Looking Into The Baler Knotters And Raking Hay

[@sethkostur6785]

Congratulations on the new job. You don’t ever have to apologize for “wasting our time“ when you talk you’re very informative. Same goes for the music videos. I found several artists because of you that I would’ve never have found.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Thanks

[@jonathancrissinger2301]

The new job sounds like a much better fit for your situation. I'm glad you were able to find something relatively fast. Looking forward to future videos. As for wasting my time, I don't consider your videos a waste of time. It's interesting to hear about your future plans. I enjoy being included in your life. You keep doing you, and I'll keep watching. Thanks for sharing. See you later.

[@likemike4885]

You have a much better understanding of how the knotters work than I do. I just wanted to mention that we had a Massey baler that for years, the left side, would miss tying 6 or more bales every wagon load. Service people said to put a new knotter on it. It got repaired one year when a neighboring farmer was over and noticed that the needle was too far from the knotter. We adjusted the needle and that was the problem, it worked perfectly after that.

[@larrydurdan]

I worked for a dairy farmer when I was in high school. It seemed like we were cutting and baling every week. I can still smell that fresh baled hay today. Nothing better !

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

It never ends when you need to make that much hay.

[@KCIREDERF10]

Congratulations on the job Ethan. Good to hear that you can also get your CDL and applicator license. Thanks for taking us along today. Take care. Fred.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

They will be handy to have.

[@dehavenfamilyfarm]

Glad you found a job you are happy with. We hardly ever have a stretch of weather to make hay without a tedder.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

I’ve been lucky so far.

[@VintageFarm1086]

Congratulations on the new job. A CDL ans applicators license will come in very handy. I had a Rossi two basket tedder for years. It worked well for me. I upgraded to a 4 basket a few years ago. Definitely one of the best investments for get hay to dry.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

They are almost a necessity this far north.

[@chuckk458]

And, echoing everyone else, congrats on the new job!

[@davidaspinall496]

It's good to see a job being well done. Every summer I thank the fates that I'm no longer working on the hay harvest.

[@jrgenthomsen3841]

Thank you for another great video and congratulations on the new job, and you never waste our time, amazing hay you are making keep up the great job and keep doing what you’re doing

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Thanks

[@PaulHigginbothamSr]

When ya'll started this introduction I sawr your mouse catcher climb the stairs on patrol up in hay mouw.

[@Doobie2100]

Congratulations on your new job! Great video!

[@edmikula9637]

You might wanna look at the new Chris Loosey, he seems to have solved his knotter problems. Good luck with the new job. We've gone from drought to swamp around here, lots of corn rotting in the field.

[@countryboy3201]

Congrats on the new job bud,great video

[@45Deere9500]

Congratulations and best of luck on the new job! Hope you like it at least as much as your previous job. Sounds like it's the better fit for you, versus working for the city.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Thanks

[@chuckk458]

And this is what I get for not getting caught up before I comment. 😂

[@brettlamont4965]

Congrats and best of luck in the new job!!! Go get ‘em!!!

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Thanks.

[@deanhoman1958]

Congratulations on the job. Hope it works out well for you!

[@Plowboy4960]

Congratulations on the new job Ethan Good luck too

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Thanks.

[@davidshowalter5808]

Good luck on your new job sounds like a great job to have cdl and spray license good to have

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Thanks.

[@mathiggins4264]

Looking good buddy be safe out there your buddy from Nebraska

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Thanks.

[@Husker3435]

Kudos on the hire Ethan, hope it works out, sounds like it should blend in pretty nicely with your personal schedule. Take care and keep em comin OFB🇺🇸👍🏻🇺🇸

[@jamesbreault5762]

Good stuff Ethan and your right you pick up more ground you need machinery that is efficent and dependable there are only so many hours in a day and with you having a day job you need to maximize your time working your ground and not repairing iffy equipment. Just sayin😊😊 love the channel

[@TheMuskokaman]

2nd cut on that power line field is looking really good! I can smell that right through my screen LOL

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Second cutting. Quality over quantity

[@dennislamers986]

Congrats on the new job. Use of and free chemicals is quite the bounus. Spaying your fields will go pretty quick I'm sure.

[@MostlyInteresting]

I saw a demo of one of those mini round balers. I thought they were just a cute thing for the horse people. But they do make sense in some cases. It made round bales lite enough the horse ladies can lift them. :) They can be just rolled across the floor instead of needing to be lifted everywhere. But they are expensive....

[@loganbeedy5950]

Yeah, you can buy a complete package with the mini baler, a little hay rake, and like a 2 drum mower for I think $15000 and that doesn’t include a tractor to run it. For $15000 I can buy full size hay equipment and probably get a tractor to run it

[@geraldharkness8830]

good news about your new job! that hay looks good enough to eat!

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

I love second cutting

[@jdman520]

My advice for a tedder would be to go new. I spent a lot of time shopping around with used tedders. Even picked up a used 2 basket. Everything was clapped out an almost new price. Finally bit the bullet and bought a brand new tedder. 4 basket pequea. They also make a 2 basket that is heavy built. Worth looking at. Happy with mine

[@roadhogg1418]

Hope they keep their end of the job deal Farm Boy!! Your lil ollie looks like a "Big Wheels" tractor !!

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Thanks

[@michaelsheeder148]

Ethan congratulations on the job it sounds like the better one for you. Sounds like once you get that part straightened out on the crimper and the foam I think that'll quiet things down a lot for you. One thing I believe the older equipment was designed to last unlike modern Day equipment and tractors. Thanks Michael

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

It was definitely built to be fixed.

[@WilliamWebb-i4f]

Sounds like a good fit with the new job

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Hopefully

[@BandyFarms]

Get a H&S 2 basket or similar. They work up about 10 ft wide. Could find one for less than $1000. Frontier is the green brand you’re thinking of I believe. Congrats on the new job!

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

It wasn’t frontier. It’s some Italian job.

[@karlkasper3012]

Congrats on the job

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Thanks.

[@dennisneel9788]

Hope your new job goes well for you

[@stephenheyes4324]

Congratulations on your new job Ethan

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Thanks.

[@JamesButtz]

Congrats on job. I agree on older stuff having a soul i got some allis stuff seems that way

[@ethanbog7335]

Once you have a tedder it really is a game changer. I bought one over by three rivers 2 years ago for 650 and its a neat little deal. It is a grimm model 8 and its all pullys and a belt so literally no gear boxes to worry about.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

I think I’d rather have gearboxes. Belts dry out, stretch, break, slip you name it.

[@GeraldMartinMooneyham-rg7lg]

I've noticed that you have been using the junkyard tractor more regularly and it doesn't fail you

[@randywilson9611]

Good video good to see you

[@mikekenyon3322]

Congrats on a new job!

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Thanks.

[@joechristian4918]

I remember back forty years ago we had put the ball of twine in upside down causing missed ties on the one side.

[@oliversorensen5178]

Excellent program

[@marvtuma9868]

On new holland super66, i used to weld insjde the head with nickel alloy rod when the knife roller would wear in a track

[@Textheinfidel]

Congrats on the second job!!! Farming being the first lol

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

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[@gunnarbeck225]

Awesome man I am so happy that you got your job and I know you wanted that so bad

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

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[@thuggoe]

staying in ag sounds good

[@markpigman209]

Try tightening up the tension in the twine box , had same problem with my baler ,

[@FollowingKeenan]

CDL, now you can get a semi and hopper bottom!!

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

For what?

[@PAYNEKILLER..]

If they'll pay to get your applicator license and your CDL that's worth quite a bit alone. I've made a million dollars with my CDL over the last 25 years. I can't imagine you working a city job, you don't seen much like the sitting around type haha

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

The cost of a CDL is getting ridiculous. It’s no wonder nobody wants to drive truck anymore

[@PAYNEKILLER..]

@Oliver66FarmBoy Yep it was like $13,000 all told here in Maine at one point. They've changed it because nobody would pay it. I paid 35$ in vocational school in 1998. Best money I ever spent. You won't regret having it.

[@NickJames-f2q]

My dad always said a Baylor would make a preacher cuss

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

That’s about right.

[@rusttrail3]

Congrats on the new job, I wonder with the CDL if you will have to have a DOT card as well. You might not with a farm endorsement but if you do, you will have to get a sleep apnea test done. Good luck.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

I can’t remember the class level they want me to get. It’s more than an F endorsement but not a full blown otr cdl.

[@Taxpayeroftherepublic]

@@Oliver66FarmBoygo for the full class A with air brakes. If you don’t need hazardous Matt it’s not worth having due to the cost to renew.

[@gerrygebel3318]

Nothing like a junkyard dog, go Super 55!

[@shoresharp8349]

Hey man look into 2 part marine flotation foam it's closed cell and a little goes a long way.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Thanks

[@mattphillips4260]

crazy idea does the twine feel like it is sticky like treatment on it from the company it is made at

[@jerrykarschnik8188]

I seen on trinity dairy you tube they have a 1953 New Idea rake/tedder. For tedding the rake wheel turn backwards.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

They are rare.

[@bucksgarage1]

Ok, I must have missed why you are not working for the old boss anymore?

[@harvestingharrolds1086]

Bane-Welker not a fan ether after my combine purchase. I go to Redline now. I have a New Idea 2 basket but it's 3pt and I wish it was pull type for my old tractors without 3pt.

[@MostlyInteresting]

Some years ago a new neighbor asked me to "fix" his baler. It had sit for years and it came with the farm. My god the knotter was a froze up mess..... Lots of pblaster...

[@orenminton405]

We have a newholland 5 or 6 bar rake we thought about selling but we sided against it we use a veermer v rake ,but anyway we were messing around and saw the same rake that we have and they wanted new price and it's about 20 years old, some people are nuts

[@benjamin12v]

The place you were saying have the pickup teeth for your baler do they do JD stuff as I have a buddy with a 535 JD round baler and he needs new pickup teeth and JD wants a couple arms and a leg for them Just trying to help a buddy save some money

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

No they’re an AGCO dealer.

[@marcussamson7640]

my 770 was a junker I have used it and pulled it runs like a top

[@michiganhay7844]

Fight between twine holder and bill hook tension?

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

I’m beginning to think so after watching some Marcrest knotter videos.

[@hacc220able]

"Senior citizens" are still productive even though they may have been worked hard and put up wet - give them a kick in the arse, replenish their spirit, provide opportunity and away they go.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Yep

[@richardmead9225]

"Thunderhead 289" was running a Deere baler and dragging a hay wagon all with a Farmall C (18.7 hp). If the Super 55 had a good PTO, could you do all your haying with it?

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Why on earth would I want to run a baler with a smaller tractor when I have bigger ones with power shift?

[@richardmead9225]

@@Oliver66FarmBoy Just asking if was possible.

[@mikekenyon3322]

I believe never barrow something unless you can afford to buy it. JMO

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Yep

[@standudek1372]

You will be a manager down the road for helana.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Who knows.

[@case4006]

Had a b 414 int like that

[@bl688]

Grease them knotters good and adjust your bale and twin tension.....

[@briangrammer898]

❤❤VIDEO ❤❤

[@mikesipkema7887]

I have an Allis Chalmers 5 bar rake I would be willing to let go of in north west Indiana

[@mattphillips4260]

if i was a betting man you will be just fine there

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Hopefully

[@marcussamson7640]

there is a company pequa they are usa made and have heard good things

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

They are pricey

[@chrisrickets9873]

Stay away from sitrix metal is very thin ours just tore itself apart they look nice but are just not good quality in my opinion.

[@JohnJufer]

Totally agree I have a 4 basket and it' is okay but not near heavy enough

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Boss has one. Always having to work on it.

[@thuggoe]

What are you doing with the poor quality hey from the new field

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

I’m not doing anything with it.

[@craignepp524]

We've needed applicators license here for years. Pretty sure more of a revenue thing for the state. No big deal otherwise. Here in mn no cdl required if hauli ng your own grain within state or 150 miles from home and not for hire. Good luck have fun.

[@chrisrickets9873]

Wish they had the cdl laws in Oklahoma like that would be handy for sure