Gav836 Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 I've been out on hire today to a local potato contractor driving our MC135 on a Haith bagging trailer, Its not been a particularly good crop we lifeted today due to it being full of disease. I spent a lot of time sitting bout which in turn means lots of pictures for you guys on here Carting we had a McCormick MTX, our MC and a JD6810, all on identical trailers. The harvesters were an older Grimme GL on a JD6920s with a Standen topper windrowing and a JD 6830 Premium with a Grimme topper on a Grimme GT170S lifting. The way that we were doing it was to lift two rows and place them between the neighbouring two rows then lift those two rows along with the pre harvested crop so in effect 4 rows worth in one go. Enjoy the pics Harvesters first, very dry and dusty conditions The trailers MTX MC 6810 The Haith trailer Full and with new bags on ready to fill PTO power hydraulic system, has its own tank When full, the first thing to do is to pull onto level grond and lift the main buck up thus letting the potatos fall slowly into the bags hung on rails beneath Next is to drop the bags away from the buck allowing them to be pushed out Next the rails are pushed out sideways to allow the bags to become free of the floor The bags can then be lowered to the floor The tines can then be pulled free of the bags The control box for the trailer:- L-R Emergency stop, bag rail down/up buttons, bag rail out/in buttons, main lift down/up buttons New bags are placed back on the tines as soon as the full ones are off Thats it folks, any questions then please ask Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pj witch Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 nice pics , i always wonder how those trailers worked,as thers not alot of spuds grown aroound here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deerepower Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 that trailer looks a bit of a beast. are the potatoes already sold or are they being put into store till a later date? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted September 13, 2007 Author Share Posted September 13, 2007 that trailer looks a bit of a beast. are the potatoes already sold or are they being put into store till a later date? The trailer is a hell of a bit of kit. The potato's are all sold on contract, believe they are for crisps from what I was told, the variety is Saturna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeerMeadowFarm Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 Wow that was really cool to see. Thanks for the pictures; I've never seen that done around here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deerepower Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 is one of them trailers on your list of to do model wise? hint hint Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted September 13, 2007 Author Share Posted September 13, 2007 is one of them trailers on your list of to do model wise? hint hint It could well be, think it would look good next to an Enterprise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewHolland2 Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 A great selection of pictures Gav...... That's some piece of kit that trailer mate......Never seen it done like that before......Any particular reason they use the bags instead of boxes or bulk trailers mate...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted September 13, 2007 Author Share Posted September 13, 2007 A great selection of pictures Gav...... That's some piece of kit that trailer mate......Never seen it done like that before......Any particular reason they use the bags instead of boxes or bulk trailers mate...... Cheers Mart, thought you would like them I would guess its for ease of handling Martin, the trailers unload themselves, probably looking at a 15-20 minute turn around whereas with bulk you have to sit around and wait as they go into the grader, boxes you need more labour for and a forklift to unload. These are loaded straight onto a curtainsider and go straight into the factory or short term storage by the customer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewHolland2 Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 Cheers Mart, thought you would like them I would guess its for ease of handling Martin, the trailers unload themselves, probably looking at a 15-20 minute turn around whereas with bulk you have to sit around and wait as they go into the grader, boxes you need more labour for and a forklift to unload. These are loaded straight onto a curtainsider and go straight into the factory or short term storage by the customer Cheers Gav......I know what you mean mate...... Did the curtainsider just pick them up from the field side? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted September 13, 2007 Author Share Posted September 13, 2007 Cheers Gav......I know what you mean mate...... Did the curtainsider just pick them up from the field side? Yeah, as its dry the lorries can get onto the fields to be loaded, saves a lot of messing about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewHolland2 Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 Yeah, as its dry the lorries can get onto the fields to be loaded, saves a lot of messing about Very true mate......If it was wet could be a heck of a lot more hastle eh......Just reminds me of the Huntapac bulker stuck in a field a couple of years back...... \ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmernick06 Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 Excellent detailed pictures Gav some crackers in there, love the trailers are they common? When will we see one from 1-32 implements Along with the beet drill :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belarusfan Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 Excellent pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard de Florennes Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 Excellent pictures I have to confirm, very nice and very interesting pictures; like the toppers!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FB Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 great pics Gav!!, so what you gonna make for us next :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi6920 Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 Nice pics mate, those tralers are cool, never seen or herd of that system before, thanks for the pics mate , what do you think of the mc? im looking at a mc 115 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 never seeen those trailers before, all boxes and flatbeds down here,mind you if you guys have them they wont be far away, usually a year or more behind to techno stuff like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nashmach Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 That looks like some set up and thanks for the pics Gav - I guess there is fair weight in those trailers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 Excellant photos Gav, really interested in those trailers, great information on how they work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 Interesting photos. A lot of changes in "tattie picking" since I was last involved. I remember picking tatties as a school kid from the old spinner tattie diggers. They had John Deere tractors R & S reg so that must hav been about 1976 / 1977 ish. They did progress on to 2 row elevator diggers by Ransome and although you had two drills to pick at least they weren't strewn over the field like they were from the spinners minus the guards of course. All for ? 7.00 a day but I guess worth it as a kid with no income!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard de Florennes Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 The the quality of potato and removal of foreign objects that good in Norfolk and with those harvesters that it makes sence to load the potatos into bagy without any further manual or automatic selection??? :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted September 19, 2007 Author Share Posted September 19, 2007 As the potatoes are going straight to the processors then there is no need to have the grader and bulk trailer system on that farm, especially as the land is so light and sandy, however we will be on bulk tipping and graders tomorrw as the Desiree that we are lifting have about 20% wastage in the crop due to blight and water logging, the 4 pickers on the harvester can't get the rotton spuds and the clods of earth off quick enough \ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike R Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 great pictures mate i can see someone on here making a new conversion and it wont be me making it when are you starting Gav is this your next conversion. They dont grow many spuds around here and I didnt realise what machinery they used to harvest the spuds thanks again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
civilpek Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 that bagging trailer is a mighty bit of kit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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