When I was in high school during the 80's I worked at Sam Stevens in Lamesa, Tx building sand fighters and stalk cutters. I have literally made hundreds of them.
Seeing this reminded me of the first day my dad put me in the 4430 with 18.4 duals and the new 12 row, row cultivator and said, "Don't run over my beans" and left! That was a big request on a 12 year old with no GPS. Great video. I'm not sure how we could be any more productive as farmers as we can right now! Giant equipment that steers itself sub-inch 99% of the time. It's a far cry from when I was growing up on the open station 4020 swathing fescue for the JD 95 combine or planting with markers!
@@Levo42691 🤣 I've literally had people say that too me. Also ranchers aren't needed as you can get meat from the store as well. You know...... because science!
I think that it is a West Texas regional thing. My wife is from West Texas and that is what she grew up calling it when my late FiL and BiL would have to go do it. It may go by other names elsewhere, especially more arid areas.
Lamesa? Levelland? BTW, did you dock the wages of the driver who slowed down to cross the place where the runoff had created a ditch? Most 'operators' would have hit it full bore, and let the ILS and seat suspension take up the rough ride.
Seminole, TX. the tractor could handle that ditch but that sand fighter is 72 feet wide, you have to slow down if you don't want to bend everything up.
I'm sure you do, you love to implement western technology into your way of life. As a western I would suggest you keep things simple every good idea we have seems to take our independence and freedoms
Plants free of water deficit events more efficiently absorb available plant nutrients enabling plants to achieve their maximum genetic potential. SWRT membranes installed below plant root systems retain water where it falls, providing continuous delivery of drought-free periods up to 3 times longer than intensely irrigated control sands without root zone water retention membranes (Guber et al, 2016).
(Sand fighting)it's what happens when you strip your soil away and your left with no oragnic matter left. He could easily solve this with cover crops but big ag likes fuel so much.
When I was in high school during the 80's I worked at Sam Stevens in Lamesa, Tx building sand fighters and stalk cutters. I have literally made hundreds of them.
That's pretty cool!
Wow! 😮 🤗
Seeing this reminded me of the first day my dad put me in the 4430 with 18.4 duals and the new 12 row, row cultivator and said, "Don't run over my beans" and left! That was a big request on a 12 year old with no GPS. Great video. I'm not sure how we could be any more productive as farmers as we can right now! Giant equipment that steers itself sub-inch 99% of the time. It's a far cry from when I was growing up on the open station 4020 swathing fescue for the JD 95 combine or planting with markers!
Pretty soon they won't need farmers to farm. but that's ok food comes from the store right?
@@Levo42691 🤣 I've literally had people say that too me. Also ranchers aren't needed as you can get meat from the store as well. You know...... because science!
@@kaelzoglmann1391 sad to say but that sounded like a joke 30 years ago but today it's very real and very scary.
I love the video. Keep watching it over and over. I live extremely close 🤗
*Fantastic workmanship, it is an accurate and very well made machine. Angel.*
never heard of "sand fighting", very interesting
I think that it is a West Texas regional thing. My wife is from West Texas and that is what she grew up calling it when my late FiL and BiL would have to go do it. It may go by other names elsewhere, especially more arid areas.
@@MrSirwolf2001 we learned about "the dust bowl" back in the day. i think that was tx/ok area. reason why they grew soy beans there to fix the soil,
Ah... The simpler times before covid when a man could go out to his field and fight sand.
I like the view of the vast farmland 😍😍👍👍
Lamesa? Levelland? BTW, did you dock the wages of the driver who slowed down to cross the place where the runoff had created a ditch? Most 'operators' would have hit it full bore, and let the ILS and seat suspension take up the rough ride.
Seminole, TX. the tractor could handle that ditch but that sand fighter is 72 feet wide, you have to slow down if you don't want to bend everything up.
How does the GPS account for the curvature of the rows? Does it retain memory from when the field was planted?
It connects to many different satellites, and it uses memory and also longitude and latitude to remember the line that was set previously.
Great vid! Former dairy farmer here
Thank you!
Wish we had a sand fighting video from 50s
That would be cool!
Nice vid love the deers why do you guy's not to no till or strip till be better for soul erosion just asking?
Watch out don't offer solution's they love to kill soil, burn fuel, and waste 20 percent of what they produce.
awesome machine. may I ask what kind of plants it it?
Peanuts
@@oobreefarms thank you sir.
No problem!
Great video
Looks like a nice sam stevens sand fighter they should be glad they have never seen a good west texas dust storm n then it raining mud on your truck
Great footage!
Excuse my ignorance but what is the purpose of this?
After a rain this soil will blow very easily, running a sand fighter makes nice clods and ties the soil down good.
@@oobreefarms thank you
Good job we do the same here in South Africa
Thanks!
What do you call the implement used @Andre Fouche?
I'm sure you do, you love to implement western technology into your way of life. As a western I would suggest you keep things simple every good idea we have seems to take our independence and freedoms
Nice video 🙂👍
Thank you 👍
Very interesting content, subbed from the Great White North
Thank you!
Eliminating the sand blasting effect on the crop!
Looks awesome 👍🏼
the world of gps great
I thought I had made with my Farmall B.
Daily vedios please
30 inch rows?
36"
At least he gets done early.
Plants free of water deficit events more efficiently absorb available plant nutrients enabling plants to achieve their maximum genetic potential. SWRT membranes installed below plant root systems retain water where it falls, providing continuous delivery of
drought-free periods up to 3 times longer than intensely irrigated control sands without root zone water retention membranes (Guber et al, 2016).
what that soil needs is a good coat of farm yard muck
Can you imagine the tanker needed for the size of that field..
What is this for
Stops the sand from blowing
Seminole ❤️
Way to rep the south plains cool video
Thanks!
Been there
What county are you in
Gaines county.
Yeesh you guys got a serious erosion problem.
We use cover crops where we can but with our lack of rain cover crops don't always work here.
That aint soil. Beaten to death.
No such thing lol
I believe you misunderstood.
La terra si vede piatta non sferica come dice nasa ,😩😜
Peanuts?
Yep
Your plant spacing is terrible, might be time for a planter upgrade
Our spacing works great 👍
@@oobreefarms maybe your germination is just really bad? It is in sand, seed to soil contact cant be great.
Yes the germination wasn't the best on this field, that was due to lack of moisture.
@@oobreefarms rain makes grain
Lack of moisture under a pivot, really?
loose the music
(Sand fighting)it's what happens when you strip your soil away and your left with no oragnic matter left. He could easily solve this with cover crops but big ag likes fuel so much.
We get very little rainfall, cover crops don't always make it here.
Wow the earth it’s horizontal flat not 🌍 globe,
The earth is not flat lol