Making STACKS and Bedding Cattle
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- Опубликовано: 14 ноя 2019
- Video of me pulling a Hesston Stakhand 10 baling up corn stalks to be used for bedding for cattle. In this video I am pulling the Hesston Stakhand with a John Deere 2950 tractor then we move the stacks with a John Deere 2750 tractor into the cattle pens for bedding.
I,m a 70 year old sheep farmer in the dry core of South Afrika and i like these Stakhand loafmakers very much.
An aunt, and uncle, of mine had a 10A. They were pretty innovative farmers back in the day. They mowed with an 820 self propelled windrower, used a Grimm tedder, had one parallel bar side delivery rake, the stacker, stack mover, and one tractor, an Allis Chalmers 180. They used to leave the stacks out in the field for a week or two, until the top formed a bit of a crust, before they moved them to the barn yard. Said it helped the piles not fly apart during moving. Thanks for the video!
I enjoy ur videos because I can hear noises the machines make not dumb stupid music. God bless your heart mind and soul.
Still use mine every year to make hay and corn stalk bales. Been on our farm since 1973 when it was purchased new. The bales are great if your feeding what you make. Not so good if you are making hay to sell. Great, simple, low cost machine.
That's pretty cool ! I never seen one of these before . The steers sure were happy .I like watching the old farm equipment being used .
This proves the durability of older farm equipment without all the switches an circuit boards,bells a whistles.It does a good job with out all the expensive maintenance an down time. I watch a lot of these video an it seems like a lot of farmers are waiting on parts or techs to repair are service their equipment.
I’m back again to watch this entertaining video, I like this way better than modern round bailing. I really hope you keep this machine working well for years to come. Thank you so much for documenting this working history!
wow the cows really loved the stacks. they acted like little kids at Christmas. Thumbs up!
cat nip for cows
I was today years old when I saw a Deere version of these for sale. I came to RUclips to get educated, farmhand mike did not disappoint.
One more comment before they said you had the biggest smile on your face I could see it that reminds me of the first time I used my Allis Chalmers allcrop 60 that was so much fun and I loved it a lot of people said I wouldn’t but I did it’s the thrill of running somthing so old that you’ve wanted for along time
Thank you for buying and displaying this wonderful machine !
I made about 300 stacks a year with one of those when l raised steers. Made all my corn stalks for bedding.Always unloaded the stacker in one area where l lined them up. Otherwise there would be to much trash left over in the fields after dumping and moving them and would be troublesome for plowing. Beautiful video. Made me remember how the steers would headbutt the stacks. LoL
Love seeing the old mechanics in the field thanks for sharing that mike love y’all and keep doing what your doing
My dad used to have a 30a stacking n pulled it with a ford 8000. It was slow and so dirty but it made beautiful hay and bedding stacks. We'd knock the stacks apart and spread it with a big manure spreader.
Great video Mike! Man, you weren't kidding about those steers liking those stacks LOL Wow. Thanks for a very interesting video and the walk around. They did great with the drone if you ask me.
I worked on a farm in the early 70's . We put up alfalfa with the stackhand 60 and the stack transporter with a fifth wheel hitch on a dodge pickup
OMG that brings back tons of memories!! We used a Heston and Deere we had a Hesston stack hand pull type mover . Kinda glad round balers can out.
Thanks Mike for the memories!!!
Such a very good ideea to buy this for RUclips video.
Awsome machine, I din.t see other till now. I watch you from East Europe
Thanks for making this video for history’s sake, I never knew anything about this interesting machine. The cows really seemed to have a blast with the stacks!
Growing up, our neighbor had one of the big Hesstons. He made straw & corn fodder stacks. I think he put them side by side due to that back door needing to open. I remember may 100 or more stacks of each. Heck, he even did neighbors' fields. He had a mover/processor trailer thingee he would load up the stacks and it would blow (I think, it was 50 years ago almost) the fodder around.
That's cool, our neighbor had the Biggest Hesston stacker .He put up a lot of hay with it. He also stacked hay for us on the Spud Speshard Farm were I worked for 10 years. Thank you for your videos I watch them all the time. Cheers.
Very cool, I remember growing up on the farm, we'd read the brochures for the new equipment every year, this always intrigued me, the stacks of hay, so tightly packed into the huge bale, we thought we'd NEVER have such a piece of equipment like that on our small farm in Connecticut, but I've still wanted to see one work thanks Mike, I thoroughly enjoyed it
I haven't seen many feeder steer operations that feature cattle with that kind of conditioning and cleanliness. Great job Mike.
Its necessary for holsteins. They dont do well in more hostile environments. Beef cattle are much tougher. This is what I do every day
@@phillydip5609 Thank you for pointing that out to me. I had no idea. I do pass a farmer's feed lot full of Holstein steers and they are always caked in manure and look gaunt in the winter time. Again, thanks.
@@steveminer8341 Those operations are the ones that make the industry look bad. Over time those types of farms will go out of business cause it doesnt work. Glad to share
Awesome video ..them are some the best looking holistien steers I have seen real good fleshy animals .
Mike not a farmer, but you brought me back to my child hood. I went to camp on a farm where the farmer Leo (RIP) and Justin bailed square bales with a heston square bailier and hay wagon. Needed strong arms and hands for that. They now have a red round bailer, and they had 2 farmall tractors. It has less parts and bearings, and no belts! I think that's great one pass, and instead of moving the steers while you unwrap, they eat almost instantly. They had fun, set it and forget it!
Thanks Mike, really enjoyed the video! Being a dairy “farmer” my whole I enjoyed seeing the cattle playing with the stacks that were put in the pens, the humor in seeing how they like to play with something different, miss those days, made for happy coffee time this morning! 😊 (😎) There were a few of them up here in NE Wi. So I seen them operating in corn to feed dry cows. Again Thank You for all your videos!!!
Lol...them ole steers are happy campers...very cool...👍👍
I remember seeing these stacks around in central lower MI in the '70s. My grandpa and uncle bought an IH round baler around '75 or '76. That thing was cool! But i never saw a bread loaf bale getting made. That is what we called them haha
Mike those cows remind me of a bunch of kids and a newly raked leaf pile
This is a great way to clean the corn debri up and use it for something else that is needed . The cows seem to love it , you don’t have buy bailing string , it’s a win , win . Great video Mike !
Nice stacks and good looking cattle. Thanks for the video Mike. Also thanks for getting the vintage equipment working.
glad to see that stack hand wagon in action. I remember seeing them years ago but I never seen one in action thanks for the video .
Neighbor had one back in the 70s, It must have been a 30, it had tandem axles. Pulled it with a 1030 Case and sucked straw from a TR70. What a storm. Maybe that's why he was an alcoholic....lol
Hi Mike I have not seen this before it works very well for small farms a good video Graham UK
We always hired a guy to make these for us each fall back in the 70"s. We didn't have that contraption to move em so he just put them in place where we wanted them. And the cows LOVED them. Great memories! Thanks!
Really cool Mike! Thanks for sharing. I’ve never even heard of these until you bought this one last year so I’m glad to finally see how it works!
Never seen on of these before!
Of course you always see the balers but this is totaly new to me...😮
Thanks for showing!👍
Unless someone has already removed it, there is a deflector in the top of the hood that will prevent the stalks from going all the way to the back. Remove it and you will build much better stacks. I used these for 20 years feeding hay and bedding with stalks for an angus herd. I fed fat cattle in the barn and bedded the cows outside with stalk mounds. Hauled the mounds to the field in the spring. Everything worked really well for a one man operation. I wore 2 stackers out and when I retired I sold my last one for more than I paid for it. All in all a really economical to raise cattle.
Great video. Awesome to see this Hesston in action.
Wife’s grandfather used one he always loaded them into an old manure spreader and backed it in the barn to spread the stalks
That's how we bed our dairy cattle twice a day.
HI MIKE! Zac johnson told me to check out your channel . Like what i see just subscribed keep them videos coming thank you
I work with a guy that has a stacker and makes stacks for his cattle. It’s nice to see how it actually works. He talks about it all the time.
great job those are darn nice looking steers, looks like they enjoy the fodder
Good looking cattle they all seemed very happy thanks to you Mike
Use to put up hay and corn stalks that way when a kid. Had 2 neighbors that had the hesston 10, hay would keep better in a stack than a round bale had some 2 yrs old and only a 2” layer of brown till it was green. Had the 3 pt like yours with out the top holder neighbors had one that picked up long ways with lift assist wheels on each side for smaller tractors. Finally got to run the one neighbors for corn corn stalks one year really enjoyed it it found out not to over fill it made a job to get it to unload. We used to use a Donahue planter trailer to haul with could haul 4 stacks a trip
We never used these but I do remember seeing them in our area. Thanks Mike, I hope you had fun using it.
Great job flying the drone Alexandria
g.day mike they sold well in the farming areas of australia ,lsaw some of the range of stak hands at the Royal Melboure show in the 1970s , cheers from Australia..
Out neighbor had a 30 back in the 80's. You can put a lot of hay in those stacks. Great way to feed large groups of cattle. Good looking little 🦌 pulling it
I swear I could smell that barn & corn stalks & steer right through my iPad! Another great video Mike & Alexandria.
There Was a bunch of them west of beaver creek road ! One of them stacks is about all the 27 wanted to pick up even with the loader! Thanks Mike
Neat machine and great story
Thank you for the good, informative video mike! Didn’t know about these until you did this. Like you when I was young my grandpas neighbor had one of these and me being into farm machinery I always wanted to know what it was and what it did. Now I know!! Neat purchase.
Very cool to see one of those working, thank you for doing this video 👍
Mike this video just brought me back to my early teens... I ran a john deere 200 stacker for most of a summer in North Dakota. Had a 4440 pulling it and the horse power to throw it to the back was perfect. A Heston 4 stack mover trailer is what we used. Corn faudder sucked to springy... but in hay the stack would be close to 4500 lbs, 7 was the magic number for compression times before laying them in a nice row. Looked like bread loafs all lined up
Neighbor had a 200 JD !!! 7 sounds about right !
@@leesteele9290 i ran a 30 back in the day, i wanna say we packed 10 times for hay and 3 for corn stalks, any more and the load got too heavy.
Bringing back oie memories.grew up running a 30a until the 1486 international tractor we ran it on caught on fire. At this time we bought a 60a from another farmer. Here in northern Utah we would put up hay and grass. We did a few straw stacks but that was hard doing for straw was slick and when moving moving it they would slide apart. It worked good if ya didn't have to haul it to far. Was the best way for us before the ton balers.
In about 1981 i worked on a farm and we had probably a 60 we ran it with a 4230 . back then all the corn was picked and when we made corn stalk stacks i would follow the rows in the opposite direction the corn was picked and it picked up most of the stalks . We called the device to move the stacks a " retriever". I always enjoyed making stacks and then moving them.Those i1st cutting stacks would be really big monsters when first unloaded!
Cool video, I saw a stack hand before, but never knew what it was for. It was also great to see it in operation, and have the history and features explained. It looks like it would be better than a round bailer in corn stalks.
Hesston Stakhand 10 never heard of it before And now i want one. Great video Mike.
Thanks Mike, a farmer a few towns away had one of those parked in his fence row for at least 35 years, I never new what it was, just a big red box . Sadly it's not there anymore. If I remember I think it had 2 axles but it was definitely a Hesston. Thanks for sharing.
I’d love to see more footage of the cows, they seemed to be having so much fun! It looked like catnip for cows.
Great looking steer Mike, your obviously doing a great job
Man I could write a book on making corn stalk (no fodder ) stacks back in the day ! Did it with a 4020 and a StackHand 30 and later a 30A (still have the 30A) . I can smell the fresh stalks and feel the chaff down my neck (no cab) . Just like any other piece of equipment there was an art to making a good stack , and maintaining the machine !!! We made hay stacks as well and used both to feed beef cows . The mover for those bigger stacks was different and harder to make work ! More power would be better , don't mow the stalks if it's to fine the stacks won't keep their shape then you'll have hard time unloading them and moving them then you'll have a pile! Walked by our old stacker the other day and thought about those times ,thanks for the trip down stacker lane! Roundbalers replaced them but for stalks I'm not sure the process is any better , probably faster and easier to handle but the product isn't any better !
Awesome staker
We had one back in the day, it had to be twice the size of that one though. Maybe 5 years ago we hauled it for iron with no use for it anymore. I remember riding along with my grandfather as we made stacks for the cattle. We even had a stacked mover that had metal chains on it that would pick them up from underneath.
We have one of these too. Great one pass bedding. My dad had a farmhand back in the 70s
Oh wow talk about a blast from the past lol that's awesome. I used to see those all the time when I was a kid. We always called them bread loaf stackers. But you definitely have to tarp them over or they get destroyed by the wind pretty fast. But the best way to put up hay is still the old fashioned way before these things or balers were invented is loose haystack. My uncle Tom is an absolute pro at making loose haystacks. And he even has a big stack mover to move the stacks to a hay yard. I wish I had a way to get you pictures or even videos of the process and the stack mover. But I don't live in Montana anymore.
never had this in the uk but what a machine
Great video again Mike, keep em coming!!
Well, I always wondered how those weird stacks of corn stalks I see occasionally in Wisconsin were made. Thanks for the great vid Mike. :)
Great video Mike, takes me back to 1982 I worked for Tommy Johnson in Lundar Manitoba for the summer. Running a Heston 60 with a John Deere 5020 was one of my jobs there, not good with a back wind on an open station tractor. Still farming back in the UK using mostly JD equipment. Keep posting and let's have some more breakfast shots!
Amen on the back wind and no cab,got to taste what you were stacking!!!!
I use a 10a and 30a here in Australia. They are by far the fastest and cheapest way to bale hay and straw, as long as it's been used on the same property. There is a nack to making good stacks and the way they are stored to protect from wind.
The only downside of using them, with the size of them they can be difficult to feed out in very wet conditions. For this reason I still make rounds, and even little squares.
So nice to see youngstock like to play around in a lump of fresh bedding
love the video of the stacker and the stack mover
That is cool. I have always wanted to know how these work. and have never found a video. Thanks for the great video and keep up the great work.
I remember my stepfather leasing one of these from the ASCS in Linn county Missouri in 1970. Worked as advertised, BUT, we used them for supplement on open pasture brood cows. Used electric fencing to “ration” access. Resulted in significant ‘mound’ buildup that was very difficult to subdue in the spring. Never did that again.
Now i know what it is and how it works. Neat. And it is still useful on the farm. Job well done sir.
Thats one clean 2755. Great Vids Mike
Awesome video, you’re right not much info on them. I had lots of ?s upon first seeing these. Most I’ve sounded out myself. Very nice mike.
Thanks Mike. I’d never seen that type of implement before.
Pretty cool, I need a miniature version for leaves lol
Nice looking cattle. Will be great rating.
Looks like u made a solid purchase
A neighbor of ours had 2 Heston 60's and the Heston conveyer stack wagons for moving the stacks back in the 80's. They stacked corn stalks and some wheat straw. All of it was used for bedding for the cattle. They round bailed there hay. They had dairy cattle that they milked, black Angus beef cattle, hogs, sheep and chickens/eggs. They had 5 sons and one daughter that were all in FFA. It took a lot of hands to keep up with every thing. LOL They also butchered there own and sold it straight off the farm. We used to buy hole butchered hog ounce a year and sometimes a lamb from them. Several farms around us also had stakers and put up corn fodder also but most are long gone now. Most were Heston's but one was a pee green with red wheels, not sure of the brand. Great to see one still working.
Cole Allred has a 10 ruclips.net/video/jBMTQfWfb6g/видео.html
Nice old iron jd, great vid mike 👍
Great video and interesting machine I saw this on Twitter and was excited when I saw you had made a RUclips video
We use to use an old stacker that was self propelled back in the 80s when i was younger it was bigger than the hesston 60. It was definitely the beast on the ranch back then but the aluminum frame broke one fall and its sat ever since
Nice video I like the old iron at work . At first I thought you got it from up in northern Michigan I seen one on Craigslist about a year ago in about the same. When I was a kid I remember going through Nebraska and Iowa in the early 90s and seeing them out in the fields . I also seen some that where round and looked like a muffin .
That's one of the most interesting pieces of equipment I have seen on youtube
I agree mate.
Very nice to see mike I love watching your videos and seeing what happens in other parts of the country in the farming world if you were not too far from me in south west Michigan I’d say an oliver 1900 might look good on it. Can’t wait to talk with you again out to nfms in February
We have an owatonna 540 stacker. Have made 100s of stacks. We made both corn and soybean stacks. On a side note on the Hesston stacker make sure the hood track doesn’t get a buildup in it. I have seen that destroy them.
I'd love to see that Owatonna stacker in action.
One buddy's dad had a stack mover with a frame outside of the forks. There were dolly wheels on cylinders that helped support it. They used a 2520 to move stacks like that. They also used it to carry there feed carts to there trench to fill them.
They did and excellent job at flying the drone. :)
Those look like some happy cows👍🏻
Here we go round the mulbery bush..... dont young beasts play that game over there too? Great Fun! Mike you're a Hooligan! nearly damaging the taildoor at the beginning - thocht ye had more sense than tae be reversin sooooh close to the other stackie ;-)
This video just made my night - thankyou - I was aware of these stackers since I was gifted a copy of I&T way back in the late 60's. and now I can eventually see it working - huh NOT for me now! - As bad as the round balers, having to pause every now and then. Fine maybe with a Hydro or Powershift / clutchless box but hi revs on the hills all day long - - you gonna replace my clutches? I had considered them instead of any ROUND Baler at the time in the mid 80's - Could run rings around any round baler with my Deere 456 but collecting the bales and the thought of NO STRING with the stackers appealed to me. - Still does - no string, no plastic, P L A S T I C u hearing ecowarriors ? ( Hint foryou Mike - restart production of a continuous build/pack machine to compee with the expensive heavy big SQUARE Balers.
Finally, Fire the 2755 driver - didn't you hear me yell when he caught the side with his bucket.... Can he drive? - who makes these Vids - embarassing him like that? You're a great bunch - thanks for sharing
Take the roller off for corn stalks. Those cylinders will give out. They make better cupped hammers, pickup the stalks better, suck the ground clean. I have one, recently got out of the cattle business. Also take off that deflector on the top of the spout.
Thanks for the info.
Hey Mike awesome video! I was pretty excited to see you made a video staking. Dad and I still love to make staks for our steers. They are so much easier to deal with in the winter time. We have a couple Hesston 10’s and a Hesston 30. That 30 is fun to run and sure can eat a lot of cornstalks! We do make some round bales too. We have a 10 hooked up and gonna be making close to 100 I hope in the coming days.
My dad and my uncles used one the 30 on my great uncles dairy farm in kentucky back in the early 70s. After my dad and my uncles graduated high school in 79&80 he sold the dairy farm they used to make alot of corn stackes or as dad called it corn fodder.
never seen one very informative Mike thanks
That's a lot of green for a versatile guy.