Hi Eric, I have the same planter, the lift cylinders get out of stroke sometimes, all you need to do is lower the planter to the ground and continue holding the lever for 10 seconds, then it should stop doing that😊
You know Eric, it's been quite awhile since I've seen you pluck a can of Mountain Dew out of a corn planter or a silo 😛. Congrats to your sister and your new brother in-law on their wedding. May they have many happy years together. 🔔🎀 🔔
As with other comments, love watching the heifers kick up their heels when you move them back on new cornstalk bedding. Those grooves are definitely a big improvement, I think you'll be happy with the outcome. The silage looks good, those guys really get in a get it done. Sure is a lot of things to stay on top of, you and your dad are hard workers, keeping it all going. Good one Eric, thanks for sharing and I hope you all have a nice rest of week.
if you want to know if its the tractor or the planter having the leaning issue pump the planter up and then disconnect the hydraulic lines if it stays up its the tractor if it falls down its the planter.
My planter does it too it has to do with those cylinders I'm going to start rebuilding mine one by one as I have time but the book tells me it will happen every now and then and I need to lift it all the way up every so often
This was a great video I've been watching you now for about a year I don't know what your dad to do without you You guys be safe keep making great videos Thanks again.
Was it three years ago? Wow, how time flies. I remember that and I'd been watching for about a year already when that one happened. I must be enjoying the channel but it doesn't seem that long.
Thanks for the video Eric! Nice views of all the farming activities going on at the same time. Best wishes and blessings for your new crops, your new home, and your sister and brother-in-law's new life together.
Hello Eric , yea you should of had Nelsons & Sons do the barn floors looks good. It sounds like your hydraulic cylinder hose is got a leak. Congradulations glad to hear your house is done and getting married .
Great video Eric. So glad your sister got married and that you moved into your home. You're a great fater husband and son. Im sure your mom and dad are very proud of you. Great channel.Thank you very much
Love your videos. I cant believe the amount of skill/knowledge you and your dad have. You are both great problem solvers, which is a really beneficial skill to have! It seems you and your dad know how to fix pretty much anything! Looking forward to future videos. God bess. 🙏
I planted thousands of acres with a planter just like yours over the years that I was working for a local farmer. We had a 4 row planter on our farm before we had to sell all our dairy cows. We lease our farm to a neighbor now. It would take us a week to plant what he can plant in just a few hours with the planter he uses today.
Those grooves are much better we had the ones u had at first 2-3 years they were shot. The mini grooves are 3 years old now and they are as good as day one I love them.
💪🌾🐄 That's truly inspiring! It's incredible how one person's dedication and passion can reignite the love for family farming. Your story reminds us of the importance of preserving our agricultural heritage. Keep up the great work and enjoy the journey of tending to your farm. Your commitment is commendable! 💪🌾🐄
If it's an internal leak on a cylinder piston rod , have someone put their hand on the cylinder and then select full up and hold. The cylinder will heat up rather quickly as the fluid bypasses the push rod seals. It will get hot fast, very hot Had this happen on a case 580. Hyd Technician showed me this trick.
Looking forward to seeing the rows of corn growing again. The grooving is a great idea and it is amazing how you work hard to keep your cows safe and comfortable. It is interesting how you experiment with different types of corn and fertilizer. I have to say you are one busy young man Eric. Great video and thanks till the next one.
Planter hydraulic issue is most likely weakness in plante cylinder, or cylinders. Suggest having them rebuilt with new internal seals. You have internal fluid leak by. Not necessarily visible external leakage. Good hydraulic shop can do this, reasonably. Cheaper than new cylinders.
When i started watching your channel i knew nothing of dairy farming but i have learned so much from your channel. Thanks for the content and hard work you and your whole family does for all of us ✊
Thanks for taking time to do these videos, Eric when you are having a busy spring. Did I miss something? I thought we would get to see inside your new home when it was all finished. Now that you are moved in, is it too late to show us??
@10th Generation Dairyman do not show the inside of your home! That's your privacy and there are alot of weirdos out here! Please don't show it! Protect your privacy and your family's privacy at all cost!
It's leaseback through your valve block distribution on the planter. If your cylinders have counterbalance valves it's likely the pilot circuit is stuck or there's a failed po check on the return side.
Hey bud raise the planter up and unhook both hyd hoses if the planter does not drop the problem is in your tractor valve. If it does drop it is one of the hyd cyl. Let it set over night.
Def in the planter. Constant pressure coming from the tractor when you pump it raise it up. So the fluid goes out at so many gpm and finds a empty place in the line or cylinder to fill in….hence the one side raising back up. Disc bine of mine was doing the same then. The cylinders had breather ports on them so it was leaking out of those breathers on a bad cylinder that I needed to have repacked. Planters prob don’t have breather ports on them so you may not be leaking but it’s def a planter cylinder issue Hope it helps boss man
Wow, busy!!! We appreciate the videos when they come out, but your family and being present for them is way higher priority, no worries if a video doesn't come out super often! I wondered what those arms were for but was always too bashful to ask. Now I know, thanks for teaching me something new today!
You can’t beat cast iron closing wheels. The angle of the wheels cutting/closing edge caves the seed trench wall laterally against the seed trench. And they’ll penetrate hard soils. I used them in no-till and following a field cultivator both.
Raise it up and disconnect the hoses that raise/lower it. If it stays level, you know the issue is with the tractor. If it sinks on one side, you have an issue with the sprayer. That will at least give you some data to work with
So heres something ill point out from a turf management perspective with 20 plus years experience, if you till at only a certain depth over and over that will begine to create a layer where roots have a harder time growing deeper than that layer, when we have layering in a soil on the golf course we deep tine aerate and spike aerate, these typically go 8 to 12 inches deep but also relieve tons of compaction and break that layer up, vertidrain whiich is deep tine aeration acts like a pitch fork motion breaking the ground deep into the soil really helping with that compaction. Layering can lead to black layer so its something you want avoid and take care of, a soil profile probe would be best way to analyze whats on in the soil
Spreader works good as a bedding chopper 😊. Surprised you had to re-groove so soon. We used to scrap up the barnyard twice a day with a metal bucket and that would wear on the concrete but you don’t have that issue. Once we switched to a rubber tire scrapper the grooves lasted longer.
That shot of you climbing up the silo chute made me itch. I always had an old hooded sweat shirt hanging by the bottom. Might have gotten a little warm, but at least I didn't have all that dust going down the back of my neck.
Most likely the issue is on the planter unless there are 2 different levers on the tractor. 1 for each side. If there is not a leaking cylinder it is most likely a valve.
For the planter lowering, if it's only one side that seems werid, but there are a cuple of options depending how it's hooked up. If there are no valves between the cilanders or the tractor the only option is that the main seal in those cylanders is bad, now the chance of 2 of them going bad at the same time is very low but could happen, something could have gotten into the systam to reck them. this is assuming they are duble acting clyander which now that i think about it they probably are not. If there are flow regulatos, one of them might be bad? but this is mostly a shot in the dark i am not sure how that would work but checking them can't hurt. If you have like a power beyond system for the planter it could be the valve for that side? but thats also probably not the way they do it. all in all it has to be with something on that side, i would guess the clyanders but i could defently be wrong, if you wanna chat about it and give some more info i am up for it.
Congrats to your sister!!! ✝️❤️✝️❤️ I have a question. Will you show us the milk system including the truck that comes to get the milk? Can you tell us more about the cost or production versus the payment for the product? (Milk). Your farm is quite a bit like my neighbor. He has 230 head of dairy, and grows corn and soybeans and alfalfa. Your channel had helped me understand what he does on a daily basis and made me appreciate him more that I already did! Thank you for the awesome video and I hope you are now settled in your new home! God’s blessings to you and your entire family.
I'm sure it's been said before but the lift cylinders on your planter just need a new seal kit. Being phased rams they can bypass oil internally letting 1 drop without any evidence of oil leaks.
My favorite part of your videos is seeing how the cows jump and play in the new bedding!!! They look so happy! I enjoy your videos
I always love how much they love getting fresh bedding!
The cows are definitely my favorite part lol
Young man you have your priorities absolutely right. Family first
Blessings to you and your family. Those custom harvest guys are a real blessing to Farmers. 👍💯👍
Congratulations to your sister for getting married and congratulations on your new house and have a wonderful week & Take care.
Your family and farm are your top priorities, You Tube can wait. WE WILL BE HERE, DON'T WORRY. God bless!!!
Hi Eric, I have the same planter, the lift cylinders get out of stroke sometimes, all you need to do is lower the planter to the ground and continue holding the lever for 10 seconds, then it should stop doing that😊
This man single handedly inspired me to start working on my family farm again love the content.
That's great!! We need more farmers!!
❤🙏🏻🇺🇸
How could he make the problems go away that made you leave?
Nothing really happened to drive me away other than work elsewhere however he inspired me to go back.
Does your farm also raise dairy cows or other animals?
We mainly Farm beef cattle (breed:Bonsmara)however we also do soybean and Corn.
Thanks for another great video. Your chopper contractors sure fly across that field.
Those choppers have huge horsepower.
0:08 that was 3 years ago!?!? Holy crap I've been watching for a long time
Congrats to your sister and hope the house move in has gone well!
You know Eric, it's been quite awhile since I've seen you pluck a can of Mountain Dew out of a corn planter or a silo 😛. Congrats to your sister and your new brother in-law on their wedding. May they have many happy years together. 🔔🎀 🔔
Great job Eric. Love watching. Congratulations on your sisters marriage. Fun times for the family.
8:50 It always warms my heart to see that the gals enjoy the show as much as we do.
As with other comments, love watching the heifers kick up their heels when you move them back on new cornstalk bedding. Those grooves are definitely a big improvement, I think you'll be happy with the outcome. The silage looks good, those guys really get in a get it done. Sure is a lot of things to stay on top of, you and your dad are hard workers, keeping it all going. Good one Eric, thanks for sharing and I hope you all have a nice rest of week.
if you want to know if its the tractor or the planter having the leaning issue pump the planter up and then disconnect the hydraulic lines if it stays up its the tractor if it falls down its the planter.
My planter does it too it has to do with those cylinders I'm going to start rebuilding mine one by one as I have time but the book tells me it will happen every now and then and I need to lift it all the way up every so often
This was a great video I've been watching you now for about a year I don't know what your dad to do without you You guys be safe keep making great videos Thanks again.
Congratulations to your Sister & her new husband. 🍾🥂
Was it three years ago? Wow, how time flies. I remember that and I'd been watching for about a year already when that one happened. I must be enjoying the channel but it doesn't seem that long.
Thanks for the video Eric! Nice views of all the farming activities going on at the same time. Best wishes and blessings for your new crops, your new home, and your sister and brother-in-law's new life together.
Check your hydraulic cylinders on your planter. It might be leaking as a reason why it’s drooping down on one side. Great video as always.
Agreed, that would also explain why it levels out when you start up the tractor.
This is why I love UA-cam! You never know what a community member might bring to the table!
Easily repack that cylinder! Would save a good bit of money also
Hello Eric , yea you should of had Nelsons & Sons do the barn floors looks good. It sounds like your hydraulic cylinder hose is got a leak. Congradulations glad to hear your house is done and getting married .
@@rosemarymurphy5767 did you not read the trailer? Literally said Nelson and Sons on the trailer! Smmh
Great video Eric. So glad your sister got married and that you moved into your home. You're a great fater husband and son. Im sure your mom and dad are very proud of you. Great channel.Thank you very much
Great video brother like always from the imperial county California 👍👍🖐️🇺🇲🇺🇲
Love your videos. I cant believe the amount of skill/knowledge you and your dad have. You are both great problem solvers, which is a really beneficial skill to have! It seems you and your dad know how to fix pretty much anything! Looking forward to future videos. God bess. 🙏
Congrats to your sister and on being in the new house.
Good job Eric, good to see your Dad too.
It’s always fun to see how happy the cows are to be on fresh straw and saw dust!
I planted thousands of acres with a planter just like yours over the years that I was working for a local farmer. We had a 4 row planter on our farm before we had to sell all our dairy cows. We lease our farm to a neighbor now. It would take us a week to plant what he can plant in just a few hours with the planter he uses today.
I love your videos your work and your dedication of your work how you work with no laziness i am also farmer and you inspire me to do my work daily
Is your farm big?
You have such incredible work ethic! I'm constantly amazed seeing you get up at the crack of dawn and work all the way into the night
The floor grooving video was the first one I watched. Been watching ever since!
Wow, what a lot of work! Going in more than one direction in the same day. Economy of effort. Thank you for sharing.🐄
Those grooves are much better we had the ones u had at first 2-3 years they were shot. The mini grooves are 3 years old now and they are as good as day one I love them.
💪🌾🐄 That's truly inspiring! It's incredible how one person's dedication and passion can reignite the love for family farming. Your story reminds us of the importance of preserving our agricultural heritage. Keep up the great work and enjoy the journey of tending to your farm. Your commitment is commendable! 💪🌾🐄
The groving looks great. Hope it last a bit longer. Congratulations to your sister. Gotta see the pictures.
Congratulations to your sister. I'm sure it feels good to have the corn in the ground.
Wow that was a lot of work Eric! I bet you are loving the new house 😊
If it's an internal leak on a cylinder piston rod , have someone put their hand on the cylinder and then select full up and hold.
The cylinder will heat up rather quickly as the fluid bypasses the push rod seals.
It will get hot fast, very hot
Had this happen on a case 580.
Hyd Technician showed me this trick.
If you wash your manure spreader it will help prevent it rusting out from the nitrogen in the manure
You're a gd genius Gump
I remember you grooving the floors like it was yesterday. Truely insane how quick time fly's by.
You are a busy guy. Great content. Fantastic operation. A credit to modern farming.
Family and farm come first. Make time for your family the grow up so fast. I love the videos they are a highlight of my day. Take care and God bless.
Looking forward to seeing the rows of corn growing again. The grooving is a great idea and it is amazing how you work hard to keep your cows safe and comfortable. It is interesting how you experiment with different types of corn and fertilizer. I have to say you are one busy young man Eric. Great video and thanks till the next one.
Planter hydraulic issue is most likely weakness in plante cylinder, or cylinders. Suggest having them rebuilt with new internal seals. You have internal fluid leak by. Not necessarily visible external leakage. Good hydraulic shop can do this, reasonably. Cheaper than new cylinders.
I always learn something new from you. This time it was re-grooving the floors. Not something I would ever have thought about!
I love all the Experiments that you guys are doing👌
I remember the concrete groving in the barn.
I didnt thought that was already 3 years ago! Time is running.
When i started watching your channel i knew nothing of dairy farming but i have learned so much from your channel. Thanks for the content and hard work you and your whole family does for all of us ✊
You're doing great Eric, your priorities are right, family comes first!
Thanks for taking time to do these videos, Eric when you are having a busy spring. Did I miss something? I thought we would get to see inside your new home when it was all finished. Now that you are moved in, is it too late to show us??
I will do a house tour sometime soon.
@10th Generation Dairyman do not show the inside of your home! That's your privacy and there are alot of weirdos out here! Please don't show it! Protect your privacy and your family's privacy at all cost!
I’ve been anticipating the return of the 4240 to field work, love it!
Eric, it's beautiful country up there! Those grooves look like they'll definitely do the job.
It's leaseback through your valve block distribution on the planter. If your cylinders have counterbalance valves it's likely the pilot circuit is stuck or there's a failed po check on the return side.
Awesome Video and Much Love as Always 🐄 Man!!
I love how excited they get over the new bedding.
Great video. Got lots done
Thank you for your videos !
Thank you for posting! You’re awesome!
Hey bud raise the planter up and unhook both hyd hoses if the planter does not drop the problem is in your tractor valve. If it does drop it is one of the hyd cyl. Let it set over night.
Great lighting for the in the silo shots!
Def in the planter. Constant pressure coming from the tractor when you pump it raise it up. So the fluid goes out at so many gpm and finds a empty place in the line or cylinder to fill in….hence the one side raising back up.
Disc bine of mine was doing the same then. The cylinders had breather ports on them so it was leaking out of those breathers on a bad cylinder that I needed to have repacked.
Planters prob don’t have breather ports on them so you may not be leaking but it’s def a planter cylinder issue
Hope it helps boss man
Groovy!
Well done! Congrats to your sister!😊
Our 4240 was sounding identical to yours it was an injector issue. Once we replaced all of them, it runs perfectly again.
Wow, busy!!! We appreciate the videos when they come out, but your family and being present for them is way higher priority, no worries if a video doesn't come out super often!
I wondered what those arms were for but was always too bashful to ask. Now I know, thanks for teaching me something new today!
Your follower from Iraq 🇮🇶🇺🇸
You can’t beat cast iron closing wheels. The angle of the wheels cutting/closing edge caves the seed trench wall laterally against the seed trench. And they’ll penetrate hard soils. I used them in no-till and following a field cultivator both.
Raise it up and disconnect the hoses that raise/lower it. If it stays level, you know the issue is with the tractor. If it sinks on one side, you have an issue with the sprayer. That will at least give you some data to work with
It must be reassuring to your dad that the farm is in good hands. He’s a lucky guy!
Yes, Eric always does a good job on this farm.
Lol. If you ever get your name on a brand of jeans, it won't be SLACKERS. Best of luck with your new build.😄
So heres something ill point out from a turf management perspective with 20 plus years experience, if you till at only a certain depth over and over that will begine to create a layer where roots have a harder time growing deeper than that layer, when we have layering in a soil on the golf course we deep tine aerate and spike aerate, these typically go 8 to 12 inches deep but also relieve tons of compaction and break that layer up, vertidrain whiich is deep tine aeration acts like a pitch fork motion breaking the ground deep into the soil really helping with that compaction. Layering can lead to black layer so its something you want avoid and take care of, a soil profile probe would be best way to analyze whats on in the soil
You might help them out by explaining that the dust is quite dangerous to breath.
Write larger for your notes, I've learned that it helps tremendously.
Family, farm, then videos. Priority is key. Thanks for sharing your operation 👍👍✌️
Spreader works good as a bedding chopper 😊. Surprised you had to re-groove so soon. We used to scrap up the barnyard twice a day with a metal bucket and that would wear on the concrete but you don’t have that issue. Once we switched to a rubber tire scrapper the grooves lasted longer.
I would suggest that the cylinder on the side that’s going down has an internal leak or something so seals on inside are leaking past
Another very interesting video Thank you
Congratulations!! Erbody 😊
Nice video! Keep up the good work! 😊
Love the videos ❤ keep it on
Thanks so much young man!! Busy times make good memories!!
I have always been amazed at the amount of preventative maintenance that you do on your farm. I really hope you haven't been racking up debt though
Hi Eric and dad just finished watching video beautiful planting awesome landscape and as always you and your families be safe 🇺🇸🇺🇸
Congrats on getting the corn done, hay done, and your sister married off.;)
Im not gonna complain about the price of milk anymore. So much hard work. Never knew.
That shot of you climbing up the silo chute made me itch. I always had an old hooded sweat shirt hanging by the bottom. Might have gotten a little warm, but at least I didn't have all that dust going down the back of my neck.
Most likely the issue is on the planter unless there are 2 different levers on the tractor. 1 for each side. If there is not a leaking cylinder it is most likely a valve.
Great video
I get so stressed out whenever he gets in the silo 😅🫣
great video thanks for posting it
congrats on your sisters wedding :)
For the planter lowering, if it's only one side that seems werid, but there are a cuple of options depending how it's hooked up.
If there are no valves between the cilanders or the tractor the only option is that the main seal in those cylanders is bad, now the chance of 2 of them going bad at the same time is very low but could happen, something could have gotten into the systam to reck them. this is assuming they are duble acting clyander which now that i think about it they probably are not.
If there are flow regulatos, one of them might be bad? but this is mostly a shot in the dark i am not sure how that would work but checking them can't hurt.
If you have like a power beyond system for the planter it could be the valve for that side? but thats also probably not the way they do it.
all in all it has to be with something on that side, i would guess the clyanders but i could defently be wrong, if you wanna chat about it and give some more info i am up for it.
Thank you for another great video.
Ato steering is brilliant. I have a cheap 250 with the lump on the steering wheel its good
Great job!
Congrats to your sister!!! ✝️❤️✝️❤️ I have a question. Will you show us the milk system including the truck that comes to get the milk? Can you tell us more about the cost or production versus the payment for the product? (Milk). Your farm is quite a bit like my neighbor. He has 230 head of dairy, and grows corn and soybeans and alfalfa. Your channel had helped me understand what he does on a daily basis and made me appreciate him more that I already did! Thank you for the awesome video and I hope you are now settled in your new home! God’s blessings to you and your entire family.
I'm sure it's been said before but the lift cylinders on your planter just need a new seal kit. Being phased rams they can bypass oil internally letting 1 drop without any evidence of oil leaks.
Great videos. You should close your silo doors every time you drop your unloader. Save you a trip up and down the silo. Just a suggestion
I never get enough of the girls jumping around in the new bedding. 😀
Sounds like the 4240 needs the injectors checked. If they’re all ok then the injector pump could be the problem
I love watching this I never new how it all worked so much fun to watch. Who came up with the name 10th Generation Dairyman?
You are doing a great job