting services to farmers. It resulted in machines that were reliable and useful, which benefited not only custom cutters but anyone who bought a Gleaner. The short and allowed the combine to fit on a truck.

The grain header did not need to be detached for transit, because it fit over the cab of the truck. Buescher said, 'Since custom cutters didn't know where their next parts supply source would be, Baldwin designed his combine so that it wouldn't need parts.' (Buescher's tongue-in-cheek point is that the machines were designed and built well so that need for repairs would be minimal.) The frame was 'like a bridge' in its strength.

The were chosen with service in mind: large and good quality (to obviate failure) and of common sizes (so that the operator could carry a small stock of spares in his truck, and have the size needed when a replacement became necessary). The Gleaner's exterior sheet metal was (zinc plated), providing superior weather resistance.

As Buescher said, 'Baldwin reasoned that most of his combines would sit outdoors. And have a way of peeling paint off of machinery.'

As a result of the silver color of the zinc plating, the Gleaner brand ended up having a distinctive color (just as Allis had Persian Orange, had red, and had green), despite the sheet metal not even having any paint. During the, owing mostly to the collapse of the farm economy and the, the Baldwins' company entered bankruptcy in the 1930s as equipment sales plummeted. William James Brace acquired the company with his son-in-law, George Reuland. The pair, along with other investors, brought the company back to profitability and maintained ownership until 1955.

During, the factory converted its production to war. By the late 1940s and early 1950s, other farm equipment manufacturers were offering increased competition to Gleaner, having introduced their own versions of self-propelled combines. In 1955, acquired Gleaner. This represented commercial renewal for Gleaner with the production and marketing success of various new models and technologies. It also represented a great gain for Allis-Chalmers.

Allis was the market leader in pull-type (tractor-drawn) combines, with its line. Acquiring Gleaner meant that it would also be a leader in self-propelled machines, and it would own two of the leading brands in combines. The Gleaner line augmented (and later superseded) the All-Crop Harvester line, and for several years Gleaner's profits made up nearly all of Allis-Chalmers' profit. Gleaners continued to be manufactured at the same factory, in, after the acquisition.

1965 Gleaner E harvester In 1979, Gleaner released its first, the N6. It was soon followed by the N5 and N7.

The latter was the largest combine of its time, with grain headers as wide as 30 feet (9.1 m). In 1985, Allis-Chalmers sold their farm machinery manufacturing business to and became known as, and in 1991 its North American operations became. Despite several ownership changes, the Gleaner brand never ceased to be produced or marketed. Between 1985 and 2000, Gleaner lost significant market share to other manufacturers with broader dealer bases and farm equipment product lines that had marketing and customer service advantages. Another problem for Gleaner was that some of their combines used the Deutz engine, a departure from water-cooled engines predominantly found in most other industrial and agricultural applications. In 2000, AGCO moved the Gleaner manufacturing operations from to its facility, which featured modernized manufacturing equipment and techniques. It also centralized the and production functions into one location.

The Hesston facility is 35 miles east of, where the Baldwin brothers started the Gleaner company in 1923. Firsts [ ] Some of the firsts introduced by the Gleaner were: an that replaced, a rasp bar threshing instead of a spike-tooth arrangement, and a down-front cylinder that put threshing closer to the crop. In 1972 Gleaner was the first manufacturer to use electro-hydraulic controls, an innovation that other companies didn't offer until nearly two decades later. Gleaner also explored use of turbocharged diesel engines before the competition. Records from October 1962 list the 262-cubic-inch engine as being available for the model 'C'. Another Gleaner innovation was a 'rock door' to protect the machine from damage due to stones that it might pick up while harvesting. If a Gleaner combine ingests a rock, the rock door simply pops open and drops the stone on the ground, preventing damage to the cylinder and concave bars, unlike other machines with a 'rock trap' that the operator must periodically clean out or dump.

A current Gleaner and world first is that they created the first Class VIII transverse rotor combine. This happened when AGCO introduced the new Gleaner S88 series combine in 2014. Today [ ] Gleaners are still in production under. The Gleaner brand is marketed in North America, South America, and Australia.

Gleaner Combine Serial Numbers

The two models that have been currently available, and in production since 2011, are the S67 and S77, which are Class VI and VII combines, respectively. Three newer models have come out this year (2016) and are now available and in full production, which are the S96, S97, and S98, which are Class VI, VII, and VIII combines, respectively. These combines still utilize the transverse rotor which was originally introduced in 1979. Gleaner S77 with Tritura Processor, 2012 Models [ ] Here is a list of Gleaner Combines models built from 1970 to present.

:: Author Message RichG Regular Joined: 04 Dec 1999 Posts: 386 Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 11:11 am Post subject: Gleaner serial number any ideas The F2 gleaner I bought has the serial#F-K46806-V Is it an 81 or 82? What does the K stand for? What does the V stand for? JMS/.MN Tractor Guru Joined: 05 Mar 2009 Posts: 11979 Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 12:14 pm Post subject: Re: Gleaner serial number any ideas K or KS might stand for corn special.

V might stand for variable speed (gear drive) as opposed to H, which stands for Hydro. Just guessing- cadet trooper Tractor Expert Joined: 23 Nov 2004 Posts: 2242 Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 1:55 pm Post subject: Re: Gleaner serial number any ideas The numbers are showing it as a 1981 the F-K is throwing me usually if it is a Corn Soybean Special it should read FKS and if gear drive will show nothing and Hydro is printed out but, I'm doing that from memory.

What does the decals on the grain bin say? It sounds more like an engine serial number. Where are you getting the serial number from? Should be on the left hand side just above the cleaning shoe. This is interesting keep us posted pictures would help these Gleaner boys on here are the best I've ever seen IMHO.

CT RichG Regular Joined: 04 Dec 1999 Posts: 386 Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 2:34 pm Post subject: Re: Gleaner serial number any ideas This F2 is a corn plus, in a previous posting I have a couple of pictures of it. What is the main difference between the hydro and the variable drive? Cadet trooper Tractor Expert Joined: 23 Nov 2004 Posts: 2242 Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 2:59 pm Post subject: Re: Gleaner serial number any ideas Hi Rich! The main difference between the Hydro-Traction drive in your model and the traction drive is there should be a T handle on the right console with a rocker switch on the the left side of the T handle for the head raise and lower a traction drive will have a round rod with a white knob which you push or pull to speed up or slow down. Cab control pictures would be nice. I remeber the the pics and I'm thinking it's a gear drive because there is no decals on the bin for Hydro-traction drive.

There is a lot more to this so my e-mail is open feel free to do so. I'm doing this from memory as always so beware. RichG Regular Joined: 04 Dec 1999 Posts: 386 Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 3:19 pm Post subject: Re: Gleaner serial number any ideas I'll take some cab pics tomm. And have them downloaded. To go fast or slow I push forward or backwards on a joystick( 1st one to the right of the drivers seat).

Lift or pushdown the same joystick to raise and lower the head. JMS/.MN Tractor Guru Joined: 05 Mar 2009 Posts: 11979 Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 3:55 pm Post subject: Re: Gleaner serial number any ideas With that description, you have a gear drive, with variable speed. 3 speeds forward, one reverse. F had a standard H shift pattern, the F2 gear drive (I still have one) had a two shift lever system- actually a dumb idea.

Need to shift one out of gear before moving the other. I think on the F3 they went back to the single lever system.

Anyway, when you are in any gear, you move the VS forward or back to adjust speed, and the same lever, moved up and down, controls the header height. Open the console door to see how that lever system works. Rods go back to the hydraulic valve stack to move various valves.

If you have another lever to the right of that, it controls reel height and speed. Not a standard item. JMS/.MN Tractor Guru Joined: 05 Mar 2009 Posts: 11979 Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 4:02 pm Post subject: Re: Gleaner serial number any ideas Hydro drive gives you infinite variable speed, forward and reverse, on one lever, within each gear range. Samsung galaxy j3 prime driver download. Ie, 0-max speed in each range (two ranges on my M2, plus hi and low in each range). Instant stop and reverse- like when you see a rock ahead.

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Push the lever forward, you go ahead, push it farther, you go faster.same in reverse. Much nicer than any gear drive system, even with VS. Lever has a thumb switch to control header height- driving it, I just keep my hand on one lever, control most important functions. RichG Regular Joined: 04 Dec 1999 Posts: 386 Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 4:20 pm Post subject: Re: Gleaner serial number any ideas JMS I do have another lever just to the right of it, I have ordered a manual, just waiting for it to arrive. Thanks for the help.

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