I heard the call on the scanner and saw the pictures on Cayuga live wire sad that it happened to you. Hope you are able to get a replacement and continue on with your season. Hopefully nobody was injured.
Did they say ANDY HOURIGAN or was it at "the hourigan dairy farm", or Hourigan farm of Elbridge? Remember, there's as many Hourigans in that are as ther are Raber, Yoder or Shetlers, down here by the PA border.
When you give farming everything you have got, and you maintain your equipment as well as you do, it's heartbreaking to to have this big fire. As an ex farmer you have my 100% respect. Let's hope lady luck comes back in full force for the rest of your farming year! Thanks for the excellent channel. Brian
Interesting day, Andy. Wetting the hay down is a new one for me, however it is a logical solution. Back in the late 40s and the early 50s the combines I was familiar with were powered by a gas engine mounted on the combine. I don't recall any fires however that doesn't have any bearing on the possibility of a fire breaking out. The farmer I worked for didn't allow any smoking on his farm period. He was very careful about fire hazards. During haying, he always ran a few bales through the baler, stopped and checked them out especially if there had been a heavy dew. Many's the time we waited an hour or two before getting started. We'd pull the baler and hay wagon over in the shade of the woods and we'd sit and talk about what his plans were for the year or the next few years. I got to know the man pretty well and learned many things from him, things that come in handy whether one is farming or doing some other job. I owe a lot to that man. Have a great season.
@@noelhohberger1188 Noel, thanks for your comment. The farmer I worked for was pretty laid back. I Ioaded the trailers by myself but that wasn't to hard once you got a routine going. He was very particular about his seed beds so the hay fields were very smooth. We usually had 6 guys in the barn stacking. No elevator. The old guy was pretty fussy about how the work got done. Most of my friends couldn't work for him. It never bothered me. I figured his farm, his cash, his rules. He always had a project going on and when we hit a lull in activities I always had work. I didn't make big wages but just about every night I went home I had groceries from the farm, meat or vegetables and baked goods, a quart of cooled milk, etc. My Dad was killed in a car accident my senior year. The groceries I took home from the farm pretty much bought our groceries for three years while I went to Community College. I had a 11 year old sister and a 14 month old sister when Dad was killed. No life insurance and a mortgage on the house. We moved in with my grandparents and rented the house. All three of us graduated from college without any loans. I worked on the farm during my Community College years until I went away to finish my degree at a state four year school. In those days a lot of kids worked part time at the school so I always had one or two part time jobs plus I played trumpet and string/electric bass in a small 6 piece combo. We generally had a gig somewhere on Friday and Saturday nights so these jobs paid for my last two years of college. Mom was able save enough SS for dependents to fund the education expenses for my sisters. SS for dependents ended at your 18th birthday. If it hadn't been for the farmer I worked for on the farm none of us would have made it through college. We also were able to get scholarships for some of our college expenses so we made it through the tough part which was the first three years. Once my youngest sister started school my mother got a job and that helped. Andy reminds me of the guy I worked for, his gestures and his voice plus his humor so I enjoy his YT site. Of course college expenses were considerably less expensive in those days. A year at a typical state college in those days cost around $ 1,200 total, tuition, room and board plus books and supplies. Community College was tuition and books so that was about 20% of a state college (no room and board expenses). I didn't have much of a social since I was either hitting the books or working. My social life was the small combo I played with and I really didn't care about much else. We were not a hard rock band. Played a lot of Old Time Rock & Roll plus polkas, C & W, ballads, big band type medlies, a versatile band therefore we played supper clubs, wedding receptions, etc. These were good gigs and we never had problems with drunks. I played with a couple of the original band members for 60 years, however the last 30 years were not as busy as DJs took many of the wedding receptions and corporate parties. I haven't played since 2013 when we moved up north. I didn't think I had a bad time of it in those days but I was busy all the time. As my old boss used to say, "The problem with sitting around and bitching is the sitting around." That's probably a good part of the reason we have so much hate and discontent today in the media and in the country in general. I'm 80 this year and I still don't have enough time to get everything done but that's probably due to not being as quick as I used to be. Some one keeps getting into my workshop and moving all my tools around so a 30 minute job turns into a 2 hour job, 90 minutes looking for tools and 30 minutes to do the job! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 However none of the work was overly strenuous if you were used to it. Thanks for your feedback. Have a great day. ✌🇺🇸🖖
I came into this hoping that the thumbnail was click bait and it seems I'm sadly mistaken. Just glad you're still here and that hopefully everyone else is fine.
Some comments say it's real but Andy has spoofed us before. Hard as I search there's no mention of it online but sometimes things just don't make news. Just a few hours to go and we'll have an update. It'd funny ge kept foreshadowing a fire through the entire video. He even said "I don't like sharpening late so it doesn't catch fire"
First and foremost, hope everyone is safe....equipment can be replaced...but family cannot. Prayers for you and all involved, as sometimes, the end result, albeit poor timing, will work out better for you in the long run.
I KNEW IT!! THE VIDEO WAS ON MAY 31. The fire was May 26th. Numbers don't lie but it was a chopper 15 miles from the Hourigan Family Dairy farm. He led us through the whole video. As Ed Hourigan said:"Great way to keep us engaged". We were even crazily searching Facebook when I should be tending my own hay. Off to the field now!
Do your knives ever move on the cutter head through normal use of the day? We had trouble with some of our blades moving when we were in very very heavy crop. Which is what it usually is. And as you can imagine it’s a bloody nightmare everytime that happens because it needs to be properly lined up to be able to sharpen the knives. They finally upgraded the cutter head and how the knives mount on the head and that fixed the problem. But we were ready to make them take the machine back cause all we were doing is fighting with the head all day. My god that was bad.
"Thank you sir may I have another!" Excellent camera placement. The door side mounted camera in the chopper is a good angle. Your casual explanation of non casual events is great. You create great YT content IMneverHO!
“We’ve got about 300 acres of corn, so a lot of corn” lol in my part of the country one farmer puts in 3-700 acres of corn a day depending on how many planters they’re running. The difference in how diverse farming across the United States is amazing is what I’m getting at. I’m not saying we’re better in this country because we’re farming many many more acre but raising less bushels fields are big and square little rain low yields but efficiency on farming. Just to me I’m amazed at the difference in 500 miles 1,000 miles or even 100 miles in our great country is on farming practices and land, respect to all these are trying times for the farmers and every American alike.
Yeah, my old man came from the west, and when I was a kid I used to wish I grew up on that ranch they lost and got to manage thousands of acres of grassland until I started my own operation and realized that here in the north east my stocking rate is 17 times higher, and I have lots of easy to reach customers.
By looking at how big and lush trees on yohr land are you must have good soil and good rain fall. Is it number one soil? Generally if the trees are short spindly and sparse it’s cause the soil is crappy and the rain fall isn’t great either but mostly cause of poor soil quality. Your land is a bit hilly but looks like it produces well.
I seriously only got on UA-cam tonight to see how my latest video was doing and the thumbnail caught my attention and pulled me in. Now I have to watch the next video.
Well it’s a bad deal but I am sure everyone will come up with ways of to help get the job done from neighbors to equipment dealers to get you running. Thanks ANDY and crew!!!👍👍👍👍🙏
Hey Andy ! Very nice to see Richard whit is new rig .i am happy for him. good job add water to the hay for the chopper . Good job Andy on the chopper looking very good . Alex doing a pit stop at a dairy bar is ok whit me because i do the same . Thanks Andy Hourigan the great and have a good day.
Deere has a water bar kit you can get to spray water directly up the grass chute right behind the cutter head floor, works really well on our 8300 in alfalfa.
They say no news is good news . Well that may not be the case this time . We all get those set backs no matter how prepared we are sometimes. Best to you and yours .
Thats a nice video man and i can say there i never seen someone on a trailer while anickulant on that haylage when someone is driving the pickup but keeps the video interesting
Keep your head up and keep moving Andy. You work so hard you and your family. It’s just a piece of equipment. It can be replaced. Yes it’s hard to lose a piece of equipment like that. That piece of equipment I know new is around 750,000 dollars. Thank god know was hurt!! Wish y’all a bumper crop buddy!!🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙋🏼♂️
Hey Sarah, if the guys kidded you about getting stuck, consider it a good thing because guys don't mess with anyone they don't like! I was kidded a lot in many instances but when I was ready to quit, one of my bosses explained to me that they really liked me and from then on, the kidding was easy to take. :) :)
I just subscribed so haven't seen but a few of your videos. I scanned your channel and it looks like you have at least 3 equipment fire videos. You've reached a threshold for most companies to dramatically raise your rates or, at least, do a much more comprehensive investigation on how you manage risk. You might want to prepare for a short notice visit from your insurance underwriter. They often contract out to much more strict people than the standard folks who do annual audits of large operations. It depends on the size of your business and the value of what you have insured. Just an FYI. Be ready and I hope it all turns out well for you.
I guess you have to get a new chopper now!! Sorry to see it go out that way!!! Good thing no one was hurt, you can always replace equipment but you can’t people!!!!
Have you considered building a water trailer with a mount for the hose and nozzle that could be operated by the driver of the pickup without a second person. As handy as you are a frabricating, you could design something to hold the hose and turn the water on and off.
Hey Andy . I think .i know how cames the desaster occurence to the Chopper -- -- you didnt wear a John Deere Cap . when you drive the Chopper on the famous first chopping day in 2022 . ----- our neighbour had 20 years ago a claas 690 Chopper .in late August they chopped wheat straw .because the weather comes not good and the straw has too much moisture . In the early afternoon started a fire between the cab and engine hood .the Chopper burned down as yours . By the claas machine knows only some people .that straw or hay dust layed down between cab and engine hood and will on that place dry up from the engine heat as tobacco . God bless to you .your family and the employees . Best greetings from Bert from north west germany !!!
Oh no man! I'm sorry for your loss but from your demeanor I can tell it wasn't detrimental to anyone's health. That's a good thing and you definitely got me with the clickbait. I won't hold it against you though. Thanks for taking the time to record your goings ons for a bunch of strangers. I appreciate ya!
Andy why don’t you load on the high side to reduce the risk of tipping over? Over here in Wisconsin are ground is flat as a pancake and chop on both sides. But chopping on right side is far easier.
where your truck got stuck i hit a spot spreading with 6300 Houle that the trucks and chopper never bothered that threw mud all over the side of the spreader. I did not get stuck was able to get out it was a perfect 4foot by 4 foot hole
Andy those mergers have a lot moving parts and require some horsepower is there a big advantage using them over just a 9 or 10 wheel side delivery rake? maybe tangles to much?
he has talked about why they use a merger in the past, don't quote me on this but if memory serves me correctly the merger is not nearly as hard on the hay as the rake. It helps reduce the amount of foreign debris in the feed since the windrow is picked straight up and shifted via belt instead of rolling across the ground. Hope it helps.
I was gonna say it’s a sign of a good employee to know when it’s the opportunity to get the snack or coffee (Alex) well hell it’s a sign of a great employee when she can make good content for the Tube 😂. As always enjoy the vids Andy
Looking down on my land at the start of the video, flying over my Uncle James McVoy's former land. I would recognize that field from any angle! Yes, Uncle James and Aunt Thelma's ashes are buried around that giant boulder. We walk up there at least once a year to pay our respects. I will have to tell my Uncle that he is now on UA-cam for everyone to critique his lawn mowing around Uncle John's barn! (The grey barn at 26:50)
The picture looked pretty dark/normal as you were talking about the glare and it being really bright lol. Sounds like you just need a new phone or some anti glare
Lots of excitement second machine to break the spindal maybe engineers need to redesign with something beefier Learning where not to drive next time and must ne nice to have such a big fleet of trucks so the chopper can keep moving almost need to build a water trailer to tow behind the chopper so you can add water on the go could run a hyd motor to pump the water
hi Andy good to see hay season been a long winter, question we see merging and chopping but no mowing, who does that and why no vids of that ,just wondering
I heard the call on the scanner and saw the pictures on Cayuga live wire sad that it happened to you. Hope you are able to get a replacement and continue on with your season. Hopefully nobody was injured.
Wow so it wasn't just something pulled from google
Can’t seem to find it on the Cayuga/Seneca fire page
@@farmerrob385 look around the may 26 post. i just looked it up after watching the video and saw pictures on the fb page
Found it too, Andy got us avid fans doing some research.
Did they say ANDY HOURIGAN or was it at "the hourigan dairy farm", or Hourigan farm of Elbridge? Remember, there's as many Hourigans in that are as ther are Raber, Yoder or Shetlers, down here by the PA border.
When you give farming everything you have got, and you maintain your equipment as well as you do, it's heartbreaking to to have this big fire. As an ex farmer you have my 100% respect. Let's hope lady luck comes back in full force for the rest of your farming year! Thanks for the excellent channel. Brian
Thanks!
Thank you
Interesting day, Andy. Wetting the hay down is a new one for me, however it is a logical solution. Back in the late 40s and the early 50s the combines I was familiar with were powered by a gas engine mounted on the combine. I don't recall any fires however that doesn't have any bearing on the possibility of a fire breaking out. The farmer I worked for didn't allow any smoking on his farm period. He was very careful about fire hazards. During haying, he always ran a few bales through the baler, stopped and checked them out especially if there had been a heavy dew. Many's the time we waited an hour or two before getting started. We'd pull the baler and hay wagon over in the shade of the woods and we'd sit and talk about what his plans were for the year or the next few years. I got to know the man pretty well and learned many things from him, things that come in handy whether one is farming or doing some other job. I owe a lot to that man. Have a great season.
Thats a rough ass day in the fields
Check out bale's Hay and farm they have a steamer to add moisture to the Hay
@@noelhohberger1188 Noel, thanks for your comment. The farmer I worked for was pretty laid back. I Ioaded the trailers by myself but that wasn't to hard once you got a routine going. He was very particular about his seed beds so the hay fields were very smooth. We usually had 6 guys in the barn stacking. No elevator. The old guy was pretty fussy about how the work got done. Most of my friends couldn't work for him. It never bothered me. I figured his farm, his cash, his rules. He always had a project going on and when we hit a lull in activities I always had work. I didn't make big wages but just about every night I went home I had groceries from the farm, meat or vegetables and baked goods, a quart of cooled milk, etc. My Dad was killed in a car accident my senior year. The groceries I took home from the farm pretty much bought our groceries for three years while I went to Community College. I had a 11 year old sister and a 14 month old sister when Dad was killed. No life insurance and a mortgage on the house. We moved in with my grandparents and rented the house. All three of us graduated from college without any loans. I worked on the farm during my Community College years until I went away to finish my degree at a state four year school. In those days a lot of kids worked part time at the school so I always had one or two part time jobs plus I played trumpet and string/electric bass in a small 6 piece combo. We generally had a gig somewhere on Friday and Saturday nights so these jobs paid for my last two years of college. Mom was able save enough SS for dependents to fund the education expenses for my sisters. SS for dependents ended at your 18th birthday. If it hadn't been for the farmer I worked for on the farm none of us would have made it through college. We also were able to get scholarships for some of our college expenses so we made it through the tough part which was the first three years. Once my youngest sister started school my mother got a job and that helped.
Andy reminds me of the guy I worked for, his gestures and his voice plus his humor so I enjoy his YT site. Of course college expenses were considerably less expensive in those days. A year at a typical state college in those days cost around $ 1,200 total, tuition, room and board plus books and supplies. Community College was tuition and books so that was about 20% of a state college (no room and board expenses). I didn't have much of a social since I was either hitting the books or working. My social life was the small combo I played with and I really didn't care about much else. We were not a hard rock band. Played a lot of Old Time Rock & Roll plus polkas, C & W, ballads, big band type medlies, a versatile band therefore we played supper clubs, wedding receptions, etc. These were good gigs and we never had problems with drunks. I played with a couple of the original band members for 60 years, however the last 30 years were not as busy as DJs took many of the wedding receptions and corporate parties. I haven't played since 2013 when we moved up north.
I didn't think I had a bad time of it in those days but I was busy all the time. As my old boss used to say, "The problem with sitting around and bitching is the sitting around."
That's probably a good part of the reason we have so much hate and discontent today in the media and in the country in general. I'm 80 this year and I still don't have enough time to get everything done but that's probably due to not being as quick as I used to be. Some one keeps getting into my workshop and moving all my tools around so a 30 minute job turns into a 2 hour job, 90 minutes looking for tools and 30 minutes to do the job!
🤣🤣🤣🤣
However none of the work was overly strenuous if you were used to it.
Thanks for your feedback. Have a great day.
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Thanks for your APPRECIATION
actually I watch your video because I watch your video.. Andy you have a great sense of humor don't lose it
Hope everyone is ok Andy, sucks to loose a machine but it can be replaced! Keep up the great work and God Bless you and your entire family and staff!
The equipment runs as good as the operator, no matter what color. I liked your comments.
I always love seeing a "harvest train" come down the road.
I came into this hoping that the thumbnail was click bait and it seems I'm sadly mistaken. Just glad you're still here and that hopefully everyone else is fine.
I know I got suckered on my lunch hour.
Some comments say it's real but Andy has spoofed us before. Hard as I search there's no mention of it online but sometimes things just don't make news. Just a few hours to go and we'll have an update. It'd funny ge kept foreshadowing a fire through the entire video. He even said "I don't like sharpening late so it doesn't catch fire"
283K views 8500 likes. if you don't like farming fixing and fabrication go away . one of the best on you tube.
It's nice to see the family bonding that takes place in your videos keep up the great work
As ever, never a dull moment at FFF!
Thank you for feeding American people
Great video Andy you always do such a great job explaining what your doing and why.
Wonderful video, great that family works like a well oiled machine
I feel for Alex being the first one to get stuck this chopping season but she kept a smile on her face as she was being teased.
She also had the cutest pants on too. Sorry Alex but this girl noticed and I approve.
I don't know I thought Tim's pants were pretty cute
@@Adam_Poirier LOL!
@@mykamayhem2630 Andrew's Kobra Kai shirt was the winner of the best clothing item. Badass!
@@Adam_Poirier I know
First and foremost, hope everyone is safe....equipment can be replaced...but family cannot. Prayers for you and all involved, as sometimes, the end result, albeit poor timing, will work out better for you in the long run.
Love watching your videos! You guys are such a hard working family! My hats off to you. 👍🏻👍🏻💪🏻🚜
Looks like the busy season is getting into full swing.
Thanks ! 😊👍
You've got a great family there Andy. Your boy is really growing up as well. Your farm will be very stable for decades to come.
I KNEW IT!! THE VIDEO WAS ON MAY 31. The fire was May 26th. Numbers don't lie but it was a chopper 15 miles from the Hourigan Family Dairy farm. He led us through the whole video. As Ed Hourigan said:"Great way to keep us engaged". We were even crazily searching Facebook when I should be tending my own hay. Off to the field now!
Went by the Farm yesterday one of the best looking farms I've seen in person. I was on the loud orange sportbike.
Thankyou
That is a sweet trailer. Your new red one
Nice tease with the thumbnail. You take good care of your equipment and that maintenance is a great reason to watch your channel. Thank you.
Equipment can be replace. People can't. So that's ultimately all that matters.
I hope you recover quickly from this loss.
Still having fun and games . Nice job though 👍👍👍👍
Hey Andy I hope all is well. I’ll keep you in my prayers and thoughts.
Planted her truck. I almost fell off my chair when you said that. Alex did a stucky!!!
I've been following you for 4 years. I remember when that truck went off the curve. Also when that one tractor broke wheels off
Great Content as always and we will tune in tomorrow. Have a Good night.
Do your knives ever move on the cutter head through normal use of the day? We had trouble with some of our blades moving when we were in very very heavy crop. Which is what it usually is. And as you can imagine it’s a bloody nightmare everytime that happens because it needs to be properly lined up to be able to sharpen the knives. They finally upgraded the cutter head and how the knives mount on the head and that fixed the problem. But we were ready to make them take the machine back cause all we were doing is fighting with the head all day. My god that was bad.
"Thank you sir may I have another!" Excellent camera placement. The door side mounted camera in the chopper is a good angle. Your casual explanation of non casual events is great. You create great YT content IMneverHO!
“We’ve got about 300 acres of corn, so a lot of corn” lol in my part of the country one farmer puts in 3-700 acres of corn a day depending on how many planters they’re running. The difference in how diverse farming across the United States is amazing is what I’m getting at. I’m not saying we’re better in this country because we’re farming many many more acre but raising less bushels fields are big and square little rain low yields but efficiency on farming. Just to me I’m amazed at the difference in 500 miles 1,000 miles or even 100 miles in our great country is on farming practices and land, respect to all these are trying times for the farmers and every American alike.
Yeah, my old man came from the west, and when I was a kid I used to wish I grew up on that ranch they lost and got to manage thousands of acres of grassland until I started my own operation and realized that here in the north east my stocking rate is 17 times higher, and I have lots of easy to reach customers.
By looking at how big and lush trees on yohr land are you must have good soil and good rain fall. Is it number one soil? Generally if the trees are short spindly and sparse it’s cause the soil is crappy and the rain fall isn’t great either but mostly cause of poor soil quality. Your land is a bit hilly but looks like it produces well.
I seriously only got on UA-cam tonight to see how my latest video was doing and the thumbnail caught my attention and pulled me in. Now I have to watch the next video.
@ mike less Mike is a good guy
Lmao, lol. waited 40 min, no fire. LOL. Cheers Andy
Well it’s a bad deal but I am sure everyone will come up with ways of to help get the job done from neighbors to equipment dealers to get you running. Thanks ANDY and crew!!!👍👍👍👍🙏
Andy - great tactic to keep the viewer on the hook. Brilliant. I'll be tuning in tomorrow ...
That wasn’t a god day for Matt or your father.
That 9900i though….
gotta love chopping around power lines lolz, best at night when you rub the shute along the underside of the wires, maks for some good fireworks.
Hey Andy !
Very nice to see Richard whit is new rig .i am happy for him. good job add water to the hay for the chopper .
Good job Andy on the chopper looking very good .
Alex doing a pit stop at a dairy bar is ok whit me because i do the same .
Thanks Andy Hourigan the great and have a good day.
As long as no one was hurt everything is good. Now hopefully you will be able to get your hands on a new or newish chopper this season.
So sorry to see that happen to you I wish u the best of luck and hope no one was hurt 😢 😞
Andy I have a question. How come you can’t go faster while spreading manure?
Can’t get enough on
Hey Andy , have you all ever done any demo's on Salford till implements and if so what's you opinion ?
No we haven’t
Just caught your channel, never seen hay done with a combine and dump trucks. I have did my share of bales though.
It’s a forage harvester
Deere has a water bar kit you can get to spray water directly up the grass chute right behind the cutter head floor, works really well on our 8300 in alfalfa.
Volume capacity too limited
Yes
The wildflowers are beautiful from what I can see.
They say no news is good news . Well that may not be the case this time . We all get those set backs no matter how prepared we are sometimes. Best to you and yours .
Thats a nice video man and i can say there i never seen someone on a trailer while anickulant on that haylage when someone is driving the pickup but keeps the video interesting
I always follow you. Hi Sarah, hi everyone!
Good to see a farmer that hasint had storm damage.🎆🎆🎆 👍 👍
Keep your head up and keep moving Andy. You work so hard you and your family. It’s just a piece of equipment. It can be replaced. Yes it’s hard to lose a piece of equipment like that. That piece of equipment I know new is around 750,000 dollars. Thank god know was hurt!! Wish y’all a bumper crop buddy!!🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙋🏼♂️
Hey Sarah, if the guys kidded you about getting stuck, consider it a good thing because guys don't mess with anyone they don't like! I was kidded a lot in many instances but when I was ready to quit, one of my bosses explained to me that they really liked me and from then on, the kidding was easy to take. :) :)
Sorry, I was corrected about it being Alex.
Thank you for the time and effort!
O nie jaka wielka szkoda niech was Bóg błogosławi
Broken spindle.........well of coarse why not. That's farming. Thanks for sharing Andy. I trying not to think about the thumbnail.
I just subscribed so haven't seen but a few of your videos. I scanned your channel and it looks like you have at least 3 equipment fire videos. You've reached a threshold for most companies to dramatically raise your rates or, at least, do a much more comprehensive investigation on how you manage risk. You might want to prepare for a short notice visit from your insurance underwriter. They often contract out to much more strict people than the standard folks who do annual audits of large operations. It depends on the size of your business and the value of what you have insured. Just an FYI. Be ready and I hope it all turns out well for you.
I guess you have to get a new chopper now!! Sorry to see it go out that way!!!
Good thing no one was hurt, you can always replace equipment but you can’t people!!!!
Your chopper caught on fire. That's no bueno. Glad nobody was hurt
Have you considered building a water trailer with a mount for the hose and nozzle that could be operated by the driver of the pickup without a second person. As handy as you are a frabricating, you could design something to hold the hose and turn the water on and off.
Yes
Hey Andy . I think .i know how cames the desaster occurence to the Chopper --
-- you didnt wear a John Deere Cap .
when you drive the Chopper on the famous first chopping day in 2022 .
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our neighbour had 20 years ago a
claas 690 Chopper .in late August they chopped wheat straw .because the weather comes not good and the straw has too much moisture . In the early afternoon started a fire between the cab and engine hood .the Chopper burned down as yours .
By the claas machine knows only some people .that straw or hay dust layed down between cab and engine hood and will on that place dry up from the engine heat as tobacco .
God bless to you .your family and the employees .
Best greetings from Bert from north west germany !!!
Is the driver that tipped the truck over and dumped silage in the creek still working for you?
No
Thanks. Lots going on
That Yankum Chain worked pretty good ! lol
When you say plugged it twice, what do you mean, is that is that aerating when you say plug it twice
They are between the knife drum and the blower plugs
Whew! Sure glad the chopper didn't burn! You don't need that! Love your content in the videos.
i dont know about that...
gotta love the old Super 10's we have a couple of them. and mack use to make a transmission like that maybe the maxi-torque or something like that.
Hello Mr Andy, I'm usually not posting comments on yt, but oh boy i hope youre chopper is okay and not burned 🔥 and everything is ok .
Oh no man! I'm sorry for your loss but from your demeanor I can tell it wasn't detrimental to anyone's health. That's a good thing and you definitely got me with the clickbait. I won't hold it against you though. Thanks for taking the time to record your goings ons for a bunch of strangers. I appreciate ya!
Hey Andy what’s the plan now since you don’t have a chopper?
Knock it out Andy and Co. knock it out…y’all are looking good in the new trucks and new trailers 😎
Andy why don’t you load on the high side to reduce the risk of tipping over? Over here in Wisconsin are ground is flat as a pancake and chop on both sides. But chopping on right side is far easier.
If the truck slides or tips it doesn't hit the chopper when it does. They are doing it correctly
@@5thgen916 like I was saying I’m not familiar with hills or mountains. We’re very flat with gradual hills.
Easier for truck driver to load on that side and tractor drawn wagons easier on the other side
where your truck got stuck i hit a spot spreading with 6300 Houle that the trucks and chopper never bothered that threw mud all over the side of the spreader. I did not get stuck was able to get out it was a perfect 4foot by 4 foot hole
There is a Claas us around here for sale. Used but good condition. It's at Cazenovia. Equipment here in watertiwn
Do the other brands of choppers have the same problem of plugging like the JD ? I've watched you have this problem for a couple years now
Yes
There’s a limit to everything.
Just love your videos you allways make me laugh .Andy .so interesting.. keep up the good work. 😂. Nice to see your chopper is working. 😉..😂
Andy those mergers have a lot moving parts and require some horsepower is there a big advantage using them over just a 9 or 10 wheel side delivery rake? maybe tangles to much?
he has talked about why they use a merger in the past, don't quote me on this but if memory serves me correctly the merger is not nearly as hard on the hay as the rake. It helps reduce the amount of foreign debris in the feed since the windrow is picked straight up and shifted via belt instead of rolling across the ground. Hope it helps.
Smart kid. 3 deep in the lineup and decides there’s enough time for an ice cream… lol
Love your crew. Good crew. Keep up the good work.
When are you going to show the fire
I was gonna say it’s a sign of a good employee to know when it’s the opportunity to get the snack or coffee (Alex) well hell it’s a sign of a great employee when she can make good content for the Tube 😂. As always enjoy the vids Andy
I saw the thumbnail for the video and thought the harvester had caught fire. Well i glad that did not happen.
That new trailer sure would look good with HOURIGAN in big white lettering down the sides
Looking down on my land at the start of the video, flying over my Uncle James McVoy's former land. I would recognize that field from any angle! Yes, Uncle James and Aunt Thelma's ashes are buried around that giant boulder. We walk up there at least once a year to pay our respects. I will have to tell my Uncle that he is now on UA-cam for everyone to critique his lawn mowing around Uncle John's barn! (The grey barn at 26:50)
Glad Sarah is in th video
Alex 1st stuck of the year 😢😢
The enjoys of farming Andy 😭😭
That is a sharp-looking trailer
I c u r using duals on your haul trucks try switching to alliance floater tires
Ok
Well , another high quality. Machine with a need of an onboard fire suppression system 😂😂😂😂
The picture looked pretty dark/normal as you were talking about the glare and it being really bright lol. Sounds like you just need a new phone or some anti glare
I sorry but I tried to and watched twice. Is this kind of machine insured and how hard is it to get?
Yes it was insured and they are accessible
@@FarmingFixingFabricating thanks👍👍
Brilliant video 💪🏻 🏴
Great. Well done.
how tall is that machine? it looked taller than the house you drove by
Thanks for the video
Lots of excitement second machine to break the spindal maybe engineers need to redesign with something beefier Learning where not to drive next time and must ne nice to have such a big fleet of trucks so the chopper can keep moving almost need to build a water trailer to tow behind the chopper so you can add water on the go could run a hyd motor to pump the water
The brother is very protective of his Peterbilt tractor🚛🍶💯
Nice 8700I!! Thanks for the footage Andy! 🇺🇸🇺🇸
hi Andy good to see hay season been a long winter, question we see merging and chopping but no mowing, who does that and why no vids of that ,just wondering
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