I drove the first pre-production R-50 through the west in the summer of 1986 as a young intern engineer in Gleaner's engineering department. Much of the video for this was shot then. At 6:00 you'll see a strange header. Gleaner wanted to really push the R50's threshing system that summer but the R50's unloading auger was too short to unload into a truck with a 30' header. So they welded a 24' header (driver's left) and a 30' header (driver's right) into a single header, and I think that's the header at the 6:00 mark. It's the only 27' header (12'+15') that Gleaner ever built, I believe. It didn't work well. It would start to porpoise in lighter wheat when the operator would drive faster. The test R50 had some strange engine mount vibrations that we eventually fixed in the field with heavier steel. Other than that it was really a pleasure to drive. We joked it handled like a sports car compared to the testbed R70s we were running. Over 30 years ago!
N7 was beast. Even heldvits own 20 years later. A gleaner set right will cut cleaner and leave less behind than newer machines aswell. Just sad its hard to get any good service.
No trying to knock them but we were always afraid of em. When they started painting Deutzes orange and selling them like that we went and looked but somethin bout "air cooled" bout scares the hide off southern farmer. It gets hot down here, we asked grandpa if it was hot in the summer in Germany and he said it was pretty mild over there maybe high of 80 in the summer. So we stayed away from them. Although he did say if the Germans make ut, it works fine, haha. Man better days fellas, better days.
Hello Alex, we farm in Southeast Michigan and we get hot during the summer. We own a R40, Deutz DX 160, Deutz Allis 7120, and a Deutz Allis 6150. We primarily use the tractors during the summer making hay. It could be 95 degrees outside and the oil temp gauge would barely move.
My grandpa had a gleaner with an air cooled engine and he had problems with over heating and eventually it burned to the ground... it was blown off and serviced every day
I drove the first pre-production R-50 through the west in the summer of 1986 as a young intern engineer in Gleaner's engineering department. Much of the video for this was shot then. At 6:00 you'll see a strange header. Gleaner wanted to really push the R50's threshing system that summer but the R50's unloading auger was too short to unload into a truck with a 30' header. So they welded a 24' header (driver's left) and a 30' header (driver's right) into a single header, and I think that's the header at the 6:00 mark. It's the only 27' header (12'+15') that Gleaner ever built, I believe. It didn't work well. It would start to porpoise in lighter wheat when the operator would drive faster. The test R50 had some strange engine mount vibrations that we eventually fixed in the field with heavier steel. Other than that it was really a pleasure to drive. We joked it handled like a sports car compared to the testbed R70s we were running. Over 30 years ago!
great film it's to bad more
of gleaner's and other manufacturers archive films were not saved
Air cooled engines in combines sounds like an excellent way to start a fire.
Nonya Damnbusiness it was a major problem.
Not to mention it was a gutless wonder with no torque in comparison to the Allis Chalmers diesel engine
Nonya Damnbusiness the only engine which works in extremely high temperatures like 45c in comotini Greece 1992 the others combine s where stopped
@@tasoulatsouni8621 i know right, in croatia 40c and no problem with deutz air colled engine, i have deutz combines almost 15 years
Love these company videos.
Awesome! Cant believe the "R" series used to be the BIGGEST combines in the 90's.... My hats off to em
Doug D The Allis Chalmers N7 was, duetz just rode it's coat tails
N7 was beast. Even heldvits own 20 years later. A gleaner set right will cut cleaner and leave less behind than newer machines aswell. Just sad its hard to get any good service.
Can’t go wrong with the Deutz air cooled engine.
No trying to knock them but we were always afraid of em. When they started painting Deutzes orange and selling them like that we went and looked but somethin bout "air cooled" bout scares the hide off southern farmer. It gets hot down here, we asked grandpa if it was hot in the summer in Germany and he said it was pretty mild over there maybe high of 80 in the summer. So we stayed away from them. Although he did say if the Germans make ut, it works fine, haha. Man better days fellas, better days.
Hello Alex, we farm in Southeast Michigan and we get hot during the summer. We own a R40, Deutz DX 160, Deutz Allis 7120, and a Deutz Allis 6150. We primarily use the tractors during the summer making hay. It could be 95 degrees outside and the oil temp gauge would barely move.
My grandpa had a gleaner with an air cooled engine and he had problems with over heating and eventually it burned to the ground... it was blown off and serviced every day
Deutz Allis Farmer That's why they stopped making them..
@@keltonskinner9469 I can say I know of 3 more that did that. Common Problem, that's why agco advertised with "Liquid cooled engines"
Cool video! What year is it from?
1987
Rotary dorrito combine
From wich year is this video?
1987