New Gleaners; A farmers’ welder
New Gleaners
Agco’s Gleaner combine line has introduced new A and R series machines. The Duluth, Georgia company has increased capacity on the A6 and R6 machines with larger hopper filling and faster unloading augers, the latter peaks at four bushels per second. The machines share new, universal cabs.
The 30-year-old transverse design of the rotor R series machines has enhanced threshing capacity due in part to faster feeding, including a new, four-strand feeder chain that it shares with its Massey combine cousin.
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Optional grain management includes an electronically controlled chaffer and sieve.
The axial rotor A6 uses the Agco 360 degree rotor intake design that makes full use of the rotor’s threshing surface. The A66, 76 and 86 also has the higher capacity grain tank filling system. The two smaller machines use a single auger to discharge the grain from 300 bu. hoppers, while A86 can empty its 350 bu., optional on the A76, in only 88 seconds.
Class six and seven machines, the A and R 66s and 76s are powered by the Agco 84CTA engines, while the biggest of the Gleaner line, the class 8, A86 gets its energy from a Caterpillar C13 putting out 425 horsepower when not unloading grain. During those bulge demand periods it kicks out 459 h.p.
The new cabs have more standard lighting than any combine on the market.
Options for 2009 include auto guidance, heated leather seats, video camera monitoring and automatic lubrication.
A farmers’ welder
Miller’s new Renegade 180 is the first portable integrated wire welder and generator.
The 30 to 180 amp MIG welder is powered either by a 10 horsepower Kohler gas engine or from a 220 volt power source to save fuel and allow in-shop use when it’s not being used to weld or power 110 or 220 volt electrical devices in the field or yard.
The generator nominally operates at 4,500 watts and has a peak capacity of 5,000.
The welder accepts spool guns and is available with a gas cylinder mounting kit.
The unit comes with a four metre long MIG gun. It weighs 275 pounds.
