malcy_p Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 Sean - I understand it's been rather wet and miserable in the South West, perhaps that has made the crops start to rot before they could be harvested? Meanwhile, harvest is almost finished here in Suffolk - very few cereals still standing. I popped out to the local supermarket (5miles away) and saw five combines on the way, Claas, MF and NH. There is one large block of wheat fields near here need knocking down near Kelsale, but other than that just the odd one here and there. Boo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted August 24, 2012 Author Share Posted August 24, 2012 must have been mate, weird thing is they have had good 3/4 day breaks with heat to dry stuff,plenty of others arround went for it on those days , they just never cut this one? same guys cut his fields opposite ok, one was done overnight infact. so why he l;eft this i guess we will never know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdeere6910 Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 Rained again with us. Can't seem to get two dry days in a row > Still got 70 acres of oats, 50 of spring barley and 200 of wheat to cut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillTEF20 Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 We finished our wheat today! Only the spring beans to go now, but they are a long way off! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 Perfect, thanks for those Malc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 We finished cutting our own crops yesterday and our contract farms spring barley today just as it was starting to rain so all done for another year now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 (edited) our 2 lexions are parked up in customers fields while the bosses own fields are being cut by an old claas when dry, but this old claas keeps breaking down,still no work for me this weekend Edited August 24, 2012 by paulali Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 must have been mate, weird thing is they have had good 3/4 day breaks with heat to dry stuff,plenty of others arround went for it on those days , they just never cut this one? same guys cut his fields opposite ok, one was done overnight infact. so why he l;eft this i guess we will never know Now, this may seem a little crazy.... Even for your neck of the woods. Maybe, he may have more that one field! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted August 25, 2012 Author Share Posted August 25, 2012 i know tris :of weird eh ,seriously though, hes cut everything arround this one, and it looked perfectly ok even when we had the dry week or so,infact i would have said it would have been one of the first to cut all those weeks back it looked that ready even then . it's only really gone beyond the last 2 or 3 weeks. its not a big field, prob 15 acres odd if that but it seems a hell of a waste of cash to just cut down? after all the spraying ect to this point Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coxy Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 What's wrong with it? Unusual to hear of Claas machines not performing? so far over 12 call out, ever day a new problem comes in it for sensors to ram to gear boxs. bad noise out oft it and dont know the noise, not good for a new one others new one have had engine go ect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weblet375 Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 i was waching a jd 9880sts doing linseed.it was tough going,every10 yards he stopped a untangle the reel.can you harvest linseed not using thr reel?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malcy_p Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 All kicking off in east Suffolk again after the rains - saw a NH CR 9080, two JD (C670i and T670i) and a Lexion 760TT running this evening Photos of the latter will appear in the usual place, and photos of the NH and JDs will be up at the end of harvest on a "Round up of the non-Claas Combines" page. /m. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 i was waching a jd 9880sts doing linseed.it was tough going,every10 yards he stopped a untangle the reel.can you harvest linseed not using thr reel?. I think so yes but it does sometimes need encouragment to fall into the header. On TX34 and 32 I used to take the stone trap off behind the knife and remove most of the header tines. Nothing happening here for over a week now. Wet straw everywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordantaylor Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 same this way, no combines on the go, took the baler off and been mintill cultivating ground ready for 2-3 year grass lays. hoping they combine will be rolling next week some time then i can get on baling again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graham Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Baler was working yesterday straight behind the combine but not working today. A lot of straw still lying in the fields soaking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 PTO guard!!! Nice outfit, havn't seen a Xerion on a baler before. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catkom3 Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 fgsagri,that's the same folk as has the Vredo / Tebbe combo, http://www.fgsagri.co.uk/index.php?view=item&catid=20&id=13&option=com_mycomponent&Itemid=36 thought I recognised the name, Regards Joe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tractortim Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 PTO guard!!! Nice outfit, havn't seen a Xerion on a baler before. omewhere i have apicture of a xerion with a vicon acrobat on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CX820Joe Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 I've hardly seen anything going this way...it seems to be sunny one day, rain the next and so on...still quite a lot of wheat about by the looks of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masseyjack590 Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 There's a shower most days here we've only cut 12 acres of wheat, 120 odd left and some oats which are now nearly fit, we're going to have a go tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordantaylor Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 i traveled up from bucks to shropshire yesterday to visit family while i have a few days offf and i was amazed when i hit the wolverhampton, telford and shrewsbury areas as to how much wheat and barley is left, every other field had a standing crop in it and quite a few wheat crops are not looking too good now. and i thought we were not doing to well down in aylesbury but after seeing all the lad back here we are well ahead of the rest. im going to try and get out to my ex employer at some point today and see how they are getting on as they look as they have a few hundred acres of wheat left and allot of barley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graham Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Me and Sharon went to our friends where the Zerion and Baler are working a took some more pics. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graham Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 more pics. where the baler was behind the combine the bales needed pushing out of the way so the trailers could unload on the move. All trailers are tailboard tip over the intake pit and through the continuous flow dryer and then onto on floor store. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graham Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Just back at the farm the farms come alive this time of year with the lights on. We had a guess of how much was on the trailer. my guess was gross 24 ton, my friend guessed 26 his wife 27 and Sharon guessed 30 ton and I said know way look what I know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HS. Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Been all go here since about 6 this mornin, hope to have the last field cut by 2 tomorrow morning, then start bailing depending on the weather tomorrow afternoon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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