Andy, with your excellent instructions I think I would be able to change the knives now! Well, okay maybe not. Very good and educational video. Thank you!

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Jim Wesselman thanks for watching and for the comment

Andy you and your family have a safe and great holiday!🚜

Good video and great step by step so we know what is going on.

Great video Andy .

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5 жыл бұрын

Dave Heckman thanks

Lot of work but she'll chop like a new Chopper thanks for the video.

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Blane Heinrich defiantly going to make a difference now. Shear bar should have been flipped awhile ago

I have that same grinder mines from the 90's I keep the wire brush on it!

It seems those knives are set at very close tolerances, nearly down to 'feeler gage' sizes...lol. Thanks for the video, it was good listening to your commentary and watching the action....just like being there! ....13

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5 жыл бұрын

arkansas13 thanks for watching

We still run an old 5830 and just had to replace the whole drum. Ran a piece of concrete through it, and completely ripped off 7 knife brackets and damaged 14 other knifes. We went aftermarket and put in a 40 knife drum where as our old drum was a 56 knife drum. So far in corn silage I can't see any difference in chop quality or power usage. I was told the 56 knife was for doing earcorn. Those newer choppers sure are a lot easier to get to the knifes and shearbar.

Those cordless impacts sure make the job alot easier. No more dragging around air hoses.

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Ride Red that's all we use anymore unless we're on real large stuff like truck wheels and stuff then we have to use 1" gun

I managed several knife swaps on NH FP-240s over the yrs, once you get a system going it was a decent job....you certainly got your monies worth out a that bar Andy. 😆👍

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5 жыл бұрын

Dun Truckin yeah it's just one of them jobs once you get going it clicks right along. New Holland pull type choppers are quite the chopper.

Nice Video Andy! Nice to see you filming the maintenance on that machine, my 8300 will be here shortly and seeing you work on your machine will help me when it’s time to work on mine. Definitely a few differences between this one and the older 7050 series that I’m running now.

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5 жыл бұрын

Barend van Lindenberg thanks means a lot coming from another chopper pilot. I feel silly sometimes doing these videos when I know another operator is probably watching. Glad to hear it's something that will work for you.... Wait until you see the kennel processor install process.... Now that's a huge huge bonus.

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5 жыл бұрын

Andrew Hourigan that’s what I’m really looking forward to doing. I think that’s the best thing Deere did was change how KP goes in and out. How many hours have you put on your machine? Keep up the good work! Looking forward to the next videos

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5 жыл бұрын

Barend van Lindenberg 160/250

Friends, The word of the day must be crossbar Thank you

We used to put the combine head on our chopper you should see what happens to the knives when you pick up a rock!!!! Looked like a bomb went off! The price of making cornalage!

Another good snow video lol very well done and informative video now go and laugh

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5 жыл бұрын

John Hatt lol

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5 жыл бұрын

That why I did that very good work

Another good video andy thanks for sharing. Those knives are almost exactly like the the knives on our jd pull type chopper. im guessing that you have less knives though? Our pull type takes 48. Chopping grass def takes the life off the knives and shearbar, just always seems like more foreign material going through them than when chopping corn. We just got our new chopper delivered the other day, we're a small operation so its just a pull type again to replace an old deere. Ended up with one of the new dion 2430's it has a jd drum style cutter head. Initially i thought we were getting the dion f41 but ended up with the 2430 instead i think because we ordered through our local deere dealer and from what I've read the 2430 is a dion/deere thing. It def seems well built and much more like a self propelled type but in a pull type platform. Im guessing another week or 2 here and we'll be starting corn depending on moisture content. Thanks again for sharing its nice to see how other farms operate and what works best for each operation.

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Jim Civitello we have a 40 knife drum Deere has several drums a 48,52& some others as well. Dion chopper I have heard and seen great things from them. Very very well made machine that will indeed perform like a self propelled, you will be very pleased with that machine. Or last pull type that we had was a Gehl 1290 I believe it was. They were good for the first couple years.

Great video. I'll bet you put a lot of hours on the chopper in a year

I'd rather change knifes on 7000 series and down. I was taught to put a coat of graphite spray on bottom of stationary knife for less problems adjusting. You got lucky on that broken knife. I've changed whole drum on a 7400, 3 times for a farm up north of you. To this day no one knows why every drum split in center. Knifes always a fun job not to many like to do.

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Frame was probably bent

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4 жыл бұрын

Could of been. Same guy ran rental 7500 spout into electric pole guide wire.

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@@michaelwhalen4072 ouch

Realy its like nean green wood chiper with another 35 knifes but looks like a chipper

What's the torque setting for the shearbar bolts? VFT?

I had no idea there was that much up keep and maint. on a chopper. Guess it is like any other harvesting machine in that respect. How many edges are on the bar? You could really see the rounded edge when you reinstalled it. I know it has to be a pain when you are doing a job and having to make sure the camera is right. Thanks for that effort cause I really enjoy the maint. videos. Started combining corn late today between showers. Got the headlands done at least. Gonna go at it again on Mon. So far looks like a good crop. Only the scale tickets will tell.

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Johnny Holland there are 2 sides to the shear bar. Good luck with harvest!

How many knives are there tom change and where did you get them from - if possible

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Donald Ellett 40 knives total came from a John Deere dealer-Cazenovia Equipment

From the tedder ya think and windrowing brings them all up?

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Cory Devries I wouldn’t wanna say it doesn’t but it sure doesn’t help.new seeding probably the worst,but yeah Tedder could be a small contributor.

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5 жыл бұрын

Ya the new seedings would be a little scary with a machine that cost that much but you have way to many acres to use the big square baler on!

How do them drive tires on the trucks hold up for you guys?

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Ribeye iowa we only use them when we absolutely have to. You get about 15,000 miles out of them if I remember right. Not many miles for how much they cost.

Andy, Have you tried the Milwaukee 9.0 amp battery?

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NoMerc no I have not yet, I've seen them.

do the knives get as much damage when copping corn

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Jack Willie no not much at all

Yet again nice video! Andy getting it ready for corn?👍

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Cory Devries it's ready for corn right now, kennel processor and corn head is on it but it just might work out that we slam 4th cutting in before corn

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5 жыл бұрын

Probly be alot easier for ya to knock the hay out before corn wouldn't it?

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5 жыл бұрын

That sheer bar is toasted

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5 жыл бұрын

How many tons ya think been over them knives

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Cory Devries yeah a would be easier to maybe get hay done then corn but it works doing hay in the middle of corn to. Probably 12-15,000 tons and a lot of little stones.

Andrew will you explain how the kernel processor works and why one would need it

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Gary Mork yeah coming up

How often do you replace the knifes on the chopper?

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4 жыл бұрын

We get a couple cutting out of them

How many acres you get on a set of knives and shearbar?

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4500

I bet. the metal alert helps out alot but nothing for the stones

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Cory Devries it actually has a stone detector but it’s the little pea stones that wear the knives the most

40 knives = 3 hours labor ? Great eye protection

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David Schmidt 3 hours at least yes

It looks like the head,knives,shear bar ,need constant attention. If they wear to much you could be replacing a drum. You got faster installing knives It is a Chopping machine

Great video Andrew, is there any way on your end to turn the voice on your videos up? Maybe it's just me but sometimes it's hard to hear you. Either way keep on doing what your doing I enjoy none the less, Thanks Josh

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5 жыл бұрын

Josh Bennett I apologize, I've been on the other end of videos where the sound is poor. Part 2 of this video I'll crack the volume up in post production let me know how that comes in on your end if you would please. If that isn't any better I'll have to get a microphone, you aren't the first one that's had the volume issue thanks again appreciate the heads up.

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5 жыл бұрын

@@FarmingFixingFabricating Ok will do, like I said either way I enjoy, have you ever considered people visiting you and the farm if planned ahead of time?

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Josh Bennett if planned yes that might work. My email is: andrewhourigan37@gmail.com

i never heard how many cows you milk and are there other members of your family that run the cow side

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George W 1550 cows miles and I have my father and 2 brothers on the farm along with my son and a few nephews along with my daughters to

Andrew, don't give the farming life any gravity do know the history on this guy? Not good.