Combining milo with the All-Crop 66

Brendon-KS · Nov 7, 2015

Today I harvested milo with my Farmall 350 and All-Crop 66 combine. The milo was really tall this year - it was every bit as tall as the 13.6-38 rear tires. Since the cutterbar on an All-Crop can only get maybe 2 feet off the ground there was a lot of material going though so it was first gear with the TA back. I plugged it up once when the tall stubble snagged the belt off that runs the rack and shoe - made for quite a pile behind the cylinder. This was an unusual summer in that the fall crops were never stressed for moisture and the yields are pretty good in this area. This small patch made right around 100 bu/acre.

Brendon-KS · Nov 7, 2015

Another view . . .

d9gdon · Nov 7, 2015

That is some awesome milo, even though I always hated milo harvest in July and August. It never failed to plug the combine and it was always 100+ degree weather when you had to dig it out. That makes it sting even more.

Then we square baled the stalks. That was cruel and unusual punishment hauling those, I could pick slivers out of my legs two and three days later up to my late teens before round baling got popular. Worse than that was stacking the hay in the tin barns, it'd have to be 150 degrees in them.

Bobl1958 · Nov 7, 2015

Great pics Brendon. Wish I could have been there to watch. Bob

Brendon-KS · Nov 8, 2015

Small square bales of milo stalks? Yeah, that doesn't sound like much fun, especially in the heat
of summer!

Brendon-KS · Nov 8, 2015

Hey Bob. It was a fun afternoon; clear sky, calm breeze, and just the right temperature.

1206SWMO · Nov 8, 2015

Thats the tallest milo I have ever seen..

D beatty · Nov 8, 2015

Nice pictures . It brings back memories when I was in high school I would help the old gentlemen across the from us combine wheat and beans with an Allis Chalmers model 66 combine and a WD45.

CenTex Farmall · Nov 8, 2015

Very nice setup!

coshoo · Nov 8, 2015

Great pics. No experience with milo in the Pacific Northwest, too wet and cool in summer. My BIL bought an AC All-Crop at an auction for $125- the old guy selling it insisted on coming over and helping him set it up for the first time. He used it for oats for several years and was very happy with it.

Combining milo with the All-Crop 66

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