it is a good thing you replaced the clutch in that combine before you went to the mud with it. nice fight, looks like you are winning. thanks for the video.
Man, I don't think I would plant that variety of corn again. That's as bad of down corn as I've seen in sometime. You should have better stalk strength on those wide rows. Your dad is doing a hell of a job digging it out. Those rice and canes are earning there keep. I give you credit for putting this out for all of us to see, I wouldn't be so brave. Take care, See you next post.
We had a bad wind storm in January uproot the corn. The stalks didn't break, the ground was so muddy from the warmth and rain. The little patch of down corn was on top of the ridge in the field. The same storm blew over our grain auger, which we thought was secure.
The question I have is why is the dump auger placed so low on the combine? It makes a lower center of gravity on the road if the grain tank is full I guess. I have a feeling if I met anyone one the highway stopping while they passed would be better than tipping over. Or pulling the head behind on a cart would be safer.
These combines were built before they started putting the "turret unloaders" on them, with the riser auger from the bottom of the tank and a 90 degree elbow and gearbox inside the auger, then the cross-auger tube going out to the truck being mounted much higher... This was sort of a predecessor to the "turret unloader" in that it had a "box" at the bottom where it pivoted that allowed the auger to fold and unfold and run at different angles of the tube (IIRC) unlike my older combine which is set up like the Gleaner-- you either fold the auger back or fold it forward to unload, and it locks into a "stub auger" on the side of the grain tank that drives the auger, but it is fixed at just the one angle, either extended or retracted no "in between" like turret unloaders... Either kind works just fine, just that the turret style gives the highest auger clearance/height, which is important when you start dealing with huge auger carts or semis sitting on higher ground, so you have enough clearance to get over them in rolling field conditions without anything hitting... Later! OL J R :)
Down corn that bad I've seen Dad change to the grain head and slow down and run it all thru. You can get more by not trying to run the corn up the chutes. I know your 40 miles from home and that sounds weird to people but it does work on down corn.
I have thought about using the grain head for down corn. There was only a couple acres that were down. We had a bad windstorm in January that uprooted the corn.
Boehmman that a wet field looks asif when it rains does not drain well wonder if plateaus on the top of the hill and the rainwater just stands there wow the combine was digging into the soil.
Boehmit is clear what is going on is a depression on the hill top, it's like a blow and the rain does not drain what one can do is cut a trench that would allow it to drain the clay it hold moisture but if trenched correctly would allow it not to stand and all those tree don't help matter either but it would be the first and last time would rent that field and it being 40 miles away wow you're loosing more then you would gain from that field. It does not belong to you but someone else let them correct for what you would be doing is correct their problem for them and to their benefit so you are correct to move on and if 65 acres field were mine would plant in grass of course would want more acres to increase your yield to make it more profitable for yourself.
Yes, it's a gopro hero 4. It works well for us, but the sound can be weak if I don't speak loudly at the camera. We tried an external mic, but with little improvement. Wow!! I didn't think we'd spread around the globe. thanks for watching.
Why would you keep going with the row units plugged up your just laying more corn down. Did it never freeze there during the winter to take it off. If you ever have that happen again try using your grain head to harvest the corn it really works good for situations like that
Rain. We had lots of rain, put that on top of our heavy clay of southwest Ohio, and you get stuck. I chisel plowed some in April, and waited out rain most of May, we didn't plant anything until June 9. I'd like to plant in May. It did get fertilized. The fields in this video aren't the greatest to begin with. As far as looking thick, there's no leaves left on the stalks; a few places were thin on germination, which I think I had some crows picking out the seeds.
The corn harvest videos of the past few days are all from the same two fields that are far away. The Second smaller field with the down corn averaged over 100 bpa.
I think seed was picked by birds, and possibly too dry after germination. The corn was planted end of June. And this field is only in its second year of row crops.
I want to, and we do. But with a late planting date I was waiting for dry down. Also, I bought the K to trailer out there, for which I was waiting for frozen ground. No freezes, and a clutch replacement later, we drug the TR 40 miles. I am not going back next year.
I didn't want to wait for anymore of it to go down, or for the deer to eat more. I figured I made a few hundred of the field, better than losing a few thousand.
