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Farmers? 2009 so far...
- How's things going?
started by Polaris-Man
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September 17th 2009 at 9:51 PM
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Polaris-Man
Mike Otis
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Location: Letellier, Manitoba, Canada
Current Sled: '08 Dragon '07 Switchback
2008-2009 Miles: 1200
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Finally started harvesting late yesterday, today was first full day. Did my 130 acre field of spring wheat, it went around 55 bu/acre. I've got another 80 to do of my own, then we have about 640 acres of the rest of the farm's to do.
It's kinda wet, around 19% coming off the field. We are drying it. Today it was down to about 16. If it gets into the 15 we will just throw it in a bin and turn the air on.
Every single day of my life has been worse than the day before it. That means every day you see me, that's the worst day of my life.
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September 18th 2009 at 6:38 PM
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580mountaincat
sled junkie
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Location: meath park, sask canada, Canada
Current Sled: 07 phazer w/ hauck exaust
2008-2009 Miles: 200 and +
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swathing all conalo last week. gonna combine barley. dry or not
2007 yamaha phazer with vforce 3 reeds and hauck single pipe
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September 19th 2009 at 10:46 AM
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polarisrxlrider
Cornfed
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Member Since: July 28th 2007
Location: Ovid, MI
Current Sled: '00 XCSP 600 VES
2008-2009 Miles: 375
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Chopping corn silage today, only doing about 20 acres, just enough to feed heifers.
2000 Polaris 600 XCSP with VES, completely stock, for now...
1993 Polaris Indy Storm
clutched, 800 jugs, DG can, Vforce 3 reeds
1991 Polaris Indy Classic
Xtra 12 suspension
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September 19th 2009 at 12:39 PM
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arcticcatmatt
Spleen Splitter
arcticcatmatt leaving after work for 3 days of shotgun season back home!
Updated Friday at 12:16 PM
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Member Since: November 25th 2001
Location: Berkshire, NY, USA
Current Sled: 96/97 ZRT 600
2008-2009 Miles: 450
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Hey farmers, my neighbors are doing this with their corn. Never seen it done like this. Cutting corn and pileing it in the field like this.. this is 100% milk cow food. Am I missing something?
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September 19th 2009 at 6:54 PM
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bigrok
Oatty
bigrok is not looking forward to going back to "paradise".
Updated Tuesday at 11:59 AM
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It's corn silage. Most dairy farms do that and a lot of beef farms do it too. They cover it with thick plastic so it doesn't rot. It's a lot easier and less equipment than using silos. I don't know why they are piling it in the field. Lack of help maybe??? That pile looks close to the buildings though. You need quite a bit of room to have a silage pile. Here is our corn silage pile from last year. It's in a 6' pit. It's about 800-900 tons of silage.
I need big jugs on my sled, cuz my girl doesn't.
2007 Dodge Ram 2500
~5.9L CUMMINS TURBO DIESEL, auto, quad cab, short box, B&W gooseneck hitch, silencer ring MIA, torque tube baffles MIA, Smarty Jr POD, Aero Turbine 4040XL, ISSPRO gauges (boost, trans temp & EGT).....Wish list: 18"x9" XD Spy wheels, 33" tires, Smarty Sr, AFE Intake
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September 20th 2009 at 12:13 PM
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arcticcatmatt
Spleen Splitter
arcticcatmatt leaving after work for 3 days of shotgun season back home!
Updated Friday at 12:16 PM
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14007 Posts
Group: Moderators
Member Since: November 25th 2001
Location: Berkshire, NY, USA
Current Sled: 96/97 ZRT 600
2008-2009 Miles: 450
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^ Oh man the pile is HUGE now and they still have a ton of corn standing. They have no pit. They just pile it in the flat field. I did not know they feed the cows all of the corn stalk. I thought they just ate the corn cobs.
Some farmers here wait till the corn is all brown. Some cut it now and it is all green, I don't get it.
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September 20th 2009 at 1:30 PM
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Mad-Boondocker
Only way to take on FEAR is to take it head on
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Location: East Otto, NY, USA
Current Sled: 98 Polaris Indy 500 Mod
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just finished rolling some winter wheat hope it does better than last year
1998 Polaris Indy 500 chassis with 98 Xc 600 motor
SLP ceramic coated pipe with SLP can
V-force reeds
4 inch pivot riser
Gutted Air Box
EPI clutch kit soon to be installed
Maybe some pro tapers
1998 XC 700 water-cross sled
SLP twin pipes
Some light weight parts
Water-cross mods include taking the parts u do not need
This includes removing the seat replacing gas tank and IFS bars.
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September 20th 2009 at 2:47 PM
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stormrider62033
wally
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Location: Gillespie, IL, USA
Current Sled: 99xcr 800
2008-2009 Miles: 500
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a chopper chops it up leaves stalks and all ,thats why they do it when its still green
mid Il alway's waiting for snow,moving north(way north)2001 thundercat 99xcr 800 97SPX ULTRA 96 zrt 600&800,92 doo plusX 92 v max 4 750
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September 21st 2009 at 5:17 PM
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Polaris-Man
Mike Otis
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11899 Posts
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Location: Letellier, Manitoba, Canada
Current Sled: '08 Dragon '07 Switchback
2008-2009 Miles: 1200
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Quote originally posted by arcticcatmatt
Some farmers here wait till the corn is all brown. Some cut it now and it is all green, I don't get it.
We are those who wait until it's brown, but we shell the kernels off the cob and dry it so it will keep. Silage chops up the whole plant and you pile it, pack it and wrap it in plastic, then feed that to critters.
You should see some of the forage harvesters they use for chopping corn. There's some really high horsepower twin turbo units out there that will eat 8 rows at 6+ mph. It's very impressive to see them givering.
Every single day of my life has been worse than the day before it. That means every day you see me, that's the worst day of my life.
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September 21st 2009 at 5:56 PM
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OhioPolarisKid
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Member Since: January 22nd 2008
Location: Farmersville, Ohio, USA
Current Sled: 1999 Indy 500 XC SP
2008-2009 Miles: 1340
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Quote originally posted by Polaris-Man
Quote originally posted by arcticcatmatt
Some farmers here wait till the corn is all brown. Some cut it now and it is all green, I don't get it.
We are those who wait until it's brown, but we shell the kernels off the cob and dry it so it will keep. Silage chops up the whole plant and you pile it, pack it and wrap it in plastic, then feed that to critters.
You should see some of the forage harvesters they use for chopping corn. There's some really high horsepower twin turbo units out there that will eat 8 rows at 6+ mph. It's very impressive to see them givering.
Yeah, i think some of em are well over 700 hp, and some are even running more than 1 engine. At the Farm Science Review last year they had a Claas that was twin engine, and it was either 800 hp each, or together. This will probably be the first year i wont go to it. Its always amazing to see all the new equipment and technology. I still dont know how you can pay for a 3-400,000 dollar piece of equipment, or even 3 or 4 at a time. Around here some of the big guys have 2 or 3 year leases on stuff, and always have the newest equipment. But they farm at least 10,000 acres all around here, which for here is huge. Others buy the equipment
Anyways, i think 4th cutting is almost done around here. Some people are running beans, and the early corn still has a week or two until it will be dry enough. Its been raining and is supposed to keep raining so that will slow it down some. In our county we went from probably over 30, to 3 dairy farms in the last 10 years, so now very few people chop silage. I know of two farms that might still do it, but very few. Around here dairy is almost non-existent. Its hard to make money, and not many people want to have to work that hard. But anymore thats how agriculture is, almost how the world is. Nobody wants to work, and when they do work they want to be paid a lot. Combine that with very very low market prices and high fuel costs, you just cant make money. Our fair was 3 weeks ago, and I felt lucky because we got paid 34 cents a pound for our hogs, when the market price was around 25 cents a pound.
Buy more pork and dairy!!!
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September 21st 2009 at 7:03 PM
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polarisrxlrider
Cornfed
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Location: Ovid, MI
Current Sled: '00 XCSP 600 VES
2008-2009 Miles: 375
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Neighbors bought one of these last year, it uses 2 Mercedes Benz 4000 motors, same as what we use in some of our trucks at work, putting out close to 1000hp combined. I got to drive it for about a half hour, its simply amazing. They run 3 of these choppers, with 22 semi trucks, and still cant keep the trucks coming fast enough. Gotta love German engineering.
2000 Polaris 600 XCSP with VES, completely stock, for now...
1993 Polaris Indy Storm
clutched, 800 jugs, DG can, Vforce 3 reeds
1991 Polaris Indy Classic
Xtra 12 suspension
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October 13th 2009 at 3:35 PM
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bigrok
Oatty
bigrok is not looking forward to going back to "paradise".
Updated Tuesday at 11:59 AM
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^^^That's what they use to chop our corn. I heard they have one machine that has twin 400 hp engines. One to move the machine and one to run the header and chopper.
Our corn just got chopped on monday. This year it was too wet to use trucks in the fields so they had dump wagons behind tractors. It is amazing the amount of corn they can run through those machines.
Quote originally posted by arcticcatmatt
^ Oh man the pile is HUGE now and they still have a ton of corn standing. They have no pit. They just pile it in the flat field. I did not know they feed the cows all of the corn stalk. I thought they just ate the corn cobs.
Some farmers here wait till the corn is all brown. Some cut it now and it is all green, I don't get it.
Our pile is small compared to some of the dairy's around here. One i know of, one of their piles is 75 yards wide and 150 yards long and 40-50 feet tall. That's just one pile, I think they have 2 or 3 that size. But then they have thousands of cows that they feed year-round.
The guys, like us, that chop the corn when it is still green, use it for cow feed. Once it is piled, it forments and "pickles" itself and makes a great cow feed. It is a lot more filling than just the kernel of corn. Most of the guys that combine their corn (when brown and dried) sell it for other purposes. Ethanol, hog feed, feed lots, chicken feed, etc. If you combine the corn, you still need to feed a "filler feed", i.e. hay or something like that.
Beet harvest got off to a very ssslllllooooowwwwww start. I came back to MN for 2 weeks and I worked a total of 29 hours. He got like 4" of rain and snow. Like .5"-1" every other day. It sucked. Beans are about half done. About 250 acres left. They've been running 40-50 bushel/acre. Corn isn't too far off. They were going to start testing it for moisture this week.
I need big jugs on my sled, cuz my girl doesn't.
2007 Dodge Ram 2500
~5.9L CUMMINS TURBO DIESEL, auto, quad cab, short box, B&W gooseneck hitch, silencer ring MIA, torque tube baffles MIA, Smarty Jr POD, Aero Turbine 4040XL, ISSPRO gauges (boost, trans temp & EGT).....Wish list: 18"x9" XD Spy wheels, 33" tires, Smarty Sr, AFE Intake
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October 13th 2009 at 8:30 PM
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bigwilly
Aviator
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4593 Posts
Group: Moderators
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Location: Letellier, MB, Canada
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2008-2009 Miles: 75ish
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Things are pretty slow around home about half our crop is still out in the fields. My dad and I checked our long season corn the other day for moisture by hand. It's at about 41%, so we're about a month off is what dad figured. Not good.
I can only please one person per day, today is not your day... Tomorrow doesn't look good either...
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October 20th 2009 at 3:58 PM
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bigrok
Oatty
bigrok is not looking forward to going back to "paradise".
Updated Tuesday at 11:59 AM
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1543 Posts
Group: Members
Member Since: February 23rd 2006
Location: Kailua, HI, USA
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Still raining in western MN. 3/4" last night and more to come tonight. Tried taking the corn off the headlands of the beet fields. 35% moisture. Beans that were down to 10% are now back up to 17%. Everything is at a stand still.
I need big jugs on my sled, cuz my girl doesn't.
2007 Dodge Ram 2500
~5.9L CUMMINS TURBO DIESEL, auto, quad cab, short box, B&W gooseneck hitch, silencer ring MIA, torque tube baffles MIA, Smarty Jr POD, Aero Turbine 4040XL, ISSPRO gauges (boost, trans temp & EGT).....Wish list: 18"x9" XD Spy wheels, 33" tires, Smarty Sr, AFE Intake
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October 20th 2009 at 4:05 PM
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xcr440
Sundowners Trail Coordinator
xcr440 icefish's because having feeling in your fingertips is overrated.
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Member Since: February 1st 2003
Location: St.Germain/Edgerton, Wisconsin, USA
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2008-2009 Miles: 610
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not looking good around here either. lots of standing corn and beans. A few guys are takiing some down but very wide spread. As of right now I doubt our trails will open before january. as there is alot of work to be done.
a good beer drinker isnt a picky beer drinker
Loggers.... Working their ass off so you can wipe yours!
"Steep ground is when your cutting a notch and notice a mountain goat looking at you like you are crazy." - Hexan
woodbooga: (WOOD-boog-ah), n. regional dialect, common to areas of New Hampshire and Maine including the towns of Ossipee, Alton, Farmington, Acton, and Lebanon; one who attempts to obtain free firewood to fuel woodburning appliances in an effort to mitigate expenses related to home heating with fossil fuels. Frequently used as a term of derision by non-woodburners who mock the presence of loose bark and other wood waste in the beds of their pickup trucks.
2003 Pro x 700 almond/blue,10-66 black/red team 719 T-flow, 440 mains
1997 xcr440 my clutch kit, 380 mains,T-flow
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October 20th 2009 at 6:32 PM
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Polaris-Man
Mike Otis
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11899 Posts
Group: Administrators
Member Since: April 10th 2001
Location: Letellier, Manitoba, Canada
Current Sled: '08 Dragon '07 Switchback
2008-2009 Miles: 1200
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We took off about 110 acres yesterday. First time in the field in almost three weeks. So naturally it rained this morning.
Every single day of my life has been worse than the day before it. That means every day you see me, that's the worst day of my life.
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October 21st 2009 at 2:43 PM
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skidoochicmxz440
Itty Bitty Can-Cans
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it's been raining I think the whole month of October..I'm surprised you get any harvesting done!
It is not the length of life, but depth of life.
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October 21st 2009 at 2:53 PM
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Dumz1
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Monday was the only good day we have had all month. Yesterday was not to bad but the beans where tough and going threw slow. Monday beans where around 13.5% and yesterday back up to about 14.5% all in all dumped about 130k bu in two days of beans. I'm drying beans at one of our locations. Raining cats and dogs all day today.. going to be a week before the combines get back on the beans the way it looks... I'd say we are at about 5% done on the beans and havn't even started on the corn.
1997 XC 600
2004 Sportsman 500HO
Parting out 1993 XLT and 1997 XCR 600
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October 21st 2009 at 3:08 PM
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flatlander_summit
The Law
flatlander_summit combined yesterday, combining today...
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We haven't combined an acre of beans. I have a bunch of vacation time saved up for harvest this year and it's starting to look like I won't need to use it. It's pretty disgusting to have a good looking crop and not being able to get to combine it.
04 MXZx 440
03 MXZx 800 Factory Mod--soon to be 144 with some more goodies.
99 Summit X 670
98 MXZ 583
It's starting to look like I bleed yellow.
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October 21st 2009 at 3:42 PM
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xcr440
Sundowners Trail Coordinator
xcr440 icefish's because having feeling in your fingertips is overrated.
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12582 Posts
Group: Members
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Having a good day here. pulling lots of corn. Trucks can't keep up. Hoping for some dry weather so we can get the ground tilled. Long range forecast doesn't look good but who beleives the weathermen anyways. LMAO
a good beer drinker isnt a picky beer drinker
Loggers.... Working their ass off so you can wipe yours!
"Steep ground is when your cutting a notch and notice a mountain goat looking at you like you are crazy." - Hexan
woodbooga: (WOOD-boog-ah), n. regional dialect, common to areas of New Hampshire and Maine including the towns of Ossipee, Alton, Farmington, Acton, and Lebanon; one who attempts to obtain free firewood to fuel woodburning appliances in an effort to mitigate expenses related to home heating with fossil fuels. Frequently used as a term of derision by non-woodburners who mock the presence of loose bark and other wood waste in the beds of their pickup trucks.
2003 Pro x 700 almond/blue,10-66 black/red team 719 T-flow, 440 mains
1997 xcr440 my clutch kit, 380 mains,T-flow
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October 21st 2009 at 7:41 PM
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polarisrxlrider
Cornfed
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794 Posts
Group: Members
Member Since: July 28th 2007
Location: Ovid, MI
Current Sled: '00 XCSP 600 VES
2008-2009 Miles: 375
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Corn is still 34%, all our beans are done.
2000 Polaris 600 XCSP with VES, completely stock, for now...
1993 Polaris Indy Storm
clutched, 800 jugs, DG can, Vforce 3 reeds
1991 Polaris Indy Classic
Xtra 12 suspension
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October 21st 2009 at 11:23 PM
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Polaris-Man
Mike Otis
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11899 Posts
Group: Administrators
Member Since: April 10th 2001
Location: Letellier, Manitoba, Canada
Current Sled: '08 Dragon '07 Switchback
2008-2009 Miles: 1200
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Combined another 80 acres of canola today. 80 more acres left. Should get that knocked off tomorrow.
Combining it at like 16 to 18% moisture. Drying it down to 9ish. About 90 to 100 minutes/batch. Slow going.
Some guys are combining soybeans around here, 18 or 19%. That's destined for the dryer as well. Hopefully we get some dry weather so we can get into ours. The plan is to finish canola tomorrow, friday morning change the concaves in the combines and put all the bean screens on and rock and roll on friday afternoon.
I'm sure the weather has different ideas but we'll wait and see.
Every single day of my life has been worse than the day before it. That means every day you see me, that's the worst day of my life.
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October 22nd 2009 at 1:04 AM
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Polarisboy99
Starting Member
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We have been on the same quarter of beets for the last week and have about 30 acres off. have to pull every truck. even had to pull the lifter out once.
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October 22nd 2009 at 8:02 AM
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xcr440
Sundowners Trail Coordinator
xcr440 icefish's because having feeling in your fingertips is overrated.
Updated Over 2 hours ago
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12582 Posts
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Location: St.Germain/Edgerton, Wisconsin, USA
Current Sled: 03prox700/97xcr440
2008-2009 Miles: 610
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and today it rains.....can't catch a break at all.....
a good beer drinker isnt a picky beer drinker
Loggers.... Working their ass off so you can wipe yours!
"Steep ground is when your cutting a notch and notice a mountain goat looking at you like you are crazy." - Hexan
woodbooga: (WOOD-boog-ah), n. regional dialect, common to areas of New Hampshire and Maine including the towns of Ossipee, Alton, Farmington, Acton, and Lebanon; one who attempts to obtain free firewood to fuel woodburning appliances in an effort to mitigate expenses related to home heating with fossil fuels. Frequently used as a term of derision by non-woodburners who mock the presence of loose bark and other wood waste in the beds of their pickup trucks.
2003 Pro x 700 almond/blue,10-66 black/red team 719 T-flow, 440 mains
1997 xcr440 my clutch kit, 380 mains,T-flow
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October 22nd 2009 at 1:46 PM
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stormrider62033
wally
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Group: Members
Member Since: December 25th 2004
Location: Gillespie, IL, USA
Current Sled: 99xcr 800
2008-2009 Miles: 500
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around here harvest has barely started with corn being planted may 10,th if you was lucky still at 28 percent ,has rained all summer ,now its still raining with up to 8 inch's in the last 2 weeks ,,harvest ought to be fun with green beans ,and wet corn
mid Il alway's waiting for snow,moving north(way north)2001 thundercat 99xcr 800 97SPX ULTRA 96 zrt 600&800,92 doo plusX 92 v max 4 750
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