With the ten day forecast showing highs in the 80’s and overnight lows in the mid 50’s, I would likely go ahead and cut the alfalfa. It will likely have plenty of time to grow a decent stand before a heavy night’s frost.
Nice length video, Spence! Lots to watch and observe. I guess like a lot of guys, seeing this again reminds me of earlier times, and it feels good. Really nice to see the older stuff still doing useful work! Of course you'd get faster drying with some kind of crimper if not a haybine, but you're doing fine! I haven't seen the Ranger in a while, glad to see you still have it! Thanks to all of you.....Ty, Luke, Allen, Grant, and you Spence! Glad you're getting around better. Glad you are giving yourself time to heal! Health is super important, esp. the older you get.
Hi Spencer! I’m really enjoying the videos. Regarding the 3rd cutting, I would NOT do it this year unless you really needed to. If it’s a first year crop, give it a chance to really develop its roots and reserves of carbohydrate for the winter. If it gets a chance to flower and set seed even better but if you get significant winter kill it will mean your field will always be patchy. Alfalfa rarely thickens up over time (generally the opposite in fact) so give it a chance to go into its first winter in the best possible condition and reduce the chances of needing to over seed again next season.
I am in central Iowa average first frost (24-25 degrees) happens October 21st. If I cut it September 9th, which is my plan, that’ll be 5ish weeks prior to first frost. The two week forecast looks good for new growth with bit of rain and 80’s coming up. With that info would you view it as less risky? I don’t “need” to cut it. More just want to get some good clean hay to sell over the winter months. Let me know what you think always interested, seems like many people are 50/50 on late cuttings like this situation. Thanks
@@spencerhilbert Hi Spencer, I don’t know enough about Iowa weather as I’m on the other side of the world in Australia! Because of your videos I’ve been doing some reading about hay production and revisiting my time spent at an agricultural high school even though I’m no longer active in agriculture. The Best Management Practices over here state that the best way to maintain a stand of alfalfa in the first year is not to cut it lower than 4 inches and give it plenty of time to recover (a minimum of 28 days). If you did cut it as you planned what is the earliest frost date? October 21st might be the average date but if it’s early you have probably not given it enough time to built up the necessary root reserves to get it through a freezing snow covered winter. Another BMP practice over here in Australia when an alfalfa stand starts to thin out is to oversow oats into it. You could perhaps try another cereal that overwinters instead. Cheers!!!
that rental man buch i hear? loving the farming content its so awesome getting to see someone start their farming journey from literal nothing and humbling at the same time because alot of people may not know what it truly takes to be a farmer and you have helped show people what it truly takes i pray for God to bless you and your family thank you for the great entertainment
I’m second generation removed from my family’s pioneer farm heritage in Nebraska. You are giving me an appreciation of my heritage. That is a great gift. Thank you.
Ohh this reminds me of when I was a teenager I'd climb on a bail, stand on top and start singing. We had huge Bon fires with like 30 of us singing with the fam fishing picking fresh veggies and fruits milking cows running free on the land it was simple but fun. Nice video
It's great to see that some people still get to live in an area that is not full of overpriced condos and zero lot line homes. Instead of sitting in traffic you can sit in a skid steer and have a great time loading bales. Sign me up!
I'm 73 now. In my younger years, I hauled one heck of a lot of hay. Very fond memories. I even worked on Walter Brennan's ranch, ("Gramps" on the Real McCoys show), in Joseph, Oregon. He had one of the biggest hay barns I ever saw. Took some time to fill that thing.
Always nice baling when the knotter works. One thing I highly recommend putting a powershaft guard on the pto so no one gets tangled up in it. My old neighbor got entangled in one and walked back to the house wearing only the elastic on his underwear. One lucky guy!
Glad your knee is better. I would love to see you and your brother put out some hunting videos from your properties. Deer, turkey and pheasant. Maybe even a catch/ harvest and cook videos.
Take a third cutting. I’m about to do 4th next week on alfalfa. Weather is similar with us getting colder. You should have plenty of time for 4 inches of regrow to which will be plenty for winter hardiness.
Thanks for the advice. Thinking that’s the plan to cut here September 9th. Average frost is October 21st here. This is third cut and there’s a lot out there so would be good to get it baled.
spencer any tractors from that generation have always started hard. my 2120 had the same problem when i got it. the only way that it starts up easy is if you oftenly use it or use ether
One of the reasons that the second cutting of the grass hay field despite the good growing conditions might be a lack of nutrients. You might be like to spread any unused fertiliser from your field work onto the hay area to see what happens.
If you really want to keep using the sickle bar mower, you need to invest in a crimper. Any more you can grab one for a couple hundred bucks. Mostly its a key that shears and then they get tossed to the side. Mow then come in behind it and crimp it. It'll dry down a lot faster, especially when rain is a couple days out. When I switched over to a haybine, tedder, I can bale in good weather within 3 days. I do orchard/timothy grass hay and that can be a bear to get dry.
What motor is in your diesel. truck? Can you also show how to stack Hay on a gooseneck or hayrack correctly because I started Custom Bailing and no one around me does it please.
Hi Spencer - I thought I recall you saying the 6.0 powerstroke was stolen in a prior video. Am I making it up, or was it stolen and you recovered it? Sweet truck!
Hey Spencer tv a nother great video on your channel that ford dully is powerful pulling that hay u definitely my favorite RUclipsr did u guys get married yet
When loading a truck trailer, you want the majority of the weight over the tandem wheels, and not on the tongue. Only about 15% of the weight should be on the tongue.
@@jonesfarm6501 Spencer said that the bales were 1500 lbs each. This is a significant weight, and needs to be balanced on a trailer. Regardless of of the load, off-balancing a trailer can damage the trailer, and/or the towing vehicle and will cause higher risk of accidents or danger to other vehicles. A trailer that is too heavy on the tongue can cause the suspension of the towing vehicle to be off balance. A trailer that is too heavy in the rear (behind the rear tandems) can cause the trailer to sway, eventually causing it to fishtail out of control if too far off balance.
@@unimog401 Then you don't understand what happens to trailers when you overload them. I have repaired MANY trailers that have exactly that done to them before I retired. Slow speed or fast speed doesn't matter. The shock of weight when the trailer bounces DOES matter, as it can bend or snap the tongue, or more likely snap an axle or blow bearings. Even 1 mile can destroy a trailer if loaded improperly. Ask any truck driver.
Those tractors need little to no hydraulic pressure on the pump when starting. Rocking the steering wheel relieves the pressure so the engine isn't working so hard to turn over. You can install a manual destroking screw for about $20 that accomplishes the same thing.
Yes I do believe it was ACL repair based on time like you said it was similar time to my recovery when I had mine repaired. It really makes you humble and you take better care of your self for sure!
It’s called a MACI cartilage repair knee surgery. Pretty rare surgery and fairly new. I had a 70 year old’s knee in a 20 year old body. Sometime when I was 14-16 years old I injured it and it never healed correctly/completely. Then the bone died over the years and cartilage started to break off and degrade. So this surgery grew new cartilage and replaced the bad bone and cartilage in my knee. It’s a 9-12 month for full recovery. I may make a video on it down the road once I am fully healed. The surgery is only 8 years old in America and not a bunch of info out there about it.
@@spencerhilbert wow man glad that is available for ya. That degradation of your knee sounds absolutely horrible. I have had a lot of knee injuries from sports. I hope I never have anything like what happened to you down the road.
In hindsight if I got a MRI 3-4 years back I could have caught it early enough where I wouldn’t need a big surgery and it would have been an easy fix. I let it go on for too long and a lot of damage was done, bone on bone. Never thought to get an MRI, that’s the only way to see condition of cartilage.
Large square balers require at least 200 hp tractors at a minimum, plus the balers themselves are expensive. The profit is definitely not better. Small squares bring the best dollar per pound ratio than any other size bale.
How much horse power does red Truck make? AND which motor is inside? It’s pretty impressive how IT is Capable for towing. P.S. The question come from European guy hahaha for you American people IT is probably normal 😂✌️
Been there done that I had meniscus surgery and then two years later acl surgery on the same knee, if your young and see this don’t jump off of trailers and stupid crap when your older it bites you in the ass trust me 👍😂
I would definitely do the 3rd cut, there should be enough time between cuts so that the alfalfa doesn't completely die, at least in Germany. Compost and manure are not bad for grassland, but I would take soil samples and check the PH value, which is also very important for grassland and then sprinkle lime or sulfur if necessary. In my experience this has a greater effect than just manure or compost. Alfalfa is a legume and they get N from the air with the nodule bacteria, so in my opinion lime is more important on the pieces, but in the meadows compost or manure wouldn't be a bad idea in my opinion.
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I now see why the rural kids have the best football teams, every day is a workout.
The kid in the red shirt help me lay my house foundation back in 87. Hard working honest lad
I don't understand what you mean by the kid in the red shirt helping you lay foundation back in 1987? He is like 10 in this video?
With the ten day forecast showing highs in the 80’s and overnight lows in the mid 50’s, I would likely go ahead and cut the alfalfa. It will likely have plenty of time to grow a decent stand before a heavy night’s frost.
I love your videos you put out from grain farming to hay farming you do an excellent job of editing.
Nice length video, Spence! Lots to watch and observe. I guess like a lot of guys, seeing this again reminds me of earlier times, and it feels good. Really nice to see the older stuff still doing useful work! Of course you'd get faster drying with some kind of crimper if not a haybine, but you're doing fine! I haven't seen the Ranger in a while, glad to see you still have it!
Thanks to all of you.....Ty, Luke, Allen, Grant, and you Spence! Glad you're getting around better. Glad you are giving yourself time to heal! Health is super important, esp. the older you get.
Love the 4020
Thank you for the update the bails look great!
Hi Spencer! I’m really enjoying the videos. Regarding the 3rd cutting, I would NOT do it this year unless you really needed to. If it’s a first year crop, give it a chance to really develop its roots and reserves of carbohydrate for the winter. If it gets a chance to flower and set seed even better but if you get significant winter kill it will mean your field will always be patchy. Alfalfa rarely thickens up over time (generally the opposite in fact) so give it a chance to go into its first winter in the best possible condition and reduce the chances of needing to over seed again next season.
I am in central Iowa average first frost (24-25 degrees) happens October 21st. If I cut it September 9th, which is my plan, that’ll be 5ish weeks prior to first frost. The two week forecast looks good for new growth with bit of rain and 80’s coming up.
With that info would you view it as less risky? I don’t “need” to cut it. More just want to get some good clean hay to sell over the winter months. Let me know what you think always interested, seems like many people are 50/50 on late cuttings like this situation. Thanks
@@spencerhilbert Hi Spencer, I don’t know enough about Iowa weather as I’m on the other side of the world in Australia! Because of your videos I’ve been doing some reading about hay production and revisiting my time spent at an agricultural high school even though I’m no longer active in agriculture. The Best Management Practices over here state that the best way to maintain a stand of alfalfa in the first year is not to cut it lower than 4 inches and give it plenty of time to recover (a minimum of 28 days). If you did cut it as you planned what is the earliest frost date? October 21st might be the average date but if it’s early you have probably not given it enough time to built up the necessary root reserves to get it through a freezing snow covered winter. Another BMP practice over here in Australia when an alfalfa stand starts to thin out is to oversow oats into it. You could perhaps try another cereal that overwinters instead. Cheers!!!
that rental man buch i hear? loving the farming content its so awesome getting to see someone start their farming journey from literal nothing and humbling at the same time because alot of people may not know what it truly takes to be a farmer and you have helped show people what it truly takes i pray for God to bless you and your family thank you for the great entertainment
I’m second generation removed from my family’s pioneer farm heritage in Nebraska. You are giving me an appreciation of my heritage. That is a great gift. Thank you.
Ohh this reminds me of when I was a teenager I'd climb on a bail, stand on top and start singing. We had huge Bon fires with like 30 of us singing with the fam fishing picking fresh veggies and fruits milking cows running free on the land it was simple but fun. Nice video
Great to see a kid with such great work ethic.
It's great to see that some people still get to live in an area that is not full of overpriced condos and zero lot line homes. Instead of sitting in traffic you can sit in a skid steer and have a great time loading bales. Sign me up!
I'm 73 now. In my younger years, I hauled one heck of a lot of hay. Very fond memories. I even worked on Walter Brennan's ranch, ("Gramps" on the Real McCoys show), in Joseph, Oregon. He had one of the biggest hay barns I ever saw. Took some time to fill that thing.
The good Lord said let there be FORD! lol great video as always.
Always nice baling when the knotter works. One thing I highly recommend putting a powershaft guard on the pto so no one gets tangled up in it. My old neighbor got entangled in one and walked back to the house wearing only the elastic on his underwear. One lucky guy!
I love how good your truck sounds
lil bro keeping up with the Big dogs, thats what i like to see!
One of the worst years for hay here in Illinois, glad you guys had a decent year!
Your back to normal now the knee is better. All is well I’m happy Love you bros. Make sure save a bit of money. Bud.
I love watching the hilbert farm videos
Spencer taking the game to life loading those round bales 😂 I found this channel first then the game channel 😆
Great video Spencer. Thank you
So glad the 6.0 is back🎉
Gotta love a good ole ford!
I enjoy yours and grant videos keep on farming
I love your vidios. GOD bless❤❤❤
Bet that 6 liter was just loving pull those bales they sound so good under load
Having fun with the square bales I see.
i love your videos they are so interesting
Love the video! Keep up the hard work 💪🏻
Glad your knee is better. I would love to see you and your brother put out some hunting videos from your properties. Deer, turkey and pheasant. Maybe even a catch/ harvest and cook videos.
Excellent video
Great video enjoy watching keep up the great work
Bro wait till you hit 40 with that appreciation for that functional body stuff. I promise than you’ll know
Great video love it
Love the 4020
We usually pull 16 alfalfa bales behind a 1500 chevy😊
love your videos they are so interesting [ 13:50]
i love your videos
Take a third cutting. I’m about to do 4th next week on alfalfa. Weather is similar with us getting colder. You should have plenty of time for 4 inches of regrow to which will be plenty for winter hardiness.
Thanks for the advice. Thinking that’s the plan to cut here September 9th. Average frost is October 21st here. This is third cut and there’s a lot out there so would be good to get it baled.
Good video
Spencer,spread fertiliser in between cuts,n then with moisture and heat growth.
love it. today I get to ride a tractor.😍🤩
spencer any tractors from that generation have always started hard. my 2120 had the same problem when i got it. the only way that it starts up easy is if you oftenly use it or use ether
Yep Spencer, 5 high and a tie. I bet you see the wisdom in a disc mower and wheel rake?
Watching this series...while playing fs22.
Trying to find the same equipement you use, trying to start a bio farm style rp.
Enjoyable.
Nice
One of the reasons that the second cutting of the grass hay field despite the good growing conditions might be a lack of nutrients. You might be like to spread any unused fertiliser from your field work onto the hay area to see what happens.
Looks like round bales to me!
Crazy how this man used to play farming sim and look at him now
AMAZINGNES!!!
Just a swan trying to get some lift 😂😂
I wish my papa would have kept all his hay equipment
If you really want to keep using the sickle bar mower, you need to invest in a crimper. Any more you can grab one for a couple hundred bucks. Mostly its a key that shears and then they get tossed to the side. Mow then come in behind it and crimp it. It'll dry down a lot faster, especially when rain is a couple days out. When I switched over to a haybine, tedder, I can bale in good weather within 3 days. I do orchard/timothy grass hay and that can be a bear to get dry.
good job
hey spence wondering if you would ever put greenstar gps on the 4020 for cutting hay
Hey, the one that you guys have needs a dump truck and a a trailer long enough to fit a excavator and it needs different types of buckets
Man.. I had to look up the trucks towing capacity out of curiosity.... says over #26k pounds.... wow even if thats wrong to tow #12k is just cool
What motor is in your diesel. truck? Can you also show how to stack Hay on a gooseneck or hayrack correctly because I started Custom Bailing and no one around me does it please.
Is your truck deleted? Because it sounds great!
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Hi Spencer - I thought I recall you saying the 6.0 powerstroke was stolen in a prior video. Am I making it up, or was it stolen and you recovered it? Sweet truck!
Hey Spencer tv a nother great video on your channel that ford dully is powerful pulling that hay u definitely my favorite RUclipsr did u guys get married yet
You should do corn stalk bales
Have you and Grant thought about planting wheat in one of your fields?
$450k Returns the Lord is my saviour in times of my need!!!
When loading a truck trailer, you want the majority of the weight over the tandem wheels, and not on the tongue. Only about 15% of the weight should be on the tongue.
It’s hay
@@jonesfarm6501 Spencer said that the bales were 1500 lbs each. This is a significant weight, and needs to be balanced on a trailer. Regardless of of the load, off-balancing a trailer can damage the trailer, and/or the towing vehicle and will cause higher risk of accidents or danger to other vehicles. A trailer that is too heavy on the tongue can cause the suspension of the towing vehicle to be off balance. A trailer that is too heavy in the rear (behind the rear tandems) can cause the trailer to sway, eventually causing it to fishtail out of control if too far off balance.
@@RogerW9421 doesnt matter going that slow and that short of distance
@@unimog401 Then you don't understand what happens to trailers when you overload them. I have repaired MANY trailers that have exactly that done to them before I retired. Slow speed or fast speed doesn't matter. The shock of weight when the trailer bounces DOES matter, as it can bend or snap the tongue, or more likely snap an axle or blow bearings. Even 1 mile can destroy a trailer if loaded improperly. Ask any truck driver.
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wat tractor where you using for custom square bailing?
When did tou put a cab on your tractor
Eyy, is that Buch on the hayrack?
Oh, come on you need a dodge to pull that😊
When my great grandfather died they hauled the casket on a hayraxk to the cemetery
Is there a reason to turning the wheel when starting the 4020
Sometimes helps them crank faster
Those tractors need little to no hydraulic pressure on the pump when starting. Rocking the steering wheel relieves the pressure so the engine isn't working so hard to turn over. You can install a manual destroking screw for about $20 that accomplishes the same thing.
As a german it's quite interesting how much you do with your pickup trucks. Thats not really a thing here.
Which is more profitable, hay, corn, or beans?
Give your tractor a shot or two of ether in the air filter while cranking should help you young man
How much do those big bales generally go for?
Isn't that the your truck you said was stolen a while back? I guess it was found?
Yeah a few videos ago he said he got it back.
What knee surgery did you get?
Assuming ACL repair based on his recovery time and how his stitches looked. I have torn mine three times. The recovery really sucks.
Yes I do believe it was ACL repair based on time like you said it was similar time to my recovery when I had mine repaired. It really makes you humble and you take better care of your self for sure!
It’s called a MACI cartilage repair knee surgery. Pretty rare surgery and fairly new. I had a 70 year old’s knee in a 20 year old body. Sometime when I was 14-16 years old I injured it and it never healed correctly/completely. Then the bone died over the years and cartilage started to break off and degrade.
So this surgery grew new cartilage and replaced the bad bone and cartilage in my knee. It’s a 9-12 month for full recovery. I may make a video on it down the road once I am fully healed. The surgery is only 8 years old in America and not a bunch of info out there about it.
@@spencerhilbert wow man glad that is available for ya. That degradation of your knee sounds absolutely horrible. I have had a lot of knee injuries from sports. I hope I never have anything like what happened to you down the road.
In hindsight if I got a MRI 3-4 years back I could have caught it early enough where I wouldn’t need a big surgery and it would have been an easy fix. I let it go on for too long and a lot of damage was done, bone on bone. Never thought to get an MRI, that’s the only way to see condition of cartilage.
raised your kids right
With the 15 acres of alfalfa you should bale big square bales for a better profit
Do they have the money for the baler?
Not worth it
@@jonesfarm6501 yeah 15 acres would not be great for big square bales
Large square balers require at least 200 hp tractors at a minimum, plus the balers themselves are expensive. The profit is definitely not better. Small squares bring the best dollar per pound ratio than any other size bale.
@@prima164 yes cause little square bales can be made in large quantities
Why isn’t the loader on the 4020?
How much horse power does red Truck make? AND which motor is inside? It’s pretty impressive how IT is Capable for towing. P.S. The question come from European guy hahaha for you American people IT is probably normal 😂✌️
Been there done that I had meniscus surgery and then two years later acl surgery on the same knee, if your young and see this don’t jump off of trailers and stupid crap when your older it bites you in the ass trust me 👍😂
Sir can I convert your video into Hindi and upload it on my channel?
What type of john Deere?
Hi buck
I'm also getting a knee surgery just found out today
Where is the 4020 loader
I would definitely do the 3rd cut, there should be enough time between cuts so that the alfalfa doesn't completely die, at least in Germany.
Compost and manure are not bad for grassland, but I would take soil samples and check the PH value, which is also very important for grassland and then sprinkle lime or sulfur if necessary. In my experience this has a greater effect than just manure or compost.
Alfalfa is a legume and they get N from the air with the nodule bacteria, so in my opinion lime is more important on the pieces, but in the meadows compost or manure wouldn't be a bad idea in my opinion.
Yup put lime on last fall before this seeding. Will do soil samples
Who’s ford 6.0 is that?
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Cut it !
I thought this was a farming simulator video
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Please keep the cab on that 4020. It completes the tractor.