The Leaner Cleaner Gleaner combines do not need the expensive hillside conversion because they have transverse accelerater rollers that force, (or accelerate) the grain as it is being threshed by the big transverse cylinder down thru a strong airblast from the fan which results in a cleaner sample going into the grain tank. (anyone reading this, please correct me if I am wrong ) The Gleaner is also lighter than the competition which makes less soil compaction, easier to repair which means less time spent and less busted knuckles and it is also made in the USA which keeps people employed and the money in the country.
Love those Hillcos. I have owned three of them, all on Deere combines. Last Hillco conversion cost me $52,000 installed and tested. And I farm in the hills of SW Iowa!
Excellent video Trevor and thanks for it. Gleaner combines are good combines and I wish we could see more of them in the Palouse. They dont need the expensive sidehill conversion due to the design of the separator machinery.
Thanks again Trevor, this is really interesting as I don't think any grain carts are used in the UK (I'm probably wrong!). We use tractors and trailers which haul directly to the farm and dump into the grain-drier, but operations over here are on a much smaller scale. I remember the thrill of the first time I was loaded with grain by a combine on the move and was probably about 15 at the time!
What again is a "relief elevator"? Also, you mentioned private roads. Are these maintained by the land owner(s)? Interesting video for this 78 year old farm boy who's been running the grain cart for the last 12 years for the same folks.
Yeah, they are lucky enough to have a windfarm now here, which makes getting around easier becauese the roads that the windfarm maintains. Theres a small elevator named relief that is adjacent to their property. Makes the trips really short to the grain growers.
Yeah, they are lucky enough to have a windfarm now here, which makes getting around easier becauese the roads that the windfarm maintains. Theres a small elevator named relief that is adjacent to their property. Makes the trips really short to the grain growers.
Hi Travor,.another interesting video of other combines and your JD tractor and grain cart and with a few scriptures which it's appropriate to the events taken place in your country and spiritual darkness in your capital. Regards, Bill.
Kinda looks like a Detroit Tigers hat, but how woulda it found it's way out there? Your ground sure makes our harvest look easy, Michigan here. Curious, how many bushel can you load on the semi? I am mostly a truck driver, semi, we have 4, 5, &6 axle dump trailers, and can run between 12&15 hundred bu. Have a great day enjoy watching your videos. Definitely takes talent, thanks. Al '
Another awesome video, Trevor - thank you! Does this new farm you're working for have less steep ground versus the last one you worked at? Just was curious. 😉
Bank out is a term used on the west coast. It was referring to rice carts like a grain cart that sat at the bank and waited for barges. Bank-out there is a video where an old timer explains it. Just the lingo here. I've heard auger wagon being used over in Iowa.
Most of the time us farmers hail our crop back to the grain bins on our farm but sometimes when all our storage is full, we have to haul it to the elevator
Round here most take it to the grain growers elevators. The snake river is close and you get extra for taking it all the way to the river. Then it goes on a barge and to southeast asia
