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Post by victory on Oct 24, 2022 9:55:04 GMT -6
The harder guys pushed their combines, the greener the field is. It's nice to have stuff germinate in the fall; be less stuff to deal with in the spring. If it gets to be too thick a mat in the fall, that can cause a problem in the spring too. Neighbor of mine had that last fall. He had grown barley which was harvested early, then worked the field with a Versatile Fury (vertical tillage machine). About a month later he ended up going over it again with the same machine. The field was green with 4-6" tall barley.
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Post by generalchaos on Oct 24, 2022 10:29:17 GMT -6
I think a lot of guys were pushing their combines in our area this harvest. Especially in late September and heading into Oct. So much late crop. Had to getter done.
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Post by northernfarmer on Oct 24, 2022 14:13:45 GMT -6
I took note of one field in particular in the area that I don't believe they had touched after it was combined and has the narrow green strips up and down the whole field, on one strip I noticed a narrow band within the green strip that is turning whitish as in starving for moisture or soil contact and nutrients. Almost like a massive amount of grain was concentrated on that strip and yet fields like that were not that heavy with straw as the lack of rain prevented that so more then likely would have been able to move fairly quick with the combines. That was a Hutt field and one of the first ones they would have harvested.
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Post by bap on Oct 25, 2022 13:55:39 GMT -6
Couple hard frosts here about 2 1/2 three weeks back...then wind...cleaned everything off. Looks like beginning of winter today snow and all yet forecast looks reasonably nice. First time in a few years got that hard frost in good time before flax...what a treat...also added a cx 860 to our old tx 68...another treat for harvesting flax. Got to finally leave the rotaries at home for once in a long while. Been couple years in the making but finally got back to two good flax machines. He...two red, two silver, and two yellow...quite the handfull this year but being a late year it was nice just in case.
Not sure any of the late seeded winter wheat that some folks drilled in even came up...have to have a closer look one of these days.
Hopefully everyone had as reasonable harvest as possible. Sounds like it was all over the map in differrent areas.
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Post by torriem on Oct 25, 2022 22:36:04 GMT -6
A couple of years ago I planted some winter wheat the first week of october. It never did break the surface before winter hit, although it did germinate. Come spring I wasn't sure what to expect but it showed up quite nicely and ended up yielding above average.
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Post by bap on Oct 26, 2022 11:18:22 GMT -6
I guess it will depend alot on how the winter and spring is...hopefully it will be good.
He, long time ago we were haveing a few good years of winter wheat we decided to seed some canola in the fall just before the ground froze. That part worked perfect...I can't help having a real good laugh at myself after the way the spring turned out.
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Post by cropgrower on Oct 26, 2022 13:45:57 GMT -6
Couple hard frosts here about 2 1/2 three weeks back...then wind...cleaned everything off. Looks like beginning of winter today snow and all yet forecast looks reasonably nice. First time in a few years got that hard frost in good time before flax...what a treat...also added a cx 860 to our old tx 68...another treat for harvesting flax. Got to finally leave the rotaries at home for once in a long while. Been couple years in the making but finally got back to two good flax machines. He...two red, two silver, and two yellow...quite the handfull this year but being a late year it was nice just in case. Not sure any of the late seeded winter wheat that some folks drilled in even came up...have to have a closer look one of these days. Hopefully everyone had as reasonable harvest as possible. Sounds like it was all over the map in differrent areas. Thats a great selection of combines you have , three different makes is like something i would do ! interested to know your experience with TX 68 , i have stayed away from them after hearing of electrical problems , and circut borards no longer available , but im shure good machine otherwise ,not a big lot different to a CX
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Post by bap on Oct 26, 2022 20:52:40 GMT -6
Operation wise its not alot differrent from cx...does a beatiful job. It is harder to work on as alot of things on it are kind of hidden away and hard to get at...not too too bad however you usually have to remove at least something to get at something.
A couple problems I had were there when we bought it. The rear straw flow beater was all cracked up and had to be fixed...not too bad to do. The elecrical system had already had a bunch of stuff bypassed such as some sensors and stuff that are not really a problem for an experienced operator so I haven't repaired any of that.
Haven't had any problems with any of that stuff as all the main sensors such as cyl speed, fan speed etc. all work. Put on a used cyl speed motor from salvage. Had a hydro issue that it would just quit driving so I refurbished some of the main electronic ground points and then narrowed it down to the potentiometer in the hydro handle...actually wasn't a bad fix took me a couple hours and I ended up finding that the three wires that attach to it had a bad solder joint probably from vibration...touched it up and it has been flawless since, actually has a really strong hydro. The shoe had some repairs done to it and it hasn't given any trouble except a bushing.
Probably only put a couple hundred hours on it since we got it but it does a real nice job with low loss...seems pretty easy to set...these combines tx and cx work very well in flax.
My nephew decided he wanted some cattle and we grow some flax every year so having a couple conventionals around is almost a must for us nowadays. In my own opinion as far as the job in the field it is tough to beat the new holland conventionals.
As far as your fancy header height stuff and return to cut and all that stuff if that is a must have for you I would probably lean toward a cx as it has a much superior electronic system however not as easy to bypass things and stuff like that. I think they also had alot fewer problems than the tx in those areas. I will find out in the future I guess.
He, put about 10 hours on the cx and the fan shaft splines stripped and broke the spring. Thankfully regina had the parts and it wasn't too bad but added a quick couple grand. Upon dissassembly it didn't look like it was greased very often either...he. I now hear that that is one of weak points. Kind of hard to check for unless you know to specifically check it out. I think if you started the machine and slowed the fan down as far as it will go you could pop the belt off the fan pulley and give it a quick check with a big screw driver or small pry bar if you were looking at one.
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Post by cropgrower on Oct 26, 2022 21:32:04 GMT -6
Thanks for reply , i still have a TX 36 so very familar with TX , just never had a 66 or a 68 , about 10 years ago i bought my first CX , that was an 840 , done realy good work but did not have enough power ,chopping wheat straw in the night realy showed how short it was on power , then three seasons ago i traded 840 for an 8090 , thats been very good so far , what hours is on your 860 when splines on fan shaft failed ?
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Post by bap on Oct 26, 2022 21:59:56 GMT -6
I think it is in the late 2000's or early 3's threshing I would have to check exactly. The folks we got it from said they had a fan bearing fail fairly recently so its possible that had something to do with it.
He...the neighbours failed about 2 days before ours. About the same hours I think. I guess that doesn't necessarily mean it is a weak point if it is greased fairly regularly. I can see why folks wouldn't want to grease it as the spline has 3 zerks on it behind the pulley that you basically have to grease by feel unless you take the shield off and lay underneath it.
Yep they all can be a bit of work but I generally like the new hollands. Only reason I never had a tr or cr years ago is strictly because of the stone protection issue. Maybe someday as I hear they have a new stone trap.
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Post by iamwill on Oct 28, 2022 16:49:21 GMT -6
Just finished combining for the year. Not often that we are finished the corn in October. Still haven't had a killing frost, lots of green stems yet. So quick recap, barley/wheat 20% below average, pinto beans average, yellows terrible, seed canola 25% below, and corn 10% above average. Lots of experimentation this year resulting in more questions than answers. Still have some barley regrowth to cut, calves to wean and if the weather cooperates some corn stover to bale but that will all have to wait cause it's, "Miller time"!
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Post by shmiffy on Oct 28, 2022 17:01:29 GMT -6
Does the seed canola get swathed? Local retailer here said they had a meeting yesterday Said canola seed would be in short supply. Wind blown swaths was one of the reasons.
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Post by iamwill on Oct 28, 2022 17:10:09 GMT -6
Swathed some and it blew all to hell, didn't shell out much but lots of pods broke off especially where the swaths just rocked back and forth. Straight cut the rest and it was unbelievably tough. The fields are completely green after heavy harrowing them twice and irrigating, can't even see the ground. The plants that regrew are getting nice and yellow, looks like late June.
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Post by slipclutch on Oct 28, 2022 17:17:27 GMT -6
We should be finish the corn in the next 10 days or so. Big rain last Monday still lots of water in the fields. Hopping to get going again tomorrow. Will be in the mud.
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Post by OptimallyDismal on Nov 4, 2022 8:10:27 GMT -6
Went by a field of standing (actually mostly flat as a pancake) canola yesterday that the guy is finally combining, it was seeded in July, can't imagine it is all that great quality or quantity.
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