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Oh it is, up here in the Palouse area of Washington and parts of Northern Idaho you see them. They have a special tilting head to allow them to harvest hillsides
It looks to me like it's the legendary "wall" near Dayton, Washington. Dryland farming is especially profitable there because on the foothills of the Blue Mountains, rain is adequate to get really good per acre yields. So they plant even the steep hillsides.
This is the hillside setup for combines. They auto-level so when getting to the end of the row, going up-hill if needed, it all works. The 2 large drive wheels are on arms so the down-hill arm goes down and the up-hill arm goes up. The steering wheels at the back are on a pivot so they follow the land, also. Finally, the header pivots with the drive wheels so it is always parallel to the land. This accessory system adds somewhere around $100K, I think, to the price of a combine. But it allows the steep hills in the Palouse to be productive.
If I remember correctly, the name of the combine that could do these gymnastics is the GLEANER and at one time it was a brand manufactured by Allis-Chalmers.
I, remember an individual many years ago, who was killed working a combine on the side of a hill near Pomeroy, WA. He made the mistake of not being perpendicular enough to the downslope on one of those rolling hillsides while harvesting and gravity took over. He rode the combine down the entire hillside to his doom.
Oh it is, up here in the Palouse area of Washington and parts of Northern Idaho you see them. They have a special tilting head to allow them to harvest hillsides
ReplyDeleteIt looks to me like it's the legendary "wall" near Dayton, Washington. Dryland farming is especially profitable there because on the foothills of the Blue Mountains, rain is adequate to get really good per acre yields. So they plant even the steep hillsides.
Deletereminds me of the farmers who breed cattle with one set of legs longer than the other so they can eat on hillsides !!!
ReplyDeleteI'll bet that the turn-around at the end of the row gets interesting.
ReplyDeleteThis is the hillside setup for combines. They auto-level so when getting to the end of the row, going up-hill if needed, it all works. The 2 large drive wheels are on arms so the down-hill arm goes down and the up-hill arm goes up. The steering wheels at the back are on a pivot so they follow the land, also. Finally, the header pivots with the drive wheels so it is always parallel to the land. This accessory system adds somewhere around $100K, I think, to the price of a combine. But it allows the steep hills in the Palouse to be productive.
ReplyDeleteIf I remember correctly, the name of the combine that could do these gymnastics is the GLEANER and at one time it was a brand manufactured by Allis-Chalmers.
ReplyDeleteI, remember an individual many years ago, who was killed working a combine on the side of a hill near Pomeroy, WA. He made the mistake of not being perpendicular enough to the downslope on one of those rolling hillsides while harvesting and gravity took over. He rode the combine down the entire hillside to his doom.
Dan Kurt
There was only one guy who could breed cattle with a pair of short legs on one side and his first name was Pecos.
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