Moin moin,
had earlier this week I think first trip with a tractor and a large square baler in the desert. My goal: Dyer, Fish Lake Valley. We started Monday morning at 3 clock - even a quick demo on the Smith Valley near Wellington, and then against 10 clock stop was Yerington. There we have the diesel tank once fully done right before then was a 200 miles more or less populated route to go. At first it went along the Walker River to Walker Lake, a lake without outflow in the desert that has become in the last 10,000 years, ever smaller, and currently looking for a new dam construction project in Indian reservoirs is shrinking even faster than ever before.
On the south shore of Walker Lake is followed by the huge military base in order to Hawthorne, was in the in the second world war munitions produced and stored.
The site is just fabulous - as far as the eye are all buildings and underground deposits in the desert sand. After a brief stop for lunch time in Hawthorne then began the real desert. The sign along the way has an even more informed immediately that this is "no service the next 78 miles" out there, and was thus able to begin the adventure.
the roadside lined with some abandoned or partially inhabited, but no longer active mines.
also dried-up lakes, which are to identify only with no vegetation on the basis of the salt crusts are always seen to the right and left of the road. Since the JCB when climbing mountains is quite warm once again, I do not, however, are reluctant to completely air-conditioning and ventilation, I prefer to stop every now and again, and to treat him a little breather. So I
have the opportunity to take some photos.
within several other smaller uphill and downhill sections, I then after about 200 miles driven, the Fish Lake Valley. Oh yes, it looks at the north end, overlooking the Valley.
How you look, you see nothing!
The first impression that not much going on there is absolutely confirmed, then on the next few miles. After all, I see some pivots right and left of the road that can show up best on a cut of Google Maps ...
... And finally I also reach Dyer, the center of life in the Valley.
addition to the "Esmeralda Market, there is also a RV parking lot, and some other buildings and a restaurant. That's it. No hotel, and no other shops in the 200-mile radius. After all, it already has a transmission tower of AT & T, the American mobile phone network operator managed here. Thus, one can at least call. We are lucky to have an accommodation at one of our customers, us a small house on his ranch is available. He also invites us to dinner in the evening that his wife has cooked especially for us.
At 21:30 we then stop the clock 18.5 hours day, as it the very next morning goes by 3 clock. After being pressed, preferably at night in these regions. And we are not a day too soon - at the southern end of the valley are two pivots to press - the rest of the harvest has already been run, and in a few days ago after only 21 days of growth, the first pivot at the northern end of the Valley again mowed. The customer, in which we managed to spend the night with his six Freeman Balern 48 pivots.
The next morning we start on time, and with the first light is already a large part Pivots of the compressed. The Krone Big Pack is also evident here in the desert once again at their best. We are faster than the Freeman, and the customer is very impressed. Although he would have only 1300 lbs bales, so that the weight advantage is not its best advantage, but we are therefore able to drive the press at only 25-30% compression force. In the rather large swaths of the customer drives the press three times tight, but is also impressed with how the VFS system cleans itself again. A little less speed, a few cycles of the cam clutch in and it goes on.
here Notice the differences in speed - the left Freeman press, we get a play, although we are still significantly above back. After the demo, it then goes to a neighbor, then look at the other interested parties from the valley. After we press or on the other pivot, and then there are heavy bales required. I do some serious 8 ft lbs 1880 bales, and explain to this area eight other interested parties (some drivers, some other potential customers) the press. Finally, I should have one of my balls pressing on again because the customer is very interested in how the press is reflected here. As a bit of a challenge I may not use the scale to spread out of the bale. It costs a little trouble to come with the tractor on the 1800 lb bales, but the press makes a very good job. Slowly, she eats the entire bale without resetting completely to himself, leaving behind almost nothing on the field. Again, this idea has convinced. Around noon, we have thus six different customers our product in different conditions (small swath, large swaths, light ball, heavy ball) show.
We head back towards Fallon, NV - north about 200 miles - and arrive there to clock 18:30. After We have driven several hotels, we finally found one that still has room free, and after dinner I end this day and clock back to 21 after 18 hours. And three guesses when it goes the next day on.
Right, by 3 clock!
In Fallon, we again have several customers who want to see the press. rises
As the sun-on-5 clock, the first field is history and we move to the next. At 6 clock then get the other customers, and I tell everyone the press again, the tractor, but here no one dares so really behind the wheel. But
are all after the screening all the more interested, as Dan Smith and I explain all the features.
confirmed the driver of the ball collecting truck to me that he has rarely seen before so beautiful uniformly long and solid ball - but we could also squeeze again lbs only between 1300 and 1400.
Following the demo, we went back to Reno. Morning We will then perform in Susanville, CA before then end of next week continuing to the Oregon!
so far!
Greetings Niklas