8914 In Field Time in Motion Comparisons of Conventional, John Deere 7760 and Case 625 Module Express Cotton Pickers

Thursday, January 8, 2009: 9:15 AM
Salons E/F (Marriott Riverwalk Hotel)
Michael Herbert Willcutt, MSUES Ag. & Bio. Engineering, Mississippi State, MS, Michael J. Buschermohle, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, TN, Edward M. Barnes, Cotton Incorporated, Cary, NC, Filip D. To, Mississippi State University, Dept of Ag & Bio Engineering, Mississippi State, MS, Jared Field, Black Gold Farms, Charleston, MO and Philip Allen, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
In-Field Time-in Motion Comparisons of Conventional, John Deere 7760 Round Module and CaseIH 625 Module Express Cotton Pickers Time-in Motion data were collected on conventional, John Deere 7760 Round Module and Case IH 625 Module Express cotton pickers during the 2007 and 2008 harvest seasons. Comparisons of time spent on the row harvesting, positioning to unload, unloading, turning and down time will be presented for the three harvesters monitored at farms over a two to four day interval of harvesting for each harvester and location.
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