Double Raking - John Deere 4640 & 4020

We ted the oats, and while it got rained on, we were able to come through two days later and rake all the hay using the RhinoAg RDF14 and Gehl wheel rakes!
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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.
These videos show the Kuster family working together raising cattle and crops. We believe everyone who wants to know more about farming should be able to share the farming experience with us and we look to educate the world on many essential agriculture topics.
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.

[@Kntryhart]

0:31 The only accurate forecast I have ever heard is: "Darkness tonight, tapering off by morning"

[@lifeupnorth9385]

I'm guessing you haven't been to Alaska :)

[@Kntryhart]

@@lifeupnorth9385 Actually, I have - twice. Both times I froze my cahunas! Coldest temp was -75 F! Regards.

[@bobcrone6151]

I swear that era of the 4020 might be the best looking tractor ever built. The lines, proportions and scale on that machine are straight beautiful :) The yellow cab roof is just right...

[@billquantrill4960]

Agreed.

[@OBIOsim]

Love the 4020. Vintage farm equipment always gets my blood pumping. Earlier tonight, I drove by a dirty but pretty Farmall 856...those old red tractors are my favorite.

[@forgedironfilms9767]

I always love seeing the old irons at work, love the vids! Keep it up.

[@heavyhauler79]

rain, rain go away, I hear you Ryan, it's been a tough year for farmers. Hope things come out better in coming days.

[@ginggur17]

One thing I learnt of the rain when in Florida 2 weeks ago, it rains like mad, floods, dries and away y’all go again. As for the lightening, well, let’s just say I’ve never seen or heard anything like it. Although we usually do March, we love it so much that we are out next March, June and October. Even got to watch the night launch of space X from the bio lab boat launch ramp. Love both of those pair ya have raking. Great vid as always, thank you.

[@8tomtoms8]

I love the video at 8:50 when Rocket can be seen running around the pickup truck from the drone. Great video overall!!!

[@ryanp6999]

That 4640 looks and sounds like an absolute beaut.

[@MatthewHoag77]

A beauty of a beast.

[@skylineleathercompany]

I really like the sweeping rows of corn, beans, and hay.

[@andreww.9939]

It’s nice to see the 4640 and the 4020 in the same field. Those are two fine old horses you’ve got there!

[@BWYinYang]

Stunning aerial video. Hopefully weather cooperates from now till haying and harvest done. 👍

[@minnesota4169]

Cool video!! We upgraded to an h&s hi capacity rake about 3 years ago and boy was it a time saver and it did much better at cleaning up the hay. They are really nice

[@danfinley3690]

Great drone footage beautiful that would never get old

[@kimberlygreen6715]

Great video Ryan I hope you have a good rest of your week

[@FUDBreaker]

Welcome to my world.....hay season this year was a mess here in East Tennessee

[@kennethunderwood2396]

Thanks for videos Ryan, from North Carolina. Been enjoying your videos for awhile. I feel you guys frustrations with making hay, at times. It'll work out. Keep rolling

[@nathanvanfossen1391]

I didn't realize that you still had your old rake still but it makes it easier with two

[@seekerfractal]

i like that, a lot of the shots in this video are desktop background levels of good

[@580papa]

The quality of your videos are stunning!

[@owenx5]

So fun to watch. Thank you. I know these vids take a lot of time and effort. Sure appreciate you.

[@ginggur17]

Hello Ryan. The ole 4020 sounds soooooo good. Unique sound of her generation of Deere’s.

[@chrisfastrakdavies2598]

Great vid Guys it's awesome to see 2 classics in my book working hard in same Field.

[@kristenscott9438]

Such an amazing video, Ryan! Love the aerial views to! Love the tandom of the rakes!

[@isaacschute6761]

I had the same problem on my 4430 until I got it fix Works amazing now

[@iowaanimalchannelontheancr7468]

What up Ryan nice video love the drone of yours keep up the good work

[@HowFarmsWork]

Thanks! Busy week of making hay here!

[@a.j.leonard964]

Love this both tractors working as a team. Get er done

[@garlandhenry6792]

Beautiful farm. Great story line as always 👍

[@MrBigrigdaddy]

Thanks Ryan, great footage!

[@michaelc9128]

Wow that 4020 looks like it has an awesome air conditioning system

[@tylergoetsch743]

I love those two Jhon Deere tractors

[@fitzieindoorsoutdoorsadventure]

Very nice video and some day I want to be a farmer like you Ryan!

[@3069mark]

Sorry to have to burst your bubble, but unless you inherit a big farm from your family or have a filthy rich uncle who leaves you his fortune or win the mega-lottery then you might as well forget that idea.

[@minenotyours9031]

Man that is some beautiful country you guys have there

[@BWYinYang]

It's nothing better living out in country.

[@molinesloth01]

For sure!

[@kevinstrickland1578]

we need a Rocket cam, lol. he's the real star

[@richardschmaltz9096]

Nice video Ryan love the drone shots and the 4640 makes the 4020 small. But both good tractors.

[@jasonstockbridge1489]

Nice video Ryan thanks again

[@patkelly7999]

Great stuff Ryan, Your Dad looks very at home in the JCB:):)

[@MatthewHoag77]

Nothing catches fans' attention like firing up the 46! Way to make some sweet lemonade out of the lemons Mother Nature is firing at you this season. The way you were setting up the windows at Rockville would have been conducive to chopping with a self-propelled (even though I know you don't do that right now). Good discussion of what's going on in the scenes as well as in your mind. Thanks for the video, Ryan!

[@michaelwagoner5222]

This was an absolutely amazing video Ryan

[@jamesmdavis1523]

Fields are looking good

[@euanwatson3483]

Great video👍

[@mikebonge7206]

Boy are things green. Great video.

[@credixon8203]

AKA KREE. KEEP UP. THE GREAT. AND. VIDEOS WORK. I HOPE THE STOPS SO YOU CAN BEGIN MAKING HAY BALES ETC. BLESSINGS

[@rogern.9226]

Thats a gorgeous truck you got there.

[@kevinwillis9126]

Great vid Ryan thanks..

[@jaclynmortimer3928]

I love the vid nice job keep up the good work

[@gavinfriel3913]

Great video I love your videos

[@koolman2021]

Nice video have a great week

[@hampcham]

thank you.. great video

[@fermewestshefford]

Nice ! Great Rake !

[@carrieholthaus3030]

Great video

[@b2617]

Felt for you when you said can't catch a break. With farming weather is so important and it sucks that it's completely beyond our control. Hopefully everything works out. I think it usually does

[@clinthochrein888]

Excellent video as always! Stay cool Kuster guys. I see there is heat warnings in your area coming soon. An there is a heat advisory in my area of southern Wisconsin. 😓😥😓

[@landoncoyle5329]

I saw you on RFD tv! Great channel.

[@samrugtiv3839]

Good job sod buster you ad your pa make a good team

[@claymannasmith155]

great video

[@rogerwilson9892]

Well papaw always say you will miss the water when the well goes dry nice video.

[@maddoxjames932]

My favorite tractor is the John deer 4640

[@thr8061]

Cool video!

[@dharmn2860]

Hey Ryan! I live in North West Wisconsin on a farm and my dad works at Fetzer Farms with over 1,500 dairy cows

[@merrymanrc]

Hi Ryan I like those old tractor I think they got personally like your 4020

[@jacoby6653]

If there was an intense eyebrow competition you’d win it😂😂

[@rustyrelicsfarm2406]

The 4020 and 4640 make a good team.

[@jimwilliams2682]

I always enjoy these videos. I looked that the Sauk County Fair website and found this, Ryan Kuster You Tube Sensation Seems to be accruate! :)

[@DeLandbouwSpotter]

Very nice video to see.

[@larrynicholsiii8562]

hellow I work on my grand parents farm over in argyle and I am 13 and every day,I get to do more work with operating our old tractors and one of my main jobs in the summer is raking hay

[@jankotze1959]

Very nice video

[@hayseed-br9iu]

U should by a bale wrapper so when u are making hay and rain comes and u don’t want to lose it u bale it and wrap it I’ll tell u it’s a life saver

[@matthewjohnson3910]

Good video

[@wyattsimpson6810]

Just out up to the hay field to bale 2nd crop with our MF 471 and small square MF baler when this came out. What model is that rake on the 4020 and how many wheels. Love the videos. Keep up the great work

[@lukejordan3490]

My grandpa has been looking for something like your gehl (6 wheel high cap rake) but right now we have a gehl 420

[@12ozbuds]

Great dog

[@devinritter5272]

Does tedding get rid of any of the head of grain and does it have an impact of quality of bales?

[@pd-ox1pd]

Put a raft in the miss you will catch our 40 acres from hastings mn 6.8 inches since Saturday good luck guys

[@billquantrill4960]

"It'll wash you away but there ain't never enough"

[@antoniohuertas6345]

Did you have any oat loss during this process. Just because the raking looks a little bit agressive .

[@hamishkay3010]

Wheel rakes would be great in the UK

[@shanethrasher1027]

We got the same rake that’s on the 4020. Ours just don’t have the extensions

[@MeredithFarms]

We’ve had less that 3 inches of rain since June 1st seems like there’s not a happy medium anywhere between soaking wet and super dry

[@markb.1259]

You'd better hurry and get the hay raked and baled before you lose another acre of land!!! In the video just before you cut the oats you said you had 26 acres of oats to cut. This video said you had 25 acres to oats to ted. Hurry up before you lose more! haha You definitely got some altitude on some of the drone shots in this vid!!! Good Stuff!!!

[@lukestrawwalker]

Basically, every time you handle a hay crop you're losing SOME dry matter and thus yield. BUT, handling it IS necessary to properly put up the crop or maintain the highest amount of quality possible. Rain just complicates the process and makes additional passes necessary more often than not. It's always best to handle the crop as much as possible when it's as green as possible, meaning as soon after cutting as possible, when the moisture in the stem and leaves means it's still pliable and soft and less prone to losing leaves or shattering dry leaves. IOW, tedding is best done within the first 24 hours. Making dry hay on the Texas Gulf Coast, in summer anyway, we can usually cut grass hay one day, rake 24 hours later at about 50% moisture (wilted flat but still "tough and green") and let it finish drying in the windrow to proper baling moisture (12-15%) and round bale it 24 hours after raking. Ideally, the hay should NOT be raked at 50% moisture and allowed to dry down in the windrow to baling moisture, and not handled again until it's baled. Of course if it rains, you have to allow the windrows to dry out as much as possible, and then flip the windrows over a half-turn with the rake, allow the bottoms to dry, to get everything dry enough for baling. If you're gonna get rain on it, basically the sooner it rains after cutting, the better, quality wise. The closer the hay is to being ready (dry enough) to bale as dry hay, the more damage the rain does, and of course the more rain you get, the more damage it does. A lot of guys don't know how to really maximize the quality of their hay. They think that dumping a ton of fertilizer on a field and spraying it to kill the weeds out is enough, but basically making hay is all about PRESERVING QUALITY. The highest quality hay will EVER BE is the condition its in JUST BEFORE ITS CUT. That means cutting the hay in a timely fashion (as close to the ideal time as possible, depending on your priorities-- ie cutting in "boot stage" for maximum protein and highest feed value/quality, or waiting a little longer for maximum yield/tonnage, but at the expense of older, more mature, tougher hay with somewhat lower feed value). From the moment the hay is cut, quality and dry matter yield goes downhill... continued respiration of the plants uses up stored sugars in the hay, sun bleaching destroys carotene and converts it to Vitamin D (which cattle can make on their own from the sun) and rain can of course damage the quality in a number of ways... handling the hay improperly or at the wrong time/moisture content can strip or crush leaves, reducing feed value/quality and yield/quantity through dry matter losses. Running equipment too low (rakes, tedders, baler pickups) too low can add a lot of dirt/ash to the hay, which is basically worthless contamination that lowers quality. I see a lot of guys allow the hay to dry out completely flat on the ground, then rake it directly ahead of the baler. This is a terrible practice because the hay gets exposed to too much sun bleaching, whereas in a windrow MOST of the hay is protected from the sun (except on top) since its in the windrow, and shaded from the sun by the hay on top, preserving the maximum quality. Raking the hay *just* before baling also is handling the hay when its too dry, resulting in high dry matter losses from the rather rough handling of the hay as its raked when fully dry, leading to a lot of leaves being stripped and crushed, resulting in losses of dry matter as well as nutrition as most of the nutrition of the hay is actually in the leaves, not stems. Raking at 50% moisture (wilted flat) when its still tough and green enough to withstand the rigorous handling of raking, minimizing dry matter and quality losses because the leaves are still fairly tender, then allowing the hay to dry in the windrow where it doesn't require further handling until its baled. Of course, baling haylage or balage, you really want to cut the stuff, rake it at about 50% moisture, and then bale it almost immediately when the moisture is in the 30-50% range for ideal fermentation... and of course wrap it as soon after baling it as possible to exclude the maximum amount of air exposure to reduce heating and start proper fermentation as soon as possible, maintaining the maximum quality and feed value of the forage. Of course, weather can play havoc with the "ideal" and sometimes it's just about preserving as much quality/quantity as possible despite the weather setbacks... Later! OL J R :)

[@superliner101hobbyfarming]

What music is used during the drone footage of both tractors raking?

[@jackpayne3147]

Tubes or signals if you are making tubes you should yoes the telaskid for the reach if signals do what you want

[@doclull1989]

Hey Ryan!!

[@garywaxler7866]

Sorry that your having so much trouble with making hay. But @ least your corn & soybeans are looking good. For a lot of farmers (including me) this year has been a royal pain in the butt to get crops in the ground & coming up. We had to plant some beans twice & I know others on the other side of the state have had to do it 4 times. Was getting too much rain & I'm worried bout not getting enough.

[@sarabennett5983]

Ryan the 4020 and all the 4020 in the 4640 and the 7600 and the and the seven seas are there in the 8235r looks good

[@tannerfamilyfarms3450]

Correction teddy grass does not loose "leaves" you can Ted grass hay as many times as you want.

[@kody4093]

Would u guys ever buy a bale wrapper

[@nathandillow4743]

Did you guys buy the teleskid

[@KittyCatsBrokenLeg]

How much longer do you think the JCB will be on the farm?

[@tedwpx123]

Great video. Was the whitish dog a Lab or albino-ish Golden Retriver

[@MarkLynskey]

Do you not loose grain tedding it?

[@larscarlson4831]

Did you buy the JCB Skid loader because you have had it for a lot longer than Welker farms did and they were both in a demo? Thanks

[@goalieboarder8931]

So what happens on rain days? Maintenance?

[@jonathanpeters5297]

The 4640 is the best

[@oldcroneysgarage9739]

Sorry I'm late I was building shelfs

[@maysonhaler1416]

Hey Ryan, did u guys purchase that jcb, or are u still demoing it

[@conortimm733]

For balage no need to even ted the oats. We never do at least just cut in the morning then let dry all day rake it let dry all morning and bake

[@FoolOfATuque]

Your rake is a bit bigger than my 8 wheel rake. Lol!

[@FoolOfATuque]

Although I am told it's not how big the rake, but how you use it.

[@ng9383]

Do you have two job telelifts

[@bobcrone6151]

What ground speed u like when raking? I assume there’s an optimal speed at which you’re getting good action on the material, yet not being too rough on the equipment??

[@HowFarmsWork]

All depends on the terrain. If it’s smooth you can go upwards of 10mph but I like to go around 5