Mowing lentils with an old Lenz

During the last spring days and the beginning of summer, the harvesting lentils jobs are very common in our area. Just last year, we spoke about that when we showed an old manual process of harvesting. In this occasion, this work is absolutely mechanized. Even, some farmers harvest their lentils using a combine (these combines are normally old and small models). Lentils are a very delicate crop when they are harvested because it is very important they aren't splited (we think all people like to eat a dish of orbed lentils).

At this time, we visited our friends Timo Alcañiz and his son Javier. They were working with an old Lenz H240 mower (it has a working width of 2.1m) and their Claas Axos 340. As you can see in our video and our pictures, this task is fatiguing because the tractor has to work in reverse (the working speed is about 3.5km/h)... they can harvest about 4ha per day. On the other hand, the stubble is perfect and lentils do not suffer any breaking.

Their lentils are going to be on the field during some days to get completely dry. After that, they are going to pick them up with a special threshing machine... we will try to record a new video to show you the whole harvesting process.

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Joaquín Herminio Tribaldos (Twins' Farm)