The view from my office for the last six weeks

Woody n Sue · Guru

The view from my office for the last six weeks

Dougwe · Chief one feather

Your neighour will be very happy with that video of him w.....g so hard. On ya Woody, mate.

Bagmaker · Senior Member

fantastic Woody, where?
And do you have to steer or is it GPS directed?

macka17 · Guru

Now.

Is that a thresher. or a Combine?.

Never can remember.

Radar · Guru

Would of liked to of done a bit of thrashing, transport took my time at work.

Thank you for sharing.

Peter_n_Margaret · Guru

macka17 wrote:
Is that a thresher. or a Combine?.

It is a self propelled combine harvester.

It cuts the heads off then threshes it to separate the chaff and straw from the grain and transfers the grain into a bulk bin that can be transferred to a truck alongside while on the move.

Cheers,

Peter

-- Edited by Peter_n_Margaret on Monday 26th of December 2016 03:46:01 PM

macka17 · Guru

Only jokingPete.

I've helped fit a neighbors head back on when he come off road into paddocks.

Used to shoot probably thousand of Roo's over the yrs on his grain blocks
5 x 200 hect.
He used to alternate blocks between root crop and grain over the yrs.

We kept the hoppers and bunnies down for about 35 yrs or so.

kiwi rainbow · Senior Member

Peter, you are right. You get a lolly pop for that effort. biggrin biggrin biggrin

Woody n Sue · Guru

Bag maker it's a really tough gig yes it's Gps guided all electronic push button operated at the end of a run I have to turn the steering around for the next run then push just one button and the front drops down to a pre set height and the gps steering takes over, I have to monitor how fast I am going for the capacity that the header can handle and some times adjust the height of the front for the crop height
Macka17 I some times get a little pedantic the yanks call them combines I still prefer the Australian name it's a header , thresher is perhaps a little old school as that name originated back in the early days when the thresher was stationary and the crop was brought to it .
Pretty close peter it's called a chaser bin and towed by a tractor alongside to empty the header but we don't have one as there is only the two of us so my brother drives the trucks (3)

Hey there are some knowledgable folk put there perhaps I should have put out a request for some helpers got plenty of space to put up your van with power and water for some help during harvest, but I wouldn't expect you to do 14 hour days like this silly old fool does.

Woody

Dickodownunder · Guru

Hi Woody, Where abouts is your farm???

Woody n Sue · Guru

Geoff Near Manangatang in northwest Vic
Woody

Dickodownunder · Guru

Woody n Sue wrote:
Geoff Near Manangatang in northwest Vic
Woody

Looked like a pretty good crop mate, by the video.

Many a guy over here has dozed off when seeding with a GPS controlled tractor, but at least they dont,

or at least shouldnt, hit a fence. biggrin

Woody n Sue · Guru

Touch wood I haven't hit anything while dozing yet ! Nah I pull up and have a power nap if I need too , have heard of about five header fronts that have hit trees in nsw this harvest though none around here that I know of . Yep that was going about 4 tonne / hect there only averaged 3.2 though which is really good for around here, farmers lament though prices are about $20 tonne Less than the were when I were 18 years old and $80 less than last year

Woody

Dickodownunder · Guru

We dont have that many trees in most of the cropping paddocks over here but they certainly would pose anothr problem if not marked.

I guess you can put a geo fence around them??

I am not up with grain prices in recent times but as I observe all the marketing is on a world wide scale rather than the more local markets that existed many years ago.
It allways seems the way when you have a good average crop or better then the price is affected by the volume in the market as well as demand and supply from overseas.
It can be pretty cruel though when you have a great crop with high yield and it suffers at the hands of mother nature a few weeks before harvest. Hail and strong northerly winds spring immediately to mind.

I have a good mate whose family have a farm out from Kimba and he wants me to drive the road train for him next season.
He wanted me this season but I had sold my business to retire and the deal was that I stay on until Xmas with the new owner so had to give it a miss.
I will probably step up to the plate for a couple of months for him next harvest....it will give me a bit of pocket money :)

aussie_paul · Guru

Dickodownunder wrote:
Woody n Sue wrote:
Geoff Near Manangatang in northwest Vic
Woody
Looked like a pretty good crop mate, by the video.
Many a guy over here has dozed off when seeding with a GPS controlled tractor, but at least they dont,
or at least shouldnt, hit a fence.

One of my grain producing brother in laws workers nodded off and hit a Power pole right in the middle of the comb. An expensive one that was. Imho many single vehicle country road accidents are caused by cruise control.

Aussie Paul. smile

Dickodownunder · Guru

aussie_paul wrote:
Dickodownunder wrote:
Woody n Sue wrote:
Geoff Near Manangatang in northwest Vic
Woody
Looked like a pretty good crop mate, by the video.
Many a guy over here has dozed off when seeding with a GPS controlled tractor, but at least they dont,
or at least shouldnt, hit a fence.
One of my grain producing brother in laws workers nodded off and hit a Power pole right in the middle of the comb. An expensive one that was. Imho many single vehicle country road accidents are caused by cruise control.
Aussie Paul.

I bet you are correct Paul...go to sleep and maintain the same speed can only equal disaster.

The GPS in tractors are programmed to suit the paddocks in which it will be working.

I am not sure if you can program a geo fence for obstacles...I would assume you could.

i would see that power poles would raise a real problem as well.

Woody n Sue · Guru

Guys it's not so much a geo fence but you can mark trees power poles ect and the gps will beep (squark more like it ) at you when you get near them but you have to go in the paddock and mark them manually or mark them as you harvest the paddock and they will then alert you next year when doing the same paddock but the best way is to simply stay awake or stop and get out side for a nature call or have a quick power nap I personally find the harvest not too bad generally but the tractor during cropping can sometimes get me so I pull up for a power nap and continue on so far this has worked for me so
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Dickodownunder · Guru

Thanks for the info Woody,
If I drive for harvest next season I will make a point of checking the GPS operation.

ST391GQ · Senior Member

Tell us what brand of header it is...altho I have worked out that it isn't a jolly green giant...aka ...a John Deere, one of the most popular headers bought in Australia. Out west where I go to shorten the lives of a few wild swine ...the owner has 2 JD.s....and between them they cut a swathe of just under a hundred feet....at about 8-11 kmh. They don't use GPS there tho....there are too many trees as the country was cleared in a sustainable way to run stock as well

I had a bit of a go in one last year ....and they are really easy to operate...a lot better than the old clangers my old man owned in a former life. The owner has twin daughters (20) and the headers are their domain for harvest.....and better operators would be hard to find I reckon.

Cheers Keith

Woody n Sue · Guru

You're right Keith non of that green s..t on this farm
It's a big yella fella new holland CR 9070 with a 45ft McDon

Woody