[AT] 2 row corn combines

[John Hall]

I'll put a turbo on the 4020 to pull the planter with. You can use the 
Pacer to handle the spraying--the 8 rows I have the M set up for is 
about all it wants. Now at $200 a bag avg for seed, where to get the 
money to fill up the seed hopper??? Hope that combine has autosteer--I 
have enough trouble seeing how to count off 8 rows at night, much less 
20 or 30. Won't need the grain cart fortunately. Given our yields and 
field sizes, the most we would need to do is empty 5 times per field.

John


On 10/10/2017 8:15 PM, Spencer Yost wrote:
> Of course you could use one of these to plant...
>
> https://youtu.be/97_SxcIlXZA
>
> And one of these to harvest.
>
> https://youtu.be/KbhyahSEg9s
>
> I had the opportunity to watch one of the big planters in Iowa. I think it was a 50 row. Pretty dang impressive.  I think my 173HP Pacer could pull one of them.
>
> Spencer Yost
>
>> On Oct 10, 2017, at 6:25 PM, John Hall <jtchall at nc.rr.com> wrote:
>>
>> We cheated some on hillsides this year and to be honest it was an
>> improvement. I've drove one sided before to pull the corn away from
>> standing rows as well. That works pretty good as long as the ears are
>> still attached good. One year the corn was literally falling off the
>> stalks before I ever got to it. If the rollers got offset it would whip
>> the stalks and sometimes sling the ear off--no joke. This year I was
>> very fortunate that the ears were still very well attached, never saw
>> the first one fall.
>>
>> A field I intend on planting in corn next year is quite hilly, and it
>> works best from the top down. We'll have to drive the planter plenty
>> wide in that one!
>>
>> John Hall
>>
>>
>>> On 10/10/2017 12:35 PM, John Slavin wrote:
>>> I agree with Len, keeping the downhill open to the extent possible, always seemed to work the best.  Never used a 3300, but spent plenty of time in a Gleaner E with a two row head!  That may also help with planting next year in that when you get on the more severe hillsides, you need to cheat a little with the planter to help prevent the outside rows getting too close.  If you really plan ahead, you can deliberately plant a little wider gap every once in a while to use as you land rows.  You can also cheat a little with the combine driving a little on the uphill side of the rows. The row doesn’t have to be dead center between the snapping rollers to pass through just fine. There’s definitely a skill to operating one!
>>>
>>> John Slavin
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> AT mailing list
>>> http://www.antique-tractor.com/mailman/listinfo/at
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> AT mailing list
>> http://www.antique-tractor.com/mailman/listinfo/at
> _______________________________________________
> AT mailing list
> http://www.antique-tractor.com/mailman/listinfo/at