The first sidehill combines were running in the Palouse region of Washington state (near where this video was recorded) in the 1930s. At that time, the combines were pulled by 21 - 40 horses or mules. There was one guy riding the combine who's job was to turn the crank on the rack and pinion leveling apparatus to do the same thing as these modern combines do automatically. Here is a short video. Real horse-power and teamwork. >>> ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-efU5lIyFlcw.html At 50 seconds into the video, you can see just how steep the hill is. Ed Schulhtheis Washington state, USA
Hillco is good but they will never be as good as the RACHO. I have seen the rear wheels break off the this Hiillco because of the side loading on the hubs. RACHO had its problems with a snap ring holding the gears together. When the snap ring breaks it locks up the hub and destroys the gears. But simple maintenance solves that issue.
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Local company here in Manitoba does 5000 bales a year. They get 2 years out of their rakes and 3-4 years out of their balers( new H). Corn stalk is very abrasive and extremely flammable...I would want to back pack blow both machines morning and late afternoon. I'm assuming labor is the biggest cost savings...but only if the system's initial cost is on par with a rake and baler.
I am pretty sure the mods parts for the combine, blower and drawbar, would be available and you, the customer can use it your way. I would also do that and then ensile it in a pit, as per corn silage. In sweetcorn, the product would be much the same as corn silage, except no heads of corn of course.
Needs an accumulator as wide as the head to cut and collect the stalks on the ground. Then the baler could work as a normal baler. Small pony motor. Or an Amish style gear cart mounted on the thing would work.
why a lot of americans use "flat" tires for hills? i mean, the different skin on the tire, its not usual, i see those in garden tractors, where doesnt need grip
It's to allow the combine to slide in case it gets too steep. if it had normal tires, they would grab the ground and cause the combine to flip over and tumble down the hill.
That, gentleman, is what makes farmers, outstanding in their field! Awesome concepts create awesome products! I can only wonder though, is it more valuable as biomass or it's feed value?
NoMerc Got to be dryyyy for that , we did that back in the 70s ,80s , worked pretty well, but in a round bale Wouldn't it ferment/ rot , it awful damp here in Michigan.It has also been mixed w/sawdust/wood shavings to make large wood pellets for heating and powerplants.
Becky Watt. After I watched this video I was reminded of others I had seen in the past of farmers overseas using bales of biomass to generate heat and electricity from a gasifier gasification system. It's quite ingenious.
Those are just normal hills for the Palouse region of Washington state, USA. I started driving combine on those hills at about 15 years old in 1979. Nearly all combines in that region are hillside self-leveling.
Two down-sides that I see are; 1. The bales are constantly getting in the way of the grain cart operator on a subsequent pass... 2. You are leaving a lot of stubble behind that makes great bales. So it seems like a waste to me.
When harvesting on hills a combine equipped with a Hillco Leveling System will have a level cleaning system. A combine without on the same hill will overload the cleaning system on the down hill side which causes grain to be thrown out the back. The Hillco system decreases grain losses out the back on hills allowing a farmer to save grain.
