The Never Ending Field!!!! Kelderman Corn Reel In Use.

[@mb280ge]

Hello to the combiner driver at Larson Farms! Be proud of yourself! Best thing was that you were able to pull through! Nicely equipped John Deere. I run three Ford! In Northern Norway we do f.x. potatoes, milk, fishing, sheep and reindeer. On my little farm on the Prarie I grow potatoes and strawberries and pick cloudberries in my forest. On yhe other hand I am used to combining because my relatives Donald Olson (Skip Olson) in Parshall N.D. have a nice farm with neigbors Hedbergs and Belladeau. I had some good times on those farms in Parshall driving those combiners. Love watching the work being done!

[@larrylund2682]

In the late 60's Dad and I were picking corn on Thanksgiving Day with a 2 row Oliver Picker Sheller pulled by a Oliver Super 88. It was snowing and around 28 deg or so. This was the latest in the year we ever picked corn. In those days if there was lodged corn we picked the ears by hand and tossed them into a wagon to get shelled later. Makes me feel really old. Haaaa. We didn't farm nearly as much land as this operation. I am trying to wrap my head around 12 row pickers. So much fun to watch the Larson farms. Farmers of today have HUGE skill sets to operate farms like this. I don't think people in general really understand how smart farmers really are.

[@pnwRC.]

Great video. It's nice that us non farmers are able to see how much hard work goes into growing teh crops that ew depend upon!

[@derRadfahrer1]

Hi, greetings from Germany. After visiting the John Deere manufacturing location here in Mannheim, my little son and me are watching enthusiastic to your great footage. This is so educational valuable, thank you 🙏

[@RMrOdGy]

Great video, and thanks for what you do! Couldn't eat without ya!

[@johnlindquist6335]

It's a good feeling to finish corn harvest before the heavy snows. Enjoyed the video very much.

[@jamjams690]

2 things on the corn reel I would fix if I was the company, I think I would put pvc pipe between the arms like a pto shaft has to keep the stalks from wrapping around it, the other is the chain make it where the mount doesn't slide or use gear to gear stuff instead of a chain and put a guard on it. Now I want to ask a question When I was a kid in Illinois, we lived next to a corn field, When the corn was green my Uncle would have us go out an pick a few ears for grilling, He always told us not to get caught, Do Farmers get mad when people just pick a few ears? and yes it was field corn Thank you for the content, and showing us what all goes into modern farming. and As Americans I don't think we do enough to help the Farmers same with teachers and Military people. But I do think we should thank you more for what you do.

[@mrih1586]

Liked, good video. The clutches on the augur being that worn was likely giving you more grief than you realized. And trying to pick-up cornstalks when it's damp is almost impossible with any corn reel I know of.

[@allenwalters9068]

Reel wont work when its damp, in 2004 we picked 80 acres in 3 days never could start till 10 or so and about dusk we were done it sucked

[@watermanone7567]

Saw a Gleaner with down corn and did a great job. Thanks for the video.

[@davidzacharias5330]

Try the old grain table trick, wrap the rotating shaft with small diameter pieces of drain tile so that the stalks don’t wrap. It’s what we did to keep wheat from wrapping around the reel on our grain table.

[@cherylmiller7929]

Pretty thick fields for silage, no wonder your having such trouble. You must have a tremendous yield at the end. It's a joy to see this young man working like he does. Farming is a good life.

[@cidertom5140]

This crops isn’t for silage its to go to green giant.thats why it’s going through the combine!!!

[@4gauge10]

I've never seen anyone that had this degree of trouble with 🌽 corn,this is very amazing to me.

[@MatthewHoag77]

I can only imagine how many corn reels will be used in Iowa this year. The derecho that came through last month did unbelievable damage.

[@adamkruskama8455]

I was just thinking that

[@OOpSjm]

Currently shipping 30 per Day

[@MultiTurbospeed]

Some places sold out and most farmers have 2 or more combines

[@taylorflyte5326]

I can feel that stress all over so glad we’re done with harvest😂

[@emiliocastro7700]

Que joven está este chico y se la sabe de todo. Opera muy bien la máquina trilladora y hasta el trailer mis respetos. Ha de ganar muy bien como operador de la máquina y también de la trilladora. Guau. Guau. Desde Angostura, Sinaloa. México 🇲🇽

[@shoiPL120]

Greetings from Poland! With us after the harvest 💪

[@kingcountyband]

I’ve come back from sept 28th 2023, this is one of my favourite’s

[@terrystephens1102]

Great to see the last twelve rows. 😃👌👏👏👏

[@micahharman1493]

Recommendation if you ever need to use your corn reel again. Put a new chain on the corn reel and then once the chain is tight drill a hole through one the large sprocket side of the bracket and put a bolt in it to prevent it from sliding too far forward but still able to adjust rearwards

[@Halfstep2024]

That or just get it tight and throw a small tack weld on each side of it. Problem solved

[@toyfarmer70]

Glad you got done before winter set in for good.

[@wallaceloan4169]

We don't grow corn over hear but I still feel your pain. When our crops like barely or wheat or oats go flat it clogs the header. We put the lift finger on the reel but it don't do much to help. The weather in Scotland is wet or moist to say the least. Thanks for your videos keep them coming

[@nathancmartz]

Pounding lock washers on the auger helps! I have combined mile long rows one way for days on end! Pieces of hose on the ends of the reel also helps along with pvc pipes cut to fit between the reel tines. I have had to get out and puke several times from getting cross eyed and dizzy. I feel for you!

[@mikekleven8130]

Oh just brilliant... it starts to wad up lets just keep going so it winds up more and tighter

[@firstname6208]

a couple of ideas, use as you will. how about a wedge kit for the header- flatten the gathering chains a bit, also spray pam or similar on the corn snouts to assist in the corn stalks and mud sliding along and not sticking to the plastic. probably the reason that gathering chain popped off- it was so low it hit something- or maybe that header has seen better days. I watched so many harvest videos this year I cant recall if you got a new header with that new combine. hey at least its finally done. now do the math to see if you can do it all over next year.

[@CareyGrantoo7]

What a struggle, but you all prevailed. Great job. From NYC, God bless you all.👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@jackwillie2729]

The struggle was real, but you gator done....that's farming...you'll share the memories of harvest seasoned with for years to come...

[@robertheinkel6225]

Years ago I was helping combine a down field. One person would drive while the other kept the head clear. We would switch places on the return trip. We were off about eight rows going across the field. Man that was a mess.

[@farmershelper6203]

We put hydraulic cylinders on Ayers and also paddles on the end that seemed to help a lot

[@farmershelper6203]

Yes we had the same problem you are having

[@bobbachman8709]

@@farmershelper6203 ]p

[@missouribob7850]

Thanks for the video. For those of us who are not farmers, but like to watch farm videos, how about explaining how the equipment works. Or should work as the case may be. I did look up the corn reel. According to the manufacturer it works great with no problems. :) For that loose chain you had to adjust, I couldn't believe there was not a gear to take up the slack. That would be much easier than moving the entire assembly.

[@u-kurt8794]

You never give up! I like it. Thumbs up!

[@p3anut469]

I’m here because cole just got the same thing i feel bad 😂 i think his is more updated though...

[@tobiastho9639]

I hope that Cole the Cornstar and Family have seen this...

[@IIIRorschachIII]

At shop... Yes! This things gonna work great! In the field.... Awww WTF! Been there!

[@BentTreeFarmPa]

Wow, what a battle, congrats on winning it!!!

[@donnaparrish7638]

Binge watching in 2021 and now I understand what you’re referring to when you sarcastically refer to the 2019 season! Oh my!

[@billsexton4811]

Awesome video . I’m glad we got to see the reel in action . I’m so happy for you guys that you were able to get done . I know this year was a real struggle for you . I really enjoy your videos . Now time to try and rest up a little and work normal hours . Maybe you will get some fall tillage in if it dries up some .

[@SharonCreamer671956]

You can ask anybody, I appreciate my farmers more than anybody. Almost. But, I did not know you were working that hard. You should carry a hard bristle brush with you.

[@steveadams99708]

Love the video! It was a tough last day Chet, but you got it done. Good job! Thanks!

[@dallasschwartz6131]

“Mayday, mayday Airfarce one we’re goin down!” (The Big Swede). “Finally! I was wondering when I was gonna get a turn running the combine?!? Now I can show Dougo that he needs to put Chet on Graincart duty...”. 😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@dmcg6074]

Remarkable how calm and relaxed everyone is..🤔

[@BillAndersonNS]

Just found your channel today. When I saw you were a Larson from Minnesota, I thought I would mention that my mom's family is Larson and my Great Great grandfather was Tosten Larson-Haug who came from Telemark region of Norway in 1856 to Wisconsin and ended up in St. Olaf, Otter Tail Minnesota. His son Hans emigrated to Saskatchewan province in Canada in 1905, and in the 30's the family moved to the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia I guess because you are a Larson, I'm gonna have to binge watch alll your videos lol.

[@davidyansky6605]

Just a thought, try a sawzall with a diablo tree blade to clean the corn real off next time you run into this mess. Might speed things up and if it doesn't it was worth a shot.

[@billcoley8520]

David Yansky is take a sawzall to that whole damn set up. Throw it in the garbage

[@gcarlson]

Lithium Ion powered? or does the equipment have 120? The rechargeable will still be faster. wait, eh... the blade would nick the equipment, then you got a rust issue. Or the hydraulics, then you got real big issues. Don't listen to the Carpenter. I usually go home at 3:30. you guys are on a different schedule.

[@allenmoore4186]

Thanks for showing the corn reel in action. Great video!

[@kevinwilliams8662]

Enjoying the show

[@McdonaldRoofing]

Your neighbors to the south are gonna need one of them.

[@stallen1066]

End of 2019. Good by and in the books. Hopefully you made money. Always the primary driver. What a complete mess of a year. Thx for the post. Thx for no expletives! Will stay with you for that.

[@johnrustad8540]

2020 has been so much better so far

[@covid-19ispsychologicalwar10]

John Rustad the intermountain region of WY, CO and NM are going to get a killing freeze on 9/8/2020, dern near a month early for most of us. Brutal to lose the crops a month early.

[@captainology8712]

That's what I love about farming in real life is looking at the sun in the open fields looking at all the beautiful nature

[@formerfarmer1718]

For what it’s worth, OK? I haven’t ever had big acreage of down nearly flat corn, but I have had some. I found that, if you’re in 30” rows (20” even better) you can change directions and shuck “up wind” of the corn’s downwind direction and “scoop up” the corn stalks. Go slow but they’ll feed better than trying to go crossways of the stalk direction. No wrapping because you’re “going with the flow”. And it’s a whoot watching stalks almost reach to the cab windshield before they disappear down the rolls.

[@HENNINGKROG]

Must feel good to finish after such a nightmare harvest !

[@mattphillips4260]

i think i see a way to fix that chain drive from loosening up on you like that . take you some all thread and weld you some bracing to push and or pull from and use the all thread to better hold tight and also use all thread to adjust chain along with the 4 bolts that are there

[@mikeclifton7778]

You'll remember this harvest though not necessarily for the right reasons. The additional reel looks cheap and flimsy, but I suppose it helped. I suspect there will be extensive structural changes to strengthen it over the winter? Great video, roll on 2020!

[@17dudz]

You are young and really hard working.. Keep it up.. Good job..

[@brendynwagner7854]

4:20 make a tensioner bracket using 4 pieces of angle iron 5mm× 5cm long, 2 bolts about 100mm long x MM and 2 nuts to keep tention and easier to keep constant tension, more adjustable.

[@bart3531]

Awesome! You got it figured out. Time to head for the Bahamas for a break! You darn sure deserve it.

[@michaelgentry8461]

My neighbor had that problem last year, he put his draper header and cut it with it. This season they planted several hundred acres in 15" rows and used the draper and a 12 row 20" header. They ran the corn header at a 45-degree angle instead of straight down the row, which worked pretty well.

[@jerryuptmor2826]

You guys are amazing. Thanks.

[@yada4tube]

Creative problem solver, a take charge kind of man, and a cutie?? Well, the girls in Minnesota must going crazy!!! Lol, good job on the corn!!! 😇🥳

[@cntrystud36]

Been there, done that, seen that! No matter how much adjusting you do it's always gonna be a chore running thru anything down. We used to harvest milo that was flat and it wasn't much fun!

[@dalevoss8700]

It seems like an awful lot of plant matter is going thru combine anyway ,,,wonder if the grain head would work

[@stevekurtenbach1951]

I did probably 2000 acres with it plug like that this year. It sucks really bad and makes a long day. The stalks were so tough this year.

[@OHIOMANUSMC]

You can always make a tensioning mount for the chain will some angle iron & some all-Thread.

[@donfenton9082]

That should be standard but then again I wouldn’t let it get so plugged before I stopped.

[@johnperry5102]

It was a really great video, you did a really super job, thanks

[@deva261991]

The lodge field corn is a bit difficult to harvest but congratulations you are harvesting well 👍👍👌👌

[@robertthomas5590]

Your attitude is encouraging and positive. Keep up the good work.

[@slackjaw703]

As for your chain slipping, just drill a 1/4-1/2” hole through the plate that has the bolts you keep having to tighten up, then thread the hole. Then adjust the plate to the ultimate position you require, & drill a small hole. Now grind the tip of a bolt that fits the size of the hole you’ve threaded into a point to use as a set screw. Insert & tighten. Now your plate won’t work loose & slide back.

[@5777Whatup]

They isn’t dat smart as you can see

[@jessaryenterprises]

Yeah, y’all need roll a cone. For sure!! It would save your year.

[@davincrook9927]

Rough few days. Now that you’ve figured out a few tricks to make it all work it should go smoother if you ever encounter it again.

[@oceanlover1663]

Congratulations of your second one million view video!

[@ragoodman70]

Great video fantastic struggle with pancake corn been there done that🤨

[@christianvast4381]

a lot of courage to finish corn harvest. 🙏🏼

[@the.iowa.hay.farmer]

Oh man I forgot what it was like to combine with a reel on. Nothing like dumping on the go and watching all 12 rows at the same time.

[@jerrydewitt8585]

We use to have that reel raise it up so cross shaft is higher so doesn't wrap fingers just are high enough to do the work and run slow

[@brandonmoody3409]

Hey chet at 8:55 when it gets plugged up like that lower the reel if you can from in the cab then turn it on so the reel is force feeding it in because the reel really wasn't on the corn to help it feed at that time

[@organic_colorado_bob___8838]

We have basically the same corn reel. It has always seemed to work ok. You might consider taking the end outside tines of the reel off on each side of the head. Ours only have them on the rows we're cutting...none on the outside of the head.

[@sherrywilliams1792]

the wire put on defore the scratch coat,does an excellent job cleaning the mud off the snouts

[@ajjackson741]

Have you tried spraying the corn head snouts with DryLube to keep em clean and slick? Not sore it would work. It have put under all types of mowers and it keeps the wet grass and mud from. Building up

[@laurie9142]

You need to enclose your corn reel in a PVC pipe that easily roll around the outside of your reel .

[@davidquirk8097]

I've seen that done for Linseed and it worked a treat.

[@chuckgross6024]

I was gonna say the same thing. Pain in the behind to do it, but its only gotta be done once and it will save you alot of headaches

[@collharti]

You have a better understanding of perseverance and a strong work ethic than a $hit load of people your age.

[@keithlawlor9993]

What you need is a cutter that goes on the end of the header to cut everything that catches on the end. They use it on Canola.

[@homey3051]

Try putting a small stiff push broom head in the cab with you for cleaning the mud off them tips and other things Throw a flat plate with a slot and a bolt through frame in front of bracket for the chain tensioner or add a couple u clamps if the really big wrench didn't work

[@BeachBoyAAA]

Tips need to be cleaned and waxed to make them slippery.

[@darrinstryker7932]

A lot of folks are whining about how you are describing the problems you had. Those folks probably don't know the meaning of hard work. I feel your pain. I'm from TN and we used to put up several hundred acres of hay in round bales. Let me tell you your plugged up reel is nothing compared to a plugged up pick up head on a round baler. You will lose your religion in a hay field that is problematic to bale. Quite frankly I can't believe you made that whole vid with a single cuss word. LOL I couldn't have done that. LOL I love the video and really can sympathize with you and the problems you had. Glad you got the harvest finished.

[@rosemarymurphy5767]

Hello Chet , I feel for you aggravated do to corn being knock over and muddy being stuck . Yea take a bigger cooler set is out side strap down and small two coolers in cab with me. Just don’t let it get to you just keep going you done it ALL DONE YAHOOOOOO.

[@dennisphillips3059]

That's pretty good you plug the corn reel and someone else cleans it off

[@jerryhartenburg125]

I love farming so much

[@urlkrueger]

Just a little different than when I was a kid with my Dad's corn picker harvesting 2 rows at a time and my uncles riding behind in the wagon shooting pheasants as they flew up. It do seem like its time to try a different breed of corn, for sure.

[@smoochmcguire5291]

Great video thanks again

[@kopenhagenkid]

Great video

[@travistharp4215]

We harvest cotton in Texas on mile long rows on flat ground so I feel your pain

[@Red-bf8jd]

We’ve used these same set up, we tried speeding up your reels , it work better for us and raising it as well

[@vsanti83]

Your glasses are just like Cole the cornstar

[@motofails1070]

No cole where pit vipers they aren’t pitys

[@timeckhoff7870]

You don't know how good you have it

[@bendocherty9429]

That looks like some wet corn! Good Video but that's the craziest header I have seen and unique!

[@rideon379]

If you've never tried down corn with a flex head...don't use a head you like... We did 60 acres years ago with an 8820 and a 20 ft head, we locked it rigid to get a flatter plane to the auger. I think it did more damage to the head than the $1.75 per bushel corn was worth. The hybrid was DeKalb 626... That dates it!

[@greenhorn223]

You have a lot more patience than I do with that real white a piece of junk that thing is all bent and twisted what is it a one time use and then throw away I think the company needs to go back to the drawing board and get some American made steel great video keep them coming you do a great job!!!

[@letzrockitrite8469]

Wouldn't have missed it for the world !!

[@johnperry5102]

Sorry you had a bad day, we did not know that you had so many breakdowns, well I guess it's back to the drawing board

[@jasonzenner9649]

Glad ya'll finished 👍🌽🌽🚜🚜!.

[@bubbawubba2307]

We ran a kelderman 3 yrs straight. :( first year 50% of our crop was flat. Next year way too much rain early caused the roots to not develop and was just a ball. Plants fell over in the wind later on, big mess. 3rd year we had a macroburst get 90% of corn was as flat as u could get. Shelled most of time at .5 -1 mph. Hated that kelderman. Was a piece of crap. I still have nightmares over the crop. Makes you contemplate to quit farming.

[@CanadianCowHauler]

Do u remember what variety it is, in my area it the pioneer that's falling over this year? Ooops I didn't watch till end before I asked. We don't have Chanel around here that I know of

[@boifromoklahoma3197]

All those plugs reminded me of a custom job we did last summer. Dad agreed to cut a neighbors field without looking at it first and come to find out all the wheat was flat like a pancake and and he wanted it cut to the ground and swathed. Oh yea he also had a prairie dog problem and by the end of the 100 acres our slip clutches were shot and I learned a valuable lesson that week always look at the job offered before accepting it lol It cost us more $ to fix the equipment we broke lol

[@jackwillie2729]

Ask your dad or grandpa if they had days when plowing corn stalks the plow would plug up ...an when done unplugging it you were wringing wet with sweat ...then the chill set in ( no heated cab to warm you ) take care

[@beckywatt5048]

Jack Willie Used to have bean stubble plug up , carried a Zippo to take care of that night mare.

[@cw93711]

They didn't even have cabs. We didn't have a cab tractor tell mid 80s

[@dawsonrichter215]

Looks like me straight cutting canola here in Central Alberta. Would wrap around the cross augers (pea augers as we call them)