Hi Tracey…while I am not biased as to green or yellow…other the others…I am delighted to see you and Jim active in Harvest 2023!! Keep safe and most of all…keep smiling!! 👍👌🇮🇪
So good to see you on the road again. Our harvest in the UK is a grab it while you can . The weather isn't kind to us at the moment. Your videos bring a sense of calm to our farmhouse.
That is agronomy terminology for fallen down mangled up crops. It's a nice place to stay as you'll be in the field awhile harvesting, the going will be slow. John T.
It’s a good crop. And it’s very heavy. Wind or weather can bring the wheat down and it is flat to the ground in places. Makes it very difficult to get a lot done due to how slow the machine has to go. We have to cut very low to the ground to peel it up and too much at one time will slug the machine.
1969 was the last year a drove a combine during harvest in North Dakota. I plugged it up and burned the belts off. Spend most of that day pulling out straw that was jamming the machine up.
Another wonderful days harvesting Tracy and was that an otter or what was it that come out the side of the field as you was cutting away and when you have good standing Wheat and you look down on the header that is a lot of wheat going through and amazing how it thrashes it all and gets all the good wheat out is amazing keep up all the good work and say hello to Jim from me please and catch you both again tomorrow
HA HA HA !! when we sit down at our stage of life and realise that the accounts dept of our businesses were every bit if not more than doing the work , i watched that chap on the I pad and the combine computers working away i now understand how things have moved on . thats what bank managers want to see ! control!! xx
So I was wondering…I know that is winter wheat but why is it so far ahead? I didn’t think the custom harvesters were that far north yet. So is that an earlier ripening verity? Or am I wrong about it being early for MT area?
This wheat is right on time. The reason the harvesters are behind is due to all the rain and weeds they’ve been fighting. There’s still some cutting in Texas.
As always, thank you for sharing. See you tomorrow or the next day. Good to see a nice harvest. Always going to pick up a few rocks and break a hub or two, its all part of the deal. John T.
Other than something about a tyre. And it was unclear what machine it was off there was no drama. What model combines are they? Congratulations on knowing when to sell your combine. It is very hard to give up what you have spent a lifetime doing. Perhaps you could explain why. What will you do with the rest of your gear With the money and time you could go on a cruise.
Lots of things to respond to here. Drama was the breakdowns we had all at once. Nothing major like a field fire but stressful, none the less. I believe the combines are S780. I know nothing about the green machines so I’m not very knowledgeable with machine numbers, etc. Why did we sell? The cost of equipment, insurance, fuel and being on the road. The wheat acres were depleting for us. To make it work, more acres were needed to make it work and we were struggling with finding. A lot of farmers have machines so would only need you if they had a crop. The drought over the past 5+ years hurt. Jim decided it just wasn’t worth the stress. So, rather than making a trade (because it was time to do), we called it quits. The rest of the gear will be eventually sold. You make it sound like we became instantly rich with the sale of the equipment. 🤣
Looks like a typical harvest day. Gain some, and loose some. Minor breakdowns are the norm. Enjoy your videos and you have some beautiful sceinery Looking forward to the future editions. Keep up the good work CYA
I’m amazed at those crops, unbelievable amount of grain being shifted. Good job again with the video Tracy, thanks for a peek into harvesting in Montana.
I must have watched 10s of thousands of youtube videos and what I can say is. The videos that you post are so so good from your commentary to the wonderful mesmerising footage, the music along with it that is, I just don't know relaxing I suppose, and then Jim's slow low voice of knowledge of reason. I love your videos, glad you're back ❤.
Honestly, I can’t make a comparison of machines because to make a true comparison, we should be cutting along side of them. Personally, though, I miss some of the options the NH offers that JD does not. One being the cruise control. Sitting in the cab is no different in green than yellow. I believe the NH cab is quieter. NH sometimes gets looked down on but it’s a darn good combine. With great grain samples, thanks to the the dual rotors, I’m sure. Jim might have more detailed response. Maybe.
Great video Tracy I love all the details that you show about harvest it takes a army of people to run that show its very interesting to watch thanks for the ride
Beautiful wheat. Sad that only a hundred miles north of you they are in a three year drought and can’t get enough to cover the fuel cost to harvest it.
that was a high dollar bumper jack tell jim he is combinee operator not a rock crusher man i,m a tad older was just leenuing back here thinking about the good ol days i started out on 101 ihc no cab pushed that thing over 1100 acres one year heat cold dust snow oh my g,lad thats over with
One thing we learned the hard way was never to park any of our equipment so close together.. we had a truck catch fire in the middle of the night and burned two others before anyone could respond.. it might look cool the night before but man the level of regret was over a million 💰 Yes you have insurance but that doesn’t pay for lost time or possible crop losses from weather when your sitting waiting for replacement equipment.
But if there was a fire, wouldn’t it catch the rest of the equipment regardless of how far apart they are? Unless you parked sporadically all over the field.
They were parked at our gravel yard..like you filmed these guys doing at the end of the day.. when it comes to the equipment in the field we go to much greater lengths involving straw removal & light tillage, pain in the A** but it’s paid off more than once. We came to the conclusion that preventing catastrophic damage is much more cost effective than panic driven recovery so during harvest we never cut corners.
On Laura Farms YT a neighbor parked everything he could fit into the machine shed because a hailstorm was coming. A battery cable on a tractor shorted out and burned the shed and everything in it to the ground.
The Zeorian’s didn’t go on the harvest run this year. They’re working for the custom cutter who is harvesting in Montana. I believe Tracy said they sold their NH combine.
Good yields. Heavy wheat. It goes down with wind and weather. But also the heaviness of the wheat head. Seems to be mostly along the edges of the field.
Is Jim going to trade-in the motorcycle for the four-wheeler side-by-side by the end of the season?
I doubt it. 🤣
Hi Tracey…while I am not biased as to green or yellow…other the others…I am delighted to see you and Jim active in Harvest 2023!! Keep safe and most of all…keep smiling!! 👍👌🇮🇪
Thank you, Michael!
Glad to see the videos still after your "retirement". I didn't think you'd quit the work, but just the business.
So thankful for the phone call to come to Montana!
Glad to see you and jim back in the seat again !!!!🙂
So good to see you on the road again. Our harvest in the UK is a grab it while you can . The weather isn't kind to us at the moment. Your videos bring a sense of calm to our farmhouse.
Thank you so much!! ❤️
Good luck with getting through your harvest.
Thankful you and Jim are busy doing what you love and know. Beautiful sunset. Keep em coming!!!
I can do that - for a while. 😉
Ms Teacey, I noticed your trucks are running 3 axle trailers, how much can they gross coming out of the fields?
That’s a question I can’t answer. Because I don’t know. 😉
for the uneducated among us(me) lodging wheat is that which has fallen over. not standing upright. had to look that one up on wikipedia.
That is agronomy terminology for fallen down mangled up crops. It's a nice place to stay as you'll be in the field awhile harvesting, the going will be slow. John T.
It’s a good crop. And it’s very heavy. Wind or weather can bring the wheat down and it is flat to the ground in places. Makes it very difficult to get a lot done due to how slow the machine has to go. We have to cut very low to the ground to peel it up and too much at one time will slug the machine.
@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking wheat doesn't necessarily have a strong stalk for a heavy crop, a hard rain will flatten it, glad to see all again
The Earth is back on it's axis , you guys are cutting wheat again ! Good videos !
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I wonder how big that farm is? Guessing 10,000 acres. Wonderful videos. Thanks.
Honestly have no idea.
Awesome! Gives a new awareness to the phrase "amber waves of grain". Really enjoy the videos. Glad to see you back in a combine!
Thank you!!
Do you think they would give a quick tour of their farm at some point? The whole operation is amazing!
Maybe?
Just think of those guys years ago probably harvesting the same grounds with small combines.
YES!
The is some very clever minds behind that farm !! Shame about the combine drivers !! LOLX
There sure are! Combine drivers??
Love the videos and glad you are still making them. I have never made it to Montana on my bucket list. Question do you steer or use Auto steer GPS
Both - but mostly GPS due to large fields.
1969 was the last year a drove a combine during harvest in North Dakota. I plugged it up and burned the belts off. Spend most of that day pulling out straw that was jamming the machine up.
Your drone work is always impressive and appreciated, showing the immenseness and majesty of the land.
Shame the grain cart broke down. Maybe it's time for Jims permanent marker tricks on the bolts this time around.
Me mentioned it. 😉
great video, what is the temp there , i think i saw you wearing coats in the morning in an earlier video!!!!!
It’s pretty cool in the am - 58°’or so. Hot during the day - close to 100°
Nice drone shots and the rest of the video.
How many people in total are helping with the harvest?
Approx 15 - counting the cooks!!
Hrsw getting close in eastern ND. 🙏
awsome video
Beautiful!
Very good Video 👍 👍
Morton's Salt: "When It Rains It Pours"
Yes!!
Another wonderful days harvesting Tracy and was that an otter or what was it that come out the side of the field as you was cutting away and when you have good standing Wheat and you look down on the header that is a lot of wheat going through and amazing how it thrashes it all and gets all the good wheat out is amazing keep up all the good work and say hello to Jim from me please and catch you both again tomorrow
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HA HA HA !! when we sit down at our stage of life and realise that the accounts dept of our businesses were every bit if not more than doing the work , i watched that chap on the I pad and the combine computers working away i now understand how things have moved on . thats what bank managers want to see ! control!! xx
He was using the iPad to “talk” to the other combines. He can change settings on each combine with the program he has.
So I was wondering…I know that is winter wheat but why is it so far ahead? I didn’t think the custom harvesters were that far north yet. So is that an earlier ripening verity? Or am I wrong about it being early for MT area?
This wheat is right on time. The reason the harvesters are behind is due to all the rain and weeds they’ve been fighting. There’s still some cutting in Texas.
Love your videos. They're getting me through some tough times. They take me home.
This is so good to hear. Where is home?
How many acres of wheat does this family harvest? Thanks for sharing.
Doubt they will tell that information......
All of them.
Yeah, I honestly don’t know. But even if I did, I wouldn’t be the one to share this info.
Are these custom cutters or the land owners doing this harvest? The reason I ask is because of the name on the fuel cart.
Land owners
Landowners. The fuel tank belonged to the harvester they used to hire. He died of cancer last winter. 😢
Yep should have bought Red then you have a better chance to stay in the green
If it moves, it breaks - regardless of color.
As always, thank you for sharing. See you tomorrow or the next day. Good to see a nice harvest. Always going to pick up a few rocks and break a hub or two, its all part of the deal. John T.
Early morning Batman.😂
👍👍got to watch this one at noon and it was just a pleasure love the harvest video wondering was the test weight good in the down wheat 😀
I don’t know any of the wheat particulars. It’s going to the farm.
The tire falling off ..remember that on the farm dad but it on the hub and welded it on and said let's get to harvesting..and we were off an running
Very much enjoying the videos keep them coming wish I was there working with ya 😊😊
Looks like a sweet operation. Nice looking wheat.
Other than something about a tyre. And it was unclear what machine it was off there was no drama.
What model combines are they?
Congratulations on knowing when to sell your combine. It is very hard to give up what you have spent a lifetime doing.
Perhaps you could explain why.
What will you do with the rest of your gear
With the money and time you could go on a cruise.
Lots of things to respond to here.
Drama was the breakdowns we had all at once. Nothing major like a field fire but stressful, none the less.
I believe the combines are S780. I know nothing about the green machines so I’m not very knowledgeable with machine numbers, etc.
Why did we sell? The cost of equipment, insurance, fuel and being on the road. The wheat acres were depleting for us. To make it work, more acres were needed to make it work and we were struggling with finding. A lot of farmers have machines so would only need you if they had a crop. The drought over the past 5+ years hurt. Jim decided it just wasn’t worth the stress. So, rather than making a trade (because it was time to do), we called it quits.
The rest of the gear will be eventually sold.
You make it sound like we became instantly rich with the sale of the equipment. 🤣
Looks like a typical harvest day. Gain some, and loose some. Minor breakdowns are the norm. Enjoy your videos and you have some beautiful sceinery Looking forward to the future editions. Keep up the good work CYA
All breakdowns are stressful.
I’m amazed at those crops, unbelievable amount of grain being shifted.
Good job again with the video Tracy, thanks for a peek into harvesting in Montana.
Thank YOU!
I must have watched 10s of thousands of youtube videos and what I can say is. The videos that you post are so so good from your commentary to the wonderful mesmerising footage, the music along with it that is, I just don't know relaxing I suppose, and then Jim's slow low voice of knowledge of reason. I love your videos, glad you're back ❤.
Thank you so much! Encouragement to keep doing videos. ❤️
Thanks Guys Great VIDEO LOOKS LIKE YOU SETTLEING IN 😊😊😊
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Day 5 . What's your opinion on the John Deere over the New Holland??
Honestly, I can’t make a comparison of machines because to make a true comparison, we should be cutting along side of them. Personally, though, I miss some of the options the NH offers that JD does not. One being the cruise control. Sitting in the cab is no different in green than yellow. I believe the NH cab is quieter. NH sometimes gets looked down on but it’s a darn good combine. With great grain samples, thanks to the the dual rotors, I’m sure.
Jim might have more detailed response. Maybe.
Great video Tracy I love all the details that you show about harvest it takes a army of people to run that show its very interesting to watch thanks for the ride
It takes a team. And a GOOD team makes it so enjoyable!
Cant quit farming cold turkey can ya? You guys were born to the farm. cant get it out of you.
We don’t farm. Have never owned a farm. Just a combine. 😉
Beautiful wheat. Sad that only a hundred miles north of you they are in a three year drought and can’t get enough to cover the fuel cost to harvest it.
I get it! There was lots of drought throughout the wheat belt this year. And it’s been a very long spell of drought.
You sold your combine thought you were going to retire.....well its the thought that counts
Retire? No one said anything about retiring. Just changing gears.
What causes the wheat to do that in spots?
A bad Crop never Lodges😉
Wind gusts I believe
Storms, wind, hail, sawflies, etc.
Too much nitrogen, excess rain, pests, wind, double seeded, etc.
Heavy crop - great yields. Wind and weather. There are pockets in the middle of the field but, for the most part, it’s along the edges really bad.
Great job Tracy!
👍🏻 thank you!
Tracy, is all the wheat going to the farm? Or are they also hauling to an elevator.
Most is going in farm storage. A few truckloads make it to an elevator.
that was a high dollar bumper jack tell jim he is combinee operator not a rock crusher man i,m a tad older was just leenuing back here thinking about the good ol days i started out on 101 ihc no cab pushed that thing over 1100 acres one year heat cold dust snow oh my g,lad thats over with
Not the same any more and that 101 was a fine machine in a farmers yard back then
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Great footage once again Tracy....Best regards to you and the team from the UK 👍🏻
Thank you so much!!
Thank you so much for another amazing video just love it thank you
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It’s a shame you couldn’t make it out to that farm last year. Looks like you are doing and having a good time
We had already committed to our farmers in Jordan.
@@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking got to look after the ones that supported you in the past also.
Thanks again
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What size Drapers are you running??
They are 40ft. So we make a 160 ft swath.
Are all the combines the same model?
Two S780’s (me and Jim)
Two S790’s
One thing we learned the hard way was never to park any of our equipment so close together.. we had a truck catch fire in the middle of the night and burned two others before anyone could respond.. it might look cool the night before but man the level of regret was over a million 💰 Yes you have insurance but that doesn’t pay for lost time or possible crop losses from weather when your sitting waiting for replacement equipment.
But if there was a fire, wouldn’t it catch the rest of the equipment regardless of how far apart they are? Unless you parked sporadically all over the field.
They were parked at our gravel yard..like you filmed these guys doing at the end of the day.. when it comes to the equipment in the field we go to much greater lengths involving straw removal & light tillage, pain in the A** but it’s paid off more than once. We came to the conclusion that preventing catastrophic damage is much more cost effective than panic driven recovery so during harvest we never cut corners.
@@6by6by6 good practices!
On Laura Farms YT a neighbor parked everything he could fit into the machine shed because a hailstorm was coming. A battery cable on a tractor shorted out and burned the shed and everything in it to the ground.
@@lynwessel2471 a lot of life is risks taken. I’m guess that’s why most of us have insurance.
Hello’s my 1st video of yours I’m seeing this season….. what happened to you and your NH outfit/ setup???
The Zeorian’s didn’t go on the harvest run this year. They’re working for the custom cutter who is harvesting in Montana. I believe Tracy said they sold their NH combine.
@@jti2007 less hassle in their lives now so 👌🏻
Not working with a custom harvester. Working for the farmer. We did sell our combine.
We sold the NH combine. No longer chasing the ripening wheat north.
Mama said they're be days like this
Yes!!!!
Tracey,
What causes Lodging Wheat?
Good yields. Heavy wheat. It goes down with wind and weather. But also the heaviness of the wheat head. Seems to be mostly along the edges of the field.
@@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking Tracey,
Thanks for educating me.🙋♂️
@@rodneyrtennis1279 you’re welcome!
Nice one Tracy, great video
Thanks!
Hello zeorian 👍👍🇮🇹
hello there!!
GREAT STUFF 😎
Thank you!
Good video
Thank you!