I'm not a farmer, and I'm not in any agriculture-related industry. I'm an accountant. But this found its way into my feed and it I found it absolutely fascinating! The logistics, the complexity, the operations in general - I am surprised at how much I was captivated by this video. Extremely well done! Thanks! Subbed!
We’ve trade combine every years and last years machine was known for those rear axle knuckle bolts coming loose. We checked ours everyday on all the machines.Another thing to look for this year is check your carter keys on the clean grain elevator chain. Four out of our six machines had atleast one broken key. We decided to check this after my chain had broke and noticed this. Good luck and happy harvest!!
@@jarrodwemhoff7270 21 s780’s and one s790. The 790 had the same issue as the 780’s. I would def check it out. They might not be broke on your machine but those keys they put in there from factory are tiny. Can see how they break. We have a tech that pretty much stays with us full time and he put a tad bit longer key in and curled them over on both ends instead of the single bend from the factory. Haven’t had any trouble since.
Dad was always saying a 12 wouldn’t work in some of our hills till he tried it and I’ll be darn it’s better. Lost 1/3 of the passes in less than ideal conditions. I wouldn’t be scared to try a 16 with a S series.
Man those are some muddy conditions. Count yourself lucky you are dealing with what Larson farms went through this year. Did you see their video of picking corn in a foot of standing water? That would be so nerve racking!
I keep waiting for the mud, if your filling the bin to top not half you got good conditions I don’t even see you going around wet spots until it freezes. Yes a little mud were you keep dumping but field looks great
This looks like it's good going. Should been on my farm in March of 2020 with corn to still combine in about 2 .5 ft of snow and ground wasn't frozen and wet ground to begin with from to much rain. I put on steal tracks on my old combine. Grain cart with wheels couldn't get out there with it empty. My neighbor came over with his quadtrack and grain cart with tracks on it. At least he could get around some with grain cart. He still only get 2 hoppers in the cart with a 1100 bushel cart. The last day we were out there it was 50 degrees and the grain cart person just about got stuck but he could back up and get out if hie hole. It was the last day to be out there.
@@aTrippyFarmer nope I'm Minnesota. We left in the field that year because it was 25% and low test weight than it was muddy too. We are north east of Fargo nd about 45 mins.
Did you guys already have those tracks sitting in the shed? Or did you have to scramble to find em when you realized it was going to be the only way to harvest? How do they compare to deere's tracks? Or are they deere's? I remember years ago a very large farmer (you probably have heard of him. Maybe?) Runs a lot of ground around Indianapolis airport and west of Indianapolis. Runs red equipment. He had someone custom build him a couple of corn heads. I can't remember for sure. I think they were custom folding 24row heads on 20in rows. And he had them on case combines when they first came out with tracks. Well when he tried to go down the Rd he almost burned both units up bc the bogey wheels would get so hot after just a few miles that the oil in them would start burning. Luckily it was caught in time. But I guess from then on he would just move them under 10mph if he was gonna road them. But fun fact a out him farming around the Indianapolis airport. Well when they did the renovations to the runways to be able to handle larger aircrafts. He had actual documented proof of a roughly 15bu an acre loss in every cornfield and 10bu loss in beans once the runways we're made operational. So he took his proof from years of yield data to the airport like wtf. And Purdue university did a study and found that it was from the unburnt fuel with the bigger aircraft taking off at full throttle. Good thing is that all that corn went to national starch In Downtown Indianapolis to be processed into corn syrup. Yummy jet fuel. (Probably why mt dew has such a kick!). But I assume that this was the reason a study was even done. Bc all of their acres are done under contract. So a loss of 15bu per acre really messed with what they were expecting for the year bc the guy had so many acres with them. It was a great contract bc if you could hold out till July you got a $.90 premium per bushel. So when corn was $2 or $3. That's when a lot of the small farmers in the 80s and 90s either got big or when the wheat mill in downtown Indianapolis took everyone's contracts and then filed bankruptcy in the 90s. Not paying anyone. The guys that were able to land contracts with national starch had that little boost and didn't have to file bankruptcy themselves. Well sorry for the ramble. Hopefully someone finds it interesting!
We bought them at the last minute! I wish I could give you a comparison to other brands, but it was our first experience with tracks. They handled the mud like it wasn't there, though they were rough going down the road. I appreciate your stories. There seems to be a lot of interesting happenings around the big city. Indianapolis is one of my favorite midwestern locations. Thanks for the comment!
Sitting with about 110 acres of nh3 to go where I'm at for us. Going to do a 11 and 25 tomorrow. Hoping I can do rest of a 86 I got 20 left and a 25 rest we just can't do water stands on it. 1500 now if not booked or paid for was told. Didn't need the rain Wednesday evening would have been done but what we can't dp
An economically minded landlord would probably be open to the idea of cost-sharing drain tile, or even installing it all themselves. The landlord for all of these fields is our farming operation, so we would have to pinch some pennies!
wow. your going to need more than a field cultivator to get rid of those ruts. You know a while back in you videos when you say that brand new 2730 ripper and said you wanted to try it out. Here is your chance
Rain at this point doesn't do much for us. There is a miniscule amount of winter crops around here, just corn and soybeans! I hate to hear about other areas receiving unfriendly weather...
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It was a temporary addition. We bought the tracks, and they were removed after harvest. The tracks are just sitting at the local dealership, but we might sell them.
Do the combine's have some sort of GPS controlled auto-pilot because it is amazing how they seem to stay on track as they run through the corn rows? No deviation until you got to the end of the rows.
Yes there is one corn head snout with a set of mechanical feelers. It communicates the pressure of the feeler to the combine, which steers on its own based on that information!
I use a lighter to put an angle on lube straw, and spray the link plate junctions on the inside of roller chains, imagining that's where it needs hit and it centrifuges through instead of flinging off? Who knows. Nobody else does it.
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Do those tracks put any additional strain on the combine hydro? Larson Farms used some aftermarket tracks and had a hydro go out. I do not remember who the manufacturer of the tracks was.
I wouldn't be surprised if it did, but this combine is already on its second hydro. I'd like to think that its got a few hours to go before any problems!
Drive slow especially when turning with tracks. Lots of aftermarket manufacturers say 15 mph road speed max, I believe the John Deere factory tracks are the same. you'll need rear wheel assist to be able to turn in that slop with tracks as well.
He is a wild thing. It’s easy to forget how much corn this combine picks. When you think you have a little more room left, you get overfilled pretty quickly!
Thankful we can ship direct to the Mississippi. Maybe 25 miles. 2,000,000 bushel Pull up by earths a farmers co-op. Other outfits around as well not to mention ethanol plants.
I believe these tracks were replaced by a different design. These were considered mud pushers, perhaps it was the weight of the head that created the problem? This design is very similar to military tanks, & they are not mud pushers. Just a thought . The evidence is in the performance, good or bad.
The 8 row has at least two advantages in muddy conditions. First its lighter than a 12 row (common sense) secondly he can combine faster thus staying ahead of the wave and on top of the mud. Once you sink into it, it takes even more power to pull thru.
The design flaw with those aftermarket tracks is that they push the mud in front of them, which makes deeper ruts compared to the JD tracks which stay more on the top of the mud in many conditions, which also requires less power, and fuel. The Deere strike is over, and the new contract that was ratified Wednesday, runs for the next 6 years. "Nothing Runs Like A Deere" 🦌👍🇺🇸
what are you crying about we had a 1969 jd 45 with AC ( NO cab ) on it and 2 wheel drive to when we got it it was well wore out and had smooth tires all around when we got it it was different time back then then now
Yes it was so what are you crying about. My dad would tell me how much harder it was in the 80s then I would remind him were farming 10x the acers with less help.
You could leave it out, but we don't really want to leave 250 bushel corn out in the field with deteriorating stalk quality. I have seen winters where it doesn't firmly freeze but one or two weeks. It just feels better to have it out with ruts versus waiting on weather that isn't guaranteed.
Hunter Morris I have been on a farm most of my life They can come back when the fields are more ready But I would make sure the fields are repaired and never rent to them again
@@barnyardaerials they all belong to the 6uild 6ack 6better crew/one world order. The same group that wants us to eat bugs and live in pods while claiming you will own nothing and be happy. Also the same group creating supply line issues on purpose and forcing unconstitutional mandates that benefits noone except big pharma. I'm sure you have figured out that they artificially create a problem then use that problem to give us an unwanted solution that benefits only the elites. I could keep going but if that isn't enough I dont know what to tell you.
@@danlowery3235 yes, we can blame him for inflation. The price of corn went up but so has fertilizer, land/rent, equipment, fuel, taxes. Just because you see the diamond in the rough doesn't mean everything else hasn't gone to shit.
