How many acres?

[Hamloc]

We run 3 guys after the boys are gone to school. Just run two Tandem grain trucks , unload once on the go never stop.

9240 case
Mad concaves
45 ft flex head
All land within 2 miles of bins
Most fields are 300 acre or so
Crops are in harvest order , well try lol
Peas
Blackbeans
HRSW
Canola (80/20 swath / straightcut)
Soybeans

Two years ago we had no issues at harvest. Last year after it snowed for two weeks we rented one combine , a 9230.

Crop rotation used to be pea/canola/wht
But the helped lead to root rot in peas
Now we switched to canola / pulse / wheat
The pulse year is switched from peas to Blackbeans to soybeans to break up disease cycles now .

Again all our land is close , we are generally dry at harvest , last year a very odd 1 in 20 for us.
Land is in big blocks seeded and harvested as such as well .
What helps a lot is two seeding outfits .
Speeds up early seeding thus earlier harvest .
Wheat gets seeded first with a Bourgault 8910 , then peas
The planter seeds canola , and beans
Seeding window we try 12 days . Makes harvest much more efficient, for us .....
Every area very different .
Even crop maturity is also very key

Thanks for the response Furrow, always interesting to see how different farmers manage different times of year. I did something I said I would never do and bought a grain cart last year. Not sure it was the right thing to do but is easier to dump into on the go in some of our hillier land. Generally canola then peas or barley then wheat here. Tried peas then canola and found poor canola germ because there was no stubble to hold the snow and the ground was drier.

I run a CR 9070 and an old TR 98. Usually 3 guys. My son and I debate a lot over whether it is more efficient to run the 9070 and the 2 tandems, or the 9070, the grain cart and one tandem or the two combines and both trucks but one one truck driver. On occasion we are lucky and a fourth person is available then we can rock and roll. Enjoy your day.

[furrowtickler]

A grain cart would definitely be nice but then we would almost need another guy
Because we still need two tandems to keep up to that combine with the 45 ft head
Plus neither big tractor has a PTO .
So costs add up exponentially if we had to add a tractor with PTO a grain cart and another man .
We just look at it as long as the combine is moving we are not losing any time . A few more trips with the tandems but 400 to 450 bus loads are easy on the trucks and they have very quick turn around time. But again it works for us here on daily level land and close proximity to bin yards .
It is impressive to watch others with multiple combines and grain carts and semis for sure . Just not justified for our acres or manpower right now . So we improv with what we have lol

[Herc]

Starting to think furrow works off a 36 hour clock.....

[Crestliner]

Victor makes it work, and well. Barley, oats and sunflowers. I think he hauls most if not all to the US.

Good for him...ambition and passion and drive...deals direct in US by pass the pathetic Canadian rail system and useless regs....probably has no time to bitch and moan or idle talk on social media..

All I can say is “thank-you sir for moving the needle in the right direction of this Country’s GDP and creating positive economic environment”

[sumdumguy]

Kinda thinking that year the fields will be so soft that tracks on cart and tractor may be the best way to get grain from combine to semi.

[MBgrower]

i couldnt harvest without the grain cart. hoppers fill fast with 40'+ headers

[Braveheart]

i couldnt harvest without the grain cart. hoppers fill fast with 40'+ headers

Grain cart great tool.

[Braveheart]

Good for him...ambition and passion and drive...deals direct in US by pass the pathetic Canadian rail system and useless regs....probably has no time to bitch and moan or idle talk on social media..

All I can say is “thank-you sir for moving the needle in the right direction of this Country’s GDP and creating positive economic environment”

He also owns the former Man Pool elevator in Baldur Mb.

I love it when capitalists buy out the socialists. Lol

[Braveheart]

It’s like half a combine extra unloading on the go. Keeps trucks off field so less compaction.

[Partners]

No such thing as Too Much combine capacity..

[Guest]

Especially deep in the swamp

[sk_wheatking]

Klause would usually have some input on combine/acre/manpower
Wonder whatever happened to him.

[furrowtickler]

Ground is very dry and hard here ..... again

[Jay-mo]

It’s like half a combine extra unloading on the go. Keeps trucks off field so less compaction.

Reducing compaction, long term, the grain cart will pay for itself. On wet years, it pays for itself faster.

[woodland]

Ground is very dry and hard here ..... again

I’d gladly have sent you the last 6 inches of rain from here. We hit +27 today and the next ten days are supposed to be under +20 and the clouds are building ............ wonder how much more is coming tonight? Going to be fun in the mud for harvest here. Best harvest tool is a dryer. Anyone without one around here has been screwed before they started for the last 3 years ...... soon to be four at this rate.

Was running two TX66’s till both cratered last year and got a challenger 670 and that thing was awesome in wet and green canola swathes. There’s between 1-2,000 acres to thresh here depending on the feed situation for the cows.