 Hey guys, it's Jenny here. We're out in Southern Lone Oak County. I got my buddy Collin Torian with me Collin What are you gonna teach me today? So today we're out here harvesting rice and I'm gonna show you how to operate a combine Sick, so By the way, how much do these combine usually cost around ballpark? We're looking at about a half a million a machine right now Sick lot of trust lot of trust trust me more than my own family trust me. I'm for a fairly positive. Okay, cool. All right. Well, let's go do it sounds good Perfect actually surprisingly nice because there's like air conditioning. Oh, it's so Nearly everything that we need to have Done to this machine even while we're harvesting we can do right here from the wall see Is it always beeping at you like that? No. All right, so what we'll do over here is we'll throw this thing in gear So we'll turn on the rotor, which is actually what's gonna thrash the rice. Uh-huh As you can see the fountain auger is starting to come in we're starting to put a little bit of rice That's probably in the belly of this machine. Yeah, and then we'll crank up the feeder and the header okay, and Then you just use your hot your stat when you go over a levy You're sitting here, and you're adjusting the header the whole time. So like you've got a joystick It's kind of like a big video game with a lot of like really real consequences. So How can you? Tell when you're like, I mean I guess when you're like dipping down and coming back up like it when you need to adjust it Or should the header stay? Fairly, so what we're looking for is down here behind the header We're trying to make sure that we're not leaving any rice heads And as long as you're clean there, you know that you've got your header where it needs to be And as long as you're feeding really smooth and the volume looks good on both sides and the flow is pretty even You know that you're in good shape and your ground speed is really good So what was that just there when we were like kind of going up and that was the first of many levies that were See this thing's feeding through right now. So here's your technology screen right now Kind of let you know what rice you're in your yield monitor It's up around a hundred ninety two hundred eighty four bushel your moisture machine, which is really or your moisture monitor Which is really important? Because What we do with rice we have to make sure that it's a certain moisture So that we're not, you know Putting the mill in a bad spot by bringing them to wet a rice or anything like that So the technology but that you know goes into monitoring this brain While we're actually cutting it is really big for us and the people that will receive this rice once we take it to them So I'm mad a lot of this stuff out So like when I come out here and I plan it, you know drilling rice is a little bit different But the recording software that you have in your machine like you can go back and look at these digital maps and point to an Area where you think you might have had a problem and be like hey, you know, we need to go out there and pull some soil samples We need to try to fix this like there may be you know something that we're overlooking here According to the information that this machine is willing to give us what he's doing is he's waiting on This machine to actually signal to him, you know how full it is I have flashers on the outside of this thing So when it's three four school my my lights are gonna start going off when I'm full of my life will constantly be going off Beside me and I unload on to him And he takes it out of the field loads of truck It's gone. You don't drive this sucker. Oh He's gonna say we're we're to your spot. All right combine debut. I'm gonna let you Set it up. I'll always watch for the green car guy. That's what I say am I gonna have to unload it in long If you want to I kind of don't I'm not gonna I don't want to watch just money fly across the field as I It's like money. You are Except you're eating all the grass Yeah All right, so what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna back up That's a break Yes Yeah, if you ever have an issue just pull this thing right back to the center Okay, cuz this is stop position. This is a good place to be okay. All right, sure What is that? Yep, you're gonna hold that Good luck to me. All right, cool. So right now I'm sitting here and I Hit that lever right there. This one. Yeah, pull that thing down towards you Okay, all right cool, and I'm gonna do this first. Yes, push it forward Take it up and push it forward. There you go. All right. Let's start idling up the machine Halfway slowly Give a little more juice All right, go ahead and push it all the way forward There you go. Now your feeder which will be done. Yeah, I'll leave her next to that. That goes for it. Press it forward. Yep Now all you gotta do is cut rice, but do I need to push this thing down? Yes This guy. Yeah, I don't know the controls are opposite. So up is down and down is up It's not gonna do anything. Oh, it is. There you go. Do I need to go down further? Yes Yeah, you can see where your level needs to be because where the other rice is cut All right, you're down too far. Pick up a little bit. Okay, go down a little more Right there, perfect It's kind of sensitive. So like a little bit I'm probably on point five miles an hour. No, you're you did the one mile an hour mark Am I like okay? Yeah, can you see the edge? Yeah All right, but do I need to get cool up? No, no, you're doing good. You got a full header right now Okay, that's what that's what matters when you're cutting rice is making sure you keep your head or full It's like it doesn't matter about going in the straight line or anything like that Oh really? So it's just making sure that like everything just can't get across for me. Yeah Keep your head or full Think like I can turn this around if you want me to It's fun. It's crazy. It's kind of nerve-wracking. It's kind of nerve-wracking because like what's interesting Right now, I'm afraid to go faster. That's pretty much at this point. Right. Yeah. No, I mean so and that's what the crazy thing is about About like operating farm equipment and my one hour is a big deal Yeah, you go from cutting from one mile an hour to two mile an hour You know, it feels like you're setting a new ground speed record And then you get up to three mile an hour and even over that you're just kind of like wow Everything's happening so fast. What's going on and you look over there. You're like, I'm going three miles an hour Yeah, so you can see your digital speedometer over there You know what's crazy is I'm very scared to look to the right of me. Okay. All right, so no, so you're you are gonna unload I'm gonna make you but all right stop right here. Wait, pull back on the joy joystick. Yeah, and put it in that Yes. Yes. Okay. Now go ahead and pick your header up So we'll do this number here and then hit this button right there. This guy. Yeah, just just hit it. All right now watch right here This guy knows that I'm the one that's doing this right now. See the auger coming up I'm just gonna go ahead and say I'm so sorry Problem, but it's all good. There's no problem. We're just full of rice, man Now you're gonna hit the yellow button. Okay. Yep, and then I need to go forward while doing this or no, I mean If you want to level up, you know, I'm afraid to level up. Yeah, okay, cuz I was gonna say right now You're really solid No, no, no, like if you were to keep cutting rice Don't you do this on the go? Yeah, yeah, go backwards a little bit because you're gonna you're gonna spread that out You just want to level that off. All right, so start creeping backwards again. That's not here. Yep So you just want to pile it up and kind of keep it high center that way it's not all over the car Now go back. No, wait till it piles up a little bit. You gotta think you got a lot of you got a lot of room on those edges, too All right, come back a little bit. Oh looks like you're almost out All right, so go ahead and hit your yellow button again This guy. Yes, you're full. And now I gotta bring it back in Thank you Appreciate your patience. Thanks Gary and man, but I want you to get this guy down. Yes Up to bring it down. It's like Right there, there you go. So what are you looking at to know where you were at the top of the straw? That's what you said. I just I just do it as I'm moving. Yeah Just smooth operator syndrome, I guess. Yeah Alright, so you see how the rice kind of like sticks up right there Yeah, I have no idea what happened there Now you're actually straddling a levy. Okay, so this is like some You're almost a level two here. I mean you're getting after it now. You're cutting your you're Harvesting rice. You're on top of a levy man, and you're not just on top of a levy. You're straddling this thing You're going down here handling business You're doing great, and then you'll be done with that levy. Okay, you've successfully cut your first rice levy I should probably not take my hand off the Well, I just drove a combine didn't wreck anything, right? Mastered the art of driving a combine. Did I lose a city money? Thank you so much for having me out if you want to hear more about rice harvest check out our website