If you open your gate when the bale almost hits the ground let the gate down and hold it there for a few seconds and it will flat spot the bottom of the bale so it won’t roll unless your on a step grade
Might check the stores in your area that sell bird seed. I’ve found that random weeds that just pop up and are plentiful, comes from the bird seed people put in their feeders.
Grazon is just Tordon+2,4 D. The 2,4 D is gone in fairly short order, it breaks down. Problem is it's prone to volatizing and drifting after its applied, which is why it's restricted. The Tordon, however, is very stable and persistent in the environment, so it stays put. Probably the best way to non-chemically control it is to mow frequently and mow LOW... kill them off. If not, second best bet is spot treat, probably with Roundup or something of that sort. Might check some of the newer pasture/hay meadow herbicides like Pasturegard or others... see if they're efficacious on the weeds in question. Have a chat with your local extension agent, take a sample in to him and ask for recommendations on what will kill it. Later! OL J R :)
Hi , I seen that you use a manual switch to start your netting, how did you connect it or to what ? I have a 865 baler and the computer box doesn't work, I would like to bypassed the same way you did . Thanks You vids are great I'm learning a great deal. New to farming in Ireland
It's wired direct to the electric actuator. The computer has been totally by passed on mine. I didn't do it. I bought the baler as it is. I want to make the net hydraulic instead to be more versatile between tractors.
I see you caught that wad that wrapped around your PTO shaft and cut it off... HOPE that you got it before it grabbed your hydraulic hoses and tore 'em up. Not good. You might think about getting part of an old mudflap or some old baler belting, cut a piece about a foot-n-a-half or two long, and then bolting it to the underside of your drawbar with some fender washers. Cut the corners off the front part of the belt at a 45 degree angle on the leading end, so hay can't catch on it. It should extend far enough back to cover the end of the hitch pin. The belt will be pushed up by the wad of hay coming under the tractor and slide right under the drawbar pin, preventing it from building up a wad that can wrap around the PTO, or break loose as a big wad that can plug the baler, etc. Later! OL J R :)
That baler DOES make nice bales, that's for sure... what's the biggest it will make?? 4x5, 4x5.5, 4x6? I know the bigger you make a 4 foot wide bale, the "tippier" they get and want to flip over... trying to pick them up with a spear or even forks is, as I've heard some folks say, "like trying to pick up a nickel standing on edge"... they want to flip off and fall over. BUT a 4x4 bale is kinda on the small side, particularly for hauling distances. We have 5 foot wide baler that will make up to a 5x6, but those get AWFUL heavy and so I usually try to keep them in the 5x5-5x5.5 foot range so they're easier to handle. I wouldn't be opposed to going to a 4 foot wide baler if the price was right, and if I could make at least a 4x5 bale, maybe a 5.5 diameter. Just wondering how you like the baler so far... OL J R :)
A lot of the issues with starting a bale (or difficulty so doing) is WEAR... if the baler's starter mechanism is worn, it's gonna have trouble starting a bale. On the Deere balers, they rely on the diamond tread of the belts to grab the hay, pull it up into the belt coming back down from the top roller, and the downward moving belt grabbing the hay coming up, pushing it down into the incoming hay, and presto!-- a rotating bale core. Only if the belts are worn, then the hay SLIPS and doesn't do that, and you get a WAD of non-moving hay which can plug the pickup. Hesston balers use the same principle to get a bale rolling. Vermeer balers using a starting roll with rubber flaps on the older balers, and if that gets work or the flaps too limber or floppy from age and wear, they won't start a bale. I had the school bus mechanic hire me one time to come over with my Ford round baler to bale his overly-dry ryegrass hay, which means it was EXTRA slippery, because his old Vermeer wouldn't start a bale in it but about every 10-15 tries, the rest of the time he had a wad plugging it up to deal with. I rolled it up no problem, did the whole job in an hour or two! Newer Vermeer balers use rubber mounted pickup teeth to "ram" the hay into the chamber and get the bale core rolling, which works fine-- til the rubber starts getting too limber or floppy after a couple years of baling and then they start balking at starting a bale in tough conditions. SO you get to go spend nearly a grand on new rubber pickup teeth, and put them in. On your New Holland there, I bet the missing windguard is what's causing it to have more trouble starting a bale... you'd be surprised what those fingers hold the hay down against the pickup, which gives the pickup teeth more "traction" to shove the hay back into the chamber... even though the pickup teeth rotate down before it gets there, the hay coming in behind it helps push the hay already past the pickup teeth back into the chamber, just enough to really help get the bale core rolling in there. Without it, hay can "flop over" the pickup teeth and pile up, rather than getting shoved back into the chamber where the floor chains or roller can grab it and get it moving back in there. Doesn't mean it'll happen all the time-- conditions of the hay, being a little heavier or longer or whatever, can make a BIG difference in how it feeds, BUT in *tough conditions* is where you'll really start seeing problems. Might think about fixing that thing and putting it back. Later! OL J R :)
Round baling at 3 mph feels fast?? LOL:) I round bale at SIX mph-- sixth gear and 1800 rpms on the old Ford 552 and 5610S... I couldn't imagine having to round bale THAT slow... in windrows heavier than that I *might* drop down to fifth gear, 5 mph, just so i don't overload the pickup and cause a plug. Otherwise, the faster I feed it the better it bales. Later! OL J R :)
It's been challenging to make dry hay this year that's for sure even up here in Southern Ontario Canada 🇨🇦 seems to rain every other day 😆
Beautiful tractor. Thank You for bringing me along. Be safe. Thank You for being a Farmer. Back bone of America.
Haying videos are my favorites. Mowing, raking, baling.
Is Bandit ok? Hasn’t posted anything for awhile.
We sure enjoyed this FUN FARMING ACTION video today, thanks!
Glad too see the baler is still rolling up hay for you.
It's delightful
Just a darn nice video.....best channel on TH-cam!! Stay humble my friend.
Thank you!
Great video Jacob
Some nice looking bales!
Oh! A surprise hay toy! The clue is a nice uniform windrow🤔 I'm stumped 😜 BTW..Good looking bales your making !!! 👍
Really nice bales Jacob
I like the new tehnology for the nowdays,... but i like to watch this type of content, made by "small" famers with old equipments. keep posting.
I love the play by play of the baling.
I finished up rolling some hay last night. What I was running in to was dry hay but wet ground
I've lost bales down the hill and into the woods, so don't feel bad LOL
So have I lol
My dad put one in a pond one year.
@@Northern_Farmer 🤣🤣🤣
If you open your gate when the bale almost hits the ground let the gate down and hold it there for a few seconds and it will flat spot the bottom of the bale so it won’t roll unless your on a step grade
Might check the stores in your area that sell bird seed. I’ve found that random weeds that just pop up and are plentiful, comes from the bird seed people put in their feeders.
I like your show just wish you do at Least once a week miss having a show on
We did not have more than one or two fields level like this in unglaciated WI. Many of ours were very hilly, hard to stand on the wagon. 😂😂
Look like nice bales. I've never liked to much making round bales driving side to side is annoying. Have a good day.
If the wind row is big enough, there's no need to weave.
@@boehmfarm4276 Thanks your reply. Have a good day.
Looks like it all went smooth.
Nice hay bails, that is no tee shirt weather!
Thanks, how is the TW doing?
Love the duct tape
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The narrow gate leads to great rewards
I live in the uk and my dad bales with a Massey fergerson 6475 with a welger baller and sledge
I gave up using my wind guard a couple years ago after seeing Northern Wisconsin doing it
Grazon is just Tordon+2,4 D. The 2,4 D is gone in fairly short order, it breaks down. Problem is it's prone to volatizing and drifting after its applied, which is why it's restricted. The Tordon, however, is very stable and persistent in the environment, so it stays put. Probably the best way to non-chemically control it is to mow frequently and mow LOW... kill them off. If not, second best bet is spot treat, probably with Roundup or something of that sort. Might check some of the newer pasture/hay meadow herbicides like Pasturegard or others... see if they're efficacious on the weeds in question. Have a chat with your local extension agent, take a sample in to him and ask for recommendations on what will kill it. Later! OL J R :)
Nice hay good video
I live in Crawford county, I don’t how it’s possible to get hay made around here. Seems like all it does is rain. Thx for the video!!
I took my windguard off 3 or 4 years ago. I'd never put it back on, I can go almost twice as fast with out it
With a Deere you need that wind guard or it won't bring it in!
@@bryanginder5903 dang deere!! Lol
Yes after doing that based on your information it definitely works a lot better thank you Brad
Hello Boehm farm hands!
Hi , I seen that you use a manual switch to start your netting, how did you connect it or to what ?
I have a 865 baler and the computer box doesn't work, I would like to bypassed the same way you did .
Thanks
You vids are great I'm learning a great deal.
New to farming in Ireland
It's wired direct to the electric actuator. The computer has been totally by passed on mine. I didn't do it. I bought the baler as it is. I want to make the net hydraulic instead to be more versatile between tractors.
@@boehmfarm4276 thank you
I will try to do the same
Thanks again
Someone didn’t go check on field did they. Lol. Try to lay eyes on them every couple weeks at least. My Sunday evening routine
Do you use all the round bales for yourself or do you sell the rounds as well
Some will feed other animals.
Why do you prefer little squares? Easier to sell and store?
Rounds are for giving away hay/weeds. There's reason$ for the small squares.
When are you going to fix the 2+2 and the Ford 4x4 need video on them keep up the good work
Um, problem is that I don't need them until planting, and there's a lot of hay and harvest before then.
What is the weight of those bales
I haven't taken one across a scale, but from bale counts and weighing a bale from the previous baler, they are 6-700 lbs.
I see you caught that wad that wrapped around your PTO shaft and cut it off... HOPE that you got it before it grabbed your hydraulic hoses and tore 'em up. Not good. You might think about getting part of an old mudflap or some old baler belting, cut a piece about a foot-n-a-half or two long, and then bolting it to the underside of your drawbar with some fender washers. Cut the corners off the front part of the belt at a 45 degree angle on the leading end, so hay can't catch on it. It should extend far enough back to cover the end of the hitch pin. The belt will be pushed up by the wad of hay coming under the tractor and slide right under the drawbar pin, preventing it from building up a wad that can wrap around the PTO, or break loose as a big wad that can plug the baler, etc. Later! OL J R :)
That baler DOES make nice bales, that's for sure... what's the biggest it will make?? 4x5, 4x5.5, 4x6? I know the bigger you make a 4 foot wide bale, the "tippier" they get and want to flip over... trying to pick them up with a spear or even forks is, as I've heard some folks say, "like trying to pick up a nickel standing on edge"... they want to flip off and fall over. BUT a 4x4 bale is kinda on the small side, particularly for hauling distances. We have 5 foot wide baler that will make up to a 5x6, but those get AWFUL heavy and so I usually try to keep them in the 5x5-5x5.5 foot range so they're easier to handle. I wouldn't be opposed to going to a 4 foot wide baler if the price was right, and if I could make at least a 4x5 bale, maybe a 5.5 diameter. Just wondering how you like the baler so far... OL J R :)
It'll max out at 5.
@@boehmfarm4276 hmmm... Decent size bale. They look denser than the twine tie, ever weigh one of the netwrap ones?
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3 brothers die after being stuck in a manure pit in Mercer County
they make bigger gates.
So is the baler a 4’x4’ or a 4’x6’
4x5, but I only make them 4x4.
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A lot of the issues with starting a bale (or difficulty so doing) is WEAR... if the baler's starter mechanism is worn, it's gonna have trouble starting a bale. On the Deere balers, they rely on the diamond tread of the belts to grab the hay, pull it up into the belt coming back down from the top roller, and the downward moving belt grabbing the hay coming up, pushing it down into the incoming hay, and presto!-- a rotating bale core. Only if the belts are worn, then the hay SLIPS and doesn't do that, and you get a WAD of non-moving hay which can plug the pickup. Hesston balers use the same principle to get a bale rolling. Vermeer balers using a starting roll with rubber flaps on the older balers, and if that gets work or the flaps too limber or floppy from age and wear, they won't start a bale. I had the school bus mechanic hire me one time to come over with my Ford round baler to bale his overly-dry ryegrass hay, which means it was EXTRA slippery, because his old Vermeer wouldn't start a bale in it but about every 10-15 tries, the rest of the time he had a wad plugging it up to deal with. I rolled it up no problem, did the whole job in an hour or two! Newer Vermeer balers use rubber mounted pickup teeth to "ram" the hay into the chamber and get the bale core rolling, which works fine-- til the rubber starts getting too limber or floppy after a couple years of baling and then they start balking at starting a bale in tough conditions. SO you get to go spend nearly a grand on new rubber pickup teeth, and put them in.
On your New Holland there, I bet the missing windguard is what's causing it to have more trouble starting a bale... you'd be surprised what those fingers hold the hay down against the pickup, which gives the pickup teeth more "traction" to shove the hay back into the chamber... even though the pickup teeth rotate down before it gets there, the hay coming in behind it helps push the hay already past the pickup teeth back into the chamber, just enough to really help get the bale core rolling in there. Without it, hay can "flop over" the pickup teeth and pile up, rather than getting shoved back into the chamber where the floor chains or roller can grab it and get it moving back in there. Doesn't mean it'll happen all the time-- conditions of the hay, being a little heavier or longer or whatever, can make a BIG difference in how it feeds, BUT in *tough conditions* is where you'll really start seeing problems. Might think about fixing that thing and putting it back. Later! OL J R :)
Are those 4x4s?
Yep
Round baling at 3 mph feels fast?? LOL:) I round bale at SIX mph-- sixth gear and 1800 rpms on the old Ford 552 and 5610S... I couldn't imagine having to round bale THAT slow... in windrows heavier than that I *might* drop down to fifth gear, 5 mph, just so i don't overload the pickup and cause a plug. Otherwise, the faster I feed it the better it bales. Later! OL J R :)
What state are you in
Ohio
Ohio huh ...what part I'm over here in stark county....
Down by Cincinnati
Grazone is not good for soybeans. I don’t think it affects corn.
how much pto hp do you need for that roller? im wondering if my 4000 ford would pull it
I am not sure, but I think your 4000 could do it.
Pretty sure Grazon will kill beans and corn.
u whould be in a hell of a mess if u had to rake and roll 200 to 300 a day
Not really, would mean I had a big enough field for that and not hitting the road every 30 bales for a new field.