Combining Oats with a Straight Cut Head on a John Deere 6600 Combine

Back at home, we also grew oats. Despite the drought, our oats did fairly well. Some spots are pretty short, though, so Alan decided to straight-cut the oats instead of swathing them first. The oats yielded pretty well considering, and our heifers will enjoy them.

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[johnmcenaney]

Great video, and who needs an X9 when you got a 6600. Nice to see some older machinery in action.

[ronniewayne]

Great call on straight cutting your oats.Awesome old school farming!!

[peanutsmith]

That shot with the straw walkers was awesome

[jaredkelly]

That was a really nice stand of oats you had there

[heatherkohlwey]

Sometimes the old tricks are the best on a small farm. Thank you for sharing and preserving some of those ideas. Please stay safe, and God bless.

[lesterhertel]

Another very interesting video Thank you 😊😊😊

[lindadanielson]

Thank you for taking us along. It's always a pleasure to come and pay you a visit. God Bless

[beeback]

I love your videos. You have a beautiful family. God bless you all.

[MichaelDoering-jsgl]

Hi guys, straw from oats makes the best bedding, and the oats are great for the horses.Great video. Take care ❤😊🇨🇦

[Todd-bqjn]

Thanks, I learned from your grand dad! Great job.

[canvids]

I enjoyed the old combine and it looked like it was doing a good job. looks like your decision was spot on.

[DonWelter]

With the weather conditions, direct cutting was probably your best option. As you said...oats in a windrow is a challenge if rains are frequent. Nice to see you've got them all cut.

[keeklawless]

Some amazing closeups of the combine processes.

[farmerbill]

Equipment getting greener and greener. Looks good on you. Oats looked good too.
Best regards from Indiana.

[douglasmacarthur]

at at that clean field of oats tells me spraying was a wise decision.

[CMDSR]

The 6600 is years away from being brand new but she’s still up to the task. You’ve got them in the bin so the straight cutting was the right choice. I’m sure your co-pilots were having a good time helping Dad combine.

[DumdocMTL]

Lath sticks?!?!
Now, I learned something new today 👍👌

[br]

Been wondering about you guys! Thanks for sharing! Miss yous when I don't see anything for a week!

[timmywade]

Looking in graintank your oats look to be yielding good.good video

[BillTheTractorMan]

We always hired our oats out for custom combining. For a long time we only could get one guy to do it and the oats were always full of debris. We did finally get a neighbor who would do it for us and his combine did a much better job. Some day I would like to grow oats again, and buy an old combine to play with. On a side note, our local historical foundation has an annual threshing show and I had a blast 8-9 years ago helping around the threshing machine. Cleanest oats I have ever seen and that machine was over 100yrs old.