Fendt Ideal 9 In Chickpeas Part 1

[@leesteele9290]

I just found your channel a few days ago and have watched all your videos ! Your energy and enthusiasm is contagious , along with your obvious love for machinery ,BIG MACHINES ,which is great ! The access you have to this kind of stuff is a luxury not everyone has and I think you are aware of it , so bringing us your thoughts and opinions in your style is very entertaining and educational ! I'm from Illinois ,USA farm raised and still active ,so your wide open country and crops are also a real departure from my comfort zone so bring it on as much as you like and whatever makes your place go !!! Thanks for the video!

[@mikemitchell2554]

Thanks Lee! I really appreciate that and you very welcome! 🙂

[@jaredgraff9460]

Great video as always, love seeing the realness in it. All the little things like plugging tailings and such. Best of luck with the rest of harvest.

[@mikemitchell2554]

Thanks Jared!

[@albertafarmer894]

I love the fact that the whole bottom of the tailings and clean grain elevator augers open with the flick of a lever ,that would be so nice on the deere's when switching between seed crops .

[@mikemitchell2554]

Yeah, it would be cool to have on any colour of machine.. They should all do that..

[@corgraveland4874]

Pff, this Fendt Ideal 9 combine is a great machine, great demo Mike! Works perfectly on a nice crop, but which isn't easy at all after having got snow and being seated so close at the surface. What a joy must it be to be able to work with such high standard technology 👍👍

[@dallasbaiton3234]

Mike good to see and thanks for taking the time to show us best of luck with the weather we are rooting for all of you tryingto get her done 👍👍👍👍

[@mikemitchell2554]

Thanks Dallas! 🙂

[@gavinperry7237]

I got a “Real Good Laugh” out of your comments regarding needing “Fans” out front to deal with the dust and “Lack Of Visibility”. Many years ago when I was helping a friend combine a field of wheat in a river valley with no wind present I could “NOT SEE A THING” through the windshield even when I constantly cleaned the glass. I resorted to standing out on the cat walk in hopes of assisting what I could see. The swathes were spaced closer than today because of the smaller size of equipment back at that time. I did notice that the sound of the combine was not consistently under load but it took a while before I clued in that I was combining perpendicular to the swathes. We shortly there after shut it down for the night and had a beer to wash the dust from our throats and laugh about the situation.

[@yurizhivago4848]

Great video. I like to see how the mechanics of machines work as I am a Power Engineer and work with large machines like turbines and generators. Only difference I see between Saskatchewan grain farms and those in Manitoba is our guys usually have a elm tree at the end or middle of the fields for something to stare at/or aim for when travelling across those huge flat lands. Also makes for nice pictures. That was B4 autosteer. LOL. I watched a cool Mac Don video about how flex draper headers work. They are made in Manitoba. It is interesting how you comment on the challenges the headers have with different crops. Pretty difficult for John Deere etc to have a one size fits all /does all header and maybe that is why aftermarket ones are so popular?

[@mikemitchell2554]

🤔 Umm.. Everyone farmer would have their own opinion of this.. But it is hard to have a one size fits all.. I always say what works good for me, might not for you.. Even if it does, where is your closest dealer/service? For us, Honeybee has been working pretty good, better than the Deeres in most cases.. Not all though, short crop is hanging up on that transition plate is a problem... But we re only 20mins from the factory and are neighbors with the owners 🤷‍♂️

[@mikemitchell2554]

Also, Macdon makes good simple headers, but they aren't a true flex.. They only hing.. So you have to keep that in mind as well.. Just depends on what you're buying it for.. 🙂

[@philipottosson6233]

I can see that you started to run up and down of the combine alot thats good for you😊😉. Good video keep them coming.👍

[@mikemitchell2554]

Thanks! I gotta work on my cardiovascular workout! Haha

[@kopenhagenkid]

Great video Mike

[@mikemitchell2554]

Thanks Kevin!

[@chadshafer8095]

Glad to see another video of yours. Safe Harvest . Keep up the Great videos. Please post more pictures & videos. I love Fendt Equipment . Anything AGCO Owns i am a Fan of.

[@mikemitchell2554]

Always appreciate ya Chad! Thanks

[@chadshafer8095]

@@mikemitchell2554 , You guys are Awesome. To have all the Equipment you have is Mind blowing to me. I wish you were closer as i live in ohio. I would be watching you run all the time.

[@mikemitchell2554]

And how are things down that way? Ha! 😂 We just try to keep it all together - to keep our sanity... 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@chadshafer8095]

@@mikemitchell2554 , Harvesting in Ohio is running good as long as rain doesnt stop everyone. No Fendt combines here yet. People have demoed them in southern ohio & indiania.

[@justind6039]

Farming in NW Illinois USA. I know nothing about chickpeas. What is an average yield? What is a good yield? What is average moisture? What are they used for? Thank you for the awesome videos sir!

[@mikemitchell2554]

They used to go to India but then Trudeau played dress up over there and everything went south.. So now I think the US actually buys the majority of ours.. 14.5% is dry, but I would get them down to 12 or 13 because they don't keep well stored in a bin. Not even dry. Avg for us used to around 40bu but it's been declining theses last couple years due to weather and diseases. They get Ascochyta Blight real bad.. So you have to spray them nearly every 8-10 days from the moment they are out of the ground to maturity.

[@brading84]

Ever thought about getting one of the blowing apparatus, that helps with the low stuff?

[@mikemitchell2554]

Not for theses 50s..i would think we would run into either A: they don't build one that big yet or B: it would be too heavy on the header and would give issues.. We had them on some JD 40ft Hydra Flex headers and weren't the biggest fan..

[@makingithappen9722]

You still have a cabin, so you don't have to chew the dust. I remember chewing dust in the 70's.

[@mikemitchell2554]

Yes, I am thankful for that!

[@andrewwoodhead8305]

Can't beat the realism Mike.nice👍good luck with it,hammer down. I can tell you've got that big chequered flag in your sights!!!go,go,go !!!👍👌🍻🤣👊💪👋 lol

[@mikemitchell2554]

Thanks Andrew!

[@stirv6462]

Their website doesn’t say much about the float of the adapter plate, it must not have any springs at all like the macdon? Is it just free floating giving you a few inches of upward movement in case the combine slams downward? Great video 👍

[@mikemitchell2554]

It's free floating I believe and sitting on air bags - no springs.. I am not sure of the exact amount of travel, but it's prb something like 3-5in 🤷‍♂️

[@adamfindlay9632]

I seen one of your units in another KZbin channels video... I believe it was Full Line or Full Tilt AG solutions I forget the the channel name I know it was full something. They didn’t say or show anything about you by name but just being avid viewer of all your video’s aswell as a fellow 🇨🇦 farmer here in Ontario just starting soybeans where we can find a dry field. When this other channel was featuring a Fendt Ideal 9 with 50ft Honey Bee air flex I said I believe I know who’s unit that is 👍😁 Keep the great videos coming

[@mikemitchell2554]

Ha! 😂 That's funny! That was Full Line Ag... They're our dealer, yes! 🙂 And thanks Adam

[@DAVIDKHAINE]

That cab seems really quiet, you have all the cool toys...///

[@mikemitchell2554]

Haha I don't know about that, but thanks David!

[@dougpage1271]

Hello Mike! Assume operating with auto steer and auto head height control - correct? Thanks for great video! - Doug Page of Iowa

[@mikemitchell2554]

Thanks Doug!

[@mikemitchell2554]

And yes... You are right.. Auto steer and header height control

[@jeffweal2335]

air bar works great on short chics will blow them up plates but even more dusty

[@mikemitchell2554]

But I bet it would.. But would the header hold 50ft 🤔 tho 🤷‍♂️

[@jamieshields9521]

Another interesting vid, how many times do drop tailings door? Interesting there no fan setup, I think JD has a aftermarket but Claas has setup. Would go with aftermarket or wait for AGCO release kit for Ideal? Do same problem with dust on other crops?

[@mikemitchell2554]

Thanks Jamie, I know the Class has it, and I would prb wait for Fendt to update it for me. Just the pulses are bad because you're down playing in the dirt. Otherwise, it's pretty good.

[@agtech4580]

Do you have gauge wheels on the header or are you running on the skid plates

[@mikemitchell2554]

Skid plates when in flex and the wheels when in ridged

[@massimopecile9666]

Why dont put an air reel on those headers

[@ryankennedy8131]

You should demo a John Deere s790 with the new style track pls is would be cool and good vid

[@1214101]

Ryan Kennedy They didn’t have tracks , but he just traded off 790s, they may still have some

[@albertafarmer894]

@@1214101 They traded off 2016 s690's!

[@rlashbrook6865]

Great information

[@mikemitchell2554]

Thanks good sir! 🙂

[@thepizzadevil7392]

Cool stuff!

[@travisolson5993]

I love farming

[@mikemitchell2554]

Me too! 🙂

[@ДенисСуханов-о6в]

Super

[@danielkacko7616]

About how many acres are you guys working with? Half of Sask?

[@mikemitchell2554]

😂 😂 Noo definitely not! 🤷‍♂️ But we like to stay busy and have fun while doing it!

[@danielkacko7616]

@@mikemitchell2554 58 thousand you say, ok 😁

[@DEDBRD-di4yj]

What about adding air to the header to help with the chic peas ?

[@mikemitchell2554]

I have heard of guys doing that on 45s, we did it to our 40ft Hydra Flex JD headers, but they were too lite and kept breaking.. I would think a 50ft, we be too heavy for the header and give issues..

[@karelstroebel4776]

You happy with the Fendt? Will you buy another?

[@mikemitchell2554]

Hey Karel, that's a loaded question 😂... I have been in many Agco meetings as of lately and I will have an Ideal update video coming here soon to inform eveyone of the issues and fixes for them. I hope that helps? If not, add me to Facebook and a number and let's talk combines 🙂😊

[@karelstroebel4776]

@@mikemitchell2554 I missed you by a minute at the crop production show. I was at the Versatile stall and they told me you just left... I shall connect on Facebook Thank you

[@karelstroebel4776]

I can’t find you on Facebook. Please can we have a chat? 306 260 1649

[@tw-20craig65]

How long is your harvest

[@mikemitchell2554]

Well... It's been tough fight.. We started Aug 15th

[@tw-20craig65]

@@mikemitchell2554 it been a long year for us to most year done in 4 weeks this year 10 weeks rain ever week

[@grantfort8852]

How long have y’all been harvesting

[@mikemitchell2554]

Started Aug 15th... 😬 Haha

[@grantfort8852]

Dang

[@pietoosterhof5901]

How many kg. is a busil?

[@kherter100]

Chick peas are bad for tailings issues I find as well.

[@mikemitchell2554]

Thnakyou! Here I thought I was loosingy mind 🤷‍♂️

[@gleanerman2195]

You would never have that issue with the tailings with a gleaner transverse.

[@mikemitchell2554]

🤔 No? Interesting

[@gleanerman2195]

I've been running late model Gleaner's for ten years, never not once have we had one choke up. Axials, we had hell.

[@carsonauser5986]

Where is ur farm in sask

[@mikemitchell2554]

SW... South of Swift Current to the US border

[@carsonauser5986]

Oh ic I live by Assiniboia

[@freddy_wiebe]

Are you guys just about done combining

[@mikemitchell2554]

We re on the home stretch now!

[@gailcoleman4404]

@@mikemitchell2554 no we just gut bellerungas saurtingas havest

[@mikemitchell2554]

@@gailcoleman4404 haha what? 🤷‍♂️😂

[@edwinwarford4753]

What part of Saskatchewan do you farm in?

[@mikemitchell2554]

SW Sask.. Like Swift Current south

[@edwinwarford4753]

@@mikemitchell2554 cool. I Live in a small town east of regina. Indian head.

[@mikemitchell2554]

Nice! That's cool! My Gf is from east central - Wishart area

[@garykleinsasser2114]

Macdon flex Draper?

[@mikemitchell2554]

😂 Does Macdon make a flex draper? 🤔🤷‍♂️ They make a hinged header that follows really well haha

[@garykleinsasser2114]

Yupe they do and they are awesome we run 6 here, love em. We had honeybee but they just scoop up dirt like a loader haha. But the new honeybees look better.

[@joekleinsasser2396]

Hey Mike i should bring mine John deere flex draper with a air reel and show you how a real header cuts .

[@mikemitchell2554]

😂, if you would have said that a week ago, I would definitely say "yes! Please bring your outfit"! 🤷‍♂️

[@jagman9806]

First!

[@mikemitchell2554]

🤔 Seems someone else has also claimed that

[@wilddutchman9750]

First view. First comment. That's all I got. Buh bye!

[@mikemitchell2554]

Ha! 😂 Well thanks good sir!

[@stevedepew3650]

Jesus, work on your camera angle

[@kopenhagenkid]

Great video Mike