John Slejpner
Member
- Location
- Brick clay near Bedford
Dont panic - the sharp end of the drought, plus it was out of the blocks fast last october. Mid flowering T3 25/26 May.
It has been 'properly' ripe only about a week. First samples circa 400 hag
How far off is harvest?
- Thread starter Feldspar
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Dont panic - the sharp end of the drought, plus it was out of the blocks fast last october. Mid flowering T3 25/26 May.
It has been 'properly' ripe only about a week. First samples circa 400 hag
That's good. That will be just when my next block will be ready to cut!
Daniel
Member
- Location
- Mildenhall, Suffolk
On it, 17% moisture, straight into the dryer, The Dominator is making stately progress.
- Location
- the brecks norfolk
Barley is testing 13.6-14.2 a little while ago.
Just watched a huge storm pass by over watton/dereham direction
Just watched a huge storm pass by over watton/dereham direction
- Location
- In the middle.
I think for a change we have missed most of the heavy showers. Grabbed the last of the osr at between 10-11%. Just about to have an early night and looked at the wet barley straw that has been down over a week and found it drying like mad in the sun and wind so just finished moving that with the hope of baling before the rain tomorrow.
- Location
- Dorset/Wilts
Baled out of playing with the wreck of a combine, if no more rain between now and tomorrow 12pm its time to see what a Class Lexion 750 will do, contractor to the rescue
Whats happened to your dominator? Hope it's not terminal
Have you set it on fire .....Its got to the stage of beyond viable repair, fingers crossed the insurance company will write it off next week, will be quicker than trying to get it repaired
- Location
- Essex/Herts Border
What! Have you missed a lot of the rain over the last few days?
- Location
- Dorset/Wilts
Any thing particular happened or just a collection of faults ?Its got to the stage of beyond viable repair, fingers crossed the insurance company will write it off next week, will be quicker than trying to get it repaired
Wirings been chewed quite a bit, done the repairs, but not everything works as it should, particularly the stop foot pedal on the floor of the cab to stop the header, big bit of metal got into the header, round the auger and started up the trunk, didn't end well
No, but would have been tempted if i thought I'd get away with it
knowing my luck someone would have filmed me doing it 
- Location
- Leicestershire
Was feeling smug this afternoon when a thunderstorm passed both to the north and south of us. Thought if we missed the showers today the winter oats might go tomorrow. Heavy, although brief shower now passed through. Not so smug now. They're a seed crop so will be a slow process drying at low temperatures.
Anyway I do need to apologise for this weather. Talking to a non farming friend pre harvest I said that most seasons we can cut barley, OSR and oats without drying. It's the wheat where we usually end up drying. Sorry for jinxing it.
Anyway I do need to apologise for this weather. Talking to a non farming friend pre harvest I said that most seasons we can cut barley, OSR and oats without drying. It's the wheat where we usually end up drying. Sorry for jinxing it.
- Location
- the brecks norfolk
We had drizzly rain yesterday until mid afternoon then the sun come out and we had a lovely evening. Today has been sunny and windy. I rubbed some out at lunch and it bit hard so we thought we'd try some at 4 and to our surprise it was dry.
You didn't have the shower we had at 3.30 then! Glad you are going. Can the drier almost keep up with the 98?
Daniel
Member
- Location
- Mildenhall, Suffolk
Caught the edge of it as we finished winter linseed. Went and spent a couple of ours on chicken jobs and got stuck into the wheat about 5 ish till 9.30.
Dryer won't keep up with combine as I don't generally unload it hot, get the feeling it would take pedestals months to pull wheat down from 100f?
Guess the dryer can do about 6t/hr of 17-18% wheat, whilst the mighty Dommy with its new rasp bars and concave is probably doing about 10-12t/hr?
- Location
- Dorset/Wilts
You won't be the only one. Fearing quite a lot like that!!
- Location
- Dorset/Wilts
Variety? First wheat?