Grass Expansion Is Finally Complete! - Rags to Riches EP17 - Farming Simulator 25

[@syrupgames]

Hi everyone! Below is a copy of the original comment that helped my fix the issue with the silage additive, let me know if you need any more help with how to implement it! This will be the last episode for a couple days as I will be taking some time off to spend time with family over Christmas, but I will be back in full force in a couple days, SUPER excited to buy the homestead and start working on that! Merry Christmas and/or Happy Holidays to everyone, thanks for watching and all the support, see you again soon! Huge thanks to @brandonreaman1430 for the advice on fixing the silage wagon, here is that comment: I found the bug making your forage wagon silage additive not work the .xml file is missing a line. Farming Simulator 25\data\vehicles\poettinger\bossAlpin251\bossAlpin251.xml Line 405. Line 406. Line 407.

[@rodrigoreyes8766]

This was the Christmas present i needed thank you to you both,

[@EricS-ob1lf]

Little tip for unloading the forage wagon in the pit is to use cruise control set to a very low speed to hold a constant speed through the pit for a nice even pile.

[@syrupgames]

Thanks for the tip!

[@traumatrooper9418]

Seriously the best wholesome "playthough" series ive seen in a looong time.

[@Dalonelystoner94]

Hell yeah! I love that road map you laid out. Soild, attainable goals that are going to be really fun to watch come together. I hope you and your family have a great time together! Merry Christmas man! See you when you get back.

[@syrupgames]

Thanks, Merry Christmas to you and yours too!

[@JaredHoward-l7m]

3 videos in 3 days! Wow we are so blessed 😊

[@xusername357]

Loving this series. Merry Christmas man!

[@labboss2003]

I really like the length of your videos. Just perfect keep up the excellent work.....and Merry Christmas.

[@carolpaul7472]

Merry Christmas! I am bummed I finally caught up to the point where i have to wait for videos. Loving this series.

[@iamsff]

Love the series! Keeping me sane though the holidays.

[@killerxn7758]

I love this series! My only complaint is the lack of music variety. Maybe some other genres? I know that licensing and that is a real pain but nonetheless I would really love some more variety. No pressure or anything. Merry Christmas!

[@syrupgames]

Yeah I agree, the music is getting a little stale... So far all my music comes from the KZbin studio license-free music library, but it is pretty limited... With the growth of the channel though, I am definitely looking into getting a subscription to a proper music site like Epidemic Sound or something similar... Thanks for the feedback, glad you're enjoying the series!

[@aaronwiseley9155]

Merry Christmas Syrup! Thank you for this series. Our family loves it here in Michigan.

[@DennisAndresen-z2b]

Merry xmas syryp and enjoy your days with the family. Loving your content sofar!

[@d3athstalk3rws74]

If you repaint it it resets the decay speed of the machine wich means it will needs less repairing thats why repainting is so expensive

[@rowannburger4397]

Also consider growing rice saplings when getting another greenhouse. They sell for more than 10 000 per 1000l

[@TRlXTA]

I randomly saw your name and this series mentioned in someone elses video and decided to give it a go. Mate, this is really well done!! Really impressed with how its coming along, probably the best R2R ive seen, considering you’ve truly grinded it out, with no leasing/contract equipment using or mods. Keep up the good work.

[@syrupgames]

Thanks for giving it a chance, and glad you're enjoying it!

[@MrFatperson]

This is my new bedtime youtube series. Loving it!

[@ndragunov]

Merry Christmas and thanks for the video! Hope you have a wonderful family time for the holidays and we'll all look forward to seeing more videos afterward!

[@TrailerParkSports]

Clutch upload. Love the series.

[@MatureGamerHD]

Hi @syrupgames , so happy to see another video! Now you have a massive grass field, make quite a bit of cash, time to go on for bigger things. Awesome! One small note: you seem to have wasted a lot of fertiilzer at 46:13 - if I remember correctly, in the 2019 version it started to use the fertilizer or other stuff only when it got to a place where it was not added before, but now it's using it even when you just stand.. I wish I could have the hours to put into this thing myself, but I'm still slowly progressing, too. I've put the timescale to 3x right now but 10 days in a month, if I really don't have anything to do I can always just go to sleep, right?

[@syrupgames]

Oh yeah I definitely wasted a lot of fertilizer there.... Still gotta get used to having such a massive working width

[@Hunter.Jackson]

So didn't expect a video today! Merry Christmas!

[@Darksoul-e1c]

Hi happy new year to you, nice stream again thanks, have you considered getting a silo and storing your silage because the sails will go down if that's all your selling you could be at a loss, thanks for streaming 😊

[@syrupgames]

Happy new year! I didn't think you could store silage in silos (at least without mods) but I will look into it. The price of silage is pretty stable though, there's usually very little difference between the highest and lowest prices, so I don't worry about timing the sales nearly as much as some other things which have large price fluctuations.

[@Darksoul-e1c]

@syrupgames yes I get you a normal silo you can't store silage ah if the price doesn't change much you might aswell sell it your right 😉

[@michaelyoung8600]

Merry Christmas! I love your videos and hope you're holidays are smooth. Can't wait for the next one!

[@lannielemons2227]

Since your chasing the mower now you should get the rear part of the mower. Maybe even spluge for the windrower rear mower so ypu can fill the trailer quicker and have to make less passes.

[@syrupgames]

Thanks for the feedback, I will consider that!

[@Armstrong-Industries]

Once you buy your homestead, replace your greenhouses with larger ones there, switch to making bails then I would love to see you turn the "ditch" across all four fields into a large animal pen!

[@FrEeWaY7k]

great progress!

[@Blindarchangel82]

I hope your Christmas with family is blessed. Keep up the great episodes! 😁👌

[@renoenvy09]

Awesome series man i cant wait for the next episode

[@syrupgames]

Glad you're enjoying it!

[@Yourbeast1]

Merry Christmas sir to you and your family! Enjoy the time off and we will be here waiting for your return! Loving the series!

[@syrupgames]

Thanks! Merry Christmas to you and yours as well!

[@cyklone727]

Just before bed thats timing!😁 and Merry Christmas!!

[@tigs7420]

Happy Xmas to you and the family, Syrup!

[@jonathancusick123]

Merry Christmas! Enjoy your break!

[@illmatik0ne241]

For science, perhaps you would be willing to try filling and compacting before you use the leveler. Then before leveling, note the amount of chaff in the pit and the amount after leveling. Merry Christmas, Syrup 🎄

[@syrupgames]

Yes, I definitely want to try that, some people have said that they lose chaff when using the leveler, so I plan to do some experimenting during the next fill. I also noticed some weird behaviour with that pit while editing one of the videos. When I opened the bunker it said it had 190K chaff, but when I added up all the trailer loads I got out of it, it totaled almost 193K chaff 🤷‍♂️ so I apparently got some free chaff from somewhere? Definitely needs some further testing...

[@RomanSimmons-h9i]

You should get an extra sawmill and some other greenhouses to help speed up progress but this is a great series

[@syrupgames]

Thanks for feedback!

[@rowannburger4397]

Keep up the good work on this series, my favourite series to watch🤩

[@syrupgames]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@scharich1]

Merry Christmas enjoy your family time😀

[@trobins2956]

Merry Christmas

[@lucasmarcellus7539]

great one my man!!

[@syrupgames]

Appreciate it!

[@zzzires5045]

See the ° number on the map? Its amazing for freehand stuff or plow work. Just remember the 4 directions and you will always drive straight. I always use it to plow as it saves the mess

[@syrupgames]

Thanks for the tip!

[@zayin493]

Thank you for helping wade sleep

[@syrupgames]

Glad I could help!

[@loudent2]

From now on you should prio getting new fields across the street. Work your way toward your future homestead.

[@syrupgames]

Thanks for the feedback!

[@PaperMicShow]

Daily episode ❤🎉

[@rowannburger4397]

I think instead of getting the next plot, maybe try to get a harvester, it is really worth it, and you'll be able to sell the excess crop which was harvested.

[@syrupgames]

Definitely getting a harvester soon!

[@PaperMicShow]

Craaazy repair cost

[@syrupgames]

Yeah that was intense haha

[@mayankkandpal1565]

❤

[@hammerslap5639]

I know were workin to it and getting close, but im ready for something other than grass

[@syrupgames]

You and me both haha, definitely going to be diversifying soon!

[@killjoyog5811]

At the 33:53 mark. Are those crop circles in the background?

[@syrupgames]

Oh I think those spots are supposed to be hail damage...

[@kingbowser6824]

I feel like you didn't fully fertilize the field for that last harvest, though I may be mistaken.

[@syrupgames]

Yeah I had a brain fart there, most of the field was fully fertilized because I used the roller after harvest, but I only had one fertilizer state in the plowed areas. Definitely got it fully fertilized after adding that last field though, I didn't actually have to fertilize the new field because it already had a 100% fertilizer state when I bought it

[@meyou7041]

Have some engagement, just cuz i like ya

[@syrupgames]

Haha thanks!

[@iznogood3147]

I dont understand worrying about tractor maintenance costs with 400k income a year on silage alone. And another 100k or so in passive income. Cuz at some point buying a new tractor at the same size, has to be more expensive then just maintaining a little older tractor for a longer period. But since a day in fs is a month, then I guess 50 hours is more like 5000 hours on a real life tractor. IRL I would keep it to between 5000 and 20000 hours. Maybe more depending on what usage it has gone through in its life and how good maintenance (and depreciation in price). I do understand maybe finding a better deal. That one I do get. But I am not a FS guru. I guess I may be thinking to realistic. :D

[@syrupgames]

Haha yeah you make some good points! I think part of it was just a bit of sticker shock from such a big jump from the repair costs of my previous tractors. And the field expansions were still pretty recent so I guess I haven't really seen the full payout from that potential silage income yet, maybe I'm still thinking I'm poorer than I am lol.

[@DefinitelyChael]

From distractible

[@MatureGamerHD]

Hello my friend. Hope you had a great Christmas, how are things with you? Please don't hate me for being "pushy" but in this video you said you kinda expect having a new episode on/around the 27th, but it's the 30th now and haven't seen any new uploads... Are you having something in the pipeline by any chance? hahahaha

[@MatureGamerHD]

Hi my friend, can you help me out quickly? I can't find the place where you installed some mod to be able accept more than 3 contracts. Can you tell me where I can get it from?

[@syrupgames]

All my mods are found in the "Downloadable Content" section in the main menu. It was just called "More Contracts"

[@MatureGamerHD]

@@syrupgames This is your mod list: Mod List: Info Display Extension Shop Sorting Special Offers Time Saving Stock Check Low Fuel Warning Measure Sleep at Will Quick Screenshot Mode No "more contracts" mentioned.... I'll check it out anyway later... Thanks

[@MatureGamerHD]

Anyway, never mind, quickly went in, found "More missions".... downloaded already, all good. By the way... Hope you had a nice Christmas, looking forward to seeing some new video from you, soon. Also, what do you know about the "courses" and "autodrive" mods? Would you recommend them?

[@chuckymystic]

Buy the big mower and a big wind rower, or the expensive mower that windrows, painful watching you mow with a tiny deck

[@syrupgames]

Eh, I will upgrade the mower eventually, but the worker can already mow the field faster than I can collect it so I don't think that would really gain me much right now... I think I would upgrade the forage wagon before the mower as that seems like the biggest bottleneck right now

[@chuckymystic]

@@syrupgames it would help both go faster, pick up instead of having to drive down up down, it would probably just be down up since the rows are bigger. and faster worker, less cost. But I totally get wanting to spec into other crop types and a farmyard. this would just be an optimization for grass, giving you more time to focus on other things. but the ROI is long term.

[@DennisMason-lf4kc]

Wouldn't it be a lot easier cheaper and faster to put the mower on the front of the big tractor and the loader wagon behind it and do it with one tractor

[@karthias1380]

It would actually take more timeor the same amount of time. Because he has to drop the mower to spread the silage so the wagon doesn’t get caught.

[@hammerslap5639]

He actually did that for several harvests and was a massive pain

[@Armstrong-Industries]

It could be faster if he has a larger wagon.

[@hammerslap5639]

@@Armstrong-Industries well yes... but either way the limiting facto is the speed of pickup. Putting the mower on another tractor and hiring a worker was out pushing the tractor with the wagon because the pickup wagon has a max speed. That means putting mower on front will not result in a faster completion. Only thing it would save is worker wages which are minimal. Also, I belive putting mower on front will use some horse power which would slow down the pickup

[@skinny4139]

How many acres is that grass field

[@syrupgames]

My total land is just under 10 acres now, and I estimate the grass field to be about 8 acres

[@03treefitty]

My silage adative doesn't seem to work stays at 100%

[@syrupgames]

If you're using the small forage wagon, did you add the missing line in the .xml file, as per the instructions in my pinned comment?

[@chuckymystic]

id just stop repairing the valtra altogether. waste of money with how small ur implements are. can do the one final one when u trade in....its not like it wont work when its at 0%

[@syrupgames]

That would probably be the smartest thing to do, but it just really bugs me to have damaged equipment lol