Guest Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 Id think that the dust problem / loss of topsoil out there in the USA will be something they see more of as there weather warms up is there many farm that using the round field idea i see on a few of the pics or is there a general lack of water out in the main wheat growing areas , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hicksy Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 Great new pictures, must be a good experience whish I was twenty years younger I would of love to do a trip like yours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordantaylor Posted June 8, 2014 Author Share Posted June 8, 2014 well thanks for the comments guys, much appreciated, yes Hicksy its something ive wanted to do for many years now and im so glad I took the jump to do it. its some experience for sure. we hee are photos from our 2 trips to texas. the first move we shofted the majority of the oversize kit, combines and grain carts then the second trip was the trailer houses, hopper bottoms and other general kit I was just under 500 miles for our trip from Colby, Kansas to Vernon, Texas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordantaylor Posted June 8, 2014 Author Share Posted June 8, 2014 We were based just outside of Vernon, Texas at Lehman Farms. we managed to cut for 2 days before getting delayed for a week after we had a serious amount of rain, the most that part of Texas has seen for a few years, just over 5 .5 inches. we used the opportunity to go to Dallas and have a few days relaxing. t The one photo is of Dallas city from our hotel before descending on it that weekend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordantaylor Posted June 8, 2014 Author Share Posted June 8, 2014 So more photos of us cutting wheat in Vernon. I chose to be on a truck for the season as after doing my CDL test I just preferred the truck to anything else, you see so much more of the states than if I were on a combine, you also meet more people. yeah it can be longer hours than the combine when hauling grain up to 70 miles to the elevator. I also got the truck I asked to be on, its the grey number 5 which is a 1999 peterbilt 378 which has a mean 550HP CAT diesel under the bonnet, it also has over 600,000 miles on the clock. the white trucks in the one photo were Custer harvest crew loading on the road on one of my routes to Elderado in Oklahoma. Elderado was about 70 miles away and where we hauled allot od the grain to the last few photos are of our recent move yesterday to Custer, Oklahoma which is our new home, then the tem will split after finish here, half will go to Guymon, Oklahoma and half to Ness City, Kansas, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light Land Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 If anyone can get a good photo it's you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordantaylor Posted June 8, 2014 Author Share Posted June 8, 2014 If anyone can get a good photo it's you. Thanks Ol, its great out here, the weather makes the photos if I'm honest, the light is pretty much perfect all the time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 cracking topic jordan and great pictures,thanks for posting them up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 Nice pictures Jordan, any idea what the yield is like? I keep reading they are terrible as the Southern states are affected by a very severe drought? When you see a lot of pictures and videos these days of Northern America they make you believe it's all new kit (mainly JD) out there but luckily your photo's show that is certainly not the case. At least you picked the right job as a lorry driver from a photographing point of view! I hadn't realised before but can you get the S-series combines in the States without the folding unloading auger as yours all seem to be fixed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdeere6910 Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 The yanks don't do anything by halves do they? Great pictures Jordan, how long are you spending on the harvest crew all together Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordantaylor Posted June 13, 2014 Author Share Posted June 13, 2014 Thanks for the feedback guys. Thanks Paul, much appreciated. Yes Niels theres just as much older kit of not more than newer kit. There are custom harvesters that are still running combines up to 10 years old. allot of the farm owners are running older kit, especially the old articulated john deere's, ford's, versatile's and New Holland/case ih. yields are very poor down in texas, they were between 5 and 25 bushels to the acre on dryland and up to 40 bushels on irrigated land. that's poor on last year as its half what they were getting. we are hoping to be getting around 100+ bushels to the acre when we get past Kansas. to put it into context 36 bushels is 1 tonne. so that's how poor the yields are. and yes with the combines they are not as tight for space like Europe so folding augers isn't a big issue out here. I am out here until around the 1st week of December. then from the sounds of it, I will be heading to the uk for around 8 months before departing for a season in New Zealand on the North island working for a very well known contractor who's son I am working along side at the moment on the wheat harvest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordantaylor Posted June 13, 2014 Author Share Posted June 13, 2014 Well we managed to get a few hundred acres cut the other afternoon but heavy rain and thunder storms bought the 4 combines to a stop. the ground is sodden but the wheat is coming off at 12% moisture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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