Took ours off this year while installing new openers. They caused a lot of seed spacing issues in our soil types in wetter springs. Love them when it’s dry though.
Take it easy bud, flu this year is a bad one. I needed to spread fertilizer and I didn’t take down time. Mine turned into viral pneumonia and it was a bugger. Thanks for the vids. Spring will be here sooner than you know it.
I’ve been running those for several years now. Use the Y not and it works great. I think you’ll be happy with them. I use agro liquids Pro germ and sure K. No comparison with dry fertilizer.
On our DB 90 we use it to apply fertilizer too but the problem is when you are going back and forth the fertilizer get on the closing wheels and get caked with dirt you should get the hoses in the front of planting seed it will help tremendously
hey ryan im sure you guys are done with this by now but when we put new seed firmers on we take the whole gauge wheel and arm off than we take out 4 screws that hold the firmer in that black bracket and it helps use save a little time. Good job on the 2 inch gap in the openers, not sure if it matters but we also learned from a john deere clinic we went to that the gauge wheel arm needs to be tightened up to were it barley catches on the openers when the wheel goes up but is still able to fall back now. Like i said not sure if thats a big deal or not but just wanted to pass it along
Correct... the inside of the gauge wheel is supposed to gently clean the disk opener blade and hold the soil down as the opener blade is beginning to lift out of the soil as it rotates past the bottom point-- break the soil loose from the disk so it doesn't cause "trench wall blowout" where the opener blade brings up a small clod of damp soil. Also by having the gauge wheels lightly touch the disk, it should help prevent "rooster-tailing" where loose dry soil gets pushed up between the blade and gauge wheel tire, which the tire then tosses up into the air behind it as it turns, which falls back in the seed furrow on top of the seed before the closing wheels can collapse moist soil in around the seed... this ribbon of dry soil on top of the seed soaks up moisture from the surrounding soil that the seed itself needs to imbibe in order to germinate, which can slow germination and emergence... Later! OL J R :)
Are those low flow type flow monitors? I doubt your putting down 10+ gals through the firmers, in which i think for single digital flow rates you want the low flow ones? Or at least what I read.
How often do these seed firmers need to be replaced? Given that they are in contact with the ground and made of some kind of plastic, wouldn't wear and tear be a concern? It'll be interesting to see how well they perform in tilled vs no-till ground.
The small boxes in back are for dry granular products like insecticides or other dry products... they put out zinc and some other nutrients with them last year. They're only meant for low rate materials (up to about 20-25 lbs per acre, but more typically applied at about 5 lbs/acre). Later! OL J R :)
That's what we always used... they're still widely available and quite a few of them being sold. You get up into the larger sprayers and the turbine pumps and centrifugals seem to be the most popular. A lot of the big pull types like Hardi's (like OLF runs) have the piston or diaphragm pumps (fixed displacement) that can deliver more volume and higher pressures... but those are 'spensive!!! We've never really used the electric pumps until we bought a self-contained 14 gallon sprayer to fit onto the back of my brother's high-rider golf cart, that we use for spraying brush and trees at Shiner and running the fences on both farms... last year we hit all the big cactus patches (prickly pear) on the farm and pretty much just nuked the stuff... lot of running back and forth mixing, but it worked well. It's a "demand pump" that switches itself on with a pressure switch to pressurize the hose going to the wand and then shuts itself off. You spray something, the pump kicks on automatically and then runs for a second or two when you quit spraying to repressurize the line, so you always have good pressure and ready to spray... Works GREAT for spraying huisache and mesquite, and trash trees like bois d'arc, toothache trees, and hackberry trees that come up in the fencelines... we run the fences at least once a year with it and the pastures once yearly... With the 3:1 or 4:1 Remedy/diesel mix, all it takes is a shot on both side of the trunk all the way around and a foot or so up off the ground to completely kill the unwanted trees down to the roots... for small "switches" coming up, a squirt on both sides of the stem is all it takes. Once you have the trees taken out, usually 10 gallons of mix will cover the entire farm to control any brush that comes up... works just great! Later! OL J R :)
My uncle's farm is adjacent to my little 30 acre campsite in the woods. It is family land and is probably 2500 acres. The farmer renting it now probably has added another 1000 acres of his own land and land he is renting. Talking about spraying he uses an incredible John Deere self propelled sprayer and I don't have a clue how wide it is. On the other hand I watch a channel called Soybean Farmer and his sprayer tank is a 55 gallon drum standing on end. Both are fun to watch.
Yeah we were a little better off than that (55 gallon drum sprayer) but not by a whole lot LOL:) We've got 87 acres here at Needville and 160 at Shiner 90 miles west of here... all cow/calf now-- quit row cropping in about '03... Later! OL J R :)
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You and Travis did a good job talking about them
glad to see you boys working together!
You just turned a bad day into a great day!
Glad your feeling better
Another great video feel better soon!! Cant wait for the warmer weather my chickens will love the fresh grass
Took ours off this year while installing new openers. They caused a lot of seed spacing issues in our soil types in wetter springs. Love them when it’s dry though.
Take it easy bud, flu this year is a bad one. I needed to spread fertilizer and I didn’t take down time. Mine turned into viral pneumonia and it was a bugger. Thanks for the vids. Spring will be here sooner than you know it.
Get well soon!
I’ve been running those for several years now. Use the Y not and it works great. I think you’ll be happy with them. I use agro liquids Pro germ and sure K. No comparison with dry fertilizer.
On our DB 90 we use it to apply fertilizer too but the problem is when you are going back and forth the fertilizer get on the closing wheels and get caked with dirt you should get the hoses in the front of planting seed it will help tremendously
Thanks for sharing Ryan and Travis..
I love your videos i watch them every day
hey ryan im sure you guys are done with this by now but when we put new seed firmers on we take the whole gauge wheel and arm off than we take out 4 screws that hold the firmer in that black bracket and it helps use save a little time. Good job on the 2 inch gap in the openers, not sure if it matters but we also learned from a john deere clinic we went to that the gauge wheel arm needs to be tightened up to were it barley catches on the openers when the wheel goes up but is still able to fall back now. Like i said not sure if thats a big deal or not but just wanted to pass it along
Correct... the inside of the gauge wheel is supposed to gently clean the disk opener blade and hold the soil down as the opener blade is beginning to lift out of the soil as it rotates past the bottom point-- break the soil loose from the disk so it doesn't cause "trench wall blowout" where the opener blade brings up a small clod of damp soil.
Also by having the gauge wheels lightly touch the disk, it should help prevent "rooster-tailing" where loose dry soil gets pushed up between the blade and gauge wheel tire, which the tire then tosses up into the air behind it as it turns, which falls back in the seed furrow on top of the seed before the closing wheels can collapse moist soil in around the seed... this ribbon of dry soil on top of the seed soaks up moisture from the surrounding soil that the seed itself needs to imbibe in order to germinate, which can slow germination and emergence...
Later! OL J R :)
Lookin good hope everything works out well for you.
Sorry you were sick Ryan and good video
looks like it should be a good delivery system for your jump start
Feel better Ryan
Never stop farming:)
as long as you put that quick hitch back on, because I like it, like if you agree
Are those low flow type flow monitors? I doubt your putting down 10+ gals through the firmers, in which i think for single digital flow rates you want the low flow ones? Or at least what I read.
GREAT brotherly team work Video, R & T ! sdh in CT
You won't regret putting them Keaton seed fermers
I think we are gonna skip spring and go right to summer...gonna have to push 3 weeks of work into 1
Could you do a tour of the barn at your place i think its cool
First. Really enjoy the videos. Keep them coming!!
hey hows jamie?
Is the AgLeader monitor capable of controlling the fertilize spreading units? Or do you have to switch it on/off manually?
How often do these seed firmers need to be replaced? Given that they are in contact with the ground and made of some kind of plastic, wouldn't wear and tear be a concern? It'll be interesting to see how well they perform in tilled vs no-till ground.
Matthew Hoag we run 2500 acres every year and they need to be replaced every season
where has Jamie been?
farminmanicmx we run 10k and change the planter much easier 🙌
Good video
Hi Ryan. Are you guys going to be installing electronic row shut offs on the corn planter this year?
I can see a use for warm water or a little vaseline. :) Now all I've got to do is 11 more.
what are you going to refuel the tank with
Why'd you decide to go with pop-up rather than a 2x2 band?
Travis seems so serious and dare I say, mean? lol...jk Travis
You guys still going to spread fertilizer
i want to be a farmer when im older (im 11)
I am 12 and farm a garden with a farm tractor, also, I ride dirt bikes
I also farm for my neighbor and do bailing and mowing and stuff
and I ride four wheelers and mowers, and am about to start hauling firewood with the tractor
well i live in the middle of the hood basicly sadly ;c
I hope you guys can all be farmers!
Castor oil good for flu 😁 Also known to cure spring planting flu 🙌 . Yeah you get that planter to roll on and crawl back in bed 😀
Which is distributed in these small yellow boxes?
The small boxes in back are for dry granular products like insecticides or other dry products... they put out zinc and some other nutrients with them last year. They're only meant for low rate materials (up to about 20-25 lbs per acre, but more typically applied at about 5 lbs/acre). Later! OL J R :)
Isn't a 2 point pivot hitch better for clearance and turns on the planter ?
Yes but not every planter comes equipped with them...
Later! OL J R :)
Like the video but man you need led lights like ONELONELYFARMER IN HIS SHOP.
I. Live in Nebraska
Hey Ryan Do you play farming simulator
Will they use the blue PTO roller pump if not how will they pump the fertilizer?
Probably an electric pump... they seem to like those pretty well and they're good for lower rate applications like this...
Later! OL J R :)
I guess the roller pumps were old technology because I sold a lot of them in the late 80s at the JD.
That's what we always used... they're still widely available and quite a few of them being sold.
You get up into the larger sprayers and the turbine pumps and centrifugals seem to be the most popular. A lot of the big pull types like Hardi's (like OLF runs) have the piston or diaphragm pumps (fixed displacement) that can deliver more volume and higher pressures... but those are 'spensive!!!
We've never really used the electric pumps until we bought a self-contained 14 gallon sprayer to fit onto the back of my brother's high-rider golf cart, that we use for spraying brush and trees at Shiner and running the fences on both farms... last year we hit all the big cactus patches (prickly pear) on the farm and pretty much just nuked the stuff... lot of running back and forth mixing, but it worked well. It's a "demand pump" that switches itself on with a pressure switch to pressurize the hose going to the wand and then shuts itself off. You spray something, the pump kicks on automatically and then runs for a second or two when you quit spraying to repressurize the line, so you always have good pressure and ready to spray... Works GREAT for spraying huisache and mesquite, and trash trees like bois d'arc, toothache trees, and hackberry trees that come up in the fencelines... we run the fences at least once a year with it and the pastures once yearly... With the 3:1 or 4:1 Remedy/diesel mix, all it takes is a shot on both side of the trunk all the way around and a foot or so up off the ground to completely kill the unwanted trees down to the roots... for small "switches" coming up, a squirt on both sides of the stem is all it takes. Once you have the trees taken out, usually 10 gallons of mix will cover the entire farm to control any brush that comes up... works just great!
Later! OL J R :)
My uncle's farm is adjacent to my little 30 acre campsite in the woods. It is family land and is probably 2500 acres. The farmer renting it now probably has added another 1000 acres of his own land and land he is renting. Talking about spraying he uses an incredible John Deere self propelled sprayer and I don't have a clue how wide it is. On the other hand I watch a channel called Soybean Farmer and his sprayer tank is a 55 gallon drum standing on end. Both are fun to watch.
Yeah we were a little better off than that (55 gallon drum sprayer) but not by a whole lot LOL:) We've got 87 acres here at Needville and 160 at Shiner 90 miles west of here... all cow/calf now-- quit row cropping in about '03...
Later! OL J R :)
An impact would be faster to tighten the nuts and bolts!!!!!!!!
How can I be a farmer?🚜🐂🚜🚜🚜🚜
9th
What happened to global warming LOL