I think it is AMAZING that farmers spend this much time and effort helping the little plants grow. I remember running a. 6’ rotary hoe behind an Oliver 60. Farmers save the world.
They say you can hear 👂 the little plants say “Thank You” when you uncover them!! Also I was told by the old timers( now I am one) if you don’t see a plant 🌱 pass by your tractor 🚜 window every once in a while you are not going fast enough!! I was a young farmer 👩🌾 so you can bet I loved to hear 👂 that. Sometimes what old is new again. I remember two row pull type rotary hoes in the 50s. Thanks.
We use a crust buster on our cotton dirt. A lot of times if we get a heavy rain and then turns hot the soil will get way to hard for cotton to come up! A crust buster has saved a lot of cotton in this Florida heat.
If the rock is big enough it will roll over it, most of the time it gets wedged and locks up, bends the bracket,,,, we run these every year it seems. This exact rotaryhoe. Just the bigger yetter. Lots of bearings, but you gotta have them! And they thin the stand out no matter how you set it. It’s just the way it is and cheaper then replanting.
Rotary Hoeing was one of my favorite jobs on the farm. (60's-70's) My Uncle had a John Deere 4020 diesel with a Year-A-Round cab. (Thank God) His Rotary Hoe would only do 4-38" rows. The 4020 had 8 forward gears, and we would Rotary Hoe in 7th gear. You could zip along at a pretty good clip. It was a dusty job. Glad there was a cab. Little chunks of dirt would hit the back window, from time-to-time.
@@RyTrapp0 Don't know what the excuse is but he still was running over a lot of corn. I couldn't tell if he was using auto steer or not. I don't think he was.
Used a WD to pull a 6' rotary hoe back in the day. Always looked like a fun job because you could drive so fast in the field ... but the actual experience was painful because of the constant bumps on a rock hard seat while wrestling the steering wheel. It was a pull design, so for transport, you switched the hitch to the other side so the points didn't dig in.
I used a 7800 150 hp to do this job but used a 40' without duels. Crusting is the result of destroying the soils tilt or stricture with heavy tillage! Going over 8 mph is hard on the spine pr back.
It doesn't hurt that he is running over some of the corn? What is that light colored stuff all over the field. It kind of looks like bits of trash but I'm guessing it is something else.
At this very early stage it does not hurt to run over the corn. What you see is trash. The field is along a 4 lane highway. Lots of litter bugs out there.
@@bigtractorpower Really that is horrible. Freaking jerks throwing trash out along the roads. I wish the highway patrol would spend more time catching people like that then worrying about people driving less than 20mph over the speed limit. Not a big fan of speed limits or litter bugs.
Love the tractor and hoe setup but man that guy was destroying corn and turning too fast on end row with that machinery I’d have a talk with that driver. Good job with the video and audio but painful to watch the operator.
It is common if it gets heavy rain. It is not an implement used every year by this farm. It might be once in 5 or 6 years. It is a life saver when it is needed. I know other farms on river flats and sandy areas that need to run this type of tool every year.
Im from South Africa and this is mandatory after planting as the high heat crusts the soil over in a day or two. If done while the soil is too wet it damages yield as some plants gets ripped out with sods. But not doing it can cause you to have to replant as the corn can turn around under the crust and die.
Yield plus. You have a short window to do this. If you don’t then you have to replant the entire field. Not doing it leaves huge blank spaces where the corn did not grow.
They don’t really any heavy tillage. If you notice in planting you see volunteer wheat in the field. In the fall they sub soil 18 inches to break compaction but it does not disturb the surface. In the spring they apply NH3 and plant.
If they would plow the ground deeper than just running disks over it, water could go through instead of flowing over the surface... This Problem would never exist.
Lol no it doesnt work like that. Heavy rain hammers the soil down causing about an inch of crust. It is more of a problem in conventional tilling in hot areas than notill
1. In order for this tool to work well you should go at least 8mph 2. They have 11000 acres of corn and 33000 in total, they have got to get it done quick
I think it is AMAZING that farmers spend this much time and effort helping the little plants grow. I remember running a. 6’ rotary hoe behind an Oliver 60. Farmers save the world.
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They say you can hear 👂 the little plants say “Thank You” when you uncover them!! Also I was told by the old timers( now I am one) if you don’t see a plant 🌱 pass by your tractor 🚜 window every once in a while you are not going fast enough!! I was a young farmer 👩🌾 so you can bet I loved to hear 👂 that. Sometimes what old is new again. I remember two row pull type rotary hoes in the 50s. Thanks.
Yes they do
We use a crust buster on our cotton dirt. A lot of times if we get a heavy rain and then turns hot the soil will get way to hard for cotton to come up! A crust buster has saved a lot of cotton in this Florida heat.
Neat. I did know cotton was raised in Florida.
bigtractorpower oh yeah. Farm in north west Florida. All peanuts and cotton.
These are always fun to watch
Gotta make sure that corn can grow. You can do everything right but can't control the weather. A lot of money in that field. Love John Deere too!!😁👍
I'm surprised they still do that..Did that back in the 1960's-70's..
Yes!!!!!he needs to get his A-B lines set up he's all over the crop
I noticed that real quick, he is driving right on top of the corn🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
He is damaging some corn but with good tires and tall tread, there is not as much damage as it looks like.
Tractors yes!
Amazing how farmers can help their crops 👍
@bigtractorpower is there a landfill near by. So much trash in that field.
Sweet setup! Nice to see it in action.
If the rock is big enough it will roll over it, most of the time it gets wedged and locks up, bends the bracket,,,, we run these every year it seems. This exact rotaryhoe. Just the bigger yetter. Lots of bearings, but you gotta have them! And they thin the stand out no matter how you set it. It’s just the way it is and cheaper then replanting.
Does it matter where the wheels of the tractor are ? Thanks.
august between the rows
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Thank you for watching and commenting on so many other videos.
Rotary Hoeing was one of my favorite jobs on the farm. (60's-70's) My Uncle had a John Deere 4020 diesel with a Year-A-Round cab. (Thank God) His Rotary Hoe would only do 4-38" rows. The 4020 had 8 forward gears, and we would Rotary Hoe in 7th gear. You could zip along at a pretty good clip. It was a dusty job. Glad there was a cab. Little chunks of dirt would hit the back window, from time-to-time.
We had snow last week, just north of Lake Ontario...very unusual spring! Global warming sucks big time! Lol!
That is a cool tool, BTP
Hi from Israel 🇮🇱 great vid 👍
The tractor driver is running over the corn with the wheels instead of driving between the rows.
I was wondering the same and if it matters ?
August it matters if you want to raise a decent crop
They're using GPS guys
@@RyTrapp0 Don't know what the excuse is but he still was running over a lot of corn. I couldn't tell if he was using auto steer or not. I don't think he was.
When the crop is that small the crop can grow back if it was driven over.
I've saw them do fields of cotton like that before
Good video sir
Thank you for watching.
Interesting , did not know this 🤔 good video...!😉
Thank you for watching.
Used a WD to pull a 6' rotary hoe back in the day. Always looked like a fun job because you could drive so fast in the field ... but the actual experience was painful because of the constant bumps on a rock hard seat while wrestling the steering wheel. It was a pull design, so for transport, you switched the hitch to the other side so the points didn't dig in.
Five speeds up today miles an hour it certainly doesn’t take long to cover a field with that
I used a 7800 150 hp to do this job but used a 40' without duels. Crusting is the result of destroying the soils tilt or stricture with heavy tillage! Going over 8 mph is hard on the spine pr back.
Done that a few times 👍👍
It doesn't hurt that he is running over some of the corn? What is that light colored stuff all over the field. It kind of looks like bits of trash but I'm guessing it is something else.
At this very early stage it does not hurt to run over the corn. What you see is trash. The field is along a 4 lane highway. Lots of litter bugs out there.
@@bigtractorpower Really that is horrible. Freaking jerks throwing trash out along the roads. I wish the highway patrol would spend more time catching people like that then worrying about people driving less than 20mph over the speed limit. Not a big fan of speed limits or litter bugs.
Funnest job on the farm
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We also fight wind with ot. Either by solid stanf or skipping every other pass
Love the tractor and hoe setup but man that guy was destroying corn and turning too fast on end row with that machinery I’d have a talk with that driver. Good job with the video and audio but painful to watch the operator.
Agreed. To each their own, but even the way he pulled into the field off of the road seemed ridiculously fast.
The guy who farms the field behind my house could've really used one of those for his soybeans this year.
They are handy to have. You have a limited window to run them. If you don’t run it you are looking at a total replant.
@@bigtractorpower that is exactly what happened he had to replant alot of the field. I posted some pics of them replanting in my May post on toytalk.
I can only imagine what that does to their margins on that field
oh my god it big one!
BTP, Does wheel placement matter when doing this ? Thanks, thumbs up.
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We’ve got one of those though we try not to use it unless we need to. Great implement
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How many hectares has the ranch?
This farm has 11,000 acres of corn and crops a total of 33,000 acres
bigtractorpower wow that’s a lot great 👍 job . Keep going.
Uhm sometimes using one of these in rocky fields can be uhm "unfortunate" for cab windows.
Milo farmers best friend after a hard rain rmbr using a 400 john deere to break the crust on newly planted milo and haygrazer
Anybody notice he's running all over the corn lol needs wheel spacers
Are you taking about the first 30 seconds? The tractor is driving around. Sink hole. That is why it is not running straight across the field.
Why does it look like there is trash in the field?
Because there is a bunch of trash. The field is along a 4 lane highway. Just litter blowing in the field from the road.
bigtractorpower :/ that is a shame. Thanks for letting me know!
Can’t remember the last time I saw a rotary hoe run. Is it common to rotary hoe corn ?
It is common if it gets heavy rain. It is not an implement used every year by this farm. It might be once in 5 or 6 years. It is a life saver when it is needed. I know other farms on river flats and sandy areas that need to run this type of tool every year.
Is that one of Garnett s tractors
Yes. They have two of these rotary harrows.
Yield plus or minus?
Im from South Africa and this is mandatory after planting as the high heat crusts the soil over in a day or two. If done while the soil is too wet it damages yield as some plants gets ripped out with sods. But not doing it can cause you to have to replant as the corn can turn around under the crust and die.
Yield plus. You have a short window to do this. If you don’t then you have to replant the entire field. Not doing it leaves huge blank spaces where the corn did not grow.
What's up with the plastic in the field near the beginning of the video?
The field is along a 4 lane highway. The plastic is all litter from cars that blew into the field.
@@bigtractorpower wow, that's a shame. Thanks for the reply.
3:00 that field is infested with rubber worm
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Thank you for watching.
If he sold his field cultivator and chisel plow he could also sell his hoe... 😂
They don’t really any heavy tillage. If you notice in planting you see volunteer wheat in the field. In the fall they sub soil 18 inches to break compaction but it does not disturb the surface. In the spring they apply NH3 and plant.
he cant stay off the rows... he needs to turn at a 45 degree angel and do it like that ...
We cal it a milipede in africa
Just sold a rotary hoe grandpa used it in 70s 80s
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If they would plow the ground deeper than just running disks over it, water could go through instead of flowing over the surface... This Problem would never exist.
Lol no it doesnt work like that. Heavy rain hammers the soil down causing about an inch of crust. It is more of a problem in conventional tilling in hot areas than notill
He could not work for me,, not turning around like that, too fast, no need in being in that big of a hurry.
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1. In order for this tool to work well you should go at least 8mph
2. They have 11000 acres of corn and 33000 in total, they have got to get it done quick
Great vid! I love cornfields and you can probably tell by my channel name. If your curious come check me out!