Modern version of the Bull Ditchers used in the midwest 100 years ago. A giant plow pulled by a herd of bulls. No idea how they talked a herd of bulls into doing that!
@George Yeah, and once you got a team trained you could add some rookies who would learn by just going along with the rest. A good sized ditcher required 48 head and some were quite a bit larger.
@@sandy7299 LOL, there's info to be found on the internet. I know stories about early drainage efforts in my area. Those old timers were determined to drain their land whatever it took.
"this thing has more hydraulics than Trudeau excuses": I need a doctor, utterly cracked up in thousand pieces! Most hilarious statement I heard in a long time!!!
Also, god bless ya, mike. If you don't know something you just say so and own it...others would try and bullshit their way through, but you own when you're winging it...very refreshing
V wings are awesome we have one and use it quite a bit… also we have the bridge view pull dozer… that thing is amazing as well… great to pull dirt and snow, and then we use the v wing to shape the water way
With the friction drive or whatever it's called...my old man used to say that there are many things that an engineer in an office somewhere designed and thought was a great idea...with no field experience. I see this much the same way
A D6T v-pat blade with gps would be the solution to your water drainage. Looks like a recipe for top soil and clay mixing. A dozer may take slightly longer but can maintain an aspect of stewardship that leaves the land nearly untouched in terms of natural soil type layering and in return be able to grow to the lands full potential yield. It’s cool to try something new and different but hard to justify when land degradation is at risk.
@@kenhofer8063 I'll be two next year. I'm looking forward to it. I saw the before, now I want to see the after. How full is it? Will it fill this year? Is Mike happy with it? Kids like me have a lot of questions.
@@tobans100 like are you referring to sloughs and calling them swales? I mean to each their own but we call them sloughs in Wisconsin and I never heard of a swale before.
@@crandonborth I'm referring to the shallow ditch he is making in the middle of the low areas to help capture, control, and drain the water from spring runoff/heavy rainfall.
This was a very interesting video Mike. Very unique piece of equipment, and there were also people on the highway slowing down to check you out. No over explanations or pointless rambling. At least for you. And only 2 "Kamala Cackles". Very enjoyable.
Mike if you are consolidating the water will you have to dig out the are a that you will be putting the water to not lose a big area to plant next year?
He's consolidating the water, he may lose acres, but the remaining acres will be much more efficient to plant by getting rid of all the small wet areas.
Mike your doing a great job 🙂..... Great idea put into a well engineered creation..... A double bladed "ROAD GRADER"..… Accomplish twice the production in single pass... Wonderful 👍 Merry Christmas for y'all and Joy and laughter fill your heart's 💖😘
In the old days that would be called a " ditcher " in the u.s. Also the ditch would be called a " swale" in the u.s. Love your video's, keep them coming.
Make swales and ditches. Pretty cool. Seen them used for airport snow removal. Not sure it is an approved use, but it worked. How long to get the hydraulics warmed up in the blades?
If you have much snowmobile traffic on your land this winter before you get a chance to run the pro-till to smooth things out someone may get a shockingly rough experience
I think he said last video none or maybe even lose a few acres due to the lower sloughs will get much bigger when full of water. But the efficiency will much improved due to not have to keep turning around and going around them, he should be able to just drive straight thru now.
If the inner surface of the tracks on the Challenger / Fendt had hard rubber blocks molded into the tracks which dopped into similar shaped holes around the drive wheels, then slippage would not be a problem. They would need to be well bonded otherwise they would shear off.
The old 620R would seem like the perfect horse to pull that carriage with. Probably still hooked up to a grain cart, tho, and Mike thought the 1167 looked lonely. 😁
@@gjs102154 that's because you are used to normal terrain where downhill leads to streams and eventually to the ocean lol Up there it's all glacier poop and there isn't enough runoff to erode streams and rivers to the ocean, and so runoff water just collects in low areas and then soaks in or evaporates. They had been just farming in between all the depressions, and what they are doing here is just merging some of the low areas together so it flows to the lowest area and sits there until it evaporates. The elevation change isn't enough to warrant tiles and such, and the water flow is basically only during snowmelt and active rainfall, and they won't be planting then anyway, so no benefit to the cost of putting tile in. If they had ground water and constant flow, then such investments might be worth it, but this is a different environment and that stuff doesn't make sense because there isn't enough water.
Well, isn't that a neat little contraption upgraded from 100 years ago. Don't show Chet or Doug Larson from Larson farms that, they will have to have one.
That’s on of the coolest and most useless equipment I’ve seen 😂. A big wheel-loader like Volvo L150 or L120 with a planning bucket you move more dirt in less time and burn less fuel. Love you for trying it though Mike! 😊
Mike ,you do realize when you use different implements all the time that you mix different brands of hydraulic oil into your Fend Tractor. If Fend is asking for a specific Oil that will not be a good thing
This machine is designed to be used with rtk GPS. I understand that you're just trying it out but in my opinion rme should only let this out on demo when the rtk system is active. You'll never realize the true value of the v wing or even a pulldozer until you experience doing your dirt work with rtk. Elevation is paramount. With rtk, when you leave the field it's done. Everything is to the proper grade. Letting your rtk and hydraulic system work together automatically is the key takeaway. There's way too many hydraulic options to try and adjust manually on your own. Once you've done your dirt work with rtk you'll never hook up to your pulldozer or v wing again unless you've got access to your rtk.
@@aubreywilliams6153 I'm from that era of land drainage. Do you recall when gps first came out? It changed farming almost overnight. Throw away the marking systems for seeding, spraying etc. I suspect not many would want to go back even though they know that it'll work. Same idea holds true for land drainage using rtk, imo. It's a game changer that seems to be a well kept secret.
I actually had one of these. Can be a great tool for shallow ditches or cleaning. Works great in combination with a pull dozer.
Mike thanks for taking the time to show us a little bit of it working and hope to see the results next year.
Modern version of the Bull Ditchers used in the midwest 100 years ago. A giant plow pulled by a herd of bulls. No idea how they talked a herd of bulls into doing that!
@George Yeah, and once you got a team trained you could add some rookies who would learn by just going along with the rest. A good sized ditcher required 48 head and some were quite a bit larger.
@George Apparently Bulls/oxen had better endurance than horses. Especially important when pulling thru mud .
@@lynwessel2471 I hope your not feeding us a load of bull 😁
@@sandy7299 LOL, there's info to be found on the internet. I know stories about early drainage efforts in my area. Those old timers were determined to drain their land whatever it took.
Team of oxen or Clydesdales most likely. Bulls are just plain stupid.. seriously.. yiur neighborhood nut job is smarter
"this thing has more hydraulics than Trudeau excuses": I need a doctor, utterly cracked up in thousand pieces! Most hilarious statement I heard in a long time!!!
Also, god bless ya, mike. If you don't know something you just say so and own it...others would try and bullshit their way through, but you own when you're winging it...very refreshing
Your gonna love all your work next spring! It will make the drainage and field work much more efficient!!!
Best thing about the hydraulics comparison 😂😂😂. Right on spot.
V wings are awesome we have one and use it quite a bit… also we have the bridge view pull dozer… that thing is amazing as well… great to pull dirt and snow, and then we use the v wing to shape the water way
Mike, that thing looks like a lot of blown hoses and cracks in the frame buy going over those bumps. Good luck with it.
That is an interesting machine. The potential of that piece of equipment with GPS is endless. Awesome video.
With the friction drive or whatever it's called...my old man used to say that there are many things that an engineer in an office somewhere designed and thought was a great idea...with no field experience. I see this much the same way
A D6T v-pat blade with gps would be the solution to your water drainage. Looks like a recipe for top soil and clay mixing. A dozer may take slightly longer but can maintain an aspect of stewardship that leaves the land nearly untouched in terms of natural soil type layering and in return be able to grow to the lands full potential yield. It’s cool to try something new and different but hard to justify when land degradation is at risk.
All depends on how good the operator understands and runs the machine.
I can feel you appreciate the work our PM does....🤣🤣🤣
Nice tool thanks for taking the time to show us how it works enjoy.
it would be interesting to see how the water ways workout in the spring
When you play with that long enough you will get real good at it and you'll be surprised at the work that you can do with that blade
"Joy stick" between the leg's.... LOL 😂
Haha. I know the guy that designed that machine. Pretty cool to see y’all using it!
Can you please show us your dam, (water hole) you dug in the snow last year at the north farm.
Gee what are you a 2 year old it a hole full of water
@@kenhofer8063 I'll be two next year. I'm looking forward to it.
I saw the before, now I want to see the after.
How full is it? Will it fill this year? Is Mike happy with it? Kids like me have a lot of questions.
Where is Chappel when you are playing in the mud ? sure he wants to be with you ! 😂😂
Hahaha....love the hydraulic hose comment!!
It's called a swale Mike! Keep up the good work buddy!
A what??? 🤣😆
Look it up
@@tobans100 like are you referring to sloughs and calling them swales? I mean to each their own but we call them sloughs in Wisconsin and I never heard of a swale before.
@@crandonborth I'm referring to the shallow ditch he is making in the middle of the low areas to help capture, control, and drain the water from spring runoff/heavy rainfall.
My first thought is that it looks like an expensive piece of equipment!
This was a very interesting video Mike. Very unique piece of equipment, and there were also people on the highway slowing down to check you out. No over explanations or pointless rambling. At least for you. And only 2 "Kamala Cackles". Very enjoyable.
😆 I don't like setting the bar so high, there's only one way we can all go now
That was a good Trudeau joke👌
That’s nice soil. Good luck with next year’s crop!
I see why they run RX’s and Quads on Scrapers due to the friction drive.
Mike if you are consolidating the water will you have to dig out the are a that you will be putting the water to not lose a big area to plant next year?
He's consolidating the water, he may lose acres, but the remaining acres will be much more efficient to plant by getting rid of all the small wet areas.
Mike your doing a great job 🙂.....
Great idea put into a well engineered creation..... A double bladed "ROAD GRADER"..… Accomplish twice the production in single pass... Wonderful 👍
Merry Christmas for y'all and Joy and laughter fill your heart's 💖😘
In the old days that would be called a " ditcher " in the u.s.
Also the ditch would be called a " swale" in the u.s.
Love your video's, keep them coming.
Wow !!! What a machine and what a tractor Mike .. love the videos all the best to you and family, love from Wales 🏴
Gonna hit up my local dealer for one, I’ll tell em I want the Ryan Reynolds good buddy discount. 😂
Hahaha 😆 please do and let me know how that goes 👌
I watch every single one of these videos like clockwork
Lmao “more hydraulics than Trudeau does excuses” 😂😂
Make swales and ditches. Pretty cool. Seen them used for airport snow removal. Not sure it is an approved use, but it worked. How long to get the hydraulics warmed up in the blades?
Great video Mike
Mike says I don't know what it is but I know that I want one.
I rode in a Fendt they are amazing tractors and are very smooth
If you have much snowmobile traffic on your land this winter before you get a chance to run the pro-till to smooth things out someone may get a shockingly rough experience
I can’t speak for snowmobiling but ATV’s never speed through tall grass in unfamiliar fields. Figured that out at an early age.
The best part of the field is the cattails with 10ft of snow in them. Wheelies lol
@@jackbannock3458 you can do that in a few inches, just need the power.
"than Trudeau has excuses" 🤣🤣🤣🤣
It looks like the joystick goes in the cup holder maybe 🤔 not sher though just a thought. Super nice equipment you've got though.
Hello Mike, big fendt 1167 MT vario 💪😂🇮🇹
Isn't it a bit risky to scrape those waterruns, removing the sod makes them more vulnerable to erosion at spring?
I don't think there is enough water flow to be much of an issue.
Nice machine but definitely needs a joystick mount
That will help a lot to get the water off the fields in the spring.
Great job Mike! You are so self motivated kind of farmer! How many acres do estimate to gain with all of your efforts?
I think he said last video none or maybe even lose a few acres due to the lower sloughs will get much bigger when full of water. But the efficiency will much improved due to not have to keep turning around and going around them, he should be able to just drive straight thru now.
That is one strange looking contraption
this thing can replace the plow😂😂😂
I hope it works out great next spring
Thank you for sharing
🙏🇺🇲🤗👍
You plan to seed through each of the runs?
If the inner surface of the tracks on the Challenger / Fendt had hard rubber blocks molded into the tracks which dopped into similar shaped holes around the drive wheels, then slippage would not be a problem.
They would need to be well bonded otherwise they would shear off.
The old 620R would seem like the perfect horse to pull that carriage with. Probably still hooked up to a grain cart, tho, and Mike thought the 1167 looked lonely. 😁
Does the joy stick fit in a cup holder?
No, it has the giant cables coming out the bottom.
So technically, if you could map your waterways, would the GPS be able to control all the blades independently? If so that would be sweet.
That’s not an farming implement, that’s a space station 😅
i could get into so much trouble with this thing
Still do not know why you would need it? Thank you and have a great day.
Ryan Reynolds in a tractor
1:03, come on now, you're a supporter, don't lie, ha!
Hey mike can you do a bin site update of your farms and all your machinery
That thing is Awesome!!
nice black soil you've got there. greetings from germany
You should try a rotary scraper. Like an eagle ditcher!
Omg, what a equipment. Pff we dont see that here
I would like to see an 1167 on the Dutch roads. Last week I saw a xerion 5000 but that's a rare sight too
A ditch A on steroids. Working on water drainage management.
Can you give a tour of your bin site if anything is new
More hydraulics than Castreau has excuses. LOL
That's Trudeau, Canadian prime Minister....as useless as they come.
Snow is starting to melt?
Magnifique matériel agricole et la vidéo est bien intéressante
Creating swales!!!
Great way to get your water into the neighbors field.
It is actually ILLEGAL to direct water onto someone else's property and a quick way to PISS OFF a neighbor
He said specifically it doesn't do that there, it goes to the sloughs in his field.
My brother in law had one. Useless machine. He got rid of it soon
New duck runways. 🦆🦆
Duck DeMuro approves !
Howdy Mike
Привет с Норильска 👍 👍 👍
That’s a lot of hydraulics.
just watching Mike speeding up gully formation (?)
Very low water flows.
@@ke6gwf makes sense. Usually berms and dikes have a Hikenbottom to channel water to a tile. I didn't see any such structures.
@@gjs102154 that's because you are used to normal terrain where downhill leads to streams and eventually to the ocean lol
Up there it's all glacier poop and there isn't enough runoff to erode streams and rivers to the ocean, and so runoff water just collects in low areas and then soaks in or evaporates.
They had been just farming in between all the depressions, and what they are doing here is just merging some of the low areas together so it flows to the lowest area and sits there until it evaporates.
The elevation change isn't enough to warrant tiles and such, and the water flow is basically only during snowmelt and active rainfall, and they won't be planting then anyway, so no benefit to the cost of putting tile in.
If they had ground water and constant flow, then such investments might be worth it, but this is a different environment and that stuff doesn't make sense because there isn't enough water.
Anybody put drainage tile up there? I am curious because I never hear about tile in Mike's videos
No way to many hills to get grade on tile
We do
@@darrylpaulhus3069 I farm on very hilly ground and we tile. And if he makes ditches and water runs then tile would work
Well, isn't that a neat little contraption upgraded from 100 years ago. Don't show Chet or Doug Larson from Larson farms that, they will have to have one.
Appreciate the content
mike please get a couple gopros for your cab
Sounds like Mike needs 620 delta trac to try next season
Dougo Larson needs that
That’s on of the coolest and most useless equipment I’ve seen 😂.
A big wheel-loader like Volvo L150 or L120 with a planning bucket you move more dirt in less time and burn less fuel.
Love you for trying it though Mike! 😊
Put the joy stick in a cup holder
That makes sense! Looks like it was made for that.
Where would you put all the cables coming out of the bottom of the joystick?
Why don't you use a for track tractor Mike?🤔
fascinating machine
You'd get on better with a pull dozer or a Toomey pan, easier to make grades and clean up than that v
Switch those cutting edges out for ice blades
That tool seems perfect for the 620R with triples why not use that
Would have been nice to see it actually digging and working.
About half the video is it digging.
Where's the RTK lol
Mike ,you do realize when you use different implements all the time that you mix different brands of hydraulic oil into your Fend Tractor.
If Fend is asking for a specific Oil that will not be a good thing
This machine is designed to be used with rtk GPS. I understand that you're just trying it out but in my opinion rme should only let this out on demo when the rtk system is active. You'll never realize the true value of the v wing or even a pulldozer until you experience doing your dirt work with rtk. Elevation is paramount. With rtk, when you leave the field it's done. Everything is to the proper grade. Letting your rtk and hydraulic system work together automatically is the key takeaway. There's way too many hydraulic options to try and adjust manually on your own. Once you've done your dirt work with rtk you'll never hook up to your pulldozer or v wing again unless you've got access to your rtk.
How do you know? Not so long ago people had skills, and no satellites, they made it work!
@@aubreywilliams6153 I'm from that era of land drainage. Do you recall when gps first came out? It changed farming almost overnight. Throw away the marking systems for seeding, spraying etc. I suspect not many would want to go back even though they know that it'll work. Same idea holds true for land drainage using rtk, imo. It's a game changer that seems to be a well kept secret.
9RX 640 pulling that thing problems solved
A grader would have worked just as well
To bad you don’t have a scraper you can put the sod into a slew
How do you guys afford all this equipment, something new literally EVERYDAY!!!
I think this one is a rental for a couple days this time 😂
Why don't ya tile to move the water?