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New steel tracked combine

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1 year 8 months ago #239360 by Rome K/G
Really get through the soft spots!

 

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1 year 8 months ago #239361 by Rome K/G
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Guess that's just a windrower.

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1 year 8 months ago #239369 by neil
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He has the reel cranked right up

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Neil

Pittsford, NY

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1 year 8 months ago #239373 by juiceman
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That ain't no HARDY Harvester! Seldom see anyone in N. California windrow their grain to be dried for threshing. Maybe one time in my life here. I wonder how much dry material will get wadded up in the undercarriage of that swather and start a fire, or cause the rubber tracks to de-rail? What if they got into some heavy cutting? As Neil pointed out, reel speed wide open, If I was to do that, I would be in the unemployment line, as you are beating the stalks/heads and shatter would reduce yields. Of course, it is supposed to be "wet" so maybe not an issue? Matching ground speed to reel speed to gently pull the crop into the header is what I was taught. Interesting video to say the least. Thanks for the share. JM

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1 year 8 months ago - 1 year 8 months ago #239378 by Rome K/G
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Here's the combine [caddiddlehopper] machine.
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1 year 8 months ago #239382 by D4Jim
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Looks like it was probably made in Russia. Old threshing technology with a bevy of space age controls added on.Reminds me of the old Belarus tractors and equipment.

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D47U 1950 #10164
Cat 112 1949 #3U1457
Cat 40 Scraper #1W-5494

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1 year 8 months ago #239411 by kracked1
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That ain't no HARDY Harvester! Seldom see anyone in N. California windrow their grain to be dried for threshing. Maybe one time in my life here. I wonder how much dry material will get wadded up in the undercarriage of that swather and start a fire, or cause the rubber tracks to de-rail? What if they got into some heavy cutting? As Neil pointed out, reel speed wide open, If I was to do that, I would be in the unemployment line, as you are beating the stalks/heads and shatter would reduce yields. Of course, it is supposed to be "wet" so maybe not an issue? Matching ground speed to reel speed to gently pull the crop into the header is what I was taught. Interesting video to say the least. Thanks for the share. JM

I was taught that reel speed should be 1.25 x ground speed. Gentle enough to push grain in but not hard enough to have shatter loss.
 

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1 year 8 months ago #239421 by neil
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Same - just bend the stalks so they go in head first

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Neil

Pittsford, NY

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1 year 8 months ago - 1 year 8 months ago #239424 by willwingo
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1 year 8 months ago #239426 by D4Jim
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Nearly all the reel type headers in my area have been replaced by the Shelbourne header.  Can cut much faster than the conventional reel type as the combine does not have to digest so much straw.  Shelbourne header will set you back $60K and up but well worth it. Mostly wheat in this area. 


 

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