Richard de Florennes Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 Thanks to the very nice feedback regarding my last few topics in this forum, I feeld myself encouraged to continue (though fields tend to become rather lonely, as most work of the year as been done now ...). So this might be one of my last photo topics until next March :'( Regarding yesterday, a 50 miles round-tour leading from my home-village near Neuss to my parents home near M?nchengladbach and back that Saturday afternoon offered quite a lot of photo opportunities (using two cameras - my own and my company camera ;-) while my three-year-old son spend some hours on various Deutz and John Deere tractors ;-) For me, yes, I repeat myself, as an absolute row-crop fan this was one of the best days of this year, especially as I desperately searched for two-stage beet harvesting systems (which was not successul until this day, when I found two times the most eagerly anticipated offset beet harvesting system )))) Here, for a beginning, something a have never seen before and not ever knewn of its existance: Harvesting or more exactly: digging, chives complete with root-bales for planting back next year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Richard de Florennes Posted November 25, 2007 Author Share Posted November 25, 2007 a closer look to the two tractors of my favourite brand's make: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard de Florennes Posted November 25, 2007 Author Share Posted November 25, 2007 The inevitable Fendt + Stoll V200 combination, one of the most represented beet harvesting system in our region over here: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massey Boy Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 wow they are great :o :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard de Florennes Posted November 25, 2007 Author Share Posted November 25, 2007 Thanks to the fact that I had to "loose" half an hour watching horses on the farm belonging to the STOll harvester, I found this loading bunker of unknown make (probably BLEINROTH or RATIONAL) towed by a Deutz tractor (here a photo made while driving), indicating that two-stage beet harvest might be going on somewhere, so I followed here 15 minutes until ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard de Florennes Posted November 25, 2007 Author Share Posted November 25, 2007 ... finding three Deutz Agroton tractors operating on one field in connection with the two stage beet-harvesting system ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 Good job you followed that Deutz then , that last photo is wonderfeul. All are a pleasure to see. Looks the Deere's were doing some good old mud plugging. Nice work yet again!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Richard de Florennes Posted November 25, 2007 Author Share Posted November 25, 2007 Although this KLEINE topper/lifter system was designed to be used on a backward driving tractor with backward driving system (turnable seat and driving wheel), obvious lack of such of this system forced the driver to drive in this rather unhealthy position all the time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard de Florennes Posted November 25, 2007 Author Share Posted November 25, 2007 as the loading bunker's capacity could not cope with the lenghts of this field, this very run-down tipping trailer was used to support beet transport to both field ends: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard de Florennes Posted November 25, 2007 Author Share Posted November 25, 2007 unloading the bunker followed by a short lunch-break: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard de Florennes Posted November 25, 2007 Author Share Posted November 25, 2007 in action again: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Richard de Florennes Posted November 25, 2007 Author Share Posted November 25, 2007 Two more pictures of the topper/lifer unit, taken just a few minutes before activity ceased due to a breakdown of the loading bunker which had lost one of his two loading "stars". This was my sign for leaving this field after two very interesting hours, continuing my journey westwards ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard de Florennes Posted November 25, 2007 Author Share Posted November 25, 2007 then I found this strange tractor labelled "ACQUA POWER" which is made by SAME as far as I know ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massey Boy Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 looks like a lambo that plough has a car wheel on it great pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerstarâ„¢ Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 Driving like that all day doing reverse topping! \ I don't think so!!!! I'd turn round on the seat and face backwards and put my hand behind my back to steer!! Nice pics! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard de Florennes Posted November 25, 2007 Author Share Posted November 25, 2007 then a lot of empty fields (no implements) until finding these two John Deeres operating together in connection with preparing a new wheat field: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Richard de Florennes Posted November 25, 2007 Author Share Posted November 25, 2007 (Ladies and) Gentlemen, let me please introduce my personal highlight of the farming season 2007: Johne Deere in the 2-stage sugar beet harvesting system, my favourite tractor brand, my favourite field crop, my favourite harvesting system - here we go: The beet harvester is also made by KLEINE, but this system is devided between topper in front and the beet lifter back of the tractor, as the tractor thus drives through remaining rows of topped beets, row crop whees are required for this purpose, making this affair even more attractive in my eyes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massey Boy Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard de Florennes Posted November 25, 2007 Author Share Posted November 25, 2007 Working together with this combination was another John Deere with an "UNSINN Record" loading bunker: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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