Any better than chains?

[farmaholic]

AF5, that is a very good policy when you never know what the weather will do and your trying to beat it and the days and weeks on the calender are ticking by. In some areas harvest time isn't measured in months. Although we seldom have too much of a problem getting the crop off because we are only Sandbox Farmers from the Slum of the Ghetto, there are people who have to take any reasonable condition to get the crop off. Waiting for grain moisture to drop that last point or two can prove costly and mean some crop might get spring thrashed, the conditions might be "better" but the quality and quantity loses might not be so good.


Good luck(management) everyone and stay safe in the process.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

AF5, that is a very good policy when you never know what the weather will do and your trying to beat it and the days and weeks on the calender are ticking by. In some areas harvest time isn't measured in months. Although we seldom have too much of a problem getting the crop off because we are only Sandbox Farmers from the Slum of the Ghetto, there are people who have to take any reasonable condition to get the crop off. Waiting for grain moisture to drop that last point or two can prove costly and mean some crop might get spring thrashed, the conditions might be "better" but the quality and quantity loses might not be so good.


Good luck(management) everyone and stay safe in the process.

Well said. A lot of expensive lessons learned the hard way here. Of course, every year is different and trying to apply previous years lessons doesn't always work.