love way you think mike, The way all new equipment breaks down and all parts so hard get at times, having few extra machines around get job done is great idea.
Hey man I watch all your videos I just took lunch and I was watching your video and I had a good lunch will say but I spent like 5 minutes sitting here trying to figure out who you was talking to when you was in the combine anyways thanks for the videos. Keep up the good work
After watching a lot of your videos I am always intrigued as how your family where your father and your brothers each run different operations that overlap
Still my favorite farm video on the tube. We have no crops in common, and when I farmed it was less than 1000 acres of corn, beans and winter wheat. Our operation was based mostly on repairing older equipment, but we would buy new when it seemed necessary so the discussion of new vs used was right on the money. Very entertaining and educational.
Great Video Mike, you explain it all so well. I totally get keeping a brand of equipment that is familiar. My unless is a Case guy for Combines, with the exception he does have 1 new Holland. He likes the New Holland, but always prefers to run a case, he has had so many, he just feels comfortable operating and maintaining them. He has demonstrated just about every brand, and after he gets back in his case he always says over the radio, OMG, I thought I'd never get back in here. So I get why you stick with Deers. Keep pumping out the videos, love them
Another combine is a good idea. It will help get the crops off the field quicker due to any weather faction you would face. Up North, weather can change quickly.
Mike we have June 2014 s series and have the new style air scoop and def. Also on 2012,2013 and early 2014's the rear panel is different, late 2014 and up the slow moving sign is not in the middle anymore,the rear brake/tailights stick out more and point down and the top of the panel has a different shaped slope,and there is a sensor below muffler and muffler is higher,only crazy people notice these things.
I appreciate your video. It's from the heart and soul, and it teaches us exactly what you tell us. You don't have to have all new. You need a mix, and that's what life is about. That's what businesses about keep on doing what you're doing You will see great things in the future. God bless
"Rear tires facing opposite direction" discussion on The Combine Forum (no spaces) offers differing opinions about exactly why it's done but it's clearly not just an oversight or mistake.
For combines with rear wheel assist running them backwards gives you traction to back out in case you are stuck. Plus better tire wear while running on blacktop.
Hey Mike Case IH just came out with the new twin rotor combine that’s comparable to the X9. It’s called the AF10 you should look it up when you are bored with all your green ones. 😂
i think you're explanation of buying poicy and pricing of new equipment was exceptional as well as a asset in land increasing, and depreciating equipment full stop thanks mike
It's really fun that you talk about the X vs S in regards to how many S combines the X is designed to "replace" and then tell the story of reality. I just finished my Agronomy Certificate at Olds College and we had a presentation by the local dealer that will remain unnamed out of courtesy. The guy doing the equipment presentation was bragging up that the new X9 1100 was built to replace 3 S Combines. Three of them! I thought that was a bit hard to believe, but in my neck of the woods (hill country) we don't get the huge equipment like you have, so I didn't really have the background to challenge that claim. I guess sales guys are sales guy, so take their claims and cut them in half...
Remember this about sales people. They tell you what you want to hear, not what you need to hear. For a X9 to preplace 3 S690 or 790's someone should ask the salesman to do some math. On the 780 i run iin good wheat i average about 17 acres a hour. So if we take 3 780's x 17 acres per hour, and that computes to 51 acres a hour. At 60 bushel per acre wheat, that computes to 3000 bushels per hour. Thats not happening .
given the short unload augur and the fixed header plate, the odds that this machine was used to pick up swaths and did not have a grain table on it. get it changed and you will be happy. you can replace those turnbuckles with two short large diameter cylinders.
Wow, super interesting hearing your business philosophy from my perspective as a NZ dairy farmer. Yep, all that big stuff l buy 2nd hand. It all depreciates turns into rust! Land is still there in 100 yrs time and appreciates in value. Way better investment. I think of the total dollars invested in machinery to run my farm. Some jobs are better done by a contractor, l don't wear out my tractor, or need extra equipment , or pay for fuel, or insurance, or need to store it, and l get my time to do other things. Only so many hours in a lifetime, so spend them wisely. People like us who try things out and experiment are called "early adopters", fun way to live.
Have you checked out the Crary big tops? Really does make a difference on your capacity. I can’t believe you don’t have one on every combine in your fleet.
40 ft in that north canola is asking for a lot out of that swather. We use a 35ft Macdon and can have issues in getting it through the hole. So what I do is set my GPS width to 30 ft. Wow big difference. It flows nice through the hole, nice smooth swath Less trouble picking it up. If it's not a over heavy crop I go back to 35 ft. Experiment.
Mike. I live and farm in South Australia, the driest state of the driest continent on earth. We don't run Deere because it is too dry to seed in November/ December down here. We have run every colour but New Holland Combines gives us lowest loss in all crop conditions and surprisingly, Gleaner is a close second. Not willing to learn something new and sticking to the "tried and true" is a terrible business case ....
🔥right on mike… Any of the 690 is just a all round great combine setup. You are making great financial decisions for your farm man, happy for you.. she’s got the big tires on her too, killer idea to update the throat with the for aft setup too. She’s a beautiful machine man.. 1500 hrs is gravy, here Ontario guyzz got 4000 hrs on em and still never touch engine on them 🔥👊🔥🔨⚙️🏍🚜and yes trade in the x’s get more 690
Hi Mike love your vids. Question here in Sweden our biggest crop is winter wheat, is it unusal to plant winter crops in Canada or why dont you? Here in Sweden we get better rut system and good weed controll with fall spraying. Would love to hear your thoughts.
I think the easiest explanation is simply that time is precious in life and farming this is a tool that saves me time that I could be spending with my family. I had the capability so I decided what it cost was worth it for my time and as a bonus it makes me my money back
May be a dumb ? but iam not a farmer by no means and have no clue if any one has ever done this. Mike have you or anyone else ever seen or thought of hooking fall tillage implement behind a combine and knocking it out while your harvesting the crop? Is that even possible, if so wouldn't it save in a ton of money in the long run, if it couldn't be done behind the combine, could it be done behind the grain cart.
Doesn’t hurt to have more than one header per combine especially when parts are usually 3-4 days away from the factory. At least a guy can just drop the broken header and hook the other one up and keep going instead of having a combine sitting
I was with you until you talked about the Leafs, but at least I can handle disappointment as a die-hard Leafs. Growing up with Wayne Gretzky you think I'd be an Oilers fan but you got to cheer for the hometown and Toronto is only an hour from Brantford. You know you're not far from Winnipeg you could pick up the jets.
a lot of rambling yes Mike. 😂that’s ok😊 but very educational, if you’re a farmer. 👌also if you’re a business owner doing other work love your enology on how you can run a business, based on a hockey theme awesome advice, i never thought about it that way before, but your totally right 👍
I rhink it makes sense to stay with JD because all of the fronts are compatible and you have parts commonality and the staff are familiar with the machines.
Great video bud! I’m just gunna say the JD needs to bring back the 9600’s and 9610’s! They are a bullet proof machine! Like go ahead and put all the modern technology in the cab but keep the guts the same. I put a precision concave and cylinder in my 9610 before last year and what a difference that made! Bring them back!
@@mikemitchell2554 ya they are. We actually have one. Bought it new in 2021. But our green lentils are so brittle that the two extra threshing components are breaking them up really bad. Where in my 9610 the sample is in the acceptable range for the condition the lentils are in. Plus the T grinds the straw up into pretty much dust like the S where we like leaving more straw.
It would be nice if the bulk of your land was north. It seems the weather patterns for your south land is not great. And that’s just how it is for areas. They just don’t get much rain. You can tell this by the kind of soil the north land has. It’s more of black dirt then the lighter soil which needs more rain
He had the Fendt Ideal 9s exclusively for several years, but they wore out on the inside and the dealers said the warranty wouldn't cover that so they had to go, he's got some videos on it in the back catalog.
@@mikemitchell2554 There’s a whole discussion about it on the website “TheCombineForum”. Apparently another farmer in Saskatchewan bought one of your old Ideals. He and one of his friends who is a New Holland mechanic spent a couple days testing it out and they eventually solved the issues you were having.
I know I've asked before but why not buy a New Holland 9.90 or10.90? Or coming soon 11.90? Buy 2 of them for price of 1 x9 and probably a better machine
God bless us farmers as i myself too. But were planting rice in asia pacific here in the philippines.
For 6:30 in the morning, you’re a very intelligent man. Great business sense.
Mike's discussion of any aspect of the ag business is always informative and entertaining. Thank you buddy!
I found this to be the most interesting vlog that you've done in memory. 👍👍
You did a great job explaining the circumstances. 👍
love way you think mike, The way all new equipment breaks down and all parts so hard get at times, having few extra machines around get job done is great idea.
The hockey comparison is GOLD! As a fellow Canadian I can appreciate that
Hey man I watch all your videos I just took lunch and I was watching your video and I had a good lunch will say but I spent like 5 minutes sitting here trying to figure out who you was talking to when you was in the combine anyways thanks for the videos. Keep up the good work
Well said said Mike. You explained this very well for my city slickers friends and relatives
After watching a lot of your videos I am always intrigued as how your family where your father and your brothers each run different operations that overlap
Good question
Never touched a combine in my life but somehow feel like an expert since following your channel. Get me in the fields I’m ready!
Still my favorite farm video on the tube. We have no crops in common, and when I farmed it was less than 1000 acres of corn, beans and winter wheat. Our operation was based mostly on repairing older equipment, but we would buy new when it seemed necessary so the discussion of new vs used was right on the money. Very entertaining and educational.
Great video and you clearly have a great grasp on buying machinery....:)
Couldn’t agree more! Us like yourself has a great mix of new and used can’t have a stable full of connors and Gretzkys lol 👍👍
Good morning Mike, Happy Friday!! From Winnipeg
Excellent video, good Sir!
Really appreciate the information you provide 👍
Looking forward to harvest up north.
Great Video Mike, you explain it all so well. I totally get keeping a brand of equipment that is familiar. My unless is a Case guy for Combines, with the exception he does have 1 new Holland. He likes the New Holland, but always prefers to run a case, he has had so many, he just feels comfortable operating and maintaining them. He has demonstrated just about every brand, and after he gets back in his case he always says over the radio, OMG, I thought I'd never get back in here. So I get why you stick with Deers. Keep pumping out the videos, love them
Good thing you had options image finishing lentils with plugging that every 300 ft
Thanks again for your knowledge and sharing.
love your reasoning and critical thinking Mike!
Another combine is a good idea. It will help get the crops off the field quicker due to any weather faction you would face. Up North, weather can change quickly.
And lovers come and go so plan accordingly...oops wrong thread
Hey mike, just met you and Ernie east of the Big Speedy! Happy trails
Thankyou! 🙂
on our small farm we run a 9600 and two 7720 JD's
Very informative video Mike, thanks for explanation about production years and differences !
I always wondered about the difference in the model years...now I know! Thanks!
i had a neighbor that traded tractors ever 3yrs and i asked him why do you trade so often he said the muffler was rusty.
Another great video Mike,and good to hear your philosophy on farming. The how's and why's very interesting.
You are very smart to buy used combines. And run used air seeders. Many farmer's equipment cost per acre is out of control.
One of your best videos.
Nice long video thanks mike 👍 🇬🇧
Haha you're welcome! ☺️
Loving the longer vids Mike
Mike we have June 2014 s series and have the new style air scoop and def. Also on 2012,2013 and early 2014's the rear panel is different, late 2014 and up the slow moving sign is not in the middle anymore,the rear brake/tailights stick out more and point down and the top of the panel has a different shaped slope,and there is a sensor below muffler and muffler is higher,only crazy people notice these things.
A good pragmatic view of equipment allocation strategies!
I appreciate your video. It's from the heart and soul, and it teaches us exactly what you tell us. You don't have to have all new. You need a mix, and that's what life is about. That's what businesses about keep on doing what you're doing You will see great things in the future. God bless
Thank you for these interesting insights on your hows and whys
At 9:56 in the video i noticed the rib on the rear tire is going the wrong direction compared to the front
It's a 2wd combine so they mount them backwards to increase tread life.
And they roll better if you do get in mud.
"Rear tires facing opposite direction" discussion on The Combine Forum (no spaces) offers differing opinions about exactly why it's done but it's clearly not just an oversight or mistake.
For combines with rear wheel assist running them backwards gives you traction to back out in case you are stuck. Plus better tire wear while running on blacktop.
The tire companies should build a rear implement tire for these large combines
Hey Mike Case IH just came out with the new twin rotor combine that’s comparable to the X9. It’s called the AF10 you should look it up when you are bored with all your green ones. 😂
Those are like legit x9 copies
It's a rebadged New Holland, you'd save money just going Yellow at that point. 😂
i think you're explanation of buying poicy and pricing of new equipment was exceptional as well as a asset in land increasing, and depreciating equipment full stop thanks mike
Land over equipment everyday! Great video mike!
It's really fun that you talk about the X vs S in regards to how many S combines the X is designed to "replace" and then tell the story of reality.
I just finished my Agronomy Certificate at Olds College and we had a presentation by the local dealer that will remain unnamed out of courtesy. The guy doing the equipment presentation was bragging up that the new X9 1100 was built to replace 3 S Combines. Three of them! I thought that was a bit hard to believe, but in my neck of the woods (hill country) we don't get the huge equipment like you have, so I didn't really have the background to challenge that claim. I guess sales guys are sales guy, so take their claims and cut them in half...
Sales guys are so full of shit lol, just ignore 90% of what they say
Remember this about sales people.
They tell you what you want to hear, not what you need to hear.
For a X9 to preplace 3 S690 or 790's someone should ask the salesman to do some math.
On the 780 i run iin good wheat i average about 17 acres a hour.
So if we take 3 780's x 17 acres per hour, and that computes to 51 acres a hour.
At 60 bushel per acre wheat, that computes to 3000 bushels per hour.
Thats not happening .
A local farmer here told me he had two 680s vs one x9 two 680s had cut more than one x9 1000
Mike. Has there EVER been tears as equipment left the yard???? Maybe lol!!!
😆 I don't get attached to equipment for this reason
Another great Video Mike 👍
given the short unload augur and the fixed header plate, the odds that this machine was used to pick up swaths and did not have a grain table on it. get it changed and you will be happy. you can replace those turnbuckles with two short large diameter cylinders.
put a macdon flex draper on and you don’t need to modify the feederhouse at all.
in my olinion one of the best vidios youve made spot on . all the best from the uk
There are used X9 in Western ND for around 300,000.
Wow, 10 combines at the south farm !
Would love to hear your thoughts on the new 715 Quad in some depth!
You should try a case 9250. We run 2 of them with 50 foot heads. And have you seen the 715 quadtrac? You should get one for a demo to pull ur drills
Ashtyn would be all over that! 👍😆
And I haven't seen one in person, but they look awesome!
Great video Mike! Good explanation of your reasoning too.
great video what your temp there at south farm end of AUG and what it up north
Mike, I'm a montana guy following the flames, lol.
Wow, super interesting hearing your business philosophy from my perspective as a NZ dairy farmer. Yep, all that big stuff l buy 2nd hand. It all depreciates turns into rust! Land is still there in 100 yrs time and appreciates in value. Way better investment. I think of the total dollars invested in machinery to run my farm. Some jobs are better done by a contractor, l don't wear out my tractor, or need extra equipment , or pay for fuel, or insurance, or need to store it, and l get my time to do other things. Only so many hours in a lifetime, so spend them wisely. People like us who try things out and experiment are called "early adopters", fun way to live.
Nice looking combine Mike
Have you checked out the Crary big tops? Really does make a difference on your capacity. I can’t believe you don’t have one on every combine in your fleet.
40 ft in that north canola is asking for a lot out of that swather.
We use a 35ft Macdon and can have issues in getting it through the hole.
So what I do is set my GPS width to 30 ft.
Wow big difference.
It flows nice through the hole, nice smooth swath
Less trouble picking it up.
If it's not a over heavy crop I go back to 35 ft.
Experiment.
Hopefully we will get to see Mike run an 8900 with the 7XL auger
I wish you the best crop next year, so you can try claas combain! Claas is a big brand in EU :)
Is this his farm??
Dann braucht er fürs nächste Jahr nicht zu säen. Das macht der Claas dann schon 🤭🤭🤭
@@BarryDeiter He has 2 brothers and dad - that's their family farm.
@@renatekuraschinski1519 So, we had different opinions, this year new Claas Trion have been harvesting all my crops, and it was awesome!
Love your videos. Make sense
You were looking mighty magnificent while sitting in the combine cab and being hit by the Sunrise!
Mike. I live and farm in South Australia, the driest state of the driest continent on earth. We don't run Deere because it is too dry to seed in November/ December down here. We have run every colour but New Holland Combines gives us lowest loss in all crop conditions and surprisingly, Gleaner is a close second. Not willing to learn something new and sticking to the "tried and true" is a terrible business case ....
John Deere is the worst always has been always will be
😂 dream on
How cold is it over there
🔥right on mike… Any of the 690 is just a all round great combine setup. You are making great financial decisions for your farm man, happy for you.. she’s got the big tires on her too, killer idea to update the throat with the for aft setup too. She’s a beautiful machine man.. 1500 hrs is gravy, here Ontario guyzz got 4000 hrs on em and still never touch engine on them 🔥👊🔥🔨⚙️🏍🚜and yes trade in the x’s get more 690
With how many combines are you harvesting?
Great video Mike
i enjoyed the ramble
Hi Mike love your vids. Question here in Sweden our biggest crop is winter wheat, is it unusal to plant winter crops in Canada or why dont you? Here in Sweden we get better rut system and good weed controll with fall spraying. Would love to hear your thoughts.
The x9 is awesome. But a million bucks is hard to swallow
A million? Try 1.5M without a header in Canada…
I wish i would listen so carefully in school... 😂
In the UK we can tell easier than that how old the combine, or any vehicle is the number plate they since 2000 have the year in it.
100% agree with everything you said 👍
I think the easiest explanation is simply that time is precious in life and farming this is a tool that saves me time that I could be spending with my family. I had the capability so I decided what it cost was worth it for my time and as a bonus it makes me my money back
Great job Mike! Common sense is hardly common these days.
How many acres is the north farm this year?
May be a dumb ? but iam not a farmer by no means and have no clue if any one has ever done this.
Mike have you or anyone else ever seen or thought of hooking fall tillage implement behind a combine and knocking it out while your harvesting the crop? Is that even possible, if so wouldn't it save in a ton of money in the long run, if it couldn't be done behind the combine, could it be done behind the grain cart.
They don't do fall tillage I don't think it would work
Doesn’t hurt to have more than one header per combine especially when parts are usually 3-4 days away from the factory. At least a guy can just drop the broken header and hook the other one up and keep going instead of having a combine sitting
I was with you until you talked about the Leafs, but at least I can handle disappointment as a die-hard Leafs.
Growing up with Wayne Gretzky you think I'd be an Oilers fan but you got to cheer for the hometown and Toronto is only an hour from Brantford.
You know you're not far from Winnipeg you could pick up the jets.
How much land do you have and how many harvesters.
Keep on rockin Mike Mitchell and family 😎🤙🏼
a lot of rambling yes Mike. 😂that’s ok😊
but very educational, if you’re a farmer. 👌also if you’re a business owner doing other work
love your enology on how you can run a business, based on a hockey theme
awesome advice, i never thought about it that way before, but your totally right 👍
Actually Mike, I think you'll find the whole extension is a big top aftermarket, not just the top rail
Well said.......
Didn't you run a fleet of Fendt a couple years ago ?
Yes
I rhink it makes sense to stay with JD because all of the fronts are compatible and you have parts commonality and the staff are familiar with the machines.
I have a question! What do you think of the Shelbourne stripper heads? Cleaner grain? Less waste?
They don't work well on short wheat, plus they do chickpeas, lentils, mustard, canola so would need the draper heads anyway.
Fantastic video, thank you sir
Great comparison Mike. Go Oilers Go!
My question is. Since the shop is on the home farm. Why not take the newer equipment or equipment that's been gone through the shop up North.
Oilers are where it’s at Mike.
How many total acres do you guys own/work?
Great video bud! I’m just gunna say the JD needs to bring back the 9600’s and 9610’s! They are a bullet proof machine! Like go ahead and put all the modern technology in the cab but keep the guts the same. I put a precision concave and cylinder in my 9610 before last year and what a difference that made! Bring them back!
😆 Thanks Travis! But aren't the T series the conventional?
@@mikemitchell2554 ya they are. We actually have one. Bought it new in 2021. But our green lentils are so brittle that the two extra threshing components are breaking them up really bad. Where in my 9610 the sample is in the acceptable range for the condition the lentils are in. Plus the T grinds the straw up into pretty much dust like the S where we like leaving more straw.
Ever looked into Claas combines?
Or is it that you already have heard of one brand so it's easier to track with services which is reasonable..
Poor dealer support in much of North America. I worked in Germany for awhile and Claas combines were king but they have a better dealer network there.
@@clearskiesranch1362 Yeah,figured that out cos it's kinda hard to see a Claas brand at any NA youtuber farmers.
good video
Hey Mike, have you checked out the Deutz-Fahr combines? An other German manufacturer... Would be interested on your oppinion on them.
My mind is spinning with all the decisions that you are making. 🤪
Even though I truck full time. If I had the choice of sitting in a combine or semi. I’d STILL pick the semi. Not sure why
More interesting scenery lol
It would be nice if the bulk of your land was north. It seems the weather patterns for your south land is not great. And that’s just how it is for areas. They just don’t get much rain. You can tell this by the kind of soil the north land has. It’s more of black dirt then the lighter soil which needs more rain
Mike I have a question, don't you sell the straw that comes from the grain?🤔
great video mike
So a well used Deere is preferable to a new Fendt Ideal with warranty and excellent dealer support?
He had the Fendt Ideal 9s exclusively for several years, but they wore out on the inside and the dealers said the warranty wouldn't cover that so they had to go, he's got some videos on it in the back catalog.
@@cr4zyj4ckFunnily enough most of Mikes problems with the Fendts turned out to be operator error and inexperienced/untrained dealers
@clearskiesranch, 😆 could you please back that statement up with some cold hard facts please? I ll wait..
@@mikemitchell2554 There’s a whole discussion about it on the website “TheCombineForum”. Apparently another farmer in Saskatchewan bought one of your old Ideals. He and one of his friends who is a New Holland mechanic spent a couple days testing it out and they eventually solved the issues you were having.
@@mikemitchell2554 Search “Mike Mitchell Ideal Combine combine forum” on google. Should take you right to it.
I know I've asked before but why not buy a New Holland 9.90 or10.90? Or coming soon 11.90? Buy 2 of them for price of 1 x9 and probably a better machine
Good morning from the UK
Good morning from fron the USA! About 6 AM here.
@@ginger_nosoul8:20 here from Texas