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Post by treymo on May 21, 2011 20:57:55 GMT -5
Since we got close to 1/2 an inch yesterday, we're going full-blown on planting and drilling beans. The two 12 rows are running on a bunch of our better ground while I'm drilling a bunch of crap ground (Which is most of our ground. LOL). I've got the 8650 with the 40ft Great Plains. Very fun rig to run. I've always enjoyed drilling over planting. Most of this ground would've been fallowed out if we wouldn't of gotten the precipitation. Dang Sandhill....  We have alot of ground that is like this. The "Stafford County Sahara". It looked alot worse before we got moisture.  Nice tree row. We run alot of cattle through here in the winter.   My "autosteer" for the day. Thank god I have rows to follow...  Lots of treerows and shelterbelts in this part of the county. There wasn't hardly any trees here before and during the dirty 30's. In the depression, the government created jobs by making crews to plant trees on the plains. They are a blessing as they help control wind erosion.     Roading er' home.  I've got a couple more quarters to do but I have to wait on the sprayer to get out of the shop before I drill those. |
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Post by hoss on May 21, 2011 21:07:47 GMT -5
nice pics trey we got alot of rain tonight which sucks cause we layed down about 10 acres of hay luckily it wasnt the alfalfa, and we havent had a single acre sprayed yet which was supossed to happen today but southern states called and there had ben a death in the sprayers family so that put a slow down on things but we didnt mind as it could happen to anyone....we also never got our seed so we are very far behind....lol but i did manage to fork about 100 bales worth of busted straw into the square baler to make sure it worked.... which it didnt  lol after 2 hours i ended up with 9 bales...sorry to ramble but thats how its goin down here lol nice vids btw.... |
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Post by treymo on May 21, 2011 21:09:08 GMT -5
Thanks Austin, Videos- Climbin the hill  Back and Forth  |
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Post by Southern on May 21, 2011 21:15:18 GMT -5
Some been soy drilling down here too. After they mowed down the rye for straw. The rest will be after combining grain.
Nice big drill there. Biggest I saw in the area is around 30ft. There is a Great Plains drill kinda like that near my house. But it's a double set up. Pulled by a John Deere 4955.
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Post by 70ds on May 21, 2011 21:29:08 GMT -5
Nice pics and videos. Looks like fun. Good music in the background too.
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Post by treymo on May 21, 2011 21:32:32 GMT -5
Kinda weird how it's one of the oldest tractors on the farm but it still has the best radio. Gotta love the old power.
Trey
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Post by magnum 7240 on May 22, 2011 6:58:15 GMT -5
looks kinda hard to see here your last pass is at we sold are drill 2 years a go and my dad said it has a bad year for beans and so he thought it was the drill
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Post by putsie on May 22, 2011 7:31:26 GMT -5
Great pics! I've never been up close to a Great Plains drill before so really interesting to see one. Looks like a real good outfit with that 8650 out front.
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Post by treymo on May 22, 2011 7:43:16 GMT -5
The Great Plains drill is very popular around our area. We have had 8 of them throught the years. We also have a 42.5ft 1890 CCS but don't have anything to pull it right now. The 8410 usually drags it around but she's on planting duty right now. The 8650 and this drill was kind of a split second decision. We hardly ever use this tractor for anything other then grain cart and dirt work but dad was in a crunch and we needed to get the beans in. It's a very nice rig. Plenty of power.
Trey
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Post by HuskerGLEANER on May 22, 2011 12:57:37 GMT -5
Awesome pictures Trey. That 8650 looks great, glad to hear your still able to get your crop in the ground.
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Post by treymo on May 22, 2011 14:14:48 GMT -5
The trick is gonna be getting it to germinate quick enough so we have a good cover over the ground before we get any major wind. It's really clean out there and kinda scared to think what a little wind would do to it.
Trey
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Post by steiger9330 on May 22, 2011 15:53:30 GMT -5
We tried to drill beans today but couldn't get our new monitor to work. I guess it's time for a dealer call lol We used to have a Great Plains way back when, but we switched and stayed with Deere. Dad said he cussed our GP drill everytime he used it.
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Post by HuskerGLEANER on May 22, 2011 23:06:46 GMT -5
The trick is gonna be getting it to germinate quick enough so we have a good cover over the ground before we get any major wind. It's really clean out there and kinda scared to think what a little wind would do to it. Trey We have that problem most years too. A couple of our pivots are down in the Sandhills and we can't ever work them and risk losing our cover or they will blow so bad it would be hard to get another crop up without keeping the pivots on. |
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Post by treymo on May 23, 2011 17:48:31 GMT -5
We were running 3 rigs today. I was drilling corners while the 1trper was planting corners in a different county and the 8410 and the front-fold were working on some custom dryland acres we had lined up. I ran out of corners to do since the coop is spreading lime ahead of me. They always quit at 5.  No-till planter with Dawn Openers  My rig   Biggest pain on corners is there is lots of folding and unfolding  Rounding off the circle. Corn on the irrigated, beans on the corners    Trey |
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Post by magnum 7240 on May 23, 2011 18:18:02 GMT -5
hey that deere front fold fold likes are new white we got and i wish we had your weather it keeps raining from nothing here
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Post by treymo on May 23, 2011 18:21:53 GMT -5
In that case I wish we had your weather. LOL
Trey
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Post by steiger9330 on May 23, 2011 20:48:55 GMT -5
We just got more rain tonight. I'd be glad to give you some Trey lol. I hope we get our pop corn planted. The May 31 deadline is approaching quickly.
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Post by treymo on May 27, 2011 7:29:48 GMT -5
We've been cleaning up tornado damage so I haven't gotten much drilled. I did get in last night and run over a quick 80 acres. Video   We truly love this tender   |
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Post by treymo on May 29, 2011 22:22:01 GMT -5
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Post by steiger9330 on May 30, 2011 8:38:58 GMT -5
Are any beans starting to germinate yet? We drilled yesterday. We're drilling with my cousin to get all of our crops done faster.
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lol after 2 hours i ended up with 9 bales...sorry to ramble but thats how its goin down here lol
