Gearing Up for Planting

[@jerryfife2015tacoma]

Love the farm and love the videos, Thank you Millennial Farmer for all that you and your family do and thank you to all the American farmers out there and Good luck with the planting season starting to come on and God Bless.

[@stevenpdxedu]

Thanks for the update, always enjoy your posts.

[@jamesdayton9530]

I love the installation of the new sweeps. No more bolts to cut off. I have spent hours changing sweeps on smaller equipment using an impact removing bolts and having to cut a lot of bolts off to remove the old sweep.

[@MillennialFarmer]

James Dayton don't hold the back of those carriage bolts with your palm and make hamburger! I've seen me do it.

[@deanwebster4761]

Makes sense to me, Thanks for replying, be safe this spring.

[@blacksmoke5009]

Great maintenance program you have going and you can tell your sense of pride! That technology in the planter is amazing with the gps program great video thanks for sharing 👍

[@framfull]

Sure like that barn! Clean shiny machinery, very impressive operation. Keep up the good work.

[@kylebuchmann8585]

Thanks for the farm vlog ready for spring planting vlog :) and or rock picking / digging

[@rogersmith3239]

Hi, great videos. As you asked on an older video to know, I’m not directly a farmer but I’m a farm machinery salesman in the UK. Great insight into farm life in the US, a place I’m yet to visit!!!

[@garlandremingtoniii1338]

Everything Looks Absolutely Outstanding!!!!!

[@cmc7106]

Great video!! Very interesting!! My grandfather wouldn’t believe the new tractors and equipment!!

[@andreas515c2]

Hi Zach, nice video showing you prepare all staff for the high season. We have nearly done all spring planting except corn which has just been started . Unforunately it became quiet cold again, close to 0 ° Celsius. First trees (sherries and peaches ) are flowering, these are destroyed by frost. Regards and Farm On, Andreas

[@jessegoucher8813]

Great video, thanks for your time. Jesse

[@ShnitzlHaus]

nice to see how the sweeps go on, looked like they were bolted makes sense how they install, while being pulled they stay tight. didn't know about the tool used also.

[@saleen367]

I love watching how it's really done ... worked back in the 70's on a dairy farm. I think we spent more time milking than we did preparing for field work. Grease was referred to as preventive maintenance. lol

[@andyeversden]

Raised a smile, those bent shanks are a pain for sure... awesome video and glad your feeling better now! Looking forward to your next video..

[@liveinmyamerica]

The field cultivator, my kids grew up calling it a digger, so I understand and love the logit.

[@nolanstanton9291]

Hope you have a successful year!

[@jerradseibert208]

Such a clean shop, awesome

[@WhiskeyKing813]

Thanks to the previous owner of my farm every piece of equipment seems to come with random pieces of barbed wire and I would have located that missing shank with a tire. Great video as always.

[@carlstevens4981]

Lovely workshop.

[@SOLARWARDEN4KHDR]

yes sir run that john deere machinery like never before! cant wait to see

[@bert.0085]

By far the best hands on farming channel on youtube. You take the audience that little bit further and your sarcasm second to none lol.Your vids continually have atleast all your subs view the vid or even more which is an achievement in itself.I look forward to seeing planting!!

[@diegolira9209]

Thank you very much for remembering I admire your simplicity here in Brazil very much, who makes you think you own the world. Congratulations, I'm your fan.

[@thedonleroy]

It sure is nice to have the knock on sweeps instead of having to deal with all those bolts. I noticed a guy going i the field about 20 miles north of me yesterday. It's lighter soil up there plus he farms thousands of acres so he always seems to be the first one going. Next week for us here too. Thanks for the video.

[@howardyounger5456]

quite the shop you have. never changed a shank that quick. we dont have to use the shnks with springs here in Colorado. we dont have rocks in are fields. changing the sweeps on your digger look easy.i like them called diggers. that must stop at the Minn. line my wife grew up on a farm in northern Iowa they call them field cutivators. my dad called the small sweeps shovels and the big ones sweeps.the shovels we used for cutivating row crops. they still on flood irrigated land cultivate. because it has to be ditched.great video.

[@GWoods-rc5xw]

Great vid on how your equipment works...you keep it in good shape. Farmers here in Colorado scratching the dirt now and planting corn and sugar beets. Just need some more moisture. Keep up the good work.

[@ohiodairyfarming6382]

Thanks for the video. And love to see the 8260R on the rock picker.

[@norWISequipment]

There's a few good farm related channels on KZbin but this has got to be the best one, great video Zach

[@Budd56]

norWISequipment couldn't agree more👍👍👍👍👍

[@gopher8310]

Got love those permaloc sweeps. You’ll like those new style sweeps. We put those on last season. They seem to wear longer and pull easier. Also they don’t ridge as bad either. We have some pretty sharp hills where we are and run a 726 finisher. Seemed like that back row of sweeps would sometimes leave some pretty nasty ridges. I think it was just the design of the older style sweep. Good luck with planting this year. It’s getting closer and closer. 😊

[@markgamble8377]

Nice equipment .good maintance.last ya a long time.excellent

[@nashguy207]

Thanks for sharing your day with us. The voice sounded ok here. Dirt in the back of the pants sounds uncomfortable LOL Looks like you have been busy getting everything ready to plant I'M sure the weather has been frustrating up there it has down here as well. Looking forward to more videos this spring since I just subd around late in the harvest last year. Have a great week. Enjoy the burgers with the kids. I like mine medium please. God Bless!!!

[@MillennialFarmer]

nashguy207 the burgers were good! The weather turned nice last week and has been awesome lately!

[@204Diesels]

Great video, watching from Australia 🇦🇺

[@ryancronin8730]

The diesel cold starts are my favorite

[@leonardyounger9177]

Thanks for the video I enjoyed it and your magic was awesome!

[@justacomment1508]

You have Awesome Machines keep it going with the video's ✌

[@tiriricaboombest]

i always watch u videos, i love it,, congrats for the channel

[@blainsaunders8378]

Love all that green and yellow nice video

[@SylvianeFARMERCHICK]

FARMERCHICK APPROVED ! Love the Green ! Making me jealous over here in Canada, I still call mine a cultivator or sometimes a grub!

[@powerflfarm8127]

Great video Zach, keep up the good work.

[@jamesmckay9966]

Zack, You are a very impressive man. Great video. Jim

[@justinyetzer4862]

just read ur article in Minnesota farm paper was cool seeing someone I watch on KZbin in that paper!

[@mikehoff6008]

Great video showing off the equipment. Maybe explain the permalok shovels from others and their time savings. Move the tires to the wings for now if they are the same size. Check into non Ag tires for the center. They don’t hold up from the transport weight. I speak from horrible experience.

[@MillennialFarmer]

Mike Hoff unfortunately the main wheels are bigger than the wing wheels

[@toddrosa3991]

Like the machinery display and operation. This shows that farming a sizable amount of land is a significant small business with total plant I assume in the low $ millions. Nice all modern farm. Engineer in ship building/maintenance here. How do crop sales work (finding buyers); deciding what to grow - basicly? I know another topic - but this is not usually known to non farmers.

[@WorldsOkayestFarmer]

Man I love your shop I’m out here laying in the mud in my garage under a 1967 JD! Take care happy planting

[@TommiTdi]

I’m visiting Minnesota this year, I’d really love to come and visit you and your farm! Would be the high;Ishtar of my trip!

[@raffy1ca]

You sure have a great operation there. Beautiful equipment with an amazing shop! Cheers from Saskatchewan!

[@MillennialFarmer]

raffy1ca how's the weather up there right now?

[@zombietherapy1759]

grew up no cab john deer 20 40 60 later on an allis chalmers 185 no cab ahh the good old days when 85% of americans were were loving it. 6th of seven kids, didn't have a chance! but 2% is where you are, but you are still a farmer. Amen

[@mattyc195]

Yeah a bent shank is never good. Great video and informative of what it takes to get ready. Thanks for sharing

[@veesercattleco.4111]

Very impressive! Best of luck this spring!👍

[@TheQuantumFire]

It's great now that Australia is in autumn heading to winter, all the northern hemisphere farmers that i follow are just starting to gear up and get ready.

[@davez2989]

Replacing the shovels ... WOW I remember having to use rattle gun, hot wrench for the bolts that were worn all while sitting in the field in dirt.

[@murt150]

Geez, things have sure changed since I left the farm in the early 80's to join the army. Technology!!!

[@ryankroells8798]

Great video. I noticed this week that the standing water in my uncles field was gone now so I’m thinking the tile is open now down here by Chaska Minnesota

[@fredf3391]

Yeah I like Your humor 🙌 Some farmers in our area were out planting , my wife and I call them little farmers, the color of the equipment may be different but the size is the same as yours 👍 Our size farm doesn't matter because it's Your channel 👍👏🙌😀🚜 Right

[@MillennialFarmer]

Size doesn't matter I'm told...

[@chaseryburn4121]

@MN Millennial Farmer You should look into the shovels with a weld bead down the middle they seam to last longer

[@johnloken1445]

Great video, as yours usually are. Really enjoy your channel.

[@klugfarmsklug9323]

Zack, i dug in the chiseled plowed ground here today, with a fork, i had just finished hauling some manure. Very cold it was. I can still see snow along a north line field fence today, drifted there from the last 1 foot snow storm. & it leans to the south. I talked to a head lady at the bank today, she said yesterday on their farm, they tried applying anhydrous ammonia, tried a few different fields, southern facing ones, to cold, froze up dirt to the shanks. Washed the 8320R late this evening, after the wind went down some. Need to work in the fertilizer next. Rain middle of next week here it's showing. I wouldn't want to put the seed corn in that cold of ground.

[@dalebraun5497]

One could poke an eye out walking around that "digger". Nice video.

[@MillennialFarmer]

Dale Braun I've come close many times!

[@Budd56]

Real good catch on that tire that is coming apart 👍 that would be easy to miss. I knew you would start talking English sooner or later ( field cultivator) 😎😎😎😎. Lol. Thanks for the video

[@southerndirt9589]

I’m about a week away from finishing planting corn I’ll start putting beans in the ground Monday I hope awesome videos

[@klugfarmsklug9323]

I forgot to mentioned Zack, i bought those new JD cultivator shovels too, 10 inch but. They were on sale, i haven't put them on yet, maybe when done this season. Bolt on type. I have a 960 JD cultivator, bought it use in '11, out your way Painesville, MN, not sure how to spell that, Midwest Equipment. You never mention them as your JD dealer, up in your town too, Alexandra too. It's a 28ft. i removed quit a few shanks when i got it. It had 7 inch shovels on it, they were totally wore out anyway. I removed shanks for better corn stalk flow. I shred the stalks to eliminate plugging problems. They hair pin on the shanks, i set it to dig deep as it goes now, have the power now. This winter they wanted the 8320R in the shop to do soft ware update, then called & said they wanted it for another week to fix oil leaks. No oil ever hit the ground, all warrentee work. I asked them to dyno it, 25 extra PTO HP. 295, i thought last summer when using it, it increased in power, i could tell using for various jobs. Around 270 pto it's suppose to have.

[@MillennialFarmer]

Klug Farms Klug midwest machinery in Glenwood is our dealer!

[@klugfarmsklug9323]

I bought a 556 JD round baler from them too, it was at their Alexandra site. Bought it through the Tractor House web site. Most all my machinery burned in a large machine pole barn fire. 66 x 126. 9500 Hillside combine, all toast. Great site for finding what you need. Cattle trailer, aluminium, melted.

[@thr8061]

I absolutely HATE it when I bend my shank! Great video as always.

[@jordanvinski3601]

That tool is awesome isn’t it? Beats impacting bolts

[@brianbarnes350]

Love the #farmerproblems and the snap of the fingers to fix the equipment. Another great video. Thanks, Zach. (People who call it a field cultivator also play Duck Duck Goose.)

[@MillennialFarmer]

Brian Barnes that's a good way of putting it!!

[@bro-dirt680]

Those people are from Indiana.

[@JensChrDK]

Maybe my english isn't the best - but when we dig, the dirt gets taken away and you leave a hole - so yes, I would also call it a cultivator.

[@tysonfrank2105]

Crap I'm late to the video!! Been busy moving seed to farmers... have a safe spring and may the yields be bountiful 👍thanks for the video Mr J 🏁😎

[@MillennialFarmer]

Tyson Frank don't ever let it happen again.

[@tysonfrank2105]

MN Millennial Farmer lmao!!!!! Will do 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@jimpustejovsky3655]

Last year I changed the sweeps on our cultivator and have the wings folded up like you did and when I raised up from being on the ground I raised up into one of the sweeps and put a nice gash in the top of my head. I looked like I came out of a horror movie by the end of the day. Be care around those sharp little dudes.

[@MillennialFarmer]

jim pustejovsky I know the feeling!!

[@FarmerJohnKY]

Great video!! That is a huge cultivator!

[@leegoldman7491]

Wow! Zach how many totes of seed do you have stored in the shop for the planting season, that looks like enough for five or six farms I know one thing that's a lot of money sitting there use it wisely... your shows are the best, I enjoy them so much...

[@aidanwcisel5085]

Love these videos! Keep them up!!

[@jakeadair8292]

Would just like to say thank you for your videos! Please keep them coming! People need to know how important Agriculture is, and truly see where the seed meets the soil from who plants them. You do an amazing job, I thank you for that! Your family is wonderful, and my Wife and Daughter (shes 2 and loves tractors so far and knows the difference between combines, tractors and sprayers👌 i hope she loves farming as she grows) we all love your videos. Wife literally laughed out loud with your bare butt soil test in your recent planting video for this year🤣. May I ask, we see many disks running and fewer (diggers) field cultivators in Western Ky, why do you all go for your "digger"vs a disk or turbo till style harrow?? Would your heavier soils work better with the digger possibly? Thank you!

[@chicagojoe2737]

Great video, thanks. Ahhhh the floor!

[@mirrorimagecattleco]

It won't stop raining in Tenn. Haven't even planted corn here. 6" this wk. Be nice if it would slow down but not stop. Good luck with planting this yr

[@samson1200]

Great Video Zach. Love the Shank segment. I also noticed a company in mn. that converts farm tractors into "Diesel Electric" tractors. They say it will save 15 to 20% on fuel and maintenance. The co. is called A.T.C. You should check them out. Could make an interesting video.

[@Jeremy_811]

I love all the green!!!!

[@Ronaldo7cr8]

Aweeeeeeeeesome video like always' :) Greeting's from Croatia!

[@BOHDYYYY]

Amazing video 👍👍 We will start plant 700 acres corn next weak 😊 Hello from central Europe 😊

[@artayers2372]

When you said you had to change 120 sweeps (we call them teeth), I cringed. The last ones I changed had two 3/8" bolts to hold each one on. I'm glad to see that somebody finally came up with a better idea to change those things...

[@peterolsen3797]

MH, Safety1 please be safe around those rakes on the back of that thingamejig (cultivator) Those tines/wire(s) are at eye level and it seems that you walked a little tooooo casually by them.... love your vids, be safe Pete

[@timmattingly2954]

We started planting yesterday here in west central Iowa.

[@MordusdepleinairQuebec]

i can't wait to try our new 53 foot field cultivator

[@nickallan4051]

Up here in Canada we are just going to be starting to plant peas to!!

[@tonto8069]

It amazes me how technology can get you to put seed directly in the fertilizer band. And other times a bent shank can be a good thing.

[@mikebarbacovi9851]

Be safe. Could you give a quick rundown of the tractors and combines in your fleet? Good video as always.

[@MillennialFarmer]

Mike Barbacovi I'll get to that some day!

[@adamkruskama8455]

Every around here still calls them vibrashanks instead of field cultivators or diggers. Most tractors are green but plows, disks, and “diggers” have always mainly been red. When I farmed in New Zealand they called it a digger but the springs were these massive pig tail springs instead of the coil springs. They had more rock in areas than actual soil.

[@adamkruskama8455]

Everyone*

[@MillennialFarmer]

Adam Kruskama interesting

[@koltonwagner8670]

Up in northeastern mn we call a "digger" a cultivator. May be a regional thing I don't know. Great Video Zach!

[@scottymoore4341]

Planter on tracks NICE

[@jamilaari3514]

Nice, greetings from Finland again :D We are hoping to get at least fertilizer out next week, but 10th of May is probably a close date when we can actually start planting. 10th of June is probably a really close estimate when we can start cutting first grass fo silage :D I'm so excited after this long and miserable winter :D

[@jaysonbunker3981]

We started planting here in mid Michigan Wednesday

[@aaronsprung6216]

On your harrow if you would put a angle iron on each end angle down it would stop a lot of the catching fences. Deere used to do that on the older diggers, I don’t know why they stopped.

[@MillennialFarmer]

Aaron Sprung they had easily replaceable break aways 10 years ago too. It doesn't make sense why they quit that.

[@steamfan7147]

Those quick change shanks look neat.

[@MillennialFarmer]

Steamfan71 they're the only way to go!

[@AbideinChristSealed]

you could weld reinforcements on the "mulcher" on the bent parts of the cultivator.

[@robbell6639]

What is in all the containers/pallets in the back of your shop? Is that seen for planting? By the way, I love your videos where you show the equipment, servicing it, using it, etc. I do all my own service on cars, trucks, cycles, snowmobiles, garden tractors, CUT tractors, etc., but seeing the challenges and differences with the big green toys is interesting. Keep it up!

[@willowbrookfarms3441]

Watching from down under mate great stuff keep it up

[@williamcherry7336]

Keep up the good work love the vids

[@nickward5190]

Hi buddy from England I love to have my own farm but no animals just 2 dogs lol but I love John dear trackers got them on farm simulator lol the best. Over here we have a lot of farms but not as much is over there buddy but a lot of hard work there bud keep it up and good luck bud with everything you do I would love to work on your farm bud as I'm a macnic by trade my next goel is working on trackters

[@TheFied09]

Had to hit like just because of the comment about the beautiful floor.

[@fergie35X]

Great video and greetings from the UK. Could you just remind me of how many acres all this lovely kit has to work? Many thanks.

[@MillennialFarmer]

fergie35X 2,500 acres!

[@joshhandy8895]

Another good video. I like the videos of you working on the equipment and setting up the equipment. Hope you get to feeling better. Glad that you got your voice back. Your wife probably isn't glad that you did though lol

[@MillennialFarmer]

Josh Handy she will have to get over it!

[@joshhandy8895]

Lol that's right lol. She might get ya if she reads that 😂

[@djwheels66]

Oooooohhhhhhhhh!!! I would love to get into the 8260r!!!!

[@matthewmasternak3555]

We have a 40 acre fruit farm, and we only replace the "teeth" on our cultivator whenever they snapped off.