Ploughing straight

[D7E]

The way it should be done

 

[Egon]

Hey, that is how I remember a ploughed field should look like!

 

[rtimgray]

I always heard that you can plant more tobacco in a crooked row than a straight one (course, that's because we couldn't drive the tractor straight).

 

[Farwell]

We used the fence row as a guide so our rows started out fairly straight. We probably had more dead furrows than was necessary.

 

[scott_vt]

Mornin D7E,
Oh come on now, you know you have a GPS hooked up to the steering !

 

[stevevdw]

We usually lined up in the middle of the field & picked a point of reference on the other side, usually a tree or whatever. Locked eyes on it & drove straight across the field & usually were dead straight. Then we got the chisel plow & the art of moldboard plowing was lost forever. Nothing like finishing a field with a couple tri-angles & odd corners without having to run over the fresh turned dirt & everything buried!

 

[D7E]

Mornin D7E,
Oh come on now, you know you have a GPS hooked up to the steering !

In tose days "96" there was not much gps being used and i don't believe in it ,
If you can't drive properly you should learn not rely on a gadget ?

 

[Rara Avis]

In tose days "96" there was not much gps being used and i don't believe in it ,
If you can't drive properly you should learn not rely on a gadget ?

Well my cousin farms 26 square miles in ND...and he swears by it...especially when you link in the LanSat data for the computer optimized fertilizing...

Naturally the first time I saw it in operation...I tried to tell him his equipment was defective....because it turned on and off as needed as the tractor went down the row...

 

[D7E]

Well my cousin farms 26 square miles in ND...and he swears by it...especially when you link in the LanSat data for the computer optimized fertilizing...

Naturally the first time I saw it in operation...I tried to tell him his equipment was defective....because it turned on and off as needed as the tractor went down the row...

Hey don't get me wrong ,It works and most farms are using it here ,Even some that should'nt be (they still make a hash of it )but we farm several thousand acres owned and custom and straight lines are never an issue and overlap is not a problem because i tramline ,My problem is justifying the cost ,I am not alone ?...And we get free soil tests done on every 10 acre square block of every field every year (From local fert supplier) if requested ,It takes 24 hours to do the whole farm and find find no need to increase or reduce fert that often as our soil type is pretty standard for miles ,We achieve the same yeilds as my good friends next door who farm 10'000 acres on a high tech round the clock system ,I know this is fact because they are good friends and we spend a lot of beer time in the winter ,The only reason they use it is they can minimise machinery ,10'000 acres,2 combines ,3 tractors and 2 trucks and they have a SP sprayer ,And they run most of their work in the dark ,I have a hardi 1000 gal pull type . and there is 5 of them ond 2 of us and i still see some reseeding done because the seeder did not kick in at the start of a run and all their stuff is new every 3 years ,Is cost not an issue any more ..If it's not essential do you have to go with the flow ?

 

[Rara Avis]

Hey don't get me wrong ,It works and most farms are using it here but we farm several thousand acres owned and custom and straight lines are never an issue and overlap is not a problem because i tramline ,My problem is justifying the cost ,I am not alone ?...And we get free soil tests done on every 10 acre square block of every field every year (From local fert supplier) if requested ,It takes 24 hours to do the whole farm and find find no need to increase or reduce fert that often ,We achieve the same yeilds as my good friends next door who farm 10'000 acres on a high tech round the clock system ,I know this is fact because they are good friends and we spend a lot of beer time in the winter ,The only reason they use it is they can minimise machinery ,10'000 acres,2 combines ,3 tractors and 2 trucks and they have a SP sprayer ,And they run most of their work in the dark ,I have a hardi 1000 gal pull type and there is 5 of them ond 2 of us ,Is cost not an issue any more ..

Yeah...I understand where you are coming from...I was just providing an alternate view...

If it's not essential do you have to go with the flow ?

YES...
(Come on now with a straight line like that, I just had to nail it...)

 

[xlr82v2]

The way it should be done

That's not the first time he's done that is it?

 

[elkun1]

Good evening D7E, please tell me you were joking about the free soil samples. Thats like giving free application, one way or the other you are paying for them. also, without autosteer how do you read your favorite novels or watch the soaps? hopefully harvest went well or is going well for you guys, Ron

 

[D7E]

Yeah...I understand where you are coming from...I was just providing an alternate view...



YES...
(Come on now with a straight line like that, I just had to nail it...)

I hear ya ..but i thought you were a brainwashed techno junkie like so many who don't understand it but still buy it....Appreciate the reply..

 

[Rara Avis]

I hear ya ..but i thought you were a brainwashed techno junkie like so many who don't understand it but still buy it....Appreciate the reply..

Heck...I'm an advocate of OPEN STATION tractors when everyone else wants CABS...

Techno-junkies are Dentisits with hobby farms...I've yet to meet a dentisit who isn't buying the latest gizmo for their office...

 

[Farwell]

Paul,
You should have experienced the dentists I had as a kid. Ever hear of the old slow speed dental drills. I wished they were high tech junkies, they made Steven King novels seem like bedtime stories.
I have seen a few TV shows about GPS used in agriculture, they are awesome and save tons of $$$ for the large farms.

 

[Egon]

Lets not knock Dentists. I am fortunate to be able to go to a very competent fellow. He fly fishes so there is an upside.

 

[Rara Avis]

Lets not knock Dentists. I am fortunate to be able to go to a very competent fellow. He fly fishes so there is an upside.

My Dentist is one of my neighbors...he and his whole group are just gadget junkies...

If someone were to point out a new grapple...he'd probably go out and buy it...the upside is I'd get first crack at which ever one he decides not to keep...

 

[dknarnd]

My Dentist is one of my neighbors...he and his whole group are just gadget junkies...

If someone were to point out a new grapple...he'd probably go out and buy it...the upside is I'd get first crack at which ever one he decides not to keep...

Hey I manufacture and sell those dental low speed drills and that neighbor of yours may spend his money on a new grapple to play with but he will use the crap out of that old hand motor he's putting in your mouth. These little motors need lubrication too but lots of them don't use it.

 

[Rara Avis]

Hey I manufacture and sell those dental low speed drills and that neighbor of yours may spend his money on a new grapple to play with but he will use the crap out of that old hand motor he's putting in your mouth. These little motors need lubrication too but lots of them don't use it.

He's using the some super high speed for filling work and they still have some slow speed units for the dental hygenists for polishing...as far as maintenance of his dental equipment...its just like his tractor toys...He's meticulous...

 

[workinallthetime]

same idea different aplication.
a guy asked me how i did such straight lines on his property when i mow and i told him the story i heard in church as a boy. a farmer was telling the preacher to stop looking down and keep his eyes fixed on the tree at the other end of the field. thats all i remember but i guess it stuck with me