Wheat Harvest

moresmoke · May 25, 2020

I got shipped south to help keep up machinery for the wheat harvest. Spending a couple weeks in Vernon, TX. A few custom cutters have gotten started, but the wheat was still a bit wet, and it’s been raining. The forecast doesn’t look good for the next week either. On the plus side, it only been over 100F one day so far.

moresmoke · May 25, 2020

centash · May 25, 2020

I'd love to work on a harvesters excursion like that!

Ben

shaun wallace · May 25, 2020

Running couple hundred miles South of there a lot has already been cut.

SETX · May 25, 2020

End of June here.

caterpillar guy · May 25, 2020

I did that back in the late 80's 90's one guy had 3 Massey's next guy had 6 9600's and 2 8820's. Then third guy had 3 9600's. I've got lots of pictures.

V35B · May 25, 2020

That the one job I actually miss at times. I did it for two summers when I was 19 and 20. We started in Tye, Tx and ended up in Chugwater Wy. Good times.

DR. EVIL · May 25, 2020

I always loved the Moline Daily Dispatch newspaper.(not really) Some custom harvester would come into town and pick up 2-3 Deere combines and drive them across the I-74 Mississippi River bridge. The Dispatch would put 3-4 pages of pictures, operator and owner interviews, even the local TV stations would have 5 minute reports on the combine Convoy. But if somebody came in and picked up a dozen red combines they couldn't be bothered. And the green combines had to drive right past the Red combine plant, only a mile apart.
To say the town and the media were/are biased was/is an understatement.

big tee · May 25, 2020

Good pictures--Thanks-but no green ones!--We are loaded up and ready to go--just give us a location and we will be there in a day!---Tee

Son's new Oliver 40

shaun wallace · May 25, 2020

Ran for Bruckners? Camped on McCartney place.

Texas Cowboy · May 25, 2020

We are a couple hundred miles south of there. Friday ours was still too green at 15.5%, but quite a bit has been cut around us. We had 2-1/2" rain last night. Tony

Smalltowner · May 25, 2020

What is the going rate for custom harvest this year?

rlp in Co. · May 25, 2020

I hope everything goes well for you. I always wanted to do that. First I was too young to go with my brother and his crew and now I'm too old! Oh well.

moresmoke · May 25, 2020

Been out to some green ones too, they just weren't as photogenic.

moresmoke · May 25, 2020

No idea, I am just here to pull wrenches and help wrangle our college age help.

moresmoke · May 25, 2020

I am here for 2 weeks. I will be back out for a couple more weeks later in the summer.

I am also too old to last all summer out here.

4520BW · May 25, 2020

They way my spring is going that would be all the combine I'll neeed.

Peat · May 25, 2020

This winter took my harvest slides from 79 and 80 and made a video

A big thank you and salute to all active military and veterans!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfDxxeWV10Q

rlp in Co. · May 25, 2020

Your link didn't work.

55 50 Ron · May 25, 2020

So how old is too old? I'm quite old and was thinking of going to help FARM RESCUE out of North Dakota but I think the virus has stopped their plans.

55 50 Ron · May 25, 2020

The link worked for me.

big tee · May 25, 2020

HEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SVcummins · May 25, 2020

Guess the don’t didn’t feel like advertising for a foreign owned company

Zach from TX · May 25, 2020

You must work for Macdon with all the different color combines. Probably been to our place to work on our guy’s machines even

moresmoke · May 25, 2020

That would be a common denominator.

Possibly been there, if not I’m sure one of the crews will catch up with them at some point.

Zach from TX · May 26, 2020

Stephens is our crew. Out of KS. Coby I believe. Runs John Deere machines. Interesting side note, he’s the on,y one in this part of the county with green machines. All the other guys are red now except the crew with the Gleaners.

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