When I was an Agricultural contractor here in the UK many years ago I would carefully maintain and and pre-season check everything. This process would by no means save me from breakdowns. However, there were a couple of other contractors I knew of who would drag their machines from the nettles every year and never have a problem!!!
Great Video of the behind the scenes work that has to be done every season. You should try a M2/3 or L2/3 Gleaner Combine. You will be amazed how easy they are to work on and how advanced they were for early 80’s machines. Looking forward to the next video. Be safe out in the fields, to all. Thanks for the videos, JT.
Always enjoy watching your videos. You persevere at all you set out to do and I must say you do it in a very presentable interesting manner. Keep up with your projects and videos.
JT, just got back from the road and see that you have a situation. Paint that dang thing red and the parts should cost y'all less should you my drift. Cheers.
I have yet a Carhartt socking hat the same black down here in ga,get ready for winter and get some projects goin for youtub income.I moved from Mankato MN in 1999 as a general contractor building new homes ..most of my life was building homes in Mankato MN ,and I know of the cold .and was bought up on a large farm in lowa,,so I know tractors and help my dad go thru some in the winter just to keep busy .We lost our ass in cattle about 569 head and then after it was straight grain farming..no more of that .I ll keep watching your issues but keep focused
I read all your comments and I have to agree with everything. I don’t borrow to keep myself going. The old stuff is all paid for and at the end of the year I know how much I can spend rather than how much I can pay off. Thank you for your service!
Some mechanical devices seem to fight you every single step of the way. It might be a truck, tractor, or some other kind of equipment. I have a truck that has been maintained very well and most people claim they are the greatest thing since sliced bread but mine has broken down just sitting in the carport. I keep thinking that if I just keep fixing things one day it’ll be a good truck. So far, one day hasn’t happened yet 😂.
My granddad always said, sometimes when a machine fights you, it's the machine crying for help... Yeah... that auction buy Farmall 400 really wanted help... I enjoy your content. Primarily because I live in the city now and don't fightbthis every day. I miss it, but way more fun watching you struggle than living it!!!
We used to cut band off 2 Heston straw bales, scatter it about, pour lots of waste engine oil over it, let it soak well in, then pick it up with combine header, run it through a few times until it wasnt worth doing it, all shiny parts were now covered in oil, inside or out.
Hey JT, doesn't it seem like we spend half the summer getting ready for winter and then half the winter getting ready for summer? Looking forward to seeing the "Green Bastard" get it's new clutch and be back in field. And always remember, if it was easy they'd never let us do it!😢
JT, Look at it this way- I have 2 old commuter cars that cost me $1500 each (3K) or I have a new $30K car. The reliability is better if I maintain both, older easy to work on cars verses 1 $$$, must fix it NOW cause it is the only one I got, new car. Also if a friend needs a car in an emergency I got one to loan him. Same with having two old combines verses one newer one....
Glad you got harvest finished it’s gotten cold and rainy here in Indiana I feel for any of the farmers that still have crops in the fields I seen a few but most are done thanks for sharing buddy
Congratulations on getting all your beans done! We are only about 1/4 done...we keep getting rain every 3rd day and it stifles any production...grrr. Hopefully today and tomorrow we can put a good dent in it. But the old IH1460 is performing well!
Excellent video JT :) glad beans got done and combine got finished your beans in time ! All farmers my area done to and doing fall wheat plus corn too on pick also silo plus fuel companies! Thought put battery charger put away and hope okay JT and also my late dad and late Uncle used get joke around thought like Red lots of red equipment had but told one guy it what affordable in equipment that all too ! Plus use Ford also International , Allis Chalmers, John Deere , you name it they had too and enjoy how lasting long time too!
I finally got into our soybeans last night at 9:30. Got one truck mostly loaded before throwing in the towel because 6am comes quick when you go to bed at 1am. But boy is it muddy out.
@jtsbarnngrill6873 we finally got decent weather and beans are coming off. Our combine has been rolling for the last 5hrs. Been busy hauling beans in at my day job as well. I'd much rather be at home helping my dad out though. I still need to rebuild our corn head before we can go back into corn as well.
Congrats JT on getting those beans out of the mud. Always a rewarding feeling at the end when you open up the concave to clean out, point it into the wind and pop open the cylinder trap to clean the mud and firewood out! No rocks where i live! You must have gotten all my rain allocation this summer. One think about patching that 6600 up....its always nice to have a backup. Just hooking up my 1805 to the chisel plow tomorrow to get some digging finished. Now where did i put those Cat cancelling muffs?
Having a backup machine is always handy. Keeps me on the fence about that machine lol. Make that MF earn its keep! I’ve been chiseling the last 3 days with mine
I completely understand your frustration with the 4400. I had a 7700 that was cursed, spent a lot of money on it and still fought it every time. Got rid of it and was thirty years until I bought another green one, turned out to be a very nice 7720. A cold beer always tastes good when harvest is done.
Your like a closet john Deere guy. Scared to admit it to his friends!!! Lmao 🤣. I used to have a bit of a green addiction, but we’ve been slowly trading it off for other colors. Every green piece that leaves makes my smile a little larger. 🤣👍🍻
Too bad the 4166 deal went south but as you said you have a few projects already for the winter- I hear ya on the 6600- nice to have a second combine around just in case- perhaps you could find another 6600 and use yours for parts? Great work- keep the videos coming
I think all in all turd Ferguson is and will be twice the tractor but would be nice to drive. The 4166 does not articulate and your articulating tractors are both very nice. With the 1800 and the 1805 could actually run twice the acreage you have even now. That combine would make you pull your hair out with twice the acreage.
Couple of things. Watched Hank Hamilton hooking up his batwing mower to his TYM tractor. He started complaining about how it didn't have the "Creep" controls to back the tractor up to aide in attaching the two together. Seen you nailing the chisel plow on the first? try. Seat time shows. You learn where the pin is when you spend enough time. Had a JD 2210 as our loader tractor and were doing roubnd bales. Picking up rounds, then hooking up and running to the other farm to unload, you learn where that pin is. Next, y'all got a lot of firewood. I'm impressed, I've split firewood. And, ya, it's time, retire the old JD combine JT. "If it ain't Red, leave it in the shed." And you got the Steiger, the newer JD combine and the 2010? all under a roof? Dang, y'all got a lot of parking space..... She done you decent, put her down for the night. Check with Fluffy, maybe the boss needs some work mousing around the old girl. Love a cold start, and Cat do, do thgat well. Cheers boss, you deserved that one.........
We had a 7700 deer combine,after years of allis chambers G' s,,my dad always mention that Allis machine tools you got when you bought one was the following ,a torch and a big fukin hammer
My dad who farmed in Iowa for 60 years always mention to stay away from the banker and work so that you can cash flow your next crop in without borrowing money to put one in ,and then you will achieve success I todays farming ,,keep them out of it and keep your equipment in good shape and it doesn't matter if it's older,,hell it's paid for
Hi JT when we finished harvest here in Norfolk UK we would remove all the access covers and run the combine to clear all grain etc also vacuum and blow out every thing before pressure washing and putting them in the barn for winter . We found that we didn't get any critters making a home in side combine . Do you do this in the USA . Paul Rayner .
If you're going to fix thr pump mebbie you can take something like pipe hanger strap and wrapp it around the pump and bravket to hold the pump in position to reomve the torque load on the rubber thingy?
Awesome beans. I’ve just got couple question about antifreeze and replacement radiator you could recommend for my 245 Massey friggenson! Thanks for some great knowledge and tricks you share with all of us!
I’ve had great luck with all states at parts. Looks like they have a rad for that tractor for right around 200 bucks. As for antifreeze I just use green mixed 50/50 with distilled water. There is a additive made by wix #24056 cooling treatment. Probably not super necessary but it is supposed to help prevent cavitation
@@jtsbarnngrill6873 Thank you a lot. Just replaced antifreeze. As for the radiator my better half (wife) found me one on that ole intereebb. Thank you again
Hi jt. You got to give one gold star. After seating for 2 years. She got the job done. Were was your skirt fror the cat walk. L.o.l. sounds as though the little j.D. needs a starter and some manifold gasket.
She definitely needs a manifold gasket, but I’ll let that starter go till it won’t start 😆. I’ll give the 6600 it’s credit. It did still finish the job too
@jtsbarnngrill6873 even if you just repair what needs doing at least you not really wasting money give the new pipes a little rub down with some oil then you all ways got them for the other one. I had a engine you couldn't put new plugs in to it I never found why. You put new ones in it would never start. So all ways had to find some good old ones. Ya figure that one. I had about 20 other people look at it no one could figure it out .
run it until it's so worn out the demo derby guys don't even want it 😂 That battery charger is a good one, our best battery chargers always were the smallest no frills models. The smart chargers don't cut it, they only charge charged batteries--wtf--even with the hold a button or jumper pack tricks nothing beats a manual battery charger on high overnight!
Gotta go milk so not watching whole vid yet. That was a hard cold start w the 1805? You should try a 1085 or the 850. Better have full charge in batteries and spray. Apparently where the Perkins get made it never goes below 60. That 354 is really bad and the 314 is just an all around turd. Your combine was a dream start too.
For one thing, you gotta look how old that machine is. And how much that was used before you got it? Because it seems like always second or third hand equipment. The the the third guy or the fourth guy always gets a war out machine. And then he b****** because everything falls apart.
Make no mistake… I knew this rig was driven into the ground before I got it. Got my moneys worth out of it. Didn’t feel like I was bit*hing, just realistically ready to let this one retire.
I started to ask about joe cocker at the beginning of the video, glad i waited to watch the whole thing and get my answer before lookin stupid. i mean i still look stupid just not as much.
i mean if yur really looking for extra work and sweet content, buy another 6600 and use this for parts and somehow shove the engine in the 2010. You can never have to much power u know lol
@@jtsbarnngrill6873 just giving ya crap... aid still keep her around... fix it... and run it... look at it this way... for beans you run tons of dirt through em... having a good backup is always important... besides them old 1970s machines are really cheap to buy... I could get a 1970s IH 915 for 3500 right now
