Start of Canola Harvest 2024! Do the records continue?!

[@bradenconway9066]

Just stumbled upon your channel, those old 2188’s are a hell of a good machine, easy to work on and fairly cheap to fix for the most part. Great video!

[@3RDGENFARMS]

Thanks! And I most definitely agree.

[@MATTREBARCHEK28]

@@3RDGENFARMS I JUST SUBED I LIKE FARMING CHANNELS AND RELAX WHILE WATCHING THANK FOR THE VIDEO THIS IS MY FIRST ONE

[@sparklingtones2472]

Great video man, really enjoyed it. Hope you guys can get the other combine rolling soon, and hopefully at a minimal cost

[@3RDGENFARMS]

Thanks for the support 👍

[@Tafs315]

The worst part of owning a shop is telling people they need to replace their car. When we can not find a new part that will work You combine 27 years of wear and tear on all the gear and all the bearings. How many hours do you have on this machine? That tells the story of what it will cost. Yes, a small breakdown can be fixed but if you hit that major one it's going to hurt. I understand you have a small operation I will be looking at a new used one with the least years and lower hrs on it.

[@3RDGENFARMS]

Appreciate the comment, my dad’s combine which is the one that has issues is a 1995 with around 4500 hours on it roughly. It’s got a lot of life left in it and they make new parts for this combine front to back which is awesome. Every 10 or so years one of our combines typically needs to go in for a more major fix/preventative maintenance. Mine for example a few years ago got the cleaning mechanisms all replaced new and all the wear parts, aside from the rotor. Even though it was a big bill it’s Pennie’s compared to a new or even new to us machine that could/will eventually have issues. 😊 Hope this helps to show our side of it. Cheers 👍

[@Tafs315]

@@3RDGENFARMS I grew up on a hay farm. I can imagine what a new combined cost I've heard it's around 800k but not sure. I run an Auto Repair shop here in Texas. So I understand not wanting to purchase another car. I'm glad you can still get parts that half the battle. Glad you have a great shop that takes care of its customers

[@marshbarn]

What is the yield in tonnes per acre or tonnes per hectare please?

[@3RDGENFARMS]

I’m not super familiar with tonnes per hectare unfortunately but from what I calculated I think it comes out to being around 3 tonnes per hectare 👍

[@marshbarn]

@@3RDGENFARMS Here in England We get about 4 tonnes to the hectare here on average but it is winter planted so longer growing season. Good luck with rest of your harvest.

[@3RDGENFARMS]

Thanks, great to hear from someone in a different part of the world! Other farmers around get a higher yield but for us on our small farm these are good yields. I always love seeing posts about the yields over in England and other parts of Europe, always blows my mind! (Typically they are pretty high compared to our yields)