On board Combine Weighers,accuracy ?

[Pilatus]

Irrespective of make , is the on board combine grain,oilseed etc weigher ,on your make of combine very accurate?

 

[Nhtvt170]

If you calibrate it, then I don't see why not..... class lexions here, we weigh a trailer load from each field, or start of the day

 

[yellow belly]

some weighers are affected by the specific weight of the grain and need this entereing as the specific weight changes
others are not affected by specific weight
for accuracy regular calibration is important with mine once a season a few loads per crop is enough

 

[snipe]

Got a RDS Ceres 8000i between 1% to 4% accurate. I callabrate it by brimming the tank knowing that it holds 8000 litres then times it by kg/litre. Not very scientific but when we have emptied the store it not far out.

 

[Pilatus]

Going back over twenty years ago ,the weigher on our MF 38 was very accurate in cereals. One had to remember to fill in the radio active form each year ,the same form as if one was running a nuclear power station !!!!!! Might be a slight exaggeration but there were a few farmers fined for not filling the form in.

 

[Warp Land Farmer]

Going back over twenty years ago ,the weigher on our MF 38 was very accurate in cereals. One had to remember to fill in the radio active form each year ,the same form as if one was running a nuclear power station !!!!!! Might be a slight exaggeration but there were a few farmers fined for not filling the form in.

Fined by whome?

 

[Pilatus]

Fined by whome?

I will have to research and post when I have found out, it may take a while as now in to the harvest silly season

 

[Clive]

Calibrate properly and regularly and our lexion can be very good

However we don’t bother, I use the same cal factor all harvest and get yields from weighbridge and then correct combine map data in gatekeeper to reflect the actual weighbridge numbers

 

[Norfolk Olly]

Ours is very accurate, wheats doing 5 ton/acre
They're only as accurate as the information you put in

 

[Pilatus]

Fined by whome?

Environment Agency!!
Google “Registering MF38 combine radioactive weigher” , you should see an FWi article on the farmer being fined £6200.

 

[Warp Land Farmer]

Environment Agency!!
Google “Registering MF38 combine radioactive weigher” , you should see an FWi article on the farmer being fined £6200.

Crikey that's an eye opener! I wonder under what legislation the EA have got the power to inspect and fine a combine.

 

[snipe]

It was carrying a radio active source. ( very low hazard). When I worked at Masseys for a season if we took them off we had to rap them in lead.