Harvesting Equipment
High-pressure power washers do a great job cleaning farm equipment before winter storage. However, there are places that shouldn’t be exposed to water at high pressure.
Here’s how and why you need to clean your combine after harvest and before you park it for the winter.
You’re likely done or on the downhill side of harvest. Here are seven to-dos before you park equipment to make sure it fires up next year, to be mindful of electrical components and to keep away moisture and varmints.
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. In the case of this photo, the damage is obvious while the mind is left to wonder what the mechanic on his cell phone is saying to the person on the other end.
Soybean platforms sometimes become bulldozers, “pushing” dirt with one end of the cutterbar. Here are 5 things to check when that happens.
Every experience is a learning experience — even when a combine is stuck in a gully.
The patent-pending six-wheel steerable header transport from Unverferth Manufacturing is designed to offer increased maneuverability and greater flotation.
Bottom to top? Top to bottom? Farm mechanic Dan Anderson explains the ideal method.
Yields can take a 5-bu.-per-acre hit as a result of the sickle running so high on stems it cuts off branches and allows them to fall below the deck. Losses can be reduced to 1 bu. per acre with header adjustments.
Reel settings influence grain loss and groundspeed. Take the time to get them right.