Orrson Custom Farming Corn Silage Harvest in North West Ohio

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In this video I am out in the field with Orrson Custom Farming out of Apple Creek Ohio as they custom harvest corn silage for a dairy farm in Northwest Ohio. In the video Orrson is chopping corn silage using their two Krone Big X 1180 self propelled forage harvester with Krone Easy Collect 1050-3 headers that can take 14 30 inch rows of corn per pass. They are running 10 semi trucks and trailers to haul the chopped silage from the field back to the dairy farm where they are unloading then pushing and packing a pile of silage using their Case IH 500 & 550 articulate 4WD tractors with front blades plus their 3 Fendt 927 tractors all with front mounted blades.
There was a lot of action going on making this quite a long video. I shot this video on the evening of September 8 and the morning of September 9, 2022. The video includes lots of drone footage from 3 different fields plus some ground shots with some in cab footage as I rode in one of the choppers.
Orrson Custom Farming is based out of Apple Creek Ohio and does custom forage harvesting from Georgia to Michigan.
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@AgritechFutureUS 10 ай бұрын

*love your video*

@planeiron241 Жыл бұрын

14 rows is chompin some corn, that spout is blowing hard in those trucks..Great Vid👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

@user-xt3ux9ee2c Жыл бұрын

I think Krone Big X 1180 is the coolest forage harvester currently. Amazing video! So much action! These guys are doing a good job with good equipment.

@farmshoffman8475 Жыл бұрын

Krone is the best ever . Best hay tools ever too

@vesper380 Жыл бұрын

Omg my one of my favorite type of videos corn silage and harvest

@chadshafer8095 Жыл бұрын

Great Video. Something you dont see everyday.

@DaveG7920 Жыл бұрын

That's a really professional looking outfit there. Choppers, trucks, trailers, tractors, the whole crew is spot on. Great video.

@swagzoneus 6 ай бұрын

Awesome video Mike!! Thanks for the amazing 52 minutes of chopping action! I didn’t realize Krone’s biggest model could run an easy collect head eating up 14 rows!! That’s impressive!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸

@michaelbaumgardner2530 Жыл бұрын

That's some corn chopping sons of guns right there.

@jeremiahkeim2029 8 ай бұрын

These guys will be in central MI next week, our custom crew has worked beside these guys a few years in a row now, they don't screw around

@arpittiwary1306 7 ай бұрын

You guys have so huge farms😮😮😮

@robertdehring8471 6 ай бұрын

Nice video Mike like the way they did everything

@tyshaverr Жыл бұрын

Probably one of my favourite videos by you Mike. Love your content! Cheers from Ontario!

@sarah_farm 5 ай бұрын

OMG I love jackfruits ❤❤❤❤ Ahao was so proud sharing his sister’s food to his friends 😂😂

@briand5521 Жыл бұрын

Great video!

@pitolocomm8170 Жыл бұрын

Excellent video ,I enjoy watching these machines in action

@tlspiker5341 Жыл бұрын

This is amazing I come off a small farm in SE Ga

@planeiron241 Жыл бұрын

They have good communication and work like a well-oiled machine👍👍👨‍🌾👨‍🌾🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽

@lennardperry5184 Жыл бұрын

blues and bluegrass? you bet. I like the choices

@SimonKL11 Жыл бұрын

The krone choppers look nice😉👍 that's a great silage video👍👍

@derrickzenner9300 Жыл бұрын

I love them 113 cascadias. So easy to maneuver.

@Hinesfarm-Indiana Жыл бұрын

Great video Mike 👍👍

@duanehanson8842 Жыл бұрын

Dual chrome tips exhaust. Krone is a BEAST!

@RHans47 Жыл бұрын

Awesome video! I remember following Orrson's blog probably over 10 years ago when they got their first Krone and Fendt machines. Great video as always Mike!

@tonyburelle6633 Жыл бұрын

Excellent video, love watching the Orrson crew whenever I'm lucky enough to see them, they sure don't fool around, thanks for sharing this Mike!

@marksloan710 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Mike another great video

@rodneyfalk4591 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Mike good stuff. GOD Bless !!🙏

@JoshuaSmith-xw6jp Жыл бұрын

That's a heck of a nice stand of corn. Really even and not a single weed. Great video as usual Mike . Thank you

@alexthomson719 Жыл бұрын

Mike you've done it again what a fantastic video you have captured every thing top man looking forward to your next video thanks again Mike 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@johnvanstone5336 Жыл бұрын

Greetings from the UK, your footage is as always, awesome, with plenty of varied interest and you can make them long as you like ! You are the boss man Mike ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧✌️ 7:14

@farmhandmike Жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

@jeremyshoemaker1058 8 ай бұрын

Awesome action packed video Mike enjoyed watching thanks!!!

@heddingsfarm8851 Жыл бұрын

Awesome

@glenkellner9936 9 ай бұрын

Thanks Mike I appreciate all your hard work.

@Growplantss Ай бұрын

so good❤

@petenielsen3453 11 ай бұрын

I love the Banjo music in this video as well as the video

@stephenhopps910 10 ай бұрын

Look how neat they work satisfying my eyes 😊

@craigsimon935 8 ай бұрын

I did noice that sawitchoff which makes a lot of sense. Some of the others blow a lot back into the field trying to get the truck full. But I also noticed a lot of green in the field where these guys could execute better. Great video that we can see all this stuff!

@DonWelter 10 ай бұрын

A well-coordinated effort by an experienced crew!!!

@Timrathmore Жыл бұрын

Absolutely love your videos! The way in which this people work is simply fascinating. If that corn silage is for a dairy farm those dairy farms must be massive? Gives you a whole new appreciation for what these people do and likewise your vantage points are amazing shearing this with others.

@paulmeyer4237 Жыл бұрын

Hey Mike, if you're back up at this dairy again during silage with Orrsons feel free to come take some shots of the manure pumping if you want! My family pumps the manure for this dairy they're at! We use a dragline system for stuff that's within roughly a 2 and a half mile distance. Then we have a semi tanking crew come in to haul the manure farther distances to a frac tank that we pump out of from there!

@farmhandmike Жыл бұрын

Sounds good! Send me an email to mklss686farmhand@gmail.com and we can exchange contact information.

@deronlogterman2951 Жыл бұрын

Great video Mike

@joelg8004 Жыл бұрын

Love your videos! Get to see so many machines I never knew existed!

@sergiomarin1793 Жыл бұрын

Those choppers are impressive, and the head looks simpler than other brands

@franciscosandiego3026 Жыл бұрын

I like Mike less videos on KZfaq from the imperial county California 🌽🌽🌽👍🖐️🇺🇲

@thomasmccardle725 8 ай бұрын

Me too! From southern Tennessee

@noahater5785 Жыл бұрын

That's crazy how you encountered one of the custom harvesting crews you filmed at the Bob Evans you ate at, and even found their equipment sitting on the back of semi-trucks parked in the parking lot of the hotel you stayed at! :0

@gabrielegatti0283 Жыл бұрын

Se vieni in italia passa a trovarmi Mike!!!

@craigsimon935 8 ай бұрын

I find the two tractors piling just going in circles following each other an interesting concept as well. Seems to be very efficient.

@jonorr632 5 ай бұрын

We do the circle packing for safety. It is hard to see behind the tractor and for the operator always trying to turn their head and watching the mirrors is very nerve racking

@Sirabun-qd6nu 9 ай бұрын

Waw..dahsyat

@johnertel2957 9 ай бұрын

Great video! That must be a very skilled and well seasoned crew, because they make it look flawless! I’m digging & appreciating those live bottom trailers where they don’t have to dump and risk tipping a trailer, with a little side, hang up.

@chrisrogers3175 Жыл бұрын

Work at krone dealer they are very good choopers, just sold a 1180

@samson1200 8 ай бұрын

This crew is like a well orchestrated symphony where all know just when to jump in to contribute their part of the movement! Real sweet! This crew must be gone for 8 months a year. Not too bad if you are single. Mike would it be possible to film one of the big dairies when covering the silage with the plastic covers? Curious to see how the do that when it is a few hundred feet long and real wide! Thanks again Mike. Happy trails!

@shaelondekok7842 Жыл бұрын

I know it’s probably not easy but I would love a good shot/over view of the controls in the cab of the chopper or the tractors too. 👍. Great video

@morgannpiron8250 Жыл бұрын

Super les machines😅

@morgannpiron8250 Жыл бұрын

Super matos😅

@johnmurphy380 8 ай бұрын

Great video Mike. Always wondered which is more efficient when unloading at the silage clamp face, whether drive across the pit or to reverse into the pit face. Brilliant piece of video showing the header folding up, cab and spout returing to road position.

@joshhorgen4205 7 ай бұрын

The green truck looks like an old Transystems truck

@petenielsen3453 11 ай бұрын

I was wondering what they where doing, but it makes sense to do it what way. That is a mighty expensive tow job

@bobnistler Жыл бұрын

😎😎

@chrisgossman6512 Жыл бұрын

How is your progress on smellavision? I can only imagine. Happy subscriber 😊!

@jonpeterson9733 Жыл бұрын

it seems that the easy collect head pull in a lot more at the end of the rows, no big clumps falling off the head at the headland

@farmhandmike Жыл бұрын

I've heard really good things about the Krone easy Collect head. Year Ago I was out in Arizona and seen Claas choppers with the Krone header on them.

@jonpeterson9733 Жыл бұрын

@@farmhandmike I know that the Orbis type heads are very popular for corn, but these seem to knock over far less at the end of the rows. thanks for replying, Mike

@Kamila1529 9 ай бұрын

Зарплата у механизаторов какая 🇰🇿🙋‍♂️👍

@rkins100 Жыл бұрын

As a city boy, I love watching your channel because I can't see this in FL. As the chopper does it's job and then pumps it out to the wagons I wonder if the choppers have a "cruise control" that keeps it straight and who controls the chute to the wagons?

@sergiomarin1793 Жыл бұрын

The choppers have auto guidence the operator controls the chute

@aidencrawford3487 Жыл бұрын

If they are like a combine, if you push the hydrostat stick forward and let go, the stick will day there and keep you at that speed

@donmedford2563 Жыл бұрын

How many acres can they harvest in one day? How many tons per acre did this farm produce? Just curious. I can not imagine the expense to start and then actually run an operation like that.

@jasonleckrone2577 Жыл бұрын

45 trailer would be the best because well if you know you know

@farmhandmike Жыл бұрын

I do know.

@richardradawetz8788 Жыл бұрын

You should have had a few minutes of the radio chatter. Show us what it’s all about!

@jonorr632 5 ай бұрын

The radio can be very entertaining from time to time. Would have to have a beep editing out some of the stuff to keep it kid friendly. We are usually just letting the trucks know when to pull forward or drop back. Telling the next truck to line up on the next sets of rows if this one is going to be full at the end. We will let trucks know if we find wet or holes spots so they can avoid them. Truck dives talk about road situations or hazards. Packing tractor drivers talk about where they might see a low spot on the pile or if someone like the dairyman, the sample takers or a nutritionist is approaching the pile. We stop all of tractors on the pile if a person walks towards the area.

@matthewsnydershorts8837 Жыл бұрын

Nice video farmhand mike 👍 have you ever thought about coming up to wny to make silage videos we have tons of action up here combines too.

@farmhandmike Жыл бұрын

Yes if it ever worked out I'd love to come up there for some silage videos.

@matthewsnydershorts8837 Жыл бұрын

That would be awesome someday

@thepubliceye Жыл бұрын

Have you been or will you be going to Tripple R Farms in Georga?

@aaronross1688 Жыл бұрын

How do they haul when it is too muddy in the fields for the trucks?

@jonorr632 Жыл бұрын

We have side dump carts and tractors that run beside the chopper and then go dump on the semi beside the road. 2 dumps for a semi load

@ahmadsaeed6602 Жыл бұрын

How much price of Cron sailge today per ton

@Stefan-Xaver-Eder 8 ай бұрын

Gute Qualität und er labert nicht so viel schöne Video

@kelvinstecklein1580 Жыл бұрын

How many tons per hour can they harvest

@farmhandmike Жыл бұрын

I'll see if I can find out.

@jonorr632 Жыл бұрын

In this video with good corn, and good conditions we are harvesting about 375-400 tons per hour per chopper. Not all fields go this good

@randycharest4507 9 ай бұрын

Mike b 😊

@brentfarrow8125 Жыл бұрын

How do they figure cost for custom operations

@farmhandmike Жыл бұрын

It varies but I think most charge by the ton they chop.

@jonorr632 Жыл бұрын

Every load crosses a scale at the dairy farm and samples are taken to track moisture level in the crop to adjust the per ton price. Wetter feed less per tons. Cows diets are balanced on dry matter consumed daily so we charge accordingly

@jeremiahkeim2029 8 ай бұрын

Yeah, everything gets weighed on a big scale at the farm

@douglindley179 Жыл бұрын

Just wondering do these contractors charge by the acre and type of crop or is it hourly rates for the equipment and employees? How many tons to the acre do they average where I’m at in central Washington it’s 30-40

@jonorr632 Жыл бұрын

We charge by the ton on a dry matter corrected basis. Try to make it fair for everyone. Add in some mileage if the haul is further than 3 miles. OCFcrew