Time for 1st cutting! I take the Oliver 1755 and Gehl 2360 out to the field and get a start on mowing first cutting until the mower gets a bad vibration.
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@plowmaster12064 ай бұрын
When i open a field, i cut the back swath last. Ill start around the field with the tractor at the edge, working around untill headlands are cut, then counterclockwise the back swath for the last headland pass. I was taught to do this for a couple reasons.... field edge is usually poorest, competition from trees, compaction ect, so running that over with your tractor tires is preferable rather than inside a cut... and most importantly, youll find any branches that have blown down, or rough spots first before the mower does. If you do end up hitting an unseen branch or missed rock or dirt clod, at least it will be on the last headland pass, so you can get the headlands off and out of the way while your fixing your mower lol. Good vid, cut with a 2412 for decades
@robertheinkel62254 жыл бұрын
We sold a disk mower to the county for cutting along the road. It worked well until they hit a large steel pipe, bending and destroying the disk blade housing assembly. That was a big repair.
@johnkissack52952 жыл бұрын
Hi Chris I been watching some of your past videos and this one very interesting. I’m not familiar with the disc mowers at all. Thanks for taking video and sharing. Your videos are so very helpful. I really liked the thumbs up in video!! Lol!! Stay safe my friend.
@ol_tex98424 жыл бұрын
I wish I was back into doing this stuff, haven’t been able to since grandpa passed and man was he a fan of Oliver his favorite was the super 77
@aaronkaraszewski27494 жыл бұрын
Ahh the joys of farming!! I would never be able to cut hay with all the pollen, my hay fever and allergies would not like that to much but its fun to watch on camera. Thanks for the ride along...
@scruffy61514 жыл бұрын
Look at the pollin fly. Good thing you had a parts machine. We drill our alfalfa when we drill the oats.
@ThatOliverGuyChris4 жыл бұрын
That parts machine arrived on the same truckload as my mower. They lived very different lives.
@jeffferanec45264 жыл бұрын
I have a Gehl 2365 & just love it, always had New Holland haybines before buying the Gehl & did so just because I like the design of it, didn't have steel frame work poking up in the sky every where like most others & the hitch wasn't a mile long. I pull it w/ a 6080 Allis that plays with it. It cuts 5.5 acres an hour.
@roberttaylor69184 жыл бұрын
Nice little mower first that I have seen.Crops. Are growin well.Hope your well
@Ham682294 жыл бұрын
That's the one thing I hate about carriage bolts, usually end up using the "gas axe" to remove them. Best thing you should do is, change those over to regular bolts and use "nylock" nuts. Great video, cheers :)
@asmrhead15604 жыл бұрын
Nice idea picking up an actual sound pressure level meter!
@ThatOliverGuyChris4 жыл бұрын
I think I forgot to put in the part where I checked with the mower running. It came in at 96db.
@dalewalker23154 жыл бұрын
WOW! Look at all the sneezin' material blowin' off the front of that mower!!
@jakesfarm67904 жыл бұрын
Gonna start mowing next week, giving our Timothy clover some time to thicken. Until then I finally got our 1855 done and we got our first soybeans planted with the White! Got one last field to go and then it's all plant with the 2-105 and 1855
@ThatOliverGuyChris4 жыл бұрын
Glad you were able to get the 1855 going.
@Adam_Poirier4 жыл бұрын
Gotta love that 310 sound. Awesome video
@ThatOliverGuyChris4 жыл бұрын
Thanks. I agree, a 310 makes music.
@tomfaessler60724 жыл бұрын
The gehl beats mowing with a sickle bar mower by far. Be sure to keep and eye on the rotating disk gear box oil level and leaks. Good job mowing.
@walterlaubscherjr20114 жыл бұрын
Hay season has finally started good luck Chris nice video
@Military-Museum-LP4 жыл бұрын
Cutting hay with an open cab, heaven.
@ThatOliverGuyChris4 жыл бұрын
It was a beautiful day for it.
@corydriver76344 жыл бұрын
I bet you said some bad words when you dented that new mower. Thanks for the video I never realized there was as much to that type of mower as there is.
@ThatOliverGuyChris4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I was in my early 20s and had to go tell Dad what I had done. Words were spoken. Lol
@farmshoffman84754 жыл бұрын
Great awesome video, nice to see u fixed it
@knute2104 жыл бұрын
Thanks for explaining how things work .
@dschefers97004 жыл бұрын
Nice cutting combination. Hopefully you get the rain you need. We’ve had a few wet years, but I always worry about a dry year more.
@ThatOliverGuyChris4 жыл бұрын
I've heard the saying... a dry year will worry you to death, a wet year will starve you to death.
@dschefers97004 жыл бұрын
That Oliver Guy - Chris Losey so true
@humefarms2104 жыл бұрын
we started mowing yesterday with our john deere 1209 and 1955
@chrispileski66404 жыл бұрын
I've never cut hay, but it looks like fun. I have a 1963, 770.
@ThatOliverGuyChris4 жыл бұрын
Make hay when the sun shines. It almost always a nice day when you're mowing.
@crazydave44554 жыл бұрын
Got a bunch of hay made this weekend while the weather cooperated. Strongly considering sending you a pair of work boots 👢 lol I know tennis shoes are cooler, but I’d roll an ankle or smash a toe for sure.
@ThatOliverGuyChris4 жыл бұрын
But if I had work books, I'd have to go to work. Lol!
@crazydave44554 жыл бұрын
That Oliver Guy - Chris Losey they say if you love what you do, you never work a day in your life. Have a good one!
@ukaszbasty5174 жыл бұрын
Nice tractor👍 greetings from Poland 😉
@chase5024 жыл бұрын
Witam!
@jimhubbard45314 жыл бұрын
I had that happen few years back on my 2360 it was a experience fix and took awhile for parts since gehl dont make ag equipment anymore
@ThatOliverGuyChris4 жыл бұрын
I've been able to get the parts, it's just how fast with there not being much of a dealer network anymore.
@burningdinosaurs4 жыл бұрын
Too much POWWWAA! We assembled and sold Alloway augers when I was in Highschool. I seem to remember something similar with a new delivery of augers, but dad was on the tractor unloading, so luckily it wasn't my fault lol! Thanks for the ride!
@ThatOliverGuyChris4 жыл бұрын
It's always better when dad does it, even the screw ups!
@rickbrown70674 жыл бұрын
Rains coming your way! Nice job!
@ThatOliverGuyChris4 жыл бұрын
Tuesday night. Should be able to get it all baled and put away by then.
@Murphyslawfarm4 жыл бұрын
Great video mate 👌🍻
@waggtech87934 жыл бұрын
Safety Frog says the world needs more Lerts. Be A Lert!
@apollorobb4 жыл бұрын
Looks just like the header on our JD 4995 Swather
@bryanginder59034 жыл бұрын
Not close, their way different looking, an how their driven! I have a 4995, 946,930 moco's
@ghenry854 жыл бұрын
We have a Kverneland ta336 disc mower conditioner(8ft). It has the impeller style conditioner and the 65 pto hp 690 runs it comfortably in most conditions. We have used the 52 pto hp David Brown 990 in a pinch, it does it but grunts every inch of the way. We do the entire field round and round, takes a few minutes to clean the corners but that's fine. We also do the very outside round after a round or two. We just find it's easier to judge where to drive. That coupler system is strange when you consider many just use universal joints and a simple shat to run the cutter head. Good video.
@ThatOliverGuyChris4 жыл бұрын
U joints would definitely be more durable. I don't see where these rubber couplers would be any cheaper.
@farminwithfergusons4 жыл бұрын
the gehl 2365 has u-joints, just replaced them on mine
@richardriehle41594 жыл бұрын
interesting repair.
@richardhaughey5324 жыл бұрын
Theres always that one bolt that does not to give up
@ShainAndrews4 жыл бұрын
Especially if it is a carriage or plow bolt.
@johndeere-jh1pd4 жыл бұрын
Chris if you ever get a chance you need one of those cordless ratchet they are great
@ThatOliverGuyChris4 жыл бұрын
That would be nice. I do have an air ratchet, but totally forgot about it. I didn't know anybody was making them cordless, but should have figured as much. Thanks for the suggestion!
@mischef184 жыл бұрын
Made for a good video bro. Stay safe
@oliverfarmer-dx2qs4 жыл бұрын
We started mowing hay Memorial Day weekend and we have 2 fields left
@PaulHigginbothamSr4 жыл бұрын
That's when you tell local firearms people you trust, say I've got some woodchucks in my bean plants do you have tomorrow off.
@johnwarren-6494 жыл бұрын
I think it'd be fun ok Herman on the the disc bind. But I'm am GM motor fan
@ThatOliverGuyChris4 жыл бұрын
Maybe for second cutting. 😎
@culmalachie4 жыл бұрын
What? you bought a Decibel meter! ?? Mmm at first I thought i was an optical Tacho.... and then you told us -OK. Personally I have never bothered much with dbA - just don't listen to he noise! - so far so good I am glad to say! There are some kinds of noise I can't stand -justthe way of it - I like to listen to how my machines perform and all these Headphones ( Hot Ears) and Q Cabs do my head in - keeping windows closed to keep dust out etc: I prefer to work as you do in the Open air ( until it rains -but you only get wet - I'm a fair-weather farmer) Orchard grass Dactylis glomerata, also known as cock's-foot, waaat? you grow that? Yes it is a good productive early growth and dry conditions grass - bu notthe most palatable - and I have had to make hay from it when it is around 5ft high - terrible stuff. 5% in the grass mix is plenty. Here in the UK, would have it with PRG, IRG & Timothy (Phleum pratense) and the Fescues (Festuca) along with the Legumes.. Aye, the memeories of late season haymaking with all tha Pollen and fungal dust spores flying: or nothing at all except WATER Mist - because it is so wet ! Thanks for posting - grgeat to see how nothing in the world of growing is Right or wrong - different circumstances - Politicians don't see that when they legislate for what farmers do.
@garrisong4 жыл бұрын
I think each increase on the decibel meter increases exponentially or by 10 one I can’t remember exactly. Just some useless information floating around in my head lol.
@ThatOliverGuyChris4 жыл бұрын
It's logarithmic. (I had to use spell check on that one. Lol)
@Murphyslawfarm4 жыл бұрын
G'day Chris
@ThatOliverGuyChris4 жыл бұрын
Hello Murphy!
@ZekenStreak4 жыл бұрын
That 1755 seems to be the perfect match for the Gehl haybine. I really like the step front fenders. We’re they custom made or factory? Glad you had a donator machine. That’s handy. Hope the rest of the mowing goes well. Take care & stay safe. PS that decibel meter is going to register levels it only experience during post assembly testing when it gets introduced to Herman. Lol Cheers
@ThatOliverGuyChris4 жыл бұрын
The fenders are aftermarket. There were a couple companies that made them, I think these were made by the Year-a-round cab company.
@ramshackleshack7514 жыл бұрын
I have an old badger BN 1005 I run with the 2-105 white. Honey badger.
@ThatOliverGuyChris4 жыл бұрын
Honey Badger don't care!
@Murphyslawfarm4 жыл бұрын
If you break it. Break it good 😂🤣
@ThatOliverGuyChris4 жыл бұрын
You know it!
@kappersjohn4 жыл бұрын
Looks like you could use some rain
@ThatOliverGuyChris4 жыл бұрын
We're getting there.
@enosburkholder29084 жыл бұрын
You should get real good batteries impact lot faster job for bolts n nuts
@ThatOliverGuyChris4 жыл бұрын
My impact wouldn't fit in there, and I use it so infrequently, I forgot about my air ratchet.
@randybenne99684 жыл бұрын
How fast are you cutting? What gear?
@ThatOliverGuyChris4 жыл бұрын
4th overdrive. Right around 6 mph.
@petepeeff58074 жыл бұрын
Late to the video didn't realise I hadn't subscribed. Fixed that. Raked 35acres hay yesterday with 1850 pulling a vicon 9 wheel inline rake. Cut with a 980dt Hesston and Bushog Dm80. Baled with a Hesston 1580Dt and New Holland 855. How's that for a misfit collection of equipment.
@ThatOliverGuyChris4 жыл бұрын
You've got a little bit of everything going on. As long as it gets the job done is the important part. Thanks for subscribing!
@nellsonstout70014 жыл бұрын
Real talk: what doesn’t break a Gehl?
@bryanginder59034 жыл бұрын
Gehl equipment was just build to weak, not built tough enough
@ThatOliverGuyChris4 жыл бұрын
I think they were heading downhill towards the end, but for most of their history, Gehl made a good product.
@bryanginder59034 жыл бұрын
@@ThatOliverGuyChris they did, their pull type choppers at the end were great for capacity but a nightmare for wiring gremlins an to many chains running every which way, u are correct tho their a old company an wouldn't of been around this long if they had junk from the beginning!
@chrisgreeby30564 жыл бұрын
Excellent job! Are parts still readily available for gehl hay equipment? I ask because the dairy near me loved his 2360 but bought a challenger discbine and hates it.
@ThatOliverGuyChris4 жыл бұрын
I haven't needed a lot, but so far I've been able to get whatever I needed shipped in a reasonable amount of time. I bought new knives for it last year from Gehl because I don't like the aftermarket ones. The Gehl knives are a little longer, and that makes all the difference on how clean it cuts. Plus they are reversible. I also ordered parts for adding remote hydraulics for my 24 year old Gehl skid steer and didn't have any problem getting them.
@bryanvanvorce22844 жыл бұрын
Broken mowers in hay seasons never good had a shear hub go out on my mower
@ThatOliverGuyChris4 жыл бұрын
I'm glad i had that parts machine. Who knows how long it would have taken to get parts.
@bryanvanvorce22844 жыл бұрын
That Oliver Guy - Chris Losey mine went out Saturday afternoon after John Deere was closed for weekend called this morning and had part by tonight and put it back into working order and drop about 30 40 acres tomorrow
@emrythompson4 жыл бұрын
Can you explain what the over/under hydraulic Shift is on the tractor, always wanted to know.
@ThatOliverGuyChris4 жыл бұрын
I am someday going to make a repair video on them, I just need to have one to repair. Basically, it is an auxiliary transmission in front of the main transmission. The main transmission has 6 forward speeds, so you pick the gear that best suits the work you are going to do. The over/under is shift on the go, so say you picked 4th gear like I did in this video, you now have 3 speeds you can select from without having to clutch to shift. Under drive is the slowest. It uses gear reduction to slow the main transmission by about 20%. It uses what is known as a sprag clutch, which is basically a bunch of wedges that ride in the space between 2 shafts. When the output slows down to speed of the gear reduction, the wedges lean just a little and lock the 2 shafts together getting you under drive. When the output speeds up faster than the power path for under, the wedges lean back releasing their grip. This allows both direct and over to speed up the output, but also allows the tractor to freewheel in under, so if you're going down a hill it's best to have it in direct or over because the tractor can speed up in under. Direct drive uses a hydraulic clutch pack to lock the input side to the output side. It is essentially like there is a straight shaft going from the engine clutch to the main transmission. Over drive uses another hydraulic clutch pack to speed up the output by about 20% using the same gears as under drive. That might seem impossible, but both utilize a planetary gear set and by controlling which gears turn in the planetary changes the speed you get. The over/under is self contained having its own oil, pump, filter, and cooling system. Since you get the 3 shift on the go speeds in each of the main transmission gears, you effectively have 18 forward speeds (6 gears x 3 shift on the go speeds) and 6 reverse speeds (2 reverse gears x 3 shift on the go). Hopefully that explains it until I can get a video made.
@emrythompson4 жыл бұрын
That Oliver Guy - Chris Losey, thank you! Great explanation!
@davidrapp12244 жыл бұрын
What gear do you mow in Chris? I’m guessing low 5th but I don’t know. Looks fast on the video.
@ThatOliverGuyChris4 жыл бұрын
4th over. I'll bump up to 5th direct in second cutting.
@jimball8164 жыл бұрын
where you previously a gehl dealer ? what is your take on part availibility from factory ? is it just sell all parts in inventory & quit or do they make additional parts ? thanks
@ThatOliverGuyChris4 жыл бұрын
Yes, when we closed in 98 we had been a Gehl dealer for just over 60 years. The only trouble I've had with parts is the lack of dealers. I haven't needed much, but it always has to be shipped which takes time. There's a dealer by the name of German-Bliss that has all the parts books online with prices. For having been out of the Ag market for as long as they have, Gehl has done a decent job of supplying parts. Granted I haven't needed much, so I might be biased.
@t.c.bowling19344 жыл бұрын
Sure beats a haybine
@bryanginder59034 жыл бұрын
Them little wings on the turtles are called crop lifters not wings,. Tough to find parts for them machines now
@justinklose8584 жыл бұрын
how are these things for finding parts
@ThatOliverGuyChris4 жыл бұрын
I haven't had any trouble getting them, the biggest thing is not many dealers, so shipping slows down the return to the field.
@stephenfonder74094 жыл бұрын
Nice looking hay Chris. Hopefully you get it put up well. What rate do you seed your new seedings at? We usually shot for 20 pounds to the acre. With our old drill we usually ended up at about 15. This year with the new one it was 20 plus pounds per acre.
@ThatOliverGuyChris4 жыл бұрын
I was shooting for 15, but ended up around 17. Fortunately I had enough seed.
@stephenfonder74094 жыл бұрын
We were using more expensive seed until last year. We bought some cheap stuff to use as a green plow down, but all the rain we had last year changed our plans. We had some winter kill and used it to reseed that ground instead. It turned out to be our best alfalfa last year. We planted more of it this spring as well and it caught really well. It is a blend of South Dakota Common and Vernal.
@ThatOliverGuyChris4 жыл бұрын
I didn't know it when I bought it, but mine was OMRI certified. I'll have to check the bag to see which variety it is.
@stephenfonder74094 жыл бұрын
That's cool, it well be neat to see what it is!
@gavinhenderson38614 жыл бұрын
We spread 100 acres of clover shooting for 10 pounds an acre.on the first field about 20 acres we put close to 20-25 pounds on per acre it is coming up thick lol. Lucky we we got it set up good
@stanleybaker87074 жыл бұрын
What are you cutting?🤔🤔
@ThatOliverGuyChris4 жыл бұрын
Alfalfa and orchard grass.
@bryanginder59034 жыл бұрын
Can't stand it when people open up a hay field backwards!!
@ThatOliverGuyChris4 жыл бұрын
Ok, I'll probably regret this, but what is the right way to open a hay field?
@bryanginder59034 жыл бұрын
@@ThatOliverGuyChris not saying your way is wrong. You know how it is you do a lot of something an teach others your way an some times you see others doing it opposite an it gets ya!! But the hay did get cut!!
@doncrap96274 жыл бұрын
Junk pulling junk.
@ThatOliverGuyChris4 жыл бұрын
Aren't you just a ray of sunshine. Thanks for watching.