Kansas Wheat Harvest 2010 - 9770 Bullet Rotor

I met another accomodating farmer today who helped me get some great video footage of his nice 9770 Deere. L.H. Brown was cutting wheat on an irrigated circle just east of Kismet, Kansas. When he pulled out of the field to unload onto a truck, I asked if he'd mind if I got some video. He was very hospitable and I spent the next hour with him learning the amazing capabilities of his combine.

Agriculture has not shunned technology, nor has it been left behind. This combine has a GPS system that will calculate crop yield and even drive the combine for you. I can also tell you the moisture content of the crop so you know immediately whether or not you can harvest. The GPS system can also map yields to a particular field so you can adjust fertilizer rates in areas that yield less than others. The gps system can also be transferred to other John Deere equipment for planting and fertilizing operations.


The 36' draper header uses a rubber conveyor system that replaces a rotating "screw" auger used in smaller headers. It ensures a smooth even feed of the crop material to the combine.

Inside the combine was cool and comfortable with the operators platform and joystick master control mounted together on a suspension system for a smooth ride. It's a fantastic machine that will harvest 160 acres a day or more on it's own.

Many thanks to Mr. Brown for letting me make this video!

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[Spartanexec7]

Awesome job AJ67901. I posted a similar video of winter wheat harvest in SD last year, but you did a much nicer job. Thanks for sharing.

[AJ67901]

@Spartanexec7 Thanks for the nice compliment!

[Jezek44]

Wheres the grain cart?!



[AJ67901]

@Jezek44 He was harvesting without one, just the semi. He was working alone at the time and was only a couple of miles from the elevator.

[desjack1]

Very nice video. It looks like he is just spreading the straw but in your ealier comments it says that he is chopping it. Looks long for chopped straw. Is it your own machine ?

[AJ67901]

@desjack1 He has the chopper engaged and that's where the straw is emerging from. If you look at my Harvest video from Seward County 2011, that machine is not using any chopper and leaving the straw in a windrow for bailing. This is not my machine, it belongs to an area farmer. Thanks for watching :)

[AJ67901]

@leather064 You'll notice he was using the straw chopper which flails the straw into small bits and then spreads it across the ground. This is too small to bale and is chopped up so it's easier to work back into the soil. He could have disconnected the chopper and then baled the straw for animal bedding etc. but he didn't.

[leather064]

What does he do with that mat of straw when he is done combining the field?

[AJ67901]

@TheHrt5 Thanks!

[TheHrt5]

Nice video