630 to the Rescue!

We had to use the John Deere 630 after a stop valve failed on the VT. Turns out the 630 has its own set of problems.
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0:00 Intro
2:25 Takeoff!
5:32 Tractor At Work
9:52 Tangled Hydraulic Hoses
14:06 Problems Solved!
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How Farms Work by Ryan Kuster is a KZbin channel based in rural Potosi, Wisconsin.
Our mission is to teach those who didn't grow up on a farm what the farming life is like.
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How Farms Work takes place on ~1,100 acres with around 75-200 cattle at any given time. Four John Deere tractors are currently used on the farm, which are a 4020, 4640, 7600, and 8235R.

[@MrBigrigdaddy]

The only the better than a How Farms Work video is,one with Hannah in it! She is awesome!

[@beabout33]

She drives trucks and tractors and knows her way around a wrench........keeper!!!

[@scorpionsedge]

The parts without the music where the best! Love sounds the machines make.

[@Firestang89]

2 things about today's video. Hannah proves more and more every video how much of a keeper she is. The other is your slow motion video was on point.

[@ianhaggart1438]

Hannah you are a roll model and you don't even know it 👌 hats off to you 👍. Cracking camera shots even like seeing the whole event from busted to repaired in same video.

[@Blackwellll3066]

Cool seeing Hannah drive

[@TheMadSentinel]

That slo-mo close angle of the disks doing their thing at 06:55 was nice. Didn't run too long, either.

[@docphillips5153]

Ryan suggestion.. use black cable ties they are more UV resistant than white. Sunlight breaks down white In outdoor communication biz. We were not allowed any color but black.

[@kennethmorgan1465]

Yes yes!

[@matthewdowd4686]

Great shots!! Under the tractor was really cool! Very original and fun to watch Ryan! Thanks bud!

[@Pinziee]

Nice job Hanna, what would Ryan be without you ;-)

[@fergywurst]

She's an amazing young lady. What a Gem. 😎

[@whitcwa]

Ryan, you should use the black UV stabilized cable ties. The white ones go bad much faster in sunlight. Bigger ones would be better, too. Better yet, proper hose clamps! Keep up the good work and thanks for showing a city boy where the food comes from.

[@kennethmorgan1465]

Yes

[@SimonKL11]

Good to have the 630 still around👍

[@marty0715yt]

Lookit ole Hanna using her foot to assist in the pickup of those hoses. She's a keeper. Versatile, young lady, geterdone!!

[@herdingcats3850]

Always nice to have a third hand to help...and with breakfast/lunch!

[@kevinwillis9126]

Thanks for the vid Ryan and Hannah..

[@hturbo1007]

I hope the zip ties are only temporary until you get back to the shop.

[@kennethmorgan1465]

Yes

[@580papa]

2012 I watched one of your vids and I was hooked! You are just better than you think

[@richardpoe2461]

I’m not sure I would have used zip ties. I hope that you remember to top off the hyd oil in the tractor? And everyone else is right! Hannah is a keeper!

[@adamhollis3842]

So glad you got it fixed

[@Adam_Poirier]

You got some really cool shots in this one man

[@marty0715yt]

Rocket needs a pillow!!!!!!!!!!! He sure likes that floor. At least a mat!!

[@frankmetcalf9595]

Nice to have good help, and good to have nice help! 😁

[@frankie342]

I’m literally in the field in Indiana running a 9400 with a 630 disk right now 😂

[@davidkauffman6071]

Lovin the content. Your always super informative. Keep up the great work

[@tim_gifford]

Maybe Rocket didn’t have his morning coffee that day. LOL! Hannah, are you a swimmer? You look like you have a lot of upper body strength! Ryan, Dad and Travis give you plenty of learning opportunities!

[@adamhollis3842]

Thank you for the great content

[@tonymckeage1028]

Great Vlog, it's not about the breakdowns it's the recovery that counts

[@MienTayTiVi]

great work bro

[@ginggur17]

Great footage as always guys. Thankyou.

[@MatthewHoag77]

When in a pinch, the 630 sure will do a job. It may not be as nice as the VT's finish, but it definitely beats dealing with the bumps and lumps of chiseled ground.

[@lukestrawwalker]

It'd do a LOT better with an Unverferth rolling basket hitched behind it... works like a champ! OL J R :)

[@MatthewHoag77]

@@lukestrawwalker That is for sure.

[@barrymuskus67]

GREAT job Hannah

[@wallaceloper637]

Good shots under the tractor and disk.

[@a.j.leonard964]

The 630 may not be the VT but it gets the job done. Better than nothing. Keep up the good work and be safe out there. Don't feel bad mechanical break downs happen.

[@brittblanton8342]

Thanks for the video Ryan, that was bummer with the hoses glad you got it going 👍

[@waterskiingfool]

You let the intern run it and she sees you up with a broken machine. Lol

[@eosjoe565]

Loved the camera angles in this one.

[@Spudchucker92]

Subscribed to this channel, I like how informative the videos are, really gives a good insight into the farming life. 👍

[@tomrowles9710]

Love that beast!

[@jdtractorman7445]

Good thing you guys didn't sell that disk this winter. Always nice to have a back up.

[@arminschmidt6199]

Awesome video. The different angles from above, below, right in the middle and upside down mixed with explanatory text and shots from within the cabin made this field work an adventure. It got even more adventurous when the hoses broke. 😉 By the way. I love seeing you working together to get things done! 😊

[@thomasstrand9853]

Great video Ryan

[@farmshoffman8475]

Great awesome video

[@adamhollis3842]

Love your videos

[@mocogienenergia7292]

Super Machine and film! Greetings from Poland(Europe)

[@jrice1091]

Nice video Ryan.

[@kennygibson2447]

Awesome video

[@patkelly7999]

Good work, Hannah, Ryan and Rocket:):)

[@genechronister7085]

Another great vid

[@franklinbrooks9506]

That was tough. Glad I stuck it out and saw it through. I need a nap...like Rocket. 🤣

[@ginggur17]

I’m looking forward to the time we visit friends up in Rochester as I’ll have a drive down to your area. I’ve not seen fields with water ways before like you guys farm.

[@taterentel3030]

Love how rocket rides with you I have a golden to.

[@dirtthunder1638]

Of the farming blogs I watch yours is the third one with the same stile valve going bad or braking this year. Great video! btw.

[@paulaoki5474]

Hannah is awesome!

[@clinthochrein888]

Awesome tractor under carriage an disk cam views 👍🏾

[@rogerholloway8498]

And that's farmin'!

[@gregchilders2942]

Hey that disk done a good job for a disk

[@Miguellodu]

Greetings from Spain.

[@daveblodgett9371]

Come on Ryan you were so close to swearing like every farmer would lol

[@demoman1282]

I recommend using metal zip ties (yes they exists my dad gave me some) I use them to hold my little barn together and they are super strong and durable

[@demoman1282]

Jerry your probably right but I have a wood barn so I wouldn’t know, it moved a lot in the wind

[@TheVideoSteve]

Nice Intern

[@richardhutchings921]

Hannah gets prettier every day.

[@jamesmoon1841]

Zip ties are handy. Use them to close wild rice bags when harvesting. Lot easier than using twine and knots. When dumping bags it is easy to remove a zip tie. Twine has to be cut with a knife, zip ties can be removed with the snip of a diagonal cutter or just plain pliers. Love those zip ties.

[@captainclay4595]

Can u plz make a longer video like an half an hour or so and also I love he haircut Ryan

[@bobbyallison2980]

Be sure those zip ties are UV resistant, or they'll give out on you sooner than later! Great vid, they all are, but really enjoyed this one with the different shots/angles.

[@kennethmorgan1465]

Yes

[@francesnieznay6623]

?did you check the oil level in the tractor after replacing the hoses? thanks been there done that many times.

[@brenthoffman706]

Did you see the slack in that one hose it's going to wrap up again if you don't tidy that up.

[@bighouse1283]

Working words Ryan working words lol. 😎👍

[@jimbrown3957]

Ryan try using black zip ties the white ones always get brittle in the sun the black ones last longer

[@danielmartone3179]

Looks the 8235r could use a bath and new sneakers all way around

[@farmboydavid7596]

I’m not sure how the cylinder setup is on your specific VT, but it seems like you could use several cylinder stops to set the desired depth of the VT. I’ve done that with disks, soil finishers, chisel plows, etc.

[@dennisperschbacher3688]

Good video you two! Good to see Hannah back at it. When Hannah was an intern was she working towards a degree in Agriculture?

[@hannahsmith239]

Still am! Ag Mechanics 😊

[@sonnybeachdb9821]

sad you need to lock up your tractors at night, Where I live we the keys in,, usually if a neighbor needs to borrow its no problem, they ask or tell us about after the fact. I suppose its only a matter of time before that privledge goes away

[@ollie-lk5dx]

When using wire ties on outdoor applications be sure to use UV resistant , Has been my experience that most white ones are not.

[@toms1499]

Nothing intern about Hannah anymore Ryan especially when you let her drive your duramax 😃 hope that is the end of calling her an intern! Glad ya found a girl that seems to fit you well and shares the same passion for farming!

[@dailyfarmers3020]

Right

[@doclull1989]

Hey Ryan!! Hey Hannah!! Hey Rocket!! I can hear Travis now, Dad broke the VT and Ryan broke the 630 lol

[@hannahsmith239]

Hey Darrin!

[@armadillerff]

“Just keep the motor up” don’t you mean “give it more bunnies!!”?

[@SlipShodBob]

It looks as though it was lucky Travis brought the 630 disc back home. At the moment I'm wishing we had a back up mower at the moment after our mounted became a trailed after the headstock parted way with the main body.

[@jeffslaven]

Good ol Rocket. Bet he could almost drive a tractor by now!

[@chasejones6095]

We have a disc and then we hook up a vt behind it so we don't have to work about the clumps

[@jbmbanter]

You'll have to tell us how old Rocket is sometime. I'm sure you've done it but like many things I can't remember if you've ever mentioned it. :)

[@angryamericanmodding9770]

Instead of running the fancy stuff like that valve I just bypass that and use the cylinder clamps, also called stroke limiters. That way you won’t have a issue and it will always be the same depth! I have had the same set 30yrs and used on all equipment and never had one break or wear out. Just a thought?

[@lukestrawwalker]

Zip ties to hold heavy stuff like hoses up off the ground-- NOPE! They'll give out when you least expect it and then you get that kind of mess you had there. Run 'em up over the frame then zip tie 'em down so they can't wiggle, just leave enough of a loop they don't pinch or bind when folding/unfolding. Think them zip ties are gonna disappoint you like that and leave you sitting in the field with oil everywhere when you least expect it or have time for it. Later! OL J R :)

[@peterjames2004]

you show them Hannah go girl

[@edwardfast4525]

What that big place behind you?

[@chadjustice8560]

I'm curious about pricing around you. We farm in Ohio and a few years ago and alot of people around us still go out by a 7520 or 8440 for cheap horsepower and for tillage. You ever thought about going that route?

[@benbuck9133]

Almost let some working words loose when them hoses got messed up lol

[@adamhollis3842]

Hi

[@EtzEchad]

When you leak oil into the field like that, does it contaminate the corn? Does it cause yield to suffer?

[@geo52041]

The soil microbes will eat it all up pretty fast .They like hydro carbons

[@moisespineda1789]

Hyd hoses are a really nightmare. Always.

[@robertratliff115]

you should use the black ties

[@kennethmorgan1465]

Yes

[@amadeusmozart9794]

Do you personally own the 82

[@lilmosebig]

What state are you located in?

[@carterbowe9964]

Good thing you didn't sell it!

[@frankmetcalf9595]

I'm beginning to wonder if a disk set shallow and at a less aggressive angle (if adjustable) makes expensive VT implements unnecessary. Your thoughts?

[@marshakrebs4348]

What is the idea with vt a field is a faster form of tillage

[@lukestrawwalker]

The answer is "it depends on your goals and what you find as an 'acceptable job' and how much money you're willing to spend". There's been a LOT of guys take their old disks, swap out the existing blades for low-concavity (flatter) blades or even various flat chopping "coulter" type blades, move the gangs back to the "minimum" or "straightest cut" position (or even modify it a bit to go as straight as possible given the machine's design and still lift and fold properly without sticking a tire into a blade) and run the thing as a vertical tillage tool. Might not do QUITE as good a job as a full-fledged newly engineered to be a vertical tillage tool implement, BUT it can be done to an existing disk for probably 1/10th the cost (maybe less) of a NEW VT tool... Heck even that disk "as is" set to minimum blade angle and with a rolling basket behind it would do pretty much just as good a job as that VT they have... which is just a disk, basically, with the low-concavity blades on it. Now, true, actual "vertical tillage" machines that operate with essentially ZERO blade angle are meant to run at about 7.5-10 mph in the field to actually do the best job at fracturing the soil... AND their Earthmaster VT is supposed to run at a pretty high speed and at a shallow depth about 2-2.5 inches to do the 'best job'. Well, ANY disk running at 2.5 inches should be able to be pulled by a proper size tractor for it at 7.5+ mph in the field, and if it's using flat or shallow blades with the blade angle as low as possible, and WITH THE ROLLING BASKET BEHIND IT, it'll do as good a job as that VT they're running. Basically IMHO the only thing that VT *really* has going for it to differentiate it from that 630 disk IS the rolling baskets! IOW, hitch an Unverferth rolling basket to the back of that Deere disk you'd be HARD PRESSED to tell the job it did from the big Earthmaster VT even without blade mods to the Deere disk. Install the same blades on that Deere disk and the rolling basket behind it, and you'd have THE SAME JOB, basically the SAME MACHINE. Course, everybody's different and some folks would still turn their nose up and sneer and say "never do as good a job as a TRUE vertical tillage machine" and maybe *to their way of thinking* they might be right... And they probably already have a big note to pay off on a big shiny new VT machine anyway.... But if you asked 50 guys looking at the same field, you'd probably get a lot of different answers, and I'm sure more than a few would agree the properly modded disk did just as good a job, and for a fraction of the cost... OL J R :)

[@craigsayner7341]

Those zip ties are long enough you should have run it around twice before going thru the flat side. That give twice the holding power.

[@treytonlaw8592]

What do you guys plant beans first then corn I would like to know

[@CurrentChoices]

beans set nitrogen in soil for future corn....I recall hearing.

[@dwightl5863]

@@CurrentChoices Believe Treyton meant planting beans before corn this growing season.

[@davidloy8376]

Would the 630 be more valuable if it had tines,baskets or some finishing attachment?

[@lukestrawwalker]

Sure... they ain't cheap though. Could probably get a good used pull type rolling basket to run behind it for less money than a kit to install rolling baskets on the disk itself. Just need a rear hitch and they work GREAT! OL J R :)

[@badandyg]

What is this process called?

[@melkebonde1969]

When did this happen? date of the actual footage?

[@HowFarmsWork]

May 2nd. I have one last planting video coming on Friday