How do you convert the combine from corn to soybeans?

[@curthiggins8792]

While I will never use this information, I still enjoy learning about what you do so casually.. my admiration continues to grow ! Great video Carl.

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

Thanks Curt!

[@nealmeier8160]

I like the simple but thorough explanations. Thank you

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

Thanks!

[@robertpautsch5093]

Carl I try to follow many of our considered and detailed replies to all of the questions posted here. I learn even more that way. Others think of questions that I didn't so there is so much more information to digest. Thanks for you effort in answering everyone's questions. Not many KZbinrs are so good

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

Hey I appreciate it. I will say thought that it’s almost more than I can keep up with at times. Don’t be too hard on the people that can’t do it. If I had 100K people watching every video I guarantee I couldn’t keep up with the questions. I’m thinking about doing a special video every so often where I just answer questions in my easy chair. Would that appeal to you?

[@robertpautsch5093]

​@@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206 Yeah, I'd find that interesting. End a video by just soliciting questions of an "ask me anything" (within reason) nature. Maybe suggest topics for questions. It might be interesting if the questioner shared their town, county, state or country. I think you might like to see where questions come from. Maybe if they farm or are wannabees. I think that change of pace could take the channel in a different direction. On a side note, I like that you do not have clickbait titles, silly video gimmicks or loud background music. Just to let you know, my wife is always asking if I have heard from Carl (like you are a pen pal of mine!). She loves videos that have animals, kids and farm scenery. Not so much Zerk fittings and hydraulic hoses! We often rerun the video on the big TV on the wall if there is something she likes. Thanks for asking my thoughts! Have a great week shoveling. Does heavy snow reduce yield on beans?

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

Robert Pautsch thanks! I’m always glad to hear from people who are enjoying our farm. The heavy snow on beans is bad news because some of the beans get knocked down and can’t be harvested.

[@keitholeniacz7602]

Enjoyed the video and the walk through of changing it over to beans. Looking forward to bean harvest.

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

Thanks Keith!

[@PRRGG1]

So ironic you made this video. It was a wonderful visit Carl! Got stuck behind a combine going down a road this week. Instead of trying to figure out how to get past him, (because of you) I wondered what head he had been running for harvest. My best guess was a draper as I think with the corn head he would have fit down the road. Then tonight I see a video on the vary subject I was thinking about. Way to go!

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

Thanks! Many of the larger combines run 12 or 16 row corn heads that don’t fit down the road. The exception to that is folding heads. Our neighbor has a 12 row folding head that is really nice for road travel.

[@PRRGG1]

That has been the real bummer of COVID. Fulton County Ohio has a decent Fair and all the "toys" are always on display. The harvesters seem to get bigger and more complicated each year. Even though I don't farm, I do enjoy seeing the technology that has blossomed. I believe a young AG student would need a good share of computing technology education along with traditional subjects.

[@MrShep75]

Awesome! I am impressed you remember all those steps!

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

After a couple times it becomes second nature

[@dennishayes65]

Nice explanation of how to setup from corn to beans on the combine Carl !

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

Thanks Dennis

[@agirlandhercows501]

thanks for sharing how you change your equipment

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

Thanks for watching!

[@sashcraft51]

Lots of skill to get the job done. Great narrating.

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

Thanks! You are always so supportive 👍

[@rob7652]

Carl, awesome video! Love the technical info! Looks like the weather for harvest this year better than last year!

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

You are right this weather is amazing! Thanks for watching and for being so supportive all the time

[@mozellmooneyhan8581]

I love everything about y ll does i.love all the things.y ll show its great keep up the good work okay bless everyone mozell love it

[@raincoast9010]

Lots of things to remember when changing over. I guess the bean stubble is easier on the tires than the corn is.

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

You would be correct

[@BoydGilbreath]

Good to hear from you! Life exists outside our loose quarantine! Stay at home stay safe!

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

👍

[@danieldzurko8053]

Thank you for the educational video.

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

Thanks for watching!

[@frankzagari5875]

Glad too see a video of what happens on a farm instead of a bunch of combines and a drone

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

Thanks for watching, Frank! If you ever have any questions don’t hesitate to ask.

[@brianpetersen3429]

Excellent video! The change from corn to beans is not unlike docking a spacecraft to the International space station in orbit around the earth.

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

Haha it’s not so complicated once you do it a few times

[@alanl.simmons9726]

Great video. Thanks

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

Thanks!

[@MasonrywithAL]

As always great tips . Thanks

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

Thanks for watching!

[@jerrymiller276]

This is more complex than the preflight checklist for an aircraft! I don't think you'd have any problem learning to fly if you ever choose to. Perhaps all farmers should be yelling "clear prop!" like a pilot does before engaging the dangerous spinny things up front? Man, I love these videos that show what goes into producing those things we take for granted in the grocery store. I often find myself wondering if Carl harvested any of the corn or soybeans in the various things we buy.

[@jerrymiller276]

Forgot to mention that I really appreciate how responsive you are to questions from your viewers.

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

Thanks Jerry! I have not been able to get the comments answered as quickly as I’d like during the busy times, but I’m doing my best!

[@mikewatkins1197]

Excellent video

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

Thanks mike

[@seansmith9614]

Thank you

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

Thanks for watching

[@Westdijk-Farming]

Nice video again! Succes with the Harvest!

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

Thanks!

[@scruffy6151]

Thanks.

[@senile_texas_aggie7338]

Carl, do you and your brother own all of the farming equipment (combines, tractors, etc.) and then contract with the local farmers to do the farming, or do the other farmers own it and you do all of the work using their equipment?

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

They own the big fancy equipment and we run it for them

[@brianjacobsen8365]

Great video!

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

Thanks!

[@erikgonzalez3576]

Good video

[@zilla2006able]

great video

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

Thank you

[@erikgonzalez3576]

Gotta question I know you said you set the sieve in. 5. What about the Shaffer if you don’t mind I am having trouble to keep my beans clean getting to the bin

[@davestarr7112]

Nice video Carl, informative as usual. I notice at least one other commenter asked the same thing I was going to ask ... which crop takes more fuel and work, both human and machine?

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

Thanks David! The combine burns about 1 gallon per acre in corn and 1.4 in soybeans. The human labor requirement is greater in corn though because there are four times as many bushels to get hauled away. Great question!

[@davestarr7112]

@@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206 Yeah, more complicated than I thought also. If there's 4 times the hauling work, certainly that's a lot more fuel expense as well as labor. It's complicated, LoL.

[@kikigamble4315]

Hi. Another great instructional video. If I were driving down your road n saw you in that thing, I assume I need to somehow pull over for you to pass me? What were you cleaning that first piece of machinery with? All I saw was dust flying. When in the cab n you have the computer up, is the computer driving the machine or you to cut the beans? Did the beans take a bad of a hit as the corn? The rows seem straighter. How did your barn do ? I can't remember if you repaired it before or after the storm. Does the owner of those machines cut other farm fields not his own also? I'm trying to send all these hurricane storms your way to rain on your crops. We, down south n along the coast are getting enough. Where I live, we got Sally n today we got just the rain tail of Delta. Be safe on those big things. Peace to you and yours

[@Ringele5574]

If you see a combine coming at you duck into a driveway as far off the road you can and let him pass. He won't have the same ability to do that. He was cleaning the combine with a leaf blower. All the fields they harvest are GPS mapped so the combines and tractors are mostly driven by auto pilot. They also do custom harvesting and planting for other farmers in the area.

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

Thanks for jumping in and helping me out here Joel! It’s been getting difficult to keep up with the editing and replying to questions in a timely fashion during the busy season.

[@malcolmcolvard9163]

Please put review of Arrow chute on KZbin . Agree with decisions on cows including culling any with antisocial attitudes.

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

I will definitely post my review on Instagram and KZbin!

[@sameoldmphymel]

Always great videos one other question I had, would that same combine do wheat and all kind of other crops? Are they pre-configured or when you buy those things you buy it for only corn and beans?

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

This combine wold do wheat and oats and canola just as it is. I’m pretty sure there is a different rotor or concave style for rice...

[@dredgesp]

When switching crops, do you use a checklist or do it by memory? What will happen if you forget to do something? If you fail to do something, will the electronic system alert you?

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

I do it all from memory now. There are 5 things I have to change on the outside of the machine and everything else is just settings that I manage electronically

[@kpmac2971]

Impressive! How did you learn to do that. And what happens if you forget a step?

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

It’s just like anything you learn how to do. Pretty simple after you’ve been around it for awhile. If you forget a step you would probably notice that the machine would he having trouble doing a good job of threshing or cleaning or spreading chaff. The only damage that could be done is forgetting the cob deflector when going back to corn and damaging the fingers on the cleaning sieves.

[@gib815]

Feeder house drum.. do you change setting of it, high-low, depending on corn or soybeans ?

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

Not with a 35 foot header. There is enough material coming in that you leave it up. We used to lower it for soybeans when we had a smaller head.

[@gib815]

👍@@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206

[@duncanosborne4871]

Done all the switching witb the old combines took us half a day with with removing bolts, chains pto and sieves our harvest here in the UK is well and truly over we're planting now winter wheat, and barley along with winter rape

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

That’s great! Yes I’ve heard that the old ones were a real job!

[@kennethconnors5316]

farming is just like rocket science

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

I’d pick farming every time

[@blackberryfarm7179]

Thanks Carl What crop takes more power/fuel?

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

Good question! It takes more fuel to harvest soybeans. Approximately 1 gallon per acre for corn and 1.4 for soybeans.

[@edniemyjski3303]

do you keep the feeder house chain in the raised position for beans.

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

We used to lower it for beans, but when we went from the 25 foot bean head to the 35 foot draper they told us to leave it up because there is so much material coming in at once.

[@EtzEchad]

I've been playing a lot of Farming Simulator 19 and all you have to do there is hit 'Q'. :) Seriously though, do you have a checklist that you follow or do you just remember all the steps?

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

It’s second nature after you understand how the machine works.

[@robertpautsch5093]

Do you have a camera in the back to see what is behind you when backing?

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

Yes actually there is a camera on the unload auger that shows what’s behind you when you back up and it also shows a birds eye view of the grain cart while you are dumping.

[@robertscarbrough6068]

Do you personally have any corn and beans or just hay crops?

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

I don’t. My brother has 90 acres of corn and soybeans on ground that he rents from dad, but I just have the hay.

[@jackpainter3618]

What combine do you use?

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

S660

[@jackpainter3618]

@@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206 thank you for replies Your an amazing KZbinr

[@jackpainter3618]

I understand cleaning off the combine but how would it start a fire.

[@MonsterGaming-wc5so]

Most of the material you harvest in the field is easily flammable, (soybeans, dry corn, dust). Combines get very hot in alot of places, but you can't really protect those spot 100% so some dust/material gets into and could cause a fire. Cleaning the combine off with a blower/ with you hand after you use your combine you diminish your chances of a fire happening greatly! In conclusion, CLEAN YOUR COMBINE :O

[@nbtmx1]

Also the dpf gets hot enough to ignite it if you don't clean it

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

Great answers guys! 2017 was the last combine fire we had, and thank goodness it was minor and we caught it early before it would be hard to put out.

[@robertpautsch5093]

@@MonsterGaming-wc5so ​ Just Google combine fires and you can see some videos of some very expensive machinery going up in smoke.

[@sameoldmphymel]

That's funny I would have been afraid to use brake clean because I would have been afraid about damaging any soft Parts like O-rings or something

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

Normally i would be as well but the rubber parts are all protected inside these blocks and brake clean is cheap. Never had it give us a problem.

[@EtzEchad]

And the other farmer was never seen or heard from again...

[@MrPaw45]

So who was that in the cab talking to Carl?

[@charlietanner6211]

as much aS they cost those speed changes should be automatic massey had gear boxes 50 yrs ago can,t deere come up with a faster way

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

I used to think that, but our neighbor has had so much trouble with gearboxes and drivelines on his red combine I think I’ll keep the belts and pulleys 😂

[@charlietanner6211]

@@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206 for close to a million dollars you need to have that machine moving not changeing belts etc should be done with in the cab but then again these new combines won,t last that long anyway because electronics will kill them dead in there tracks

[@David7pm]

Hello :)

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

Hi!

[@jimstewart8927]

What happened to changing concaves? Talk about stupid!!!! Can't believe mother deere let that one go!!

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

Never experienced that

[@davidperrin4856]

Great video

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

Thanks