Combines Harvest is complete

DoneIJIJIJ Where are you atIJ Around here a few guys have picked a little corn and some beans have come out. We still have very green stems in some of the replant areas. Have only had 3 or 4 times in the last month or bettter with 2 or 3 sunny days in a row. Have only had about 3 or 4 chances to make any hay since labor day.

In southeastern Washington state. This is the first try at soybeans and there is no corn in this area.

I have question on safflower when direct cutting it shatter easy when the reel hit it. You swathed yours any problem with shattering. In addition, if swath is rain on how well does it dryIJ Thanks Dee

If the field is evan in maturity than I would direct cut it. Shattering is not a problem with diract cutting or swathing.I don;t think rain is a big problem with swathing safflower.good luck

Onion farmer you have market for soybeans where you are, is your market one I can use in southeastern IdahoIJ On the lever kit, why cant it be put on the 8570IJ Hillco make lateral tilt kit for header for some combine do they make one for the 8570 do you know. Hillco web site is not coming up right now so cannot look there. What kind of swather did you use to swath safflower withIJ Thanks Dee

The market for soybeans is in Portland just like wheat.lots of the soybeans in the midwest go to Portland buy rail we have a frieght advantage over the midwest.Hillco does not make a lateral tilt for a 8570.It would be a big job to put Hillco leveling on a 8570 because the final drives are different.If you could find a 8780 in good shape you could buy a kit and put it on. I used a Macdon swather for my safflower,I had some weeds and it would have been a tough harvest with out swathing.

I thought the final drive on the standerd 8780 where the same as 8570 and thay offered HD final and transmistion that look same as Gleaners. How did you do the telt on the 760 you put leveling systom on. I have herd of some soybeans here but haven't seen them. That is good to know about the maket. Thanks Dee

The Hilco leveler is made to work with the gleaner final drives.I made the leveling for my 760 myself and used massey 760 finals. I have got to get some pics of that machine on here.

Can you put your pictures on the other combine forum. How did you do the header tilt on you 760 with pivet on the top of feeder house and cables to the axal like other side hill or some over way. Did you have any other feeder beater between feeder housing and header. Thank again Dee

I took a feed house ext. and cut it in half welded two plates put a pivot pin on top and a hydraulic cylinder to move the header. There was another cylinder on the swing frame of the leveling when it moved the header moved.there was one more paddel in the feed house. I will try to get some pics before I go to the FFA conve with two of my daugters next week in INDY.