I miss Idaho, but not the smell of hay. My allergies were the worst around hay. Yet I still loved the country life and would give anything to have it back. Farmers and ranchers are real heroes.

@RockyMountainFarmer

2 күн бұрын

Love the comment thanks for watching

WOW, your hay harvesting is much different than our little square bales back in the 1950s. Thanks for a great video.

@RockyMountainFarmer

2 күн бұрын

Yeah things have changed a bit. Glad you enjoyed it

Depending moisture, us and most guys around us have to mount a water tank on the chopper with a small 12v pump and a 1/4” line into the fan. It doesn’t seem like much, but usually keeps the spout from plugging. Just an option in the future if you keep having trouble

@RockyMountainFarmer

2 күн бұрын

Thanks for the tip

That swather is flying wow.

@RockyMountainFarmer

3 күн бұрын

Yes he is

I really enjoy your videos. Cheers from Alberta Canada

@RockyMountainFarmer

2 күн бұрын

Glad you like them! Thanks for watching

I had trouble blowing grass silage through a John Deere trailed forage harvester some years ago. The problem turned out to be to big a clearance between the knives and the belly pan on the chopping cylinder. The back of the cutting chamber is adjustable ,after a lot of sharpening we were loosing air because of the gap. Closed up and went like a dream. Might work. This was in the UK with grass.

@RockyMountainFarmer

2 күн бұрын

We will have to check that out

Just a tip for when your not using a wagon and direct filling trucks have them closer so you can have the spout pointed directly down into them. That’s how we do it here in SD with a self propelled Deere.

@RockyMountainFarmer

3 күн бұрын

We are still trying to figure it out

@kyleblair4764

2 күн бұрын

@@RockyMountainFarmer Not what he said. You want the hay to flow as unobstructed as possible. If you drive closer, the end spout will be tipped down and the flow will have to turn 90 degrees- basically making a wall where it can back up and plug. Hard to explain in writing, but hopefully you get it.

awesome video! great views! it was a lot of fun to take pictures out there!

@RockyMountainFarmer

3 күн бұрын

I’m glad you liked it and I’m glad you were able to come take some pictures

Another interesting video of insights into farming; thanks guys, love it! Watching from New Zealand. Farming is our main primary producer for export.

@RockyMountainFarmer

3 күн бұрын

I’m glad you like the video. Thanks for watching.

Jf/ kongskilde chopper is the way to go. Eliminates the blower element. May want to look into them. Look at the fct 1360 or 1460

@RockyMountainFarmer

2 күн бұрын

I’ll check it out

Wooow with the music you pick out, this is a amazing farming Utube channel to watch, you all know how to rock😊see next time.

@RockyMountainFarmer

3 күн бұрын

Well thanks for watching. I’m glad you liked it.

@bigmackstruckstop9213

3 күн бұрын

@@RockyMountainFarmer your very welcome

Hi Have you checked if you can speed up the accelerator on the chopper with the long spout. A longer spout needs more speed/power to to travel the hole spout

@RockyMountainFarmer

13 сағат бұрын

We will check

From what I could tell from the first field, the moisture might have been a little high for the extension and the rake (have you tried a mower/conditioner). Another problem could have been that the extension was new and wasn't slicken up yet and causing problems in the heavier hay. The last time we did silage, we were using a pull behind New Holland and was blowing into peanut carts pulled behind tractors (we're in GA and the peanut carts were basically like your silage carts without the top and were high on the dumping side). Because we weren't going far to dump and were putting it in a pit, the chopper and carts didn't have to stop for anything, not even to swap carts.

@RockyMountainFarmer

2 күн бұрын

There is a conditioner on the swather.

I don't know which would be more fun, running the swather, or the rake. Both look like they'd be a lot of fun!

@RockyMountainFarmer

3 күн бұрын

Yeah they’re both pretty fun to run. I’m glad you enjoyed it.

❤ from Norway

@RockyMountainFarmer

3 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching

Well pawn my word and honor

Dang, your dad really hustles with that New Holland. As far as the clippings getting clogged in the chute, just relegate the Dion to the backup machine, and go back to the New Holland as the primary.

@RockyMountainFarmer

3 күн бұрын

Yeah, he cuts pretty fast and currently we only have those two Dion choppers

You need to shorten your spout and add a riser, enjoy your videos in Texas

@RockyMountainFarmer

3 күн бұрын

We got the only one they had. I don’t know if we can shorten it at all. I’m glad you enjoyed the videos.

2nd mowing at the beginning of July. Isn't that very fast? So you guys have up to 5 mowings? And thank you - some nice pictures of Idaho farming!

@RockyMountainFarmer

3 күн бұрын

It is 2nd crop and we usually get 5 cuttings. I’m glad you enjoyed the video.

That mowing machine san certainly make short work of cutting the hay in a large field. I can only imagine the constant repairs and maintenance on all your equipment. Hope you can work out the connection for the 'chute' camera before it goes back out in the field, as the operator will be able to load each truck to the max and reduce misfires :)

@RockyMountainFarmer

2 күн бұрын

Yes we will look into that

Raise your spout higher. We have a self propelled have the spout all the way up and deselect it down in the wagon or truck

@RockyMountainFarmer

2 күн бұрын

Thanks for the tip

Why does it plug. You can't blow silage around a 90° turn. Raise the spout up in the air like your going to blow it up to the heavens then use the deflector to angle it! Lot of dion choppers here in Wisconsin running around!

@RockyMountainFarmer

Күн бұрын

I think he figured it out

You seem to have a lot of spillage when dumping from the chopper into the truck.

@RockyMountainFarmer

3 күн бұрын

Yeah, it spills a little

Amazing video i like it i want to see your dairy make content about dairy

@RockyMountainFarmer

3 күн бұрын

I would but we don’t own the dairy

@Arham7cheema

2 күн бұрын

@@RockyMountainFarmer ok I know that it's not your but I want to see how they manage

So did the long spout just need to get polished up to not plug? How did the ice workout ?

@RockyMountainFarmer

3 күн бұрын

We had to move the fan blades in till they were almost touching the metal. And the ice lowered the temperature 3°.

@ileenmcminn2062

3 күн бұрын

Do you need to adjust the fan on the other chopper to blow into the wagon better?

Did you get your spuds shipped? It's supposed to hit 100 there this coming week!

@RockyMountainFarmer

Күн бұрын

No, we still have five cellars full

Did ya have Good 12 volts and a Ground to the Camera?

@RockyMountainFarmer

3 күн бұрын

Yeah, we tried everything

Need the spout up, more straight and not reaching over to the truck so much cant blow silage down a spout thats horizontal.

@RockyMountainFarmer

2 күн бұрын

Thanks for the tip

It’s probably going up you probably have to run some water in there how gummy your head probably got paint on it gotta get broken

how do you guys like the swather Ive heard a mix the guys who like them like them but the guys dont hate them with a passion for where I am at anything cnh is a no go with how bad dealer support and a huge lack of training

@RockyMountainFarmer

3 күн бұрын

We’ve always liked them. We have good support here.

what do you use the hay for?

@RockyMountainFarmer

Күн бұрын

It is feed for a dairy

Is that Timothy that Dad’s cutting down??

@RockyMountainFarmer

3 күн бұрын

It’s alfalfa

Does the swather have GPS steering?

@RockyMountainFarmer

3 күн бұрын

We don’t have GPS on our swather

😊😊😊😊😊😊

@RockyMountainFarmer

3 күн бұрын

Glad you liked it

Fan speed is to slow to blow that far in wet silage

@RockyMountainFarmer

3 күн бұрын

Possibly

Do have cows to feed the hay to?

@RockyMountainFarmer

13 сағат бұрын

My uncle has a dairy.

any updates on the water usage with the state?

@RockyMountainFarmer

3 күн бұрын

They postponed the issues till October but they haven’t solved anything

Spout is to long for wet sticky hay try going up with your spout and not so long

@RockyMountainFarmer

3 күн бұрын

Well, I don’t think we can make it shorter. It’s all one piece.

You need to get a double wheel rake

@RockyMountainFarmer

2 күн бұрын

I’ll have to look into that

Also your raking to low. That is breaking your rake

@RockyMountainFarmer

3 күн бұрын

It’s not even touching the ground

got to get on him for missing hay

@RockyMountainFarmer

3 күн бұрын

It happens it will get cut next crop

We know your brother Christopher but not your name 😮

@RockyMountainFarmer

2 күн бұрын

I’m Tehren thanks for watching

@johnkeynes8873

2 күн бұрын

@@RockyMountainFarmer ok thanks Tehran .

@johnkeynes8873

16 сағат бұрын

Sorry I misspelt your name Tehren