COMPLETE Corn Harvest with KRONE BIG X Forage Harvesters

This Big Tractor Power video features corn harvest with two 750 horse power Krone Big X V12 forage harvesters powered by Mercedes engines and a 725 hp Krone Big X 700 powered by a MAN engine. In the video we follow 2,225 of horse power as we see these big machines harvest a corn field start to finish. Viewers will ride along in the cab of the Big X as it harvests 25 ft of corn and one of the trucks as chopper fills it.
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07/25/24
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[@scottkaercher1733]

I love chopping silage and it smells so good.

[@Peanutbeards]

Great video. I 😂😂 at the trucker at 12:41 making sure no one saw those 3 lone corn stalks still standing. Haha

[@bigtractorpower]

I am not sure how that short row was missed, but I’m actually glad the truck smashed it down because it was blocking the view of the camera to the next chopper 😁. When I saw those few plants appear, I thought oh no there goes the cool shot and the truck took care of it.

[@AkbarMoncongloe]

Awesome video

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@titaniummechanism3214]

The new BigX 1180 are stuffed with technology, really cool machines. They even have a liftable cabin, which allows the operator to look over the corn. But it's nice to see that these older machines still operate all these years later. Speaks to the quality of these older Krone models.

[@Schlaui51]

The V12 must be at least 15 years old by now

[@AhTechus]

It’s exciting to see how it’s shaping the future of farming.

[@6gredlite907]

A tractor in the wild feeding it's overgrown babies.

[@adamreyling6505]

Just amazing how powerful that is.

[@bigtractorpower]

750 hp chopping away.

[@tammygurke7482]

Jason great video. I appreciate all your work you do.

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@williamgreenway9893]

You learn something new everyday.

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@nomerc3608]

Thank you for the video! ❤you’re channel!

[@SimonKL11]

Corn chopping season is great😄👍 cool to see a big X at work👍😁

[@bigtractorpower]

Krone makes nice choppers.

[@Dirtytechnique]

Great shot of the 3 lined up. Top video and thanks for the effort.

[@bigtractorpower]

It was neat to see in person. They filled 6 10 ton trucks in 8 minutes in that side by side pass.

[@wi.dave3812]

Mesmerizing, thanks😀🇺🇸

[@vsetkoumiera7683]

Awesome machines and plenty stout too !! But lord they spilled enough silage to winter 5 dry cows

[@johnclarkkitner9556]

Awesome looking machine. Nice vedio.

[@404nitro]

SP Harvesters are cool to watch anytime and having three in one field is even cooler.

[@bigtractorpower]

This was a fun day of filming with three machines in one spot.

[@Hinesfarm-Indiana]

That big beast sounds great under load, awesome video 👍👍

[@bigtractorpower]

Merceds and MAN engines.

[@Hinesfarm-Indiana]

@@bigtractorpowerawesome

[@kygreenskeeper8326]

These machines and the engineering have always been mind blowing to me Jason....just awesome... Germans always make good stuff...( Aside from hot air baloons ) .....just checked my corn..coming on strong buddy...gonna be a good harvest this year...

[@гидравликасила]

Эх помню как щас было время Дедушка брал меня собой

[@BrysonProductions]

Our corns’ just tasling

[@bigtractorpower]

This corn was planted in mid March. Combines will start mid August.

[@agridronefly]

Great video!

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@jamiegivens3970]

Cool krone. Sounds good.

[@bigtractorpower]

Not too far from Butler County.

[@jamesjolly7406]

Keep the video's coming my friend.

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you. Many more on the way.

[@Blackwellll3066]

Love the pipes comming out the side

[@Hinesfarm-Indiana]

Those sound great 👍

[@bigtractorpower]

Mercedes straight piped from the factory.

[@Blackwellll3066]

@@bigtractorpower that's pretty cool

[@Mikalf2002tii]

@@bigtractorpower none of these machines was straight piped from the factory, they were always equipped with a muffler. But they do sound really good with straight pipes😊👍

[@clintonemmert5184]

One of the best videos 👍👍🇺🇸👍👍

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching. I thought it would be fun to just show all the work that goes into the harvest. I didn’t want the video to get too long or I would also show them the bunker where the silage was being piled.

[@craigsibley8161]

Excellent video big T 👍👍👍 Excellent video. Need I say more...

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you Craig.

[@jamesjolly7406]

Super💯video. As always.

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you. Fun day in the field.

[@jamesbarbour8400]

Headlands in the centre of the field ? That's a new one on me - always thought headlands were at the extreme edge boundaries of any given field ?

[@bigtractorpower]

They are but this big steep hill that curves on the edges. Its nick name is the roller coaster field. They take out the steeper center than work on the rolling sides. This is a nice advantage with a row independent head. You can chop any way that works best.

[@jameskratzer2014]

I can hear my grandfather groaning at the spillage….That was rations for 3 cows… back in the early days when he only milked 30-40 cows, that meant something. Now with dairy herds numbered into several hundred head or more, it’s hardly a drop in the bucket.

[@ScottPykare]

Great video Jason 👍🏻. Inside that Krone seemed pretty loud??

[@bigtractorpower]

The cab is very quiet. I was using my video camera rather than a GoPro to film the interior and the microphone picks up the air-conditioning and a lot of extra sound. That’s not really really there.

[@bpuaz]

Typical krone overheating claas is the one and only chopper

[@bigtractorpower]

It is an early model and they opened up the panels while chopping along the tree lined boundary as it was 96 degrees with little wind flow.

[@frankscruggs4749]

Good video.

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you Frank.

[@jamesjolly7406]

Hi from Dexter🏠Missouri

[@bigtractorpower]

Hi James.

[@John-re6ur]

Hi Jason. Great video. One question how does those spouts operate? Is it controlled on the joystick to load those trucks evenly. Secondly how does the operator know how and when to move it if they do control it? With all the automation today was curious how that works. Thanks

[@bigtractorpower]

Good question. It is joy stick controlled from the command arm. There is also a camera on the spout so the farmer can see inside the truck bed and fully fill it. These choppers are about 12 years old. The newer ones out now have auto fill features as an option.

[@John-re6ur]

@@bigtractorpower That is interesting. Those operators are good at what they do kind of like a combine operator filling a cart on the go. However I'd think these would be harder as those trucks fill fast. Thanks for the reply.

[@mikeschmiesing5699]

What is it yielding if you don't mind me asking

[@bigtractorpower]

I believe it was 22 tons an acre.

[@randyrussell9755]

He misses the truck quite a bit

[@duggydo]

Andy makes it look easy. There's a big difference in how much he gets in the truck vs these folks. I wonder if the Krone spout is too touchy and jumps a lot when they adjust it compared to the JD?

[@bigtractorpower]

I am not sure. Farming Fixing and Fabercating is one of my favorite KZbin channels.

[@jamesjolly7406]

You and your family have A super💯amazin weekend.

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you. The same to you James.

[@SebastianWarth]

Nice Video!! Hope You have New Videos from John Deere 9800i On Next Time!! Many Greetings Sebi!!

[@bigtractorpower]

I have a 9700i in corn on the way.

[@angus4202]

another great video. are you gonna be in alvordton again this year? they are gonna have an 8020 deere this year

[@bigtractorpower]

I am hoping to be there. Great event.

[@BarendvL]

We chop with a JD 8200 forage harvester

[@bigtractorpower]

Very cool chopper. I saw one parked in the field last year. It would be a neat one to film.

[@jamieebersole6755]

I've run my semi truck in the field beside a chopper one year when we were trucking corn silage to an area that had drought. I don't think i would have done it in hilly fields like that one though.

[@bigtractorpower]

This field is nicked named the roller coaster field in the back part. It presents a challenge.

[@jamieebersole6755]

@bigtractorpower 🤣🤣 that's a good name for it. We have hills to but my truck is set up for the road, not the field.

[@roryweber817]

That one driver must have been new

[@bigtractorpower]

Opening up fields is not always easy. I have not seen it done perfectly in 14 years of filming.

[@noehueber6602]

Great vidéo and equipement and sound this video from 2023 or 2024

[@bigtractorpower]

July 23, 2016. Using up some clips from the archives. Stay tuned for 2024 very soon.

[@noehueber6602]

​@@bigtractorpowerOK thanks in south georgia usa start silage corn starting on 13 july on youtube vidéo on 2024 season

[@peterscheuer9118]

Corn hasn't even dented. To green. Good luck with it spoiling.

[@bigtractorpower]

It had. Chopping at 65% moisture and the tassels dropping into a J. They apply manure which needs about 5 days of drying time and plant a second crop sorghum to chop in late November. The season is always on the move.

[@robothat]

infamous for running hot

[@bigtractorpower]

They do seem to run hot. It was 96 degrees and they had to cover open when running along the trees to get air.

[@robothat]

@@bigtractorpower new 1180''s are much better

[@clintonemmert5184]

How many acres of corn did they cut ? My grandpa chopped corn when I was a little boy. Nothing like that equipment was you. Course that was 45 years ago if not more.

[@bigtractorpower]

I am not sure how much is chopped. With three machine I would guess quite a bit.

[@LanceMcCloskey-sq7hd]

This form doesn't have ears like sweet corn. Do they harvest this earlier or is this a different strain than sweet corn?

[@bigtractorpower]

This machine chops the entire plant and ear to feed to dairy cows.

[@tammygurke7482]

About 4.5 minutes left of the video, absolutely stunning work and footage Jason🔥

[@donharper7759]

Nitrates must be pretty high in that corn to be cutting that high. Lot of tons lost.

[@bigtractorpower]

In Western kentucky, the farms that I film chopping all chop high. They have found chopping hire gives them the best nutrient levels in the feed. They chop rye from this field in April, plant corn and then directly double crop sorghum behind corn choppers that is harvested in November. They put up plenty of feed through out the year.

[@donharper7759]

@@bigtractorpower in Kansas the only reason we would chop that high is nitrates haven’t lowered enough yet for safe feeding. Different strokes for different folks 👍

[@Hinesfarm-Indiana]

Why are the sides opened up? Not getting enough air flow?

[@jamesbarbour8400]

That would be my guess.

[@Hinesfarm-Indiana]

@@jamesbarbour8400 yeah you’d think they make it so it does have enough air.

[@jamesbarbour8400]

@@Hinesfarm-Indiana it does seem kinda odd that they would do that, given that the panels already have louvres in them for just that purpose. Also, having the panels open like that is just inviting crop dust and debris into the engine bay itself, kinda defeating the drivers' intended objective. Harder to clean down at end of day plus crop residue on a hot engine is just asking for trouble - particularly with V8 engines, where crop residue will invariably settle between the cylinder head banks.

[@Hinesfarm-Indiana]

@@jamesbarbour8400 yep good point 👍

[@jamesbarbour8400]

@@Hinesfarm-Indiana thank you 🙂

[@jimmclean160]

Custom cutters don't care

[@MMID303]

For those not aware, Krone is German and means Crown 👑. To pronounce it correctly, a letter E on the end of German words makes an "uh" sound.

[@bigtractorpower]

Krone builds allot of great products. Krone North American marketing called on Krone as I pronounced it for the video. It’s interesting how they approach the brand on two contents. Here is the Krone North America KZbin channel for confirmation on how they are branded here kzbin.info-72bB_oq3T0?feature=shared Thank you for sharing the German branding. Good history to know.

[@MMID303]

@bigtractorpower ah yes, that is interesting! It's the same with Porsche. Sometimes people will pronounce it the German way over here, but most people I know don't.

[@charlesmetherd9136]

That corn looks a little too green to be chopping. Too early in the year.

[@bigtractorpower]

It’s was ready. The crop was planted in mid March. The tassels are curled into a j and the lower level drying out. They were happy with the feed quality at 65% moisture in the field. Sorghum is double cropped after the corn and chopped in late November.

[@kenhill7105]

At the 15:50 mark, he didn't finish filling the truck and he was almost at the end of the row, it would have easily fit.

[@popswrench2]

almost completely different sound to deere or claas .

[@bigtractorpower]

Mercedes and MAN engines.

[@WillEdenfield-of2ix]

Wtf does he have all the doors open on the chopper???

[@bigtractorpower]

It was 96 degrees the day this was filmed. There is not allot air flow along the tree line opening up the field. They opened them up to avoid over heating.

[@RealJohnWayne]

Not the best corn I've seen.

[@bigtractorpower]

You never know what you will get from year to year. Just have to move forward.

[@waynerichardson930]

Hate to be an armchair critic but, if your being paid to chop my crop, I want in the truck and not on the ground. I don't see where not stopping to change trucks eats up that much time.

[@RealJohnWayne]

@@waynerichardson930 When I used to chop our corn, dad would always say: "In the truck, not on the ground"

[@jamesbarbour8400]

Always thought that it would be a good idea to have a remote camera mounted on the spout, linked to a screen in the cab, to assist with correctly spotting the crop into the trailer. Some combines now have this facility.

[@michaelmurray7199]

Well, farmers are only human, just like you and me.

[@farming_in_maine3435]

As a harvester operator, I do agree with you, but it takes a lot of communication between truck drivers and the chopper operator to make truck changes efficient and effective, slower speeds when opening up fields helps a lot so you have more time to react and the trucks can be closer together.

[@bigtractorpower]

You have true observation. I have been filming forage harvesting for 14 years and photographing it for 37 years. It is not an easy task to open up the fields. Time wise it’s a tight window. The corn is drying down and by mid August in this region will be ready to combine. Not only do they harvest but apply manure being the chopper and need a few days to let it dry. Then they plant a second crop of sorghum. Every thing is on the move to stay on schedule a few missies across a thousand acres or more is less of a loss then a delay on the next crops growth. It’s not a perfect process but the job gets done.

[@rosshall641]

that shit is not ready yet ! don't kill the cattle

[@bigtractorpower]

They were chopping at 65% moisture. The tassels had curled to a J. It’s ready. They chop this crop and then plant sorghum as a double crop to harvest in November.

[@drewjones66]

Wow, That is some of the worst operating I have ever seen😅🤣 Trucks running over missed plants, the harvesters overfilling and generally blowing the silage everywhere 🤣🤣

[@bigtractorpower]

I will say the three machines side by side was a great filming opportunity. I am not sure how the few stalks were missed but from a filming shot I am glad the truck squashed them so they did not block the view of the next machine. I have photographed chopping for 37 years and filmed it for 14 years. I have never found it be cleanest harvesting process.