Great job! It's a blessing to se your dad on the new tractor He looks like he is happy The old farmtrac is doing good job love to hear them run . Praying for you and your family have a blessed day
I use to Ted and rake hay with my Ford NAA tractor (54) year. On a good day it’s about 27 HP. I did overhaul this tractor somewhere along 2010 or 2011. And if need be I could still use this tractor. However today it’s coupled to a 6’ finishing mower. My self the only place HP has to come into play is with your mower and baler. I had a New Holland 492 haybine (wish I still had it) and it was a great machine rubber rolls and I used the 4020 or 4230 on it. It was just a. Lot of work keeping up the cutter bar it had rivets instead of bolts and was very time consuming and lots of pounding to change out the knifes. The rivet type guards very different then the bolt type and the bolt type were expensive. It was slow to use and about 3 mph was as fast as it would pull and do a good job. Use a disk mower today 5 to 6 mph normal cutting speed. Currently have a John Deere 450 E baler just got about a month ago still on a big learning curve with it. Used a New Holland 630 for a long time.
The Farmtrac did great job and most don’t remember that today’s tractor have higher horsepower because of the lower weight to grearing and our grandparents farm tractors were under 30 HP most was under 20 HP so great job!!!!!!!!!
Looks good ben, Around our area I can remember when you could count on one hand the number of 4wd tractors in the area.....and now everybody thinks you have to have one, and that has not been that long ago early 90's approximately ....... Then the small compacts came along and you either bought 4wd or it didn't do very well due to weight/size of the machine.....the rest is history
Nicely done. Ben, there were some great shots (to make into pictures) when you were bailing against the backdrop of those Autumn trees and blue skies. Looks like you're nicely situated for next years season. God bless and thanks for bringing. us along.
Looks like a good crop. I was surprised you sold the 135 and not the Farmtrac. Maybe a video explaining the choice you made. Enjoy the journey - cheers
Well Ben, I'm happy you have an alternative in case you need it. But, this doesn't help me justify with the wife why I had to upgrade my old NH TN65D 2WD, to a new Workmaster 120 4x4.😁🚜
Hey Ben, beautiful weather there. It's been like summer here lately. Really warm for this time of year. That John deere is working well. Everyone is cutting corn or soybeans here. Take care
We had a beautiful day here today. Starting to get several fires though around the area where’s it’s dry and all the leaves falling. Thanks for watching
He they do. Mine sounds the same just louder Cause it has a different engine and mine is missing a piece that makes it quieter (yes it has the same exhaust as his)Mine is the 435 model which has 35 horses unlike his 50
Can't believe the 135 is apparently gone. I'll be honest that hurts a little but I get it. I have my Grandpa's 135 that he bought new in 1972 and I wouldn't part with it. However, the JD is a good looking, good sounding machine that is no doubt more ergonomic and operator friendly. The "straight down" pedals on the 135 will take a toll on your knees that's for sure. I hated to hear about your Grandma but there is no doubt from the life you described her living that she is in a much better place. Thanks for posting this content!
I will try to do that. I’ll go ahead and try explaining it also. Coming from the twine box you should have a small plate on springs that acts as a drag for tension on the twine. Run it under that through the hole. Then you’ll have an eyelet on the front part of the baler it needs to feed through. Then it will need be fed into the twine arm, that’s the difficult part. You’ll need something like a wire or weedeater string to feed down the twine arm then tie on the twine and pull it through to where about 6” is sticking out. I find it easier to do this with the twine arms moved to the center of the bale chamber vs the closed position. You must use twine from both sides of the baler when baling. They start wrapping in the center of the baler and move outward. On those you’ll sometimes need to feed some hay into the baler with the twine arms out for it to start wrapping the bale. It won’t always pickup the twine to start pulling it in on its own. Hope this helps some. Thanks
@@khtractors you're welcome. I didn't get to stay at the sawmill to long. I worked 4 and a half days last week and 2 days this week and I ended up back at the ER because of my breathing. I started out with chronic asma and chronic bronchitis. And it turned into COPD. The good thing is that I don't smoke. But I don't know how that I got COPD. Not unless because I've been around people that smokes. So I'm out of work again. At least I can still do odd jobs
@@khtractors me too Ben. But things happens. The good thing is that I have God in my life and I put all my trust in Him to help me through these times. And thanks
