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  1. Theswede

    What brand of telehandler will be best for our farm?

    Like you would imagine from the topic me and my brother have started thinking about buying a telehandler. In Sweden telehandlers are very few and far between, instead the Volvo wheel loaders are common and can be found on almost every farm. This means we have very little input when starting to...
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    Intake rollers in wholecrop

    I have now modified my old Fortschritt wholecrop header to my BiG X 580. After just trying it out a couple of metres it seems to work fine. Although there seem to be some room for improvement on the crop flow. From using the Fortschritt on my old BiG X 650 I know that I need to have pretty good...
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    Change Case MX 170 for Case Puma 165 CVX

    I have started to think about changing one of my old MX 170 for a small body Puma 165. Anyone who got both of them and can compare their on field performances a bit? The Puma would be my main drilling tractor and has got to manage my old Monozentra, my Väderstad Rapid 400 and my Amazone EDX...
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    Krone Xdisc

    Thinking about upgrading my wholecrop header to a Krone Xdisc. Anyone got any experience to share? Will be used on a BiG X 580. Anyone know if its possible to change to new type of coupling bar and power transfer?
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    Horsch Terrano 3 FX

    Today I had a look at my latest purschase - a used Horsch Terrano 3 FX. Even though it is a very simple design I still have one question for other Terrano users, it is about the depth settings... My Terrano has manual depth settings, in other words I manually put clips on the connector rod...
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    Krone BiG X 480/580/630

    Have anyone got any info on how the new small range BiG X is going? Was a couple of years since first 480 was released so there might be a few out with a couple of hours on them! I demoed the 480 in maize 2016, it was a real pleasure to drive but I found it a bit gutless. But I am not sure I...
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    George Moate - Tillerstar

    I am growing onions on land that might not be the typical vegetable land. It is light clay with much stones in it. This season we destoned with a Kongskilde Stonebear but that still was not enough... we had 4 people manually sorting out stones on the harvester and they barely got the stones out...
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    How many loads out of a forage wagon?

    I wonder how many loads you wagon guys have ran through your wagon and how many loads you expect to get out of it before you think it is time to change to a new one? This is of course under the circumstance that it is well serviced and maintained.
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    Case MX 170 as rowcrop tractor

    I am currently using a Case IH 5150 as my rowcrop tractor. But since starting with irrigation last year I would like to have a tractor with a bit more weight to pull my irrigation machines. Since I have two MX 170 it would be a good idea to start using one of them, but because of my onion crops...
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    Anyone tried True Cut discs for the Carrier?

    As the title says I am interested to know if anyone got any experience of the new True Cut discs for the Väderstad Carrier? I just demoed a Carrier with the ordinary discs and a Amazone Catros with + discs... the results were very impressive with the Catros but since they don't fit crossboards I...
  11. Theswede

    Trailed Amazone Catros

    A couple of years ago I bought a mounted 5 metre Amazone Catros. I have been pleased with the result so far but I have been starting to think about upgrading to a trailed one. I use the Catros on stubble but also alot on ploughed land... we have alot of stones in our ground and it buries them...
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    Combining OSR with NH CX 860

    This is the second season I am running my NH CX 860, during the first season I only harvested wheat and barley... both with good results. In a couple of days I will probably start harvesting some OSR, and since I have never combined any OSR I thought I would ask you guys for some pointers and...
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    How much water do you use when spraying?

    After reading multiple threads about different spray nozzles, I realised that people use quite different amount of water per hectare when spraying. Personally I use 200 l/ha if the label doesnt say anything else, except when spraying "earth reacting" herbicides then I use around 300 l/ha. I...
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    Bought s/h tractor with promotech box

    I just bought a CVX 195 which had got a Promotech chipbox plugged into it. The tractor has a bit over 3000 h on it and had it since almost new. I got another CVX 195 without the chipbox and its power is enough for me. Since the 195 is the biggest in its range I am a bit worried it might not be...
  15. Theswede

    Improving WW yields

    I have since coming home to the family farm, improved the WW yields from 5t/ha up to 7t/ha due to putting in alot more effort in growing WW than my brother did before me (He has always been alot more into cows). This year I have been digging down irrigation throughout most of the farm and built...
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    Krone F 320 CV

    Hello guys! I just got my new front mower delivered, it's the new style Krone F 320 CV. Everything seems fine except for the fact that I can't get a good ground clearence when I got it lifted all the way up. Right now the best I can do is 32 cm from ground to knife. Since I run a butterfly with...
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    How late can I apply N to winter wheat?

    The last couple of days rain has got me thinking of trying to get some extra yield out of my winter wheat. I am not aiming for milling wheat. My usual yield is about 6,5 tonnes and so far I have added 130 kg of N, this is my ordinary total N. This year looks very promising...after a small dry...
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    Tractor weights

    Because of the fact that the weight specifications never ever are correct, I thought I would ask you guys if you have run your tractors over the weighbridge and what the results were. I'm curious of tractorweights in general, but are really interested in Fendt 724, 828, Case Puma 230 and Deutz...
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    Differences between Case CVX 195 and Case CVX 1170?

    I need your help on the subject above... I currently run a Case CVX 195 along with two Case MX 170's. The CVX is my only tractor that can handle my butterfly moco and my maizedrill, due to front pto and hydraulics. And because it's closing in on 6500 hours I have been thinking a bit about...
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    Liquid fert

    Another thread in the forum got me curious of liquid fert. In Sweden it is almost not used at all, only a few use it on their maize crop. How are you using it "on the other side of the pond"? On what crops? Is i cheaper? More effective compared to granulated or prilled fert? Is it just N you...
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