I love how technology has made it so one farmer in his tractor can be mowing his pastures and at the same time, getting high definition aerial footage with a drone to share with the world online. Drones are one of my favorite things because they allow for channels like this to produce amazing videos that would not have been possible before unless with a helicopter and a many man crew.
we run a 290 magnum it is a nice machine we use it for chisel plowing and disking. we now mostly use it for disking. we now run a johndeere 8370rt for grain cart and tillage. the 290 is our only case. it has broke down many times . we now stick to johndeere which we know very well . I enjoy your videos I farm 3500 acres here in michigan. we are runing winter wheat and oats with our 2 combines a johndeere s660 combine and 9870sts combine. we custom harvest about another 2000 acres. we are staying busy. watching the video from the combine runing on GPS. keep up the good work.
Something about mowing is just so satisfying.. and that autodrive feature is so cool! Man I wish I could get involved on the farming life.. it’s just the issue of nothing big being around here in Ohio.
Thank you for video.after a 12 hour shift you and rocket are my go too guys to relax.wife thinks I am mad as have no farming connections but love your videos🇮🇪
One day a chipping manufacturer will send a demo unit to clear the brush, trees and make deep bedding for the cattle. Add corn and a few pigs will turn the compost pile for you and your gardens will explode. Great video. Smart manufacturers are using hands on marketing to there advantage. That mower is a beast. Rhino ag has moved units with the demo for sure.
That is a great tractor, JD used to be really good, but the new ones are trouble with computer issues and other mechanical failures. Thanks for the video's.
Fun fact there are only two Case IH Magnum plants in the world one in Brazil (producing only ~500 tractors a year) and one in Racine Wisconsin, where Ryan and I are from (Just Wisconsin). I toured the factory recently and it was amazing
To answer to your question, have you ever seen a CASE do a wheely? Yes I have. When I was young my dad took me on his delivery route in Racine. We would deliver to the CASE plant on Lake Michigan. The lot driver would transfer tractors on the plant and he would drop the clutch doing a wheely across the plant with a new tractor in tow. 1970s. Good times.
I've have an old IH I could pick the front up with a finger. Granted there were quite a few cross ties on the back at the time. Held a wheelie for about 700 feet till I needed to turn.
Hey on your throttle these two orange buttons and that button in the back you can put the treasure in forward or reverse not even touching the thing on the steering wheel
Most of them have most of the "hardware" installed (mounting equipment, wiring to support it) but you have to PAY for the system and of course the subscription/fees to access the system. It's all about the money don't ya know... LOL:) OL J R :)
Sure would be great to have that tractor at harvest time. Would be great for pulling the grain cart or to shuttle the wagons. Or to get some tillage work done.
Might be a good idea to wash the top of that battery as dirt all across it when it gets wet, can create a draw and kill the battery. Rocket is one cool Pup !
Hi Connor! Let us know if you have any specific questions. Here is a link to our website:www.handsfreefarm.com/ and here is a link to watch some more videos: www.handsfreefarm.com/watchwheelman
What did you think of the Case in what appeared to be some pretty hilly mowing. I admit I'm envious. Always enjoyed days mowing pasture because you cn always look back and see what you accomplished. Nice video
There more scared of you. As long as you don't scare them you will be fine Ryan. Hope you have fixed that wash out by now. Like that case. It looks easy.
Awesome video Ryan glad to finally see you test out a case what did you think of the tractor and would there be a possibility of you trying one out to use for pulling the grain cart this fall?
I'v been watching since 100,000 subscribers you have changed a lot since 100'000 subs still a subscriber one day something told me to look up how farms work the first thing I did was subscribe keep up the good work
For using A+Heading, I just use degrees off of 90 deg and 180 deg, like 87 deg or 177 deg. Makes it easier just using the 90 and 180, because they just the opposite of the 270 and 360.. get it ? less numbers to be thinking about..
Bit by bit, pass by pass, the pastures are really shaping up on Kuster Farms. I can see how this type of back-and-forth cutting is better as a follow-up after all the backing into brush and trees that you've done over the last few years. Hopefully, it makes it easier to find the cattle and also for them to get more grass in their rumens.
IT's coming... long haul trucking will be the first to implement it. Most new cars have some sort of "smart cruise" that detect lane position and following distance and other such things already and speed up or slow down accordingly, or even steer to correct lane position. That's about 90% of the way to self-driving autonomous cars as it is... Personally I don't care for it myself but it has its place I guess... Only use I'd have for it would be driving to Indiana wouldn't need to stop at a motel for the night since it's a 22 hour drive straight through could just let the autonomous driving take over and have a nap or two along the way... Otherwise, I know how to drive and don't need the frigging computer to interfere LOL:) OL J R :)
Ryan- Do you think that in your lifetime tractors will become driverless and you and Travis will sit inside and monitor multiple tractors working on the farm? How many years away is that?
It's already in development... several different manufacturers have automated tractors that operate autonomously in the field using various sensors and GPS guidance by farmer-pre-programmed information (like field locations, for instance). The thing is, for certain "brainless" jobs like say plowing, for instance, it might have a place... Once you get up the plow or chisel or whatever set the depth and like the job it's doing, turn it loose and let it go. BUT, for many jobs, it's gonna take someone to babysit the friggin thing anyway, so why bother... Take for instance disking-- the computer can drive the tractor by itself, turn around, etc all by itself no problem, but the computer will never know if the disk picks up a rock and locks up a gang or a gang bolt breaks and starts scattering disk blades and spools across half the field or a hydraulic hose busts and pumps all the oil out on the ground... Well, it won't know until "something happens" that triggers one of the computer's inputs, like say a "low transmission oil warning" because a hose busted and blew all the oil out on the ground because the tractor kept running and spraying oil out the hose every time it turned around at the field end... a GOOD OPERATOR would notice that oil was blowing out a hose and STOP *before* pumping 40-50 gallons of oil out of the back of the tractor... a computer will not unless it has sensors specifically monitoring that condition... so even disking will require a "smart disk" with sensors to detect that the gangs are all turning when they're supposed to, and not locked up with a rock, or strain gauges or break wires or something of that sort to detect when a bearing goes out or a disk axle bolt breaks, BEFORE the thing just keeps going and covers a couple hundred acres while pushing up "haystacks" because of locked up disk gangs with rocks or locked up bearings or whatever, or scattering disk blades and spools over a hundred acres... A computer can be "smart" enough to go form point A to point B across a field 1000 times a day, but otherwise they're extremely "dumb" because without a sh!t-ton of expensive sensors, they have NO situational awareness! Then of course for jobs like spraying or planting, jobs that require periodic checking and refilling of seed or chemicals, well, you'll have to have someone to babysit the friggin tractor all the time anyway... SO, "why bother" with having an autonomous tractor?? Sure with basic tank or hopper level sensors, pressure sensors, seed monitor sensors, etc. the computer can monitor when it's run out of seed or chemicals or has a plugged seed tube on the planter or something isn't working right... detecting a plugged up spray nozzle will be a lot more expensive and involved to do, but it's *possible*... BUT the thing is, short of having an onboard "R2D2" type service robot, the autonomous tractor is COMPLETELY INCAPABLE of doing ANYTHING about rectifying the situation... ALL it can do is "phone home" and notify the farmer that it has received a "faulty sensor reading on whatever" and has stopped and is awaiting service... So the farmer is reduced to babysitting this autonomous tractor while it does the work... every time there's a problem he has to run out there and fix it, and tell the tractor via electronic means "Ok it's fixed go back to work". Basically what my Dad did back in the early 70's when my mom was helping on the farm LOL:) She drove one tractor Grandpa drove the other, but he told me he couldn't get anything else done because Grandpa didn't know how to fix stuff and Mom didn't know what she was doing to fix or adjust things, so whenever they had a problem he had to "drop everything" and go fix or adjust it for them... SO basically the farmer is turned into a glorified babysitter for the electronic wonders, going from call to call running out to the various fields where his autonomous tractors are working, whenever they "call in" with a problem. Where's the fun in that?? If you have to babysit the tractor all the time anyway, you might as well be in the cab along for the ride... if you're farming a bazillion acres and want the autosteer so be it, but purely autonomous tractors will never really be able to replace a guy completely until they have their own version of an R2-D2 service robot to refill the tanks, clean the plugged nozzles or seed tubes, and have a million bucks in sensors installed on EVERYTHING to sense all the conditions that a good operator paying attention would see with his good old mark 1 eyeballs and adjust or fix immediately... Otherwise IMHO they're pretty useless, or at least helpless... Who wants to be stuck in a pickup truck running form one field to another every time the phone goes off that one is out of seed or spray and another has some issue it detected with whatever it's doing or whatnot... Yeah technically a guy could chase after a fleet of autonomous tractors, but it would really be lousy IMHO... just babysitting robots and not getting to do any of the FUN stuff that makes farming farming!! It's not like an autonomous semi for long-haul interstate trucking, where basically the thing just needs GPS, traffic sensors, a programmed route, and fuel-level sensors and such monitoring the powertrain systems (which most trucks already have). Fill her up with diesel and have it programmed to drive from NYC to LA on it's own, with pre-programmed fuel stops along the way... and have it programmed that if it detects a mechanical problem in the powertrain it pulls over and stops and "calls in for help"... Even that isn't as "simple" as it appears, but farming is a lot more complicated... Later! OL J R: )
With using the Wheelman did it cut down on your operating time? If so about how much time do you think it saved you? What things do you like better the Wheelman or the AutoSteer? Do you think that you will be installing the Wheelman on all of your tractors or will you just keep it on the 7600? I like how informative you videos are and how you always keep an open mind to trying something new. With the way things are going I would imagine that you have to keep an open mind and try things to keep an edge. Please keep the videos coming and may God Bless you and your family.
Hi David, if you would like to learn more about Wheelman, come visit our website: www.handsfreefarm.com/ or to watch more videos: www.handsfreefarm.com/watchwheelman and let us know if you have any questions.
