| Author |
 Topic Search  Topic Options
|
Ryan Renko 
Orange Level
Joined: 12 Sep 2009
Location: Edwardsville, I
Points: 2325
|
 Post Options
 Thanks(0)
 Quote  Reply
 Topic: Straight planting rows
Posted: 11 May 2011 at 7:20pm |
|
Everyone used to drive around and comment on which local farmer planted the straightest rows around here. Now with this GPS guided steering it just aint the same!!! Ryan
|
 |
|
Sponsored Links
|
|
|
Bill Long
Orange Level
Joined: 12 Sep 2009
Location: Bel Air, MD
Points: 4556
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 11 May 2011 at 7:52pm |
That good? Do you have pictures? Remember I'm used to check wires. Damn technology Good Luck! Bill Long
|
|
JW in MO
Orange Level
Joined: 16 Feb 2010
Location: South KC Area
Points: 2635
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 11 May 2011 at 8:36pm |
|
We had a neighbor that planted with an old half worn out H, he looked like he was trying to conduct an orchastra with both hands on the wheel and his head bobbing around looking all over, but he always had the straightest rows in the country. Dad on the other hand worked hard at it but always claimed he could get more seeds in a row than neighbor Hank could in the same field.
|
|
Maximum use of available resources!
|
|
Brian Jasper co. Ia
Orange Level
Joined: 11 Sep 2009
Location: Prairie City Ia
Points: 10508
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 11 May 2011 at 8:41pm |
|
Who cares if the rows are a little crooked. Only gonna use 'em once...
|
|
"Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him better take a closer look at the American Indian." Henry Ford
|
|
CTuckerNWIL
Orange Level
Joined: 11 Sep 2009
Location: NW Illinois
Points: 22824
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 11 May 2011 at 8:42pm |
|
The guy I used to work for would "get the row straightener out" right after planting. We filled it with water and some other stuff and he sprinkled the rows. Claimed as the sun dried it, the rows got stretched straight.
|
|
|
|
CTuckerNWIL
Orange Level
Joined: 11 Sep 2009
Location: NW Illinois
Points: 22824
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 11 May 2011 at 8:46pm |
|
The Straight Row mentality may have come from the check row system of planting.??? If you did a good job of checking the rows, you could cultivate 4 ways, as you planted, cross of the way planted and at 45 degree both ways.
|
|
|
|
Don(MO)
Orange Level
Joined: 12 Sep 2009
Location: Bates City MO.
Points: 6862
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 11 May 2011 at 8:50pm |
I forgot to take pics planting corn this year , so last years will have to do. I can't find a GPS for the old planter so I just look down the row, it works OK for me. lol
Don
|
|
3 WD45's with power steering,G,D15 fork lift,D19, W-Speed Patrol, "A" Gleaner with a 330 corn head,"66" combine,roto-baler, and lots of Snap Coupler implements to make them work for their keep.
|
|
Jack(Ky)
Orange Level
Joined: 12 Sep 2009
Location: Ky
Points: 1153
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 11 May 2011 at 8:52pm |
I planted some this afternoon and I am glad it is back in the boonies where the "straight row police" won't see it. I bought this old 4 row AC 50 or 60 series planter that was gonna get the torch used on it and I got it back to perculatin' and it seems to be doing alright. I am only putting out about 5 or 6 acres to use for feed.JP
|
|
JoeO(CMO)
Orange Level
Joined: 11 Sep 2009
Location: Cent Missouri
Points: 2694
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 11 May 2011 at 9:08pm |
 JW in MO wrote:
We had a neighbor that planted with an old half worn out H, he looked like he was trying to conduct an orchastra with both hands on the wheel and his head bobbing around looking all over, but he always had the straightest rows in the country. Dad on the other hand worked hard at it but always claimed he could get more seeds in a row than neighbor Hank could in the same field. |
]
You could tell how straight the rows were planted by looking at the ear, the truth will always show up somewhere, makes good conversation when you sit down for a meal with corn on the cob served!
|
|
|
|
GBACBFan
Orange Level
Joined: 11 Sep 2009
Location: Green Bay WI
Points: 2662
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 11 May 2011 at 9:15pm |
A check row planted cornfield is a beautiful thing.
|
|
"The trouble with quotes on the Internet is that you can never know if they
are genuine." - Mark Twain
|
|
Ryan Renko
Orange Level
Joined: 12 Sep 2009
Location: Edwardsville, I
Points: 2325
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 11 May 2011 at 9:23pm |
|
Great photo!!
|
|
Bill Long
Orange Level
Joined: 12 Sep 2009
Location: Bel Air, MD
Points: 4556
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 11 May 2011 at 10:05pm |
I heard on the History Channel where they were talking about ag technology that using the GPS for planting can increase efficiency of land use by 10% Good Luck! Bill Long
|
|
m16ty
Orange Level
Joined: 28 Jan 2011
Location: TN
Points: 1474
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 11 May 2011 at 10:26pm |
Don(MO) wrote:
I forgot to take pics planting corn this year , so last years will have to do. I can't find a GPS for the old planter so I just look down the row, it works OK for me. lol
Don
|
Don, those are some straight rows but I can't help but notice how you turn at the end. I always just cut the wheel and just stomp on the wheel brake. I can turn around in my own track and not have to "swing out" to make the turn.
|
|
se iowa picker
Orange Level
Joined: 23 Apr 2011
Location: Se Iowa
Points: 229
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 11 May 2011 at 10:49pm |
|
one of these years I want to try some check row planting just so people can stop and stare. There was a couple towns up that planted his sweet corn in check pattern out in his garden. It was pretty cool to drive by and see.
|
|
Don(MO)
Orange Level
Joined: 12 Sep 2009
Location: Bates City MO.
Points: 6862
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 12 May 2011 at 5:34am |
|
M16ty, I put that little loop on the end so I will know where the two row set is at when I run the cultivator through it. Don
|
|
3 WD45's with power steering,G,D15 fork lift,D19, W-Speed Patrol, "A" Gleaner with a 330 corn head,"66" combine,roto-baler, and lots of Snap Coupler implements to make them work for their keep.
|
|
Eldon (WA)
Orange Level
Joined: 11 Sep 2009
Location: Spokane, WA
Points: 7765
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 12 May 2011 at 12:07pm |
|
Now if you are really good you can plant with a two row and cultivate with a 4 row!
|
|
ALLIS EXPRESS!
This year:
|
|
ky wonder
Orange Level
Joined: 13 Apr 2011
Location: horse cave, ky
Points: 647
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 12 May 2011 at 4:03pm |
|
i dont like straight rows, you cant get as much corn in a straight row as you can a crooked one :)
|
|
i like old tractors of all colors
|
|
HagerAC
Orange Level
Joined: 14 Sep 2010
Location: SE MN
Points: 1189
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 12 May 2011 at 4:07pm |
|
We plant with a 6 row and combine with a 4 row on our F2 and we have no GPS system.
|
|
30+ A-Cs ranging from a 1928 20-35, to a 1984 8070FWA, Gleaner R52
|
|
Don(MO)
Orange Level
Joined: 12 Sep 2009
Location: Bates City MO.
Points: 6862
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 12 May 2011 at 6:20pm |
|
Well I plant with a two row planter and pick with a three row head on the old "A" lol
|
|
3 WD45's with power steering,G,D15 fork lift,D19, W-Speed Patrol, "A" Gleaner with a 330 corn head,"66" combine,roto-baler, and lots of Snap Coupler implements to make them work for their keep.
|
|
JoeO(CMO)
Orange Level
Joined: 11 Sep 2009
Location: Cent Missouri
Points: 2694
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 12 May 2011 at 6:32pm |
|
My goodness Don. you do it all! lol
|
|
|
|
jaybmiller
Orange Level Access
Joined: 12 Sep 2009
Location: Greensville,Ont
Points: 23861
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 12 May 2011 at 7:31pm |
|
I don't care if your rows are staright, crooked or checkered. I appreciate that you're still FARMING !!!
|
|
3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112
Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor)
Never burn your bridges, unless you can walk on water
|
|
Ryan Renko
Orange Level
Joined: 12 Sep 2009
Location: Edwardsville, I
Points: 2325
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 12 May 2011 at 7:35pm |
|
It was always the talk in the local tavern about who planted the straightest. Kinda like braggin rights!! Ryan
|
|
junkman
Orange Level
Joined: 02 Mar 2011
Location: Nevada, MO
Points: 355
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 12 May 2011 at 7:58pm |
|
I still see some around here that don't have GPS's with pvc posts on opposite ends of the fields for laying out that first critical row.
|
|
Ryan Renko
Orange Level
Joined: 12 Sep 2009
Location: Edwardsville, I
Points: 2325
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 12 May 2011 at 8:11pm |
|
We are very late in planting here in southern Illinois due to the rain. I drove by a pretty small field, maybe 40 acres, and the farmers were folding up 2 kinze planters that were about 24 row each in that one field!! Desperate times to get that late corn in around here. Ryan
|
|
abbaschild95
Silver Level
Joined: 13 Feb 2011
Location: Colorado
Points: 149
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 12 May 2011 at 8:15pm |
GBACBFan wrote:
A check row planted cornfield is a beautiful thing.
|
How in the world did they do that in such a large field???
|
|
Great-granfather's WC---- hopefully many more to come!
|
|
Tedin NE-OH
Silver Level
Joined: 30 Mar 2011
Location: OH
Points: 177
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 12 May 2011 at 8:17pm |
|
I'll bet he thought he would never get done with such a large field.
|
|
Ryan Renko
Orange Level
Joined: 12 Sep 2009
Location: Edwardsville, I
Points: 2325
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 12 May 2011 at 8:22pm |
|
That farmer needed roundup ready corn!! God bless them!!
|
|
CTuckerNWIL
Orange Level
Joined: 11 Sep 2009
Location: NW Illinois
Points: 22824
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 12 May 2011 at 8:27pm |
|
When I was a kid, we were done cultivating the 3rd time through cause the corn was too tall for the tractor axles. Then we had to walk it and pull velvet weeds so we could earn a dollar to spend at the fair. Those were the toughest dollars I ever earned with corn leaves cuttin your arms and sweat drippin in your eyes, it seemed like it took a week for 3 of us boys to do 5 acres.
|
|
|
|
junkman
Orange Level
Joined: 02 Mar 2011
Location: Nevada, MO
Points: 355
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 12 May 2011 at 8:40pm |
|
My neighbor back during the depression years stated that her and here siblings would go to the corn field equipped only with hoe's. now that would be a job most of us are glad is over.
|
|
Dave(inMA)
Orange Level
Joined: 12 Sep 2009
Location: Grafton, MA
Points: 2398
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 12 May 2011 at 9:15pm |
|
There's a field planted to Christmas trees up the road - planted like that picture. I always marvel at it.
|
|
WC, CA, D14, WD45
|
|
