Picking Rock with a Haybuster H-106 Rock-Eze Rock Picker/1256 Rolling Coal Pulling the Cultivator

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  • Anyone that has watched our channel, knows that our rented cornfield has spots that are more rock than dirt. We were able to rent a Rock-Eze rock picker to help eliminate some of the rocks. Before we could start rock picking, we had to loosen up the soil. Alan and the International 1066 got to work, working the field with the cultivator. Things were going along fine until they weren't. The 1066 blew a tire. Alan was able to limp it off the field, but we were left with the problem of how to finish working the field. Alan was able to hook the 1256 to the cultivator with the help of a clevice and then it was just a matter of seeing if it had enough power to pull it. With a bit of black smoke, we were up and rolling again. After the field was worked, it was time to start using the rock picker. There were spots that needed to be picked multiple times, but 23 dump truck loads of rock later, at least a noticeable difference was made.
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  • @bruceprentice6441
    @bruceprentice6441 10 місяців тому +15

    I just come in from working land all afternoon and picking a few rocks, and I sit down with a cold beer, and watch a guy working land and picking rocks. I must be either crazy or a farmer, lol

    • @brandonhoad9033
      @brandonhoad9033 10 місяців тому +1

      Or... crazy to be a farmer. Cows?

  • @808TheDuck
    @808TheDuck 10 місяців тому +2

    That thing is cool! It did clear some rocks. Can't kill that old 1256!

  • @farawayfarm2520
    @farawayfarm2520 10 місяців тому +4

    The farm implement I wanted most as a kid. A rock picker. 🤣

  • @1960teko
    @1960teko 10 місяців тому +4

    That rock picker is a time saver did a good job. I grew up on a dairy farm in Central NEW YORK my dad had 3 rock pickers. Myself and 2 brothers. Lol great videos to show it in operation. 😂

  • @alisciamarotta3888
    @alisciamarotta3888 10 місяців тому +3

    They named it " Rock-Eze " for a reason. Old school design that works!!
    I'm sure you were impressed , by the looks of it got few rocks out. Love that old dump truck.....worth every penny!

  • @allanulen3809
    @allanulen3809 10 місяців тому +3

    Putting the grunts to the old girl. Also some power steering with the wheels coming up. Great video. Love watching the cowsgtaze, so peaceful.

  • @kevinwilliams563
    @kevinwilliams563 10 місяців тому +3

    That’s amazing how much rock you picked out of that field. It will be interesting how much your yields improve with that done. Great video Guys. Really enjoyed seeing that process.

    • @trinitydairy
      @trinitydairy  10 місяців тому +2

      If time or money was no object, I would've liked to have kept picking. Maybe this fall, I'll pick it again .

  • @22gonefishing
    @22gonefishing 10 місяців тому +4

    Never seen a rock picker like that one, seemed to work pretty good even if you had to go over some spots 2 or 3 times. I'd bet you will use that one again to pick more rocks. Another great video and God Bless your family.

  • @gregkortbein5108
    @gregkortbein5108 10 місяців тому +3

    I used a picker just like that for 10 years before we switched to No-till. You did a good job. Those rocks work great for field roads with deep ruts in them. I know it’s not the fastest job with the picker but sure beats doing it by hand.

    • @trinitydairy
      @trinitydairy  10 місяців тому

      Yes, we filled in a bunch of holes in our field roads. They worked great.

  • @allanvaneste9106
    @allanvaneste9106 10 місяців тому +3

    Well that was all the old 1256 wanted. She did it though. Can always rely on the Red Power. That's quite the rock collection you have now. That size of rock is handy for a lot. Nice to have around.

  • @user-zt3po7ox7c
    @user-zt3po7ox7c 10 місяців тому +3

    Another great video! Looking forward to the next one!

  • @daleerickson1830
    @daleerickson1830 10 місяців тому +2

    I remember spending Easter holidays picking those kind of rocks with my brothers

  • @anthonyhengst2908
    @anthonyhengst2908 10 місяців тому +3

    Looks like the rock picker that Larson Farms used. I think most of us farmers can relate about changing plans and making things work out when there is a breakdown. Sometimes farmers are the most creative people when it comes to "getting by" with what you have. We have too.

  • @jamesbristow5740
    @jamesbristow5740 10 місяців тому +2

    Woo, wrinkling the sidewalls on the 1256, that was always the goal at the drags to know you were hooking up. Nice seeing that rock come off the field!

  • @user-du1um2pl4g
    @user-du1um2pl4g 10 місяців тому +1

    Nice information on how the Rock Picker works 😊

  • @geraldsundberg3610
    @geraldsundberg3610 10 місяців тому +1

    That picker is one heck of a invention!

  • @jameshinkle6830
    @jameshinkle6830 10 місяців тому +3

    That's pretty cool. Looks a little slow going but the end results will hopefully be more than worth it.

  • @cadcad4974
    @cadcad4974 10 місяців тому +1

    Clearing rocks and corn stubble at the same time! You really should look for a used, or old rock picker, you could repair! It will reduce the cost of equipment damage & repairs and allow seeds to grow increasing your yield! ✌️🇺🇸
    I enjoy watching your farm channel, with your family, and the various pieces of farm equipment. 👍
    PS and when the videographer talks to the cows as they pass by and respond to their names! 🙂
    Have a safe Holliday weekend!🇺🇸 Peace🇺🇸

  • @flossdaly8274
    @flossdaly8274 10 місяців тому +3

    Great results from that rock picker. From the looks of that field you could have probably spent several weeks running that picker. Cultivate, pick, repeat. If those results don't convince you that a picker of that style needs to be in your inventory, then I don't know what will, lol. Of course, money doesn't grow on trees, but I'd think it should be in your planning. You've got enough of a rock pile now that you could lay down some real nice road foundations. Well, thanks for another great video. I always look forward to your videos to see the improvements you're making on the farm.

    • @trinitydairy
      @trinitydairy  10 місяців тому

      I'd like to go back and pick more, hopefully this fall.

  • @allancundiff8027
    @allancundiff8027 10 місяців тому +1

    That 1256 is an impressive tractor I liked the video hope you can get as many of those rocks picked that is a good picker

  • @Rollinghillsfarmsmn
    @Rollinghillsfarmsmn 10 місяців тому +1

    That 1256 was snorting on that big cultivator but it worked. Good solution to overcome adversity and keep moving. Now I understand why you needed the big rock picker. Great tool; definitely worth renting when you look at the time saved. Great video.

  • @tractorsfamilyandwildlife1342
    @tractorsfamilyandwildlife1342 10 місяців тому +2

    I run a rock picker just like that one. They do an awesome job real time saver

  • @stevebrooking4506
    @stevebrooking4506 10 місяців тому

    Brilliant job on the camera angles showing the rock picker working 👌

  • @alisciamarotta3888
    @alisciamarotta3888 10 місяців тому +1

    Thanks for another great video, enjoy them all. Keep them coming. Have a wonderful holiday weekend.

  • @lawrenceb.3349
    @lawrenceb.3349 10 місяців тому +1

    Great video. Interesting work and nice camera angles.

  • @johnalexander8589
    @johnalexander8589 10 місяців тому +1

    Damn that is neat never seen that before used to go through the field picking with front backhoe bucket

  • @patrickmorgan3326
    @patrickmorgan3326 10 місяців тому +1

    Great camera work and that machine is pretty slick. Definitely way ahead of a stone boat and a team of horses.

  • @johnhenderson299
    @johnhenderson299 10 місяців тому +2

    That is quite the rock picker

  • @williamhitchcock2360
    @williamhitchcock2360 10 місяців тому

    What a great job on the rocks--saves the back also.

  • @lesterhertel2945
    @lesterhertel2945 10 місяців тому +1

    Another very interesting video Thank you

  • @doublejfarmshomestead4501
    @doublejfarmshomestead4501 10 місяців тому +1

    We need one of those! Sure do appreciate y’all!

  • @jaketillema6830
    @jaketillema6830 9 місяців тому

    Cows out on a nice green pasture is an awesome sight👌

  • @leahmollytheblindcatnordee3586
    @leahmollytheblindcatnordee3586 10 місяців тому +1

    Well, you are off to a rocky start, but it does look much better. I was raised on a place my dad farmed about 12 acres of. It was similar to your place and had a big gravel pit on it. Those rocks are so hard on your equipment, but I hope this helps a lot. Have seen this rock picker on another channel as well. Hello from Michigan.

  • @johnhenderson8360
    @johnhenderson8360 5 місяців тому

    Enjoyed your video.. We needed one of these when I was growing up on the farm. "Picking Stone" was not a favorite activity when I was MUCH younger. I appreciate that you went over some areas a couple times, huge improvement! One change I would make on the Picker would be on the large lifting/loading wheel, I would have a smaller gap between the horizontal bars, so it would catch smaller stones. Again, really enjoyed your video!

  • @dwyaneengle9621
    @dwyaneengle9621 10 місяців тому +3

    Looks like money to me. Crush rock sells for around 60 a ton here. Something to think about could be a good side line business for the farm. God Bless 🙏

  • @travisvolf1804
    @travisvolf1804 10 місяців тому

    Your second tractor was given her onions to pull the chizle plow... good to see you got it done!!

  • @lewisgardner1660
    @lewisgardner1660 10 місяців тому

    Very interesting video thank you for taking the time to film it for us. I am sure that all those rocks must have some monetary value to them, here in England people buy bags of them from garden centres for there garden and use as decorative paths etc etc they would also make a brilliant bottom layer for a road with smaller stones on the top. You could get the kids to paint pictures on some and sell them to your you tube fans

  • @mattutke4704
    @mattutke4704 10 місяців тому +2

    It looks like it would have taken a life time to get All them rocks picked by hand, the old iron isn't afraid of hard work at all, I saw another UA-cam channel someone had a 1256 Identical to yours it is a 1969 model, yours is probably the same year 🚜 happy memorial weekend Alan 🇺🇸

    • @trinitydairy
      @trinitydairy  10 місяців тому +1

      Oh gosh, I think someone would have a nervous breakdown trying to pick it by hand. You'd have nightmares about rocks.

    • @alisciamarotta3888
      @alisciamarotta3888 10 місяців тому +1

      Larson Farm out of Minnesota got one.

    • @brandonhoad9033
      @brandonhoad9033 10 місяців тому

      @@alisciamarotta3888 didn't they get rid of it?

    • @alisciamarotta3888
      @alisciamarotta3888 10 місяців тому +1

      @@brandonhoad9033 no, they show it on the previous video.

  • @ralphriddle8864
    @ralphriddle8864 10 місяців тому

    Very good job and God bless y'all

  • @jacobb3446
    @jacobb3446 10 місяців тому +1

    We used to have an Anderson rock rake and rock picker. The rake was I think 25' had 2 folding wings and raked rocks to the center into a row and then follow behind with the picker worked really well.

  • @dave8218
    @dave8218 10 місяців тому

    Amazing anything grew in that section. Hope this helps with your next crop.

  • @stuartsplace100
    @stuartsplace100 10 місяців тому

    That rock picker works awesome,beets picking rocks by hand,have done that job on many area farms here in Franklin county Vermont 😊

  • @anthonyhengst2908
    @anthonyhengst2908 10 місяців тому +1

    Once you get some of the rocks off the soil looks quite nice.

  • @ronaldfeuerstein435
    @ronaldfeuerstein435 10 місяців тому

    Tks for sharing.. i know rocks to... picked so many by hand i was dreaming rocks...

  • @canvids1
    @canvids1 10 місяців тому +1

    Wow! that rock picker is the best I have seen for small rock. Happy to see that you got to use it.
    It would take maybe a couple more years using that machine to get you land more free of rocks.
    all so amazes me, JEN how on earth can you remember all your milk cows names????

    • @trinitydairy
      @trinitydairy  10 місяців тому

      Haha, our daughter is even better, she can tell you who are sisters, aunts, and cousins in the herd.

  • @mikebrown1188
    @mikebrown1188 10 місяців тому +2

    Looks like that was money well spent on the rock picker. I have run a rock.picker with the reel and dump.bakset. never seen one like that in action very cool. We need rain SW WI

    • @MorganOtt-ne1qj
      @MorganOtt-ne1qj 10 місяців тому +1

      Rock pickers are always worth the $. I rebuilt hydraulics on an old McKee unit and made $ after a pipeline job. Got free rock and fill at the same time

  • @nightrider6769
    @nightrider6769 10 місяців тому +1

    Allen that was a really cool video that rock picker that's that's pretty neat how it works A couple of times the drum actually stopped turning for a little bit and you were dragging it almost like a rock got caught in there or something but for the most part it did a really good job and I see that you have it takes a while to do a field because you have to go slow otherwise it kicks the rocks out like you were talking about but yeah that's pretty neat and your dump truck is getting a workout so that's good that that's being used and yeah I enjoyed video immensely thank you for your time making it.

    • @trinitydairy
      @trinitydairy  10 місяців тому

      Yeah, there were spots that so much rock was going into the drum it would just jam up.

  • @messengercreekexotics
    @messengercreekexotics 10 місяців тому +1

    With that rock picker you are getting a good harvest of rocks. Now if you could find a market for them.

  • @TimMartin-bh9js
    @TimMartin-bh9js 10 місяців тому +1

    Hell yea that does a fine job that was wroth renting

  • @jayr6549
    @jayr6549 10 місяців тому +2

    Wow. Good fences make good neighbors, and rock walls do the same. But you guys - you guys can build roads…. Thx for the education, I’d never seen a rock picker in action.

  • @markreetz1001
    @markreetz1001 10 місяців тому +1

    Not sure if the picker at work sounded like opening Fibber McGee's closet or a dryer loaded with pipe, car wheels and anvils. What a racket. Did a fine job. That's a pile o' rock!!

    • @trinitydairy
      @trinitydairy  10 місяців тому

      Yeah it was definitely loud

  • @bryanginder5903
    @bryanginder5903 10 місяців тому

    That rock picker would be so handy!!

  • @johnnyharley
    @johnnyharley 7 місяців тому

    I was wondering if you would show exactly how it worked..ty doing that. Man this would have saved my back when I used to pick up rocks with an old Oliver front end loader back in the 70,s. 2.00 an hour. Awesome video bud.

  • @watchthe1369
    @watchthe1369 7 місяців тому

    I like the wheel dumping into the top basket sifter, it knocks more dirt off and leaves it in the fieldand make it tall enough to dump in a truck.

  • @jandoinc
    @jandoinc 7 місяців тому

    Nice! Thanks for sharing

  • @BarbaraLogsdon-tw4px
    @BarbaraLogsdon-tw4px 10 місяців тому +1

    I have the same Rock Picker and live in Michigan, best to do bean ground after cultivating it, less trash corn stubble is a lot harder, Great Machine gets a lot of Rocks I go over ground 3-4 Xs good luck

  • @dennisdole1764
    @dennisdole1764 10 місяців тому

    Great 👍 job ❤

  • @kennymusselman7407
    @kennymusselman7407 10 місяців тому

    Wish my Uncle had one of those we picked a lot of rock with the ole pitch fork looks like it did a good job

    • @kyleblair4764
      @kyleblair4764 10 місяців тому

      At least you got a fork... I didn’t know that was a thing until this channel. We pick them all by hand... 😅

  • @AUS10M
    @AUS10M 8 місяців тому

    a lot of that looked pretty clean (for the most part) i would have used a lot of that for my gravel road infill.. none the less thanks for the video
    👍

    • @trinitydairy
      @trinitydairy  8 місяців тому

      Yeah I've been using it for roads.

  • @timstevens2866
    @timstevens2866 10 місяців тому +1

    That's a pretty awesome picker, though it does look like some land U will have to go over 2 or 3 times.

  • @ryanlesperance7926
    @ryanlesperance7926 10 місяців тому

    Your back thanks you!

  • @ronniewayne5748
    @ronniewayne5748 10 місяців тому +2

    Good video.Those crazy rocks would had made your disk chatter if you had used it

  • @philipr7686
    @philipr7686 10 місяців тому +1

    Two thoughts for the rock pile, be great if the local threshing shows had rock crushers and would take them off your hands if you wanted to get rid of them. Second in wishful thinking, if a landscaper would take them. That size is sometimes used in parking islands to take the place of lawn or concrete. I remember placing that size rock around a home landscape. I can't recall how it looked finished, but I remember having to wheelbarrow that rock up hill to place it. I have to imagine the rock migrated downhill over the years, sitting on top of plastic or fabric weed barrier.
    But, the picker worked well.
    I'd be off the tractor saying, "What?!" after hearing the rocks tumbling around.
    👍👍
    And I think the Cities are in competition with northern Minnesota and black bear sightings.

    • @trinitydairy
      @trinitydairy  10 місяців тому +1

      There's a lot of uses for them for sure. I'm filling in some washout around the farm, and those are great sizes. Yes, it seems like the bears found some easy meals!

  • @frankarl3496
    @frankarl3496 10 місяців тому +3

    Chat from Larson Farms has one just like that

  • @karencary3312
    @karencary3312 9 місяців тому

    Looks like you will need to use the picker each year to finally get a handle on the rock problem. God bless.

  • @TomSmith-me7ph
    @TomSmith-me7ph 10 місяців тому

    That rock picker did a slick job with all those rocks. Did you know that the black rocks are the heaviest!

  • @Chico-td2fy
    @Chico-td2fy 10 місяців тому

    Wow that worked great! 🐄🐂

  • @michaeletchepareborde4298
    @michaeletchepareborde4298 2 місяці тому

    That is very cool

  • @marshallsayre58
    @marshallsayre58 10 місяців тому

    Wow what an incredible attachment...farmers have a NEED, DREAM, and MAKE whatevr they need...you couldn't find most things at HD/LOWES

  • @3069mark
    @3069mark 10 місяців тому +2

    It did a pretty good job but I wonder if there could be a steel backstop built behind the rake to prevent rocks from rolling over the rake. If so then it would probably pick up even more rocks than it does as is.

  • @davidkimmel4216
    @davidkimmel4216 10 місяців тому

    Interesting tool.

  • @garybridger6707
    @garybridger6707 10 місяців тому +1

    You never have enough tractors!!

  • @user-du1um2pl4g
    @user-du1um2pl4g 10 місяців тому +1

    I still pick them up by hand at R Showgrounds

  • @TheMorganHomestead
    @TheMorganHomestead 10 місяців тому

    Very cool! Thanks for sharing that!

  • @jamesjohnson6239
    @jamesjohnson6239 10 місяців тому

    Hey trinity ! I cant help but think there's a better place to dump those rocks !! 😊

    • @trinitydairy
      @trinitydairy  10 місяців тому

      We put them right by our sand/gravel pit. Pretty much the perfect spot for them if we need them for anything.

  • @johnmcenaney1814
    @johnmcenaney1814 10 місяців тому

    Some city folk would pay good money for those rocks. :)

  • @ryanbachman9227
    @ryanbachman9227 10 місяців тому

    Long slow never ending process. But it saves a lot of back breaking work. You will never get them all. But you might have a good spot for a gravel it. God bless

  • @virginiagraber9070
    @virginiagraber9070 10 місяців тому +1

    WOW, stones 😏N.G.

  • @user-cm5sw6wi7i
    @user-cm5sw6wi7i 4 місяці тому

    Holy crap I used to drive around the fields with a few laborers and a bucket loader

  • @burtzorn4059
    @burtzorn4059 10 місяців тому +1

    Were you picked disk it from now on
    That will sure help

  • @thomaskampmeier8378
    @thomaskampmeier8378 10 місяців тому

    I know your area call landscape company's in twin cities they will come load and pay you guys for that size rock love ya videos ✌️ ✌️

  • @nykynuorisoonkuullun5805
    @nykynuorisoonkuullun5805 9 місяців тому

    Kivi Pekka is the best stone collector!

    • @trinitydairy
      @trinitydairy  9 місяців тому

      I've heard of them, but don't have any in this area.

  • @smithyboy657
    @smithyboy657 10 місяців тому +2

    👍👍

  • @tonywise3705
    @tonywise3705 10 місяців тому

    that's a lot of Rock

  • @nathanneeb9657
    @nathanneeb9657 10 місяців тому +1

    You should use the rocks to build the road up so next time it floods the milk truck can still get in. 😉

    • @trinitydairy
      @trinitydairy  10 місяців тому +1

      Lol, honestly, there's probably enough had we kept picking.

  • @burtzorn4059
    @burtzorn4059 10 місяців тому +1

    Do you have the money to fix it
    Need a different type of picker
    to get the smaller ones .
    Might see before fall if you can find a rock bucket for your skid steer.
    Make sure to find one with narrow
    spaced tines.

  • @andrelacombe2131
    @andrelacombe2131 10 місяців тому

    Rock picker is the man best friend... LoL 😂

  • @challengerhitchman
    @challengerhitchman 2 місяці тому

    My dad would chisel, vibra shank, then run a tripple k S-tine. All the rocks were on top of the ground. Then run the rock rake followed by the picked. Less trash is always better.

  • @user-ot4pe1fs2d
    @user-ot4pe1fs2d 10 місяців тому +1

    You already have rock pickers 😂

    • @trinitydairy
      @trinitydairy  10 місяців тому +1

      Making anyone try and pick that much rock would take months!

  • @ubcts
    @ubcts 9 місяців тому +1

    Those rocks would be perfect ballast for a drive or road. Put them down and cover with modified

    • @trinitydairy
      @trinitydairy  9 місяців тому

      Yeah, I did that on one of our field roads, and it works great!

  • @colorado1088
    @colorado1088 10 місяців тому

    How heavy of a rock can a corn plant push aside while growing ...what do you reckon? I reckon a plant could push 1/2 ounce of the easier round type rocks. Great videography !!

  • @vernondodson5067
    @vernondodson5067 10 місяців тому +1

    Had sandstone but nothing like you have

  • @douglasmacarthur8775
    @douglasmacarthur8775 10 місяців тому

    at 22:08..........That sure works great !

  • @Colbato.
    @Colbato. 5 місяців тому

    such a cool and simple device. very useful. But maybe u need a bigger device for the amount of stones u have.

  • @sheilamclaughlin963
    @sheilamclaughlin963 9 місяців тому

    Not a lot of differences in hp of those tractors, just traction, we a 1206 and pulled 35ft of field cultivator, since we were only 45 days to wheat planting usually pulled points about 3”, broke the hyd cylinder one time and that old 12 just snorted and smoked for about a 1/2 mile

  • @dammitbobby283
    @dammitbobby283 9 місяців тому +3

    It's probably cheaper to rent a rock picker because I can see that one field wearing out a new picker in about 3 years.

  • @robertburt9071
    @robertburt9071 10 місяців тому +4

    Larson farms has the same unit They still use theirs

  • @rogerhance2057
    @rogerhance2057 10 місяців тому +1

    You can put all them rocks in the lane and driveway around the house farm

  • @rustyrelicsfarm2406
    @rustyrelicsfarm2406 10 місяців тому +11

    If you got a rock crusher you could have limitless gravel.

    • @trinitydairy
      @trinitydairy  10 місяців тому +4

      I was thinking the same thing.

    • @richardharms8748
      @richardharms8748 10 місяців тому

      Wow. Lots of rocks. Thought of you folks the other day. I delivered a some pole transformers to Kettle River. Thanks for sharing.

    • @trinitydairy
      @trinitydairy  10 місяців тому

      @@richardharms8748 oh cool! That's not far from us at all.

    • @johndowe7003
      @johndowe7003 9 місяців тому

      Limitless money too lol selling gravel is really nice

  • @bioniclife
    @bioniclife 10 місяців тому +1

    Coming soon..."Trinity Sand and Gravel" UA-cam channel...stay tuned!