Marching On - Harvesting Corn

[@larrymedler263]

Do you have a video showing the combine crash that resulted in having a new plastic cone?

[@MatthewHoag77]

It happened two years ago. "Busted Snout" kzbin.info/www/bejne/iHmoenWGg8Z7lc0

[@lukestrawwalker]

Wasn't much of a "crash" just a snout point dug into the ground crossing a low spot or ditch in the field... the machine kept going the snout stopped, so something had to give LOL:) Deere doesn't sell (or at least stock) those metal snouts anymore so the replacement was plastic... Later! OL J R :)

[@billsexton4811]

Great video Ryan ! I really enjoyed this one . It looks like you guys are knocking the acres out . It looks like your having great yields . I’m so glad for you guys . I look forward to all your videos , I watch them with my grandson . He and I both really enjoy them , it’s so refreshing for him to watch something that is so important . May god bless continue to bless you and your family !

[@stanhensley3082]

Man,your videos sure do a good job of making an old beat up farmer miss his days running a combine day and night!! Thanks for the memories.

[@SLCFarms]

My dog buster is the same in the big truck. He loves everything else and always still wants to go but then I can tell he’s just not the same. Great video as always. Glad harvest is producing.

[@rickeyjones7255]

Absolutely love your videos Ryan. Thank you and your family for all they do by farming the land!

[@MatthewHoag77]

Another great video, and more great results came with it! It's nice to see everyone playing a role, even nephew Jack. We were all once young like he is. The excitement just doesn't wear off of some of us, despite our age and experience. Mr. Tucker seems to be as excited as any of us, and he's doing a lot of things that some might not expect of an agronomist, but mutual loyalty builds and strengthens relationships. Thanks for the videos!

[@gavv_2379]

I loved that music in the background of the drone shots. I said to myself, "See, this is the reason I watch HowFarmsWork!" Love your vids! Have a great harvest season!

[@dimduk]

Good luck and safe harvest, my favorite part about your videos is watching the whole family work together so that everyone succeeds.

[@HM-0410]

I thought all little boys like riding in tractors and watching How Farms Work videos. You are going to make a good dad one day. It’s good to have nieces and nephews to get practice for your own kids one day.

[@garlandhenry6792]

Your drone footage is excellent - - - great video - - - thanks

[@roscoejones4515]

Haha, nephew Jack looks like a great kid!

[@lynnmoore2664]

Great seeing Jack in your videos. Just watched him flower shopping with his mommy a day or so ago. Another really great video Ryan. I always love watching your drone clips as they are so awesome to see. Thanks for sharing and take care till next time.

[@wayoutwest4944]

It is amazing on what more rain than normal can do those yields.

[@allgoodmwclan]

I love that he loves to ride I loved riding in the combine lol but I've never ridden in a tractor lmao

[@steelart5657]

Rocket doesn't like the truck as much because he can't see out the window where he is going.... need to make him a "Rocket Chair" bench/platform that extends the seat area of the passenger seat just for him.... you can stow it in the sleeper when not needed... ??

[@lewistidd198]

Where has Jamie been haven't heard r seen her be safe farming good video

[@Claymore927]

I love the look of the 8235R with it's full set of dual wheels! that tractor really looks like it means business! then you have the 4640 that looks ready for Mater to come tractor tipping!

[@lifeofnickgaming7688]

Remember doing that when I was a kid 😂🤣✊💪🚛🚚

[@rusnsc7622]

Sure enjoy your videos. Thanks a bunch.

[@SomeGuyFromOttawa]

Great job Team Kuster!

[@BeansB00sted80]

Hi big tractor power fans this video comes to you form a cron field at Travis’s place ware a John Deere 8R is on grain cart duty.

[@roydelta1]

Beautiful blue sky👍

[@shadlambert8799]

Once again another great video great wrk keep it up Ryan

[@TheFarmingLife]

Congratulations on just about hitting 250 thousand subscribers. I'm surprised of all the new channels that are coming out and just taking off. A lot of people are interested in farming have a great day

[@autheranderson3090]

The Farming Life and yet no one watches your channel because of Eric moser.

[@machinemoverman4614]

Jack and Rocket has about the same color of hair! lol

[@fynbo1007]

Good to see and hear everything is well, thank you for sharing your amazing journey. God bless you and your family

[@danfinley3690]

I love the drone videos

[@bhurley5243]

I enjoyed your ride along with Ryan video.

[@richdillon2157]

I get the biggest kick in seeing Rocket ride with you.

[@alejandrobrickmann2720]

Greetings from Argentina, your videos are very good!!!

[@briandemas2548]

I love Rocket I'ts nice to see him!

[@14Marathons]

Great video, Ryan. Thanks again!

[@fredleuthauser1225]

Miss Jamie too !

[@tedwpx123]

Can you all do a Holiday Picture with How Farms Work family, helpers, canine supervisors, etc

[@ole-johankongsrud2269]

Finally i new video. Thank you so much

[@theveggieboys]

I wanna be like you one day 😂😂😂 that’s crazy almost 250k!!! I have 300 tho 😏😏😏

[@makingithappen9722]

The time you spend with family is the best time, especially when the children are small. You don't get that time back. I drove trucks almost all their upbringing, so I missed that time.

[@thibauthns7915]

Nice pictures and sunset

[@onealfarms9967]

Man tractors today I had to ride a rounded fender holding on a hazard light on a 706 IH when my dad was discn a turned field Cool video

[@MatthewHoag77]

I know from riding my uncles' IH tractors way back when how bumpy that was. Moldboard plowing definitely was better in a cab tractor, especially when turning around and hitting the furrow.

[@Blazer02LS]

You're not kidding. I started on an F-20, then an H and a TO-20, then a MF35 Deluxe and a MF65. Didn't have a cab until I got a garden tractor with one ! Closest thing to heated was a heat houser on the MF65. Uncle had a 95 for those times you needed "big power"...

[@MatthewHoag77]

@@Blazer02LS It's eye-opening how the "big power" tractors of not so long ago don't seem nearly as "big" nowadays compared to what's available on the market (for the right price, of course). I remember Ryan's old videos featuring the 4440 pulling their old chisel plow, disk, and chopper. Now, it's close to a model number that they would use for daily chores. Kuster Farms, like many others, is evolving in quite a few ways, even if the pace isn't all that fast. Imagine where or how they'll be in 5 to 10 years.

[@feltro19]

Another great video Ryan thx 😊

[@miketucker7606]

i realize you are a farmer and you do a great job but as a part time truck driver it is mandatory if a little kid gives you the hand jesture to blow the air horn its a must no question ask the longer and louder the better just so you know 31 yrs over the rd truck driver im just saying

[@ARKNode]

Who doesn't love riding in tractors?

[@kenwoodcoda]

Combine question. Once the corn leaves the feeder housing and enters the rotor section what moves the cobs through the spinning rotor section? I assumes you guessed I'm not a farmer. But farming is a big interest of mine. Thanks

[@leol1682]

Love the video Ryan Jake the hold families .

[@fitzieindoorsoutdoorsadventure]

What up Ryan and Jack!

[@lukestrawwalker]

Looking good... making progress. Moisture seems a bit high sure was for us in Indiana, had to bin dry most of the crop before hauling the first half to town. Oh well it happens, just that kind of year. At least you guys have great yields sure wasn't in Indiana... Who was the cutie you had during the ride-along?? Brittany's friend?? :) Later! OL J R :)

[@tbix1963]

Good video, thanks for the update, always good to see how rocket is doing.

[@dankinnard1833]

Excellent!

[@teddiemcmahon4305]

Please use lock tight on bolts @ never cease makes life better !

[@danielsweeney6742]

Ryan when you were talking about snow that must have been last week. Monday there was a Arctic plunge and snow advisory/storm that hit my area on Monday. I got a foot of snow on Nov 11th.

[@richardmarion7192]

Do you have a video on how the combine works how the corn gets separated from the cob

[@jeffreyhook610]

You should have put the song time marches on in this video

[@JesseEder]

Great video as usual how come you not using the Capello corn head?

[@matthewjohnson3910]

Good video thanks for sharing 👍

[@farmerfrank5403]

Looks like your knocking those acres out. What do you have left?

[@ราษฎรไฟเย็น]

Strong man and clever

[@TheVideoSteve]

Wow...almost 250,000

[@genechronister7085]

Great vid!

[@Fundy55]

Don't let Jamie find out!

[@justinklose858]

flexing with the iPhone 11

[@tonyshaw8537]

Good video. It snowed here in Indiana so everybody's at a standstill around here.

[@RobinWilkinson]

Hey Ryan. Great channel! Have you considered using "Loctite" on those bolts that keep coming loose?

[@SuperKingKong71]

you should use locktite on those bolts

[@raymondhiggins3326]

We are just getting to harvest here in Ohio.

[@tilapiastew6784]

Humble brag about corn, for the win.

[@jGoodloejr]

Sounds like a bumper crop! Good ,you guys deserve it !

[@tiredoldmechanic1791]

Rocket might not like riding in the truck because he can't see out of it. A platform on the passenger seat to raise him up so he could see out the windshield might help.

[@jaketrottman7375]

Anyone else see the manure spreaded in the intro

[@deerking4848]

maybe that rain at the beginning of the year was worth something after all

[@RKHarm24]

After using the larger grain cart, do you think it has aided in being more efficient?

[@MatthewHoag77]

My guess is yes. However, I will wait for Ryan to weigh in on that.

[@RKHarm24]

@@MatthewHoag77 my guess too, just asking for open question dialogue.

[@HowFarmsWork]

Definitely, it’s kept the wagon rolling and has helped us have a full semi load with just the cart and the combine, no more taking the 4640 and EZ-Trail to the field first before we start the day!

[@CurrentChoices]

@@HowFarmsWork unload time is 6minutes@bins?

[@doclull1989]

Hey Ryan!!

[@merrymanrc]

Hi Ryan in about 8 years jack will be in driver seat and you be in the passenger seat that time here before you know it

[@dylankruse8257]

Big red is the best of the whole farm

[@CurrentChoices]

Is that corn 'pink residue' in BIG REDD? saw video where you or Travis split kernels

[@leesteele9290]

What are your thoughts on the Capella corn head ?

[@RINEYMOTORSPORTS]

Hey Ryan all this corn that's being harvested is this for human consumption feed corn or is this maybe being turned into ethanol just kind of curious

[@Boodlemania]

Where's Jamie?

[@TheRealJesseStoltzfus]

How wide would the 8235 be if you spaced the duals to run down between the rows of corn and beans?

[@lukestrawwalker]

On 30 inch rows, you'd straddle 2 rows with the inside duals (30X2=60 inches, or 5 feet) and the outer duals would straddle another row on each side between the duals (so another 5 feet total) so, center to center of the outer duals would be 10 feet. Not sure how wide the tires are, but you could easily add another 2 feet to that just to be safe, and say about 12 feet wide overall for 30 inch rows. Down south here most farmers are still on 40 inch rows, so the straddle duals (spaced out to straddle the rows and run in the middles) are much wider... the inner duals are spaced at 80 inches, and the outers are 40 inches on either side of that, so that's 160 inches center-to-center of the outside duals plus half the width of the tire itself on either side, so add another 2 feet total, 160/12=13.33 feet +2 feet for the tire width= over 15 feet wide! Most all tractors here that have duals are straddle duals because we farm on raised beds... Later! OL J R :)

[@brianbarnes350]

At 5:33 it looked like the grain cart tire was flat. Was there an issue or was it just an optical illusion?

[@ginggur17]

It’s still strange from a UK perspective hearing the words Snow and harvest in the same sentence as harvesting corn. Crack on whilst ya can. It’s the same as us saying make hay whilst the sun shines. I was the same as ya Nephew, if I had chance of riding a tractor, I took it hands down lol. I still would now at 45!

[@lukestrawwalker]

Yeah in Texas we harvest corn in July in 100 degree heat... Was just in Indiana for harvest and quite enjoy harvesting in cool/cold fall weather... Drove back over 600 miles in blowing snow and slushy slippery roads before I FINALLY got far enough south it all turned to rain LOL:) Later! OL J R :)

[@CurrentChoices]

HopeYIELD contest going well and stats will be shared.

[@trentonherink8868]

Any thought on upgrading your combine?

[@dwightkuster8249]

Yes.

[@corydevries3494]

Congratulations on the the yields! Was this video taking before the cappello corn head? Or they take it back?

[@HowFarmsWork]

This was right before we received it. Future videos will show the Capello

[@maxthegamer984]

Where is your other corn header

[@dwightkuster8249]

Shed.

[@JamesRichardson4020]

Harvest time

[@aaronmcnamara938]

Ryan hows the farmsim map coming along??👍🏽👍🏽

[@farmermatt629]

Is that 250 bpa adjusted for moisture?

[@dwightkuster8249]

Yes. Dry bushles.

[@farmboy8840]

How much corn do you have off

[@CurrentChoices]

toot toot!

[@dieseljacobbrown4511]

Is the corn head a six row?

[@lukestrawwalker]

Yep OL J R :)

[@dieseljacobbrown4511]

@@lukestrawwalker I thought so

[@davinbartell3677]

How much does it cost to dry grain per bushel for percentage point of moisture?

[@lukestrawwalker]

It varies from place to place and over time... We had corn coming out of the field at the BIL's in Indiana right at 30% moisture and the old man called the elevator and it was gonna be 30 cents of dock per bushel in drying charges. So that's about 2 cents per point of moisture above 15% I guess you could say... Needless to say he decided to go on and spend about $5,000 bucks on a new fan and dryer for the bin, since the old one was shot since it's nearly 40 years old... Even with propane at over $1 per gallon (like $1.10-1.20 IIRC) it still cost about 20% as much to dry the corn in the bin then haul it to town that to haul it straight to the elevator out of the field and eat the drying charges in town... Later! OL J R :)

[@uturn2006]

What happened to the Italian combine head??

[@HowFarmsWork]

This was before we received it.

[@marcth37]

I was working on propane delivery and was on my lunch break when a group of students with their teacher passed by my truck;they saw me and ask me to activate the flutes ;i said to them:''I would but we are in a residential zone and i cant activate it!''the students wre disappointed but they understood my reason!

[@robhakeman5873]

Your videos and awesome Ryan, can't believe on how many new videos are coming out, I think it's cuz of you. Glad your yields are going great, you didn't need any more disasters this year besides the propane shortage, hope you get into some dryer corn. Got my Awesome JD green How.farms work t shirt love it. Hope you get done soon before the bad weather sets in.

[@matthatch7]

Did anyone else notice Ryan's new iPhone 11

[@robrtytavernia6980]

What state are you farming in? Bob from Mo.

[@dwightkuster8249]

Wisconsin.

[@barrettgpeck]

I'm curious, I was taught to load the truck from the front to the back going on the drivers side of the truck. Not saying your method is right or wrong. They were getting 80-90k pounds regardless.

[@lukestrawwalker]

We try to load from front to back on the driver's side as well... put as much weight as possible on the ends of the hopper and not the middle. Unless you're my nephew then he just dumps on there til he can't put another kernel on and to heck with the weight LOL:) OL J R :)

[@barrettgpeck]

@@lukestrawwalker Sounds like me loading milo for my cousin... Fill it to the hoops and let the truck driver sort it all.

[@lukestrawwalker]

@@barrettgpeck Yep so long as *I* ain't paying the overweight fine... I'll load it any way they want it. Indiana is "legal" up to 88,000 during harvest-- 10% over 80,000 to account for in-field loading with no scales... depends on how dry the corn is how much it heaps up... I had some over 90,000 and some down around 82,000 or so, and the BIL was like "add more" he wants it just under 88,000. The nephew probably had some well over 90,000 plus loads I'm sure when he heaped it to the bows... some guy last year was loading his truck til he couldn't hardly roll the tarp last year or year before and ended up busting both motor mounts and wringing out a driveshaft on the semi LOL:) Takes all kinds I guess... Later! OL J R :)

[@barrettgpeck]

@@lukestrawwalker it was all back country roads to the granary in which his family owned, the only static i got is if i accidentally filled it over the hoops and they had a bear of a time tarping it.

[@lukestrawwalker]

@@barrettgpeck Yep that's true. Good the didn't have to take the highways... It was 23 miles to the elevator from our farm when we were farming grain... 13 miles to the egg farm, if they were buying grain. Course all we had were old tandem straight trucks. I was used to loading them up much as you could because they didn't have big boxes, so when I started loading the brother-in-law's tandems with 600 bushel boxes, he fussed at me a lot til I learned how he wanted it loaded... Then had to learn again when he bought a semi... He showed me a trick for when it's piled up over the bows and the tarp would be to hard to roll... Jump in the truck, get rolling good, and slam on the brakes... The grain sifts down some then you can roll the tarp easily... Later! OL J R

[@RKHarm24]

Was this before the Capela Corn head?

[@MatthewHoag77]

From the height of the stalks after being harvested, I would say yes. The Capello head makes it look like a forage harvester came through to chop the whole plant, except that the residue is spread across the ground instead of in a wagon or up in a silo.

[@joelhenderson3951]

Would yalls combine handle an eight row header?

[@lukestrawwalker]

It could but slower ground speed so what's the point?? You can crawl with a wide head or fly with a narrow head the throughput per hour is the same if the machine is running at full capacity... Everybody is in love with wide heads which is fine for BIG combines running in huge rectangular fields, but for smaller combines in smaller more irregular shaped contoured or curved fields is a PITA... Wider heads cost a LOT more money to buy and maintain; a narrow head operating at a faster ground speed can cover the same ground cheaper... wider costs, speed is "free"... As long as the machine is running "at capacity" (it can only process SO MUCH MATERIAL in a given amount of time without excess losses anyway, which is the definition of "machine capacity") it really doesn't matter what the header width is, so long as you're not driving SO FAST that the machine is getting beat to pieces bouncing across the field or you're causing excess header losses from excessive speed... Later! OL J R :)

[@joelhenderson3951]

@@lukestrawwalker i just ask a simple question didn't need a hypocrisies.

[@lukestrawwalker]

@@joelhenderson3951 Just trying to help with some additional information thought you might want to learn something guess I was wrong... maybe look up "hypocrisies" in the dictionary sometime LOL:) Anyway, you have a good one! I see this question asked a LOT by different people so I answer with the how and why information occasionally... sorry if it bothered you but oh well. OL J R :)

[@joelhenderson3951]

@@lukestrawwalker i just get tired of of some smart ass that thinks they know more than anyone else running their mouth.

[@lukestrawwalker]

@@joelhenderson3951 AND if someone *doesn't* know what they're talking about I'll agree with you there... more than enough keyboard warriors who play farmsim and think they know it all... But I've been doing this for 40 years, 8 years in multiple states from the Midwest to Texas; I've learned a thing or two along the way and trying to pass on information is something I enjoy doing... if it helps someone out or makes them think that's a good thing. I get tired of everybody "buying the koolaid" that "just throw a bigger header on it!" is the solution to every problem... wider heads cost more money, they have more moving parts and more to maintain, they're heavier and impose higher loads on the combine and cause more compaction in the soil, and if the combine can only process *so much* material in any given amount of time, a wider head actually means the machine has to SLOW DOWN to allow the extra material being gathered have enough EXTRA TIME to be threshed, separated, cleaned, and processed... I've seen it myself. Or you can run a little faster ground speed with a smaller head you already have paid for... Not exactly rocket science. Plus wide heads, even an 8 row, pushes corn over worse on the inside row going around curves, and has to "pull in" corn more on the outside rows on sharp curves. Narrower heads are MUCH better on curvy rows and irregular fields and wet harvest conditions (because they weigh less, let the combine float better without sinking in as much and causing more compaction or worse yet getting stuck!) That's the point I was trying to make. I can't count the number of times I've read comments like "why don't you get a 12 row head or some monster header for that combine!" when there are VALID REASONS not to... sorry I happened to answer on your short question. Ryan doesn't have time to answer many questions and he doesn't answer that one... So I was just trying to help you and anyone else reading your question and wondering about that themselves... Later! OL J R :)

[@ritagutierrez1854]

Do you have the overweight papers

[@HowFarmsWork]

Don’t need them