Feeding 300.000 people annually with the grain we grow, building machinery and tech to help others do the same.
Western Australia
Joined February 2014
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iMc Fels 📲🌾 retweeted
@JohnDeere leading the way in right to repair for independent repairers in the Australian Ag industry, providing access to machine repair and diagnostic manuals.
We now have high level information, software updates, and remote access to our clients machinery. A real game changer
iMc Fels 📲🌾 retweeted
have a kioti side by side bike that had an accident with a tree. parts had to come from melbourne, less than a week and she was all back together. meanwhile, one of the big three dealerships header needed parts, took 3 weeks to get parts from melbourne and fitted ! 😠
I'm mainly attracted to the notion of not paying $1.5M for a machine that does 300 hours a year
iMc Fels 📲🌾 retweeted
Local tractor dealer bringing in gps at almost half the price of Trimble for same result, think it will be like the Chinese cars, quality improving and you can’t ignore the reduced price, Chinese small square balers arriving without the MF badge at 75% of the cost.
iMc Fels 📲🌾 retweeted
It's funny people going on about Chinese manufacturers copying designs like all the N A manufacturers haven't been doing that to smaller companies for decades
Give it a few years to debug and refine, and bingo
Chinese LOVOL GS8239: 🌾
• Engine: 500 HP Weichai Diesel
• Feed Rate: 23 kg/s (Class 8/9 Territory)
• Capacity: ~1,600 bu/hr (Wheat)
• Header: 9m (30 ft)
• System: Axial-Flow Rotary
• Est. Cost: ~$200K–$250K USD (FOB)
Imagine getting a brand new combine with 2 headers for under $500k.
Western Agriculture spent too much time trying to fleece the farmer instead of trying to innovate the farmer.
The secret #ipaddockalphadisc sauce is really pretty simple
Hows this for classic "built in obsolescence":
Gerni changed their threaded hose attachment thread from M22 to M21, hoping we would throw this unit in the tip rather than just replace the hose.
Ratchet strap saves the day! #aghack
So it's not just big ag doing this crap!
iMc Fels 📲🌾 retweeted
Tell me if you've experienced this: crop fills the middle of the header while both ends are empty.
The @ipaddockapps Typhoon's paddle flighting spreads it evenly instead, so you're not babysitting header speed all day.
Click the link in the bio.
