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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.<br>
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Mike M<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/11/2021 2:46 PM, Bill Brueck
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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.
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">B²<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Confusion is a higher state of knowledge
than ignorance.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> AT
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:at-bounces@lists.antique-tractor.com"><at-bounces@lists.antique-tractor.com></a> <b>On Behalf
Of
</b>Spencer Yost<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 11, 2021 1:05 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:at@lists.antique-tractor.com"><at@lists.antique-tractor.com></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [AT] Combing soybeans in Iowa<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Spencer <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sent from my iPhone<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">On Oct
11, 2021, at 12:20 PM, Bill Brueck <<a
href="mailto:bill@apluscomputer.com"
moz-do-not-send="true">bill@apluscomputer.com</a>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.
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<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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…<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Here’s a video of us in action,
compliments of my grandson. I would have chosen
different music, LOL.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vfx_d8NTd0k"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vfx_d8NTd0k</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">B²<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Confusion is a higher state of
knowledge than ignorance.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> AT <<a
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<b>On Behalf Of </b><a
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moz-do-not-send="true">kgwaugh0943@gmail.com</a><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 11, 2021 10:34 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [AT] Combing soybeans in Iowa<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="DefaultFontHxMailStyle"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt">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!</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Gene<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Kenneth Gene Waugh<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From: </b><a
href="mailto:bill@apluscomputer.com"
moz-do-not-send="true">Bill Brueck</a><br>
<b>Sent: </b>Monday, October 11, 2021 10:24 AM<br>
<b>To: </b><a
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<b>Subject: </b>Re: [AT] Combing soybeans in Iowa<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="DefaultFontHxMailStyle"><span
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for sharing, good videos.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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…<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This is my first year for a while not
engaged in harvest. Family members have retired, land
rented out now.
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<p class="MsoNormal">B²<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Bill Brueck<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Pine Island, MN USA<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Jim Thomson<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 11, 2021 8:32 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Antique <<a
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<b>Subject:</b> [AT] Combing soybeans in Iowa<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">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.
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Iowa
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