[Farmall] practically new 140

[Mike Schmudlach]

In Wisconsin they used Cs and Super Cs for tobacco. Yes we have tobacco here. Big leaf for chewing and cigar wrap. 

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> On Nov 28, 2016, at 7:53 PM, John Hall <jtchall at nc.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> How common are the 240's in your area? I've only ran across a couple 
> here.  I never understood why nobody wanted to use the 2 row machines in 
> tobacco. I had a friend who was a die hard Deere guy that bought a C and 
> used it one year in tobacco. There were quite a few C's around, but they 
> never enjoyed popularity cultivating except in corn, I imagine that 
> stopped in the 60's since they were so small. It wasn't until the 80's 
> that 2 row cultivation of tobacco took off--and that was with 3pt hitch 
> cultivators. I could see staying with one row units if that is how you 
> bedded your land, but 2 and 4 row bedders were around long before that. 
> Heck we used a 4 row bedder, a two row planter, and did all the 
> cultivating with  two one row Super A's. Stubborn I guess?
> 
> John Hall
> 
> 
>> On 11/28/2016 12:49 PM, Grant Brians wrote:
>> John, I'll admit that I would prefer not to have to have those 34" rows
>> too. Running two sets of equipment for 80" and 60" wheel spacings is not
>> too bad, but adding the oddball for Potatoes is more challenging. Our
>> previous Oliver Potato planter allowed me to squeeze the rows a bit and
>> use the 60" tractors, but not this one. The yields are better at 34"
>> than 30" too as weed control is easier. That Farmall 240 tricycle makes
>> it easy to handle the cultivation.
>>       Where all of this does get annoying and hard is irrigation pipe
>> laying and pickup. With the different spacings, we have to try not to
>> move pipe between different spacings to avoid driving over beds....
>>       I had to chuckle about your garden comment. One year I planted 14
>> acres of green beans we had to hand pick - LOTS of labor bills. The time
>> I planted for the freezer and they came in with the self-propelled large
>> mechanical harvesters that was a really quick pick! 27 Acres in 11 hours.
>>                Grant Brians - Hollister,California farmer
>> 
> 
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