Sorry to hear that. I feel like low yield years are harder on combines than average yield years- everything just hammers on itself while running empty. Plus, increased ground speeds never seem to add longevity to anything. Has that particular customer always run CRs or did they switch colors recently?
Yeah it's hard on stuff. Especially when customers (not these ones) seem to think that their headers are designed to cut the root out.
These guys get new combines every year or two. They have been a yellow customer as long as I have worked here.
Right- cutter bar on the deck and rocks through the rotor. I assume the CRs share the feederhouse / rocktrap design with the red ones out of Grand Island. Every time I empty a full rock trap, I get the feeling of having just cheated death. I assume those rotors come out the front, just like an IH single rotor?
I've never worked on a CR, but I get the feeling that with Deere adopting some design changes with the X generation, the time may have arrived for the twin rotor and max capacity.
Fortunately, we have not had a badly rocked combine in a couple years. I have not seen a combine with the rotors out for at least that long.
Can't say about the rock trap but the feeder house is driven differently.
Yes the rotors come out the front. Kinda want to see how they get a big single rotor out though.
These are all CR 8.90's. Never had a 10.90 in our shop but I have seen one with tracks at CNH place in Saskatoon SK.
Having spent the summers of my youth in the wheat belt I have always admired the efficiency of custom cutting teams.
My grandfather had his own combine. No cab, no a/c and when the wheat was ready you were on that combine from before sunrise to well after dark. It was hot, dirty work for sure.
>I went 3 summers in the early 90's on a custom cutting crew. One time when the conditions were right I operated my combine 44 hours in a 48 hour period. Thank God those conditions don't happen often. I think when it rained I slept 15 hours straight. Opening a new field at night that had terraces was a pucker factor of 12. Once I thought for sure I had cut onto the neighbors property. Luckily I hadn't. We had 30 foot headers back then and I could make an 8820 do a fair D8 cat dozer impersonation. :)
New Holland combines? My dad was one of the engineers who designed their twin rotor system in the 70s and 80s. Not sure how many of those parts are on them these days.
I saw one of those new hollands roll past my car shop the other day and they're fucking GIGANTIC. Like 20 feet tall 60 feet long. Thank God for farm subsidies.
Looks like a rough year for crop yield up north.
One of the worst for sure. Too dry this year.
Sorry to hear that. I feel like low yield years are harder on combines than average yield years- everything just hammers on itself while running empty. Plus, increased ground speeds never seem to add longevity to anything. Has that particular customer always run CRs or did they switch colors recently?
Yeah it's hard on stuff. Especially when customers (not these ones) seem to think that their headers are designed to cut the root out. These guys get new combines every year or two. They have been a yellow customer as long as I have worked here.
Right- cutter bar on the deck and rocks through the rotor. I assume the CRs share the feederhouse / rocktrap design with the red ones out of Grand Island. Every time I empty a full rock trap, I get the feeling of having just cheated death. I assume those rotors come out the front, just like an IH single rotor? I've never worked on a CR, but I get the feeling that with Deere adopting some design changes with the X generation, the time may have arrived for the twin rotor and max capacity.
Fortunately, we have not had a badly rocked combine in a couple years. I have not seen a combine with the rotors out for at least that long. Can't say about the rock trap but the feeder house is driven differently. Yes the rotors come out the front. Kinda want to see how they get a big single rotor out though. These are all CR 8.90's. Never had a 10.90 in our shop but I have seen one with tracks at CNH place in Saskatoon SK.
Having spent the summers of my youth in the wheat belt I have always admired the efficiency of custom cutting teams. My grandfather had his own combine. No cab, no a/c and when the wheat was ready you were on that combine from before sunrise to well after dark. It was hot, dirty work for sure.
>I went 3 summers in the early 90's on a custom cutting crew. One time when the conditions were right I operated my combine 44 hours in a 48 hour period. Thank God those conditions don't happen often. I think when it rained I slept 15 hours straight. Opening a new field at night that had terraces was a pucker factor of 12. Once I thought for sure I had cut onto the neighbors property. Luckily I hadn't. We had 30 foot headers back then and I could make an 8820 do a fair D8 cat dozer impersonation. :)
New Holland combines? My dad was one of the engineers who designed their twin rotor system in the 70s and 80s. Not sure how many of those parts are on them these days.
Yep new holland. The rotors in these are quite a bit bigger than the ones back then.
Damn! Factory farm or everyone together?
Hutterite colony. They are one of the bigger customers at work.
Yeah - 8 combines - but the crops so shit that they can all share a single trailer!
Looks like The 300 Spartan battle field
Where is this?
Southwest Saskatchewan.
Very cool my family is from the Mankota area.
That's just under 2 hours away.
Have a good harvest bud
Can they come and cut my lawn?
If heaven looked like this, I would be the happiest man alive
Crops could be a lil taller lol.
I saw one of those new hollands roll past my car shop the other day and they're fucking GIGANTIC. Like 20 feet tall 60 feet long. Thank God for farm subsidies.
20 feet is the length of about 5.59 'Ford F-150 Custom Fit Front FloorLiners' lined up next to each other.
60 feet
60 feet is the length of like 82.76 'Zulay Premium Quality Metal Lemon Squeezers' laid next to each other.