Used to work on a large Pig + Cow Farm, and remember one -15C winter. We had about 5 or 6 tractors and loaders to start at 06:00 every morning. Eventually I got around to putting 2 120Ah batteries in a Wheelbarrow, and starting each one in turn with this 'power-cart'. The David Browns had a push button on the distributer pump, which richened the mixture, seemed to work well. One scraper tractor was lucky that it spent most of its time in the cow shed, which was warmer than being left outside.
Just found your channel and subscribed! I also live in southeast Iowa! I'm about 32 miles south of Iowa City. My grandparents lived in Albia. Other relatives were in Centerville! Mark in Iowa.
Great videos of the "reality" of life. Only a suggestion. I recommend investing in a few Float Chargers for the batteries. Don't need one for every tractor, but enough to keep things juiced up in the cold. I have a few for my equipment. Worth the 15 or 16 dollars. Tractor Supply, Rural king etc... money well spent. you won't have to buy as many batteries. It stops charging on its own unlike a trickle charger. keep up the dangerous hard work! Stay Safe
I've got a 2615 Bush Hog and they are top heavy. I've laid ours on it's side once. I understand they have changed some things in later models to make them less top heavy.
One tip with batteries is you can have close to full voltage but very low amperage from a battery, and the cranking will need all the amperage or the starter will just click and not crank the engine, poor or dirty connections can reduce the amperage enough that it will act like a low or dead battery. If batteries are junk and no good if you put them to charge you can have a battery that shows 12.6 volts but if tested with a battery tester it can have 0 amps or close to zero amps but still have good voltage and zero amperage.
Hey man I have tried every know battery anti corrosion trick I knew until out of the blue I had an idea and IT'S ANTI-SEIZE PUT ON THE battery post and cable its worked for over 20 years on every piece of equipment I've ever touched it's the best! Good Luck
We had this ice in NE Kansas Friday all day and then Sunday a light mist came in and glazed the roads, I drive a school bus and my wife teaches, so a 3 day weekend
Yes we have had trouble on tractors that we have tried to use that hadn't had winter fuel put in them. Once they get some treated diesel, they are good to go.
I have installed likely 50 battery disconnect switches in my neighborhood. Think on it. They are cheap enough. Got a buddy in Ringgold county that has been fighting ice. Good luck.
I can let a good ole hydro international sit out all winter batt connected ... a newer tractor beside it and its stone dead the hydro doesn't even turn over twice and its running. newer better? lol
Dont know for sure but those jumper cables dont look very big, my smallest set is 2 guage, I also have some ! gauge, makes a big difference in jumping stuff!! good video!!!
I wish we could get alittle of the white stuff here in central North Carolina but have a question what is your heated shop square footage and what do you use for heat and is a cooled in the summer thanks in advance from how it looks it would be perfect for what I need and would like here for equipment and work space and stay safe in that mess really enjoy your channel
We had The same thing happened to our Bush Hog it looks like the same Bushong that you have but we had a deep ditch and flopped on its side nothing broke though
Sure takes a lot of money for all that equipment , at least you have shelter for it . That heat is wonderful but another cost understood , and you balance heated space against needs , hope this winter doesn't hit you hard.
Need to put baler belting on tractor steps for dog. What’s interesting is I’ve been #1 fuel since December 1st in my tractors, I wonder what fuel you’re running on.
My kubota was doing the same thing a while back. Turned out the hot cable doesn't connect direct to battery, it bolts to the battery clamp and there was poor connection.
Hay, 70 degrees tomorrow in Phoenix Arizona, light rain and over cast. Solar is dead today, wife's charging electric car. EDIT: Eight hundred hp Cybertruck be here in 23 months.
Why are your tools still in the packaging. Shame on you. Ha Ha It is only going to get up to 50 today where I am for a couple months so I guess we will watch movies instead of fishing today. Waiting on next video.
TFisadog i figured I’d wait to unpack them when I put them in the tool box in the next farm truck video. It just so happened some of them got called into service early.
@@iowANFarmer Ok I was hoping for that. I put a tuner (that I cannot get to) , 4 in straight through exhaust and bigger air breather on my 2007 Duramax and increased power and mileage . I pull a 30 Ft camper and 20 ft boat behind it and increased mileage 1.5 to 2MPG if I stay around 65 and do not heavy foot it. I am interested in what you will be doing to yours.
Used to work on a large Pig + Cow Farm, and remember one -15C winter. We had about 5 or 6 tractors and loaders to start at 06:00 every morning. Eventually I got around to putting 2 120Ah batteries in a Wheelbarrow, and starting each one in turn with this 'power-cart'. The David Browns had a push button on the distributer pump, which richened the mixture, seemed to work well. One scraper tractor was lucky that it spent most of its time in the cow shed, which was warmer than being left outside.
Always good to see Bandit on the job!
Just found your channel and subscribed! I also live in southeast Iowa! I'm about 32 miles south of Iowa City. My grandparents lived in Albia. Other relatives were in Centerville! Mark in Iowa.
great video guys we at the ranch have had that same thing happen also.
Great videos of the "reality" of life. Only a suggestion. I recommend investing in a few Float Chargers for the batteries. Don't need one for every tractor, but enough to keep things juiced up in the cold. I have a few for my equipment. Worth the 15 or 16 dollars. Tractor Supply, Rural king etc... money well spent. you won't have to buy as many batteries. It stops charging on its own unlike a trickle charger. keep up the dangerous hard work! Stay Safe
Love when you hopped in the Kubota and good old classic country was blaring. You'd be hard pressed to find any other station down your way!
I love the videos! Thank you for making them!
Thanks for watching!
No problem!
Well it would be a good day to deliver hay wouldn’t it! We got the ice and snow up here too. Hate that stuff. Good you helped dad out.
Ben ya’ll got to get some battery maintainer chargers that only charge when needed automatically. Dad laughs priceless!
Great video!
I've got a 2615 Bush Hog and they are top heavy. I've laid ours on it's side once. I understand they have changed some things in later models to make them less top heavy.
Bill Whitman I think the ice on the one wing definitely didn’t help anything.
I grew up in Marshall Co iowa!! Miss it tons!
One tip with batteries is you can have close to full voltage but very low amperage from a battery, and the cranking will need all the amperage or the starter will just click and not crank the engine, poor or dirty connections can reduce the amperage enough that it will act like a low or dead battery. If batteries are junk and no good if you put them to charge you can have a battery that shows 12.6 volts but if tested with a battery tester it can have 0 amps or close to zero amps but still have good voltage and zero amperage.
Another great video. SE Michigan's iced over too, we live streamed church this morning. I want to worship God, not meet him suddenly on the highway!
Just found your channel and subscribed . Over in northern Indiana got the same weather you be safe !
Jim Ellinger welcome to the channel!
Funny video mate! Let me know next time and I'll be your 🎥 man.😁👍
Hey man I have tried every know battery anti corrosion trick I knew until out of the blue I had an idea and IT'S ANTI-SEIZE PUT ON THE battery post and cable its worked for over 20 years on every piece of equipment I've ever touched it's the best! Good Luck
Hank that might be something to try!
Battery disconnect switch. Hundred bucks. You won't be sorry.
G'day great video.
You're an interesting, ambitious young man. Watching this video has convinced me to subscribe.
Jeffry Blackmon thanks for joining the channel.
@@iowANFarmer I will enjoy it.
We had this ice in NE Kansas Friday all day and then Sunday a light mist came in and glazed the roads, I drive a school bus and my wife teaches, so a 3 day weekend
Have a 8110,very nice unit,still like the old 4440.
Jim Oakley they are both good machines!
@@iowANFarmer You know it,better that the old 1066's I grew up on, dad's 4440 seem like a Cadillac.
Great video, enjoy your channel, do you ever have trouble with your fuel in the tractors gelling in the winter?
Yes we have had trouble on tractors that we have tried to use that hadn't had winter fuel put in them. Once they get some treated diesel, they are good to go.
I have installed likely 50 battery disconnect switches in my neighborhood. Think on it. They are cheap enough.
Got a buddy in Ringgold county that has been fighting ice. Good luck.
I can let a good ole hydro international sit out all winter batt connected ... a newer tractor beside it and its stone dead the hydro doesn't even turn over twice and its running. newer better? lol
Volunteered move a bat wing with a ball hitch once. The guy I helped didn't latch it. Came off going through town.
chris kofahl I bet that was a fun one.
Ben , I think dad owes you a mulligan now . Lol
A kubota tractor on a real farm? That’s a sight to see
Dont know for sure but those jumper cables dont look very big, my smallest set is 2 guage, I also have some ! gauge, makes a big difference in jumping stuff!! good video!!!
1 guage whoops
If did the same thing last fall when I was putting it up! Dual hit corner and on the side it went!!!
I wish we could get alittle of the white stuff here in central North Carolina but have a question what is your heated shop square footage and what do you use for heat and is a cooled in the summer thanks in advance from how it looks it would be perfect for what I need and would like here for equipment and work space and stay safe in that mess really enjoy your channel
We had The same thing happened to our Bush Hog it looks like the same Bushong that you have but we had a deep ditch and flopped on its side nothing broke though
It’s starting to seem like there are a few people that have done it.
I can believe that flipped that easily he must have jack knifed it pretty hard 🤣
Sure takes a lot of money for all that equipment , at least you have shelter for it . That heat is wonderful but another cost understood , and you balance heated space against needs , hope this winter doesn't hit you hard.
Blue healers never stop!!!!!
always better when the old man makes a mistake lol
Fun how that happens! Mistakes cuz we are humans. Nobody gets hurt is best kind of accident. Stuff can be fixed or replaced. People can’t!
Couldn’t the batwing mower hydraulics be used to flip it back over onto its wheels? Put the wings down.... Just curious. Good video.
The wings don’t have pressure down. They only have lift. But that could work with the right hydraulics.
Need to put baler belting on tractor steps for dog. What’s interesting is I’ve been #1 fuel since December 1st in my tractors, I wonder what fuel you’re running on.
that's a blue heeler for ya.
Batteries for tractors, I try to get the 200 amp, costs more but works better.
can you say trickle charger? ha ha
Tractor drifting? Have fun with the snow!
My kubota was doing the same thing a while back. Turned out the hot cable doesn't connect direct to battery, it bolts to the battery clamp and there was poor connection.
Did you guys lose power? I had friends in Centerville loose power. I miss being back home in Wayne county .
We got lucky and didn’t lose power. Last year people lost power for like 3 days.
Hay, 70 degrees tomorrow in Phoenix Arizona, light rain and over cast. Solar is dead today, wife's charging electric car. EDIT: Eight hundred hp Cybertruck be here in 23 months.
This one time I hit the tire on a hay wagon and it was like “thump thump thump”. Fun times
We bush hog with a 4440 to she runs the augers in the fall.
What do you think of that JD 4440 with front wheel assist?
Travis Tharp it’s nice, but it’s hydraulic so it’s just a “oh crap, we might be getting stuck” FWA. Plus they are a kinda rare tractor.
iowANFarmer best description of FWA I’ve ever heard.
Another day of playing traptor!!
Farmer working in sweet pants i seen it all now
Where are you located ? here in North Central Iowa didn't get anything at Clarksville
He is in extreme south central IA very close to Lake Rathburn and Centerville area. He has that southern IA accent.
@@daveallen4194 ok thanks
Wayne County
@@chereederry7939 thanks
Hey Ben! Just curious what program you use to edit your videos?
Troy Vetter I believe it’s called power director.
@@iowANFarmer Thanks! I really like the way you structure your videos. Thanks for sharing!
Good luck with your doe management! Our season ends tomorrow here in Missouri. Whack & Stack!
Yikes!
As you have discovered, 11.7 volts is completely discharged/dead.
0 would be completely drained
@@RJ1999x 11.8 volts is 0% charged.
www.altestore.com/howto/batteries-measuring-state-of-charge-a81/
What's that mower used for deicing roads
Does the front wheel assist still work on the 4440
Sure does.
@@iowANFarmer you should make a video of it some time never seen it in use or anything because it never still works
You might need a few more tractors. lol
Why diden you juss unfold the mower??it would of tiped upright all on its own
valleyboy this doesn’t have any hydraulic pressure down.
As in the wings just float down
He was mowing in January??
goingruby sure was. Cleaning up the edges of fields and waterways.
So if that is your dad who is the other older gentleman?
My neighbor, Wayne.
WARNING just kidding (always fun when you can scold him instead of him yelling at you) WARNING just kidding
austin marion oh, we understand that things like this happen. We tend not to get mad about it.
oh i know just cutting up jokes
@@iowANFarmer hey you made a video on your baler and i cant find did it get taken down?
austin marion I didn’t make a baler video. I tried too this year, but the audio got all messed up.
@@iowANFarmer huh i couldve sweared i saw one
I gotta ask how the you get all that equipment?
keith weedt accumulation over the years.
What's the chances of you doing a planting vlog
Jesse Summers I’m going to do my best to do some type of spring vlog.
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Need to put a battery tender on your equipment
Guess you're not partial when it comes to brands of tractors ??
LIX 59 not particularly.
#TWINNING
Poor farmers i cant feel sorry for you
Why are your tools still in the packaging. Shame on you. Ha Ha It is only going to get up to 50 today where I am for a couple months so I guess we will watch movies instead of fishing today. Waiting on next video.
TFisadog i figured I’d wait to unpack them when I put them in the tool box in the next farm truck video. It just so happened some of them got called into service early.
@@iowANFarmer Ok I was hoping for that. I put a tuner (that I cannot get to) , 4 in straight through exhaust and bigger air breather on my 2007 Duramax and increased power and mileage . I pull a 30 Ft camper and 20 ft boat behind it and increased mileage 1.5 to 2MPG if I stay around 65 and do not heavy foot it. I am interested in what you will be doing to yours.
Efi Live and 4 inch straight pipe already on the truck.
Every farmer needs a side job!🤬
It wouldn’t crank cause it’s not a Deere lol jk
Travis Tharp true
John Deere = Stay here
Kubota = No go ta