Great job teading Suzanne

Great helper you have Suzanne

Great video Suzanne

@This1LifeWeLive

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Michigan state shirt. Im near Traverse. I recently bought a tym 474 with a cab. i have farmed for decades with open station tractors. It is so nice to be inside of a cab in the winter

TYM's are definitely a good brand of ''new'' tractors in my opinion. Don't have any on our farm but my friends have had good luck with them. They're built pretty simple like old school tractors.

@This1LifeWeLive

2 жыл бұрын

That's what I wanted.. something old school but new enough I didn't have to worry about something breaking right away, lol!

@BrodieBr0

2 жыл бұрын

@@This1LifeWeLive You made the perfect choice with TYM Suz! Breaking and fixing stuff sure is part of the farm life though. haha

Awesome video

I like what Jason Busch is saying below.

@This1LifeWeLive

2 жыл бұрын

LOL that's Erik's buddy :)

cool video

Great job raking Suzanne

Nice Video

Quite impressed with the TYM 574 tractor. It actually makes hay farming seem fun if there wasn't any moisture issues. Late season cuts are notorious for being iffy. If you can only pull this one off...Thanks for the ride

@This1LifeWeLive

2 жыл бұрын

This is actually a mid season cutting (July), so it SHOULD have been fine, but farmers all over our area had trouble with 2nd cutting drying because the dew was so late and so many pop up rain showers . . . as you'll see in the next few videos ;)

It's good to see warm air and green grass!!

@This1LifeWeLive

2 жыл бұрын

I'm feeling like I never left it, lol!

Thatsa windrow that would make yo mama proud !!

@This1LifeWeLive

2 жыл бұрын

haha, thankyou!

WT FARM GIRL--- I really like your videos,I was raised on a 85A farm in the 1950's and 60's. So I can relate to a lot of things you go through, thank you for keeping it real,not every day is good day 😊!

@This1LifeWeLive

2 жыл бұрын

I think in farming, every day is just another challenge, and some are bigger than others ;D

Suzanne I don’t have anything to do in the winter time so I enjoy watching your beautiful videos I think it’s awesome the way your swathing then baling ya do what ever it takes to get the job done. Until the next video have a wonderful safe day and evening sweetheart love you 😘😋💕😇🙏💞❤️

@This1LifeWeLive

2 жыл бұрын

Thankyou Steven!

Hi Susie You make me smile all the time little sweetie

I admire you💞

Great stuff. Making hay is my favorite. Awsome to see someone else that loves doing it!! Keep on playing. 4 mor month's. N it's on again.!😀😆

@This1LifeWeLive

2 жыл бұрын

I'm already sweating this upcoming season! Gottaget some manure down on the fields :D

Way to stay by mentioning that you know see the rolling that others had pointed out earlier. Great job at staying down to earth. Makes easier for people to give great advice and pointers later

Hello !!! I just found your channel a few minutes ago and thought that I would watch it and see what it is all about . Well I liked it, so I will be looking forward to more videos . I am 58 yrs old and I live in Lawrence County, Kentucky on my almost 200 acre farm with my 4 dogs ( I did have 5 but one of my boy dogs got hit by a truck around 9:00 Saturday night (9 days ago) and died about 2:00 Sunday morning and I really miss him. They were born here on the farm on February 28 in 2015, they were all brothers and sisters, 2 girls and 3 boys, but now just 2 boys. They are sort like my kids and are a big part of my everyday life, since I live here by myself and them. I don't have any cattle anymore and no horses or mules anymore, but I still have my hayfields cut by one of my neighbors who has several head of cattle and a couple of horses . So I help him some with the hay . I hope that you got the hay baled . See you later, so be careful and stay safe and keep on making us more videos . As always, Jeffrey !!!

@This1LifeWeLive

2 жыл бұрын

Oh goodness! I'm sorry to hear about your dog! I ran my over last week too, she ran out fast as lightning as I pulled up the driveway and I hit the brakes and slid on the ice and creamed her. Strangely enough she wasn't hurt at all. I hope your other dogs live a full life!

@jeffreykbevins7116

2 жыл бұрын

@@This1LifeWeLive Thank You, very much some don't understand how that you can get so attached to them. But when you were there the minute that they were born and you picked them up and held them in your hands and looked at them when they were just a little tiny living thing that you could hold in the palm of one hand so helpless and you watch them grow just a little bit everyday and each one of them with there own personality and they become a big part of your life everyday and he grew into a big healthy dog that is so big that you can't hardly pick him up in both arms and he weighed so much. His name was Ringo and he was my best guard dog, I believe that if he had thought that someone was trying to hurt me, he would have eat them up and died to protect me . He loved to kill copperhead snakes, most of the time he wasn't the one that killed them tho, his favorite thing was to circle one and then get out in front of it about 40 to 48 inches and look it straight in the eyes and bow down on his front feet and almost like hypnotize them some way like and just wait staring at them and his brother Buster would come up sort of at a angle from the side at the back of them and when Ringo had them hypnotized Buster would grab them right and the back of their head and then in 30 seconds or so they were dead cause Buster had tore there head off slinging them back and forth so hard . And then they would hit the ground and between the 3 boys they were tore up in 5 or 6 inch pieces . The first time that I seen it happen of them killing a copperhead, I thought " Wow " I ain't never seen anything like this before, but Ringo knew just exactly how to do it . And whenever any of the dogs seen any kind of snake anywhere, they had a special sounding loud bark and they all came running to each others rescue. I have seen each one of them kill a snake by theirself. But most of the time they did it as a team each doing there own part. It was amazing to watch them . And if they found a rat somewhere, they sort of did something similar . You all take care and be careful and stay safe . As always, Jeffrey !!!

Howdy Suz, thanks for the ride on the little guy and the side by side,as always I give your video a thumbs up 👍🚜

@dennistembreull2718

2 жыл бұрын

Take the clevis hitch of the tractor

WOW, you were really "trucken" up and down that field!! Hope all works out for you!

Love your channel from Michigan and Michigan rules! Keep up the great subjects! Maple syrup time is soon!

@This1LifeWeLive

2 жыл бұрын

We had been really hoping to get going on syrup this year, but still can't get Erik to pull the gun on a sugar shack. Everytime I think we've got a plan, he wants to change it :P I REEEEEEALY miss making it!

Great video. They hay is thicker than I had first thought...wow. I deal with the same weather issues you are dealing with it's hard to know what to do. Sometimes you just have to make a decision and go with it. Also, haha way to end the video on a cliffhanger....just like an author to do that!!!

@This1LifeWeLive

2 жыл бұрын

Sometimes I push the envelope a bit too much for "story lines", lol, but I try to pave my own path, haha!

You’re gonna make an absolute adorable granny way down the road

You really work to hard to get things done I don't know how you do it ! Stay safe and healthy 👍

@This1LifeWeLive

2 жыл бұрын

Many days I'm about ready to lose my mind, lol!

@josephpilosky4775

2 жыл бұрын

@@This1LifeWeLive yes I bet you are stay safe and healthy 👍

You're husband is an extremely lucky man to have a woman as smart as you. Best of luck to you be careful around machinery.Bless you

@This1LifeWeLive

2 жыл бұрын

Thankyou!

👍👍

Suzanne have you thought about taking the first wheels off of each side. The wind rows won't be quite as big. Take care and have a blessed day and I'll see you on your next vidja.

@This1LifeWeLive

2 жыл бұрын

No, that never occurred to me . . . but the rake IS adustable, just haven't figured out how to do it yet . . . the manual is worthless with that and no online videos :P

your learning what thick hay is all about, its a different world......but no hay is fun to deal with in threating weather.....i bet you had a ball baling that stuff....we use a big single rotary rake in hay like that, none of those huge unmanageable windrows and piles at the turnarounds but its slower

@This1LifeWeLive

2 жыл бұрын

I seen those on occasion out here, I'm sure they'd make a fine row!

Good stuff Suzanne, never heard of army worms until last year Myself, Travis K had trouble with them also👍🙂

@This1LifeWeLive

2 жыл бұрын

I don't plan on any teff next year, so hopefully no army worms either ;)

Nice informative video that you have shown us. Thanks for sharing. Yours truly Ed Parkhurst.

@This1LifeWeLive

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Let's cross our fingers that this year's hay season will be better for both of us!

@This1LifeWeLive

2 жыл бұрын

No kidding! I heard costs of Urea and other fertilizers ahve doubled. Gonna hit the small farmer harder as we don't have any way to buy in bulk and store it when prices are low :( Erik bought a dump truck so now I can haul my own . . . but gotta gget on his butt to get it registered so I can HAUL, lol!

Viewed 1-26-22 from Illinois Hi Suz Depending the hay type you are raking............wheel rake can roll the material into a rope. Vemeer makes a parallel bar "v" rake hydraulic driven. I have always use parallel bar rakes in the past for the reason to stay away from windrows rolled up tight. You made the investment stay with what you have :))))

@This1LifeWeLive

2 жыл бұрын

We started with a bar rake (still ahve it actually). It always left about a third of our second or third cut on the field. We get some good winds out here, and the orchard grass is so light that the rake would send it airborne, and the rows so loose they'd blow everywhere. We researched several styles before deciding on the 11 wheel rake (including the kicker wheel). The wheels keep the grass locked in front of them, so it cannot blow while being collected :)

@arzamumma1202

2 жыл бұрын

@@This1LifeWeLive Hi Suz OK it was a suggestion, but you must go with what works best in your operation. Yes, a ground driven bar rake doesn't turn fast enought to to provide a clean sweep in shorter thinner material. Our first 2 rakes were ground driven which did not do well until we bought a 3 point mounted PTO New Idea rake. Depending how it was raking we would vary ground speed to get a clean rake. Stay with your wheel rake.

We used a side delivery rake for decades. THey make super easy work of the headlands. Dad traded for a wheel rake. IM not a fan at all. Ive considered putting a V wheel rake on the front of the baling tractor so I can rake and bale in one trip....'course IM using a round baler that pulls directly behind the tractor instead of offset to the side like a square baler. Im still not a fan of the wheel rakes. THey can bunch up the hay, and navigating the headlands is certainly challanging. Raking hay is an artform

Your supposed to connect the hitch to the lower part of the drawbar because it is solid. The pin goes thru the top hole of the drawbar then thru the top hole on your hitch. The top part is bolted on and can shift and come loose if you use that part to pull things. It is made that way so if you have a tow strap you can put a pin thru it to pull on the drawbar without needing a clevis.

@This1LifeWeLive

2 жыл бұрын

The pin was too short to go throgh both. I had never seen a draw bar like this before, so it's been a bit tricky to figure out ;) pretty much none of my hitches will fit normally in it . . .

@jasonbusch3624

2 жыл бұрын

@@This1LifeWeLive buy a longer pin and keep it with the tractor

You know how I rake with a wheel rake Suzanne?? I take one wind row off the outside and then run the middle and then go around the that to clean up where I raised up so I have nice clean windrows!!!! Hope you staying warm up there !!! Because its cold here !!!! Old man Fred says it's getting cold there !!! 😊🌎🌞👍💖 Have a great day everyone 😀

@This1LifeWeLive

2 жыл бұрын

Advice from you and others is what I'm trying to implement with this rake. I did do one outside pass, lol, then went into the middle to rake it back and forth :) Then a few extra passed around the outside to tiny it all up ;D

@evankibbe590

2 жыл бұрын

@@This1LifeWeLive cool 😎

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Looks like the armyworms got the best of that field. Looks like mostly stem left

@This1LifeWeLive

2 жыл бұрын

Its hard to say if it's the fault of the army worms, or my fault for cutting it one week late (rain)...

Hardest working girl in farming

@This1LifeWeLive

2 жыл бұрын

Thankyou :)

What’s your plan for fertilizer this year

Didn't realize you ran into such a rotten stretch of weather, certainly tough to make hay like that, thought it was a good idea to utilize the mini might a little more, especially when tedding and raking, did you start doubling the windrows again?, it looked like you had some heavy windrows again, hopefully the next chapter is the sun coming out and everything is rainbows and puppy dogs, can't wait to see

@This1LifeWeLive

2 жыл бұрын

THIS is where being able to adjust the rake from the tractor seat would be FANTASTIC . . . I did NOT double the windrows . . . but it WAS still collecting 3 at a shot. being able to contral the angles would ahve really saved me . . someone last raking video mentioned you drive forward or rearward to push or pull the arms out . . . so I'm goig to give that a try this SPRING (before hay season) and see if I can get a better handle on that :)

@tonyburelle6633

2 жыл бұрын

That might work, thanks Suzanne

Hook implements to the bottom part of the draw bar I believe the top part is called a hammer strap

@waynejones5239

2 жыл бұрын

Yes it is

@This1LifeWeLive

2 жыл бұрын

The pin was too short for this style of draw bar . .

I don’t mind these TYM, Rual King and other brand of tractors however when I went looking, the price range was basically the same as brand tractors with dealer support next door

@This1LifeWeLive

2 жыл бұрын

For me it came down to down to time. I don't have time (or a trailer) to haul my tractor to the dealer everytime it has an issue. I'd rather not have any issues, or, be able to fix it myself. The beauty of the Kuikje engine on the TYM is it's old school . . . no computers or quirky electronics. It's one of VERY few diesel engines built that way. No DEF or other crazy stuff. With the name brand tractors, they are ALL made overseas, usually by the same no name company. JD does have a few made stateside, but none with the features and HP we wanted. That model was made in India or mexico and had awful reviews. I have a friend with a new Holland Boomer, and it's caught fire 3 times, and has been in the shop more than in the field. We seriously considered Kioti, but while they are built 2x stronger than needed, their engines were built 2x weaker than needed, and folks online complained they were always blowing up. I hadn't read anything unusual with the TYM tractors.. And I don't support JD anymore either since they threw "influencers" under the bus as "fake farmers" in one of their ads last year. I'm sure it was a stab at Case IH who had sponsored several KZreadrs, but regardless, it was tacky.

@gregbird6615

2 жыл бұрын

@@This1LifeWeLive that’s one reason why older tractors are bringing a premium price

Why I stopped cutting my own hay on the farm....always something ridiculous going on in the hayfield...equipment breaks, rain, wind..wet...money sucking venture that only lost money for me. Plus selling it...what a pain...farmer billy down the road want's to buy one bale at the time and have me load him up every day ...then complain because the bale costs $35 Fun to make...money looser on my place for sure....my local hay guy can't even sell off his hay from years past...sitting in the field rotting!! AHHHH!! Be safe out there!

@This1LifeWeLive

2 жыл бұрын

yeah $35 a bale isn't worth the work! I have never seen hay that cheap out here. Rounds usually start at $60 and go up. For a while squares were selling as low as $3 each, but all the farmers selling that cheap retired ($3 doesn't cover much expenses). It's been climbing again in recent years, with even the normally $4 stuff selling for $8. But we carefully chose our crop based on local demand. People want small squares out here, and goats have been booming too. I've got about enough customers right now to have all of my 2022 hay sold. Lots of people out here do cattle (that's why it's hard to find calves, they are snatched up so fast by people with 2 acres of land). But shoot, if hay is cheap it makes sense to just buy it and feed it :) We are looking into christmas trees too . . . the two big local farms retired, leaving a nice gap in the market :)

Curious, wondering how many bales you got total last year. ?? I know the first cutting was light.

@jerryhowell5106

2 жыл бұрын

If you want to have some help with the Army Worms or Catapilars. The see if you can purchase you a dozen or two of Guinea Fowl as they do a much better job of eating worms or bugs in your grass or hay.

@This1LifeWeLive

2 жыл бұрын

I belive it was 1800 with all the fields and all the xcuts . .. ideal (from what I've read) is 150 bales per acre. A good year would be a bit over 100. I think we did close to 100 last year. To cover all my new hay customers I will need at LEAST 100 bales per acre . . .

Hey Sue do you sell any hat's or other stuff?

@This1LifeWeLive

2 жыл бұрын

I do have some shorts and sweatshrts for sale online, haven't done any design updates in a while, lol. but the link is in the video description somewhere :)

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Hello gorgeous princess

@This1LifeWeLive

2 жыл бұрын

Good morning!

No thanks on the teff hay. That stuff does not like me! The horses and cattle like it. But it drives my allergies wild. Also, our grower doesn't like it. He said the seed is really expensive and small which makes it harder to deal with. And it is hard to grow here in the central valley of California. So good luck!! It does look like a really nice and heavy crop of hay.

@This1LifeWeLive

2 жыл бұрын

It is expensive for sure!

Just a comment about tedding--It sounded like your PTO was going too fast. Want to be gentle while tedding--slow and low!

I sure hope you did beat the rain. If your horses don't like it, you might need to purchase a herd of goats.

@This1LifeWeLive

2 жыл бұрын

First cutting teff was hard. I sold it to lots of various customers, most coming back saying not even the goats would eat it. My horses WILL to a certain extent, but they grumble about it, lol. I keep it for bedding now :)

مرحبا 💐هل أنت بالمزرعه سأكون ممتنآ وسعيدا ان أصبحت احد افراد العائله(الطبيعه الأرض الأم) 🌱💦👍

Im sorry but I still can’t understand raising and lowering the rake so so much. Do you think it makes the rows look better? Wasted time with the rake is wasted time with the baler. A spiral is continuous progress. But you do you!

@This1LifeWeLive

2 жыл бұрын

I do like spirals, no double. Much faster to cut that way and ted too. Raking I erase my spirals because this style rake does NOT like tight turns, and this field is so small I have to keep the rows long and straight . . .

That’s not big rake could pull it behind your quad bike

@This1LifeWeLive

2 жыл бұрын

The rake needs a minimum of 30 horse power AND hydraulics to pull it. But it IS a big rake :) Just not a giant rake ;)

@jacobmathie2914

2 жыл бұрын

@@This1LifeWeLive We used to pull one behind a Ute then the double rotor rake came And haven’t looked back