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Post by putsie on Oct 14, 2012 16:12:52 GMT -5
Been a fairly busy fall so far but are still waiting on some (measurable) moisture so the ground can soften up enough to fill wash outs and work a few sprayer ruts. The cleaning plant has been running 20 hrs a day for the last few weeks though cleaning durum seed. Should be finished this week. 12,000 bu of spring wheat seed after that and seed cleaning will be done for the year. Minus a few bu of peas and lentils for our own use next spring. Seed going to the plant.  Cleaned seed going back to the bin yard  Started hauling some of the commercial durum to town this past week to fill some contracts.  Driving into town I saw this interesting lineup sitting along the hwy at the Deere dealer. 9760 sts, 1680 CIH, 7720 turbo, and a new S670  The 9370 has sold to a friend of the family, so I've been busy changing fluids and filters on it. Also took the time to change the CB radio and air drill monitors/wiring over to the "new" 9530 Deere. The Deere's been hitched up to the drill in hopes of doing a bit of fall fertilizer banding (480 ac +/-) to make sure the bugs are out of the system before next spring (when the drills warranty expires). Waiting on more moisture and cooler temps first though.     After talking over/debating the idea of upgrading our '06 8010 through out the second half of harvest, and then demoing a 9120 on the final day of flax harvest this year. We decided to make a deal on a brand new 8230. Initially a low houred 9120 was our first choice, but finding one optioned the way we wanted (with under 300hrs) proved to be a challenge. After sitting down with our local CIH manager and looking at the numbers. The combination of Case IH programming, the US/Canada exchange rate and the trade value they placed on our 8010 all plaayed to our favor, making the decision fairly easy to move on a brand new one. Coming home from burning flax straw last Thursday evening, I was pleasantly surprised to see our 8010 gone and the new shiny replacement sitting at the shop.  We kept both our 2016 pickup and our 2162 (40') headers but they did need a little work before being tucked away in the quonset for the winter. So it also gave me the excuse to mount it on the new combine to check it all over.    Hope you enjoyed the pics Chris |
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Post by djt14 on Oct 14, 2012 17:03:23 GMT -5
Does it have the luxury cab? Kinda looks like some red seats. Look's nice!! You'll be happy with your new combine. GPS on a combine... Cheating  |
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Post by putsie on Oct 14, 2012 19:54:14 GMT -5
It has the heated leather seats yep... Don't know when I'm gonna need to use the heat but whatever.... It doesn't have the brand new cab on it though. That doesn't come out till mid next year so I'm told, along with what I expect will be a price jump.  GPS is gonna be interesting, still a little unnecessary in a combine in my opinion, but it's there so I'll definately make use of it. It's actually a pretty optioned out rig. |
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Post by 70ds on Oct 14, 2012 19:58:10 GMT -5
Nice pics. How are you liking the new Deere?
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Post by miniskfarm on Oct 14, 2012 20:57:08 GMT -5
GPS is gonna be interesting, still a little unnecessary in a combine in my opinion, but it's there so I'll definately make use of it. It's actually a pretty optioned out rig. I thought that also until I ran one with autosteer, makes life SO much nicer! I know they are not mandatory and this may have been covered before but why a single trailer and not a super-b set? |
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Post by djt14 on Oct 14, 2012 21:03:50 GMT -5
It has the heated leather seats yep... Don't know when I'm gonna need to use the heat but whatever.... It doesn't have the brand new cab on it though. That doesn't come out till mid next year so I'm told, along with what I expect will be a price jump. GPS is gonna be interesting, still a little unnecessary in a combine in my opinion, but it's there so I'll definately make use of it. It's actually a pretty optioned out rig. I know about the new cab, have since last summer lol. I never have actually used or seen the heated seen turned pn in our tractor, A/C seat would be different lol. I imagine in the long run, you will save a little but with your GPS, by using that extra little bit you leave on the end. I don't know much about GPS, but could you use this setup for yield mapping? |
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Post by johndeere9430 on Oct 14, 2012 22:35:54 GMT -5
Im jealous of that big rubber on your combine.... Im sure you will like your 9530 there a good reliable tractor. You might find it a pain to fill the engine with oil tho Did your auger settle on your bin in the second pic? |
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Post by miniskfarm on Oct 15, 2012 10:43:25 GMT -5
I know about the new cab, have since last summer lol. I never have actually used or seen the heated seen turned pn in our tractor, A/C seat would be different lol. I imagine in the long run, you will save a little but with your GPS, by using that extra little bit you leave on the end. I don't know much about GPS, but could you use this setup for yield mapping? GPS saves a lot on operator fatigue meaning you can run longer and more effective hours as well as running your header at 98-99% capacity more often than not. I'd love to get in in the swather, 12-16 hours in that burns you out in a hurry, that thing is a handful to drive! |
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Post by putsie on Oct 15, 2012 21:58:59 GMT -5
I know they are not mandatory and this may have been covered before but why a single trailer and not a super-b set? Maneuverability is the word, or a big part of it... It's not that we didn't think about a B train set up. We thought about buying a set and using the back for field use at harvest. That's kinda a waste of money if the front just sits half the time. Especially considering a B train setup's like 3x the cost of the single 34'. Figure that math out...  We have a lot of narrow, steep approaches into fields off of main grids not to mention a couple bin yards that are not very semi friendly, so a single (short) trailer just made sense to us. Really we don't haul enough of our own grain to warrant a set of B's anyways. All our lentils get sold usually to Walker Seeds in Tisdale and are sold "picked up at the bin". Same with the majority of the flax, and some peas. The cereals that are certified seed will usually get picked up and hauled out by whoever Viterra contracts to do so. Although I'll make farm deliveries to the surrounding area. Nice pics. How are you liking the new Deere? Haven't had the chance to really do any field work with it yet, but I'm looking forward to next spring. Feeling really good about going green. Been talking to some local guys lately who've bought new Steigers and been really disappointed with them.... reliability issues. Im jealous of that big rubber on your combine.... Im sure you will like your 9530 there a good reliable tractor. You might find it a pain to fill the engine with oil tho Did your auger settle on your bin in the second pic? The big rubber was a option I was glad to see it was equipped with. The rear tires are huge.... 750/65 28. The drives are 620/70 42's. Our 8010 had 520/70 (20.8's)-42's and 540/65 30 on the rear. That's just the way we run that auger.... The plastic spout got ripped off on a bin the first year we had it and has been running without ever since. (10+ years) |
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Post by putsie on Oct 15, 2012 22:08:09 GMT -5
I know about the new cab, have since last summer lol. I never have actually used or seen the heated seen turned pn in our tractor, A/C seat would be different lol. I imagine in the long run, you will save a little but with your GPS, by using that extra little bit you leave on the end. I don't know much about GPS, but could you use this setup for yield mapping? GPS saves a lot on operator fatigue meaning you can run longer and more effective hours as well as running your header at 98-99% capacity more often than not. I'd love to get in in the swather, 12-16 hours in that burns you out in a hurry, that thing is a handful to drive! I'd never run a sp swather again without auto steer. Opening up the first 2 rounds of a field is enough "hearding" for me. Set the degree you want and hit the footswitch, proceed with coffee drinking for remainder of day..... or at least till you reach the end and have to turn around... Now a pt swather is a whole other beast. No GPS is gonna help that. A stiff neck and going cross eyed from yanking it around in circles for hour after hour just comes as part of the experience. |
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Post by putsie on Oct 20, 2012 8:49:42 GMT -5
Back to hauling grain again....  Here's a legal load for a tandem trailer in this part of the world.  Switched over to haul peas late in the week.  Trusty old 1486   Still not many sites from the road but did catch this outfit (of a neighbors) sitting out in a field.  Our old 8010's made the front row on the lot in town  |
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Post by lane1486 on Oct 26, 2012 19:11:09 GMT -5
like that 1486 we have 5 of them really good strong tractors!!!!
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We have a lot of narrow, steep approaches into fields off of main grids not to mention a couple bin yards that are not very semi friendly, so a single (short) trailer just made sense to us. 
