New Disc Mower Vs. Pocket Gophers!!

We are mowing down hay and battling wet pocket gopher mounds! Hope you enjoy :)
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[@jg2072]

thanks for sharing your day. I find it very relaxing to hear you explain what's going on, why the machine is operating a certain way, how you work. I've also subscribed to a channel called DUSTUP where a guy is trying permaculture in the Texas desert. I appreciate his efforts but his lack of any farming/equipment operation/planting knowledge is unbelievable to watch at times.

[@lesterhertel2945]

Some very nice hay

[@kellyscut1761]

Love your take on badgers.👍

[@johnthompson982]

Awesome video Matty that is one fine looking crop of hay you're going to some amount of bales from that crop Nice to get an update off Dane you're doing Amazing work with your maths Dane wish you continued success with them Looking forward to the next one Best wishes from Ireland 🇨🇮

[@charleshagenbuch6078]

I keep hearing "I'm alright, do 29:36 n't nobody worry about me" and Mr. Gopher here's Mr. squirrel .😂

[@ezinatx]

Matt has my style of humor! Those are MY jokes, too! Poor Mrs. Ranching Sodak. 😁

[@stevewilson1388]

Good looking hay, enjoy your channel!

[@maxlown363]

dude, thats some fantastic looking hay

[@abunchofhicks]

Heard about your channel from Farmer Tyler Ranch.

[@user-kf9fv1qj9u]

Great job mowing hay Matt

[@hattiecolley54]

It is Amazing to me what these Machines can do. U Always Rocking Matt. I Love Machinery. Too Bad in my Youth, My Daddy had None of these Fancy Tools. Love U Dane and Mrs Sassy Pants. Keep Pushing!

[@ahappygoatcreamery6159]

You're in good company, cutting and baling hay here in Missouri between rain😶‍🌫️

[@gerhardvanwaltsleben8944]

Lekker man lekker 🇿🇦

[@user-kf9fv1qj9u]

Great video Matt

[@handyandy8269]

Matt We use a flap disc grinder to sharpen disc blades on our New Holland Discbine...We get a little more life out of the blades..then change them... I sure am glad we don't have gophers in our hay fields here in Wisconsin

[@user-tc3ou6sy5f]

They do make gopher traps !

[@keitheads4882]

It is good to know that you are my neighbor

[@cantwellron11]

Bloody oath ya got some grass there ain't got none here only lawn SOUTH AUSTRALIA

[@keitheads4882]

Haha! I love you man!

[@chrisleas9794]

We used to run the serrated blades on our discbine. They held up to the dirt a little better. They kinda self sharpened instead of going dull

[@trentbalfantz2556]

I guess I need to go into the badger business. Haha

[@festus512]

I didn't get a real good look but that grass from crp bale looked like Side Oats Gamma I have some of that in my native grass here in Ks

[@GrantTravels23]

We ended up taking the conditioner off our hydroswing. That made haying way faster. But the only thing is u have to keep ahead of the hay growth so it lays flat. Too much it bunched up, not high enough it would spread it like a lawn mower 😂

[@coyroberts8356]

Thanks 😊

[@OleRustyTractor]

We run same setup for cutting hay… I pulled those triangle shape crop lifters off the turtles, the new ones don’t come with them anymore. be sure you run standard skidshoes, not the high crop skid shoes. That mud is a bear

[@keitheads4882]

Now i really love you!

[@keitheads4882]

Nice!

[@johnnylindsey5808]

Good job

[@TheSlagman0]

Can you resharpen those blades on the header ? Enjoy your videos !!

[@user-tc3ou6sy5f]

Yes.........the blades can be sharpened with a hand grinder. But often farmers dont know how... Takes about 30 seconds to sharpen one. Key is sharpening the very outer ends of the blades. Those edges wear faster......and thus need to be curves with a new curved sharp edge.

[@straightpipeacres6365]

So did you let the old gunner cuts the ditch hay? I'm assuming that's what he was after lol

[@robertschmidt9032]

Thanks for the video Matt. The yard gophers are a problem . The field ones are harder to control. There are some old methods. 500 gallon tank of water and a stick. There is some gopher smokers giving off CO2 light the fuse put into the hole and cover them good by gophers. Can be bought from Amazon . A hose from a gas engine and a little oil in the intake smoker.. This can be made with a old small engine and a flexible exhaust pipe one like they use on a bin sweep motor. They do sell the real stiff for the intake called gopherX . Then there is I favored way it is called the gopher blast (can be seen on KZbin in action ) can be bought or made instant gopher goner. There are other things as well I know you can not use a bait because of the pack of dogs you have. These are a few non poison ways. Keep up the great video I love them.

[@bobgoetz4832]

Get a goffer blaster it works great

[@piperdoug428]

yeah i set my header on the rear casters then tilt her back so i miss most stones but not the crop, then pick the header weight off the ground so she just dances, that way when it hits a hill it will bounce up

[@greg_yt6218]

Muddy clay and grass, that's how the Indians made adobe. The grass must act like rebar, haha!

[@johnkemp4370]

Wear safety glasses my friend when you pressure wash

[@farming4g]

I find it easier to back those swathers up to have your hand at the bottom of the steering wheel - to go left, move hand left and vice versa NO! NO BADGERS! 🤣 Worse than gophers for tearing up fields regardless... have quite a few badgers around here, but the pocket gophers seem as bad as I can ever remember. I need to get to trying the Juicy Fruit method again on some fields that have gotten bad this year. I did a field a few years ago and I think it worked somewhat... the mounds didn't seem as bad the last couple years. Have been trapping a few when I can, but it does feel like a waste of time since it is never guaranteed to get them; some are smarter than others too in where they'll constantly plug their holes and fill the traps solid with dirt.

[@tomrichardson3107]

Looks like you blew the sleeve on your shirt out! 😅

[@user-kf9fv1qj9u]

Hello 👋 Dane

[@johnholmquist7630]

hi Matt, thanks for the content. do you have a specific time of year that works best for working the brome so that it grows back thicker next year? do you use a disk? and sounds like you do it pretty aggressively or do you think a lighter pass would work well too? any insight appreciated. thanks again

[@Ranchingsodak]

Ya an old disc works great not to deep or a vertical till do it when there is still chances of rain. I also throw so seed in the fertilizer to help fill in black spots. Japanese millet works good ..grass will be back next year good luck

[@popmarbles6980]

Isn't that a hoot you need your dirt muddy, but you don't. Hard to keep it off your equipment, but dry would be better. So, you have gofers. What's all those dogs for, do they have other jobs?

[@alaskanrockfarmer3596]

Caddy Shack 2.0

[@WyoWellTester]

When I was a kid i used to get paid a dollar per gofer tail that I trapped out of the hay field

[@user-tc3ou6sy5f]

Obvious this guy dont know about traps !

[@WyoWellTester]

@@user-tc3ou6sy5f are you talking about me

[@danthurman9076]

Matt you have the power to eliminate the pocket gophers, after done mowing and baling the hay have a shooting day, first prize is 40 of them wagu steaks , second place 30 ground beef patties, be a little creative man. Maybe a 2 day varmint hunt , he who has the most bodies wins.

[@lukemitchell1673]

Intermediate wheatgrass that is.

[@BigFella73]

Search Joseph Carter the mink man. He has minks that he uses to catch rats and other rodents might be way to reduce the gophers.

[@Ranchingsodak]

I have watched his videos and I thought about a herd of trained ferrets 😂

[@Farmer_Gage7120]

You really NEED to air up the air bags on the rear before you ruin them, they are to help the operator ride better. we have got a similar machine- H8040

[@Ranchingsodak]

I think there is 20 psi in em but I’ll check👍

[@Farmer_Gage7120]

I don't go by the psi, If the axel bars are level then you'll be good, in the video it looks like its drooping

[@ajskab99]

Do you ever try to run exhaust down the gopher holes?

[@user-tc3ou6sy5f]

Trapping is much quicker !

[@pocketchange1951]

👍👌❤️🇨🇦

[@trapperbob8812]

Ive trapped thousands of those pocket goohers. You need a different trap. Not trying to tell you what to do.. if i Lived closer id give you a hand.

[@ShannonSmith-ss1bd]

You need a NH3 tank and stick the hose in the hole and turn it on and no more gopher

[@user-tc3ou6sy5f]

Traps are much quicker and easier !

[@maxbailey1718]

They have Quail Forever and Ducks Unlimted. Why not start Badgers Infinity?

[@keitheads4882]

You need a badger

[@dennisharron2427]

Sprinkle some hot lime in gopher holes end of Mr gopher

[@janetlutter9925]

Let the dogs go after the rodents

[@Jandyg]

You’re going to have to get one of them African “migrants”, to come work for you. Now that Dame is off chasing things. Lots of work for one guy to do by himself.

[@user-oc7py9bk6n]

Why is he cutting in the mud raise the height of the cutter, it's plain he does not know what he is doing

[@Ranchingsodak]

@@user-oc7py9bk6n you got that right 😂