Winter Chores on the Farm - Feeding Cows with the JCB Teleskid

[@randybreuer1685]

I teach safety classes and the tele skid is my favorite because of the side door entry .

[@chesterraybon3442]

They all gotta be fed. Don't matter the weather, cattle stay hungry. Keep warm up there. Thanks for the video. Take care.

[@lukestrawwalker]

Extruded whole cottonseed meal is great for cattle. The cotton seed is removed from the lint at the cotton gin, and then sold by the semi-load to cotton oil crushers. The seed is fuzzy since the lint saws in the gin stands basically pulls the lint off the seed, until all the lint is gone and the seeds fall out of the gin breast (where the saws are) down into an auger under the floor that carries them to be transported to the seed house (which is usually up on legs so semi's can pull underneath to load from a big hopper bottom door, since the fuzzy seeds won't flow like corn or soybeans or other grains-- they bridge and stick together pretty bad). The cotton oil crushers store the seed in huge pyramidal-looking buildings in enormous piles, and then feed it into the oil presses. They usually use a screw press which feeds the seeds in whole where they are crushed under incredible pressure in the screw press which squeezes all the cotton seed oil out of the seed, which then the dry paste extrudes out the end of the press and is augered away to another storage building to be sold for cattle cake (feed). Cattle cake is then mixed in and extruded to make cubes, pellets, or whatever after blending with other ingredients and feed supplements, minerals, etc. The cottonseed oil is filtered, purified, and then sold for frying oil to tater chip companies, etc. Cotton seed is good feed, but it contains gossypol, a compound that can only be digested by ruminants like cattle. It's not something you want to feed to non-ruminants like horses or hogs because they can't digest the gossypol, and it'll give them terrible gas and scours, and it's not good for them. The gossypol remains in the seed meal, not in the oil, so cottonseed oil is fine for human consumption. We used to grow cotton and there was a cotton oil crushing plant directly across the street from the hospital my daughter was born at in the county seat town of Richmond 15 miles from our Needville farm, and I learned a lot about it over the years. When they were crushing cottonseed for oil, the crushing action heats up the seed and oil pretty hot from all that compression and crushing force, so that whole end of town smelled like fresh peanut butter when they were crushing seed as the extruded cottonseed cake was still hot as it was being augered into storage, and the vapor emanating from it smelled like peanut butter... LOL:) Later! OL J R :)

[@rusnsc7622]

Hey, good to see ya again. Thanks for the post!

[@notbuyingit5698]

Love the look of those old 4020's, and the yellow-top cab is nostalgic!

[@waterskiingfool]

Congrats on the new puppy addition to the family

[@doclull1989]

Hey Ryan!! Good seeing you again. Looks like you guys have the same cold weather we have. Stay warm.

[@Token_Civilian]

Thanks for the update. Not much going on with all the farm channels I watch, so any updates are appreciated. I've been seeing articles in the press about high fertilizer prices and how that may impact how much farmers choose to plant and (almost certainly) their profitability with the 2022 season. Hopefully you and the family aren't impacted too badly.

[@goodtimevids6754]

Check out Andy on farming fixing and fabricating and he has a video out pretty much daily but he has a big dairy farm so they've always got something to do

[@Adam_Poirier]

@@goodtimevids6754 lol you read my mind I was just gonna say that. You wanna see some real work going on all year long he's the guy to watch

[@tucobenedicto109]

It's real nice to see the Kuhn bale's with our without the knife feeding to your cattle. That calf found some warm fodder from the fresh bale. Love the creep feeder and the mill. Nice that you can add stuff in.

[@SimonKL11]

Good to see the 4020 in action😉👍 the old girl looks nice with the new rear tires👍😁 Nice update Ryan👍👍

[@BWYinYang]

Front need new shoes soon. Not much grip left.

[@charleslynch7274]

Glad that your liking your jcb as long as your the one who is happy with it who cares what others think

[@drdulas5055]

I just realized you are south of LaCrosse. The solar fields have taken so much good farm land out of production in my area in south central Mn. Makes me sick and since they have hooked up in the grid we have had so many power outages and brown outs. I talked with a xcel energy lineman and said we will have more problems to come. These solar people come in hook on and they disappear. I was in the feed business also for years and your creep feed looks just right. Your bales look dam good too. Thank you for the video!!!

[@lukestrawwalker]

Renewables simply aren't reliable. Why we had that huge state-wide rolling blackouts for a week here in Texas Valentine's week of 2021. Texas deregulated their power supplies and allowed customers to choose what kind of power they buy, and a lot of folks chose a certain percentage of renewables because it "sounded good" and "save the Earth" and all that bullsh!t, but we found out in a hurry when we had a record cold snap hit the ENTIRE state instead of parts of it over a couple days, but ALL OF IT for NEARLY A WEEK STRAIGHT, that the renewables are worthless sh!t-- the solar wasn't generating much of anything when it's cloudy and cold and solid deep overcast, and the d@mn windmills were shut down because their lubricating oil was too cold and systems couldn't function. With a lot of the coal plants done away with and one of the state's two nuke plants caught with their britches down and had some water lines and stuff freeze up so they were down, well, it was just one h3ll of a mess. They're taking good farmland to build those solar wastelands down here too, and it's just sickening. Course if farmers could make a decent living they wouldn't be selling out (or their heirs after they kick the bucket) to build all these solar colossal wastes anyway, but that's a different story I guess. Basically, to get "reliable" power out of renewables you have to build AT LEAST 3X the generating capacity you need on an AVERAGE day, because the odds are that it will only produce a FRACTION of its rated power MOST of the time... SO if you're servicing an area and need say 1,000 megawatts of generating capacity, you'll need to build 3,000 megawatts of generating capacity in the form of renewables... Renewable power plants put out PATHETICALLY low amounts of power; you can cover 1,000 acres of prime farmland with solar panels or put in a series of wind turbines in an installation and *maybe* you get a few hundred megawatts out of it. Or you can build a single new conventional or nuclear power plant and get THOUSANDS of megawatts out of it-- FAR less "footprint" on the land. Solar would make a h3ll of a lot more sense if they put it on EVERY ROOFTOP in the cities, on top of Walmarts and over their parking lots, etc, but they don't... they come out and buy up good farmland cheap and throw up panels and make a frigging mess, waste good farmland, and for MINIMAL returns... and in 20-25 years the panels are shot-- they start degrading the amount of power they produce almost immediately after they're put up and continue to drop in power output until after 20-25 years they're junk not producing anything hardly, and ready for the scrap heap... then a HUGE mess to clean up and rehabilitate the land is more expensive yet. Most will just be left to rot in place creating huge contamination problems. Later! OL J R :)

[@daleley7645]

As for reliability of a Jcb product, they have been one of the best telehandlers in construction for many years. Stay warm.

[@farminstoltzfus]

Have you figured out what you're doing with the building that blew down?

[@micahkumfer2200]

Good to see you back Ryan! Missed the vids! Can you do an equipment tour video?

[@leol1682]

Love to you juy's at work on your farms

[@stanhensley3082]

On a cold 🥶 winter day what's better then 🤔 a short ride a long on a 4020. You can tell it's cold by the sound of those new tires on the snow!! Thanks 😊.

[@heatherkohlwey8379]

I just love winter in Wisconsin. If you don't like the weather, wait an hour. They're trying to sneak one of those solar projects in here in Columbia County too. Not many people know about it. Stay safe and warm. God bless.

[@samueljoejr5191]

Long time no see. The cattle is, as,always are looking well. Best wishes for a great 2022- everyone!!

[@ahotdogisasandwich5716]

Very nostalgic seeing grinder/mixers in action! I grew up on a 200 sow, farrow to finish hog operation in Nebraska! Sure have a lot of memories helping my dad grind and haul out feed during then 1980s and 1990s. We used a JD 3020 and 700 grinder/mixer. Enjoy your videos always! Thank you for doing what you do?

[@timstevens2866]

I see U got tires on the 4020. Must make it a whole new animal.

[@timmartin2142]

Thanks for the video I am going to try to send some tubs to you guys to try out they 200 pound tubs

[@gail8494]

Tim Martin. Excellent !

[@fazerainbow5674]

awsome video ryan the jcb track can be a problem in the winter if you dont clean it right away after eatch use for sure thumbs up and shared

[@leol1682]

To see you guy"s

[@mikejankoviak8542]

The farm I used to work at did quite a few of wrapped bales and they were wet. Some things we did to prevent molding was use a straw/bedding bale at the end and when the row is done take a skisteer with a bale on bale tines and hit the row. That pushes them back together tighter and pushed out air

[@taco44051]

You know your in the big leagues when KZbin makes you watch three full commercials without skips!

[@plowboy7700]

There is a bale feeder that is a little taller that has chains to hold the bale off the ground. We have one but I done remember the brand. It really saves on hay waste compared to a regular bale feeder. Where you feed exclusively that way it would be a huge saver.

[@ianhaggart1438]

Hello... I'd better start driving then if I'm going to make it on time to meet you both 🤣😃. Nice update also nice seeing the old mill still doing it thing. Just realised something as well iv a sperry newholland skidsteer that was made over in America and you have a jcb that is technically uk😂 ramblings now so.... stay safe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 👍

[@heavyhauler79]

Ryan, I would give you credit, just in doing everyday things with the JCB. I've been fascinated in how it handles the tasks on a farm operation.

[@rossnolan2883]

Fantastic job 👍👍👍👍

[@KiwiJim13]

Hi Ryan which model of JCB do you have ? Which do you prefer wheels or tracks?

[@someperson7]

You need some rims to go with those tires

[@randalwashburn]

Curious if you think you will ever use your Harvestor silos again? Explaining their history design and uses might be informative to some folks.

[@leekillman802]

Good to see you back! Enjoy watching how you tell the. story of farming in your area. It is always good to get a different prospective on how farms work.

[@thomasleonard1846]

Wonder if you would like it as much had you paid full price for it!

[@seeker1432]

That JCB is a cracking piece of kit. You had yours 2 to 3 years is it. Have watched a few vids on them in construction and recovery and they seem to love them. I think the main faults are the operators who dont know how to use them. The Telehandlers got a new gearbox with the Agri pro version , I heard thats because the operators kept slamming them in opposite direction before they stopped.

[@brittblanton8342]

Thanks for the update and video Ryan, looks like the cattle are surviving the cold ok. Thanks for the update on the solar farm.

[@robertnold7939]

Congrats on you and Hannah’s new addition to the family!!!!! Can’t wait to see her in future videos!!!

[@jddriver9565]

nice to see you all again! Thanks for this one, i always love watching your feeding videos!:) (even more with the 4020)

[@jeffcraft3980]

I'm a retired ME. Sold my mfg. business of complex high end power attachments for tractors and skid steers, for all brands. The Cornmeister did a review of five. I paused the video and rated them based on my 50,000 or so hours of career experience with the skids. His ranking evaluation conclusion matched mine exactly. But don't let your Dad watch it.

[@braydenlowe2024]

Hello how farms work you should get a John deere Gator XUV Signature Edition!

[@wheelockjeremy]

I probably missed it in an earlier video, but I see the 4020 got some nice new rear tires!

[@wheelockjeremy]

And then around 6:46 you mentioned it lol 😂

[@danaedwards5464]

love your dog nothing seems to bother it equipment etc

[@clinthochrein888]

Some wonderful Wisconsin weather we have had lately eh? 🥶🥶 😄. 4020 looks good with new treads.

[@blondelizard5453]

New tires on the back of the 4020?

[@ginggur17]

12:17, real cute pup Ryan. 🙏👍🇬🇧🇺🇸

[@TWinkler02]

A few months ago when I was looking at buying a CTL I was on the fence between a Deere 333g (pre-def) or a teleskid. I ended up choosing the 333g for a few reasons. The first being it’s power and weight, which are a whole size above the teleskid, it’s the same frame as the 330g but with 10 more horsepower, which was necessary to me as I also do some landscaping/snow removal contracting. Second reason being that there is really not much dealer support for JCB in my area, while there are 3 Deere dealers within 100 km of me. I had some concerns with the reliability/capability of the teleskid in a contracting environment as well, but in a pure farm environment, it would certainly be my first choice. The 333g works great on the farm too, though!

[@gunnarbleikelia4534]

Hello Ryan, nice seeing you again. Cold you please tell us about your priorities according to buy your own chore tractor?

[@christianmuller4716]

Must be a long time since I saw that Feedmill, remembered it bigger 😅😀

[@craigatchison4042]

Another great video Ryan. I have a couple of questions for ya you can answer if ya want to in some other video. Does the 4020 have cab heat. And did ya'll think about runnin comforters that go on the sides of your tractors to help keep them warmer. We did on my uncles and grandpa's tractors and we live in Missouri. Now mind you we didn't have cabs on ours. But had them on the gas and diesel. Thanks and stay warm.

[@HowFarmsWork]

The 4020 does have heat, just not much. We’ve gotten by without any heat retainers on them so far so we’ve not thought about it much

[@عفافعثمان-د6ح]

Hello my friend. What's that Chevrolet that you have

[@Blackwellll3066]

Another great video

[@tyerock7851]

The new rear tires on the 4020 look great but sure expensive lol 👍🏻

[@daveblodgett9371]

Ope! Dad finally put new rubber on the 4020.

[@thr8061]

They put in the first operational (according to the paper) solar thingee here in Fond du Lac. I guess it went live this year. At least they put it on land that was not the greatest farmland. It was a piece between the county highway facility (very large complex and new) along 151, the highway and the Hickory Rd overpass. They are about to screwup 200 acres of fairly flat & great farmland with a large solar farm just north of Lomira WI. Why can't they screw up crap land or swampy/marsh land instead of good farmland?!

[@Bartjebart2]

How about using roofs? Way better than using any farmland

[@Greg_Gatsby]

Good content. 👍

[@michaelweatherhead9470]

No Def great.

[@JasonShipley1979]

That JCB loader looks cool! Is it new?

[@doclull1989]

He's had it a couple years now.

[@JasonShipley1979]

@@doclull1989 is it a good machine?

[@doclull1989]

@@JasonShipley1979 From the way Ryan has talked about it in videos, yes. I'm sure it has its pros and cons like every machine.

[@farmboy5442]

I'll be there on Saturday

[@tonnapoppe1844]

New tires on 4020

[@hayseed-br9iu]

I do not have any DEF on my farm and I am glad I don’t

[@lukestrawwalker]

Yep I'd quit before I bought that sh!t... OL J R :)

[@richdillon2157]

Ryan, I don't feel sorry for you on the cold and I don't want you to feel sorry for us here in Ocala Florida, Sunday Morning we are supposed to be 18 degrees No Wind Chill ! that is going to be our Temp. I have been here 30 years and this is only the Fifth time I will have seen it get that cold. Hell we had Snow last weekend ! Tomorrows high for here is 45 ( Sat.) My Horses will be Horse Sickles. Enjoyed the video, Give Hannah a hug for me, She is a peach.

[@Ноутилначало]

Добрый день, какая цена этого джундира у вас???

[@jeffslaven]

Go the JCB!!

[@CurrentChoices]

Sooo....are your HANDS colder now w/o dairy cows? Outro-LOL

[@peteparker7396]

Ryan, you haven’t put enough hours on it yet. JCB’s and I’ve ran several, are problems. And a lot of the time? Parts, especially drive train parts? Are hard to come by. Not just recently, for years they have been that way. We will never own one again.

[@tomkeating65]

Good works tractor pushes John Deere sub compact tractors. He's finicky about what he talks about. Thinks he knows everything.

[@jeremy.billigton]

BRO !! make some vids we don't care if ur just riding around rolling out hay bales we need vids LMAO!! 2 week dry spell NO-GO

[@22gonefishing]

You didn't introduce us to your new puppy, see :22 seconds in the back ground.

[@nathan43164]

That was definitely a puppy at the end right

[@BossmanEight]

But what about Rocket?! If Rocket won't be there, signing autographs, I'm not going!

[@tylerkelderman2680]

Wish someone would send me free feed once 😂

[@kurtrountree2317]

Where is Hannah she needs to be in the video with you

[@tedwpx123]

👍

[@patkelly7999]

Great job People, glad to see a bit of normality coming back into daily life again👍🙏🙂

[@bobbyaustin6862]

On your hay bales if you unrolled junk off the outside of your cows like better

[@jasonnichols70]

Did you get your CDL yet if not you better hurry up before you have to take a class and spend a lot of money in order to get it

[@karlrovey]

Looks like your comments section got hit by the crypto currency spammers. At least they only create a single long thread rather than replying on every single comment. Get rid of one type of spam and another moves in to take its place.

[@lukestrawwalker]

Yep dunno which was more annoying, the crypto scammers or the porn bots and their "@4:10 "amazing!" comments and other such BS... Later! OL J R :)

[@Blazer02LS]

I don't know why you want to feed creeps, they are just creepy....

[@teddydunford2920]

All def is , is a another way for the government to screw over farmers . PS. *LETS GO BRANDON* .

[@ArmpitStudios]

Can you explain why you have a problem with DEF? I’ve seen a few people badmouthing or disliking machines that use it and want to understand why.

[@lukestrawwalker]

It's nothing but problems and added expense both to buy the machine equipped with all the extra junk and electronics to work it AND then a continuing bleed of money to buy the gubmint juice and maintain all that crap to make the machine continue working. All that extra expense, and it provides EXACTLY *ZERO* benefit back to the farmer having to pay for all that junk. Why I will NEVER have a machine that uses that crap! Just a TOTAL waste of money and extra breakdowns when you least need them, for NO BENEFIT. Plus ultimately all that pollution junk just lowers the fuel economy of the machine, so you have to burn MORE FUEL to do the SAME JOB, and the engines don't last as long-- that's been well proven in trucking service as well as machinery. Good enough reason for me! OL J R : )

[@ArmpitStudios]

@@lukestrawwalker I'm just going to roll my eyes at everything you said.

[@lukestrawwalker]

@@ArmpitStudios roll till they fall out for all I care, you asked, just because you don't like the answer doesn't make it not true... Some people's children... ROFL 🤣

[@ArmpitStudios]

@@lukestrawwalker Had it been an answer that contained facts instead of typical good ol' boy "gubmint" ranting at things you don't understand, then it might have been an actual useful reply. But it wasn't. And it sure doesn't reinforce the experiences other farmers have had, with reports of better fuel economy, fewer problems, more power, and less pollution.

[@lukestrawwalker]

@@ArmpitStudios lol go play more farm simulator kid, you obviously know absolutely nothing and have NO skin in the game. If you had to pay for that shit and deal with it crapping out all the time when you were trying to get work done you might begin to understand. Till then keep playing video games kid, leave the real world to adults...