Tanker - how many bottoms do you pull with that Cat? What model of Cat is it?

Preparing a field for wheat. We took out an orchard in April and will replant the orchard next fall. Now we are playing the waiting game for rain. It sure is dry in Northern California.

Hi BR,
I'm not on top of replying here. The land is in the south end of Marsh Valley Idaho on the north tip of the Oxford Range. Nearest town is Downey, ID. Nearest civilization is Downata Hot springs.

The sagebrush is largely gone and it is looking like a nice wheat field again. Here is the rig drilling this spring and the result.




We had the combine cutting, the D2 digging (small chisel plow), and the D4 disking here. You have to go full size and look close to see the two Cats in the distance.


Joe

"Bleedinred" wrote:

Forgot I had these on my Nikon, took them while my wife was cruising down WA195 south of Pullman during fall planting--not steel tracks but this late in the year figure rubber ones are OK. A little of everything, combining garbonzo beans with 5 or 6 CaseIH machines in the same field, seeding wheat, applying NH3, etc.

HHydro, where in ID are you located? Nice looking country. We're slated for the first major snow of the season tomorrow. Can't say I have missed it.

Happy New Year everyone.

-BR

"EAS" wrote:

Preparing a field for wheat. We took out an orchard in April and will replant the orchard next fall. Now we are playing the waiting game for rain. It sure is dry in Northern California.

Gudday and welcome aboard EAS looks like you have been busy making dust . Is it flood irrigation there thinking it might be with that land plane thingy going on there have not seen one like that before with a roller at the back and crumple roller at the front . I came from a place in Australia that was dry but had irrigation and all went well until the government wanted the water else were then I used to spend a lot of time looking for clouds I think I just got a sore neck hope you get some rain soon and can get your crop under way seeya and good luck
Paul

mrsmackpaul That Landplane with the roller looks like a knock off of a Laikam Argiplane agriplanelevelers.com/p-41

The main purpose of Landplaning with the rollers is to provide the right soil surface for mechanical harvesting of nuts. Prior to the advent of the mechanized nut harvest you would find a standard Eversman or Killifer type landplane with rubber tires front and rear of the bucket to aid in leveling for irrigation. Many orchards today use solid set sprinklers, drip irrigation, or micro spray irrigation and you will still see a Laikam go through the field to prepare the orchard floor for a smooth harvest. We are starting to see a resurgence in orchard tillage now that brush shredding is a requirement and the end of no till has begun in the name of running a 400 hp chipper through the orchard.

Here is a picture of one of our Laikam levelers

"mrsmackpaul" wrote:

Gudday and welcome aboard EAS looks like you have been busy making dust . Is it flood irrigation there thinking it might be with that land plane thingy going on there have not seen one like that before with a roller at the back and crumple roller at the front . I came from a place in Australia that was dry but had irrigation and all went well until the government wanted the water else were then I used to spend a lot of time looking for clouds I think I just got a sore neck hope you get some rain soon and can get your crop under way seeya and good luck
Paul

Yes, the field pictured is flood irrigated. When we put the orchard back we will install a solid set sprinkler system. The landplane in the picture was manufactured by T.G. Schmeiser Co. The landplane is 30 foot long and has a 10 foot wide bucket. This style landplane levels, smooth’s, pulverizes the soil, fills depressions, and packs it all in one operation, eliminating multiple passes through an orchard.

Ryan

thanks fellas good to see what else is going on in the world of farming
Paul

Attached is a photo of one of our TD-9B. She has had a good workout this fall.

"EAS" wrote:

The landplane in the picture was manufactured by T.G. Schmeiser Co. The landplane is 30 foot long and has a 10 foot wide bucket.
Ryan

Not to start anything here but I have never seen a Schmiser built like THAT. Do you have any documentation on that? I would love to be proven wrong.

Here is the TG schmiser orchard leveler aka landplane www.tgschmeiser.com/products/orchardlevelers/model77.html

There are 7 versions here is version 1 www.tgschmeiser.com/pdfs/Levelers/Orchar...Manual%20ver.1.0.pdf

This was built in the 60's. It was purchased by my grandfather, in the early 80's from gentlemen who was retiring from farming at that point. The best information we have on it is that it was built in California, and has TG Schmeiser parts on it. There is not a builder plate. I am well aware what Schmeisers look like now. They are lower profile, and shorter in length. They also have hydraulics. If someone has any better information on a landplane of this era, size, and style, I am more than willing to listen to what they have to say. My D4C built in the sixty’s looks nothing Like a D4 today.