More breakdowns on day 8 of wheat harvest
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
- Welcome back to the Rocky Mountain Farmer channel! Day 8 of our wheat harvest brought a mix of pride and persistence as we decided to mount an American flag on our Fendt Ideal 9 combine, showcasing our love for the land we work on. But the day wasn’t without its challenges. We found ourselves repeatedly dealing with broken auger bolts, a frustrating issue that tested our patience. If that wasn’t enough, a ram on the header gave out, threatening to slow down our progress. However, despite these setbacks, we were determined to keep moving forward. Thanks to some quick thinking and a bit of good old-fashioned hard work, we managed to cover a lot of ground. This video is a testament to the resilience and dedication it takes to be a farmer. Join us as we push through the tough moments, keeping our spirits high and our flag flying. Don’t forget to hit that like button, leave a comment, and subscribe to follow the rest of our harvest journey. Proud to farm, proud to be American! 🇺🇸
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“Everything is working great” 2:07 😂
Just a few small setbacks all in all we still harvested 120 acres
Dont let people talk crap about your combine. All machines break down all machines have issues. That is an awesome combine many farmers use them all the time all over the world
Yeah, this combine is pretty awesome
@@RockyMountainFarmer farmer near us has one. He loves his he's doing wheat and barley
Love ole Glory on the Combine. Nice touch. Love watching that thing eat that grain like a PAC Man. lol. Thanks for the video . 👍👍👍👍👍
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching.
Love this channel this is where the grocery store starts God bless thoughts and prayers are with you guys 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🎬📽️
Thanks so much. Glad you love it
@@RockyMountainFarmer How many hectares is your east wing?
The way these innovations are applied is really inspiring
My guess is you lost a balance weight off one of the rotors. A bearing reveals itself relatively quickly. I run a CLAAS but looking at an Ideal since my dealer is not going to support CLAAS after next year.
I don’t even wanna know the process of rebalancing a rotor that sounds like it would be very difficult. I can say you probably would not be disappointed with an ideal 9.
I work for CLAAS as a tech best machines by far on market, but I do love new Holland and that new cr11 looks like it'll give the 8900 a run for it's money..
What about the X9 @@valhalla6ix341
Mike Mitchell in Canada might give some insight. His family ran 13 of them when they first came out. He’s on you tube also. He’s really good at offering plus and minus on machines he runs.
They are welded on at the back of the rotor. Very easy to see when not using the straw chopper. Just look up. I doubt he lost one, but he should check
I enjoy your channel. I’m a contractor,but dad was farmer. So I have a lot experience [onfarm because I help my brother and neighbors and cousins. My brother chopping corn for cow feed now. I’m the pile build to pack it. I been living on the same farm for 63 years
That’s awesome. I’m glad you love the channel. Thanks for watching.
Thanks for sharing this with us.
Thanks for watching!
On the unload auger. In the tank. Put the slides all the way down on the right side. That will lighten the pull on the auger. Up on the left will give full unload. CASE can turn off cross augers in the hopper.
We will have to look at that.
@@RockyMountainFarmerare your slides not hydraulic operated?
You could have shocked the grain back into the machine header. Love you all stay safe
Gotta take the tires off to get to the extra shear bolts 🤣
Right hahaha
Wear plates on front of either rotor coming loose you can only visually see them by removing front two concaves.
We will have to check that out
Keep up the great work I love watching you all. I drive thru your area all the time I live in Buhl I go see my daughter and grand kids they live in Menan. I take the back highway at Pocatello I hate driving the freeway from Pocatello to Idaho Falls I think they are crazy and always trying to run you over.
Well, I’m glad you’re enjoying the channel. The freeway has definitely gotten more busy. They are trying to add a third lane from Idaho Falls to Pocatello to try and make it less busy.
Interesting update on the combine's vibration issue. It sounds like a tough situation, but it’s reassuring to know that the warranty will provide a replacement if needed. Anyone with similar experiences, feel free to share your thoughts!
maybe something on the rotor is missing and creating the router to lose balance.
Rotor or chopper. Uphill drains more power from the machine making it less noticeable. Just my opinion from my personal experience. Could be gear box that drives the rotors. Could be the fan. Vibration usually occurs with the faster moving parts. Be safe! Thomas, Mississippi!!
@@thomashaley7657they are not using the chopper, so we can rule that out
Dust building up inside the rotor feeder impellers... some falls off when you stop the threshing, then it puts the rotor feeder out of balance... mine 9T does it... give it a good clean out with the air line
We will have to try that
I think it need full service sometime this happen in the season and everybody face such tiny type of obstacles hope that now it will run effectively when you change its mobile oil
Yep we finish harvest and now they’re going to take it in and look it over
Need to get a flag bracket for the auger,
Still looks great 🇺🇸🇺🇸😎
Yeah that would look great
You're right, putting our beautiful American flag on made the combine 100% better.
That vibration issue is concerning. Usually as things like that develop they don't improve with continued use. The first sign of getting worse I'd be wanting to swap out the machine for the new one and get your machine thoroughly checked out and correct whatever is wrong, before it's a major problem.
I'm with you on the windmills. They ruin the beauty of the mountains.
Yeah, we ended up finishing harvest and they are going to haul it in and look it over. I’m glad you like the combine with the flag.
Fort Walton Beach Florida here 😊
Awesome, thanks for watching
Make sure you have a fire extinguisher real handy they like to burn. I too would say a rotor went out of balance and it could very likely make the bearing fail.
We have a fire extinguisher on the ladder
@@RockyMountainFarmer Perfect! Hope You find the cause of the vibration!
Chris, sounds like "end play" the drum has bearings on both ends with fastenets. If there is too much play in the bearings against the rotor sorry i called it drum. Anyway, down hill it could be causing more end play on the rear bearing causing the vibration. Up hill seats the rotor on the bearing reducing the vibration. Also, if they are greaseable,the bearings could be a little dry. Some manufactures use proper amounts of grease as part of end play specifications.
We will have to look into that
Header pin punctured the rotor or a crack in the weld seam of the rotor taking on dirt.. had it happen on a case flagship.
That’s definitely a possibility
.. u love ur Flag ..❤❤❤.. Patriot.
Thanks
I’d say that combine has a serious design problem when you shear pins in dry grain, no longer a “Beast” when the unload auger shuts down harvest
My dad used to refer to that as having “ A Big mouth and a small A~~”
Stay Safe !
The sheer bolts breaking are our fault, because we are learning how to run a new machine. Once we figured out what we were doing wrong we never sheered another one.
most interesting
Love the flag
VERY impressive operation and operators both
Excellent going‼️
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Glad you enjoyed it thanks for watching
I say it's a rotor or feederhouse bearing if your feeling it in the cab floor!
We will have to look into that
You know the vibration in the combine might not be the rotors. It could be the feeder house or even the header.
True
I would assume that there is a spacer (maybe more than one) on the forward end of the rotor shaft. That spacer would be between the front rotor bearing and the rotor itself and is mounted on the shaft. Gravity puts pressure on it because the rotor is not mounted level, and as the rotor rotates in order to trash out the grain from the straw, it tries to move forward, putting pressure on the spacer and front rotor bearing. Also there may not be a spacer on the forward end of the rotor shaft, and there needs to be one there. The rotor is too close to the front of the rotor housing. Look at the inside of the front part of the rotor housing if you can, for evidence of metal scraping. It could be that you will have to remove the rotor in order to discover the issue that is causing the vibration. You also stated that the vibration noise is louder when going down hill and almost non existent when going up hill. That is because the rotor is moving back and forth inside of the rotor housing, Because your combine is under warrantee, I would let the manufacture fix the problem. Also the front rotor bearing may not adequate for the job that it has to do. New models of any machine is always a live and learn experience.
We will have to check that out.
If you shear the unloader bolts again, take the chain off that drives the cross auger before engaging again. Should be able to use an extra deep 24mm on an impact to slack it enough to pop it off. Engage to clean the unloader out, put the chain back on & you should be back in business. I also assume you know that shield over the unloader chain can flip open? Would make getting to the shear bolt storage easier I think.
Great tips. Our shield doesn’t open but the new ones do.
When you’re done call them up and tell them to pick it up
We picked up the grain
I was going to comment re vibration but James Solson pretty much covered the bases. I worked 30 years for Massey Ferguson so could not add any additional info all ready commented .
Would appreciated give a follow up after issue resolved.
We will update when they find the problem
I dunno alot about combines. But I know from CZcams videos when fents first came out they had some problems with the gear boxes in the back of the machine
Yeah, the dealer is going to inspect it make sure everything still looks good
On first models gearboxes got to hot. Now there are oil coolers for the gearboxes.
Worse going up hill? Loose motor mount? Those MAN engines are a beast.
We will have to check that
Probably a rotor out of balance and then it probably affected the bearing John Deere s790 s780 are famous for that too.
Thanks we will look into that
Maybe you have a rotor off balance. Good luck in finding the problem... Happy farming.
Hopefully they can find it.
The guy in the cab talking in the first couple minutes, in the winter time if he could travel around the country giving a presentation on how to act like a wonderful customer that would be awesome.
Nothing makes a mechanic want to help a customer out more than an attitude like you guys.
The up and down hill change of the vibration is a little confusing.
If the vibration seems to be related to the rotor because he said you can feel it change as rotor speed changes the first place I would look is the variable drive belt. Then go from there. Rotor loss a balancer weight, bearing...
I had an T8 get the unload auger shut off with a full auger. We had to take the chain off that fed the horizontal augers. Then we could clean out the auger put the chain on and get back to work. Kind of a freak deal
Hey thanks for all the useful information we will look into those things. I’m glad you’re enjoying the videos.
@RockyMountainFarmer I hope you find the problem. I had a combined whole maybe 10 years ago and early in the day it had a slight vibration couldn't find nothing by that evening you swore the cab was going to shake right off. Hold the variable belt off and visibly you could not see anything wrong but put a new one on and that thing ran smooth.
I hope it's something that simple for you. You can watch the belts and see if you get a vibration anywhere. If any idler has a rhythmic bounce to it or if any belt is really shaky. It wasn't uncommon on some of the other combines to get a flat spot on a main power belt and it would transfer that vibration to the rotor drive.
New Holland cr 10 bobs yer uncle🏴🏴🏴👍👍
Our last combine was a new Holland and it wasn’t great
See if mike Mitchell can shed any light on the vibration he used to run fendts
Yeah he might have an idea
I 2nd this comment. Mike should be able to help you
Great awesome video
Glad you enjoyed it
That flag makes it look gooder for sure! 😆
Glad you have a dealer that’s working with you. A dealer to back you up is absolutely crucial during seeding and harvest season!
It does look good. Yes you have to have good dealer support for and brand
Gooder 😂 this is my type of language 😂
there is bearing on the back end of the rotor that are bad that is what the end play is they go out and will cause a fire in the butt of the combine
We will make sure to check it out
hell ya merica that is so bad ass
I agree
All I can say is I know that a farmer bought 5 b rand new ones and had nothing but trouble with them. He traded them off and now running Case IH combines!!
We only had minor issues
Those "tines" are called disappearing fingers.
At 7:25 with the breeze coming from ahead, the flag flying so strongly make it look as if the combine is doing about 30mph.
Haha it sure did.
Watching from the UK. Had no idea how much big 'tough' farm equipment needs maintaining or breaks. Seems like every video multiple things break or malfunction. That's something years of Farming Simulator doesn't teach you
Yes, every piece of equipment I have ever seen eventually fails somewhere so far all the failures on this have been pretty minor and easy to fix
Flag would look nice on a new Holland one 😊😊😊
Too expensive
Alright who did you text first to go get a Buck off that grain pile in the field that night? Is archery open up there yet?
first off i know jack diddly about farming and especially the equipment but i think its funny how everyone was like ahh man you got a fendt the break all the time. your like nahh, and yet here we re again with a broken fendt. whats funny is i know john deere construction equipment and that crap breaks all the time non stop yet some how jon deeres are better then fendts. lol good luck getting her fixed guys im just giving you a hard time i love the channel.
I’m glad you love the channel yeah we had a couple setbacks but they were quick fixes. We still harvested 120 acres that day.
a bunch of weirdo farmers in in the chat, they act like one machine is so much better then another, YOUR OPINIONS ARE NONE OF OUR BUSINESS thanks.
I hear you.
I can't wait to see Fendt bring you a replacement machine while they fix yours. It is going to happen. Is there a deductible ?
They didn’t end up needing to
Regardless of any machine...breakdowns will happen....
You got that right
WHY did you get that combine? Massey, Gleaner & Johnny D. would be my choices!
Massy gleaner and Fendt all share designs because they are all owned by agco. And Deere are to expensive and have lots of problems as well.
Too bad that flag wasn't on it when you got those sunset shots!
Yeah, that would’ve been nice
Do these have feeder chains? Could one of them have jumped a cog perhaps? Just an idea that’s probably 30 miles off 😂
It does have feeder chains in the feeder house, but they all look fine
Did you put a pry bar between the frame or concave and the rotor and try to see if there is play in the bearings ? It's probably the front bearing.
I think they did
Ask Mike Michel of Canada why did he sell all of his 5 Fendt combines.
He might know the problem. Now he’s having tons of problems with his John Deere’s
They farm 16,000 hectares and more after Ashtyn bought the North farm. Its a LOT to do per year per combine, and a header also, lots of wear and tear, If you count that all together, its like 2250 something hectares per year per combine.
If you watch mikes videos from fendt years, you can see a lot of "lightweight" stuff on those combines, as Mike says, some parts has to be cast iron, not 1/4 inch thick "tin" 😢
Unbalanced rotors? Missing hardware any where on them? Even dirt build up can throw them off too.
If you get time should remove some belts to disconnect other moving parts like the chopper, elevator, shaker etc... maybe could narrow it down to what is running and what isnt.
The dealer is going to take it in and check everything out
the more you video of that fendt breaking down abought that big warrenty you will deffintly need it,should of bought a john deere thats what i did 20yrs back and never looked back.
I’ve heard the new John Deere X9s have more problems than any other machine. Not to mention they cost about $500,000 more than this.
My fendt dealer has 4 x9. They traded them in on 2 9t and 2 10t. The guys that traded them in said they never want to see deere junk again. All colors break down.
JD is overpriced, the company is arrogant and customer-unfriendly, and the immature crap keeps getting left behind. Never again!!!!!
Does the Fendt let you clear the auger by disabling the feed from the hopper and just running the auger in the boom? I realize that wasn't the issue here, with the machine stopping during an unload, just curious about possible features.
I am not sure.
I’d Say Fent owes you about 10 bushels of Wheat $$$$$ and 35 new Shear Bolts!
Maybe
i think you need a header with wheels on it , can you adjust de high and low of behind axle?
This head is fully adjustable. We’ve had almost no problems with it other than the ram coming out.
You may have to stop the combine from combining the wheat and stop and unload until you get fuel filters
Possibly
I think going to that green spot + unloading triggered it to happen. Should be ok on rest of the field. Would hate to do nothing and wait on filters
I’m surprised no one suggested you check the adjustable restriction slides in your grain tank regarding the shear pin issue. It sounds to me like the slides are too wide open and are allowing too much grain into your unload auger causing it to overload and break your shear bolt.
So you can only close them when unloading and since we are new to this, breaking the sheer bolts was our fault not the combine. We just forgot to close them down when the cart started getting full.
So are you saying you can control the restrictor slides from the cab?
@@richardbarnsley5782yes, they are hydraulic controled from the cab
I sure hope Fendt is paying to dump grain on the ground.
And engineers need to be a shop mechanic before allowed to design equipment, because they sure don't listen
The engineer definitely needs to listen at least.
Amen to that should be a requirement to work at least one year as a mechanic before you can be an engineer! Hence why the shear bolts are behind the tire...didn't catch that in AutoCAD and they have never set foot on the machine
Look like a feeding ear in front of the rotor
We’ll have to look at that
Could you speed up or down the rotor to tell if it's the rotor or chopper vibrating?
I think he did.
I'm sorry. You're having so much trouble with your new combine, too many moving parks
Once we got all the little things worked out, it ran great even this day that we had a bunch of breakdowns we still covered 120 acres
Motor mount !!
We will check that out
Has the vibration been there from acre one or did it come after some use?
It started a few days in
Italian designer 🧑🎨
Brand new equipment is so complex these days they it always has teething issues and is always annoying as heck.
Sometimes that’s why you need good service departments and mechanics that know what they’re doing. Once we figured out the issues and what we were doing wrong we never had any more issues.
Could the rotor be out of balance?
It could be I’m not sure how you would check that without taking the rotor out
You tube the new new Holland cr 11 awesome
Google the price not awesome
Do you guys plan any corn at all for your farm
No we do not
WOW, for what you paid for that combine and all the "issues" you have had, you got taken. You have had excellent service from your equipment supplier, but you should have never seen them several times in the first 8 days.
It will never end. Fendt is pure shit. I'm a fendt owner and I say that with confidence.
Claas best out there
The issues are minor and quickly fixed the dealer was out a lot because they are a good dealer. Every brand has problems it’s all about support.
Feel and sound is 50% of what you know how your equipment is running.
Exactly
Brand new and you're having one problem after another. In my state, we would call that a sh!t box. I hope it becomes reliable sooner rather than later.
👍🏻
You always have the most problems when it’s new after a year or two you’ve worked all the problems out then you don’t have any problems
@@RockyMountainFarmer Mike Mitchel had massive problems , I hope it all works out for you must be very annoying .
wow... so many issues with the brand new machine?
Well, a sheer bolt and a bad ram that were easily fixed are pretty small issues
How many hours on the Ideal before u got it
Only 150
Why are you breaking so many bolts?
Operator error. If you shut the auger off when it’s clear full, then turn it back on it shears there are some gates you can close if you know you’re not gonna be able to empty it all out but we keep forgetting to close them before we shut it off and then we sheer it. So it’s our fault, but we’re learning.
How mutch grain was in the auger?
It was clear full
@@RockyMountainFarmer yes it was full but how much is that mor or less, by the way found your chanel today and your videos are great.
Day 8
Truly the worst combines on the market imo. Over designed and under built
John Deere are easy to get to how ya like it now
We love it John Deere are too expensive
Because it would be to easy
other makes are just the same
Yeah, they all have problems. The problems we have had are pretty small.
I wonder if you have a injector could be acting up
Then it'd vibrate with the separator off. No it's not motor related.
I’m not sure
a injector can cause a vibration
@@stirv6462 it sure can still be a injector when u put a load on the engine it would be the same thing
why does it seem its a constant issue with that new combine
They are all pretty small problems
Get a thermal camera.
We did use one that the mechanic had
@RockyMountainFarmer get an ATN ThOR 4 rifle scope for 2K and then you can use it for double duty and shoot varmets at night. 22-250 👍
@@RockyMountainFarmer did you know Paul Bragg, my wife's uncle?
You guys need some radios in your machines so you can communicate with each other. And as for the “useless windmills“; they aren’t windmills, they’re wind turbines. And they certainly aren’t useless. In fact, they are very useful, clean generating energy, which among other things allows you to see the mountains because the air is now clean and clear! 😮. 😊.
We could see the mountains great before they were there. Wind is one of the most expensive ways to produce energy.
I wasn’t trying to be snarky you asked for anybody that might know anything and I only suggested him because he had experience if you’ve got a five-year guarantee on that machine it doesn’t get much better than that
That’s true he has had a lot of seat time in them and would probably have an idea of what to look for.
Get rid of that combine as it has caused too many problems so far and some areas are difficult to work on.
There are other competitive combines every bit as good and some even better than Fendt.
A Gleaner with a 40 foot head will be just as productive, less expensive and easier to work on.
Most farmers don’t want to seed next year’s crop while they’re combining 😂
There isn’t another combine cheaper and as big as the one we got. But here’s an analogy for you. Do you list your car for sale every time the check engine light comes on sometimes you just gotta fix the problems and keep on going.
@@RockyMountainFarmer Thanks for your reply.
No, not for one isolated problem but if many problems keep cropping up, then I get turned off the product.
Them sure are some ugly windmills
Agreed
Do you have a grain vac?
We don’t
Why couldn’t you just put a bucket and catch the grain
You would need 30 buckets. we will just scoop it up
Trade the combine but keep the flag
Nah the combine is great. Every brand eventually has issues. These were a few minor issues that were quickly fixed.
@@RockyMountainFarmer good luck
Agco stuff is simply underbuilt imo
Your problem could be in the make sorry to tell you that but only joking hope you find the problem soon
I hope so too
American flag on a German combine, not sure it has the same effect
Fendt is owned by agco which is an American company. They aren’t even built in Germany anymore.
What? Them foreign machines are supposed to be so great . Ya shit to lmao
Hey it was great every brand has problems ours were minor