Sorry for your troubles. Thank you for sharing the hose idea to relieve the hydraulic pressure I’ve always had a time cranking and know body never had a answer to fix the problem. Thanks
Watching your breakdown with that bill off a new pump and thought it was bad but then watched Grandpa Ivers Farm with the combine ditching ..... well there's always something. Great video .
Sorry about all your luck there buddy!! it's got to be hard I know from farming my self for years every time you get started on something seems like some goes bad I'll be praying for you
Matt’s a good guy. I really wish all farmers tried to work together, but it seems like everyone’s afraid someone else is gonna swoop in and take land from you or learn someone’s secrets. Those pickers are a lot to keep up I’m sure. Found that out no longer than I helped Matt work on his.
I will take a bad radiator hose over a hydro transmission. And the hose is a crazy route thru that picker .perseverance is the only way .good job, keep on keeping on. You are definitely keeping it real .
When we had a good year and needed some write-offs we invested in one of them 3/16"-1 1/4" Parker hydraulic hose crimping stations. We also run a jd excavator tearing out tree groves similar to your operation and seems like hydraulic hoses never end. Best investment on the farm between implements and tree grapples we use it a ton... thing is damn handy for planter problems with weather coming or issues on weekends when our local places are closed. Tool should last for my kids and their kids was my thought because they aren't cheap..
When my dad farmed he wouldn’t buy any halfway modern equipment, oh hell no, we ran 283 tractor mounted cotton strippers longer than any of our neighbors, took us forever to get it all pulled. His philosophy was that buying newer, 8 row cotton strippers to run them two weeks out of the year. I’d tell him , we grow this crop all year, why do you want to leave it in the field and risk it falling out ? He paid enough in taxes to have bought newer equipment but he’d rather pay a bunch in taxes than to have decent equipment. Me and the hands worked our asses off, for months at harvest. Now I’m proud to say I have bought enough equipment to get the job done in a timely manner. John Deere should give you a million dollar warranty to go with that million dollar stripper lol.
That sucks having so much trouble. Sometimes I wonder would a cotton stripper be better than a picker? I know John Deere makes both. Plus that hydraulic hose is ridiculous. That definitely isn't going to be a cheap hose to replace. Be safe.
@@TheCropCritic we went with a brand out of Arkansas called PickSmart..it’s been pretty decent so far…no hiccups at all on our 7760…and they claim if we have any problems with it and they’ll replace it.
No offense but Jd I the worst for running hydraulic hoses like spaghetti noodles. There log skiiders and bunchers are the absolute worst they rub against each other and leek like a fool.
