Good luck. It's to the point in this country where you gotta be born into it. The working capital you need is so much you gotta ask for money every year just to operate. It's not easy and it's not just driving tractors that's what you do less of in farming. Also the small farmer is a thing of the past if you don't have over 500 acres you'll never make it the big corporations will come and bid you out of farming. I suggest staying away from it. I'm 25 started farming in 2015 and went belly up the first 2 years but now I'm farming 2000 acres and still barely getting by and I'm the 7th generation thats farmed in my family. It's no longer a 1st generation lifestyle. Gotta have family doing it. Or go work for an old farmer and wait around till he passes so you can have a 1 outa 100 chance of getting his land before his family rents it to a big farmer. Farm sim might just be your best bet lol. Grant got lucky lucky but it's still his first year he hasn't experienced how running a farm is. Wait to see when a bad year hits. That's when a true farmers colors come out.
@@farmer_4850 Sorry that you’re so down about this but I’m going to follow my dream before it becomes a thing of the past and I know plenty of guys that farm under 500 acres and are fine
FishingWithGage yep. Keep pushing on towards your dream. It may be hard and tough to get into farming. But not impossible. Took me years to get into it. But it’s worth every hard day spent getting into it. Don’t give in to the negativity when people say it’s too hard
@@trappingwithgage I farm 200 acres total. Grain and hay. I lease out the grain and do all the hay until I get all my grain equipment. I bought one piece of equipment at a time with cash when I could afford it. Before you knew it I had all the pieces I need to start. Debt free and I’m doing just fine. I have a well paying day job also. Buts it very possible, just be smart about it. Don’t spend money on stuff you don’t have to have. All these farmers that say you can’t make money on less that 1000 acres all have the same thing in common. Big newer expensive equipment with a lot more overhead and a lot bigger payments. All these successful small farmers 500 acres and less use older smaller equipment so overhead isn’t as costly. Smaller farmers will profit more per acre than large farms just because of overhead cost alone.
@@BeatMower normally we harvest dry soybeans and we run auger full throttle and the beans are still in one piece. But you do have a point when it comes to over dry soybeans.
Definitely dump at full throttle, dry beans are more dense and won’t get shredded. Plus if you’re unloading on the go, you obviously don’t throttle down or you would plug the whole machine
For those down beans, if your header has the function, stick that reel out away from the table and lower it to lift them before the cutter bar gets to them. Reel speed should be about 1.5x your ground speed. So at2mph, reel should be moving at 5. Definitely go on a slight angle cutting. Helps to not push rows over with the dividers on the ends.
Dude it's so awesome watching your journey, actually doing this instead of just dreaming about it, its honestly so inspiring, and for your first time doing it you are doing amazing, keep up the amazing work and thank you for documenting it for us, its really appreciated
Grant, I’ve been following you for along time pretty much from the beginning of your farmsim days. It brings great joy in watching you fulfill and live out your dream. Keep it up love the content both real life and farm sim
Spencer your farm is 10x more impressive than these other big farms. What you did starting a farm and already having over 100 acres is incredible compared to these other farmers who have had it handed down to them. And I would know considering I’m one of them. Just remember you are the exceptional one… not these big guys you keep talking about. Anybody can maintain but not everybody can build… but keep us put to date, really neat videos!
I grew up on a family farm and we became one of the biggest farmers in our area until my step-dad died of a heart attack at the age of 45. We siblings and our Mother tried to keep it going but he died in 1978, the year that the economy went crazy with up to 18 % interest on loans going on in the early 1980's. We had bought more land and equipment but the banks wanted their money so we ended up selling out in 1986 with a very big loss. All that was left was 80 acres surrounding the farmstead which my brother still owns, excluding the farmstead. So I know what can happen economically to any farmer but to see your happy face in each video as a new start-up farmer, I fully support your enterprise and hope the best for you. My step-dad always told me that there was no better occupation than being a farmer and after living in the cities now for many years, he probably was right, at least for him.
Grant you always slow your feeder house drive all the way down when your running a platform head. It says it in your manual. If you run it fast it'll break your sickle drive. So run it slow as it'll go man. Also never unload your grain tank at an idle it'll wear your auger and chain out and it'll continously start breaking your shear bolt. Those combines are designed to be unloaded on the go full throttle. Always unload full throttle for sure.. This is coming from many many years of running deere combines and also having a combine tech for john deere tell me these things. Also run your feeder house chain on the small sprocket.
Hi Grant. Happy harvest from South Africa. Want to check for grain loss on ground behind combine, I use the blower to clear leaves. I think your tractor key also fit the combine. Incase you forget key again. 😁
Hey Grant, just a few tips here. As long as your co op/elevator is not docking you there is not to much trash in the grain tank. Slowing the reel speed is the best think you can do to keep the beans from cracking. You can unload wide open it is built for it, it’s like dumping on the go. Whenever possible empty out your auger, it is a little hard without a grain cart. It’s not a race just finish on time and keep up the great work
Air reel or air bar helps a lot with down or short beans and header loss you can even slow your reel way down and just about have the air push the beans into the head. We have the Crary one on are head probably will never go back to not having it.
If I can suggjest something for the lower parts and stuff, get some gravel and build it up some. We did it if 5 foot deep ditches on the side of the road to get into the field and it works nicely. Ever getting some topsoild and dumping it works if you compact it down. Happy farming Grant, stay safe and have fun!
Really nice Grant, thank you! So many firsts for you this day and the day before. It's fun to watch you figure out and navigate all the various details :) This is the climax of the season right now, what everything led up to 'til now! Looking forward to seeing even more of your progress and success. Thank you!
FYI, Most Deere keys are the same. Tractor keys would fit combine. Tip, blow out the radiator everyday. Needs that air volume to keep engine blown off with engine fan. Dirty radiator is #1 reason I have seen for combine fires. Your are doing great. Your enthusiasm alone is addicting.
For those down beans adjust your reel so that the fingers are tipped towards the combine and speed it up a little that will help lift the beans. Shelling is inevitable with dry beans having a wind system or air reel helps catch them. Me and my family have been farming for over 100 years and we are no longer a big wig lol but I farm around 800 acres a year with t 40 year old tractors and a 1996 9600 combine and a 630 hydraflex header that extra 5 feet really helps bit also isn't that bad to take on the road
Good job getting up the down beans . Heres a thought , you could get 3 cameras one on the back one on the hopper and the last on the end of the auger so you could see where you are .
Great job. Looks like you're having fun combining. Beans don't look to bad. Corn is way much better to combine. Alot faster and hopper fills up faster. Don't be afraid to get the grain wagons alittle fuller. . Just go back and forth too level the Beans or corn out in wagons. Make sure you grease up the equipment too. Can't wait for next video.
Quick tip when you park the combine up for the night it’s recommended that you leave the head up off the ground so in case something happens to one of the front tires eg: goes flat or even pops you won’t do any damage to your bean or corn head, love the content keep it up
Grant my dad has a lot of combine experience and he’s always taught me a kernel or two every square foot Is about perfect loving the videos keep up the great work!
Hey grant, I see your new to farming, and a tip for the auger, tie a string with something on the end about 2 feet long. Then attach that to your auger so you will sorta know where your dropping your grain!
Grant if beans are leaning away from head in down beans push reel forward and and down and speed the reel speed faster and let your reel do the work, yes your gonna shatter some beans but you will pick up way more than you will lose. If your afraid you are running to many beans out the back of combine, get a hand full of beans with separrater off and throw the beans in on top of sieve they should have room to fall through and not go out the back. And yes raise reel when reversing feeder house
Grant, look in your book that came with the combine it will have a chart in it that will break down how many seeds per square foot equals one bushul per acre of loss depending on what crop your in and the width of your header, also don't worry to much about your neighbors yields very few farmers will be truthful about there yields, one will always try and outdo the other, concentrate on your yields and what you can do to improve them, 40 bushuls per acre is not a bad yield I would take that across the board every year and I've been at it for 30 years
Park with the windshield facing east overnight so when it frosts the sunrise melts it off. When reversing the bean header, lift the reel all the way up so if a slug comes out, it won’t bend up your reel.
One idea for a future video is a post harvest financial video. Things such as what was your cost of production, what costs are fixed and what costs vary, what was your net income and such. I have been farming with a friend for 4 years and I want to get into farming but I have a full time job as a software developer. Seeing financials will help me make a decision if I should really get into it or just keep being part-time/full-time help
That hydraulic leak is not a leak what you thought was a cap is actually a vent we run semis with wet kit s and it's the same thing it is so the oil will flow easy and has air to push it
Full throttle unloading mainly because if you unload on the go you don’t idle down. It was made to handle unloading wide open. I also personally like corn more because you see all more grain and everything keeps moving but I like the look of a freshly cut bean field.
Raise the reel when you use the reverser. I have the same header. When the reel is all the way up, it actually moves the auger up some. Then the hang up or trash won't get into the reel.
I love your enthusiasm and really enjoyed the videos keep them coming. Your first year farming I would take it slow and easy also faster you go the more stuff you’ll break
Dump at full throttle. Also, if it doesn’t break to many pods open in the down beans you can often times use the reel like a hair comb to straighten them back out.
Just a quick tip for ya buddy, personally when I load trailers, I would load the skid loader first for tounge weight and then load the four wheeler after. I’ve had bad luck with all the weight at the end of the trailer. But anyways keep up the awesome job! Your gonna make an exceptional farmer!
i think we need to see more of Dave
I was dying at that part
i thank so to
Yes
Good old Big Dave
And not more of Austin?
Dave is chill like that 😎
I love these videos and it shows that I can pursue my dream of being a first generation farmer
Good luck. It's to the point in this country where you gotta be born into it. The working capital you need is so much you gotta ask for money every year just to operate. It's not easy and it's not just driving tractors that's what you do less of in farming. Also the small farmer is a thing of the past if you don't have over 500 acres you'll never make it the big corporations will come and bid you out of farming. I suggest staying away from it. I'm 25 started farming in 2015 and went belly up the first 2 years but now I'm farming 2000 acres and still barely getting by and I'm the 7th generation thats farmed in my family. It's no longer a 1st generation lifestyle. Gotta have family doing it. Or go work for an old farmer and wait around till he passes so you can have a 1 outa 100 chance of getting his land before his family rents it to a big farmer. Farm sim might just be your best bet lol. Grant got lucky lucky but it's still his first year he hasn't experienced how running a farm is. Wait to see when a bad year hits. That's when a true farmers colors come out.
@@farmer_4850 Sorry that you’re so down about this but I’m going to follow my dream before it becomes a thing of the past and I know plenty of guys that farm under 500 acres and are fine
FishingWithGage yep. Keep pushing on towards your dream. It may be hard and tough to get into farming. But not impossible. Took me years to get into it. But it’s worth every hard day spent getting into it. Don’t give in to the negativity when people say it’s too hard
@@trappingwithgage I farm 200 acres total. Grain and hay. I lease out the grain and do all the hay until I get all my grain equipment. I bought one piece of equipment at a time with cash when I could afford it. Before you knew it I had all the pieces I need to start. Debt free and I’m doing just fine. I have a well paying day job also. Buts it very possible, just be smart about it. Don’t spend money on stuff you don’t have to have. All these farmers that say you can’t make money on less that 1000 acres all have the same thing in common. Big newer expensive equipment with a lot more overhead and a lot bigger payments. All these successful small farmers 500 acres and less use older smaller equipment so overhead isn’t as costly. Smaller farmers will profit more per acre than large farms just because of overhead cost alone.
I am 14 and I want to be a farmer
When you dump the grain tank, it is wise to full throttle the machine. It will dump faster.
The beans are too dry, they would most likely be shredded to powder
@@BeatMower normally we harvest dry soybeans and we run auger full throttle and the beans are still in one piece. But you do have a point when it comes to over dry soybeans.
i think half is enough
Definitely dump at full throttle, dry beans are more dense and won’t get shredded. Plus if you’re unloading on the go, you obviously don’t throttle down or you would plug the whole machine
For those down beans, if your header has the function, stick that reel out away from the table and lower it to lift them before the cutter bar gets to them. Reel speed should be about 1.5x your ground speed. So at2mph, reel should be moving at 5. Definitely go on a slight angle cutting. Helps to not push rows over with the dividers on the ends.
That would be 3 lol
@@joshwagner5414 you are correct. Fat finger typo
On my farm our Mac don has u curve fingers for picking up down beans or pea. Very helpful
Damn I run abt 4 mile an hour with my reel at 30 and it does just fine
Dude it's so awesome watching your journey, actually doing this instead of just dreaming about it, its honestly so inspiring, and for your first time doing it you are doing amazing, keep up the amazing work and thank you for documenting it for us, its really appreciated
For the algorithm. Likes, comments, shares, and subscriptions help your content creators more than you realize. Keep it up Grant!
Grant, I’ve been following you for along time pretty much from the beginning of your farmsim days. It brings great joy in watching you fulfill and live out your dream. Keep it up love the content both real life and farm sim
Spencer your farm is 10x more impressive than these other big farms. What you did starting a farm and already having over 100 acres is incredible compared to these other farmers who have had it handed down to them. And I would know considering I’m one of them. Just remember you are the exceptional one… not these big guys you keep talking about. Anybody can maintain but not everybody can build… but keep us put to date, really neat videos!
I grew up on a family farm and we became one of the biggest farmers in our area until my step-dad died of a heart attack at the age of 45. We siblings and our Mother tried to keep it going but he died in 1978, the year that the economy went crazy with up to 18 % interest on loans going on in the early 1980's. We had bought more land and equipment but the banks wanted their money so we ended up selling out in 1986 with a very big loss. All that was left was 80 acres surrounding the farmstead which my brother still owns, excluding the farmstead. So I know what can happen economically to any farmer but to see your happy face in each video as a new start-up farmer, I fully support your enterprise and hope the best for you. My step-dad always told me that there was no better occupation than being a farmer and after living in the cities now for many years, he probably was right, at least for him.
Grant you always slow your feeder house drive all the way down when your running a platform head. It says it in your manual. If you run it fast it'll break your sickle drive. So run it slow as it'll go man. Also never unload your grain tank at an idle it'll wear your auger and chain out and it'll continously start breaking your shear bolt. Those combines are designed to be unloaded on the go full throttle. Always unload full throttle for sure.. This is coming from many many years of running deere combines and also having a combine tech for john deere tell me these things. Also run your feeder house chain on the small sprocket.
Hi Grant. Happy harvest from South Africa. Want to check for grain loss on ground behind combine, I use the blower to clear leaves. I think your tractor key also fit the combine. Incase you forget key again. 😁
A thing we do up North in Manitoba is we cut the beam fields on an angle to decrease the amount of run over beam plants!
Grant I love how you smile while saying that you will be delayed 30 minutes bc you forgot the combine key. Truly an inspiration.
Thank you for recording and sharing with us. Glad to see things going so well for you. Nice to have friends to call for advice along the way.
My favorite UA-cam just posted twice in a day
Hey Grant, just a few tips here. As long as your co op/elevator is not docking you there is not to much trash in the grain tank. Slowing the reel speed is the best think you can do to keep the beans from cracking. You can unload wide open it is built for it, it’s like dumping on the go. Whenever possible empty out your auger, it is a little hard without a grain cart. It’s not a race just finish on time and keep up the great work
It’s good to run the throttle on high when your dumping. And no the beans will be fine and not crack. And corn harvest will be so much easier and fun!
Air reel or air bar helps a lot with down or short beans and header loss you can even slow your reel way down and just about have the air push the beans into the head. We have the Crary one on are head probably will never go back to not having it.
Thanks for sharing your rookie farming journey with us. Its rad whatching you and Spence learn on the go. You guys rule! 🤘
If I can suggjest something for the lower parts and stuff, get some gravel and build it up some. We did it if 5 foot deep ditches on the side of the road to get into the field and it works nicely. Ever getting some topsoild and dumping it works if you compact it down.
Happy farming Grant, stay safe and have fun!
Grant some times on Auger heads if you have a big group beans go in at once it will stop it
Thankful for your video and taking us along for the journey!
Thanks Matt!
So happy for you, great video again. Great you have your family to help you when needed. Just take your time be safe your learning.
A trick for loosening less beans is on the side of the header that is on the outside of the row is 1 inch away from the row
Really nice Grant, thank you! So many firsts for you this day and the day before. It's fun to watch you figure out and navigate all the various details :) This is the climax of the season right now, what everything led up to 'til now! Looking forward to seeing even more of your progress and success. Thank you!
Funner is a word.I agree
Congrats on the videos and the channel I have watched you for 5 years now. Keep up the great work
This video just made my day, it's so fun to watch new farmers farm!
I love seeing someone start from nothing and making it work that takes a lot of motivation
Very interesting watching you learn how to operate the combine, no doubt you will get it all figured out.
Another thing is you could push your reel out to pick the plants up off the ground
Really looking forward to seeing the future of this operation!
I can tell you are absolutely loving this. Especially since you've been forgetting about lunch.
FYI, Most Deere keys are the same. Tractor keys would fit combine. Tip, blow out the radiator everyday. Needs that air volume to keep engine blown off with engine fan. Dirty radiator is #1 reason I have seen for combine fires. Your are doing great. Your enthusiasm alone is addicting.
For those down beans adjust your reel so that the fingers are tipped towards the combine and speed it up a little that will help lift the beans. Shelling is inevitable with dry beans having a wind system or air reel helps catch them. Me and my family have been farming for over 100 years and we are no longer a big wig lol but I farm around 800 acres a year with t 40 year old tractors and a 1996 9600 combine and a 630 hydraflex header that extra 5 feet really helps bit also isn't that bad to take on the road
How harvested going I hopes it’s going well. I hope it’s going amazing
You are so inspiring 😀
he really is inspiring, isn't he? look how many people in his comments always say that same thing :) he is an inspiring human being in my book! :)
Grant FYI the tractor key would work on the combine.
Grant I'm excited for you and your 1st harvest .
Congrats on your first bean harvest.
A good chunk of bean on the ground is rain/head lose
Good job getting up the down beans . Heres a thought , you could get 3 cameras one on the back one on the hopper and the last on the end of the auger so you could see where you are .
Grant, your probably gonna watch this video in like 20 years and just crack up
Dave’s a cool guy, he should be in every video😂
if your header gets stopped up lift up the reel and check for rocks and then reverse for beans.
Great job. Looks like you're having fun combining. Beans don't look to bad. Corn is way much better to combine. Alot faster and hopper fills up faster. Don't be afraid to get the grain wagons alittle fuller. . Just go back and forth too level the Beans or corn out in wagons. Make sure you grease up the equipment too. Can't wait for next video.
lots of guys in my area go down the road with 60 foot heads
Quick tip when you park the combine up for the night it’s recommended that you leave the head up off the ground so in case something happens to one of the front tires eg: goes flat or even pops you won’t do any damage to your bean or corn head, love the content keep it up
Grant my dad has a lot of combine experience and he’s always taught me a kernel or two every square foot Is about perfect loving the videos keep up the great work!
Hey grant, I see your new to farming, and a tip for the auger, tie a string with something on the end about 2 feet long. Then attach that to your auger so you will sorta know where your dropping your grain!
I hope you had lots of fun. Can’t wait for corn harvest😃
finaly someone that has good taste in machinery
When you unload turn your separator back on then it will take those beans that fall backdown the auger out
Open the door when you're trying to listen to the header, helps a lot.
The key on your combine is the same as your tractor key
I would be happy with 40 bushel to the acre 20 bushel is good for use in North Dakota
4 - 5 beans per square foot on the ground is roughly a bu/acre loss
Grant if beans are leaning away from head in down beans push reel forward and and down and speed the reel speed faster and let your reel do the work, yes your gonna shatter some beans but you will pick up way more than you will lose. If your afraid you are running to many beans out the back of combine, get a hand full of beans with separrater off and throw the beans in on top of sieve they should have room to fall through and not go out the back. And yes raise reel when reversing feeder house
Grant, look in your book that came with the combine it will have a chart in it that will break down how many seeds per square foot equals one bushul per acre of loss depending on what crop your in and the width of your header, also don't worry to much about your neighbors yields very few farmers will be truthful about there yields, one will always try and outdo the other, concentrate on your yields and what you can do to improve them, 40 bushuls per acre is not a bad yield I would take that across the board every year and I've been at it for 30 years
We had about 100 bushel beans about chest high
I think you would love a Draper head, it will save you a lot of money in the long run in my opinion, a air reel would also help a lot
yo you might wanna look at folding heads or some addon to the header to where wheels pop out and you can navigate the small paths better
We need more just combining the beans bc its satisfying
Love you videos been watching on the squad since 2016
One question grant are you going to plant all your bean ground corn next year then plant your Corn ground beans
should get the quick attach for the trailers
Grant if you have to you can put the tractor key in the combine because they all work on each other
Man I love watching these videos it’s like farming sim but in real life!!!!! And with the same guy!!!!!!!
Good job guys.
I like the clip with Dave
Make sure to turn in the seporater when u reverse the head. Hard on it to do it with it off
If ur looking for lights for ur shed look at keystone welkers use it in there shop and it looks great
Park with the windshield facing east overnight so when it frosts the sunrise melts it off. When reversing the bean header, lift the reel all the way up so if a slug comes out, it won’t bend up your reel.
One idea for a future video is a post harvest financial video. Things such as what was your cost of production, what costs are fixed and what costs vary, what was your net income and such. I have been farming with a friend for 4 years and I want to get into farming but I have a full time job as a software developer. Seeing financials will help me make a decision if I should really get into it or just keep being part-time/full-time help
Great job Grant!!
All of the Deere keys are the same. So your tractor key will work in the combine.
Heck yeah bring a good harvest on!
That hydraulic leak is not a leak what you thought was a cap is actually a vent we run semis with wet kit s and it's the same thing it is so the oil will flow easy and has air to push it
Keep up the good work Grant
Awesome stuff Grant, thanks for another video
Love the video I'm happy watching your progress in your operation bud 👍
Livin the dream! Good luck w/the rest of harvest bro
Full throttle unloading mainly because if you unload on the go you don’t idle down. It was made to handle unloading wide open. I also personally like corn more because you see all more grain and everything keeps moving but I like the look of a freshly cut bean field.
I can already remember the moment in FS17 when you were harvesting in the Iowa series
I am loving the real life farm vids
You need to speed up on the ground speed so the beans fall into your head faster. But you are going to have to adjust your fan speex
Grant love the videos doing great so far young man. Keep it up and I hope things only get better for you. Oh I want to hang out with "Dave" lol.
Looks like harvest is going pretty good
Slow and steady wins the race
For the laid down beans put the reel speed up a bit to kick them into the auger
Raise the reel when you use the reverser. I have the same header. When the reel is all the way up, it actually moves the auger up some. Then the hang up or trash won't get into the reel.
😂 hey that’s my name 🤘🏼
Keep up the good videos
Keep up the good work
I love your enthusiasm and really enjoyed the videos keep them coming. Your first year farming I would take it slow and easy also faster you go the more stuff you’ll break
Dump at full throttle. Also, if it doesn’t break to many pods open in the down beans you can often times use the reel like a hair comb to straighten them back out.
Awesome job, can’t wait for more videos
Just a quick tip for ya buddy, personally when I load trailers, I would load the skid loader first for tounge weight and then load the four wheeler after. I’ve had bad luck with all the weight at the end of the trailer. But anyways keep up the awesome job! Your gonna make an exceptional farmer!
Love the video Grant
Love the videos brother.
Great video enjoy watching keep the great work