Cutting and Raking Hay on This new Farm!
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- čas přidán 14. 07. 2018
- Cutting and Raking Hay on This new Farm! Today's farm vlog is gonna be about preparation, setting up and raking our hay crop to be baled. This video is part of our Farming way of life..making hay video series...I'll how ya the V-Rake and give ya some farm tips....and beautiful footage of the hay field from above...hope ya'll enjoy the video!!
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In the last 4 weeks the video that dominated views ( 88K vs. an average of 12k for all others) was the Willys jeep. I know video editing takes a ton of time since I have restarted it recently. Do all the low viewed videos make up for a whopper like the willys? I hope you aren't offended. I'm asking because it seems to me the editing and filming time might be better spent on those "whopper" topics.
MrLangDog
You never know which video is going to blow up, so it's good to just do them all well.
Best example I know is Stephen Cox's video 'super glue trick the cops don't want you to know'. He thought it was funny, and it just exploded. He had no idea it would happen. Last I saw it was around 14 million views.👍
I just quickly scrolled back for the last six months. Every video with more than 20k view had a piece of equipment in the name. Just saying he might focus his energy.
Every movie isn't a Cold Mountain or Empire Strikes Back....and every CZcams video isn't gonna blow up....just gotta do my best every time and hopefully folks enjoy and share them...my channel is gonna do well as long as I keep good fans and be a good honest man....at least I hope so....I'm not chasing CZcams.....I'll just keep it honest
What I like about your channel is the way you do something different every vlog. That keeps me interested and I think others as well. The machinery and vehicles are a great topic and something that many watchers can relate to. Your doing it right! Just keep doing what your doing.
+SRF....Good call Josh. "To thine OWN SELF be true". Personally speaking, when I get the feeling that the creator is chasing the Y/T and 'sponsorship' dollar' instead of paralleling my interests, I 'UNsub'. FAST. ie....'Wranglerstar'. BIG channel..... but he left MY interests WAY behind. I don't have 10-20 minutes a day to piss off on a frikkin' "infomercial". At least when YOU do a 'product review', I TRUST you'd say you'd buy it regardless of 'sponsorship'. Or NOT if it's 'junk'. In fact, you have MANY times. Just sayin'.
I am not a farmer or even a homesteader but I love seeing how farms work. Keep it up, these are great.
Josh, Mrs. Stoney Ridge and you have done amazing things for your property. Please keep up the great work! Hooah!
Josh , I love your videos. Refreshing change from the normal stuff found on CZcams. Keep up the great work, Woooooo!
Josh, I love your videos! Makes me look forward to one day having my own farm. Thanks for taking the time to make these videos.
Hi Josh I love how you stay busy if not farming work work on equipment or trucks and cars very cool
Hi..... Thank you 🎥👍👍👍
Love your show!, and your original soundtrack!!
The 5 ft open at the back of the rake closes up when you start going. When you let the rake down grab both back wheels and pull them together and that’s how wide it will be while raking. Nice video👍🏻
Your videos are getting better and better,great job very informative. Thanks
This is the second time for me to see this. Love watching how this machine works.
Glad ya enjoyed it...I love filming in the hay fields!
that rake feeds all of us thank you for your hard work
Thank you Josh! That's really Cool!
Hey, your hay is coming along great... Thanks for sharing. Wooooh
Great job loving the farm vlogs!
Josh, you keep doing your thing. There are always things that don't interest everyone but they usually are still fun to watch. You're making baking hay look fun, I don't remember it being this fin doing it.
Hey Josh that was cool. You got some really nice meadows on the farm. We West Virginians would love these hay fields here in the Mountain State. That hay looked perfect for bailing hopefully the rain held out till you were done.👍👍👍whooo
One of the best FarM channels I’ve ever watched! 👊🏻💪🏻💪🏻
Here Stoney...come back Stoney....best doggone farm on tha web!!
BS"D
Josh thank you so much for all of the noladge that you are teaching me in such a fun and clear way
Easily one of your best vids. Very cool.
That rake is awesome! Thanks for sharing. I always wanted to know how the hay was prepped for baling. We can't wait to see the baling episode.
Love these kind of videos
Your equipment always looks clean!
Memories of my teen summers, hot sweaty and covered with dirt and hay. Dips in a cold spring feed creek at the end of the day and cold watermelon.
Hi Josh - interesting to watch these videos on eastern US hay. I grew up on a farm in California where Dad grew (among other things) alfalfa for hay for the area dairy farms. Lot of difference. Out there, you rake and bale early to get a little dew so the leaves don't fall off. If he were still around, he would probably scold you for your work clothes. Even in CA's 100+ summer days, he always wore levis, leather boots and long sleeve shirt. He would approve the hat though :) Keep up the great work!
I love your videos and way of life
The only guy I know with my same thinking. No wet grass. Sticks to the equipment and trusts the equipment. Stoney ridge baby
Good job josh .I like the drone footage
Nice job on the wind rose looks good man that's a lot of land.
Just Wondering seeing you have multiple tractors why not have the wife rake and you bale would save you time and you could watch to see if she got into trouble ahead of you. These are great videos I love watching
Surprised and pleased! I did not know how this worked!
All right! The hat is back!
Excellent Keep them coming
You're a hard workin dude! Don't burn yourself out bud!
Really enjoy the drone footage.
Nice GoodYear tires from Akron baby Wooo.
hey josh my names josh also just wanted to say i really like our vids and watching how much the farm has growed
Máquinas maravilhosas!
Hey JOSH great job with the rake down here in Alabama we call those wheel takes and just a hint if you want even drier grass hay you might want a tedder or slinger as some people call it very helpful to dry hay out quicker than expected it just helps is all I'm saying I work for a cattle company and we bale anywhere from 200 to 300 bales of hay everytime we cut hay
bigbuckhunter556 Yea the Tedder really helps
Been using my own b100 for years, I've never missed that Dino diesel smell!
That is pretty cool
Want to make your fuel can more like the old style spout, look for a water can conversion kit. I think Walmart even sells a replacement nozzle kit now. Those new nozzles are terrible, they don't work right half the time and break if you look at them wrong. or you can get the racing fuel type cans some places sell.
Nice good Video josh keep up the good work
I saw those yella cans and was thinking you need a diesel transfer tank.
Keep your eyes peeled for craigslist or maybe a farm/ landscape/ construction auction.
I picked up a 100 gallon tank, nearly FULL of diesel back in 2008 for $100 with a "bad" pump.
The pump just needed a little work and some new wires.
The tank needed a filter.
I treated the whole tank with some biocide and Howes Lubricant at double dose.
Since I didn't know the age of the diesel we only used about 5 gallons of this per tractor fill-up and mixed with fresh diesel.
I've since purchased a new and faster transfer pump, wired to the pickup battery.
It works AWESOME and no stupid fuel cans.
Last note- I got this whole setup back when diesel was nearly $5/ gallon - major score.
Keep up the great videos!
I think it's Awesome
Got an add! Wooo
Hope you got the hay in before it rained!
I know with our v rakes we go 13-14 mph so you could be going a bit slow which might cause the clumps but then again rough ground makes it hard to go faster
Very nice video
Hey Stoney ridge, a pto driven two basket hay tedder would work great with your Massey Ferguson tractor in either a 3 point hitch model or tow behind style. My first 4 basket tedder was manual folding since I only used it a few times each season. I gained more production since I didn't have to hook and unhook implements from one tractor for each task. I was able to speed up the hay drying process by tedding once or twice if needed then raking/baling. I'm speaking as the one guy does it all hay operation..
I really love your Hay rake we had a different kind. I wish that was all Alfalfa or Bermuda grass. Fescue I thought you planted that just for erosion had no Idea you were going to bail it. Plant some Bermuda in there with it.
just an idea with ur rake u can ad a center wheel it will help with the drying of the hay it gets the center fluffed up slowed better air flow
Buy your fuel in bulk. If you are in a rural area, companies will drop off and set up a tank, hose, and nozzle for you to use as long as you buy your diesel in bulk off them. Works for them, and saves you a fair % on fuel.
Liked the vid, we use basically the exact same equipment or used to. Pretty partial to case tractors though lol
tip of the day. remove the rake wheel buy a new one or two and then use the old wheels to fix the ones that are broken. do not put new tines on the old wheel the new ones will break right off.
Gotcha...thanks for the tip...so the tines you buy nowadays aren't worth a hoot?
Gotcha
no they are good.. but the new ones are longer than the worn ones that are on the wheel. so when you put the new ones one they will dig into the ground causing them to bend A-LOT snapping them off so all new or all used is the way to go.
Cool brotha thanks for the tip
That is an interesting piece of equipment. I was wondering what it was when I saw it in the thumbnail
Making Hay while the Sun shines.
I thought when you said you and the Mrs. were making hay today it was gonna be a totally different kind of video... I thought CZcams definitely gonna demonetize that!
1st comment woooo!!! Great video Josh love watching all you do makes me feel like I'm doing it as well. If ya ever are in Illinois stop by brother have a family operated hog and chicken farm all pasture raised got a lot of ideas and help from your videos keep them coming. Wooooo
Midwestern Homestead were do you live, in also In illinois
I'm near a little town named Lily Lake il
Love the videos. Fyi they have portable pumps for ur fuel cans so u arent spilling diesel all over yourself
Yep. We have a 100 gallon tank but not mounted up on the truck yet
I would love to hear some more songs about what you do on the farm. Maybe a song about you and your relationship with your rooster.
denise graeff kinky is when you use a feather, perverted is when you use the whole chicken.
Oops did I type that out loud. Sorry
Allen Ferry
hmmmm
This is my favorite vlog to watch. You seem to make everything fun. God bless you and your wife and your farm
Cool
That is awesome! Keep up the good work. Do you have a cd of your music?
Got an idea for you. Since you aren't completely satisfied with all of the utility vehicle offerings (although the kubota seems really sweet), maybe look into getting a really nice suzuki mini-truck. Check 'em out.
nice vid
Sir, do you Ted your hay or do you just use the bine and windrow it?
All ways a rush when doing hay doing very well to do the hay and film.
you should buy a battery operated transfer pump from harbor freight, I think they are like $8. that's what I use on my ford jubilee. it's item number 63847. it doesn't look like much but I have had mine for a while and it's working flawlessly.
How can I thank you for helping me learn about stuff. I have only one and 1 half acres but I love raising vegetables and fruit.
On my dads farm we used 5 gallon plastic gas tanks forever. LOL
Nice john deer
My wife said that's a cliff hanger... Lol. Good job though
Need to buy you some kicker wheels and put on the pick up on the Baler
You should get yourself a good weather app for your phone.
Here in Australia I use weatherzone. I can look at the radar and see almost exactly when the rain is coming in your area.
Believe me I was watching the radar like a hawk
man I wish I was born into that life... been stuck and suppressed by cities my whole life... but I keep shooting for it...
The hay videos are interesting but I was just thinking what's going on with the pond and all the fish did you get read of that nutria rat
Question for ya... does the bailer need the hay in big wind rows to work properly? We just bought a farm, and wondering what we need to get for hay harvest. Seems like you make a pass to combine 2 rows into one, and then another pass to bail. Same number of passes if you just ran the bailer without the rake. Perhaps it is needed to dry the hay better? Trying to learn, love the channel. Woooo
Yep you need to rake the hay to fluff it off the ground and if I had the smaller haybine I'd be picking up 3 rows. Baling video coming Wednesday. You'll like it
Do you have a harbor freight near you? a battery powered liquid transfer pump Item #63847 at harbor freight is less then $10 and will let you refuel the tractor from the cans without having to hold them up to dump down the fill tube. Most hardware stores also carry them as they are good for transferring any liquid from fuels to water just remember to not use the fuel pumps with water or it tastes bad.
Woooooooo
THE RAKE CONDITIONS/AERATES THE GRASS . THIS REDUCES BAIL ROT.
Josh if by chance it would rain. What do you do to prevent it from getting mold & if it does what do you do?!
I'm a farmer myself...in that situation it would be best to let it dry and then flip it with the rake again to get the underside dried...if not you would have to bale it wet and have someone come in a wrap the hay
What is that cool log cabin building ?
Tobacco barn. Look back I made a video about it
It would help you if you have another tractor running simultaneously to help get the job done quicker love you Brother
Hey josh why don’t you use the Massey furgson 240 on the rake and just use the John Deere on the haybine and bailer
Goats, pigs, amd chickens....where are the pigs? Lobe your bideos amd songs. You need to put out a SRF CD.
We ate them 🙊
Josh you should use the 240 to rake not so much implement changes to do
If it had secondary hydraulics I would be on it brotha!
@@StoneyRidgeFarmer I have them on several masseys
@@StoneyRidgeFarmer I can with local Massey dealer I think there is a kit available for the 200 series Massey tractors
We call them hay bobs in Ireland look totally different here
Tell Mrs Stony Ridge I said hi
Ain't nothing like a thick windrow
amazon has battery operated fuel pump for gas cans. saves from making mess.
Do you sell them bales?
IT MUST HAVE TIME TO DRY BEFORE BAILING. PROBABLY SHOULD NOT HAVE RAKED IT, KNOWING RAIN WAS COMING. PROBABLY GONNA HAVE TO RAKE IT AGAIN BEFORE BAILING. JUST WASTED A LOT OF MONEY, FUEL AND TIME.
SHOULD HAVE BEEN WORKING ON SOMETHING BROKEN. WOULD HAVE WATCHED THAT.
WASN'T MEANING TO BE UGLY. YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL PLACE. I'm PROUD OF YOU.
Yep....brotha we have had alot of rain this year 64 inches to be exact....can't just let it sit in the field and rot...or kill the grass under it....we got it raked and baled but the weather has been a horrible factor this year...folks are running out of hay around here now...and I'm selling!
Think you might want to invest in some newer equipment that could be so much more effectively and you would be getting your money back quickly from the higher yield and not having to buy in more if you ran out
I dont have near that much to bale. I only deal with 5 maybe 7 acres at most. Not worth hiring a baler and just worth enough to bale for myself sellng what i dont require. Just all the hay equipment are my area people want New price for. Its insane and discouraging to try and find decent low HP (40pto) square baler, rake and mower.
nigel cuthbertson Wouldnt work well for me. Im not as fit and i dont have an entire leg anymore from cancer treatments. It would kill me in Texas coastal heats. Also plan on selling what i dont use. Easuer to upgrade or configure my current tractor with a grapple and doing idiot squares being so small. Otherwise i would deal with rounds. I know New Holand has a round 4x5 or 4x4 baler rated for the lower PTO and either single or dual hydro tractors. Dont recall my tractor at the moment as i dont use the hydraulics currently. Anyways, a snall square and a stacker/accumulator works for me to load onto a trailer. Onlyntime i have to pick up a bale is to feed my cattle.
Your gonna look like the ScareCRow in the Wizard of Oz except you have a brain! Nice info once again Thks
You using Off Road fuel?
Will you trade the jd for a full cab one?
Probably a 100hp cab model in a few years
Hey josh, I’ve always thought that baling hay is unhealthy and steals from your soil, and to sell hay off your land is essentially selling your soil, what’s your thought of this? I read a book explaining this called “gaining ground” by Forrest Pritchard.
I agree to an extent. Just wait till you see what's in store for building the land back up. I made mention of what you are saying earlier in the season
Stoney Ridge Farmer Ooo I’m excited! Always can’t wait to see what you have in store, I look forward to getting your upload notifications when I get back from work. Keep it up josh!
I am surprised you do not use a mask to protect your lungs from all that dust.
not too much dust really....and wearing a mask would be miserable...remember the tractor is out ahead of the implement so the dust is mostly behind me