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<blockquote data-quote="Feldspar" data-source="post: 4710664" data-attributes="member: 386"><p>I would make the distinction between easy / difficult and skilled / unskilled / different skills. The two are separate, so one job might be easier (i.e. more pleasant environment) but require more skills. I'm not saying that in that video that it definitely requires more skills, but I do think it requires a different set of skills which tend more towards operating things rather than driving things. Driving a non-auto steer tractor on a plough and getting the furrow dead straight and everything matching up obviously takes a lot of skill, but so does doing the job in that video. Getting the cart tractors and trailers filled quickly and without spillage, coordinating with the combine to keep it running, coordinating with the carting people and generally getting extremely high output over what I would imagine are quite long days.</p><p></p><p>I would contrast that job with say what my uncle does. He has a smallish Tucano combine on about 150ha. They unload on the headlands whilst stationary and normally don't go much after it gets dark and tend not to start until late morning (because their storage won't take high moistures). Yes, the cart tractor is a pretty old MF with no aircon and no suspension, and the trailers has a manual tailgate. When you get back to the barn you have to wade around in the grain moving the rather dodgy old pedestals which means you get all dirty. On the other hand, the hours you'd spend in it each day are going to be far less than the above example, you have a lot more time sitting around waiting for the combine to have a rest, and keeping the machine moving every second is not quite so critical because they have plenty of capacity. Sometimes they stop for lunch and life is generally pretty chilled.</p><p></p><p>On a big outfit, the pressure is a lot, lot higher with a large amount of crop involved (which often will be owned by someone else giving extra responsibility), a much more complex logistical operation, much less downtime throughout the day, and in many cases (at least compared to my uncle) much longer days too. I wouldn't without hesitation say that the chap who drives the grain cart at my uncle's has a much harder job. He might need a good shower when he gets in, but he probably gets in two or three hours earlier than some to have time to do it!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Feldspar, post: 4710664, member: 386"] I would make the distinction between easy / difficult and skilled / unskilled / different skills. The two are separate, so one job might be easier (i.e. more pleasant environment) but require more skills. I'm not saying that in that video that it definitely requires more skills, but I do think it requires a different set of skills which tend more towards operating things rather than driving things. Driving a non-auto steer tractor on a plough and getting the furrow dead straight and everything matching up obviously takes a lot of skill, but so does doing the job in that video. Getting the cart tractors and trailers filled quickly and without spillage, coordinating with the combine to keep it running, coordinating with the carting people and generally getting extremely high output over what I would imagine are quite long days. I would contrast that job with say what my uncle does. He has a smallish Tucano combine on about 150ha. They unload on the headlands whilst stationary and normally don't go much after it gets dark and tend not to start until late morning (because their storage won't take high moistures). Yes, the cart tractor is a pretty old MF with no aircon and no suspension, and the trailers has a manual tailgate. When you get back to the barn you have to wade around in the grain moving the rather dodgy old pedestals which means you get all dirty. On the other hand, the hours you'd spend in it each day are going to be far less than the above example, you have a lot more time sitting around waiting for the combine to have a rest, and keeping the machine moving every second is not quite so critical because they have plenty of capacity. Sometimes they stop for lunch and life is generally pretty chilled. On a big outfit, the pressure is a lot, lot higher with a large amount of crop involved (which often will be owned by someone else giving extra responsibility), a much more complex logistical operation, much less downtime throughout the day, and in many cases (at least compared to my uncle) much longer days too. I wouldn't without hesitation say that the chap who drives the grain cart at my uncle's has a much harder job. He might need a good shower when he gets in, but he probably gets in two or three hours earlier than some to have time to do it! [/QUOTE]
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