As for the molasses that you use in your TMR, that product is called “HNI Extra Sweet”. It is approximately 62% dry matter, 45% sugar. Farmers want absorbability and to coat all the feed stuffs for making it more palatable and to increase the dry matter intake for the cow. If we were to put in thick syrup molasses (75% dry matter) it would not absorb and would not blend properly and would stick to the inside of the TMR.
The auto steer reminds me of watching my uncle use a team of mules that had worked a field enough they knew where to go. He didn't drive them at all. He just watched the implement. Progress. Thanks for the video. 🇺🇸
In my country you can connect to a seperate additional service, which calculates accurate coordinates (0.50inch precision). Its called RTK. That makes life way easier :) Its using ground stations, which are max. 30 miles away and they correct your GPS position. Without it you will never reach your desired precision. At least for now :). Great video again btw, cheers
Instead of killing off your cover crop, have you ever thought of running a roller/crimper over it? I've watched some videos on the process. It adds organic and it mulches the field. It looks like a really promising process for soil and water conservation. Might be worth looking in to. (I tried to post a pic, but it won't let me) Love your videos!!
It’s the same process, just a different method to it. They already have a sprayer, and a crimper is just another tool they don’t necessarily need. The only people I see using a crimper is those who farm organic, and are technically not allowed to use chemical. They can cover a lot more ground with a sprayer and that 7220 than they could with a crimper and that same tractor, or even the 7130.
Nice to see you trying out the high tech stuff on your tractor. More than likely will be pretty frustrating at first and then you will wonder how you did without it. Great video as usual and thanks.
You guys have made a lot of improvements since the new barn was built, very nice looking dairy farm! Thanks for posting your videos! Keep up the good work, I know you and dad are proud!
Got my hat and sticker today [arrived long ago, just haven't been to the post office in a while]. The hat is super comfortable and if I may say, I look darn good in it. Thanks again folks!!
You maybe have the answer already, but you can adjust the offset in the implement setup. When you create a new field, there should be and implement setup option where you can adjust for your drill or globe not being centered with the tractor.
Glad that you're getting a chance to give Auto steer a try. It's one of those things that has kind of a big learning curve, and can definitely be very frustrating in the beginning, but once you get the hang of it and start to use it more and more you'll wonder how the heck you survived without it. LOL. Just make sure that you give yourself plenty of time to get used to it and to become more comfortable with it before you make a decision on whether or not to keep it. I know some folks who didn't give it a fair shot and when they finally tried it again a few years later they realized that it was extremely useful and had a lot of regret for not trying it sooner. Biggest advantage of the time and money that you save by using it, as you're not planting, spraying, or whatever you're doing, over top of areas that you already covered (obviously). Anyway, another great video, Eric. Thanks for sharing with us!
Men, I was watching the video and all of a sudden I thought : "it would be great to have another review of the feeder now that they have had time with it !" And then I remembered that I'm an IT engineer and I would probably not have any use in my life for this review. But I mean............Can you do it anyway ? 😂😂😂
We got our first tractor with autosteer this spring and we use it a lot more than we thought we would! You might have to adjust the offset of your implement if it's overlapping one way and leave strips the other way. Your new molasses setup looks awesome! I would look into that if we would get a new setup one day! :)
I would move across country just for the chance to work for/ learn from you and your father. The stuff you guys do on the regular fascinates me so much
We run ez-guide 500 and I think your problem was your antenna offset. I don't know how your antenna is mounted but antenna offset can be changed in your set up fairly easy.
You should put a loader on the 7130 and use it to fill the drill with those bags. I have a 6410 that picks those bags up with no problems. Just uses the bale forks on the loader.
Your EZ Steer unit is very familiar to me, the company I work for Bodine Electric Co makes the whole unit for EZ Steer in Peosta Iowa we make electric motors. A lot of these unit have been made. Thanks for showing it.
They make it cherry picker attachment for the front of forklifts that'll give you all the distance you need you can probably rent them at your local tractor store or since you're an excellent welder you can probably make a cherry picker for the front of it that fit right on the forks
I’m watching you feed the cows in the new barn and seeing cows poop on the open grates and remember you playing with your basketball in the brand new manure pit when the cement was just cured enough. *grin*. Technology is amazing ! I’m sure the GPS thing just needs an adjustment. As you well know, it takes time to learn new equipment. Great video ! Thanks !
Depending on whether the receiver can utilize DGPS (with that kind of precision it really should), the problem could also be a lack of DGPS signal localized to the area - in that case a local DGPS station might be needed to provide the necessary accuracy.
@@veikkoimmonen7300 there’s lots of guys in this area using gps, and have it down to sub inch accuracy. Probably just didn’t something quite right on the tractor/implement side of things. It is quite a learning curve, and sometimes you just have to figure it out as you go n
@@TheRealJesseStoltzfus Noted, in that case there probably is a DGPS signal present, couldn’t really be that accurate without. Issue could be as simple as receiver placement on the tractor, that would manifest itself as a constant error in one direction. Checking & correcting these is exactly what you said, part of the learning curve.
If you want to save on foam pads on the steering motor wrap it with rubber bands. I use the same set up in my fertilizer spreader works great. You don't get that foam all over the cab either.
SUR-UP not SEAR-UP🤣 But anyway, that aside.. I'm quitting my dairy farming job end of November.. glad to be able to keep up with the industry through your videos!
Not sure if you are aware of their but If you are using free GPS signals they generally (not always) are not accurate enough for seeding. Most free signals have a pass to pass of 15 mins with an accuracy of 15" +/-. Normally that is good enough for spraying/ broadcasting.
We have the same auto steer setup. When you are off you go into implement setup like where you change your width, and adjust the implement draft. So if it seems like it is “drafting” two inches to the left, ie one pass you are too close on one side the next to far away, you just put 2 inches left as your draft
I worked far the company that invented the super sack bag you use we made a rack you can hang bag from and slide back and fourth no more than you use them it be worth it far you.
Would be kinda weird though since the shakiness obviously won’t be a consistent shake in one direction but the planter is off by a consistent amount. Has to be a something to do with the settings since it’s consistently off on one side but double planting on the other. So it has the correct width of the planter in the settings but it’s not following the center line like it should be.
Could you please explain exactly what a cover crop is? I have an idea but I'm not certain that I understand the whole idea of a cover crop in terms of its purpose and what it actually does biologically. I really enjoy your channel and I thank you for all of the work you do to provide us with the great videos that you do! I wish nothing but the best for you and your wonderful family.
Short version- Cover crops are anything you plant to help the fertility and keep weeds down but aren't the main harvest. Used in no till and especially organic gardening. Helps conserve soil by limiting wind/rain erosion, controls weeds through by competition/shading, reduce compaction with long tap rooted crops and can fertilize the soil through symbiotic nitrogen fixation, plants and bacteria storing nitrogen from the atmosphere in the root system. Also can increase the organic material content of the soil.
Watching the steering wheel saw back and forth under autosteer makes me wonder if the front end suspension connections are getting worn. Could that be affecting the accuracy of the steer function?
If you guys are gonna keep that drill do you have any spare augers around to put on the back of it ? We made one you just need long hoses and a 3rd remote on the tractor it’s very handy for loading those 1 ton totes
As for the molasses that you use in your TMR, that product is called “HNI Extra Sweet”. It is approximately 62% dry matter, 45% sugar. Farmers want absorbability and to coat all the feed stuffs for making it more palatable and to increase the dry matter intake for the cow. If we were to put in thick syrup molasses (75% dry matter) it would not absorb and would not blend properly and would stick to the inside of the TMR.
Yes, you are correct. That was a very good guess. LOL
Awesome comment. Success isn't a coincidence...
do pig farms use it too?
Glad you cleaned the tractor windows so the auto steer can see where it is going
Lolllll
Lol
😂thankyou for providing my daily laugh
That was the funniest shit I have seen in a while
😂
I'm disk chiseling for my boss with auto steer while watching this video
The auto steer reminds me of watching my uncle use a team of mules that had worked a field enough they knew where to go. He didn't drive them at all. He just watched the implement. Progress. Thanks for the video. 🇺🇸
That's pretty cool
I bet he had a nudge feature too (aka reins) 😉
Makes me laugh every time I see how the cows like to stick their faces in the feed as it's coming out of the mixer. :)
Father and son compliment each other well.
We call those gaps, rabbit runs. They need a place to go too. I've got to say Eric, you are still better than technology. Thanks for sharing.
10:13 that first cow is like "come on dude, you passed me up".
I thought the exact same thing!! Poor girl was like, yo, I was first in line dude!! Can't get no love?!
Nice, I’d definitely try a John Deere auto steer setup if I were you. We Love it
I sure am liking our new barn! God Bless!
In my country you can connect to a seperate additional service, which calculates accurate coordinates (0.50inch precision). Its called RTK. That makes life way easier :) Its using ground stations, which are max. 30 miles away and they correct your GPS position. Without it you will never reach your desired precision. At least for now :). Great video again btw, cheers
This is the wholesome content I come here for.
Instead of killing off your cover crop, have you ever thought of running a roller/crimper over it? I've watched some videos on the process. It adds organic and it mulches the field. It looks like a really promising process for soil and water conservation. Might be worth looking in to. (I tried to post a pic, but it won't let me) Love your videos!!
It’s the same process, just a different method to it. They already have a sprayer, and a crimper is just another tool they don’t necessarily need. The only people I see using a crimper is those who farm organic, and are technically not allowed to use chemical. They can cover a lot more ground with a sprayer and that 7220 than they could with a crimper and that same tractor, or even the 7130.
If I remember correctly, they mow and then chop it for silage in the spring.
Congrats regarding the good news and thanks for the video. I thought it'd be a while before we saw another one.
My dad had auto steer on his 4020 , the only problem was if I got off he’d smack me !
Hahaha!
Nice to see you trying out the high tech stuff on your tractor. More than likely will be pretty frustrating at first and then you will wonder how you did without it. Great video as usual and thanks.
You guys have made a lot of improvements since the new barn was built, very nice looking dairy farm! Thanks for posting your videos! Keep up the good work, I know you and dad are proud!
Words we all love ❤️ to hear “Now I can take a nap 😴 “ Lol😂 great video 🙋♀️😊
At 11:06 that is a great grain mustache, lol
Great awesome video Eric, love that auto steer , little adjustments make it work perfect
Get it to where you can really “take a nap”. At 70, my naps are a priority. 😂 Enjoy your channel! God bless the American farmer. 🇺🇸
I know the feeling 😅 bed somehow becomes really inviting like a switch going off in the body when you get to a certain age of decrepidness
Great video!!! That's precision planting right there!!
hi eric,and failies,happy weekend to you all gnz
Gps dont get the props it deserves in this world
God bless you and your family, giving this city guy some insight on "THE HARVEST"
I'm following you from Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦, your videos are beautiful keep it up champ 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Got my hat and sticker today [arrived long ago, just haven't been to the post office in a while].
The hat is super comfortable and if I may say, I look darn good in it. Thanks again folks!!
Great, thank you!
Well done.
You maybe have the answer already, but you can adjust the offset in the implement setup. When you create a new field, there should be and implement setup option where you can adjust for your drill or globe not being centered with the tractor.
Dont think that adjustment available on the old AgLeader 500
A clean farm makes for delicious milk! 👍👍👍👍👍
Thank you for posting Eric God bless you and your family 🙏🙏
Glad that you're getting a chance to give Auto steer a try. It's one of those things that has kind of a big learning curve, and can definitely be very frustrating in the beginning, but once you get the hang of it and start to use it more and more you'll wonder how the heck you survived without it. LOL. Just make sure that you give yourself plenty of time to get used to it and to become more comfortable with it before you make a decision on whether or not to keep it. I know some folks who didn't give it a fair shot and when they finally tried it again a few years later they realized that it was extremely useful and had a lot of regret for not trying it sooner. Biggest advantage of the time and money that you save by using it, as you're not planting, spraying, or whatever you're doing, over top of areas that you already covered (obviously).
Anyway, another great video, Eric. Thanks for sharing with us!
awesome video Eric. The auto steer needs some work .lol..Hang in there buddy. You and you dad do a great job. Thank you
Men, I was watching the video and all of a sudden I thought : "it would be great to have another review of the feeder now that they have had time with it !" And then I remembered that I'm an IT engineer and I would probably not have any use in my life for this review.
But I mean............Can you do it anyway ? 😂😂😂
I would say it’s leaving the gap because the drill is not centred behind the tractor
We got our first tractor with autosteer this spring and we use it a lot more than we thought we would! You might have to adjust the offset of your implement if it's overlapping one way and leave strips the other way.
Your new molasses setup looks awesome! I would look into that if we would get a new setup one day! :)
I would move across country just for the chance to work for/ learn from you and your father. The stuff you guys do on the regular fascinates me so much
Now its like a tesla! 😂
In Germany you will never see that huge tractor as 2wd
Auto steer is the way to go if/when it’s set up right.
We run ez-guide 500 and I think your problem was your antenna offset. I don't know how your antenna is mounted but antenna offset can be changed in your set up fairly easy.
LOVE ALL YOUR VIDEOS ERIC HAVE A GREAT DAY
Should try Ag leader auto steer like corn stars so you don’t have the big steer motor
You should put a loader on the 7130 and use it to fill the drill with those bags. I have a 6410 that picks those bags up with no problems. Just uses the bale forks on the loader.
Your EZ Steer unit is very familiar to me, the company I work for Bodine Electric Co makes the whole unit for EZ Steer in Peosta Iowa we make electric motors. A lot of these unit have been made. Thanks for showing it.
Maybe your uncle can come out and help with the auto steer.
They make it cherry picker attachment for the front of forklifts that'll give you all the distance you need you can probably rent them at your local tractor store or since you're an excellent welder you can probably make a cherry picker for the front of it that fit right on the forks
Wander how many times Eric or his dad have walked into the axle extensions... If it was me would be a high number!
OUCH!
Look ma! No hands! Whoo Hoo!
I’m watching you feed the cows in the new barn and seeing cows poop on the open grates and remember you playing with your basketball in the brand new manure pit when the cement was just cured enough. *grin*.
Technology is amazing ! I’m sure the GPS thing just needs an adjustment. As you well know, it takes time to learn new equipment. Great video ! Thanks !
Depending on whether the receiver can utilize DGPS (with that kind of precision it really should), the problem could also be a lack of DGPS signal localized to the area - in that case a local DGPS station might be needed to provide the necessary accuracy.
@@veikkoimmonen7300 Thanks for that . I hope they get the satellite fixed because that would be a pain. Wouldn’t help sales at all.
@@veikkoimmonen7300 there’s lots of guys in this area using gps, and have it down to sub inch accuracy. Probably just didn’t something quite right on the tractor/implement side of things. It is quite a learning curve, and sometimes you just have to figure it out as you go n
@@TheRealJesseStoltzfus Noted, in that case there probably is a DGPS signal present, couldn’t really be that accurate without. Issue could be as simple as receiver placement on the tractor, that would manifest itself as a constant error in one direction. Checking & correcting these is exactly what you said, part of the learning curve.
10:05
The cow resting in the background is about to snap her neck :)
If you want to save on foam pads on the steering motor wrap it with rubber bands. I use the same set up in my fertilizer spreader works great. You don't get that foam all over the cab either.
Thanks for all the work you put into your videos.
I set that exact EZ system on older tractor. Easy install. And easy to use.. the foam knob does wear down pretty fast..
SOON THEY WILL MADE IT SO THEY DO NOT NEEN ANYONE TO DRIVE. A TRACTOR THAT NEEDS NO HUMAN.
Do a farm tour
Cheers.
Thank u for another great video.
Thanks for the video of a really enjoyable God bless you can't wait for the next one
SUR-UP not SEAR-UP🤣
But anyway, that aside.. I'm quitting my dairy farming job end of November.. glad to be able to keep up with the industry through your videos!
Can't see why you wouldn't, just sort the rows out and you'll love it, my brother use's it and loves it. But corn might be different.
hey try cutting a 26 degree cut on a 3' piece of 4" or 5" PVC you can just jamb it into the bag easier to get to the third hopper
Hi Eric. Great explanation on the auto steer and on the planter settings! Great video and thanks for posting it. Have a great week and stay safe!
Auto steer looks really cool! Not sure if I'm gonna be ok with those clean tractor windows though....not as authentic 😂
I think with where the auto steer is mounted is the problem with it , just my opinion
Hello from Siesta Key Florida
Not sure if you are aware of their but If you are using free GPS signals they generally (not always) are not accurate enough for seeding. Most free signals have a pass to pass of 15 mins with an accuracy of 15" +/-. Normally that is good enough for spraying/ broadcasting.
Bro it’s like farming simulator when you hire a helper
Welcome to the 21st century Eric...Your next move will be the new tesla tractor
It’s crazy to me to think that you guys don’t plant corn with auto steer we always use auto steer. We also use green star
The US planted corn for over 100 years without autosteer. :)
Those switches are pretty slick
7220!!!!! Yea buddy!!
So awesome!!! Great content!
Very interesting and advanced
you better put a cover on the sorghum switches, a varmint or barn cat hit those suckers and you will have a disaster on your hands 👀😬☮
Sweet disaster. :)
A well polished farmer to see that
Awesome Video and Much Love as Always 🐄 Man!!!!
Jcb or a loader tractor next I wonder 🤔 Tidy video 💪🏻🏴
Molasses can be as thick or thin as the boiling process makes it ,there fore….. the longer you boil molasses the thicker it is
That is a cool version of autosteer. Those big new units that are way too complicated.
We have the same auto steer setup. When you are off you go into implement setup like where you change your width, and adjust the implement draft. So if it seems like it is “drafting” two inches to the left, ie one pass you are too close on one side the next to far away, you just put 2 inches left as your draft
Look ma, no hands.
Not sure about the "jerky" steering inputs. Might be hard on the steering... :-)
I worked far the company that invented the super sack bag you use we made a rack you can hang bag from and slide back and fourth no more than you use them it be worth it far you.
Do you guys own the molasses tank and pump the company we get ours from here in Michigan supplies that stuff
Are there some cows that skip a feeding voluntarily? I learn so much from you guys. Thank you.
Very kool u guys are trying auto steer im sure its a learning curve just like anything else but keep at it don't give up
Great video.
What if the shakeyness of the mount is causing the calibration error making the planter drift off 1 row?
Would be kinda weird though since the shakiness obviously won’t be a consistent shake in one direction but the planter is off by a consistent amount. Has to be a something to do with the settings since it’s consistently off on one side but double planting on the other. So it has the correct width of the planter in the settings but it’s not following the center line like it should be.
Cheers to your uncle Bob, good man :)
I love your videos, very entertaining.
Why NO food for the first cows in every feeder row? Or did you not notice.
I feed a QLF that looks about like that consistency.
Great video Eric content was 👍👍
Could you please explain exactly what a cover crop is? I have an idea but I'm not certain that I understand the whole idea of a cover crop in terms of its purpose and what it actually does biologically. I really enjoy your channel and I thank you for all of the work you do to provide us with the great videos that you do! I wish nothing but the best for you and your wonderful family.
It is for soil and water conservation.
Short version- Cover crops are anything you plant to help the fertility and keep weeds down but aren't the main harvest. Used in no till and especially organic gardening. Helps conserve soil by limiting wind/rain erosion, controls weeds through by competition/shading, reduce compaction with long tap rooted crops and can fertilize the soil through symbiotic nitrogen fixation, plants and bacteria storing nitrogen from the atmosphere in the root system. Also can increase the organic material content of the soil.
Pretty slick method with the GPS attachment. But GPS can lead you on road to no where. ha ha
nice having a new toy lol
I am a farmer I vary like ur video
Watching the steering wheel saw back and forth under autosteer makes me wonder if the front end suspension connections are getting worn. Could that be affecting the accuracy of the steer function?
Maybe reduce the drill width parameter down 4" might sort it?
Nice work brother
If you guys are gonna keep that drill do you have any spare augers around to put on the back of it ? We made one you just need long hoses and a 3rd remote on the tractor it’s very handy for loading those 1 ton totes