Obtaining a 6-Pack of "Battery-Tenders" for your Equiptment would definitely be an optimal choice for the "Mega-Shop"! You just have to remember to plug them in, and unplug!!!

@natevanlandingham1945

Жыл бұрын

Or the ones with the solar panel work for equipment that sits outside since you don't have power to the shop yet.

Stoney Ridge you are an inspiration in natural field development and management. Good lessons for all farmers to heed.

Hey Josh! Time is our most precious commodity... particularly, since we don't know how much of it we have or when we'll run out of it! So... make it count! Anytime something can be done quicker and more efficiently is a GOOD THING! That additional space will, eventually, be a very nice addition to the Stoney Ridge operations! I appreciated the low battery sequence and the bloopers!

I've gotta hand it to ya Josh, you really have put in the blood, sweat and tears on your first generation farm brother. You have definitely earned the luxuries such as Mr. T and especially the A/C to keep up the maintenance on your farm. You are a SUCCESS!!! Enjoy Brother!!! Take care and God Bless. Jay.

The energy that you put into you're Video's never surprises me!

Wow! your place is awesome and you doing maintenance makes it last even longer!

All you need is the proper tool for the right job. And keep your blades and mind sharp at all times.

Hey Josh thank you for the video good information thank you so much 🤗

You seem to be having fun while you were mowing. Having good equipment really makes the difference. Thanks for taking us along. Good Job Josh! 👍

You take great care of your farm and animals

Congrats SRF on getting ur tall grass cut with the awesome BatWing mower..

Man I love that tractor and mower. Can’t wait to get one

came here for mowing, ended up learning S C I E N C E

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

10 күн бұрын

bam! good!

🇺🇸🇺🇸Looks great josh you have done a outstanding job on your farm all the work you done by your self as well it goes to show with hard work and good machines you can definitely make a farm look beautiful

Your place is looking great

Love this guy’s video. As a farmer to another,. Thank you.

Great job, Josh!

Great video Josh keep the videos coming please

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Will do!

Josh, your two year old TYM tractor was great other than the dead battery. Looking good the land you cleared. Keep up the great videos.

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

Жыл бұрын

oh it wasn't dead...just had to wait a second and it started up

The rains here in Forsyth County have definitely helped our pastures out and it looks like those have benefited yours also

Be a wise thing to do if you are going to mow with that....build an expanded metal shield for that back glass of the tractor. Even tho it has safety chains to prevent things flying forward, it still happens. I've mowed thousands of acres with a 20 ft batwing mower and things do fly forward.

Awesome Video Josh, thx.

Awesome video Josh I've always liked mowing appreciate the videos sir

Nice! More grazing space! 😉👍

The most significant statement: “we farm dirt”. If you understand and operate based on that, everything else will follow.

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

Жыл бұрын

amen!!! We farm Soil! Later this week I'm publishing a video that's all about soil

My friend, you really have one of the best videos on YT. Informative, very clear, conscientious of the land, very very smart informed and wish the hell I was with you. i did hit the like and subscribe. Just a Chicago guy wishing I was a farmer. WELL DONE.

I live in town.But ilove farm life.l go over my neighbour farm on my off day.Modern machines help so much.Someday,Somehow i wanna live on farm too. 🐓🐏🐔

Josh it will take years for those stumps to decompose on that strip in the middle of your hay field/ pasture. Durning that time unwanted trees and brush that will suck nourishment from your fields will grow. You will also find that strip of pasture will always struggle and fall behind of the main pastures. I would suggest getting a dozer in there and push them up into burn piles and move the burn ash into your fields for nourishment. It’s like feeding 28 of your cattle high protein feed and the rest cheap cubes. Which one will bring you more money at market. Great video and it’s been fun watching your farm grow step by step.

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

Жыл бұрын

My friend....I've been there and done that....the brush piles will decompose, rot, bugs will get in there and consume the wood and after about 5 years we'll have wonderful top soil to spread with a few stragglers (stumps and logs) of course. I've pushed up piles, burned them, burried them and made burms like this....I'm experimenting with this method to see how well it works. Not worried about a sapling or two sprouting in the winrow.....just keep watching we'll turn that brush late this fall and get some of that precious soil spread out on the land. Trust me I've tried it all....I will say the nutrient that's flowing out of the brush pile makes the grass greener on the down hill side. It's not like feeding 28 cow high protien feed and the rest cheap cubes....it's using nature and time to decompose biomass and utilize it in the soil that has no biomass....keep watching and we'll both learn. FYI I don't feed my animals any grain..it's grass only here on this farm my brotha. Not putting down your ideas....just trying something a little different on this pasture

@safffff1000

Жыл бұрын

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer Love experimentation

@kenmiller7045

Жыл бұрын

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer I guess the trees are softer there than here in Texas. I agree pine will decompose much faster than hard wood. Bit I did almost the same project that you are doing now taken woods and turning them into plush pastures or hay fields. I had several oak stumps that were pushed out of the ground that stayed in tack for over 12 years. Yes there was some decay of the stump, but you didn’t want to brush hog over it. Again good luck and you are fortunate to have weather that supports raising cattle with only grazing or hay. Most of our pasture land here in Texas are burnt up during the drought and you have to supplement with cubes or loose your cattle. Enjoy your channel and keep the videos coming.

Awewome video josh gotta love that big tractor. Keep up the great work buddy and the fields are looking good for no top soil.

really enjoyed watching have a great day

Enjoyed!

Loved it.

Bat wing ate! 💥BOOM💥

I love the idea of “soil scientists”.

Beautiful farm god bless

Great content as always

Great video Josh 🇺🇲 WOOOOOO 🇺🇲

I am just getting to watch this video, I am a fan of the woods bushhog it is a nice piece of equipment, I am a John Deer tractor person because that is what I was raised on and what we have now and we also have a Massey Ferguson to use to get our hay put up, I would like to get a chance on using a tym I like the way it is set up as far as creature comforts, nice video.

Nice !

I love your Channel.

That is a HuGe mower! The big TYM did a nice job.

I checked, no TYM dealers in Hawaii. The state isn’t even listed in their dealer search. In a live stream you said “I don’t know about that”. Now you do 😉

More pasture! Those pines trees may give you a fit down the road, when you’re trying to get that grass established. A LOT of pines needles are baled in the south and sold for grass and weed control in landscaping beds around houses. Pine needles are very acidic. None the less, it's lookin' good around that place and I'm jealous lol.

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

Жыл бұрын

lol......one tree every 300 feet won't hurt a thing my brotha...in the pines where the sun never shines lol

@farmer2521

Жыл бұрын

They like to fall is why I do not like them and hard wood trees provide more shade to the cattle.

"I don't cut it off I use it pretty frequently" then after battery is dead" anytime you have a piece of equipment like this that sits for a little while..." 😂😂😂🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️🤣🤣🤣🤣😂

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

Жыл бұрын

lol...well...I just proved that the world isn't perfect brotha bhahahaha

You are awesome

10-4 LOOKS GOOD JUSH

I love your equipment!! I love to “mow”. I would come up and help mow, if I come up and help, if you would let me mow with that rig. Great video!!

Battery made you eat your words. Lol.

I'm guessing that you might use the battery shutoff more often now...lol

Hay Josh I’ve got a small solar panel rigged up with a 12 volt regulator to keep my batteries charged in my mowers and tractors.. maybe a good option at your new building until you get power run..

We had turnable, non-batwing mower that every time we turned too tight, the lugs on the rear tires would snag on the front of the mower deck.

Was hear Woooo!

Job is never done on a farm...whoooooo!!

Hi...... Josh nice to see you love watching your videos homestead 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 👕🐔🐓🐣🐥🐕🐈🐄🐖🐝🐠🐟🌱🏡🎥👍👍👍

Batwing is a trick. I just brushhog 5 acres with a 6ft cutter and always wish I had at least 8ft. Easy to get tired of going round and round out there.

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

Жыл бұрын

oh man...I can't say what a blessing this tool has been! Such a time saver!

Wish I had a dozer for a week! Would push so much brush!

I did the same when I bought my tractor I bought a koiti over a deere or a massy or kobota I saved about 6 grand by buying a koren tractor I've had mine 3 years and 300 hrs with no issues

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

Жыл бұрын

I love my TYM tractors!

Use them disconnect switches on your tractor when not using them saves on battery

The big t!

Josh: I leave the battery switch on because I use this tractor all the time Josh about a minute later: well crap

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

Жыл бұрын

lol....you like that. So...with these new electronic systems you most certainly have to use these machines. This is a big ol 110 hp engine so it takes some cold cranking amps to get here fired lol

@kenrykert2503

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, that was LOL funny Josh!!!!!

Howdy

What are you doing to manage the Ceresa Lespedeza that stuff can take over in a heartbeat

WooooooooooooHeeeeeeeeeeHeeeeeeeeeee!!!!Alright!!!!🤗

Maybe you should consider using that battery disconnect

Great video! Did you consider grinding the stumps and brush to add to the pasture as compost?

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

Жыл бұрын

not at all.....grinding the stumps over a 25 acre pasture when the land is gully washed and the stumps are as big as a car is simply not a viable way to clear land and establish pastures. The forestry mulcher can only do so much and isn't really made for grinding down 25,000 stumps from a timber cutting operation. It would cost ya 5 times as much and you'd still need to grade out the land to smooth for pastures

Did you sneak in music from Oregon trail.

👍

Did I miss you getting rid of the old batwing? I don't remember seeing it being worked on either? But clearly you decided to get a new one to mow with.

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

Жыл бұрын

yep sold it....money pit!

Good vid Josh just curious have you run a soil sample in the oldest pasture lately? Maybe a six inch core to see where your at . All that cow poop has gotta be doing something 👍

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

Жыл бұрын

not lately.....but I will eventually...the proof is in the pastures....don't need a soil test when I have the pastures growing this lush ...It's gonna take me about 5 more years to get things just right

@michaelsilva8854

Жыл бұрын

Took a long time to get bad going to take a long time to get right ! Keep up the good work. My wife calls me a soil and grass nerd 😂

Hey Josh, what about parts and support for that TYM? I will be looking for a compact tractor in a while and parts and service is key!

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

Жыл бұрын

look on the TYM usa website and you'll find an ever expanding network of dealers

what microphone do you use for your recordings? I like how it cuts out all the excess background noise

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

Жыл бұрын

here's a link from my amazon affiliate page to the mic systems I use day to day. DJI amzn.to/3RgH9jo ROde wireless go: amzn.to/3DnWRn2

Have you been happy with the bucket operation on that tractor. Kubota's are great and John Deere stink....wondering where this one lands

Awesome. Would you be able to do this job if everything was wet?

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

Жыл бұрын

It's tough to see this...but there's a marshy area in the lower middle part of this field...if you look back now you can see some spots close to the woods down hill from the brush piles that I nearly sunk up to the axles....this will be filled with the soil from those burms.....but yes...to answer your question I can mow near the creek here but only if it's really dry outside....otherwise I have to use the lighter ventrac tractor

Josh, do you use any herbicide on your farm? I recall a video you did some time ago with vinegar vs generic herbicide and how the generic herbicide caused your fence to rust

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

Жыл бұрын

I do not spray fence lines at all anymore...the cows do the work there and I clip out any trees. The product I use is linked in on my amazon page in this and other vids...click "show more" and you'll find it in my influence page amazon link...it's called Lonarch pro..that's what I use in the driveways

With that big batwing mower were do you store it and out of the weather.

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

Жыл бұрын

In the new shop building most of the time

We like to watch the mowing. Mowers like to run fast, try 750.

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

Жыл бұрын

the mower is only rated for 540 pto my friend...750 will destroy the gearbox and void the warranty

Josh, do you operate your own drone while you're working? I never see you operating controls while you're working, such as mowing. Just curious.

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

Жыл бұрын

yeppers that's me doing it all

Someone you might want to check out is Dr. Grant WOODS on You tube GROWING DEER TV, His land management techniques will definitely improve the soil on the fields you cut in this video. Maybe a collaborative would be great.

I picked up a little battery blower from Harbor Freight for like $25 bucks because it was an open box. I already have tons of their batteries, so it was a deal. I keep it tucked away on the tractor or in the truck to blow the tractors off. Makes cleaning the dust screen a 100 times easier too.

I want a farm one day … how are you able to afford all this

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

8 күн бұрын

hard work, dedication, planning, education.....it most certainly took some time

How do you like the Woods? Pros/cons.

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

Жыл бұрын

I see no Cons...I love it! It's a well thought out nice machine!

The results should’ve been expected with a tractor that size 😄

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

Жыл бұрын

first time mowing this rough ground so I didn't have much of an expectation my brotha

MOW content

You have some very nice equipment and buildings. As a new farmer/rancher, how are you funded?

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

Жыл бұрын

I earn my living creating farming content on the web my brotha....make no mistake this is a 80 hour a week job

Where’s Mrs. Stoney Ridge?

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

Жыл бұрын

we have been divorced for nearly a year now....however.....there's something in the works...hmmmm

@tylercorbin8073

Жыл бұрын

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer Well it looks like I need to catch up your videos 😂

My dad has a land pride 7series batwing

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

Жыл бұрын

yep...shoulda got a woods bhahahha 😉

@Houston_sides

Жыл бұрын

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer we have a land pride

How long will this tractor run on a tank of fuel?

Video should of been titled “ talking about mowing what I’m going to do,and the rest is talking while cutting”

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

Жыл бұрын

brotha..why insult me? What good can come from this? I'm a hard working guy showing you what I'm doing....working very hard to bring you quality content ...I don't deserve to be mistreated or talked down too

One a tree falls on your property the wood is yours, put it to good use.

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

Жыл бұрын

man...when you have 150 acres of NC forest....you have way way more trees falling than you can keep up with. People around here don't burn pine because it creates too much debris in the stove pipe...so it gets pushed back into the woods

do you drive the tractor sometimes barefoot?

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

Жыл бұрын

I've been known to slip the shoes off in the cab lol

Wouldn't a skidsteer and bush cutter be better. If you ever needed to cut heavy bush or whatever.

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

Жыл бұрын

yep...got another $20k I can use my friend? It's just heavy grass...weeds and a little brush...batwing kicked butt on this for sure!

Lol got a buddy in Alaska that couldn’t get DEF for their work trucks so boss told him to pee in a water bottle and put it in the DEF tank. He said it ran just fine. (Definitely don’t do that lol)

@swamp-yankee

Жыл бұрын

I’d rip that system right out

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

Жыл бұрын

yep...not a good idea lol

if you don't cut those few trees you will be like me in 15 years with these ugly wolfy pines. The ice wears them out when you end up having ice. Are you going to spray herbicide on the wind rows? in just a few short years the trees are going to grow back and they will take hold good before the stumps and stuff are rotted enough to spread them back out.

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

Жыл бұрын

well my brotha...if that happens then I'll cut them and deal with it for sure. I'm happy to let some trees sprout in the windrows of brush....however I don't need to spray them...when I push them off the saplings will sort themselves out

Man, that mower dos the job, time is money...Is the mowing killing out the dogfennels?

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

Жыл бұрын

mowing over time will help get rid of dog fennel...however when we have a weed growing in our pastures it means something....it's telling us something about the soil quality and we need to listen. Dog Fennel grows when there is overgrazing, newly cleared land and or a nutrient defficiency in the soil. We'll keep working at it by mowing, grazing and rolling out hay until it's no longer a problem on the farm. Spraying is often the best way to get rid of it...however I'm not spraying on the farm so the holistic approach is to mow and graze. Cows will eat it but it can cause dehydration in cattle and is known as a natural diuretic

@billwilliams9527

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for good reply. Man, you have it all figured out. Damn the herbicide, holistic and patience is the answer. Cheers.

How much did you pay for that Huge Mower?

I could be wrong but isn’t the DEF system kind of a farce? I was just speaking with a mechanic friend and he said it just burns off the soot later so while you aren’t getting as much particulate in the air you are burning more fuel because the engine can’t breathe as well and emitting the same amount of carbon per gallon. Seems to me that would be a win if you’re sitting in traffic on a city street, but an environmental loss on a farm tractor.

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

Жыл бұрын

DEF takes the particulate portion of the fuel and transforms it into Amonia, Nitrogen and water...thus keeping down airborn carbon emissions according to everything that I've read

@swamp-yankee

Жыл бұрын

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer Thanks for the clarification

How do you get rid of the dog fennel? Does it not just regrow and come back?

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

Жыл бұрын

the plants in your pastures are telling you something...it won't grow unless the enviroment is right..fix the soil and the dog fennel will go away my friend

I have always wondered how farmers make money to buy all these fancy tools. I love what you do and would probably do it too. But I can't come up with how you guys make $$$. These tractors and batwing bushers cost a fortune to buy.

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

14 сағат бұрын

like grandpa said..."Costs money to own land" ....most small farms like this....especially startup farms are buried up to their eyeballs in debt...that's how it's done

U will need too trough some fertilizer down too at least get that dirt started in the right direction

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

Жыл бұрын

sorry my friend....but I don't....keep on watching the channel and you'll see how this shapes up...look at my other pastures! It's amazing how they have grown up!

Not good for cows to shade under lone standing pine trees...... Deep tap root makes them extremely attractive to lightning... and the main word is 'attractive'

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

Жыл бұрын

my friend...pines don't have a deep tap root...their roots spread out in my experience...any tree is a lightning rod for sure...you are correct...many cows have been struck by lightning too...my insurance agent wanted me to insure my cows for fear of lightning

@farmingforfunandprofit940

Жыл бұрын

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer I True they have some roots that wander away from the base, but even after those are severed..... you will still have to dig out that big vertical root in the center to get it out the ground.... Heaven Help you if you only have the stump minus the trunk.....Takes a Bad ass Dozer