Farmall 560 and Gehl 400 Chopper/Chopping Straw for Dairy Cows

Alan finished his blower spout customization on his Gehl 400 Chopper, so it was time to chop some bedding for the cows. Alan has been using his small bale chopper, but he was hoping to chop a large amount of bedding and stick it up into the haymow. Alan's brother, Paul, decided to use his Farmall 560 to run the chopper. The Gehl 4625 Skid steer was used to move the straw bales. They chopped two of the large straw bales that day. That made bedding the cows far more convenient.
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[@Dusty47]

LOVE YOUR KIDS- they are being raised JUST RIGHT !!!!!

[@ronzezulka6646]

560 was pulling great

[@FarmallFanatic]

Snow should be gone in a couple weeks with this weather

[@showmemo3686]

I see you've got brother Paul working as your Merch Model. Nice shirt.

[@nightrider6769]

I'm not a farmer but I can respect how hard you dairy farmers work I love your videos Allen keep them coming.

[@Blazefork]

Ol 560 sounded great growling away on the chopper, nice to see the kids out playing and having fun how they should be, no noses buried in cell phones and other electronics, worth its weight in gold!

[@ashleyswearingen2120]

Good to see a man using a pitch fork. Brings back memories of the good times

[@nategardoski1895]

Always enjoy watching. Godbless you and your famliy

[@braderwin937]

keep up the good work all of you at Trinity dairy

[@heatherkohlwey8379]

Good farmer ingenuity. Make what you have better and make it work for you. The kids watching the big truck gave me a smile to start the day. Thank you for sharing. Stay safe and God bless.

[@mikefeyereisen5574]

I know it is going to be a great video whenever the 560 is working! Your cows sure look nice and clean. They are lucky to have you as there farmers. Appreciate all you do!

[@anthonyhengst2908]

That 560 does a good job, I use mine on the blower and I just love the smooth power it has. I'm impressed with all of your good ideas you have. Like your boys I like the big trucks too.

[@bruceprentice6441]

I like the straw chopper idea. I have a idea to streamline your bedding handling. If you could put a old self unloading forage box upstairs, with a electric motor to drive it like your silage wagon. You could blow the chopped straw into the forage box upstairs. Then down stairs in the stable , a simple off/on light switch could start the forage box sending the chopped straw brown to your waiting cart below. Fill the cart, shut of the switch on the self unloading box. Eliminates the work of putting the straw down, as well as the task of forking it up into the cart..

[@trinitydairy]

I like the way you think

[@kopenhagenkid]

Great video Alan

[@pinesedgefarm1155]

The 560 sounds great! Pretty slick to chop and blow it in the barn at the same time.👍

[@tonyburelle6633]

That seemed to work real well, the chopped straw really looked good

[@whm2901]

Morning Allan.

[@trinitydairy]

Morning!

[@LedgemereHeritageFarm]

Those were/are a good tractor in spite of the issues they had. IH did a great job fixing the problems retroactively. Have a great day from Maine

[@josephkitchel6259]

Your timing with that pitchfork has to be just right working around those cows! Good video

[@mattutke4704]

That Gehl skid steer looks like it's quite beneficial to have around the farm, and it seems to be pretty handy to have

[@trinitydairy]

Yeah, it's very handy!

[@karljacobson1575]

That ol 560 sounds good . Gettin r done....

[@herbhouston5378]

Looks like worked pretty good on the straw. Much easier to bed around the cows that way. The 560 sounds good too.

[@glennschlorf1285]

Chopping straw.... I did that too just like that... when I ran out in spring.... used a Fox chopper and w450 international deisel

[@davidkimmel4216]

Thank you for sharing your day with us 👍👍👍

[@carysmith9039]

I believe there were flat cut gears you can change around to slow-the feed rolls down Check your shear bar

[@tpfromcentralpa1692]

I forgot how much I liked the sound of a straight piped 560 gas....................Listened to one of them for a few years, don't miss the tractor, but miss the sound.

[@farawayfarm2520]

Your son is a great cameraman. I love his comments. My son is 18 and will film for me but I don't get any comments from him.

[@trinitydairy]

It's always fun when it comes time to edit his footage because you never know what he's said.

[@farawayfarm2520]

@@trinitydairy That's awesome. The way he described the Farmall and the chopper I think he would make a good auctioneer some day.

[@jerrybowe5917]

Good video looks like straw was chopped up nice like seeing the kids out playing on snow pile you just don’t see kids outside these days

[@williamspates1015]

Love hearing that old 560 gas we had one it was first tractor I drove on my own at 7 years old

[@mattlundeen9358]

“Dad, we can almost reach the power line!” Lol! Good to see Paul and the 560 sounds great! Any chance you are a candidate to host “Breakfast on the Farm”? Lots of fans that would love to visit. Thanks for keeping up with the great videos!

[@trinitydairy]

We have tossed the idea around. Jen has a whole list of improvements she wants to make first. She's on our County Dairy Board and they have a hard scoop ice cream food trailer she thought would be perfect for an ice cream social on the farm.

[@guydaubenspeck9206]

Well Allen you chop that straw on my birthday. Glad it went well here in Western PA that day we had about 25° and sunshine we've had some good weather the last few days our beef herd has been out other than feeding time from last year 4 days and I think we're coming to an end on that it sounds like we're going to get some cold weather again take care out there and stay safe!

[@ronniewayne5748]

Excellent video as always!!!

[@markgamble8377]

Brought back memorie.used to chop hay with McCormick no 5.belt driven.it chopped it really fine. Had like dozer track dropped hay on it which pulled it into 4 rotating knives I n blower. After that bought Val Metal tub grinder with Honda motor. Pushed behind stalls .blew into stalls.dusty dusty.lol

[@Superintendent-iy9zv]

Great video!! I've been away from your channel for a bit. Trying to catch up with you. Just a little idea, you should do more vids on what goes on in the barn. This one brought back great memories for me! Bedding down the girls. (Cows) I could almost smell the straw bedding. Keep up the good work, be safe! Hope you have a bountiful harvest this year.

[@Ardralta]

On our tie stall dairy we fastened a 2-6 wood plank along the edge of gutter using hilti drill then screwed a 2-4 on top creating and L shape this worked extremely good for keeping bedding in stall.

[@tederdmann2993]

Love your place.

[@russellhansen7622]

Good video! Like other people stated the 560 sounds good.

[@lesterhertel2945]

Nice set up

[@dongunderson9572]

That chopper puts the 560 right against the governor. 😁😉

[@PaulHigginbothamSr]

I got so tired of piles of snow this year. Very tiresome all that snow and cold. Then I had covid all through January making it especially pleasant but now warming up with the trees budding. All my honey bees died because for a bit last summer it got to 120° killing all my queens. Just great.

[@trinitydairy]

Oh shoot! That's crazy hot!

[@ralphriddle8864]

Good job and God bless yall

[@derrickzenner9300]

Great channel

[@mikebrown1188]

Looks like with some tweaking you are going to have a nice setup

[@randymonninger9913]

560 sounds sweet you can chop hay with that chopper wit h 560 good all around tractor to use straw chop look good we use fox chopper blow in wagon

[@tractorsfamilyandwildlife1342]

560 sounds good got the old girl barking love hearing them work like that you guys get the T/A fixed yet

[@trinitydairy]

No not yet, sounds like it's going to be a pretty expensive fix.

[@cedricgates9976]

some of that straw draws her to her knees!! but seems like the old girl does a good job, does everything get bedded with that? love those old barns

[@trinitydairy]

All of the cows and calves that are in the barn do.

[@thekibby8375]

Sounds like the old ih is tuned up pretty good

[@frankdeegan8974]

Just a suggestion put a Case tractor on the chopper that long stroke on the Case engine is a big plus it will provide the extra torque you need to spin the blades at a consistent speed resulting in a more evenly chopped pile of bedding. Maybe next year when putting in the baled hay in the mow, use the hay for a wall so you have the straw in a confined space and a bigger space, less time spent on multiple chopper set ups.

[@trinitydairy]

Yeah, I was going to put a case on there, but I wanted to run that 560 a little. I usually just let it pile up on the hay to fit more up there, but I was just trying it out this time, this fall, I'll blow a big pile up there, and it should last all winter.

[@frankdeegan8974]

@@trinitydairy Yes the winter is hard on tractors and running them is good in the winter. The straw will be nice to have all in one shot if that is possible.

[@rebelgaming7718]

Nice cows man

[@trinitydairy]

Thanks!

[@rebelgaming7718]

@@trinitydairy yep

[@chrismarklevitz5217]

Always good to clean the carbon out.

[@danaedwards5464]

the ole 560 was working hard kept hearing the govener kicking in

[@trinitydairy]

Yeah, it was getting a workout.

[@duaneschmitz2694]

Allen is everything ok with your family and you because I been waiting for new video ju

[@trinitydairy]

Oh yeah, I've been working on opening up the silo by the barn this week and there's some frozen chunks giving me some trouble

[@resourcefullawyer]

This is not a criticism, but maybe fashion a piece of plywood over the top of the header to protect just in case someone should lose their balance and fall toward the chopper? Be safe everyone!

[@misterz2719]

How many cows do u milk every day, I'm sure you are asked this question all the time. Thank you for video

[@trinitydairy]

Around 30. The barn holds 33, but we'll be drying some off soon.

[@mennoreuten1563]

Liked and subscribe sir, seems good bedding to me, did you already ordered youre fertilizer, lol.Its crazy overhere in the netherlands those prices, some people will get hungry somewhere , anyways thanks for the video greetings from a Dutch dairyfarmer

[@trinitydairy]

No I haven't yet. Yeah the prices are insane.

[@ssmith1931]

🐄🐄

[@french-canadianfarmer5049]

I'm late this time but always watching. Is your straw from a conventional combine? The straw we get from the rotary is already quite fine.

[@trinitydairy]

Yeah this was

[@glennschlorf1285]

Rotary combines chew up straw... best to have a conventional threshing system if you want straw

[@ronzezulka6646]

Are you doing OK through the cold snap?

[@trinitydairy]

Yeah, we're doing good,

[@williammatzek4660]

It takes at least 45 horse power tractor to run that chopper right ,I would think. How long did it take to train your cattle to go from the barn to the lot ,and back?

[@trinitydairy]

That tractor is rated at 63 PTO, HP, and I think that chopper is rated for no more than 90, so I could put a bigger one on it, but I wanted to run that 560 some. The cows get the hang of it in a few days.

[@duaneschmitz2694]

When re you guys sending out a new video Allen??????

[@trinitydairy]

We're hoping maybe tomorrow

[@aaronsmith2899]

Why not blow a bale in the station barn and then fill the hay mow. Your moving it 3 times?

[@trinitydairy]

This was just a quick check of the set up. Now that I know it works I can blow a winter's worth of bedding up in the haymow. If I stuck the blower of that chopper into the barn itself, I'd have an inch of dust on everything. A big bale that's chopped is enough bedding for 2 weeks. It'd be more work to move the chopper twice just for one nights worth of bedding.

[@aaronsmith2899]

@@trinitydairy true on the dust. Great video and channel like watching

[@glennschlorf1285]

Day in day out same things

[@dmc3742]

Just wondering. Are you a Grade A dairy farm??

[@trinitydairy]

Yes we are.

[@jaybernieschoep3491]

i would have a 1066 ih on chopper. but tractor can handle it.

[@trinitydairy]

An 806 would be about perfect, I think that chopper is rated for about 90 HP.

[@jaybernieschoep3491]

well mycousin had a 1066 on same model chopper chopping corn silage was perfect didnt pull power down 1066 turbo.

[@trinitydairy]

@@jaybernieschoep3491 yeah it definitely wouldn't bog that down, but it's hard on the chopper, if it's being fed heavy.

[@pocketchange1951]

👍👌❤🇨🇦

[@Ardralta]

Do you use AI on your cattle or run a bull? My dad started our herd on AI in 1969 used semen from bull studs across Canada and USA that greatly helped the genetics in our herd.

[@trinitydairy]

We do AI on everything but the heifers. We AI breed or bull breed our heifers Angus. We've been AI breeding for about 8 years, so our genetics are improving, but not there yet.

[@benniesteffey7487]

Dust mask

[@trinitydairy]

If I was going to be up there a long time, I would have one, but I was just up there for a little bit.

[@braderwin937]

keep up the good work all of you at Trinity dairy