Custom Harvesters... any one have any info?

That's what I do. My brother has a custom farming operation with 2 choppers, so I bought a truck and run with one of his crews. I like doing it, only problem is you are at the mercy of the weather. When the crops are ready, you have to be ready. You might work 20 hours one day and none the next, and it's usually very short notice as to when the moisture is right and it's ready to harvest. I see you are from Georgia, I am assuming you are talking about combine harvesting and driving hopper bottoms which is alot differnt from chopping and filling bunkers which is what I do, but either way your hours all depend on the weather and the seasons yield.

 

I did the harvest in the plains back in '97 and '98. I worked for a guy out of South Dakota and we were put up in motels with breakfast provided. All other meals were our business and when we got into South Dakota he put us up in his own house. We were paid around $1200 a month (don't qoute me since this happened 11 years ago) which isn't much, but we got bonuses for taking great care of the equipment, working effiecently, and clean grain. The bonus was only paid out if you stayed the whole harvest season which for our group ran from around June 1 to November.