Love the 560! My Uncle's main workhorse was a 560. The sound of that tractor has stayed with me for all these years. Long since gone but, i can sill visualize my uncle climbing up on it and hear him start it up and letting it idle before hitting the fields. Memories.
All I could say was WOW, when you showed the image of all the rocks. Actually, I wouldn't mind having a few of them, but toooooo far to travel I'm afraid! Nice video!!
Nothing wrong with older machinery. As long as it works and does a good job , what more could you want? I really enjoy seeing your machinery doing a great job working the soil.
Jen, I lock the truck when I buy doughnuts too;).... the wife says I don’t share well. Good to see you guys getting stuff planted. The hay will be ready soon
Love seeing the old equipment still going. Yes it is nice to have all new but the old stuff still get can get it down. No payments is a plus too. Love seeing the kids in the videos also
I remember one spring it was wet my dad did a experiment with our disk he ended up hooking up the disk in front of the sheepsfoot roller we had then behind it drug a spring tooth and a spike tooth harrow all connected together as like a tillage train our 806 pulled it with rear duals u couldn't even tell it behind it .it was on heavy clay soil tryin plant soybeans got rid of all the clods made a nice seed bed before planting
You could build a stone fence with all those rocks haha I would love to send y'all some rain we've been getting more than our share in South Central Illinois thanks for the videos keep up the good work
We could! About the only use we have for them is a rock corner post. We got a little rain last Monday, and they are calling for some rain tomorrow so hopefully we'll get some. Thanks for watching the videos!
Love the videos an the equipment. Oldies but goodies as long as it works.Dont see how these larger daires with all those big tractors are making it an.You farm like I did before old age caught up with me.Have a great farm day
Thanks for the memories with the 560. Grew up on one, it's sound hit a familiar nerve. Grew up on 200 acres and heavier tillage was its job. And was a pain in cold weather to start.
@@trinitydairy You Bet! It has been 30 years since I last farmed, now I work for the other guy. Definetly miss the freedom I once had. Enloy and respect!
Those JD 7000 are nice planters. That is the planter I always wanted but never had bigger than a JD 2 row. Sounds like about 60-70 acres of corn. Hope you get a good rain after planting to get it started.
JD7000........My corn planter was a JD 494A. The 7000 was the new planter in my farming days and the JD 7000 was waaaaaay out of my price range. Enjoy machinery that I never could afford as it was too new yet.
We bought a 6 row 7100 in 1975 it was around 1000-1100 / row i imagine the 7000 with fertilizer boxes was probably in the 1400 / row range new 4 row was probably about 5600--6000 dollars
You guys are doing a great job. Just goes to show you don’t have to have all new and shiny equipment to get the job done. I am a first time viewer and I will definitely will be back again. I am a IH guy and I enjoyed seeing those tractors getting the job done.
Corn planting... Fun time of the year.. The 560 doesn't look right? Umm oh i know... Jennifer is not driving.. Lol... Looks like you got pretty nice ground there besides the crop of rocks.
We had a 560 IHC I HAYED THE GLOW PLUG DIESEL ALWAYS TRIED TO PARK IT IN THE LAST STALL OF THE DRIVETHRU SHED KEPT A CHAIN HANDY SO WE COULD PULL START IT IN COLD WEATHER
I run a 4 row 7000 planter also. We have Precision meters,row cleaners,heavy duty down pressure springs and spike closing wheels. We like it,and no payments!! Lol
I am 70 YO and grew up on 1000 acres of cattle ranch, orchard, and row crop (beans, corn mostly). I have a degree in Ag but never used it as I left Ag for high Tech in the late 70's and pioneered what we take for granted as the internet technology, and I am kind of proud of that (farm boy going high tech LOL) We always plowed with moldboard plows every year and ran discs to pulverize the soil. This was in the SW US, and we irrigated, so had mostly total control over moisture. I have studied the erosion and bio arguments, but would like your opinion. I have even deep plowed (6") with a dozer developing a new 40 acres. Just curious. Love the channel.
Thanks for watching! I find your story fascinating, if you look back at history, it's amazing how many advances in technology, have come from people who were born and raised on a farm! There is always a debate on different tillage practices, but one thing I have learned is, it depends a lot on climate, soil type, and terrain. We do conventional tillage here, because of the short growing season and typically colder spring weather, the soil doesn't warm up enough, unless It's tilled.l have never tried no till myself, but have seen neighbors try it, with very poor results. Another source of erosion for us is cultivating corn, we have hilly terrain and light sandy soil, so keeping the soil loose , can lead to a lot of erosion, but some places in the country, have very good luck with no till, and cultivation for weed control. Thanks again for watching, and God bless!
Doing the job and whitout gps👌, are youre brothers also live and work on the farm i see them often doing some work and fixing stuff ,thanks for the video greetings from a Dutch dairyfarmer
What make was the drags? Never seen that depth adjustment gizmo before. Nice thing about drags there is always a little better set at the next auction!! My brother built a set of chain markers for the front of the planter tractor out of tube metal with telescoping ends.
I think the spring tooth is an international or McCormick, I watched an old promotional video for the Farmall F30 and it showed the same drag, the spike tooth behind is a John Deere. Got to love farm ingenuity. Thanks for watching!
I like this... This is the way farming was when I was a young guy... I'm 76... and I remember it well... Do you have a neighbor who has a rock picker??
@Sarah Of The North cultivating is basically like hoeing weeds in a garden, but with the advances in herbicide technology it's more efficient to use them than to cultivate.
@Sarah Of The North ..good answer given by Allan , however I always felt there was a benefit from cultivating especially on heavy soils. I wish someone would test plot where 8 rows cultivated/8 rows not on a big field and see if there is a yield advantage tilling the corn field during the growing season. However, as Allan stated, there would have to be a big enough yield advantage to more than cover the expense of cultivating. However
@@douglasmacarthur8775 yes, it would be interesting to see a test plot, one issue we had with cultivating here is with the sandy soil and hills is soil erosion, but like you said, I also think heavy soil would be better.
The planter is ok, you just have to make sure you slow down in those rocky parts. I really have to give that planter credit, it's amazing how well it covers the seed in that ground.
