I could watch this all day, don't care about new high priced stuff course I'm old so this takes me back. I'm from a whole other century.

Love the old 1880 New Holland’s. When I was a kid there were 3 different farmers in our area that had them and in the fall you could hear them all running for miles and miles up and down the valley. We really thought they were big time machines

Wow, this brings me back, the dairy I worked at had an 806 I did all the plowing and discing with, and they bought an1880 brand new, it was state of the art chopper, three row, Cat engine, thanks for the memories

Holy smokes I haven’t seen one of these in years. We ran two brand new 1880’s in ‘75 and ‘76, both open station, I was 18-19 years old. They did a great job considering they didn’t have blowers. We primarily chopped alfalfa and cut about 18,000 to 20,000 tons each year and I was glad to be finished after that. We wore eye protection always as they were loud. Was so happy to be in a comfortable, quiet cab of a JD 6600 after that long summer of chopping but that as a fun time on the farm. Great crew of young guys.

Growing up in NW Iowa in the late 60's we cut silage with an 880 Oliver & 1 row Gehl cutter. Last time we cut with a 3 row Uni Harvestor with a V6 GMC gas motor. Somewhere in there Dad got a 3 row picker head for it then put a screen in behind the knifes to grind ear corn to fill the silo. Really made nice feed.

them old boys are having the time of their lives wish i could help

I too, love to see the older equipment. Takes me back to my childhood. Thank you.

This is nice to see we used one of these to open up the fields until 1999. I loved the sound of it ours had the 391.

I guess not everyone has gone big and hi-tech! I looked at that chopper and thought "where's the rest of it?" Great video. I really enjoy the old machinery and the repurposed stuff too.

This is what I absolutely enjoy. Older machinery getting the work done just like they were intended to do. Who needs a million dollars worth of equipment just to chop? Not them.

Man, that brings back memories of my youth. I just loved harvest time.

I bought an old SP 818 in the early 80's. that was owned by a big dairman 2 row rowcrop head and a 10ft direct cut ......... I was told that it had a 348 Chevy Engine... But it most definately would walk and talk ....... Your video brought back a lot of memories

Oh, that sound, it is magnificent.

Then: "795$ gets you this fully enclosed cab." Now: "795$ gets you this half a cup holder."

Love seeing this older stuff still being used..awesome video 👍

This a Alsome video . I love the older equipment . It was more simple back then without computers & such.

Now that's about as old school as it gets right down to the trench silo that's really the model of it's namesake!!! Your comment about the size and amount of those machines 50 years ago is spot on for sure!!! That's the most serious leveling and packing machine I've seen in any bodies silage making videos! That surely appeared to be a fully ventilated cab on that chopper it probably felt pretty good on a cold day! I think the Boehm farm guys are using a chopper that's very similar! Thanks for the trip back video!

I enjoyed watching the video. Now I know Sherman felt when he and Mr. Peabody felt like going back in the Wayback Machine 😆

This is some cute machinery. So tiny compared to today's equipment. Going back and fourth slowly in the fields would get monotonous for me, maybe not. But is a very honest way of earning a living. The world would starve without farming & ranching. Wonderful Episode BTP 🚜👍

That was awesome love these old time videos brings back slot of good memories as always well done thanks

this kind of stuff is still pretty common in the Champlain and Hudson valley areas of NY. They've got a nice set-up in this video. reliable easy to keep running that gets the job done and if you have a bad year or something happens it's not like you have a ton of equipment payments (or any). Less debt is well worth the sun burn and occasional welding repair

My main tractor is a 2355 John Deere. She has been more loyal than the best dog. My 806 has changed the game.

That was good New Hollands, lovely old machines

Love the old equipment getting the job done. Thanks BTP

Really enjoyed this video, that’s how my uncle used to put up silage. Good memories!

Yes a big congratulations to that Farber for preserving that type of equipment and keep it running as good as it as it is I was just awesome seeing that and then re-purposed seeing an old dump truck box I am miss those days thing those things on farms and that cat bulldozer mad I was it that was a thing of beauty to

Now you got to go to Boehm Farms and get footage of their New Holland forage harvester.

Wow ! There’s some oldies but goodies 👍👍

Memories here,Jason, excellent video .

Thanks for another great video ! When I was fairly young I drove grandaddy's 1890 . I thought it was a big chopper with 4 cylinder gm Detroit. My ears did ring !

I love the sound of an old forage Harvester

Bet it's payed for,and it still gets the job done.and that what counts every time.

Thank you for the video

Amazing when you look at the cost of inflation on a machine like that to what today's machines cost. That machine today would cost $147,731 but I can see an '18 Claas Jaguar 980 running 365k and an '17 JD 8600 at $496k. Huge advancement in technology but my word, no wonder pull type harvesters are still relevant by comparison lol.

That sure would beat the one row pull behind like we talked about before.A piece of history.

Never seen one. Thanks for showing this to us very interesting. Good spec overview too!!

One year just as started filling silo chopper broke, pa & I hopped in the truck for parts run, while at the counter our neighbor walked in, talks with pa, had just had his 1880 delivered, picked up one of his wagons on way home, and to our surprise 2 more were already in driveway, next morning just as getting done milking pulls in with 1880 & another wagon, totalling 7 wagons, pa hauled with our 2 biggest tractors, I unloaded, filled one silo, the next day we filled the other,

Man!!! talk about a hot box, especially in behind tall-ish corn (no breeze). It really was parts from a pull type chopper made self propelled. Our custom silage guy (back in Scotland) ran a Massey 4800 pulling a PTO Claas but it was a huge day when Claas came out with the pull type chopper that had it's own engine on the its hitch frame, ya had to engage a big lever at ground level before heading off. Boy did that thing like to push ya down a hill, lol.

A neighbor had an original with the Chevy V 8. It burned 100 gallons of gas a day. I think gas was 28 cents a gallon then. I was too young to care. Much later a custom operator ran one with the Detroit for a few years. Had to wear ear muffs to run it. It was LOUD!

Good and interesting video. I pretty much only see such old harvesters on special oldtimer events, where they chop corn with old harvesters (either behind a tractor, or the old self propelled ones). Good thing is, oldtimer events grow in popularity here, and so are people buying these old machines and maintaining or restoring them. It isn't always easy keeping these machines running, many manufacterers don't make parts for them anymore, so the owners sometimes need to be creative to keep the machines going (I think New Holland still has parts, even for these old ones, but brands like Fox, Hesston or Mengele, things get more complicated to get parts). Some are maintained but this look their age (like the one in this video), some are restored to factory new state (full new paint job etc).

She’s a beaut Clark!!

Growing up 40 years ago Borden Dairy Farm & apple orchard had a 1895 spfh that I got to run

That is a well used machine. Kudos for keeping it runing

This is cool

Those two trailers remind me when we cut down two old Ford trucks and made four wheeled trailers out on them.. They worked great..

There’s nothing sounds better than a New Holland silage chopper. We ran a 717 super for years.

When I was little kid I toad with my dad chopping either 1880 or 1890 had Detroit 4 cylinder three row head when we upgraddd to a 1900 big turbo Cat we were top dog

I want that old international tractor

Thanks for getting that on video for us to see a neat machine like that

This is way cool!

Well done BTP. There is one of those choppers in our area in a shed now but yes that was top of the line back then. Other than the cat in in bunker, very low capital investment on that farm and still getting the job done....

This brings brings back memories. Thanks for video

That looks like a machine out of one of my childhood nightmares lolol

Miss my old 966. Those tractors are in remarkable condition especially the 806. Think I would put some higher extensions on those trailers. That cab has to be HOT.

I had one of those old things in the scrap.pile now hydrostatic drive got to weak to move . Chopped a lot with it brings back memories

The chopper is so cute😍

Great video! That’s cool how they hooked the pto pump up to the tractor pto on the dump wagons!

The ol cat could stand some new tires😂

Brilliant pieces of kit. Great stuff.

I think my grandpa drove one of these I know that only the old guys now how to run these type of special machines

We had one with a Detroit 4 banger in it you could hear that thing screem over a mile away and that’s how dad kept track of the boy’s if they were still at work. lol That cut-n-throw was pitiful in certain crops. Years later we upgraded to a 1895 and it had a inline cat in it and was 4 Wheel drive.

Nice video as usual BTP. 👍👍

That was a cut and throw Chopper. The cutter head knives threw it to the wagon it did not have blower. That's what makes that growling noise when they're chopping. How I remember hearing that throughout the neighborhood back in the day.

Awesome footage. Thanks for sharing

That’s slick.

In this video big tractor it brings back memories on a farm I work on 👍🏻❤️✨

Cant believe it runs cool with the rad plugged like that

Nothing like doing things old school i think is the best way today in so many different ways got the job done without all the computer technology and a lot less headache some things went wrong

Not much wasted crop like the newer, bigger and more complicated machines. He was getting almost all of it in the trailers.

A question for you bunker guys, is using the big CAT a good idea? It’s got the weight but, is it too spread out to do a good job?

Awesome video 🌽🌽👍👍

Great job love that IH 966

Muy buena maquina usamos una y anda muy bien

The crop cruiser i drove briefly had 3row head and pretty sure had 4 wheel drive

at 2:55 you see a Claude V. Rowe mud flap on the dump trailer, a Indiana staple in dump body's and truck equipment

Those IHC look great!! Neat video....

That was awesome

Still use one,works great.

Still cool. I've never seen one.

How long does it have to ferment?

Funny how you do not see them use a balzer accumalater anymore. It was built in mt. Lake Minn.

Like this

Big tractor powers got bring his 4wd out now to pack it would fit right in with it all

That IH is nice!

That’s a very interesting video big tractor❤️🇺🇸💫

That was us for years and years. Except we had whipped New Holland number 8s behind it. 1890 with the Cat that would plug the air filter up in half a day and blow the mufflers out in a year. Have an FX series now. Every time you fight with something electrical, you think how that old 1890 would be chopping away, while you are sitting there scratching your head, pissed off at who in the hell designed this wire harness.....

Do you have any videos of a Farmall 560

way back in the day we had old dump trucks with silage boxes on them

How much horse power does this harvester have?

Anybody knows where I can get a chopper like that close to tenn

I bet that takes a while

Love the lack of hearing protection. Keep on keeping on!

Keep bringing tracker v

I drove these in the 70s my favorite one didnt have a cab most were 2 row crop heads this style crop head sucked, the good old days I was 14 years old the cabs actualy sucked it was hotter then hell inside they where available with a cooler but it never worked very long

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Very nice find Jason! Of you have the time, find NAGD2010 here on KZfaq. They have a few videos on of an oldtimer chopping day, here in our neighbourhood.

I don’t know if I’ll get to see the video or not. It’s still streaming

I dont know if thats one but NH made one that had a Chrysler gas engine on it. Had to bring it gas on about every other load.

shure brings back memories neighbor had one row papec chopper talk about slow this old rigg does,nt cost much to own if they bought it new less than one thousand a year payback new ones wont last like this

I see “turbo” on the side of the 966. I didn’t know the 966 came with turbo. Ours didnt.