[camel]

These are just some photos at harvest time taken from the family farm on the Breeza Plains in NSW. The harvester is contracted in locally and he brings with him his home made chaser bin (Yellow 18 tonner)

Durum Wheat Harvest 30/11/04 New Holland TR 99 36ft Draper

Durum Wheat Harvest 30/11/04 Ford Genesis 8970 w/18t Chaser Bin

Corn Harvest 7/2/06 New Holland TR 99 6 row Corn Front

Corn Harvest 7/2/06 New Holland TR 99 6 row Corn Front

Corn Harvest 7/2/06 New Holland TR 99 6 row Corn Front

Corn Harvest 7/2/06 Ford 6610 w/13t Vennings Chaser Bin

Durum Wheat Harvest 19/11/06 Caterpillar Challenger 35 w/18t Chaser Bin

Durum Wheat Harvest 19/11/06 New Holland TR 99 36ft Draper

Durum Wheat Harvest 19/11/06 New Holland TR 99 36ft Draper

Durum Wheat Harvest 19/11/06 New Holland TR 99 36ft Draper Ready For Transport

Durum Wheat Harvest 19/11/06 Caterpillar Challenger 35 w/18t Chaser Bin

Soybean Harvest 18/4/07 New Holland TR 99 30ft Rigid Cutterbar

Soybean Harvest 18/4/07 New Holland TR 99 30ft Rigid Cutterbar

Soybean Harvest 18/4/07 New Holland TR 99 30ft Rigid Cutterbar Unloading Into Ford Genesis 8970 w/18t Chaser Bin

Soybean Harvest 18/4/07 New Holland TR 99 30ft Rigid Cutterbar

Soybean Harvest 18/4/07 Ford Genesis 8970 w/ 25t Finch Chaser Bin Unloading At Silos

Soybean Harvest 18/4/07 New Holland TR 99 30ft Rigid Cutterbar

Go Here For More Photos
http://s201.photobucket.com/albums/aa104/Camel007/

 

[molines]

Thanks; those are excellent pictures. Nice looking soil in the one pic.; mighty flat land!

Barry

 

[cessnaguy]

Those are darn good pictures, Camel.
Thanks for sharing them.
Send more.

 

[jono]

Great pics - likes to run with the Auger out!!

Jono

 

[molines]

I like your ( or someones ) flat brimmed hat! No burnt ears with that.

 

[camel]

Yeah thanks guys, that's me in the second picture with my Australian Made Akubra known as the "Bronco"(Might as well premote an well made Australian product). I have plenty of farming photos that I would like to show & share and when I have some more time (at university) I'll put them in the Planting & Tillage and Tractor threads. We farm on 90'' beds which allows us to irrigate the paddocks if we have the water and allows us to get some higher yields. The front was taking in 4 beds at a time and it was good that the contractor was able to widen its wheel spacing to meet our row-crop configurations. Yeah the soil here is unbelievable self-mulching and will grow almost everything, gets hot in the summer up to 42 degrees celius and get down into the minus figures in winter.

Go Here For More Photos
http://s201.photobucket.com/albums/aa104/Camel007/

Cheers

Camel

 

[agcofan]

Very nice. How did the corn and soybeans yield? I've never seen those 2 crops grown down there.

Take care,

Nathan

 

[billygoat]

Quote:Very nice. How did the corn and soybeans yield? I've never seen those 2 crops grown down there.

Take care,

Nathan


I have not myself. I would also like to know. I like the hat! I just ware a regular old Deere hat. and some aviators. NICE PICS!


Chris

 

[camel]

Yeah, I'm currently at Uni I'm heading home for holidays soon I'll find out and post the yields up.

 

[tascowboy]

Great pics Camel, welcome aboard

 

[brickwalker]

Very good pics Mate, good to see some more from out home.

Mind you, as much as they are great headers, from the back, those New Holland TR 99's really are ugly . Just dosn't fit there stylish front!

 

[rubberduck]

They arent really that common either! At least this was the first time i saw one

 

[spudbubba]

Nice pics there, took awhile to realize that November there is like our june/july
Had me stumped on cuttin wheat in November

 

[combiness]

LOL, Spud. That's one reason our emus here in North America lay their eggs in the fall. They are still wired to the biological timeclock of down under.

 

[brickwalker]

Quote:LOL, Spud. That's one reason our emus here in North America lay their eggs in the fall. They are still wired to the biological timeclock of down under.

LMAO! Didnt think of that. Could that be Jetlag

 

[caseihfan]

Nice TR99. What's the purpose for the extender on the auger on the TR99?

 

[camel]

Thanks for the comments guys/girls! I'm not real sure why he extended the auger I guess to keep chaser bins away from the fronts. Thank god we dont have emu's, roo's and wild pigs on our property cause gee they can make a mess close by the rive they have roos and pigs.

A friend of mine has a new NH CR970 with a 42ft draper and gee its look great. I reckon NH build the best looking and appealing harvester to date. The TR 99 looks like its was made from a thousand pieces of steel but they are good machines and this one actually goes better with heavy crop going through it.

We have our biggest wheat crop we have ever grown this year atleast half of the farm. We had decent rain just days after planting finished, and about 2 weeks ago we got more plus some runoff off the paddock and stored that in our dams which we will use later when it goes to flower. So we are looking at a great season this year.

Hopefully I'll be at home for the harvest and i'll get some more photos up. But keep checking my account at photobucket for all operations on farm during the year.

Cheers Camel