Last Day Of Harvest

rusty6 · Oct 23, 2018

Some video from the weekend on my last day of harvest. Last for this year anyway. Theres even a picture of me on the old 730 Case pulling the 460 Case combine way back in 1973. I thought of that pic as I was driving over the exact same spot 45 years later. Watching the dust blow by and remembering how miserable it was sitting out in all that before I had a cab. We have it pretty good now.
Last Day Harvest Video

johnofnewhaven · Oct 23, 2018

Nice video! Thank you for posting it!

DWF · Oct 23, 2018

Nice video! I worked on my Uncle's farm in western Mn in the late 1960's. No combines like that in those days , more like your Case. I was in Illinois and a friend was harvesting Soybeans and the computer said 75 bu to an acre. I rode several rouns with him and it was enough for a semi load.
Oh, it was a 2588, sure was a nice combine.
DWF

Bob Harvey · Oct 23, 2018

Good video. Just showing my ignorance here, But, I thought 'combining' was a one shot deal. Is Canola different ? and why? Thanks.

JD Seller · Oct 23, 2018

Bob the majority of small grain in the plain states is windrowed so that the grain heads them selves can dry. Then they are combined using a pickup header. So what your seeing is grain in the windrows being ran through the combine.

The attached link is another Rossty6 video showing him swathing barley in 1988. He is using a pull type windrower. They are self propelled windrowers too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SBmQOzj0n8
Roosty6 Swathing Barley in 1988

rusty6 · Oct 23, 2018

(quoted from post at 19:08:27 10/23/18) Bob the majority of small grain in the plain states is windrowed so that the grain heads them selves can dry.

The attached link is another Rossty6 video showing him swathing barley in 1988. He is using a pull type windrower. They are self propelled windrowers too.

oosty Swathing Canola[/url]

Eldon (WA) · Oct 23, 2018

(quoted from post at 19:08:27 10/23/18) Bob the majority of small grain in the plain states is windrowed so that the grain heads them selves can dry. Then they are combined using a pickup header. So what your seeing is grain in the windrows being ran through the combine.

The attached link is another Rossty6 video showing him swathing barley in 1988. He is using a pull type windrower. They are self propelled windrowers too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SBmQOzj0n8
Roosty6 Swathing Barley in 1988

We always windrowed our grain way back when in order for the green weeds to dry down....so they wouldn't plug the combine. Also the combine would have been a 6' straight cut, swathing it doubled that, half as many rounds.

rusty6 · Oct 23, 2018

(quoted from post at 19:43:29 10/23/18)

We always windrowed our grain way back when in order for the green weeds to dry down....so they wouldn't plug the combine. Also the combine would have been a 6' straight cut, swathing it doubled that, half as many rounds.

The big farmers around here now will usually dessicate instead of swathing their cereal grains. Its a lot faster with 100 foot sprayer at 15 mph than a 36 foot swather at 5 mph.

larry@stinescorner · Oct 24, 2018

Thanks!!!

coshoo · Oct 24, 2018

I helped a friend harvest in eastern Washington in 1995. His first year for canola, and it was a complete bust. He left it standing, and by the time it was dry enough to harvest, the little seed pods would shatter as soon as they were disturbed, resulting in almost no seed going into the combine. He did canola for several more years, but always swathed it, and that seemed to work fine.

rusty6 · Oct 24, 2018

(quoted from post at 06:43:24 10/24/18) I helped a friend harvest in eastern Washington in 1995. His first year for canola, and it was a complete bust. He left it standing, and by the time it was dry enough to harvest, the little seed pods would shatter as soon as they were disturbed,.

Its true, when ripe those pods just shatter at a touch. Even a high wind will do it. Most of it threshes out on the header before it even gets to the rotor. Have to be careful swathing too if it is getting too advanced in maturity. Sometimes swath in the rain or at night when the humidity is up will decrease the chance of shelling out. Biggest problem here is our variable land with hilltops that mature faster while the low spots are still way green. Always a judgement call.

jddrawbar · Oct 24, 2018

Thanks for the ride.....Great!

Chris in SK · Oct 24, 2018

I tried the L233P 'shatter resistant' this year and was impressed. It direct combined really well, and no shatter loss that I could see. You do have to be patient and wait for it though. Pretty expensive seed as well!

rusty6 · Oct 24, 2018

(quoted from post at 11:59:11 10/24/18) I tried the L233P 'shatter resistant' this year and was impressed. It direct combined really well, and no shatter loss that I could see. You do have to be patient and wait for it though. Pretty expensive seed as well!

This area, being so dry this summer, I heard the desiccating did not work well and it took forever to ripen and get the green seeds out. Maybe those hard frosts in September were a good thing in the end.

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