Posted by Goose on August 27, 2010 at 18:53:28 from (67.63.68.13):
In Reply to: Re: Grain cart ? posted by OliverGuy on August 27, 2010 at 16:42:06:
When the crew harvests the quarter section across the road from mine, they park two semis on the north end of the field. The combine harvests corn on half mile rows to the south end of the field. A grain cart meets the combine on the south end of the field and pulls alongside. The combine empties into the cart on the fly and empties into the cart all the way back to the north end of the field.
The cart then peels off and dumps into one of the trucks while the combine starts south again. When the cart is empty, the tractor and cart head to the south end of the field to meet the combine again.
Hour after hour, the combine never stops. Like someone else said, a combine standing still isn't making you any money. And with combines carrying a price tag of a couple hundred thousand, give or take, you can't afford to have one stand still.
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