We chopped alfalfa last week got about a wagon to the acre (716’s). We plant pioneer alfalfa it’s expensive as hell but no matter what you always get a shit load of feed with high protein.
Nice to see 4450 and 3970 in action. We ran a 3960 and later a 3950 with a 4450. We always raked enough together so we could drive about 3 mile per hour.
Great video. I used to do custom chopping out in Washington state with my dad. We had two John Deere #38 choppers and a three row JD self propelled. We used to have the farmer double the 14 foot swather rows and our 4520's handled the load just fine. Nice rolling land you have there.
Need those quick disconnects / connects like they have in Canada (Brock's videos) so you don't have to get off the tractor to pull the pins and help to pin up the next wagon to the chopper.
Dry has a bone here in northern NY(on southern end of lake champlain),we got about 60% crop compared to normal yrs & our soil is wet clay which usually does good on dry years.
Y’all should look into the Agri Speed hitches. Makes hauling wagons faster than having to jump out of the tractor each time to hitch and unhitch wagons. We’ve been running them for 20 years.
They are starting to cheapin up a lil bit at auctions cuz guys are getting away from them. Less guys doing their own chopping and the ones that still do are going to self propelled and chopping along side with the roofs off the wagons. I still prefer doing our own chopping with a pull type. Still get off the tractor to hook up wagons. Just have a rope in the cab to pull the pin.
What kind of running gears are under those Deere boxes? They look better than the John Deere running gears. Having cement under the bags is the way to go especially with haylage bags👍
I thought the RAKE picking up the hay and blowing into the trailer would have been powered off the tractor by a PTO ; But must be wrong, as it appears to be be self powered since I see a FUEL TANK mounted on the tow bar in front of the rake. Obviously I am not a farmer, as I have lived in the city for 78 years; but enjoy watching farm machinery in operation.
The part picking up the row is called a “pickup “ head. It, like the rest of the machine, is powered by the pto which runs parallel over the top of the drawbar from the tractor. The power is transferred to a gearbox which has another small shaft coming of of it which powers the head...... make that make sense🤔
Pretty cool system. Isn’t that alfalfa (hay?) too green? It looks like it could heat up and compost. When they pour your next slab, make sure they reinforce it with mesh, AND that they “pull” the mesh a few inches up into the concrete. If they leave the mesh at the bottom, it does practically nothing and your slab will crack. You might also want to consider fiberglass reinforced concrete.
Eero,Some farmers near me stopped using inoculants bc not enough difference in feed for the costs. Some now do like he says,run water on crop to stop feed from dry wedging in blower.
@@iowadairyboysFarms we get our Up North bags from Skip Breitbachs feed in Balltown. They will deliver to the farm, and they also deliver in your area.
Wish these videos had smell-o-vision... nothing like the smell of fresh cut hay!
We chopped alfalfa last week got about a wagon to the acre (716’s). We plant pioneer alfalfa it’s expensive as hell but no matter what you always get a shit load of feed with high protein.
Nice video those old wagons look really nice. You do a good job taking care of your equipment!😀😀👍
Nice to see 4450 and 3970 in action. We ran a 3960 and later a 3950 with a 4450. We always raked enough together so we could drive about 3 mile per hour.
Great video. I used to do custom chopping out in Washington state with my dad. We had two John Deere #38 choppers and a three row JD self propelled. We used to have the farmer double the 14 foot swather rows and our 4520's handled the load just fine. Nice rolling land you have there.
That throttle slap tho @ 13:14 😎
thanks for making this video! Lots of great footage and your explanation too!
Need those quick disconnects / connects like they have in Canada (Brock's videos) so you don't have to get off the tractor to pull the pins and help to pin up the next wagon to the chopper.
Can't afford at 2.80 corn and $10 milk
Best video of yours to date. Well done.
Dry here in Ontario Canada. For as wet as the spring was we can use more rain too help regrowth for second cut.
Dry has a bone here in northern NY(on southern end of lake champlain),we got about 60% crop compared to normal yrs & our soil is wet clay which usually does good on dry years.
Love the black dual hubs
Here is a Playlist of chopping 1st crop the past 6 years! ua-cam.com/play/PLo-KcN0MpCoBQ0kqCe0wpUlXcEoQIm8Ka.html
Great video!!
We'll start chopping next monday.
Great video. Great camera work too.
I Always look forward to it videos
Y’all should look into the Agri Speed hitches. Makes hauling wagons faster than having to jump out of the tractor each time to hitch and unhitch wagons. We’ve been running them for 20 years.
I've used them before at other farms. But they cost a shit ton
They are starting to cheapin up a lil bit at auctions cuz guys are getting away from them. Less guys doing their own chopping and the ones that still do are going to self propelled and chopping along side with the roofs off the wagons. I still prefer doing our own chopping with a pull type. Still get off the tractor to hook up wagons. Just have a rope in the cab to pull the pin.
Thanks for sharing Eli 👍
What kind of running gears are under those Deere boxes? They look better than the John Deere running gears. Having cement under the bags is the way to go especially with haylage bags👍
I love the chopping videos
I thought the RAKE picking up the hay and blowing into the trailer would have been powered off the tractor by a PTO ; But must be wrong, as it appears to be be self powered since I see a FUEL TANK mounted on the tow bar in front of the rake. Obviously I am not a farmer, as I have lived in the city for 78 years; but enjoy watching farm machinery in operation.
Ken Lynch that tank is for water so the hay does not get stuck
Water tank
The part picking up the row is called a “pickup “ head. It, like the rest of the machine, is powered by the pto which runs parallel over the top of the drawbar from the tractor. The power is transferred to a gearbox which has another small shaft coming of of it which powers the head...... make that make sense🤔
Pretty cool system. Isn’t that alfalfa (hay?) too green? It looks like it could heat up and compost.
When they pour your next slab, make sure they reinforce it with mesh, AND that they “pull” the mesh a few inches up into the concrete. If they leave the mesh at the bottom, it does practically nothing and your slab will crack. You might also want to consider fiberglass reinforced concrete.
It was dry enough
Have u guys thought of raking it first for less passes with the chopper? Great video
Not on first crop
Going to have to climb up on those self-unloading hay/silage wagons and brush the hay off to keep the roof from rusting.
Yep
Central pa- we’re down about 25-30% yields
As usual a great video. You’re camera and editing skills are great.👍
Great awesome video, makes good feed
I thought it was just me having shitty yields. im from down by cedar rapids. 2 to 2.5 ton an acre.
That’s how our hay is it’s really beautifully hay but it just doesn’t yield like normal years
Great video 👍🏻
I’m surprised that you guys don’t merge three or four wind rows together
One we don't own a merger, and two this a small pull type chopper. 48 feet of first crop is not gonna go through. No way in hell.
Even if you just rake three rows into one, you could slow down your ground speed and make more efficient use of the chopper.
A rake is a good way to get a rock in the chopper. Looks like they do just fine keeping it full the way it is. No sense in adding another operation.
I was wondering what is the difference between the little and big 4450?
Tires makes the bigger one look bigger and it has a few more horsepower
Great video
The yellow tank on the chopper; does it have some chemical to preserve the haylage?
Water to make it blow better in certain moisture. We had this chopper for 8 years and only had to use it once.
Eero,Some farmers near me stopped using inoculants bc not enough difference in feed for the costs. Some now do like he says,run water on crop to stop feed from dry wedging in blower.
I was wondering that too. I’ve never seen one of those in my limited experience here in Indiana. Maybe because it tends to be pretty humid here?
Yea we do 10×300s they are almost 500 pounds
Holy shit
I thought the small 4440 goes on the bagger not the big 4440
That was on the sprayer
Do you guys have a processor for your chopper?
No
Try agflex bags from rbc berry products
How many ponys does the 3020
70
Oh cool
Where do you buy your Up North bags from?
Kolker plastics
@@iowadairyboysFarms we get our Up North bags from Skip Breitbachs feed in Balltown. They will deliver to the farm, and they also deliver in your area.
Kolker delivers too. We also get netwrap there
@@iowadairyboysFarms where is Kolkers located?
@@hturbo1007 dryersville equipment mile