I remember riding with my Dad one day in his old IH 5488 pulling a subsoiler. We was going across a field and one of the shanks caught an old propane tank that was buried sometime in the past. The shanks didn't have sheer bolts, so the front tires of the tractor came off the ground before my Dad was able to hit the clutch. LoL My greatest memories as a kid came from time spent farming. RIP Dad
that was awesome to watch!! that thing gets REALLY deep in that soil!! Cool to see it lift the soil up as it cuts soo deep, Def agree it was gettin too wet to be able to do that with those tires
They work well. I have a pair of 16 Shank Unverferth subsoilers on took caddies. We played the 3pt game for years with 8 shank tools but find the caddies to be much more agile. These save our skin on rented ground that’s not tiled.
The common practice with those implements here in NC 10 years or so ago was to run the zone builders with the berm tucker attachments at a shallow angle to the crop rows in the late winter, early spring, then no-till plant over that. This is in sandy soils. Now, you still see a little of that practice, but most have either changed to full no till, or strip till.
Merry Christmas Ryan, Travis and the whole Kuster family. I enjoy your videos so much. I hope your future is bright and you guys make a ton of money for your efforts.
Ryan , it looked like it was a little too wet , but I bet it would work great in in a somewhat drier situation . I really liked how easy it looked to hook up ! Thanks for the video I was hoping to see it in action . Merry Christmas to you and your family and Happy New Year !
I snagged a natural gas line once, it was only 8" deep where I caught it. Gas company tried billing us for the gas lost, until we pushed back and reminded them it's their responsibility to maintain depth for natural farming practices...it pays to know your rights
Merry Christmas, Ryan, to you and the whole family. May the 2020 season not start out so wet. I live around Huntsville, AL. This clay type soil here is miserable! You can't even till it for a garden.
I doubt you could pull that in our ground..I'm thinking it would stop that 8235 in its tracks. Would be interesting to see how it would work in our heavy hard clay
From what I've seen with our neighbour a lot depend on type of point, depth, number of legs and spacing. Biggest trouble around here is trying to get it to break down into a fine seedbed. They used to use a Simba subsoiler on an 8something John Deere now though they use a 3 metre Sumo Trio one pass cultivator
@@Northern_Farmer we have about 6 to 12 inches of varying topsoil, a layer of flint then its solid yellow then blue clay. It seems to be a slippery bog in winter and crazy paving in the summer. But I'd love to try a grassland subsoiler though seeing cracks in the summer it makes me wonder if there would be any point
It was interesting to see the soil lift up between the shanks. I've seen one of these turn up big chunks in dry soil. If I was going to buy one this is the size I would get because you don't spend a lot of money on a ripper you only use every other year and on high compaction areas. Seems like the best way to go is buy one and rent it out when your not using it. My Grandpa bought a lot of land he never set foot on, just cash rented it.
Looks good compared to our subsoilers down here in the Mississippi River delta those are small shanks I bet your yield go up somewhat behind all that happy holidays and give ole rocket a pat from the Childress family
Of all the tillage implements you can put on wet soil like you currently have,,, this is the best choice for doing good instead of making the compaction issues worse from what I am being told by the local guys here in VA.
When you put fwa in, put it in the actual button that shows it not auto. Auto sometimes may not work in the field. We have gotten a cart stuck doing this
I cant believe them rears are spinning like it is there... need to start looking for a tire sponsor. the tires Walker farms have are beastly! Although that ground looks sticky.
Interesting although some of it I did not understand because I'm not a farmer. Just not your day. Time to go in and be with the family for Christmas. The merry Christmas to you and your family. And a Happy New Year.
having been a telco employee, I am guessing that the road changed after the cable was placed. In my town, I knew of three places where that was the case.
Great video! The zone builder looks like it did a nice job and hopefully will take some of that compaction out of your ground! Your 8r did pretty well there in the mud as it is still "mud fest 2019" lol!
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Those shanks look like they are semi-parabolic I was told by Great Plains Mfg that their online subsoiler shanks require 50 horse power per shank. We used to try and run our old V rippers when it was dry even with it being a v ripper you got better lateral shatter though it was not true verticle tillage
Ryan, do you notice a difference in the field from using the Zone Builder? I am still on the edge about buying the 122 model for a heavy clay field with plenty of rocks.
Will you have it till spring?Ryan looked a bit wet to me in a couple spots but maybe up on the hills you can go.i think the 82 had its pants full with that subdoiler.u used a 7 shank on a 94 John deere gour wheeler had it was running deeper than you are and it was maxed out in horsepower on that one.you guys had things better thrn in north Dakota farmers fid this year eith weather
This is the exact subsoiler that I want! Disc coulters, straight shanks and wheels for depth control. I am struggling to get a decent subsoiler in Europe (if anyone knows a brand which makes subsoilers like this, please comment).
Probably not enough time conditions dont allow it and this time of year they are harvesting then chopping corn stalks baling as much as possible then cultivation as much as possible without worrying about planting a crop and or it's not in there budget cover crops are expensive to plant
@Hot Hippo, Depends on where you are in Europe, but i think Evers Agro (NL) could build the subsoiler you’re looking for. Or look for a grassland subsoiler.
That subsoiler, is it as effective as say a mole board plow? I am not that familiar with this kind of equipment. It just looks like it slices through the ground and doesn't disturb the soil that much?
Yeah, those were definitely not ideal ripping conditions. *Hopefully,* you did some good without making things worse. Considering the weight of all the traffic that goes over certain parts of your fields so often, and how that really can't be decreased, the best you can do is to try to break it up every now and then. 2019 has been one of those years, to be sure, that you and many others would like to call a mulligan. All that said, seeing red and green together in the field means you're doing something worth watching, so Merry Christmas!
Is really any difference between tilling with a deep ripper or chisel plow cuz in my understanding deep till helps remove compaction and also gives water a place to go
Have you ever probed with a compaction tester to see how deep and bad the compaction is, could bed as deep as 48” or 10. It’s how you determine the proper use of a subsoiling machine.
Thanks for the video, interesting subject, even if it’s too wet would the opening it up to more surface area help dry it? Love the look on rockets face, come on if I ride with you in the truck you owe me tractor time. Stay safe and warm, merry Christmas.
Ryan, is that machine suppose to break the ground? I was under the impression it was there too just slice the ground so it could air out and let the frost break it up. I don't see anything on those shanks that would do any real stirring action.
My understanding of the primary purpose of a deep ripper like this is to lift and shatter hard pan, usually that forms 1-2 feet below the surface. It's designed to disturb as little soil and residue on the surface as possible.
Good video Ryan. However, sometimes I wish youd go more into "How farms work" - why are you using a subsoiler as opposed to a cultivator, or discs, a moldboard plow or chisel plow? what are the benefits of using this thing? Is it just to loosen compacted areas? Why is this useful, if, when you go in next year you will compact the same areas again (because you arent changing field entrances?). Thanks!
I remember riding with my Dad one day in his old IH 5488 pulling a subsoiler. We was going across a field and one of the shanks caught an old propane tank that was buried sometime in the past. The shanks didn't have sheer bolts, so the front tires of the tractor came off the ground before my Dad was able to hit the clutch. LoL My greatest memories as a kid came from time spent farming. RIP Dad
Now this is a treat to watch Ryan. Looks a treat behind the 82. Making her slip. Awesome. I could watch it work all day.
Your duals became super singles. Great view from the drone showing the cutting of the soil.
Your filming and editing has come so far over the years Ryan, great job!
that was awesome to watch!! that thing gets REALLY deep in that soil!! Cool to see it lift the soil up as it cuts soo deep, Def agree it was gettin too wet to be able to do that with those tires
They work well. I have a pair of 16 Shank Unverferth subsoilers on took caddies. We played the 3pt game for years with 8 shank tools but find the caddies to be much more agile. These save our skin on rented ground that’s not tiled.
Looks like a nice implement to have. Shame the ground was too wet
wow you can really see how the ground is getting lifted up from the subsoiler.:O
Merry Christmas Kuster Family
The common practice with those implements here in NC 10 years or so ago was to run the zone builders with the berm tucker attachments at a shallow angle to the crop rows in the late winter, early spring, then no-till plant over that. This is in sandy soils.
Now, you still see a little of that practice, but most have either changed to full no till, or strip till.
Thomas Rouse that’s pretty much standard practice everywhere.... you don’t go with the rows you go at a slight angle.
Merry Christmas 🦌⛄🎄🎅
Thanks guys for another year of useful and entertaining stuff....
Merry Christmas Ryan, Travis and the whole Kuster family. I enjoy your videos so much. I hope your future is bright and you guys make a ton of money for your efforts.
I would run that implement on every acre you have! Once it gets dry. Shattering that hard pan will benefit you next season.
What is the reason/benefit for doing what he did?
To break up hard packed soil. Will soak up moisture better.
@@richardpoe2461 I see. How does this differ from tilling? is it just a deeper breakup?
It breaks up the hard pan which is about 12 to 18 inches below the surface.
HI Travis Merry Christmas to all .
Merry Christmas Ryan. A really good series this past year, Keep up the great work
Merry Christmas Ryan
Great video, not to many videos in the field left for this year, well worth buying a ripper , I will get one , makes a big difference
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year Ryan
9:53 hey your spreading you precious dirt on the road!!
Happy Holidays to you and your Family Ryan. Thanks for all you do for the farming Community. :)
8235r’s tyres are looking like they need a change soon
Welp there goes $16,000 lol
Ryan you and your family have a merry Christmas and new year farm on woohoo 👍👍👍👍👍
Ryan , it looked like it was a little too wet , but I bet it would work great in in a somewhat drier situation . I really liked how easy it looked to hook up ! Thanks for the video I was hoping to see it in action . Merry Christmas to you and your family and Happy New Year !
Thanks Ryan for the video. Merry Christmas to you my friend
I can’t believe how quick an easy that took! 😳 Shanks for the video 😁
Thanks for the vid Ryan...
I snagged a natural gas line once, it was only 8" deep where I caught it. Gas company tried billing us for the gas lost, until we pushed back and reminded them it's their responsibility to maintain depth for natural farming practices...it pays to know your rights
Merry Christmas, Ryan, to you and the whole family. May the 2020 season not start out so wet.
I live around Huntsville, AL. This clay type soil here is miserable! You can't even till it for a garden.
Use shank tips with the wings on them, they lift and shatter the ground better. And only rip when the ground is dry.
I doubt you could pull that in our ground..I'm thinking it would stop that 8235 in its tracks. Would be interesting to see how it would work in our heavy hard clay
Running the Coulter deep as possible helps. What % clay is your soil?
From what I've seen with our neighbour a lot depend on type of point, depth, number of legs and spacing. Biggest trouble around here is trying to get it to break down into a fine seedbed. They used to use a Simba subsoiler on an 8something John Deere now though they use a 3 metre Sumo Trio one pass cultivator
@@robertreznik9330 it's about 5 to 6 inches of topsoil..then rock hard grey clay
@@SlipShodBob here we have such a gumbo dirt under the topsoil that it never drains well.
@@Northern_Farmer we have about 6 to 12 inches of varying topsoil, a layer of flint then its solid yellow then blue clay. It seems to be a slippery bog in winter and crazy paving in the summer. But I'd love to try a grassland subsoiler though seeing cracks in the summer it makes me wonder if there would be any point
Great Vid Ryan!
merry Christ new year to your family
"Where Dad goes, ah goes!"
- Rocket -
Thank you, again great video! Merry Christmas you all. As you know Santa comes from Finland.
Great job Ryan, Merry Christmas to You all, and Thankyou:):)
Marry Christmas to y'all
When your drone was behind the machine you could really see the uplift it is creating.
Wow, that’s a lot of mud you left on the road going back to the farm
It was interesting to see the soil lift up between the shanks. I've seen one of these turn up big chunks in dry soil. If I was going to buy one this is the size I would get because you don't spend a lot of money on a ripper you only use every other year and on high compaction areas. Seems like the best way to go is buy one and rent it out when your not using it. My Grandpa bought a lot of land he never set foot on, just cash rented it.
Hopefully next spring will be a lot better on the farmer's. Carl
Looks good compared to our subsoilers down here in the Mississippi River delta those are small shanks I bet your yield go up somewhat behind all that happy holidays and give ole rocket a pat from the Childress family
I think you`ve got to much air in your tires. With less air you have more traction an more self-cleaning effect. Greets from bavaria/germany. Thomas
Another great vid!
Of all the tillage implements you can put on wet soil like you currently have,,, this is the best choice for doing good instead of making the compaction issues worse from what I am being told by the local guys here in VA.
Mud between the duals or just hidden LSWs lol. Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Thanks for e update
When you put fwa in, put it in the actual button that shows it not auto. Auto sometimes may not work in the field. We have gotten a cart stuck doing this
I cant believe them rears are spinning like it is there... need to start looking for a tire sponsor. the tires Walker farms have are beastly! Although that ground looks sticky.
Interesting although some of it I did not understand because I'm not a farmer. Just not your day. Time to go in and be with the family for Christmas. The merry Christmas to you and your family. And a Happy New Year.
In a way makes me think of a deep shank ripper. Green and red defiantly Christmas Sprit.
compaction a major issue on farms yet the machinery continues to get bigger...
Are the bottoms of your guys' sheds dirt, or are they just dirty?
They’re all dirt
having been a telco employee, I am guessing that the road changed after the cable was placed. In my town, I knew of three places where that was the case.
You had quite the traffic jam with the cattle.
Yep definitely could see you moving ground.
Great video! The zone builder looks like it did a nice job and hopefully will take some of that compaction out of your ground! Your 8r did pretty well there in the mud as it is still "mud fest 2019" lol!
Hola soy new suscriptor, me gustan los vídeos, voy a construir un graneros como el de ustedes, son muy buenos vídeos y el trabajo que hacen is inspirador. Saludos desde Tacna-Perú 👍👍
Looks like a very useful tool, could almost use it in your yard to break up compaction in your lawn
Those shanks look like they are semi-parabolic I was told by Great Plains Mfg that their online subsoiler shanks require 50 horse power per shank. We used to try and run our old V rippers when it was dry even with it being a v ripper you got better lateral shatter though it was not true verticle tillage
Nice video 👌🇵🇹
Here in Georgia we have a service called 'call 811' before you dig. Maybe you have it in WI!
So that would have to be the first fully mounted implement you have had on that machine?
Curious but what breed of cattle do you have, Thanks.
I believe they raise Black Angus.
Good video
Ryan, do you notice a difference in the field from using the Zone Builder? I am still on the edge about buying the 122 model for a heavy clay field with plenty of rocks.
Will you have it till spring?Ryan looked a bit wet to me in a couple spots but maybe up on the hills you can go.i think the 82 had its pants full with that subdoiler.u used a 7 shank on a 94 John deere gour wheeler had it was running deeper than you are and it was maxed out in horsepower on that one.you guys had things better thrn in north Dakota farmers fid this year eith weather
This is the exact subsoiler that I want! Disc coulters, straight shanks and wheels for depth control. I am struggling to get a decent subsoiler in Europe (if anyone knows a brand which makes subsoilers like this, please comment).
Probably not enough time conditions dont allow it and this time of year they are harvesting then chopping corn stalks baling as much as possible then cultivation as much as possible without worrying about planting a crop and or it's not in there budget cover crops are expensive to plant
@Hot Hippo, Depends on where you are in Europe, but i think Evers Agro (NL) could build the subsoiler you’re looking for. Or look for a grassland subsoiler.
Hey Ryan!!
Hey Darrin!
What gear were you pulling in, and looked like you were running into some very high slip
What’s the difference between a subsoiler and a cultivator and why would one choose one over the other? Thanks in advance
I subsoiler breaks up the hard pan twelve to eighteen inches down a cultivator rarely goes deeper then six inches.
That subsoiler, is it as effective as say a mole board plow? I am not that familiar with this kind of equipment. It just looks like it slices through the ground and doesn't disturb the soil that much?
Yeah, those were definitely not ideal ripping conditions. *Hopefully,* you did some good without making things worse. Considering the weight of all the traffic that goes over certain parts of your fields so often, and how that really can't be decreased, the best you can do is to try to break it up every now and then. 2019 has been one of those years, to be sure, that you and many others would like to call a mulligan. All that said, seeing red and green together in the field means you're doing something worth watching, so Merry Christmas!
Did you guys buy the jcb skid loader
other than my corn planters and grain carts I pull all red equipment other than my hay equipment and I don't have much hay. Even my combine is red
Is really any difference between tilling with a deep ripper or chisel plow cuz in my understanding deep till helps remove compaction and also gives water a place to go
Have you ever probed with a compaction tester to see how deep and bad the compaction is, could bed as deep as 48” or 10. It’s how you determine the proper use of a subsoiling machine.
Thanks for the video, interesting subject, even if it’s too wet would the opening it up to more surface area help dry it? Love the look on rockets face, come on if I ride with you in the truck you owe me tractor time. Stay safe and warm, merry Christmas.
Portugal!
Nice speed bumps you're leaving in the road...lol
Not got ur draft control set up? Also subsoiling on wetter ground will actually dry it out, if u can pull it without making a mess
Ever catch heck for mudding the road?
if you have any clay, your just smearing the trench running when it is that wet
I love John Deere and tilling
I had a single model for my John Deere B tractor. I raised and lowered it with my "Power Lift". Wish I still had it. It was made by John Deere. :-)
Soooo what is the reason for doing this?
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Why don’t you have wider spacing on the tires on he 8r
Working between a suspended implement and the wheels seems like an unacceptably high risk of being crushed one day!
Ryan, is that machine suppose to break the ground? I was under the impression it was there too just slice the ground so it could air out and let the frost break it up. I don't see anything on those shanks that would do any real stirring action.
My understanding of the primary purpose of a deep ripper like this is to lift and shatter hard pan, usually that forms 1-2 feet below the surface. It's designed to disturb as little soil and residue on the surface as possible.
Good video Ryan. However, sometimes I wish youd go more into "How farms work" - why are you using a subsoiler as opposed to a cultivator, or discs, a moldboard plow or chisel plow? what are the benefits of using this thing? Is it just to loosen compacted areas? Why is this useful, if, when you go in next year you will compact the same areas again (because you arent changing field entrances?). Thanks!
Pull type subsoiler would give you more leverage to pull than 3 pt.
A 3pt pulls down on the rear tires and gives you more traction, you need a very heavy tractor for traction with a drawbar pulled implement.
Brazil!
Is that your cows you let out into the field, and if so why do you do that? Thanks Ryan.
I figured I’d let them out to give them a little more feed. It was a week’s worth of feed out there for them
Why not no till in a cover crop mix with tillage radish in it?
Midwest Allis Acres I’ve asked a similar question regarding cover crops multiple times with no answer
Cover crops dont work for everyone.
@@gfpd2722 this makes no sense
@@Heimerviewfarm For some farms cover crops are not worth the time or cost to put in. They can be beneficial but not for every farm.
@@gfpd2722 when you raise cattle, cover crops are the best thing you can do to extend grazing days
Can you do an episode of The Dogs of Kuster Farms. Seem like there are more dogs then Rocket
it does almost feel like its time for another one!!
You need to add a lot of weights to your tractor to give you a better traction
Hey Ryan so why are you subsoiling? Do you have to do your entire farm?
Do you have rear wheel weights on your 82? You think you’d experience less slippage if you had more on the back?
A wet year is never the time to try and do deep tillage your making more compaction trying to pull that threw the mud.
It would be interesting if you could do a test plot.
We have a 3 shanked subsoiler that we pull with our 856 and it only has 115 horsepower and whatdoes that have 255 300 and u cant pull that very well