Making BIG STACKS near Coggon Iowa (Hesston Stakhand)

[@davidzumbach1985]

This video was made on our farm. We usually have around 900 cattle around between a couple farms. Thanks for the comments on the tractors, we try to take great care of them. The 4760 has a little over 5000 hours and the 4440 has a little over 7000 hours. Both original. We have had this stacker since 2009. Found and bought it in Colorado used. Any other questions, just ask. Thanks to Mike for a great video!

[@samellis4054]

Kick ass thank you I love watching all this old equipment its sweet

[@tomhill4765]

That machine amazes me. Nothing digital there.

[@hans-friedrichgravekarstens]

Super gut gemacht viel Spaß und Erfolg, schöne Grüße aus zetel in Friesland in Deutschland und bleibt alle gesund und munter

[@noelhohberger1188]

I love seeing this is still being done

[@farmcentralohio]

Thanks to the family for contacting Mike, great to see this on video

[@robbybachmann332]

Thanks to the farmer and yourself for doing the video. I really enjoy seeing the different ways farming is done in other areas.

[@cleberrighi718]

The method of gathering the straw is very good.

[@jaykettlewell3922]

Interesting and educational. When I was a kid these stackers were popular with bigger farmers. I can see why round balers replaced them. Although I can definitely see the stacks are more economical for bedding

[@chrisjmiller6]

Very cool to see this process! Just an hour north of me. Thanks for sharing!

[@lol-vz8kd]

I was entirely unaware of these machines before I watched your channel. It looks huge.

[@Snowtruckdriver]

My Dad had two of the model 60 stackers for custom haying work out in Eastern Washington IN THE EARLY 70'S MY JOB WAS TO TRANSPORT STACKS FROM OUTLYING FIeLDS BACK TO Tomlinson's Dairy in Pasco Washington in the early 70'S

[@johnclarkkitner9556]

It's amazing how those bales stay together. Great vedio. Thanks

[@markreetz1001]

Pretty cool Mike. I think they keep their equipment inside. Looks nice! Thanks Mike.

[@tonyburelle6633]

Every time I see this, I think it's so cool, thanks Mike

[@nadeemmustafa6450]

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[@ScottPykare]

Two thumbs up 👍 👍 Mike. Looking forward to more videos.🙂

[@andywintz959]

Great video Mike I remember my Grandpa and uncles running one of these to stack hay for their dairy cattle. Welcome to the great state of Iowa!

[@terryhawkins4295]

Cool to see a video that was filmed a hour away from my home

[@YouT-DJ]

Loader works slick!

[@old3ddad402]

Loved this video used to be a couple of John Deere 200 in the area when I was young (70’s)but the north wind would give them a real licken 🇨🇦Manitoba

[@patrickburgmeier7902]

Talk about a trip down memory lane. My family used to own 2 Heston 30As. Nothing better for livestock operations in my book. But silage and round bale silage definitely have a place there too.

[@Ticky66MN]

Hi Mike. A great addition to videos from farms that invite you like this would interviews with the farms. Get some great stories like Machinery Pete does. Those are so meaningful and interesting. Just an idea. Thanks Mike!

[@purplerunner1715]

Now I know what a house size block made of loose materials looks like on wheels, impressive.

[@twizzler309]

Great to see a 4440 still being used.

[@robertogonowski9027]

Nice machine , saving $$$ for any type of straps

[@ubatracker1976]

My FarFar ( grandpa) used a farm hand , it had a big toothed sweep on the front and push off and make haystacks

[@IHkid]

They do make quite a few stacks! Always wished there was a easy and nice way to keep them better threw the winter. That family has a ton of cattle also. Bedding is chopped and really fluffy after a stacker. Keep it up Mike. Also said family of filming..

[@davidturnbo1699]

I sure remember running one of them Heston stickers back in the day, doing corn stalks and soybeans stalks.

[@romeogrigoras9378]

Use to see this machine model in România, in late 80's.

[@stevangucu522]

This is quite a nice piece of Americana :D

[@404nitro]

Cool video Mike. That tractor is in excellent shape! Happy New Year to you and your family Mike and fellow viewers.

[@dougschmitii6165]

That stacker sure makes the 4760 look small

[@ldegmtrainspotter]

Great video! Nice machines! 🚜😎👍

[@poorfatman5317]

I like the 4440 John Deere

[@randywilson7740]

Good video Mike thanks

[@RECoyote]

There was a company that started making 60Bs again. I have a pdf of the Farm Show article.

[@Dirrtysouth1]

Used to have these down here in southwest GA, as well. Grew up on a farm where they were used. Been looking for a pic/vid of one of these for awhile.

[@haraldostendorf5268]

Schönes Video , top 👍 Grüße aus Germany .

[@tapertim]

Our neighbor had one for a couple of years then he got a Vermeer dealership when they came out with the round baler

[@SimonKL11]

It's always cool to see a stakhand in action😁👍 the 4760 looks good😉👍 Thank you for the video👍👍

[@joelknierim1456]

Very interesting. I always wondered what those were when I see them up for auction. It seems like the pile would fall apart easily, but you guys make it work for you. We have 2 hesston 1090 hay mowers that still work great. I think they cut nicer than the comparable New Holland or John Deere. They also have a more durable wobble mechanism. Have been impressed with Hesston, and now I saw another of their machines. Thanks

[@silvershelbygt500]

Cool video Mike. I've never seen one of these in action. I grew up in a farm in northern Indiana. Everything in my area is round and square bailed.

[@OpunktSchmidt1301]

Strange technique. Looks a bit like the cotton-stacks But as long as it works...😉 Thanks a lot for the video! 😊👍🏻

[@marcelocunico6119]

Great vídeo Mike.

[@ashleythompson5550]

Dang good-looking 4440 to

[@kenbellamy6085]

Boy, haven't seen one of those in use out here in Oregon in a long time.

[@melvinforshaw433]

Mike nice to see in the corn feld. Have a Happy new year!! To you and your family.

[@wendellwelte8071]

Great video Mike keep up the great work

[@franciscosandiego3026]

I like watching Mike less videos on KZbin, from the imperial co commiefornia. Merry Christmas.

[@jaybernieschoep3491]

Merry Christmas Mike.

[@douglaslaschkewitsch6032]

Mike, you may not remember, but my brother and I met you this year at Rantoul. Got my picture taken with you! My brother got me one of your red "Farmhand Mike" tee shirts for a Christmas present. I love it! Love your videos too! Can't get enough of them! Hope you had a Merry Christmas, and happy holidays to you!

[@farmhandmike]

Awesome

[@bcooper7352]

Great video as usual!

[@jaybernieschoep3491]

We had a guy in our church had stacker using a Ih 1468 tractor he wore ear muffs made a lot of noise.

[@Grazy1967]

thx for the nice Video, never seen such a mashine bevor, and it looks like very tricky too handle this stacks, drive too fast and its gone;-p

[@ashleythompson5550]

Thats exactly same setup for cotton module builder and truck to move

[@stevee4627]

Mike it would be neat if you can find a John Deere to film. I can't recall ever seeing one. We had some Hesstons in the area I was born and raised, but I can't recall ever seeing a John Deere. Thanks for your videos. I really enjoy your content.

[@andythorson7532]

Still some jd 200's running in Central mn. But the jd 300's are a rare sight. Personally I've only seen in a few pics online. I have a model 300 john deere stack mover. Still used it for moving large squares of hay. Unfortunately it was severely damaged this past summer when a car rear ended it on the highway. Probably not going to find another one. Jd mover was superior to the Hesston mover in some ways.

[@stevee4627]

@@andythorson7532 I grew up in Central MN on a dairy farm. My parents still are farming but no more cattle. They grow corn and beans now.

[@jaybernieschoep3491]

Look better with versatile tractor

[@brent9393]

Made a lot of stacks back in the day

[@michaelbaumgardner2530]

The 60 makes that Deere look small.

[@lennardperry5184]

do you have to ride the sides of the windrow and change sides like with a round baler? great channel

[@lennardperry5184]

never mind. the overhead showed that

[@donaldbutterfield1967]

I have seen the hay bales like those I wonder how they were made and travel to the barn now I know

[@justinduke8135]

They made a stack mover it's a chain bed that they back into the stack end and it loads them

[@TowMater603]

Wouldn't it make better sense to back these into the storage and drop it where it will sit ? These fall apart and seems to be more work than needed. Round baling seems more ideal if you ask me.

[@АгрофермерКубани]

Класс 👍

[@mattpaulson4978]

Makes a person wonder if AGCO was to start manufacturing stackers again would they be a thing again? And how well would the engineering and design be?

[@prjndigo]

They're not very hill friendly. They ARE however compost friendly so if we get to that point in industrial agriculture the design will be viable again.

[@72alta]

they are incredibly slow in the field, like small square slow. To keep up to a modern round baler you would need like three going or maybe more. not to mention the handling of the stacks after.

[@Bernie5172]

Good movie. I was surprised to see the girls eating it at the end. Looked to dry to be of any food value

[@farmhandmike]

The feeding at the end of the video was not the corn stalks. He was feeding them their grain ration.

[@andylieffring2461]

Nice 4760, that stack hand has obviously been shedded all its life too. Only one farm that I can remember doing stacks for bedding in my area of SE Wisconsin growing up. I’d say it was either a 10 or a 30. The farmer had a huge set of grapple forks for the 3 point to move them. Had to use a pretty big tractor to do so… a 5488 IH. Anyway is there ever any issues with the stacks freezing to the ground?

[@biggamehunter9138]

Great video but the only way net wrap should be anywhere near $4 a bale would be on a 5x6 bale with our 4x5’a where close to a dollar a bale in net wrap

[@davidzumbach1985]

All bales are 5x6 in this area

[@johnhatt1219]

Mike do you know if you could put up wetter hay for instants baleage and if u could explain how the deflector would work

[@davidzumbach1985]

You cannot do anything like baleage. It would be too heavy for the machine and the unload will not work with too big of a load. The flail blower will not pick it up if things get tough. The deflector is attached to the roof by a cable and pulley. It has a spring on it also. As you raise the roof, it tightens the cable to raise the deflector. Spring is always pulling the deflector down when cable is loose.

[@levihemmel7798]

How many head of cattle do they raise to need atleast 2 hundred of them

[@Sasha-nu1zn]

что это за зелёная полоса растительности на поле?

[@tommoyer3302]

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[@fanaticfarmer7094]

my farm has used a hesston stakhand and it always had problems so I will never go back

[@robmiller2919]

Ours was practically bullet proof , never plugged the pickup like a round baler , never had to worry about twine not feeding , had to replace a couple slats is about it.

[@scottbopp2029]

I have paddles for both a 30A and 30B for sale if anyone on here has one of those.

[@Ashifishing.555]

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[@ileenmcminn2062]

Do you use your model 10's at all? If so for what?

[@farmhandmike]

Yes I do. I didn't have time this year but use it on cornstalks for cattle bedding.

[@ileenmcminn2062]

I didn't know you had cattle!

[@elpapu4310]

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[@jaybernieschoep3491]

60 series Deere had motor problems

[@farmhandmike]

I have no idea if they did or didn't. No one has ever told me that before.

[@jaybernieschoep3491]

@@farmhandmike I worked for a John Deere dealer customer bought a new 60 series tractor had faulty sleeves and oil seal ring going bad quick

[@davidzumbach1985]

Some did have bad rings. Believe most were replaced under warranty.

[@mfreund15448]

I moved many stacks from a JD 100 stacker. It had forks that went under and two wheels on the side to help the 3pt lift the stack. I only knew of the JD 100 and 200 stackers. 200 stacks were fed from where they were unloaded from the machine. Too big to move.

[@farmhandmike]

I have a similar mover for my Hesston Stakhand 10. John Deere also made a model 300 that was probably about the size of the Stakhand 60.

[@benhall2146]

Great video Mike!! One question I have is how many times do they compress the stack?

[@farmhandmike]

Generally 4-6 times

[@andythorson7532]

3 times with cornstalks. Not going to say Mike is wrong, but 3 is all I could ever safely do without compromising the top of the stack. If you see in the video the spring loaded "door" on the back when the main rear door is opened to unload. If you over fill that door will pull the top of the stack off. You want them looking like a loaf of bread to shed water effectively.

[@martingardener90]

@@andythorson7532 Is there an indicator to tell you when to compress or when it is full or is it just down to experience?

[@JosephBigsky]

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[@jerrydowell1660]

i know where a person could buy a John Deere stacker at and my neighbor years ago had a new holland stacker and they had a special bale fork to move them with it was pretty neat

[@farmhandmike]

Hey can you send me some details @[e-mail]

[@samellis4054]

Kick ass thank you I love watching all this old equipment its sweet