I always find it relaxing to do this type of field work. Pretty much just point the tractor in one direction and go along for the ride. If you get a little off on the row it's no big deal.
Years ago, when I was a youngster I worked at the local coop in SE Minnesota in the late seventies and we custom applied anhydrous with a 2-155 and a John Blue applicator. You bring back many fond memories of the past, Love it.
I too have tried, many times, to park between the Toohills. And yes - it’s not easy. Great footage - thank you for something to watch while I’m laid up. 👍
Nice video, I love watching these White tractor's doing their thing, a pure joy, to me! Thanks for the explanation of the 4 designated articulating vs the 2 standard four wheel assist. Enjoyed watching, thanks for sharing the info, I hope your day goes great!
Pokeweed and Canadian Thistle were the 2 weeds that my Mother-In-Law hated with a passion. She would patrol the 10 acres looking for them and if she found one she gave is a dose of gasoline. Now I am patrolling with my round-up sprayer. Our problem is the neighbors sick woods that abuts our north side is full of Pokeweed. My wife, Estella, hates Purple Fountain grass. She planted 6 tiny plants so she could have a specimen grass plot. She did not know it was very invasive and now it is everywhere. Birds and the wind have it spread to all unmowed spaces on and off of the property. Just like the Giant Rebecika that we planted, as birds have harvested seeds and dropped them as far as 1/8 mile down the ditch. Thank you Chris for the Sunday morning White fix.
@@ThatOliverGuyChris Here at our location we are heavy clay. Johnson grass used to be a problem and basically went away. Now roadsides and other not-tilled and sprayed areas have it coming back again.
Love the older Iron , lots of tractor music ,I can appreciate you talking but not having to see your face during your whole video is worth million bucks ... don't get me wrong but keep up the great videos and drone footage .
Looks like an organic farming operation and we would sow after a similar cultivation in a 90% direction angle as was easy to distinguish between both workings as hadn't any GPS systems as that how we use to farm Downunder in early winter season. Warm wishes,Bill.
Pokeweed. We have those here in IN Indiana. We've found getting it back to corn with the herbicides will kick it. 2-4D and or Dicamba products work well. We had a two 2-155's on was a series III. Nice tractors for sure. Those Hercules liked their fuel but you got a lot done in a day.
I remember the sad times of the 1980s, when many farmers in our area were sold out, in Sw Oklahoma. This one farm sold 3, 4 150s will never forget the sale. Rained the whole day. Hardly any buyers there. Tractors brought less than 2500. Each. Always kicked myself not buying one or 2 of them. I did buy several cotton trailers 300 each.
Hi Chris, we have a 2-155 white exactly like yours. We were plowing with it last week and it started leaking engine oil badly. It looks like it is coming from the front of the motor. How hard is it to change the crank seal?
Not bad. You just need a puller to get the front pulley off and you can pop the old seal out and drive a new one in. If I recall correctly I've always had the radiator out. It definitely makes access easier.
Awesome! Thank you for getting back to me so fast. I was worried that the whole motor had to come out. I might take a couple photos of Ware it is leaking and send them to you just to double check my thinking. If that is ok with you?
That's a packer, or to be more specific a crow foot packer. Packers are used for a few reasons. They break up chunks of soil, help smooth out ridges, create a firm seed bed that promotes better seed to soil contact, and my favorite... knock rocks back down into the ground. This style is called a crow foot because of the shape of the wheels. They leave a print in the soil that looks like a bird track. I feel the open design breaks up clumps better, but the downside is that in sticky soils they can fill up with dirt and get too heavy. They also could be equipped with a solid wheel. Those can't fill up with dirt, but each wheel has a ridge in the center that leaves a trench that rainwater can start flowing down and create a washout. The crow foot style works well for my soils. Other manufacturers have variations on the theme using steel baskets instead of cast wheels. They break stuff up well, but tend to flip rocks up on top.
That's a packer, or to be more specific a crow foot packer. Packers are used for a few reasons. They break up chunks of soil, help smooth out ridges, create a firm seed bed that promotes better seed to soil contact, and my favorite... knock rocks back down into the ground. This style is called a crow foot because of the shape of the wheels. They leave a print in the soil that looks like a bird track. I feel the open design breaks up clumps better, but the downside is that in sticky soils they can fill up with dirt and get too heavy. They also could be equipped with a solid wheel. Those can't fill up with dirt, but each wheel has a ridge in the center that leaves a trench that rainwater can start flowing down and create a washout. The crow foot style works well for my soils. Other manufacturers have variations on the theme using steel baskets instead of cast wheels. They break stuff up well, but tend to flip rocks up on top.
All of the Workhorses with the 5.9 Cummins were extremely fuel efficient. White made a promotional video where they hooked up a Case IH, Deere and White to the identical chisel plows, gave them all the exact amount of fuel and worked them until they ran out. The other 2 brands were full powershifts and that's what White was promoting, that full powershift transmissions were power hungry and cost you fuel economy compared to the the White 6 speed manual combined with the 3 speed over/under. The CaseIH even had the same model of Cummins engine and the White went farther on the same amount of fuel.
2-180s? There were some in the area, but I don't know if we sold them. 4-180s? I'm quite confident we didn't sell any of those. It's rare to see one around here.
I think we would get lost in a 200 acre field. I don't think we even have any farms that big in our county, and yet guys still run bigger equipment then you do.
@ThatOliverGuyChris it's the influence from Lancaster County aka Amish country 🤣🤣 actually some of them guys run smaller equipment just so they can get down the buggy trails
