We recently completed wheat harvest on our farm using two John Deere combines. After 20 years of sitting in a barn after purchase, we were able to get our John Deere model 45 combine up and running so it could participate in the action. I thought having a machine from the 1950s out in the […]
UPDATE! 01/19/2012 The engine would not initially fire in “as is” condition. The carbereuter has been rebuilt, along with the starter and generator. It also has new plugs and plug wires. Today the timing on the engine was set and it finally started for the first time in 20 years! Our hired hand Randy and […]
More like Saturday in pictures. Didn’t do much picture worthy until today because of the rain we had all week. But now we are back in the field! We harvested about 80 acres of waxy corn today. Into the sun
For those of you not familiar with combines, let me tell you about the ladder you climb to get into the cab. When you are out in the field the ladder hangs down the left hand side of the cab. It can be swung around towards the front for transport, because in the operating position it makes […]