Picking swaths, until... now what?! 🤦😑

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  • @jacob.c9959
    @jacob.c9959 3 роки тому +7

    I love it how honest mike is when he uses and reviews things.
    Never gets old!

  • @putrid.p
    @putrid.p 3 роки тому +13

    Moral of the story is: "all of the tools, all of the time". I love your videos, thank you. You,; Ashtyn and yourself, are hard-working admirable people.

  • @fredhinck9685
    @fredhinck9685 2 роки тому +1

    Sweet to hear Southey, Lipton and Dysart. Close to home for me.

  • @RoisinT2
    @RoisinT2 3 роки тому +2

    Oh how much i laughed "Mike do you know what your doing Absolutely not!" xD

  • @matthewvanderbeek1240
    @matthewvanderbeek1240 3 роки тому +1

    Lot of room in those cabs for lots of kids. ;)

  • @JaisinhNimbalkar
    @JaisinhNimbalkar 3 роки тому +16

    Mike, it's really admirable to see Ashtyn working in her current condition. She proves farmer's daughters are really strong and they are capable of giving the next Strong Farmers (warriors, kings, and …. As they only know how to fight with adverse situations and live life). Strong women are headstrong; they are the Gems of society. Mike, you are a real professional farmer. You picked up a rose. It has thorns but the smell and appearance are gorgeous (I mean you choose Ashtyn as your wife). All the best … watching you working and teaching is really admirable and enlightening!

  • @michelpicton8357
    @michelpicton8357 3 роки тому +1

    Those light on that unit are amazing 🤩

  • @kopenhagenkid
    @kopenhagenkid 3 роки тому +1

    Great video Mike and Ashtyn good luck combining your crops

  • @DaNiNuMa
    @DaNiNuMa 3 роки тому +1

    I would go all the way from Romania to Canada to work for you. You and your wife are very cool, and I enjoy all your content. Keep up with the good work.

  • @justthings6405
    @justthings6405 3 роки тому +2

    The tines are wind guards for those 40 MPH winds during some harvest days so the swaths entering the pickup head don't blow to Winnipeg!

  • @dudethatworks22487
    @dudethatworks22487 Рік тому +1

    I love that they switched back to JD. And had less issues.

  • @allenmoore4186
    @allenmoore4186 3 роки тому +1

    I love the learn and go together. Big reason why I love your channel.

  • @kentmathieson1342
    @kentmathieson1342 3 роки тому +2

    Mike I run an old 9600 and always pick up swaths and curse looking though the steering wheel too. I thought the newer combines would have sorted that out by now.

  • @taylorjennings2218
    @taylorjennings2218 3 роки тому +12

    Ashtyn just about had to come over there and give you a beating 😂

  • @borderbrat
    @borderbrat 3 роки тому

    Be neat to see your 9620R down south working with the RXs next spring. Might already have your answer to replace the 1050.

  • @dougo5635
    @dougo5635 3 роки тому +1

    Snap On makes a 3/4" drive ratchet with a 5" or 6' removable handle on which you can slide a pipe for greater leverage

  • @Myamericanlife61
    @Myamericanlife61 3 роки тому +4

    One of my favorite jobs was picking up oats I was the pick up man for Scott and was pretty much on my own don’t know why Scott did that but I enjoyed it big time

  • @janzatecky6081
    @janzatecky6081 3 роки тому

    I dont know to work with Fend combine as a tractor ok but combine I hope you happy with your decision. Gut luck

  • @dunewolf
    @dunewolf 3 роки тому

    Should find a place on the Combine - where you can mount that self made tool for backing up the feeder... then it can stay with the combine all the time - and you wont have to worry about being without that tool if things get clogged so bad.. im sure you could find a spot where some rubber straps or some welded on mounting plates could be put to hold that tool.. seems like a good thing to have with combine like all the other tools kept near by.

  • @BigPtace
    @BigPtace 3 роки тому +22

    Mike running a pick up head as wide as my straight cut head 😂

  • @FiatFlatlandFarmer
    @FiatFlatlandFarmer 3 роки тому +1

    We always pickup swathes the same way we swathed it so the seed heads go in first

  • @anstromwally6708
    @anstromwally6708 3 роки тому

    I always took it as crop average is what you put through the combine acres & field average is whatever you seeded are the acres used.

  • @jameshill4900
    @jameshill4900 3 роки тому +5

    Another pro of a well laid swath sometimes can save a grade because light rains will shed off. You can also combine later in "tough"(increased night moisture and dew) conditions. The tines on the pickup are also a wind guard that help prevent swaths from blowing up.

  • @andyrobinson7007
    @andyrobinson7007 3 роки тому

    The tines on the pickup are just like the tines on the pickup heads on the old small square balers. I always figured they were there to control / even out the flow into the plunger on the baler. My ancient 1960s Massey baler has tines almost identical in length, they float on top of the hay in the pickup and seem to level and spread out the flow into the plunger in heavy windrows. Probably the same idea for controlling the flow into the feeder house on the combine?

    • @jameshill4900
      @jameshill4900 3 роки тому

      They do provide flow control primarily but also help with windy conditions.

  • @microsoilenhancersinspirey5750
    @microsoilenhancersinspirey5750 3 роки тому +3

    I didn’t know you wasn’t supposed to lean foward when harvesting!..
    Only way I’ve ever run a combine!..lol

  • @scottalspach8020
    @scottalspach8020 3 роки тому

    I'm really surprised to hear that you don't have a dryer system or bins with air considering all the bins you have and the amount of acreage you Farm. Great videos bud.

    • @MrGettario
      @MrGettario 3 роки тому

      This is not the main farm. This farm is northern, close to Ashtyn's parents. I think it's the first year they farm here.

  • @wildlifecameraYT
    @wildlifecameraYT 3 роки тому +1

    Great video Mike, I have never seen that kind of header!

  • @domination1985
    @domination1985 3 роки тому

    It still amazes me how much shorter your guys's growing season is then ours down here in Oklahoma are soybeans are still green around here

  • @chrislarmour8140
    @chrislarmour8140 3 роки тому

    Transport axle nuts work !!

  • @shabo857
    @shabo857 3 роки тому +4

    Give Mike a million dollars and he will complain it’s too heavy. 🤣🤣🤣
    Thanks for being honest and not hiding what life is really like on the farm. Thank you for your videos!!

  • @robdavis331
    @robdavis331 3 роки тому +43

    I'm thinking Mike needs to design and build his own equipment. He might have less to complain about. LOL. Sorry Mike... Good video

    • @MORGAN2FARMS
      @MORGAN2FARMS 3 роки тому +9

      Nope even if us farmers built our own crap we would complain its just what you do...but you learn to take things in stride

    • @alexmikhael5061
      @alexmikhael5061 3 роки тому +3

      he would still complain, specially 2or 3x more even if it was something stupid that failed lol
      but ya can start with ''NOT JUNK'' and well try your best to NOT JUNK IT UP ...
      need to find the TONY STARK of farm equipmt?? lol

    • @tyler3148
      @tyler3148 3 роки тому

      I red ur comment and littleraly LOLed

    • @alexmikhael5061
      @alexmikhael5061 3 роки тому +1

      if any of you all are heavy machenery building types peeps, *I* am sure he has ''the perfect design'' locked up in his head... if someone is brave enuf to drag it out and onto paper and into a field... or 100 fields ;)
      just a guess tho ;) GUESS not asumption... I AM GUESSING he has ;)

    • @xCoolBreezex
      @xCoolBreezex 3 роки тому

      If they were smart they’d watch him operate the machines

  • @2chipped
    @2chipped 3 роки тому

    2 knipex plierwrenches, and a 3-5 ft prybars can fix a lot of issues.
    A plasma cut socket welded to a 4way lug wrench + 2# 4 ft schedule 40 steel nesting pipes 1 5/8 inside a 2 inch would give you 7 ft of leverage.

  • @gavinperry7237
    @gavinperry7237 3 роки тому +17

    At least you are combining in the same direction as the field was swathed.
    Picking up a swath backwards is a “Rookie Mistake” 🤣 😂

    • @mikemitchell2554
      @mikemitchell2554  3 роки тому +7

      😬🤔😂😂

    • @gavinperry7237
      @gavinperry7237 3 роки тому +13

      @@mikemitchell2554 Many years ago when helping a friend combine a field of wheat in a low part of a river valley where the grain dust REALLY HUNG in the air my visibility was ALMOST NIL and I got turned around and was actually combining perpendicular to the swath.
      I could tell by the sound of the combine something was strange but even standing on the catwalk I couldn’t really see the header.
      Only when flashing headlights from the grain truck got my attention did I finally stop and get off the combine and actually realize I was crossing the swathes rather than going with the swathes.
      Didn’t live that evening down for quite a while. 😂🤣

    • @damonens9478
      @damonens9478 3 роки тому +1

      Some years depending on canola varieties and conditions picking up backwards works better.

    • @thinkamajig
      @thinkamajig 3 роки тому +2

      I pick swaths whatever way they need to be picked. no one is going to say they drive a mile across a section to pick the last pass the same way it was swathed...

  • @nathanvandebruinhorst9960
    @nathanvandebruinhorst9960 3 роки тому

    It sounds like you need to try a New Holland combine Mike

  • @Stigsens1
    @Stigsens1 3 роки тому

    Mike, learning, try to turn down your fixed knifes in your chopper, so your combine dont get packed. Advice from a guy that worked on the grandmothercompany of the the Fendt combine, it is first step to solve that problem
    Earlier generations had the tool to spin the accelerator, remember to take it off before you try to restart:-)

  • @tobiasjacobsen_dk
    @tobiasjacobsen_dk 3 роки тому +1

    I love the zoom action ! …… woooow!!! 😂

    • @olivia4651
      @olivia4651 3 роки тому

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    • @olivia4651
      @olivia4651 3 роки тому

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  • @garrettbeams7752
    @garrettbeams7752 3 роки тому

    Never swathed barley before I always straight cut where I am in northern Alberta cause we usually get September rains lol but I see why you did due to weeds and it being green

  • @benjordaan
    @benjordaan 3 роки тому

    I think you need to save money to get bins for the crops. And also same same space for the bins.

    • @jameshill4900
      @jameshill4900 3 роки тому

      This is rented land hours north from their main farm operation.

  • @lt1nut
    @lt1nut 3 роки тому +2

    Mike, you've all the right to be more than frustrated with that equipment and/or lack of support from them in finding a solution, assuming you've asked for their help.

  • @PeterIJmker
    @PeterIJmker 3 роки тому

    1:45 you need the big Fendt whit no steering weel

  • @xCoolBreezex
    @xCoolBreezex 3 роки тому +3

    When you realize mike talks to himself when in the machines the same way he does when he films videos!

  • @seantormey3531
    @seantormey3531 3 роки тому +1

    Regarding the combine plugging in your last video , one of your subscribers noticed that the knives were according to them adjusted wrong. Did you get to check the knife settings.

    • @mikemitchell2554
      @mikemitchell2554  3 роки тому

      The background end plugging? Oh yes... We have tried everything from Sunday.. The choppers have been upgraded on some of the machines to 2022s, which pitch the bottom floor up and is causing alot of the problems..new upgrades are not always a step ahead but 2 steps backwards 🤦🤣

    • @jameshill4900
      @jameshill4900 3 роки тому +1

      @@mikemitchell2554 I read one guy used a commercial 185 cfm tow behind air compressor hooked to a pipe and hook for quick unplugging and cleaning off the combines. I'm not sure if you will have these problems again next year but it might be a good investment. It exhausting to me just watching you unplugging it! 😀

  • @jessesalamon4495
    @jessesalamon4495 3 роки тому

    Mike, there is a socket that Agco has for that pulley

  • @317lawnboy
    @317lawnboy 3 роки тому

    You say Snipe. We say Cheater bar. Hello from the states.

  • @danadams3465
    @danadams3465 3 роки тому

    For us, the tines kept the wind from blowing the swath off the pickup.

  • @AngusOg69
    @AngusOg69 3 роки тому

    Good afternoon.

  • @starks1414
    @starks1414 3 роки тому +1

    Going around the field the wrong way. Must be a Sask thing. How do you unload with the auger in the bush

  • @Myamericanlife61
    @Myamericanlife61 3 роки тому +1

    Do you have a reverser on the feeder house Mike ok you answered my question lol 😂

    • @olivia4651
      @olivia4651 3 роки тому

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  • @jeffbute8431
    @jeffbute8431 3 роки тому

    Getr done Mike

  • @johnluimes8359
    @johnluimes8359 3 роки тому

    Have run Massey with a similar feed accelerator for years. Chain with slip hook to accelerator drive pully. Other end of chain attached to pickup in front of header. Pull slowly backing up accelerator. 10 min later it is freed and you are combining again. Don't know if drive is as accessible as it is on the MF. Likely done this a half dozen times.

  • @MRSludgedude
    @MRSludgedude 3 роки тому

    How do the new Holland CR series compare to these ideals? We do a bit of farming and elevator work and NH brings in the cleanest sample along with case. Lexion guys bring in what 2 s770s can bring but they can't set them right and the FM is so bad it plugs the leg.

  • @francescoviale4683
    @francescoviale4683 3 роки тому +2

    Haha Mike 😂😂🙆‍♂️🇮🇹

  • @jacobk75
    @jacobk75 3 роки тому

    You moving around the steering wheel reminds me when I was a kid playing formula one 2017, I had a racing wheel and chair but I could either sit closer and look over the wheel to see the track or I looked through the wheel for an entire 2 hours. (I did the seccond one)

  • @davebullock3517
    @davebullock3517 3 роки тому +2

    Are your pickup belts a little loose?

  • @bevspecht5221
    @bevspecht5221 3 роки тому +7

    Ashton will get you trained someday lol

  • @arnauda5561
    @arnauda5561 2 роки тому

    Vous ramasser le blé en septembre au Canada ?

  • @johnkruger3661
    @johnkruger3661 3 роки тому

    Stand up and don't complain

  • @tomadelsberger6101
    @tomadelsberger6101 3 роки тому +1

    Can you use a fifth wheel puller to reach in to unplug front or back It would be easier than your hands

  • @65johu
    @65johu 3 роки тому

    You need one of those Tesla Plaid steering wheels. 😊

  • @keithsneed7959
    @keithsneed7959 3 роки тому

    Those fendt new a new home

  • @scottkaercher1733
    @scottkaercher1733 3 роки тому +2

    That farmer is old school no huge payments on his machines so he's making money and not losing money. Farmers that run older machines thats paid off are great buisiness men.

  • @thinkamajig
    @thinkamajig 3 роки тому

    olfa knife helps cutting plugs out. wink wink. from a cx operator. new holland has that wrench. Arnold innovations might make or could make a hydraulic unit.

  • @thebulltoo2875
    @thebulltoo2875 3 роки тому +2

    Well, at least the wiper blade is not in the way.

  • @nikphoenix
    @nikphoenix 3 роки тому +1

    can you use a single row merger/flipper to help dry out the swath with out loosing much?

    • @wssides
      @wssides 3 роки тому

      No. Most crops will shell out too much if disturbed like that. There may be conditions where it is better than losing the whole crop.

  • @sinclairfarms
    @sinclairfarms 3 роки тому

    My dad does swathing on canola

  • @JohnDeerefan-fo1qp
    @JohnDeerefan-fo1qp 3 роки тому +2

    Looking forward to seeing Mike in an X9 next year 😂😂

    • @rileyburka
      @rileyburka 3 роки тому +2

      I heard x9 are even more unreliable than ideals😬

    • @testaccount2343
      @testaccount2343 3 роки тому

      Lexion is the one and only :D

    • @renatekuraschinski1519
      @renatekuraschinski1519 3 роки тому

      @@rileyburka ich habe auch schon viel gehört. Wo sind die Beweise deiner Behauptung. IDEAL ist Schrott. (habe ich auch gehört)

  • @lastlung8170
    @lastlung8170 3 роки тому

    I missed some videos..is Mike on a different farm? Where is all the other combines?

  • @einfachnureinkanal3108
    @einfachnureinkanal3108 3 роки тому

    Why was the barley cut with the swather? Wouldn't it be easier if it was harvested right away with a header?

  • @na_farms
    @na_farms 3 роки тому

    I've seen standing wheat sprout in the head too

  • @mrferret3356
    @mrferret3356 3 роки тому +1

    Hello there

  • @noelmartyn9034
    @noelmartyn9034 3 роки тому

    Hi Mike.
    What percentage moisture is it coming in at.

  • @Celtic-jr9cn
    @Celtic-jr9cn 3 роки тому

    Mike you are the shite ma guy. So funny. Love your humour. Make me laugh 😂. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @bradbaynham5368
    @bradbaynham5368 3 роки тому

    Ideal conditions

  • @recklessbehaviour01
    @recklessbehaviour01 3 роки тому

    Morning

  • @timhodny8665
    @timhodny8665 3 роки тому

    how did you turn out on the burnt combine

  • @theloniousm4337
    @theloniousm4337 3 роки тому +15

    Re the steering wheel being in the way: You know if you were 6" taller it wouldn't be an issue? Just saying.
    You could always get a kids booster seat like they have in restaurants and put that on the combine seat.

  • @m1tank13
    @m1tank13 3 роки тому

    You're a punny man Mike!

  • @matthewsimpson4395
    @matthewsimpson4395 3 роки тому

    Mike you gotta invest and get you a GoPro man but still love the videos keep it up 👍🏾

  • @gerard-nagle
    @gerard-nagle 3 роки тому

    What is with the layout of the wheels on the grain cart at 8:34?

    • @gerard-nagle
      @gerard-nagle 3 роки тому

      @@freebooter247 cheers. I looked it up on the Brent website. Can see some pictures of it, but not the details on how it works on this chaser. Intriguing concept

  • @jeffbute8431
    @jeffbute8431 3 роки тому

    That'll clear the plug

  • @jacobotes8443
    @jacobotes8443 3 роки тому

    I wonder if the ideals in europe have the same amount of problems?

  • @PhasenReise
    @PhasenReise 3 роки тому

    Why u pick up corn as swaths for harvest?
    I write from germany, there we didn't do that.
    We only use direct cut headers.

  • @landonenns9554
    @landonenns9554 3 роки тому

    We run 3 columbines 2 9610s and one 9600

  • @themunter4488
    @themunter4488 3 роки тому +1

    I suppose you will have to buy an Ifeal 10 series just for picking swaths 😁

    • @lt1nut
      @lt1nut 3 роки тому

      Fwiw, joystick steering is an option on the smaller ones too.

  • @aezeldenrust
    @aezeldenrust 3 роки тому

    you have to get a right hand auger lmao

  • @henrymartens7833
    @henrymartens7833 3 роки тому

    Hey mike I love your videos keep up the good work
    If your ever looking to build grain bins. You should call D&E from Melfort Sk I build all there bins. I’d be more then happy to get to meet you n build bins for you.
    Good job on all your videos 👍👍

  • @joelmckee9444
    @joelmckee9444 3 роки тому +5

    I think a nice pair of leather gloves would come in handy. Maybe fendt should supply them as an option.

    • @TheClassyArchitect
      @TheClassyArchitect 3 роки тому +1

      Or at least a broom handle or hook or something. 🤷🏻‍♂️

  • @vrsechs9581
    @vrsechs9581 3 роки тому +5

    Hello Mike! Do you come to Agritechnica 2022?

  • @BarryTsGarage
    @BarryTsGarage 3 роки тому +7

    Getting any videos posted at all during harvest is really a thing!!

    • @gavinperry7237
      @gavinperry7237 3 роки тому +2

      You are at least currently combining in the same direction as the field was swathed.
      Picking up the swaths backwards is a “Rookie Mistake” 🤣😂

    • @olivia4651
      @olivia4651 3 роки тому

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    • @tonyschulz3558
      @tonyschulz3558 3 роки тому +1

      Videos are usually 1/2 a month to 1 month behind

    • @BarryTsGarage
      @BarryTsGarage 3 роки тому

      @@tonyschulz3558 exactly. I don’t blame him.

  • @timhodny8665
    @timhodny8665 3 роки тому

    are they going to redesign those combines for you or are you stuck

  • @AlwayzPr0
    @AlwayzPr0 3 роки тому +5

    it is always the grain cart operator's fault

  • @travismohwinkel7881
    @travismohwinkel7881 3 роки тому

    Howd the john deeres work back home

  • @blakegibson2654
    @blakegibson2654 3 роки тому +1

    Plugged combines are 99% always operator error due to pushing a machine to fast, hard or early into green or wet crop. You’ve got to know your machines limitations & not try to push its limits or you will plug.

  • @roygrillo2984
    @roygrillo2984 3 роки тому

    How does it separate the seed from the stalk?

    • @silver1fangs
      @silver1fangs 3 роки тому

      Its just a regular combine with a different header.

  • @lylefjeldstrom1408
    @lylefjeldstrom1408 3 роки тому

    Those tines are for when it’s windy

    • @jameshill4900
      @jameshill4900 3 роки тому

      They are primarily designed for flow control and to prevent bunching according to the pickup manuals. Yes they do also help in windy conditions. Aka why people call them wind guards.

  • @stevewagner9996
    @stevewagner9996 3 роки тому +4

    I got a question Mike...... If u said that is the last time you are unplugging the combine are you switching brands?

    • @MORGAN2FARMS
      @MORGAN2FARMS 3 роки тому

      Haha I agree I understand he has great service etc but you have to draw the line somewhere. I'm guessing seeing how he demoed the new 60 foot honey bee they have some arrangement worked out with the equipment they run because I would have switched already or least half and half so maybe they would get their shit together and design something better knowing they started using some other brand. Lol my 2 cents

    • @jameshill4900
      @jameshill4900 3 роки тому

      @@MORGAN2FARMS I'm exhausted just watching him deal with these ideal combines! You always expect some breakdowns and issues but this is a little ridiculous.

    • @matthewvanderbeek1240
      @matthewvanderbeek1240 3 роки тому

      John Deere x9 in his soon future. ;)
      U will never understand your wife, and u will always be doing it wrong. 😂.

  • @kalpenaware3360
    @kalpenaware3360 3 роки тому

    For me it is evening 🙃

  • @purplerunner1715
    @purplerunner1715 3 роки тому +4

    Correction, you know you have a bad plugged up combine, when you need the saw to cut your way into the combine to find the plug 😂

  • @justthings6405
    @justthings6405 3 роки тому

    raise your seat up to look over the top of steering wheel😉

  • @Stasiek_Zabojca
    @Stasiek_Zabojca 3 роки тому

    SO this year Mike and Ashtyn are harvesting just on their own 🤔 I wasn't really expecting that you guys will be so short on the main farm this year.

    • @ericgunter45
      @ericgunter45 3 роки тому

      This is their way north farm, not the main farm. Mike and Ashtyn have land way far north of the main farm.

    • @Stasiek_Zabojca
      @Stasiek_Zabojca 3 роки тому

      @@ericgunter45 I know that. Mike said that they have finished harvest on the main farm and we had barely one or two videos from there.

    • @ericgunter45
      @ericgunter45 3 роки тому +1

      @@Stasiek_Zabojca I think the drought was so bad from looking at those videos that there wasnt a harvest to show beyond what he did.