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Corn harvester.
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Previously:
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...355#post215198
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...029#post207271
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...448#post196873
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...783#post133217
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...713#post151978
Fascinating machines that keep us all fed.
Sweet corn harvester.
This is what I see on my trips home in the fall:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLI3Rgfj0Pk
Usually the farmers near me park their semi and trailers on the side of the road and drive over to them to unload the combine. Some still use the little wagons but with the co-ops here they use mostly semis.
I watched that video. The narrator mentioned the cost of those combines.
JD X9 - 1000 Combine $821, 952
36" front track option - $85,066
12 row chopping corn head - $179,972
Total for ONE - $1,086,990 have to harvest A LOT of corn to pay for that!!!!!
Another reason for a strong co-op. Newer, faster more effective equipment can be used by many farmers in the area but none of them has to pay for the whole thing themself.Quote:
Originally Posted by hemmjo