Self Harvest vs Hired Worker Harvest?

[Syronin]

I have just started this game and would like to know how good Hired Workers are at harvesting with their new harvesters instead of me harvesting with the old one.. will they earn me more money than if i did it myself?

Also how do they affect harvesting wheat.. do they give more or less bales? do they sell wheat to the windmill for higher prices?

I am not really in a position with money to be testing these myself because i cant really afford to waste so any tips in this area would be great.

[gristle1080]

Need more than 50k social points i believe to hire .
As for workers ,they dont generate more cash for doing it instead of yourself,what you do gain is cash for the field and time to do other things like a second field.
Wheat/Barley is touchy, sometimes it can be buggy with bailage and doesn't drop it at all.Either be there when they start so you can see if you need to reload when it doesnt fall out the back of the hired one. They do not bale
Wheat /Barley best done yourself and if you do a 2/3-cut width on the outside of the field and then 1/4 - 1/2 width with the harvester for rest of the field you will get more bailage than a full width cut at this stage.
The catch is it takes alot more time to finish the field - though makes you more money from hay bales ,
You can always create a save game to test then reload if it sucks or fails

[Syronin]

Originally posted by gristle1080:

Need more than 50k social points i believe to hire .
As for workers ,they dont generate more cash for doing it instead of yourself,what you do gain is cash for the field and time to do other things like a second field.
Wheat/Barley is touchy, sometimes it can be buggy with bailage and doesn't drop it at all.Either be there when they start so you can see if you need to reload when it doesnt fall out the back of the hired one. They do not bale
Wheat /Barley best done yourself and if you do a 2/3-cut width on the outside of the field and then 1/4 - 1/2 width with the harvester for rest of the field you will get more bailage than a full width cut at this stage.
The catch is it takes alot more time to finish the field - though makes you more money from hay bales ,
You can always create a save game to test then reload if it sucks or fails

The 1/4-1/2 works well... but i dont know if i have the patience to keep doing that but it has helped make me a lot more money.

I did then try using a worker to harvest a Lupine field i purchased but they only made about half the cost of the field which I thought was bad so reloaded to try doing it myself.. I made $200 less than the worker so im guessing Lupine crops arent very good, maybe other non bale crops would be better. I just thought higher cash per ton would make it a good choice.

[Sillysally]

Just a note, I discovered today that Hired help can't or will not do Corm (Maize) so do that your self also.

[prostkr]

I have used hired help on corn/maize lots of times. It must be the field causing the problems.

[Sillysally]

thanks for your reply::: prostkr I had it on 3 different fields and it would not work . re-planted so I will be more careful next time and make sure I did not try to hire too many helpers...the fields I tried to use the helpers on for the corn Were #60 which never works, no matter whats on it. Also Fields numbered 22, 28 60 and 66 are 98% do it all your self fields, I have to try to hire many times most of the time its not fields they want to do. I just harvest thses all first, self plow, cultivate and plant always so to not waste time.

[prostkr]

Ya you can only have 4 at one time.