If we had something akin to this a few hundred years ago we coulda picked our own cotton and not needed slaves. Fast forward and: What a wonderful world this would be.
Appears to be a Claas 980. Can't tell the year. If it is the older one - two 500Hp 6cylinder engines ; newer - a single 995 or 1000hp engine. Adjust your cut all the way down to less than half the thickness of a dime!
Was it Sniffy Joe Biden who said, Throw corn in a hole, cover it with dirt and add water? Not since the first human poked Earth with a sharp stick has it been that simple, Joe.
You can buy your own for just shy of a million dollars. Our subcontractor got a smaller one for $780,000. They trade off at end of warrantee. You can't afford to fix them on your own dime. Jerry
Chopping corn for silage.
ReplyDeleteThink the video's speed was altered.
What it takes to make that happen is amazing. You couldn't do that with your 40-20 and Gehl chopper.
ReplyDeleteSo, what are they growing?
ReplyDeleteSilage corn.
DeleteThat was fucking ridiculously proficient!
ReplyDeleteGod Bless. That's what real hard work and skill looks like.
If we had something akin to this a few hundred years ago we coulda picked our own cotton and not needed slaves. Fast forward and: What a wonderful world this would be.
ReplyDeleteYou are at your finest today.
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The ballet of the harvest. Good thing to watch.
ReplyDeleteAppears to be a Claas 980. Can't tell the year. If it is the older one - two 500Hp 6cylinder engines ; newer - a single 995 or 1000hp engine. Adjust your cut all the way down to less than half the thickness of a dime!
ReplyDeleteVery cool and another educational vid from Wirecutter Academy!
ReplyDeleteWas it Sniffy Joe Biden who said, Throw corn in a hole, cover it with dirt and add water? Not since the first human poked Earth with a sharp stick has it been that simple, Joe.
ReplyDeleteBloomberg, shooting a $500 million hole in his Demo nomination chance, twas it not? Insulting farmers everywhere?
DeleteYup. Here 'tis, among a few other gems:
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/02/mike-bloomberg-quotes-7-recent-remarks-that-arent-helping.html
Yep, no matter how bad you feel about yourself just remember that you didn't blow half a billion bucks only to find out that nobody like you.
DeleteOK. Sorry for the wrong guess.
DeleteThat was so cool to watch, precision, no waste at all. I guess they use gps systems?
ReplyDeleteIt’s amazing some of the farm technology out there....
ReplyDeleteThey’ve got “drone” tractors and other really cool stuff.....
Check out AGCO brands.....Massey Ferguson, Challenger, Fendt, and Valtra.....
A US multinational competitor to Cat and John Deere.....based in Atlanta.
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Computer game. gray soil after harvest. I have seen it somewhere but can't remember where.
ReplyDeleteYou can buy your own for just shy of a million dollars. Our subcontractor got a smaller one for $780,000. They trade off at end of warrantee. You can't afford to fix them on your own dime.
ReplyDeleteJerry