Our 4020 has never not worked it’s by far the most reliable pice of equipment on the farm Most significant maintenance was replacing the hoses on the cooling system and fuel rail. Hell of a tractor!
The quiet summer evenings. Sun is slowly setting, any wind has dissipated. All you could hear was the cows moving about in the stable, and then that deep humming miles away.
Did this as a kid. Unloading that hay wagon was definitely one of the dirtiest jobs ever. My dad had an old Gehl Chop All and also pulled it with our 4010 or 4020
I was just doing some square bales today second cutting with my 1950 Ford 8N tractor runs like a brand new tractor I rebuilt that last winter with my Farmall McCormick super 8 tractor they both run like their brand new off the showroom floor
We understand it I'm 42 I started blowing at 9yrs with a ih 504 on badger blower and a H on the wagon water running as fast as ¾in hose flow for lubrication water keeps it from gumming up the pipe
Alfalfa has a wax coating on it that when it gets into the Mid 50% moister amount it starts to gum up the blower pipe and will create friction and slow the hay going up and plug.
Mind explaining what the pto is? I don't know anything about tractors except that they look cool and they are essential for helping to put food on our tables
@@stephanieann6622power take off. The most simplest way of explaining it is using the tractor engine s rotation through a gearbox system to turn an external piece of equipment.
We burnt our first 4020 up, traded the second one off, and are now on our third one. These days the 4020 mostly just sits in the corner of the shop looking good, and let's the newer tractors do the work.
The silage we are putting in the silo is also 50% moisture but the reason it doesn't mold is because the silo is a sealed unit so there is no oxygen present so the feed doesn't mold.
@@SilverFarms if that isnt enough wind power an electric leaf blower ziptied somewhere pointed at your face can also help keep debree from reaching it. Just take the battery out and charge after each work day etc.^^ cheers.
Lol the pipes actually didn't plug it was raining silage so I stopped it before the pipes plugged but either way its less then ideal to have the roof filled like that.
My cousin got caught up in the PTO. It grabbed a hold of his coveralls. Fortunately, The tractor was only idling and it stalled out. Otherwise he would have lost more than he did. It broke his right leg. Took a 2 inch chunk of bone out with it. My uncle was wearing a pair of gloves and a PTO grabbed hold of that and pulled his thumb off. PTOs are nothing to mess around with , they are dangerous .
That looks like the pipe is plugged to me , I know because I used to work around them silos, the farm I worked on had a ground vent instead of the open the vent on top and we hung a stop of plastic bag under it so we knew when the blower pipe was plugged
I'll do night time baling every time. Very little dust, maximum leaf retention, a lot less equipment required. Easy and less costly to store, high quality feed.
Your not going to be doing much night time dry hay baling in this area I can garentee that. And it's not going to be quality dry hay either compared to this. The dew is heavy so that's why people chop or make balage which isn't cheap either with the plastic in this area. And yes you can get some dry hay during the day but you can't get quality and it be consistent the weather usually sucks humid and heavy dews.
Years ago a farm magazines was doing a film on farm safety and pto shafts. In less than TWO frames of the video the young man's white T-shirt was ripped off him. I am saying this because the young man in the video... HIS T-SHIRT IS A POTENTIAL ACCIDENT. I also had a classmate's Dad have a John Deere B hooked to a grinder pto rip his Bible overalls and shirt off. His Dad walked in the farmhouse obviously in shock. His wife was hosting a group of women at the moment. He never noticed them.
He didn't mention that, I just know why he was doing it the way he was doing it. I've done that myself. I think he was just using water to lubricate the blower. The friction creates heat that causes the plant sugar to get sticky, and reduces efficiency.
PTO's demand respect. I had my class ring removed from my finger by a 540 PTO'without a scratch. 50 years later i still refuse to wear rings. Please be smarter than me.
Love the smell of fresh chopped alfalfa
I can smell a fresh cut feild miles away hate it lol due to hay fever still mange tho
Been doing this my whole life but you've got an excellent explanation here
Thanks
Our 4020 has never not worked it’s by far the most reliable pice of equipment on the farm Most significant maintenance was replacing the hoses on the cooling system and fuel rail. Hell of a tractor!
I agree 100%. I lived in one of those up until I left the farm at 18
Best machine ever made.
He does love those blue tractors.
A great Tractor!
Our 4000 is a 68 and it’s a work horse. You couldn’t kill the bastard, even if you wanted to!! They don’t make em like that anymore!!
A 4020 not working?! Thats un
heard of 😂😂
Lol
Not working! Blasmethy.
As long as they don't catch fire and burn like mine did lol
Not really they break like all other brands.
@@user-ph2tm7nx5o For a 50 year old tractor, there sure are thousands of them still at work.
Glad he mentioned how power take off can be dangerous. Ours had a cover that went over it to keep you safer.
Every time I had to work with alfalfa as a kid I had to wear a rag on my face to keep myself from sneezing every 2 seconds.
Yep, my eyes are watering just watching this
You probably have hay fever it’s decently common
I miss driving that old 4020, great old tractor
Yep.
The wind is always in the wrong direction 😊
Man this is bringing back some smells from childhood. That low hum of the blower you could hear from the house too.
Talk about smells we enjoy I pulled up yesterday to drop off a spreader and the smell of haylage and cattle manure touched my soul
The quiet summer evenings. Sun is slowly setting, any wind has dissipated. All you could hear was the cows moving about in the stable, and then that deep humming miles away.
Did this as a kid. Unloading that hay wagon was definitely one of the dirtiest jobs ever. My dad had an old Gehl Chop All and also pulled it with our 4010 or 4020
The 40 20 is the best
There should be a straight pipe exhaust on that 4020 diesel and be pulling loads with it! Makes a beautiful sound!
"that's if it's working" lmfao
You have to make every trip count or maybe it’s just because the sun is in his eyes 😂😂😂😂 this got me laughing great vid
@@Kaleb-gk6uy Thanks
“When it works” is the realest shit ever over here bro 😭🙏
I was just doing some square bales today second cutting with my 1950 Ford 8N tractor runs like a brand new tractor I rebuilt that last winter with my Farmall McCormick super 8 tractor they both run like their brand new off the showroom floor
What a Beautiful tractor. Thank You for being the backbone of America.
Looks like nice equipment we used to chop alfalfa
We had two Harvestores and this brought back some pretty strong memories.
How does the water keep it from plugging? Like a mower the moisture usually causes plugging.
Always use water
We understand it I'm 42 I started blowing at 9yrs with a ih 504 on badger blower and a H on the wagon water running as fast as ¾in hose flow for lubrication water keeps it from gumming up the pipe
Back when a kid was smart enough to know what danger was. I grew up the same way on the farm.
@@jamesknecht8921 that makes since. We are talking more than just moist. We are talk a large volume.
Alfalfa has a wax coating on it that when it gets into the Mid 50% moister amount it starts to gum up the blower pipe and will create friction and slow the hay going up and plug.
Man I really love the smell alfalfa my opinion is the best smelling grass besides cannabis lol
Wind always in wrong direction..😂😂😂
Same as here in the U.K..😂😂❤
@djsimonrossprice9400 LOL it never fails
That's a beautiful setup 👌
Thanks
Sleeveless for safety. That PTO will grab a sleeve or shirt tail in a millisecond.
Mind explaining what the pto is? I don't know anything about tractors except that they look cool and they are essential for helping to put food on our tables
@@stephanieann6622power take off. The most simplest way of explaining it is using the tractor engine s rotation through a gearbox system to turn an external piece of equipment.
And it goes smoothly every single time.
Ah, reminds me of my childhood. Hauled self-unloading wagons with an international 350 though.
Had a 4020,till it burnt in 1988 July 4th not the fire works we wanted to see got it all fixed up ran great afterwards
We burnt our first 4020 up, traded the second one off, and are now on our third one. These days the 4020 mostly just sits in the corner of the shop looking good, and let's the newer tractors do the work.
If a 4020 isn't working it's the owner's fault. It's the best damn tractor ever built. Not one single thing on it that can't be repaired by a farmer
Is putting half a load on the roof standard also? We always liked to do it every fall
Lol I don't prefer adding the extra on the top
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This Chanel is the best
Thank you!
Forgive my ignorance, how do you keep the material from molding while injecting water into the material?
The silage we are putting in the silo is also 50% moisture but the reason it doesn't mold is because the silo is a sealed unit so there is no oxygen present so the feed doesn't mold.
that john deere is a beauty
Did this in 1976 at my uncles farm in Iowa on an 85ft AOSmith silo!
As a brit, this baffled me 😅😅 and yes i work in agriculture 😮
@silverfarms Must have left the tractor on too hook up the PTO if next step was to hold the PTO button. Should practice what you preach 😂😂
I miss those days on my grandfather's dairy farm
Sounds like you can afford a big movable shop fan. Should make transfering the grass less dirty for you.
Didn't think of that.
@@SilverFarms if that isnt enough wind power an electric leaf blower ziptied somewhere pointed at your face can also help keep debree from reaching it. Just take the battery out and charge after each work day etc.^^ cheers.
Nice looking Lucern Fodder
Wow…that is beautiful alfalfa…good job!
Any JD tractor that begins with a 4 you know its a good tractor....unless you can start it first.
I’ll love me some of that fresh alfalfa for my sheep 🐑
I've never seen anyone hook up a PTO quicker. I'm always struggling reaching through my quick hitch
Any idea what they are doing with the old harvistores , no that there are half as many farmers with cattle operations?
Alot of the harvestores got taken down and scraped when prices were good.
God bless the farmers
PTO button on the fender!!!!?
Game changer!
🚜🚜
Ooooh alfalfa😊
Any man that can talk like that, doesn't need to breath 😮
It takes a lot of beer till the silo gets filled! Lol
“The wind is always blowing the wrong direction” truer words have never been spoken
I miss filling silo.. I can smell the chopped alfalfa... the 4020 ran the chopper... the 285 massey ferguson was the blower tractor
A PTO of a tractor can wrap you around itself like nobody's business. The safety stickers with seemingly boneless arms aren't exxagarting 😅
Awesome video ❤
Givien the amount on the silo roof... id say you plugged a few times. This is why we went with Bags instead.
Lol the pipes actually didn't plug it was raining silage so I stopped it before the pipes plugged but either way its less then ideal to have the roof filled like that.
@@SilverFarms Yeah I couldn’t imagine we don’t have bottom unload silos. We use silage bags and this just confirmed made the right choice. 😆
Alfalfa is a real thing???
"The Queen of forages". Yes, it's real.
Small? Obsolete? We still run a pull behind chopper and they aint obsolete! They do fill chopper boxes quick though!
Where is the pto guard?
What are you talking about all the pto gaurds are on the equipment.
My cousin got caught up in the PTO. It grabbed a hold of his coveralls. Fortunately, The tractor was only idling and it stalled out. Otherwise he would have lost more than he did. It broke his right leg. Took a 2 inch chunk of bone out with it.
My uncle was wearing a pair of gloves and a PTO grabbed hold of that and pulled his thumb off.
PTOs are nothing to mess around with , they are dangerous .
How did you get the PTO on so fast!?
@@lanekline5449 For the wagon? There is a button you press on the fender of the tractor
Man I’d love to be into farming. Hard work don’t scare me I’m just a broke boy😂😭
Would having some kind of a framed tarp wind break help?
@taylor.... I just deal with it.
@@SilverFarms yeah that still sucks
Oh yearning to be out chopping and give it full send up the silo gooseneck.
That start with the pile of haylage on the top of the silo 😂.
Do you use the alfalfa for your own animals or do you sell? Why not bale it instead?
We use it for ourselves. Baling good quality dry hay is not easy in this area. Feed quality is way better chopping feed like this.
@@SilverFarms awesome, thanks man. I’m looking into starting my own hay operation and I’m trying to get as much info as possible
What about swathing? What do you use for that?
Power take off safety is a must
The ideal moisture is 68%. But, anything over 50% doesn't go up the pipe very well. Learn to build a pile.
This silo can't be that wet. But we also put a couple bags up and balage that's wetter. The silos handy for a small dairy.
As someone allergic to grass heigh etc this makes me itch ima stick to oil rigs😂
Amazing machines.
That is no lie the wind always blows everything right in your face no matter what your doing
Love seeing the old iron still going strong 💪
That looks like the pipe is plugged to me , I know because I used to work around them silos, the farm I worked on had a ground vent instead of the open the vent on top and we hung a stop of plastic bag under it so we knew when the blower pipe was plugged
Alfalfa will put me in the hospital so I had something I did instead.
We always roll our alfalfa instead of putting it in bins
How much did NH pay you to lie about the 4020 not working
🤣 lol I wish I got paid to say that.
He does love those "blue" tractors.
I used to do this!! I miss it!!!
What happened??
I'll do night time baling every time. Very little dust, maximum leaf retention, a lot less equipment required. Easy and less costly to store, high quality feed.
Your not going to be doing much night time dry hay baling in this area I can garentee that. And it's not going to be quality dry hay either compared to this. The dew is heavy so that's why people chop or make balage which isn't cheap either with the plastic in this area. And yes you can get some dry hay during the day but you can't get quality and it be consistent the weather usually sucks humid and heavy dews.
Hell my 4020 has less problems then my brand new tractors 😂
Years ago a farm magazines was doing a film on farm safety and pto shafts. In less than TWO frames of the video the young man's white T-shirt was ripped off him. I am saying this because the young man in the video... HIS T-SHIRT IS A POTENTIAL ACCIDENT.
I also had a classmate's Dad have a John Deere B hooked to a grinder pto rip his Bible overalls and shirt off. His Dad walked in the farmhouse obviously in shock. His wife was hosting a group of women at the moment. He never noticed them.
You are right. They should all work naked just in case.
4020 not working? Never heard of her.
My grandpa always said you knew how many farmers went bankrupt just cause of the silo being on a farm.
That wasn't true in every situation.
Pretty sure I pull up perfect every time- 😂😂😂😂😂
I was pretty sure I pulled up perfect every time too but Dad thought otherwise.
Growing up i hated the dust from this job
Obviously sponsored by New Holland.
Where’s the old Farmall H on the blower? Puta puta put put put put vroom!
I am not sponsered by them unfortunately
Jak się nazywa ta sieczlarnia i czy w Europie jest dostępna
That's how we did it!
You could run the pto from the cab instead of standing in the blowing feed
You can't run the wagon controls from the cab. 👍
Ahhhh I gotcha, what kind of inoculant do you use?
He didn't mention that, I just know why he was doing it the way he was doing it. I've done that myself. I think he was just using water to lubricate the blower. The friction creates heat that causes the plant sugar to get sticky, and reduces efficiency.
The wind is always in the wrong direction 😅😅😅 lmao trier wprds havent been spoken lmao 😂
Arbeiten wie vor 50 Jahren!
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Wisconsin?
Sau geil 👍👍👍😎😎
Should have turned on your smellavision😊
PTO's demand respect. I had my class ring removed from my finger by a 540 PTO'without a scratch. 50 years later i still refuse to wear rings. Please be smarter than me.
What is alfalfa
Ole new Holland coppers get some work done
How much price this machine
Gotta love government subsidies...all brand new shit for these poor poor farmers
More often than not its less govt subsidy and more a loan that would buy a house per tractor.
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these guys are why we dont starve