Well that’s neat. Goodness, motorcycle technology has really progressed since the ‘80’s models I once had. Thanks for sharing
@tommywise17025 күн бұрын
@8thdaychronicles that's the truth. I had a 1987 Sportster, and it was just a simple machine. These things are way more complicated.
@8thdaychronicles12 күн бұрын
Fields nice and green...looking good! Here in the NC mountains we aint had that much rain, but good rain nonetheless. Around 2 inches of rain total the last week or so. Enough to wake up our grass hay growth very well. Best to you and Mrs. Sally.
@tommywise170212 күн бұрын
@@8thdaychronicles Thank you, Sally says Hi! It was a hurricane that came through, then a nice cool front. I hope it continues for another week, but I wouldn't bet money on it. Hope Susan's chicken's are doing well, see on the internet!
@PostIdaho24 күн бұрын
Where did you find the gathering wheels? How much?
@tommywise170224 күн бұрын
@edshrakejr.7951 I purchased mine at Tractor Tools Direct, but they have stopped selling them. It's a long story and I made a video about it last year. Turns out you need to fashion a bracket that isn't ibex approved. There is another company in Oregon that sells them for $600 plus shipping. I paid somewhat less than that, but now they are not available.
@8thdaychronicles24 күн бұрын
Good news yall dodged the brunt of any storms but got good rain and cooler temps! That rain will really help regrowth of the hay grasses. And the bees got to turn off their A/C for a few days! Looking great, thanks for sharing!
@stevepointer461224 күн бұрын
Pshh. Hurricane beryl. Light weight
@tommywise170223 күн бұрын
@@stevepointer4612 just how we like them.
@richardbennick3120Ай бұрын
Love those gathering wheels!
@tommywise1702Ай бұрын
Those have caused some heartache. We were lucky that John at TTD was helpful and interested in making them work. It seems that ibex was not ready for the addition.
@mycenae228 күн бұрын
@@tommywise1702 did you fabricate those yourself or purchase them from somewhere? I have the same baler from TTD and would like to try some wheels like that.
@tommywise170228 күн бұрын
@mycenae2 I purchased the wheels from TTD, but they no longer sale them - permanently out of stock. There is another place in Oregon that sales them for an extra $100. I fabricated the stiffener bracket that is needed because the mounting flange is way under engineered. If you look back about a year ago, I made a video about the brackets.
@mycenae228 күн бұрын
@@tommywise1702 Good deal, thanks for the info, I'll check out your video about the brackets. I saw your comment on Piney Grove's video about using a full-size roll of twine, so I found your channel and subscribed. I've been using the 9000' rolls from Tractor Supply, but a larger roll would be great - I'll do that for the second cutting this year. I'm also in Arkansas, between Searcy and Batesville, so feeling the same heat you are!
@tommywise170228 күн бұрын
@mycenae2 we live in Conway, the land is at Formosa (Clinton area). Thanks for subscribing! Anything I can do to help let me know.
@manfredkrenn7784Ай бұрын
Congratulation, a good decision, we have also one since years, a real good invest. Many greetings from Austria, Manfred
@8thdaychroniclesАй бұрын
Looking great! Bees are fascinating creatures.
@tommywise1702Ай бұрын
More fun than a barrel of monkeys.
@stevepointer4612Ай бұрын
How much should a guy expect to pay another guy to have him do a proper inspection on a bee hive?
@tommywise1702Ай бұрын
It could be as low as free. Should be anyway.
@8thdaychroniclesАй бұрын
Good job! Take care of your equipment, like this, and it will take care of you! Thanks for sharing!
@user-qt3km3bu8nАй бұрын
❤🎉😂😂😂😢😮
@THELASTLINEOFDEFENCEАй бұрын
Us farmers do what us farmers have to do 😉
@8thdaychroniclesАй бұрын
Good video! Youre exactly right...its YOUR equipment and if you wanna modify something, whats it to anyone else! I've had the same comments about my custom drawbar assembly on my Farm Maxx baler. If the drawbar damages my baler (highly unlikely anyhow) its on ME, nobody else. It will probably be this winter before I venture into gathering wheels. I dont mind modifying them but at the price from Kenos, (plus shipping cost), its just not in my farm budget right now. I wish TTD still sold them, they had them for around $400 (reasonable), Kenos is like $600...plus ship (borderline UNreasonably high). We have messed with varying stack-styles too for the 2x2 bales. I dont mind either way. When you stack straight up 3-4 tall, the wrapped ends get covered by the bale on top and under (can slightly stagger to leave a bit open but then the stack gets "wobbly" a bit). After stacking several different ways, I prefer the same way you do, keeps the hay bales in better shape. Of course it depends on your barn space too. Last cutting last year we stacked in a couple stalls and had to stack laying down for enough space to fit all the bales. Of course always on pallets off the ground. Congrats on a great 1st cut! Thanks for sharing!!
@tommywise1702Ай бұрын
I am with ya on the gathering wheels, the price for what ya get is borderline unreasonable. Then you have to make the mount and take full responsibility for it not working! Anyway, good luck with the wheels.
@tnjrcfl1Ай бұрын
Hay hey hey 😆
@THELASTLINEOFDEFENCEАй бұрын
Thank you.👍
@stevepointer4612Ай бұрын
Wrights welding. What the heck man? You were that close to me and you didn't stop by?
@tommywise1702Ай бұрын
Sorry, I'll stop in next time. Sally asks about yall every time we pass the hideaway.
@8thdaychroniclesАй бұрын
looking good! I only wish our humidity and weather would allow us to cut one day, dry one day and bale the next. Thats unheard of around here. If we baled that fast we would have a barn fire for sure. Goes to show how different it is one area to the next. One size sure dont fit all in the hay game. Bales look nice stacked in the barn! Thanks for sharing! Nice seeing Mrs Sally in the videos.
@tommywise1702Ай бұрын
We are in the heat of summer here for sure. Even with the humidity, it seems that the sun and wind dry everything down rapidly. Sally is getting friendly with the camera and it seems like she enjoys it for now.
@8thdaychroniclesАй бұрын
Awesome! Thanks for sharing!
@laurend8473Ай бұрын
Happy for you good job🎉🎉
@cas4014Ай бұрын
So proud job well done.🎉🎉🎉❤❤
@THELASTLINEOFDEFENCEАй бұрын
Congratulations on design 😉
@JordanScottMillsАй бұрын
Good luck! Never know you can do it till you try!
@k9elliАй бұрын
Very good info for a newer farmer like me! Always great seeing how other people trouble shoot problems Thank you!
@tommywise1702Ай бұрын
It was a "make it work moment" for sure. I worked as a machinist for 25 years, that experience helped for sure.
@uponthemesaАй бұрын
That's awesome.
@8thdaychroniclesАй бұрын
Looks like the fixes are working GREAT!
@8thdaychroniclesАй бұрын
Yes, yes, protect yourself from the sun! A good brimmed hat is invaluable! Thanks for sharing!
@8thdaychroniclesАй бұрын
The mods look really good!
@sallywise4243Ай бұрын
Hi Darrin!
@carriestewart9704Ай бұрын
did ibex notify you to get those wheels off? apparently they have damaged a few balers.
@tommywise1702Ай бұрын
Nope, I was the experiment. Got the very first set. I engineered a bracket, but TTD didn't want to develop the idea. I welded the bracket on and never looked back!
@8thdaychroniclesАй бұрын
Hope the humidity drops for dry down! Thanks for sharing!
@tommywise1702Ай бұрын
The wind changed direction and the hay went to drying. Made a few bales today.
@8thdaychroniclesАй бұрын
Been unusually hot here too the last several days. We hit 87 yesterday, thats ~hot~ for the mountains! Hopefully that humidity drops for yall to get hay dried down proper. What a neat space to camp and stay at the farm! Thanks for sharing! Hello to Mrs Sally! Good to see you back in the videos! Best of luck this week!
@tommywise1702Ай бұрын
We had 88 degrees here today, up to 95 by Friday. Hot and humid is the story for Arkansas summers. We love staying up there, quite, no neighbors, no cellphone service. Git a couple more videos on tap for the week. Hope to have several hundred 2x2's in the barn. Sally says Hi! She is a little nervous about the videos, but we are working on that. Please tell Susan we all wish her well.
@8thdaychroniclesАй бұрын
Good video for a different “style” drum mower than I’m used to. Some differences in the drum mower we have but basically they operate a lot the same. Ours is PTO to a belt drive system. Drum mowers are hard to beat for their cost compared to disc mowers or sickle bars. Good job explaining how that particular style drum mower should be set up. I don’t think I’ve saw anyone else explain the details of setup for that style mower. Good luck mowing tomorrow!
@THELASTLINEOFDEFENCEАй бұрын
Babies hot hey.
@THELASTLINEOFDEFENCEАй бұрын
Yeah legs have pollen. Can see clear zooming in.
@THELASTLINEOFDEFENCEАй бұрын
big difference now👍
@THELASTLINEOFDEFENCEАй бұрын
Can't beat your own honey, we got hives.
@THELASTLINEOFDEFENCEАй бұрын
Lovely job
@THELASTLINEOFDEFENCEАй бұрын
need couple goats
@tommywise1702Ай бұрын
Well, the privet is so big the goats would have no effect on it. Most of the privet is over 10 feet tall and has became trees. The goats at my mom's do keep the small stuff in check, but anything over 5 feet tall they ignore.
@THELASTLINEOFDEFENCEАй бұрын
👍 dam bee bugs.
@tommywise1702Ай бұрын
I hate the beetles, we have them controlled for now. Hope it holds.
@THELASTLINEOFDEFENCEАй бұрын
What's bottle for? Feed.
@tommywise1702Ай бұрын
Yep, we used the hive entrance feeder until the hive top feeders we ordered came in. This type seems to leak a bunch.
@THELASTLINEOFDEFENCEАй бұрын
So worth the purchase?
@tommywise1702Ай бұрын
The kit as a whole is worth the money. The one thing I would change is the hay rake. I would opt for the 4 wheel Righthand rake, not the V rake. I have posted a new video on the modification we had to make on the rake.
@THELASTLINEOFDEFENCEАй бұрын
@@tommywise1702 thank you for reply.
@8thdaychroniclesАй бұрын
Tom, that mod on the rake "looks" like a very good fix. Time raking in the hay field will tell the tale, but what you describe there seems spot-on. Really interested to see how it does, keep us posted. Looking VERY forward to the coming haying videos you can share. Thanks! Hope y`all are having a good evening!
@tommywise1702Ай бұрын
We should start cutting on Wednesday, dry down Thursday and Friday, hay in the barn Saturday. That is the plan anyway. I will post a few videos on our process as we go. With good weather and plenty of sunshine it should come together. The video doesn't show how deep the grass is really. I am hoping for 400 bales first cut on 6 acres.
@rodney5656Ай бұрын
I have an extra 256 near you if interested.
@tommywise1702Ай бұрын
We are interested in cutting additional acres if they are close to Formosa. For our size equipment 5 - 10 acres at a time is about right.
@8thdaychroniclesАй бұрын
Wow....that forage grass is looking good! Sorry to hear about rake problems. Our inline rake works, especially for what we paid for it, but I'm still looking in the used market for a NH 256 Rolabar rake to possibly add to our equipment. Thanks for sharing, tell Mrs. Sally we say hello also!
@8thdaychroniclesАй бұрын
Goodness….from what you started with and look at it now, wow…HUGE improvements! Good job! I can see lots of sweat-equity right there. Lespedza is a great legume. It will add nitrogen to your soil for the orchard too. Your goat-owner customers will LOVE the lespedza. Goats go nuts over it (so will cows, horses, etc). Thanks for sharing, good job!
@advrider762 ай бұрын
I am looking at that same unit. Please keep us posted as i am curious about how it works over time and if you have any issues with it
@tommywise17022 ай бұрын
So far, it has been great. The baler will take grass as long as it is dry. We will be cutting hay in about 10 days, so hope to have new content available when that happens. Thanks for the interest so far it has been trouble free (380 bales).
@8thdaychronicles2 ай бұрын
Some of the best lessons Ive learned came from my mistakes and fails (and watching others share a fail). Thanks for sharing the good, and things that sometimes do go so well....valuable info. I enjoy the bee content! Thanks for sharing! Hope you guys have a good day also!
@sallywise42432 ай бұрын
All those bugs that you can see flying by us are actually bees!! Lots of 🐝!!
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Well that’s neat. Goodness, motorcycle technology has really progressed since the ‘80’s models I once had. Thanks for sharing
@8thdaychronicles that's the truth. I had a 1987 Sportster, and it was just a simple machine. These things are way more complicated.
Fields nice and green...looking good! Here in the NC mountains we aint had that much rain, but good rain nonetheless. Around 2 inches of rain total the last week or so. Enough to wake up our grass hay growth very well. Best to you and Mrs. Sally.
@@8thdaychronicles Thank you, Sally says Hi! It was a hurricane that came through, then a nice cool front. I hope it continues for another week, but I wouldn't bet money on it. Hope Susan's chicken's are doing well, see on the internet!
Where did you find the gathering wheels? How much?
@edshrakejr.7951 I purchased mine at Tractor Tools Direct, but they have stopped selling them. It's a long story and I made a video about it last year. Turns out you need to fashion a bracket that isn't ibex approved. There is another company in Oregon that sells them for $600 plus shipping. I paid somewhat less than that, but now they are not available.
Good news yall dodged the brunt of any storms but got good rain and cooler temps! That rain will really help regrowth of the hay grasses. And the bees got to turn off their A/C for a few days! Looking great, thanks for sharing!
Pshh. Hurricane beryl. Light weight
@@stevepointer4612 just how we like them.
Love those gathering wheels!
Those have caused some heartache. We were lucky that John at TTD was helpful and interested in making them work. It seems that ibex was not ready for the addition.
@@tommywise1702 did you fabricate those yourself or purchase them from somewhere? I have the same baler from TTD and would like to try some wheels like that.
@mycenae2 I purchased the wheels from TTD, but they no longer sale them - permanently out of stock. There is another place in Oregon that sales them for an extra $100. I fabricated the stiffener bracket that is needed because the mounting flange is way under engineered. If you look back about a year ago, I made a video about the brackets.
@@tommywise1702 Good deal, thanks for the info, I'll check out your video about the brackets. I saw your comment on Piney Grove's video about using a full-size roll of twine, so I found your channel and subscribed. I've been using the 9000' rolls from Tractor Supply, but a larger roll would be great - I'll do that for the second cutting this year. I'm also in Arkansas, between Searcy and Batesville, so feeling the same heat you are!
@mycenae2 we live in Conway, the land is at Formosa (Clinton area). Thanks for subscribing! Anything I can do to help let me know.
Congratulation, a good decision, we have also one since years, a real good invest. Many greetings from Austria, Manfred
Looking great! Bees are fascinating creatures.
More fun than a barrel of monkeys.
How much should a guy expect to pay another guy to have him do a proper inspection on a bee hive?
It could be as low as free. Should be anyway.
Good job! Take care of your equipment, like this, and it will take care of you! Thanks for sharing!
❤🎉😂😂😂😢😮
Us farmers do what us farmers have to do 😉
Good video! Youre exactly right...its YOUR equipment and if you wanna modify something, whats it to anyone else! I've had the same comments about my custom drawbar assembly on my Farm Maxx baler. If the drawbar damages my baler (highly unlikely anyhow) its on ME, nobody else. It will probably be this winter before I venture into gathering wheels. I dont mind modifying them but at the price from Kenos, (plus shipping cost), its just not in my farm budget right now. I wish TTD still sold them, they had them for around $400 (reasonable), Kenos is like $600...plus ship (borderline UNreasonably high). We have messed with varying stack-styles too for the 2x2 bales. I dont mind either way. When you stack straight up 3-4 tall, the wrapped ends get covered by the bale on top and under (can slightly stagger to leave a bit open but then the stack gets "wobbly" a bit). After stacking several different ways, I prefer the same way you do, keeps the hay bales in better shape. Of course it depends on your barn space too. Last cutting last year we stacked in a couple stalls and had to stack laying down for enough space to fit all the bales. Of course always on pallets off the ground. Congrats on a great 1st cut! Thanks for sharing!!
I am with ya on the gathering wheels, the price for what ya get is borderline unreasonable. Then you have to make the mount and take full responsibility for it not working! Anyway, good luck with the wheels.
Hay hey hey 😆
Thank you.👍
Wrights welding. What the heck man? You were that close to me and you didn't stop by?
Sorry, I'll stop in next time. Sally asks about yall every time we pass the hideaway.
looking good! I only wish our humidity and weather would allow us to cut one day, dry one day and bale the next. Thats unheard of around here. If we baled that fast we would have a barn fire for sure. Goes to show how different it is one area to the next. One size sure dont fit all in the hay game. Bales look nice stacked in the barn! Thanks for sharing! Nice seeing Mrs Sally in the videos.
We are in the heat of summer here for sure. Even with the humidity, it seems that the sun and wind dry everything down rapidly. Sally is getting friendly with the camera and it seems like she enjoys it for now.
Awesome! Thanks for sharing!
Happy for you good job🎉🎉
So proud job well done.🎉🎉🎉❤❤
Congratulations on design 😉
Good luck! Never know you can do it till you try!
Very good info for a newer farmer like me! Always great seeing how other people trouble shoot problems Thank you!
It was a "make it work moment" for sure. I worked as a machinist for 25 years, that experience helped for sure.
That's awesome.
Looks like the fixes are working GREAT!
Yes, yes, protect yourself from the sun! A good brimmed hat is invaluable! Thanks for sharing!
The mods look really good!
Hi Darrin!
did ibex notify you to get those wheels off? apparently they have damaged a few balers.
Nope, I was the experiment. Got the very first set. I engineered a bracket, but TTD didn't want to develop the idea. I welded the bracket on and never looked back!
Hope the humidity drops for dry down! Thanks for sharing!
The wind changed direction and the hay went to drying. Made a few bales today.
Been unusually hot here too the last several days. We hit 87 yesterday, thats ~hot~ for the mountains! Hopefully that humidity drops for yall to get hay dried down proper. What a neat space to camp and stay at the farm! Thanks for sharing! Hello to Mrs Sally! Good to see you back in the videos! Best of luck this week!
We had 88 degrees here today, up to 95 by Friday. Hot and humid is the story for Arkansas summers. We love staying up there, quite, no neighbors, no cellphone service. Git a couple more videos on tap for the week. Hope to have several hundred 2x2's in the barn. Sally says Hi! She is a little nervous about the videos, but we are working on that. Please tell Susan we all wish her well.
Good video for a different “style” drum mower than I’m used to. Some differences in the drum mower we have but basically they operate a lot the same. Ours is PTO to a belt drive system. Drum mowers are hard to beat for their cost compared to disc mowers or sickle bars. Good job explaining how that particular style drum mower should be set up. I don’t think I’ve saw anyone else explain the details of setup for that style mower. Good luck mowing tomorrow!
Babies hot hey.
Yeah legs have pollen. Can see clear zooming in.
big difference now👍
Can't beat your own honey, we got hives.
Lovely job
need couple goats
Well, the privet is so big the goats would have no effect on it. Most of the privet is over 10 feet tall and has became trees. The goats at my mom's do keep the small stuff in check, but anything over 5 feet tall they ignore.
👍 dam bee bugs.
I hate the beetles, we have them controlled for now. Hope it holds.
What's bottle for? Feed.
Yep, we used the hive entrance feeder until the hive top feeders we ordered came in. This type seems to leak a bunch.
So worth the purchase?
The kit as a whole is worth the money. The one thing I would change is the hay rake. I would opt for the 4 wheel Righthand rake, not the V rake. I have posted a new video on the modification we had to make on the rake.
@@tommywise1702 thank you for reply.
Tom, that mod on the rake "looks" like a very good fix. Time raking in the hay field will tell the tale, but what you describe there seems spot-on. Really interested to see how it does, keep us posted. Looking VERY forward to the coming haying videos you can share. Thanks! Hope y`all are having a good evening!
We should start cutting on Wednesday, dry down Thursday and Friday, hay in the barn Saturday. That is the plan anyway. I will post a few videos on our process as we go. With good weather and plenty of sunshine it should come together. The video doesn't show how deep the grass is really. I am hoping for 400 bales first cut on 6 acres.
I have an extra 256 near you if interested.
We are interested in cutting additional acres if they are close to Formosa. For our size equipment 5 - 10 acres at a time is about right.
Wow....that forage grass is looking good! Sorry to hear about rake problems. Our inline rake works, especially for what we paid for it, but I'm still looking in the used market for a NH 256 Rolabar rake to possibly add to our equipment. Thanks for sharing, tell Mrs. Sally we say hello also!
Goodness….from what you started with and look at it now, wow…HUGE improvements! Good job! I can see lots of sweat-equity right there. Lespedza is a great legume. It will add nitrogen to your soil for the orchard too. Your goat-owner customers will LOVE the lespedza. Goats go nuts over it (so will cows, horses, etc). Thanks for sharing, good job!
I am looking at that same unit. Please keep us posted as i am curious about how it works over time and if you have any issues with it
So far, it has been great. The baler will take grass as long as it is dry. We will be cutting hay in about 10 days, so hope to have new content available when that happens. Thanks for the interest so far it has been trouble free (380 bales).
Some of the best lessons Ive learned came from my mistakes and fails (and watching others share a fail). Thanks for sharing the good, and things that sometimes do go so well....valuable info. I enjoy the bee content! Thanks for sharing! Hope you guys have a good day also!
All those bugs that you can see flying by us are actually bees!! Lots of 🐝!!
Wow...and nice! Thanks for sharing!
It’s working! Looking good.
❤