Popular Post farmer52 Posted September 14, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted September 14, 2014 Posting some before and after pics of green corn harvest at the PA farm. It was an overcast day. The chopper cuts about a 30' swath and blows the material (corn silage) into the truck. The header on the chopper has rotary cutters so the operator does not need to follow the rows. The silage is fed to dairy cattle for milk production. The farmer that rents my farm is one of two large milk producers in the area. 9 Quote Ken PRR Country and Charter member of the "Mack Pack" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37073-pa-farm-pics/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loadstar Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 Beautiful scenery!!! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37073-pa-farm-pics/#findComment-259695 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Superdog Posted September 14, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted September 14, 2014 You let a Freightliner in your field????? 4 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37073-pa-farm-pics/#findComment-259702 Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmer52 Posted September 14, 2014 Author Share Posted September 14, 2014 Mike,Yes and a Sterling too. However they do have a Mack CH (it is following the FL). 1 Quote Ken PRR Country and Charter member of the "Mack Pack" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37073-pa-farm-pics/#findComment-259710 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gearhead204 Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 Ken: do you feel a little less claustrophobic now? I always enjoyed having the corn harvested at my place in Moses Lake I could see the neighbor hood again. looking good even if there a frightliner in the pic. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37073-pa-farm-pics/#findComment-259738 Share on other sites More sharing options...
genco Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 Canton here too Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37073-pa-farm-pics/#findComment-259744 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladislav Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 Nice sceneries to live in Especially when they can make some income Quote Никогда не бывает слишком много грузовиков! leversole 11.2012 Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37073-pa-farm-pics/#findComment-259783 Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmer52 Posted September 14, 2014 Author Share Posted September 14, 2014 Rob,I prefer the standing corn....more privacy (I can take a wizz in back of the barn ), less wind, and quieter. Now that the corn is gone, more debris (corn leaves) will be blowing into the yard. FYI, the farmer is going to no till wheat this fall and then will go alfalfa. 1 Quote Ken PRR Country and Charter member of the "Mack Pack" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37073-pa-farm-pics/#findComment-259799 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtymilkman Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Here's what floored me..... No ditches along the road?! Lol that wouldn't work here. Your place is BEAUTIFUL! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37073-pa-farm-pics/#findComment-260153 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brocky Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 No!! There are ditches!! Just no shoulder.. Just like here in South Carolina our lawns come all the way out to the blacktop and there is grass in the ditches we mow. 1 Quote Brocky Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37073-pa-farm-pics/#findComment-260154 Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmer52 Posted September 17, 2014 Author Share Posted September 17, 2014 No ditches. Topography is too rolling. There are culverts in the low areas to let the water run from one side of the road to the other. Every couple years the state and township highway departments will use a motor grader and "shape" the berm. Now that I think about it, I do not know of anyone in the area with a "ditch" in their yard.I forgot to mention, most of the corn was about 10' tall. The chopper operator had a difficult time seeing over the top of the stalks. 1 Quote Ken PRR Country and Charter member of the "Mack Pack" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37073-pa-farm-pics/#findComment-260204 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtymilkman Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 That is beautiful! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37073-pa-farm-pics/#findComment-260216 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 At's some pretty country right there!........................Mark Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37073-pa-farm-pics/#findComment-260225 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 holy cow....nice scenery...bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37073-pa-farm-pics/#findComment-260625 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post other dog Posted September 21, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted September 21, 2014 Those forage harvesters today really eat up some corn! We used to call them a "silage cutter", and they were pulled behind a tractor and blew the silage into a Gehl silage wagon- that's the only kind I ever saw....and if Mike was hauling silage, this is probably how he'd get it done- 4 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37073-pa-farm-pics/#findComment-260680 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.