Filling our silo with alfalfa.

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SilverFarms

4 ай бұрын

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@jeffreyhoover2105 3 ай бұрын

Love the smell of fresh chopped alfalfa

@sean.379 3 ай бұрын

I can smell a fresh cut feild miles away hate it lol due to hay fever still mange tho

@Adam_Poirier 4 ай бұрын

Been doing this my whole life but you've got an excellent explanation here

@SilverFarms 4 ай бұрын

Thanks

@Getmcwrapped 3 ай бұрын

Our 4020 has never not worked it’s by far the most reliable pice of equipment on the farm Most significant maintenance was replacing the hoses on the cooling system and fuel rail. Hell of a tractor!

@brettkowalski 3 ай бұрын

I agree 100%. I lived in one of those up until I left the farm at 18

@joemueth4077 2 ай бұрын

Best machine ever made.

@joemueth4077 2 ай бұрын

He does love those blue tractors.

@coreydarr8464 2 ай бұрын

A great Tractor!

@BusyBeeFarmsAldenNY Ай бұрын

Our 4000 is a 68 and it’s a work horse. You couldn’t kill the bastard, even if you wanted to!! They don’t make em like that anymore!!

@jakek6728 3 ай бұрын

A 4020 not working?! Thats un heard of 😂😂

@SilverFarms 3 ай бұрын

Lol

@joemueth4077 2 ай бұрын

Not working! Blasmethy.

@warneckefarm6812 2 ай бұрын

As long as they don't catch fire and burn like mine did lol

@user-ph2tm7nx5o 2 ай бұрын

Not really they break like all other brands.

@joemueth4077 2 ай бұрын

@@user-ph2tm7nx5o For a 50 year old tractor, there sure are thousands of them still at work.

@Rurik_Luci 3 ай бұрын

Every time I had to work with alfalfa as a kid I had to wear a rag on my face to keep myself from sneezing every 2 seconds.

@Tony-ix4oc 3 ай бұрын

Yep, my eyes are watering just watching this

@loganreynolds8749 3 ай бұрын

You probably have hay fever it’s decently common

@user-nk9lj2kf6l 3 ай бұрын

The wind is always in the wrong direction 😊

@timking1050 3 ай бұрын

I miss driving that old 4020, great old tractor

@joemueth4077 2 ай бұрын

Yep.

@user-lt2ix1qr5s 3 ай бұрын

The 40 20 is the best

@pamthompson3170 2 ай бұрын

Glad he mentioned how power take off can be dangerous. Ours had a cover that went over it to keep you safer.

@bradricharz5152 3 ай бұрын

Man this is bringing back some smells from childhood. That low hum of the blower you could hear from the house too.

@joeycabral11 3 ай бұрын

Talk about smells we enjoy I pulled up yesterday to drop off a spreader and the smell of haylage and cattle manure touched my soul

@Bonde7280 2 ай бұрын

The quiet summer evenings. Sun is slowly setting, any wind has dissipated. All you could hear was the cows moving about in the stable, and then that deep humming miles away.

@berniemarkley 3 ай бұрын

Did this as a kid. Unloading that hay wagon was definitely one of the dirtiest jobs ever. My dad had an old Gehl Chop All and also pulled it with our 4010 or 4020

@zacharybrooks3963 2 ай бұрын

"that's if it's working" lmfao

@scottrayhons2537 3 ай бұрын

There should be a straight pipe exhaust on that 4020 diesel and be pulling loads with it! Makes a beautiful sound!

@jonathanhawkins3269 3 ай бұрын

Man I really love the smell alfalfa my opinion is the best smelling grass besides cannabis lol

@Kaleb-gk6uy Ай бұрын

You have to make every trip count or maybe it’s just because the sun is in his eyes 😂😂😂😂 this got me laughing great vid

@SilverFarms Ай бұрын

@@Kaleb-gk6uy Thanks

@davidschollenberger6871 3 ай бұрын

Looks like nice equipment we used to chop alfalfa

@bwayne40004 Ай бұрын

We had two Harvestores and this brought back some pretty strong memories.

@brettkowalski 3 ай бұрын

If a 4020 isn't working it's the owner's fault. It's the best damn tractor ever built. Not one single thing on it that can't be repaired by a farmer

@farmergirlofchickens8779 3 ай бұрын

Sleeveless for safety. That PTO will grab a sleeve or shirt tail in a millisecond.

@stephanieann6622 2 ай бұрын

Mind explaining what the pto is? I don't know anything about tractors except that they look cool and they are essential for helping to put food on our tables

@WilliamPayneNZ 2 ай бұрын

@@stephanieann6622power take off. The most simplest way of explaining it is using the tractor engine s rotation through a gearbox system to turn an external piece of equipment.

@johndrawdy8902 3 ай бұрын

And it goes smoothly every single time.

@briangleason5597 3 ай бұрын

What a Beautiful tractor. Thank You for being the backbone of America.

@warneckefarm6812 2 ай бұрын

Had a 4020,till it burnt in 1988 July 4th not the fire works we wanted to see got it all fixed up ran great afterwards

@michaelswartz2126 27 күн бұрын

We burnt our first 4020 up, traded the second one off, and are now on our third one. These days the 4020 mostly just sits in the corner of the shop looking good, and let's the newer tractors do the work.

@howardvaughn9241 3 ай бұрын

How does the water keep it from plugging? Like a mower the moisture usually causes plugging.

@AdamAdam-vy1pe 3 ай бұрын

Always use water

@jamesknecht8921 3 ай бұрын

We understand it I'm 42 I started blowing at 9yrs with a ih 504 on badger blower and a H on the wagon water running as fast as ¾in hose flow for lubrication water keeps it from gumming up the pipe

@scottrayhons2537 3 ай бұрын

Back when a kid was smart enough to know what danger was. I grew up the same way on the farm.

@howardvaughn9241 3 ай бұрын

@@jamesknecht8921 that makes since. We are talking more than just moist. We are talk a large volume.

@crandonborth 3 ай бұрын

Alfalfa has a wax coating on it that when it gets into the Mid 50% moister amount it starts to gum up the blower pipe and will create friction and slow the hay going up and plug.

@lewiss8351 Ай бұрын

That's a beautiful setup 👌

@SilverFarms Ай бұрын

Thanks

@djsimonrossprice9400 27 күн бұрын

Wind always in wrong direction..😂😂😂 Same as here in the U.K..😂😂❤

@SilverFarms 26 күн бұрын

@djsimonrossprice9400 LOL it never fails

@trucker1375 3 ай бұрын

I miss those days on my grandfather's dairy farm

@fraserhamilton6957 27 күн бұрын

that john deere is a beauty

@ethangalbreath544 2 ай бұрын

@silverfarms Must have left the tractor on too hook up the PTO if next step was to hold the PTO button. Should practice what you preach 😂😂

@coreydarr8464 2 ай бұрын

Did this in 1976 at my uncles farm in Iowa on an 85ft AOSmith silo!

@michaelboortz3383 2 ай бұрын

Wow…that is beautiful alfalfa…good job!

@calebhodsdon2816 3 ай бұрын

This Chanel is the best

@SilverFarms 3 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@user-jm3lo5po1m 3 ай бұрын

As a brit, this baffled me 😅😅 and yes i work in agriculture 😮

@wsolly42 3 ай бұрын

Is putting half a load on the roof standard also? We always liked to do it every fall

@SilverFarms 3 ай бұрын

Lol I don't prefer adding the extra on the top

@richardwilson4379 2 ай бұрын

Any man that can talk like that, doesn't need to breath 😮

@jayperez3153 Ай бұрын

I’ll love me some of that fresh alfalfa for my sheep 🐑

@maximetiene6787 Ай бұрын

🚜🚜

@Farmerzeb1618 3 ай бұрын

Awesome video ❤

@longscallop2107 3 ай бұрын

Alfalfa is a real thing???

@MorganOtt-ne1qj 3 ай бұрын

"The Queen of forages". Yes, it's real.

@TheHavocdog 3 ай бұрын

Where is the pto guard?

@SilverFarms 3 ай бұрын

What are you talking about all the pto gaurds are on the equipment.

@jeanvaljohn3921 3 ай бұрын

Any idea what they are doing with the old harvistores , no that there are half as many farmers with cattle operations?

@SilverFarms 3 ай бұрын

Alot of the harvestores got taken down and scraped when prices were good.

@josephcooksley3219 2 ай бұрын

Nice looking Lucern Fodder

@hdtvcamera1 2 ай бұрын

I've never seen anyone hook up a PTO quicker. I'm always struggling reaching through my quick hitch

@SamuraiGameplays-sj7hz Ай бұрын

“The wind is always blowing the wrong direction” truer words have never been spoken

@inktownbitch21 3 ай бұрын

Ooooh alfalfa😊

@user-ln9lu9uq6i Ай бұрын

أحب هذا العمل كثيرا... شكرا لكم للفيديو الجميل.

@backachershomestead 3 ай бұрын

It takes a lot of beer till the silo gets filled! Lol

@amumuimo8530 4 ай бұрын

Sounds like you can afford a big movable shop fan. Should make transfering the grass less dirty for you.

@SilverFarms 4 ай бұрын

Didn't think of that.

@amumuimo8530 4 ай бұрын

@@SilverFarms if that isnt enough wind power an electric leaf blower ziptied somewhere pointed at your face can also help keep debree from reaching it. Just take the battery out and charge after each work day etc.^^ cheers.

@Idaho_potato 2 ай бұрын

Any JD tractor that begins with a 4 you know its a good tractor....unless you can start it first.

@johnmcdaniel247 3 ай бұрын

Alfalfa will put me in the hospital so I had something I did instead.

@aliciabarnett4337 Ай бұрын

God bless the farmers

@International1066 Ай бұрын

PTO button on the fender!!!!? Game changer!

@Doge5600 2 ай бұрын

Small? Obsolete? We still run a pull behind chopper and they aint obsolete! They do fill chopper boxes quick though!

@vinniez2188 2 ай бұрын

Forgive my ignorance, how do you keep the material from molding while injecting water into the material?

@SilverFarms 2 ай бұрын

The silage we are putting in the silo is also 50% moisture but the reason it doesn't mold is because the silo is a sealed unit so there is no oxygen present so the feed doesn't mold.

@bigjimmy2997 3 ай бұрын

I used to do this!! I miss it!!!

@crandonborth 3 ай бұрын

What happened??

@Black_Gun_Control 3 ай бұрын

Man I’d love to be into farming. Hard work don’t scare me I’m just a broke boy😂😭

@dpdeere Ай бұрын

My cousin got caught up in the PTO. It grabbed a hold of his coveralls. Fortunately, The tractor was only idling and it stalled out. Otherwise he would have lost more than he did. It broke his right leg. Took a 2 inch chunk of bone out with it. My uncle was wearing a pair of gloves and a PTO grabbed hold of that and pulled his thumb off. PTOs are nothing to mess around with , they are dangerous .

@joshk.6246 3 ай бұрын

Oh yearning to be out chopping and give it full send up the silo gooseneck. That start with the pile of haylage on the top of the silo 😂.

@splean75 2 ай бұрын

Amazing machines.

@glennschlorf1285 2 ай бұрын

I miss filling silo.. I can smell the chopped alfalfa... the 4020 ran the chopper... the 285 massey ferguson was the blower tractor

@zacksmith1643 2 ай бұрын

As someone allergic to grass heigh etc this makes me itch ima stick to oil rigs😂

@crandonborth 3 ай бұрын

Givien the amount on the silo roof... id say you plugged a few times. This is why we went with Bags instead.

@SilverFarms 3 ай бұрын

Lol the pipes actually didn't plug it was raining silage so I stopped it before the pipes plugged but either way its less then ideal to have the roof filled like that.

@crandonborth 3 ай бұрын

@@SilverFarms Yeah I couldn’t imagine we don’t have bottom unload silos. We use silage bags and this just confirmed made the right choice. 😆

@Sticky159 3 ай бұрын

That is no lie the wind always blows everything right in your face no matter what your doing

@AximusPrime33 Ай бұрын

Love seeing the old iron still going strong 💪

@marlinhomrighausen5552 3 ай бұрын

Years ago a farm magazines was doing a film on farm safety and pto shafts. In less than TWO frames of the video the young man's white T-shirt was ripped off him. I am saying this because the young man in the video... HIS T-SHIRT IS A POTENTIAL ACCIDENT. I also had a classmate's Dad have a John Deere B hooked to a grinder pto rip his Bible overalls and shirt off. His Dad walked in the farmhouse obviously in shock. His wife was hosting a group of women at the moment. He never noticed them.

@TheMRSTEVEN 2 ай бұрын

You are right. They should all work naked just in case.

@AdamAdam-vy1pe 3 ай бұрын

❤

@TwinkieStorrOfficial 14 күн бұрын

Power take off safety is a must

@user-vo6np9jf6i Ай бұрын

Sau geil 👍👍👍😎😎

@garrett2362 3 ай бұрын

The ideal moisture is 68%. But, anything over 50% doesn't go up the pipe very well. Learn to build a pile.

@SilverFarms 3 ай бұрын

This silo can't be that wet. But we also put a couple bags up and balage that's wetter. The silos handy for a small dairy.

@billyraub8197 3 ай бұрын

That looks like the pipe is plugged to me , I know because I used to work around them silos, the farm I worked on had a ground vent instead of the open the vent on top and we hung a stop of plastic bag under it so we knew when the blower pipe was plugged

@dpdeere Ай бұрын

Pretty sure I pull up perfect every time- 😂😂😂😂😂 I was pretty sure I pulled up perfect every time too but Dad thought otherwise.

@kristiey7989 2 ай бұрын

We always roll our alfalfa instead of putting it in bins

@brian_2040 2 ай бұрын

My grandpa always said you knew how many farmers went bankrupt just cause of the silo being on a farm.

@SilverFarms 2 ай бұрын

That wasn't true in every situation.

@taylor.... Ай бұрын

Would having some kind of a framed tarp wind break help?

@SilverFarms Ай бұрын

@taylor.... I just deal with it.

@taylor.... Ай бұрын

@@SilverFarms yeah that still sucks

@icummins1806 3 ай бұрын

Hell my 4020 has less problems then my brand new tractors 😂

@ironclad6580 2 ай бұрын

Growing up i hated the dust from this job

@BillAumack 2 ай бұрын

That's how we did it!

@nicholas5623 3 ай бұрын

The wind is always in the wrong direction 😅😅😅 lmao trier wprds havent been spoken lmao 😂

@switzerblitzer2701 3 ай бұрын

I'll do night time baling every time. Very little dust, maximum leaf retention, a lot less equipment required. Easy and less costly to store, high quality feed.

@SilverFarms 3 ай бұрын

Your not going to be doing much night time dry hay baling in this area I can garentee that. And it's not going to be quality dry hay either compared to this. The dew is heavy so that's why people chop or make balage which isn't cheap either with the plastic in this area. And yes you can get some dry hay during the day but you can't get quality and it be consistent the weather usually sucks humid and heavy dews.

@michaelswartz2126 27 күн бұрын

What about swathing? What do you use for that?

@sebk4516 3 ай бұрын

Arbeiten wie vor 50 Jahren!

@krtbrt Ай бұрын

Obviously sponsored by New Holland.

@krtbrt Ай бұрын

Where’s the old Farmall H on the blower? Puta puta put put put put vroom!

@SilverFarms Ай бұрын

I am not sponsered by them unfortunately

@roberturt2631 3 ай бұрын

How much did NH pay you to lie about the 4020 not working

@SilverFarms 3 ай бұрын

🤣 lol I wish I got paid to say that.

@joemueth4077 2 ай бұрын

He does love those "blue" tractors.

@boatsanhs9709 Ай бұрын

4020 not working? Never heard of her.

@austinratke5849 3 ай бұрын

You could run the pto from the cab instead of standing in the blowing feed

@MorganOtt-ne1qj 3 ай бұрын

You can't run the wagon controls from the cab. 👍

@austinratke5849 3 ай бұрын

Ahhhh I gotcha, what kind of inoculant do you use?

@MorganOtt-ne1qj 3 ай бұрын

He didn't mention that, I just know why he was doing it the way he was doing it. I've done that myself. I think he was just using water to lubricate the blower. The friction creates heat that causes the plant sugar to get sticky, and reduces efficiency.

@pulsarpilot7501 16 күн бұрын

PTO's demand respect. I had my class ring removed from my finger by a 540 PTO'without a scratch. 50 years later i still refuse to wear rings. Please be smarter than me.

@butterbar9680 3 ай бұрын

Do you use the alfalfa for your own animals or do you sell? Why not bale it instead?

@SilverFarms 3 ай бұрын

We use it for ourselves. Baling good quality dry hay is not easy in this area. Feed quality is way better chopping feed like this.

@butterbar9680 3 ай бұрын

@@SilverFarms awesome, thanks man. I’m looking into starting my own hay operation and I’m trying to get as much info as possible

@HORIZON8026 2 ай бұрын

Ole new Holland coppers get some work done

@sulhistoni8897 2 ай бұрын

How much price this machine

@Whitebikedriver085 2 ай бұрын

Hinterwäldler 😂😂😂

@adamjacobs8715 3 ай бұрын

Wisconsin?

@scotimotti 2 ай бұрын

Gotta love government subsidies...all brand new shit for these poor poor farmers

@Colonel_Overkill 2 ай бұрын

More often than not its less govt subsidy and more a loan that would buy a house per tractor.

@denyl5971 2 ай бұрын

What is alfalfa

@b.t.3780 3 ай бұрын

Should have turned on your smellavision😊

@rafazareba2607 Ай бұрын

Jak się nazywa ta sieczlarnia i czy w Europie jest dostępna

@TeodorGrentzeliusEmilia Ай бұрын

👍👍👍👍😂

@donparks8370 2 ай бұрын

My wife said,stand up wind and keep your mouth shut!!!

@julle6491 Ай бұрын

Kyllä jenkit on tässä asiassa jälessa eurooppaan

@chrishultgren777 3 ай бұрын

these guys are why we dont starve

@damienreisner2183 2 ай бұрын

Flag means it's paid off

@4DModding 2 ай бұрын

Why not put it in a pit