Great video! Call Pete! From a Few Acres Farm, I bet he would talk with you about this. He is a nice man. An older version of YOU!

@luckyduck146

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I just finished watching Pete talking about his barn extention !!

Kudos to you for recognizing and resolving the hot rubber seat that Callie uses. Good man!

Check the bearings, Lube the chains, grease service points and give it an overall visual inspection. Most important is to make sure that rechargeable fire extinguisher works and is full!

@floydfarms1578

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I’d get an infrared thermometer and just check the bearing temps a couple times during baling since he only does one cut a year on that one field. Also don’t think pins need replacing but every couple of seasons given the small amount of usage. Maybe every 1000 bales?

Belt pins every 1000 bales is recommended. I would buy new belts. Shop on line, l buy mine from American belting iirc. Make sure your pickup teeth are good so they are lifting the hay into the mouth of the baler. I used to use the grip tape that you use on slick steps (sand paper like finish) on starter rollers. Good luck baling!

Callie has to be the fittest Golden Lab on the Continent! She hasn't an ounce of fat and is just ripped. Too many think walking working dogs once or twice a week is enough. My sister had a Lab named "Bender" because she would demand so much activity and could run for hours (whether they wanted her to or not). It's a rare treat to see her race ahead of you and prove every day what her breed is capable of.

@johnking8679

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Absolutely !! Your Callie is sure fit as she gallops on ahead of your four wheeler !!

I love your relationship between man and dog ☺☺ 🚜🚜👍👍🚜🚜

Good advice in these comments. Something I haven’t seen tho, run the baler for about 10 minutes before you start baling and then shut it down and check the bearings for heat. You can also get an infrared thermometer to check bearing temp. A smoking baler is the last thing somebody needs

My daughter's ranch in Lake County has lots of wild turkeys and a peacock that runs with them! Quite the sight😂

Replace those belt lace pins every year or at least every 800-1k bales. Every year is a good way to keep up with it though. And trust me, you don’t want to wait too long or sometimes you’ll have to cut them out

We use the same valet and have found that when we start a new bale, slow the rpm’s for the first 30-40 feet of the windrow then idle back up to your full rpm’s. Works for us every time.

Happy to see you storing the JD baler in Dad's building. All the rain this winter would have created many problems.

I love watching Calli take off running when you stop the 4-wheeler and give her the "go ahead"! That girl sure can run!❤ You have done an excellent job training her! Maybe a piece of carpet would help Calli's seat from being too hot for her to stand/sit on. Something like those kitchen floor mats that have the rubber backing that Dollar Stores or Walmart sells. Hope the hay baling goes well!👍

Man you just never have a minute to yourself you are always so busy !! You are such a great doggie daddy !!❤🎉

When u Do Ur Best Tyler, that is All that matters. First We Try and Then We Do Not, but one thing about u is that u r Fair. Cannot put a Round object into a Square hole. Keep up the great work, I Believe in u. Thank u for sharing, keep it MOVIN!

Looking forward to watching the progress of the vegie patch.... be a great place for the kids to spend time farming and harvesting.

Tyler, I'm speaking from experience when I tell you do not leave the belt pins in until there worn out because you will not be happy when you try to get them out. I highly recommend changing them out about every 1000 bales or so and they will come out easily. If the pins get grooved there a pain to get out and if they break while in the lace they are a nightmare to deal with so please save yourself the misery and change them out quite often. They are very inexpensive compared to most baler parts anyway so do yourself the favor.

My round bailer prep requires a cup of coffee in my hand as I watch your video in the comfort of my apartment. 😗

One of the fixes are adding additional round stock in-between the bars on the starter roller especially on the sides. But the best suggestion I can give you is watching your pto speed when starting the bale, going slow so the pickup tines don’t just rip through the hay and then you’re plugged up. Make 600-1000 round bales a year with an older model version than yours and the starting PTO speed trick does make a difference. Once the bale is started you can gain a gear and up the PTO speed.

John Deere baler (4 and 5 series) 1. Trouble starting is crop conditions, both crop type and environmental. Older JD bakers are fickle about starting crops without mods. We increased the size of the start roller by making to half shells that bolt to it complete with grip bars welded across nearly 30 years ago which fixed it, has no trouble with silage to straw now. 2. Pre season maintenance should be done out of season, not when you have grass on the ground. 3 . Depending on how much you bale pull the belts out and spin all the idler rollers annually biannually etc to check the bearings and put new lace pins in at the same time. 4. Check the pickup real for cam wear 5. Check and adjust chains 6. Check PTO clutch for function 7. Check hoses and ram seals in density accumulator and rear door rams (these are vital to bale density) 8. Check monitor function. Buy a infra red heat gun, check bearings daily by running the baler up and comparing temps, you’ll soon see a bearing on its way out before it burns the baler to the ground.

Tyler, in regards to your garden, look up woven ground cover. I used to spend hours at the garden weeding and watering but since I started using the woven ground cover I only have to weed where the cover doesn't cover (around the edges or where plants are coming up through and I rarely have to water anymore as the cover keeps the moisture in the ground, even after a few weeks without rain I could hit wet earth roughly between one to two inches below the surface. I saw this stuff being used on the living traditions homestead channel and it has been a blessing to have found it.

@Gods-Elect

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I seen it there also and tried it but this yr I think I will try card broad what do you think will it work?

@10knucklechuckle

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@@Gods-Elect I haven't tried cardboard myself but have seen many people have success with it. It should accomplish the same thing for weeds and soil moisture and will biodegrade over the season to become part of the soil as well.

@patchurch1677

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Cardboard doesn't provide protection from insects, or shade.

@10knucklechuckle

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@@patchurch1677 I think you might be thinking of shade cloth, white gauze like material, while the woven ground cover is a heavier black mat that you lay on the surface and make holes in for the plants to grow up through.

Two comments, first , the best solution I see to the cattle cutting your field up is to run a water line along that side of the field and install Plasson connectors. That way you can move a temporary water trough to each paddock and the cows don't have to walk back. Second, I understand not filming all the hay work. Sometimes you just need to get things done. I have been making a few videos and have been surprised at how much longer it takes to get things done while trying to video. Not to mention the editing.

My grandma uses a “soaker hose” in her garden. Just a hose with a bunch of holes in it. She lays that out and just turns the water on. Pretty handy

Potatoes look a lot like tomato plants before they get leggy

Throw some straw in the veg garden. It will aid to reduce moisture loss and you don't have to water so much and so often.

On baler prep: check for missing or weak pickup teeth, run baler for awhile and listen for any unusual sounds (it does sound different empty than with hay going into it also), also use a laser thermometer to check bearings that are hot. Also on that style of baler starting a bale is difficult if your belts are old and slick. Another trick I've use is to run a strip of duct tape the length of the belt on the hay side. If you idle the tractor and with a little skill you can apply the tape with belts moving. If your splices are starting to pull apart it is best to repair prior to use. Nothing more of a pain than a broke belt when trying to get a field done. Also if the ends are bad (which usually happens if the splice is falling apart) you will have to cut the ends when making a new splice and because the belt will be shorter you will have to splice in a short piece as well. I think the dealer always splice a minimum of a 2ft section anything shorter may give problems going over rollers. You want all the belts to be the same length/tension. You can estimate this when they are loose and how far they sag in between rollers. I currently run a Vermeer 604R. It does not use a drum starting roller. It has mechanical fingers that assist the start which is a great improvement. There is no need to ease into a windrow when starting a bale.

@stkcattleandhay

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I am running a 605SM and 605N. Coming from a massey 2856 that had starter fingers, I would be interested in their longevity. They bent on the 2856.

@danrose3233

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@@stkcattleandhay These seemed quite stout. I'm guessing they are 1/2" plate. No problems 8k bales in.

Hey Tyler, looks like you stood a little closer to the razor today - Ha, Ha !! 😊 Lookin' good for a farmer in Northern California !!

I would suggest running a poly pipe down the fence line with some plasson quick couplers every so often. Run some garden hose to a portable tank and move it around your pasture. I did this and it made a huge difference. Got rid of most of my trailing issues, while keeping my fertility out where I can use it. My herd is between 50 to 70 animal units and I have a 70 gallon tank I move right with the cows. Oil chains daily on the baler. Check fire extinguisher!

That late cold snap took us all by surprise.

Tyler you have such a lovely bond with Callie. She is too darling!

Long time Deere baler guy here. I do the normal bits such as lube the chains, grease points etc. Beyond that I like to check adjustments and play in parts, run everything and have a good listen to it. As far as your starter roll goes I do like to weld the corners of the bars on the roll. I go a step further and grind them back to fairly square edges. No issues in a good many years going that route. On your cow track issue we have gone to moving the water points along with the herd. It’s a bit aggravating at times but once the system is set up it’s fairly quick. This keeps the cows from tracking to much, saves calories, keeps the tank cleaner (it’s dumped when moved) and as an added bonus the water tank and mineral points can be moved into areas that have weed pressure or other issues. Good luck and I love watching your videos!

Howdy from west Texas! 😊

I'm out here is SW Iowa where round bales are the norm for cattle. I remember when the farmer we do hay shares with was trying to get the alfalfa baled before a rainstorm rolled in. The hay was still too damp and heavy, his bearings on a baler just like yours heated up and before long he was pulling a big old green fireball behind him. We got the hoses out and got the fire out and he was able to save the baler. So, yeah, I think you taking care of business before catastrophe is wise!

Love these videos that are a bit longer!!

Make sure to spray lube the chains while it’s running before your first bale and we usually do it again at the end while the chain is hot.

Glad you are half-way done with haying and may you get the needed weather to finish. Good luck FT and have a great week!!

Lots of good things happening on FTR. Never a lack of things to do! As far as the garden goes, maybe better late than not at all.

I sure enjoy hanging out at the ranch with you and Cali.

You're one busy guy Thank you for the video

Putting a sheet of that rubber liner like you can use for drawers in a tool chest to keep them from sliding would be good to line Callie’s seat. You may have to glue the corners down.

I love seeing that blue New Holland. I drive past a number of their buildings here in PA. y

Tyler, next year spray two to three coats of flex seal on the roller. I have a 3x3 with all rollers, and when the hay is dry, it won't start the bale. Worked like a dream. Bed liner doesn't have the soft stickiness that flex seal has. It's awesome.

Hey Tyler when we run a double hitch with another double hitch we always put the pin in from the bottom and only go through 3 of the 4 hitches so it can flex through ditches better. Also when we bale we always put the pin in from the bottom so if the baler where to catch fire you don't have to try get the pin out if it's under stress to save the tractor. Instead you just pull the hairpin and then rock the tractor till the pin falls out then just drive away.

Just knowing what my cousins do to prep their round bailer - check your belts to make sure they aren’t too loose or the current “joints” aren’t starting to fray or pull apart. John Deere sells a splicer kit/joiner kit. Makes it much easier to replace or repair quickly. And of course if it’s JD part - break out a few hundred. They also repurpose their used belts for guards, flaps, weather strips ect. Check your fire extinguishers on the bailer. Sadly - many a bailer burn up during hay season. At least gives you some protection to try and unhitch and pull the tractor off. 5 gallon water can can do a lot if you catch it early.

Inspect pickup reel. While on the flat level shop floor!! Make sure no loose pickup tines. If it has eliptical on end, check those bearings in the chase, clean and lube as necessary. Once you have run through checks, manually turn the baler a couple times. There is usually a roller that you can put a socket/ breaker bar on to manually reverse baler in case of plugging. Look, listen, feel for any abnormalities. Hope it all goes well. ....and tire pressures =..

@johnking8679

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WOW !! Lots to check on your baler before you start !! Mind you, it is a bit of a complex machine with all those moving parts, I guess ? Just "another day at the office" for you, Tyler !

Hey Tyler. Love the videos. Offering my two cents, hope it doesn’t offend. IMO, you have the perfect setup to be able to do small, portable cattle water tanks. I’m out here in western ks trying to run 80 head on 1200 acres and rotational graze with a fixed water source. But you are in such a small area you can make a water system pretty inexpensively I think. Just invest in some good hose, and a few good valves. Check out Greg Judy here on KZread. He sets up some really small tanks to service 2-300 head. Like a half a barrel small. Set that up so you can easily move it with your herd from paddock to paddock, fix your trails like you said, and you are back in business.

Tyler, we’re those wild turkeys? Another great one

@johnking8679

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Looked like wild turkeys to me, Tyler.....?

@patchurch1677

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Yes

Thank you for sharing! Love Callie!

Wild Tom turkey looks like a big boy. Nice to have wild turkeys in the area. Hope they hatch & raise lots of young. Nice wild turkey for thanksgiving would be a treat. Wish there were wild turkeys in my area. You should have plenty of time to plant more garden. I just started planting 2 weeks ago. It was still in the 30’s & low 40’s at night & low 50’s daytime with a lot of rain up until 2 weeks ago. Was glad to finally see warm up & spring flush hit. You might think about taking the wood chips mixed with manure in the corral area and put on top of the garden soil around, between & to the sides of the plants & seeds. It would help hold moisture in the soil and provide nitrogen when you water the garden. If the pepper plants aren’t looking good dig them up and loosen all the roots so they aren’t compact, soak the soil in & around the hole then replant and water them in. They should take off then. Do the same thing with any plants being trans planted from a nursery pot. After 1 to 2 weeks give them some liquid fertilizer to feed them and then on a schedule.

The best time to water plants is first thing in the morning. Plants absorb water best before 11am. I used to use leaky hose which is made from tyre crumb. I do not know if you have it in the USA. You need to put normal hose up to the start of the area that needs watering then I buried the leaky hose about an inch deep so the water got to the roots. It worked excellently.

@robynmorris7945

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That was a pretty darn big Tom Turkey!! Later garden is certainly better than no garden😄

It’s hard to do a garden when the weather fights you all the time. Considering, I think you’re doing just fine. Here in Michigan we can’t really plant until memorial weekend. Thanks for taking us along FT! Good luck on your round baler too! God’s blessings to you and your family!

@shirleymeyle3702

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I'm in Michigan too and haven't planted yet either. His irrigation is so different from what we see here.

Check the belts. Never replaced the lacing pins until they broke unless you see them damaged. Lube chains, grease. Maybe try going into the winnrow at an angle instead of straight on to get the pickup to start, sometimes helps get hay started in

Love watching Callie living her best life. I’m in the same county as you and with all the late rain and cold I got a late start on my garden and ended up direct seeding most of it.

Our cow trails were not straight, they had a trail from the shed to the creek and it was kind of winding around the hill side and back.

I am so glad for you that you are living your dream. Lots of folks don't get that chance to make it happen.

Thanks for sharing farmer tyler ranch I enjoyed the video and your hay looks great

Good to see the hay is cut and ready. New equipment always presents a challenge to avert the "what if's" when time is of the essence. Hope all the baler updates minimize these. Cow traffic....You'll figure it out. Good post FTR!!

never enough Callie!!

Always enjoy your videos and hanging out.

GOOD AFTERNOON TYLER

Good to see your garden. My garden is all in flower pots and trash cans. Think I saw turkeys but not sure what object was in field that you showed first. Have a super day, can't answer any question cause I have no idea.😊

Don’t know that we have ever changed laces on our baler and we do everything round baled except for a few loads of small squares. Don’t help bale to often anymore as I have an off farm job and am not really employed by the farm. I just show up when I have time away from work. We grease it most every time we use it and make sure there is enough oil in the automatic chain oiler

Hi to Farmer Tyler Ranch and all others too😊😊Thanks for showing the great animals and incredible work you does for them. Everyone have a bless day❤❤see you next time on Farmer Tyler Ranch hugs and prayers everyone😊😊

The first thing you should get is a operation manual. They tell you tons of information as you know.

Cool to see you getting ready to start baeling your own hay among other jobs you have to do daily thanks for sharing

Wild Turkeys ! Keep cool by cutting your hair and beard haha

Hey Tyler I’m from South Carolina and I’m not sure if you ever tried it but Okra might be something you could try and plant in the garden. It good too! It’s not too late to plant.

Good morning.

Surprised me today, no biggie I'll do the rewatch

I agree with Gary woods, also check your belts for dry rot or potential tears.

My old John Deere would have a hard time starting bales when the belts were to short. That baler should not have a hard time starting a bale. That’s really the only suggestion I could think of. When my grandpa would see a split tearing he would cut it off and put a new splice on, that’s how the belts got to short

The past several years, I wasted so much time with watering. This year I decided to put some money into soaker hoses. It is saving me so much time ... and I need that time to get on top of plucking up crab grass. I don't know if it was all the rain this year, or what, but I've never had so much crab grass in the garden. And I don't want to use poisons like round up so close to the garden.

In my experience basil doesn’t like full sun, you might need to put a screen over it for the hot afternoon. I drove up the 5 from So Cal to Washington about 3 weeks ago and saw a ton of turkeys in a fields north of Sacramento.

Ask Pete on Just a few acres farm, He runs a round bailer!

One good thing to do on the baler is dust the nett rap rollers with baby powder it it helps feeding it in the baler

Def change those belt lacings ahead of time, when they break the belts get wrapped around the roller(s) and its a day-ending experience. Not much you can do besides look things over, grease/oil everything, say your prayers and send it!

We had a john deere 530 round baler and ran thousands of bales through it with no problems. Replaced a spring for one of the tension readers for the monitor once. Never broke a belt or a splice. Don’t roll up sticks or limbs. That’s hard on the belts. Deere didn’t have bale wrappers back then. No kick bar either. I never did have trouble getting a bale to start. Keep it greased and clean it off once a year. A hair cut would help you cool down a little. I just shave my head. Not many places to get a haircut around here anymore.

You know they are making cow trails, all cows do. Move the water to where it is in the lane between the fields and where cutting into the levy makes the least amount of damage.

Great video, keep up the good work

Just strap you a sprinkler to a T-Post for your garden and turn it on 👍🏼 don’t it a time or 2!

Cool. Thanks 😊

Ahh the joys of john deere! Haha replace the pins if yours look wore out. I replace mine yearly but they also get roughly 8k bales a year. Adding extra welds definitely work good just take a sander to brush off the sharp edges of the welds. Also a helpful tip is to bend your pickup teeth about 30° up words pain to do but helps. My yearly Maintenance for balers is to do a good look over. Rrplace anything questionable. Replace pins tightn chains and run the abler a bit empty and listen for any squeeling. Also clean off any netwrap build up! Just a few things i do each year!

Good job Tyler

Nice too see you got it all together love it❤

Is it feasible to put your paddock transfer lane at the opposite end of the field from the irrigation system? Any future paths that the cattle would cut through would be at the ar end and allow each paddock to get mostly flooded. Just a thought. You rock Tyler!

Belt pins should be changed every year, grease at end and beginning of season. You doing good that's a couple things I do.

The quality of the camera at the end, i guess your mobile, is better than the gopro....

You need to plant a variety of feed grasses in your pastures, Alph Alpha and Clover. It would be a good idea to disc your pastures as you can to remove those paths and level the ground and turning over the ground so it will better support new growth just like your hey fields. You have irrigation so this shouldn't be a big problem. If you can rotate your pastures they will continue to replenish themselves. All you have to do is spread manure every spring.

Just a few blocks from me and the sides of the hills going down to the river you can still see the buffalo trails. You take real good care of Callie and all your other animals. What was out in the sunflower field ? Good job on it all FTR.

@HelpMeRhonda62

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I think wild turkeys

@patchurch1677

Жыл бұрын

A big Tom turkey and his girls.

Thinking about that wedge of land on the south side of your home, it is oriented perfectly for building a Chinese greenhouse. You build a clay wall (massive heat sink) on the north side and then wrap it in strong greenhouse plastic with a sloping wall to the south. When fully enclosed, the sun heats the clay wall during the day. At night, the heat is slowly released to keep plants warm during the cold part of the day. The wall is an anchor against the north wind and the south facing slope diverts winds from that direction. They can be totally passive, or you can add solar to control vents and fans or summer shades. This is definitely not an afternoon project, but it will enable you to raise crops all year long. If interested, enter Chinese Greenhouse into your search engine. Look for the book or look for videos on how they work. As always, thanks for sharing with us.

Thanks for another great video.

a glasshouse with steel might be better than plastic

When I had a belt baler, the first thing I went and done, was bought an extra set of belts and a splicing kit with the crimper so I wouldn’t have to run to the dealer and have them to fix broken belts for me. Then all I done was check the bearings and chains. The baler I had was all sealed bearings so when they went out they went out so you needed to have those bearings on hand you’ve replaced The idlers now all you need to do is just bail hay

I’m from south alabama we do a lot of bailing and maintenance and inspection is key but as the old timers say “if it aint broke don’t fix it” you can over prepare trust me Lol even though it’s sound crazy…

I've no knowledge of this particular baler so I'm really of no help to you here. Great motivational video though before I get to work this morning. I always go away with something new learn't from you Farmer Tyler. Thanks!

I done the costume hay for 35 years I tired every Baler but you can not out do the John Deer on your belt lasers change them every 500 bales and the main roller I done the paint what i did welded a new 1/4 inch rod on top of the old one and do that about every 3 years I would trade my balers every 2 years I would run 10 to 12 Thousand bales with them I watch all your videos but I hope this will fix your baler Be safe Amen 🙏🙏🙏👍👍🇱🇷

Thanks.

Also get a good quality chain lube so the chaf and dirt won’t stick to your chains.

Loved this video!!

Hope all goes well with the baler n it works good for you this year

Looks good keep up the good job .