Raking & Baling 2nd Cutting Hay
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- Mowing, Raking and Baling Hay. Troubles are never far away, but thankfully most issues are an easy fix. The start of 2nd cutting hay is under way.
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....own canning,....and a fine wife and mom to a great, hard working, even tempered husband and family....is there anything you don't do? You and your family and farm amaze me...every time you post video! Great job Rhonda!
I enjoy watching your UA-cam channel. It's very educational and funny sometimes 🤣
Thank you!!
@@acresofclayhomestead... I too enjoy your videos, Ronda. But beyond that, I was awestruck by your peaceful responses when things went wrong today.
Thank you for the privilege to look in on your farm, and your awesome family!!
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It's kinda funny...cutting is okay, and baling is okay, but what I really love watching is the raking. I could watch the raking all day long. Just seems like it takes a kinda chaotic mess, and puts everything in nice, neat order.
Love watching the machine videos I miss running equipment on the farm
My Cummins puffs some black smoke too when I get tailgaters!
Lol!! 😄😅
Hi,
Hay was done!
Waiting for the next!
Thank you, AoCH !
You are impressive Rhonda! As readily as you fixed the knotter, impressing Sanders, I figured you'd just whip a tube of JB Weld out of your back pocket to fix that blown apart PTO shaft! Sure didn't figure it was repairable at all! And good job to Sanders, graduating up to field use of the semi! Impressive family.
JB weld and I don't get along well. (I can't stand the smell of it.) LOL 😂😆
Wow what a job. It seems like you work from sunrise to sunset. Do you ever get time off to just relax. Lucky you have such good kids to help out.
Sometimes we go away for an afternoon.
Good that shaft held together it looked like it was demolished
Kevin is quite a mechanic to get that shaft to work again
@@scottdougherty4251 yep, it seems Kevin's a pretty good fill-in when the boys aren't available. 😉
Errr, I mean the boys get their talent honestly.
When the tractor smokes the bailer packs another slice of bail it has a prepack system on it saves power and a more even bail 😬👍
No comments, just ashamed. Hard work is child's play for you and you family. God speed, God bless until the next video.
Hi love the video what awesome families all working together you don’t see that anymore lots of blessings to your families and as always you all be safe 🇺🇸🇺🇸
From what I remember, The smoke coming from the Tractor is the Torque of the Bailer putting strain on the Tractor Engine and that is what causes the Poof of Smoke. Our Tractors did the same thing, Nothing to worry about. Just shows it is all working fine.
Now you sound like Meredith saying Rabbit and not Turtle, Love it. Enjoyed the video thanks for sharing.
totally new respect for farmers that is a lot of work god bless you and your great family
I love seeing the wife on the tractor an helping out. Love you sweetie in pink.
The tractor smokes on each stroke of the baler. When the plunger compresses the hay that takes more power and pulls the tractor engine down so it adds more fuel to maintain the rpm. The chip may just make it a little more noticeable. It’s normal, the newer tractors just don’t smoke but you can here the engine load
Oh, the unsung tale of the behind the scenes son! :D Haha, laughed so hard about that one :) Nice hay, It´s pretty mesmerizing to see the rake, it is..I dont know, it´s just looking nice, and the satisfaction when a new bale comes out the back on the baler with all knots done!
I baled thousands upon thousands of "idiot blocks" when I grew up..and all the handling them, my god, from the wagon, on to the transporter up to the barn, gheez, every year when it was smoking hot outside, but it made us all look really fit every summer though :D
We had a John Deere 349 with a thrower on it at least, loved the day we got rid of the loose press baler! (Claas LD 100)
We did them about 24-30lbs depending on how dry it was, then we stacked them neatly, blew air through the floor with 2 really big hayfans for a few weeks every year
Look at the top of the bolt head. If there are 6 dashes from the middle to the outside of the head its a grade 8 the number of dashes plus 2 is the bolt grade for SAE.
Love y'all keep up the good work
Cool video, loved the time lapse. Does look like some good, quality hay bales! Ugh, the PTO shaft breaking, but it does see very constant use. Atleast Kevin was able to put it back together temporarily so you could finish. You do very well at operating the big farm equipment!
very beautiful do wonderful job ❤ keep good work up
NICE! HAY! HAY! We got HAY!
it's a diesel and diesels will smoke a little bit our white 135 smoked some and it was stock my uncle had international,s all were diesels and when hay ever time the plunger comes around and packs more hay in the shoot the tractor would snort a little and a puff of smoke would come out of the exhaust pipe because it takes a little more power to push the hay and pack it into the bale I use to think it was pretty cool the tractor kinda gets a rhythm to it just part of farming the smells the sights the sounds the hard work the fun it is a great life
Wow you look so young to have a kid that age...he looks older than mom
Cute little expression here in w Ma. Second cutting is called rowen Vt. As well maybe Nh.
That's interesting. Never heard that before.
The operators manual on my JD s all square says “tie the strings together with a sheet bend knot”. I tried it and sure enough the sheet bend is a bit smaller than a square knot and is like an arrow head if you tie it right
Tell Kevin to Call you on Two-Way Radio so you Don’t Lose the Air-Conditioning inside cab. 😬👍
I've been watching reruns just to get to see your Beautiful EYES and Smile 😁
Hi Rhonda im intrigued whos flies the drone camera ??? is it you dear ? footage is good, real perspective on the fields.
Oh right when I was gonna ask, so its brumuda grass I'm surprised you guys and gals don't own a hay squeeze to load those with, or maybe you do and I haven't seen it yet but the loader with forks works
How's MacKenzie and Ethan doing?
I grown up on a farm I know that farm work and living is to
you can't buy hay within 1000 miles with the drought, BLM graze lease has nothing on it, WOTUS took half our water and Colorado river basin may shut down next year, not enough water to make turbines in the dams run. God Bless ya hope we're farmin next year
Praying for all the farms out there!! 🙏🙏
@10:13 and before a bit
Do you and the guy raking Drive the tractors at 30 miles an hour? Or did you speed up the video?
Raking was pretty quick back in my day but failing sure was back in my day but bailing sure was not.
Why did you brake your baler?
What is the weight of one?
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Are these 3 x 4 by 8?
3x3x8
Sorry to hear about the PTO shaft damage. But things like that are to be expected when a farmer uses their equipment as much as you guys do. Probably the only person that is worried about the puffs of black diesel smoke, is Greta Thunberg the Swedish environmental activist, as she eats her potatoes and vegetables and steak, followed by a glass of milk, all of which comes from farmers. Pretty much all tractors that run the big square balers will have those puffs of diesel smoke when the plunger is compressing the bale. It takes a lot of power to keep that plunger going. Even though there is a large flywheel, the tractor has to add more power to keep it going. The older the tractor, the more diesel smoke you will probably see.
Watching you fix the knotter was an example of why farm wives are the unsung heroes of farming!
Is that ever right..... Sometimes you just don't know the answers. Burn that on a piece of wood and sell it
Knotter not knotting. Try to say that fast without getting your tang tungled up. 😀
Great video Rhonda! The AOCH crew always find a way to get the job done! Hope you get rain as you need it, many areas are really hurting right now.
I baled a lot of hay and straw when I was a kid. "I'm 77 now, and is there a common thought about how many small squares in 1 big square? Back in those days you did most of the handling by hand. We had an elevator, but that was all.
She said the bails weighted about 800 pounds. So that is about 10 small bails.
We weighed the bales and they weighed 860lbs. Meaning, if a small square weighed 40 it would take 21 smalls to make 1 large.
When I was a kid, we use to buck 60 pound bales. Everything was done by hand. My brother was the one we had throw from the trailer, especially the last ones, up to to barn loft door.
Seems like people who handle hay by hand have strong hand grip.
My square bales I try to keep around 50lbs, I usually have to do it all by myself. I've recently got a round baler and it makes the job a breeze
Very good video thanks for your time to do the video keep up the great work you do on the farm
Your Boys are Smart, Handy, Hard Working, Handsome and NOT worried about getting Dirty. 😬👍
Great baler Rhonda good job love it learned a lot the look on your face when you say so far so good its priceless kevin should be so proud he got a great blessed lady and those kids are just wonderful blessed family.
Very nice video!!, greetings from Argentina!!
Great to watch a farming family working together, enjoy your videos.
The easy answer for the smoke is that the baler has different HP requirements as it travels through the plunger cycle. As it hits a high power requirement, the engine governor gives it more fuel.
...which is controlled electronically, and they have added a chip which tells it to give it more fuel/hp. than the factory specs, so more likely to smoke in that situation.
@@lynwessel2471 they all smoke when the engine hits a hard pull the turbo spools up then gets easy for a second and puff the governor has Nothing to do with it the engine is not wide open its at the 1000 rpm setting which is probably 500 rpms from wide open
@@jwhitley101whitleyfarms9 I know,never said anything about what rpms its running at. The chip increases fuel pressure so it delivers more fuel than stock when the ECU calls for more power. I've seen a tractor smoke a lot more than that one running a large baler.
@@lynwessel2471 that part was really to the first comment
the tree huggers were concerned about a little Diesel smoke, timber needs to be harvested out west if not it burns and or gets disease, funny how poor forest management lets the timber burn and tree huggers dont say much about the smoke that covers much of the nation.
Great job Rhonda.....
You do it all and always with a warm smile
its simple when big yellow is billows black smoke she rolling coal and getting the job done
and blowing apart a pto shaft along the way lol get her done!
Wow Rhonda, your are a gourmet cook and a baler mechanic.
Great video! Amazing work ethic you and your family have. . Praying for you and your family and farming/ dairy operations. Thanks for all your posts.
Thank you for the prayers!!
When I grow up dairy farm in 70 it was a big deal going to a pond fore a swim
Actually the tractor puffs a little smoke when the plunger on the baler compresses a bale in the making.
Wow I've never seen a PTO shaft blow apart like that. The puff of smoke that you were talking about we just called it the power surge very common. I'm guessing a lot of people didn't think you could fix the knotter. But we know you could. Good to see things dry it out a little bit for you.
Glad that you could fix the PTO so you could finish. Thanks for the ride along. God Bless.
Maybe Kevin needs an old fashioned pager from the 80s to beep🥴
Lol! Yes he does!! (Probably wouldn't wear it though.) 😆
@@acresofclayhomestead Smoke signals?
That's teamwork !!
Rhonda that's usually how it goes almost done then something breaks. Y'all take care and have a blessed weekend and I'll see you on your next vidja.
Sanders is not afraid to show and speak to us. Ya Sanders you da man. What a great hard working woman you are and house chores. Congrats. But I see you dont mine
Some long hours ya'll putting in ,so who is flying the drone
New sub as of two videos ago. Really like your style, your farm, and your family!! Keep it up!!
Welcome to our channel!!
What a great video. you put a lot of time in putting that one together. When I saw the rate go out I thought of the Australian guy that says that's not a knife this is a knife. That's not a rake this is a rake. I've said it before and I'll say it again you all work like five times faster than anybody I have ever seen, oh wait you just speeded up the video and by the way I didn't know you were in exotic African animals I remember the last video I saw some monkeys climbing around in milking parlor. Those monkeys what are you going to do.
Awesome family
The Bailey is like a big sewing machine!!!
Wonderful hard working farm family, i am enjoying your videos very much.
Glad it could be doctored togather to get the job done and hope for quick part delivery!
Great news on the hay, mine looks like it is going to easily triple first cut, my cabin is in the paradise area about 20 mins from the lower taquamenom falls, it really is a beautiful area!
Yes, it is a very beautiful area!!
Hi Rhonda here in Ireland. We put out the cows in March until November grazing grass so we only make round Bales silage for the winter
Hay Ronda another great video have a great day and evening 🌹
You guys ever take a break ? Lol keep up the great work!
Your family was rocking and rolling
yeah the up its where all the old deer camps were its famous .
Great video shots; you do a nice job. Things break all the time. I am glad that you are able to fix it. 😀😀😀😀😀😀
What a great video! Hate to see a breakdown, but the amazing mechanics will have it fixed in no time, but more money out of pocket . Wonderful hard- working family, glad you guys finally dried out. Your videos are very entertaining, thanks
Good team work. The little Massey is the busiest tractor on the farm
It’s always something. It’s not if it’s going to happen it’s when. Nice video.
Oops meant to say that the Benards dealt in beef....
Rhonda I think your blouse said one of a kind if so, it says it all you are 1 of a kind kick butt woman just saying!
Haha, yes, that's what my shirt says. 😄
That's for sure!!
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That sure is some good looking bales.
Hay, Hay, Hay, Ronda!😬👍 50% Chance of Rain in the Midwest is Like Slight Chance of Rain.😬👍
I always look forward to watching your videos. Such a good family with strong work ethic.
Thank you so much for watching!!
Gasoline is UP over a Dollar a Gallon in the Midwest over the past six (6) months. BIG Dummies.🤪
Another great vid
Your in Michigan I knew there was some reason I liked watching your videos I'm also in Michigan about 15 miles south of Detroit. Carl
Yes, we are in West Michigan. 😊
Regardless, I am impressed with all your family member's skills, and sharing with the rest of us. I am from NE South Dakota so I know something about what it takes, but many folks have no idea! So I love your sharing with every one.
I am happy to see that a young wife helps out like you do.I now know our farming family’s are in good hands.My ex never helped me.Make sure you tell your husband that a old Texas farmer said he is a vary lucky man
do be safe.... thanks for sharing
Thank you for posting video, as I really enjoy your farm work.. I used to help my uncle on his farm for two summers. Keep up farming! Beautiful video included drone!
Constance and velocity joint. Hate them. Hard to grease. I get more grease on me trying to grease it than I get grease in it. I can’t believe he put I back together. I need to learn how he did it.
It changed twine is all good job
Hello ! I know the feeling when something breaks down. I've been there many times, and it usually happens when you are not done with your work. Anyway thanks for the video another cool video Rhonda.😎👍👌
Farm moms have so many jobs mechanic ,tractor operator ,cook clean , milk ,organize don’t know how you do it all have a blessed Sunday Rhonda and family , ps Good luck in bales of hay
You bale hay, milk cows, garden, check on the babies and moms, pitch in on equipment repairs, herd over two YT channels, do your
Not all of that everyday though. 😄
This video is living proof of how people working together as a team can achieve just about anything. A good example is world War II and how woman worked behind the lines in the factory, to make it possible on the front lines. How awesome is that! You know Rhonda how to get done and not even got a drop of grease on your pretty pink t-shirt. It's what makes families like yours stand out! Your all a Blessing to us! Thank You! Take care 🙂 ❤
How cool. I just got home from the UP. Sadly we didn't get to go to pictured rocks due to superior being too rough.
low tire on left side of rake