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Appreciate all your interesting comments, nice to see somebody else makes use of the same size of equipment as myself, more or less. As for producing any more videos it is unfortunate that I have none left in the "archives". At the same time I have not been able to shoot anything that would be of interest to anybody else, but I will certainly keep the subject in mind.

Yes, you are correct, and there was a time when this driveway was cleared using only a aluminum grain shovel. Of course I was a lot younger at the time, which certainly helped.

I had given it some thought initially, but after consulting an expert on the subject I discovered that the extra pump, motor and reservoir would have been not only cumbersome BUT very expensive. It was far simpler and easier just to design a system utilizing the front P.T.O. shaft running at 1000 rpm from under the front of the tractor.

To whom it may concern: I do apologize for the "shaking", was not aware of what was happening until the video was complete. Most of the "shaking" was due to the fact that my wife tried her best to hold the camera still in very cold temperatures (while wearing only light gloves) as she tried to adjust zoom which became progressively stiffer the colder the camera became. Again, my apologies, would advise that you refrain from watching any more of my videos in case something else appears that does not suit your fancy.

Firstly, thank you very much for your many varied comments. Secondly, I am greatly impressed you have managed to put 22,000 hours on your 6400, could not imagine that many hours accumulated in such a short time span. And finally, at the moment I have not been able to produce any video showing my 4455 at work here in the yard. Not much snow the past few years, plus the odd job around the yard hardly qualifies for any length of video of any substance, but then again, never say never!!!!

Yes it sure has been a handy tractor and one that we often say owes us nothing due to its reliable and ready performance. Beef farming certainly racks up the hours on machinery! Did you or you parents ever have livestock on the farm? Perhaps a bit personal to ask, is there a next generation to take over the farm at any point. Again, thank you for sharing all your videos!

Regarding your inquiry concerning livestock on this farm, yes, both my grandfather as well as my father raised beef cattle as well as running a very small dairy operation. I too kept cattle a number of years, but my heart was not in it, and after about 10 years I decided to sell all the animals and devote myself totally to grain farming. As for continuing the family farm that has been here for 106 years, well, I am afraid that once my wife and I are gone then this farm will come to a close. Such is life.@@jaa7566

My sentiments exactly

Not that it matters, but if you roam around on my channel you might find a few more other videos that you may possibly find interesting. They all pertain to the same thing, farming in the 1990's with JD equipment.

@@DeereDon I've watched some of your other videos. It's neat taking a step back in time like that

I am glad you took the time to watch again, Seasons Greetings to you as well.

I hope it will all work out for you, will assume that any snow-blower you use will be sufficient for the size of the tractor.

My 2360 came with the 4 cylinder diesel engine built in the Saran Works in France

The 4400 was traded in for the 6620 in July 1983, the 6620 was traded in for the 9400 in April of 1995 and the 9400 was sold privately in July of 2011.

The "Iron Horse" line-up of tractors are still going strong in this district, the majority of them being 4440's. Without a doubt they will continue to work for many more years to come!

When I purchased my 6620 Titan in 1984 my main tractor was a 4240, with a 3020 as chore tractor. When the 6620 was traded for a 9400 in 1995 I had acquired a 4455 as my main tractor. If you search around in my You Tube channel you will see these same tractors at work on my farm within that time frame.

Thanks for watching. I wish you the best of luck in building something similar that will work satisfactorily when the countryside is a white wonder-land!!

I will assume that you have not started any bush-work yet, my opinion (for what is it worth) is to take it slow in the beginning if you have not had any previous experience. Try to get the tree to pull out as many roots as possible when tramping, afterwards try to keep the blade right at ground level (NOT below) to get anything that remains. When everything is complete, obtain the best heavy-duty bush disc available. Disc, disc, and re-disc if necessary. Depending on the unit you find, and on how much horsepower you have to pull it will be the deciding factor on what kind of job it does each time. Once everything is chopped up pretty good then a good set of heavy harrows will gather any loose roots lying on the surface. The harrows can be used not only for windrowing the stumps together for burning but will also do an excellent job in leveling/packing the ground to make it ready for seeding next year.

@@DeereDon Thank you very much! I really appreciate your advice. For sure I will take it slow till I get the experience needed. Thanks again and I loved your video, excellent work💪

Wow, your comments are most encouraging and appreciated!!! Thank you from the bottom of my heart!!

The time between swathing and harvesting (spring wheat) is usually around a week, give or take, depending on the maturity of the grain (at time of swathing) plus what the weather (hot, cold, rainy, damp, etc.) is like for that week. It can vary anywhere from 5 days to as much as 10. If the crop can be picked up within the week, and no rain falls during that time, then very little crop is lost, only losses that might occur will be at the headlands. On the other hand, if the entire crop happens to be very short and light (especially on hill-tops) then these very light swaths lying close to the ground can suffer drastic pick-up losses. In that scenario it is most wise to consider waiting to straight cut rather then swath. The worst is when rainy periods set in for days (or weeks), that will cause the swath to slowly settle into the stubble and make picking up a truly difficult operation. As well, if the swath is extremely thick and heavy then the grain will take forever to dry out underneath as it is shielded from sun and wind, essential items required to dry the grain before any proper harvesting can take place.

Hello Marvin: Hard to imagine that swathing took place in your area that far south of the U.S./Canada border, but I guess it certainly was possible in that time era, (no doubt it didn't take long and swathing disappeared altogether, just like in this district.) I certainly appreciate your various comments, thanks for taking the time to watch my video, there are others similar to this one if you care to search them out.

Hello Ed: As referred to in the description of the video, I am using a JD 7' model 260 snowblower. If you wish to see a better view of this unit I would suggest watching the You Tube video entitled "John Deere 4020 and snowblower" that I created once I converted the blower over from my 3020 to my 4020. (Thanks for watching!)

Most certainly I had considered those earlier machines, but the biggest problem was finding something half decent that was not totally worn out. Any I looked at were very high hour units, and I could not believe the asking price at the same time. And naturally, the Sound Gard Body was something that completely dominated those earlier Hinson built cabs. Plus the fact I knew that air seeders were the machine of the future and I felt that some of these earlier tractors might be hard pressed to provide the necessary pull power, plus supply enough hydraulic power at the same time. A 50 series 4WD (with its classy offset muffler and air cleaner) was my only logical choice.

You will have to give credit to Mrs. DeereDon as she was the person behind the lens who was basically browbeaten into taking the many various videos.

At the time when this 4455 came into our yard I had been using a 4240 to do all my farming, which the year before consisted of approximately 400 acres of crop, give or take. Yes, it would have been nice to own a 8430, but using it to pull a 30' cultivator, 20' feet of press drill, 25' of chisel plow, a 60' foot field sprayer, etc. would be a bit of over-kill. And I really did not have the finances at that time to go out and upgrade all the machinery. I had to live with the fact that the 4455 was only 2WD (meaning I had to be very careful around the pot-holes) and eventually once I got more land (and more money) I changed to my 8450 and at the same time was able to keep back the 4455 as well for "chore" duties.

@@DeereDon I know my father was doing everything with a Ford 9700, then Ford tw30 and later a Ford tw35. He was always buying new and then in the early 90s he finally bought a used 4wd, it was a Ford fw30 (a blue steiger cougar). I guess it just wasn’t as easy in those days to find equipment as it is now since the internet didn’t exist. As in my mind all I could think of is how many smaller and older 4wd had already existed by the late 80s, surely some would have been priced similarly to a brand new Ford tw35

Certainly appreciated reading your very "interesting" comments.

Hi Jeff: Thanks for watching (and commenting). I do recall your family name from many years ago, associated of course more so with the Dysart district.

I thank you for watching.

In the spring of 1997 when I purchased the 8450 I had about 600 acres to seed and another 500 to summer-fallow, give or take.

I found there were times I had to use slightly more then 540 rpm speed on the 2010, I would (when conditions required it) push down on the floor mounted gas pedal in order to keep the engine from stalling out, it was the only way that small gas engine could keep going. With the 3020 that problem did not exist, in fact I could get away with slightly less then 540 rpm on the driveshaft.

Hello: I guess it all began when my grandfather became good friends with another individual when they homesteaded in the north-east part of this province 115 years ago. They eventually moved together at the same time to this part of the province in 1918. Shortly afterwards the other fellow became a JD dealer. At the time my grandfather was looking to buy a tractor, he naturally gave his good friend the business, the tractor appears in this video, and I guess you could say the rest is history. Yes, there were a few other machines (not JD) that did enter on to this farm, but the majority were green and yellow. For myself, before I finished high schooI I became involved with who eventually became my father-in-law, he and his father were predominantly JD and it made me realize that this was the way to go. Have had no regrets since that time.

@@DeereDon Thank you for the reply and sharing your stories. My family farms in Northern Nebraska. Although the methods are different, the underlying factors of efficiency and dollars remain the same. Thank you again!

Am glad you enjoyed it, take a look around my channel and see if there are other videos that I produced that might interest you. (But thanks anyway for your comments on this one)