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Phoebe

04-16-2000 14:29:26




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My daughter is writing a short story about farming. I know a very little about farming, but could use your expertise in harvesting. We'd really appreciate any help.

When harvesting, does someone drive the grain cart while someone is driving the combine?

Can you give a basic rundown of the process of harvesting; like how to start and stop the combine.

I'm not sure if this is the right way to ask this. When you start driving the combine, does the harvesting automatically begin or do you have to push a button??

Thanks so much!

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Rob

04-18-2000 07:00:22




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 Re: Harvesting questions in reply to Phoebe, 04-16-2000 14:29:26  
Why don't you take your daughter out to visit a farmer. If you go during harvest she could probably get a ride in in the combine cab and see how it works.

I farm on the edge of the suberbs, and the city kids really get a kick out of riding with me up in the cab of the big John Deere combine during harvest.

I like to invite the city folks over to the farm, to see what we do because so many people today have no idea where their food comes from.

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Bob Jones

04-17-2000 20:40:27




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 Re: Harvesting questions in reply to Phoebe, 04-16-2000 14:29:26  
Phoebe, if your daughter really wants to blow them away have her check the library for a book called THE GRAIN HARVESTERS. It takes grain harvesting from the Egyptian times (before 3500BC)
(with clay sickles to cut the straw with) to about 1977, granted they have come a long way since 1977, but this book is a great history lesson from hand reaping to combineing. Lots of pictures, even one of Holts 1893 50 foot cut combine that i think is yet to be topped today.
If you can't find the book and would like to EMail me and I'll give a outline of the history of harvesting. Bob

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Kansas

04-17-2000 03:50:57




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 Re: Harvesting questions in reply to Phoebe, 04-16-2000 14:29:26  
Here we use newer machines than the other guy described to you...they start with a turn of a key...just like your car...you turn on the machine with electrical swithes, much like turning the head lights on. There are two, one for the body of the machine and one for the header (the header is what cuts the plants and directs the grain into the combine, where its seperated from the rest of the plant. You can't imagine how quiet and comfortable it is sitting in the cab of a 9600 John Deere combine, its nearly as quiet and comfortable as sitting in your car. The grain cart is a means of collecting the grain faster and keeping the combine in the feild running. We use a 750 bushel grain cart and normally try and dump as the combine goes thru the feild. It doesn't take that long to unload the combine, so the grain cart stays basically at one end of the feild, so it can then unlod onto a semi..around here its normally 2 semis, a grain cart and combine, so you've got a minimum of 3 people working...although it works better with 4 so you keep the trucks on the road all the time. I hope this may be of help to your daughter. If you need to know more...holler...

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John

04-16-2000 20:19:08




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 Re: Harvesting questions in reply to Phoebe, 04-16-2000 14:29:26  
Phoebe: This is kind of hard as I do this in my sleep. To start a combine separating unit you push forward on a lever to start the machine. That is after the engine is started about the same as you would start your car. You may drive a grain cart beside the combine and unload on the go. This is not done to often where I am (Ohio) as this will compact the ground. If you need more help contact me at my E mail address and I will try to help.

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scottie

04-17-2000 17:35:02




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 Re: Re: Harvesting questions in reply to John, 04-16-2000 20:19:08  
this would be an interesting book to read when it comes out, let us know, and please email me directly, also any info you get please pass on.
Scottie



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