Ventrac Tractors....The Truth after 4 years and 500 hours of work
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- Ventrac Tractors....The Truth after 4 years and 500 hours of work Come along today on the channel as we show you a tractor that has been essential in keeping up my property over the years. I'm still very impressed with this little machine, although it won't take the place of my TYM farm tractors...this is an essential tool for getting the job done! www.ventrac.com/
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Milwaukee 1/2” drive impact will take those off. Toss the dewalt or give it to someone you don’t like. Woooooo
Hmmm
@@StoneyRidgeFarmer make sure its a fuel model!
Many will… my Kobalt 24v 1/2” impact will too. Not to mention the slightly stronger XTR model. 🍻
Nonsense.
I second the Milwaukee
When you pulled up with the tractor after you were finished, all I could see was how beautiful your land is, and the sky… beautiful ! Bless you
i have wanted a ventrack from the first time i ever saw one ..and still do..they really are a must have on a big property with hills & hollers n ponds ext. ext.IMHO
ventrac posts their msrp on their website. According to my local dealer, they do not discount off the msrp and charge the 5% dealer fee from sheffield bank for the 0% financing. Some dealers give discounts but charge for freight and setup. I've watched the factory videos and I am surprised they aren't adding the three point lifts at the factory anymore. It's a dealer install now which takes a lot of labor. My quote for a 4520p with duals, threepoint, cooltop, tough cut, 72 in finish mower, and tiller was $53k. I also got a quote for the 37hp steiner with same options and attachments for $40k. Both quotes were within the last month. Hope that helps
Wow, I'd rather keep my tractor over a ventrac.
Awesome content as always.Thanks for sharing and taking us along
Josh I love my Ventrac around my farm. It has really replaced my bush hog in most areas that I could not use my tractor.
Great video Josh, You did a great job demonstrating the Ventrac. Really nice that the mower blades are easily accessible to replace. Seems like any maintenance to be done is easily accessible as well. You made a great argument for having different pieces of equipment for maintaining your property. Great job as always! Woooo 👍
That deck setup is pretty sweet!
Great video Josh, I have been looking at the Ventrac for our farm and training sites. After watching this video and a few others we are convinced this would be a great asset for our locations.
All the best S. Bakker
enjoyed the update on the ventrac. I remember when you first got it and was doing all that mowing 3 yrs ago. have a great day
it's been great
Great vid Josh I’m a landscaper by trade you nailed it with the estate management comment Ventrac is the right tool for the job !
WOW, seems like yesterday the Ventrac arrived and you used it to clean around one of the ponds. Time flies when you're farming.....Have a good day on the Stoney Ridge Farm!!
Great machine. Thanks for the update on the Ventrac.
Hand tighten and 1/4 turn when installing new blades. It’s just worked for me when we had our JD 997 72 inch.
Great job demoing this machine's capabilities.
💥 I’m very impressed with the build quality they have. Great product line.
*Keep on tractoring!*
Great Vlog been watching for years. Farm looks great..Divorce can be devastating glad your still rolling along..
I like my air impact for those, never had a mower I couldn't break loose. Plus I sharpen and straighten blades and balance them. At 50 to 65 dollars a set I get all I can out of them, usually 3 seasons.
I know whatcha mean Josh, the last time I took my blades of my zero turn to sharpen I put them back on backwards 🤣🤣🤣👍👍
I've done it too! Always do one at a time lol
I hope you got a good rain yesterday! Was raining good in Mayodan yesterday afternoon
try a disk bar mower for around the ponds ? ya know like cutting hay
Glad to see the ventrak again - had been wondering if you still had it!
looks like a great tractor so happy for you have dun mowing
Hey Josh thank you for the video I enjoyed it and now I understand a little bit better now that the cows do not cut all of the grass and it's still a lot of work because you still have to cut the grass on some parts of the farm so stay cool trying to do it Josh and drink lots of water. Woo
For the mower blade bolts.....I just take the wire wheel on the grinder and clean them up. Little dunk in the grease tub and tighten em back up. But I definitely don't use the impact for final torque. Just a nice tug with the 17MM wrench. Too many ugga duggas with the impact and you could wind up in trouble lol.
I really like that Ventrac mower. For now my Gravely 816 with front-deck will have to do!
Good job on this video.. from 5 acres in Indiana. Thanks man!
Would putting Anti-Seize Lubricant on those blade bolts possibly help with removal? Not sure if that is recommended on mower blades. Woooo!!
We have for a very long time decades lol just make sure they’re Tight.
Josh apply a little anti seize to the threads and it will be a little easier to remove them. I'm a commercial cutter and have 4 machines I'm replacing blades almost weekly.
I never knew these Ventura's were made in Orville Ohio. I live in Northern Ohio and have never seen one mowing around here. Also I have seen a dealership in Ohio. Thanks for the video.
Another great video josh. Thanks man. Keep up the good work.
You should run gator blades!!!! they are incredibly durable and last a long time!
I run ventrac blades...they do great
WoooooooooooooHeeeeeeeeHeeeeeeeeeee!!!!Alright!!!!🤗🤗🤗. That ForD looks awesome in your driveway
Looks like I need one.
Can't tell you how much I appreciate you doing this unsolicited video on the VENTRAC tractor !
We have been a servicing dealer for the VENTRAC tractor up here in Northwest Ohio for over Eighteen years, and use an older 4200 31Hp. Turbo Diesel to maintain our property at home !
These " little tractors " are beyond little powerhouses, and never cease to impress me, and
WE SELL THEM !
You would think by now I would come to expect the work performance out of these " little tractors " but they ALWAYS continue to impress me !
Thank you again for your video !!!
FYI, if you cut up those bent up and twisted blades, they make perfect HARDENED, skid shoes for any of your pieces of equipment that make any kind of ground contact, or driveway contact !
Stopping almost all of the wear issues !
We demo'd one for a day on our farm. It's a nice machine, but at their price point, if you are just mowing grass, a zero turn is much more practical. It really shines on a slope though as we put it on a 30 degree slope and it handled it fine.
I’d say a zero turn is better at just mowing as long as you don’t have slopes and or wet areas, my zero turn is trash on parts of my property due to low lying areas so after a rain I have to hope for a week of no rain in order to mow those areas, so I rented a Ventrac and it mowed those areas and didn’t leave not one rut
I had wondered if you still had the Ventrac. I would LOVE to own one but just don't have the scratch right now. Maybe when that jackpot comes,.. What's that Hon? Somebody hit the Mega Millions? DANG IT! Oh well. :D:D:D They are absolutely an awesome machine Josh. You be careful out there, and God Bless.
Hey Stoney, what's going on bud? sorry I haven't had a chance to get back to you. about that concrete! hit me back bud, it's been a few months I've been super busy. just wanted to touch base and say hi you know I appreciate your videos. sorry for the punctuation.
Another great video, seems like you have lots of options for mowing - do you have the flail mower still? which do you use more for fence lines?
Love the way that yard looks with the ventrac my only problem is affording one lol other than that id love tonuse one and really push it to see gow well it does. Hope everything is well josh and keepnyp the awesome work.
Look up diesel Creek Channel. Matt Loves it.
Man that's crazy it's been that long. I remember when you got it! Many hundreds of thousands of subs ago as well!
Said it before I’ll say it again awesome property awesome videos Josh
Very cool mower
Hello josh I use antiseize on every bolt I tighten you might try it
Great video Josh 🇺🇲 WOOOOOO 🇺🇲
I didn't know they were from Orrville! Im only 40 min east on 30!
Ventrac is AWESOME 😎
most used tractor on the property!
Hi.... Josh nice to see you love watching your videos homestead Beautiful place and beautiful tractor it amazing cutting grass 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 👕🐔🐓🐣🐥🐕🐈🐄🐖🐝🐠🐟🎣 🌱🏡🎥👍👍👍
I think I would stick with getting a Kubota BX tractor, little to no worry regarding belts, universal attachment options that Ventrac still has issues with in its proprietary belt-driven design and ultimately more affordable and, needless to say more stylish than the Ventrac. It also bothers me that Toro, a company that's overrated, now owns Ventrac. The ventrac is just a glorified lawn mower and that's about it. The Kubota (and other compact tractors) is/are a true jackknife while the Ventrac seems to be a jack of all trades, master of none (with the exception of the lawn mowing).
I'd take the Ventrac 1000 times over any kubota BX for mowing jobs and landscaping. The kubota and other tractors simply can't compare to the Ventrac....it's the Master of all trades, easy, reliable, simple to operate and the most versatile machine we have on the farm my brotha. I'd run literal circles around a BX kubota with 20 more hp that the ventrac. Just being totally honest...the BX has it's place but the Ventrac is a landscapers dream!
Question each blade has a anti rotation bracket they appear to be damaged . When working they resist over tightening bolt.
Congrats SRF on ur Ventrac Tractor cutting ur farm. Do you know Diesel Creek/Matt, he has one like your Ventrac? lv the views..
It might not do what a farm tractor will do strength wise, but that little kubota diesel won't use half the fuel or leave half the compaction of a larger machine. I would have one in a heartbeat if I could afford it.
If you go to Diesel Creek he had one of these he tried out and actually loves it. And yes it was name something different for him lol
Wow that thing is sick. Field in front of your house looks great. Just looked them up. Way to expensive for me. 25-30k!! Damn Josh idk how you do it brother.
Good lord, never would have guessed they go for that much
Well that’s just the machine then you have 4-8k per attachment
Great trac that Ventrac
I heard the newer ventrac has issues with bolts coming loose😅 hopefully this older 4500 never had those issues.
Blades not necessarily garbage Josh I don't know what you might do in your spare time, nor if you have spare time, but those are real good steel to make knife blades out of.
Just for your knowledge the one of the new roofs has a fan to keep you cooler
Would you consider the wide area attachment for your big areas? Could be a cool video and help out a lot.
Expense is the biggest hold back....the farm is hilly and the wide area is better for flat fields v/s undulating surfaces..I've tried it....but you'd better be on pretty flat ground...Ventrac makes a wider mower deck that contours with the land...that would be better for me
I'll be sending this video to my father-in-law! Great that it's American made, too! 👍🇺🇸💪
Suggestion. To help keep your pond healthy.don’t blow the grass into it.
With a smaller property in mind, how well does your 3 point hitch do, and is there a rear PTO like regular tractors?
no pto like a regular tractor.....but for dragging and such it does great
Wow, how does that deck stay so clean underneath? My grass here sticks like crazy. I've seen two mowers my who life that didn't stick bad around here...they were both antique craftsman cast aluminum and magnesium deck walk behind mowers.
don't mow in the wet...I mow only in the evening time after about 5pm when grass is very dry in most cases
@@StoneyRidgeFarmer I think the grass is just different. It doesn't matter how dry it is when I mow here, it still sticks more than that. I remember as a kid doing a job a mile from home, but we lived on a hill with sticky clay soil and the job was in the valley "town" with sandy river dirt soil. Identical lawnmowers (snapper hi-vac with 4hp 2-stroke tecumseh engine), one always stuck way more grass to the deck. Of course it always changed with the season, too.
Want one to bushog the steep hills I can’t get my tractor on.
Them tires could use some tire shine Josh🤨😂😂😂😂😂😂
The truth about this tracto....I still want one 😂. I've gotta get me one of these
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Is it breaker bar time or Milwaukee impact time?
Might recommend antiseize on those blade nuts the next time.
Those were Bolts... AND I figure he very well knows about anti-seize.. But when you hit a stump or boulder with a piece of equipment,. I don't care if "jesus" no capitol on purpose.. sprinkled dust on it,. it's going to take a cheater bar to break it free.
I love how these keyboard experts have all the answers to save the day for beginner ranchers... being his 1st day on the job..
please be kind my friend this is a place to inspire community and not to degrade someone else's suggestions or opinions my brotha...please be kind
@@StoneyRidgeFarmer Yes I did lash out a bit.
I just see so many keyboard experts that give over obvious advise and then not even address or call the correct parts that are being used.
I guess I'm just old and grumpy.
For instance, I don't tell a desk person how to do paperwork and it rubs me wrong when they "seem" to think their idea is this great fix-All.
Like saying a milwalkie would break that throw the dewalt away or give it to someone you don't like.
I saw the cheater bar and force you used...
No battery impact would touch that.
I have been twisting wrenches 40+ yrs.
You need 3/4" air impact at min. Pretty sure my 1/2" Ingersol would have been questionable.
And the more comments I read the temper rose. and I responded accordingly.
Very hard to be kind at times, when you see it so often.
Best I can do is count to 200. that's as high as my books went.. Lol
@@lectro88 the idea is to help the TH-cam algorithm, with a positive type suggestion or comment to help the channel. Without parsing words about accidentally calling a bolt...a nut, regardless which brand fanboy anybody is.
Best advice I can give...is if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all. Hope that helps, and hope that helps the algorithm that just got my head chewed for a.....suggestion
Btw everyone have a good day
Was hear
Wooooo
always put never SEZ e on mower blade bolt and you can save your self alot of hassle and money. no matter what the mower.
With the motor being backwards mounted does it blow heat on you as you run it?
draws heat the other way....away from you. If it were forward mounted it would blow heat back on ya. It's really nice and cool to run
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Love to have one but geez, $$$$$! For my property a 25 hp tractor with a loader , tiller, box blade would be my choice for my property. I bet the attachments for the front of that are expensive.
this machine isn't a farm tractor my friend...it's a landscaping machine with tons of capability. It may be 25hp but it's far more capable than any other landscaping tractor you've ever seen....good equipment costs money my friend...a man can make enough in 3 months to pay for it very easily part time
@@StoneyRidgeFarmer can you get a loader on it that'll lift high enough for a dump trailer? Mowing seems to be it's best feature but spreading rock, digging I haven't seen one being used for that. Price is the big factor for me being on social security, can't afford alot of toys. I just like playing in the dirt and my wife likes to mow. Can't do alot on 2 acres but garden, fix ditches, swales, and maybe help a neighbor out every once in awhile. We farmed and raised cattle up until 1976, 1200 acres, so I'm very familiar with everything you do, we irrigated all except 160 acre field, plus we raised alfalfa too. We were small farmers compared to most of our neighbors. We'd get 100 calves every year and run them on winter wheat pasture and sell them in the spring. I miss those times but life goes on and directions change.
Still got the DR walk behind trimmer?
yeppers
Love the channel Josh. Why are you mowing this much land? Looks like its time to go to Texas and get some more cows.
this is my lawn and my fence lines buddy.....the cows are in the cow pastures...I still have common areas that need to be mown
@@StoneyRidgeFarmer Just joking with you. I'm envious of your grass, mine hasn't grown any in 6 weeks in OK. I'm really glad I didn't brush hog earlier in summer. Your place is really turning into something special. Hope you are enjoying it all!
Josh.
Just to be funny or for fun put in a few golf ⛳ holes 🕳 out on your lawn it will drive the upper crust snobs crazy plus. Do. A vlog or two , Oh I just put in the 6th hole.
Best David
Lawn looks great you're competing with old Carnation farms, now owned by Nestlé corporation,
Oh I just got to get a couple of holes before the Vlog starts.
What no air impact with 1200 ft lbs of torque, not a problem for me in my shop. Those electric impacts are ok for regular wheel nuts but on anything bigger I use my air impact. I like those ventrac s but they are really pricey. And the attachments are high too.
you pay for quality my friend
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I just wish they where a hyd machine. The belts are ok and you have to use there belts. Aftermarket belts don’t last. Good machine otherwise.
I've put 500 hours on this machine and replace 3 belts to the tune of $45
I like to buy one but have so many questions, only someone who owns one and uses it
once you own a Ventrac...you can't go without it!
Depending on model, starting around 22k and up to 27k.
Starting around are the key words there. One equipped with the additional hydraulics, 3 point, canopy, etc and you go up fast. I recently got a quote for the 4520p decked out with tough cut, finish mower, and tiller for 53k. I still think they are worth it if you can make money with it.
yeppers
when you can make $1200 a day running one...the cost is totally justified
I like the ventrac but to me its about like a farmall 140 it has to have specific attachments and those attachments can be hard to find and expensive so just not practical for us at all
lol...well...it's no where near a farmall 140 my brotha....you can buy any attachment you want for this machine...I absolutely love it.....this is a fenceline mowing monster
On the blade bolts, anti-seize just makes a mess and smears and spreads everywhere.
You have copper/silver glittering everywhere you touch afterwards.
I use that only around exhaust or Hot locations.
Like I said in a earlier reply... I know it's Josh's 1st. day on the job and all.
But again jesus could sprinkle dust and say a prayer over the bolts,. and it's still going to sometimes require a cheater bar and pull handle,
NO BRAND of battery impact will equal 24 hp of spinning blade coming to an abrupt Stop. NONE!
Time for 3/4" impact or that guy with the "Dust"
That's 40 years of wrenching knowledge.
Great job Josh,
In the future have your problems already loosened so all the keyboard experts don't flood you with miracle fixing fore-sight solutions.
also the ventrac is made in Ohio.
like eveything but the price wholly molly never gonna own one hope someone builds a cheaper version
Where are your grazers? Seems such a waste to have to mow all that beautiful pasture when you could have it done and fertilized naturally! Where are your cows?
you do understand the cows are in the pasture and this is my lawn right? The entire 150 acres isn't fenced my friend
I remember when you first got that unit, glad it has done well for you.
Can't understand why you wave their flag so much when they no longer support you.
For that kind of money NO QUESTION It better #$&@ing be good and take the place of a wife too, I know... (mine found a better deal too)
I have a 3-1/2 ton excavator and a 3' flail and it does well along ponds and dams, I can even reach over fences and across rip rap that any other uint can't do.
I understand it's not a box store throw away and I get that... and it shouldn't be for the kind of money they get for these things.
They have them priced where only tax funded, big money makers or the Elite Rich can afford them.
Seriously you could spend over $100,000 with attachments on a 24/25 Hp Specialty diesel
And I like it and would enjoy having it but I just can't justify it with all the other equipment that I already have, and no I'm not selling off my stuff that has served me well to send a suitcase of money to Ohio.
Again it's a nice machine that has a special nitche or place, at a "Triple" fair market price. and to add to that everything is specialty where you have to buy directly from them or their dealer, and my argument on that is on the weekend when I'm elbow deep in stuff I like to be able to find something at a local parts store. And not have to wait a week or 2,3 for something like a Belt or anything else that's out of stock or discontinued. or backordered.
What I mean is when I have something on that scale(that I rely on) I don't like having to rely on "1 Exclusive Source" for parts, and pay 3-4 prices to boot for something like a "Bastard length Belt"
I hope it continues to do well for you, As It Should, for what it cost.
Sorry they turned me off early on.
By the way I'm just down from you on the other far side of Charlotte.
I'm not waving anyone's flag buddy....I'm telling you what a great machine this is....when you buy quality it lasts...make no mistake I bought this machine to keep on the farm from now on.....taking a 10,000 lb machine down a pond bank destroys the soil habitat my brotha...this think treads very lightly...saves me tons of time and is simply instrumental in the farm operation. It's expensive....because it's worth it my friend!
Being on 150 acres I guess you could justify it...
I on the other hand could not, or would not.
And I have seen Maybe 3, around Charlotte traveling the roads almost daily,. so there's that too.
I'm over 50 now and don't see this on my horizon.
Beautiful place you have by the way.
Looking lean and mean you been doing keto diet
I just stopped eating garbage food (for the most part) and cut carbs
Do you know why the rad is in the back?
So if you punch a branch or a steel fencepost thru the grille it saves the rad.
Pretty smart huh?
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nope...it's in the back because the engine needs to pull air from the back...the radiator has to be huge in this thing...it will pick up and pull in debris...it's not to keep branches or posts out....it's also because the engine is backwards in this machine compared to most tractors my brother
But holding the drive handle the whole time sucks!
This channel seems to have a lot of negative Nancys’, is it an expensive machine with expensive attachments yes but are they high quality built in America and have a proven track record YES! The same folks bickering over costs are the same people that will complain about cheaply made overseas items but will keep buying them bc well they are cheap, buy once cry once!!
this video has a lot of negative sentiment from folks that see a quality machine made in the USA that can earn enough in 2 months to pay for itself...some folks would rather complain than work hard and produce something my brotha...you got that right..others "get it" and understand the value
$27000? Nope
you aren't buying a walmart zero turn here my friend...you're buying a premium mower that will last you 30 years