Harvesting in Australia

[lhjanzen]

Just came back from Australia and had to share the pictures I got of the owners Chevy

 

 

 

 

 

Right Hand Drive

 

+Driving Brand Spankin' New S690's. (just had to brag a bit)

[SarahsGMC]

damn that things a tank

[SILVERADOSC540]

Mad Max is alive and kickin'.

[kstruckcountry]

Nice, how did you like running the 690's?

[lhjanzen]

Amazing machines. They chew through a lot of crop. I am used to a 9610, so the 690's were like Cadillac's to me.

[kstruckcountry]

We run 3 9600's, it'll be interesting to try out a newer machine sometime. The 9600's are staying in our operation a long time though due to low maintenance costs and reliability. I'd love to cut in Australia, especially with such a mean looking service truck!

[TimmyG]

Thats one heck of a bumper/side step combo!

 

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[Mckenzie]

Man thats a pretty deere!!!! and a pretty Chevy!!!

[ChevyMan23]

THose are some major hopper extensions. And thats odd for me to see single front tires. All I see around here nowadays are duals.

[kstruckcountry]

I think the extensions are all factory, the bin folds up too IIRC. Duals are nice.

[lhjanzen]

Yeah, they take soil compaction there very seriously (the area I was in anyway). We had to run in tram lines, which was very new to me. Yes, the extensions are factory, and everything folds with a touch of a button on the GS3 monitor, and they are water tight when they fold down, so no racing to get into the shed when a storm is a brewin'

[kstruckcountry]

Tram lines?

[lhjanzen]

Tram lines?

 

 

Seed, Spray, Harvest in all the same tracks for 4-6 years. Zero Till. Makes for a rough ride as some of them are over a foot deep.

 

[kstruckcountry]

Yeah we've cut some like that. It is really rough, the soil actually gets pushed into little mounds from the no till drill. JMO, but working it different directions makes more sense, as if the tracks are in different places every year the soil quality is affected there for only 1 year. Plus I hate rough fields!

[ChevyMan23]

The tram lines do make sense, but damn that seems rough. I figured the extensions were factory, and nice. Im jealous.