Morning Fire On Our Farm
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Waiting for John Deere's investigators. They should be here by the end of the week.
We had to move some more of the hay, it had started to burn again.
The fire chief came by Sunday night and we filled out the report. he knew the insurance companies will want copies of it and he wanted to get as many details as possible.
We started filling a silo yeasterday. The old chopper had bearings go out fairly quickly. That wasn't shocking since it was 25 years old and had been sitting in weeds for the last two. I hope it holds together for our season. We have to run about 250 acres through it. :|
Over the weekend and yesterday we've had a steady stream of gawkers drive up to look at the site. By late afternoon my humor was wearing pretty thin.
We had to move some more of the hay, it had started to burn again.
The fire chief came by Sunday night and we filled out the report. he knew the insurance companies will want copies of it and he wanted to get as many details as possible.
We started filling a silo yeasterday. The old chopper had bearings go out fairly quickly. That wasn't shocking since it was 25 years old and had been sitting in weeds for the last two. I hope it holds together for our season. We have to run about 250 acres through it. :|
Over the weekend and yesterday we've had a steady stream of gawkers drive up to look at the site. By late afternoon my humor was wearing pretty thin.
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I didn't realize that a large insurance loss automagically triggered a background check of one's finances.
OK, call me naive.
The insurance company is still reviewing my finances. When they decide that I didn't try to benefit from the loss they will continue the investigation. They haven't notified John Deere yet, but they did contact Drost Equipment to inform him he'd be named in a suit.
Everything is on hold until all the parties finish their seperate investigations and don't need to collect any more evidence.
Harvest-wise, we finished chopping about 60 acres. The new/old replacement chopper is killing us with repairs. The chopper operates by passing the corn fodder through a rotating drum and a series of knives turning at over 2000 rpms.. The chopped material passes through a 2 inch screen and then is blown into a wagon pulled behind the chopper. In front of the drum is the head, which operates by cutting off the corn plant about six inches above the ground and passing the stalks into the feeder rolls and then into the knives. What grips the stalks are hard rubber padded gathering chains.
This brief outline of how a forage chopper works will let you understand what happens when the gathering chain breaks and tries to pass through the machine. It has happened twice so far, this week.
OK, call me naive.
The insurance company is still reviewing my finances. When they decide that I didn't try to benefit from the loss they will continue the investigation. They haven't notified John Deere yet, but they did contact Drost Equipment to inform him he'd be named in a suit.
Everything is on hold until all the parties finish their seperate investigations and don't need to collect any more evidence.
Harvest-wise, we finished chopping about 60 acres. The new/old replacement chopper is killing us with repairs. The chopper operates by passing the corn fodder through a rotating drum and a series of knives turning at over 2000 rpms.. The chopped material passes through a 2 inch screen and then is blown into a wagon pulled behind the chopper. In front of the drum is the head, which operates by cutting off the corn plant about six inches above the ground and passing the stalks into the feeder rolls and then into the knives. What grips the stalks are hard rubber padded gathering chains.
This brief outline of how a forage chopper works will let you understand what happens when the gathering chain breaks and tries to pass through the machine. It has happened twice so far, this week.
Mike the chopper you’ve described sound a lot like the ones I use to operate back in the late 70’s. My father ran a plant where he purchased corn and alfalfa from farmers and then made it into pellets for livestock feed. He would buy the crop and then we would go in with choppers and the crop.
If it is anything like what I drove then the equipment you’re using must really feel antiquated.
Hang in there.
If it is anything like what I drove then the equipment you’re using must really feel antiquated.
Hang in there.
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