Thanks for the update Andrew. Nice to see two combines working and the Class really seems to crack on with the job although a slightly narrower cut. Whatever the vehicle if you get a lot of breakdowns you soon loose confidence in it but hopefully you'll be able to get on with the job now and get it in the barn. Thanks for the update again.
That chute is not normal for the Claas usually they have a kicker spout to throw it further away so you don't need to be so close or roll on the straw, I think that and the short pipe are options whoever specced it chose, maybe to compliment the montana as when it cants over the spout can be very high off the ground and the straight drop may help, if it had the standard angle spout when it leans over it would throw it much further our neighbours 760 montana has the angle spout as does our 570, I haven't seen many with the straight down one 😃
In the top of the grain store brought back some memories of very hot dusty days running the store as a young teeager before i was trusted on tractor duties 😁
Harvest time is always very busy and machines working to their limit so sadley breakdowns are inevatable. Maybe its time time to swap your New Holland in for a nice new Lexion.
Those rotary combines sure do romp on! Our straw walker won't get above 4k in a good crop. I hope your new holland holds up, we got lucky this year, 735 acres cut with minimal downtime but we usually have something big go wrong, it doesn't matter how well you look after them, something will break eventually!
I feel for you Andrew. Breakdown after breakdown is very frustrating and four days not going is a long time when crops are fit. So lucky that the other farm are finished and able to help and you've a modern store able to cope. Hope it all keeps going now.
Just a thought,what about getting the commune working without the chopper then follow on with a tractor mounted chopper ? I know it’s an extra cost but it keeps the grain coming in and also maintains any inputs you gain from re-incorporating the straw into the land 🤷♂️
@@jamesrogerson5023 Agricultural baling contractors wouldn't offer to do that, it would be too time consuming to wash down a machine between working on different farms. They make their money on hectares of straw baled so un-necessary downtime isn't something they would welcome.
@@revman417 wouldn’t offer or won’t do it for free. Probably depends on price of straw. Used to run a baler on my dad’s contracting business, was further north, so we never got going much before 10am due to the dew so we did wash down ever couple days as unable to go straight away in general. But was more to prevent fire risk then anything else.
When I was in arable working back in the 1970s, we always had two combines. This was on the basis of if one broke down, we would at least be still operating with the other one. Seeing your grain store brought the memories back. The steel bins with the conveyor system. We didn’t have the short cross conveyor, which would have saved me an awful lot of shoveling. One thing I didn’t see and you never mentioned was a cleaner. Presumably, no one bothers to clean the sample these days. I watch Harry’s farm and he certainly doesn’t. We also had trial plots in one of the fields each year. This was a company called Miln Marsters. Are they still in existence?
My father used to trade with Miln Marsters, don’t think they are around any more. Owning combines has changed due to the cost. One decent sized machine is capable of 3,000 acres, gone are day when you have 2 smaller machines in case 1 breaks down.
Frustrating to have issues with the combine. Probably no comfort to you, but when I was repairing them I always found that combines tended to have good years and bad years. One season, a combine would breakdown several times, but then would go through the next season without issues. A true story, in the 1980's one customer bought a new model combine, and it was nothing but trouble. It got to the stage that I would visit the farm every day to see what had failed this time. One evening I got home, the phone rung, it was the customer telling me not to go there tomorrow as it hadn't brokedown today !!!!! Does anyone still make water misters to fit to grain elevators? Remember one customer with an IH Axial flow had one fitted in a very dry year.
Ordering a new Combine for next year is very difficult, heard that some machine’s ordered for this harvest might not be delivered until march or April so sounds that if order now might not get in time. Have you got a delivery date for your new big tractor, did you decide to buy a new sprayer.? If yes what have you gone for
Nothing like a bit or harvest stress! You are more patient that me that’s for sure. 4 days down with a combine is a “challenge” to say the least. Have you had many fires your way?
9% is our trading moisture, about that and we get deductions, below that and down to 6% we get moisture bonuses, below 6, no bonus and the merchant can reject it. This year was the driest I’ve ever known oil seed rape and a lot of farmers didn’t cut in the middle of the day, some only harvested at night.
Evening Andrew Nightmare with the combine but in true good farming communities help isn’t to far away. Hope you get finished up tomorrow. However the sight of two combines in the same field is a real spectacle. All the best.
Hi Andrew, thanks for all of the content, I've been out of the game for some time, I was wondering with all your yield mapping, how will you reconcile the Claas and NH data? Can you or is it back to the pencil, pad and weigh bridge?
I would like to have helped with the harvest but it’s a long way from West Cornwall with the 1963 Bamford Clayson M80 ! ua-cam.com/video/AAWzgomxJBI/v-deo.html. I find your waffles very interesting and enjoyable. Excellent publicity for British Farming. Good luck for the remainder of the harvest.
Good to see you've got friends and family when things get behind.Good update as always Mr Ward.
Just found your channel and subscribed. Really enjoyed watching. Looking forward to seeing more. Good luck with your harvest
Thank you. Hope you enjoy the videos. 😃👍
Thanks for the update Andrew. Nice to see two combines working and the Class really seems to crack on with the job although a slightly narrower cut. Whatever the vehicle if you get a lot of breakdowns you soon loose confidence in it but hopefully you'll be able to get on with the job now and get it in the barn. Thanks for the update again.
Cheers David, having 2 certainly made a difference!!
combine always breaks down on a fine day
The other problems is chasing bales and finding a space to put them if you haven’t got it
class combines are now far better 😊very interesting video
We’re not swapping for 3 years so I’ll revisit that debate then!!!
That chute is not normal for the Claas usually they have a kicker spout to throw it further away so you don't need to be so close or roll on the straw, I think that and the short pipe are options whoever specced it chose, maybe to compliment the montana as when it cants over the spout can be very high off the ground and the straight drop may help, if it had the standard angle spout when it leans over it would throw it much further our neighbours 760 montana has the angle spout as does our 570, I haven't seen many with the straight down one 😃
In the top of the grain store brought back some memories of very hot dusty days running the store as a young teeager before i was trusted on tractor duties 😁
I wish I was on tractor duties!!
Harvest time is always very busy and machines working to their limit so sadley breakdowns are inevatable. Maybe its time time to swap your New Holland in for a nice new Lexion.
I’ll be keeping the NH another 3 years due to a new sprayer and quad replacement arriving over the next few months.
Good to see you going again and getting some help
Thankful Michael could come.
Enjoyed it
Those rotary combines sure do romp on! Our straw walker won't get above 4k in a good crop. I hope your new holland holds up, we got lucky this year, 735 acres cut with minimal downtime but we usually have something big go wrong, it doesn't matter how well you look after them, something will break eventually!
You’re right george and they only break when in use!!
I feel for you Andrew. Breakdown after breakdown is very frustrating and four days not going is a long time when crops are fit.
So lucky that the other farm are finished and able to help and you've a modern store able to cope.
Hope it all keeps going now.
Cheers Robert, you make a good point, at least we can cope with 2 combines worth of grain coming in! 👍
Just a thought,what about getting the commune working without the chopper then follow on with a tractor mounted chopper ? I know it’s an extra cost but it keeps the grain coming in and also maintains any inputs you gain from re-incorporating the straw into the land 🤷♂️
A lot of work and girl and we don’t have any spare labour.
Daft question...Andrew, you don’t want a bailer from a different farm because of the risk of black grass...is it a risk allowing a combine on?
I wondered why they couldn’t just wash the baler down before going to the field?
He talks shit thats why
@@jamesrogerson5023 Agricultural baling contractors wouldn't offer to do that, it would be too time consuming to wash down a machine between working on different farms. They make their money on hectares of straw baled so un-necessary downtime isn't something they would welcome.
@@revman417 wouldn’t offer or won’t do it for free. Probably depends on price of straw. Used to run a baler on my dad’s contracting business, was further north, so we never got going much before 10am due to the dew so we did wash down ever couple days as unable to go straight away in general. But was more to prevent fire risk then anything else.
@@revman417 was a round baler, so would imagine doing the same on a square one would be a pain as chamber is empty when moving on a round baler.
Brilliant video . All am going to say new Lexion 2023 harvest?
Thank you. Not with a new sprayer and Quad replacement already on order!
When I was in arable working back in the 1970s, we always had two combines. This was on the basis of if one broke down, we would at least be still operating with the other one. Seeing your grain store brought the memories back. The steel bins with the conveyor system. We didn’t have the short cross conveyor, which would have saved me an awful lot of shoveling. One thing I didn’t see and you never mentioned was a cleaner. Presumably, no one bothers to clean the sample these days. I watch Harry’s farm and he certainly doesn’t.
We also had trial plots in one of the fields each year. This was a company called Miln Marsters. Are they still in existence?
My father used to trade with Miln Marsters, don’t think they are around any more. Owning combines has changed due to the cost. One decent sized machine is capable of 3,000 acres, gone are day when you have 2 smaller machines in case 1 breaks down.
The best time to buy a fresh combine is when there is a foot of snow on the the ground as the dealers are a lot keener to sell
We won’t be swapping though with a new sprayer and Quad replacement already on order!
Good stuff ta
With the moisture being so low is it affecting the bushel weight
I think it is now.
Frustrating to have issues with the combine. Probably no comfort to you, but when I was repairing them I always found that combines tended to have good years and bad years. One season, a combine would breakdown several times, but then would go through the next season without issues.
A true story, in the 1980's one customer bought a new model combine, and it was nothing but trouble. It got to the stage that I would visit the farm every day to see what had failed this time. One evening I got home, the phone rung, it was the customer telling me not to go there tomorrow as it hadn't brokedown today !!!!! Does anyone still make water misters to fit to grain elevators? Remember one customer with an IH Axial flow had one fitted in a very dry year.
Thanks Robert, I think you’re right re combines.
Ordering a new Combine for next year is very difficult, heard that some machine’s ordered for this harvest might not be delivered until march or April so sounds that if order now might not get in time. Have you got a delivery date for your new big tractor, did you decide to buy a new sprayer.? If yes what have you gone for
I’ve heard that too but the manufacturers have had to supply a combine for this harvest. We went for a Househam sprayer
Nothing like a bit or harvest stress! You are more patient that me that’s for sure. 4 days down with a combine is a “challenge” to say the least.
Have you had many fires your way?
Quite a few fires dotted around and combines gone up in flames.
Andrew. Interested to know your thoughts on the possible downsides of using sludge? Are micro plastics a concern? Thank you for the excellent updates.
No downsides from me, we’re not using mined phosphate and no bags to dispose of and it’s using a product which is not going to dwindle!
Are you getting a bonus for dry OSR ? here in southern Alberta we sometimes harvest Canola with only 3 % moister
9% is our trading moisture, about that and we get deductions, below that and down to 6% we get moisture bonuses, below 6, no bonus and the merchant can reject it. This year was the driest I’ve ever known oil seed rape and a lot of farmers didn’t cut in the middle of the day, some only harvested at night.
That dunworths combine
Evening Andrew
Nightmare with the combine but in true good farming communities help isn’t to far away.
Hope you get finished up tomorrow.
However the sight of two combines in the same field is a real spectacle.
All the best.
Cheers Guy, 👍😃
Fantastic video again
😃👍
Hi Andrew, thanks for all of the content, I've been out of the game for some time, I was wondering with all your yield mapping, how will you reconcile the Claas and NH data? Can you or is it back to the pencil, pad and weigh bridge?
That was my only reservation having one in. I’ll explain in my next update.
I suspect with all of your combine woe’s you’ll be looking to change the combine for a Claas 😬
Not with a new sprayer and Quad replacement already on order!
Great update Andrew, glad you got yours sorted out, good to see two working together, did Rhonda cook the fish n chips ?
They came from a local chippy!!
@@WardysWaffleAndrewWard typical blond didn't want to peel the spuds!!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍
Hi
WardysWaffle Andrew Ward Farmer
I would like to have helped with the harvest but it’s a long way from West Cornwall with the 1963 Bamford Clayson M80 ! ua-cam.com/video/AAWzgomxJBI/v-deo.html. I find your waffles very interesting and enjoyable. Excellent publicity for British Farming. Good luck for the remainder of the harvest.
Cheers Trev, you certainly have a great combine, look after it!
New combine next year?
Not with a new sprayer and Quad replacement already on order!
New Holland are normally a good combine
We’ve had 8 in last 40 years and yes, usually they are.