by "Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh" (andymcbradleigh)
Published 09/13/2017 at 17:44
by "Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh" (andymcbradleigh)
Published 09/13/2017 at 17:44
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Just got the offer to help a mate on his farm. I’ll be driving a tractor with a trailer or two.. should I post some pictures?
"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
09/13/2017 at 17:47, STARS: 5
I’d like to see pics.
"Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh" (andymcbradleigh)
09/13/2017 at 17:48, STARS: 0
I’ll se what I can do then :)
"The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock" (jukesjukesjukes)
09/13/2017 at 17:57, STARS: 0
You’ll assist it more then drive it, most tractors are GPS guided, & linked to the combine do it pours the grain in middle of the trailer.
"WilliamsSW" (williamssw)
09/13/2017 at 18:03, STARS: 2
Of course you should!
"Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh" (andymcbradleigh)
09/13/2017 at 18:04, STARS: 0
Nope.. I’ll be the one driving it on public roads mate. Estimate of about 40 metric tons each trip.
"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
09/13/2017 at 18:10, STARS: 1
Why, of course you should.
"The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock" (jukesjukesjukes)
09/13/2017 at 18:17, STARS: 1
Have fun causing tractorjams, & hearing lots of car horns.
"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
09/13/2017 at 18:22, STARS: 0
They are? I know little of tractors but out of curiosity I looked at a New Holland brochure online and found no mention even as an option. Maybe it’s just really big and expensive ones.
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
09/13/2017 at 18:22, STARS: 2
Why do you even have to ask? Of course you should post pics!
"The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock" (jukesjukesjukes)
09/13/2017 at 18:28, STARS: 0
Common on John Deere, as soon as you spend $350,000+ on peice of equipment you get it.
"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
09/13/2017 at 18:51, STARS: 0
Neither his Lairdship nor I live in places where people often buy tractors in this price range. They’re for huge farms like you have in America or Australia.
"duurtlang" (duurtlang)
09/14/2017 at 06:16, STARS: 0
When I visited (dairy) farms for work I heard farmers taking about it. In a common way, something many use. And I doubt Dutch farms are larger than Irish or swedish ones.
"Hammerdown" (hammerdown32)
09/14/2017 at 11:00, STARS: 0
Can’t really do GPS on the grain cart (tractor on the left in this picture). They don’t just go up and down the row like the combine does. When the combine gets full the cart drives under the auger and the crop is emptied into the cart. Then the cart drives to a truck or bin.
Maybe you could use GPS while next to the combine, but if the tracks don’t match perfectly there’s a chance of running into the header. When I used to do this I was usually within two feet of the header, matching the speed of the combine, then moving foward/back and left/right at the command of the combine operator (who can see in the cart) so that it gets full evenly.
Add in lots of math to fill trucks to the proper weight and hauling ass across the field to keep the combine from having to stop and it can be a challenging and high-pressure job.