How can anybody give these farmers a thumbs down? This young man was up before the sun milking cows and he's still working around 1am. How many people who gave a thumbs down put in a 20 hour workday? Amazing.
Up at 4:45am and still working at 1:00am the next morning. I wish everyone had that kind of work ethic. You and your family are an American Icon along with the rest of the family farmers. Great video and let us know the results from the cutting with the two different rakes. God Bless.
I don't think I've ever heard you complain about the work that needs to be done. Many other channels complain about their work load or what tasks they need to do... you just get shit done. Much respect my friend
Your custom guys seem like a well oiled machine. Helps that they were probably motivated to get home at 1am too, but still they really seem well coordinated and efficient.
Eric have I told you lately how much I appreciate you and dad for all your hard work for feeding us well I do I hope you had a good vacation with your family I think dad missed you when you were gone
The smell of fresh cut alfalfa on the 15th of June....... It's been over 30 years, yet I can smell it even now, watching someone cut hay, like it was yesterday.
Well I’m jealous. I cut about 400 acres a crop and none of it looks that heavy a crop. We are about two weeks to go for second. We have to water everything to get a crop. We haven’t had a good rain in three months. The dry farm crops are burning up. Some won’t make grain. The grains that will make grain will produce a quarter to half of normal. Normal dry farm wheat runs about 30 Bushel per acre. So be thankful you have gotten enough rain to produce the crops you have. If I didn’t irrigate my hay it would look like a barren waste land. We rely on mountain snow to carry us through the summer. We only got about 60% of normal mountain snow pack. To make matters worse our last frost was about a week ago. Didn’t do a lot of damage but we have been colder than normal and the alfalfa would freeze and stop growing and then it would get hot for a couple of days and then freeze again. Our first crop hay is about half of normal. So I feel I have the right to be jealous. Lolo
You are braver than I am, there would be no way I could have climbed the silo because height and me do not get along well. I have always wanted to see inside a HARVESTORE silo. In my area, HARVESTORE silos are the top of the line over regular silos and well worth the cost. It was nice to see the Jaguar forge harvesters in action. Keep up there good work, as always you're the videos are excellent.
you could put a flex seal or another type of rubber uv resistant paint on membrane on that whole top of the silo and eliminate any of those pinholes for years to come. would save you the trips outside that safety fence.
Having used the Claas before I can say it’s a great bit of kit and packs up quite small too as you can remove the arms really easily. I haven’t used the wheel rake (we call them acrobat’s here in the UK) but I’m guessing at the very least they’re more efficient in terms of fuel as you don’t have to run the PTO as Eric mentioned
Your alfalfa looks fantastic! Nothing like the small of fresh cut hay. I am expressed with your work ethic and willingness to keep farming when many are moving on.
You definitely hayed some good mow. Are you going to hay some bales or silage some blow? We are bales some round now. The growing is corned. Oh well.... its time I cowed the milk and penned the scrape. Great a have day !
I can hear your dads voice or dialect coming out in you. Your dads is much stronger in the Mid East PA dialect. Spent some time in Litiz and Manheim areas.
He runs that rake with way too many RPM, that will cause the leafs to fall of and pick up more dirt and rocks. Also looks like he has set the rake too low, we use the same Claas like and has for 15 years.
Awesome sunrises and sunsets, but, dang, that was a long day. Terrific view from on top of the silo. You are a brave man to go up there to fix the pin hole. And then to go back up in the dark. Please stay safe so we can see you in the next video!
Did you say "let's go hay some mow!" ? Love your stuff, thanks for sharing! As always we're all grateful for what people like you produce for the rest of us. God bless.
This was a great video!! Love that alfalfa field!!!! 2nd cutting was awesome. Hope your family vacation was wonderful temp wise !! Always good being with family 💗😊🙋♀️
Welcome back - hope you had a good break - watch that weather this evening - lots of rain and some pretty harsh storms embedded - be safe & be well 👍🙏🏻🇺🇸✊
I'm scared not a good video I love it alright young man I'm kind of tired you're making me tired you make me tired God-bless God-bless you and your family
Hey Eric - Whoever ran the Claas Liner ran it way too fast. Needs lower RPM to stop threshing the hay so much. Cheers, hopw you had some relaxing holiday.
I didn’t think they normally use that attachment, they normally use that V attachment that just turns it over. They don’t use that liner attachment on a regular basis because its probably tearing the hay up.
@@stubbi….I don’t actually know, I was just assuming it’s tearing the hay up; I was guessing. I don’t actually know what i’m talking about with farm equipment. I always see the V attachment, I always assumed it was the popular choice but didn’t know why.
So the Liner rake is usually run at 540rpm and while obviously there’s no in-cab view, I’d say it was running about that having used one before. Also, I’m not sure why you think it would be damaging the crop more than the wheel rake would do. Yes, the tines move a bit quicker but the wheel rake handles at least some of the crop way more. The wheel rake has 9 wheels on each side and while the back wheels only move the crop a small amount, the crop that gets gathered up from the front ones get turned over 7 or 8 times
Every time I see you guys milk cows it brings back old memories from like 6 years ago i am 14 know then i was probably 8 man i just released how little i was when we quit feels like a month ago. Man time flys. I still remember when she came and did the milk tests she used pretty much the same stuff who you hade come and do it. We milked cows for Maryland and Virginia. The only difference with or parlor was it milked 20 cows at a time 10 on boths side and a milker at each section in stead of ones that flip around. it worked great until you hade that stupid slow cow. Or one neighbor has a tringle 12 cow milker that thing probably takes the same speed as the one we hade. We milk for him every time he goes on vacation about twice a year then he comes and takes care of are animals when we go on vacation.
Im a dairy farmer from the netherlands we almost only use rotary rakes. To compare the 2 is a good idea. I would want to add that that rake doesnt need that much throttle, that would save leaves. And is abnormal to see dust flying. Hopefully its helpful in your comparison.
Glad you are back home. Your dad did a great job while you were gone. Glad everything went well today Alfalfa Harvest. Hope your wife and little girl ,and mom are doing well. See you later and a big thank you for everything tht you do for us.
0:28 Lest go hay some mow? Good one, replayed that 5 times,,,,,,, just to make sure that I heard you right the first time, the other 4 times were just to have a good laugh. Hope that you and your family had a great time while you were away. Nice to have you back. And now on with the rest of your video. " ACTION "
“Go hay some mow” I laughed so hard when I heard that
it's a great joke though i wonder how the hay will some mow i wonder maybe i should ask eric?
LOL🤣😂🤣
That means he is tired. I know, I do it quite often now that I'm in my middle years.
Same
Same
How can anybody give these farmers a thumbs down? This young man was up before the sun milking cows and he's still working around 1am. How many people who gave a thumbs down put in a 20 hour workday? Amazing.
Your Dad did a great job covering for you last week.
Up at 4:45am and still working at 1:00am the next morning. I wish everyone had that kind of work ethic. You and your family are an American Icon along with the rest of the family farmers. Great video and let us know the results from the cutting with the two different rakes. God Bless.
I don't think I've ever heard you complain about the work that needs to be done. Many other channels complain about their work load or what tasks they need to do... you just get shit done. Much respect my friend
He is the most underrated TH-cam channel like his vids are the best
Yes they are the best
338K viewers is nothing to sneeze at! The mystery to me is why Farmer on the Prairie hasn't taken off? Both excellent channels IMOH.
Love your vids Eric! Happy belated Father’s Day!
He's Close But Saskdutch Kid is Madly Underrated!
Yo u are right
4am to 1am thoes are some long hours! Respect to you and all farmers of America 🇺🇸🙌
Farmers worldwide bro, not just in the US 🌍
Your custom guys seem like a well oiled machine. Helps that they were probably motivated to get home at 1am too, but still they really seem well coordinated and efficient.
Did a great job dad! This kid is becoming a serious farmer. Seems to me you could turn that farm over to him tomorrow and he would be fine.
Eric have I told you lately how much I appreciate you and dad for all your hard work for feeding us well I do I hope you had a good vacation with your family I think dad missed you when you were gone
It's amazing how you're always so chipper so early in the morning!
Just bought 2 gal of milk. It's always there in the market waiting for us. Thank you milk producers!
The smell of fresh cut alfalfa on the 15th of June.......
It's been over 30 years, yet I can smell it even now, watching someone cut hay, like it was yesterday.
Hope ur vacation was fun and relaxing! Nothing like a nice long recharge to get you back into the swing of things!
only difference milking cows or being in jail-after all the chores you get to go home at nite-gotta love it and a work ethic like no other-good video
Man that neighbors combine sure looked like an old 510 massey my dad ran one of them for many years
I love 482. Nice to see her again!
I think she's his favorite lol
This guy is amazing, he can drive tractor and harvest at same time that he is recording this video. Nice vídeo Eric!
I'm a mom, all I could think was "tired, up late, on the top of a silo...be carefull!"
Folks have no idea how hard dairy farmers work..............thanks!
Honestly thought that rock was going to be a Mountain Dew! 😊
0:28-0:30….”let’s go hay some mow”. This dude is really funny sometimes.
Some times all the time haha
Don’t forget to be working on developing the 11th generation Dairyman!
JIM
Well I’m jealous. I cut about 400 acres a crop and none of it looks that heavy a crop. We are about two weeks to go for second. We have to water everything to get a crop. We haven’t had a good rain in three months. The dry farm crops are burning up. Some won’t make grain. The grains that will make grain will produce a quarter to half of normal. Normal dry farm wheat runs about 30 Bushel per acre. So be thankful you have gotten enough rain to produce the crops you have. If I didn’t irrigate my hay it would look like a barren waste land. We rely on mountain snow to carry us through the summer. We only got about 60% of normal mountain snow pack. To make matters worse our last frost was about a week ago. Didn’t do a lot of damage but we have been colder than normal and the alfalfa would freeze and stop growing and then it would get hot for a couple of days and then freeze again. Our first crop hay is about half of normal. So I feel I have the right to be jealous. Lolo
You cut like an artist. Very accurate. Bugs =protein.
Great night time shots!!! Great video and thank you
Those are some long days of work,
Great video!
Hello from southwest Florida.
Either mowing grass or plowing snow lol .
Always something to do in the farming industry.
You are braver than I am, there would be no way I could have climbed the silo because height and me do not get along well. I have always wanted to see inside a HARVESTORE silo. In my area, HARVESTORE silos are the top of the line over regular silos and well worth the cost. It was nice to see the Jaguar forge harvesters in action. Keep up there good work, as always you're the videos are excellent.
Up at day break and work to 1AM that's the commitment it takes to be a successful dairy farm today!
Nice mower camera angles I really liked them
"Get to the choppa"...that is one awesome device. Always like watching it go through forage like it's not even there.
Glad ur 2nd crop turned out good when u said go hay some mow it took me a bit to catch on lol
Happy Fathers Day, Eric !!!
you could put a flex seal or another type of rubber uv resistant paint on membrane on that whole top of the silo and eliminate any of those pinholes for years to come. would save you the trips outside that safety fence.
“Hay some mow” I died on that. Love the videos keep grinding brother
That was a long day... Eric you are a good man! Great video dude keep em coming 👍
Really makes me want a cold glass of milk watching this. As always, great video Eric.
Great video. We will probably do second cutting haylage next week.
Another great video! Thank you!
Yay I have something fun to watch with my favorite and only dairy farmer later today!! Already gave my thumbs up!! 🐮🐄🐮🐄🐮🐄
482 is the real MVP!
She has stuff to do, lets get this party started!
I look forward to seeing the results of the feed tests and if there is any difference between the rakes.
Yea, please let us know. Would be interesting
Having used the Claas before I can say it’s a great bit of kit and packs up quite small too as you can remove the arms really easily. I haven’t used the wheel rake (we call them acrobat’s here in the UK) but I’m guessing at the very least they’re more efficient in terms of fuel as you don’t have to run the PTO as Eric mentioned
I’m looking forward to his barn being dun thats guna be awsome
I really like your vids. They are always interesting.
Your alfalfa looks fantastic! Nothing like the small of fresh cut hay. I am expressed with your work ethic and willingness to keep farming when many are moving on.
You definitely hayed some good mow. Are you going to hay some bales or silage some blow? We are bales some round now. The growing is corned. Oh well.... its time I cowed the milk and penned the scrape. Great a have day !
Hahahahahahahahaha
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Just gat dun silage here in Western Norway. We just have 50 sheep and 2 cutting of silage of 1,5 Acer of grass. Keep on going.
Great video. Welcome back from vacation. Your custom people know how to work fast.
Lancaster County PA crops....
Hole different world there than here in North central hills of PA
Nice crop Eric..... 👍
I hope you enjoyed your vacation, I always enjoyed your videos keep up the good work
Happy Father's Day.
I can hear your dads voice or dialect coming out in you. Your dads is much stronger in the Mid East PA dialect. Spent some time in Litiz and Manheim areas.
Nice video! We are planning on harvesting 2nd cutting alfalfa next week. The growing season in our area is a couple weeks behind your’s.
Northern NYS cannot grow alfalfa.
Clover is the main hay crop, and Timothy.
You are amazing. 1:00 AM and you take the time to get that spill into the silo. Quality is your middle name.
Great video. Them boys were motoring
Wow worked your tail off on this video. Thank you for all you do.
Awesome Video and Much Love as Always 🐄 Man!!!!!
I enjoy all your videos
Another great video. 👍🏻👍🏻
Such long hours. Great job and God Bless
"lets go hay some mow" great vid as usual, and youre dad is good at it as well!
See ya on the next one , ATV friend from Arizona
Sunrise 🌅to sun set & beyond ✨. Bless all of you 🙏
He runs that rake with way too many RPM, that will cause the leafs to fall of and pick up more dirt and rocks. Also looks like he has set the rake too low, we use the same Claas like and has for 15 years.
Awesome sunrises and sunsets, but, dang, that was a long day. Terrific view from on top of the silo. You are a brave man to go up there to fix the pin hole. And then to go back up in the dark. Please stay safe so we can see you in the next video!
Hello from Idaho...Great video. It does make a long day.
DHIR is great. Was in the program when I had dairy goats.
Did you say "let's go hay some mow!" ? Love your stuff, thanks for sharing! As always we're all grateful for what people like you produce for the rest of us. God bless.
you are living my dream eric
Late night on the farm. Nice description of the two types of rakes. Good description of the milk testing.
At 0:27you said let go hay some mow lol
Nice video, glad your back from your vacation, your dad did a great job, your new barn looking great.
Talk about a 20hr shift! Lots if coffee or choco milk the morning after.. thank you for your service farmer!
Hard days work but a blessing from the Lord in a good crop.
HAVE A BLESSED DAY ERIC
This was a great video!! Love that alfalfa field!!!! 2nd cutting was awesome. Hope your family vacation was wonderful temp wise !! Always good being with family 💗😊🙋♀️
Raking or windrowing is always pretty satisfying
Me: 9:30pm - time go to bed
Him @ 9:30pm: lets get some hay!
Welcome back - hope you had a good break - watch that weather this evening - lots of rain and some pretty harsh storms embedded - be safe & be well 👍🙏🏻🇺🇸✊
Eric, once again I got no postcard from your vacation time off. Just kidding, glad to see you safe and back at work. Dave did fine. Bob
0:29 lets go hay some mow 😂 my favorit line of the year keep up the good work love your videos
Long day. you guys work hard. thank you for keeping my table full. God Bless.
I'm scared not a good video I love it alright young man I'm kind of tired you're making me tired you make me tired God-bless God-bless you and your family
Hey Eric - Whoever ran the Claas Liner ran it way too fast. Needs lower RPM to stop threshing the hay so much. Cheers, hopw you had some relaxing holiday.
I didn’t think they normally use that attachment, they normally use that V attachment that just turns it over. They don’t use that liner attachment on a regular basis because its probably tearing the hay up.
@@deplorablelibertarian Yup I know - thats why I said it ^^ You get way less loss if you gently touch it - around 400-450RPM are plenty fast for it.
@@stubbi….I don’t actually know, I was just assuming it’s tearing the hay up; I was guessing. I don’t actually know what i’m talking about with farm equipment. I always see the V attachment, I always assumed it was the popular choice but didn’t know why.
Your spot on. Way to fast.
So the Liner rake is usually run at 540rpm and while obviously there’s no in-cab view, I’d say it was running about that having used one before. Also, I’m not sure why you think it would be damaging the crop more than the wheel rake would do. Yes, the tines move a bit quicker but the wheel rake handles at least some of the crop way more. The wheel rake has 9 wheels on each side and while the back wheels only move the crop a small amount, the crop that gets gathered up from the front ones get turned over 7 or 8 times
Great video!!
Great video. Nothing like coming off of vacation and pulling a 22 hour or so shift!
Every time I see you guys milk cows it brings back old memories from like 6 years ago i am 14 know then i was probably 8 man i just released how little i was when we quit feels like a month ago. Man time flys. I still remember when she came and did the milk tests she used pretty much the same stuff who you hade come and do it. We milked cows for Maryland and Virginia. The only difference with or parlor was it milked 20 cows at a time 10 on boths side and a milker at each section in stead of ones that flip around. it worked great until you hade that stupid slow cow. Or one neighbor has a tringle 12 cow milker that thing probably takes the same speed as the one we hade. We milk for him every time he goes on vacation about twice a year then he comes and takes care of are animals when we go on vacation.
Love your videos keep up the good content
U are 1 dedicated utuber. Excellent
Nice job Eric keep up the good work love from the netherlands 👨🏼🌾🚜
Im a dairy farmer from the netherlands we almost only use rotary rakes.
To compare the 2 is a good idea. I would want to add that that rake doesnt need that much throttle, that would save leaves.
And is abnormal to see dust flying.
Hopefully its helpful in your comparison.
You are one hard worker to be fair.. brilliant content as usual my friend.. barn is coming on very nicely too.
Good to see you back on the farm. Hope you and family had a great vacation.
Thanks for the great video Eric. Love to come along with you as you work your farm.
that mower is old but gold!
Hi erik it's good to see you again
Glad you are back home. Your dad did a great job while you were gone. Glad everything went well today Alfalfa Harvest. Hope your wife and little girl ,and mom are doing well. See you later and a big thank you for everything tht you do for us.
0:28 Lest go hay some mow? Good one, replayed that 5 times,,,,,,, just to make sure that I heard you right the first time, the other 4 times were just to have a good laugh. Hope that you and your family had a great time while you were away. Nice to have you back.
And now on with the rest of your video. " ACTION "
Hi Eric and dad excellent video thanks you very much and always you and your dad and families be safe 🇺🇸🇺🇸
Always love the view from the top of the silo! And love watching how sychronized they are harvesting from the field.