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Debra drives the Combine!
by Chip - Photoguy for WMMQ
7/15/05

 

The Machine

 

Debra

 

The Story

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I met Debra and Bryan Droscha at the field		 Dsc12207
We were waiting for Garrett to arrive with the combine		 Dsc12208
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Garrett unloading

Click the projector to see a movie of Debra entering the combine

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Debra now in the passenger seat		 Dsc12212
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Debra waving
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"Combat" footage of Debra actually driving the combine!

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Debra at the controls!

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One of the farmhands watching with Bryan
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All done!		 Dsc12225
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Sharing the driving stories...		 Dsc12227
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...and learning about the capabilities of the combine		 Dsc12230
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It's a big machine; the wheel is as tall as Debra		 Dsc12237
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A second smaller combine unloading into a tender, which is unloading into a semi
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The Combine		 Dsc12241
Chatting with Bryan		 Dsc12242
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Most people don't realize how much work and actual high tech stuff there is that goes into farming these days. For instance, Bryan was telling me about some the features of this new combine! It has comforts such as CD player and air conditioning, but it also has a GPS tracking device on board, and using that along with it's on board sensors and stuff it will generate reports that allows the farmer to actually track crop yield for part of the field, give moisture reports for any given part of the field, and so on. It's really amazing just how much detail about every square foot of the crop! This combine is so much more than just a clunky farm machine.

There was also a second smaller combine out there working the field. And there was a tender unit. Because timing of the harvest is more critical than most of us realize, these two combines were working together in the field, and the tender would drive up along side one of the combines and take it's load. Then the tender would return and fill one of the waiting semi's as the combines continued in the field.  In some ways, as the machines were running and performing, it felt like being at an air show!

I want to personally thank Bryan Droscha for his educating me on this fascinating stuff!

 

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This show has been on several different radio stations during it's 15+ years of existence. On August 3, 2005, Tim and Deb were split apart by forces not of their own. The intention of this web site is not to impugn or support any radio station, but merely to continue to be a window into the radio worlds of Tim Barron and Debra Hart. I will continue to document them separately, until such a day that they may reunite. Will it happen? Stay tuned to find out!

 

 

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