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Canucks Combining BIGTIME!!

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FasterHorses sent me this by e-mail and wanted to see if I could get it on here.....
Definitely be something to see- altho I'd hate to be the truckdriver trying to keep up with that many combines :wink: :lol: But it looks like they had a few trucks too....


Record setting harvest was done in 2006, in Winkler, Manitoba, Canada.

160 acres was harvested with 100 combines and several grain trucks in

10 minutes and 15 seconds.

This record will be entered in the Guiness World.

Proceeds of this crop is to be sent to a kids camp.

That's how we get it done in Canada!






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For all you green lovers, you should take notice of the color of the combine thats out in front :lol: :lol:

You should also notice that the service trucks are all chasing green machines too. :lol: :lol: :lol:

:evil:

Rod
 
PureCountry said:
If they were focusing on setting a TIME record, I can imagine how much was being thrown out the back end.
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A fella from over in your country told me they don't call them "The Long Green Line" for nothing!!! :D
 
Deere combines are no way near the best choice, but when it comes to repairs and a parts system that won't let a guy down, it is hard to beat John Deere.

the other companies need to look at the JD parts system and try to match it.
almost any part you break can be ordered by 3 in the afternoon, and sitting in the dealership by 9 in the morning.

no other company can match that. we have tried.
 
This isn't pertinent to John Deere but it was something funny that I always remembered.

My father-in-law was combining for the neighbors when their hired man jumped on the combine. He was kind of a funny guy, sometimes on purpose and sometimes...well, sometimes that was just who he was and how his thought process worked.

This particular time, he asked a question about the combine: "How does it know what to keep and what to throw away?" :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
 
jigs said:
the other companies need to look at the JD parts system and try to match it.
almost any part you break can be ordered by 3 in the afternoon, and sitting in the dealership by 9 in the morning.

no other company can match that. we have tried.
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We place our AgCo orders by 2:00 and they're in Nipawin by 11:00 pm on the bus. If a customer is really desperate, they can meet the bus and have their parts the same day, otherwise I'll have it in my mitts by 7:30am. Perhaps maybe its your dealers/area, but Case-IH, New Holland, and JD are all the same around these parts as far as speed of service goes.

Having said that, check your combines over REAL close this year before heading out into the fields. ALL (and that includes JD) are having supply problems of non-common fail items, so if you see a shaft, pulley, or specialized belt that looks like it may give you trouble, order it now. Rubber and steel are in short supply this year, so the manufacturers are devoting what resources they have to building new and common fail items.

And if you have grey market or light volume brand equipment, fergit it. Even companies like MacDon (they build a pile of headers for just about every manufacturer) are having issues. We've been waiting for knife drive belts for AS-30S's since Jan 15.

Rod
 
I don't know about other provinces but charity farming is quite common in Manitoba. We have a quarter section in our own neighbourhood that has been cropped for charity for a number of years now. Local farmers and equipment dealers do the work, and the crop is sold and donated to charity.

It's a win win, with the equipment dealers having their machines seen in action, and some good natured competition for various bragging rights, and the money goes to a good cause. :D :D They haven't gotten this many combines going at once, but it's still pretty impressive when they do take off the crop.
 
It's the same in Alberta, Kato. I can think of a few 1/4s being used for the food grains bank. Every few years we get together for a tragic event. This year a 52 year old neighbor died of an aneurysm. Half of his land is in wheat the other half canola. We will all roll in when the wheat is ready and finish it in a day. When each of his neighbors are done we will move over and work on the canola until it is in the bin. Kinda lonely for the first crew but he will be joined soon enough as more crews free up. Being part of a community is a grand thing!
 
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It's the same in Alberta, Kato. I can think of a few 1/4s being used for the food grains bank. Every few years we get together for a tragic event. This year a 52 year old neighbor died of an aneurysm. Half of his land is in wheat the other half canola. We will all roll in when the wheat is ready and finish it in a day. When each of his neighbors are done we will move over and work on the canola until it is in the bin. Kinda lonely for the first crew but he will be joined soon enough as more crews free up. Being part of a community is a grand thing!
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Community is the best part of farming, in my opinion. When I see the pictures of brandings on here, I think you ranchers know what it means, too. There seems to be much less sharing done now than in years past, but we are fortunate to be in a neighbourhood that still makes an effort to be very neighbourly and helpful to each other. If someone is in trouble, people from all around will pile in to help out.
 

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