1st cutting hay baling operation on our small farm. The calm before the storm.
We attempt to wrap up first cutting hay with the last 10 acres on the ground. I use the Farmall H and our roll-o-bar rake to make windrows. I small square bale two wagons using the Farmall 460 gas tractor and the New Holland 268 square baler, then switch over to the John Deere tractor and the New Holland 644 round baler to finish up the field. I made adjustments to the knotter Assembly on the square baler after multiple broken knots the last time I used it. Will it work properly and give a trouble-free day. Let's hope so.
We are a small 40 acre direct-to-consumer livestock farm located in Western NY. We provide pasture raised beef, pork, chicken & eggs to our local community. We practice sustainable land practices that utilize natural methods to keep our soils/pastures healthy and our animals happy.
I am the 2nd generation to live on this piece of property after my parents purchased it in 1978. As a child we were not a working farm. But there were dairy farms surrounding us. So naturally I was hooked with farming since I saw my first tractor. As time went on, I worked for a couple of these farms and that only fueled my love of agriculture. In 2019 I was able to move back home as my parents were ready to downsize and I was ready to try my hand at farming. Stacy and logan share the same love of farming as I do. Stacy growing up on her family's dairy farm and logans exposure of farming/tractors at a very young age. Join us on this journey and see where the farm life takes us.
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awsome video matt thumbs up and shared
Great looking hay and bales! I think this channel is gonna blow up. Ppl love seeing old iron on this size farm. So much more relatable than watching big farmers running equipment that costs 2 million dollars on auto steer lol
@Cobbhillfarms
19 күн бұрын
Thank you. We are trying our best to keep the "small family farm" idea alive. I have always done things on the farm that I have found enjoyable to do but also at the same time it has to make sense dollars and cents wise as well. We are striving to make as much a living off our farm as possible while. With my mechanical background old equipment is where it's at. Nothing special needed to fix and parts are still readily available for most of the machines we have. I'm glad that people seem to be enjoying what we are trying to do here and the video content put here. Thank you for watching the channel. Its greatly appreciated!!
".....or even put a block underneath it." Sounds like option One, to me...(as opposed to the several others...)
Nice tutorial on knotters! We use almost the same haying equipment as you, a NH 273 square baler and NH 56 hay rake and NH 644 round baler. All pulled by CASE tractors.
@Cobbhillfarms
3 сағат бұрын
Thanks. Knotters seem to intimidate people but they are pretty simple once you understand how they work. The older equipment is essential to the operation of our farm. Dont have the overhead of expensive loan payments and there simple/ cheap enough to maintain. There is not to many CASE tractors being used for farming around here anymore. I can think of one farm on the next road over that still farms with CASE tractors. We have a few CASE collectors in the area that show theirs. But that's really it. Thanks for watching the channel. Its greatly appreciated.
It's nice to have a driver for your tractor
@Cobbhillfarms
17 күн бұрын
It sure is. Thanks for watching the channel. Its greatly appreciated.
Hello everyone great vidéo and equipement great jobs cobb hey from Alsace in France
Good job Matt. That is some fine looking hay. Love the equipment. And i can almost hear my grandaddy saying.....Boy, you gonna regret not having no sleeves on them arms lol. I never wore long sleeves hauling hay. And i was always iching something terrible way before we were finished lol. Thanks Matt👍
@Cobbhillfarms
19 күн бұрын
Thanks. It was a long day's work but new I did something at the end of the day. I started wearing sleeveless shirts a couple years ago. What a difference in staying cool. I only wear sleeve shirts out in public when going out on the town. They only hurt the first burn of the season.
I love this channel
Making that old equipment operate like its new :) keep it up
@Cobbhillfarms
19 күн бұрын
We certainly try to keep our equipment running in like new condition the best we can. It certainly is trying sometimes when you are just trying to get a job done like baling hay. I'm a firm believer in preventative maintenance goes a long way.
@jerrycopley9325
18 күн бұрын
@@Cobbhillfarms I worked maintenance in the Hot Strip in a steel mill for 37 years as a Millwright and I can agree with preventative maintenance lol if it dont get grease, oil or adjusted it will fail
My old 268 works almost perfect, good thing cause I know noting about fixing knotters.
@Cobbhillfarms
18 күн бұрын
I know just enough about the knotters to get by. My friend that owns the round baler is a wizz with square balers and knotter systems. He has been fixing them for years. I will say once you understand what each parts job is and how they function they are pretty simple. There timing is key.
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Mornin
@Cobbhillfarms
20 күн бұрын
Morning Todd
Could you add a red filter to your camera when your on that one tractor LOL
@Cobbhillfarms
19 күн бұрын
Hahaha. I know. It is painful. All kidding aside I do really appreciate my neighbor letting me use it though. If it wasn't for the john deere I would be out of luck as far as the round baler. I made it right the day after I baled my hay though. I helped my friend that owns the round baler bale his hay. I pulled that round baler with his IH 856. All is right in the world. 😊 Thanks for watching the channel.