OK. I have a picture I would enjoy sharing. How do I do this again???
Sigurdur, I'm mesmerized by the size of the equipment you are using. I grew up on a dairy farm a long time age. From the tme I was 12 years old until I graduated from college (commuted to school) my mother and I ran the farm. When I graduated the farm the animals were sold and the land was strip-mined for coal.
Our cornplanter planted 2 rows at a time. The cultivator was 2 rows wide. We had 25 milking cows. And our farm was typical of the area (Pennsylvania) at that time.
If you remember, post a picture of your equipment at harvest time.
OK. I have a picture I would enjoy sharing. How do I do this again???
Sigurdur, I'm mesmerized by the size of the equipment you are using. I grew up on a dairy farm a long time age. From the tme I was 12 years old until I graduated from college (commuted to school) my mother and I ran the farm. When I graduated the farm the animals were sold and the land was strip-mined for coal.
Our cornplanter planted 2 rows at a time. The cultivator was 2 rows wide. We had 25 milking cows. And our farm was typical of the area (Pennsylvania) at that time.
If you remember, post a picture of your equipment at harvest time.
I am smiling. I will be using a 6 row spud digger. The trucks are a tandem and others are tri-axles. The potatoe piler is 36" wide, able to handle approx 5,000 lbs/minute. I will be happy to share pictures from that activity.
I started riding the back of a 2 row planter. At each end, I would step on a paddle to stop the planter from turning, as well as lift the planter shoe. OF course, I had to poke potatoe seed as it would bridge while planting. Fertilizer was put in with 80# bags. After we got a fertilizer blender, we would load a truck with fertilizer and use a scoop shovel to fill the planter. Also, filling the planter with spuds required a bit of work as well. 100# sacks full of seed.
NOW......use a belt bottomed potatoe truck, conveyor etc to fill planter. Fertilizer is spread prior to cultivation. Put in furrow insecticides down as well as fungicides. Also, liquid fertilizer pumped........
I am lucky enough to have lived through a lot of changes. The sprayer has a ground speed sensor, a monitor that requlates flow depending on speed. The boom width is 92.5' which covers 30 rows. Some of the newer ones have 140' booms. I am happy with the 92.5' boom as it is paid for. A new self propelled sprayer is $450,000. Yep, they are fancy and can do a lot of things. Being I am semi retired.....(haven't figured out how I can be so busy)....the pull type with a paid off tractor works JUST fine.
OK, I fiddled around for a bit. For some reason I couldn't get the picture to post. Ratty, take me through the steps please?
Sig, you need to make use of the 'Insert image' button.
Here's what works for me on a Windows laptop with a mouse:
1. Right click on the image you want to post.
2. Select 'Copy image address' from the popup (context) menu. This will copy the URL of the image onto your computer's 'clipboard'.
3. Return to your post on this board and click on the button to paste the clipboard content into the top field (Insert image URL) with another right click. You should see another popup menu with one of the selections being 'Paste'.
4. Bob's your uncle.
If you're using a tablet or phone, you're on your own. I could still help but there will be airfares involved for me and my team plus free spuds. Alternatively, find a local twelve-year-old (either sex) and they will be cheaper.
Australia is just regular stralia that's been gold-plated.
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