Posted by Don-Wi on September 21, 2012 at 18:20:06 from (75.207.34.177):
Today I chopped 7 loads after taking a bit to get going this morning. I tried to chop with our chopper on Tuesday night after installing the pulley, but broke a gathering chain after 1 round and had to quit. Dad got a new one drop shipped right from New Holland and by our surprise it came the next day (Thursday) so I put it on and chopped 3 loads.
Today I unloaded 1 wagon and then got the neighbors other wagon that had 2 flats in their yard after pumping them up, and I put some of our tires on off a busted wagon that's been sitting around for a while. After breakfast Dad had to do some errands so he unloaded when he got back, I had the chopper greased and the shear bar adjusted again, so we went at it.
The corn I started on today was almost flat on the ground from 3 different bad wind storms from the North, so after I got 4 rounds off, I quit trying to go East to West and just started going West to East. The 880 corn head does a great job of picking it up, and doesn't plug too awful much. Maybe once every 2 or 3 loads I had to get off to feed in the wad after reversing the head to spit it out.
Good news is, the wagons are full after 8 rows (4 passes) which is as good as I have ever seen this field produce. If it weren't knocked down it'd easily be over the canopy on the tractor. As it is, where it is still somewhat standing, it's maybe up to the fenders.
Still waiting to get a bagger so we can really hit it hard. Our small silo is full, and we started filling our other silo that lost it's roof last spring just so we could keep going. We'll let the small silo settle some more and then we'll put another load or so up, then cap it off.
After it was all said & done today and after supper, I noticed one of the tires on the chopper is flat... We got one more spare in the shed so we can keep going, but still irritating. When we bought the chopper we took that tire off and put our spare on for the drive home because we knew it was rough. Just another day on the farm I guess...
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