Deeredriver Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 Here you go 51mon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeredriver Posted July 27, 2008 Author Share Posted July 27, 2008 more of combine now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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51MON Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 thanks mx just the job how far in are you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeredriver Posted July 27, 2008 Author Share Posted July 27, 2008 this will be the last year for this machine on our place this is its fourth season and so far its cut 1.5 million bushels of grain so its getting pretty wore out it only has 1800 engine hrs on it though 1300 seperator hrs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
51MON Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 did you not take the spanner job with deere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
51MON Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 what size of field is that then nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeredriver Posted July 27, 2008 Author Share Posted July 27, 2008 were done now mate just took me 2 weeks this year to combine 1200 acres of wheat 1100 acres of our own and i did 100 acres of contracting work did the 100 acres in one day and then drove the combine back 20 miles to the yard easy money as you can tell i didnt take the job at the john deere dealers after some more thinking i decided i liked to be in the cab more than under the machines working on them espeacialy after i was moving the combine down a road with the 30 ft header on and the a/c compresser decided to seize up and chewing the fan belt off so the combine overheated and thats where i was stranded blocking a road for a few hrs while the boss went for a new compresser and i fitted it put on a new belt and recharged the a/c all in about 90f temps so that was the deciding factor of staying in the driving seat rather than fixing combines Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeredriver Posted July 27, 2008 Author Share Posted July 27, 2008 thgat was one of our bigest this year 113 acres we only had 2 fields over 100 acres this year our best field made 74 bushels an acre so that works out at what 2 metric tons to the acre not too shabby for over here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
51MON Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 well it dosen,t take you long with that beast as long as your happy we did our whole crop wheat on thursday that did ten ton to the acre through the forager Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
51MON Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 what,s that rig in the back ground an irigator how do you move them to the field Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeredriver Posted July 27, 2008 Author Share Posted July 27, 2008 they are biult there mate they are called center pivots they are fixed at the middle of the field then they go around the field in a big circle ill see if i can find a better pic somewhere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeredriver Posted July 27, 2008 Author Share Posted July 27, 2008 heres the web site that is the place we get ours from we have one that we can move from field to field in a close area by towing it with a tractor to get it to the next center point http://www.centralvalleyinc.com/products/index.html right now we have 14 of those pivots running thats a lot of water were pumping out of the ground Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
51MON Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 thats just some out fit do you have boreholes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeredriver Posted July 27, 2008 Author Share Posted July 27, 2008 yea then we have either big diesel engines or electric or even some natural gas powerd engines running a big well pump sending the water out to the sprinklers our best well produces 1800gals a minute we just put a new engine on that a v8 chevy engine running on mains gas no silencers just twin straight pipes its loud as hell we have one well site thats being driven by 2 old perkins engine like out of a land rover one runs the water well and the other runs the hyd pump to make the wheels on the pivot turn they are old engines and they just chug away god knows how many hrs are on them they run 24 hrs a day just get turned off for a oil change then there running again oily old buggers but they still keep on goin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
51MON Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 sounds interesting mate so what you busy doing now then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeredriver Posted July 27, 2008 Author Share Posted July 27, 2008 well doing some spraying put a little fert on some wheat stubble that we planted sunflowers right back in after we combined the wheat then some wheat stubble that the crop was poor the weeds soon grow after and hauling crap with the wagon and spreading onto wheat stubble got this little girl a week ago so loading the old crap spreader doesnt take long now its a beast 168hp here it is without the bucket on its first job was to come and lift the old combine the rear axle broke off so i took it out to lift up the combine as i couldnt be arsed digging a hole to get a jack under the axle it made easy work of it we get free sh!t from a 10,000 head cattle feeding outfit alls we have to do is take it away so it works out really good as fert is going to be 1000 dollars a ton this autmn it just takes a long time to get a field done did 55 acres last week that was 70 odd wagon loads at 18 tons a load Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
51MON Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 gee keepin you busy then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeredriver Posted July 27, 2008 Author Share Posted July 27, 2008 Whats new around home i havent spoke to anyone from back home for a while dont know what my bro is up too he was silageing last time i heard but that was weeks ago he works for Giles Dodd in dodleston Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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