I filled with a '79 JD 2520, filled 14x40 Unadilla wood silo in 7 days with a NH 707 mounted 1 row chopper and a badger 8x16 self unloading wagon. The wagon hooked up to the chopper, I drove all to the Gehl blower , a IH 354 on it, a Jamesway unloader . I inoculated the silage with lactobacillis to get a fast fermentation. I had a farm store, the customers would smell the silage for the steers , and had to see it, some tasted it. It was like sauerkraut. I always chopped at full dent, but as green as I could weather and all...farming eh? The steers ate all no needing to clean the bunk ever. It was all gone in 15 mins 2x a day. I used a taper board feeder, great simple set up.
Member our hands you should get so cold in the winter sticking in the silage to keep them warm your videos bring back a lot of memories.i in joy them a lot god bless. From gary
Seeing this era of equipment this reminds me of a story my Dad would tell us about his brother who on the first day of silo filling was doing the last of the milking so he wasn't paying attention about how much had been put in the silo. Not knowing how much silage had been blown in the silo and wanting to check out the silage he decided tp jump into the silo, little did he know that there was only about two feet of silage in the silo, plus with all the rain that year there was about four feet of pigeon waste and water at the bottom of the newly filled silo with him standing knee deep in the mess. Also having to wait till the blower was shut off between loads to get help and a ladder to get out of the pit at the bottom of the silo.
We used to plant Wapsie Valley, we quit when it wouldn't stand to make it to chopping. Was good corn when we started to plant it, but the last 2-3 years if you sneezed near the field it would blow over. Nice ears of corn though. We also use to plant Kruggs o.p. corn, that stuff got tall. Atleast 3-4 feet over the roof of the chopper wagons. You felt like you were chopping a forest for silage. Haha
First time viewer and poster. I'm enjoying the old farm equipment. Never saw that blade sharpening before. I first thought, oh man that would start a fire up in the dry fields.. but of course you are in the yard and maybe the fields aint that dry yet (havent got to that part of the vid yet) Anyway, thanks for taking the time to create!
Welcome Old Farmer Dan! Thanks for taking the time to write, be sure to visit my channel and catch some of my other videos. Let me know what you think, it's kind of a variety show!😲
Thanks for sharing the video Bill. The equipment might be old but it still works. Hope you make it without any break downs. Nice ear of corn. Chopping corn was one my favorite jobs growing up. Stay safe out there working. Hopefully you don't get any damage from the tropical storm.
Love the signage on your chopper wagon. Our one chopper was old. It was a Gehl Brothers two row self-propelled with a big Continental flathead six for power. The rear tires were about the same size as an 9N Ford infact I believe the rims were the same also. Needless to say it had trouble pulling a full wagon especially on sandy hills we just used it for opening all the fields. Two rows if we were going to pick or four if we were going to chop the whole field. We had a good sized New Holland chopper for the rest and we ran it with a 2590 Case. Id like to get the Gehl chopper. It still sits where it was parked in the fall of 1999 the last year the silo was filled. The cows were sold the following year when the silo was emptied.
Really enjoyed the video, we used a 1934 Case. I forget the model but we used a belt drive right up to probably 85. We tried the B, but she couldn't handle a full load in the blower. loved those days. I think your equipment is beautiful
My dad had a dairy farm and we used to fill silos and if silo pip gets plugged it a lot of work to unplug it and I was in the silo packing around the sides ...
How does the kernel size work in a plate planter compared to a plate less. I had a bag of open pollinated years ago but never had the opportunity to get it planted
Whoa there now, you mean’s to tell us that with all of the vintique farm equipment on site, you actually have use one of them fancy dancy new fangled plateless planters? I’m personally appalled, wait, better yet, I’m offended!😉 Bless’ns kind sir!
Hey Bill,,,thanks for taking me along. Felt like i was right there. Felt like i was on the home place again. Lots of emotion tugging on the heart strings.
Old equipment is better than the modern stuff I think have a good day
Depends on who made it and if ya can find parts or know some 1 or company that can duplicate the parts
I filled with a '79 JD 2520, filled 14x40 Unadilla wood silo in 7 days with a NH 707 mounted 1 row chopper and a badger 8x16 self unloading wagon. The wagon hooked up to the chopper, I drove all to the Gehl blower , a IH 354 on it, a Jamesway unloader . I inoculated the silage with lactobacillis to get a fast fermentation. I had a farm store, the customers would smell the silage for the steers , and had to see it, some tasted it. It was like sauerkraut. I always chopped at full dent, but as green as I could weather and all...farming eh? The steers ate all no needing to clean the bunk ever. It was all gone in 15 mins 2x a day. I used a taper board feeder, great simple set up.
Interesting!
Love your ribstone silo. As kids we climbed ours all the way to the peak of the wooden roof.
Wow, and lived to tell about it, lol!
Hello from southern Ireland.. fantastic to see old equipment been used..
Top of the mornin' to ya Tim! Glad to hear from you. Watch my other videos and you'll see lots more!
@@so.md.dirtfarmer2226 thank you.
Member our hands you should get so cold in the winter sticking in the silage to keep them warm your videos bring back a lot of memories.i in joy them a lot god bless. From gary
Hey Gary! Yeah, l warm my hands in the silage too!
Love seeing old iron working
I am glad to see you using old equipment from the years when I was a boy. Thank you very much for the video. Keep them coming.
For once a year, i don't blame you to run the old stuff.
Love seeing the old stuff run.
See ya for tractor church tomorrow
Seeing this era of equipment this reminds me of a story my Dad would tell us about his brother who on the first day of silo filling was doing the last of the milking so he wasn't paying attention about how much had been put in the silo. Not knowing how much silage had been blown in the silo and wanting to check out the silage he decided tp jump into the silo, little did he know that there was only about two feet of silage in the silo, plus with all the rain that year there was about four feet of pigeon waste and water at the bottom of the newly filled silo with him standing knee deep in the mess. Also having to wait till the blower was shut off between loads to get help and a ladder to get out of the pit at the bottom of the silo.
Thats a cool wagon, I really like the saying on the back too 😂😂
Love the message on your chopper box. Amen.
We used to plant Wapsie Valley, we quit when it wouldn't stand to make it to chopping. Was good corn when we started to plant it, but the last 2-3 years if you sneezed near the field it would blow over. Nice ears of corn though. We also use to plant Kruggs o.p. corn, that stuff got tall. Atleast 3-4 feet over the roof of the chopper wagons. You felt like you were chopping a forest for silage. Haha
I used exact same equipment when I was growing up on the farm. We had a 16 x 45' silo to fill.
Hey Ron! You had a New Holland forage wagon like that? l'm sure there weren't many of those around.
Love the videos awesome to see the old iron still working.
Thanks 👍
Enjoyed watching you use the good equipment keep up the good work
Thanks 👍
First time viewer and poster. I'm enjoying the old farm equipment. Never saw that blade sharpening before. I first thought, oh man that would start a fire up in the dry fields.. but of course you are in the yard and maybe the fields aint that dry yet (havent got to that part of the vid yet) Anyway, thanks for taking the time to create!
Welcome Old Farmer Dan! Thanks for taking the time to write, be sure to visit my channel and catch some of my other videos. Let me know what you think, it's kind of a variety show!😲
I love watching your old equipment like I used to run myself, but I've never seen a silage wagon that old and in that bad of shape still work!
l guess l'll take that as a compliment.😁
They ain’t nobody what can patch a patch like our man Bill can!😉
That might be older but it’s getting the job done!!! Great to see stuff taken care of and still functional!! From an old farmer in Kansas….
Thanks Karl, good to hear from you.
@@so.md.dirtfarmer2226 you bet…
Thanks for sharing the video Bill. The equipment might be old but it still works. Hope you make it without any break downs. Nice ear of corn. Chopping corn was one my favorite jobs growing up. Stay safe out there working. Hopefully you don't get any damage from the tropical storm.
Thanks 👍
It’s good to see a lot of this old equipment still being used. Hope you have a good harvest this season 🙏🏻
Love the signage on your chopper wagon. Our one chopper was old. It was a Gehl Brothers two row self-propelled with a big Continental flathead six for power. The rear tires were about the same size as an 9N Ford infact I believe the rims were the same also. Needless to say it had trouble pulling a full wagon especially on sandy hills we just used it for opening all the fields. Two rows if we were going to pick or four if we were going to chop the whole field. We had a good sized New Holland chopper for the rest and we ran it with a 2590 Case. Id like to get the Gehl chopper. It still sits where it was parked in the fall of 1999 the last year the silo was filled. The cows were sold the following year when the silo was emptied.
Hey Dan! Thanks for writing, l enjoy hearing other guys' experiences.
We still use 2 of those new holland harvesters with our old equipment
Really enjoyed the video, we used a 1934 Case. I forget the model but we used a belt drive right up to probably 85. We tried the B, but she couldn't handle a full load in the blower. loved those days. I think your equipment is beautiful
Hey George! When we had a belt driven blower the 520 was up to the task, guess it's a little more powerful than a B.
Cool video Bill, looking forward to seeing more, God Bless
Thanks Joe!
I see I’m not the only that uses my foot to stop the cutter from spinning.
Like someone commented, Brake shoes.
We Had Old John Deere Farm Equipment On our Farm in Ohio
nice video
nice looking silage sir
Thanks
My dad had a dairy farm and we used to fill silos and if silo pip gets plugged it a lot of work to unplug it and I was in the silo packing around the sides ...
Thanks for sharing
That is surely one old silage box
6:13. That's what you call a brake shoe.
Ha haha, Good one!
How does the kernel size work in a plate planter compared to a plate less. I had a bag of open pollinated years ago but never had the opportunity to get it planted
I guess in a plate planter you'd have to cut off the ends of the ear and just use the flat kernels. I'v got a plateless so everything goes in.
Whoa there now, you mean’s to tell us that with all of the vintique farm equipment on site, you actually have use one of them fancy dancy new fangled plateless planters?
I’m personally appalled, wait, better yet, I’m offended!😉
Bless’ns kind sir!
I had a plate less years ago but l preferred the old plate style on my side hills seemed to plant better.
In terms of acreage what does it take to fill your silo?
Howdy Mr. Kimble! 20 acres would fill it, l'm only filling it about half this year.
Hey Bill,,,thanks for taking me along. Felt like i was right there. Felt like i was on the home place again. Lots of emotion tugging on the heart strings.
Glad you enjoyed it
I wonder if some of the newer equipment will be around 50 🎉from now
STAY AWAY FROM MOVING PARTS Farmer!!!
The 4030 looks longer compared to a 4040
Don’t be getting in a big hurry now.
What state are you in?
l am ,unfortunately, currently in the Socialist Republic of Maryland.
Is that an Allis-Chalmers blower?
Nope, IH.
How many loads it take to fill the silo
Hey Jerry! lt takes about 45 loads to fill it.
Was that an old AC blower?
lt's an IH actually.
Is that a regular 17 or a Super 17
lt's a super.
You sure act odd and kind of Creepy the way you smile with that odd Grin after Every Sentence is very Off putting.
You're hooked, admit it.😁
It's called character , something lacking in today's ersatz society
When it comes to equipment older is better.
You got that right!
Every tool is a memory , and they're still paying the rent . Great video . Those pigs look good 👍🇬🇧
Thanks 👍
Like the way you farm!
What model is that chopper
It's a 717, thanks for the interest.
Be careful you gonna pop a eye out wen you talk ! 😲