Moin moin,
After I left her just 10 days, Nevada, I am now in Washington. In Oregon, although we had been six very successful shows, as our potential customers are there, but just exactly between two sections - the unusual cool and rainy weather, thank - we have decided once to go to Washington and then come back once more on the way back to Oregon.
Last week Monday I then made our staff Kurt Stone in Alturas, Ca, and from there we went first to Klamath Falls, Or. After a successful demonstration of where we went on towards Christmas Valley.
Christmas Valley - a name, where you actually immediately think of red pointed caps and long white beards and reindeer and snow - but unfortunately, or rather fortunately there was nothing about it. Even at the trip was to go there to see it a varied landscape.
on Highway 97 north, I always first to the north of Klamath Falls passed the Klamath Lake, before we then came back to clear forested areas.
About 30 miles further north, we are then bent towards Silver Lake, and driven by an impressive wide valley. Right and left of the road were to see some cattle and buffalo grass on the barren ground.
As we came towards Silver Lake, the more the landscape changed - from dense forest, to a desert with lots of small shrubs such as Tumbleweed.
And in this picture you'll see, "Christmas Valley" - OK, a lot of it is not there to see, but there was much not there. Two small hotels - one with 10 rooms and one with five bedrooms - and two ways to get some food and a gas station. Petrol is good, for thus it is stranded here, at least not for lack of petrol / diesel.
who now wonders, "How in the world is in such an area agriculture possible?" - Be that said, the pivots (irrigation district round) make it possible.
precisely on such pivots then we have also pressed. Alfalfa hay first and then later triticale hay. The customer, have demonstrated at the pivots, we have, incidentally, two crown BiG Pack 1290 and is very satisfied with the two presses. Of the HDP, he was also very impressed - not least because we have pressed him a 2135 lbs (968kg) bales - the standard in 1290, it has nevertheless brought at 1640 lbs (737kg). Incidentally, both at the same settings of 75% compression force (about 112bar in the channel) and approximately the same speed. (I was maybe 1-2 mph faster) The actual demonstration was but for its neighbors, but unfortunately his first cut was already finished. He was particularly interested in the behavior of the press in triticale hay. 1575 lbs (714 kg) to 1323 lbs (600 kg) was then no longer such a big difference, but the ore is then probably in the nature of things. The triticale was only 5% moisture very dry, and if you look at the ball shape and especially the tension of the yarn, the ball was in the HDP but much more material available.
The next morning we went to Silver Lake, and there have also demonstrated our press. Again, we have returned to a pivot with gigantic dimensions pressed. After all, the irrigation system had 18 segments and thus irrigated circle has a diameter of one mile (1600 m) so you get to an area of 200 hectares.
here, occasionally a shot from above - the largest circle was our demo area. Unfortunately I then had no time for photos. Later that day we drove to Bend, where we have the weekend - have spent - at least on Saturday.
in the vicinity of Bend, there are several volcanoes and vast lava fields, which I have then viewed on Saturday.
Mind you - the eruption of the volcano was not yesterday, as one might suspect the sight of the lava fields, but is about 6000 years ago. Only it was the plants in the last 6000 years is not possible to settle the vast land back. Today the whole area a national park.
Then we drove towards Hermiston on Sunday on the Columbia River - the border with Washington.
Monday morning we had a demonstration in "Blue Grass". Unfortunately, it was the day so windy that I part the material is re-flown by the Pick Up. So not really optimal conditions for a demonstration. The material "Blue Grass" has prepared me to begin some problems. I could indeed wonderful press with full force, only the dry grass has such a memory, that it immediately after leaving the compression chamber back to the original measure would spread. Even the HDP yarn with 617 Knotstrength had massive problems, the bales to hold together. Later, at 45% compression force all went well, and our balls were even heavier than the competition. The customer was also very taken back by the press, and the initial burst bales were quickly forgotten. And I have learned an important lesson.
Then we drove towards Othello, where we had yesterday with almost no wind again a really good demonstration.
The customer and his son were very interested in both the press himself down, and wanted to get all the features explained very well. After I explained the knot cleaning, they said spontaneously that they like to one or two bales would ride up on the press. I've pressed so quickly two bales. The two came with the following words of the press: "The machine is already great, but the knot cleaning is absolutely the most ingenious thing I've ever seen!" Both have extensive experience with the competing product and then installed the "fan". According to them, the fan is not in a position to clean the important points at the node, and thus, it always comes back to Knoterproblemen. George Kilbride, who also happened to be in the area, This could then support it with the experience of another client. This has just re-bought several pallets crown yarn, and reported that he and his press crown and crown yarn now has 15 000 bales pressed without any Knoterproblem. In his other two Hesston balers are the problems with the use of the crown yarn but also become less clear, but from time to nodes still refuse their service.
So much for the moment. Here are some figures for the last 10 days:
Heaviest bales alfalfa hay (96inch long) 2135 lbs
miles driven (JCB): 705 (in Ca, Or and Wa)
Pressed bales: 311
Demos: 5
around!
Greetings from Washington
Niklas
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