Kinda reminds me of my Grandpa planting with a 4-row planter on an "H" Farmall. He and two other farmers went in together & bought it only to plant cotton & soybeans. They split the upkeep expenses & etc. They had to get off of the tractor on both ends of the fields to flip the markers. It was a fun tractor for me drive around our farm
+troy skeese thank you. It has been just about a year since we went to narration. I had thought everyone knew what they were viewing in the older videos. I am hoping to redo some of the past videos with narration.
I'm from an area in the midwest that simply isn't practical for these sizes but all I can think of is even just the daily basic maintenance, and the time it would take setting and resetting the planter! Though agri tech advances have reduced the manpower needed to farm, you would still need a good size crew to keep up with everything running equipment like this. I'm getting tired thinking about it!
If you watch some of these farming videos you will see some really huge equipment not in this country we don't even come close to what they have Germany is one I'm pretty sure and I think Australia is another one I thought my 16 row on 30" was plenty big enough but today these guys are farming a lot more ground then they did Pryor
Tracked tractors are pretty cool. They're more efficient and like you said they make for less compaction. But speaking from personal experience, they are quite a bit more rough riding
I am curious as to what sort of facilities this farm uses for storing the equipment when not in use. I would also like to see how they maintain all the various pieces of equipment. Thank you.
I wonder if the planters are getting too big to be practical. Imagining doing maintenance on 36 rows makes my head swim. Maybe some farmers are opting to the new high speed planters so you can run faster with a narrower planter.
It is a good sized operation. I do not ask farms how much ground they run. I am focused on the machines not the business side. I also do not post farm names. I focus on the machines but like to give the operators privacy unless they ask me to list the farm. I do have a video where I will interview one of farmers I film quite often.
I understand 100% and agree with you totally, I like how you handle and respect the farms and the operators. You sir are a great man and you have some sweet videos I'll be sure to keep watching!
Filling in the gap would activate the GPS section control, which automatically "turns off" the rows running outside of the gap you are filling in. But that's a lot of planter to run back over planted ground!
+Luke Augustus you can see at the end of the video the 8320RT with the DB60 turns around to plant that last pass. The two machines planted opposite sides of the field and this pass is where they met up.
The gps knows what has been planted and what has not. So the planters can automatically turn off the rows that have been already planted so no overlap or double planting. They can do it on the fly, so when you run into the stuff already planted it shuts down planter units as needed.
Because the DB90 and DB60 started on opposite sides of the field. This is the pass where they met. The DB60 turned around and made the final pass to complete the field.
@@bigtractorpower thank you it’s the details for me! Also I’m a small farmer so I forgot these boys have the luxury of row shut off and all that stuff..
Here is the same farm harvesting their corn m.th-cam.com/video/Pr27ChXzlDQ/w-d-xo.html I don’t know of any contractors in this area. Everyone owns there own combine here.
Yes, there was so it was not a very good 'meet', but no three row planter to fill the gap. They do have GPS guidance systems that are programed for planter width and can plant so well as to spacing that an obvious 'meet' strip can not be found in the field. But all this does is really move the odd sized missed path to one side of the field or the other instead of right down the center as in this video. It's not a perfect world, you will have to just live with it.
+Finlandfarmer yes there was a gap. That is just the way the field ended up. At the end of the video you can see the 8320RT turning around and going back to seed the space. With GPS and row shut off when the corn is growing all the rows will be perfect.
They were going that fast, but there is a point that is too fast! The performance of the machine decreases if you go too fast. That is, incorrect planting population and/or grain loss combining
Now i have a question i am from africa and i want to farm corn, cotton and soya, i want to farm from 5,000 hectares, is it economical to have such tractors for such farms or i need bigger farms say from 10,000 hectares, i am looking it from economical persepective, because when i am not farming i have to put the tractors at rest till harvesting or planting or spraying, i will appreciate your advice very much sir, thanks and do you have any idea abaut the cost of these tractors coz i can find the price catalogue from john der website
I can't believe they run their equipment over ground like that from about 2:50 - 3:15 mark!! Why wouldn't they leave a drywash so it doesn't just keep eroding? Before long it's going to be so deep they can't even get across it? Hell a bunch of the units weren't even touching the ground now, it's only going to get worse with every rain. That aside I still enjoy your videos. Keep at it.
+Lisa McKinney great to know a fellow Kentuckian is a tractor fan. You are about 5 1/2 hours to the East of where we do the filming for Big Tractor Power.
I have a 1 64 farm with a JD 9rx you should come down to are farm we are starting hay season with are two John Deere 5520 and 459 round baller o and two 5310 tractors in Vanceburg KY
No each tractor started on one side of the field and this is when they met in the middle. I waited nearly an hour to get this shot. The 8320RT turns around and heads back to plant the remaining pass.
Look at 5:32 before it folds. When it folds it folds between two rows so when you count the rows folded you see 16. When it’s unfolded at 5:32 you will see all 18 rows.
BTO in Michigan just a couple of years back went under (45,000 acres) A large part of that land was picked up by another BTO that is now struggling and looking like they will also go down. While big operations tend to benefit from their purchasing power in bulk and such, it is no guarantee that you will turn a profit.
I am friends with the Williams who own the 747. It is an impressive tractor. The 747 worked land in the wide open spaces of Montana. Flat, Big fields, little transport time. In Western Kentucky where this was filmed you are transporting down narrow roads from field to field. The day I filmed the DB90 it jumped from a 200 acre field to an 80 acre field to a 140 acre field 7 miles away. That transport time eats up the day.
Of corn? Not very likely. More likely cereals. It's not only engine power that gets the job done. Think about the gear behind the tractor. We can plant well over 800 acres a day with just 500hp, much more efficient than that OLD Big Bud crap.
The planters started planting on opposite sides of the field and met in the middle on this pass. When they reached the end the 8RT and DB60 turned around and covered the gap left between. With row shut offs the empty space is planted Bd the field complete.
Just a hobby farm, check out this70,000 acre operation in central Illinois, dowsonfarms.com/images/gallery/large/image_dowsonFarm3.jpg , dowsonfarms.com/images/gallery/large/image7_lg.jpg , dowsonfarms.com/, as they say, Go big or go home .
70,000 is good sized. Don’t underestimate this farm this are just two of their planters. They have a fleet of planters and farm in Kentucky, Tennessee and Louisiana. They cover some ground.
They still have to travel the public roads and I guess everyone else is supposed to stay home when they are moving. There needs to be a balance between size and courtesy to other motorists.
I rarely see a combine or cotton picker fold up. Have you? My point is there needs to be balance. How much larger are they going to get? If you are trailing one some operators are courteous and move over but others never do. Why is it the only assholes are the ones whose schedule don't allow for them to go 20 mph for miles when the speed limit is 55? I recognize and appreciate their function but some operators could stand a lesson in courtesy as well. If you are opposed to balance then I would doubt anyone would consider that less than a dumb remark.
Where I live in the country traffic is much worse than it was just a few years ago. There are a lot more vehicles in each family and a lot of folks have moved to the country and out of the cities and suburbs. Seems you are saying the city is full of assholes and country folk are not. You maybe right but I'm sure there are too many everywhere.
Kinda reminds me of my Grandpa planting with a 4-row planter on an "H" Farmall. He and two other farmers went in together & bought it only to plant cotton & soybeans. They split the upkeep expenses & etc. They had to get off of the tractor on both ends of the fields to flip the markers. It was a fun tractor for me drive around our farm
Great history.
Love that there's still markers on 90ft, great advert for the dealership.
I was watching some of your older videos over the weekend. I'm sure happy you started to add narration to them .10 times better stuff
+troy skeese thank you. It has been just about a year since we went to narration. I had thought everyone knew what they were viewing in the older videos. I am hoping to redo some of the past videos with narration.
bigtractorpower adding narration two the older videos would be a big win in my book. Keep Up the great work
Troy, it's also nice to hear someone that can narrate 'naturally' without sounding stifled.
Really nice video and great narration.
How many acres per hour with 54 row or 48 row ?
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I'm from an area in the midwest that simply isn't practical for these sizes but all I can think of is even just the daily basic maintenance, and the time it would take setting and resetting the planter! Though agri tech advances have reduced the manpower needed to farm, you would still need a good size crew to keep up with everything running equipment like this. I'm getting tired thinking about it!
i would hate to convert a planter of that size
I wonder how long until they come out with a planter that can just plant the whole field in one pass. how big is this equipment going to get.
There will be a limit
If you watch some of these farming videos you will see some really huge equipment not in this country we don't even come close to what they have Germany is one I'm pretty sure and I think Australia is another one I thought my 16 row on 30" was plenty big enough but today these guys are farming a lot more ground then they did Pryor
@@treeman8881 Australia makes the US equipment look small
Nice video Jason 🚜🚜
Thank you for watching. This is a neat farming operation.
VERY VERY NICE GOOD JOB 😍👏👏👏👏❤👍
It's just amazing how those planter flex to follow the contour of the soil. Makes our old IH cyclo planter look likes a kids toy.
+ih1206 a Cyclo Air is on my wish list film. Very cool classic. What size do you run?
Show up for work boss says go Grease the planter. Okay see you after lunch LOL
It’s allot of iron.
Waskel E. Wabbit ya I hate greasing my 12 row lol
"I want you to take off all the depth wheels and change the tires on them, and get that planter back in the field after lunch.."
it"ll take you 100 dollars worth of grease to do it
I was wondering who was going to plant that 13’-14’ strip.
Tracked tractors are pretty cool. They're more efficient and like you said they make for less compaction. But speaking from personal experience, they are quite a bit more rough riding
Must be a green thing I used to run a Cat Challenger 45. Smoothest ride I ever had in the field, going down the road different story
I am curious as to what sort of facilities this farm uses for storing the equipment when not in use. I would also like to see how they maintain all the various pieces of equipment. Thank you.
+Raymond Jones the buildings around the grain bins are where the machinery is stored.
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Man you get to have all the fun! Awesome video friend! Thanks for sharing!
+ScottyRockTrains thank you for watching.
What happens to the 'left out' space between the two plant rigs when they were running along side each other?
that's where the bodies lie
I wonder if the planters are getting too big to be practical. Imagining doing maintenance on 36 rows makes my head swim. Maybe some farmers are opting to the new high speed planters so you can run faster with a narrower planter.
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Do they also drill fertilizer during corn seeding? Drilling phospate fertilizer is very popular in Germany for corn growing.
+Christian H this farm applies anhydrous ammonia (NH3) gas a couple weeks before planting for nitrogen fertilizer for the corn.
I like those track type tractors. Not common down here in Georgia but they would be useful here. Not as much ground pressure as a wheeled tractor.
+Clinton Stubbs tracks are becoming more and more popular here in Kentucky.
Actually with the right tires there’s much less ground pressure than a track.
That is some impressive Iron!
That is amazing stuff. J D engineering has found a " sweet spot".
John Deere planters are solid machines.
What is the name of this farm? How much ground are they farming?
It is a good sized operation. I do not ask farms how much ground they run. I am focused on the machines not the business side. I also do not post farm names. I focus on the machines but like to give the operators privacy unless they ask me to list the farm. I do have a video where I will interview one of farmers I film quite often.
I understand 100% and agree with you totally, I like how you handle and respect the farms and the operators. You sir are a great man and you have some sweet videos I'll be sure to keep watching!
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That is some impressive equipment! Thanks for sharing with us.
Awesome video Jason. Thanks for sharing!
+Jacob DeRudder thank you for watching.
Great planters and tractors. But you never talk about seeds and fertilizer Sr
ok but what about the gap between the two planters.....
Border Reiver at the very end he was “dead heading” to the other end of the field and would plant his way back up to fill the gap
Filling in the gap would activate the GPS section control, which automatically "turns off" the rows running outside of the gap you are filling in. But that's a lot of planter to run back over planted ground!
It could be the space is for a sprayee to run through later
Would they use any of these planters and plant 20" beans as well or strictly corn.
+Adam Rogers I think they plant corn and beans with them.
6:42 what about the like 10 ft. gap between the two planters
+Luke Augustus you can see at the end of the video the 8320RT with the DB60 turns around to plant that last pass. The two machines planted opposite sides of the field and this pass is where they met up.
lol filling a 10' gap with 60' planter
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The gps knows what has been planted and what has not. So the planters can automatically turn off the rows that have been already planted so no overlap or double planting. They can do it on the fly, so when you run into the stuff already planted it shuts down planter units as needed.
buy an 8ft and run around doin everyones last pass
What rate do they plant at? Meaning seed population?
+bobfidy Schorfheide I am not sure what the seeding rate was on this planters.
bobfidy Schorfheide probably 32000 to 35000
How many acre's is that per hour?
Why did they leave such a gap between the two planters
Because the DB90 and DB60 started on opposite sides of the field. This is the pass where they met. The DB60 turned around and made the final pass to complete the field.
@@bigtractorpower thank you it’s the details for me! Also I’m a small farmer so I forgot these boys have the luxury of row shut off and all that stuff..
Have any videos on those guys an there combines that are contracted to farms, forgot there name?
Here is the same farm harvesting their corn m.th-cam.com/video/Pr27ChXzlDQ/w-d-xo.html I don’t know of any contractors in this area. Everyone owns there own combine here.
Can you explain how they arrange for a 54 row planter to "fit" on the last pass.
+958kris there was no arranging. The DB60 was planting the right side of the field and the DB90 on the left. The two planters met up in the middle.
But there was an obvious empty stripe between the planters?
Yes, there was so it was not a very good 'meet', but no three row planter to fill the gap. They do have GPS guidance systems that are programed for planter width and can plant so well as to spacing that an obvious 'meet' strip can not be found in the field. But all this does is really move the odd sized missed path to one side of the field or the other instead of right down the center as in this video. It's not a perfect world, you will have to just live with it.
+Finlandfarmer yes there was a gap. That is just the way the field ended up. At the end of the video you can see the 8320RT turning around and going back to seed the space. With GPS and row shut off when the corn is growing all the rows will be perfect.
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Wow that is a serious bit of kit ,appreciate your videos.
Thank you for watching.
Was the video sped up or were they cruising along that fast?
They were going that fast, but there is a point that is too fast! The performance of the machine decreases if you go too fast. That is, incorrect planting population and/or grain loss combining
@2:05 It maybe flexible but it did not seed that part of the field.Look again.
Are any of the farms near you running the DB120?
+Matthew Hoag not so far. I would like to film a DB120.
bigtractorpower I know of a DB120’ working in SD. NE SD
Now i have a question i am from africa and i want to farm corn, cotton and soya, i want to farm from 5,000 hectares, is it economical to have such tractors for such farms or i need bigger farms say from 10,000 hectares, i am looking it from economical persepective, because when i am not farming i have to put the tractors at rest till harvesting or planting or spraying, i will appreciate your advice very much sir, thanks and do you have any idea abaut the cost of these tractors coz i can find the price catalogue from john der website
Depends what the price of equipment is there. When looking, you want reliability, most cost effective, and the fastest
Big skip beteewn planter?
Douglass Wilkin. Rabbit run I reckon.
Do you know if the DB 120 Deere Planter can be set up for 20" row spacing ?
+Steve Hornung I have not heard of a DB120 being set up that way.
They don’t make a 120’ 20” strictly because that’s too much weight for that operation.
I can't believe they run their equipment over ground like that from about 2:50 - 3:15 mark!! Why wouldn't they leave a drywash so it doesn't just keep eroding? Before long it's going to be so deep they can't even get across it? Hell a bunch of the units weren't even touching the ground now, it's only going to get worse with every rain. That aside I still enjoy your videos. Keep at it.
This is a multimillion dollar farm. Look at their equipment. They know what they're doing
what is the name of the farm
Are they using the 36 for end rows?
+Clint Hymes the 54 and 36 row both plant end rows.
I have a question what does the X stand for in 9RX ?
Lisa McKinney x stands for 4 track model. 9rt would be the 9r with 2 tracks. 8rt would be an 8r with tracks
I like the way the planters contour with the land
They work very well. In the individual videos there will be cab views of the flexing over the ground.
That looks so beautiful I am jealous
Awesome Video I Loved!!
beautiful vídeo, Nice performance!!!
First of all I am here son who is terribly in love with tractors my name is Seth we live in Vanceburg up route 8 right by the Ohio river
+Lisa McKinney great to know a fellow Kentuckian is a tractor fan. You are about 5 1/2 hours to the East of where we do the filming for Big Tractor Power.
FF to the 5:30 mark where the 90 rows start getting plowed.
farmers have to get done planting so they can back home in time to watch dancing with the stars and America got talent lol
Gary Rivard exactly right. these guys want to work 9 to 5 instead of 5to 9
4/4/44 4 wks seeding.4 wks harvest 44 weeks of sfa
Don't think they get home to watch that, one reason they get home late an are to tired for that nonsense!!!!
great video big boy toys yes very nice to see. thank you for the video
+John Huntington thank you for watching. It is always fun to be out in the field and see big machines at work.
What is that, $1,000,000 worth of machinery?
Yes it is.
I'd like to see those cornplanters turn
Definitely. I will make a video showing the DB90 turning. .
Is that the reams farm
+Tyler Bivens yes
bigtractorpower there heck of farm operation for sure have ever seen there shop it insane
The farm yard and shop are neat. Lots of impressive iron.
bigtractorpower I live right up the road from there shop and the grain bins
Tyler Bivens nice I live about 20 minutes away form it go by there a lot to see what new.
That's a healthy guest row. LOL
That gap row their leaving will be full of weeds lol
The 8320T turned around at the end of this pass and planted the gap. Row shit offs are a great option.
I have a 1 64 farm with a JD 9rx you should come down to are farm we are starting hay season with are two John Deere 5520 and 459 round baller o and two 5310 tractors in Vanceburg KY
+Lisa McKinney thank you. What part of the state is your farm located at?
would seem like a pain to turn that around
That’s just meOr are they leaving a big space between the two planters I think it’s just too much show off
No each tractor started on one side of the field and this is when they met in the middle. I waited nearly an hour to get this shot. The 8320RT turns around and heads back to plant the remaining pass.
Thanks for the info👍🏻
JD best ideas come from everyone else's idea.
Which is what?
I am surprised that they come with markers!
and the wave of the future will be "Smart Tractors".....in the Farming world anyway.
I counted 16 rows of corn head that was being folded up to drive to the next field not 18 rows
Look at 5:32 before it folds. When it folds it folds between two rows so when you count the rows folded you see 16. When it’s unfolded at 5:32 you will see all 18 rows.
There sure are a lot of trees...
guys like that put the little guys like me out of business
yes and no, back in the day they did, but now, small 5-10 acre micro farms are making a bit of a come back
Only because the guy cant afford the cost of land the big farmer has drove up in price
Farming with much larger very expensive machinery to cover more acres for less profits might not wise in the long run.
BTO in Michigan just a couple of years back went under (45,000 acres) A large part of that land was picked up by another BTO that is now struggling and looking like they will also go down. While big operations tend to benefit from their purchasing power in bulk and such, it is no guarantee that you will turn a profit.
Red and Shirley Sam Walton never said that about anybody even when he was running his first store
I was laughing..... 400 acres a day... Big Bud was doing just over 800+ acres a day.. V16-747 @ 1200hp
I am friends with the Williams who own the 747. It is an impressive tractor. The 747 worked land in the wide open spaces of Montana. Flat, Big fields, little transport time. In Western Kentucky where this was filmed you are transporting down narrow roads from field to field. The day I filmed the DB90 it jumped from a 200 acre field to an 80 acre field to a 140 acre field 7 miles away. That transport time eats up the day.
Of corn? Not very likely. More likely cereals. It's not only engine power that gets the job done. Think about the gear behind the tractor. We can plant well over 800 acres a day with just 500hp, much more efficient than that OLD Big Bud crap.
Smoother ride in uneven terrain on tracks? Haha yeah right
quando tem o governo do lado do produtor tudo fica mais facil.
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typical greed
Most ends up ethanol that is the biggest rip off the America’s driver ever had.
Western Kentucky????????
I thought they had tobacco patches down there
A video just shot for effect. If they were actually planting, they would not be leaving an empty strip unplanted between them.
The planters started planting on opposite sides of the field and met in the middle on this pass. When they reached the end the 8RT and DB60 turned around and covered the gap left between. With row shut offs the empty space is planted Bd the field complete.
Don't assume because you know what that does eh? makes an ASS out of U but not ME (ass-u-me)
I'm 11 years old
Just a hobby farm, check out this70,000 acre operation in central Illinois, dowsonfarms.com/images/gallery/large/image_dowsonFarm3.jpg , dowsonfarms.com/images/gallery/large/image7_lg.jpg , dowsonfarms.com/, as they say, Go big or go home .
70,000 is good sized. Don’t underestimate this farm this are just two of their planters. They have a fleet of planters and farm in Kentucky, Tennessee and Louisiana. They cover some ground.
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The case quad Trac is a better tractor. John Deere is over rated ...
They still have to travel the public roads and I guess everyone else is supposed to stay home when they are moving. There needs to be a balance between size and courtesy to other motorists.
You could just stop eating as a courtesy?
I don't eat cotton, do you? Besides the work others are doing is important as well.
Why are you talking about eating cotton? They said like ten times they're planting corn. Is there something wrong with you?
I rarely see a combine or cotton picker fold up. Have you? My point is there needs to be balance. How much larger are they going to get? If you are trailing one some operators are courteous and move over but others never do. Why is it the only assholes are the ones whose schedule don't allow for them to go 20 mph for miles when the speed limit is 55? I recognize and appreciate their function but some operators could stand a lesson in courtesy as well. If you are opposed to balance then I would doubt anyone would consider that less than a dumb remark.
Where I live in the country traffic is much worse than it was just a few years ago. There are a lot more vehicles in each family and a lot of folks have moved to the country and out of the cities and suburbs. Seems you are saying the city is full of assholes and country folk are not. You maybe right but I'm sure there are too many everywhere.