CHOPPING SILAGE. THE BEGINNING OF HARVEST 2023 

Thanks Ryan

Thanks for watching Tony

Thanks John. These guys really have a great system down. Not to mention some really nice equipment. Pretty large investment there.

Thanks Mike

Thanks Ed. That thing was sweet. It only plugged once yesterday. Did you catch the part where Jay was helping replace the bolts in the hitch? He crossed a ditch and the hitch hung up and snapped a 3/4 inch mounting bolt right off.

Thanks Brent. Some good ole classic iron running right there. Good to see the 986 and the 1086 working side by side.

Thanks Louie. That was Jay that they were doing this for. Jay rents our farm.

That quick hitch was quite impressive. The part where you see Jay helping him with the hitch is where he crossed a ditch and it hung up and snapped a 3/4 inch mounting bolt right off.

Indeed it is. Thanks for watching Bryce

Thanks Justin. Jay said on flat level hood going, they go at 12 mph. That’s faster than road gear on every one of my tractors except for the 2520 John Deere

@@tractortalkwithgary1271 wow that’s fast!

That’s funny. Thanks Scott

Thank you John. Thanks for stopping by

Thanks Kenny. This is all for feed. The hay crop was slim this year as we have had almost no rain. We have had .7 of an inch since May 14th. This silage will have to make up the difference.

Yes indeed Chad. Can you imagine trying to do that from the drivers seat of the chopper? You are blind as can be. Thanks for watching Chad

Thanks Dave. They sure were.

Thanks Dave. It was a blast. The livestream last night was awesome too👍🏻

@@tractortalkwithgary1271 Yes It was for sure, Cheers

Well always glad to have you watch Jan.

Good morning Erik. The only hiccup with the hitch was the one ditch crossing sheared a 3/4 inch mounting bolt right off. That 7810 has 9000 hours on it and was owned by a John Deere mechanic. Jay got a real good deal on it and got some cheap horsepower. Although it is a 2wd, it fits Jays needs nicely. He would loved to have had a FWA but man , how much does that add to the price tag? $20-$25 K? Thanks for watching Erik.

Thanks Ben. That was Jay. Jay is the man that rents my farm. He knew I would like to do a video of this procedure and indeed I did. It was a lot of fun.

Good morning Mr. Ron

Good morning Dave. I just now saw your comment. This is pretty slick how all of this comes together. I think I was most impressed with that chopping head. Thanks for watching

Thanks John. I sure thought that whole setup was super impressive. Almost on the tractor pull level but not quite 🤣 Thanks for watching John

Thanks Luc. Not sure if it has a back up camera or if he was using the force. 🤣🤣🤣

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Thanks Mathew. I have always liked the smell of silage. We never fed it but I worked for a lot of farmers that did.

@@tractortalkwithgary1271 dairies around here, the few that are still left anyways, feed it. One of my jobs as a kid was scraping all the cow poo out of the covered feed trough areas. Even the poo smelled like silage.

@@PineyWoodsHomestead , I worked on a dairy farm that had 3 concrete stave silos. 85 feet tall. In the winter, I had to take an axe and chop the frozen silage off from the outside so that the unloader could blow it down to be fed. I used to jump from one to the other at the top rather than to climb all the way down and then back up. It is amazing to me now that I have tempted fate so many times in life and continued to get away with it. Not any more. The sun has set on those days.

@@tractortalkwithgary1271 I got about half way up one of those silos once and that's as far as I ever made it. I've never been fond of anything taller than a deer stand. haha

@@PineyWoodsHomestead , I worked on a steel erection crew right out of high school putting up huge grain bins and the grain leg towers. At that time, I was the only one that was comfortable climbing and working at 200 ft + heights so I was the one doing the high work. All of that for $2.00 / hour. Making $20.00 / day gross pay. Got nothing extra for doing the extreme duty work. I was a grunt and didn’t know any better back then.

Thanks Phil. When Jay starts feeding, he will open the end and scoop it out with a skid steer.

Those are all questions that I will have to ask Jay. I do know that the one run when complete is 200 feet long. Then they start another one.

Thanks Kev. Jay will open the end up and dig it out with a skid loader.

@@tractortalkwithgary1271 Thanks Gary!

Yes I do Curt. This You Tube channel helps to keep me involved with it.

Thanks Noel. It has a release. It just can’t be in any bind at all

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this is all fed to the cattle throughout the winter months while they are off pasture. Thanks for watching.