couple facts i learned today

glennster · Dec 27, 2009

went to lend a hand to my neighbor to see if we could get some corn out. had about 6 inches of snow on the ground, and seemed like the frost was thick enough.
fact 1. a combine will break thru frost a lot quicker than a tractor.
fact 2. the header doesnt really do a good job of knocking snow off the stalks. snow really plugs up the sieves.

gonna try again later in the week. need some good wind and cold weather.

forddoc · Dec 27, 2009

good luck to the both of you, we too still have standing crop on the farm, cash rent though

kruser · Dec 27, 2009

glennster,
Noticed that today with the kid. Kinda soft in some areas with the rain and snow cover, even on 4 wheeler.

Good Luck

cadet trooper · Dec 27, 2009

Yup, I know what you mean I"ve tried about everything over the years including speeding up the cornhead to shake the stalks more but that tends to bounce the ears clear out of the cornhead tried turning up the air through the sieves seems to work ok for awhile but the windchill really freezes the snow so hard we had to bring the combine in the shop to thaw it out. I just don"t have a good answer.

glennster · Dec 27, 2009

this would of been a good time to have a mounted picker and a good solid corn crib!!!!!!!!!!!
course then you'd have to find somebody with a sheller!!

paul · Dec 27, 2009

This has to be some sort of record for bad harvest.

Mostly 99.9% harvested around here, but we have 2 feet of very wet hard caked snow, so everything is at a standstill until spring either way. No 4-wheeler action either any more.

First good year forsnowmobilers in a decade I think!

--->Paul

RobMD · Dec 27, 2009

Lot of guys still can't get anything done around here. However, one big farmer had a huge pete wrecker on standby just in case any of his combines would get stuck out in the fields between rains.

Rained so hard this year, muddy fields, then it turns around and snows on the muddy fields. Then it rains again, and freezes ponds of ice on the fields.

4 wheel drive is almost useless out in the fields.

ChrisinMO · Dec 27, 2009

I learned a similar thing today too. It's been cold the last few days and the ground is hard. I hauled a load of mulch back for bedding and decided to just back up to the hogs pen and dump. Usually I dump and then use the loader tractor to get it in. Within ten feet I knew I'd made a mistake as I started slipping and sliding. Turns out a loaded truck is heavier than the tractor and the frost was not nearly as thick as I had thought. No serious harm done, but it was extra work dragging it out.

Christopher

armand tatro · Dec 28, 2009

I have the cornsheller but corn has to be 21% moisture or less to keep in a crib and than I would like to shell before spring to avoid spoilage. Went through that with the 1967 crop. By the way mounted picker don,t like the mud any better than combines!!!!! Much as I like ear corn and natural drying this would not have been the year for it. Armand BTW Glen hope you all had a Merry Christmas and Will have a Happy New Year with a little more SUNSHINE!!!!!!!

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