I like Nate helping you, he could care less about You Tube. His ass is business, he cares about the Dairy. If he talks it is about working and getting the job done. Good man!

Andy Thank you for sharing the repair with us. I have learned so much from your videos as they are priceless learning tools.

Preventive maintenance is never a waste of money! Downtime is the waste. Blowing a hose 20 plus miles from home, now you have 40 miles to get a replacement and any fluids that are needed. I made my living doing field repairs.

Maintenance & repair costs are an important part of any well run business to get the best return on the capital investment of equipment. The fact that your dairy operation has skilled employees that are able to work on various pieces of equipment within the workshop as well as in the fields greatly improves the efficiency and saves considerable costs on the projects that you are able to accomplish in house. Your excellent management skills to determine when some repair projects are best suited to be done offsite by specifically trained individuals helps with getting the best value on the endless variety of repair projects. Your videos are an excellent learning tool on what it takes to keep all your various pcs of equipment up and running & minimizing downtime.

They say two heads are better than one!

Hello from northern Wyoming, I'm no mechanic. I know just enough to be dangerous. I really appreciate you and one lonely farmer shop videos.

We used to chew up so much fire hose as chief and gear, but in the long run, it save the hoses. We had a lot less blowouts in the field. Worked well got them from the local department decommissioned they couldn't use them.

I like the idea that if the head breaks, you can swap it out quick and keep on trucking! Then fix the broken one in your own time and have it back in service again. Kind of like the old question "why do airplanes have two engines?" lol Thanks, Andy

Another good one Andy 🚜🌽🇺🇸👍

I like the idea of a 2nd FF&F chapper to add to the operations. This may require more in the way of trucking..

Enjoyed your video Andy now i understand makes sence to repair old one. Thanks have a good day.

Another very interesting video Thank you Andy 😊😊😊😊😊

Great job Andy, always enjoy the shop vids as well as the field footage👍🏻

Good to see that project wrapped up! some projects take a while to finish.

Thanks, Andy, for another great video.

Hello from Moosomin, Saskatchewan, Canada great videos thanks for sharing with all of us 😊

Always interesting repairs great video

A true Preventative Maintenance program is worth its weight in Gold, the internal workings that are not accessible is usually where problems arise , a good mechanics stethoscope can detect bearings before they fail but this is only one aspect of a good PM program that is scheduled and followed but never the less problems can still easy arise, stress cracks that are not visible to the eye is another thing as well as new faulty materials. Its tuff on a farm, scheduling is difficult when your running your equipment is working 12- 24 hrs consecutively. Your doing a great job Andy as well as your team 🇺🇲🚜

As always, thank you for sharing. Cheers :)

Awesome video thanks for your time and consideration Andy 😎🤠🚛🚜🚛🚜🚜🔧🛠️

Thank you for another Great video. Cheers

Antichaffing around the hyd hoses is smart protection, we do that same thing on aircraft hydraulics lines and hoses in chaffing areas with rubber inner tube material and pull ties to hold them in place just like you did it and those large aircraft hydraulics can run at up to 3,000 to 4,000 PSI ! Your rebuilding the choppers feeder head and new spring teeth looks great, hope it lasts you for some years ! On your greaseable bearing you mentioned if they installed a sealed bearing you can blow the bearing seals by greasing too often (pops the seals out).

Glad to see the old cuttin head back up to snuff and upgraded to pert-near brand new status.👌 The grease zirk and them fancy new bolt guards should make that head outlast the chopper.😉 Seems to me that bad money is going to work out just fine.🤙

Great video. That combine looks amazing to be 20 years old. She will make it another 20 the way you take care of your equipment.

My opinion is you are smart to get some use out of those parts before you trade the head with the chopper when you buy a new chopper then you will already have a new head waiting for you n the shed

Twenty years is a long time for a hose to.last ❤ 😊

The small amount to repair that header is well worth it!

Lots of good work!!!! Enjoy the channel!

When I worked on Cat equipment, their saying was " Were not not having problems with it but we changed the design ".

Hi Andy Good job everybody at the farm ! Thanks Andy for your time and everybody have a good day at the farm ! 🙋‍♂️

Andy, you are right "2 heads are better than one"!

Wow. Yes Andy I'm jumping around get caught up on video watching.. I am usually a day late and a Dollar short anyway... lol

Get a large bottle of Loctite 608 retaining compound for bearing and shafts works great

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Well Andy ya got a new hay head just sitting there does that mean there’s a new chopper coming lol

Enjoy your videos Andy!!

That equipment it's all good stuff I would fix it too

Great Video Andy. Is your Family the biggest Dairy around your parts? Keep up the great work Hello from Central California

When you replaced the center bearing the last time did they give you a grease able bearing for a non grease able housing? Could maybe explain the short life of it. For the value of a hay crop or what it ends up costing if you put up poor quality feed a back up plan is always wise

I cannot believe how some portions of the head seem so light-duty considering the punishment they take. I grew up on a farm and I was always amazed that so much of the ag equipment was not up to the duty requirements and was always broke down and/or worn out! But, the equipment was always expensive.

I endorse your strategy to put the old head back in service. Makes good sense to me to get some pay back from those parts rather than wearing out the new head.

Dam good job Andy

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Are you hinting that a new chopper maybe showing up Andy?

Dry fitting the shaft of the chopper is fine but I have found over the years that with conditions like that tine bar in the moisture and the dirt it is beneficial to apply a ample amount of grease to the bar couplings. just saying !

I'd love to know how a bearing gets greased too much. If you're floating just pull out let the pressure blow off and stick it right back in, good to go.

Good thinking Andy no to you if you need if it’s not use ability I see Jared Macks in the other bay 👍🚜

I like the video of that bigtractorpower did put on you chopping alfalfa

Good idea you have, save the new one

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Andy, About how wide is that hayhead? Thanks!

Always managing the risk.

That's an old trick from the manufacturer - the original bearing can't be lubricated because there's no zerk fitting. Driveline bearings were notorious for being like that. Then when you go purchase a new bearing guess what?? You can lubricate the new one because they remembered to add a lube point that you can actually lube!! Of course that bearing is 40 to 50% higher in price then the last time you bought one but at least this time they remembered to add a zerk fitting...

Its always something

They'll pay for there self in the long run 😁

Your not throwing good money after bad, you're preventive maintenance

Maybe a cover over the grease nipple would be handy to stop dirt getting in Andy,if not they be a right bxxxxxxd to get grease into.

You can sell that rebuilt head. Since you have a new head. You shouldn’t need to do anything major to it for a couple of years. But they don’t make things like they used to!

Hmm could we see 2 choppers in corn silage? But that would mean double the trucks so probably not

Don’t worry to much you can pay in paseos soon

Never ending

You may have said it previously but about how many acres on the old head?

Andy you are not throwing money at bad!!!!! The stuff you have last as long as it does Is wonderful!!! That's OLD SCHOOL!!! And in my 45 years old school is the ONLY THING STILL GOING!!!

How in the world can you throw all the bolts in a bucket and put the right ones back in to the place they came out of??

looks the part now that it is rebuilt

Rick MantmTurd here. Complete expert.

I committed about the grease fitting we took the stripper bar off today and greased it and tonight you talked about it and we talked about putting a hole there where you did to get to it

I do not get the title on this one. Looks good if it works.

Where is Andrew?

You pay all these people to work you should keep one of them with you to help with another set of hands

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