Posted by Fixerupper on July 31, 2011 at 06:56:02 from (207.199.205.239):
In Reply to: Re: Yipee! posted by Allan In NE on July 31, 2011 at 05:00:44:
Yes, I'll bet it is a good feeling. We midwestern corn/bean farmers worry about hail a little but it's nothing like the western states just east of the mountains. About the only time we fear hail as much as the western wheat farmer is when our soybeans are dead ripe and dry.
Those MacDon flex headers are a real marvel in engineering. Gotta work with one to really realize it. I'm sure some of those engineers spent some sleepless nights figuring it out. There's a learning curve to go through when you set one up for beans, but once the head scratching is over you won't want to use an auger head again, in my opinion. One frustrating lesson I had to learn was those soybeans feed just as nicely when they are tough and wet as they do dry. No slugs, no thumps, just silence punctuated by warning buzzers after the combine pulls down and kills.
One way to get the head over a fence post in a moderately wide gate is to come in off center, tilt the head and swing the high side over the post. SLOWLY of course! Jim
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