Nate
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Hi Shane, if you are considering a l3 or R50 I would definitly go with the R50. I have nothing against the l3, because we had a l2 and it was excellent and now we have an R50 and it would be very hard going back to a conventional combine. The rotary combines are a lot simpiler and eaiser to work on. The air cooled engine in the R50 is great little maintence is required and no water pump to worry about. The R50 has the P3 processor so you can still bale behind the combine. As for the price you will pay a little more for the R50 but it is worth it. Parts for both machines cost about the same. We just love the R50 and boy, can that thing eat corn! If you are looking to buy an R50 I think ours is going to be for sale real soon. It is a 1988 model, but it was sold new in Dec. of 1989 and is fully loaded, all monitors, chopper, feed reverser, 24.5x32, 12.9x24 tires, 1600 eng. hrs., 1000 sep. hrs., it looks like new and is a 9 on a scale of 10. Dad will probably be asking around $50,000_offer for the base machine and if you would like a 1991 315 flex and 1989 6R30 corn head, he could make a package deal out of it. We are looking to update to a R52 or R62. We are located in South Central Wisconsin near Madison. Please E-Mail us if your interested at ljschuld@globaldialog.com, if you want to, and make us an offer. Hope this helps, Nate.