Your dad is the man. Just love watching your videos . I know my brother Nick and I would love to come and work a day or two helping you. He is better at mechanical and I love driving tractors. Love you feed and bedding methods. Blessings from Ohio....
Thanks Eric Another busy day. Now we find farmers have to be statisticians as well as all the rest. ITs a great fulfilling life though. Thanks for this.
Your cows are so pretty... Holsteins are fun because you never know how they will turn out with their pretty spots. I have a mostly black one, a mostely white one.. and one with crazy beautful spots and one classic cute holstein with a heart on her head.. 4 girls and that's my herd :D
Bro you are very careful for your cows . Otherwise I saw many farmers that didn't care about the silage and give their cows black silage which is completely harmful for them . You are very careful person
I’m putting out silage corn for the first time this year my co agent told me to go to school to learn I told him naw I got RU-vid I showed him your channel and he got upset that y’all are giving away to much information lol keep up the good work I’m learning a lot from you
Farmer on the Prairie: I subscribed when you brought the Hydro- 12 hour trip- I was tired after watching that drive but enjoyed the scenery and video‼️YALL must be Kin or Real Good Buddies for that haul‼️Your Father was funny requesting visitation privileges‼️ FARMERS•••BACKBONE OF AMERICA‼️ Prayers & Blessings For Yall from Northeast GEORGIA Mountains ⛰‼️Gainesville, Poultry Capital if The World 🌎🐔🐥🐓🥚🥚🥚🍳🍗🚜
We had a bad year for hay here last year, No sun and rain every day. I noticed the farther south I go the corn fields are still standing, very short stand & muddy. We only get one cut of hay as it is and we didn't get that till mid Sept. So, I've been supplementing my animals with bagged feed to bring up the protein and nutrients, Expensive year. I feel bad for the ones trying to make it farming in Northern BC, I just have a hobby farm
I owned the same tractor for about 25 years I put a front end loader on it used it twice a day to feed silage to my beef cattle, also for hauling silage wagon’s in Haywagon‘s, I was unable however to use it for even a simple task of raking hay the transmission would overheat rendering that totally inoperative. during the winter I had to connect it to a block heater on a timer however I lived in western New York where the temperatures got a bit chilly. Also had a snowblower on the back which having the hydrostatic Drive was terrific . Keep up the good work I always enjoy watching your videos Norm
You have created such a good setup, well done to all concerned. How much of a problem are vermin such as rats and mice, and how do you control them? Thanks Eric.
Was that tractor made in the US. I had a 656 hydro. It had a true hydrostatic transmission. The lever was on the right, and, you just pushed it forward to go, it had an infinite range of gearing. It was about 65 hsp. and, could pull 3-16's in our heavy soils. I sold it because it was a gas hog, but, it was great for baling hay. Of course it was a much larger tractor. It was a gas model, and, i wanted to switch to diesel.
Just curious if your knowledge is from hands on your whole life or did you have some college? I asked because I am very impressed with what you know and how you explain it. Thank you.
Hydro needs a lot more revs to get the pressure for the transmission, that's why it's making that groaning noise. Also, that's not a clutch, it's a dump pedal to bypass the control valve, if you use it like a clutch it will overheat the oil and damage the transmission. Great tractors when used correctly
Off topic question... why are your fields narrow and curvy? Land doesn’t look terraced. We farm 1100 acres in Michigan and take out fence rows and anything we can to make fields bigger and more square.
Drove one new in 1978 hydro 84 .had a loader on it made a good loader tractor . Turned into a scraper tractor many years later.hydro transmission made good for scraping out also.
Very nice, that Hydro seems like the perfect tractor for the job. Might be even better if it had some kind of "seesaw"-pedal for the hydrostat, like some older compact loaders or lawnmowers have. What´s that stuff you use for bedding, and where do you get it from, if I may ask?
Remind me if we ever meet NOT to shake your hand!!!!!! Ugh gag you lifted the muck plate with no gloves! Trucks from the farm come to the shop and I don't care they get the steam Jenny before I'll touch them. The new scraper is nice but add a plastic blade or split tire to super clean that shit. My mind m use to tease me on how theyd walk barefoot through cow pies.
We had an 84 hydro; good little tractor; we had three hydros of various sizes. The straddle fuel tanks on the 84 are notorious for flaking rust. Have extra fuel filters on hand.
