Deeredriver Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 here is a few pics from work first of all is our crap spreader a 20 ton rear discharge on a Mack truck second is the loader i use to load it with doesnt take many buckets full Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeredriver Posted March 30, 2008 Author Share Posted March 30, 2008 this is our mx 270 with a rolling stalk chopper smashing down last years maize stalks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
51MON Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 that looks a boring job on that little bus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Bring us more!!!!! I saw lods of those spreaders around out there but never saw one working. Do you mean it is a spreader which spreads crap or a spreader which is crap?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeredriver Posted March 31, 2008 Author Share Posted March 31, 2008 HAHA both mate ha ha! i will get some of the job it does its crap ha ha! only spreads about 10ft wide and not very even mate i have to spread at 12mph to get it kind of even i been hauling to one of our fields its 11 miles from where i load so far i have took 76 loads and not quite done half of the field the place i get the crap from is a feedlot here where i live 10,000 head of cattle we can have as much crap as we want for free we just got to take it away the ground here could use it so we try and take as much as we can that loader is good to drive though it has some power i wanted my wife to video me loading but as usual she was late and i got the truck loaded by the time she brought my dinner Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texas Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Great pictures and very nice equipment you are working with. Texas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
civilpek Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 you canb send some of that muck my way, ive about 60 acres that id like to put slurry on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi6920 Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 You have some nice toys in your shed there nick, love the cat, they are a dream of a loader, i use to use one loading off road dumpers, ohh the power Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeredriver Posted April 3, 2008 Author Share Posted April 3, 2008 yesterday i had to go to the dealers and pickup our new maize drill a pretty long drive home with this on the back 70 miles 16 row stack fold wide tall and heavy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
51MON Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 very nice there nick how much do they cost Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 70 miles, thats a long way to go to pick a bit of kit up, wouldnt they deliver it for you then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeredriver Posted April 3, 2008 Author Share Posted April 3, 2008 i think about $6000 per row so whats that about $96,000 he did trade in a 16 row too i know this dealer was $8000 cheaper than our closest one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
51MON Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 geee how much maize do you drill mate.e Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeredriver Posted April 3, 2008 Author Share Posted April 3, 2008 well we had to take the old one up there plus they wanted the tractor to set up the new one also we dont have anything big enough to unload it it weighs a ton even with them weights on and the assist wheels on the back of the planter it still was light on the front Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeredriver Posted April 3, 2008 Author Share Posted April 3, 2008 we have about 5600 acres this year 1100 acres are down to wheat so the rest will be planted to maize ,beans , milo and sunflowers wich that planter can all plant just have to change over the seed discs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
51MON Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 blimey that seems a small tractor for the states nick thought you were big over there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeredriver Posted April 3, 2008 Author Share Posted April 3, 2008 Were pretty much notill so we dont need a lot of hp our biggest is the mx270 that pulls the 7 leg subsoiler 32 ft discks 30 cultivator and the 30 ft no till seed drill i cant remember what the hp is of an 8310 is we will get really busy here pretty soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
51MON Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 plenty of over time then what do you do with your maize combin it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Looooooook at that gorgeous tractor up front Hell of a drill Nick, looks like a big old bit of kit folded up like that. How long a day did you have there, setting up and getting back then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeredriver Posted April 4, 2008 Author Share Posted April 4, 2008 it was already there mate the boss took it up with the old planter about a month ago or so alls i had to do is drive her home took me about 3 hrs or so but i kept to the gravel roads most of the way back as not to mess with the trafic took me about an hr to get really comftable driving it as the first 10 mins i was sh!ting myself 51mon yea we combine most of it we only chop it for silage if its gona be a cr@p crop we have a 2 row trailed jd chopper we didnt cut any last year but the year before it was a drought so the maize didnt have any ears on it so we chopped a lot of acres we had a bloke in with a 880 claas and a kemper header Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeredriver Posted April 20, 2008 Author Share Posted April 20, 2008 today i went to pickup the grain cart i bought then sold it to my boss about 300 mile round trip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 Now there's a drawbar outfit!!!! What is the truck, an old Pete? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeredriver Posted April 24, 2008 Author Share Posted April 24, 2008 Its an old WAL MART international mate i quite like to drive it really cummins N 14 and a 9 speed i made the hitch part just last week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 N14 eh, that's a Gleaner R72 engine too!! Popular by far them N series. I neeeearly said International after I posted it but left it as well!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeredriver Posted April 27, 2008 Author Share Posted April 27, 2008 this was a couple of weeks ago were were moving 300 head of bullocks about 3.5 miles to there next field i was the pied piper with the bale of hay the follow'd me like a charm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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