Fieldwork 2022 Begins! International 1256 Plowing/Farmall 560 Hauling Fertilizer

[@TimKrenz-j8t]

The 1256 pulls the IH 550 plow GOOD 😊❤

[@davidpacker117]

Praying for you and all of our farmers as the fuel prices keep rising. This inflation is getting ridiculous . God bless you and your family.

[@danaedwards5464]

the 1256 was earning its keep pulling that plow great video thank you brings back alot of memories of my years on the farm

[@cadcad4974]

Great video of the 1256 pulling plow! 👍🚜

[@stephenbutz2621]

Great camera work on the plowing

[@ronmetz9172]

Shout out to Jessica for passing her firearms safety course. That ground sure turned over nice. Nice to see some moisture!!

[@jons7677]

Nice to see some guys still moldboard plow.

[@mikemoss9968]

The old 1256 pulls that pretty good

[@Ardralta]

Looks like 1256 is running strong.Love the 3 point hitch plough

[@williamspates1015]

Tractor both sound good brings back some memories Farmall 560 gas was one of are main tractors and we had a 1206 instead of a 1256 when I was growing up

[@TimKrenz-j8t]

Those are after market plow shares !!!!!!

[@trinitydairy]

Yep, we've used that brand for years.

[@robertpayne2717]

Your soil was at the right moisture for plowing i can tell by the way it was crumbling not coming out in slabs. Great job

[@cadcad4974]

Your videographer did an excellent job on the video, & I mean outstanding!!!

[@trav395hus8]

You are absolutely correct about those share bolt heads, they are sharper than a surgeons scalpel

[@TimKrenz-j8t]

❤ THAT LOOKS LIKE FUN ALLEN !!! I HAVE A 550 PLOW JUST LIKE THAT ONE !!!!❤❤❤😊😊

[@chipps1066]

The old IH equipment still delivers with decent maintenance.

[@farmerbill6855]

I had a 550, hooked it to my 4020 for breaking alfalfa. A very easy pulling plow, well made but not enough clearance for cornstalks. It was a joy to use, like a hot knife through butter. A JD guy but IH always made the best tillage equipment. Looks like you could use some new shins and probably landslides too. A beautiful day to be turning dirt for sure. Wish I had smell o vision. Best regards from Indiana.

[@trinitydairy]

Yeah, the shins and landslides are next, I was going to put landslides on , but the they didn't have any on hand.

[@randybedker1584]

Love watching the vintage equipment work. Just brings back memories of being young and helping on grandparents dairy farm.

[@1danwinn]

1256 one of the best tractors of all time

[@allanulen3809]

Plow did a nice job. Always liked how clean a plow gets after a few passes. Didn't seem like you needed the coulters. Good job on daughter getting her firearm safety.

[@ronniewayne5748]

Awesome old school plowing worked up beautifully.Great video👍👍👍👍

[@tomcarlisle2459]

Love the video. I really miss plowing with our white 2-105 and international 5 bottom plow.

[@homesteadinglawyer]

Plows are mesmerizing

[@acdiesel7439]

Nice. Really enjoyed hearing that 1256 at work. Doing a good job. Gotta love tree roots. Always a pain when turning over old sod.

[@canvids1]

I so enjoy watching you use the old tractors and keeping them running as well. I go back as a kid to late 1940's riding around with my grandfather in a Fargo half ton taking me with him to the fields. Watching ploughing the fields the same way but the biggest ones I ever seen were 3 bottoms. They had Case, and Massy's tractors. Long time ago wow. Keep those great videos coming when ever you can. Thanks.

[@cadcad4974]

Glad to see you back; you always have good content, & your colorful play by play voice adds to the videos👍😃 Your farm, your equipment, as well as daily chores allow viewers to see all aspects of farming, unlike the ten thousand acre mega-farms where you only see tractors in endless fields!

[@showmemo3686]

Right. Little man is what built America.

[@craigrasnic4178]

Awesome videos sir, watching your videos reminds me of when I was growing up on our small farm. And I had a creeper just like the one that you’re using there. It works on gravel or concrete or grass pretty much everywhere

[@derrickzenner9300]

15-20 years since plowed. Impressive. Looked like a decent job of plowing. Enjoyed the video. Thx

[@arthurok327]

Howdy my Friends, I always look forward to your latest videos, my Mom and brother think I'm nuts after working on our Family Farm all day, and coming in to watch more Families Farming on their farms, but when you love what you do, it's really not odd to want to see more Families farming lol I just really love Farming, another Great video my Friends, keep em coming, and I also love the T-shirt and hat you sent me, I was asked again by a Friend today, where I got it, I'll be ordering another T-shirt very soon, Stay safe my Friends, Stay Calm and Farm on, God Bless ya'll, Peace

[@trinitydairy]

Thanks so much!

[@theburnhams2925]

I think I know why farmers plow....it's almost hypnotic watchin' soil "flip over." Thanks for taking us along, Alan (and videographer)! Farmall Fanatic would be proud of your 1256 (as might Few Acres Farm's Pete...) Where would we be without Rudolf Diesel!?!? I know I sure would be!

[@theburnhams2925]

"Proud" that is...Isn't the 1256 turbo-charged?

[@anthonyhengst2908]

Glad to be back out in the fields again. It went from 45° on day to 90° the next. I imagine you had similar. What I like about my 560 is it can really "scoot" down the road. I see Aaron Gierok shaved off his beard in the past week... You?? Happy planting (my oats are in.)

[@trinitydairy]

Yeah it went from March temps to August ones real fast. I saw that, I'm not sure what I'm going to do just yet.

[@geraldsundberg3610]

I love seeing the plows working!

[@ralphriddle8864]

looking good and God bless yall

[@Travis_Rivers]

Barely even working that Ole girl ! I'd like to see all the diesel that's burned in its life WOW !! God bless

[@ziauddin7948]

❤️💕 good soil preparation for seed cultivation # 👍 Alan

[@TomSmith-me7ph]

Loved to see you plowing, I did a lot of that when I was younger. Changed a lot of plow points, only no torch, used ratchet and sockets. A lot of the times the nut would be worn half off, would use a vise grip or pipe wrench. Took a lot of time to get off.

[@trinitydairy]

Oh yeah, I've changed a lot of them, the same way! Thanks for watching!

[@BillTheTractorMan]

Pulling a 3 bottom I run 300lbs on the front of my tractor, its a full mount plow. My grandpa told me he figured for every bottom you were pulling you wanted 50-100lbs of ballast on the front of the tractor depending on soil.

[@jrbpa5775]

That field should raise good corn in hay that long. We had a 1967 international 706 that pulled 5-14’s for a plow. The 1256 should have no problems pulling your plow. Thx for the video !!!

[@jbtrucks5138]

I spose it got a little wet on that end of town too

[@trinitydairy]

Yes, we will have a video showing some of it.

[@davidwhittredge9923]

Great video

[@yetiofthenorth]

Good advise on not trying to hold the head of those bolts with your finger. Knew a guy who needed stitches after trying to do that.

[@jacobwinter826]

You definitely need to keep the beard that's where it's at always good to see red in the field good work

[@trinitydairy]

Due to a clipper mishap, I actually took the beard off.

[@joshk.6246]

@@trinitydairy lol, my wife makes me cut mine off but I can't grow a very good one likes yours anyway.

[@karljacobson1575]

I have a 550 also. Super good plows!!

[@trinitydairy]

Yeah, we had 2 of them, a 4-16, and a 5-16. That's what I learned to plow with, both were good plows!

[@nathancarlson6005]

I remember my dad slicing his thumb up really bad on a plow bolt with a impact gun

[@larrybruck2949]

Great video! You call them plow shares, we call them plow points! I've done that job a couple times. Yes....i have cut my fingers a couple times too. It's a good warning from Alan! We would use a hammer to hold the bolt in if we were saving them.

[@trinitydairy]

Yeah, a hammer works good.

[@farmerbill6855]

Funny you should bring up the sharp plow bolt heads. Claudia from NY Farmgirls store up her hand pretty good changing chisel plow points this week. Sliced a circle right in the palm of her hand. They're wicked sharp, I think we've all done it at least once. Best regards from Indiana.

[@showmemo3686]

Old red. Gettin' it done.

[@keithburns3035]

There’s nothing like the red power

[@mattutke4704]

This video was really fun watching Alan, the 560 is a tough old tractor, where you can't kill that one, the 1256 is really a strong one too, does that one Have duals for it?

[@trinitydairy]

I have duals for it

[@Pennies_on_the_dollar]

Man yeah!! Glad to see the 560 back out spreading!! Will you add the muffler extension pipe back on now that the muffler is on? The plowing was epic!! I love seeing tillage work, esp with this plow and setup! I was taking notes the whole time!!! Hope to one day soon be doing the same, if I can get this ole JD plow together!! Thank you Alan for this one for sure!! I will have the issues with tree roots as well, and enjoyed you talking about the things you did to correct the issues! Awesome camera angles btw!! Glad Jessica went through the firearm safety and did well!! Look fwd to more sir!! 😁👍

[@trinitydairy]

Thanks for watching! I don't think I'll put the extension pipe back on. When I plowed the edges, along the woods, I hit it with the disc first to break up the sod, then it plowed the tree roots a lot better!

[@Pennies_on_the_dollar]

@@trinitydairy Thank you sir for the info and insight!!!

[@trinitydairy]

@@Pennies_on_the_dollar that plow you got, looks like a nice plow. Hope it works out good for you!

[@Pennies_on_the_dollar]

@@trinitydairy Thank you sir for that, fingers crossed, big investment for me! Can't wait to see how it does!! Thank you again!!

[@whm2901]

Hi Alan, know all about those used plow bolts and fingers. Learned my lesson many years ago on a used chisel spike bolt, still have the scar today. Use a hammer since then. Nice video.

[@jaycool7805]

Thanks for the up date!

[@farawayfarm2520]

Plowing hills is great fun. Maybe that's why I bought a flat place when I moved here. Tree roots. More fun. 🤣🤣🤣

[@trinitydairy]

Oh yeah, it was a blast! Lol

[@jerryjohnson8268]

nice job plowing

[@herbhouston5378]

Mostly it rolls over pretty good. Roots can get ahead of ya pretty quick. I've run mounted and semi mounted and pull type. I think I like semi best. Take care of yourself and your family.❤

[@jacklynn1812]

god bless you all

[@br927]

After you get the disk on there, nobody will ever know!! We had a 550 IH plows, bought a brand new Massey178 to pull them, wasn't big enough! Went to an auction and bought a XT190! worked great! Sorry , that was a XT190 Allis!

[@joshk.6246]

Looks great on that mouldboard plowing. Laying out pretty smooth. You got it setup right and just taking enough to flip that sod over, some folks like to try and dig to China with them.

[@mseetherh]

I cut a circle out of the end of my thumb years ago changing teeth on a spring tooth cultivator trying to hold the bolt head down. You only have to make that mistake once.

[@bruceprentice6441]

Not much ploughing being done anymore. I was one of the last die hard guys still ploughing, but time and high fuel cost have turned my head now too. I have ploughed hundreds of acres with my old 966 and MF 880 auto reset plough. And ripping your finger on a plough bolt head is a hard lesson everyone learns, me included. I use a angle grinder with a fibre wheel to cut bolts off, works good to. Your ground looks like it will work down nice. Those old tractors were built for that kinda work!

[@williammatzek4660]

Alan I could say this video makes you a pooper scooper. I need to admit this I need to haul manure. That would make me a pooper scooper. When dad was alive he told me this. About 30 ft out from the trees I dug down. I got below where the chisel had run the dirt was full of little orange tree roots.

[@kl1958]

Hi Alan....Gee your ground works up nice! That goes to show you what manure, crop rotation , and green manure does to improve the tilth of the soil! What is your soil sandy loam or silt loam? Organic matter really makes a big difference. Wish you and Jen and the family a great spring and a productive season ahead!

[@trinitydairy]

We're on sand here.

[@kl1958]

@@trinitydairy The more I look at the video it looked like sand was not sure. ok Thanks.

[@markgamble8377]

O yea good old tree roots. Have 4 suit case IH. Kept from another tractor.have 656.dont use em for just haying. Had 4 bottoms 3pt hitch and 2 fast.sold em want 3 bottom. To just clean up around edges of fields. Urs working good for no colders.

[@trentonromig967]

Didn’t them plows ever have sod cutters ??

[@trinitydairy]

There was none on when we bought it. A person could put them on.

[@808TheDuck]

Not bullshitting about those roots!

[@joedinkel2107]

That's awesome Allen I got a 710 semi mount 516. But when I was 9 or so dad had a 560 diesel wide front and a 460? Maybe cant remember exactly but he traded them a 1980 684 vary cool I miss working on the farm especially spring field work. Great videos

[@douglasmacarthur8775]

Sudan grass......I recall you said planting EARLIER would do better . I did an internet search and it confirms what I posted on a different video... "sudan grass should be seeded into WARM soils of 65+ degrees. seeded into soils between 50-60 degrees will result in POOR germination of only 25%-60% I believe field corn needs soil temps of 52 degrees...sweet corn 55 degrees.....Sudan grass 65 degrees

[@trinitydairy]

Yeah, it will be a while before I plant, but the last time I planted it was late summer.

[@codymoffatt1281]

Is that Gehl skidster new to you guys? I remember the one with no cab.

[@trinitydairy]

Yeah, we bought it last summer.

[@johnalexander8589]

Boy you got that international walking the dog now

[@robertpayne2717]

I had an IHC INTEGRAL 770 6 16 ONLAND PLOW I DEARLY LOVED IT, BUT, IF I WAS STILL FARMING DUE TO MY LEVEL GROUND I WOULD HAVE CHANGED TO EITHER A SWITCH PLOW OR A 4 TO 5 BOTTOM ROLLOVER. ON PRECISIONED LEVELED IRRIGATED RICE AND BEAN GROUND NO BACK FURROWS OR DEAD FURROWS TO CONTEND WITH

[@timkessler4894]

We started plowing,disking, dragging in April. We were all planted in May. Was the ground to hard to start plowing? We started cultivating in June and June is June Dairy Month looking forward to it. Tim 😀

[@trinitydairy]

We still had a lot of snow on the ground just 3 weeks ago. We get that wind off of Lake Superior that keeps us colder longer than even just 30 miles South of us.

[@timkessler4894]

@@trinitydairy I'll bet that set you back some. How soon will be planting? We had to get the alfalfa in we always planted new every year good for the bottom line Love your videos brings me back to the old days. Tim 😀

[@trinitydairy]

Yeah we're a bit behind, I'm waiting for the crew to come and pump our manure lagoon onto the corn ground and then it's go time. I started discing this small piece last night. Hopefully get it planted into Sudan grass soon.

[@gordoncarpenter1552]

The first thing I thought when putting the points was putting your finger on the head of the bolt it hurts

[@cedricgates9976]

love to plow just cant do as good as others looking good alan

[@scottgilbertson7761]

I swear that I could smell the soil

[@matthewdavis4081]

How do you get away with keeping the front of the tractor down while plowing those hills

[@trinitydairy]

It's tricky! Plenty of weight on the front, and I adjust the plow depth while I'm going.

[@drknockers5716]

Love your videos

[@pinesedgefarm1155]

I've sliced a few fingers doing that same job.😵 That plow does a really nice job. The 1256 handled it really good.👌 How much rain did you get?

[@trinitydairy]

We got about 3and a half inches.

[@pinesedgefarm1155]

@@trinitydairy that's enough, I had over 5 inches.

[@clintonchristopher138]

Good video 🇺🇲👍🚜🐄🌽🌾🥛

[@halfpintranch2700]

Cool video!

[@duanecreativemachine]

Those plow bolts are sharp as the bejesus. Oh uhh I mean I’ve heard they are sharp. 😂

[@kevinanderson89]

Are you pumping the lagoon out this spring? Glad you are have some good weather

[@trinitydairy]

Yeah, I'm going to have the custom pumpers do it again. Should be soon.

[@joemutter7661]

The only way to take them off and faster way to do it

[@cathleenwalter8773]

Very good video

[@mennoreuten1563]

worked up Nice that ground , you dont have erosion? Thanks for the video greetings from a Dutch dairyfarmer and good luck

[@trinitydairy]

Yeah, if we get heavy rain, we will get some erosion, but we try to get something planted soon after the ground is worked.

[@guydaubenspeck9206]

Well menno I am also a United States farmer Small operation about four or five states south and east of Alan there. And we still mold board here we're in Pennsylvania getting more and more guys going toward no till and cover crops but on our place our equipment is all geared for conventional and I'm 61 years old I'm not anxious to make the lifestyle changes needed to do that. With our small acreage we don't necessarily have to. If we were large acreage we probably would go for the fuel savings etc. My grandfather did a lot of custom work over the years feeling silos and picking corn and he always said his estimation was at the farms and Farmers that had a lot of organic material such as manure particularly and also corn stalks and we're plowing down good sides did not have the erosion issues at people that would stay in row crops nearly steadily would have. That's our estimation around here anyway on this farm.

[@guydaubenspeck9206]

Well Alan glad to see you rolling good bit of corn going in here and end of Western PA right now we have a little ground to get ready. Going to try and get some lime on tomorrow and start plowing again tomorrow afternoon. We have all the corn on corn turned we have to go to the side now it's looking pretty good mostly that's where we put lying down is on the ground that is getting turned from hay to corn this year we only needed ton and a half kind of pointless to bring in the big spreader truck for that so I'm going after turning the half or two ton of pill ties in the morning we'll throw that on there and then we can start plowing in the afternoon with one outfit and the other outfits like yours it needs a little iron work before we can start using it again after last fall small grain and this springs oats ground it needs a little new iron before we can put it to work. So we are going to make the attempt to get llme

[@rogerhance2057]

How come Jessica and Justin are helping with a plow and then Diskin

[@trinitydairy]

If it was flatter ground, I probably would have had them help, but some of those Hills are tricky.

[@rogerwilson9892]

How acre are they to that field it seem big.

[@trinitydairy]

It's about 5 acres

[@firecaptaintom1977]

Why no coulters?

[@trinitydairy]

I don't have any for that plow, and we don't use it enough to justify putting them on.

[@farmerfarmer2801]

I came across a case oh 720 semi mount 4 furrow extremely mint vari width how much do u think it's worth always sheded mint less then maybe did 200 acres guys asking $2500 canadian I think that's $10 American lol

[@farmerfarmer2801]

Good plought tho I'm use to whites ?

[@trinitydairy]

In that condition, I would say that's a decent price.

[@trinitydairy]

I have always liked the IH plows.

[@farmerfarmer2801]

@@trinitydairy OK thanks keep up the good work I always watch ur channel

[@dorperranch3748]

Have you guys ever owned a rollover plow Alan? I always thought one of those would be nice but haven’t ever been around one in person.

[@trinitydairy]

I never have but i agree i think they'd be nice

[@dorperranch3748]

Don’t plow much here anymore unless I have something coming out of the crp, but the last time I did I was sure wishing I had one!

[@joebosnjak4821]

I have a John Deere pivoting plow and they work nice

[@richardbailey7558]

Am I the only one who can actually smell the manure? I guess working on a farm as long as I have I guess the smell sticks with ya

[@bruceprentice6441]

No stream? I’ll try again later

[@trinitydairy]

Let me know if you still have trouble

[@bruceprentice6441]

Tried again at 4:30pm working good now

[@geraldsundberg3610]

Are you going to seed a new hay crop or?

[@trinitydairy]

Probably next year, I'm planning on seeding sorghum Sudan grass, this year, and maybe winter rye this fall.

[@stanleybaker8707]

What are you going to plant in that field 🤔

[@trinitydairy]

I'm planning on sorghum Sudan grass.

[@zadvegodine2201]

Put the disc on the plow.. You cut the soil..

[@trinitydairy]

I don't have the discs for that plow.

[@geraldsundberg3610]

What tupe of soil in that field?

[@trinitydairy]

It's a sandy soil.

[@scottmarteeny0441]

Tore my finger many times 😂

[@tomhall7250]

That lays over pretty nice! But that Black Smoke ( HOW DARE YOU)…..

[@trinitydairy]

Yeah, I guess I should get an electric tractor! Lol

[@tomhall7250]

@@trinitydairy if you watch farming fixing and fabricating! You’re see watch I’m saying! It’s about a uro leftist that shames diesel…..

[@trinitydairy]

I'll check it out!

[@trinitydairy]

@@tomhall7250 oh yeah, I know all about Greta!

[@tomhall7250]

@@trinitydairy ya it’s a MEGA Dairy in New York , I like his channel ah that was just something that I liked about his channel good content

[@trentonromig967]

How do I get a hat I love your guys videos we are starting our KZbin channel we farm in Pennsylvania

[@trinitydairy]

There's a link to our merch store in every video description. If you have trouble, let us know.

[@johnalexander8589]

U better pull the ears back on That international

[@robertpayne2717]

Sur prized that you weren't running coulters

[@trinitydairy]

I don't have any for that plow, and we use it so little, that it doesn't pay to put them on.