Family has ran Gleaner since the Baldwin/Gleaner pull combines in the 1940s.  Then A, then C, G, and L, and finally R72.  The L was the best combine of the whole bunch.  Wore the silly thing out 3 times from 1985 to just a couple years ago.  It was finally time to get something bigger and gambled on an R72.  Much bigger, gets things done so much faster, but harder to set and get the sample and loss to suit me.  The L was always so easy. 

I say gamble because we have hardly any dealer presence, one good dealer 40 miles away, and the next one is about 150 miles I would guess.  Only 6 Gleaner dealers in the whole state of Texas, and that is shameful for a company that is pushing to sell machines.  No way you are going to get guys to switch colors when all the parts have to come UPS with a day or two wait.