[AT] Combing soybeans in Iowa

Mike M meulenms at gmx.com
Mon Oct 11 12:56:11 PDT 2021 

Around here in southwest MI, we've gotten so much rain, nobody can get
in the field to harvest. even though the crops are ready.

Mike M


On 10/11/2021 2:46 PM, Bill Brueck wrote:
>
> If you go to his youtube page there are a couple more harvest videos,
> including last year’s harvest of the crop twisted up by the derecho in
> central Iowa.  If you wonder why I’m following the combine but not
> catching, that field has ¾ mile rows and the combine hopper has just
> enough capacity for 1 way.  So I need to catch shortly after he starts
> back and again at the other end to make sure he’s empty before he
> turns and the auger is on the wrong side to catch.
>
> The crop was so twisted the combine operator couldn’t see to keep on
> the rows.  We combined the whole crop 7 rows at a time so he could
> watch the empty row over what had been harvested to stay on course.
>
> Yes, that’s me pulling the grain cart.  We have radio communication
> between combine, cart, 2 semis so that helps a lot.  Combine operator
> tells me what speed he’s running today, it varies from field to field,
> corn variety, weather… and my tractor has both wheel speed and gps.
> Slippage increases as the cart gets loaded and as field conditions
> change, so I go by gps most of the time.
>
> Another amazing thing (to my vintage mind…) is the digitally governed
> engine.  No slop in worn linkage, no waiting for the governor weights
> to detect change in speed.  I set that sucker about 1900 rpm and it
> stays right on no matter what.
>
> There’s a clutch but the last couple of years I didn’t use it at all. 
> It’s a planetary transmission, actually I think 3 transmissions in
> series.  In and out of gear and shifting is all on a toggle switch.
>
> Top speed on the road is about 26 mph. Those big tires aren’t as round
> as you think, and there’s a resonance at about 20 mph that I need to
> stay below or above or it hops all over the place.
>
> My previous life took me up to a Deere 70 with 227 mounted picker. 
> I’m sure that’ll resonate with more than a few list friends.
>
> B²
>
> Confusion is a higher state of knowledge than ignorance.
>
> *From:* AT <at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com> *On Behalf Of
> *Spencer Yost
> *Sent:* Monday, October 11, 2021 1:05 PM
> *To:* Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group
> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [AT] Combing soybeans in Iowa
>
> All have been great videos, thanks for sending them in.  And Bill:
> Your grandson does a nice job with the drone.  Good choices with
> angles and height and I enjoyed the video.  If that’s you driving the
>  tractor pulling the cart  I’d say you have forgotten nothing.
>
> Spencer
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>
>
>     On Oct 11, 2021, at 12:20 PM, Bill Brueck <bill at apluscomputer.com
>     <mailto:bill at apluscomputer.com>> wrote:
>
>     
>
>     I still have trouble comprehending the magnitude of farming and
>     the rate of harvest.  I left the farm for college in 1967 and was
>     gone for about 45 years when I started helping Linda’s brothers
>     with the harvest.  My job was to run the grain cart.  Wasn’t sure
>     how I would handle the big equipment but instincts were still
>     intact and I knew where the load was behind me, knew how far to
>     swing out to pull up to the semi or to catch the combine.
>
>     One thing I never got used to was estimating how much of a field
>     was left.  I would look over at the remaining rows of corn and
>     think about doing them with a mounted 2 row picker.  A couple
>     passes with the 8 row head travelling at 5 mph and it was gone. 
>     And 8 rows is modest equipment these days.
>
>     I miss the harvest this year but one thing I don’t miss is moving
>     between the 2 farm sites, about 13 miles apart and some of that on
>     heavily traveled paving as we had a river to cross.  Folks would
>     pass when they shouldn’t, and making a left hand turn was
>     especially harrowing as once in a while someone would pass just as
>     you were turning…
>
>     Here’s a video of us in action, compliments of my grandson.  I
>     would have chosen different music, LOL.
>
>     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vfx_d8NTd0k
>     <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vfx_d8NTd0k>
>
>     B²
>
>     Confusion is a higher state of knowledge than ignorance.
>
>     *From:* AT <at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
>     <mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com>> *On Behalf Of
>     *kgwaugh0943 at gmail.com <mailto:kgwaugh0943 at gmail.com>
>     *Sent:* Monday, October 11, 2021 10:34 AM
>     *To:* Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group
>     <at at lists.antique-tractor.com <mailto:at at lists.antique-tractor.com>>
>     *Subject:* Re: [AT] Combing soybeans in Iowa
>
>     I simply cannot get my head around the magnitude of farming today.
>     I spent a great deal of time on relatives’ general farms in NE
>     Indiana until I graduated HS in 61, and then I was gone! The only
>     wagons we had for hauling grain when I was still around were the
>     old (still had wood spoke car wheels on them) flat wagons (same
>     ones we used for hay baling, without the sideboards) with about 1
>     foot sideboards---IIRC, we could haul 100 – 110 bushels of grain.
>     As I and the cousins left, I think my grandfather and uncle (who
>     farmed together) did buy a gravity feed wagon, that was modern
>     back then!
>
>     Gene
>
>     Kenneth Gene Waugh
>
>     *From: *Bill Brueck <mailto:bill at apluscomputer.com>
>     *Sent: *Monday, October 11, 2021 10:24 AM
>     *To: *Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group
>     <mailto:at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>     *Subject: *Re: [AT] Combing soybeans in Iowa
>
>     Thanks for sharing, good videos.
>
>     The guy knows how to load a grain cart.  Made me cringe, we can’t
>     run ‘em that full, too many slopes and rough ground, we’d spill
>     over the edge getting it back to the semi or the grain bin.  Or
>     maybe he drives a semi under the cart so never has to move it loaded…
>
>     This is my first year for a while not engaged in harvest.  Family
>     members have retired, land rented out now.
>
>     B²
>
>     Bill Brueck
>
>        Pine Island, MN USA
>
>     *From:* AT <at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
>     <mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com>> *On Behalf Of *Jim
>     Thomson
>     *Sent:* Monday, October 11, 2021 8:32 AM
>     *To:* Antique <at at lists.antique-tractor.com
>     <mailto:at at lists.antique-tractor.com>>
>     *Subject:* [AT] Combing soybeans in Iowa
>
>     My neighbor called yesterday and asked if I would like to see how
>     soybeans are harvested. It is a lot of work especially when done
>     alone. I took a couple of short videos to share. According to my
>     neighbor, this is a good year for soybeans even with the dry
>     conditions.
>
>     https://youtu.be/hSjSamX-DAo <https://youtu.be/hSjSamX-DAo>
>
>     https://youtu.be/hSjSamX-DAo <https://youtu.be/hSjSamX-DAo>
>
>     Jim Thomson
>
>     Blairsburg, Iowa
>
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