Hi Mike, as a Fendt mechanic for over 30 years now I can only appreciate customers who keep their tractor clean. I'm willing to take their carpet out, put cardboard on the floor, put a plastic cover over the seat and even clean the cab when I'm finnished. However I will never take my steel nose safety shoes of because if I ever happen to have an accident at work while not wearing my safety gear, the insurance company won't pay me a €. So I hope you understand my point of view on working on your socks. Greetings from Belgium and I hope the weather will allow you to continue your work asap.
Better yet, you should get the plastic booties for your boots if you work at any proper professional environment. Tractor stays clean, you have steel toe boots. Win win
@@calvinwright1816 It's a good idea but not very practical. When doing tractor diagnostics I easily step in and out the cab at least 20 times an hour. If I have to remove these covers and put them back on each time I make a move, I won't be doing much else during my working day.
Hello Mike. With us in Switzerland and in Germany I own a lot of agricultural land I mainly make a lot of hectar of Potatoes have had to remove thousands of large stones before planting the potatoes.
We used the cambridge rollers on grain or legumes. Smoothrollers are only used on Graslands to initiate tillering. It lets the gras grow stronger. greetings from germany
Good roller tutorial. The before and after made it clear to us the effect of the machine. I'm not a farmer but have driven by rollers parked in front of machine sheds and wondered about their purpose.
Oh Mike I think your funny great, actor, not only the rollers will push your small rocks into the soil, the rollers act as a pat down of the soil to keep the moisture in the soil it also gives a even strike of your seeds making a even seed bed, the Chinese farmers have been doing this for Centuries, but in your case you have the problem with the permafrost pushing the old Glacier rocks up , so rolling the fields helps keep the fields flat and safer to harvest, regards Best Wishes with your sowing of all of your crops, Trevor.W.Bacelli. Biloela Qld Australia.
We don’t have rock pickers or rollers around here. I remember as a kid helping my grand dad pick a few once but none have been seen again. I figured some pioneer hauling rocks to his farmstead broke an axle on their wagon and dumped them to get his broken wagon back home.
We in Germany use Cambridge Rolers or others like a Prisma. I thing there are easyer to pull, because the bulldozing effekt is less. Also the Strukture of the ground is better and water can infiltrate easyer.
Thanks for the video. A landroller is probably as low tech as fieldwork implements get. Extremely simple mechanically, no electricity or PTO needed and only needs hydraulics to put it in and out of transport mode. :-)
Ayy Mike; regarding the terrible spring idea on the gap filler rollers. Why not drop the springs off at the dumpster and replace them with a turn buckle ( heavy style as in a category two adjustable third link off your three point hitch) that will make the connection rigid so you’ll have the same ( adjustable ) down pressure as the entire roller gang. It’ll be a trade off as in ; when crossing a gully; the gap fillers will become wheels and carry the roller Gangs off the ground. I guess ultimately you could go hydraulically loaded gap fillers with a nitrogen cushioned accumulator but if rite way we’re fair dinkum about the product, it would be built that way. Regards from sth east Australia.
We used to hand picked on our quarters that we grew hay on (320+ acres) 40+ years of picking rocks and no matter what,no matter how big the rocks you pulled out they just keep coming out of ground haha
We also picked rocks on all our farm land here in Southern Ontario....but and a big but...was we always left some behind for seed so they would grow and have little ones for next year. 🤪🤣😜
Hi Mike, An idea to get rid of those tracks would be to fit your tractor out with tires like they use on golf courses. I have experimented with both and I prefer the second choice over the first any time. I’ve used mine for plowing in the past with no problem. Want to get no ruts get rid of those dirt digging tires. Be careful and stay safe 😀
Great video. Interesting well engineered machine and the way it is constructed and folds / unfolds. Looks pretty. Super how you showed when the wheels start to spin, what duals and four wheel drive do. 👍👌 Wonder if it would be possible to redesign and collect the rocks the same time in one go ... 😉 Further, can you show one day how the small in between Rollers via the springs are pushed to the ground with that spring? Was thinking all the time, what happened to that one spring that came loose at one side..
Mike, i got a question. For those small rollers in between the mains, have you thought about hooking up hydraulics and a swivel joint on them so you can adjust the pressure the small ones are putting out? Not sure if the cost/benefit is favorable but thats what came to mind
@Mike Mitchell whatever vacuum you get..get one with a 4" beater brush. I (son of an engineer) have personally been pretty happy with Bissell products but I'm not sure what they offer in this market.
Mike, I would buy a large plastic thermos lunch box that will hold your shoe and keep them on the outside of the cab - el bungie cord.. less cleaning and no dust inside cab.
Alex Martin. I know that Ashtyn was driving equipment before marriage to Mike.....Most wives of the owners of large farms don't run equipment. Most are busy with other parts of the enterprise. Most 30-40 year old farm wives are up to their eyeballs in raising the next generation.
Very differant between each operations Some girls domt even know what's going on on the farm they're very traditional house wives I know one of my freinds is like that his mum and his wife and all his brothers wives don't set foot outside the house Then other operations they're doing everyday jobs as well as house work like my mum and sisters Then there's my other friends mum where she runs the while livestock operation amd the husband doesn't even look at sheep he just does cropping
Great awesome video mike, that’s a huge roller , ours is 32 ft brillon , thanks for explaining why you do , we have to cause of the soybean ground and soybean Draper header a inch off the ground , when mike gets in the tractor his ocd kicks in lol 😂
What are the things that upset Mike?.. That's a really good question I will tell you what: 1) Not removing shoes before entering the cab 2) Poor sound system in the cab 3) Poor suspended cab 4) Pick up rocks in the field 5) Bad shifting gearbox 6) Non-laminated glass screen 7) Protesters standing on the tracks stopping all trains from fricking moving 8) Small cab fridge
How come you don´t use Cambridge rollers? I´d think with a climate as dry as yours, a little texture on the surface would help keep the moisture? It would still bury the rocks, I think - but I have no experience with pulses...
How come you didn't fix that spring that was disconnected before you rolled or before putting it in road position. Or is/was it something you didn't need to do anything about until you can just get around to doing.
Hey Mike with that land roller have u had any issues besides thoes little rollers. I work with Riteway as a Assembler in regina. And I know we are always looking for ways to improve the equipment
@@mikemitchell2554 we kinda figured that would happen. If you want to contact someone to bring it up u can are engineers well are engineers if u know what I mean always there way lol
Mike the proper term for digging with your tyres is wheel slip! Also do you use sat navigation and auto steer with the roller. In your dry conditions does rolling help to retain moisture?
Hi Mike Greetings from England uk been watching your videos for some time now thought I better start subscribing Great efficient operation you have out there with solid dedication to what you do Recently received tee shirt good quality best wishes for the future to you all.
Wouldn't be able to pull it.. The lighter rollers were had that option but they have went away fro that because the frames couldn't handle the weight.. And then some ppl would for get and try move with it.. 😬
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Hi Mike, as a Fendt mechanic for over 30 years now I can only appreciate customers who keep their tractor clean. I'm willing to take their carpet out, put cardboard on the floor, put a plastic cover over the seat and even clean the cab when I'm finnished. However I will never take my steel nose safety shoes of because if I ever happen to have an accident at work while not wearing my safety gear, the insurance company won't pay me a €. So I hope you understand my point of view on working on your socks. Greetings from Belgium and I hope the weather will allow you to continue your work asap.
O ik Ben niet de enige Belg die dit kijkt 🙈🙈
Better yet, you should get the plastic booties for your boots if you work at any proper professional environment. Tractor stays clean, you have steel toe boots. Win win
Removing ones shoes in a tractor is just weird.
@@calvinwright1816 It's a good idea but not very practical. When doing tractor diagnostics I easily step in and out the cab at least 20 times an hour. If I have to remove these covers and put them back on each time I make a move, I won't be doing much else during my working day.
@@woutlanszweert815 nee hoor.
FINALLY! Someone has demoed and explained the need for land rolling. Thanks Mike, YOU'RE AWESOME!
Thanks! I am trying for ya guys 🙂
This explains a lot About those heating problems on your old 720. I know guys who use 550quads on 84 land rollers.
You do a good job of explaining how the machines work.....& why they are required, Mike!
I love that you understand and appreciate proper tire inflation. I see over inflated tires on equipment all the time!
🙂
Hello Mike.
With us in Switzerland and in Germany I own a lot of agricultural land I mainly make a lot of hectar of Potatoes have had to remove thousands of large stones before planting the potatoes.
We used the cambridge rollers on grain or legumes. Smoothrollers are only used on Graslands to initiate tillering. It lets the gras grow stronger.
greetings from germany
Mike you could never make too many videos! We adore you!
Good roller tutorial. The before and after made it clear to us the effect of the machine. I'm not a farmer but have driven by rollers parked in front of machine sheds and wondered about their purpose.
I always come back to your channel, I have to say, I am not a farmer but I learn alot from you!
Oh Mike I think your funny great, actor, not only the rollers will push your small rocks into the soil, the rollers act as a pat down of the soil to keep the moisture in the soil it also gives a even strike of your seeds making a even seed bed, the Chinese farmers have been doing this for Centuries, but in your case you have the problem with the permafrost pushing the old Glacier rocks up , so rolling the fields helps keep the fields flat and safer to harvest, regards Best Wishes with your sowing of all of your crops, Trevor.W.Bacelli. Biloela Qld Australia.
You should have a pair of slippers in the cab now that would be awesome 😀
😑
Bear paws!!
He prefers stinky socks lol
Wooden shoes from Holland !
See I picture Mike as more of a Croc’s wearer. 🤷🏼♀️🤣
Does it have section control? 😂😂
🤣
Good question🤔🤔
Lol bet so
I really enjoyed this video, thanks to Mike. Well done
Tkx for the roller info. I only got a glimpse of a roller in another video once, but always wondered about the details.
Can never have enuff Mike Mitchell movies thanks bud
Lmao mike your awesome and funny. No one who ever had to deal with rocks don’t understand. We found new rocks every year on our farms
Great quote at the end, "Its the dirt that pays for them"
Everybody is talking about fridges when it's actually built-in shoe boxes the farmers want on their equipment. :D
Nope. He's the only one who does that
Mike thanks for showing why they apply landroller in the field.. Gracias!
We want Bob! More Bob, more Bob, more Bob!!!
We don’t have rock pickers or rollers around here. I remember as a kid helping my grand dad pick a few once but none have been seen again. I figured some pioneer hauling rocks to his farmstead broke an axle on their wagon and dumped them to get his broken wagon back home.
We use a Degelman 5 plex 80 ft roller here in Biggar, Sask.
Very interesting tool. Don't blame you for wanting to work in a clean cab.
10:20 Yeah these little ones roll pretty badly **shows a example on the one with the unhooked spring** :D
I roll wheat and barley for better germination of the seeds, in dry conditions
That is the best tutorial I've seen on any other farm channel on rolling. Thanks Mike 😊 God Bless
Thanks John! I do the best I can with the time and stuff that I have to work with! 🙂
We in Germany use Cambridge Rolers or others like a Prisma. I thing there are easyer to pull, because the bulldozing effekt is less. Also the Strukture of the ground is better and water can infiltrate easyer.
Want to screw with the roller driver? Take the end panel off and chuck a few rocks in there :) The rattle will drive them insane.
Great vid i think out of all the youtube farmers Mike is the most informative I always learn something lol
Mike, get a little milwaukee vacuum, you won't regret it. The blowers are nice too.
Dewalt more powerful, batteries last longer.
@@ddorn04 Nha. Its all the same. Just different color.
Thanks for the video. A landroller is probably as low tech as fieldwork implements get. Extremely simple mechanically, no electricity or PTO needed and only needs hydraulics to put it in and out of transport mode. :-)
Ayy Mike; regarding the terrible spring idea on the gap filler rollers. Why not drop the springs off at the dumpster and replace them with a turn buckle ( heavy style as in a category two adjustable third link off your three point hitch) that will make the connection rigid so you’ll have the same ( adjustable ) down pressure as the entire roller gang. It’ll be a trade off as in ; when crossing a gully; the gap fillers will become wheels and carry the roller Gangs off the ground. I guess ultimately you could go hydraulically loaded gap fillers with a nitrogen cushioned accumulator but if rite way we’re fair dinkum about the product, it would be built that way. Regards from sth east Australia.
Omg you should see how filthy some of the tractor cabs are that come into the dealership where I work..... your ocd would not be able to handle it.
Mike, we use those rollers here in Iowa on soybeans for the same reasons you do. You take care, stay safe and good seeding.
we have a 60ft 3-section.. Even pulling with a 535 and triples it will dig a bit on loose soil. You could fill the small rollers with sand probably.
When you said "rock n roll"...quite literally 😂😂😂
It's only a matter of time before there's a central vac option that pulls out of the a pillar. Mike will be the first customer.
I will watch every day
We used to hand picked on our quarters that we grew hay on (320+ acres) 40+ years of picking rocks and no matter what,no matter how big the rocks you pulled out they just keep coming out of ground haha
We also picked rocks on all our farm land here in Southern Ontario....but and a big but...was we always left some behind for seed so they would grow and have little ones for next year. 🤪🤣😜
Hi Mike,
An idea to get rid of those tracks would be to fit your tractor out with tires like they use on golf courses. I have experimented with both and I prefer the second choice over the first any time.
I’ve used mine for plowing in the past with no problem. Want to get no ruts get rid of those dirt digging tires.
Be careful and stay safe 😀
Love the videos mike keep, them coming every day, Milwaukee tools has a cordless vacuum portable, an works awesome too, thanks for sharing
Keep em coming, Mike.
Double up the the springs on the small rollers. Will help you lots 😉👍 Stay safe 🏴
Great video. Interesting well engineered machine and the way it is constructed and folds / unfolds. Looks pretty. Super how you showed when the wheels start to spin, what duals and four wheel drive do. 👍👌
Wonder if it would be possible to redesign and collect the rocks the same time in one go ... 😉
Further, can you show one day how the small in between Rollers via the springs are pushed to the ground with that spring? Was thinking all the time, what happened to that one spring that came loose at one side..
Great show’s thanks for sharing.
Thanks for sharing this!!!
Interesting one today, well explained, thank you sir.
Keep the videos coming… 👍
Great video Mike nice looking land roller
Mike, i got a question. For those small rollers in between the mains, have you thought about hooking up hydraulics and a swivel joint on them so you can adjust the pressure the small ones are putting out? Not sure if the cost/benefit is favorable but thats what came to mind
Now that is a roller!! 80ft! Sounds like you need the 1050 for the roller also!! Take that little 724 back to the garden!!
Love your videos Mike thanks
in fact you are already harvesting but we see now the planting :-) ... NICE Vids men !!!
That roller would make good work of gopher & mole hills
Great video!
Learned a lot!
@Mike Mitchell whatever vacuum you get..get one with a 4" beater brush. I (son of an engineer) have personally been pretty happy with Bissell products but I'm not sure what they offer in this market.
11:34 the struggle is real, for every farmer
Keep the videos coming!
Mike, I would buy a large plastic thermos lunch box that will hold your shoe and keep them on the outside of the cab - el bungie cord.. less cleaning and no dust inside cab.
It's interesting that Ashtyn isn't the only wife that helps plant the crops.
No it’s not. She was doing it before being Mikes Wifey
Alex Martin. I know that Ashtyn was driving equipment before marriage to Mike.....Most wives of the owners of large farms don't run equipment. Most are busy with other parts of the enterprise. Most 30-40 year old farm wives are up to their eyeballs in raising the next generation.
Very differant between each operations
Some girls domt even know what's going on on the farm they're very traditional house wives
I know one of my freinds is like that his mum and his wife and all his brothers wives don't set foot outside the house
Then other operations they're doing everyday jobs as well as house work like my mum and sisters
Then there's my other friends mum where she runs the while livestock operation amd the husband doesn't even look at sheep he just does cropping
Great awesome video mike, that’s a huge roller , ours is 32 ft brillon , thanks for explaining why you do , we have to cause of the soybean ground and soybean Draper header a inch off the ground , when mike gets in the tractor his ocd kicks in lol 😂
That is a big roller.😉
Those dam rocks.😡
Man youŕ clien on your tractor.😉
Top tip Mike in the small fill in gap rollers why don’t you fill or part fill them with sand or concrete to give that it of extra weight.
Job done!
Sand?😂😂😂😂🤦♂️🤡
The abrasive sand would eat the steel up.
Awesome....!!
Milwaukee cordless suitcase vacum is the shit for this I have one use in trucks and equipment and it works... m18
It’s okay to be OCD Mike, we al are
Hey love your vids ceep up the work
Great video. Thanks for showing me how to use the roller. How do you keep the roller from pushing down a big on the road?
What are the things that upset Mike?.. That's a really good question I will tell you what:
1) Not removing shoes before entering the cab
2) Poor sound system in the cab
3) Poor suspended cab
4) Pick up rocks in the field
5) Bad shifting gearbox
6) Non-laminated glass screen
7) Protesters standing on the tracks stopping all trains from fricking moving
8) Small cab fridge
Awesome Video!!
I have a fent like that and when the cabin gets dirty I change it
We have the same socks🧦😆
You should rig up a little hydraulic cyl on the little rollers instead of the springs. Think it would work better
How come you don´t use Cambridge rollers? I´d think with a climate as dry as yours, a little texture on the surface would help keep the moisture? It would still bury the rocks, I think - but I have no experience with pulses...
Our 31000lb roller is towed around by a TM135 so your 516 is in good company. It is only 12’ wide though 😂.
10:15 does that right duel have a wider gap at the top vs bottom or would that just be a weird angle?
Sure does look like it...
problem just a weird angle.
Love your video mike!!!
You should get a vacuum from the same company that your rechargeable cordless tools came from. I have a 18V Makita that does a nice job.
In the Netherlands the 724 is a big tractor, my main tractor is half the size, only 128 horsepower, doing all the work..
Yup, our fendt 413 doing all the work haha, 724 you’d be a big farmer or usually contractor.
@@gijsvermuntagrifotografie only whe don't cover 40.000 acres, my farm is only 90 acres🤐🤐
@@marcelhabets4802 ours is like 35-40🙈
"Let's roll out!" .... a lot of eye rolling
How come you didn't fix that spring that was disconnected before you rolled or before putting it in road position. Or is/was it something you didn't need to do anything about until you can just get around to doing.
Over here we roll our green land but the drums are filled with water and therefore much heavier.
Did you remember to hook on the spring again, Mike? In transport mode are the wings latched together so you easier can back up?
Your the best mlke
Hey Mike with that land roller have u had any issues besides thoes little rollers. I work with Riteway as a Assembler in regina. And I know we are always looking for ways to improve the equipment
Yes.. The hitch and frame cracking up.. Needs to be heavier
@@mikemitchell2554 we kinda figured that would happen. If you want to contact someone to bring it up u can are engineers well are engineers if u know what I mean always there way lol
Mike, yes Mike, can you lift the two end rollers and lock them so it wont tear, less weight and all. Well that's a good question Mike.
we roll our cereals just in case later in the season we get a big rain and it lodges then ur cutting right on the ground
Mike the proper term for digging with your tyres is wheel slip! Also do you use sat navigation and auto steer with the roller. In your dry conditions does rolling help to retain moisture?
Did buddy have time to put his shoes back on when he had the combine fire last year?
good point
I’m willing to jump out in socks if the combine is on fire,I could care less about my feet or my shoes at that point lol
Hi Mike
Greetings from England uk been watching your videos for some time now thought I better start subscribing
Great efficient operation you have out there with solid dedication to what you do
Recently received tee shirt good quality best wishes for the future to you all.
based on running the 360's ya got LOTS of rocks
Awesome video
My neighbor has a 60' roller and he fills each section with water for extra weight surprised yours doesn't have that option.
Wouldn't be able to pull it.. The lighter rollers were had that option but they have went away fro that because the frames couldn't handle the weight.. And then some ppl would for get and try move with it.. 😬
👋👍thanks
Maybe fill the little rollers with water or calcium. Extra weight could help from bouncing but also might compact too much
Thats some roller
Nice
Thanks for another great video
Are you going to plant anything there or is it just waste ground.?