Watching Mike struggle through a decent crop is a new adventure on this channel. There is definitely worse problems to have though.

@7rixee

Жыл бұрын

It's been a tough couple of years over there.. Uh oh.. When the ideals came, that wasnt too bad. Great videos back then.

On those macdons when canola is tall and bushy, tilt your header all the way forward, makes the hole taller at the back of the header allowing for the canola to move easier through the center hole.

Farming is basically waiting for sensors to be delivered and then try to grow a crop in between

Had a honeybee And roto shears kept plugging..... adjusted a relief valve and that turned the rotoshears into chainsaws!! Should of consulted the manual alot sooner, wouldn't of had so many beaver huts..... combine drivers don't appreciate poor swather operators!!

The end cutter is a must for canola. I had to combine a field for a neighbor that didn't have one it was a horrible mess of piles I was talking to myself before the field was done. The old 7720 with the slow speed drive kept shearing pins.

We have run rotoshears for 15 years. We have swathed 50 bushel plus, Invigor 345, 30 foot canola swaths with older HB headers at 7mph, without stationary knives and never plugged our shears. I would not swath Canola without them. Looks like your cutter wheel on your shear is not close enough to the steel plate and canola is wrapping between the plate and the rotary wheel. We run our as close as we can get it without the knives hitting anything,there is maybe a 3/8 inch gap. Also, when the gps works, we swath at 290 degrees NW as our strongest winds will come from that direction or the east and we never go without a roller. Lessons learned from past years of canola swaths blowing and combining entire fields 14 feet at a time. Great videos, Keep them up.

Over in the uk for OSR or canola as you call it we use a sickle bar at either side instead of the rotary shears I would recommend trying them

Thank you MIKE..... Very proud of y'all 😀

There's a saying in NZ farming, "a good problem." That's what we have here. I love swathing, but the thought of an unforcasted cross wind against the rows can keep you awake at night, especially when you hear the wind rattling the windows. Awesome work 👍

Swathing Canola can be a frustrating experience to say the least. It does speed up the harvest but the risk of wind damage is also high. I have lost more crop to wind than any other peril over the years. Soldier on!!

I had that same problem with the rotor shears until I took them off and put them in the shop. Never had the problem again, it cut great!

@chadkubashek4622

Жыл бұрын

Those things seem completely unnecessary we have cut the worst kinds of canola for yrs without those things.

Hi Mike, not sure if’s in the comments, but cut your canola on an angle into prevailing wind. Here we go NW to SE. It picks up the sprayer tracks and you won’t push one way and cut easier the other.

Love watching the fall harvest Mike. Thanks for taking all of us along with you every day! Makes me want to try it someday. Or at least come run a machine for ya! I, too love the smell of dirt and also like to keep my cab clean! No shoes! Lol. 😂 Keep up the good work! 👍🏻🤙🏻

@RBarnett421

Жыл бұрын

Start with a personal garden plot growing your own food always worth it lol Porsche makes tractors lol

Sometimes it’s just too wet and it gets sticky and makes a mess. That macdon should just whistle thru that canola

Catch phrase of the day…. And it ALL BLEW AWAY! 😂❤

I can appreciate Ashtyn's dad's equipment is most likely busy in his fields but at some point it would be interesting to see Ashtyn in her favourite colour doing a side by side comparison

@itz_lexiii_

Жыл бұрын

I imagine after harvest is over you might have a better shot at that happening, he likes to do tractor pull competitions during downtime

@Stasiek_Zabojca

Жыл бұрын

Keep in mind that Ashtyn is busy looking after Chapel.

Honestly, I know exactly what you are going through. I had a 36 honeybee head and struggled. One direction it went great, the other direction, not so much. It obviously was leaning and had to go the same direction due to The prevailing winds as you indicated in your video

Awesome job. Beautiful country

Hope you found, better times!

With your issues with the sprayer tracks I now have a better understanding why some farmers in my area used airplanes to spray the canola. Possibly in the future Brother Brian and his plane may make a cameo appearance at the north farm

@davidlogel2350

Жыл бұрын

You can only fly so far from your home runway as a flying farmer. 20 miles I think. If Brian is a certified commercial operator he can fly in a 50 mile radius from his home base. I could be wrong on the distances but it’s something like that.

@Stasiek_Zabojca

Жыл бұрын

@@davidlogel2350 They would definately need another runway very close. Flying so far just to spray few acres would be economical nightmare.

@davidlogel2350

Жыл бұрын

@@Stasiek_Zabojca I know, he would be better off to hire Clayton Air Services or Provincial Air although I’m not sure if Provincial flies that far north.

Thumbnails beautiful, I think it's amazing whoever decided to haul a swathe sideways. Y'all ever seen the one that balances on the front wheels along a just so wide enough trailer to fit the footprint of the fronts? Its absolutely amazing, theres a version of it in that farming simulator game

Mike,you don’t need the sheer’s, just a very long rod at the ends and dull knife section in the corners. Worked for me all the time, I grew canola for many years and learned how to deal with it. Never ever cut canola low, because it shells it will grow under the swath and then watch out , if you get a rainy period and can’t harvest right away you will be in Big trouble.

Invigor l345pc is by far the hardest canola I’ve ever swath Keep up the nice videos 😊

Great video Mike

Greetings from Dubrovnik, Croatia 💪🇭🇷

@karlsgarage2851

Жыл бұрын

Vozite li vi takve mašine u Dubrovniku?

@ghostrider7688

Жыл бұрын

Ain’t no body searching canola in Dubrovnik I would wager lol 😂

@matej5326

Жыл бұрын

I currently live in Dubrovnik, but I'm from eastern Croatia and I work in agriculture.

@matej5326

Жыл бұрын

In Dubrovnik, there are not enough large fields for farming, tourism, grapes and fish prevail here.

Best swather ever was a old versatile from 1974 that beast hauled ass

I drive a W150 w/35ft MacDon header. When I swath I make sure my reel is centered over the cutting bar. Now if the JD and Mac header are close to the same in how they are built, I would have to say your reel is too far back. On the right where your numbers show reel extension, you are at 8. On mine I'm about 6 for center. I think maybe that's why you might be having trouble swathing. Also don't be afraid to put reel down into canola to help it on the canvas. If you have canola that is facing away from you while you are swathing move your reel out, this will help lift the plant before cutting(4-5). FYI: I've cut around 5000 acres in the last 6 years.

@ghostrider7688

Жыл бұрын

That’s good advice man . Hope he picks it up 👍

@chrisanders995

Жыл бұрын

I would agree with having the reel out also. I run mine 2/3 to 3/4 of the way out. Also reel in the crop and speed it up about 1.5 to 2 mph faster then ground speed. Tilt header all the way ahead it makes the hole taller and also makes the canvases less flat and grabbs crop better. I could go on and on.. also swath about 1000 ac a year myself. I never swath in the heat of the day either... only at night with dew or in the rain.

@jaypeerobot3745

Жыл бұрын

@@chrisanders995 I forgot to mention header angle. Didn't even think of that, but I run with full tilt also.

@jaypeerobot3745

Жыл бұрын

@@ghostrider7688 Thanx. Glad you thought so.

Mike wearing shoes in the tractor. :) You are going to have to get drone that sprays. :)

Nice looking swather Mike

amazing how much people struggle when they try and farm with john deere lmao.. must be painful knowing there is cheaper and better equipment available but to proud to try it

Next time it's swathing time come west and visit us by Kandahar. I'll get you sorted on those MacDon 1170's. Get that reel forward for starters. Put lot's of hours on them testing them before they were released.

@theloniousm4337

Жыл бұрын

They grow canola in Afghanistan?

Feeling the struggle with those shears. Most guys do a bit of both up here. Swath and straight cut.

Crop yield looks good in the north farm.

Before watching this channel, I had never heard much about canola and wondered about the market for it. A little investigation revealed its qualities, and now I look for stuff (mayonnaise, etc.) made with canola.

I am dating "myself" here but I had one sickle blade break on a sickle bar using a pull type swather. (I had caught a small tree branch moving to a new field.) It was before cell phones or FM radios were being used. My uncle checked on me and he said that he would replace the broken piece held by a couple of rivets. I was getting "good" and the swaths were nice and straight. I was so pleased. I finished most of the swathing and I returned to university. At Christmas time I asked my uncle how he enjoyed those straight swaths. He replied with a chuckle, "It was good except for those odd manure balls that you left." . . . you see, the end plugged once in awhile and I had to clear the swather. 😊

Down here the guys plant trees on the edge of their fields. Helps reduce the wind.

Hope they get it fixed for you

Get er done!💯

I agree if you have a good crop 40 ft sounds a lot to try to get out of the swather, even if you went down to a 35 ft it might help enough ....wonder if you were to cut higher if it would help

Good looking crop 😀

I have on average 80 bushel rapeseed crops and i struggle cutting with a 12 foot header. Cant imagine 40 feet of pain.

Magnifique vidéo et la moissonneuse sont très sympa

keep up the good work

Greetings from North Dakota

We use side knives on swathers over here , in Europe

In my experience pod shatter canola swaths best with some speed. Drive around 4.5-5mph. Don’t be afraid to set your reels a little more aggressive and use the real speed to keep the canola moving on your canvas’. The faster you go the more room it has to go through the hole on your table!

@ghostrider7688

Жыл бұрын

That’s good advice right there man

@chadkubashek4622

Жыл бұрын

That 40 ft is terrible as well 35 is plenty enough sometimes we even chop down to only 30.

@kentonleriger8288

Жыл бұрын

100% speed up and get aggressive with that reel make a world of difference

@chadkubashek4622

Жыл бұрын

@@kentonleriger8288 just be thankful mike did not cut your canola you may not have a combine left at the end. In his defence he is new to swathing and it shows a lot. Ahah

@kentonleriger8288

Жыл бұрын

Ya he will hate his life when he starts combining lol...

Looks like a very nice canola crop to me...

That was quite the moist morning

Pretty cool!

Great video Mike could you bring your other x9 up there to work get through quicker ?and some of the jd with the honey bee headers that way you can cover all your bases

Mike, can you get a side knife for the front of the swather? Instead of the little round bladed thingy.

Just a few comments. We've never had great luck swathing straight cut varieties, they dont seem to cure well in the swath. It will be ready to combine, the canola will be dry, but we will be chucking alot of pods that aren't cured properly out the back unthreshed. If you do swath it takes a week longer to cure than regular canola does, unless its dead ripe when swathed, which yours may be, I cant tell from the video. And also l345 was a big fat dud on our farm this year. I've never had to use rotor shears with our Macdon swather, or at least since I grew pioneer canola last, take them off and throw them in the bush.

@mikemitchell2554

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comments Ken! Much appreciated.. Why was your 345 a dud? Didn't yield? Mine is a 65bu stand with 40bu grain.. Aka: " Trudeau Canola" - all stand and nothing in the head 😆😆 I also let some canola stand for the straight cutting comparsions and of that I sprayed some and didn't spray some. So it will be very interesting to see all the differences. I want to be done cutting a couple weeks here and the stuff I didn't spray I can still see some green in it... I think mistakes were made there 😆🤦🏻‍♂️

@wheatking01

Жыл бұрын

@@mikemitchell2554 The veracous seed treatment really set it back by at least 10-14 days. The DeKalb I had in the same field as a trial was easily 10 bushels better. But the other invigours l357 and 56 have been good. I was never a good swather operator, always leaving beaver huts. So now we straight cut most everything. But not being able to get it through the hole is usually a good problem. But I should add I'm 70 miles north of you, so your results may differ.

@davidlogel2350

Жыл бұрын

L340P and Pioneer 505 have been the winners so far here this fall.

@chadkubashek4622

Жыл бұрын

@@davidlogel2350 we had field trials all those varieties in it pioneer was almost 20 busals less then the 340 invigor it was embarrassing for the pioneer lol the invigor s all treated with vercoras were top of the trial all the competition was in the bottom of the pack.

@davidlogel2350

Жыл бұрын

@@chadkubashek4622 that’s why we don’t grow just one variety Chad. What works in an area for for one guy may not work in a different area for another.

Have you ever tried to pick up 2 swathed rows at thesame time with the coventional combine header instead of the pick up real you use,

Great vid

Yeah your common denominator problem is you have to big of a header, the throat isn’t big enough to handle 40ft swaths, to much material coming into the throat, 30ft headers seems to be about the best size to run on swathers and not run into problems

Speed your canvas and reels up and give r 7-8 mph

I have a 210 International swather that I would give to you with individual break stick steering.

That's a good machine

@tobyryan4648

Жыл бұрын

Ditch the sheers and speed up reel and caves

Hey Mike

Morning

Greetings from Steiermark, Austria🇦🇹

@Michael-op3vq

Жыл бұрын

Wie viel Österreicher schauen noch zu

@lalapo4472

Жыл бұрын

@@Michael-op3vq Nicht ganz heutiges Österreich. Aber Vorderösterreichische Donaustädte. 😅

Hi mike In the uk we use side knives on swathers and on combines for direct cutting They cut through anything

Bean watching you and yours for a while now , was wondering why don’t park up facing east to reduce condensation… many farmers do mike. Even some of us "over the big pond" do it with a lot of farmers do …

lucky Mike there are 365 days in a year so he gets it done

Mike, don't you find the auger too aggressive on the swath with canola?

Mike seems a bit of a design fault having the rotary cutter and real on the same oil circuit but it's good to see a good crop all the best

Is it possible to bring up one of the Honeybee headers and do a comparison against the John Deere header

I disagree wholeheartedly every year we swathed the straight cut was Always 10 times out of 10 ready to harvest before the swaths, bigger seeds and more yield every….single….time, we pray and welcome the frost. And no not small acres, Regardless every farm is different Keep cranking out the good videos 👍

@mikemitchell2554

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback Moe! 🙂 I ll be checking for the seed size differences tho I doubt I. Find any due to the fact I swathed it nearly ripe 😆🤦🏻‍♂️

@moekissel8840

Жыл бұрын

@@mikemitchell2554 yah I hear ya that looks like a great crop nonetheless, I always used to hear the comments from the trucks when they come to the farm to help haul away “did you straight cut this?” They would ask I would always ask “ how do you know?” They would say “your seeds are fatter than most canola we haul” I guess in theory when our family was the first in our area to straight cut back in the late 90s the theory was to let the crop ripen and mature under its own will, get a good frost and smoke it dead, then go grab it We don’t dessicate an acre either we all believe if your gonna dessicate it you may as well swath it. Variety is key no doubt. In 2012 we had a giant wind like all of Alberta did and it blew a giant crop down to 12 bu/ac so we did get burned that year, the flip side to that was everyone was fishing their swaths outta the tree line and also got 20bu/ac so they one upped us that year 😂 in 2013 I went and bought the brand new w150 Deere / macdon swather(s)and fought every single acre like this video Sold the swather after that and never looked back. Biggest down fall is that we aren’t breaking any speed records during combining taking it straight or not sprayed 3-3.5mph with 40’ macdon combine header sometimes 4mph if she’s hot n windy. This year had 340pc yielded awesome but tough chewing no doubt. Great crops up north btw that new X9 is gonna burn the diesel in them beaver huts but she’ll be worth it 👍👍🏦 love my t-shirt also work hard stay humble 🙏🎉💪🙌

How long would you typically have to wait to combine from when you swath?

@braedenmiller539

Жыл бұрын

Depends how green you swath it usually

@theoroseboom-ranch-rimbey6636

Жыл бұрын

14-21 days

Mike we plant, fertilize and spray the rice and soy beans by what we call crop dusters planes in SE Tex and LA. so is there a reason why you can't spray your fields?

@mikemitchell2554

Жыл бұрын

Yes, the swather is the fastest way to maturity and we are getting late

Anyone may answer this question, please. Will the green pods dry and be able to be harvested or will they just go out the back of the combine?

@2007dalin

Жыл бұрын

usually they will be fine.. the seeds may be smaller in those pods

the cab is noticeably quiet

Won’t those big piles take longer to dry down then the rest of the swath?🇨🇦🚜

@richardradawetz8788

Жыл бұрын

Yes

@kenhofer8063

Жыл бұрын

@@richardradawetz8788 the Saskatchewan winds blow through thick or thin it dries good

@richardradawetz8788

Жыл бұрын

The muskrat pile s. I’m from Saskatchewan and seen a lot of shitty swathing jobs.

Mike I’m wondering how many acres you have on your north farm?? And on south farm.

@theoroseboom-ranch-rimbey6636

Жыл бұрын

That’s like asking how much money you gross last year andrew

Hi

Rotor sheets are junk especially when it’s wet. Need the vertical style

I am from central Illinois I don’t understand why you Wood swath canola instead of just running a Draper over it in a combine

Ahwell that's some farmers.

Very interesting. Just curious, how many quarters of land are you farming on your north farm if you don't mind me asking? Thanks

@carlfalt174

Жыл бұрын

Excellent question

Reglone pro 4 days later it’s in the bin

More reel speed reels ahead more and reels down.

do you get slugs problems in your canola?

Nope it’s definitely the 3rd of October

Why dont you have a swath roller on the macdon ??

Do your farm ever use air tractor/ crop duster to spray crops 🤔🤔🤔

@mikemitchell2554

Жыл бұрын

Yes, we have one of the south farm and my brother Brian fly's it

hi mike you look really tired and seem a little tired of it all, shouldn't you have some helpers to help you??? apart from that, the canola looks really good, hope you get it dry and ready in time. now take good care of yourself, Asthyn and Chapel need you 😊😊

So what is the point of the shears? I just can't make sense of why theyre there.

Mike is this a bumper crop of canola ?

Where in us are you harvesting now?

You need some tips for swathing

Please ignore my ignorance but what exactly is canola used for…

@Louis-B-53

Жыл бұрын

Oil for cooking

@tjakko4659

Жыл бұрын

Fuel for cars from the oil and leftovers is animal feed

Hello Mike. I was wondering, you probably have European viewers and would it be much trouble to insert hectares and tonnes in videos so that they can understand what's going on, if not we would be very grateful 😊

Was that the sound of a seat belt at 20m? You must be the only person in the world who voluntarily wears a seat belt in a tractor, with the exception of the sticky moments when you think you may tip over

Lets count how many times mike says anyways😳

Hi Mike HOPE your well :) Wot you call Canola looks like wot we call Oil seed rape in the UK ????

@jameshill4900

Жыл бұрын

It is the same (canola is genetically based on rapeseed). I believe the name was changed for marketing reasons.

@Louis-B-53

Жыл бұрын

It is the same thing, just called a different name

Might need your wife to show you how that’s done lol

Does someone know why the header has a belt and a auger?

@kevinmeyer3884

Жыл бұрын

Because without the auger in the back, bushie crops like Canola and peas will bunch up against the back of the header and not feed !

@Louis-B-53

Жыл бұрын

It’s to help it feed

why dont you cut it with a combine and makeone pass

@mikemitchell2554

Жыл бұрын

Because I want to finish harvest before Christmas 😆 seeding was late this spring and we are running out of time to get it dried down. Swathing is the fastest way to maturity

Did you buy that one or is it a demo

@mikemitchell2554

Жыл бұрын

Demoed it first, but bought it in the end.

Never played with Canola or Swathers, but can you not get a swather head for a combine? selling you a entire self propelled machine that does bugger all every year and basically does 1/4 of the job that a combine already does seems strange to me. But Manufacturers don't get rich by making sense I guess :D

@jameshill4900

Жыл бұрын

Do you mean straight cut table for the combine? Or something else.

@ghostrider7688

Жыл бұрын

That’s what he means I would wager big sir

@Dirtfarmer-iq9el

Жыл бұрын

Faster dry down when its swathed as when it is cut, it is done growing. If they were going to spray it would take 3 weeks. There could be snow in 3 weeks. Also, when it freezes and it is standing, the green is locked in the seed, better off in a swath. Been there done that, seen it all. Good points and bad points to both swathing and straight cutting.

@akacreq

Жыл бұрын

i guess fuel in mind it is a lot cheaper tu drive many tons less around and you dont damage your most expensive tool driving around?