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Quote:Cutting in standing water is no big deal if you know what you are doing. Seems like every year we end up having some under water. Time to cut means time to cut, water or no water.
Yes, I can agree with that, Riceman. The water factor is agiven in rice, even with drained fields. I think your combines are rather used t it, but over here in wheat, a normally dry crop, it does not feed or even thresh well when really damp, let alone completely waterlogged!
Quote:In my neck of the woods the rear wheel assist is absolutely necessary for keeping a combine on a side-hill.
......just make sure that you don't leave them on when you head down a steep decline the combine will start to hop due to the fact that the front tires and rear tires are not the same diameter.
On some those Palouse country slopes up to 45 degrees or grades exceeding 48 percent, I would think that it is especially dangerous for any combine to begin to bounce. That split-second loss of stability, could mean the end of the line for the machine and possibly the man, too.
I had not noticed any RWA or "4 wheel drive" before on the older hillsiders, such as the '02 Deeres or 453 IH's. Did I just overlook something there?