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Recent content by EdB

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    Gleaner harvesting wheat in Montana

    Yeah, lots of cutesy saying about all colors. The real test around here has always been what kind of job any machine; whether tractor, combine, seeder, etc will do in my conditions. One of the big considerations with a combine is how much goes in the tank and how much gets left on the ground...
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    Williston Service Referrals and/or Rates

    In the past, I bought quite a bit of large machinery from the dealerships in Williston, ND. Prices have gone way up and the quality of their service techs has gone down as the decent ones have fled to the patch where there is more money to be made. I no longer buy anything there, as they seem to...
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    Gleaner harvesting wheat in Montana

    Acres in a day We seldom get days where we can go too late after sundown and the dew in this riverbottom usually keeps the machine out of the field until 9:00 AM, so unless it was really light wheat, I doubt I'd ever get close to 270 in a day. Running 6 MPH with a 34.5' header comes out...
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    Gleaner harvesting wheat in Montana

    They made the processor bigger -- 30" diameter rotor as opposed to a 24" in the R. Larger accelerator rolls, bigger cage to fit the bigger rotor, bigger fan, bigger drives in many locations, More HP from the engine, larger elevators, and of course, wouldn't you know it; more dollars to buy one...
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    Gleaner harvesting wheat in Montana

    Hi all, We started harvesting wheat with the new Gleaner last week. A couple pics of cutting. Head is a 35' MacDon. Wheat is running from 50 to 30 Bu. / acre. Another shot: Also made up a short video of the combine at work. http://youtu.be/zhph0XphEjI
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    Cat Challenger 65 help

    Tranny & Hyd. Oil Farmer Joe, All the flat track Challengers up to the C models had an oil reservoir for the steering and another for the hydraulics. The transmission reservoir was the transmission sump. Tranny used a different spec oil than the hyd & steering. Starting with the C models, one...
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    Cat Challenger 65 help

    Galen, Check your email EdB
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    Challenger: Worlds Largest Tractor

    Cart I get along with it great. Typical Concord that's simple, reliable, and rugged. Stainless steel tank and feed are a big improvement over the earlier ones that suffered from exposure to corrosive fertilizer.
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    Case 4690 Any good????????

    Pure, solid, unadulterated leaverright: as in "Leave 'er right there". The 4690 and the earlier 2670, which was pretty much the same tractor without electronics for steering both used the 504 CID that was turbo-ed & inter-cooled with an induction hardened crank and oil cooled pistons. The 2470...
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    Harvesting spring wheat in Montana

    The transverse rotor Hi Monte, Yes, you are correct that AGCO has taken what used to be the old White Axial rotor and designed a combine with an axial rotor (rotor lengthwise with machine). They market the machine as a Massey, or a CAT Challenger, or a Gleaner Ax5. Very hi capacity design...
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    Harvesting spring wheat in Montana

    Hi Hendrick, The early N6 & N7 had a poor reputation for reliability as they were rushed to market before they had all the kinks out of the new design. The current models are essentially the same machine but AGCO has had 30 years to beef up the weak points that showed up. Shafts & bearings are...
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    Harvesting spring wheat in Montana

    Hi Andy, Still early but it looks like the yields will be decent. Markets for the grain have been on an upward track recently, also. May make for a decently profitable year.
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    Harvesting spring wheat in Montana

    I've gotten a pretty good start on the harvest for 2010. Yields and quality both look to be good for those who have escaped the hailstorms. Upgraded the combine with a different header (front for the Aussies) A few pics and some videos of the machinery in action. R72 Gleaner and 35' MacDon...
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    Challenger: Worlds Largest Tractor

    tractors When you're farming with an MT, you are having fun. No need to take time having fun other ways.
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    Cat Challenger 65 help

    Cat 65 That year 65 used a mechanical controlled engine. Don't think there's any way to read the computer if it doesn't have one. The ones with pneumatic idlers had a bulletin come out where they recommended foaming the tires and fishplating the frame. If the fronts haven't been foamed, check...
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