Thanks Brad for letting me ride along with you. Before my car accident 11 yrs ago, I was working towards heavy machinery operator in the mines, mainly grader. The next best is watching you do your magic. A lot of what you were saying I was understanding, though hands on is the better way to go. Just be yourself, no need to get acting lessons. Keep up the good work. Cheers from South Australia.

I'm a 'local' I guess. Born & raised in South Australia, set off for Western Australia after Uni, then a few years in Canberra, Queensland, PNG, Northern Territory and finally back to Queensland where I've raised my own tribe. Nothing wrong with your KZread presentation mate. Just 'be yourself' Brad and 95% of the time, the video will look after itself 👍

West Central Saskatchewan here. Only have about 2-4" of top soil here and not many places to shunt water, (don't get a lot most years anyway), so some plastic tile work, but mostly floating pumps or tractor pulled water cannons in the spring to dry out the low spots.

Great job Brad. That giant D11 is just a kitty with you at the controls. Keep up the good work!

Hi Guys, interesting to see how you do contours with deep soil. I grew up farming in the Flinders Ranges of South Australia, growing wheat outside of Goyders Line with shallow soils and only 300mm rainfall. Did our first contours in about 1977, the Dept. Ag. used to come out and do the surveying with a dumpy level with us marking the line with either a pick mark or a page out of a telephone book and then ripped the line to make a permanent mark to allow for construction in the future. Later in the 80's a group of farmers in our area were trained to do the surveying by the Dept. Ag., a first for South Australia. At that time there was a huge demand for surveying and the Dept couldn't keep up. The top banks on the slope were generally surveyed at .6% and subsequent banks at .4%, sometimes as close as 50m appart at the top of the slope bit further apart as we went down. We used to push the top bank up with a dozer to about 1.2m high and we had a Booleroo Engineering contour grader to build the lower banks. It was a trailed 14" wide v mould board machine that formed a bank about 1.2m wide and at least 600mm high. We ended up constructing 100's of km of banks on our properties and others that we share farmed.Contours made a huge difference in protecting our fragile soils from erosion and also helped conserve water in the early days of stubble conservation and reduced tillage. Interested to know what gradient your banks are. Keep up the great work. Cheers.

@jefftheaussie2225

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The soil conservation service used to do all that in NSW but that wonderful service went by the wayside about 30 years ago unfortunately. They did a lot of great work and you can see it every where if you know what to look for. We could blame stupid politicians and greenies for that great loss. Jeff

Here in the USA we don't do much of this. One of the methods used in the eastern states is tile. They cut a ditch across the field lay a 6 inch pipe and it ends with a riser. The other end ends at a annual stream. They drain their fields that. Out west in Washington state were I live the southeastern part is where they do most of the dry land farming the hills are steep. No need to drain when your farm has up to 40 degree angles. Also the rainfall in the western states is only around 10 inches over 8 months and snow the rest of the time. We don't have the degree of issue as you do with 5 inches per hour rainfall. Eastern states do have that. The soil that creates the heavy run off is a clay soil. Eastern Oregon and Nevada have a real hard red clay but the are desert so probably 6 inches of water for 12 months. That would include rain. So much of western states is actually semi arid which means there has to be irrigation for a lot of the crops because we don't have enough moisture. If you want to see tile being put in the youtube channel Dirtperfect has video's on this. Mike doesn't farm but the lease their farm land out. He has put up some recent videos up on land reclamation on their farm so that the person leasing has more farmable land.

Great job Brad! I farm 2 miles from the train wreck in Ohio USA, I'm in western Pennsylvania, we have areas on our farm that I don't drive the tractors sideways on the hills because I would roll them over, and we don't have contours. You don't see them anywhere around here. 5 miles down the road, in Ohio, it flattens out and looks exactly like your area, and there are none there either. In some places, there are what we call waterways, or grass areas between fields, but it is usually just a continuation of the field as far as elevation, just left as grass to slow down any water that may run off.

Thought Russell Crowe was visiting NSW, your a natural, Brad, Matt has taught you well.

@thejacksonbrothers

Жыл бұрын

More natural then me! -Matt

Brad, I'm in Missouri, over here in the States, never been in a D11, but I used to build contours, we call them terraces, learned to keep grade on a flagline without GPS on a D65EX Komatsu. We built terraces, waterways, ponds, anything ag related. We dug a few basements and built a few building pads. I enjoyed the work but the boss got me worried about things slowing down due to farmers getting their own machines so now I drive truck. Enjoyed the video

That was great Brad, we don't want an actor, the real deal will do just fine. I have driven all manner of machinery but never a bulldozer, the most exciting was a 20t excavator on a water borne barge, the dynamics on the water took a lot of skill, we used the machine as a piling rig for wharf construction, it was a dredge, drill, hammer and crane all in one. Anyway, you are a very skilled operator and perhaps you might, for our viewing pleasure, talk about the finer points of operating a dozer, the controls and settings in relation to what you want to achieve. Thanks for letting us ride along:)

Great content mate. I was going to ask a little bit more about your gps assistance in the cropping and sowing side of things. You touched a bit on it this video. I was on Lyndon station in wa and the big tip from the owner about track pushing was to make as little impression as possible to avoid corrosion. I use the topographic maps in nz to find the best way back to camp to avoid steep incline and declines. Its also great to see the brothers and father and grandsons all fill different roles to get the job done. I'm subscribed.

Great job Brad on showing,telling what you was going on here in east central Illinois the ground is all flat so we don't have here great video Brad keep up the good work stay safe Jackson Brothers

Brilliant work Brad

Thanks for the video Brad, you’re a natural actor. Gotta love them black dollar bills flying out of those pipes.

Thanks for the video Brad. great job bud.

Thanks for the lessons on contour banks Brad. No need to be an Actor, just be natural & you'll be OK. There used to be quite a few of these banks around Glen Innes on the Tablelands. But I think as the Farmers and Graziers planted introduced grasses which held the soils together better than native grasses, then a lot of the banks I remember back in the '70's & '80's are now not there. One thing the Old Timers didn't have was the GPS, only ropes & sticks & spirit levels.

Great video! My experience of this sort of thing in the UK is more laying pipe in a trench through wet spots in a field with limestone gravel on top and bottom, towards a ditch at the edge of the field which eventually flows to the nearest stream/river. We don't really worry about soil erosion as it's a beef and sheep farm; It's not often we're ploughing it up. It's mostly grass land pastures and meadows. The farm is around 200 acres in the North West of England, near a city called Lancaster. I haven't yet made it to Oz on my travels but hope to visit one day.

@ShahidAli-bz6ik

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Brad I live in the upper Mid-West or North-Eastern Iowa, US. We have contour damns here. They are similar to what your doing. The main difference is ours are taller on average and usually have tile stand/drain pipes in the bottom to move the water underground to stop erosion. Our soil types would wash if we sloped them into the creeks to drain. So you catch the water to keep it from washing and allow it to drain slowly.

@jefftheaussie2225

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You could build a ten thousand yard dam at the bottom of those banks they are building and it would be full in no time. That ground holds water, it may never empty out. The water has to go into a water course and get away.

@JDseller1

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@@jefftheaussie2225 The I think you missed that the dames we use have tile lines that drain them. The tile lines run to a natural water course. The dams slow the water down to prevent erosion. They also collect any soil that is eroded. About once every 15-20 years we clean them out and put the top soil on any thin spots.

Thanks Brad farmable contours are essential to soil management, easier with the big gear. Always froth for Jackson Brothers content, well done.

Hello Brad. Live in Stratford Ontario Canada . We do Field Drainage using plastic tile. No contours here. 25-30 CM topsoil and then very heavy Clay, it looks like you might have a lot more good soil to work with. Good Vid

I'm from NW Florida,raised on a farm,we have terraces or small contours on most farms in our area ,but not a big as what you're making,been subscribed to your channel for a couple of years,love your content

Great job Brad.No contouring in Ontario, just miles of tiles.

Another day in paradise! A natural to camera!

Good job Brad

You should get an Oscar. Legend.

I can't speak for other countries in Europe, but here in the Netherlands we basically live inside a bathtub. Our land used to be a river delta, and over centuries they dammed in the rivers with dykes and they did the same with keeping out the sea. In order to prevent the land from flooding and becoming a giant mud pit there are a lot of pumps installed, in the old days they were powered by the famous windmills. And all across the country they have trenches which are almost all connected to each other, or at least they are connected to a major spillway. Because of that it is possible to control and adjust the water table all across the country. Combined with centuries of cultivating the land, and the natural nutrient rich deposits from the rivers, our soil is incredibly nutrient and microbial and biomass rich, and it acts like a sponge, or as a water buffer if you will, which keeps the root systems from the plants very healthy, and everything combined prevents the soil from eroding. We also have much less sun. And we have a lot of experience with managing water, because we have so much of it. 18% of the Netherlands is water. So over the centuries people improved their methods to manage the water. Biomass and microorganisms are highly important. It basically acts as a glue for the soil. There is an Australian guy called Geoff Lawton, he knows a thing or two about protecting and regenerating the soil. He has a KZread channel.

@insAneTunA

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Or you can visit Dr. Elaine's soil food web school here on YT. She also knows a thing or two about regenerating the soil.

@insAneTunA

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And if you want to learn about contour swales you can search for permaculture.

Great video Brad , explain fall to the rest of the world who don’t deal with 50 mm per hour rainfall events. We have not long ago did a lot of work rebuilding contours and shifting topsoil back up to the top side of the land cat 615 scraper and a grader I think the next size down from yours . Great to see the difference in your set up and what we used , to small scale we are to justify D11’s , I like how you have the big base in the bank and full plantovers , I left our steeper country convention contours , but give the falter ground plantovers , now I am chasing my tail to get over all of them to help getting all the country back in production. Thanks for the update

Brad you have taken to it like a duck to water good stuff 👍👍👍

We don‘t do contour banks in Germany. I live in the North which is flat as a pancake anyways. You‘re natural talent Brad!

Hi Brad, definitely quicker in the 11 than even the old Inter TD25b I had, and before that, the old faithful Fiat 70ci, which always took far too long to do a good contour bank!! Anyway, Brad, you nailed this video even if you missed the end of the first bank!! Look out, Matt😊 I have done a few concrete and rock spillways at the end of contours into creeks, which has work ok!! Be interesting to go back and see them after all this time!!

Well done Brad, I'll second the "should have got a oscar" comment. I'm not in farming, but am a engineer in the food industry, here in the UK. I live quite rural,, And there are no contour banks, Fields gently undulate round here, but when it rains, Fields do flood, And can be seen with the end crop. I suppose it's cost over result. Our Fields are much smaller,. with crop rotation also a consideration. Thanks for the V8 👍

3 weeks late I know. It is amazing how some country doesn’t wash but other country that looks relatively flat will wash terribly. There is places in Victoria and Tasmania where it looks to be about 45 degrees and they have farmed it straight up and down the slope and it doesn’t wash away at all. Our soil is unique and we do get very heavy sustained rain sometimes. Those banks look perfect. Jeff

Hey Brad , great job explaining the job at hand...👍, when I saw the microphone on your work shirt I thought the goaty had dropped lol 🤣 keep up the good work..

@bradjackson7649

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😂

@einfelder8262

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It's Mini Goatee ..........

Hi there boys, love your videos, you guys are down to earth, and a dad who you respect which i have noticed over the time. And you all have the aussie sense of humour, so good on you. Ian from WA.

Mat your out Brad's in .

@thejacksonbrothers

Жыл бұрын

That’s a bit rough😂😂

Thoroughly enjoyed your presentation and explanation. Great job. 👍👍👍👍👍

Yes Brad way back in the sixties my stepfather who is no longer with us was employed by local earthmoving contractor to construct contour backs on a large New Zealand Government development farm. His machine was an old fifties model Cat grader with pony motor start by a piece of rope. Thank you for the ride/ video

We do suffer with run off here in the Midlands of the UK.. we try to so across the slope and not necessarily up and down the slope..But we have varying soil types all over the UK from sand to sandy loam right thro to Heavy clay & even flinty soil which cuts the S*** out of tyre's. CJ UK

Thanks Brad great job cheers for now mate

Good job boys

Thank you Matt, Brad and crew, excellent video. 👍

Good on you Brad, pleasure to watch!

Ripper vid Brad.. greatly appreciated the 'ride' in the 11.

We have contours all over the place in Texas. Partly for erosion control but the main purpose of ours is water conservation. Ours are shaped to catch water and keep it in the pastures rather than directing it out. It can be quite a pain in wet seasons but it does help in dry ones.

Well done Brad

Well done brad top job I’ve never done contours in a d11 I’m usually ripping rock and pushing rock in an 11

Great vid Brad and boys it was great to learn about the contours.

Thanks for sharing your time. Great videos

Thanks for the ride Brad. Good to see the way you approach the work in the cab.

👏👏 more D11 please.

Thanks for explaining the thought behind contours. In South Devon(U.K.) where we farm a large field would be about forty acres,with most being about fifteen or less. We grow a lot of organic veg and have experienced a couple of cases of soil erosion during heavy rains. However most fields are surrounded by Devon banks(a bank about three feet high on top of which a hedge grows,so soil erosion is not a problem generally.However with global warming we are experiencing heavier downpours and so it may well need another look at. We do practice “minimal tillage” which does help stability of the soils.

@Kelpie119

Жыл бұрын

What you’ve fallen for the climate change BS 😩

I absolutely love the D11, and I love your guys videos specially the ride along vids like this one👍

Great job Brad

Great video

Good job Brad! Yes lots of contours, and terraces here in Iowa.

Great video Matt and well done Brad very informative

Might try putting camera on cab roof for a while maybe get better views of blade operation. Assume grader does final levelling / tidying up Good video hope we see more

Super video Brad! Im interested in how you set the line for the banks, and how you determine how far apart the banks need to be. Work of art mate

very nice ride along , Thanks very much.

Great vidio Brad. Very informative. We don't have contours here in lreland. It was nice to get the thought behind the job. Keep her lit Lad.

Awesome video Brad!!!!! Great to watch and listen to a professional at work. The quality of your work really is top shelf. God bless you and your family.

Nice job on the videos Brad you are doing great. Not many Contoure banks in USA May God Bless you all.

Love this vlog. Very informative and fascinating at the same time

Onya Brad. I’m heading back out Wednesday to jump in the 11. We are ploughing though. Working with the gps looks like bloody good. Easier than running those blades by eye. Keep it up. Cheers n beers

Watching while eating my breakfast in a cold (and very slightly snowy) Ireland this morning! We don’t have such big fields, so that’s probably a factor, divisions between them are often open drainage ditches. 2 questions: how do you decide where to put a contour? Every x metres of elevation? And How much of a fall is there along the length of one? Nice work on the video making, Brad!

Brad, wear some dark shades and you can be the bad dude with the 'mean machine' ! 😂

Thanks for the beginning, the middle and the ending 🤟😉 🤣😂🤣

Great video Brad keep it up 👍❤️🇦🇺

Thanks for the ride along!

I pushed up a few years ago with a Cat D7-E and rippers , and trimmed them with a old cable 12yd scrapper converted to hydraulic pulled with a JD 8850,...worked well but naturally slower than a 11 and a BIG Grader :) ...great video ...Matt can stay in the workshop lol !!!

Hi Brad. I was certainly wondering about the Contour banks as well. We don't have them here in NZ & I grew up farming in Canterbury. Cheers mate 🍺

Would it be possible to draw out on some paper, or "chalk board"what you are doing and why? I can grasp the basics, but don't see what is happening before you contour, and what happens after. Do you plant on the contours after? Love the show guys. Thank you

Ripper video 👍👍👍👍

Great job on the video Brad

My acting coach Matt !!!!!!!

I see on some videos I have watched in the states they plant corn then strip grass and so the crops are coming of at different times to stop erosion

Enjoyed the Brad show today ! Just be yourself, I am sure the regular viewers just want to see your everyday work. How do you set the start and finish points for the GPS?

Good work, plenty of contour banks in Australia

Appears that at least in some parts of the USA they use "tile". The name "tile" is from the original clay type pipe they used. Now they use plastic pipe to collect runoff in "dry dams" and drain the subsoil. The "dry dams" are like settling ponds that drain slowly through a perforated riser to the underground pipe. The diameter of pipe used depends on the area to be drained and the expected rainfall. However if there is "excess" rain the dry dam can overflow and that is a real erosion issue.

Nice video. On my farm in the Netherlands are the fields flat. In my crop rotation after te tulip harvesting the contractor make the field flat again with a box grader with lazer. The middle of the field to the ditch is 3 cm higher, the field is 300 meter. On this way al the water is going to the ditch after a big rain.

Here in the central US (Missouri) contours were common among "progressive" farmers, to control erosion on sloping ground, toward the end of the dust bowl era. As crop land was converted to grassland and hardier grasses, like fescue were introduced, they became less common. The contours on our land were made with a disk plow and blade.

That was interesting Brad.You're a natural! I've often wondered why america uses tile (buried drainage pipes) while we use contour banks.It could be soil dependent as you suggest. And no doubt it's partly a 'what we're used to' kind of thing. America has so much tiling infrastructure it would be weird to do it another way.I guess they'd also balk at the idea of harvesting across banks?

One of your best 👌 sorry Matt Brad is a goer 😏🇦🇺

good job Brad

OH BRAD!!!!!!! Great clip! All I can ask is that you don't take lessons from Matt again 🤣🤣

Cheers mate, thanks.

Good 1 Brad

Been waiting for a video like this. Here is the USA I've only ever seen and heard of tile. Both I assume serve the same purpose in

I’m from Michigan in the states and we use pattern tilling do drain the excess water from the fields.

Yes please show more of this not really sure what you are meaning with the contours as West Coast Canada building logging roads we were always on steep ground lots of mud big stumps to much water and the bs goes on lol

Terraces is what we call them in Kansas. United States

Good on ya Brad. Jobs a good un !! Your channel should be at way more subscribers. Not sure whats going on, but you deserve to be at least 500k subscribers by now. Consider collaborating with some other channels. Not sure if you have heard of Cutting Edge Engineering, Cole the Cornstar, or Welker Farms, but perhaps you could reach out to them and maybe get you some traction. Best to all. Keep it up, someday you will break through and get the recognition that you deserve. Cheers Mate!!!

Loved video brad. I’m from ND in the states. No contour banks here. I was in Theodore qld was I was younger. Worked on a cotton and grain farm then. First time dealing with contours How far from Theodore is your farm

Good job Brad. Who is Matt? 😉

@seanworkman431

Жыл бұрын

Are you looking to get blocked?

Yes there is in Iowa USA.

thanks loved it

Wow, who new Brad was so chatty! Obviously he likes what he's doing so keep up the good work Brad!

@thejacksonbrothers

Жыл бұрын

I’m afraid what I have unleashed! - Matt

Very good Video 👍 👍

It's always enjoyable watching the videos that you and your family put up and Brad you did a great job. However, what might have made this one and maybe future ones more enjoyable would be for you to have gotten out of the machine and showed us what it was you were doing so that we could see the profiles, and contours etc. Plus I presume that you had loaded a course into the GPS gizmo in the cab so that you knew which route to follow across the field/paddock and at what spacing between the contours. I was also shocked by what appeared to be a very limited view from the driving seat and makes what you do all the more impressive, especially when you cut the new track up your hill. I'm from the UK and I believe that in a very areas contours may be used but as a rule they're not necessary as most of the fields are to too small to warrant them, also if you don't get a grant for it there's not a lot of money around to pay for it on most farms. Thanks for the insight, keep up the great work.

Sorry Brad when you said you had a bit of extra fluff on , I thought you meant on the chin. hehehe Good stuff as always.