Sadly, it was because the yield was largely down. With Spring rains drowning it out and going 2 months without rain after that... the corn didn't have much of a chance.
We had 2 choppers, 2 dump trucks and one in the silo. Earl M. & Gary S worked the choppers, Jeff & Charlie worked the dump trucks ( I spared off the dump truck drivers) and Karl or Jeff worked the silo.
Earl (custom guy) in his ford Tractor hauling our equipment - see the corn blowing into the hi-dump.
The "new" dump truck we bought from our Alberta cousin. Karl and Jeff revamped the back door and made it a gate. Got some minor adjustments to make on the new design (changed the design from our other dump truck gate) but for the most part it worked very well.
Jeff and Karl recycling tires for the silo - loading them up for the next bay
Jeff getting a load of corn to take back to the silo
Karl pushing up the corn and packing it down. The more its packed the less it spoils.
Trucks waiting for the harvesters - they are actually having a chat and eating snacks while waiting
Uh oh! Why is this hi-dump left sitting alone in the field?
OH, yeah, not so good! Good eye from Jeff when he pulled up for a load - he informed Gary cause the area that broke the harvester is in front of it and the tractor driver can't see it. Not sure if you can see but the axle split - lucky we had a 3rd hi-dump and harvest could continue!
Another picture of Karl in the Silo... I took this from the house - it looks like he is driving over the field of corn
This is what he is actually doing LOL
And that is 2012 corn harvest...
sorry about the bad grammar. I posted before I edited
ReplyDeleteThats it eh? bummer about it not being the greatest crop this year - we hear ya on this side of the world too! Although I find your pictures a bit facinating just since we don't cut silage and combine it alot differently. Great informative post :]
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