2006-11-25
Today was the last day for doing field work because the anhydrous is now finished. The knives on the anhydrous bar will sheer off if you hit a rock. That's how we found the nice rock below. There was no way this rock was coming out by hand.
2006-11-21
This is November, the season when the "great white buffalo" can be seen all across the lands. Yeah, that's a new phrase for anhydrous ammonia tanks. The term originates from the methamphetamine makers, since they get to hunt and slay these creatures when spotted out in the wild. Seen here is a 9220 Deere being operated by our local co-op. In a normal day, this machine will cover about 300 acres. We use anhydrous as a source of nitrogen for next year’s corn crop.
2006-11-14
The demo MX275 is going to the next stop since we can't find a use for it. It's either too big or too small for what we need. It's a runt compared to the 9180 on tillage, and it is just a *little* overkill for pulling wagons in the fall. Both combines also got put into hibernation today. We fold the snoots up on the corn heads to save a little space in the shed.
2006-11-9
2006-11-8
Today is the day we've been waiting for all year. We finished combining corn today, which means all the crops are out of the fields. The weather today was the nicest we've seen in a couple weeks. There is still plenty of fall tillage to do yet, plus we need to clean the combines up and put them to sleep for another 10 months.
2006-11-7
2006-11-6
2006-11-5
We brought grain back to the dryer for a while, then loaded the trucks and put them in line for tomorrow morning at ADM.
2006-11-4
This is a MX275 that we are testing out as a demo. It was brand new when it came to us, even had paint on the draw bar yet. We put it on a stalk shredder for a while, which is overkill. It will go on a disk yet though. It's a very nice rig.
2006-11-2
