redman
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I put them on 3 years ago on some 2188s and love them. I don't believe you have to spin the rotor as fast and I think you get earlier separation. I'm also in tall Fescue in western Or.
Combines Gorden combine products in fescueIJ
CORNKING
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If I may ask what is tall fecueIJ
Old_Pokey
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I'm in Hillsboro, just west of portland. Where abouts are youIJ That is exactly what I'm hoping will happen with the new parts. I want to run a slower rotor speed but get the material through the machine a little faster, and not chew up the straw so bad.
Old_Pokey
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The stuff we grow here is a turf type grass seed. Some is used in a lawn grass mix and some is sold straight. Different characteristics of the varieties will make for interesting roughs at the golf course. Some is erosion control also. A lot of the straw is then baled and shipped to other countries for feed roughage for livestock. Some is sold locally for livestock bedding as well. And some is just flailed back into the soil. Something that makes it different to combine is the weight and size of the seed. Its small and very light.
redman
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I'm in the monroe,Junction city , Harrisburg area. I'm not sure you'll like the straw but I' know you'll like the threshing. Fescue's up in the air this year down here. looks like alot of fields didn't tiller right and looks like alot of straw for nothin in some places.
Old_Pokey
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That's only a stones throw from here. If you want, send me an email, maybe we could hook up after harvest and have a cup of coffee or something. That sounds bad about the grass. What went wrongIJ Our fescue is looking great....so far. The rust control cost kind of put a dent in the bottom line this year, but the yield looks good. So you dont really care to much for the way the straw sets from the Gorden partsIJ Hmmm, I'll keep an eye on that. We've actually noticed that the condition of the straw can be different from the way the swather setsup the windrow. You've probably noticed that too. The different swathers feed into the rotor different. Depending on the direction the straw lays when it hits the rotor, it will lay out the back differently.
redman
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I don't really care about the straw too much anyway I have someone bale it for me and I have had them tell me it was too short . I told them take it or leave it so i haven't heard a word out of them since. I'm not saying there is a crop disaster by any means I just think people that didn't use growth regulator are gonna have a below average crop from wind and heavy rain pounding it to the ground and never standing back up. I am a firm believer in growth regulators fortunately. But i still think mine will be slightly below average .
Old_Pokey
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So am I. We were a little late on few fields with the growth regulator and they went down too early. The ones we got on the right time are doing quite well. Theu're still leaning a little, but should've filled good. The growth regulator has saved us from having to flail for the last two years. This year, I fear we will have to flail a few fields behind the baler. All of our straw is also custom baled. The guy we have take ours has been very happy with the condition of our straw....so far
redman
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The least of my worries is the custom balers. every one i've had continues to owe me money and always seems to have an excuse. I finally told them I' would mow down a full straw load before I'll give it away. So we'll see what happens now. I think When I did get the complaint about the straw being too short, I had spikes on over the grates(now that I think about it)That's like running a straw chopper.really grinds it up. Are you growing any perennial ryegrassIJ curious how it looks up north. Down here it's hit and miss . Some younger stands I have look really good but the older ones have fallen hard, I think maybe got too dry back in Feb.
Old_Pokey
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Haa, funny you should mention the dry spring. Some of the ryegrass growers up here with irrigation were watering the ryegrass. We dont have any on this farm. Fescues and clovers only here. The ryegrass is hit and miss just like you have. Certain herbicide programs last fall took there toll this year with that dry spell. The guy that does our baling also rents the barn space from us, so....we kind of have a leverage factor for payment there The custom combine that we hire to help us used the spikes one year and the baler did'nt care too much for it either, but he had no choice. It just was so chewed that it would'nt hold a good bale. I will be very interested to watch and experiment with these new Gorden parts to see how they perform in various conditions. I'm not going to tell the baler what we're doing and see if he notices any difference. I am considering putting the whole thing in at once and then backing off a few parts as nesissary, but I dont know how wise that would be. I do know my machine fairly well, but I may loose the time I hope to gain by doing too much at once. What do you thinkIJIJ
The custom combine that we hire to help us used the spikes one year and the baler did'nt care too much for it either, but he had no choice. It just was so chewed that it would'nt hold a good bale. I will be very interested to watch and experiment with these new Gorden parts to see how they perform in various conditions. I'm not going to tell the baler what we're doing and see if he notices any difference. I am considering putting the whole thing in at once and then backing off a few parts as nesissary, but I dont know how wise that would be. I do know my machine fairly well, but I may loose the time I hope to gain by doing too much at once. What do you thinkIJIJ