In Reply to: 480s are they really that big posted by Willie on January 19, 2001 at 10:14:59:
We run an R-72 in corn soybean country. We tried out a 480. It did have a little more capacity than the R-72 but in our minds no where near enough to justifiy trading.
I do have a neighbor who traded his two R-62's for a 480. He is considering going back to Gleaner. His main reasons are that he didn't feel he had enough of an increase in capacity and that he was disappointed in some of the little things that went wrong with it and that the Cat dealership is so far away. He has a Gleaner dealer very close by. It will be very interesting to see if he goes back to Gleaner.
Do you have extended cylinder bar kit in your R-72? Reverser bars?