When you started out saying there was no dew on the field I thought "uh oh!, rain's a-coming!" and then you got rained out. That's the way it goes here, the dew can tell you the weather. Fun tour of the cotton gin factory. Amazing watching how fast those seeds drop out of the cotton at the gin.
I worked on a farm during college in Louisiana back in the late eighties. Modules were new back then - we used cotton trailers and had to tromp that cotton down to pack it in. It was fun jumping into the cotton from the top of the trailer. And a lot of work helping the picker dump into the trailer and then tromp it down. Technology has come a long way in 40 years.
Thank you for making these videos. I realize how much time it takes. I work on cotton growth, PGR's, varieties, etc... for Deltapine in Scott, Mississippi. Very little make me happier than seeing someone harvest a good cotton crop. I love cotton pickers of all kinds and the gin is one of my favorite places to work. Thanks again - Jay
Oh, and we improved the gin yearly. We ginned wagons and use to do modules (on pallets) with the sucker pipes and later added a module feeder. i was glad to see the pallets become obsolete, when i was a kid they were wooden pallets then aluminum but still heavy and a pain in the keister.
Awesome tour of the gin in the late fifties I went to a gin with my dad I remember watching the cotton coming in on trucks and a guy got in the truck with a giant hose and vacuumed it out the cotton was picked by hand ten of us and only me and my younger sister never picked it we would ride on the sacks that mom and dad pulled through the rows.
Awesome video!! Very informative! Great job. Love seeing the gin operate and seeing the picture of Mr Randall. I know he's still missed to this day. Thanks again for sharing.
Awesome tour! I have been waiting for it. My father and uncle owned a gin down in Dallas County Alabama and we ran two Continental gin stands but I can't remember the sizes but they are similar to the Lummus stands but smaller. Do ya'll haul with trucks or is there railroad near?
That gin tour was awesome. How do you keep the cotton from each module / farm separate? That is, with a continuous flow of cotton, how do you know which bale went with each module / farm? Is there a pause of some sort between them ?
Wow I wasn't expecting that big of a Operation . I don't know Anything about Cotton put I'm very Impressed . Do you sell your Gin trash or give it away ?
@@TheCropCritic a guy I know was using it for cattle feed . I had never tried it but he was trying to sell me a couple loads about 7 years ago . Thanks
When you started out saying there was no dew on the field I thought "uh oh!, rain's a-coming!" and then you got rained out. That's the way it goes here, the dew can tell you the weather.
Fun tour of the cotton gin factory. Amazing watching how fast those seeds drop out of the cotton at the gin.
I worked on a farm during college in Louisiana back in the late eighties. Modules were new back then - we used cotton trailers and had to tromp that cotton down to pack it in. It was fun jumping into the cotton from the top of the trailer. And a lot of work helping the picker dump into the trailer and then tromp it down. Technology has come a long way in 40 years.
Thank you for making these videos. I realize how much time it takes. I work on cotton growth, PGR's, varieties, etc... for Deltapine in Scott, Mississippi. Very little make me happier than seeing someone harvest a good cotton crop. I love cotton pickers of all kinds and the gin is one of my favorite places to work. Thanks again - Jay
Thanks Jay for all you do on your end. We couldn’t do what we do without you testing everything for us!!!
The gin is very clean thank you for sharing
Thanks
Very nice video
Thanks for the tour
Glad you liked it.
Great tour video Erin! Interesting fa,ily history as well! Thank you for posting!
Thank you.
Thank you for sharing your life with us. That was a great tour never knew how cotton was processed.
You are so welcome!
Thank you.
Oh, and we improved the gin yearly. We ginned wagons and use to do modules (on pallets) with the sucker pipes and later added a module feeder. i was glad to see the pallets become obsolete, when i was a kid they were wooden pallets then aluminum but still heavy and a pain in the keister.
Enjoyed the tour of the gin very interesting
Thanks
Awesome tour of the gin in the late fifties I went to a gin with my dad I remember watching the cotton coming in on trucks and a guy got in the truck with a giant hose and vacuumed it out the cotton was picked by hand ten of us and only me and my younger sister never picked it we would ride on the sacks that mom and dad pulled through the rows.
The old suck pipe. We still have one at our gin.
Great video!
I worked on the lint cleaners with bobby Coby I run the gin hear in slate spring Mississippi
That’s awesome!
When we grow here in piedmont of nc we run 699 9900 two row the gin was 5 bale and hour all history know
Awesome video my first time seeing a gin I’m 55 years old from Gadsden al
Glad you enjoyed.
do you fall back into a big pile of cotton soft landing Great Vid👍👍👍👍👍
Yes I do!
is that wide row cotton yours if so why jump from 30 in to wide row super cool to learn about the gin thanks for taking the time to show us
Mine is on 30”. My brother in law’s is 40”.
tell your wife the tour of the gin was super cool @@TheCropCritic
Awesome video!! Very informative! Great job. Love seeing the gin operate and seeing the picture of Mr Randall. I know he's still missed to this day. Thanks again for sharing.
Yes we miss him so much. I know he’s proud of us though!!
@@TheCropCritic yes he is. No doubt about that
HAve you looked at putting in a diesel generator to offset your demand . I work for a power company that's why i ask bc I have seen it done.
Awesome tour! I have been waiting for it. My father and uncle owned a gin down in Dallas County Alabama and we ran two Continental gin stands but I can't remember the sizes but they are similar to the Lummus stands but smaller. Do ya'll haul with trucks or is there railroad near?
We haul with trucks.
Whats the advantage to 30” rows vs 38’s or 40’s? Or is it just preference?
Advantage is not have 2 sets of equipment if you grow grain. We had 3 planters at one time and decided to go to 1 planter on 30 inch rows.
That gin tour was awesome. How do you keep the cotton from each module / farm separate? That is, with a continuous flow of cotton, how do you know which bale went with each module / farm? Is there a pause of some sort between them ?
We have a mark on the feeder that tells us when a new module is going into the feeder. We will gin on one farmer for over a shift.
I see. That’s a lot of work. Thanks for the reply. And thank you for all the work you farmers do. Truly appreciated.
Wow I wasn't expecting that big of a Operation . I don't know Anything about Cotton put I'm very Impressed . Do you sell your Gin trash or give it away ?
We put it back on our farms with a spreader.
@@TheCropCritic a guy I know was using it for cattle feed . I had never tried it but he was trying to sell me a couple loads about 7 years ago . Thanks
We can’t sell it for feed because of legal issues.
@@TheCropCriticseems like cotton is very regulated ,kinda seems funny since it's not food,but I guess everything is regulated these days
How long does it take to run the gin until it's all done
4 months. 24/7
@@TheCropCriticthat's a lot of cotton ! Thank you for the tour,it's amazing
Great video enjoyed!! How many ginned an hour?
32
What year model is your picker? I ran a 2010 7760 for 12 years and then we got out of growing cotton.
2013
Ten4. You have a beautiful crop and looks like a beautiful place you live. Our neighbor farms 10,000 acres of cotton and has 5 pickers.
Thank you.
Hey Tommy how is your dad doing man
He’s doing great.
What do you do with your gin trash
We spread it back onto our farms.
Ok I’m not far from y’all do you sell those cotton seeds to individual farmers for feed
Most of our seed is sold up north to dairy farmers.
I wonder what the electric bill looks like a month 🤔 scary
They bring it in a truck not the mail!