Sparktrician
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Here are some pics of our operation, and some goofing off
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Sparktrician
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Yes it is a 4440. Some of the pics didn't load....had one of pulling grandpas super M, and another. Will reload in a bit. Internet is screwy with the storm passing through
3 things I like, well maybe 4, or(4440) cold beer, not sure how tall you are, but that is a nice stand of wheat, thats 2, (ought to make some nice straw tonnage) then the splitter on the skidsteer, that is if it as it looks, you drive to the pieces and not leave the seat ! LOL ! good stuff!
Sparktrician
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It was rye. I am right about 6' tall. That stuff was UNREAL! I measured a couple stems and it was 6'2" tall. It made ALOT of hay, but was kind of rough to get made. The skidloader splitter does what you are thinking. I never touched a piece of that wood by hand to get it on the trailer. Split and loaded that load in about 45 minutes. Works like a charm!
Sparktrician
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Nothing really wrong at all. Dad was running the baler, he does things his own way. Although, I usually skip about 4 rows so I don't have to turn so short.
One year we had a little extra nitrogen on the oats, same kinda thing, I have or believe I had a photo, might be in the old digital camera. Not as tall, but sure was a healthy stand, 5 extra round bales on the straw end of it, small field, but that height does make a difference. Down side is, that the tops will lean over and you have to put on those long spring loaded guards on the grain head to pick it up. Rain or wind leans it over, used to think it was deer bedding down in it. I believe I have seen that arrangement on a skidder, so I assume you just split over and on the pile on trailer, that would work for me too !
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The nitrogen on the oats reminds me of a story dad told me. During the war he worked for local farmers as a hired hand because he was classified as 4F because of acne and a broken ankle that didn't heal right.
One day he pitched on a load of manure for a farmer but the farmer was gone when he had the spreader full, so he spread it in the oats, making a kind of a horseshoe shaped track. The oats were just coming up so he didn't do any damage but when the farmer came home he told dad to NEVER spread manure on oats ground because the oats will grow real tall and then fall over. When they fall over the binder will have trouble picking them up. A couple of months later when the oats were ripe there was a horseshoe shaped pattern of oats that had grown tall and fallen over. The farmer was right. Jim
One day he pitched on a load of manure for a farmer but the farmer was gone when he had the spreader full, so he spread it in the oats, making a kind of a horseshoe shaped track. The oats were just coming up so he didn't do any damage but when the farmer came home he told dad to NEVER spread manure on oats ground because the oats will grow real tall and then fall over. When they fall over the binder will have trouble picking them up. A couple of months later when the oats were ripe there was a horseshoe shaped pattern of oats that had grown tall and fallen over. The farmer was right. Jim
Thats a good one, he knew from experience. We were just a tad over, the spray outfit I believe applied this, and it was not too bad, but enough, other fields I think were from rain or wind, we did have some nice stands, some picture perfect ones, he was running the 6620 JD combine with a 12' grain head, and I remember installing those longer guards, they worked great, and there was little loss due to areas that leaned over too far. So it seems with necessity, comes ideas and solutions.
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