An Early Start at Spring Fieldwork! 

OMG right there with you on the knees. Now I am 59 years old. Football, Bull Rider, Military jumping out of perfectly good airplanes. One surgery while in the Army and now have had four more. Three on left and two on the right knee. I hate Dr's but we need to swallow our pride and go to them.

Great new video. I had my ACL done 2 years ago after tearing chasing one of my pigs ! Took 3 months off work and got physical therapy during that time. I'm 52 and had not a days problem since the surgery. Then again , my surgeon was the 49er's Orthopedic surgeon. Best of luck to Spencer.

One thing that helps a lot with those older tractors when hooking and unhooking hydraulic hoses is to shut the tractor off and then move the lever back and forth to take all of the pressure out of the lines. It is also a lot easier to hook the hoses up to the tractor with the Tractor off.

It's amazing what Grant has done. This guy is probably one of the smartest guys I've watched on youtube lol

Grant I’m sure you saw the dry cracking on the soil saver disc. Those tires are going to start blowing if you make more road trips. Grant keep the videos coming, please.

The brotherly togetherness was strong in this I’m really happy you and spectacular Spencer are now way closer on the farms hopefully save a bit of time and money and way more teamwork. Hope Spencer your knee is better. Chandler thanks for visiting your brothers and helping. As always. Your the best Love you three angels

My day always gets better with grant uploads. Thank you!! Who else agrees ?

I can’t wait to see where this farm goes

Grant Thank you for the update!

Super excited for your new ground! Love your videos! Hope little bro has a speedy recovery! Much love from Connecticut

Grant I run a Ravin 450 rate controller with a John Deere autosteer screen. All I did was add a cable from the Ravin to my John Deere screen and it paints the screen with each section that’s turned on. I do have to manually shut off sections when I’m about to overlap. Auto shut off with the John Deere section control would be great but I’d recommend adding more than three sections if you do have section control added. 3 section on 90ft is still going to overlap way to much.

If you turn the steering wheel back and forth while turning the key on the 4020 it will start better

Can’t wait to see where this Channel goes

Just a tip On the 4020 with unhooking the hydraulics. Shut the tractor off and move the hydraulics back-and-forth that should release all the pressure.

As always, great video! I’m a 26 years old farmer and agronomist from Quebec and i’m proud to see that our generation can farm the successful way! I follow your channel since the beginning and i hope that you will reach the same success of other farming channels that you propably know. As i think about it, why you didn’t plowed corn stubble for the hay seed bed preparation? The result would have been better. I think that you should make a moalboard a plow video with Spencer’s 4020! Followers will appreciate! Also, you should go to the Half Century of Progress Show! It would a be great experience and opportunity to reach new followers. Have a great season! Jordan

Old JD cold start trick. Before cranking pull throttle wide open then push back to half throttle then crank her up.

Great video. I am excited to watch you guys work your fields. Keep up the hard work.

A little trick I learned about a 4020 is when you go to start it you want to lower the 3 point lever all the way down so it doesn’t try and raise it while the tractor is turning over.Love your videos keep it up.

Just a tip no hate here, when pulling that chisel plow adjust your top link so that it is running level in the ground, wears the shanks evenly, but may pull harder.

You guys are awesome just stumbled upon this video, this has to be an exciting time for yall can't wait to see what 2024 brings! Excellent content.

Looks like it’s going good grant and spencer love your videos we’re still waiting for planting in Nebraska also good job buch👍

Ive just discovered this channel! Enjoying your progress from farm sim player (which is an awesome game) to having a crack in the real world. As an Australian I have no experience in “corn n beans” farming so it’s interesting to see what you are doing. I do listen to “No Till Farmer” podcast as well as “Cover Crop Strategies” and would recommend them to you if you’re starting out. The most recent tip I heard was from an Indiana farmer who plants all his beans first using a drill (apparently they can tolerate colder conditions and will yield better with a longer time in the ground) and then only plants his corn when the soil is warm enough because it doesn’t tolerant the cold as well. The other interesting thing he did was plant his cover crop while he was harvesting by using airseeders mounted on his combine heads!!! The seed went out in front of his chopping corn head and went out behind is bean head which was never wider than the distance the stalk chopper at the rear of the combine could spread.

Happy to see a video wish you could post more often

1:21 hey grant. don’t be afraid to hose it with ether. them old engines absolutely love it.

I have been binge watching your videos from the beginning of your youtube channel and I really enjoyed it 😁😁

Make sure you roll the hay field after planting 😊 help make is smooth

Greetings from my farm in central PA. We might be able to plant in a couple of weeks.

I met your brother last year, and it was amazing!

Great video enjoy watching keep up the great work

Glad to have u back

You can flip the drawbar on the 4020 it will help with traction when working ground too because it will create more leverage and give you more traction.

Good video. Spencer, you should be good by fall if you do your therapy. I just had my 3rd acl in august and climbed bins and ran tractors all fall and winter.

Just for future references and I may be kind of late saying this but instead of having to beat the end of the hydraulic hose on the tractor to release the pressure just shut the tractor off and move the hydraulic lever back in forth. Much easier and cleaner way to release the pressure. Love the channel and videos!

love the irl farming videos

I was so excited for the next video back

Great video Grant! Gotta love the 8000 series tractors. We use an 8110 on our farm!

I would suggest getting a moldboard plow for new seed alfalfa. That will give you the best stand. That 4020 should put a 4-16 in black dirt.

I suggest to put the rate controller on the tractor and not on the implement, that way you can use the same controller to spray, apply anhydrous, etc. Keep up the hard work! Can’t wait for the next video!

Love the videos can’t wait for more.🎉

i'll be praying for you Spencer

Now you need to buy a 4755 to put on the sprayer 😅😅😅 all seriousness grant I happy to watch your farming taken off I'm happy for you guys keep up the good work 👏

Raven 440's are the way to go! Super easy but effective. I work for pioneer/corteva and thats what I use on our sprayng equipment!

Oats with alfafa always works good for us. Dairy farming

Amazing video! Keep up the good work! 👍

I love watching grant I hope he gets another tractor soon 🤞

I love that video!! Keep up the hard work 💪

Grant you definitely got some great Content!!

We have a disc just like that. We pull it with an agco rt155. Its the perfect pair. The tractor is turned up a little so it has about the same horsepower as the 8110

I keep forgetting your ford and my Chevy are almost identical in color. Good luck with your surgery Spencer. Wishing you the best and a steady recovery.

Put a grove conversion on that 4020. The original pioneer conversions that have been around for years were junk right out of the box. Grove makes a nice kit to invert those old remotes to a push pull with the pioneer tip. Little pricey but makes life easier

You’d have to upgrade your Deere system to run that sprayer with the sectional controls. I’m pretty sure. You may want to look into that.

A JD rate controller isn't too expensive, but I'm not sure how much the section control unlock would be on your 4640 display. Depending on what level of correction you have on your starfire globe you could map your fields and the shutoffs could all be automatic. I believe with a JD rate controller you could add more valves for more sections instead of just three on a 90' boom. If you stick with the Raven, you can get a $100 cable from Ag Express to map your coverage on the 4640. There's value in that as well for both NH3 and spraying. If you plan to keep your 606C for a long time, spend the money and do the Calmer rebuild kit and also get all new slip clutches. Should last you a long time.

Great video for sure

I like the videos in both of your channels

You guys need like a 8420 or 8430 and put that soil finisher or disk on that and keep planting with the 8110

Can't wait till watch

This suggestion is a bit late now but if you are plant alfalfa on corn stocks you'll get a better stand if you have less debris to plant into. Guys around here will run a flail mower to chop up the stocks then round bale them before doing tillage to get a nice clean bed to seed. Realize you have neither implement but probably have a neighbor that may and the corn stalk bales make good livestock bedding or can be ground into a feed ration so someone probably would buy them or take in trade for doing a custom bale job.

When you switch those hydraulic lines shut the tractor off set the implement down with the tractor off then move the remote lever back and forth with the tractor off. That will take all the pressure off the lines and you won’t have to get hydraulic fluid everywhere or damage the fitting.

That jug the paint is finished a old Whitehouse vinegar jug, from the 80s or earlier.

You should get an external value block for the 4020 so that you can run all the hydraulics without needing to change hoses.

Hopefully u can buy that 4640 and grain cart one day ❤

Grant, you can flip the drawbar on the 4020 to raise drawbar height.

Classic big brother move. "I know you just had knee surgery but can you give me a hand with this?" Haha. Keep up the good work gentlemen! Love the videos

Another good video and hello from a farmer in ireland

i know cold starts can be a pain sometimes but i love cold starts on diesel trucks and machinery ❤

That funnel is the bottom of an r134 freon keg. They work good for that

A piece of angel iron and hose clamp works great for a makeshift cylinder stop

Lookin good Hilbert bros

I like how the John Deere 4020 and the 8110 sounds

Cool video dang I hope Spencer’s sergury goes well

To help with the hydraulics on the 4020 turn the engine off then work the hydraulic lever back and fourth and it should let the pressure of the hydraulic lines

Great video

Love it

Love the vids grant l. Keep it up

I would for sure get a greenstar rate controller if you have section control unlocked, pan mine last 2 years makes everything way easier

You can flip the hitch on the 4020

Try shaking the steering wheel back and forth while you are starting it. It helps on our 1969 4020 and 3020.

co-pilot!

Who else loves Grant Hilbert?

Yahhhhhhh less goo another farm video

Love your vids you are my favorite

It would definitely be worth putting the new style remotes on that 4020. We did it to all of our 20 series

you can flip the hitch on your 4020.

Hope Spencer's surgery goes well

your the best farmer besides my dad your the best love yo vids

All the stuff on that work bench runs from the early 80s to early 90s

Hope Spencer gets better after his knee surgery

Helpfully tip stop beating the crap out of the hydrulic lines to release the pressure. Put the lines in float let it do what it needs pop it back into neutral the lines will lose pressure or if you don't have float shut the engine off push the lever back and forth to release the pressure unhook them then start up.

Hey Grant, thanks she’d kinda looks like a butler shed

Keep up the good work. When are you getting another tractor. You almost need a bigger one.

Welcome back.

Grant if I was you I would build a shop with a shed on an extension as cold storage we do it and we like it

you young whipper snappers an that ol work bench make me feel old LOL I'm getting there and every year goes faster. Thanks for the video :) P.S. I didn't know you played Farm Sim So Do I, and I think your in Iowa too right ??

The name of your neighbors shed is an a frame building which were very popular in the 70s

Run the johndeere rate controller it'll work best for the GPS screen you have and be easier set up we run em on all our fumigation rigs we switched from the ravens cause they were more reliable

Hey man keep up the great work i started watching u when u played fs 15 now ur getting to do what you love keep up the great work grant ur awesome

Looks like an old Farmlander building. They just added one on FS22

Dang fs22 role play has gotten super realistic!!😂

I think you are first on youtube that start spring work

we need MORE videos!!!!!!