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Michael (WI) 
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Posted: 24 Sep 2012 at 8:59pm |
This weekend it was time to fill the old poured silo with corn silage so the feeder steers have something to eat all winter. I would say things are about 2-weeks ahead of last year around here. Our renter was also working on his this weekend and it was a bit of a contrast between our operations. I had a one row chopper with a single 16' rack, he had a three row chopper with kernel processor and several 20' racks. Anyway below are some pictures to reminisce over.
Below is my chopping rig, hopefully next year I will have my "new" two row narrow head rebuilt. It should save me time and uneven knife wear.
The cab window made it hard to get a good picture but here is the recently rebuilt chopper in action. The electric controls are sure nice!
480-s blower with inoculant applicator.
185 on the blower and D-17 on the wagon. A full 16' rack is a good match, even with loaded rears and cast weights it will spin the wheels in 7th gear when climbing the gravel lane by the barn.
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Orange Blood
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Posted: 24 Sep 2012 at 9:02pm |
Thanks Michael!!!!
I sure do love to see pictures of the orange working!!! That is a nice line-up there. Keep up the good work!
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AllisFreak MN
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Posted: 24 Sep 2012 at 9:05pm |
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That blower is in really nice shape.
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Eldon (WA)
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Posted: 24 Sep 2012 at 9:53pm |
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Are you sure you have enough hp for that chopper :-P
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Dean/MN
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Posted: 24 Sep 2012 at 10:10pm |
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That looks a lot like the lineup we had. An 8030 on the chopper, we also had a 185 but used on of our 2 D17 series IV's on the blower and one on the wagons. I kind of miss those days of silage and hay but not the milk cows.
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JC-WI
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Posted: 24 Sep 2012 at 10:38pm |
Nice pics Mike.
Old Super 717 chopper with a two row head and the XT turning about 120 kept 4 H&S boxes busy...
And I kept the knives up close and sharp to the cutter bar ... made the operator have to wear ear plugs and ear muffs because of the SIZZLING sound that vibrated in the cab like a dentist drill... Sure would have liked electric controls on it so I could have kept the back window on instead of reaching for the controls...
We have the very same blower and it would blow all the silage the H&S could deliver without plugging up.. and the old D17 would handle it. Couple years back I took the head off and found out she had M&W oversize in her already, no wonder it seemed to have more power than the other D17 tractors..
Sure miss those days.
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Posted: 24 Sep 2012 at 11:13pm |
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Thanks for the pix. It sure is nice to see all the Orange looking so nice and working!
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RMD
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Posted: 25 Sep 2012 at 8:35am |
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What was the advantage of AC silage equipment? Seems to me, growing up in a dairy area, that no matter what color their other equipment was, choppers and blowers were always AC.
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TedBuiskerN.IL.
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Posted: 25 Sep 2012 at 8:39am |
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Good capacity, pulled easily, and lower cost than competetive brands.
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Kurt WI
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Posted: 25 Sep 2012 at 12:26pm |
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So Mike when did you get the 8030? A few years when you got the all crop drill from you were still dreaming!!! Also how did the drill turn out for you? Kurt
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Michael (WI)
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Posted: 26 Sep 2012 at 8:59am |
Thanks for all the great comments.
Eldon, I thought a 4w-305 (if I had one) would be a bit overkill. In seriousness I used to use the 6080 but with 8030 I can use the powershift when crossing waterways and ditches instead of riding and burning out the clutch in the 6080. Also, on our hilly fields it is nice to have a big tractor to hold the load back and avoid a pile-up. Plus I just like driving it.
RMD, in my area it is the opposite I have never seen another AC chpper or blower. I will say it seems at times pulling the wagon requires more HP than actually running the chopper. With the wide 36" cylinder and throwing knives it has great capacity and doesn't hog all the power of a seperate blower fan.
Kurt, we found it locally four years ago. Since the drill is minus those drive gears it has been sitting upstairs in the barn, sadly I think it will become a parts donor if I ever restore my first drill, but never say never.
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btred1466
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Posted: 26 Sep 2012 at 11:02am |
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Nice tractors, equipment and pictures. Needs a 2 Row head or 3 Row for that tractor. Make it work more! Oh well better to have a bigger tractor than a too small tractor and stall out or spin out coming up a hill with a chopper and an about full wagon.
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Posted: 27 Sep 2012 at 1:21am |
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that silo leanin?
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Jack(Ky)
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Posted: 27 Sep 2012 at 4:54am |
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Nice pictures of working orange.JP
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Allis dave
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Posted: 27 Sep 2012 at 7:12am |
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LOL, it looks like it's about to fall over! So is the small bin in the background so I asusme the camera wasn't completely level.
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Michael (WI)
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Posted: 27 Sep 2012 at 8:00am |
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The silo is plumb, I guess when I took the photo I split the difference between the straight silo and the tractors sitting on a slope. Its a tough silo to pull up to because it is right on the edge of the natural bank the barn was built into. If you look carefully the 185 has planks under the front wheels to try and get it level (oil in oilpan) for heavy blower operation.
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