Posted by JD Seller on September 25, 2013 at 20:07:51 from (208.126.196.144):
We just finished corn silage today. We chopped 262 loads since Saturday morning. I figure we put up about 3200 tons, chopped about 130 acres of corn. It is yielding real good. Filled four up right silos and four 10x300 silage bags. Moisture is right at 55%. The corn looks dryer than that but that is what it tested and it "feels" right too. LOL
Had a lot of little break downs this year. Started out with six forage wagons and finished with only three working. That PO me big time. I go over them with a fine tooth comb and still had troubles. Two of them are just bearings. The other one ruined a gear box. Broke it in pieces. I hope the wrecked one I have for spare parts still has that gear box on it. The JD 716A wagons are getting pricey for some parts.
Even had some tractor issues too. The JD 6400 had the PTO solenoid quit. I switched the Diff lock one to the PTO to finish. The JD 4010 radiator started leaking. The 68 JD 4020 had the bypass water pipe start to leak. The most serious one is the JD 72 4020. The feed auger on the newer NH 60 blower broke off right at the bearings. It fed itself into the blower. Ruined it completely. Only 5 years old. The shear bolts sheared but not before almost killing the tractor. It must have twisted the PTO disk up. The PTO does not work and I have parts of springs and stuff in the clutch housing. Just replaced all the clutches and pressure plate 500 hours ago. Something is torn up.
The chopper(JD 5830) never stopped and the two pull in tractors (JD 4450s) never had any issues either.
Well the JD 4040 I just bought ran the blower the last two days without any issue. I hated to put it on the blower. I just got it a few weeks ago. I am the second owner. It has 4900 hours on it. Open station with flat top fenders. BE looking for one for a few years. Finally found this one. Have not had time to check it out much. Ran it yesterday and changed the oil/filters last night while it was hot. Sure runs the blower well. I like to have no cabs on the tractor at the blower. It just makes it so much easier to turn everything on and off.
Looking East at some of my pasture ground between two corn fields.
Good view of how tall the corn is. It is wetter than the fodder looks. I like mine a little dryer than the dairy guys do. It works better for my rations.
You could just see the wagon roofs over the corn in places. It made finding the chopper fun at times.
The final product.
My "New" toy. It really runs and drives nice. Paint is pretty good too. One dent in the top front on the hood.
One real nice thing is that my oldest Grand Son and Grand Daughter both helped in the harvest this year. These are the two that just got out of the service. They have been away for the last ten years or so. He got back from Afganistan in July and was discharged in Late August. He already has a REALLY good job lined up. He starts in a few more weeks. My Grand Daughter just got home from Germany two weeks ago. She has several good jobs offered to her too. She does not know what she really want to do just yet. She smart so she will get it all figured out. LOL.
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