Maize 2011 - Tractors in Trouble! + Two Foragers Together! 

Thanks for posting this video. They were pushing the conditions a bit, as it was pretty muddy that day, but those huge tires help keep them moving and harvesting. The operators seemed to know exactly what they were doing, probably from years of work together, which is always very satisfying to watch.

Thanks very much. Always a pleasure to get happy viewers!

Truly marvelous sight to see one forager working behind the other, Conditions don't look the best

what a nice job to have just pushing the green and blue out of the mud.. :P Go go go case:P

You're welcome. The guys really had no option - after a lousy summer the Maize is finally ready so it's "Go" knowing conditions will get no better!

Amazing video! Great work, mate! Thumbs Up Greetings from Romania Andrew

Brilliant. At 4.56 it looks rally great!

i've never been a fan of john deere, but those tractors are working there asses off

Thanks Chuckles, you tell 'em! That's exactly the sort of thing I'm always ranting on about - you can't see anything much on a video!

Thank you very much.

Looking back through your old videos, you have some great ones :)

Brilliant as always, been a great series of vids of maize from you look forward to watching them. The two foragers together was certainly something new. 5*

Great job, difficult weather to harvest.

of course the case would have to save the day : )

very good quality :)

exellent vid as usual alan and the tyre on the head weight for pushing the trailers is a brilliant idea. a lot safer than chains.

True. The maize was never going to be left in the field!

Nice one Alan. Great to see two harvesters in the one field.

Thank you Cameron.

Thank you, Johan.

Another great video as usual. Always a pleasure to watch.

Thank you!

To Panchdeburca I suppose if you always throw it over your left shoulder it comes hard to start thinking about the opposite! But you are not wrong - there are likely some other factors in the equation that we know nothing about.

jaaaaysus lads the wett soggy ground is a curse

Nice of you to say that - I always think, watching it, that it must have been a nightmare!

Thank you for your English.

Because if you wait at that time of year the ground just gets soggier! Anyway I made no claim to have anything to do with it other than film it. Not my ground, farm, machinery or anything else.

Fair play to the boys who struggled on through that!!

pure gold, this is excellent

Another amazing video from you bruv

got to be honest thats the type of comment a pen pusher would say ,you should go with any contractor about maize time and this is a common sight !

So much maize up this way. Couldnt believe it when I saw the surrounding fields, tall crp too. We have hardly any of the stuff down are way (pembrokeshire north county)

Produkcja godna podziwu. Good!!!!!! 5/5 Pozdrowienia z Polski

Think this settles the JD-NH debate

They contain additive to help the grass ferment better.

To TheDeutzman100 Yes, it was quite exciting to watch, and listen to.

i had no choice going through it and i didnt stop it was the lack of traction ;)

Bloody hell what a field. What happened to the maize. its only 2 foot tall. Brilliant video.

To MrSDSTRIKEBREAKER The Case came with a trailer (see earlier videos on this) but it came off when the Forage Harvester wanted to tow it behind for the headland run. It stayed off and Case was pusher for the rest of the field.

The two drums are there containing addtive that helps the grass to ferment and make good silage. A slightly different product is used for whole-crop.

Yes, true. But equal conditions rarely happen in real life and last year these fields were harvested quite happily. With normal equipment.

To Tractormadsteve Thanks for the comment, Steve. I value them all.

To MultiTheScout I asked the driver if he had fun - he didn't seem to think it much fun!

Thanks for that - but I wouldn't want you to run away with the idea that I'm the farmer. I'm just the photographer who's allowed in to film it. After this disaster here, he said this year "Don't come tomorrow, we will be on that sticky bit" So I didn't, of course! Perversly, of course, I understand that everything went wonderfully well that day!!

Think I'd rather watch them here. Comes a wee bit cheaper! And you are talking about two years ago - I have seen it several times, since.

Late, yes - because of the weather. No corn - it's maize, and it's grown for forage so the foliage is still eaten quite happily.

very nice... in Italy there aren't this weather condition when is the silage time!!

very nice video! excellent job!

To mafei87 Well, I live in Wales which is not in England but is in Great Britain (and in the UK). But this video was shot in Holland.

Thanks Chuckles - I was hoping someone would try a little fact, to curb all the speculation!

hmm had to be said alan :) as i dont like people critisising my driving when they dont know the simple facts :)

Thanks.

I've no idea. There's not a lot of sitting around watching so it's probably a case of "Jump on and lets see you do it"

Very well done as usual. Regardless of ground conditions or drawbar loads, the TM's are not the best, traction - wise.

Nie drifting at 1;36 !!, great video mate ,wil check out more!

To ddimitris1991 There was 200 acres. We don't need to irrigate in Wales - it rains! Often. Hard! Could do with some sunshine to ripen it though.

nice one alan. answer is to expensive.

Well, there's plenty to go at! The early ones, in Scotland, had to be heavily compressed in order to upload them so they are not such good quality - but still interesting. . . . . . . Alan

Great video 5*

Thanks Chuckles. I shall be more hard on them, though, in future.

It’s obviously a wet year and the corn is long past its prime for corn silage. You can chop corn in any direction, why not just stay on the high end of the field? Stay out of the standing water/ low end, either leave it there or come back after it freezes...

thank you :)

Thanks for the "good video" bit, but I don't need a Deutz. In fact I don't need a tractor at all as I don't have any land! I'm just the photographer.

Great vid Alan, very muddy their

I missed this video earlier and what a surprise, really excellent. Thank You

I always wondered why they didn't use the PTO to add drive to the wagons wheels, so instead of dragging them trough the mud, they'd add some pushing power. Heck, add some tracks there and you'd have huge soft ground capability if paired with a tracked tractor..

Maize is often difficult here because of the weather

To nzcontractor18 Expensive game for fleet of tractors, and some gateways would be non-negotiable!

To TractorTorque Yes, I was very glad I was there - DanYRheol don't do this usually.

Thank you. Nice to have an appreciative comment :)

case a great tractor in bad ground

Sorry, Brian, you don't know the all the facts. You can't wait for it to dry in December - it doesn't dry. You have to get what you can while you can around here, whatever you do in your neck of the woods. Secondly, it has NOT killed the soil - it is now carrying a very nice crop of maize, best for years. I'll show you if I get the chance, next month. Thirdly, it is not my soil or my land or my tractors - I was just there to film it, and I'm very grateful that I was allowed to.

Suggest you read the comments below - the whole story!

Oh that´s tough to do it in December i never heard of that but for sure if it hast to be done then go for it !!

Ah! That happens in farming, as I know, so you have to harvest when "possible," which may include some glitches like getting stuck briefly and such. Good luck.

excellent alan 5*

the case is the beast

Yes, and it has to be admitted, I should have removed it. But it is SO stupid I was hoping someone would blow him out of the water!

see they had the muscle helping the other tractors then

problem i don't think so, they managed it super !!!

@balmesh ya if you look the jds could get thought the wet spot on the own with an empty the nhs couldn't but the case was unstoppable

Here was a lot of mud Alan!

naaa dont worry , is good to have a rant now and then to leave a bit of steam off haha

To RobbyLucey I would have added "in my opinion" because your statement is open to challenge.

Flotation tyres is what you need

They are paid to harvest ALL of it!

id argue with you there to be honest only reason the tm struggled was the tyres wernt to cleaver and the trailer always gets mud between the body and the wheel ;)

Well, I think the Case was doing quite well! We don't see a lot of Deutz round here.

goot video I poland ;)

To Agri957 Yes, but in this climate we have to wait . . for the cob to ripen!

The first speaks for itself, the second - get working for a contractor!

Reminds me of 2008 maize harvest. We had ruts you could have buried cows in : (

Bit wet in the bottom corner caes Puma 225 power 👍

@MrSDSTRIKEBREAKER I'd say that the case is only there, to push the other out. As you see the Deere and the Holland wouldn't be able to make it without it

To turndown10s Thank you, Sir.

I'm sure, the chopperdrivers sleep well , after a day like this.

that case is working hard

To stro1962 Thanks Hendrik. Must be warmer (well, I know it is) in Summer and needs less encouragement to ferment. Here it seems obligatory!

Well made video. Maize crop, what maize crop? It only looks 4 feet high.

to bigsheamy Very true.