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Planting those steep hillsided

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Can't even use

07-10-2005 19:48:06




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Have always wondered how ya'll plant on those hillsides out in Washington and elsewhere that are scary steep. Never really seen a hillside combine other than pictures. So do you use crawler tractors or 4WD's or what. Do you no-till this stuff. Just curious, we have a few hills here that make me a bit nervous but nothing like out there.




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Mike (WA)

07-11-2005 07:02:44




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 Re: Planting those steep hillsided in reply to Can't even use my name, 07-10-2005 19:48:06  
Everybody used to use Cats- usually D4 to D6- but now mostly wheel tractors- articulated 4X4's with duals or triples, lots of Steigers, Versatiles, and of course the newer JD's and others. Hillside combine is basically set up on a longitudinal "bolster" (like the front axle of a tractor) that runs the full length of the machine, and counterweights sense the position of the combine and level it up "on the go" with hydraulic cylinders. Combine rides level, no matter what the grade of the hill you're on. I've been on some pretty steep hillsides, and you don't even really sense the steepness, because you're sitting level. This setup was necessary back when combines were more "vertical" than now- but the newer ones are much more low slung (and wide), and I'm not sure if anyone even makes a "hillside" combine anymore.

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steveormary

07-10-2005 21:47:18




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 Re: Planting those steep hillsided in reply to Can't even use my name, 07-10-2005 19:48:06  
Worked for a feller one summer. First thing he did was put me to cultivating corn. Field had some pretty steep sidehills. I figured that if he could plant the field without tipping the tractor over I could cultivate it.

Steveormary



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