JOHN DEERE 5820 Forage Harvester

[@jeffreyhoover2105]

Thank you BTP for this video nice to see that those 1980s self propelled forage harvesters and the 716A silage wagons are still in use yet today. Thank you for this video and the original price tags of this equipment when it was purchased new.

[@ronzimmerman8968]

They're good old machines. There's a couple 5830s around here and the owners really like them.

[@williamdonovan8187]

In our operation we stop the empty along side of the full wagon. The tractor driver then does all the hitching and unhitching. Saves several minutes of time and keeps the harvester working more.

[@buddymartin7923]

We did the same! Chopper unhooked wagon wherever he wanted the empty, hauler pulled empty up along side and dropped his wagon, pulled out of the way, jumped off and hooked the empty to the chopper

[@LyLinhFreeHarvesting]

Those fruits look so fresh

[@clinthochrein888]

Those self propelled choppers first came to my area in 1998 when a friend in high school his family started custom operation an it was a new Holland. Very interesting seeing it a they had started using straight trucks going right along. We used have a Fox pull type chopper withe the hay/straw head an a single row corn head right up until 2000 we my folks retired from dairy farming. Great video Jason !

[@joeyheatherjosephprice1520]

I really appreciate and enjoy watching the videos of the older machines at work. Just not as big a fan once you get past early 2000 era.

[@tractorchasers]

Such an awesome find!

[@richardewasko7905]

Love to have the opportunity to view all your videos

[@michaelaudy6415]

Just think back to when the 6910 came out…. What a giant step from the 5820

[@EDBZ28]

Great find....what an awesome classic outfit. Serious money back in the '80s for it.

[@paulmartin8784]

Nice video Same thing here in central MN Rye is ready to cut but now we are supposed to get a lot of rain this week We chop with a pull type chopper 782 New Holland and a 1586 IH tractor

[@SimonKL11]

Very nice chopping action😄👍 an older chopper gets the job done properly too👍👍

[@mattcaptein9626]

I love the sound of chopper knives in the morning

[@ScottPykare]

I was looking forward to this longer version. 😊👍🏻👍🏻

[@bigtractorpower]

It was a long trip to film it 😁 4.5 hour drive one way. Well worth it.

[@anthonyhengst2908]

​@@bigtractorpower That's professional dedication to do that.

[@VishalChauhan-zf8nt]

Perfect 👍 video

[@anders1621]

Watching from Denmark. We do have a lot of John Deere equipment in Denmark, but not everything. I love the old John Deere stuff and there is alot equipment on this chanel i have never seen before.

[@sidewinder15599]

Gotta say I'm also really curious about that bag stuffer. Thank you!

[@Thewaywefarm]

My brother still uses 3 of those wagons filling his silos. There were quite a few of those models running in western New York years ago! Another great video!

[@bigtractorpower]

Very cool Tom. Long lasting forage wagons.

[@8DeereFarm]

There are still a few farms in the Southern Tier of NY, south of the Finger Lakes, running fleets of those wagons. I've filled a ton of them myself, first with a 3970 pull type chopper and later with a Fox Brady 6350. I love the 716A wagons. I don't think anyone has ever made a smoother unloading wagon and they hold big loads

[@TwilaYoder-wx4pq]

Gotta love them sound gard choppers😎. The bagger looks like the same model we used last year for 1st cutting

[@drewnelson6463]

I grew up in ottumwa and had several family members who worked at the jd ottumwa facility. And remember seeing thousands of these over the years.

[@vervaet17t]

Hi Big Tractor Power fans, this video comes from 1984... ...great video though. Amazing to see equipment from this vintage still running strong.

[@noehueber6602]

Great new vidéo Jason 👍👍

[@gman7632]

So beautiful

[@404nitro]

I know it was simply a mis-speak by you, but you said the wagon was 677cu in. Did you mean 677 bushels or 677 cubic feet? It is my understanding that those wagons in good/operating condition are getting kind of scarce now days? I love this old school stuff.I remember back several years ago when you posted the full video of that 7810 cutting hay. I had forgotten it until I saw that short clip mixed in here.

[@bigtractorpower]

It would be cubic feet

[@joeyheatherjosephprice1520]

Also I don't hardly think that they are 16 ft tall,probably more like 10.5-11 tops.

[@piperdoug428]

@@bigtractorpower haha, yeah i knew this would get cleared up down here, lol

[@Hinesfarm-Indiana]

Neat video Jason 👍👍

[@MorganOtt-ne1qj]

Old skool!😂 Brings back memories, not all good, of unloading the 716 boxes. Bagger takes the slugs better than a blower into an upright silo. 🙄👍👍

[@curtiswolf313]

That chopper has been well taken care of and still getting the job done. Those were some heavy windrows.

[@claytonhale8049]

We just got done chopping our rye here in Wisconsin. And we are fairly identical to this, although I'm running a 5440 instead

[@adnanchadhar8329]

Good work

[@frankscruggs4749]

Good video.

[@craigsibley8161]

Nice 👍👍👍

[@rodneycody8746]

Nice

[@littlerougue]

I forgot how cool a sileage wagon unloading sounds

[@bigtractorpower]

I always like seeing John Deere forage wagons because they have a closing unloading chute.

[@jamesjolly7406]

Hi from Dexter🏠Missouri

[@piperdoug428]

I'm currently restoring a NH880 to chop behind my 8730 Ford SQ

[@Blackwellll3066]

Sure is a cool chopper to have.....

[@dawncarutis2303]

I help my amish friend NH718 with 100hp power cart haul loads with a massey 175 16x50 tower silo and ag bagger we are in western ny six horse rig is quite productive

[@whitfordpullingteam1468]

Cool to see a JD chopper box with it.

[@bigtractorpower]

This is the perfect 1982 chopping team.

[@tugboat2739]

Howdy bigtractorpower

[@bigtractorpower]

Hi Tugboat.

[@jamesbuck555]

Sounds like a "Rod" was knocking after the wagon switch....?? On the Harvester..... that is😮

[@davidbrennan3613]

Class video and immaculate harvester

[@kurtkriener3583]

Nice looking combination. Feed looks a little dry though and the knives could use some sharpening.

[@bigtractorpower]

It was unfortunately too dry but they mowed expecting rain and it never came as forecasted. In the video I show the knives being sharpened. They were running the sharper when I arrived at the farm and went right to the field to chop. The crop was just so dense and dry it was hard to chop. It rained for 2.5 weeks and then got hot and dry and messed up the harvest window.

[@kurtkriener3583]

@@bigtractorpower thanks for shedding more light on the situation. Had a similar machine ( 5830) years ago, have a good idea of the many variables involved to getting a good quality cut in these extreme conditions.

[@roadrunner681]

@@kurtkriener3583 they are literally my neighbors and its done nothing but rain for weeks

[@alanroygbiv]

Power sound

[@DanWoelders-fd5zd]

We do a winter wheat ryegrass crop. When it gets mature it’s a nightmare to deal with. The stems turn into a straw like stem a hallow tube and it dries out so badly. We put it in bunkers and it’s almost impossible to pack. Makes a really good feed tho if you can get it in with enough moisture and not matured. Protein drops off the face of the earth once those heads get going

[@bigtractorpower]

It’s definitely not an easy task chopping past the peak. Sometimes the weather throws a curve ball and you make the best of it you can. It was a tough chopping day I filmed. It was cool to catch a 1980’s Deere chopping team.

[@jamesbuck555]

Jason.. What would the age difference between the Wagons and the Pullers?

[@MrMagnum7220]

We had a 5830 for several years. I wasn’t a big fan of it. Would over heat easy, didn’t like the cutting cylinder or sharping it. Changing the kernel processor wasn’t easy

[@paulofrancisco565]

👏👏✌️✌️🚜🚜

[@farmerpaul9506]

We use a 7250 John Deere forage harvester but a 3975 John Deere pull type chopper for alfalfa hay.

[@bigtractorpower]

Very nice forage harvesters.

[@gregj7916]

Can the torque specs of the engine be included?

[@bigtractorpower]

I would include them but I use the original sales brochure for specs and John Deere does not list torque. If I could find that detail I would provide it.

[@jaybernieschoep]

I HELPED NEPHEW INLAW chop 40 acres of winter wheat and bale the rest. used jd 6599 jd chopper.

[@bigtractorpower]

Very cool. Forage harvesting is my favorite harvest to see.

[@SLlandscape]

Does 5820 have a/c? The cab structure doesn't look thick enough to have room to hoise the dickt work. I say this because with that engine heat I would imagine that would eventually be a miserable job driving in the summer time for chopping corn

[@gregjames5070]

Yes they have AC

[@roadrunner681]

thats the kogers, ha you were less then a mile from my house and i didn't even realize it

[@bigtractorpower]

Very cool. This was my second trip to the farm. I filmed the 5820 in corn last fall.

[@roadrunner681]

@@bigtractorpower there nice folks, got great meat too

[@DavidMellette-u5r]

677 cubic inch trailer?

[@bigtractorpower]

I should’ve said cubic feet. Unfortunately I did not. I just did not hear it

[@masseyfergusonman]

i run silage trucks along a 5820 your ears ring from the cutter head after a day

[@sheepfarmnearme5925]

😅❤

[@jamesolson9423]

The cutter bar needs to be set closer to the knives. That chopped forage is chopped too long to suit me. If they were blowing the chopped foraged into a silo, silage blower would really pound as the forage went through it.

[@bigtractorpower]

As I mentioned in the video, unfortunately because of two weeks of solid rain, they were not able to mow the Crop when they would like to have, and it had matured making it like plastic straws to chop. Unfortunately, unfortunately, it just wasn’t an ideal this season but they’re bagging it so they don’t have to move it any farther than off the wagon.