Advice

[cottonpicken]

Trying to finish up some canola getting stuck or almost getting stuck quite often,impossible to see where it is wet,getting close to where shatter will be a problem.Never straight cut before.Swather is older with the small tires,cant push through hardly anything.

Should i keep struggling,or straight cut the bitch?

[SASKFARMER3]

If it's twisted and laying down so wind when dry doesn't shell! If tall and thin try swath! Light hail screws you also! Or of like us in 2010 leave big areas harvest strait when ground froze! Good luck!

[farmaholic]

This isn't advice just an opinon. Pod seal products proved useless. Straight cutting is only recommended for well tangled lodged type crops versus thinner more erect plants prone to "thrashing" against each other in the wind. Then there is the custom swather option. Or struggle through it. Unfortunately the forecast doesnt look good for already wet field conditions with crops on the verge of shattering, can't even use the rain to aid in shatter prevention when you can't navigate the field to begin with. Good luck Cotton.

[BreadWinner]

Let the ground dry and straight cut it.

[cottonpicken]

Heres a nother dumb question. Im by myself most the time so is it possible to pull on a swather without anyone in the cab. Just a few feet or so without hurting anything?i no id never do it normally

[agstar77]

Disengage the drive wheels.

[hobbyfrmr]

Another piece of advice, make sure you have bug spray in the swather cab
The walk back to pull tractor and all the fun that goes with pulling out, the Mosquitos will drive you insane just making an already unpleasant situation far worse.

[Klause]

If it's a hesston with chains you'll break the chains. If it has torque hubs you can just disengage them as hobby said.

Don't pull without it or you will screw a 3200 torque hub.

[cottonpicken]

ThAnks for the advice was preety sure i couldnt but it would have saved a whole lot of pissin around

[bgmb]

If you are collecting crop ins on it anyway them straight cut it. if not I would try and get it swathed.