1600 bushel grain cart

[furrowtickler]

I would stay less ambitious, just a word of caution on spending too much . Don’t get caught like thousands of us out here with no crop . Big prices today mean SFA next year

[flea beetle]

I would stay less ambitious, just a word of caution on spending too much . Don’t get caught like thousands of us out here with no crop . Big prices today mean SFA next year

Lol. When I was talking to dad about it yesterday, I said I can do this, that, or nothing! He was more on board with nothing or at the very most adding 1 cart as well. Just hard to watch combines sit waiting on a truck. And seems once you get backed up like that, you can never catch up for the rest of the day.

We are typically one of the last guys to finish in the area. Partially because we tend to start seeding about a week later than everyone else, and partially because we wait that extra hour or 2 in the morning to make sure the grain is good and dry before we start going. Morning dews are bad here.

My concern is we are in the process of turning under 1000 acres of hay and putting it back to grain land. Did about 200 acres this fall, and will do the other 800 this upcoming summer/fall. Then will be selling the haying equipment. So would be more rolling the money from the haying equipment into these carts. Not opposed to keeping the front wheel assist and the 850 cart, as it will just have to take one dump from each combine and head for the trucks instead of waiting for a second dump from each. My big concern is doing something to help the trucker get more time before he gets completely backed up for the day. Maybe this is the wrong move. That is why I ask.

[tubs]

sell or rent some land out to a young guy why bust your but and take all that risk.Not being rushed all the time is way better for your health

[flea beetle]

sell or rent some land out to a young guy why bust your but and take all that risk.Not being rushed all the time is way better for your health

I am a young guy. 35 years old.

[TOM4CWB]

I am a young guy. 35 years old.

3 combines 3 carts no trucks to load and unload... figure it out... if you have a fast auger [that unloads carts] the cart is quicker to unload than trucks...[twice as fast] there are people doing this all the time ...especially if your roads are not too busy... no class 1 needed... you might grow high yielders next to bins... then you really make up time! Bagger in combo really works nice... skip the trucks whenever possible!

necessity is the mother of invention!

Cheers

[blackpowder]

Combines need to roll. Period.
It is an amphibious landing on hostile soil. You can't stop moving up the beach for anything until they're all dead.
Carts have no motors👍! Bonus.
Anyone can operate.
4wds with pto will hold their value very well if bought right and are multi purpose.
Trucks can be cheap but I haven't seen a cheap trailer that was worth it.
Keep it simple and eventually get truck unloader on bagger. Unless you need 16" capacity at yard. Heck, pile it first. Or build bins.
Sounds like your bottleneck is keeping it away at same pace its threshed.
Or like i said to the young guy this fall. "Or we could just pay down debt"😆
PS. Never give up finding Class 1 drivers. They exist. School <$12k.

[ry0972]

I ran 2 850/875 carts with single 30.5x32 tires and am now using 1 of them and a 1600 on tracks. (looking for another older cheap tractor to have the other small cart available as well.
1 guy (me) running 2 or 3 tridems and 2 carts all spotted strategically worked for years to keep 2,3 or 4
smaller combines going.
Added a class 9 combine this year as that is easier than finding operators.
On longer hauls in higher yield crops sometimes one combine would have to stop and run a full cart to a truck and maybe catch the other combines as well, OR usually then we would just run the 2 carts and bag those fields.
The 850/875 were MAX for a 250hp FWA when it is reasonably dry. If wet a 435 4wd could have trouble unless only
The 850 and 1600 work good if you have tridem grain trailers.
If you have super B's I would say get a 2000 or 2 1000 carts.
If you have a 4wd with pto you will be alot happier with a bigger cart behind it and keep your current cart and tractor as well.
Having a big cart that you cant move loaded will get old FAST!!

[Herc]

3 combines 3 carts no trucks to load and unload... figure it out... if you have a fast auger [that unloads carts] the cart is quicker to unload than trucks...[twice as fast] there are people doing this all the time ...especially if your roads are not too busy... no class 1 needed... you might grow high yielders next to bins... then you really make up time! Bagger in combo really works nice... skip the trucks whenever possible!

necessity is the mother of invention!

Cheers

Ya cause taking a loaded cart down a public road 10 miles just seems safer….

[jdg364]

I think I’d spend some money in the farm yard personally, buy a 16” auger and put that front wheel assist in it. Buy a 1600 bu cart, and sell the small one. If you’re fields are over 20 miles from the yard, lay a bag and get them picked up before Xmas (sell the grain or build the bins to hold it).

Install a dryer system to take some tough grain so your not pushing everything during the “just the right time”. Would also be high on my priority list with your problems.

To the guy with the idea of driving a grain cart 10 miles down the road loaded.. that’s one different concept and IMO very inefficient if your yard is on highway, have many hills or just having to drive down the country roads during the busiest time of the year, but each there own.

[TOM4CWB]

I think I’d spend some money in the farm yard personally, buy a 16” auger and put that front wheel assist in it. Buy a 1600 bu cart, and sell the small one. If you’re fields are over 20 miles from the yard, lay a bag and get them picked up before Xmas (sell the grain or build the bins to hold it).

Install a dryer system to take some tough grain so your not pushing everything during the “just the right time”. Would also be high on my priority list with your problems.

To the guy with the idea of driving a grain cart 10 miles down the road loaded.. that’s one different concept and IMO very inefficient if your yard is on highway, have many hills or just having to drive down the country roads during the busiest time of the year, but each there own.

Depends on the roads and where the bins are... if an extra step can be removed... so much the better!

Keep it simple... Save the super b to direct hit the elevator...

It is truly amazing what a good tandem that matches hauling away from a 500u combine capacity hopper... unload on the go...with a good auger that can unload 500u in 3 minutes... can do... usually haul 450... works out nice... Tridem for overflow...

Many solutions... depends how wet the ground is.. how big the field... straight cutting or swath... seed or commercial... Canola usually not a problem... doing over 700u/hr/combine does not happen that often!

Cheers