From Idaho to Reno and back to Germany

Hi followers, 

the first round of the “Meet the BiG MAN-Tour” is officially finished. All the hay, wheatlage and triticale in the western US is chopped and we can get the machines ready for corn. Right now I am back in Germany already. First maybe something about my last days in the US. 

The weather in Idaho was finally good for chopping so I was very busy the last days. I could run some more very successful demonstrations in alfalfa. Beside the performance, the customers really liked the blowing of the BiG X compared to their choppers. Especially when the hay has the right moisture, alfalfa can get very sticky. Here are some impressions about the demos from last week. Like everywhere, the interest in the chopper is very big…

Last Wednesday I packed my stuff and went back to Reno, where the headquarter for the western US is located and where we are going to park the trailer for the next weeks. It’s amazing how quick the landscape can change, when the water is missing. The last picture shows a dried out lake. 

In Reno I got the trailer ready to go for corn, get it washed  and had some time for some calculating. Here are some facts of my first “hay-round”:

From the 4^th of April till the 15^th of June I made 52 demonstrations for customers from 7 different states of the US. I had over 100 drivers in the seat of the new BiG X. 

In total I chopped about 190 hours with all the choppers. I was chopping oats, wheat, triticale, grass and alfalfa. The best performance with the BiG X 1100 was  420 US Tons/h in Triticale. I could chop 8,6 Tons per gallon of fuel.

At the end of my tour I had 10.900 miles on the counter. About the fuel milage of the truck I better don’t talk.

So what’s the plan for the next weeks? I will have a few days off and will be back in the german headquarter in Spelle next week. But I won’t stay long. Depending on the weather and crop progress I will fly back to the US in the middle of July. Destination: Arizona for corn.

For the next weeks some more events with the BiG X and other Krone Equipment are planned. I will keep you up to date about that. So please check back later…

All the best from Germany

Benedikt