Enjoyed the video . Brings back memories of my teen years in South Dakota in the 70s . I worked for a contract farmer . We bailed a heck of a lot of hay . I really enjoyed baling hay , great workout stacking on a moving four wheeled trailer . Kind of like getting your sea legs , great for balance . We also did straw , not my favorite . My boss knew his business and I remember one old farmer insisting we bail his alfalfa when it was too wet . Boss told him it would burn . Bales weighed about 126 pounds . Stack burned down three days later , oops . Some of those 16 hour days when it was in the 90s were a bit tough . Amazed how much you could eat doing that work and how much water it took to get me through the day . I just do not like the giant bales , round or rectangular . "Classic 36"-38" that a person can handle without an attatchment on a tractor .
@DLHFarms7 жыл бұрын
+Henry Zabel. Excellent story! Glad you found my channel! I know of a few barns that have burnt around here because of the same reason. Fortunately its never been any of ours.
@toddphillips15887 жыл бұрын
That's a nice set up. My brother bales for horses, cattle. I help when I can. Did over 18,000 small squares last year all in kicker wagons, mostly with his 575 New Holland, also has a 326. It would be nice to have an accumulator like this to help speed the process sometimes!!
@DLHFarms7 жыл бұрын
+Todd Phillips. Thanks for watching Todd! I like this setup because I can unload the hay in the barn without help or labor.
@chuckstevenson29297 жыл бұрын
I really like that accumulator. No electronics. Just mechanical and gravity.
@DLHFarms7 жыл бұрын
+Chuck Stevenson. Yeap that's what I like about it!
@tedkahler97387 жыл бұрын
Looking good... You run a top notch hay business.... little squares are not my thing...... but you make it look easy
@DLHFarms7 жыл бұрын
+Ted Kahler. Thanks Ted, it easier with the right equipment, but still a lot more work than round bales.
@Northeastohio7 жыл бұрын
neat accumulator. we have the same baler, but a 570. nice baler, thanks for the video. I wish ours had hydrolic pickup band tounge swing, but it's got a thrower.
@DLHFarms7 жыл бұрын
+North east Ohio farmer. They are nice balers and do a good job, the hydro tounge is very helpful.
@onlygazza7 жыл бұрын
Wish my old man had one of those Kuhn accumulators when I was younger, we used to hand move every bloody one, thousands of em. I'm from Wales in the uk, love your vids fella👍
@DLHFarms7 жыл бұрын
+onlygazza's fastrac farming. When I was younger I used to handle them by hand also, if I still had to do that I wouldn't be doing it anymore, hard to find help at a moment's notice. Thanks for watching, glad your enjoying my vids!
@CanMandirtywords7 жыл бұрын
I would love to have my own farm one day. Thank you for your videos
@DLHFarms7 жыл бұрын
+Can Man 2000 dirty words. Your welcome, hope you can accomplish your dream someday!
@randymaylowski24857 жыл бұрын
nice video of that, and nice looking baler. and yeah I know what you mean, these new, balers and newer!! balers, are more faster of getting hay baled up,faster than the older models did...lol
@trevorwolfe39477 жыл бұрын
You should take a tape measure and measure from the top of the accumulator shout 36 inches and use black electrical tape so you can tell the length of the bale.
@DLHFarms7 жыл бұрын
+Trevor Wolfe. Good idea!
@KMK64647 жыл бұрын
Beautiful field . Man that bailer eats hay like crazy at least compared to my NH 67 .
@DLHFarms7 жыл бұрын
+m cole. I did some custom straw baling for a guy the other day, he owns a NH 273 and he was very impressed with my BC5060, I let him bale with it while I got the straw out of the field.
@jaeryan07246 жыл бұрын
Farming life is fascinating to me lol. All your equipment doing this amazing things makes me want a farm. If you want help I'll drive down to VA and help ya. Great videos
@DLHFarms6 жыл бұрын
Glad you like it! Thanks for the offer.
@bigears44266 жыл бұрын
Is it hard on the plunger forcing all them bales up the accumulater, do you break more sheer bolts
@DLHFarms6 жыл бұрын
No it's not any different that I can tell, you back off the tension some on the chamber because the back pressure of the bales will pack them tighter. Hardly ever shear a pin, normally it's from a stick or something entering the baler.
@danalee23475 жыл бұрын
You sure have a slick hay operation !!
@DLHFarms5 жыл бұрын
Thanks 👍
@SoybeanFarmer33007 жыл бұрын
'Landmark cattle' has one of those accumulators. that is where I saw my first one. go check his channel out if you have time he is a start up.. you got some pretty land there and in that field you are baling, you could have an erosion nightmare if you had to cut that dirt for a planting. I enjoyed riding with you.
@DLHFarms7 жыл бұрын
+Soybean Farmer. Thanks! Yeah I wouldn't want to cut that field its basically the side of a cliff! Lol
@DLHFarms7 жыл бұрын
+Soybean Farmer. I'll check landmark out!
@AndersonCattleCo7 жыл бұрын
That is some nice hay I would love to have 2000 bales in a hay shed for winter, horses would be happy with me. thanks for the vid
@DLHFarms7 жыл бұрын
+AndersonCattleCo. If they weren't sold I'd just ship them to ya! Lol
@DennysCountryLife7 жыл бұрын
Man, that baler is slick! I love the hydraulic tongue.
@DLHFarms7 жыл бұрын
+Denny's Country Life. I built my own for the 315 hayliner I've got, wasn't hard to do!
@jankotze19597 жыл бұрын
Great video, like the NH baler, really nice
@DLHFarms7 жыл бұрын
+Jan Kotze. Thanks it does a good job!
@briansmith88187 жыл бұрын
That's a cool set up
@DLHFarms7 жыл бұрын
+brian smith. Thanks Brian, I hope it works on this Johnson grass.
@deerejohn46646 жыл бұрын
Sorry I meant to ask if you were close to Burkes Garden? I hit the comment to fast. I love all your videos, keep em coming!👍👍
@DLHFarms6 жыл бұрын
No I'm not close to there.
@jaypoindexter25027 жыл бұрын
That is some beautiful country up there, ain't far from me. Franklin County.
@DLHFarms7 жыл бұрын
+Jay Poindexter. Yeap, I buy my equipment from Franklin Welding in Rocky Mount
@braxtonjohnson43177 жыл бұрын
Jay Poindexter where is this
@DLHFarms7 жыл бұрын
+Braxton Johnson. This is Meadows of Dan, Virginia
@RustyCarnahan7 жыл бұрын
How does your Kuhn 1036F (I'm assuming) perform on hilly or sidelin ground? My family and I put up a lot of custom hay, and very little of it is flat, some gets kinda steep. I seen where you had one hiccup where a bale didn't slide off the tailgate like it should've.
@DLHFarms7 жыл бұрын
+RustyCarnahan. It works pretty good most of the time, but yes there will be hiccups. I have found though unless like in this instance where the bale was stuck, it's faster to just keep baling even if for some reason it didn't get all 10 bales in the pack. The most common problem is it will leave one bale out if your on steep ground but not always just occasionally, then when your loading set all the pack that have a bale missing next to each other then get out and take one pack apart and fix all the other packs then load as normal. For example in 1000 bales on steep land you may have 5 to 10 packs missing one bale. You will drive your self crazy if you get out while baling and fix them. In the case of the bale on the tailgate I was coming down a very steep hill it's just hard to tell that in the video. That was the only hiccup I had in that field and it's all on the side of a slope. There is one spot the accumulator looks as if it could turn over but it doesn't.
@RustyCarnahan7 жыл бұрын
DLH Farms Thanks. We're looking at buying a 1036F, a grabber and a tie grabber. I was just curious about how they did on hilly sideling ground.
@DLHFarms7 жыл бұрын
+RustyCarnahan I would think if it works for me it would work for most people. I live in the mountains.
@RustyCarnahan7 жыл бұрын
DLH Farms Same here. We live at the foothills of the Appalachian mountains in Southeast Ohio.
@TheJWNewell7 жыл бұрын
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@stanwilson75667 жыл бұрын
I like your farm form what I car see of it, it looks like a farm that on HWY 27 in Georgia. 8/13/2017
@DLHFarms7 жыл бұрын
+Stan Wilson. That's interesting, but I'm in Virginia. Thanks for watching Stan!
@southalabamacornfarmer37477 жыл бұрын
M&W is made by Arts way. In the last few years they have stopped making hay equipment. If you like you can find me under South Alabama Corn Farmer.
@DLHFarms7 жыл бұрын
+South Alabama Corn Farmer. Ok I'll check you out if I can find some time.
@howardyounger54567 жыл бұрын
i like to make my bales 36 work good with stack wagon. how heavy do you like to make your bales, for alfalfa i like 60# bales. i only have a little 3 acre patch of grass. i give it to a friend so the last time i put 80#in a bale. that is cool about your son, proud papa, you cant beat a New Holland baler. like how you can change speeds with your tractor. i need a new tractor for baling want something that is easy to change speeds.great video the hills are cool it is beautiful there makes sitting in a tractor even more fun.
@DLHFarms7 жыл бұрын
+Howard Younger. Thanks Howard! This is a beautiful place I just take it for granted I guess don't think much about it until someone points it out. I like my bales to be 50 pounds for grass and 60 pounds for alfalfa mix, so we are on the same page sounds like. I have weighed them but I normally don't I just go by feel, been doing it a long time. I hope my son enjoys farming and tractors as much as I do but if not that will be ok also.
@howardyounger54567 жыл бұрын
nothing like seeing your son drive tractor for the first time. mine dont want to farm but as long as he likes what he is doing that is cool.
@jeffjackson88487 жыл бұрын
22 strokes to the Bale 😎
@raynaldchatillon78267 жыл бұрын
I did this work for years. Now looking at this vid, i miss it.
@DLHFarms7 жыл бұрын
+Raynald Chatillon. Sounds like it's time to get started again!
@raynaldchatillon78267 жыл бұрын
Not for a job no more... Now we only do a couple of hundred for my sisters horses.. And it's all by hand, what makes for a nice excuse to see old friends and have a beer afterwards. Question. Are you also able to unload by machine .?
@DLHFarms7 жыл бұрын
+Raynald Chatillon. I gotcha. Yes I can unload it in the shed and reload it again on a customer's trailer, that's the beauty of doing this way.
@pammoritz49187 жыл бұрын
The owner's manual it says to count 10-12 slices per bale that's how I find the right gear.
@DLHFarms7 жыл бұрын
+Pam Moritz. Yes that is correct, it's hard to count because you can't really hear this baler tie the bales, even with the window open, ive been doing it long enough I can tell if I'm getting to fast without counting
@pammoritz49187 жыл бұрын
Have a 570 with a thrower I start counting every time a bale leaves the thrower
@deerejohn46646 жыл бұрын
I’m in Pennsylvania, my mom was born and raised in Burkes Garden, Va.
@DLHFarms6 жыл бұрын
Ok👍
@landmarkcattle52207 жыл бұрын
how do you like your bc5060? I have a 575. do you have much problem with finding the right gear in this tractor? my t4.95 wont run 3 mph. that works best for me baling straw. II,2 is too slow and II,3 is too fast
@DLHFarms7 жыл бұрын
+Landmark cattle. I really like the 5060, I think the 575 is basically the same baler with a wider pickup head than the 5060. As far as finding the right gear I normally can find one it's happy in with the T5, it has 16 speeds. The T4 I had, had the dual command and it had 24 speeds. You could find the perfect speed with it always. I'm going to assume your T4 must be a 12 speed. The T5 won't run exactly 3mph but it comes close in 540E it will run 3.2 in 4th gear
@landmarkcattle52207 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the reply! Yes, my t4 is a 12 speed. I think that's my problem. Love your videos
@DLHFarms7 жыл бұрын
+Landmark cattle. If you like the T4, get you another one with dual command, or trade that for it and that will solve your problem.
@landmarkcattle52207 жыл бұрын
I like the t4. I just wish it had more weight and gears. I wish I had gotten a t5 like yours
@DLHFarms7 жыл бұрын
+Landmark cattle. I agree, for such a big looking Tractor they are really light. The problem with the T5 is $$$$$$. But it's a lot more tractor weight wise.
@w0560075687 жыл бұрын
That all seems to be going really well for you which I'm pleased about.
@DLHFarms7 жыл бұрын
+Dan Whiteford. It's going pretty good! I'm really having to work around a lot of rain this year, I have about 20 more acers to go and it's getting ripe because the rain keeps pushing me back on cutting it, but hopefully today I can mow it! I've still got a lot of videos to put up making hay, and other odds and ends. If you notice the dates on the beginning of my videos I'm way behind on posting!
@w0560075687 жыл бұрын
Well look at this way if the grass is getting ripe at least it will be reseeding your pastures which could be a cost saving in the log run! It sounds as though your getting the same sort of weather we generally have here , which is precisely why most significant grassland farmers have moved over to making silage or what I believe is known as baleage (haylage here) in your country. There is a rapidly growing demand for plastic coated small square bales for the horse fraternity over here. Is much of your present hay crop sold to horse customers? A couple suppliers are www.eurobale.co.uk and www.bailliehaylage.co.uk if this interests you.
@DLHFarms7 жыл бұрын
+Dan Whiteford. Yes my most of my customers feed horses, that's why I'm so particular about getting my hay dry. Most people around here that have cattle are wrapping what they call silage bales which doesn't make since to me I was always told silage was chopped corn, at least that's what we called it when we put it in the harvest store when I was a kid, and we called the chopped high moisture hay haylage. I've never heard of the plastic coated small squares. Are they dry when coated or high moisture?
@w0560075687 жыл бұрын
Silage for people here in the UK and Europe is a term used to describe any form of green fodder that is preserved by natural fermentation (using plant sugars) The most common form is grass silage but also maize silage is very important too. Some people also ensile ( the word used to describe the process of making silage) crops such as whole crop cereals such as wheat, barley and oats quite often with other plants added into the mix such as peas, beans and other legumes. - Why? - Two common reasons, a)simply much less risk of failure to make quality winter fodder for livestock as the process is significantly quicker than making hay (1.5 - 3 days) in catchy, slow drying weather and b) the crop is usually harvested earlier meaning much better nutritive value. eg grass is mown at about 10 - 25% / head emergence for silage and near 100% head emergence for hay (which has more bulk in the form of stem and seed head but much less leaf). Grain crops and maize are usually harvested when the seed in the head is in the soft doughy stage. Traditionally silage is made long stemmed but increasingly is being chopped much shorter which is now the norm for high production animals such as dairy cows and high growth rate beef cattle and sheep as they can eat and digest more per day = more production / day.. (This is one of the reasons for more round balers being fitted with crop cutters and net wrapping). It is particularly important that silage harvesters used for harvesting maize and grains with corn crackers to open up the grain so that the animals can more easily digest it. Silage is undoubtedly wetter and is often 25-28% moisture, in fact if too dry it can be real difficult to seal it air tight in a pit clamp as its too fluffy and loose. Haylage has been developed as a sort of half way house position between silage and traditional hay in that you can bale it 24-36hrs before hay (less weather risk and better nutrient value). It needs storing in an airtight manner and will slowly ferment a little, sufficient to preserve it really well, hence the development of bale wrapping using stretch film. Once opened it will deteriorate quite quickly (3-4 days). If you look at those web sites I posted you will see that suppliers often supply differing size bales according to customer requirements. Haylage is often baled at 19-22% moisture it rarely smells strongly and to the casual observer appears to be green dry hay. Indeed some folks mow grass planning to make hay but if the weather threatens to go wrong they will make the decision to bale and wrap it and call it haylage to preserve their crop and avoid losses. Couple of points worth noting customers like the bale wrapping as the bale does not make a mess (or smell) in the car when they fetch it from their local supplier compared to hay and much more importantly it is normally dust free fodder which is most important to horse owners. - Many, may horse people soak their hay for 12 hrs before feeding it which many resent as a necessary but time wasting task. Hay is of course is the traditional fodder for livestock, especially horses, but it is far from easy to make a reliable quality product with our climate as we don't have regular high day temps and decent dry spells of weather. Most hay is about 14-17% moisture. Hope this helps, sorry about the lengthy reply.
@DLHFarms7 жыл бұрын
+Dan Whiteford. Lol thanks for the book! I know some of this, a lot of cattle farmers here are rapping silage bales now including my uncle because of speed weather conditions in my area, this small bale wrapping deal intrigues my, I need to do more research on it, I'm trying to figure out how you would handle them since you would be able to get to the strings. I have a lot of questions, I will look it up when I'm not out on the tractor!
@4700dan5 жыл бұрын
I just purchased a 2018 BC5060 baler any pointers you can give me about the baler or anything to look out for or pay attention to, thnks for the info
@DLHFarms5 жыл бұрын
Not really just make sure the timing is right, mine was off when I first got it. Other than that keep it greased and oiled and bale hay.
@4700dan5 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@donstravelsandrants.5 жыл бұрын
Brilliant to watch.
@DLHFarms5 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@deerejohn46646 жыл бұрын
What state are you in?
@DLHFarms6 жыл бұрын
Virginia
@KHank19957 жыл бұрын
Does your 120 make any racket under your feet when baling?
@DLHFarms7 жыл бұрын
+KHank1995. Yes it does, only in heavy hay though and only with the square baler. Talked to the dealer today about it. Supposed to check it out sometime. Do you have a 120?
@KHank19957 жыл бұрын
Gotcha I guess it must be normal then. We run a farmall 125a on a 5070 with the same accumulator and hear the same noise.
@DLHFarms7 жыл бұрын
+KHank1995. Ok well that makes me feel better about it.
@KHank19957 жыл бұрын
Ya same here. keep the videos coming love watching!
@DLHFarms7 жыл бұрын
+KHank1995. There's definitely more on the way, just got to take the time to edit them!
@southalabamacornfarmer37477 жыл бұрын
SMH nice set up. I am South Alabama Corn Farmer. I am new to you tube. I watch Your channel. Where are you located? As my name implies I love in South Alabama. I farm produce, hay and corn. I round roll cattle hay. I use a M&W 4500 baker. A M&W 4 wheel lift type take. A friend of no e has a baker simular to yours. A square baker. New Holland. He has troy le with the k otters and the fly wheel. Had it fixed several times. How about yours.
@DLHFarms7 жыл бұрын
+South Alabama Corn Farmer. Glad your watching my channel! I haven't really had any trouble with my balers. I live in Patrick county Virginia. Never heard of M&W.
@Geisenyarder7 жыл бұрын
If you know how long the legs of your jeans are I'd set the bale on it's end and stand next to it so you can a halfway decent measurement, no ruler needed.
@DLHFarms7 жыл бұрын
+Daniel Geisenhof. That is an excellent idea! Thank you!
@Geisenyarder7 жыл бұрын
+DLH Farms, No problem! It's the same idea as using a knuckle on your hand as an inch measurement. If you know how different parts of yourself measure up you can get a variety of different measurements for almost anything on your farm when a roundabout measurement is all you need.
@michaelmcguire14315 жыл бұрын
How well does the Kuhn Accumulator work on the hills and hill sides?
@DLHFarms5 жыл бұрын
You just watched it work on a steep hill, cameras don't show steep well. It does pretty good.
@michaelmcguire14315 жыл бұрын
@@DLHFarms I could tell that it looked steep. What about when you're going across the hill instead of up or down? I've been looking at them and I think the Kuhn is the best bang for the buck.
@DLHFarms5 жыл бұрын
It still works, it's not perfect but I think all of them have some trouble on hills like I have.
@michaelmcguire14315 жыл бұрын
@@DLHFarms I think we probably are farming in similar terrain. I live in KY and it's plenty hilly. I appreciate your videos and thanks for replying!
@DLHFarms5 жыл бұрын
Probably so I'm in the blue ridge mountains of VA.
@justinowens29857 жыл бұрын
what do you think about the on edge 1034 unit?
@DLHFarms7 жыл бұрын
+Justin Owens. Well I don't know, but I would think that on edge bales would be hard to keep stacked on a wagon unless you used the tie grabber that puts a string around the pack of bales.
@2xxx2xxx217 жыл бұрын
gr8 vidoe keep it up
@DLHFarms7 жыл бұрын
+Tom Reel. Thanks Tom!
@Fixinthatupvideos7 жыл бұрын
cool
@gleanerk7 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing!
@1harrymac7 жыл бұрын
beautiful farm
@DLHFarms7 жыл бұрын
+harry mcmillan. Thanks Harry! It is a beautiful place!
@Bigjoe297 жыл бұрын
DLH Farms what state are you in? just found your videos
@DLHFarms7 жыл бұрын
+Joe May I'm in the south Western part of Virginia.
@toddgruver4957 жыл бұрын
DLH Farms i live in the Staunton VA area
@DLHFarms7 жыл бұрын
+TODD Gruver. That's just a few hours up the road, I'm in Meadows of Dan right off the Blue Ridge Parkway
@CougarLand7 жыл бұрын
I'm still amazed how many videos there are of people using these stacker things that dump the bales on the field so you have to go pick them back up. Seems nobody has another person available to stack on wagons anymore...but you always see someone standing around in the field, like at 12:50
@DLHFarms7 жыл бұрын
+Cougar Land. That would be my wife standing in the field at 12:50 with my one year old son so he could watch. Yeah I'm going to make them stack hay when I have the equipment to do it myself, that makes a lot of sense!