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Thanks for this ! I enjoyed watching it. I just restored a pto model 30 . One up from the 25 . 30 bushel grain tank ,7 ‘cut .

So what ever happen with irt ? It's been some time .

If it was barbed wire on t posts or treated posts you would have a ton of splicing to do

Looks pretty dang nice for a field your not real happy with

Making things up? This is more than pasture, this doubles as a hay field. You get one chance to plant alfalfa but can over seed later with clover without much worry. The other issue is drying time, clover is harder to dry when making hay. In my experience that timothy starts to take off later when the orchard grass has slowed but the fall flush gets the orchard grass growing again. This has worked very well for us. The other thing that's not discussed here but is a factor is flavor. We've selected blends of forage that don't create an "off" flavor. That's critical for us and our market. We want only the best tasting beef for our customers and there are forages out there that are great for gains but bad for flavor. I'm sorry to hear you've got a pest infestation on your alfalfa. So far so good here. That field with the alfalfa is in its second year and looks great. Our custom blend of seeding has worked great for us, it's made great hay, maximized our gains when used as pasture and makes GREAT flavored beef!

I agree with Mrs. Tilted Barn. You’re just making stuff up as you go as far as I’m concerned.😂. In a haying situation, you may get more tonnage per acre on Alfalfa, but in a pastor situation clover offers more diversity has a higher digestibility than Alfalfa does. Additionally it does not have problems with Alfalfa weevil and leaf Hopper, which are rampant in the area Also, just to let you know, Timothy has zero regrowth potential and brome does not as well so you’re going to have a lot better grazing probably on the clover fescue mix Orchard grass matures pretty early even what they call the late maturing varieties do faster than the fescue in the Timothy .

Rent a disc you'll be better off in the end

Wow, another chapter in your book of memories for farming. So glad you got him back. Love the story of the chase at the end. 👍

You make a harrowing week sound like an immensely entertaining story 😆

New sub here! I enjoyed the story, and my ears perked up when I heard you mention M99, because I used to live in Hillsdale!

Great job Junior catching up with the calf!!

Great update. I thought that maybe last year you didn’t have enough feed to get you through the winter, since all of your hay was new seeding.

I love these little combines, very cool to see them work.

Try a heat gun with some pressure to straighten it. It might work.

What breed of cattle?

In my area round bales are all sealed in white plastic during bailing. We have long rainy winters, not too much snow but cold enough the grass doesn't actively grow.

Will you be able to use any of the meat or is it too far gone?

The fence looks tall for cows. What is the height?

Went to a farm sale down the road in 1992. The old boy last farmed in 1976 and this was the combine he used. He maintained and shedded everything, all his equipment was field reddy and looked like this 15 years after he last used it. His place and all his equipment were all maintained to a T. Tractors, implements, buldings, etc. He had a 64 Chevy 3/4 ton truck that looked like it was just off the showroom. He even had half a wood crib full of corn that was never shelled or gound out!

My Dad had a 12A with motor in the 1950s in Dodge County, WI. Thanks for the memories,

Nice example of acting recklessly by having somebody on the front of that machine. All it takes is one misstep...

We ran a 12A with a power unit till the mid 70's. Gave up when the junk yard scrapped their collection. (can't blame them, we probably scavenged all the needed parts. Usually had to replace some wood parts on the straw walkers, and sew the canvas every now and then. Ours had a bagger, not a grain bin.

Awesome!!!

My Dad had a 12A like this one. The unloading auger set up is different, but otherwise looks the same. He harvested 30 acres of oats and 20 acres of soybeans with it for over 20 years. I helped for about 10 of those years. This was in western Iowa, not far from Sioux City.

Keep up the great work!

Nice straight fencelines! Now if we get some heat with these rains to keep that pasture growing

Very fancy fencing set up fence looks beautiful

Welcome back. Thought maybe you had given up on TH-cam

What size of post did you use?

Curious to know how you came out? I'm thinking of doing the same thing but grazing it down further for alfalfa production. I wouldn't mind if 20-25% of the grass stands after.

Greg Judy & "Timeless Fence"... Did You Know? 🤑⁉️💩 th-cam.com/video/5U6WcQIYfJY/w-d-xo.html

Doesn't look too bad, i would remove that post somehow...post up how you do that because i foresee needing to do that at some point ...maybe sawzalling at the holes and not nicking the high tensile....? I would just put another timeless tpost right beside it and attach with the metal ties that come with the steel tposts...you can put that in the hole for the Timeless and then grab it onto the high tensile and twist it around it. i put my timeless posts the same way you did with maximum high tensile /shock towards the livestock. good video, thanks for sharing.

Just like mine

My great uncle had a pull behind combine, I cant remember if it was an AC or a Case, pretty sure it was an AC , and it had a wisinson engine on it , it was very finicky , had a small V2 or 4 I think . I remember preppin it before combining oats in 1967 , had to put new knives and do an infeed belt repair with a splice. Combining with pull behinds sure was a character builder , one hot and dusty job . Id give anything to go back to those days. We didnt get much done but we had a lot of fun . We had 4 farms with about 425 acres , which at the time was a good sized farm . Its a baby by stdays standards. A good friend of mine has a 2500 acre dairy farm here now , about 15 years ago he put in a 4 million $ milk carousel . He has a phenominal operation . Thanks for showing the JD pull behind video , ver nice job / history . Merry Christmas to you and you family

Used electric fence for 40 some year........ Ive learned......hard wire it to the power source so no one ever turns it off ! That way....no one ever forgets to turn it back on ! No need to disconnect the power. Learn to work with it. Use a sheet of styro foam to stand on for insulation.....besides your wearing dry shoes and sock..those are already insulators. Firmly take a hold of a hot wire......the spark is what hurts not the shock itself. Besides.... its good shock therapy ! Does the power company turn the power off when ever they replace a pole or do repairs ? Seldom if ever !

That's a very cool old combine. You're dad did an excellent job restoring the machine. It's not often (like in NEVER) that you get to see a pull-type combine being used in soybeans. In terms of the "canvas" which is also known as a draper, they ARE hard to get. I needed one about 20 years ago and was able to get it from the now defunct Central Tractor store. However, when I was looking, I was told that if you need a new one, either check with an Amish community, as some will be using equipment that still used canvases, or check with a sail maker.

The A suffix shows a left hand platform like the AC All Crop and Cockshutt # 6 and 7. Before live PTO engine drive allowed one to stop moving forward before you plugged up

I spent a lot of Hrs. on a 12A with a bagger. The seat was over the little LUC engine we also had the scour clean. The old man bought it new in 1949 for 17 hundred dollars Ryan's delivered it with a new JD A he also bought the tractor right then and there. How I hated that 12A sat on that darn thing many Hrs. in the hot sun tending the bagger then after we stopped to go milk we had to go pick up all the bags we dropped and haul them to the barn . I hated it then but now in my 80's I sure enjoyed your video. Watched it more than a few times. Thanks >>> Jack.

So what is your opinion on the timeless fence system. Thank You

Thankyou for sharing. It is always a pleasure to see old farm equipment being used.

nice job . cool combine. 1st JD pull combine Ive ever seen

expetacular.me lembro la pelos anos 60 meu pai teve uma dessas aqui no Brasil la no sul

It’s pretty rare that high tensile wire bust like that or did you cut it to repair it in that alleyway? Good tying job on the high tensile not many people are that good at thatZ.

Very awesome to see the old John Deere equipment. Your Dad did an amazing job on the restoration of that old combine. Great videos!

It leaves some nice long straw that you could bale

Nice, and congrats! One step closer to your vision coming together.

I feel your pain on the theft, We had our septic tank pump truck stole right out of our shop back in September. It really hurts your livelihood when you only have one truck you rely on to run your business and make your payments. We are also in central Michigan. The jokes on the thieves though, cause it had a full load of you know what in the tank! lol

Looking good! Back in 1989 I worked for a college friend setting houses similar to yours, then we would stick frame garages or decks after houses were set. That led me to being a custom home builder that I am today. You sure put a lot of work into your buried lines, which will benefit you for decades. Nice job!

Awesome old combine I believe the self powered is an 11a and the pto is a 12a….beautiful combine nice to see in mid Michigan as well

I remember using a “ John Deere 30” combine it was the next latest & greatest combine to the “12a” model. Combines have come a long way in 60-70 years.