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Time for an old fashioned 'non-electronic' payloader on the north farm 😅
We also always have the old tractors for chores and snow removal that have no def for winter and have the “newer better” tractors for summer work
I feel you Mike, working in cold weather ain't fun. We have been lucky here in Finland, no below -20C temps this winter. 😊
Jaa Runkkari moro! 😂 yeah lucky us not having deep freezes yet!
we didn't even have snow in serbia, warm weather, we start sowing corn in 20 days
This has got to be absolutely frustrating. I think if this was my tractor it would be going down the road real soon. I was gone on vacation & came home to a yard full of snow. I went out to the shed & plugged in my 45 year old tractor for a few hours & cleaned out my yard in +1F temps without a problem. Makes you wonder about this modern machinery.
You're pretty smooth operator with that front loader 👍! With all the snow and drifting you guys encounter a PTO driven snow-blower wouldn't be too hard to justify! Snow-blower for opening roads and the loader for cleaning up the yard!
Obviously he doesn’t have several days to use a blower…
Mike you need a Bert that will run and push snow when you need it.
Mike, looks like you need to get a good non def tractor with loader for the north farm.
It was not DEF that stopped the tractor.
@@KALI1080 Maybe he needs to upgrade from the Fendt 724 gen. 6 to the new gen 7. The newer gen. 7 Fendt 724 (2023 model) has changed the engine manufacturer from the 237 HP Deutz 6.1L engine in the gen. 6 724, to the 240 HP AGCO Power 7.5L engine. Hopefully the AGCO Power engine works better in the cold than the Deutz engine. It might be primarily and issue with the Deutz engine. IIRC Mike have previously mentioned the Fendt 1050 with a MAN engine starts/runs much better in the cold than the Deutz engine. So hopefully the AGCO Power engine in the new gen. 7 700-series starts/runs better in the cold too, than the Deutz in Mike's gen. 6 700-series.
Should invest in a 3pt snowblower. You can quickly clear a lot of snow with a snowblower. Snow pusher on the front and blower on the back and your set
Mike. A heated shed might need to be high on the list at this farm !
Naaah that would make too much sense
Not gonna fix that expensive pos
I recently came across your channel and have been binge-watching awesome stuff. You need a nice snow Pusher for that tractor.
Ask Lee to bring you a Claas. Then you can blame him if it quits too.
Western canuckistan is home to some of the worst weather on the planet rivaled by northern Siberia possibly. When it is as cold as this, I am in hibernation. Was hauling grain this morning with it being -19 C, Which is as cold as I operate. The old trucks was not happy and it had some cold shenanigans at startup. but fortunately it did cooperate with the program the rest of the day.
Before wabascos and winter fuel we use to put 10% kerosene in the fuel tank to keep it from jelling up
We know Mike lives in Canada. We know it’s cold in Canada. We know that little tractor doesn’t start well especially in the cold. Let’s get Mike into a better starting tractor!!!
The Deutz engine is the problem, they cant handle cold temperatures.
And this is good time to end work at office and go to home and start to do some snow work (with 2010 MF 5435 :) ). Greetings from Finland :D
It’s bad when the tractor with 650 hours wont stay running, I bet the old Massey would keep running. Looks like you need to get a couple nice old tractors for when the weather gets cold. Nice 4455 with a loader. Not as quiet as the Fendt, but about as reliable as they come. Thanks for sharing your adventures. Have a Great Day, Mike.
Pick up a pre electronic tractor of similar power. And also keeping a bottle of Rescue additive on hand would be a good idea. I see why you like those Fendts though. SO PRETTY sitting in the snow.
Isn’t it amazing Mike how much advise comes so easily and inspite of not knowing the rest of the story AND not paying attention to details?? Reminds me of my son, after losing a close wrestling match, when I stupidly offered questions and advise on shoulda, coulda moves and he respectively commented, “easy for you to say, sitting on the top row with your mouth full of popcorn!” Yep. Good point. And I learned a lot!
could be fuel control actuator on the cp3 would be my guess. might be extra sticky or slow in the cold. 5 mins to change depending on where its at. pretty common to go out on the 5.9 common rails.
I’m amazed it even started in the first place.
So unprepared and all alone. For situations just like that I have a 1981 D6 cat and a lot of cloths . It will never fail
i can feel you Mike..i own a fendt profi plus for some years and its pleasand to drive it (when it works)
I have an old Fiat from 1982 with a loader that is my go to tractor in cold temperatures. All my stuff newer than 2010 is just not relieble in winter
You need to trade that summer weather tractor on one that will actually work in your climate.
Secondly, buy a powerful snow blower.
What I found to be the killer in cold wx starts was wind. Even in minus 30 c starts if I’d blocked the wind my success ratio went way up. Tarp the engine compartment might help, although DEF issues are a different animal so it might be a crap shoot.
So you said that your truck threw up DEF CODE. I live in Michigan and we hit 20 below 1 day and my truck, which was manufactured in Canada threw a DEF CODE as well. Turns out the heater for the DEF tank went bad. They have to replace the complete DEF tank is what I was told. Yes it’s a GMC Dirty Max. So I feel your pain.
Yup, the heater is built into the bottom of the tank. Just like the tractor tanks. Junk
the 724 is a good tractor, but cannot be modified due to warranty. it's already good if it manages to restart without assistance.
it would be nice to find an old used fendt configured for the cold region.
Mike I hope you find a pre Def tractor at a great price that you would be able to use for snow removal.
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With the new farm I'm surprised a 2 bay machine shed wasn't installed to atleast get 2 tractors out of the wind.
Good luck! Fuel jelling, plugged filters, tiger cold weather,,,Semi waiting for his load of canola..Cannot use the driveway due to drifts of snow, pick-up throwing a code...What a day!
We have 4 different size John Deere front wheel assist tractors. I have never had the issue you are having with yours in the winter.
They need to route the engine hot water through the fuel system to keep the fuel warm in the storage tank very simple. Use the engine to heat the fuel and you won’t have us freeze up for the winter times.
Not much though if you can't get the engine going in the first place.
There is a reason those older low hour tractors have been getting record prices. I wonder if Ernie would have gotten the job done?
😢 Honestly Mike I believe with the North Farm you will need dedicated snow removal equipment. You need to configure your set up with a John Deer 🦌 Power unit with an actual snow box blade and a blower for exactly this reason. Please if possible configure it soon.❤️😌🖖🏼
A quarter million dollar tractor that won’t run when you need it. Mike, how you don’t have a profanity laced rant about this is beyond any level of patience I can comprehend.
I completely agree 💯💯
Way more than 250k
Wrong color green... Main issue lol
@@nathannelson3861 if it was the red shade of green it would work
That’s true
I get the feeling there might be a Fendt for sale soon…
I think he had it up, no one going to want it now😂.
Mike, you need to get an old school Versatile with a blade just to push snow.
That and a simple dome she'd you put between 2 con-x's to park it under pulled in to s block heater.
It looks like it's time to get some "older" machinery on the North Farm. The kind you can fix with a hamer, some duck tape and a screwdriver.
Looks like you need to get a loader/bucket on that old Massey. While It doesn't have all the luxuries of that Fendt, you probably can't kill it once it gets going.
Mike, maybe it's time to buy a real tractor.
I personally spent 100s of hrs. Plowing snow in -25 degrees C ,20 miles from nearest town, with no communication, 40 years ago with no problems.
back in the good old days we always had a gas power tractor on the farm for cold days . Now with these fancy tractor and high power and green fuel they gel up on cold days . you almost need a heated shed so tractor will run on cold days .
We just got a brand new case 321 loader and it wouldn't start on a 20 below day it was blocking the big john deere loader in the shed luckily we finally managed to get it started after using a propane heater the starter had froze
There's nothing quite like having a new tractor that you bought for reliability keep conking out just when you need it the most, COME ON!
Sure would be a shame if the Fendt started on fire while broke on the road. 😂
Also love how everyone in western Canada knows how to move snow. Right of passage really
*Rite
I foresee an equipment trade will soon be made. Farmers gotta have stuff that works when they need it!
😢incredible ‘technology’! Feel for you Mike.
You should just take it easy in the winter. Make a snowman now and then. Take your son sledding. Enjoy the winter wonderland in your front yard.
Hello Mike,
You (or your dealer) can try to calibrate the hydraulic joystick. It can help to make the float function to be less sensitive.
Glad you stil post your video's twice a week. 👍
Greetings, Kees (from Holland)
I have been seeing a lot of video on that Fendt brand tractor and that tractor is a beast. It seems to have a great torque range and pulls implements with ease.
I See Junk
@@frankg5466, everything you buy is junk. How a person takes care of that junk makes the difference in a long life or a short life of the product.
@@frankg5466 Same thing happened to me on a deere 6420. Cold weather and diesel left me stranded on the road
The level of frustration and the ending says it all. I could imagine everything said after the camera stopped.
Mike is now looking for a pre-DEF tractor ! That really sucks , feel bad for you but can't help any except hoping you have a better day .
Issue was not def, its something with fuel system.
@@MrLSFIN I would bet it is tied into the def through that computer system somehow !
We run 6R here in south germany, and we all plug filters at about -15 C as well. No mater what tractor color, the bio juice in the fuel is our main problem here.
Not here we can go down - 50C something without issues. They had to replace the fueling meter, it's a mechanical problem.
@@mikemitchell2554 buddy we all know a fendt doesn't like cold weather. We have the 724 as well. After -10 celcius, forget about starting it. So I'm wondering why you rely on this tractor if it's your one and only tractor up north, get a deere, they start no matter how cold it is. Pay a bit more and have something that u can rely on...right ??
hope your day got better mike!
I say a new T-Shirt coming.
"Come on" with scary picture of Mike.
You can't fathom how much i feel for you!
Get Ernie a heat houser and bring her North
Fully prepared for it to break down 😅😅 get yourself a new holland up there
This is why I have been avoiding diesels with REGEN like the plague.
All I need is a place to plug 🔌 in, and a ton of Power Service.
Here in Michigan, it’s been a series of very severe storms this winter 🥶, but in between the storms it’s like spring time 🌷
Regen/DEF = trouble, and there is zero benefit to the environment, the only people making money out of it are the manufacturers and their friends in Government :( everyone else, from the farmers to the consumers are getting bent over. Machines from the 1950's run cleaner and with less breakdowns, but the manufacturers don't make any money from them anymore because they don't even sell parts :(
Gotta love Michigan weather lol
Here in central and north central Nebraska we have had Michigan like snowfall. We needed the moisture but when roofs fall in, that's too much!
There’s a reality of farming that far north. Snow removal equipment is as important as tillage/seeding equipment. Predef wheel loader?
I was wondering if it would be worth erecting a well insulated barn that will be just large enough for this tractor to fit for the sole purpose of heating it the night before.
I feel your pain, our new MF is the same way. One thing Agco is doing to help is put in a heated line on top of the fuel filter housing, new housing, different filters, different sensors and wiring harness lol. It’s sad when our old MF 1105 starts not even plugged in and never has an issue but these new things are junk.
My old JD, MF (and others) needs to have piece of cardboard blocking cold air entering radiator (keeps engine in normal temps). Sure anything like this might not be needed for new Fendt's like you have.
You need a 200x200 building for your equipment 🤣
Time to bring out Ernie.
Neer to get a snow pusher for that tractor Mike!
Mike, after watching the trials and tribulations you go through, I now know why i farm with Pre Def and pre commo rail equipment. If one wishes to muck something up let the government get involved.
Watched this more then once! Best of luck Mike!
March 1 and is still -25°C jeez make me appreciate the lower 48 even more. You guys have like six months of winter!!! I couldn’t do that I need sun and heat.
Diesel conditioner does wonders also with the fuel .
Hi Mike
Many thanks for your fine films about life in the cold.
It surprises me a lot why you don't build a garage for your tractors and machines like we do here in Denmark. It might help, if nothing else to keep them snow-free and you could connect a charger to them.
Neither my 97, 98, 03, or 12 throw def codes. Pretty happy about this.
Good luck sir!
It's time to get a decent snowblower
What good will a snow blower do? The tractor is killing itself.. The blower needs the full power of the tractor to do it’s job…
@@SirHuddy There is no hope for that tractor...... but a snowblower would speed things up, compared to a loader or a blade. An other benefit is, that it won't blow in as much, as you don't have the ridges
I guess this will be the last time we see this tractor. 🥶
That is why I like my 60 years old BELARUS 420 , no cab , no heat , no air-cond , no electronics, no confort , no problem. Alway start even at -35*C yes it start at -35*C and it doesn’t has glow plug or heater , just crank and hold the foot throttle pedal on the floor until it start
Mike have you tried a diesel fuel treatment to prevent the fuel from gelling? I know you said it winter fuel but we treat our diesel because we’ve run into issues and it doesn’t get nearly as cold here in Michigan.
They don't even sell untreated diesel here in the winter
@@Northern_Farmer They treat our fuel here in Michigan too and we still add anti gel fuel treatment to our fuel. It would be worth a try in my opinion if he isn't already doing so.
@@rothbrothersfarmsroth4630 can't hurt
Ugh sorry man. Such a expensive piece of equipment that is a marvel. Equipment manufacturers need to do better, in ALL colors! I know you are jot the only one dealing with issues lime this. My neighbor has another color he bought 3 years ago that had all kinds of def and fuel issues. He said I’ll sell that, and het another color. Same issues….SAME issues. This guy is crazy about fuel too and still has issues. Batteries what a joke, insulate the dang batteries it’s nuts. Thank you for keeping the food supply chain going, thank you for your hard work! Thank you for what you and your bride do!
Looks like lots of fun I'm not saying get rid of the fender but I'm saying get rid of it and buy a case puma or Maxum or even John deere 6195r and you'll have a tractor that might want to start in the winter and is easier to delete than that thing
Bit of a funny story but one of our neighbours actually went and bought a new belurs articulated tractor that is fully mechanical and has no computers and got it shipped from the Ukrainian during Covid in a 40 foot shipping container and put it together in his yard while we went and got a case ih puma and with less than 500 hours on the clock it has little to no brakes and both tractors got purchased and the same time and they both have near the same amount of hours on them
get a heater in the DIF tank using water from the rad also think of a heater in the fuel tank to prevent those problems
Def tanks have built in heaters, winter fuel doesn't require it to be heated and heat will only cause condensation.
@@OGRE.79 tell that to Mike's Fendt in this video.
Ahhh Mike, feel for you I'm afraid these modern tractors with all there tech are fragile and not built for tough environments. You need a D6 🤣👍
I feel you need a snow blower on the back of that tractor for up there with much snow. Would make it easier to move snow
I don't understand why you don't build shelter's around your farm to avoid being that cold for the tractor's and where you could easily plug in an electric heater in the tractor's fuel tank and coolant system to avoid the problems you have there... that would be the first thing I would do if we'd have such hard winters as you here in Germany
Mike.......you have lived in this country long enough to know to have any tractor work in the cold weather you need to plug it in to warm everything up. And besides March 1st is never spring in the Canadian prairies despite what the whacked out environmentalists would ever say. Hopefully there wasn't any serious damage that occurred.
@George lol why
@@carlfalt174 One of the first things he said in the video was they still didn't have power, so I'm not sure what he would have plugged that tractor into...........
@@carlfalt174 a typical thing to say to our Canadian Carls.
That's bad. Last time when i get this codes in mf tractor, entire fuel system needed to be change. Fuel pump obliterated throwing code about low pressure, then it gets to injectors, plug them and throw code high rail pressure. When I unscrewend filter and seen metal filings i know it was bad.
I don't understand why those Fendt don't work in the cold. What am I missing?
So while you where having all this fun I was celebrating my birthday
Fendt 700 series 6th GEN with Deutz engines really fights against the cold in Saskatchewan, Canada. Hopefully will the new Fendt 700 7th GEN equipped with AGCO/SISU engines, cope better with the cold.
I feel your pain. 😬
i have friends that live in really friged weather and there type of tracters do not quite in cold temps
You need a valtra,they start on the button in extreme cold
If I spent $400,000 for a new tractor I would at least expect it to run, That and start.
Your are making me feel better more and more running older junk. That is more reliable and cheaper. Wow I’d come unhinged if I were u
Good luck plowing your snow Mike
Have you looked at tractor mounted snow blowers? Also time for AGCO to come pickup there junk?
May be an old fashioned transmission works better than the hydro when its this cold, because of the stiff oil. But I'm not gonna advise you the deere because they are such bad cold starters, its a shame. The best cold starting Tractors that i know of is the Zetor, which is a Czech Tractor make. The comfort you have with the Fendt doesn't help you very much in this situation. Greetings from Germany.
You had to “bucket” it towards the end. Any coincidence that rhymes with another two-word expression that comes in handy for such a situation?
Mike, if I were you I would get a Case ih MX 200 with a loader. Those are the best starting tractors ever they are great for pushing snow.
Screw Fendt.
Hey mike got a question for ya bud? Once you get the tractor started and running could you then kick on the webasto to assist in heating up the engine?