Somebody must be making money farming

john in la · Mar 13, 2016

Saw these 2 rigs leaving New Orleans the other day.
Most likely loaded them at the port and headed up north.
Somebody sure must be making money farming to pay for these.

It is a sight to see when the ship comes in with a load.
The ship has a fold down ramp on the back that extends to the dock when open.
They then drive hundreds of pieces of equipment out the belly of the ship one after the other onto the dock.
Dozers; excavators; combines; cranes; ect. If it is made overseas and to big to be shipped in a container this is how it comes in.

jm. · Mar 13, 2016

Half a million dollar unit riding on a 2 hundred thousand dollar truck and trailer. About $6 dollar a mile freight cost so yes it all adds up , but as you say if they were not selling they would not be moving.

Pair-a-dice farm · Mar 13, 2016

Since it has tracks it may be going to Eastern Arkansas. Rice farmers haven't been hit as hard as some. Those guys go through combines faster than Slick Willie goes through interns. I don't see Claas equipment much though.

Gary from Iowa · Mar 13, 2016

That machine is closer to three quarters of a million dollars, list! Unbelievable how the cost of machines has increased over the past few years when you consider corn is selling for less than $4.00 a bushel. One or two years of great prices just bailed out farmers who were scraping by. Oh we'll, that is farming!

casecollectorsc · Mar 13, 2016

Corn was $2.98 a couple weeks ago.....E SD.

fixerupper · Mar 13, 2016

It's heavy too, for a combine. The Lexion 580's I used to haul were 46,000 on wheels. This thing is bigger and on tracks. I'm surprised the truck doesn't have more axles. They pull HARD! Like a big sail up on the back of the truck.

RBoots · Mar 13, 2016

Not much ground clearance under them tracks!

Ross

omahagreg · Mar 13, 2016

All Claas combines are built in Omaha Nebraska! I just had a tour! I also know they had a big set up at a farm show recently in New Orleans!

john in la · Mar 13, 2016

Just assumed they were coming off the dock
If they just had a big farm show here in town then that is most likely where they are coming from.

gene bender · Mar 14, 2016

Combines with tracks are used all over not just in one area.

gene bender · Mar 14, 2016

How long can the huge dealers last with their large inventory of used combines see where big dealer in central Ia is having huge sale something has to break local dealer in Kalona has over 3mill in just used combines.

T in NE · Mar 14, 2016

You can thank epa regulations for a lot of it.

Pair-a-dice farm · Mar 14, 2016

(quoted from post at 08:19:09 03/14/16) Combines with tracks are used all over not just in one area.

Well of course they are :roll: I only said "may" because of the the direction of travel.

Spudm · Mar 14, 2016

It's amazing how much money is handed out through Government Grants & Subsidies. I often wonder, Farming the farm or farming the Government?

gtractorfan · Mar 14, 2016

Two "BTO's" I know aren't only grain farming. One has a trucking business with around 50 semi's tractors and about that many drivers, plus maintenance people. Farming is a "sideline". The other has an elevator and hog operation with many farmers feeding out the hogs they farrow. So, they have this kind of equipment but some of their $$$ comes for their "sidelines".

Ozlander · Mar 14, 2016

(quoted from post at 21:20:35 03/13/16) They pull HARD! Like a big sail up on the back of the truck.

Can't be any taller than a semi-trailer.

Bill VA · Mar 14, 2016

IMHO - apparently there's a lot of $$$'s in farming. How much profit - well......

In my neck of the woods, farms ain't all that large - to many mountains hemming in the fields. Yet, the dealer lots (regardless of color) are loaded with large 4x4 tractors with loaders and cabs.

I bought the second lowest priced JD tractor a couple of years ago - a 5055d. I'm happy as a clam. Small Honda cars cost more than I paid for the tractor - heck a New Holland BC5070 baler costs more than the JD I bought and it don't have a motor - LOL!

I don't sweat it though - to each his own. If you got money to spend - and spend it, good for you.

It's just interesting to me how much tractors and equipment cost - new off the lot. There HAS to be some HEALTHY return on the $$$'s to repay.

Bill

rustyacres sd · Mar 14, 2016

I like the trailer. Built in Mitchell, SD. I worked there as a draftsman designing trailers for about 7 years.

Fullers Farmalls · Mar 14, 2016

I see new equipment everyday on I-79 between Washington, PA and Morgantown, WV. Crazy to think the price of that stuff. Sprayers, planters, pickers, tractors you name it. And its all brand new and its own all colors. Mainly green but lots of CNH as well.

Frank 41 · Mar 14, 2016

Stewart Farms from Yorkville, IL run all Cat. They ran a 760 Lexion with a 16 row head at their home place and did a video, Lexion 10 hour challenge. In 10 hours time they cut 51K bushels. They usually run two 16 row machines down here unless they get behind and then they get Birkeys out of Gibson City to help. They don't farm as much as they did in the past. They were over 10K and went down to Auburn to Hennepin to Yorkville. They have much better equipment than Walkers had when they farmed(mined) it for two years for Stewart when they first bought it(4300 acres). A few years back they enlarged their grain setup at the home place. The elevator was shutting down at noon here. My buddy that hauls some for them, took several loads from Farmer City to Yorkville to test their new system out. They are nicer that some of the BTOs in the area. Rosentreter(IL Family Farms) farmed(?) about half a mile away for a short time. One of Stewart's sons(Spirt Farms) took the rest of the crops out when Rosestreter went belly up. Live by the sword and die by the sword. This time might be chapter two.

GeneMO · Mar 14, 2016

(quoted from post at 19:04:30 03/13/16) Since it has tracks it may be going to Eastern Arkansas. Rice farmers haven't been hit as hard as some. Those guys go through combines faster than Slick Willie goes through interns. I don't see Claas equipment much though.

And when the last field of wheat is about harvested, and the next payment due, the danged things catch fire!!!

I supervised the crop ins. claims for Arkansas Farm Bureau for a few years. They would have fire ins. on the crops so we got to see some burnt up combines and cotton pickers.

Gene

showcrop · Mar 15, 2016

On the other hand business often can be losing money for many months and not even know it, and then after they know it they can continue for months in denial, Then they can continue for months on creditor's money.

fixerupper · Mar 15, 2016

It's WIDE.

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