Matt wrote:you guys crack me up. but that is alot of cotton from the deep deep south, harry is that yours???
Not mine! ! I just drive by it. They have been harvesting Cotton for a couple of weeks now. Its quite interesting.....the harvester goes thru the fields and pick the cotton and it is collected in a hopper on the picker.
Then on the edge of the field there is a big "Box" that is the size of the bales shown in the pics. The harvester dumps into the "Box" and there is a hydraulic "Stomper" that runs on tracks the length of the box. The Stomper compacts the cotton into the bail as shown.
From there a truck backs up to the Bale, deploys his "Roll Back" body and with a conveyor pulls the Bale up onto the truck.....one bale to a truck.....thats how big they are.
From there its off to the Cotton Gin and the next time we see it is when Walter, Giff or Harv shows up a the rendezvous with T-Shirts.....pretty cool...Uhh.
Not for sure but I believe that one of those bales brings the farmer about $50K
When I travel to the north I always enjoy seeing things that are unique to the northeast.....like Lobster....Fir Trees....Maple Syrup and Trees.....and those triangular things on the front of the pickups........
Just thought you guys would get a kick out of seeing King Cotton! ! !
hb