Another video from feeding the beef cattle. We've had a bit of a break from the cold and the snow became soft. Feeding with a 1972 John Deere PowerShift. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tzhf2OWHUa0
The fall colors are quite nice this year. Last Saturday I needed to go take and unhook the Number 5 mower from the Model A, so I thought it would be fun to take the tractor on the hill and take some photos as well. Unfortunately, it was overcast and not the best morning for taking photos (Sunday turned out much better). However, it was still fun and I think the video turned out okay anyway.
The video features a John Deere Model A tractor (1947/48 model year) with a John Deere Number 5 Sickle mower attached. The video shows shots of Star Valley, Wyoming/Idaho, as well as the Salt River range and Caribou National Forest.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izG0MlrYmGw
I've recently painted the Farmall Super M. Not a great paint job, but enough to keep it from rusting... Seeing as the farming is done for the year and the field is clear and the day was nice, I thought it would be fun to take it out for a drive across the field.
The video also has some footage of John Deere 420 Utility. Why take one tractor out, when you can take two!
Also, I've received the new iPhone 11 Pro, and I wanted to test out its 4K with image stabilization options. I'd say it did pretty well!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNZ1Yi6ZGlU
I've posted a lot of videos the 630 driving (usually while feeding beef cattle) with the snow in the pasture. Fortunately, the snow is finally gone! The ground is a bit wet and muddy, however.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNDaDcvz-Rk
In this video we were using the John Deere 5020 to do some light chisel plowing of a grain stubble field. Where the field had a grain crop on it this year, it was pretty easy to plow and was not a difficult task for the 5020. I also intentionally do not plow very deep, as I have found it to be unnecessary.
The plow is a CaseIH chisel plow.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWhN3WBZ-vY
The blades on the swather, being recorded with the iPhone 5s Slow Motion high-speed recording camera. Both idle and high-rpm.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxBzVO3tFoA
Every spring we cultivate alfalfa. This is typically done with some sort of danish harrow (spring tooth), drag harrows, and a heavy liquid-filled roller. This is due to our long winters and the damage that is done to the alfalfa fields, as well as the large amounts of rocks that we have in our fields.
On a typical setup, the cultivator levels out the mice mounds and breaks up last years stubble. Then the roller flattens it out and pushes down rocks, as to make the field less bumpy and to have less rocks for the swather (windrower, mower, or whatever your area calls them) to have less rocks to damage the cutting bar.
However, this alfalfa field was only planted last year. Due to the plants being young and the roots not deep, we don't use a digger on the fields for the first full year of the crop growth.
That being said, needing to only pull the roller made for a great excuse to get out and use one of the old tractors. Where the F-30 hasn't had a lot of tasks on the farm as of yet, we thought it'd be a perfect opportunity to put it to work and have a few hours of enjoyable (though bumpy) seat time. It also made for a good opportunity to take some photos and videos.
The video also contains a John Deere 2010 Utility, which we eventually finished out the field with.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XEwq30cjV4