Finally got the oats combined

Jpshostr · July 23, 2002

Finally the oats here got dry enough moisture-wise, so got them combined this afternoon. Things went great for me, combine ran smooth, oats threshed well, clean sample came out.

Heading out to the field, check both directions, etc.

First round, stopped checking moisture, grain loss, etc.

Filling up the wagon, this crop is very dusty.

Dad taking the first wagon off to town.

Great combining, fairly clean field, feeding into the machine well.

Filling up the second set of wagons.

Bringing it on home, tight fit through the gate.

Pulling her in the shed after I'm done.

Don't you just really hate the fact I have a digital camera and take many, many pictures now? But rest assured, there will be many more coming.

pacodiablo · July 24, 2002

that thing is what, $500,000? and all it has is that plastic steering wheel?? JEBUS! id want leather wrapped!

antig24 · July 24, 2002

cool pics JP

OhioPlowboy · July 24, 2002

Somewhere in the Cornfields of Illinois- (AP)

Latest news is that our 'ol buddy jp might be sliding into a much more comfortable seat for the fall harvest (at least he Is going to have one ) I am looking forward to Those pictures.

And no, not a half million dollar machine either.

General Lee 01 · July 24, 2002

Wow, what a closeup. (the pulling into garage pic)

What lever are you playing with?

k1500chevy97 · July 24, 2002

Our wheat crew just started today that crop is also very dusty . I will try to get some pics posted to my site of the 2188 in action .

Good pics!!!!!

LOL the chevy was pulling more than the case

OhioPlowboy · July 24, 2002

Let me beat you all on dusty crops:

had about 120 acres of beans in the river bottom go completely underwater last fall, covered by about 4' of water. Around mid november, they dries out enough to cut them, but you couldnt see jack. The combine cut in about 12", and it was just a miserable 3 days (could only go about 1.8 mph, due to the mud) Normally cut beans around 4.3-4.7 mph. I really depise that farm, in retrospect.

CMNTMXR81 · July 24, 2002

I take it it's just as dry out west by you JP? My yard no matter how much I've watered it is still brown cause I don't think it's rained since June.

Jpshostr · July 24, 2002

Wow, what a closeup. (the pulling into garage pic)

What lever are you playing with?

Yeah, that timer is fun to play with on the camera.

That lever is the hydrostat drive, push it forward, the combine goes forward, pull it back, it goes backwards, further you push it, faster you go. It is used to control ground speed as the combine runs at full throttle all the time, just pick one gear out of three and the tranny and use the hydro for the rest. Under my thumb is a small rocker switch that raises and lowers the platform, something that you gotta do quite often while in the field.

Jpshostr · July 24, 2002

that thing is what, $500,000? and all it has is that plastic steering wheel?? JEBUS! id want leather wrapped!

Actually, new combines run about $140K and up for just the main machine, tack on another couple ten thousand for the heads that go on front. We're in the market for a used machine (this one is a 1989-90 model) that is bigger (this is quite a small machine these days), it's going to run us about $100K.

And no, no leather. Why the #### would I want a leather interior in a combine? All its going to do is get dirty, and jack up the price even more. Some tractors do come with leather seats now though (what a joke).

Jpshostr · July 24, 2002

I take it it's just as dry out west by you JP? My yard no matter how much I've watered it is still brown cause I don't think it's rained since June.

We are quite dry, but much better off than most of the Midwest, crop failure is going to be a very common problem in lots of areas this year, many farmers will be going under. We have been very fortunate and gotten rains when needed, and as a result everything is still nice and green, with the crops looking about the best as anything in the Midwest. Notice how nice, green, and tall the corn in the background of the pictures is, in some areas the corn is already dead. The markets are taking notice and shooting up, we are actually approaching prices for our crops we haven't seen in over 4-5 years.

General Lee 01 · July 24, 2002

Ah, I see.

When you want to stop,do you just put the hydrostat in "Neutral" position, or is there a Brake\clutch system of some sort?

Jpshostr · July 24, 2002

LOL the chevy was pulling more than the case

The Chevy is just pulling empty wagons out to the field. We'll pull one loaded wagon with the truck, but not two. Dad was taking the first load out, then came back with the tractor and took these two out as well. Here is how it sits in front of our house until morning when we're taking these loads to town. Elevator closed before we got done, so we only got that first load taken in.

Jpshostr · July 24, 2002

Ah, I see.

When you want to stop,do you just put the hydrostat in "Neutral" position, or is there a Brake\clutch system of some sort?

When the lever is in the middle, the combine is in neutral, going no where. There is a clutch and brakes as on a tractor, although very rarely are they used.

Kansas Kid · July 24, 2002

Notice how nice, green, and tall the corn in the background of the pictures is, in some areas the corn is already dead.

That was the first thing I noticed as I looked at your pictures! Even some of the corn that is being irrigated (which there is very little of) around here looks worse then your corn. Most of the corn, and even a good bit of the milo around here is gone. And there won't be the usual four good cuttings of alfalfa either. If it started raining now we might be able to get three, but we have pretty much given up on that. We got .04" of rain the other morning, which was the most we have gotten in a single day in well over a month. At the start of July we were over 8" behind the average rainfall amounts, and it is only getting worse as we go along because the fall and winter have been extremely dry the last 2 years.