South Farm Finished! + HD50F Issues 😆

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Жыл бұрын

Alright so we have broke a few more bolts, this time on the other end of the header and we are finishing up the last couple passes of the 2022 harvest at the south farm! Next videos will be the north farm 🤙
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@dennishudson9723 Жыл бұрын

One day, all these header bolts you’re planting will give you a nice yield

@timblack33 Жыл бұрын

Hopefully they’re the drought tolerant variety

@davidlogel2350 Жыл бұрын

The 9/16” flat wrenches I’ve been planting all these years still haven’t germed. 😪😂

@bigun447 Жыл бұрын

@@davidlogel2350 living in the part of the Americas where we had SAE tools for an eternity then had metric forced upon us and had to duplicate $50,000 of hand tools in metric, I have come to the conclusion that my 9/16 and my 10mm wrenches keep running off to get married. Their offspring never fit anything.

@billdasther9543 Жыл бұрын

At least he'll have a yield of some sort then😳

@georgedavidson1221 Жыл бұрын

@@davidlogel2350 I buy them buy the hand full

@leddielive 10 ай бұрын

Your sound effects are spot on Mike, a skill not every farmer naturally has!

@BoogieButts Жыл бұрын

Who needs fancy music when you have Mike's lit sound effects... Mike would of been cool to play tractors with as a little kid 😁

@shoresharp8349 Жыл бұрын

Mike you trying to thread that bolt in one handed, imagine Harmless Farmer he wrenches on equipment with his feet!! Mr Andy is the living definition of badass !!

@ITubeTooInc Жыл бұрын

Maybe Mike should start using his feet too, so he can film at the same time 😊

@JohnDoe-jq5wy Жыл бұрын

GREAT STUFF ☺️ AND VERY PROUD OF Y'ALL

@annbullen6983 Жыл бұрын

thank you for doing these videos ... great videos .... i learn a lot

@wallyyuriy8912 Жыл бұрын

I think I’d take the old manual drop bar over the lift cylinder for locking up the header. It’s was just as easy to do and can physically see that it’s locked up

@angus4202 Жыл бұрын

exactly seals arent always perfect and hoses are only as strong as the weakest area

@RogerKelp Жыл бұрын

Construction/Mining equipment has had this kind of lock for a long time due to the weight of what’s being held and has fail safes. It’s perfectly safe.

@wallyyuriy8912 Жыл бұрын

@@RogerKelp I’m sure it’s safe. Just no feedback for us knowing it’s safe. Atleast install a light or something beside the button for operator feed back

@Jehty_ Жыл бұрын

@@wallyyuriy8912 you can see the position of the button. How would a light be any different?

@wallyyuriy8912 Жыл бұрын

@@Jehty_ looks like just a button to me

@kopenhagenkid Жыл бұрын

Congratulations on finishing combining on your south farm Mike

@johnc8112 Жыл бұрын

Great videos keep up the awesome work you do with your family and crew.

@erazemzo8890 Жыл бұрын

Take care Mike. You're a real marathon worker :)

@philipfleming3546 Жыл бұрын

Enjoyed following you on South farm, looking forward to North farm.

@Sinme_al Жыл бұрын

Mike please look into a metal lathe and even a mill. Not only can you make some of these simple parts but I promise, you will throughly enjoy playing with them.

@fowletm1992 Жыл бұрын

He's said many times he's not really a mechanical guy Got guys in his employment that'll prob enjoy it though Although I have both and do enjoy using it But during harvest you just don't have time to play around with toys Just gotta buy the parts and get going

@kopenhagenkid Жыл бұрын

Great video Mike

@keydanasefa8438 Жыл бұрын

We're almost ready for Harvest

@TheGooj Жыл бұрын

Cheers for the content Mike o/

@scottc9303 Жыл бұрын

They look like 10.9 grade, if you wanted to you could probably get some 12.9 grade bolts. You'd probably have to special order them but might be a good solution.

@Stigsens1 Жыл бұрын

Best way to put out fires are pig slurry, here in Denmark farmers often have a load standing in the spreader during harvest.

@johnwarwick4105 Жыл бұрын

Never heard that before but make sense I guess as it will crust over as it dries. Or is it just a way of getting round the NVZ spreading limits 🤣🤣

@calebroberts7182 Жыл бұрын

Have a good day

@evanwhitten6799 Жыл бұрын

The first video I watched of yours was the fendt combine burning down. Been watching ever since. R.I.P. your hat!

@jerryvassar3788 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info , jd will redesign the bolt good luck in the future. Gr#9 bolts

@tugboat2739 Жыл бұрын

Howdy Mike, enjoyed the video

@philipemslie5220 Жыл бұрын

Good feeling to finish the harvest eh? 👍

@Louis-ph9dh Жыл бұрын

Belle vidéo, bien expliquée. J'espère que vous avez des bons rendements en grains.😀

@scrotiemcboogerballs1981 Жыл бұрын

Looks like jd needs to upgrade that bolt you have broken way too many for it to be normal wear and breakage hope everyone has a safe harvest thanks for sharing

@peterchandler3549 Жыл бұрын

I'd love to hear QD McD'S thoughts on those header bolts!!

@laurentkeromnes151 Жыл бұрын

Hi mike, love your vids, you can try 2 or 3 Belleville spring washer 8mm placed on the head of your bolt 11:37. The spring washer may help to decrease the chocs on the bolt head. When the head touch the ground, and follow the ground, you have a gap between the bolt head and the cylinder, when you raise the cutting head or you have a gofer hole, that gap will decrease quickly and you snap the bolt head

@davereesor87 Жыл бұрын

Very good suggestion!

@edwardwright6961 Жыл бұрын

the joys of being imperial, in the uk you would be able to buy the bolts at most hardwear suppliers for a lot less money than jd sell them for

@csmithy3057 Жыл бұрын

@Edward Wright Hi am Cindy Smith, how are you? Hope we can be friends if that's okay with you

@johnwarwick4105 Жыл бұрын

Yes I was thinking how much those bolds would be from JD 😮. Shure you must be able to buy metric bolts over there same as we can buy imperial bolts over here just not as easy. Just need to find out what tensile they are. Surprised JD having used a special thread so you have to buy genuine. They do they with the round baler bearings ( made special size and can’t buy them from anywhere other than JD at their special price 😮)

@stephenboynton1445 Жыл бұрын

Maybe take the threaded portion out after harvest and take it to a machine shop get new ones made larger with a larger bolt to stop this from continuing to break

@prjndigo Жыл бұрын

That weatherproof door gasket back there looks like its better designed than the suspension bolts for the cutter bar! Get some U-bolts and some hard rubber axle buffers, rack it around those two bars and adjust as needed. Someone who was probably literally in the bathroom for 95% of their paycheck decided those bolts could take 7x the force they're rated for.

@lcazier619 Жыл бұрын

In flex mode we turn the knob for height control to zero and put the wing wheels all the way up. This changes the control algorithm from the wing wheels to the flex hinges

@farmshoffman8475 Жыл бұрын

Great awesome video mike , dredded bolts I can honestly say mike that these engineers think of good ideas but when they design parts to fail they turn out bad , then they wonder why there are complaints so much

@7rixee Жыл бұрын

Dude... How is your grease gun so clean.. 😂 Can't wait to see the north farm videos ☺️

@matthiaslonartz1313 Жыл бұрын

I think, the screw head becomes a point load from the two points it sits on the round bolt, event worse true the large chamfer, as it brings the load more away from the core and enlarged the lever. So it becomes cracks and breaks off, I would assume, that a soft washer (maybe a copper or alu seal) could help, as it distributes and dampens the load. (The second one maybe breaks on the thread due overload from the missing first one.)

@francescoviale4683 Жыл бұрын

Hello Mike good 🌾🤗🇮🇹

@fredericdelage1542 Жыл бұрын

Magnifique vidéo et la moissonneuse batteuse x9 1000

@MultiColin1986 Жыл бұрын

I'd be buying an air ratchet if you've got a supply on that combine Mike, I could see that speeding up that process, looks like a pain 😂

@csmithy3057 Жыл бұрын

@Colin Feeley Hi am Cindy Smith, how are you? Hope we can be friends if that's okay with you

@thomass5924 Жыл бұрын

We have a HD40F head and we put washers on the bolt head side of the bolt between the head and round bar to help it not break them as much

@adamknapp7213 Жыл бұрын

Do a video on the twin rotor vs normal rotor

@brucebiehn2123 Жыл бұрын

Mike John Deere should machine the pin that the bolt head engages with a end mill at 90 degrees to the pin that way the head would sit flat on the pin.

@haydenfarms Жыл бұрын

macdon might not make the biggest header but they’re definitely the best

@danadams8718 Жыл бұрын

Maybe Brian would be willing to do a video of the Massey's combining and give us his thoughts...we would all enjoy it!

@Onhereforfun85nodrama Жыл бұрын

I bet in a few years sensors will be on those gauge wheels to find out the pressure or force that wheel has. Than they will record the numbers and check how much stress was put in the head through the field or season

@Sinme_al Жыл бұрын

On another note, you have become my favourite thing to watch on KZfaq keep up the awesome content.

@MrEdvard1234 Жыл бұрын

Hey Just in time ;D

@Hudsonfarms0530 Жыл бұрын

That chamfer on the hole is just there to help get the bolt in easier, it would have to be totally flat to help from breaking that head off. I bet that's most of the issue.

@prairiefarmer5994 Жыл бұрын

Get yourself a 1/4 extended Milwaukee ratchet! That might fit in the space Deere gave you there. Would at least speed up the process

@recklessbehaviour01 Жыл бұрын

Morning

@philipjean9229 Жыл бұрын

I was down in Regina Sept 6-10 and ya man was it windy on the 7th and 8th we actually had to shut down our job those days because of the wind to dangerous actually Balgonie, SK

@celticrider06 Жыл бұрын

If these bolts keep breaking maybe you should invest in a cordless ratchet and go through the hole on the bottom. Replace in a fraction of the time

@ejcthompson Жыл бұрын

Hey Mike, we were working in Moose Jaw and commuting from Regina each day from 31st August until 15th September might we have seen you combining? Love the videos

@kenhofer8063 Жыл бұрын

He’s an hour south of s.current and 2 hours north of Regina so you probably didn’t see them

@dougberry1011 Жыл бұрын

Mike you need to get a 3/8 drive Snap-On flex socket and a long extension and either use the ratchet or small electric impact gun. It will be easy. Trust me.

@donhoefert8244 Жыл бұрын

For safety sake I would buy or build a lock for the header.

@Northern_Farmer Жыл бұрын

Should try some grade 8 bolts maybe

@halwilliams1682 Жыл бұрын

How could anything be simpler and safer than a heavy bracket to drop down over the lift cylinder?

@AndyCrumbaker Жыл бұрын

Wonder if one of Milwaukee’s m12 ratchets or right angle impact would fit in there on that bolt and speed that process up a little bit?

@plowboy7700 Жыл бұрын

My Dad's combine had a fire. I pulled in with the truck and he just came to the end and swung in to dump on me. I saw flames and set the brakes while rolling and waved him off and he went onto the county road. We got it out and all was good. Scared the crap out of me. If that lit I'm not sure where it would have stopped.

@bobw222 Жыл бұрын

I think I'd be tempted to run dual tires out on the far ends of the headers, on one each side of the bracket. That should cover gopher holes easier, and less bounce. But possibly be a bit harder on tire skid. Given the way the axles mount it should be easy enough to switch to duals. Mill two axles to thread together with a set screw to lock the threads.

@jesu315 Жыл бұрын

Soy operador jd 790 q hermosa q es la x9 x dios acá en Argentina todavía no llega pero ya se verá pronto lo mejor jd 🇦🇷💛💚💯

@bigbird5365 Жыл бұрын

Mike, I have few questions. When you buy a new pieces of iron for a million dollars isn't there some form of training or do you prefer to just wing it as it appears? When you critique the latest greatest equipment on your online platform, do the manufactures ever reach out to you? Thanks for the entertainment.

@ghostrider7688 Жыл бұрын

Good one ☝️

@garrettheyerdahl4123 Жыл бұрын

If you have a decent dealer they are always a phone call away.

@colleengrass3160 Жыл бұрын

Mike, I had a 3/8 right angle air ratchet that may have fit in that bottom oval hole to get to the end of the bolt. I don’t know if they make battery powered 3/8 right angle ratchet that works on that principle. Thanks for all your videos.

@davelaw8713 Жыл бұрын

Milwakee does, but it may not have enough torque. I find them good for low torque jobs only

@lathamindustries6316 Жыл бұрын

Hey Mike. I wonder if it’s worth trying a higher grade bolts? Too wet here in Australia

@rust1n0ut7060 Жыл бұрын

I see you trading that in soon.

@nickjones6747 Жыл бұрын

We started picking corn Sunday with the two X9 1100. Once we got everything dialed in and had the rental trucks there we decided to really let them eat. We were averaging just over 14,000 bushels an hour. My buddies 12yo son and expect grain cart driver says “we harvested more grain in one day than those Canadians did all year with 8 combines and 40,000 acres “.

@mikemitchell2554 Жыл бұрын

Now just imagine taking those X9s out for a 20bu corn crop for not 1 but 2yrs in a row... 😆

@nickjones6747 Жыл бұрын

That’s what people can’t figure out how you guys do it. Two years in a row of zero bushels but you spend money like you grew a 200 bushel crop. You spend 2 million just on x9,probably 3 million on the other combines,build a runway and all that bins and dryer. There is something you don’t tell people or in Canada you get even more than U.S farmers from the Government.No business operation can do that!!!

@cliffordmendel9770 Жыл бұрын

I'd look at drilling out the cross shafts and tapping for 10mm..... maybe.

@duncanmcleish3683 Жыл бұрын

Ashytn’s Christmas present to Mike this year with love a new Honey Bee header! 🎄🎄

@tomsibbick9770 Жыл бұрын

Hi there you need grade 8 bolts to put in place

@oldretireddude Жыл бұрын

Why is that header tire not a rounded profile slick, if it needs to slide sideways?

@matthewvanderbeek1240 Жыл бұрын

Drill the holes out and put a bigger bolt in it. ;) Wonder what John Deere says about it the bolts breaking. Like the Green better than the black combine?

@jimoster5003 Жыл бұрын

From my experience a grade 5 bolt will outlast a grade 8 bolt. Bolt strength is end to end and may be to brittle as there be some side to side motion. Put one in vice and hammer on it , the higher grade will break the lower grade will bend.

@csmithy3057 Жыл бұрын

@Jim Oster Hi am Cindy Smith, how are you? Hope we can be friends if that's okay with you

@theoutdoorduck701 Жыл бұрын

Needs a drop cover for the cylinder, Wish my grandpa would use the saftys on are round baler cylinders he's gonna get killed one of these

@ITubeTooInc Жыл бұрын

Maybe you should buy a box of one higher grade 3rd party bolts and upgrade them whenever they break. But maybe wait to say you did so on KZfaq until the John Deere warranty expires. 😜 So if they are typical metric class 8.8, upgrade to class 10.9, and if that still isn't enough upgrade to class 12.9 I looks like you could use an M12 Milwaukee battery powered ratchet with that little space to move a manual ratchet.

@chrisb_71 Жыл бұрын

Did you try some grade 8 bolts?

@xwiadro1 Жыл бұрын

👍

@aaronvinyard Жыл бұрын

Here I am, wondering if all those bolts are actually supposed to be tight like that. What is the point of having an actuating arm when you tighten the bolt so much that the arm cannot actuate? Might they be intended to be loosened so that if it bumps something on the ground it would go up and over it?

@larrykluckoutdoors8227 Жыл бұрын

👍👍👍

@scottwilliams5059 Жыл бұрын

Have you ever used air reel

@JohnDoe-jq5wy Жыл бұрын

NEXAT..... The present and future of farming platforms

@clearskiesranch1362 Жыл бұрын

Not a chance

@markb9241 Жыл бұрын

Looks like its the same engineer who designed this JD header bolt system also designed the Ford engine to change the spark plug. They have to remove the cab! Lol

@billwhitman1529 Жыл бұрын

I would say that the strength of the bolt needs addressed. If they're being made in China, their strength may be suspect to begin with???

@Harley9340 Жыл бұрын

Why do you combine crossway to the direction of planting?

@bobwest2807 Жыл бұрын

Hi Mike. I think i saw 10.8 breaking strength on the bolts. Could you try to source some 12.9 breaking strength bolts from somewhere else?

@christian.schr1895 Жыл бұрын

These bolts shouldnt break that often as they are JD original parts. Pretty sure this ist an overall flawed design, they should update at some point. Would be interesting to see the strain/stress-simulation the engineers have for the header :D stronger bolts sure would be worth a try

@gideonriddell4535 Жыл бұрын

High tensile will probably still fail because the problem is the round bar under the hex head only contacts the head in two spots creating stress points, resulting in fatigue failure.

@floridalifestyleapparel5477 Жыл бұрын

I wonder if you could machine the lugs that receive the bolt to a larger size and then use over size bolts. Bearing in mind that the larger and stronger the bolt up to a point, could cause the lugs to fail with the same stresses. Correct torque for those bolts?

@dennishudson9723 Жыл бұрын

I don’t think you can modify the machine like that. John Deere is real funny about that stuff and warrantees/leases.

@floridalifestyleapparel5477 Жыл бұрын

You are very correct. John Deere is definitely in the 'wrong to repair' camp.

@andrewzebeluk2631 Жыл бұрын

Have you tryied slowing down to see if the bolts break. I find slow and steady wins the race combining

@dougberry1011 Жыл бұрын

Mile, how many bushels in a RR grain car. I live in Sicamous BC about 300?yards from the CP main line. We had 6 loaded grain trains go through yesterday and 5 empties and they are running about 160 cars per train.

@brucewalker2276 Жыл бұрын

Are you taking any combines from the south farm north?

@WiedemannPhotography Жыл бұрын

@mike mitechell - should that bolt loose on that tire for your header?

@darylhamann2310 Жыл бұрын

I seen that 2

@arendvoordepoorte3217 Жыл бұрын

Hope you will be able to have some fun too soon. Did you manage to finish cutting the canola?

@mikemitchell2554 Жыл бұрын

Haha one of these months we are going to take a day off! Maybe even 3 🤔😆

@kerryf8308 Жыл бұрын

How is your comment from 18 hrs ago ?

@RobertHull Жыл бұрын

@@kerryf8308 The video is released early to patreon supporters.

@MyBussard Жыл бұрын

Macdon 50’ head has worked great, but there hydraulic buddy wheels are under the head, follows contour well mike

@jackwillie2729 Жыл бұрын

Would you crop sprayer make a good firetruck with a special nozzle..you've got 1000 gals or more

@HenryZwiefelhofer Жыл бұрын

I feel like if you modified for larger bolts you are then going to end up with thinner sidewalls on the barrels, breaking those instead. Definitely feels like something an engineer ran a computer simulation and decided a M8 bolt would be plenty good.

@joshwagner5414 Жыл бұрын

Jumping one bolt size especially if you can switch to a standard bolt you can get something a little bigger instead of a full jump

@duanebolen543 Жыл бұрын

With the head of that Bolt being on a round surface you're only getting two contacts one on each side of that head of that Bolt now if you could grind it with a flat spot or take and make a washer with a flat spot on one side and you cut on the other side you wouldn't break them both I don't think as much because that bolt needs to have a flat surface where the head is

@jeffwilliams3642 Жыл бұрын

JD Engineers are asking an awful lot of those litttle belts

@jeffwilliams3642 Жыл бұрын

I meant bolts

@frankg5466 Жыл бұрын

How many acres was harvested by the group of you guys and gals? How many acres did you cut with the new x9-1000 ?

@butterbeanfarmer7952 Жыл бұрын

Drill bigger holes put in bigger bolts

@andykeyes9309 Жыл бұрын

Is the north farm just yours mike or the whole family like the south farm

@fasterdura1772 Жыл бұрын

My old man was right from the beginning. It cost money to own John Deere equipment. For a $1000000 unit you think there wouldn’t be issues for at least a while. 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

@paddypoolfc3579 Жыл бұрын

Did my eyes deceive me or was that front tyre off the ground when Mike was under the header? Sorry my eyes did deceive me. Lol. 11.45 🙈

@Tanks-Link Жыл бұрын

I’m surprised not using your battery 3/8 ratchet because I know you have one I’ve seen it before

@pietoosterhof5901 Жыл бұрын

Mike is that a metric bolt?🤔

@Mad-mq9vh Жыл бұрын

Would high tensile bolts work better for the header table? Seems like a flawed design with small diameter bolts that appear to shear often.

@davehaug8117 Жыл бұрын

My thinking, exactly

@barneyshort8227 Жыл бұрын

My years of battling mechanical issues when bolts are a problem if they gave the thread lengths accordingly--switch to Caterpillar bolts. Problem will be solved