It is one of my favorite harvests.

5-6 months is interesting. Most of the corn here is 90-120 day varieties. Do you raise corn on 48 inch rows? Silage corn from what I see is all yellow corn. White and yellow corn is harvested here in Kentucky for grain. There is also some blue corn raised that is used for tortillas chips and whiskey. Typically I see yellow corn yield 200-230 bu and white corn 190-200 bu.

@@bigtractorpower yes Sir, 48 inch of rows. here we plant the corn in late March and April then it matures by August but harvested when dry from late September to early November. You know back here we don't experience extreme weather like snow..it is generally Hot & wet in areas where corn, beans & wheat is grown and Cool & wet in areas where tea leaves, coffee, peas & potatoes are grown .. Dairy farms here opt for Oat grass. For Corn yield, we count in terms of bags per Acre of farm. so an Acre of land here would give you between 30-40 bags of 90 kilograms each of corn.

Krone builds some impressive machines.

The chopper is working for sure. The truck holds 10 tons. It will be filled up in about two minutes.

@@bigtractorpower Exactly! it is very power consuming doing all this process. Remember here back in the days there were PTO driven choppers, with 1 or 2 rows and require at least 50HP per row not driving that fast

Hm. This harvester is really not on the limit. We are harvesting 10 rows with 620hp and 6 cylinders less. This looks more like the easy collect is on its limit. Put a 14 row easy collect on that machine and it will be on its limit.

@@eltontv6002 Thanks for the info

They could use one or two more trucks! JIM

@@jimc4731 I'd say about 6 more trucks pulling 53'ft.extended side dump.

Thank you for watching.

Thank you for watching.

Why just Americans?

@@mackowen9337 now thats what I'm talking about 😁👍

@@JussiValkila ..... well God Bless all farmers on this here round ball !

Pre DEF motor. Churning out the power to cut 10 tons of crop every two minutes.

After you shovel the silage out of the cab a few times,one will keep the windows up and the AC turned on...HAHA!!.

Bet that filled up in a hurry.

This is the first model Krone BigX. The new ones are flying compared to this. Heck of a lot friendlier on the wallet as well talking fuel consumption. Our new Terra trac Claas Jaguar runs with a 12 row header chopping a healthier sturdier crop and by the looks of it easily drives 150% faster than this BigX. Not bragging here simply stating the improvements of harvesters over the years. Ofc I have no idea what the climate is like in this vid because when we're chopping in the Netherlands it's rarely hot out still and the harvester is running in ideal conditions. Add 15 degrees to the mix and were looking at a completely different picture. The old BigX was known for overheating as well but the Germans seem to have tackled that problem. The BigX is seen as the superior harvester over here, we simply value the Terra-trac that much that we went with the Claas in the end.

@@xSCHEF Good information. As for climate while this was taking place. Figure peak heat & humidity. 35-37c. I don't think the US processes nearly as much silage as other countries. I'm assuming for a machine to operate 150% faster than this they are also equipped with some sort of auto-steer? Pretty quick pace to stay on the row.

@@xSCHEF It's very pointless to go much faster then this machine in this video,it takes time to unload these two trucks in this video,I mentioned that about 6 more trucks with 53'ft.trailers would be needed just to keep up with this 10 rower,the 12 rower would be a real waste of money,unless you have a fleet of trucks to keep this machine cutting NON STOP. If your having to shut down the operator of this machine 15-20 minutes at a time before they can SAFELY unload their silage,your better off to buy a less powerful silage cutter then the one in this video.

It can cover some ground. 10 tons every couple of minutes.

😁👍👍. They had texted me saying they would be over there today. I hope to catch them this weekend to get some cab views.

I was wondering the same thing.

@@jm7488 I'm baffled

@@AgriVidsProductions They're attached to small front wheels which will dissapear into the silage material, they rims then push into the pit and press the corn to prevent mold (like a rolling-pin presses the dough). Still a shit way to build a pit in my experience small pits like these need a wheel loader.

Maybe it made it too hard too steer in the silage. Less flotation with one wheel at each side.

jmurphy1973 yes I was wondering the same thing

@@jospi2 I can see that but why go through the trouble of removing the tire and reinstalling the bare wheel? It can't be any harder to steer in the bunker than it is on some rutted ground or soft soil, though

I'd say the tire probably hit the blade on the front when turning is why it was removed. Not sure why the wouldn't just unbolt it though.

I was thinking it was when you get to the top of the trench you don't run the duels on the back over the edge.

Krone has been around since 1906. They entered the shelf propelled chopper market after 1999 when Case IH sold there chopper to Krone.

@@bigtractorpower Dang , It's been around for a long time . They must have not been to popular around here to were I never heard much about them .

Krone made allot of tenders and small disc mowers for the US market for years. I would say the 25 years they have beefed up their offerings. In the late 1990’s the John Deere 100 Big baler was built by Krone.

@@bigtractorpower Thank you so much for the info ! Your on top of things my friend !

I like filming chopping. The truck holds 10 tons. It will be filled up in about two minutes. The McCormick was brand new. It just came in from the dealer. I am not sure if the tires just had not arrived for the front duals or if they were left off to turn tighter with the blade on.

It is pretty tall. Most of the Forage Harvester sales brochures will show pictures of corn being chopped in California on irrigated fields. That corn is twice as tall as the corn chow here. It towers over the Forage Harvester. I hope some day to get a chance to feature that type of chopping.

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It is a big chopper.

The trucks do tons and tons off work. The main thing is moving the crop. I think they maximize the use of the truck and keep it at a low investment. You are not the only comment on the truck. I will say normally I get comments on my videos saying the machines are too new and expensive. 😁 The McCormick on the pile is a brand new tractor. I think it was doing a fine job. It probably had 4 hours on it.

Probably because it's an older model with some hours under the belt. That's completely normal, considering the load.

@@jazko Yes, Jason said it's a 2007 model, no def on board. Rolling coal all day long.

@@jospi2 I see, I guess they can reduce ground speed just a tad bit to ease on the load, but if they are on a time crunch, that's not happening!

Don’t get me wrong, I like to see a small stream

This seems to be a pre DEF engine, and diesel engines under heavy load always smoke. , just consider the amount of material this chopper swallows per second...

Thank you for watching.

Racing to unload and get back to refill 😁. It was a cool shot to film.

A lot of it boils down to time. Trenches are easier and quicker to fill and also easier and quicker to get the feed back out of.

I think Gehl was the first in 1958. New Holland was an early one in 1961.

Was it Fox? My dad had an old sales brochure from the mid 50's I think with a Fox self propelled. I think they claimed to be the first self propelled forage harvester in that brochure. We should look into this big tractor power. He has passed away but I will try to find it. Thanks for doing what you do Big Tractor Power!

@@triadcombat1414 Fox use to be the king, made in Appleton WI

Mercedes

I'd say it's turned up a little and straight piped to help it breathe easier

Big Mercedes engine.

It happens from time to time. As I filmed that I thought oops that’s going to get a comment. The next pass was the last for the field. The chopper just swung right at the end of the pass and snagged that line stalk.

I think this one is a 2007 or 2011. They run two.

I've never seen it smoke like that. Also the exhaust is worked on it looks modified. Laws more lax in Europe, mate lol.

@@xSCHEF So I'm guessing the emissions control have been removed? It smokes like old Allis Chalmers engines.

@@mrih1586 the engine is smoking more than it should. And it sounds like they removed a few mufflers under the hood because that thing doesn't sound like that

There's a process called fermentation that happens in the silage that makes it last a long time.

it rots if not packed tight and not covered with a vapor barrier plus heavy top layer in bunk silos

That is a good question. When I do the ride along. I think the chopping knives are self sharping and run that maintenance daily. I will have to ask on the header.

machine knives during corn 30 passes a day they dont dull like hay. header knives get changed once a year if you dont hit anything I'm on the second season of knives but I run claas and orbis 900 head

Same feed corn. Some varieties are developed to chop to more energy in for while feed but they are all feed corn.

Yes. Silage corn grows taller for more tonnage, grain corn is now shorter because it's getting more and more difficult to handle the residue from tall corn

No DEF on this one.

That entire spout is just the delivery mechanism for the chopped corn, it can slew 180 degrees and the flap at the end directs the angle. it's velocity is a combination of going through the cutting drum and then through the acelerator paddles, just don't stand in the way of that

I click before I watch! LOL JIM

Yes mercedes

@@cilliangalvin8646 Thanks

1300 to 1400 liters

wow that's a lot@@eltontv6002

@@gregj7916 yep. those machines are just brutal haha. it uses propably around 120 to 130 liters per hour.

makes sense as corn is undigestible for humans but not for a com with 5 stomacks

@@provenxreaperx dont get what you mean sir

Dairy farmers grow and harvest corn for feed. Crop farmers harvest ear corn for the grain for processing into products such as alcohol for fuel. JIM

Yes the entire plant is chopped up for feed.

It will ferment and cows can digest it better.

@@bigtractorpower Thank you sir..

@@oheebatch_algorytmu got it and thanks

A bad second?

@@bigtractorpower bad second crop* Oops

It’s a Mercedes. Claas uses Mercedes too.

970 and 980 jags use a MAN v12, the bigger krones also use a MAN engine

bigtractorpower the following engine models are the V12's from Mercedes. Om stands for oil motor (diesel) Om 444 404 424

In new V12 models Liebherr engine. Even in green JD.

Jakub Trojanowski what does that tell you it's either a Mercedes engine or man /mtu

Corn stalks do a number on all tires. They take chunks out of tractor tires pretty quick.

I will. I have not had a chance to do a cab ride along yet. Good questions to bring up with the operator.

Fuel is around 110 to 130 liters per hour. If the corn is about 55 tons/Ha hes propably chopping around 150-160 tons per hour. But that's just estimations based on our stats here in germany

Practice mate

Practice and there is a camera on the spout and a TV screen in the cab.

The new models have aim-assist as well. Also this pit needed a decent wheel-loader.

Wow really, aim assist....taking all the fun out of it now😂😂😂 all point and shoot when I was running foragers....that's what she said😂😊

@@kiwidiesel Im on a Jaguar myself and running Dutch fields with that beast, boss screaming down my neck asking to speed it up and 35 days of chopping corn in a row I can tell you trailer-seeking assist sounds like a fricking dream. Fields are in the most impossible shapes over here, this software allowing me to focus on the ideal path to tackle the field would take away 50% of the daily stress.

I just followed the one truck for this video to show a consistent video people could follow the process from field to bunk. There were 11 trucks and 3 Krone choppers out there.

This is a 2007 model. At one time it was the big one. I hope to film an 1185 some day.

@Karl Napp it doesn't get produced anymore.

You mean the Big X 1180 with 1150 HP there is no BihX1185. And yes you can still buy it, they're still building it

Well they run a bunch. They get the job done.