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Post by victory on May 19, 2022 9:58:56 GMT -6
Looks like the guy with the separated bourgault cart was turning a corner -- a little easier to catch and stop quickly. Just the same, still good reflexes!
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Post by victory on May 19, 2022 10:20:20 GMT -6
Forgetting to turn the fan on before starting to seed has gotten me a time or two. Been remembering so far this year.
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Post by meskie on May 19, 2022 11:46:18 GMT -6
Forgetting to turn the fan on before starting to seed has gotten me a time or two. Been remembering so far this year. Our 7000 bourgault won’t let you seed without fan speed. It’s saved me a few times. A big warning pops up on screen telling you what’s not right to start seeding |
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Post by wheatking76 on May 20, 2022 22:20:25 GMT -6
we've had alot of fun over the years from strips in feilds to snapping off wheels in water runs to getting stuck
the most mind boggling one was a few years ago it was dry and dusty no wind and i lost the front tire off the 2320 air cart all the bolts pulled the thread out of the hub i didn't know the tire was missing till my next pass and thankfully when it fell of it fell flat and didn't hurt the manifold underneath no damage other than a new hub and off we went
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Post by meskie on May 26, 2022 10:20:01 GMT -6
Well we had a manifold plug on us for a few acres a couple days ago. Guess we will go seed where we think it plugged off cause it’s along a main road. Haha.
A nice 16’ press drill would be handy for doing that kind of stuff
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Post by iamwill on May 26, 2022 15:25:41 GMT -6
When you are checking for plugged runs make sure you keep the fan speed up. If you idle back the tractor they slow down and sometimes the thing blocking the hose falls back down into the manifold fooling you into thinking everything is good. Fkn racoon crap. Also if you do go poking in there with a screwdriver stand off to the side and don't try to figure out what the seed treatment covered lump is by rolling it between your fingers. Oh well only have to look at the strips for a few more months and the smell does wash off.
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Post by SWMan on May 26, 2022 22:19:25 GMT -6
When you want to seed wheat at 135#/acre it's very important to not set your monitor for 215#/acre. And if you should happen to do that it's very important not to seed two tank fulls before you realize something is not quite right. But if you do happen to do that it is very important to flag it for a trial. I'll let you guys know in fall if I get my $20/acre in extra seed back...  |
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Post by meskie on May 26, 2022 23:49:48 GMT -6
Just flag any mistakes like it’s a trial along a well travelled road. Get the neighbours talking about what the trial is for.
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Post by generalchaos on May 27, 2022 5:46:23 GMT -6
Last year a farmer waiting in line to load fertilizer saw a guy in front of him on the phone get all riled up.
When it was the farmers turn to load he asked the guy doing the blending what happened with the previous guy.
Seems they had done some work on the airseeder and got some of the hoses from the air cart mixed up. One side was putting on all the seed while the other side was putting on all the fertilizer. The really sad part was they had already put in close to 1000 acres before they noticed.
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Post by Oatking on May 27, 2022 6:02:16 GMT -6
Last year a farmer waiting in line to load fertilizer saw a guy in front of him on the phone get all riled up. When it was the farmers turn to load he asked the guy doing the blending what happened with the previous guy. Seems they had done some work on the airseeder and got some of the hoses from the air cart mixed up. One side was putting on all the seed while the other side was putting on all the fertilizer. The really sad part was they had already put in close to 1000 acres before they noticed. Wow , I would have paid admission to see the reaction of that blunder! Phew, I will never be too hard on my self again after reading that post. Although I wish I had a thousand acres seeded already. ! That mess up reminds me of something moe, curly and larry might do together! |
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Post by northernfarmer on May 27, 2022 17:31:27 GMT -6
I am not sure if this first part qualifies as a seeding mistake or an equipment failure causing a seeding issue. As I brought this up on the other forum the other day because someone else was having a no meter turning issue and then the very next day here I am with oh oh, screen of WTF ! as my canola metering roll said it had come to a stop. I stopped the unit, then started out again and away goes the meter and a few hundred feet and its back to zero pounds per acre again. I tried swapping meter roll power units ( this is on what is really a flexicoil cart but its a Case IH coloured 3430 they call it ) and is the variable rate with the hydraulic motors and torque generator motors. I first put all new bearings in the roller just in case although I didn't think anything was wrong with them, then changed the meter speed sensor, then the whole power head unit from another tank compartment, then bought a reman torque generator and hydraulic inline filter cartridge and threw that at it and then it seemed fine again. I gained slightly in fan speed so that would suggest the sintered bronze filter has something inside of it but it looks fine inside and out, was my motor getting weak ( or all three of them ), perhaps. Its a struggle to turn that extra fine low clearance roller at a slow speed, flexicoil did not build in enough slow speed and torque in their system so its not a happy camper for the low poundage/RPM rates for canola or other very fine seeds or from what I hear granular inoculant etc. What sort of mess will be out on that field and hopefully confined to a certain few passes or if it was goofing around prior but not enough to trigger the alarm, hard to say, Tried seeding over the mess and pounding back and forth over seeded ground in all of this production of repair and try again scenario so some will have double or tripple seed or certainly the 11-51 and sulfer blend and will only know if we didn't over seed enough and see bare or very sparse areas.
Now here is the goof part we did do and the seed sales guy claims he explained it but no he did not explain that we do NOT have actual 50 pound bags of seed but fairy dust/shrivelled seed at a bag weight way under what we have been used to seeding with for eons, bags used to be 55 lb for many many years and then they changed to 50 pound bags. Last year we had seed from a different company and they had not started this seed count game yet so we were clued out about it even being a thing. The insane part in my mind is that there is nothing on the actual certified tag that spells out what pounds or kg is in the bag ... have to search around on the bag to find some fine stencilled writing ... well had I know that before we started seeding vs well over half way through and thinking something is not right, we seem to be going through more seed then we are set for and initially blamed it on the drill due to the meter speed acting up. I just feel we as farmers are getting ripped so many assholes from the ASSHOLES of these seed/chemical companies, too much like the covid crap jab ... take it or we will force you to take it and eliminate all cheaper competition or rule the seed grown from older varieties is no longer saleable as its no longer one of the "chosen ones seed varieties" that they have full control to rip us off over . These companies have it all sewn up with a huge monopoly charging insane prices for bags of seed that have useless smurf colouring on the seed.
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Post by garyfunk on May 27, 2022 21:23:06 GMT -6
Ha, don't get me started on seed size.
Got a couple varieties going in. Both have same seed size 6.2ish grams/1000.
Both say bag should do 10 acres. One is a 50lb bag and the other is a 64lb bag, lol! 🤔 What to do, what to do ... 😎
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Post by northernfarmer on May 27, 2022 21:50:51 GMT -6
Some of the bags we had ( same variety but two lots ) the lighter ones were under 42 lb, that to me is just pathetic. I'll trade you a 41.5 lb bag for a 64 lb bag, that sounds like a fair straight across trade doesn't it ?. Lets see, a kindergarten student would be smart enough to see through that and stand up and say Bull Shit !.
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Post by Oatking on May 28, 2022 11:03:36 GMT -6
I agree with the seed bag sizes. I know they did that because guys were stretching bags with smaller seed to seed more acres but I feel the larger seed gives better seed vigour. I know most seeding now is in thousand kernel weight so the companies adjust the bags so we dont have too. I still like having a few extra seeds going down the pipe when setting the seeder for 5 lb an acre. Not much we can do now.
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Post by meskie on May 28, 2022 12:01:17 GMT -6
Last year we got all B size bags of invigor. This year we got A B and C size. Along with some pioneer stuff that was supposed to be seeded at 7.2lbs/acre. I’ve never seen a difference in seed size for us. I don’t know anybody that seeds by 1000kw. The agronomists all tell us what we should according to it but everybody I know just does what they want.
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