I'm an old man, grew up farming in New Mexico. lived in Washington, now live in Texas. I'll tell you how a farm decides "what color gear" to use... Its "USUALLY" dependent on WHAT COLOR dealer is closest to the farm. Not always, but it plays a big part! The farm I worked on as a kid, ran Green Tractors, but the Hay gear was 100% New Holland. worked on a Canola farm in Western Washington for awhile, they were dead Red!. Overall, after 55 years, I've concluded, .... They're all GREAT, and they ALL break!.... having parts and service nearby IS A BIG deal. Cheers
I enjoyed this video, I worked for 30 years in the quality department as an ASQC Certified Inspector OF Quality Assurance 64/94. We were in the prototype of the first QuadTrac. It was a converted Magnum. I also along with a half dozen other QA staff approved of the first 7100 Series Magnum that came from our old razed tractor plant. That and the foundry was first opened in around 1913. they have a new assembly plant in Racine Wisconsin Back then we had just bought the Fargo Plant from Stieger. Case has come along a long way since. Thanks for sharing this video. Wish I could have been there, Maybe they would have let this old Case guy drive!
In 1965 my dad bought a IH Cub Cadet 100. Years later I bought a used IH Cub Cadet 122 for myself . They are still in the family and both are in use . Quality and support are the hallmarks of this brand.
The richest area of topsoil is Hardin and Grundy County in Iowa. You know you are there even at midnight with no moon. The black dirt aroma is everywhere. The color is black black. The texture has a feel of crops waiting to be grown. In the dead of night, just listening to corn growing is mesmerizing almost hypnotic. I was scrolling thru RU-vid, and a picture popped up of Lauren Bacal. Ever since I viewed my first video of Laura Farms, you reminded me of this movie star. " Yes, Lauren. Grant reminds me of Carry Grant. Cool collected and generally a great guy. You two look so great together. I have been married 56 years. Yes, since 1966. My wife has tolerated me that long. You two are class, integrity, insightful, and such a treat to watch. Keep on teaching all of us how you farm today. Until next time.
We went to Palo Duro Canyon south of Amarillo. Once in a she, you’d see. Fence line 2-3 miles up the road, you’d see another fence line. Fields stretched as far from the road as you could see. We saw field after field that had huge tractors like this. Just amazing.
Case has come a long ways! :-) Dad used to have one back in the 60s. I never got to drive that one, but I do remember the narrow front wheels, the fly wheel, etc.
so cool. beautiful machines. wow. very nice interior. Thanks for showing us all this stuff. Great vid. I laughed out loud when you lowered your glasses and said, I like it. I am a nut about large machinery.
That size of equipment is enough to get excited about anyone excited. I think that you are going to have a big smile on your face for a couple of days. You two were in your element at that demo
I enjoyed this video, I worked for 30 years in the quality department as an ASQC Certified Inspector OF Quality Assurance 64/94. We were in the prototype of the first QuadTrac. It was a converted Magnum. I also along with a half dozen other QA staff approved of the first 7100 Series Magnum that came from our old razed tractor plant. That and the foundry was first opened in around 1913 i love
A friend of mine has a big corn farm outside of Ramsey about an hour south of Decatur and I know they don't expend anywhere near the amout of time, effort, and technology on irrigation that you guys do in Nebraska. I think it rains a little more and the soil holds moisture really well.
My grandfather in Indiana had soil like that, great stuff. I've been surprised we haven't seen Grant and Laura working at improving the quality of their soil. Like getting manure from a feed lot or chicken farm. Without the soil, there is no farming.
Laura and Grant, normally the corn is much taller in that black soil at this time of year, but it was very dryer than normal in June and early July. However, the rains came at the perfect time just as the corn silked and tasseled. Great channel, keep it going!
That little tub you had is the best thing they ever made Like you said you never over fill the bucket when you do a oil change when you see it getting full you start to remove it till it stops running and then you can empty the bucket and start all over again till it’s drained
Wish I would have known you were going, my cousin lives close to Decatur and years back won Farmer Of The Year for Illinois. You could visit his farm, hog and cattle raising operations.
I was raised on a green brand of tractor also! Oliver! Lol!. Oliver invented the color blind plow. Which meant it would hook up to any brand with a 3 point hitch. And as you make a turn at the end of the field the trailing wheel on the plow turns by way of the angle of the 3 point hitch as the tractor makes the turn which causes the plow to follow the tractor tire track to line up with the furrow quickly. That plow was in the Farm Progress Show in the 60's. I was around 6 years old at the time and I remember sleeping in the back of a 1960 Chevy Belair. And the car was turquoise of all colors. Thanks for all the videos you provide from your home and afar! Travel Safely!
Awesome Case IH tractors. I been driving a truck with Cat engine since 2005 with two turbos. Not the same HP. Glad to see you and Grant seeing new things. Like your farm videos. Had family that farmed in western Nebraska.
As a 🔴CASE 🔴 fan living in east Germany where the big fields are, I look forward to see one of these 🔴red beasts 🔴in the next years. Thank you for this video! 😍
Oh my gosh love you guys, reminds me of working on the farm...as a shepherd working hand and yeah sometimes the dog too...sheep and beef in New Zealand, well sometimes mustering the sheep...my mate started to gallop back to me in the sheep yards we built 2x weeks before, yelling Jimmy grab the gun and load it (22 calibre lever action 19 shot open sight)...held it above my head as he rounded the turn 👍, get the boat head upstream you'll know when...he was so right...half of the mustering team of dogs left chasing a wild pig...as I headed upstream with the 10ft aluminum boat and a 15hp enverude outboard motor...the Crack of the 22 caliber rifle sounded ,and a 180 pound boar flew over the riverbank bluff hitting the ground below...gunned the outboard lifting at the last moment, landing right by the pig grabbed my knife and stuck him in the heart...wasn't over yet went back to the beach by the quad bike, to take our prize home...be Jesus the sky TV technician scared the pants off me...coming up the driveway Holy that's a big pig...dang later that evening when the boss got home,she caught us in the shed sharing a few cold ones 👍 congratulating ourselves on the daze outcomes...by Jango she walked in clipped me around the ears and said to her husband are you a farmer or $$&&@@?#? Pig hunter, of course we laughed and never ever got caught upsetting her again hehehe 😂😊😅...
Loved this!!! When you got underneath that beast and talked about the oil change ease, all I could think was “How many people would love to slide under their vehicle and find your smiling face and fun personality right there!” 😂❤️ You look super cute climbing out of that big tractor 🥰😊🤩
Love It!! Just Like A Kid In A Candy Store!! All Smiles And Don't Know Where To Turn To Next To Get Into Something!! Thanks For Bringing Us All Along!! Keep Smiling On!! 😄👍👊❤️
Thanks Laura and Grant.....That was fun! BIG TRACTOR for sure!!!!! Laura I can see you as a Camera Woman if Farming ever gets old........Hahahaha......I know it won't but you look like a pro behind that camera!!!!!
As close to being a farmer as I am is a couple of Horses & 2 goats (all because of my wife!) and we make a little Maple syrup in New Hampshire. But I enjoy watching you 2. Laura I can think of a lot of words to describe you, but Little Lady would not be the first! Grant she would look good in Red or pretty much any other color. Keep up the hard work , I enjoy each episode. Thanks, Jack
A friend of mine farms with 2 quad tracked case tractors. He says once you go over a certain horsepower you can’t get the power to the ground where you can use it. Track life is as good as or better than tires. His 650 hp tractor pulls a 27 foot chisel at 30 acres an hour. His combine’s have tracks and he’s cut wheat in standing water and never got stuck. He says a benefit of tracks and big horsepower is reduced compaction in the soil.
the farm I am working harverst on ,, corn silage and soon sugar beets has a couple of these guys the big red quad track's on site. one a 500 and the other a 470 are massive beast. they run close to a million 5 each.. go big or go home.. :)
Our little girl is a big thing when 5 of these tracked monsters show up to woo her. They are cool and I have been green since '64. I'd drive one. But I am still a fan of smaller simpler tractors that I can fix and when all the electronics are unavailable, the simple old tractors will still feed America.
Thanks for another great video Laura and Grant. That new case IH tractor is huge. And 778 hp/wow. It is a monster. What does that cost?????? Look at the size of the draw bar hitch and three point hitch. It is huge. Better than some tractors-ha. Beautiful piece of machinery. Glad you got to operate it Laura. Just what you need for Xmas. Thanks for showing us the new case IH big horsepower tractor. Nice!!!!!! Thanks for everything Laura and Grant. The Iowa Farm Boy.
You can buy the oil hose drain kit for almost any engine. It’s called a quick drain. If it won’t interfere with anything add a longer hose to it. Do a search on line. Common on small aircraft.
Laura driving ALL the things is inevitable. Please put it on your bucket list to visit: Bagger 288, Nuclear Sub, Boring Company, SpaceX, Area 51, Death Star
in the early 80's, my parents bought an 8450 JD four-wheel-drive tractor... quiet cab, a/c, PTO, triple hydraulics, and a goofy transmission (3 ranges, 4 choices per, auto-shift between 1-2 or 3-4 in each range)... dual 18.4-38s all around, no shortage of traction... the hardest part for me was the articulated steering, the pivot point was roughly under (and a few inches ahead of) the seat - you felt like you moved sideways in turns, rather than steering on a knuckle like a rigid tractor...
Bravo Laura tu es un très bon pilote de ce magnifique engin tracteur🚜 et enfin tu peux te reconvertir en camerawomans 🎥 . Toujours très agréable tes vidéos 👍👍👏😘🇫🇷
So jealous. I first tried one of these back in the 90's when they came out. The ride on these is outstanding. The powershift is outstanding. I live/work in the city from home, but I have thoughts of getting one of these just for driving around town as I work from home permanently now. I have thought about when I retire to move down to Antarctica where they use these quad tracs for snow plowing and hauling around the research buildings. If you think the oil change hose is neat, check out the Fumoto valves. I replaced the oil plugs on my vehicles and have enjoyed changing oil ever since (the oil filter on the Honda is a real pain though) You should look into it for your equipment as I always hated changing oil because it was hot messy and a real pain when the plug drops into the bottom of a 5 gallon pail.
Green with yellow wheels is better than red. Here in the Czech Republic, the CASE tractor is nicknamed "KAŠE" (porridge). I'm rooting for you Laura and keeping my fingers crossed that you do well. PS: Google translator
It'll blow your mind that the dirt in that field is very grey compared to the dirt in people's gardens around that area. They really didn't do a whole lot to that field, it isn't a yield field... that's just how corn do in Illinois.
Wonderful to see Laura and Grant trying out other makes of equipment, they will all have good and bad points to them, and really none of them are bad just different.
@ericjennings2508 I can use my truck and do the same thing. Oh and save more money. I could buy horses and do the same. Case getting stuck in the mud.
I have been seeing those Case tractors pulling scrappers in New Jersey on construction projects. With over 700hp I can see why. You always have great videos showcasing equipment. Grant makes a good yardstick to measure things against 😅 Thank you for this, keep up the strong work.
Laura, you are in what you always want to be, in a tractor. To see Laura with such a big, broad smile, I didn't think possible. Grant had to wait his turn, if Laura got out of the seat. Love from Mike. ❤
I am not a farmer but worked at a contracter who had Fendt back in the 80's I am a John Deere lover but i have to admitt, and it hurts a little, compared to Deere, Case is next level on the interieur. And Laura, geez your pretty.
One of my best friends from grade school’s father had an IH implement dealership that eventually changed to Case IH back in the 70’s in the finger lakes of NY. I watched each year as more and more tractors started to have modern cabs.
That camera rig on that Red system would make a good down on that tractor probably close to 100 grand might be more! Camera rig and tractor both really nice new technology
That look on her your face was similar to my wifes when she got her brand new 2024 murano last week. Platinum of course. Lol That case looks good on you young lady.
I think that tractor was a perfect fit for you Laura. Another fun video, I love those big Case tractors. It might be a little over the top for an 8 acre food plot though.
They plant short day corn to match up with the show. You would need to stop at field away from grounds to do a true crop comparison. The corn you were looking at is all for show, early combining to support all the field events of the show.
I live in Mclean County Illinois ( Bloomington ), and that soil is typical, however, the corn height is not. We have experienced a much shorter rainfall this growing season, thus less height than usual. We are currently 6" short of normal in our area.
