Equipment Design...

[farming101]

Got it. Not conducive to chopping. Might even spit out the odd knife with that situation

[Rareearth]

Cut maximum of 6 inches high, harrow on days like yesterday.

[Partners]

Cut maximum of 6 inches high, harrow on days like yesterday.

X2..
We swath so easier to cut closer to the ground..Straw never a issue.

[farmaholic]

Sk_, it may not be the speed its turning at as much as the load on it and the fact their always being torqued on at an angle. We use only wheel bearing grease on them and do them halfway through the season, which for us is only about 1200 acres. We haven't had any trouble but there will only be about 12, 500 acres on them by the end of the season (five years at 2500ish)

[Lowrider27]

Seeding in flax stubble

Hi Im new to this site. Lowrider27 here. We grow flax frequently . We desicate our flax before harvest which really eases the strain on our straw chopper, with Reglone not Roundup. Our combine is. 8090 CR New Holland and spreads the straw over 36 feet evenly. Last year our flax made 40 bus (best we ever grew) and was cut at 14 inches tall . This spring we pulled in with our 40 foot Salford 522 disc drill ( purchased in 2010) and seeded durum into droughted ground. The crop germinated and grew great for as dry as our area is this year. Will be less than our average dur crop over the last 7 years but I'm happy It still alive. We quit bunching and burning flax when we bought the Salford. Love that drill!