What moisture would you start at

bankrupt

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Location
EX17/20
What moisture meters are proving to be the most reliable this year? Recommendations please.

(1) Thumbnail - very reliable for anything over 30%.
(2) Trailer test - Good moisture correlation between tipping angle and when it comes out (need to do your own calibration for this) - if it never does it was probably too wet to cut.
(3) 4lb hammer - especially good for testing beans
(4) Marconi - anything below 26%.
 

DRC

Member
After a couple of false starts , managed a few acres of nearly flat barley . Wouldn’t cut at all before lunch, so put lifters on, which was no better and one came off, breaking two sections , so off they cane again .
Found I could tease them in with the reel half out . Was going well until the sun went down .
Not a bad sample and seem to be yielding quite well considering . Moisture got down to 17.5%
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HAM135

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Arable Farmer
Got a kind offer of a demo JD T560i today, between the 2 machines got 75ac cut,quite a lot on the ground and a lot of wet holes although should have expected it after 5 inches of rain in the past week,started at 20% never really improved.
 

Dave488

Member
Wheat was 23% yesterday morning, so went into barley, which was 19%, wheat was down to 20.5% by 5pm, so hoping to go back into that today as got Cx8.90 with 30ft header on demo, so with my little Cx8040 and 20ft header hoping to rattle of the last of the milling wheat
 

PSQ

Member
Arable Farmer
Into 1st wheat this evening, 16% and yielding significantly better than the 2nd and 3rd wheats. Drier just running on the pilot light 🥳
Decided to sell the straw too, to pay for the repairs on the T7030 which shat it’s clutch packs after lunch.
2020 just keeps on giving 🤦‍♂️
 
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spikeislander

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Location
bedfordshire
S beans through a mecmar?
I’ve tried peas and takes forever , we’ve done ours earlier but got a customer wanting me to dry , I’m thinking the time, cost and damage to the beans would be too high ?
 

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