Guessing that's why ponds are lined with the red clay to prevent leaks. Theory...Maybe the reason for the ground being so much harder under the lines is some funky electrical bonding action going on between the wet soil and the live lines. Maybe dries out the soil quicker? Would be cool to have a electrical tech study that.
Kmc makes metal shields for the side of the shank on new ripper rollers. We buy them and torched holes into the shanks on our older style and ground them down and put the shields on the side like that
Wow you got that problem too . We’ve got a patch work quilt of soil here ,some sandy loam and stiff reddish soil that , “ like you said “ the disc , chisel, breaking plow and or subsoilers won’t enter the soil for tillage. Enjoyed watching!
I took missed Flea Hop road coming from Swayer road and I seen all your tractor's lined up still hooked up to the pickers and the 8530 was across the road and you was the 6r by a white building.I told my grandmother "That's the guy I watch on TH-cam"
I love the music that 85 makes when it's under load. Our 8430 is much more of a beast than either our 8295R or our 8285R. The newer tractors after 2012 just don't have the torque and lugging ability of the 20 or 30 series from 2003-2010
@@PatrickShiversand now there are correlations from spray killing wheat to celiac and gluten sensitivity pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24678255/ I'm rather glad Understanding Ag channel is helping farmers break away from spending money on chemicals and inputs and keep more money in their pockets.
Are y’all flooded out Patrick? I have a buddy in Ozark Alabama that all their fields are underwater. Hope y’all are not a total washout. Prayers for y’all and your Neighbors 🙏
Fixing to check the oil in 8530 we pull it just a deep as the tractor will handle it then if you Gray’s cattle throughout the winter rain them cows packing it down it’s like concrete
Cows overwintering on clay fields is the worst! We use to have to wait for a rain to cut it and the disc would still skate across the surface first 2 passes.
What is the theory behind that? We apply land plaster (gypsum) over the top of peanuts every season. Never noticed a difference in ground firmness in relation to it.
It has no problem with the disc, it pulls it more often than the 8530 does. I have never hooked the 11 prong subsoiler to the 49. I typically set the depth on it by pulling as deep as the 8530 can pull it. The 85 is heavier (more traction) and more powerful than the 49 so it will pull it deeper.
Crappie are at lake Seminole, off the main channel around the stumps biting around 10 to 12 feet of deep Was down in Bainbridge and stopped by the lake.
Red clay is definitely different. Any ground hard enough to make a 300+ hp 8530 do a willie is pretty tight. Yall ever used raddish/brassica as a cover crop a till it in in the spring?
We’ve planted daikon radish for deer. A farmer in the south end of the county south of me plants them every winter as cover. He said if he lets them make the carrot on bottom he can’t kill them and has to plow them in.
It was probably deep compacted by the machinery that installed the powerlines. It can be compacted deeper than you are ripping. I would rip under the lines the same direction the lines are running after crossing them like you did and try to go deeper. You may need a single shank ripper to go deep enough to do the job.
@@royl9858 the lines were erected in the 1970s. The land under them gets the same amount of traffic as the rest of the field. I have videos recorded earlier this year of me discing, deep ripping, and then bottom plowing (mold boarding) that entire field. Each year the land re-compacts directly under the lines tighter than the rest of the field. In this video I’m not running the ripper as deep as I plowed or ripped under the lines in the spring. Before planting cover crop I will, at a different angle & deeper, rip the entire field, including ripping through these pre-ripped bottoms
@@PatrickShivers I have seismograph thumper tracks that have been deep ripped several times and mold boarded from the 80's that still show exactly where they are in a drought. Same goes for pipelines that are covered 4 to 5 feet deep.
Have followed you for a while now but missed you at the expo. If I were to stop by would you meet with me for just a few minutes? Would just like to meet you and shake your hand. I am in middle Ga about 100 miles from you.
Patrick...Great video again. Here is Muscogee and Harris county have have not been able to hire or find anyone to do some subsoiling for me. I do have access to a D9. Gonna try to angle the blade and see what that will do. I am only working on 5 acres.
You might could find an old small scratcher on the cheap. Takes less hp to pull but does similar job. My grandpa use to scratch 2,000 acres a year before higher hp tractors and big subsoilers were available.
Hello, Patrick! Another fine video! With an awesome "aerobatic" display...
Thanks for watching and commenting as always Luis! You are much appreciated!
@@PatrickShivers Your video's content deserve all the appreciation.👌
Guessing that's why ponds are lined with the red clay to prevent leaks. Theory...Maybe the reason for the ground being so much harder under the lines is some funky electrical bonding action going on between the wet soil and the live lines. Maybe dries out the soil quicker? Would be cool to have a electrical tech study that.
That tractor sounded awesome pulling that ripper. God bless
The sound of that generation John Deere is unbeatable. I also love the sound of 4960s and 4755s.
@@PatrickShivers absolutely
Kmc makes metal shields for the side of the shank on new ripper rollers. We buy them and torched holes into the shanks on our older style and ground them down and put the shields on the side like that
Thanks. I’ll look into that
Wow you got that problem too . We’ve got a patch work quilt of soil here ,some sandy loam and stiff reddish soil that , “ like you said “ the disc , chisel, breaking plow and or subsoilers won’t enter the soil for tillage. Enjoyed watching!
I took missed Flea Hop road coming from Swayer road and I seen all your tractor's lined up still hooked up to the pickers and the 8530 was across the road and you was the 6r by a white building.I told my grandmother "That's the guy I watch on TH-cam"
I love the music that 85 makes when it's under load.
Our 8430 is much more of a beast than either our 8295R or our 8285R.
The newer tractors after 2012 just don't have the torque and lugging ability of the 20 or 30 series from 2003-2010
You hit the nail on the head.
You should try a multi species cover crop mix. It has worked better than a single on my heavy black clays.
Around here farmers plant wheat, sometimes they harvest it before planting in it and sometimes they spray kill it instead
@@PatrickShiversand now there are correlations from spray killing wheat to celiac and gluten sensitivity pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24678255/
I'm rather glad Understanding Ag channel is helping farmers break away from spending money on chemicals and inputs and keep more money in their pockets.
Are y’all flooded out Patrick? I have a buddy in Ozark Alabama that all their fields are underwater. Hope y’all are not a total washout. Prayers for y’all and your Neighbors 🙏
It’s to wet for field work, but we’re not flooded out.
Fixing to check the oil in 8530 we pull it just a deep as the tractor will handle it then if you Gray’s cattle throughout the winter rain them cows packing it down it’s like concrete
Cows overwintering on clay fields is the worst! We use to have to wait for a rain to cut it and the disc would still skate across the surface first 2 passes.
I heard that adding gypsum is suppose to help loosen the ground. I need to try it I have some red clay too.
What is the theory behind that? We apply land plaster (gypsum) over the top of peanuts every season. Never noticed a difference in ground firmness in relation to it.
Hey patrick love your videos. How does the 4960 handle that disk and ripper?
It has no problem with the disc, it pulls it more often than the 8530 does. I have never hooked the 11 prong subsoiler to the 49. I typically set the depth on it by pulling as deep as the 8530 can pull it. The 85 is heavier (more traction) and more powerful than the 49 so it will pull it deeper.
That's about what i figured.
Crappie are at lake Seminole, off the main channel around the stumps biting around 10 to 12 feet of deep Was down in Bainbridge and stopped by the lake.
Biting suspended at 10’-12’ from the surface in deeper water? Or biting in water that is 10-12’ deep total?
@@PatrickShivers suspended at 10 to 12 feet i
@@PatrickShivers If you go make a video
Do you know what your peanut average peanut yield is yet?
Red clay is definitely different. Any ground hard enough to make a 300+ hp 8530 do a willie is pretty tight. Yall ever used raddish/brassica as a cover crop a till it in in the spring?
We’ve planted daikon radish for deer. A farmer in the south end of the county south of me plants them every winter as cover. He said if he lets them make the carrot on bottom he can’t kill them and has to plow them in.
Awesome video
Thanks Jerry
Big boy was off the ground!!!!!
….with a full set of weights
Man, that’s crazy it’s packed tighter under those lines! Any reason to why that is?
I don’t know the science of it, but the ground is always harder under the lines.
It was probably deep compacted by the machinery that installed the powerlines. It can be compacted deeper than you are ripping. I would rip under the lines the same direction the lines are running after crossing them like you did and try to go deeper. You may need a single shank ripper to go deep enough to do the job.
@@royl9858 the lines were erected in the 1970s. The land under them gets the same amount of traffic as the rest of the field. I have videos recorded earlier this year of me discing, deep ripping, and then bottom plowing (mold boarding) that entire field. Each year the land re-compacts directly under the lines tighter than the rest of the field. In this video I’m not running the ripper as deep as I plowed or ripped under the lines in the spring. Before planting cover crop I will, at a different angle & deeper, rip the entire field, including ripping through these pre-ripped bottoms
@@PatrickShivers I have seismograph thumper tracks that have been deep ripped several times and mold boarded from the 80's that still show exactly where they are in a drought. Same goes for pipelines that are covered 4 to 5 feet deep.
Have followed you for a while now but missed you at the expo. If I were to stop by would you meet with me for just a few minutes? Would just like to meet you and shake your hand. I am in middle Ga about 100 miles from you.
That’s fine Johnny. Where are you located, as I visit Ocilla (where my wife is from) a few times a year?
do you farm neer Pelham?
No
@@PatrickShivers well ok jest saw a road that looked familiar
I’m an hour west, north west from Pelham. In between Bluffton and Fort Gaines, Ga
@@PatrickShivers o ok I was jest curious I farm near Pelham and Cairo
Patrick...Great video again. Here is Muscogee and Harris county have have not been able to hire or find anyone to do some subsoiling for me. I do have access to a D9. Gonna try to angle the blade and see what that will do. I am only working on 5 acres.
You might could find an old small scratcher on the cheap. Takes less hp to pull but does similar job. My grandpa use to scratch 2,000 acres a year before higher hp tractors and big subsoilers were available.