Restoring an Old-Time Canvas Header--Why We Still Use It.
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- The third part in our series restoring a 1975 Versatile swather for use on our organic grain and Angus beef cattle farm. We're a small family farm making use of old equipment and practices ignored by industrial agriculture. #familyfarm, #oats, #versatile, #organicfarming,
Yup, ready for another 50 years!
Good evening Dave and Dawn
Morning Gary.
You guys are just about to crash that 1000 subscriber mark.
Well done guys!
Thanks. I should probably pay more attention to channel growth but I just like telling stories.
I'm guessing you meant 1830s when the reaper was introduced? Looks like you did a great job on the swather restoration.👌 Nice when the wife does the equipment shopping once in awhile. I see four more subscribers to go.👍
Ahhhh, typo. 1831🙄. Thanks. I’ve always needed a proofreader.
@@Rollinghillsfarmsmn no problem, we all do it.
Horn plastics in Fargo, ND for a poly floor on top of your new plywood floor. And good luck finding tires for the old girl.
Thanks for the tip. Yeah I’m worried about finding tires.
I have a couple Versatile 400s that would look good on your operation
😅I should be good for now.
Swatting was part of the magic of small grain harvest. The canvas with the lats ( probably wrong spelling. ) was suspended on wire to avoid rodent damage. Thank you again for taking me back there Dave.
Two of my brothers disapproved of Dad's primitive practices, but my eldest Brother, and I understood Dad enjoyed doing it that way.
Incidentally my folks fed nine of us, and were in the black at the end.
Mostly from 200 acres, and Holsteins.
That’s a great idea! I’ve been storing them in the heated shop. Barn cats were my only hope😊.
I think MacDon got sold too.
That old girl has another 50 years left in er easy....such simple design, that lasted forever. Todays engineers should take a step back into time and learn what endured time.....Now you better find some decals and give er a fresh coat of red and yellow...Neighbor Dave will get home and think you bought a new swather. lol. Thanks Dave for taking us along.
Thanks. It could use paint for sure. I’m just not much for painting.
I really thought you were gonna paint the whole machine. Almost to 1,000 subs! 👍
I should have but I couldn’t find Versatile red at my farm store.
I too would prefer the old fashioned way… weather cooperating
Oats are becoming a thing in Iowa as people get back to crop rotation. I hear the food grade mills pay seven dollars a bushel.
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I REMEMBER GROWING UP WE WOULD WINDROW OUR OATS, BUT CAN YOU WINDROW WHEAT ,ALSO WHEN IS THE CROP FIT TO BE WINDROW, THANKS FOR FILLING ME IN
I don’t know about wheat. Oats can be cut once the top 5 inches have turned golden. Often the straw is still partially green. If the tops turn brown it’s too dry and should be straight cut.
always awesome to watch ya'r channel. Just to think that in Winnipeg there were once three Swather manufactures and today only one is left. CCIL (Canadian Co-operative Implements Ltd) Killberry or Macdon and Versatile.
Personally I have to agree the old way is sometimes the better way to harvest crops and other things too, sometimes sure wish manufactures still made simple easier to work on and smaller equipment what they used to do and a farmer could fix it himself.
keep them videos comin'
Thanks. Our weather is just a wetter version of North Dakota or even Manitoba so I find myself watching TH-camrs from up north more than the row crop guys in southern MN or Wisconsin.
I like the white.
I think it looks nice.
It’s the original color, despite the Versatile yellow. I think they outsourced the header.
Good morning Dawn and Dave ☕☕☕
Sometimes you gotta look pretty hard to find zerks..lol
That a lot of greasy rags, hands and jeans for that mistake 🙄.
@@Rollinghillsfarmsmn lol.. just a few 😂
Nice job on the swather Dave👍 10.00-20s on the spreader? I'm running my spreader tires to failure, which could be anytime I use it. I expect I'm going to have to convert it to something else at that point. 10.00s you might find in someone's shed my 8.50s are basically a waste of time looking. I have some 9.00s on Dayton rims but they aren't much better than what's on the spreader now.
I was hoping to find some old truck tires. I have to check the size. We have a tire place in Carlton that has used tires.
@@Rollinghillsfarmsmn You may find some truck tires. the 20 inch are getting scarce but they are out there.
Looks good Dave!
Yellow would have been more appropriate, but the white looks good!!
Not a lifetime floor?? I never liked the fiberglass floor. Too easy to damage
They called it a lifetime floor but it has holes and is very weak. I’m going to replace it with hardwood. I logged my own ash like Will.
@@Rollinghillsfarmsmn nice 👍
Ya.. they used too thin and not enough resin .. out IH spreader ha the original marine plywood.. tired, but still good enough. The old NH spreader, we put 14 guage steel over the original treated tongue and groove floor.. that was 40 years ago..
I like your impact!
I love the DeWalt half horse. We’re slowly expanding our DeWalt collection.
Full watch Dave
Thanks
Happy Saturday Dave, coffee is hot. The swather is looking good. Replacing the floor on that spreader that’s gonna be a nasty one but God willing & the creek don’t rise ,you’ll get it done before everything hits the fan with the bouncing, baby Bovines showing up.
Yeah, but we can’t ice fish or ski so I guess we’ll just work in the shop😅
@@Rollinghillsfarmsmn ,shop time isn’t bad…if you have a decent radio station.
Drying the standing grain by spraying it with roundup is despicable, all that cr*p ends up in our food.