Harvest in Montana: I have been helping my niece and her family harvest the wheat. We just ended the season yesterday. I tried taking pictures, but have you ever tried to take pictures...

sleepy51 Loc: Makoshika Park--Montana

I have been helping my niece and her family harvest the wheat. We just ended the season yesterday. I tried taking pictures, but have you ever tried to take pictures of anything with dirt and dust flying all the time. The combines are beautiful machines, but always look dirty.(Because they are) It would be nice to stage a picture with all three combines in a row cutting, with the sun in the right position, & the grain cart being loaded, all at the same time. My 11 year old nephew drives combine on week ends, 45' header, and maneuvers it like a pro. With three combines, it took 3-weeks to harvest 12,000 acres. You don't even steer the combines, after they are set to Auto-steer, one just touches a button and it takes you straight to the end of a straight stretch, you turn the corner and hit the button again. All the fields are pre-programed to GPS as a East-West or North-South field. Pretty amazing--

Follow the dust trail.

Three Nephews moving to another field.

My job---------Get the wheat to the bin.

shutting down for the night.

Dust just hanging there, no breeze.

Finishing up this field.

Dust floating in the air.

Whoops (feeding the Pheasants)

RE Loc: California

Very interesting set, thanks so much for sharing!

Nikonian72 Loc: Chico CA

Not too shabby!

dooragdragon Loc: Alma , Arkansas

Very nice set , 45 ft headers eat up lots of ground fast and the auto steer is awesome ( have it on 2 of the tractors ) we are just now finishing up on feed corn and then its wait for the soy beans.
Your right the dust is really a witch, looks like a dust storm.
Posted several shots and a few done in black and white.
Thats a erie feeling when the grain cart tips enuff to spill over, mine holds 1040 bushels (more then that when the combine operator gets carried away )

larryg Loc: Central Wi.

Being a retired farmer, I would give anything to be part of a workforce like that. Not to mention living in a state where you can soon hear the sound of a 300 Winchester magnum in the mountains. Thanks for the memories

Neweagle Loc: Wales UK

I like the set, how times have changed..

sleepy51 Loc: Makoshika Park--Montana

Your Welcome

RE wrote:

Very interesting set, thanks so much for sharing!

sleepy51 Loc: Makoshika Park--Montana

Thanks Nikonian

Nikonian72 wrote:

Not too shabby!

angler Loc: StHelens England

Excellent set.

sleepy51 Loc: Makoshika Park--Montana

Thanks doorag, its fun helping out when you have equipment like theirs. No major breakdowns, and plenty of bin space. He just had 3-37,000 bushel bins put up. they have built in moisture sensors, ventilated floors, built in augers and dryers. It took Superior (name of bin company) about a week to put them up, we had the cement poured already. The walk up steps are also nice, no ladders.

dooragdragon wrote:

Very nice set , 45 ft headers eat up lots of ground fast and the auto steer is awesome ( have it on 2 of the tractors ) we are just now finishing up on feed corn and then its wait for the soy beans.
Your right the dust is really a witch, looks like a dust storm.
Posted several shots and a few done in black and white.
Thats a erie feeling when the grain cart tips enuff to spill over, mine holds 1040 bushels (more then that when the combine operator gets carried away )

RicknJude Loc: Quebec, Canada

Great post. Thanks.

sleepy51 Loc: Makoshika Park--Montana

Your Welcome Larry--Your right, it is fun when everything is fairly new-less breakdowns etc. Its fun and when they have a problem with anything, there is a Case dealership mechanic there right away. All I saw this year was 1 nice antelope buck probably run 15" or 16". Thanks for look'n

larryg wrote:

Being a retired farmer, I would give anything to be part of a workforce like that. Not to mention living in a state where you can soon hear the sound of a 300 Winchester magnum in the mountains. Thanks for the memories

sleepy51 Loc: Makoshika Park--Montana

Thanks Neweagle, your right --same hours but less manual labor.

Neweagle wrote:

I like the set, how times have changed..

Treepusher Loc: Kingston, Massachusetts

Nice series, very enjoyable. Thanks for posting them.

sleepy51 Loc: Makoshika Park--Montana

Thanks angler--it was fun to shoot something different, everyone was saying, there's that idiot with the camera again.I like to shoot the Harvest, then give him a photo album of everyone working it and the events that went along with it. This year he had bins put up, we put in a new quonset door etc.. He carries it around in his pick-up to show how the fields looked before and afterspraying.

angler wrote:

Excellent set.