We really appreciate the time you take to explain different implement’s Mike, we can all see the pressure you under to get the crops in the bins and there must be times you think to yourself is this TH-cam worth the effort, well I’m saying it is worth it, great content from a great guy on great machines 👌👌👌👌
My thought on canola is that I would rather have it a bit dirty. They are going to take dockage anyway, plus if it's too clean it is blowing canola out the back. Enjoy your video's, take care Mike!
Some nuggets of farmers inside knowledge i have never heard in any other farming channel and i have been following many for YEARS. The end of the swath line is shorter than the start.
You want a little chaff in canola, if it's too clean it's going out the back, anyway with my experience. The sample you showed was actually perfect...in my opinion. Have a great harvest
💯 everyone that swathed canola where we farm were combining 2 weeks earlier then standing. From who I've talked to yield differences were close to the same.
@George dude relax for people in my parents generation that would be the first thing they asked, if mike doesn’t want to share thats up to him. Its not rude to ask its not like he was inserting himself into their lives demanding an answer
Welcome to combining in the north my friend. This country only get an afternoon of good grain farming weather each fall so you need to capitalize every second you've got
I was just typing “do u swath to dry it down faster”, when u answered. Wouldn’t it also be a benefit when you have a lot of acres planted & could have early snow?
Definitely a big price difference between varieties. You can also pick whether or not you want different treating packages on your seed for a cost of course. What we do is pick some canola varieties that are different stages. Generally a later maturing variety will yield higher but has more risk to weather.
Many years ago operating a friend's older style combine in a low lying river bottom field on a SUPER DUSTY night with no wind thus next to NO VISIBILITY I got turned around and found myself combining the field perpendicular to the swath. I could tell by the sound of the combine with it thrashing & then not thrashing that something just wasn't right but even with standing on the stairs cat walk as I progressed across the field I could NOT SEE A THING. Finally my friend appeared out of no where climbing up the combine ladder to inform me what to heck I was doing. I finally got the combine aimed in the correct direction but eventually had to quit for the night because the poor visibility even got worse. It took me many years to live that crazy night down. 😂🤣
Mike it whas your birthday last Thursday, October 8, so still congratulations on your birthday I hope you had a great da together with Asthyn and Cheppel.🍰🎂
Oh Mike, that's the way we used to respond to 911 calls before the cad systems, it was that or Platte Maps, and our PSA had 5 or 6 books. It's like putting a 1,500 jigsaw puzzle together when your lights and sirens. The Comm's 911 specialists would say go to Johnson's farm, there's a downed oak tree take a left, you'll see the Louwagies red barn, but go past another two miles, it's on the left. if your really fortunate, they're telling you red barn in a blinding snowstorm or ice storm where you don't really see the colors. That all changed, now days they don't go into most calls unless law enforcement on scene for a lot of calls. Everything's GPS on a cad system and pin points where everyone is and direction they're coming from. when you said the two or three dips and there's water in one, I knew I had to explain. now it's a joke and yes we still carry our Platte Maps, just in case the systems crash.lol
Do you grow pod shatter resistant? I use to combine like the way you say. Shatter resistant has been a completely different animal for us. Higher rotor speeds. Close the concave up some and giver more wind.
Hey mike, I wouldn't recommend running your hand along the compression rods like that. If you every do that and come accross one that has a damaged surface, the fiberglass shrapnel that can go into your hand does not like to come back out because of it inherent jagged edges. Just sayin from experience.
Mike ZK put out a video on the seat issues. I know you are busy and all but thought you might be able to use this if the dealer cant get it fixed th-cam.com/video/jftFN1FZcYo/w-d-xo.html
Mike, that is a beautiful story. You did a great job of explaining how a combined work. 😂
Awesome memory, thanks for sharing Mike!
Thanks Greg!
We really appreciate the time you take to explain different implement’s Mike, we can all see the pressure you under to get the crops in the bins and there must be times you think to yourself is this TH-cam worth the effort, well I’m saying it is worth it, great content from a great guy on great machines 👌👌👌👌
My thought on canola is that I would rather have it a bit dirty. They are going to take dockage anyway, plus if it's too clean it is blowing canola out the back. Enjoy your video's, take care Mike!
Thats literally what they are for when you are a kid 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 THAT brought back memories that sound! Thanks Mike!
Mike, I love your stories!
We want more stories like that!
Some nuggets of farmers inside knowledge i have never heard in any other farming channel and i have been following many for YEARS. The end of the swath line is shorter than the start.
You want a little chaff in canola, if it's too clean it's going out the back, anyway with my experience. The sample you showed was actually perfect...in my opinion. Have a great harvest
💯 everyone that swathed canola where we farm were combining 2 weeks earlier then standing. From who I've talked to yield differences were close to the same.
Great story. Thank You for sharing your videos with us 😊😅
Also Mike I am a farmer, we don't swath here either, in missouri, lol. I like learning about your ways of farming up north.
Outstanding story marriage made in heaven ❤
For a big combine and a lighter swath I think you are doing a good job
Thanks for the info
When are you going to tell the story on how you and Ashtyn met? 😁 Or did i miss it? I know you promised like a year pr two ago 😎
@George probably just curious
@George it’s a thing people like to know. (If you have kids) they often ask how mom and dad met. It helps put the story together.
@George dude relax for people in my parents generation that would be the first thing they asked, if mike doesn’t want to share thats up to him. Its not rude to ask its not like he was inserting himself into their lives demanding an answer
He told it on patreon, but not sure if he wants to share it with everyone. So if you guys want to know it you should sign up 😜
@George may not be your thing but some people might be interested in how they met so keep your hate to your self
Welcome to combining in the north my friend. This country only get an afternoon of good grain farming weather each fall so you need to capitalize every second you've got
The good old reverse wrench for the pickup header. I've been the automatic reverse a few times
That in-law story was hilarious! And very relatable!
Great awesome video mike
Love all your videos man.👍👍
great way of explaining it👌🏼👌🏼 that’s how I would
It was a test Mike 😅 And it looks like you passed their test 🤗
Hey Mike I heard that you can get a hopper extension that will add 100 bushels to your x9 hopper so that you can have 500 bushels hopper
Need a container miracle wipes ..one type has a soapy solutions that does a great job on grease hands and hydraulic hose ends
I was just typing “do u swath to dry it down faster”, when u answered. Wouldn’t it also be a benefit when you have a lot of acres planted & could have early snow?
Thanks for your effort
God Bless you Brother rough first round with her Parents but it’s worth it for the funny part ❤️😏🖖🏼🇺🇸
How do you decide which varieties to plant and is there a price differential by variety?
Definitely a big price difference between varieties. You can also pick whether or not you want different treating packages on your seed for a cost of course. What we do is pick some canola varieties that are different stages. Generally a later maturing variety will yield higher but has more risk to weather.
They have a frogmouth (claas tm6 style) sieve that you should try sometime. The difference is drastic.
Many years ago operating a friend's older style combine in a low lying river bottom field on a SUPER DUSTY night with no wind thus next to NO VISIBILITY I got turned around and found myself combining the field perpendicular to the swath.
I could tell by the sound of the combine with it thrashing & then not thrashing that something just wasn't right but even with standing on the stairs cat walk as I progressed across the field I could NOT SEE A THING.
Finally my friend appeared out of no where climbing up the combine ladder to inform me what to heck I was doing.
I finally got the combine aimed in the correct direction but eventually had to quit for the night because the poor visibility even got worse.
It took me many years to live that crazy night down. 😂🤣
now i understand what pick-up that is. Thank you I learned something again please don,'t mind my Englisch. I am Dutch and use Google translate
Mike it whas your birthday last Thursday, October 8, so still congratulations on your birthday I hope you had a great da together with Asthyn and Cheppel.🍰🎂
Oh Mike, that's the way we used to respond to 911 calls before the cad systems, it was that or Platte Maps, and our PSA had 5 or 6 books. It's like putting a 1,500 jigsaw puzzle together when your lights and sirens. The Comm's 911 specialists would say go to Johnson's farm, there's a downed oak tree take a left, you'll see the Louwagies red barn, but go past another two miles, it's on the left. if your really fortunate, they're telling you red barn in a blinding snowstorm or ice storm where you don't really see the colors. That all changed, now days they don't go into most calls unless law enforcement on scene for a lot of calls. Everything's GPS on a cad system and pin points where everyone is and direction they're coming from. when you said the two or three dips and there's water in one, I knew I had to explain. now it's a joke and yes we still carry our Platte Maps, just in case the systems crash.lol
When helping out in an unfamiliar situation I always try to ask; what are some of the thing I won’t know about here😂
Lol Mike you figured out your sieve setting,guess you must have read my post
750 rotor speed for dry canola? id normally be in low speed at 450ish maybe 550 if green.
Do you grow pod shatter resistant? I use to combine like the way you say. Shatter resistant has been a completely different animal for us. Higher rotor speeds. Close the concave up some and giver more wind.
In my 2388 probably 500-530. Switched to New holland 9080 and went to 1200 first year,other years 900-1000.
Good story
does the x9 have dual 800s?
Airbags and shocks are for suspension
Airflow it's all about airflow. Biggest mistake made shutting down sieves and fan speed do the exact opposite.
yes and drop screens confirm grain loss better than anything when experimenting/calibrating
Hey Mike I got a question. How will the mandated reduction of Nitrogen use affect your operation?
Hey mike, I wouldn't recommend running your hand along the compression rods like that. If you every do that and come accross one that has a damaged surface, the fiberglass shrapnel that can go into your hand does not like to come back out because of it inherent jagged edges.
Just sayin from experience.
X 9 has no reverser does it
Hydraulic windgaurd
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Yep
We call it a wind guard
Bel video. bravo. bei mezzi.
Picking up swaths without a reverser going the wrong way. That must of been a blast. Not. 😂
That’s a shame that you have to spend resources on swathing but you explained it pretty well.
Now i understand why Case Equip. is not high on your priorities! You were Scared for Life, Then you married into it!! :)
What youll do to impress the in laws! Must have done something right Mike.
Does anybody know someone that pays to be on Mike's Patreon account?
I thought barley was itchy, but oats is way worse!!!
Not related to this video but a possible solution to the seat sensor issue in the X9: th-cam.com/video/jftFN1FZcYo/w-d-xo.html
LOL you passed the test and and now look at the result your a farmer that doesn't play around just saying
Mike ZK put out a video on the seat issues. I know you are busy and all but thought you might be able to use this if the dealer cant get it fixed th-cam.com/video/jftFN1FZcYo/w-d-xo.html
morning
Good vid Mike!
I'd lean on the side of little dirty, same as my mustard.
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