Mike I think your disc will do just fine. It will cut the stalks up, put some soil on them and start the break down process. You can buy a vertical tillage tool after you win the lottery. I'm not knocking them just thinking that it's a lot of money to tie up because they are not cheap.
Saludos desde Argentina 🇦🇷 Mike!! Hermoso sonido y buenos videos como siempre!!! Que hermosos campos tiene estados unidos!!! Sueño algún día conocer esas tierras!!!
Another great vid Mike, I always love seeing them! Your partner in crime looked like he was kinda wiping out there the last few minutes of this vid! The way your disk was working the stalks down looked just excellent, it was leaving a good amount of residue on the suface. I love my Landoll disk, but it will work most everything down with almost no residue on top. Good to hear from you, I hope you and your whole family have agreat Christmas!
All we ever did was disc lengthwise once and crossways once over cornstalks and called it good until spring. Worked well for us. If we really needed stalks for bedding the neighbors had a stalk chopper he would let us use but that wasn't often. We tried small baling corn stalks.... Didn't work out well at all. Like you said, hard on the baler and a quarter of the bales broke.
I liked the looks of it when I watched your video when you got yours. I haven't looked at one in person. I'd love to demo one. They look like they do an amazing job
If you let the truck go, you will immediately regret it. 🤣 You’ll find all kinds of things you could have used it for. That just the way it goes when you let something go😁. Don’t blame you a bit though for letting it go and freeing up capital to buy other equipment.
Mike use what you have there is nothing wrong with disking them stalks your putting the fertilizer back in the ground it does not matter how it gets there just so it does . And the cow shit will break it down perfect
The main camera I use is a GoPro Hero 9 and a DJI mini 3 pro drone. I have other DJI mini drones and I also have 2 more GoPro Hero 7s that I use occasionally
Well, at least I’m not the only one that calls it a “drop”, lol. Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t that disk gang on the front of your chisel plow supposed to chop the stalks so they don’t plug up the plow? Could be an idea for next year. Might even save you a pass in the spring.
Yeah thats what they are on the chisel plow for. I've had good lucking running the disk over them to break them up then in the spring time the chisel plow does a really good job cutting them up more and mixing them with the dirt
Once again, I'm reminded that farming, more than anything else I can think of, is a multi-generational, family occupation. From farms the scale of yours to some of the very large Midwestern farms here on TH-cam, they seem to be run by families. That makes it even more sad that, at least here in the Northeast, farms seem to be disappearing.
I agree Stephen. It is always sad when a farm disappears. I cherish the time I get to work with my father and brother on the farm. Makes for great memories and I'm glad my children get to grow up this way
Yeah, my buddy just rebuilt his head and put a calmer roll kit in his corn head and it cuts up the stalks really good. It'd be nice to do that to ours and we'd run our head lower too
Great video Mike, enjoyed it very much 👍
Thank you Paul. I'm glad you enjoyed it
Very nice Mike.. those lights sure turn night into day. Wished I had those lights 10 years ago when I would often work late late into the night
They do make things nice when you are out there in the dark
We're pretty much the same way we run our disk to over our corn stalks too and then put manure on it thanks for sharing Mike
Thanks Paul. We've had pretty good luck doing it that way
The discs are working really good chopping those up. Nice to see some night action as well.
Thank you. I'm pretty happy with the way the fields look going into the winter
Mike I think your disc will do just fine. It will cut the stalks up, put some soil on them and start the break down process. You can buy a vertical tillage tool after you win the lottery. I'm not knocking them just thinking that it's a lot of money to tie up because they are not cheap.
No sir they are not cheap at all. Man if that day comes when I win the lottery everyone is gonna love seeing all the equipment I'd get!
Good job with the discs chopping the stalks hope you didn't get to much rain and wind🤞 take care stay safe cheers 👍
Thank you. We did get a good amount of rain but at least I had already gotten the stalks done
Saludos desde Argentina 🇦🇷 Mike!! Hermoso sonido y buenos videos como siempre!!! Que hermosos campos tiene estados unidos!!! Sueño algún día conocer esas tierras!!!
Gracias. El estado en el que vivo tiene una tierra hermosa. Me alegro de que hayas disfrutado el vídeo.
Disc looks like it's doing a good job
Thanks John. I think it was breaking them up pretty good
Another great vid Mike, I always love seeing them! Your partner in crime looked like he was kinda wiping out there the last few minutes of this vid! The way your disk was working the stalks down looked just excellent, it was leaving a good amount of residue on the suface. I love my Landoll disk, but it will work most everything down with almost no residue on top. Good to hear from you, I hope you and your whole family have agreat Christmas!
Thank you Richard. Yeah both boys were getting a little tired by the end. They were happy I finished up the field when I did
All we ever did was disc lengthwise once and crossways once over cornstalks and called it good until spring. Worked well for us. If we really needed stalks for bedding the neighbors had a stalk chopper he would let us use but that wasn't often. We tried small baling corn stalks.... Didn't work out well at all. Like you said, hard on the baler and a quarter of the bales broke.
That sounds like more trouble then anything. For bigger free stall bedding packs I see how it could make decent bedding but not for tie stall barns
@@mikep7810 yep. We got a neighbor to round bale.
I did some discing with a 930 case and 20ft disc fo break down cornstalks before being ripped
What kind of disc do you have and how did it do in the stalks?
If you ever do look into a one pass disk, the Qualidisc is really good
I liked the looks of it when I watched your video when you got yours. I haven't looked at one in person. I'd love to demo one. They look like they do an amazing job
I remember us plowing the fields 5 bottom Massey. After the corn fields were picked a chopped up .
That would be pretty cool to see
@@mikep7810 👍🏾 I gusse we we’re antique farming 😅
If you let the truck go, you will immediately regret it. 🤣 You’ll find all kinds of things you could have used it for. That just the way it goes when you let something go😁. Don’t blame you a bit though for letting it go and freeing up capital to buy other equipment.
You're probably right. I'd always be saying "should have never sold that truck" in all my videos
Mike use what you have there is nothing wrong with disking them stalks your putting the fertilizer back in the ground it does not matter how it gets there just so it does . And the cow shit will break it down perfect
Thanks Paul. Yeah that cow manure is liquid gold
Funny you don't no till. What ever is corn the year prior is beans the next year. We haven't disced in years. Rotation is the key!
We do rotate, I agree its key. Being a Dairy farm we also like doing tillage to incorporate the manure that we spread into the soil
Hey Mike, what camera do you use for your videos?
The main camera I use is a GoPro Hero 9 and a DJI mini 3 pro drone. I have other DJI mini drones and I also have 2 more GoPro Hero 7s that I use occasionally
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Thank you Carlos
Well, at least I’m not the only one that calls it a “drop”, lol.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t that disk gang on the front of your chisel plow supposed to chop the stalks so they don’t plug up the plow? Could be an idea for next year. Might even save you a pass in the spring.
Yeah thats what they are on the chisel plow for. I've had good lucking running the disk over them to break them up then in the spring time the chisel plow does a really good job cutting them up more and mixing them with the dirt
@@mikep7810 hey, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it
@@dembeckfarms That's true
hard to part with a truck that has treated you well
Very true, as soon as we let it go there will be something that comes up where we say "could have used that truck"
Once again, I'm reminded that farming, more than anything else I can think of, is a multi-generational, family occupation. From farms the scale of yours to some of the very large Midwestern farms here on TH-cam, they seem to be run by families. That makes it even more sad that, at least here in the Northeast, farms seem to be disappearing.
I agree Stephen. It is always sad when a farm disappears. I cherish the time I get to work with my father and brother on the farm. Makes for great memories and I'm glad my children get to grow up this way
Just stay away from a 15 foot landoll vt. They aren't heavy enough to work properly.
Thanks for the heads up
There’s something relaxing and cozy about that kind of field work at dusk in the fall/winter. Or at least there is from my office chair in my house. 🤓
I'm glad you enjoyed it. I do enjoy seeing the tractor making laps and watching whatever machine its pulling do its work
Now I see why you disk and not no til. We cut our stocks allot lower.
Yeah, my buddy just rebuilt his head and put a calmer roll kit in his corn head and it cuts up the stalks really good. It'd be nice to do that to ours and we'd run our head lower too
No sound mike
That’s your problem. The audio’s fine.
I think it was still loading Jim. Should be good now
@@mikep7810 thanks Mike. I tried it later and it worked fine.
Looks Like its not really working the ground...
Why should it? He’s focusing on the stalks.
My main purpose was to break up the corn stalks, and actually going the opposite way of rows of corn did level things out