I was impressed with the skill of the chopper operator...there was no spillage/blow-over on the silage trucks. Saving a few minutes and wasting valuable feed can end up costing a lot of money in the end with todays prices for inputs. Quite a fleet of leveling/packing tractors at the silage pile.
Got me wondering about the transmission oil in the Steigers on the pile. I had been told that some of the older 4x4 tractors were susceptible to transmission damage from poor lubrication when working on very unlevel surfaces for periods of time. Does anyone know if there’s any truth that that??
So, I have a question for the Americans here. Why is it that in basically every grain harvesting video (yes, I mean specifically the one with combine, NOT forage harvesters) everybody is using these hopper trailers, when very obviously these big trailers like in this video exist? The hopper trailers seem HORRIBLY inefficient to me. Lots of space not used because of the sloping bottom, when a trailer with a moving bottom that scrapes backwards could offer so much more space for grain. Is there some magical advantage to the hopper trailers that I am unaware of? NOBODY here in Europe uses these.
Corn silage is generally always chopped in fields very close to the farm so not much road travel is involved.Also a load of corn silage would not be as heavy as pure grain. Grain corn is generally always hauled farther down the road and they would likely be grossly overloaded if these trailers were full of shelled corn versus silage.
@@farmhandmike is grain corn that much heavier than chopped corn? I would have thought it the other way around, given that silage is the entire plant and generally higher moisture than grain. Still tho, couldnt one build a trailer with the exact same outer dimensions as the hopper trailers, but have it be a "conventional" trailer? I mean, grain is hauled over long distances here in Germany too, and we use bigger trailers than that.
I was impressed with the skill of the chopper operator...there was no spillage/blow-over on the silage trucks. Saving a few minutes and wasting valuable feed can end up costing a lot of money in the end with todays prices for inputs. Quite a fleet of leveling/packing tractors at the silage pile.
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Steiger action on the pile is nice to watch😃👍 great video👍👍
I'm in Celina and love watching these
My favorite job on the farm. Love hearing the chopper cutting silage.
Great seeing the old Steigers still earning the keep !
That's a very good idea having tractor tires on the rear wheels of the transport truck. A great video and thanks for sharing.
Thanks Mike. Fun watching the Pit Packing. The Cougar sounded a little uneven.
Excellent video brother 👍
These video's are insane and insanely satisfying to watch.
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Really enjoyed! Thanks for the video.
Your usual excellent chopping video, thanks for sharing!
Love the steiger tractors, I used to drive a pta 325 back in the 80's. Loved it
Loved seeing those two Steigers! The NH's too, but it's a rare day to see the Steiger's packing piles IME.
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Love the Videos
Keep up the good work love watching you on RUclips
Another great video. Love the silage harvest videos!
I only had a straight truck to haul the silage and the chopper was pulled by a tractor in the old days, mid 60's
I like Mike less videos on RUclips from the imperial county California 👍👍🇺🇲🚜🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽
Well done!!!! thanks.
Great video as usual
neat video mike i like watching your videos keep them coming
Great video as always Mike
Greart videoing mike
Good video.
Man those steiger tractors sound pretty darn good
I really like choppers
Couple of steigers on the pile,that's a first.
Got me wondering about the transmission oil in the Steigers on the pile. I had been told that some of the older 4x4 tractors were susceptible to transmission damage from poor lubrication when working on very unlevel surfaces for periods of time. Does anyone know if there’s any truth that that??
Those truck drivers must have been bored. Never seen silage truck driver that didn't drive like they were running moonshine on a suspended license 🤣
Love these chopping videos! Why are semi trucks run the field during silage but not for other harvests?
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So, I have a question for the Americans here. Why is it that in basically every grain harvesting video (yes, I mean specifically the one with combine, NOT forage harvesters) everybody is using these hopper trailers, when very obviously these big trailers like in this video exist?
The hopper trailers seem HORRIBLY inefficient to me. Lots of space not used because of the sloping bottom, when a trailer with a moving bottom that scrapes backwards could offer so much more space for grain.
Is there some magical advantage to the hopper trailers that I am unaware of? NOBODY here in Europe uses these.
Corn silage is generally always chopped in fields very close to the farm so not much road travel is involved.Also a load of corn silage would not be as heavy as pure grain. Grain corn is generally always hauled farther down the road and they would likely be grossly overloaded if these trailers were full of shelled corn versus silage.
@@farmhandmike is grain corn that much heavier than chopped corn? I would have thought it the other way around, given that silage is the entire plant and generally higher moisture than grain.
Still tho, couldnt one build a trailer with the exact same outer dimensions as the hopper trailers, but have it be a "conventional" trailer? I mean, grain is hauled over long distances here in Germany too, and we use bigger trailers than that.
How come he is only every taking in 9 rows at a time?
Then if any corn is hanging out or tipped they get it all. These guys are pretty particular on doing a clean job.
I'd really enjoy operating a forage harvester. They are just corn eating monsters!! Drine footage👌🏻🫡