John Deere MoCo Mowing Hay

Starting off the 2023 hay season mowing a couple small fields. Mowing with a John Deere 956 MoCo discbine pulled by a John Deere 4055. #farming #equipment #dairyfarm #johndeere #hay

[@user-ve9es8dm7d]

Great job

[@mikep7810]

Thank you Jeff

[@d6joe]

Always like the hay videos

[@mikep7810]

They do make for good videos

[@mikewatson5547]

Could watch it all day

[@mikep7810]

Thanks Mike

[@scottrooker3423]

Another awesome video as usual 😮

[@mikep7810]

Thank you Scott. I appreciate it

[@johnhenderson299]

Looks like the haybine is doing a great job

[@mikep7810]

Thanks John. It did a great job

[@Plowboy4960]

Those John Deere moco are nice hay mowers Thanks for the ride along mike

[@mikep7810]

Thanks for riding along Paul

[@JanKammies-qh3pi]

The. Best. Hay. Machine 8:32 8:34

[@mikep7810]

Its a good mower for sure

[@chrismorris308]

Ran haybine all day today through drought riden hay a wk before my 42nd birthday & my 1st time seeing haydust fly off the haybine.

[@mikep7810]

Yeah we could definitely use the rain. Hopefully soon

[@randybennett5417]

Mows good. I like the steps that are on that tractor. Easy to get on and off.

[@mikep7810]

Thanks Randy. Yeah the steps are a pretty nice addition for the tractor

[@genechronister7085]

Another great vid!

[@mikep7810]

Thank you Gene

[@craigrider745]

Looks good great job. The 956 moco does a great job.

[@mikep7810]

Thank you Craig. It sure does

[@tonymckeage1028]

Great Video Mike, Impressive MoCo, I think the 1st one i saw was a Heston, thanks for sharing

[@mikep7810]

Thank you Tony. Its a great mower

[@bradgifford3122]

Looks good and runs it nice… was always told to do the outside row last incase you hit a branch and break something… at least the whole field is done then… that’s the funny thing about farming…. Everyone has their own way of doing things

[@mikep7810]

Thats true, everyone have their way of doing things

[@clinthochrein888]

Nice set up Mike! I loved cutting hay while growing up on the dairy farm .

[@mikep7810]

Thanks Clint. The only part I don't like about the hay making process is the stacking in the hay mow! LOL

[@clinthochrein888]

@@mikep7810 lol but it so rewarding at the end of the day standing back but not to far an admire the stacking job 😄

[@RandWFarmstead-TonyWalsh]

Looks like it did a great job. Our neighbor uses nothing but JD and has a few of these and a couple of self propelled. Thanks for sharing Mike and hope you have a blessed week.

[@mikep7810]

Thank you. The mower did a great job

[@philliphaines104]

That's great ! I spent a lot of time mowing with a 946 then a 956 - as long as the fields are smooth and free of rocks you can sail along at 12 MPH

[@mikep7810]

John Deere definitely makes a great mower.

[@AndrewKing-oi6ml]

We ussaly run just shy of 15

[@rickperry9546]

That is one good looking mowing team. Just watch out for fawns and rabbits. You could almost mow one day bale the same day lol it’s almost that dry…. Great video.

[@mikep7810]

Thanks Rick. Its definitely really dry and could use some rain

[@jeffreyhicks4651]

That's a nice combo sure beats the old 5' JD240 disk mower my grandpa had

[@mikep7810]

Thanks Jeffrey. I like the job it did

[@anthonyhengst2908]

Going through the grass like a knife through butter. I would think it would be a nice combo with any tractor you use. We did something really different this year, we put all of the first cutting in the mow. We have a lot of hay left over from last year and one of the silos still has almost 40 ft of haylage yet. Dad decided not to sell much hay last winter. Nice to get the mow work done. Looking to chop most of the rest of it.

[@mikep7810]

We just loaded up the last of our old hay onto a trailer (topped it off with some fresh hay to finish the load) so we can do what we had to do in the mow and load it back up with fresh hay also

[@jasoncannistra2598]

Looks like she worked good, you can’t beat the center pull you can mow so much faster whet you’re on a bigger field where you can go back and forth. Although I’ve never used a self propelled one. Have a good day Mike

[@mikep7810]

Thanks Jason. It certainly is a great mower

[@danaedwards5464]

new mower seems to be working well for you

[@mikep7810]

It definitely does

[@KiwiJim13]

👀🙄🐾👍Great video

[@mikep7810]

Thank you Jim

[@MorganOtt-ne1qj]

I believe that a center pivot, run correctly, can match a same width SP unit for efficiency. Or come dang close. The SP may have an edge on turnaround time, but I would love to "race" sometime! Old(er) John is sounding sweet pulling that MoCo!

[@mikep7810]

Thanks Morgan. It certainly did a great job

[@johnkemp4370]

Center pivots are great but SP’s have four advantages : 1st you are facing forward not only are you less tired and never look behind you but you will find your cutter bar lasts longer as your forward visibility will help you avoid some field obstacles, 2nd is by looking forward you will crowd the side of the cutter bar with material while effectively giving you a 6”-12”. Wider cut each pass without skipping gives you an extra 3-5 acres a day cut. 3rd is at end rows you save 60-100ft of running with the tractor on each end with each pass. That saves when you are in short rows especially. You will spend 3-5 minutes more per hour with the cutter bar cutting crop and not up in the air in turns. 4th is the hydrostatic transmission where you can change speeds instantly instead of staying at an average speed . Helps both with increased coverage but also helps take care of the cutterhead. Damn but they are expensive. One of the shredder builders needs to make a 20 foot or so flail mower you could put on the front of an SP. changing cutter bars on them is easy.

[@MorganOtt-ne1qj]

@@johnkemp4370 I agree with the forward facing advantage. The Hydrostatic advantage can be offset with the IVT, but I was mainly talking about speed. And with a center pivot you can switch out the power unit, and they can earn their keep by doing different things, like running the baler. SP units definitely have their place, depending on scale of the operation. Doesn't mean I still don't want to race one! 🤔🚜🌬️

[@JanKammies-qh3pi]

Jdeere. Is. The. Best 9:56

[@mikep7810]

Definitely a great mower

[@johnclarkkitner9556]

Looks like that tractor handed it good.

[@mikep7810]

It did a pretty good job

[@nashcobb3056]

thank you

[@mikep7810]

You're welcome

[@e.a.bfarms]

Just for the future, should beable to run duals with that mower. I run duals most the time pulling my 946.

[@mikep7810]

I hear ya. I just hate driving through the hay making that first lap and duals would run over more. I think the 4250 without the duals should handle it alright

[@TheGrumpyFarmer]

Think that tractor would handle it on the hills

[@Northeastohio]

I was thinking the same thing

[@mikep7810]

Yeah the 4055 did pretty good. We will put this on the baler though so I figure if the 4250 doesn't do well on a steep hill then we will run the mower on the 4555

[@wolfeislandexcavating5426]

Looks good Has the smoke from our wildfires reached you ?

[@mikep7810]

Yeah its been pretty smoky the last couple of days

[@chargermopar]

Haylage? I guess that means you don't have to suffer up in the barn hand stacking small square bales yet!

[@mikep7810]

These 2 fields were getting baled as small square bales. We will chop our alfalfa ground for haylage

[@chargermopar]

@@mikep7810 Ok so that means you still have to sweat it out in the hay mow.

[@mikep7810]

@@chargermopar Yeah can't escape that place

[@dembeckfarms]

The hay looks good this spring, there’s just not a lot of it.

[@mikep7810]

Yeah I hope we get some rain. It would be nice to have some 2nd cutting hay this year

[@dembeckfarms]

@@mikep7810 rained just enough to screw up the hay I had just got done raking

[@carloscordova6934]

🚜👍💪😁

[@mikep7810]

Thanks Carlos

[@carloscordova6934]

@@mikep7810 greeting from burley Idaho mike

[@mikep7810]

@@carloscordova6934 hope things are well in Idaho

[@paulreis1648]

Great video Mike I have a question thow can you spread the wind row out on that mower or is that all the further it goes

[@mikep7810]

Thanks Paul. Yes you can adjust the width of the windrow with this mower. We go through after and ted the hay out to help dry it

[@BRANDON-um4kz]

how are you likeing it

[@mikep7810]

I only did these 2 small fields but it was great. I'd like to try running it on the 4555

[@MDNToys]

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[@mikep7810]

Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed the video

[@craigmiller5372]

The tractor seem to handle it well. I forget, what happened to your self-propelled mower?

[@mikep7810]

It did a pretty good job with the mower. The self propelled needs the head rebuilt or it just needs a new head all together

[@garybridger6707]

Are you getting the smokey haze ? Rolled in here Monday afternoon.

[@mikep7810]

Yeah its crazy I just walked outside and there is a smoky haze

[@generationll]

How can you tell when its ready to be mowed like this?How does having duals on the 4250 help?Thats similar is size to the 4520 & 4430

[@mikep7810]

We have duals on the 4250 for floatation. The 4250 is pretty similar power wise to a 4520 & 4430. The grass has good height and it was really dry and hot so it was good conditions for drying

[@Zeke-yv3nw]

Not sure if i missed something, but what happened to your self propelled mower Mike?

[@mikep7810]

The head needs to be rebuilt or just replace the head itself.

[@trentonromig9765]

How do you switch the ptos

[@mikep7810]

There is a clip that you take out then you can pull the 540 shaft and put in the 1000 pto shaft, and vise versa when you go from 1000 to 540

[@juliusschwartz9124]

How did u rate the new mower ?

[@mikep7810]

8.5 - 9. Love the job it did. The cutterbar looks to be so much better and its easy to make adjustments on

[@devinwilmote3228]

What is wrong with your self propelled unit?

[@mikep7810]

It needs the head rebuild or it needs a new head

[@mikemiller2358]

How much for the Red Ford dump? What's the details?

[@mikep7810]

98 F800, 5.9 Cummins with only 108k miles, manual transmission (5 spd with split rear) air tailgate, 33k gvw $15 grand

[@desross2002]

Your drone shots an quality of images = alien technology Every other channel = meh

[@mikep7810]

I'm glad you enjoy them. I try to do my best to bring you guys good views

[@StevenLewis-pt8gq]

Any body needs help cutting

[@mikep7810]

You asking if I need help cutting?

[@StevenLewis-pt8gq]

K

[@christianhollauer881]

a farmer with tatoos 😂

[@mikep7810]

Why's that funny?