Recent rains and a return to wet conditions have made harvest tricky for some Manitoba farmers, as some fields are too soggy for equipment. Or, where farmers have tried to plug through the mud, the fields have been wet enough for farm equipment to get stuck.
Abe Penner, co-owner of Little Morden Service says a lot of producers have opted to put tracks on farm equipment this year as a way to prevent getting stuck, as that can damage farm equipment.
'We've it happen in years past where equipment will get stuck and then you get large equipment to get this thing pulled out of the mud, and it can stretch combines," Penner says. "We've seen combines lengthen a couple inches and so that throws off all your harvest capacity, really, it damages the combine."
Penner says you may not notice the damage right away, but can become problematic down the road. He says it's important to be gentle on the equipment if it looks like it's going to get stuck in the mud.
Source : Portageonline