Not that it matters, but if you roam around on my channel you might find a few more other videos that you may possibly find interesting. They all pertain to the same thing, farming in the 1990's with JD equipment.

@@DeereDon I've watched some of your other videos. It's neat taking a step back in time like that

Hello Steven: You use the word "paddock", something that is not familiar in this area, what exactly is it defined as? Or for that matter, just curious, whereabouts do you call home, give or take?

DeereDon were we farm sheep have a big role in our enterprise mix and due to our climate we graze all year. Due to this everyone’s farms are fenced using wire and steel posts. A fenced area is a “paddock”. Paddocks are named, eg “ram paddock “ “big dam paddock “ “hill paddock “ Stock are moved from paddock to paddock as fresh feed is required. Think of the lions moving the great heards of the Serengeti across the plains to fresh feed while harvesting a few animals at the same time. That is what an Australian farmer replicates using fenced paddocks. We farm in the Wimmera district of western Victoria.

Hi Dustin, yes, my 8450 was an excellent unit, often think back to the many hours I spent behind the wheel. Glad to hear you did not become another "statistic" in the many stories you hear about the dangers in the agricultural world. Thanks for watching, and thanks for your interesting comments.

Although summer-fallow is no longer practiced in this district, I still recall many a beautiful summer day doing exactly that, and enjoying every minute of it!!!

@@DeereDon I've always wondered why do you put your hazard signs in the back of your equipment upside down for?

@@_MOTH_69 Thats an easy answer. Years ago, and I am talking over 40 years ago, (back when tractors were only 2WD) I always carried a chain with me in case I got stuck and had to unhook from the implement I was pulling (the chain used then for pulling out the stuck implement.) I found that the hydraulic cylinder hooks located at the back of my 3020, or 4020 were perfect for carrying said chain. Only problem was that the SMV sign located at the back would become damaged by the chain over the course of the year as the chain would swing and bang against the sign. After replacing many a damaged hazard sign I discovered that if I hung the sign "upside down" then little or no damage was done. Years later when tractors became bigger and the chances of getting stuck was slim I never worried about keeping a chain with me at all times, but I still carried on the "tradition" (or habit) of retaining the sign in an "upside down" manner, never bothered to going back to the usual version.

Lol I wouldn’t really call it old fashioned. I’m not even 40 and I farm with similar age and size of equipment, admittedly most of my equipment is red, but I do admire the green too. I’m not a large farmer by any means and do most of the field work all alone, sometimes I even pull double duty of combining and driving the grain truck if I have no help. I would consider myself medium sized for my area of Saskatchewan but in other places I would be considered small or very small. When guys start talking 5 digit amount of acres and having a bunch of guys running their equipment for them I kind of let it go in one ear and out the other. That’s not really farming in my opinion. The fun part is running your own equipment. I didn’t decide to take over the farm to just be a bookkeeper/secretary. I still get all the crop in and taken off and I don’t have massive equipment payments to fret about. Actually, at the moment, I don’t have any equipment payments to speak of. Different strokes for different folks. Even in Saskatchewan, certain areas can be different or change quickly.

I certainly appreciate hearing from someone on the other side of the world, so to speak. Thank you for taking the time to watch my video, thanks also for your comments.

@@DeereDon Thank you for quality entertainment and information. Only those who are passionate about farming can tell the difference and fully appreciate the content of explained videos like yours. Keep them coming. God bless.

Hi Scruffy, was looking forward to seeing your "photo" show up on my monitor screen. Yes, I have considered that idea, it is a good idea, except, the guys around here only use their 4WD for seeding, thats it, nothing more. I can not add "stuffing" to make up a story, that is why I used so many still shots in my latest project to help "carry" the story along. But I will still consider it down the road and see where it takes me. Appreciate your comments.

@@DeereDon always enjoy seeing a video from you. You know a farmer retired or not love watching equipment working even if is not his. Field work is all summer long always something going on. Check out "Big Tractor Power channel" that should give you some idea's.

I certainly appreciate you enjoying all my various You Tube productions. Welcome to my world here on the Canadian Prairies. Just wondering, what part of South Africa do you call home, and is it also similar to what you see in my videos?

Thanks for watching (and commenting), I invite you to search out some of my other videos posted to my channel, most of them pertaining to agriculture using JD equipment.

It certainly would have if you knew the final details.

I will admit my greatest concern was when my machinery left my yard it would be taken care of properly. Which is why I didn't mind if the farmer came from a long distance because then I never had to travel to his location to find out for sure. Probably just as well. Thanks for taking the time to watch my video!!

Thanks for watching them, much appreciated!

I appreciate you taking the time to watch it.

I am glad you like it, thanks for taking the time to watch it.

If you go to my website channel and do a bit of searching you should be able to find a few other videos pertaining to my life here on this farm. I will admit, I am a bit biased when it comes to a certain color.

Thanks very much. At this point in time there will be maybe two more videos that I will create for You Tube from that era, and then I will make a graceful exit.

@@DeereDon Oh no really??!!! You do so perfect with the videos, could listen to narrate those old day while watching your beautiful Deere's working!!! I will surely be there for the next ones!!

@@Pennies_on_the_dollar Yes, unfortunately I am fast running out of material. My only regret is that we did not take more back at that time, never dreamt that we would be showing this to others. I usually budget at least 10 days to produce one video, hard to explain but the audio editing is what takes forever.

@@DeereDon You do AMAZING!! I understand totally, but you have done amazing! Thank you so much for all of it , very entertaining my friend! I look fwd to catching up on all your past ones too!! Thank you!

@@Pennies_on_the_dollar this fellow is amazing thanks Don love your videos 👍😃

Thanks Sassy, glad you enjoyed them!!

Hello Sam, glad you liked my latest "project". I am at the moment working on various ideas when I run out of "ammunition" down the road , not sure if any will be feasible, but I guess I will cross that bridge when I get to it. By the same token I am confident that the younger generation could certainly teach this old dog some new tricks!!

Hi Doug, yes, I myself will be disappointed as I really enjoyed spending the last few months working on these "creations". Two more videos, and then I will be making a graceful exit and regretting not getting to meet so many interested individuals that have made my life just a little bit nicer, including you.

@@DeereDon thank you!

Would you mind if I asked whereabouts would this be, you don't have to give me a direct answer, just a ball-park location would be okay. I am curious as to where you are as the equipment you refer to is all too familiar to me.

My uncles farm was in the Fenwood, area. And now I help out at my buddies farm just north of Balgonie

@@jasonrathgeber5999 Very interesting, my wifes grandmother (who came from Neudorf district) has the exact same spelling as your name. What I am certain of is that a very good friend of ours does have the same spelling as yours and her family DID come from Fenwood. My farm is actually north-east of Balgonie about 35 miles the way the crow flies. I was just in your area last fall moving some bins into this district and I had to be the driver for the "pilot" truck in front of the bin movers.

@@DeereDon I am originally from Yorkton. The farm was on my mother's side. They are Hollinger's

@@DeereDon you might have been to my buddies farm as he just got 3 new bins last fall Dax Koch

In the spring of 1997 when I purchased the 8450 I had about 600 acres to seed and another 500 to summer-fallow, give or take.

I will admit that circumstances at times can cause a problem, but under most conditions I would wait until turning at the headlands, and at that point while looking at the "side" of either tank it was possible to see the level of product in the tank. Of course, once it got dark this became almost impossible, and if the sun was directly in my eyes it was very difficult. (I still had the monitor in the cab to show the level at any time on the electronic display). It is what it is.

Hi Kevin, I retired from farming in the fall of 2010, and sold all the equipment privately over the course of the next two years. The 4455 was retained along with my old 3020 which had been retired years before.

Did you trade your drills of for your airdrill before you quit farming and how many grain trucks did you have on your Farm before you quit farming if I may ask you

@@kevinbirn5141 Yes, I traded in my 30 feet of 9350 press drills for the 1820 air drill in 2001. I purchased my first grain truck, a GM 6000 (3 ton) in the fall of 1981 and I traded it in for a 2005 GM 8500 in 2005.

My dad bought a new Bourgault air seeder in 1996 and spring of 1997 was when we got to play with it. The spring of ‘96 was the first year I learned to seed and we had the JD 9350 drills (4 10’s). I remember a lot of cultivating ahead of them to slice up the new weeds in spring and smoothen the seed bed. Dad didn’t want to get an air seeder at first because he was worried it wouldn’t seed as nicely as the the 9350s. Needless to say, when we tried out the Bourgault, we loved how quick and easy it was to fill. In the very wet springs we were having a few years ago, I became so fed up with getting stuck with my Bourgault that I decided to drag the 9350s out from beside the treeline. A little bit of TLC and it seeded like it did in 1996 and I didn’t have to worry about getting stuck really. Too bad they don’t hold much and are a bit of a bugger to fill l, they really do a beautiful job of seeding in pre-tilled ground.

Most certainly I had considered those earlier machines, but the biggest problem was finding something half decent that was not totally worn out. Any I looked at were very high hour units, and I could not believe the asking price at the same time. And naturally, the Sound Gard Body was something that completely dominated those earlier Hinson built cabs. Plus the fact I knew that air seeders were the machine of the future and I felt that some of these earlier tractors might be hard pressed to provide the necessary pull power, plus supply enough hydraulic power at the same time. A 50 series 4WD (with its classy offset muffler and air cleaner) was my only logical choice.

Not sure where you are located, but in this district it has totally changed over to Deere. There were a few Steigers, unfortunately dealerships were few and far between and that was the end of them. Versatiles ditto. Parts were hard to get for the older models (That also applied to the Steigers as well) Today there are a few Internationals, the odd Massey, some Cases (actually IH/Case) in the area, probably more blue Fords then all of the previous companies put together, but it seemed Deere dealerships, parts and service is what brought everybody over to green. As for NH-3, that too has changed, very few do it the way I did it in this video anymore, 25 years ago, yes, but today it is all done at the time of seeding, the air drills are all equipped with mid row banders, or knives, and the NH-3 is injected below and to the side of the seed. Everything has changed when this VHS film was shot almost 25 years ago. Thanks for watching, appreciate your comments.

@@DeereDon I'm located smack dab in the middle of Iowa Corn country. Like you said dealerships have left and it's hard to find a family dealership around.

@@kolewiebensohn I am not exactly certain after all these years (2003) where you would be located as I went through that area with a bus-load of other farmers to visit the factories at East Moline as well as Waterloo. We did tour the administrative hdq. and museum also, but I will state for the record that I took great interest in the landscape as we motored along. You live in an entirely different world down there and I found it fascinating!

@@DeereDon I live about 40 minutes from the John deere Factory in waterloo by a little town called Lincoln ( used to be called Berlin but named changed after WW1). I'd love to travel to your area and drive around to see how you guys farm up their. I bet you guys were just amazed at the corn and big farms around.

@@kolewiebensohn We went through that area in late February, early March of 2003. Yes, I do remember the abundance of corn, something that is totally foreign to this part of the world. A lot of the farmyards were typical of what was located in this area at that time. No doubt they have certainly increased in size since then, just like around here. The ONE thing that stands out in my memory was going through a town/city and there was this great big factory with white smoke coming out of the "chimneys", an odd smell coming into the bus as we traveled by, but on the side of the factory in big letters------------QUAKER OATS CEREALS. No idea where this was, but it certainly was an interesting part of the trip.

No, it is not, same number of letters, but at the opposite end of the alphabet.

@@DeereDon ah darn lol. We bought a mint condition 8450 from them haha.

@@pistonringfarms8107 May I ask in what part of the province this would be, as I did sell my tractor to a guy from Watrous.