[AT] 2 row corn combines

Al Jones farmallsupera1 at gmail.com
Tue Oct 10 19:56:29 PDT 2017


John, when my buddy was running the 3300, there were a few parts that
were specific to it that were NLA from Deere.  I expect there are
enough in salvage yards to keep you going for a while!

When I was a kid in the 80s a 4 row combine was BIG!

Al

On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 9:26 PM, John Hall <jtchall at nc.rr.com> wrote:
> Now thats OLD SCHOOL right there! When I was first looking for a
> planter, dad told me to stay away from them, said they didn't work real
> good if you had a lot of trash on your land. Farmer, did you ever get to
> run a planter with row cleaners? A friend has a CaseIH 900 with them,
> wow it does good if you have a lot of trash. I used it to plant behind
> milo one year, boy did it make a difference.
>
> John Hall
>
>
> On 10/10/2017 8:49 PM, Indiana Robinson wrote:
>> I liked my disk opener planters over the years but I do believe that the
>> old runner opener planters did a better job of staying centered behind the
>> tractor...
>>
>>
>>
>> .
>>
>> <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=icon>
>> Virus-free.
>> www.avast.com
>> <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=link>
>> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 8:15 PM, Spencer Yost <yostsw at atis.net> 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
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> AT mailing list
> http://www.antique-tractor.com/mailman/listinfo/at




More information about the AT mailing list