Coming from germany, the fields u guys work on are making me speechless over and over again. In my area, fields of like 30 acres are allready big. Haha. Especially when u guys were moving down north the view with all the fields around, crazy :D
A custom crew i worked on that had green pea viners had a hodge-podge of good and bad machines. I was lucky and ended up in the best of the best so my life was good (until it wasn’t when some parts started self destructing and catching on fire) and some of the oldest ones couldnt really break 18mph so they’d usually end up falling back until we hit a corner. Was good though, in a good crop i’d get 5000lbs of nice peas in about 10 mins which means that there is a LOT of peas moved in a 12 hour shift. Plugged the plant once, so we had to wait a couple hours so they could process them all. Lets just say my boss who is not easily impressed was pretty impressed at our crew 😂
I done the harvest in Australia few years back we towed the headers all the time behind the combine we worked from Queensland to Victoria some days we would travel for two days as we had to be off the roads at certain time
Compare this to dad's 1959 JD...it's got a lot of extra whistles and bells..his harvested about 800 acres per year and the old 95 lasted 13 years...westcentral Minnesota...just outside of morris...some day I'll have to get a ride
mike doesnt associate with natives nor is around them. he is south of swift near the usa border, almost 900kms from the inncodent and it hasnt effected him at all. us on the other hand in nothern sask have lost family members on that reserve and visit there once a week as it is less than an hour from stoon. these white privledged farmers make me sick with all there money and all white crew not only not caring about the native culture and land, but disrespecting the people as well. the day mike is friends or close with the native community. pigs will fly.
One thing I like about being a tiny farmer... short moves, and the combine fits in one lane of the road! Love watching the big boys like yourself though! Keep up the good work good sir!
Mike what a fleet. As far as transport set ups, yours is by far the easiest. Honestly is no effort with stapping. Just the restaurants and your off! Love your content mate!
From an Aussie hay contractor totally agree with your transportation theory. Mush easier and cheaper to drive machinery there than truck it up to about 6 hours driving time
Great video Mike! The lights on these new machines are incredible, compared to what I grew up with. If you get a chance to do another video where you have to use the lights, it would be great to see. Thank you.
8 combines with 50ft heads on 300 to 600 acres is excessive. I would split that up if at all possible, but I don’t know all the details. Love the channel.
Love the convoy’s nothing beats a lineup of green machines Wish I could be there in person Keep the videos coming love to see what you and your family/workers are doing 😁
It always nice to here some one say what everybody is thinking. That ladder should be automatic on a machine that is almost a million dollars. Come on Ron get it done!
Gotta love Mike nearly running his combine off the road every time because he HAS to wave to people. Have to get good at the lazy lift a few fingers off the wheel wave so that doesn't happen lol.
No problem Robert, I typically stay quite active (daily) with the lenses. Except that I just pulled a 43hr work day here and I am alittle tired, just let me grab a couple hours and I ll be back running on all 8 again 🤙😆
That ladder might be manual, but at least it will never break down, lol, if it was all automatic, that would be quite a few actuators, which means more parts that can break down, and we all know they will
I just saw that even the X9 doesn’t have a “travel mode”, where the engine slows down. Still at 1900 RPM. 10 year old Claas will go down to 1300-1400 on the road. Or maybe the X9 in Europe does have that feature? Anyways, just a thought.
be careful coming down the steps like that. thats how a friend of mine did it except he slipped broke his leg the bone come thru the leg. he had surgery got infection and wound up losing his leg
Mike, you should really get more cameras, placed around combine harvester perhaps. Another great idea would be the drone. And the greatest idea would be a LIVE stream when you work! :D Can you guys imagine it, how cool that would have been? :D
Keep in mind, that farming is his main priority. He makes video in the meantime, when there is time and often (if not always) edits them directly on the phone he captured it with.
"If you go any distance on the roads you've gotta take your 50ft cutterbar off. LMFAO, I am just trying to imagine anyone driving anywhere down the roads in the UK with a 50ft cutterbar on.
You shouldn't close the red handles when in transport. Just the Red knobs/buttons. The red handles are only to lock the header when your under it for servicing. You can wreck the header transporting it incorrectly.
Fantastic video….. nice to see the herd of Deere on the move looking cool All in a line!! Just one Q. At what point would you not cut a crop….. like 1 “bushel” (don’t what that’s worth in Tons/kg) but seems pointless to harvest e.g. time, money etc 🤔🤔🤔🤔
I just have a question what why don't you have your pilot car for one of your headers head of you then have him pull halfway into the field where you can hook up on one of the combines and go ahead and get it some of that cut out where you guys can pull into the other headers instead of driving on the crop
You're lucky you don't have many rumble strips going down teh center or the edge of the hwy's.... those are pain on the hub bearings. Find myself driving down middle of the road most of the time.
Just a friendly idea but how about you buy couple of phonemounts to the cab and maybe a harness for your phone so you can film and work normaly at the same time😃
@@Len_M. I hope so for the farm at high prices on everything here in USA. I think you all are maybe experienced some of issues like we have so every bushel to the acre is a benefit.
@@marshalloutdoors1791 You can’t survive in Canada without about 5-10k Acres per person invested in your Farm. At least I don’t know any “Small Farms”, every Farm I know of has about in that range.
Hey Mike Appreciate your honest feedback on the equipment you run. We run some S680's here in Southern Alberta,my question is How is the cleaning comparison from the S series to the X9 ?
Wow, seeing the combines "marching" down the road is absolutely beautiful!
I love how energetic his waves to other drivers are
Holly crap I would love to see you guys coming down the road that's impressive love your channel
Coming from germany, the fields u guys work on are making me speechless over and over again. In my area, fields of like 30 acres are allready big. Haha. Especially when u guys were moving down north the view with all the fields around, crazy :D
A custom crew i worked on that had green pea viners had a hodge-podge of good and bad machines. I was lucky and ended up in the best of the best so my life was good (until it wasn’t when some parts started self destructing and catching on fire) and some of the oldest ones couldnt really break 18mph so they’d usually end up falling back until we hit a corner. Was good though, in a good crop i’d get 5000lbs of nice peas in about 10 mins which means that there is a LOT of peas moved in a 12 hour shift. Plugged the plant once, so we had to wait a couple hours so they could process them all. Lets just say my boss who is not easily impressed was pretty impressed at our crew 😂
Really amazing sight to see all these machines lining up. 😍
Thanks for the video.
Thanks Arlen! 🙂
Mike, would love to see drone footage of the big moves. 8 combines, how impressive is that.
@Peter Granahan Hi how are you? Hope we can be good friends..
You to Mike stay awesome 👍
Good luck on your your move Mike
That's pic your dad took is priceless
600km to the north farm ... that's straight driving up Ireland from one side to the other ..... mad!
Hey mate the Aussies do that too
nothing like a bombastic convoy to feel like a big man
I done the harvest in Australia few years back we towed the headers all the time behind the combine we worked from Queensland to Victoria some days we would travel for two days as we had to be off the roads at certain time
Awesome looking line of combines Mike
Thanks Mike, Another outstanding video! Safe harvest!
Compare this to dad's 1959 JD...it's got a lot of extra whistles and bells..his harvested about 800 acres per year and the old 95 lasted 13 years...westcentral Minnesota...just outside of morris...some day I'll have to get a ride
Lovely convoy of combines
Mike please be safe and please keep your family and friends close and safe sask strong we in the maritimes pray for all of you
mike doesnt associate with natives nor is around them. he is south of swift near the usa border, almost 900kms from the inncodent and it hasnt effected him at all. us on the other hand in nothern sask have lost family members on that reserve and visit there once a week as it is less than an hour from stoon. these white privledged farmers make me sick with all there money and all white crew not only not caring about the native culture and land, but disrespecting the people as well. the day mike is friends or close with the native community. pigs will fly.
@Harold Mccarthy Hi how are you? Hope we can be good friends..
Automatic ladder 😂 but you got a soft close door your being greedy now 👏👏👍👍
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Got to say this Job looks very fun but very challenging as well Good luck with the harvest for +2022+ 😉
Wow 😯 what an amazing sunset 🌅! 😌❤️🖖🏼
I could only imagine how many gallons of fuel it takes to get all that equipment filled up and started!!! Thanks for the videos!!
I had a 30 acre field beside my house whenni was younger and nicer thought that was big, lol
One thing I like about being a tiny farmer... short moves, and the combine fits in one lane of the road! Love watching the big boys like yourself though! Keep up the good work good sir!
@Cody Winkler Hi how are you? Hope we can be good friends..
@@csmithy3057 how r u
Mike what a fleet. As far as transport set ups, yours is by far the easiest. Honestly is no effort with stapping. Just the restaurants and your off!
Love your content mate!
From an Aussie hay contractor totally agree with your transportation theory. Mush easier and cheaper to drive machinery there than truck it up to about 6 hours driving time
Not to mention time spent loading and unloading and securement.
no it isnt
YES it is. Obviously you have never had to do it and pay the transport costs yourself. About six hours is the break even point. Do the sums mate
YES it is. Obviously you have never had to do it and pay the transport costs yourself. About six hours is the break even point. Do the sums mate
YES it is. Obviously you have never had to do it and pay the transport costs yourself. About six hours is the break even point. Do the sums mate
Gracias por tu exposición
Love seeing all of you guys in a big convoy
It's all intresting,Thanks Mike keep up the Great Work
In Australia we always use trailers they also carry the air compressor and spare parts and even you sleeping gear if contracting
Great video Mike! The lights on these new machines are incredible, compared to what I grew up with. If you get a chance to do another video where you have to use the lights, it would be great to see. Thank you.
8 combines with 50ft heads on 300 to 600 acres is excessive. I would split that up if at all possible, but I don’t know all the details. Love the channel.
Love the convoy’s nothing beats a lineup of green machines
Wish I could be there in person
Keep the videos coming love to see what you and your family/workers are doing
😁
Very impressive combine convoy..
Props on Canadian roads. Look well maintained
Hahahaa not really. Thats the main highway to the border so its good. Others in the province are terrible
yep but it's night here in Australia I can't wait for our harvest in 4 months
Great video Mike
You can always get one combine to hookup header and cut a big patch.. that way you dont hav to drive in the crop .
and thanks for the vid I enjoy them
Mike you need to get yourself a drone. You can use it while combining or seeding from inside the cab to capture some great shots.
I believe he has a Drone if I’m not mistaken, but I’m not sure if he’s brought it out yet this year.
@@Len_M. I haven’t seen it yet. But it would be awesome if he brings it outside
That header looks huge
Relaxed fit better than “float”
It always nice to here some one say what everybody is thinking. That ladder should be automatic on a machine that is almost a million dollars. Come on Ron get it done!
Gotta love Mike nearly running his combine off the road every time because he HAS to wave to people. Have to get good at the lazy lift a few fingers off the wheel wave so that doesn't happen lol.
Hey mate that’s the Aussie wave. Normally one index finger
@Andrew Schuyler Hi how are you? Hope we can be good friends..
Mike , thnx for the vid . Im bummed out though because i missed the last lenses. Keep up the good work and hi Ashtyn and Chapel
No problem Robert, I typically stay quite active (daily) with the lenses. Except that I just pulled a 43hr work day here and I am alittle tired, just let me grab a couple hours and I ll be back running on all 8 again 🤙😆
@@mikemitchell2554 just 8? I thought 12 😆
I thought midnight
@@mikemitchell2554 With the hours your crew is running energy drinks must be purchased by the B Train load
Really enjoy watching your farms progress this fall !
@Ron Grose Hi how are you? Hope we can be good friends..
There's not much more impressive then a row of equipment like that
A LOT of Money in that line, Multi-Millions of Dollars Usually only Hutterite Colonies rival that with up to 15 Combines, Grain Carts and B-Trains.
Must be fun paying for that equipment with 10 bu/acre wheat. And 3 bu/acre last year...
It would look better if they were Case IH
@@ROCK-s1t They'd run better too. I can't believe the header bolts breaking like that.
New Holland builds great combines too.
What happened with all Fendts that this farm had?
That ladder might be manual, but at least it will never break down, lol, if it was all automatic, that would be quite a few actuators, which means more parts that can break down, and we all know they will
Mike you sure do hate that John Deere ladder. ☀️☀️
Fala mike sou muito Fan do seu trabalho parabéns sou do Brasil 🇧🇷🇧🇷👏
Another awesome video keep them coming!!
Need to stock each combine with a roll of camper t.p. Has a dual purpose to be able to wipe fittings off and other things. Easily biodegradable.
@Rod Schwenneker Hi how are you? Hope we can be good friends..
Hello mike. Was just watching a video on stripper heads. Looks like something that would come in handy on your combine.
So Nice road and nobody driving except farmers, semitrucks and horsemen🙂 I would love to live there😁
It’s different out there. When they say vast, they mean vast.
Soy fana jd y operador s790 ..desde Argentina q hermosa es la x9 me encanta 😍🇦🇷💯💛💚
Another safe move
I just saw that even the X9 doesn’t have a “travel mode”, where the engine slows down. Still at 1900 RPM. 10 year old Claas will go down to 1300-1400 on the road. Or maybe the X9 in Europe does have that feature? Anyways, just a thought.
be careful coming down the steps like that. thats how a friend of mine did it except he slipped broke his leg the bone come thru the leg. he had surgery got infection and wound up losing his leg
@David Zuelke Hi how are you? Hope we can be good friends..
@@csmithy3057 where are you from???
@@davidzuelke8599 Bristol, UK but currently living in Claremore, OK can i have your email or fone so we get to know ourselves much better
@@csmithy3057 you can look me up on facebook
@@davidzuelke8599 How do i find you on facebook?
Mike, have you ever covered a map of both farms to show the size and distance traveled?
The amount of acres farmed and their location it's a family secret
@@minergate4066 just like the Colonels secret recipe !
@@minergate4066 given the amount of equipment they have its likely a metric fuck-ton of acres 10's of thousands or more
@@jeremyd9826 someone in the comments once said maybe 55k acres not counting the north farm but who knows
@@minergate4066 about 45 thousand on the south farm. From the border to south of swift current.
Mike, you should really get more cameras, placed around combine harvester perhaps. Another great idea would be the drone.
And the greatest idea would be a LIVE stream when you work! :D Can you guys imagine it, how cool that would have been? :D
I'd love to see a livestream too but cellphone service is sketchy in Saskatchewan for a live feed
Keep in mind, that farming is his main priority. He makes video in the meantime, when there is time and often (if not always) edits them directly on the phone he captured it with.
@@Stasiek_Zabojca hey, no one argues with that, but with a fanbase, as his I just thought out loud..
@@carlfalt174 he could install Starlink for Rvs on the combine lol
Doesn’t he record of his phone
Lighted points on the divider boards!
I always found dealing with header trailers much easier than dealing with headers with built in transport.
Mike, How come you didn't have the pilot truck pull your header. So you could hook up right away and cut open a landing pad for the rest?
I did wonder why you didn't just drive onto the field, hook up your header, and then harvest an area for the rest of the combines to drive onto.
They would be sitting blocking the road the entire time lol
@andy preston Hi how are you? Hope we can be good friends..
Ilove mike.
Happy
Mike first combine is supposed to clear a spot for the convoy in the field com on!
That's right, but only if there's room or place for the convoy to sit and wait..unfortunately, this is not one of those places. 🙂
Try filming with a drone during the harvest so that you can film especially the field driving the X9.
I always see mine combing by himself in the field with one cart Do you guys split all the combines up? We always keep all 5 combines in the same field
Idk if I've told you before but my wife's name is Ashton as well. And she is awesome just like your wife. I guess it's the name lol
Very nice .. How many acres do you guys work?
On a lesser combine you have a POWER LADDER lol Mike 😆 😂
great video
"If you go any distance on the roads you've gotta take your 50ft cutterbar off. LMFAO, I am just trying to imagine anyone driving anywhere down the roads in the UK with a 50ft cutterbar on.
I talked to his neighbour , he use to live inOntario , he told me that the Mitchels are not the largest farmers out there
@George Davidson Hi how are you? Hope we can be good friends..
Good to see your neighbors doing ditch hay.
Would like to see a tour of your mobile shop you bring with when you move
Can we able to have more radio chat it's funny and nice to hear them
Magnifique vidéo
So do you increase tire air pressure when running highway and decreases in field? Or do you just keep at 1 pressure m
City guy here. I couldn't bear driving this slow down the road! Hardest part of farmer's work?
@Ted Patrick Hi how are you? Hope we can be good friends..
Great Presentation Mike for the dummies of the world and that's not me 😂😊🙏🇺🇸
You shouldn't close the red handles when in transport. Just the Red knobs/buttons. The red handles are only to lock the header when your under it for servicing. You can wreck the header transporting it incorrectly.
You’re livin the dream mike
Fantastic video….. nice to see the herd of Deere on the move looking cool All in a line!! Just one Q. At what point would you not cut a crop….. like 1 “bushel” (don’t what that’s worth in Tons/kg) but seems pointless to harvest e.g. time, money etc 🤔🤔🤔🤔
If that barley did 12 bushels to the acre I'd be shocked
@Carl Falt Hi how are you? Hope we can be good friends..
I just have a question what why don't you have your pilot car for one of your headers head of you then have him pull halfway into the field where you can hook up on one of the combines and go ahead and get it some of that cut out where you guys can pull into the other headers instead of driving on the crop
Good video mike
You're lucky you don't have many rumble strips going down teh center or the edge of the hwy's.... those are pain on the hub bearings. Find myself driving down middle of the road most of the time.
They need to make a Mitchell special with a POWER LADDER.
Just a friendly idea but how about you buy couple of phonemounts to the cab and maybe a harness for your phone so you can film and work normaly at the same time😃
Morning
Someone was grouchy this morning. :)
Wish you guys had a good crop to show off the beast X9 💪 take care safe harvest.
The North Crop should *Should* be better hopefully, then we’ll get a proper test of the X9. 👍🏻
@@Len_M. I hope so for the farm at high prices on everything here in USA. I think you all are maybe experienced some of issues like we have so every bushel to the acre is a benefit.
@@marshalloutdoors1791 You can’t survive in Canada without about 5-10k Acres per person invested in your Farm. At least I don’t know any “Small Farms”, every Farm I know of has about in that range.
@@Len_M. About the same around here. Iverson Farms around 10k plus out in Indiana and Illinois.
Does Ashtyn miss the harvest-life? Does she still make you that huge delicious lunchbox?
Hey Mike
Appreciate your honest feedback on the equipment you run.
We run some S680's here in Southern Alberta,my question is
How is the cleaning comparison from the S series to the X9 ?
Better, but by how much? Not sure
@@mikemitchell2554 tell me auger length plij reply
How long would it take to convoy the fleet to ottawa? I will start a fund!
I love your videos Mike, I'm always learning something :)
You have probably told your viewers and someone has probably asked before but how many acres is the south farm, how many is the north farm