This stuff is taking over the farm! Let's get busy cutting!
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- This stuff is taking over the farm! Let's get busy cutting! Come along with me today as we get busy working, moving cows, new babies and we work the Ventrac tractor hard!! Hope ya'll enjoy!
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I saw 2 of those for sale at the last auction I was at... You've definitely sold me on them
shew! Get one you'll never regret it!!! Not sure why any of them would make it to auction unless it's a gov't used machine..they know how to waste money....pros at it!!
Getting a Vennie is on the list. Absolutely love those machines!
the citys and towns uses them for prperties and streets and sidewalk maintance
I live 15 minutes from the factory. I’m going to purchase one with either the Kawasaki or Kubota gas engine for our property in SE Ohio. I mow around 6 acres of grass that’s very hilly with a zero turn & it sucks when it decides to take off Lol. We too have 150 acres with a Kubota L series, but with both decks as you have would be a win win.
WOW!! Much easier than the push brush cutter we have!!!
I'm a new subscriber from Manchester UK, looking forward to watching your video's.
That tractor is nice maybe someday our farm will have one
What an amazing machine. Thanks for sharing your experience. I'm getting one of those as soon as possible. Thanks again for sharing. Take care and God Bless.
Josh, Please give Buddy a bath!
how's a dog gonna learn to stay away from skunks if he's rewarded for it? Buddy has never had a bath and would think that I'm punishing him. Smell is wearing off now....what folks don't understand is that a farm has smells....and sometimes...it's skunk lol
We've always wrote the hours of oil changes on the filter so you never wonder when you changed the oil. Its usually in an area that you can check the oil and look at the filter and know if you are in need of service.
exactly!
I'm your tractor attachment therapist. Don't you dare buy another Ventrac (gas) when you have one already! Just blowing hot air at you! Wooo!!!!!!!!
I love Ventrac! Made in Ohio. So versatile, so many attachments! Get some tomato juice on that dog to get rid of that skunk smell!
Josh I really wish Ventrac would do another partnership with you so you could show the new attachments they have for the Ventrac. I just believe your a great brand ambassador for the products you use on the farm. Great video
we've talked, might do something in the future again
@StoneyRidgeFarmer
Ask them about a 1 week delivered by truck to you @ set date at least motor it around & give a few minute- short UA-cam * here's the vintrac gasoline deck here's how it stacks up, or possibly rent one show them how it's done. real product evaluation by experienced user; here's how vintrac stacks up. . . . .
You just might be a redneck if you already have a diesel vintrac and you go out & rent a gasoline vintrac just to check it out.
I've never run one but fell in love with it watching you use it, tough , stable and versatile! It will be the next piece of equipment I buy!
Until u price one !!! 😂
I trimmed trees (with my Milwaukee 'Hatchet') today, so I'm with ya!
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Great job and nice mower!!! Keep up your journey!!!
Diesel oil tends to go black pretty quickly in most. As long as you dont feel grit and its not burned, should be fine. If your worried, send a sample to a lab. Any autoparts store can sell ya the collection kit to mail in. Fill out the forms send it in, 2 weeks later they'll send you a form telling you whats in it and about how much life is left.
That's a Beast of a little tractor that Can get the job done! And The Wife's caught me sniffing a dip stick... 'Whatcha Doing??' Well, smelling fer burnt or fuel in the oil! Here Sniff my Finger 🤣😂😀
👍 Great job! If you can keep it down, the grass will take over!
i like it that Ventrac, really.. New things are so expensive these days... way more functional than having a 700 hp Ford tractor on where I live. Then I go get me an attachment addiction! LOL Snow blower (oh, love the tire spread), and mower, then I'll stop! This far and no further! Wooo!!!!!!!!
Wow, what a machine. We need to do more research on the Ventrac. It looks to be exactly what we need to get our neglected pastures cleaned up. Thanks for sharing.
You might want to get a price first…$$$$$
@@jeffparker3334 Thanks for the advice. We’re working the cost difference between having it cleared compared to purchasing equipment and doing it ourselves. We have about 30 acres to clean up and maintain. Thanks again.
That is an impressive machine!
I don’t own one myself, the town I work for has 3 Ventrac’s. These things are awesome!
Setting on a tractor mowing brush and grass on a sunny day listening 🎧 to your favourite music 🎵🎶 best therapy money can by 😂😅
I have the 4520z, gas, no issues, love it. Ventrac just re-did the loader so you have to upgrade, 4500 series to 4520, for the 3rd funtion if want the new grapple.
I was just looking at the attachments on the Ventrac website. I was quite surprised! I found the loader attachment rather interesting.
That Ventrac is a beast... 💪💯
Love that machine. Definitely something to look into. Thanks!!!
FYI, don't worry about the rubber seal on the Call Haul. Your phone is water resistant and a little bit of water won't hurt it one bit. I want a Ventrac especially for cutting the banks or our pond and trail maintenance. It looks like it would be perfect for that!
That is CRAZY!!!!
So far, none of my "local" (hour and a half one way drive) dealers have rental implements for the Ventrac. I could really use a stump grinder on occasion, but not often enough to justify. Same for power rake, tiller, and ejtc, etc.... My aerovater with seeder is used about 4 days per year (that is sad) and the boom arm mower maybe 7 days of work in a year. That is a lot of dead time on expensive equipment, The tough cut, the groom mower, the power bucket with grapple and broom all get well used. The oil Kubota gasoline motor looks almost new at change time, but all of that soot suspended in your oil is indicating that the detergent package is working. Sooty oil much better than sludged motor.
Good work with the Ventrac .
Just top of da line with da different video's n dialog u present is like if I was walking n just listening....living da dream....
"Da" isn't a word.
Love me some Ventrac!😊
Hilarious! Diesel oil turns black as pitch as you pour it in. Joke of course, but there are tons of jokes about nasty diesel oil. I still love em.
Great information, really impressed by the Ventrac. ❤😊
The Iredell county dot had one of them they used on steep banks along the roads
I've been in the golf course business for over 20 years and a mechanic for most of that. I have a preventative maintenance program that has never failed. High RPM and AG Diesel I recommend changing oil and filter every 100 hours
Dang, that thing mows some pretty big stuff for being belt driven! Great video!
Another product you could try for soot filtration in diesels is a "bypass" filter kit, it lets the normal oil filter work and circulate oil, while whatever that regular filter doesn't pick up, goes through tubing / piping to be filtered out by a much finer micron rated filter.
That's dang impressive.
I have had my Ventrac since 2016. I also have the diesel. It is by far the best thing I have bought for my farm. My land is very hilly and it is not uncommon to mow on 28 degree slopes
I don't have one, but I like the total destruction affect of a brush hog better!
not sure what you mean, but I know 100% fact that this machine will do 10 times the work that a tractor will do on the farm as it pertains to mowing...did a comparison vid v/s a conventional mower and the ventrac outperformed it big time!
I like the ventrack it's a very cool machine... I know your against putting chemicals on the land , but what about lime? With all the broomsage it appears you might need some
we've limed year after year after year to no avail....but the cattle have made the broom sedge start to go away. More coming on this soon!
I need this machine to clean up my places❤
I watch ventrac videos all the time great machine just started watching yours i am frum Ontario Canada where you from??????
North Carolina....welcome to the channel!
Interesting little tractor.
It sure is!
A Awesome Machine
Hey Josh give poor buddy a bath in tomato juice it will kill the skunk spray. Then the next day a shampoo bath
The best Diesel engines have centrifugal oil "cleaners". Also great for cleaning used veggie oil for making bio-diesel
Hey Josh thank you for the video I enjoyed it and yeah if you don't take back your land mother nature will woo
You got that right!
I have been thinking on getting one due to the hill my house sits on. From ground up to back porch is 20+ feet. This is a working man's machine (No offense to the opposites). Josh, my brother, another great video.
Nice machine!
Such a great dog!
Either way. That tractor is well beyond impressive. What I like about it is what you're doing. You don't have to look behind you. Thanks for sharing.
exactly...I've got some comments in this thread telling me how they prefer a brush hog....can you imaging how bad your neck would hurt after a day of backing up to mow stuff like this? Wow...ouche!
Engine oil. As a retired mechanic I would say never let your oil get that black. My personal equipment and vehicles get oil changed at manufacturers suggested intervals or once a year. Whichever comes first and I only use full synthetic oils. None of my engines have ever been damaged due to improper lubrication. From High performance v 8's to my lawn mower. I started using full synthetic when a NASCAR crew chief told me that petro based motor oil is obsolete for racing engines. I removed the oil pan on my vintage Toyota truck to replace the water pump at about 270 K miles and it may have had a tsp of sludge in a small area that wouldnt drain during an oil change. I used walmart, Castrol and mobile one since it had about 30K miles on it. WalMart oil has the same quality rating as the expensive synthetic oils. Changing oil frequently seems expensive but its not as expensive as replacing engines. Also keep up with all the filters. Air Oil fuel. No K&N unless you want your rings and cylinders prematurely worn out.
it's a diesel my brother......remember it's a diesel. 10 mins after I changed the oil...which you'll see in the next video...the oil was black as tar just like this. Just a diesel engine...oil gets dark quickly
If that diesel engine is like my semi, the oil turns black because of a little soot getting past the piston rings. That should be perfectly normal and it works as a lubricant too. After an oil change, my oil would be black after just a few hundred miles.
Josh, where did you get the spring gates? Those look super handy.
stay gate....very cool addition to any gate....here's a link for ya: stay-gate.com/?ref=SRF
Josh, bath your dog with tomato juice to take away the skunk smell, it only takes a can...
We haven't liked out Ventrac with the toughcut "bursh hog" deck. It overheats very quickly.. Bands and spindles don't last long at its very slow in taller grass and brush. We're changing to the Altoz 766i.
I have yet to experience the loss of a spindle and I beat the crap out of this thing.....I'm not sure why you're having this issue. If the blades are sharp...it mows grass great...but I agree...dull blades don't mow grass worth a crap...and you must go slow if the blades are dull. I've been running this for about 20 hours this week and finally hit a big rock and broke a pulley....repair vid coming soon!
@@StoneyRidgeFarmer The very first week I ran it (granted on slopes and in chlorophyll filled tall grass) I had to stop every two hours to let the thing cool down. It wouldnt even mow going up the slope in the taller stuff. I had to disengage PTO drive up and the mow going down...
Was hear. Wooooo
Sharpie marker date hours on inside hood or visible spot is how we did our fleet on the farm
there's actually a place under the hood on the ventrac to write it all down! Cool huh!
Most of us common Farmers can’t afford one of them .
when we say "can't" it just takes the creativity of figuring out how to get what ya need my brotha. "Can't" is a word that keeps us "common farmer's" from accomplishing what we need and want out of life. Anything I can do here....you can also do my friend!
Hi Josh from Australia, 👍🇦🇺😀 you ever thought of getting some goats 🐐 to help with land care and the environment. I absolutely like your work business and framing projects 👍🇺🇸❤️
had goats.....they were horrible!! Always getting out, getting stuck in something...dying and tearing stuff up! They're a ton of work compared to cattle...and they're not a robust animal that's easily contained
@StoneyRidgeFarmer Thank you for your reply, Josh 👍😀🇺🇸
That engine is a direct injection engine. (Don’t hook up a belt with engine running. Said “Two Fingers” the farm hand). I service my small diesels at 50 hours. They load up soot in the oil quickly. I have a 2200cc Isuzu turn on the generator. It is not so bad. I can go 100 hours on it. The difference is the turbo which boosts intake pressure and cylinder turbulence. Instead of sucking in the air. Dirty air cleaners make normally aspirated engines carbon up quickly too.
Forsyth Mower Works in Winston-Salem carries Ventrac
yep....that's who serviced it last time, honestly had to call them back about a few things I needed addressed after it came back to the farm
I don't think you will be as happy with the gas motor as you are with the diesel. The diesel is lower in HP, but higher in torque.
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Impressive. You need to wear a respirator with all that dust.
It's ok to get a little dust/dirt in your life my brotha....a little more dirt might just be what our whole country needs so they stop getting sick, asthma and allergies to everything under the sun...that's my medical background talking
I am curious to know why you have so many vehicles and pieces of equipment. Do you need them all? A number of your subscribers mentioned this in the hay episode.
you understand that I create content for a living and the equipment is not on the ranching side of the business right? You've gotta put this into perspective from a farm/business standpoint. Think about earning from content creation with equipment and it's no longer a liability...but an earner!
@@StoneyRidgeFarmerSo saying that you’re on the verge of losing your farm due to hay costs was totally untrue. That whole video on your hay woes I kept thinking it was bogus. If it were really true then you wouldn’t have so much equipment just sitting around. I think you’re pretty full of your self sometimes. Poor, poor me but hey, look at all my cars, trucks, tractors, farm implements….
No offense just my observations.
@@jeffparker3334 exactly, content creates utube money.
@@jeffparker3334 UA-cam has 2 kinds of creators, farmers that make videos for youtube and youtubers that make farming videos.
Diesels have been called "oil burners" for too long for me to remember. Diesel is a high carbon fuel that burns dirty: not so much in its emissions as internally. Modern oils have additives to keep the carbon and soot "scrubbed" from the engine internals and hold them in suspension. If any of my diesel engine oils stayed clean I would be more worried about them not doing their job of both lubrication and cleaning than anything else. There are after-market filter add-ons that can be installed to filter out the soot and carbon but I don't see the benefit: regular cycle oil changes do the same thing.I run Rotella T 15W-40 dino oil in all my diesels. Road vehicles get changed every 5000 miles. Tractors every 200 hours or every 2 years. Small gas engines I use 10W-30 full synthetic. Those get changed annually. My gas powered welder I use same 10W-30 full synthetic and change it every 3 years (might put 20 hours on it in that time and it's stored in-doors.)
Woah
Tim over at TTWT laid out what was going on with Solectract in a recent video, what has been your experience with them recently? Seems maybe they have gone under.
Yep I know Tim and we talk....from what I know and my local dealers, they're still selling the Solectrac brand. I'm gonna do a follow up to Tim's vid from a different perspective
Looks like you need a bigger shop to keep all your tractors under a roof.
what I really need to do is clean mine up so I can get these machines under roof lol
@@StoneyRidgeFarmer lol you have a point.
I hear Solectrac went out of business.
yep...Tim's video mentions this....but I haven't heard anything about going out of business
Have you ever done a prescribed burn to get rid of all that and feed the soil?
going to test a spot this year to see how it does...but we're really looking to blanket the soil with debris like this to hold moisture, build carbon and get our earthworms back on the property. Our soil is very very bad here on the farm...virtually no top soil at all but it's coming back
If I can’t see the stick though the oil I change it
stay tuned! Today's vid is working on the Ventrac!
Black oil not a big deal,just change at right intervals, 10,000 miles between oil changes on my log truck.
Just use good oil
10k miles between oil changes on a log truck....wow!
Yes Stoney that is a tuff little machine !!! What was the cost of it ???
Did I miss something, where is the other dog?
she's no longer on the farm, been mentioned in a few vids now....but she's gone, she was killing the cats, she jumped up and scratched the crap out of my mother, roamed away anytime she was out, knocked over my ex wife and broke her arm, wouldn't listen and she bit a little girl. SHE HAD TO GO
I'll never understand why some people go out of they're way to denounce businesses & companies when they go out of the way to help others, especially when we're local people
Diesel motors the oil does turn black
Can you disc the field and over seed a grass you want the cows to eat ? To faster recover the land ?
we have a seed drill here on the farm, however we'll simply roll out hay on the bare spots and the grass leaps out of the ground!
A few other u tube channels have reported that solectrac are in difficulty, have you heard anything about it?
only one other channel that works with them is Tractor time with Tim....he and I are both in the same boat....I'll do a follow up vid on his "out of business" video soon
You should get a jaw crusher for the rock.
Did Solectrac (electric tractor) go under? I thought you were supposed to return it.
I'm waiting on them to come get it...more on this soon
What happened to your 2nd German Shepherd? Leave with Ms Ridge?
been gone for a couple months now....video coming soon, still kinda feeling sad about it, but the farm is a much better place without her troubles and aggression
I thought the electric tractor was gone. ??
Josh why do you keep calling the Honey Badger a ventrack? 😂
bhahhahaha! Love it!
Wish I could be there to help
It seems like an expensive cumbersome machine.
it's an expensive and very useful machine that will go places a tractor wouldn't dream of going my friend....if ya ever get a chance...run one! You'll be amazed! I had no idea when I bought this one!
Super expensive for a little toy 😂
Good video Josh ! Thanks! Right too for the job ! Ever think about maybe diversifying? Maybe meat chickens different breed of cattle? Wygu 😊 Dexter ? I know goats are out 😄Garden Gnome approved!
lol....every time I hear someone mention Dexter cattle I know exactly who they've been watching.....and he's come here and put down my methods in the comments in the past.....I'm the most real person you'll meet and I'm not gonna paint a fake picture of making piles of profit on this small farm....it's taken alot of $$$ to build this and it's time the cows bring in profit
I just thought a different cattle breed would eat less and still be profitable no disrespect intended, I started a small landscaping company 14 years ago took a few years to figure out how to make it profitable I’ve spent 0 dollars on advertising have 40 clients and a waitlist like you I’m in it for the long haul stick to your principles and go from there .
Keep a trailer load of steers and finish to sell at a premium by Thiss'll do farms in iowa. Great channel collab and coop. Do a meat family variety pack with your merch. Trade retail 500 hats for boxes at retail. Get a pork marketing fee for every repeat purchase with an assigned order entry code. SRF
IOWA......2 days travel from here my man...we've got a plan to sell beef online, just getting off the ground
That electric tractor, just went outta business.
I know Tim made a video about that....but it's speculative, as far as I know they are still in business
Did the electric tractor company go out of business
Josh, 2 days ago you talked about selling livestock to buy hay, today you're talking about buying another ventrac? Stop the unnecessary buying, maybe sell off some toys. You seem to have a buying problem. 🤣🤣🤣
He's a creator for youtube, got to create drama for the viewers.
the cattle business needs to stand on it's own two feet and earn, the equipment portion of my business isn't the "farm".....this is me working and generating content. Yesterday's video was about decision making on a small farm, hay expenses vs cattle sell off. I'm not going "broke" in the sense of business....but the farm portion has to show some profit. Equipment earns me a living....what you're watching earns me a living brother...the cattle....up to this point have lost money...until this year! Wooooo!!
@@StoneyRidgeFarmer I understand the cattle need to turn a profit, basically what you do on the farm, 85% anyways, relates to the cattle imo. Some machines are cattle related expenses, hard to turn a profit when buying cattle, fences, machines etc when starting out. Good luck on the farm life..p.s. stop buying excess machines 😂🤣
Diesels tend to build up a lot of soot and other bits of carbon in the oil and fluids due to how dirty petroleum diesel is and incomplete combustion. If the ventrac could run on a biodiesel blend that would help a bit.
Stay away from biodiesel if you don't burn it quickly. It goes bad in storage quickly and gets very corrosive. Put it in plastic never let water accumulate in the tank.
Why does this dog still stink? There a number of things that you could have done to completely deodorize Buddy.
he's almost worn off the smell...this is a farm my friend...pretty common for a dog to get skunked once in a while....he's smelling better and after about a week most of it is gone. Heck it took me a week to get the smell out of my house lol