Chopping 3rd Cutting, dealing with problems

[@steveleverett300]

You have got to be one of the proudest fathers on earth. It’s really enjoyable watching how y’all work together.

Sarah is a Real Truck Driver riding around with No Air in Her Seat(if it has a Air Seat), Driving like all the Cool Kids! I remember the First Time I got Pulled Over in a Semi, Officer Asked Me why I didn’t have My Seat Belt On, I asked Him how He knew that I didn’t, I didn’t have Hardly Any Air in My Seat. The Only thing He could have see was My Head sticking above the Door. That was back in My Younger Days. I was Impressed with Her Learning/Driving Skills in the KW. She Learned better than some people I have seen before! Sarah & The Rest of Your Kids are Good People, I still give Your Wife the Majority of The Credit though Andy! Ha!

[@ebeneezerspooge3011]

You and your wife should be really be proud of your kids, the way they assist you utilising old equipment, starting with the basics and failed air con!, character building stuff which will help them on their way in life.

[@glenrummel4483]

WOW! Sarah comes through again driving truck for silage and helping her father search for wire. Awesome!!!

[@arthurferreira2937]

Hey Andy Your videos always gives us viewers all of the facets of how difficult and rewarding farming is From working and spending your money on equipment maintenance to working with your kids The world should have more men like you Haven’t seen you with your coffee? Next time your cutting that field with the wire ,bring the rosary beads

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

It a case of beer

[@billprigge7747]

We always had a bucket in the tmr tractor and collected the stuff from the magnet on the tmr. Crazy how much metal found its way into the feed even after the metal alert on the chopper.

[@Goefke88]

Great video! I always put a little bead of silicone between the anvil and the shearbar, it eliminates vibrations during the setting of the shearbar and won’t trip your knock sensors as easy witch gives a more true set. Also always tighten & torque the centre bolts first when mounting the shearbar. If you tighten / torque the outside first the centre one is more likely to break. The silicone will also eliminate vibrations between anvil and shearbar while chopping witch makes it less likely to have bolts back out or snap

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

Good info thanks

[@jrbpa5775]

We used to wait till the dew fell and chopped all night when it got too dry. I know people always say Harvestore’s are tough to work on and to keep them soap tested for air leaks but I never looked like you did coming out the chute... lol. Enjoyed the video!!

[@bigtractorpower]

Very interesting to see the mechanics of the cutter bar.

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

It's a complex setup yet a simple one at the same time

[@claas90017]

You talked about a broken bolt, on class we had the same issue. Believe it or not but we would put a layer of silicone between the shear bar and anvil problem goes away The problem was the cutter bar was shimmying on the anvil

[@khayward6331]

another great video Andy I like how you explain how everything works and what your doing you make a good video very smart farmer thanks ,stay safe and healthy

[@jimclary7309]

Andy when you came out of that silo, you looked like snow white 😳 repairs and adjustments never ends. Make sure Sarah drinks plenty of water.!! That's so awesome how that detects metal. It's a good thing. If it didn't would been costly repairs. Great vid 👌 seeya at the next one. Be safe!!

[@hayman1971]

Ya gotta love Sarah!!! Your a very calm man! I could just imagine the words coming out while the camera wasn't on .😀😀

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

Lol

[@blakeseaton2471]

Hardest working man in America!

[@suzylarry1]

that is a great light system. And thank you for the safety garb ! we all don't like the restrictions but it saves you some breathes and views with your eyes. The wire locate in the chopper , that saves bacon but it is like picking stones !

[@1996turbocamaro]

I really like the ending with the trucks - they sound GREAT !

[@kopenhagenkid]

Great job driving the truck Sarah

[@deernutOO]

Another very informative and interesting video, much appreciated to be in on the details..

[@charlesterwilliger9949]

Interesting watching you do the farming

[@alexjorasz9399]

I found out that a hand held magnet from menards is very helpful in finding the short pieces of wire. It’s a five inch round magnet with a short handle. Good luck!

[@ginggur17]

Fella I love those rigs. Lovely bark on the 2 at the end.

[@kopenhagenkid]

Great video Andy good luck chopping

[@mrdfarms9373]

Thanks for the ride along Andy, damn Wire Fences.

[@Erated78]

Now that was an awesome video Andy. Man, you are so at home around that huge machine. No doubt frustrating dealing with metal in that feild but how nice for you to work alongside the always smiling Sarah. That deep red colour you chose for your trucks looks great....liked the ending where they were driving across the field. I'm going to check out the Olight sale tomorrow too. Thanks brother. Cheers

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

Thanks for the comment Ed

[@PaulHigginbothamSr]

What a pain with the wire. We had a tray we drove around behind a tractor on two wheels that had a powerful electromagnet in it. As much as your chopper is to play a small amount after disking to run over the loose dirt with that powerful magnet. Wish I could send you a picture but I retired 20 years ago.

[@stanleyjones4180]

great video andy cant believe how much metal you are still getting at 3rd cut enjoyed the video thanks

[@rickburns8492]

Congratulations on the 55k subscribers, and by the way better in the bucket then in a cow's stomach.

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

Yes that’s true

[@chriscardoza9785]

You could sharpen the knives more often and just wondering are you running crass knives to we would change then more often during the season and that's happened to me a few times chopping grape fields that where took out and put a cover crop in them and l was about ready to pull all my hair out that day...

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

Yes grass knives

[@denniswilliams8747]

It's nice your kids want to and are able to help. Thanks

[@stephensfarms7165]

Man, I don’t think I could do what you are doing. Thanks 🙏

[@deannabrown8050]

Good thing Andy knows how to repair and great job Sarah driving truck. Don't get too much dust, cover up

[@outlawtruckinginc.5542]

Hey Andy you got to get Sarah's ac fixed, you know you have to keep the farmers daughter happy,👍😁

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

She’s tough

[@richardtatar3440]

So sorry to you and your famliy, hopefully things are going to work for you..

[@angus4202]

need to take the rotary rakes to that field set them all the way down then go real slow and rake it into the woods while the grass is still short

[@danfinley3690]

Thanks Andy for another cool video appreciate your time

[@markreetz1001]

That much stopping would be infuriating. Was just thinking you could use what metal detectors use to find their quarry--a pin pointer. I know you couldn't use on the metal head, but when you pull a big wad of hay out of the head, the pin pointer could find it with a lot less hassle. You'd still be on your own on the chopper head. Good video Andy!

[@0796logsplitter]

Another great video👍 I feel your pain with the tramp iron Andy 😒

[@donpeterson9282]

It would be nice to be able to either have a way to identify and separate metal from the chopped hay as it is processed or some way of surveying the land and picking up the metal. I suppose there isn't much need so the research, design and development costs would out weigh the sales potential. Just bad luck to get hooked up with a piece of land that involved old fence lines. When I was a kid one of my jobs was keep our fences repaired. I had a pretty strong magnet that Dad had attached to a long handle to use to check each area after a repair. Dad and I used to walk the fences down on occassion looking for metal and wire staples using his "wire magnet" as he called it. Of course we had a small farm operation and did not have much fence to check, however the loss of an animal was a loss of income and so it was a huge issue to us in our little operation. I imagine it was just as much of a problem for large operations as the margins between profit and loss are much smaller. That doesn't even address the issue of the pain and suffering of the animals that might occur due to one's inattention to duty. Your video provides a good lesson for non-farm people as to the seriousness of good work habits. I enjoyed this video and the others you have posted. It is refreshing to see how concerned you are for the health of your animals and the consequences of inattention to duty. It is a big pain to have to stop and look for such issues as this but it simply must be done without error. Well done.

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

Thanks for the comment

[@rickbarnett9729]

You can get long magnets hook with chain put on your trucks to help pickup metals why they drive in the fields you can hook them on anything semi switcher trucks use them to pickup metals in yard as they drive keep from getting flats

[@edwardharrop5819]

Thanks, chopper is awesome. With the blade change I am sure it makes a tasty addition to the hay with any errant bunnies. Stout machine .

[@colinkennedy8730]

When you got back in the chopper and I saw the bucket fill of wire ,even I said a couple adult words and I am in NZ lol

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

It wasn’t any fun

[@morgansword]

I have to say that you have a educational level so high the professors in any college named couldn't teach. Think back when you started with the types of equipment that you used, could repair, then as time goes by, the next best thing comes out and of course to stay competitive, you buy that and retire the older stuff to smaller farms that your doing as well. It just never ends what is in your head as to types of obstructions or clear sailing and or the next big field that has been acquired in say five years to add to the memory bank where to look out for what and where the water traps are.... blah blah, I sound like a Vlog too... I felt really bad for you coming out of that bin with the flour dust all over you. If you go to a doctor for a breathing problem, doc says your fine, you just have a bail of hay on a lung, no big deal, we will get the leaf blower out and send it back to the field. Smart as a fox getting the kids in a truck, tractor, equipment an Oh if I were fifty years younger, I would probably have bird shot in my fanny from chasing Sarah who is a very beautiful girl... trust me, I am not one of the kind we take out on a hunting trip and come back without someone with us anymore... I would kill them too as I have five daughters that are all in their fifties..... ya, I walked jesus to school and back both ways were up hill and covered in snow in the desert there. I sure can say that you earned a lot of respect from most all, there is always a armchair democrat who knows more

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

Nice comment thanks

[@arthurkeler1456]

Feel for ya Sarah, thought I was going to pass out a couple times during 1st and 2nd cutting running the In 5000! Hopefully 3rd and corn will be cooler!🤠

[@rodneyerdmann1545]

Funny seeing Sara driving truck while chopping, because I would've thought Jr. would've been driving trucks by now!!! Maybe if you would put those extensions on the brake and clutch pedals like the Rozor he could!

[@hmmv4]

Get some mason jars and hold them above the exhaust pipe on the tractor, fill them with soot for the next giveaway.

[@hughwhaley3179]

Be nice to have a little hand held detector to find the metal faster Sarah the trucker 🚜🚜👍👍

[@chuckychuck]

🤣🤣 My allergy or hay fever just kicked in when I saw all that hay dust spewing around

[@dexterscott33]

Man, she is a trooper, that's for sure!

[@farmerfarmer2801]

Id only use that center bolt once for the little bit its worth if it keeps breaking keep up the videos me and my son really enjoy watching them

[@duanebolen8359]

Yes and when cutter bar bolts break it’s makes a real mess real fast

[@ginggur17]

Yet again, another great video. Thankyou.

[@bobthesnowman8929]

Always hated changing doors in the cement upright silos in the morning too-especially with haylage ! You itched all day if you didn’t take a shower cause you lost the dirt fight. lol

[@cfinlayson13]

Super excited to see such a long video. Might have to start a junk yard with everything you keep finding in that field

[@scottk8245R]

Tough go sir. I’ve been hearing about the metal in that field all summer. We’ve had some issues too but nothing on that level lol jeez

[@RobKeenan826]

liking the old school spokes on #8

[@colinkennedy8730]

It's good that it not dusty when you go up the silo

[@rongrose3746]

I wish you would wear a safety harness when climbing your silo, Andy. Had a neighbor that fell down the chute a few years ago . Stay Safe.

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

Uggh,that’s one thing I worry about

[@ronniejenkins2056]

I know that until you see someone standing beside the chopper just how big it is it ain't no toy I noticed wright away that the hay was drier than usual I was wondering how that it packed with it being that dry anyway keep on doing what you do catch you on the next one have a good one

[@miniquad22]

Great video Andy👍🏻

[@YouTube_Professor]

Did you say 900 of that bar, it’s not even green. Dam. I get pissed when i brake a 60 dollar blade on my zero turn.

[@MrMagnum7220]

I chopped 4th cutting Monday, it was dry. On my second field, my AC pump crapped out. Got the pump and dryer today and got it going.

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

That’s tough when that happens

[@steves.7872]

It was nice seeing the elusive Sarah in a video again.

[@rickyticky574]

Always wanted to learn to run the chopper, either drove truck or pushed bunk,

[@kylegammons8807]

Maybe a good thing you got your head shaved or you would of had all your hair pulled out by the time you got that farm chopped Andy. I believe Sarah looks like she’s in her element when she’s out on the farm working no matter what she’s doing. I remember her comment on the live stream that one night when they ask her if she wanted to stay on the farm and she said yes if there was room. I like watching that chopper run. Thanks for the video

[@andrewfowler8348]

This Trooper appreciated your daughters NYSP K9 t- shirt!!! # longgreyline

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

Thanks for what you do bud,be safe

[@andrewfowler8348]

Farming Fixing & Fabricating ..... thanks Andy! My 5 year old son and I really enjoy the videos. I truly admire how hard you and your family work!

[@dhamps10]

Andy, it is good to see the kids helping. How old are they?

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

9-23

[@makmak151515]

That little piece of square stock is 900$ ? Luca

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

It’s hardened steel

[@stevenrud6593]

Do the mergers pick up stones. I would think if you use the rakes it would be worse yet. We used a wheel rake "ONCE" and rolled a drag spike up. Chopper did not like it.

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

Yes everything picks up the little stones

[@andrewmicas4327]

It really rounded off the corners of the rotating knives as well.

[@dickhansen8594]

Good video boss. Sure feel your frustration with the metal. Thank you for sharing

[@TheRealJesseStoltzfus]

Should magnetize the mergers between the pickup and the belts. Bet that’s help tremendously.

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

Yes

[@mattderr1013]

Andy I was also gonna say got to see some of the live stream make sure ro give the demans a little bonus. Wouldn't want them to try and unionize on you, they do do damn good work

[@gregkoenig9200]

Is the high moisture corn. Cob corn thru the combine and rolled going in the silo?

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

Yes grain corn from the combine

[@bradleyfitkin4141]

After seeing how the choppers cuter teeth were sharpen I was wondering if you could take the cutter bar to a machine shop and get them to sharpen it with a surface grinder?

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

Not really

[@techHmrk]

There is a special material on the edge of the bar. Steel would not last 2days.

[@carlkoch3686]

Is there any chance you’ll do a video on the parlor?

[@Adam_Poirier]

I like the shots of the trucks pulling out of the field at the end that was pretty cool. I don’t know how you keep your sanity with that metal I would lose my shit. I have a magnet, I don’t know what brand it is but it goes on the forks of a forklift and I put it on the skid steer forks before. that thing is so damn strong it’ll pick up wire with the magnet 8 inches off the ground and you can hear The pieces of metal slam into it. It’s too bad you couldn’t put something like that on the top side of the pick up head before it gets to the feed rollers. I was trying to look in the video but there’s so much in the way I don’t really think it’s possible

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

I would like to install something like that

[@Adam_Poirier]

Farming Fixing & Fabricating Let me know if you want me to shoot you some pictures or dimensions of it or what brand it is I can look at it tomorrow morning. It’s really only about 4“ x 4“ square and probably about 6 feet long but it’s stronger than hell

[@danguritz2446]

Could you build a tool to remove most of the metal during planting we use large magnetic tools to remove metal from are operation

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

Maybe

[@ronniejenkins2056]

I was just wondering if it would be a good idea if you could get something that you could pull with a tractor with a magnet on it when you get the fields chopped in the problem areas while the hay is short that's just my thoughts

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

Yes that would work

[@dangerdavis5655]

There's 4 square stages in that cutter bar you should be able to use each edge. If it's like my cutting bar for a woodchipper

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

They only hard surface one side

[@deernutOO]

Thank goodness for a metal detector.. is there a heavy magnet to carry when searching for metal? that would grab the culprit? am sure that idea isn't new, so wonder why it wouldn't help. tks

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

We need something

[@geesss8675]

You know they do sell air conditioner parts for those older Fords. You could probably get that thing tip Top the air conditioner Tip Top

[@mattderr1013]

Andy I'm a Deere guy as well, but have you ever had the opportunity to demo one of the Klaas Jaguar choppers. Seen a couple videos about them, they look pretty impressive

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

No I haven't

[@stevemiller5427]

Is there no way you can add like a magnetic bar to the front of one of the tractors and just run over that field after its chopped and maybe pick up any leftovers so its easier next time. There's got to be something you can do other than stop every 10 feet and pick it all out by hand

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

Could yes

[@shoresharp8349]

Hey Andy have you heard or know of anyone who hard face weld the bar on the chopper to give it extra life?

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

That should not be done.When welding you can take the straightness out of the bar.Dont get me wrong it can be done and you can save a lot of money by doing so but it ain’t worth what else it cost you.

[@matkurcher9469]

We use to do them in the shop for a few guys every once in a while, they have to be milled and ground. It was running about half to 2/3's the cost of new.

[@pfisterfarms1046]

Now that is a light

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

They are nice

[@pfisterfarms1046]

Farming Fixing & Fabricating yes you are correct I’m trying to make my own KZbin channel

[@mikebonge7206]

sara looks good in that ford,,, maybe drag a magnet around the field now, since it was just chopped

[@ajskab99]

I was just wondering why you were moving silo doors in the morning. You normally do that last thing. Then you explained it.

[@justanotherfarmer7091]

Might have to buy Sarah a nice big kenworth!

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

Yes

[@Adam_Poirier]

Hey Andy that sale starts tonight I’m going to order a flashlight. I was checking out the website I didn’t see anything to make sure they know that I was sent from your video. Do I have to do anything special or just get there from the link in your description?

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

All you have to do is click the link in video description. Everything from there is automatic.

[@leesteele9290]

I'd say the clean chute may keep the chute clean which is good I suppose but it sure doesn't do much for the operator ,10-4on saving that job for the end of the day !!! Don't suppose you could keep the wire field no-till for a few years so when it goes back to crops so you don't turn up any more metal when you put it back to corn and wheat , your going to have everything on the surface cleaned up by the time the alfalfa has run is course maybe it would let the small wire rust away at least !!!

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

Yes me and Jered we’re taking about that tonight

[@wilkefarms6784]

Wow you are a lucky chopper operator lol, in gummy hay with the 8800i you would be unplugging the beast about every 15 to 20 acres lol. Lucky lucky

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

Been there done that, adjust your spiral floor

[@wilkefarms6784]

@@FarmingFixingFabricating we have tried that. Even had Deere's top guys out when we tried our new 9900i and their solution was sharpen knives and set up bar every 30 minutes lol, they dont pay for new knives or bar so that was easy cop out lol

[@robertquast9684]

Add water. We add water at the blower on the chopper when it’s gummy. A few gallons per load keeps it clean

[@duanebolen8359]

Do you put corn in with the Haylage

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

In the mixer we do but not in the same bunk

[@dlmarquart]

I feel sorry for Sarah in the steel cab she was probably glad to be going down the road to get cool off

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

Yes

[@ajskab99]

What do the drivers aim for when they are driving beside the forager?

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

They stay a certain distance forward

[@rawfarms2790]

Days like these make beer taste better.

[@rickk6447]

Is there a way you could make, or buy, an industrial grade magnet, then put it on a piece of equipment, or on a chisel plow, and run it by itself? I know they make them for roofers, too pick up all the nails when they have to tear of shingles! I’m sure they have them for industrial, but I’m betting, you could make your own. I remember a politician last year blasting farmers, saying anyone can do it. My friends back home, Chet from Larson farms. You can fix everything, you know soooooooo much, electricity, wiring, math, dirt, machinery, and that’s maybe a 1/10 of you knowledge. But there’s more, there’s the fact that you have a Great family, and the kids have Great work ethics. Yes, Farmers are some of the the smartest people in the world, and for some cheap politician to say that, is everything we need to know too label him as an Idiot!... I forgot about farmers being veterinarians and pharmacists also!? Thank you all for what you do! God Bless & God speed. Keep up with the video’s, because we all Love them!.....

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

Thanks for the comment

[@will.r.1326]

Buy a dura line shear bar for the chopper. They last a lot longer

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

I should try one

[@noelhohberger1188]

Fun parts of farming if it's not one thing it's another

[@bryanG4020]

Your a nice guy Andy you do that dirty job of dropping the unloader most guys with hired guys around would have them do it out their kids!

[@timothygeorge1191]

Great Video 👍 - I live in Wisconsin Dairyland 🧀 . how many head do you Milk ?

[@marvinrathke3640]

Find a big magnet to hang under the Roxor or tractor and have Junior drive back and forth in that field.

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

Good idea