GLEANER T at Orange Spectacular 2024

[@norvillearnold]

Thanks for posting this, My Papa had a Gleaner c2 I got to run. It was the best time in my life!

[@alanmize5627]

My grandpa bought new the last one Baldwin made with the ford engine it was sold after 9 or so years but was still working in 1969 when went in the army

[@geraldgiles388]

Since you mentioned axle. Dad broke an axle trying to pull a truck out of a wet field on to the road. Allis dealer said it would take 3 weeks to get another. My Dad was an excellent welder. He built a jig to put it in to keep it perfectly straight. He used stainless steel rod with AC arc welder. Axle worked great still in it when he sold it several years later.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

So wait. Do the tailings return all the way back back into the head to get re thrashed? As rare as they are I don’t think I’ve ever even seen a T in person. Haven’t even seen to many pictures. Sure is a cute little thing.

[@MrTGleaner]

Yep thats the most obvious indication that it was built before Allis owned Gleaner was the return elevators went to the header instead of the feeder-house. Wheat you hardly notice but in soybeans there will be a small pile of beans in the header from the return. I actually like it better like that. Makes for a couple less moving parts. I just bought two more now from Missouri and this one in the video is from North Dakota by the Canadian border. So Ive got three T3’s now. As far as I know Im one of the largest collectors anywhere but I know there’s some older collectors not on the internet that have a number them. Only over 500 were ever built so not too many left out there. Allis discontinued the T after buying Gleaner and then a few years later reversed their decision and replaced it with the E which ended up being one of the most popular Gleaners ever built.

[@geraldgiles388]

My Dad bought a used T-Gleaner back in the early 1960's. It had a Ford tractor motor on it. Seem like every time I was the operator. It broke down, not a very reliable machine. Then in the later 1960's Dad bought a new F-Gleaner that was much better.

[@MrTGleaner]

F would have been huge upgrade coming from a T for sure! The T’s are geared a bit too fast with that truck axle in small grain. Something they fixed when the E replaced the T.

[@rustyoldmicrofarm4673]

Oh yeah! That does a real nice job!

[@MrTGleaner]

It’s always a bit of a pain combining at a show with everyone watching. Having no experience combining small grain and the wheat not dry when you’re doing it. Its a ton of fun though and I couldn’t ask for a better combine. Wheat is my favorite but soybeans is always a ton of fun cause you fill the grain tank every 1/2 an acre… In soybeans I really need someone with a little auger wagon driving along side so I can dump on the go…

[@rustyoldmicrofarm4673]

@@MrTGleaner I restored an old Oliver and it took me about 3 seasons to get it figured out. We don't have shows here like that, and i wish i had gotten into this stuff a long time ago. Cheers!

[@rodneycody8746]

Nice

[@davidvogel6359]

nice clean grain.

[@LoeschDavid-xv6tc]

Cleaner with a Gleaner 😅

[@brycewiborg8095]

Nice looking little combine . Seems to me you had it at the Orange Spectacular last year too ? Must have been Sunday ? Thank you.

[@09amusement]

Arr they both the same models? Allis combines aren't so common in the UK 🇬🇧 🇬🇧

[@goergesouthard3314]

Neat old combine state of the art then keep it up