Typical harvesting operation.
Nov 7, 2020 21:27:33 #
I saw these pics on a Facebook site in my area. I worked in the Ag industry for years, with John Deere, & often marvelled at the sight of a well organised harvesting operation.
This was actually a community project to raise funds.
The size of harvesting platforms in the years I was involved advanced out to 30 feet wide, but since I retired they're now out to 40 plus feet.
This is an almost continuous operation with chaser bins emptying the headers on the move, then offloading into the road train transport to the receival establishments in ports 150 kms away.
This is a typical wheat crop. But we also grow other crops such as Canola, Barley, Oats, Lupin. There's always new crops being trialed, like Quinoa.
These amazing machines adapt to all of these grains.
I thought I'd share this experience with those of you out there who are not familiar with the operation.
I dare say it's the same in America.
This was actually a community project to raise funds.
The size of harvesting platforms in the years I was involved advanced out to 30 feet wide, but since I retired they're now out to 40 plus feet.
This is an almost continuous operation with chaser bins emptying the headers on the move, then offloading into the road train transport to the receival establishments in ports 150 kms away.
This is a typical wheat crop. But we also grow other crops such as Canola, Barley, Oats, Lupin. There's always new crops being trialed, like Quinoa.
These amazing machines adapt to all of these grains.
I thought I'd share this experience with those of you out there who are not familiar with the operation.
I dare say it's the same in America.
Nov 7, 2020 22:30:19 #
Nov 7, 2020 23:01:13 #
Nov 8, 2020 08:38:20 #
I can identify the John Deere and the Cat--what’s the one in the middle?
Nov 8, 2020 10:51:08 #
couch coyote
Loc: northern Illinois
Just amazing the size everything is now! And the price. We're seeing bigger machines here in the Midwest, but only one per field as the fields are much smaller and hilly. Very interesting, thanks for sharing!
(We don't have anything resembling the vibrant native wildlife in the last picture. Sadly, our wildlife is old, grumpy, and dressed for winter.
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(We don't have anything resembling the vibrant native wildlife in the last picture. Sadly, our wildlife is old, grumpy, and dressed for winter.
)Nov 8, 2020 13:25:14 #
Nov 8, 2020 16:22:02 #
Great set. The scene seldom gets such publicity. Yopu can keep the dust though...
Nov 8, 2020 22:30:34 #
Very nice series and you fellows "Down Under" do things in a big way. I've watched programs that were about the "Truck Trains" and the skills that it must take to drive them are something that very few have. I also watched a program that showed how the massive combines and other machines have to be regularly overhauled and highly maintained from all of the wear and tear that the dust creates on the engines.
Nov 13, 2020 01:02:49 #
couch coyote wrote:
Just amazing the size everything is now! And the price. We're seeing bigger machines here in the Midwest, but only one per field as the fields are much smaller and hilly. Very interesting, thanks for sharing!
(We don't have anything resembling the vibrant native wildlife in the last picture. Sadly, our wildlife is old, grumpy, and dressed for winter. )
(We don't have anything resembling the vibrant native wildlife in the last picture. Sadly, our wildlife is old, grumpy, and dressed for winter.
)Ha ha he'd be chuffed to hear your comments. Certainly a wild lookin critter. But usually good blokes when scrubbed up.
Nov 13, 2020 01:04:14 #
jaymatt wrote:
I can identify the John Deere and the Cat--what’s the one in the middle?
Not sure, maybe Allis Chalmers or International??
Nov 13, 2020 02:00:01 #
jaymatt wrote:
I can identify the John Deere and the Cat--what’s the one in the middle?
Just realised what the middle one was. Massey Ferguson, the Logo on the side is the three legged star??
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