wondering . did I see what I thought I seen ??

Dutchman · Jul 20, 2011

Today I went to St.Louis with some flowers ..
and on the way back ..
I seen J.D. combine with something on the BACK of it ... seen the 2nd one { on a truck going the other way } and I'm sure it's a BALER on the back side .. I think...
O.K. if it is a BALER ... do they run the stocks thur the combine ?? or are they just baling the husts and cobs ?

SORRY I didn't have my camera with me ...

Mark

gregger · Jul 20, 2011

deeres been workn a a way to bale corn stalks right behind the combine -- to use for ethnaul (sp) -- might of been what u seen

Jim Plunkett · Jul 20, 2011

Are you sure it was a combine? They make a cotton picker with a baler built on the back.

Dutchman · Jul 20, 2011

YES it was a combine w/o the head on it ... that's what I thought first time I saw one .. I have seen them before and wasn't able to see them good enough before ...
That's why when I seen the 2nd and 3rd one .. I slow down and look at it closer .. I'm sure I seen belts that look like baler ...
the back end of the combine look just like they added a baler ... w/o a hitch ..

mark

John730D · Jul 20, 2011

Could be a baler. Used to bale straw when in oats or wheat.

JD2ACWD · Jul 20, 2011

you-tube has video's of combines with balers

Bob · Jul 20, 2011

Well, it wouldn't exactly be a NEW invention...

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fixerupper · Jul 20, 2011

Baling right out of the back of the combine is about as good as it can get for the cellulosic ethanol folks. They actually only want the cob because it has the most energy but separating the cob from the husks is more complicated, so they settled on baling the cobs and the husks that come out of the back of the combine. They do not want the stalks and leaves nor do they want any dirt that might get in when the windrowed cob/husks are picked up off the ground with a regular baler. What's being baled now is what falls out of the back of the combine with the chopper removed, and whatever leaves that might be laying between the center two rows behind the combine. Last fall I sold a little over 500 big square bales of 'corn stover' to Poet for their first cellulosic ethanol plant. Jim

Eldon (WA) · Jul 20, 2011

There is a huge farm in Australia that bales chaff right out of the combine in order to collect the weed seed. Could be catching on over here.

cumminspuller · Jul 21, 2011

If it was a new combine it was probably a the corn cob seperator. I believe it is Vermeer that was working on that set up as well as IH. Kind of interesting. I have only seen videos nothing in person yet.

Dutchman · Jul 21, 2011

Bob,
it was a lot BIGGER ... like the whole round baler w/o the tounge part ...

mark

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