ENGINEER Explains How a COMBINE HARVESTER Works

I am going to walk you through how a combine harvester works from my perspective. I am an engineer for John Deere on combines. And just an FYI, all of the information that I am sharing isn't confidential

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Hartung Family Farms is a farming operation out of Jackson and Clinton County Iowa, with our main farm located in Preston Iowa. We have around 2400 acres of corn, soybeans, alfalfa, rye, and oats as well as around 750 head of cattle. We have a wide range of International equipment from small tractors from the 1970s to newer large farm tractors!

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[danfinley]

Thanks Ron as an Engineer I appreciate how well you explain the details and looks like you enjoy doing it thanks again

[aishahe]

Great job! Simple enough for most people watching this to understand. Thank you.

[letzrockitrite]

I'm not a farmer but I like to know how things work so thanks Ron for this walk around . .

[robertfischer]

I'm not a farmer, however I think that I understand as much as I could under the circumstances. You did a good job explaining the processes. Thank you! I'm beginning to see why they cost so much. The complexity is impressive. If you have more than a hobby farm, you simply must have these machines! In a market of tight margins, it must be tough. I have a machine shop background and with the necessity of using expensive CNC machinery, it can become difficult. Thanks again.

[chuckwillcox]

Good discussion on the combine. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[gail]

Ron, that was a fantastic talk on combines. As I am a non farmer, you cleared up so much for me. And that quick comparison of gleaners vs combines, wow. I can see the workings in my minds eye. Thank you so much! Peace

[gregrhodes]

Ron you did fine. Anybody that picks on you about anything you said just isn't wanting to give anybody a break. That's a fine looking 2588.

[farmboy]

Great video Ron!!! I was getting ready to rag on you for not talking about Gleaner combines, but then you mentioned a little bit. All-in-All, you have to compare at the expenses (Gleaner is probably the cheapest to buy and maintain), compaction (Gleaner is probably the lightest), ease of maintenance (Gleaner is probably the easiest), proximity to a dealer (This is where Gleaner falls short) and then make your choice. You are an make things easier to work on. A lot of combines have to remove several other parts to get to something else. This adds up to more down time. Make better use of automatic greasers. Make it easier to check vital fluids and add fluids as needed. Same goes for filters.

[bcdieselsofficial]

Ron, I am actually at a vocational school for engineering. In my free time, I sketch farm equipment on Autodesk Inventor. I just finished a combine sketch.

[pauls]

Great video, thanks for taking the time to do this one so people understand how the grain is harvested.
Whoever detailed that cab did an awesome job!
Now maybe a video explaining how GPS guidance works? Thanks Ron.

[DavidNachtmann]

Excellent information. Thanks for sharing that information!!

[danfinley]

I like the tech talk good stuff but I do like all of the content you put out

[AgriStudios]

Well-done and very informative! YouTube needed a video like this.

[claudioanthon]

Hi Ron! Thank you for answering my questions. How do the 3 rotors move the fodder through without clogging? qare they tilted? are the concaves built to progress the fodder? does the header "throw" it so hard that it can't clog? How fast are the rotors whirling? I grew up with a 6' 1950 Allis, then an early self propelled, then all Gleaners-no cabs. Dad died from emphysema in 1998-all that dust

[koolman]

I grew running old combines 3300 and 105 EB 6600 they were fun 💯💯👍👍

[shealy]

love to see at farm show to show brand differences.

[stevemueller]

Great job Ron! Lots of good information.

[timothy]

Fuel is going up here in tx, great video

[craigmiller]

Good video very informative ‘Ron so what’s the difference with the bullet rotors?

[garyhenn]

Good video Ron. My question is about crops. Do u always plant the same direction? I know some fields do because of water runoff but do all if them?