What's with the useless hitch on the Sugarcane harvester?

[Wandering Mania]

As simple as the header states. There are only 2 trailers that it can pull. One is the Agroliner HKD 302 which has a pathetic capacity and no way to empty into anything but the ground or a silo. The other is the largest of the cane tippers, which the pipe collides with if you try to pull it. Making turning impossible.

And on that subject; Forget trying to hire a helper to run the harvester. Because the "A.I." is just that, an Artificial Idiot. Case in point, the picture below.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1652863835

[Usedfireball]

If you are on a PC you can find a mod one with a hitch that is about 4X longer, haven't tried it in a field yet and it still isn't perfect but at least the end of the "pipe" (more like conveyor) clears and has a little wiggle room. Be better if you could manually swing it to the side while turning to gain more clearance.

[Tiger]

AI does not destroy crop even if crop destruction is on.

and yes the AI is not great but with a few small hitches it works mostly for me

[Wandering Mania]

Originally posted by Usedfireball:

If you are on a PC you can find a mod one with a hitch that is about 4X longer, haven't tried it in a field yet and it still isn't perfect but at least the end of the "pipe" (more like conveyor) clears and has a little wiggle room. Be better if you could manually swing it to the side while turning to gain more clearance.

A link or a name of it might help. As this is just a bit vague.

I just wish it had one of two things;
1: A ball hitch.
or
2: A pipe that could be raised.

As there are plenty of ball hitch trailers that would fit it that have a good capacity.
And those would be un-needed if you could just pull the cane trailer it does have a hitch for IF the pipe could be raised a bit.

[tjmack]

Well, in FS17 the trailer with the extended hitch was a mod of the METALTECH PP20

https://www.ls17mods.com/metaltech-pp20-sugar-cane-v1-0/

In FS19, I use the multifruit mod of the Kinze 1051 with the Krone forage harvester. It will attach to the Case cane harvester. I've yet to harvest cane in FS19 but the wagon will allow the harvester to turn if both machines have their pipes out - not perfectly, though Other multifruit auger wagons might be a better fit...

http://www.fs19mods.com/wagon-1051-for-the-hachseln-all-fruit-v1-1-mod/

[Wandering Mania]

Originally posted by tjmack:

Well, in FS17 the trailer with the extended hitch was a mod of the METALTECH PP20

https://www.ls17mods.com/metaltech-pp20-sugar-cane-v1-0/

In FS19, I use the multifruit mod of the Kinze 1051 with the Krone forage harvester. It will attach to the Case cane harvester. I've yet to harvest cane in FS19 but the wagon will allow the harvester to turn if both machines have their pipes out - not perfectly, though Other multifruit auger wagons might be a better fit...

http://www.fs19mods.com/wagon-1051-for-the-hachseln-all-fruit-v1-1-mod/

Wow. That auger wagon works like a dream. Just have to extend the aug's pipe before connecting it or you end up on your side. But other than that it is perfect. Thanks.

[Usedfireball]

The one I found:
http://www.fs19mods.com/austoft-a8800-multi-row-v-2-2/
Should be on other mod sites if you don't want to download from that one, just search by name of the cane harvester, Then compare.

[tjmack]

Originally posted by Usedfireball:

The one I found:
http://www.fs19mods.com/austoft-a8800-multi-row-v-2-2/
Should be on other mod sites if you don't want to download from that one, just search by name of the cane harvester, Then compare.

Only difference that I can see is the increased engine power over the standard Case cane harvester - useful if you wanted to haul a mega load 100k+. Other than that I don't see anything else on this one that'd make things easier, but I'm probably missing something...

[Wandering Mania]

Originally posted by tjmack:

Originally posted by Usedfireball:

The one I found:
http://www.fs19mods.com/austoft-a8800-multi-row-v-2-2/
Should be on other mod sites if you don't want to download from that one, just search by name of the cane harvester, Then compare.

Only difference that I can see is the increased engine power over the standard Case cane harvester - useful if you wanted to haul a mega load 100k+. Other than that I don't see anything else on this one that'd make things easier, but I'm probably missing something...

Yeah, that's what I saw as well. It could have an adjustable pipe, but the trailer you linked works really good.
Though I have noticed that you gotta stay away from hills with anything over 1/3 of the capacity. So the upgraded engine power would be useful if you play on a hilly map. But for me, I play on the 'FS17 Platinum' map so it's not such a problem.

[tjmack]

I've got #4 field empty in Ravenport - will plant cane in it and give it a bash in the next few days.

[Usedfireball]

Originally posted by Wandering Mania:

Originally posted by tjmack:

Only difference that I can see is the increased engine power over the standard Case cane harvester - useful if you wanted to haul a mega load 100k+. Other than that I don't see anything else on this one that'd make things easier, but I'm probably missing something...

Yeah, that's what I saw as well. It could have an adjustable pipe, but the trailer you linked works really good.
Though I have noticed that you gotta stay away from hills with anything over 1/3 of the capacity. So the upgraded engine power would be useful if you play on a hilly map. But for me, I play on the 'FS17 Platinum' map so it's not such a problem.

Yes... You are missing the two extra options for the hitch option. (Attacher) One is XL, other is XXL.

On my test save game I could hook up to a semi trailer using a dolly, the pipe cleared, looked like it would just barely dump into the front of the trailer however so don't know if it would work... I don't have any cane growing so can't actually test it out.

[Wandering Mania]

Originally posted by Usedfireball:

Originally posted by Wandering Mania:

Yeah, that's what I saw as well. It could have an adjustable pipe, but the trailer you linked works really good.
Though I have noticed that you gotta stay away from hills with anything over 1/3 of the capacity. So the upgraded engine power would be useful if you play on a hilly map. But for me, I play on the 'FS17 Platinum' map so it's not such a problem.

Yes... You are missing the two extra options for the hitch option. (Attacher) One is XL, other is XXL.

On my test save game I could hook up to a semi trailer using a dolly, the pipe cleared, looked like it would just barely dump into the front of the trailer however so don't know if it would work... I don't have any cane growing so can't actually test it out.

That would explain the extra HP. You would need it to pull a 18 wheeler trailer.
But with the coming 1.3 patch. I think I'm good with what I got for now. Updating to new versions of mods is kind of a pain.

But thanks to every one for the info/help.

[tjmack]

Originally posted by Usedfireball:

Originally posted by Wandering Mania:

Yeah, that's what I saw as well. It could have an adjustable pipe, but the trailer you linked works really good.
Though I have noticed that you gotta stay away from hills with anything over 1/3 of the capacity. So the upgraded engine power would be useful if you play on a hilly map. But for me, I play on the 'FS17 Platinum' map so it's not such a problem.

Yes... You are missing the two extra options for the hitch option. (Attacher) One is XL, other is XXL.

On my test save game I could hook up to a semi trailer using a dolly, the pipe cleared, looked like it would just barely dump into the front of the trailer however so don't know if it would work... I don't have any cane growing so can't actually test it out.

Yeah well, I still prefer the auger wagon over the cane trailers, but I'l give the trailers amother go. I'm just about finishing planting cane in Ravenport #4 and I'll definitely give this other harvester a go with the modded Kinze 1051 and the trailers.

[Wandering Mania]

Originally posted by tjmack:

Originally posted by Usedfireball:

Yes... You are missing the two extra options for the hitch option. (Attacher) One is XL, other is XXL.

On my test save game I could hook up to a semi trailer using a dolly, the pipe cleared, looked like it would just barely dump into the front of the trailer however so don't know if it would work... I don't have any cane growing so can't actually test it out.

Yeah well, I still prefer the auger wagon over the cane trailers, but I'l give the trailers amother go. I'm just about finishing planting cane in Ravenport #4 and I'll definitely give this other harvester a go with the modded Kinze 1051 and the trailers.

Not sure if it matters. But I have crawler tracks on the one I can't get on steep hills with over 1/3 the capacity.

[Usedfireball]

Originally posted by tjmack:

Originally posted by Usedfireball:

Yes... You are missing the two extra options for the hitch option. (Attacher) One is XL, other is XXL.

On my test save game I could hook up to a semi trailer using a dolly, the pipe cleared, looked like it would just barely dump into the front of the trailer however so don't know if it would work... I don't have any cane growing so can't actually test it out.

Yeah well, I still prefer the auger wagon over the cane trailers, but I'l give the trailers amother go. I'm just about finishing planting cane in Ravenport #4 and I'll definitely give this other harvester a go with the modded Kinze 1051 and the trailers.

I guess I like to be more on the realistic side, could see pulling a dump style box behind a cane harvester, the modded auger wagon would never work IRL. Wouldn't get more than a couple stems up the auger before it plugged. Silage either, bridges up too much in anything like that.

On youtube I swear any video of a cane harvester the conveyor is higher up than the FS 19 one is...

[Wandering Mania]

Originally posted by Usedfireball:

Originally posted by tjmack:

Yeah well, I still prefer the auger wagon over the cane trailers, but I'l give the trailers amother go. I'm just about finishing planting cane in Ravenport #4 and I'll definitely give this other harvester a go with the modded Kinze 1051 and the trailers.

I guess I like to be more on the realistic side, could see pulling a dump style box behind a cane harvester, the modded auger wagon would never work IRL. Wouldn't get more than a couple stems up the auger before it plugged. Silage either, bridges up too much in anything like that.

Well, realism is all well and good. But I tried the beta 1.3 patch and let's just say I will have no ability to even walk around until some of the mods I use get updated. And finding those again will be a pain.

Originally posted by Usedfireball:

On youtube I swear any video of a cane harvester the conveyor is higher up than the FS 19 one is...

And that is one of the points I was trying to make as well with the biggest cane tipper being the only one with a compatible hitch. But forget turning because of collision issues.