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S.E. Washington | We ran stationary cubers for years. I do know guys that ran those JD field cubers. The major drawback was how slow they were. With the harvest window being from afternoon until the dew came in, each machine only covered very limited acres. They hauled the fresh cubes to be stored in open sided sheds.
We ran pull type choppers with live floor trailers trailing behind. Choppers ran much faster and covered acres more efficiently. We then ran the stationary cubers with electric drive motors and could run them all hours of the day and night from the stockpile of dry chopped hay. Cubes went directly into a stockpile.
Anything over 8% moisture was a no go. 4-6% was ideal. We would add water and bentonite to make tighter cubes.
The finals and transmission were from possibly a 95 combine? The ones here quickly had cabs added and ac. I don’t recall them being overly reliable. Just so many things crammed into one machine.
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