600 hp Challenger MT875E Gets Spring Work Rolling
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- In this video we follow a 600 hp Challenger MT875E tractor out in a Western Kentucky field while it applies anhydrous ammonia with a 60ft Blu Jet tool bar. Applying anhydrous ammonia nitrogen fertilizer is the first step in the spring to get the field ready for corn planting. We will climb up in the cab of the tractor see how it operates and watch the anhydrous ammonia tank switched out.
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Great Video, an amazing method of fertilizing the fields prior to planting corn, Thanks for sharing
It is a neat process. Thank you for watching.
worth every penny.
Its always nice to see the tractors and the various implements in action; but its also very informative to see the simple things like the changing of the tankers and the tasks involved in doing so - gives a feeling for what goes on..! Another excellent video...!!
Must be good ground to be able to apply anhydrous without disc sealers on it. Anhydrous is dangerous but imo the best source of fertilizer. Just always be cautious and the wind to your back. Great video
I’m starting to like Challenger Tractors. As usual a great video
The MT800s are solid machines. They are the smoothest riding tracked machine on the market in my opinion.
That 60 ft toolbar is definately making that kitty kat purr
It moves along. The field was on the wet side but in dry conditions they run two wagons on the tool bar.
Beast of a machine
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Good to see the dirt being worked up. It's been a long winter. Folks down here in georgia are getting their corn dirt ready also seen some peanut dirt being turned over today too. Thanks awesome job !!
I filmed some peanut combines in 2015. I hope to get some more peanut farming filmed some day. It’s a very interesting crop n
Yep, I enjoyed you showing the fertilizer info. We only used powdered fertilizers on my Grandfather's farms in the early to mid-'70s
Thank you for watching. What tractor did you use on your grandfathers farm to apply fertilizer.
60' - wow - in my dreams as a young farmer. Fun to watch now! 600HP - on such flat land, he could likely pull 90'.
I enjoy your big farming videos. I am a small hay farmer in South Carolina. Thank you for a large perspective of farming.
Thank you for watching. Wether it’s the Big Bud 16V-747 or a Ford 8n I want to film and share it. Haying is one of my favorite crops to film. Thank you for watching. 👍
I would love to see photos of this motor. Wow 12 cylinders!
Those Challenger engineers have forgotten more than I ever knew but I think a c15 cat would be would be half the parts but same power?
If it's. V12 it's not made in the USA! I can't see a CAT V12 or a Cummins V12 in there so the engine must be made in Europe. Help us BTP Man!
@@richardmcleod3577 875 in the past had an C18 caterpillar engine. I have an 965 with the c18. The v12 has good hp numbers on paper. I would bet it doesn't have the big torque.
They are sisu engines. They spend more time in the shop than in the field and can’t perform like the c18 did. When the dealer recommends not buying one you know they’re bad. Mechanics that work on them daily say they’ll be in the scrap heap and the c18’s will still be in the field.
Nice to see some field work being done. We're under snow up here in MN
We might have a bit of snow or ice here over the weekend. Eagerly awaiting warm dry weather.
Nice
Thank you for watching.
Thanks for the great video
Thank you for watching.
I can smell it from here....
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Yeah just watching brought back memories of the stuff...mainly the smell.
Feel the burn in the lungs for the anhydrous when wind changes just as the tool bar raised out of the ground back when cab were not the norm.
@@scruffy6151 That's nothing I used to fill those anhydrous tanks at the co-op. Sometimes the o ring would get caught in the valve so it would leak from the hose and sometimes you wouldn't notice. One whiff of that will literally knock you on your ass and you have to close the valve on the tank just so you can get close enough to turn it off.
Enjoyed machinery in action video.
Thank you. It’s neat to get out in the field with them.
Really interesting thanks another great video 👍👍👍
Thank you for watching.
i like it!
+bigtractorpower Really nice video! Challenger tractors are some of my favorites.
They are solid tractors. Thank you for watching.
Put on many thousands of acres in a custom operation looked like that was set up to pull two of those side by sides . Iset up several toolbars and tanks with agri- speed hitches like OLF is using much safer and simpler than extendable tongues . Very good video cover lots of acres with that right.
They seem to be in quite the hurry. As usual, keep those AGCO videos coming!
Enjoyed!
Thank you for watching.
Very nice.
Thanks for watching.
I see they've hired Charlie Brown's teacher to man the radios on that farm.
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@@bigtractorpower Good to see some spring dirt getting turned as I look out my window at an endless expanse of snow. Thanks for the videos!
@@bigtractorpower WAAA,WA,WA,WAA...WA,WA,WAA...10-4??.🚜⬅(W.T.F.!!??)HAHA!!.
One was speaking Spanish
Jmurphy1973 hahaha i laughed out loud
Yesterday, on Hwy 271, north of Paris, Texas, I saw a Challenger with a Case Ih air drill headed north. He'd apparently been drilling wheat someplace closer to town.
Very cool. Thank you for sharing and watching.
You should consider coming down in October for our Sunbelt Ag Expo in Moultrie, Georgia
Largest farm show in N America! Used to be the world before Japan topped it! From there myself! Spence field every October!
I would like to visit Sun Belt some say. I hear it’s a great show. Here is some Sun Belt history for you. In 1989 some Ford Executives attended Sun Belt and as they walked around they saw all other brands like John Deere, Case IH, Deutz-Allis were all one color. Ford was offering blue row crops and red, yellow, black 4wds from Versatile. In January 1990 the Versatiles were painted blue to make Ford a unified line up like the other brands.
@@bigtractorpower it's a great show live demos of just about anything on a farm free pbjs and catfish pretty sweet
I have heard about the Sunbelt expo but didn't know how big it was. I guess I will have to put that on the list. BTP if you go I would be interested how it compares to the show Louisville.
@@DADKATARiNA1824 its a outdoor show and it's big and it has live demos of stuff
hahaha, here in WI it is forecast to be -8 to -12 early next week with windchills in the -25F range. In March. Hurray! I don't think anyone around here is thinking about tillage yet, not even going out to get equipment prepped. Maybe in 2 weeks the neighbors will be pulling stuff into the shop for annual maint.
That is cold. I grew up in Rochester,NY and recall many years where it did not feel like spring until Memorial Day. Western Kentucky is nice because once February wraps up spring really gets into action.
Great video as always Jason! I missed you at the NFMS, going to have to catch you when you're either in eastern Iowa or at the Farm Progress Show!
Sorry I missed you. NFMS is so big. I will be in Dyersville in June.
bigtractorpower if I’m not out in the field testing, I’ll have to make the trip up!
Amazing 😉
Thank you for watching.
Interesting, doing anhydrous here in Saskatchewan, we aren’t allowed to be involved with filling tanks due to liability. We aren’t allowed to hook or unhook them either. We pull up with the tractor at the field entrance where the anhydrous supplier will have a truck waiting and hook and unhook the hoses to fill the wagon. Rather than swap the whole wagon.
The farm owns 25 or so wagons. They refill them at the CO OP. It’s a constant flow of wagons from the field to the CO OP and back.
bigtractorpower that’s even more interesting, as my supplier is my local COOP agro. They have a fleet of semi trucks that are constantly dispatched to local farmers. We apply anhydrous and calculate roughy when we will need a fill, then call dispatch to send a truck at the desired time. We are obligated to take an anhydrous safety course, but the coop prefers we don’t leave the tractor cab at all. The coop’s here put a stop to farmers handling the wagons them selves back in the early 90’s
Good video
Thank you for watching.
Awesome
Saw a story on the news today that the amount of debt held by farmers is approaching levels seen in the 80’s farming crunch. We need farmers, there needs to be a better way of bringing the operating costs down.
It’s a hard time in farming. The main thing that would help is for grain prices to rise. It’s costing more to plant a crop than it returns at harvest.
@@bigtractorpower Everybody keeps planting corn and beans,this was inevitably going to happen.
I can see bean prices fall down in the $6.00 range possibly B.T.P..
Just don't make investments that are inherently so risky that you will go broke and/or bankrupt. Then rely on others to pay your debts. I used to farm too and I bought only machinery that I could pay for either in the year I purchased it or in 2 years and it got the job done too. Corn was in the $1.75-$2.25 range and soybeans were only $5-$6. Had a herd of cattle too. I didn't go broke in fact I paid for my land in about half the loan term and I didn't have to farm 20,000-30,000 acres. Only when I listened to other advise did I have problems with finances. I am now comfortably retired....
Start by firing tariff man!
@@dirtthunder1638 Yeah, prices still haven't rebounded to where they were before DT put tariffs on the grains and that's been over a year now. Not a smart move by any stretch. Farmer's organizations over the years had the prices up in a relatively good position until the tariffs bombed the markets. China is still going to buy South America's soybeans and other grains because of price competition. Supply and demand still dictates the markets to a high degree. Creating more uses for grains, which is what checkoff funding has done in the past, will help more in the long run than trying to force China to buy a disproportionate amount of production. Besides, a result of the tariff trade war has been that China is now subsidizing their farmers to grow more soybeans. China's leadership is not stupid.....and neither are the American farmers. Another result of the tariffs is an increase in farm bankruptcies. Although some of the problem is with farmers themselves a large share is caused by tariffs but also the lack of foresight by some farmers taking on too much debt in a short period of time. Trying to increase in size too quickly and the lack of financial safeguards and discipline.
How fast are they moving? Nice daily driver.
Does the farm count this as a tillage step since the bar has shanks and disturbs a fair amount of soil? Also, what tillage step follows NH3 application? Field cultivator? Soil finisher?
Love it!
Thanks for watching many many of the BTP videos.
@@bigtractorpower Thank you for taking time to share them with well deserved 100,000 subscribers!
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In Saskatchewan the nh3 retailers will come to the farmers and refill the nurse wagons right in the field.
There are a few depots in the county so pick up trucks only pull the wagons a few miles for a refill.
Am I in Mexico? haha
Iwould love to get a jump on soil prep on March 1st
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After seeing him switch out tanks in the middle of the field, I'd like to see the 20/20 downforce maps for this field after planting. Those tracks are going to show up.
The field is deep ripped 18 inches in the fall. When your in a 1,000 acre field for speed it’s handy to switch right where you run out.
@@bigtractorpower I should have been clearer, referring more to the tractor bringing the loaded tanks across the field instead of coming across the headland and following the applicators last pass to minimize compaction.
Its either the smaller tractor goes across or the whole rig
@@johndeerefarmer5993 You missed the whole point of what I was saying.
About how much acres do they cover with a tank and how many in a day? How many tanks do they have on Google maps they had a bunch in beside the sheds
They get about 36 acres per wagon. There are four 60ft tool bars running to get over about 13,000 acres. I am not sure how many wagons there are but it’s a bunch. I will have to watch the tank numbers this spring to see what the highest number I spot is.
Surprised they can even get in the field with all the rain we’ve had this year in western Kentucky. Here in graves county it’s still way too wet to do any kind of field work.
It is no-tilled so I suppose that helps.
Who came out with the new tracks?? Awesome idea!
26 sq = 700
26 ÷ 1000 =
.026sqft(each disc)
3.8 inch ÷ 100(circumf)
.038 x 1000s
38 1000s
19/500th
1/25.5ths
per disc per season
Wow. No closers to keep the gas in the ground? It's gotta leak out right?
No closers needed. It stays in the ground. Once the gas makes contact with the soil it liquifies.
@@bigtractorpower It's liquid in the tank and expands into a gas. If our closers aren't working you can see the gas escape. The ground type must be looser and naturally close compared to our soils.
900k sqin 6k sqft
100 in circum x 1 inch wear per year
100 inch x 1000 disc
per company 125 per rig(guess)100k inch per year7 700 ft per year
What’s the difference between spreading fertilizer (small pellets) and nitrogen fertilizer
It’s all a matter of cost, acres, input and preference. I am not sure there is a big difference. A farm right next to this spreads dry just ahead of the planter.
@@bigtractorpower if he is referring to nh3 it is a cheaper source of nitrogen and does not leach.
Safety is probably the biggest difference. NH3 will eat you up some. Burn your lungs. Coming out of a tank like that can also freeze you. It is the purest form of Nitrogen you can apply. A LOT of solid fertilizers have chloride contamination in them and that builds up over the years. Not really any real way to deal with it.
The main difference is that liquid amonia like you see in the video is the least susceptible to runnoff and and what not which is why it's preferred. However in more sandy soils they prefer the pellet form as nh3 requires moisture in the soil to keep from evaporation.
Nitrogen is required by wheat and corn, fertilizer is there to make the solis better
How far apart are the shanks on the toolbar
24 inches
Oh tough guy no gloves
Its crazy how much farm equipent costs.All the equipment needed to pland and harvest the crop, probably 1.5m on the low end
It is a big investment but it will cover many many acres in a year.
Wish they would wear a little more PPE. That stuff is deadly if inhaled.
It is rough to work with.
are these guys just grain growers ? ore do they have farms also? um just wondering what they do with their pup ? love the videos, i really miss the tractor work, i can't do it anymore i had to stop a few years ago, but love that smell of dirt turning over, the sound of them great motors, at work their is nothing like it the world, long days and longer nights but i miss it, folks have know idea what it take's to put corn flakes on the table, and all the other uses for it, well i should of said most folks, cause all the old farmers, and farmers today no what takes, so my hate is off to guys, so carry on and make sure you put a bit of dirt on the road for me, ha,ha !!! and for all on the radio that no i'll be ''42'' see ya !!!!!!!!
This farm raises corn, wheat, soybeans, tobacco, hay and cattle.
Sorry went and read rest of the comments you'd already covered the two wagon thing.
It was too wet in the field to pull the double wagons. Normally if the ground is dry the MT875E will pull two wagons on the Blu Jet.
Left the farm in Iowa in 1985, thinking about semi retirement. I miss the hell out of the farm. Does anyone know of any websites where a person could look for a farm job?
Not for farming in particular but usually co-ops hire seasonal workers during fall and spring. Many of which are retired.
The Millennial Farmer did a video tour of that plant
He sure did that was an awesome video.
The Jackson plant is impressive.
Listo, siempre listo.
when and how do they apply the P and K fertilizers? $12/lb for a modern tractor sounds reasonable to me.
The farm applies dry fertilizer to the field after it is harvested in August. They spread fertilizer and lime over the corn stalks and then disk and plant wheat over the corn ground. Wheat is harvested in June and the soybeans are double cropped into the wheat stubble.
I noticed that the operator did not use rubber gloves when changing wagons.
Does a tracked tractor have better traction or does wheels give better traction? I know that tracks gives less ground compaction (spelling?)
Better traction. Think of it like this, on a wheel, only a small portion of the tire is ever in contact with the ground, vs on tracks the length touching the ground is much longer, there is a video of one of these challengers and a new Holland articulate 4wd pulling twin large cultivators and they go up a hill, the new Holland spins and the challenger acts like nothing's changed haha
Jake Adair Ah okay! Thanks for answering! I saw a video a while ago when one of those tracked tractors was struggling when the ground was wet but a tractor with wheels would problably struggle even more then I guess haha
@@dahlmasen3084 sure! No problem hey we all love this stuff it's fun to learn haha!
Jake Adair Yup! If I ever stop being a truck driver I would love to work on a farm, sadly there isnt very many big farms here in Sweden
Why change it out in the middle of the field and compact what you've just loosened? Also why is so much gas escaping when the field is unlevel, is it going in deep enough?
Shoot, just saw your comment... I questioned changing tanks in the middle of the field too for same reason. You were already on it. 👍
It’s a 1,000 acre field and there are four applicators running in it. It’s faster to tow the wagons to the run out spot rather than drive back to the road to switch. This farms largest field is 2,800 acres. They are set up to move fast and the mid switch is part of that.
True that, it’s kinda the same concept as a grain cart chasing the combines
@@bigtractorpower thank you for your reply. That size of field would count as a very large farm here in the UK!
BTP, looks like that operator got a good whiff of gas, couldn't get away from it fast enough, I would suggest mask & gloves for that operation 🏥. Jason be careful yourself.
This is my least favorite field work to film. I stay very alert to the way the wind is blowing. Thank you for the post.
Need to have a few gallons of water around if you’re gonna be messing with anhydrous, if it gets on you, douse yourself with water
Anhydrous burns are caused by it sucking moisture out your skin, and freezing it, anhydrous literally means without water, so it’ll go to nearest source of water, don’t even remove your clothes just douse yourself down first, because it’ll suck the water out and freezer burn you and rip your skin off with the clothes
So they apply it in winter and after winter plant or apply and plant directly
They apply in the early spring and normally plant corn 10 days after application.
@@bigtractorpower thanks you are the best youtuber learn so much from your channel
My question is, is there specific equipment that you need every hp of the 600 to do the job where a cheaper 500 hp can not do, meaning does that tractor fill a specific market gap where other makes can not do it more efficiently than a 12 cylinder, or is the tractor so advanced that it is worth the investment to go that big, sorry if it is a stupid question
Well it depends on the job but usually a 600 hp tractor is able to the same job faster than a 500 how tractor. So if you have a very short time to get a job doesn't the 600 hp tractor it worth the investment.
@@3.6roentgen61 thanks for the info
I delivered anhydrous for many years in Manitoba, horrible shit. Sure sounds awfully loud
in that cab.
Kool
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what is he working around in the middle of the field?
It is a drain tile point. This farm is big into drainage and places these points across the field to help funnel water away from low points.
I thought it might be tile but wasn't sure. thanks @@bigtractorpower
30 more hp then the green 9570RT.570hp is not the ceiling for these 2 track tractors
I have wondered why the 9620RT has not been offered. It will be interesting to see where the next MT800 goes.
The two track Deere’s can’t handle more than 570 without self destructing. Typically a two track 570 will outwork a 620rx because of how much parasitic loss there is getting the power through two drive axles and four track assemblies.
Ye farming🚜🚜🚜
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I always though Challenger was made by Caterpillar?
AGCO acquired Challenger in 2001 from CAT. I made a video on AGCO history that explains the connection. You can see the history video @ m.th-cam.com/video/hSQH-XKcYy4/w-d-xo.html
Aplicando amoníaco NH3 para la siembra en mojado
It looked like the operator choked on ammonia when he was up on the tank cart hitching hoses. (???)
It will definitely take your breath away. He should have had gloves and a face shield. It's also imperative to know your wind direction and park accordingly when messing with the hoses.
HI All, do you think we will see an electric powered tractor one day?
Yes an electric tractor is not all that far away.
Cool Video, But I wouldn't want to work with anhydrous ammonia, A few years ago my uncle got a shot of that in the face and could breath for a minute
It’s nasty stuff. It’s my least favorite thing to film. You really have to be careful.
AGCO V12 ?
Yes
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jesus this guy is braver than me when hes round the stuff with only some googles and not even any gloves
7 meth makers disliked this video for putting the anhydrous in the ground.
Being out there when they’re doing anhydrous ammonia applications is dangerous.
Do you think Challenger will make a quad track one day?
You never know. It would be cool to see a 4 track MT900.
@@bigtractorpower I agree.
Was that this year ?
Where was this video done?
Near Pembroke, KY
He can afford all that equipment but can't hire local guys from Kentucky? They should strip farmers of all farm aid if caught hiring illegals.
Probably legal if they work
Those guys are 100% legal workers. You can't find Americans that want to work on a farm. Welcome to reality.
@@farmerallis There are plenty of Americans working on farms in my area. When wages are fair, Americans work.
First of all most farmers I know have payments on their equipment have you looked at prices of farm equipment like they need? And second labor is hard to find anywhere most young people don’t want or know how to work on a farm or anywhere else.
Lou Anthony that’s the thing, everyone thinks their minimum wage work ethic and bottom of the barrel skills is worth top dollar.
It's a gas watching how that Nitrogen gets put in the ground.
No pun intended.
Uh what happened to the Louisville Show videos. No AGCO no New Holland NFMS videos???? Mn Mellinual is in Florida with them I hope he videos them they will get more views anyway. Mn Mellinual is officials endorsed by Challenger BTP is not.
Muscle Tractor Fan Dude buzz off.
Bro just cuz he posted a video of a tractor working dont mean he didnt fil at the booth give him some time jeez
If u don't like it then don't watch man ..btp does a great job .no one makes you click on the videos
Well you said I was a day late and a dollar short in getting NFMS vids out. Spring is here time to move on.
Look your negative attitude is not helpful. I filmed a bunch in Louisville. Plenty more videos from that show on the way. Just lots going on so I mixed it up today. I recommend you adjust your negativity because new TH-cam rules on comments are going to see you deleted every time your on the attack.
Either watch the video for what is or just give it a thumbs down. It’s not worth being negative. I am done with it. Every one else watching is pretty positive.
You dont have the right to tell other people how to 1 post videos 2 run their life and 3 he can do want ever he wants so dont be so negative towards him