If you watched my pervious video on the Number 5 and 38 mowers, I mentioned that I had a little grain hay that I wanted to cut with the mowers. In this video I am using the 1947 John Deere Model A (48 model year) to cut some second-growth grain hay for the purpose of some quality seat time and time running the old mower.
The Number 5 mower that I'm using also has some sentimental value, as I got that mower from my maternal grandfather. It is a mower that he had when he was younger and has told stories of spending many hours on it, so it's always fun to see it being maintained and used.
In case you're wondering what grain hay is--on my farm I run a hay operation, so my primary product is alfalfa hay. Where alfalfa needs to be rotated every few years, historically people grew and rotated out barley in the area, but grain hay has started to become a popular replacement for barley. Basically it's a 3 or 4 variety grain cop plus sometimes pease (oats, barley, wheat are common). You plant the crop in the spring and cut it when the oats are in the milk stage and the product is still green. You dry and bale it as you would alfalfa or any other hay crop. Due to its variety, it is a healthy substitute or replacement for grass and alfalfa bales.
Recorded with Dolby Vision 4K HDR on an iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fBRJBhBSfA
A nice February wintery ride across the farm on a 1951 John Deere model A with my nephew. It's a great way to enjoy a little sunshine and let the dogs run around for a bit. Plus, after a long winter, it's fun spending some seat time on the old two-cylinder Deere.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9J-V5JtJxcY
In this video I am using a 1947 (1948 model year) John Deere Model A two-cylinder tractor to feed a herd of beef cattle.
The cattle are a mix of Angus and Herefords.
The hay bale is a 3x4x8 grain hay bale (mixture of different grain crops cut as for feed).
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LepjB7JC8vY
This is a test video I took with the iPhone app "8mm". I've converted a lot of real 8mm video in the past, so I was curious how true the effect would be. I think it seems a little much--but they do have different "lenses" you can use on it. The video of of my dog Tip and the beef cattle.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fhrv0DoYaUk
Over the winter I picked up a 1960 John Deere 630 with an attached loader (with bucket), box scraper, and tire chains. However, the exhaust manifold had a crack in it, and as such water was able to get into it and rand down the cylinders into the block. The cylinders were seized, and the oil pan was full of ice.
Getting the tractor out and home was also quite the ordeal. The transmission was full of water and was locked up. We had to melt that out to get the axles to turn. The tires were also frozen down to the ground, as was the heater. The bucket was frozen with the tip into the ground, which had sunken in about three inches and was quite frozen. To get it out we had to put the space heater onto it for a few hours, which allowed it to heat up enough to melt out the ice.
Overall, it's been a fun little project & I can't wait to use it some this summer!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKo815AoG2M