Love watching the WD do its job. When I was a kid 60 years ago this is the tractor I learned how to plow, disk, and harvest with. Only we had tricycle ones instead of the wide front end. We farmed with both a WD and a WD45.

Great to see the old equipment running again. I would love to be on that tractor in the sun, smelling that freshly turned soil, you are a very lucky man

I like seeing some of the older equipment being used. It still gets the job done.

The sight of that ole 2 cylinder and the drill out working in the field just screams America bud. Seeing them old tractors in the field is just nostalgic as it gets

Nothing makes me happier than seeing someone using a classic tractor for work. They are designed to work and need to stretch their legs like us. We always planted long rows then cross ways to get good seading about the field. We always had a great stand for alfalfa and it kept the weeds to a minimum.

Great to see the WD and John Deere out getting it done!

nice job on that field!

Nice job. Would love to hear more about the dodge pickup in the barn

Andy from Fixing Farming is planting alfalfa right now too.

I did not see that coming. I must have missed something. Didn't know you were going to plant alfalfa. Looking good. Hope it works out for you. Thanks for sharing and I'll see you later

Alfalfa is called Lucerne in the UK it is used as a forage crop and silage.

I love those two cylinder John deere. If I were your neighbor. You would be watching me plant. 😂

@dirtgrainsteel

17 күн бұрын

I would let you!!

I reckon that will come up like hair on a dog's back. Those old machines are truly beautiful

About 55 yrs ago we worked the soil , pulled a peg tooth harrow over. Took a J D 70 and J D fbb drill (no grass seeder) dusted the alfalfa in. Did you notice the spikes on the packer , they look like they are running backwards. The picture of the 620 at the begining of the video , the front wheels look like they are 8 or 10 feet apart. What i could of the front tires when you drilling alfalfa , it looks.like the tractor is set on 30" rows.

Ever thought about mixing some oats in with the alpha the first year to help bring the yield up the first year. I see a lot of guys up in Canada doing. They say it work really well.

Back in the 80’s and 90’s everyone was planting alfalfa by spraying it on with with liquid fertilizer. Looks like the auto steer still works good on the old John Deere. Straight rows.

@danw6014

17 күн бұрын

Ha, back in the 80s and 90s I was using one of these drills. Still am.

Hey, I didn't see your globe's on tractors for the gps. Must be because of the solar flares....lol love to see the old iron out working

Thanks for sharing. Heard that alfalfa is like 500$/ per 50# bag " Farming, Fixing and Fabricating " was planting it a week or so ago in NY. ANOTHER GREAT VIDEO, always enjoy your videos.

@dirtgrainsteel

17 күн бұрын

Thank you for watching! I gave $230 per 50# bag of this I'll have to go watch his video!!

I enjoyed seeing the WD out and about.

Really enjoy seeing the older tractors being put to work. 20 years ago my uncle bought my grandpas "59 730 ED on grandmas farm sale. Shortly after he had it painted. I am proud to say it is mine now. I have wanted this tractor since i can remember. I would love to put it to some light work or even run it on the pto dyno. But i need to fix the pto first, it runs continuously.maybe this fall i will work it on the disk or the plow that grandpa brought home brand new with the tractor that was brand new. Dad bought the plow and disk on grandmas farm sale.

Great video Brandon great to see the 620 and WD at work. Looks like the ground worked up great 👍

I have a 630 and drill like that but smaller love hereing run nothing is better

I had a drill just like that one. Then started using a 750 notill drill but I was finding the seed from the front set of gangs was getting more dirt cover from the back gangs. So i bought another regular drill. This one is an FB177B. Its the first series of drills John Deere made without the Van Brunt name. The seed box is on back. The best spring seedings I ever got was done with oats. We would combine the oats and bale the straw. I would try to find a cultipacker that you can hook up to the drill to make the best soil seed contact. Good luck with it.

Nice to see WD and Jd out playing

Treflan ]is perfect for clear seeding

Want a 45+ year old bag of clover seed to plant?lol

Your lucky to get some ground work done I have not turned a wheel I had to run thru mud to top dress wheat and the same way to spray the wheat I can not get more than 4 day with out rain and I am close to BG Ohio

@dirtgrainsteel

17 күн бұрын

Oh I got a feeling we are just going to get a good start and get rained out we should be half done by now

I didn't hear if you did any herbicide treatment or if the alfalfa seed was Roundup Ready but, I think if you have any problems with alfalfa plant population rates, it will be because of weeds. We always used an oats nurse-crop when we were still doing dairy. We found that even if we got our alfalfa in late the oats helped with cover on the broad-leaf weeds. We also sold the grain (or fed it sometimes) and used the straw for bedding. There were times when we took a small hit in hay production for the first year (dry weather usually was the cause) but the higher alfalfa plant populations always made up for it in years 2 and 3. Prior to planting we had our soil tested and fertilized to get our P and K good for what we figured should be about four years for the alfalfa. Hope she grows well for yah.

If it gets the job done...

How come you did not make part 2 of tearing down your fertilizer building on KZread

@dirtgrainsteel

17 күн бұрын

It's coming

What happened to your crane (dragline?) that was parked along side the driveway?

@dirtgrainsteel

17 күн бұрын

I moved it outback

How old is the drill you are using?

Looks like sanded ground you have there

In my area, they say plant alfalfa in a month with the letter R in it

I got a dumb question. Why plant Alfalfa for beef cows? Are you planning on selling some?

@dirtgrainsteel

17 күн бұрын

I'll probably sell some and blend some with my round bales of grass hay just to give them alittle extra nutrients through the winter

But why not put oats with it so you can get more feed

Did you buy your sister's tractor

@dirtgrainsteel

17 күн бұрын

I did not this is my 620 I actually need to do some work to hers and mine

how much do you need for the cows? neat seeing the older tractors doing what they do best! farm. matched with planters it is such a great show. did you do farm day plowing? great seeing you out on the tractor.