Breaking Out The Stalk Chopper!

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  • Опубликовано: 4 фев 2025

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  • @TimKrenz-j8t
    @TimKrenz-j8t Год назад +2

    Crankshaft is a GOOD CONVERSATION PIECE !!!

  • @warrenklingensmith1241
    @warrenklingensmith1241 2 года назад +2

    Well men I'm 74 now raised on the farm in Pennsylvania. When we filled silo there was a team of mules pulling the corn binder. Then mules where hitched to a wagon to bring the corn bundles to the chopper /blower. There was just one tractor a model A. John deere. Hard work but good memories.

  • @jimwerner636
    @jimwerner636 2 года назад +4

    I believe the hitch on the stock chopper was for hooking up a v-rake so u can kill two birds with one stone, and then bale right behind it. Just a thought, love ur videos and how down to earth u guys are. Keep farming

  • @danielk8140
    @danielk8140 2 года назад +4

    That Rich Farm barn and silos in Connecticut were painted by the “Barn Artist “ Scott Hagan from Jerusalem, Ohio. His wife Amanda grew up on the dairy farm right next to ours when I was growing up.
    We had a small dairy farm….we usually milked between 25-30 head.
    Love watching your videos….keep them coming!!

    • @joesteck6631
      @joesteck6631 2 года назад +1

      Isn’t he the guy that painted all those Mail Pouch barns?

    • @joesteck6631
      @joesteck6631 2 года назад +1

      I’ll answer my own question. No. Scott painted our bicentennial barns in 2003. Most of the Mail Pouch barns were painted by another fellow Ohioian Harley Warrick.

  • @phillipdickinson8557
    @phillipdickinson8557 2 года назад +3

    A real family farm I love ityou and your dad are so great thank you for sharing and your time I can never get enough with Duffy AG Larson farms Laura farms laad farms you are real Americans .

  • @petercahill3859
    @petercahill3859 2 года назад +3

    7510 is a beast

  • @USSBB62
    @USSBB62 2 года назад +3

    My grandson sits in Grandpa's lap every morning and watchs the Barn Kitties drink milk. He loves that video. You don't change a thing please. Godspeed...

  • @glenschumannGlensWorkshop
    @glenschumannGlensWorkshop 2 года назад +3

    Dad sometimes used the Gehl flail chopper to blow cornstalks into the Gehl self-unloading wagons and we would blow them into one end of the barn. If he did not want the stalks for bedding, I would mount the six-foot double disk on the Ford 8N and go to work disking cornstalks. I would stay at it until midnight sometimes. Good times.

  • @maxinerose6664
    @maxinerose6664 2 года назад +15

    I found your channel by accident. And boy am I ever glad. You all remind me of my family. My grandfather started out farm in 1925. My dad took over in 1938. My brother took over in 1973. Now his son is run the farm. It went from sheep & cows to all dairy cows. Now is a beef operation. We were small only 365 acres in Western West Virginia. So I can relate to your style of farming.

  • @danw6014
    @danw6014 2 года назад +4

    The second dairy farm I worked on had a Gehl green chopper that we used to chop corn stalks for bedding. We blew it into a kicker wagon and forked it into dry cows and heifers. That operation had 50 of the nicest registered Holsteins I ever had the pleasure of caring for and I got to look at a lot of good cows with the MSU judging team. I grow about 4500 bale of hay and don't have any trouble getting $6 plus for it. Sure do miss work with a small herd though. I'm betting that's not an engine crankshaft because there are no counter weights. It probably out of something like and old hay loader or possibly an old hay tedder. Maybe bundle cutters on a threasher. Thank you for posting.

  • @philipingram1667
    @philipingram1667 2 года назад +9

    I think the crank is off an old hay loader where they had the kickers to throw the hay up onto to wagon. It is nice to see a father and son work well together - not the case everywhere - Dad is OK with new ideas and the son know how to listen and learn. Keep up the good work and Happy Thanksgiving.

  • @robertmarino2158
    @robertmarino2158 2 года назад +16

    Congratulations to dad , he is willing to show his boys , & we that watch his farming abilities , so true , honest , making things happen , teaching what he knows , team work , getting work done by his boys , the right way , enjoy , stay safe !

    • @Farmhan130
      @Farmhan130 2 года назад

      Come check me out here

  • @johnhatt1219
    @johnhatt1219 2 года назад +6

    Thank you again for the nice compliment I would like to see you make a few more cow bells

  • @8tomtoms8
    @8tomtoms8 2 года назад +8

    You guys are great!! The fact that you both so appreciate your viewers will give your channel much success.

  • @jayss10
    @jayss10 2 года назад +2

    I can only speak for myself but having grown up on a farm I watch the videos remembering my childhood. Mom still lives there but dad is dead and gone and the only thing left farm wise is a couple of broken implements in the fence row and that old ford tractor my granddad got new in 1951.

  • @douglasmacarthur8775
    @douglasmacarthur8775 2 года назад +2

    Since some readers are commenting on hay/straw prices........Mid America Hay Auction ...gives the results of their (2X) a month hay/straw auctions.
    I noticed last Thursday Large Round bales of corn stalks sold for $35 a bale.
    You pay mileage from auction site ( Sauk Centre MN) to your farm.
    I bought many semi loads of alfalfa hay and straw at that auction during my farming days.
    I recall one sale had 180 loads that day. Great selection.

  • @johnthompson4162
    @johnthompson4162 2 года назад +3

    Want to see Art's machine in action. He knows how to build a grinder mixer. My Dad had a close friend who was his relative. Interesting knives on it. The hitch is for a disk as we did or a rake. Good luck with the husks. John T.

  • @KristofferCHvik
    @KristofferCHvik 2 года назад +3

    Hi,great place you have,and love the old tractors! With regards to the crank shaft I believe it to be from an stationary thresher. Center feedboard goes up and forward as the side feed boards go down and backwards. I have never seen one operate,but used to play on one my grandfather had on their small farm here in south east Norway.

  • @jamesryan9206
    @jamesryan9206 2 года назад +7

    Really enjoy and appreciate the time you both give us.

  • @robertmarino2158
    @robertmarino2158 2 года назад +9

    The reason it's working is that your honest , caring & you show how real working farm does everyday progress. Stay strong , enjoy & have fun , keep up the great videos !

  • @douglasmacarthur8775
    @douglasmacarthur8775 2 года назад +2

    at 1:05...........I bought my NH 256 rake new in mid 1970's.
    I should have paid extra and had the dolly tires up front.

  • @dr.michaelr.foreman2170
    @dr.michaelr.foreman2170 2 года назад +3

    Twenty-five years ago, when the U.S. had that huge draught, we in Ontario Canada, were selling hay for horses at 50 dollars for a small bale of hay. I think at one time it got as high as 100 dollars a bale. I was driving tractor trailer at the time, and I was constantly running flat beds of hay to the horse barns in America. It was great for me, because I got to see the stables in New Jersey for your famous racetrack there and to Kentucky.

  • @canvids1
    @canvids1 2 года назад +5

    I have been following you now for a few months since I found your site and I must say like others are posting ! we love your channel and your postings.
    I am over 80 and remember my very young years on the farm and it gave me a real great start in life. Keep making your great videos thanks so much.

  • @snowman5609
    @snowman5609 2 года назад +2

    Hi we run a 8row loftness stalk chopper that built here in hector mn we farm down here in south central minnesota and we still mole board plow all our corn ground I know a lot of people say we shouldn't but it works for us.

  • @marklen2322
    @marklen2322 2 года назад +2

    We had a Lindell chopper and pulled a Lindell chisel plow behind it.

  • @markdallmann7887
    @markdallmann7887 2 года назад +3

    The hitch on your stock chopper can be used to pull either a disk or I have seen guys pull rake to winrow the corn stalks for baling. Which you might want to consider.

    • @AppalachianRancher
      @AppalachianRancher 2 года назад +3

      I was looking to see if anyone mentioned hooking a rake onto the back it'd save fuel and time I'd think.

  • @larrynicholsiii8562
    @larrynicholsiii8562 2 года назад +2

    What we do with our 4 row stalk chopee is pull a gehl v rake behind it with that hitch

  • @johnjames1882
    @johnjames1882 2 года назад +3

    the hitch on the stalk chopper is for twin rake driven by hydraulic thats why we added a hitch

  • @stanhensley3082
    @stanhensley3082 2 года назад +7

    Well,that was fun to watch!! Funny how people like the everyday things that happen on the farm.I watch because I miss so so much.I did not stop farming because I wanted to.Life can hand you some not so fun events that take you down roads you did not see coming!! Keep the videos coming. They really warm my heart ♥. Thanks🥲.

  • @robertburden1509
    @robertburden1509 2 года назад +2

    Great video nice tractor good job love to see the chickens and here the roster 👍👍🐔

  • @matthewdavis4081
    @matthewdavis4081 2 года назад +7

    One of my late fall time favorites. Every row of every acre. Chopping was my job from 8yrs old until I was 21 when grandpa and dad had to sell the cows. I miss the cows and all the odd jobs that went with the dairy. Choppers share make the corn fields look phenomenal and clean. Great video as always guys

  • @caturnerjr
    @caturnerjr 2 года назад +4

    Love hearing stories from your dad! Don't change anything and just film everything!

  • @eddielittleii8919
    @eddielittleii8919 2 года назад +3

    I've never worked on a dairy farm but I have been around crank shafts. That is not out of an engine. My guess is you apply rpms to it for operating agitators that churn butter?

  • @bridogman3256
    @bridogman3256 2 года назад +18

    Great to watch. Your father is the best and always explaining along with life experience. You are so lucky to be working with your father and learning everyday. It is awesome to watch and learn. All the best and happy Thanksgiving.

  • @banjobenson9348
    @banjobenson9348 2 года назад +1

    yes the regular stuff is what we all used to do.

  • @douglasmacarthur8775
    @douglasmacarthur8775 2 года назад +2

    I'll take chopped dry corn stalks over straw any day for bedding in a shed.

  • @jamesmarsh4957
    @jamesmarsh4957 2 года назад +5

    perhaps you can see how good your channel is guys, real life on a dairy farm and how every family member does their part. I think this is what everyone wants to see, the hard work that goes into a farm and can be anytime of the day or night, the good times and the bad, how lonely it can be sometimes too. So thank you all so much

  • @abbiejones1843
    @abbiejones1843 2 года назад +2

    I love watching your videos about your family farm following your day to day life's so interesting
    Abbie from UK 🇬🇧.

  • @CarnivoreCurin
    @CarnivoreCurin 2 года назад +3

    We want to see the work being done and the success of the farm. When I could had a farm, everyone told me, " don't buy a farm... you'll never succeed." Now dairy farms are around 2.3 million dollars if you can find one.

  • @kopenhagenkid
    @kopenhagenkid 2 года назад +2

    Great video

  • @johnjames1882
    @johnjames1882 2 года назад +3

    we went away from it though and now we just use the end of hay season blades with the discbine

  • @bobrat
    @bobrat 2 года назад +3

    I started watching your channel after doing a Google search for "wood fired boilers"
    I'm happy that I found y'all. 😄

  • @dawn20
    @dawn20 2 года назад +3

    I don’t think I ever miss one of your videos 😊

  • @br927
    @br927 2 года назад +1

    I mowed hay with a MC, the problem with that after you baled it,it made the hay like chaff. Use to crawl under the MC with a hand grinder to sharpen the blades! Back in the late 70's to mid 80's we use to cut mulch hay for the mushroom farms in southern PA. Every 3rd day a trailer load, 650 bales a load! We also would run into horse hay and send it to NY City, $5.00 a bale for horse hay! We had a cow slip and split herself.

  • @chadgutshall8165
    @chadgutshall8165 2 года назад +3

    I've always seen guys use that hitch on the stalk copper to pull a wheel rake behind

  • @colmortimer1066
    @colmortimer1066 2 года назад +5

    I like the "boring videos" as they show genuine farming. It's not always the glamorous things, sometimes it's less exciting, but often that aspect is really interesting. I used to help my Dad's cousin a lot on the weekends, he had a small beef cattle operation. These videos often bring back those memories. :)

  • @scottmercer4821
    @scottmercer4821 2 года назад +2

    i watch both because I enjoy farming content, but really enjoy the father and son working for the same goal.. #family

  • @brianzimmerman2942
    @brianzimmerman2942 2 года назад +3

    The rear hitch was for a disc. Your right.

  • @virginiagraber9070
    @virginiagraber9070 2 года назад +3

    Grease 👏👏👏, Pickers corn. Thank you.

  • @jameslockhart3102
    @jameslockhart3102 2 года назад +3

    You guys are great ....great channel

  • @michaelcaputo3648
    @michaelcaputo3648 2 года назад +3

    Try some "belt dressing"on those old wornbelts. You can bye it in an autoparts store!
    Good luck.

  • @genesiedenburg9798
    @genesiedenburg9798 2 года назад +2

    We love the everyday, that's what keeps us going. Thanks ❤️

  • @philliprogerssr4326
    @philliprogerssr4326 2 года назад +3

    Enjoy your videos reminds me. Of my dad and me and brothers on our dairy farm in late 60s

  • @AppalachianRancher
    @AppalachianRancher 2 года назад +2

    The crankshaft would make a good mailbox post.

  • @teenagefarmer
    @teenagefarmer 2 года назад +3

    Awesome video guys thanks for sharing see you in the next one.

  • @donschmidt4358
    @donschmidt4358 2 года назад +2

    Totally enjoy your videos, a real slice of farm life

  • @martina.heglund8470
    @martina.heglund8470 2 года назад +5

    One of the biggest reasons why I enjoy watching your videos is because I used to work on a dairy farm for many years, and now because I caught the cancer bug now I cannot work much anymore, that is probably why a lot of people enjoy watching your videos in the same way and brings back a lot of good memories, i love the smaller size dairies, the cows keep it nice and warm in the mornings, so thank you for your time and the videos, God bless and have a wonderful Thanksgiving, ps did your dad get any of that cheese lol

  • @stevendonaldson9110
    @stevendonaldson9110 2 года назад +9

    It looks to me as it might be a straw walker shaft from an old self propelled combine. Enjoy your videos keep them coming! Happy Thanksgiving from Paulding Ohio.

  • @davidbunnett6066
    @davidbunnett6066 2 года назад +3

    Really enjoy watching your videos.Your farm is very clean and well managed.I saw a video of Gary MacDonald flail mowing and pulling a disc and harrows behind.He is a organic farmer and consultant.We have a small mixed farm in New Brunswick.Thanks for making all the interesting videos.

  • @johnhenderson299
    @johnhenderson299 2 года назад +3

    All your videos are great the real farm life

  • @samkoeller9417
    @samkoeller9417 2 года назад +3

    Thank you for your awesome videos keep up the awesome work.

  • @nathanpope2465
    @nathanpope2465 2 года назад +3

    I love to see the family working together. The landscape is so beautiful there. The hills and valleys remind me so much of where I'm from in the foothills of NC.

  • @johndennison6093
    @johndennison6093 2 года назад +2

    You guys are great and love watching your videos. Grew up working on a small dairy in Potosi Wisconsin. Live in south Florida now and alfalfa hay small squares start at $20.00 or higher.

  • @chuckjohnson8407
    @chuckjohnson8407 2 года назад +2

    Its a shaft out of a combine for the straw walkers.

  • @bobkinney7913
    @bobkinney7913 2 года назад +4

    I feel I was born a farmer, but dad moved us to Indiana for the steel mills.
    Grandpas farm is still in the family, my cousin raises registered polled Hereford in Pennsylvania.

  • @gilmour73
    @gilmour73 2 года назад +5

    The town I grew up in is surrounded by small dairy farms. I would drive past them all the time, without any clue what was going on. I think I stumbled on your channel when I got in a rabbit hole of wood boilers. I have been consistently watching your videos since then. Really like seeing how you maintain the machinery. Lots of time and effort goes in to making sure they work when you go to use them!

  • @johnglover5071
    @johnglover5071 2 года назад +1

    Good to see a father and son working together, peacefully. By the way. Whatever content you put on is fine . It's all interesting to see. Thanks for the new video.

  • @marlinyohn8982
    @marlinyohn8982 2 года назад +2

    Thanks for allowing us to ride along with you for another day on your farm. I am happy to see your subscribers slowing growing. Your dairy farm brings back many memories for many of us that grew up on a farm. Have a great Thanksgiving. We all have so much to be thankful for.

  • @robert12345678912312
    @robert12345678912312 Год назад

    Lovely ❤❤ people, thank you for showing us your farming activities.😀🌟🌟🌟🌟👏

  • @ArmpitStudios
    @ArmpitStudios 2 года назад +5

    Loved seeing the Oliver doing at least a small job in this one.
    Cheese! I’ve ordered a pizza flavored cheese from a small WI place and it shipped just fine to MN. They don’t ship during the warmer months.

  • @mikegroen1837
    @mikegroen1837 2 года назад +3

    Really enjoy your videos. Growing up on a farm I central Minnesota brings back a lot of memories. Thank you keep it going!

  • @fullers1966
    @fullers1966 2 года назад +5

    The hitch on that stock chopper might be for a rake do it all in one pass

  • @chrisray6536
    @chrisray6536 2 года назад +4

    Even though ive worked on a couple of farms growing up never really did much field work. Usually stuck milking. Teally enjoy seeing the different machinery, especially those i havent seen. Awesome video as always. God bless.

  • @josephbeaudoin1299
    @josephbeaudoin1299 2 года назад

    Nice Video guy's . Good to see how you Run your Operation. Planing is key at times . Weather is one very key factor . When i was in my teens i worked for a farmer here in New York . He had a 37 cow heard. I love doing the field work . From spring planting to fall harvesting . Mowing hay raking it and bailing it . Picking corn with a Farmall M and a New Idea one row corn picker ear corn . He had 3 tractors . A Farmall M A 400 and a 460 . all gas . Then he traded in the 460 for a 966 hydo his first Diesel tractor . With the bigger tractor came bigger plows . bigger disks 2 row head for the corn chopper . 2 row corn picker . 👍👍

  • @johnhatt1219
    @johnhatt1219 2 года назад +30

    Thank you all for the very nice compliment and yes I was worried about it spoiling

  • @jamesbreault5762
    @jamesbreault5762 2 года назад +2

    As always guys really enjoy the videos👍👍👍👍👍👍

  • @joewettstein740
    @joewettstein740 2 года назад +3

    Great job love watching your videos grew up on a dairy farm my two you get brothers are on now in Wisconsin

  • @Ronzo1953
    @Ronzo1953 2 года назад +3

    Happy Thanksgiving to all of your family!!! Thank you so much for the awesome videos of your daily farm life!!! It's great to see your dad constantly teaching you your brothers and even us different parts of life on the farm

  • @howardlewisjr4242
    @howardlewisjr4242 2 года назад +6

    You guys live the best life, love watching👀 your channel....Happy Holidays from Hudson, Iowa..I learned a lot about farming from you guys.

  • @KC2DZB
    @KC2DZB 2 года назад +2

    The crankshaft - seems like I've seem something like that driving the feeder fingers of a threshing machine. Seems like a pretty odd shape to have been in an engine.

  • @strong40
    @strong40 2 года назад +2

    A disk behind the stalk chopper makes sense. Maybe a chisel plow, roller, or no till drill.
    Most people where I live don't use flail choppers. One guy uses a batwing mower but most have chopping corn heads or just til without chopping stalks. The one farm that round bales lots of stalks for bedding just uses a wheel V rake right after the combine, no chopping

  • @bjackrabbit
    @bjackrabbit 2 года назад +2

    That looks like the shaft that run the straw walker on a combine or thrashing machine

  • @kimcwhite6509
    @kimcwhite6509 2 года назад +3

    Another great video! I'm in Northern California where horse hay is expensive because of the drought. Our local feed store gets beautiful quality hay from Oregon. 3 strand 100+ lbs are $25.00 to $30.00 a bale for alfalfa or oat hay. Grass hay is more expensive. My granddaughters have HS Rodeo horses so it's expensive. Great idea for the dog bones! I buy them from the meat dept at $30 for a femur bone just over a foot long!

  • @1narow486
    @1narow486 2 года назад +3

    yall are awesome. thanks for sharing so much.

  • @tomtall1245
    @tomtall1245 2 года назад +2

    That crank shaft you showed looks like it came from an old horse drawn hay tedder with the forks I have one in my barn Doesn't look heavy enough for an engine

  • @marvinrathke3640
    @marvinrathke3640 2 года назад +3

    As always another awesome video. I will never get tired of your videos. Have a Wonderful Thanksgiving.

  • @Rudycoleone
    @Rudycoleone Год назад

    You guys look like yall should be brothers.....I'm new in here and I farm so I learn something everyday afterv13 years of it Iove the content

  • @pagrainfarmer
    @pagrainfarmer 2 года назад +5

    Great video. I'm a farmer too (with a RUclips channel) and always enjoy your videos.

  • @hm12460
    @hm12460 2 года назад +1

    You guys do a good job and are absolutely a class act. You do need a couple 2 cylinder John Deere's to add to your fleet though! Maybe a 730 diesel and a 60 or a 620?

  • @johnhatt1219
    @johnhatt1219 2 года назад +5

    Glad to see you all are doing good happy thanksgiving

  • @USSBB62
    @USSBB62 2 года назад +3

    The crank shaft. My guess Water Pump or Sprayer Pump crankshaft.

  • @Lstaley
    @Lstaley 2 года назад +3

    I started a field on fire just a few weeks ago chopping stalks to bale not sure if the chopper did it or an ember out of the exhaust

  • @Timkrenz-gr6ol
    @Timkrenz-gr6ol Месяц назад +1

    ❤😊 YOU GUYS HAVE SO MUCH DIFFERENT CONTENT IN THE THINGS YOU TALK ABOUT ❤😊

  • @davidkimmel4216
    @davidkimmel4216 2 года назад +3

    As always really enjoy your family videos Happy Thanksgiving

  • @joshblick
    @joshblick 2 года назад +2

    I may be wrong, but isn't the square end on that crankshaft for a hand crank? Which makes it pretty old if that's true. I'm not quite old enough to remember them personally lol

  • @vmdairy
    @vmdairy 2 года назад +5

    That looks like it might be a part from an old hay loader.

  • @johnbucklerfarms
    @johnbucklerfarms 2 года назад +3

    The hitch is to pull that Side Delivery Rake so ya Do 2 Jobs at Once!

  • @johnjarrett9233
    @johnjarrett9233 2 года назад +2

    Another great video , just wanted to wish you and all your family a happy Thanksgiving . Y'all stay safe and God bless y'all .

  • @jacksonpanos4989
    @jacksonpanos4989 2 года назад

    Love the videos and farm style reminds me of story's from my grandpa when he farmed and when he was a kid his dad owned a farm just like yalls

  • @tworks4378
    @tworks4378 2 года назад +2

    Could it be an old crankshaft, for one of the old horse tedder. They had forks that kicked it out the back.