Re: Funny How We Look At Things...

Posted by Hugh MacKay on January 20, 2007 at 10:13:20 from (209.226.247.167):

In Reply to: Re: Funny How We Look At Things... posted by LA in Wi. on January 20, 2007 at 08:59:14:

LA: Exactly, I grew up farming with my dad. He always said if he couldn't drive across a level hay field in his 59 Chevy Impalla at 40 mph, then someone screwed up on tillage, and the field was not smooth as a result. That old Chevy would bottom out if it went in a 2" deep hole. I learned in a very harsh way to keep those fields smooth. For folks other than you bear in mind there is a difference between level and smooth.

I had and IH 400 air planter and later a Deere 7000, probably the best IH, Deere or anyone else built up to 1990. If you pushed either one of those planters much over 4 mph, seed spacing and planting depth went all to hell. I know all about it, I used to do custom spraying, and it would amaze you the number of folks with 4, 6, 7, 9 inch spacing and corn growing in the middle of the row. Some of them didn't get the planter down until they were 10' off their headland rows. It doesn't flow nice through a combine head either.

Speaking of hired hands driving too fast. The first year I had 1066, hired hands plowed with 5x16 semi-mount. I thought wear part expence and breakage was too high, per acre. Just wasn't measuring up to 560 with 4x16, No60 plow. The next year I hitched that 5x16 semi-mount behind the 656D, that slowed them down and cut the cost per acre as well. I hired a guy to go on 1066, dualed with 25' cultivator, not a heavy load for 1066. I was planting corn and suggested to my lead hand "Mike" you best go and check on him, I don't want any damn messes. Mike drove in and he was making 2nd high, about 11 mph, and the cultivator was bouncing. It left the field just like 4" perminant waves on a lake. It took 3 years of tillage before that disappeared. One could feel it in a tractor or pickup as he drove over it. Thankfully he'd only made 4 passes when Mike caught up with him. Mike ordered him out of the cab. He went and found a delightfull young lady to run the 1066. She hung in there at 6 mph and did a beautiful job, not a ripple in the fields anywhere. Un fortunately she was a young nurse and we couldn't match the salery. She did enjoy her holliday weekend.

Amazing the number of folks that don't know the difference between tillage-planting and auto racing.

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