Posted by W_B on September 26, 2016 at 08:01:45 from (155.188.183.23):
Our little place is surrounded by a little over 100 acres of crop land. Our 8 acres right in the middle was cut out of that entire thing and sold off years ago, with the old folks keeping the balance of the land for income. They've passed on and left it to their two kids and two of the grandchildren. Thankfully they've decided not to sell and keep the land in the family and rent it out to a local farmer. Half is in corn and half in beans.
They roared in yesterday with a Case IH 7020 and two grain semi trucks and knocked the corn out by about 5:00 pm. He was flying with a 6 row header on it. I doubt I could run as fast as he was moving. One bin load filled the trailer, that was basically one pass down the long section, and a down and back in the shorter section that is behind my property. Continually amazed at how fast and efficient modern harvesting has become. We had an IH combine (I think a model 33?) with a two row head and we thought we were really something back in the early 70s. We used gravity wagons and an old '49 GMC truck to haul the grain.
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