[AT] massey combines at portland

[David Bruce]

John,

The North Wilkesboro area has some "interesting" fields for sure.
Ours aren't quite as bad (about 40 miles SE) however there is one here 
(now part of the pasture) that my grandpa grew corn and soybeans on. 
Still causes me a severe case of butt clinch when I drive a tractor over 
part of it (and I only go up and down).
Another of those Hilly fields was the tobacco field where I first drove 
the AC D-14.  I was too small to depress the clutch and brakes so I 
would press the clutch, shift to neutral then press the brakes.  Made 
for interesting stopping on those hills.

I remember years ago picking apples and peaches at an orchard in SW VA 
(the owner would let us pick our own and sometimes he and his kids would 
help) - those were some steep hills.

Most combines here are the usual but with narrow headers.  A few are the 
sidehill type.

David
NW NC


On 9/3/2010 9:54 PM, john hall wrote:
> Charlie,  I'd like to see one in operation myself. I imagine they are
> self-leveling but can't help but wonder if some of the first ones were not.
> I wonder if they can level  any for going straight up or down hills? I've
> got a couple fields that you have to deal with going up or down a steep
> incline for a few rounds. I always slow the ground speed down since I know
> the straw is having more trouble exiting the machine when headed downhill.
> Nothing like having an almost full bin and heading downhill only to have the
> bin start running over.
>
> Dave, I was up around North Wilksboro last summer and saw a field that had
> been cut for silage. It was undoubtedly the hilliest field I have ever seen
> cultivated. There is no way I'd have guts enough to to tow a chopper and a
> silage wagon on those hills. I've been involved in a couple situations where
> a way wagon behind a baler caused a runaway.
>
> John Hall
>
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