Farmer talk

[ferniesnow]

The technology is there so they may as well use it!!

 

[snopro]

Peas are done. Happy with 65 bu/acre yield this year! Last year peas averaged 18. Rain makes a big difference.

 

[jhurkot]

Hearing lots about fires lately in our area. Going to keep the disc close and blow the machine off a little more often.

 

[snopro]

We've had 7 fires in our county that I know of Johnny. 3 were out of control at one point. Everyone up here now has discs and water trucks parked in the fields this year. Happy harvesting!

 

[skegpro]

I run Deere guidance systems and have been pretty happy with them overall. My cousins run Trimble and always seem to be having issues with them. My cousin seeded 10,000 acres last year freestyle as he had no auto tracking and Case couldn't figure it out for him.

Put in my own rtk base station over LTE, been working awesome.

 

[jhurkot]

Hearing lots about fires lately in our area. Going to keep the disc close and blow the machine off a little more often.

This post did not age well...

 

[snopro]

This post did not age well...

I hope that isn't your Deere?

 

[jhurkot]

I hope that isn't your Deere?

Yeah unfortunately.

 

[snopro]

Yeah unfortunately.

Sorry to hear that. This was always my worst fear farming was a fire.

 

[snochuk]

Yeah unfortunately.

Sounds like nobody hurt.
Hope you had insurance.
PITA during harvest.

 

[jhurkot]

It happens fast. The fuel tank lit up and luckily my dad was by the disk and got out there fast to stop the fire from spreading. Some neighbours showed up quickly with water tanks as well which I’m very thankful for.

 

[Lightningmike]

Thank goodness for good neighbors. Hope you get something figured out soon for rest of harvest.

 

[Cdnfireman]

It happens fast. The fuel tank lit up and luckily my dad was by the disk and got out there fast to stop the fire from spreading. Some neighbours showed up quickly with water tanks as well which I’m very thankful for.

That sucks.... sorry to see that happen to you....hopefully you come up with other means to get your crop off.....

 

[skegpro]

Oh no, that sucks.

 

[kovs]

Not good
We got a new leftover 15 ‘ Deere few yrs back. Well first 2 days it was on fire 4 times!!!
Turns out some genius figured you could save fuel by using the variable speed engine fan when it doesn’t need cooling you slow it down to 500 rpm then back up when it calls for based on water temp!! You can guess what that does when it slows down lets all that dust and chaff sit in the engine bay then blow it out all over the place.
Then we get run around saying Deere doesn’t warranty fire damages. When it’s their programming that causes it
Took a few calls and threat of registered letter to get results
Doesn’t help your burnt combine but something to check on new one. You can go in screen and set engine fan speed low limit. We crank them up to minimum 1800 max is 2300 I believe.

 

[snopro]

I believe the new Deeres have a supercharger fan that is directed at the engine bay to keep it clean? Still newer Deeres burning up though. 2 of the fires this year from combines were related to static electricity I heard. Guys are starting to hang heavy chains off the rear axle again like back in the day

 

[jhurkot]

Not good
We got a new leftover 15 ‘ Deere few yrs back. Well first 2 days it was on fire 4 times!!!
Turns out some genius figured you could save fuel by using the variable speed engine fan when it doesn’t need cooling you slow it down to 500 rpm then back up when it calls for based on water temp!! You can guess what that does when it slows down lets all that dust and chaff sit in the engine bay then blow it out all over the place.
Then we get run around saying Deere doesn’t warranty fire damages. When it’s their programming that causes it
Took a few calls and threat of registered letter to get results
Doesn’t help your burnt combine but something to check on new one. You can go in screen and set engine fan speed low limit. We crank them up to minimum 1800 max is 2300 I believe.

Thanks. We got a 2014 s670. Hope I can change it.

 

[kovs]

You definitely can yourself. I forget where exactly. ( dad just did his as he upgraded b4 start of yr ) Any competent jd mechanic should be able to walk you thru or where it is

All these newer ones burning why doesn’t someone want to buy the 9770 we have for sale.
Need a operator and I’d buy header and run 4 since not selling

 

[doorfx]

 

[jhurkot]

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This reminds me of the last time we tried to unload on the go.