I personally love the fact that you have such a variety of equipment on your farm and i look forward to the comparisons
@richardlong98774 жыл бұрын
I like they way he tells the good and the bad about each machine regardless of what the manufacturers and dealers think. I hope they take farmer’s input to heart.
@balepack4 жыл бұрын
Haha, mate, you’re the man! Very like your opinions and your way how seeing things! Big fan of you and your vids! Greetings from Switzerland
@martyperry52504 жыл бұрын
I love that no matter what piece of equipment you are running that you are always honest about the pro’s and con’s. By the way, Awesome hat.
@giovannicosta72034 жыл бұрын
I just can't find the words to tell you how much I just love how fricking REAL and honest you are. FOCK them all. Just keep doing things exactly the way you have been in my book its perfect ......no fluff just good watching
@stmcelroy48294 жыл бұрын
God Bless you and your operation Mike. Your sense of Honesty is wonderful. Thanks. Steve From Stampeders Territory.
@aaronblack28974 жыл бұрын
Genuinely thanks for the banter, that was a funny video today! Really enjoying watching your harvest, have a good one.
@woody13204 жыл бұрын
Greetings from South Dakota! Glad I found your channel, love the humor and your commentary. Farming and practices varies so much and can learn so much from all of you.
@arnoldshuckerrr25964 жыл бұрын
Hey Mike, We have had an array of combines. Our first one was a John Deere 55, then a gleaner, then a Case Ih 1450, and now we have a Case IH 2344 and the point is, we have been loyal to one tractor brand the whole time, John Deere, But combines need to have exactly what a farmer needs, doesn't matter the color, it just needs to get the job done right and for us header width was never a problem but at the time, Case IH just made a better combine. No Matter what your driving Mike, I think it fits you well. Keep up the great work!
@randysutter39914 жыл бұрын
Mike.. i like how everyone thinks u don't now anything about the reasons for the over heating problem..u the man
@mikemitchell25544 жыл бұрын
😂 Thanks.. KZbin is crazy sometimes
@jeremymoreside14444 жыл бұрын
Can you run an egr delete? Would that help you think?
@mikemitchell25544 жыл бұрын
I totally agree BWM, they are all for the most part all just trying to help, and I appreciate that 🙂
@kenadams42644 жыл бұрын
I hit the thumbs up the second you said Trudeau wheat, haha. Your videos always get a thumbs up though, keep up the good work 👍👍👍
@junkorbust94984 жыл бұрын
I went a little out of my way to travel through your area from southern Manitoba to Calgary last week. The crops this year mostly look good at 60 mph. I was impressed with the number of operators who run similar numbers of machines. Have a good harvest season.
@jocelyngainche25784 жыл бұрын
I have got a smaller scale operation but similar point of view concerning the way to run it. Make it simple, productive and efficient. ROI is the most important.
@kevinmeyer38844 жыл бұрын
Mike your Awesome! I share a lot of your views on farming!
@donflint45854 жыл бұрын
You are so honest& smarter than most keep it up
@geraldday13884 жыл бұрын
Like your straight forward answers. I agree that we should respect each other’s opinions.What works for one person doesn’t work for the other one.
@cvdk71414 жыл бұрын
Really liked your question/answer segment, your tech answer was spot on, keep it simple, growing good crops is an art form with a little love from above
@aledjones50834 жыл бұрын
Nice to see and hear your hard on the harvest hope you all have a great weekend hauling grain and peas.all the best from West Wales 🏴
@johnlindquist63354 жыл бұрын
Hi Mike. I have a few thoughts on the overheating tractor. #1 is the fan mounted in the right direction? #2 On semi trucks there is a #4 hose that goes from the top radiator tank to somewhere on the cylinder head. With no engine running remove hose at rad tank and lower this hose below top tank. If no stream of water comes out that hose the hose or the fittings are plugged. #3 I think you said they replaced the water pump. To verify the impeller is not slipping on the shaft do this. That same #4 vent hose remove at radiator side, connect a low pressure gauge. Start engine run at 1000 RPM and you should have a about 10 to 15 LBS. If it reads 0 it's possible the impeller is loose or slipping. I dyno a Case engine from the Navy and the water temp went to 220 F. Check cooling system and found a red plastic cap inside the water pump inlet. Also came across people would remove rad from truck to work on engine and reassemble rad. The truck would leave and be back the next day for overheating. The problem was someone put a rag in the rad outlet to keep it from dripping and forgot about it. Dose it push water out of radiator overflow tube? If so, then there is compressing getting in the cooling system. Mike this is a long one but I want to assist you for this problem. My Son Nick says he has chatted with you on Facebook. Seeing seven Fendt combines in one field makes my heart pumping faster!!! God Bess Mike. Like your style of farming. /
@interman77154 жыл бұрын
Mike is the real deal ,not a fanboy to any colour and tells it how it is and has a great channel.
@johnearhart88114 жыл бұрын
Love it. Love the way you operate. If it works for you, no one should care. Thanks Mike so much for sharing your thoughts and videos.
@arnoldshuckerrr25964 жыл бұрын
Well I know one thing, when a farmer says that 50ft headers on 7 Fendt combines aren't big enough, well then you know that farmers got some land.
@Pickhinke4 жыл бұрын
Thanks mike. Always enjoy your videos
@ronchappel48124 жыл бұрын
That was interesting Mike.I'm relearning how farming works after being away for decades, so it's good to hear details. But i mostly come here because you're just great to listen to. To quote someone famous "You're awesome"! haha. All the best with harvest
@danadams34654 жыл бұрын
A top notch common sense video! Totally made up for the charade video! hahaha Enjoyed all the comedy comments!
@andrewshaw16784 жыл бұрын
Love the GoPro comments, thanks for being a farmer first and KZbin star second.
@fendtclaas86894 жыл бұрын
Trudeau wheat that's the best one yet!!!! Hahahaha
@edwinhershberger13194 жыл бұрын
Great videos. I like the real deal genuine opinions,common sense way of expressing,and all the details you give. I have a special needs 12 year old son and his favorite channel is Mike Mitchell!
@regwillems14524 жыл бұрын
Trudeau wheat "All straw and nothing in the head". That is a very good one Mike.
@edouardvezina82354 жыл бұрын
Very, very good one
@NoName-su4fo4 жыл бұрын
I haven't laughed so hard at a KZbin video in awhile. Your a funny guy. You make it fun to watch
@jamesmoon18414 жыл бұрын
Mike, love the Trudeau wheat comment. LOL
@joshuabiggum37584 жыл бұрын
Awesome video. Great to hear your opinion on these things. And I like the fact that you don't use a go pro and no sponsor, makes it legit
@bcaper52464 жыл бұрын
Mike your Crazy!, enjoy a man on a mission great videos ! Hello from Eastern Canada take care!
@jeremymoreside14444 жыл бұрын
I recall reading about a header built in the 90s that extended to the right side of the combine. Added an additional 25' of header off the right side. Can't for the life of me remember who made it
@christianbuhlmann78204 жыл бұрын
Mike. On your next Q&A. Can you talk about your maintenance or preventative maintenance you do on the belts , chains and hydraulic hoses. Curious to know how often you change those pieces if based on hours, seasons or ad hoc. Thanks
@BaileyFarming4 жыл бұрын
Good point on the automation. All these unmanned tractors they are toying with are half or less the hp of what we farm with now. Farms aren’t getting smaller they are growing. You know the new tech will cost more then the old so why would they think we are going to buy three unmanned machines to replace one that a human drives and covers the same area. At that point it’s cheaper to just hire help.
@timgear98924 жыл бұрын
Good video. Thanks for your comments and opinions Mike. Good job!
@henryfederau68454 жыл бұрын
Awesome as always Mike! Always love the "opinions" - and always great that you don't bash one color and call a spade a spade. Two thumbs up and all the best with 2020 harvest!
@bigt63594 жыл бұрын
Thanks for taking your time to explain farming practices!!!!
@deadmau5kid4 жыл бұрын
2020 guys. Subscribing to a farming channel let’s go! Love it !
@dantrucker76234 жыл бұрын
Keep these awesome videos coming. Love your content here in Australia. Well said with the yield amount. We had that when I was doing 10,000 acres. So many varying factors. Love your work and keep the awesome videos going.
@stanhensley30824 жыл бұрын
Your right on the money about other opinions. Thanks.
@steveclement5044 жыл бұрын
Great video as always. And I think it doesn't matter what color you have, but service you get from a dealer will say what color you get.
@gavinperry72374 жыл бұрын
This was an AWESOME & EXTREMELY EDUCATIONAL VIDEO. I appreciate that you are VERY VERY BUSY. More Q & A’s would be GREAT since it gives you a more efficient way of getting to the answers to the comments out to your LOYAL SUPPORTERS who CANNOT WAIT for the next video to be released. I TOTALLY agree with your reasoning for a phone over a GoPro. Need to get Apple to gift you a phone with 512 GB so we can watch you from morning to night🎥📸📹😂🤣
@mickaelbissec71784 жыл бұрын
Great as usual you rock ! I would love to see a behind the scene of the organisation of a day of combine before going to the field and how you eat etc... Have a great day !
@brendanhayes27524 жыл бұрын
Great channel, love the humor.
@SomeTechGuy6664 жыл бұрын
"Trudeau wheat - all straw and no heads". LOL Love it !
@teamred3894 жыл бұрын
Love how you do your own thing and you don't care what the youtube trolls say, you're awesome!
@va3kbc4 жыл бұрын
Mike...you just made both the wife and I laugh our heads off....all straw and no head!!! Perfect explanation of Trudeau.
@steveboxum67344 жыл бұрын
love the videos Mike. And I totally agree on technology, it's great but farming is about getting the crop in the bin or what have you. Farming is a gamble every year and no matter what you do it's all up to our good Lord on how the crops yield.
@scruffy61514 жыл бұрын
We have no control over weather so all the tech means nothing when you have a dry year or a really wet year.
@Matt0ttens2134 жыл бұрын
love your videos and your opinions on farming and life in general. I also don't want to own a bunch of robots that do the best part of farming for me. Thanks for the videos.
@joesteel12614 жыл бұрын
Thank you Mike for getting people straight on acres you can cover.Like my father used to say."You can't tell the price of pork by looking at a pig.
@life_of_murphy4 жыл бұрын
Love the hot topic debate. Opinions are how we advance and like you keep saying, what works for one won’t necessarily work for another.
@SkiDooer8024 жыл бұрын
As a test engineer for MacDon I can confirm that we have never tested anything bigger then 45’ in Australia. I however spent the last 2 summers/falls running around North America testing a large header. Big improvements coming. You mentioned having issues missing crop in lentils if you go too fast. I was able to cut 20-25 bu/ac lentils at 8mph without leaving anything behind.
@mikemitchell25544 жыл бұрын
That's awesome! 🙂
@Jamesattended22454 жыл бұрын
Cheers for being honest mike.. your a good lad.. have a mega day from a sunny Isle of Wight..
@Geziuks4 жыл бұрын
Greeting from Chichester which is round the corner :)
@addimierke95904 жыл бұрын
I totally agree with you on the technology. Let’s not over complicate farming. Put it in the ground, it’ll grow. Keep weeds at bay, Harvest it. Nature does the rest!
@jesseburns97344 жыл бұрын
Great job. I agree we can do more with less. Thank you for creating the videos The cell phone works fine. May God Bless you and your Family.
@charlieshwan55744 жыл бұрын
Jesse Burns - I agree, plenty good enough. Nice to have different style of film to the others who spend 5 hrs editing a short film
@markbuhler33484 жыл бұрын
Love the grain cart bit! Nailed it!!
@yumyunrangLOAL4 жыл бұрын
9X vs 10T vs 8900 would be a spicy competition
@lawrencewilliamson33034 жыл бұрын
Maybe throw in a CR
@SomeTechGuy6664 жыл бұрын
I almost worked for a farmer this fall. Things were slow in early August due to COVID, so I answered a couple ads. Figured it would be fun to do a harvest again. Had offers from 2 of them. And then work got busy.
@dennisphillips30594 жыл бұрын
Your videos are totally awesome Mike and I like how you explain things
@alajenhowden24234 жыл бұрын
Brilliant video as always, keep up the good work god bless to you and your family.
@paulreynolds45454 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed your view on the public/farming communities opinion about the future of having more and smaller. I agree. Power and get r done! GO BIG OR GO HOME! Again... that's just my opinion.
@corgraveland48744 жыл бұрын
Great, great Q&A video Mike! Lots of good information and from long experience gained insights, thanks for sharing. Really liked yr opinion on many things. What I also really do like is this Fendt Ideal you are currently running is running so smoothly, because it has the right technologies onboard and the manufacturer found a good mixture both hardware and software wise. What an area and crop it has been harvesting for you while you were doing the video. Fantastic piece of equipment. Like the sound as well and it is so quiet. Just happy it is all running so well. Enjoy the remainder of the harvest of those lentils. Thnx buddy👌😉
@marcelhabets48024 жыл бұрын
Men I love your video's the most, just real uncut enjoying video's to watch, and a awesome farm you got, and just so intressting how you are telling your story and to learn from them.
@troyadamswaymarfarm52244 жыл бұрын
Hi mate, Agree💯% with everything you say... The Honey Bee's are the most reliable heads in my opinion, we also use Shelburne stripper heads. Next year we're changing our 9R's for the Versitile DT610's and our headers are changing from JD to CLASS lexicon 8900's. It's all about what works for you, not so much the colour or brands. Stay safe...
@dragefarms90244 жыл бұрын
Swtiching from JD to Lexions here too.
@zieske984 жыл бұрын
You are awesome mike! Your videos make my day, definitely reset your options, hell I agree with basically all of them How bout some drone footage, shit if i had a passport I'd come up and do some drone work for you
@farmcentralohio4 жыл бұрын
Great video Mike, keep on doing what you do and we'll be watching
@WilliamStevens0074 жыл бұрын
Great video Mike, Enjoyed it as I do all of them apart from the silent one hahahhaha.
@chadshafer80954 жыл бұрын
Love your videos. I like how you are Honest. I like Blunt People who Dont Candy Coat anything & who dont Bleed Green. I like how you try all Brands that Interest you & give a Honest Oppion of how it Performs . You are not Color Blind which i like. Keep up the Great Work.
@jtn-minn81054 жыл бұрын
Hahaha, I agree on the advancements in ag to a point, but a lot of the things are just play things now days not nessasary. I truly like Auto steer but my markers are still on the corn planter for them (just in case times) and I've had to use them a few times when Auto steer decided not to work.I started farming in the 70s I'm not afraid to grab the wheel and use the markers.
@Patriot37914 жыл бұрын
Video quality is just fine brother
@europalette36404 жыл бұрын
Trudeau wheat? Man, I know why I am subscribed to you
@farmerstephen4 жыл бұрын
I agree with you about the phone. I also do KZbin farm videos and I just use my phone. Saves carrying anything extra.
@inlikeflynn6734 жыл бұрын
Just keep on keeping on Mike! Love any vids from you!
@echutch4 жыл бұрын
I try to do a morning doo when there is morning dew just be productive while waiting for the dew to do it’s thing.
@gamerdrive55654 жыл бұрын
As far as go pros and not wanting to carry one around, I get that, but I reckon here and there just get a good angle with it, record a long video, speed it up/time lapse however it’s done and just chuck it up, no talking needed anything like that, there is just something so rad about watching farming sped waaaay way up. Cheers from Australia bud love ya work.
@stevenweich8634 жыл бұрын
Mike, I’m with you on the variable rate. It’s hard to know if it’s going to be a wet year or dry year and where to put the resources, sometimes blanket decisions cover the bases the best.
@lornatevelde6964 жыл бұрын
Love your videos Mike, keep up the good work.
@symbologee4 жыл бұрын
NH had the twin rotor for decades before anyone else had. Somewhat similar analogy to the Honey Bee 50 ft head.
@cr4zyj4ck4 жыл бұрын
Love your videos Mike. Thanks for letting us all see inside your head and how y'all run your farms up in Saskatchewan.
@mikemitchell25544 жыл бұрын
Haha you're welcome, tho it's a scary place to be! 😂 🤷♂️
@joemandel52164 жыл бұрын
mike i totally agree, my dad used to say. you only hear about variable rate at seeding time, nobody mentions it at combining####cashgrab###
@leddielive4 жыл бұрын
Hi Mike, I guess you get the TV series Blackadder in your neck of the woods so in the words of General Melchad himself, "Don't ignore the do do" and keep doing the do do that you do, all the best from the Fens of England UK.
@bradkammer42444 жыл бұрын
Farming is becoming over complicated. I’m glad someone else thinks that also.
@noelmartyn90344 жыл бұрын
Mike you are the most realistic crazy guy on KZbin. Love your video.
@stanleyjones41804 жыл бұрын
great video mike i could listen to you all day enjoyed the video thanks
@Forsvik784 жыл бұрын
Greetings from Finland.You have awesome farm.Keep up good work! Have you ever tested Valtra T4 tractors?
@jrvintage4 жыл бұрын
Great Vid. as normal Mike don’t change a thing, always love the way u end the video at least twice 👍😎
@kevinwc54394 жыл бұрын
I love that a grown man can still laugh at a doo doo joke 💩😆. You are a fun guy Mike👍
@stepheneilenfeld19344 жыл бұрын
Options are like assholes....Everyone got one. I’m not farmer. But a skilled retired Tool&Die maker. I get it.
@leesteele92904 жыл бұрын
Your thoughts on the over use of the latest technology on fertilizer and yeild monitors to base everything on is very refreshing , they are tools but the grain still gets sold across the scales and the inputs cost so much per ton of gallon or bag and the bottom line doesn't come across a monitor screen !! I don't have a thing against the tech stuff but they are very expensive tools and lots of people more than happy to help you buy your way into an endless toy store !!! You obviously like machines and see more benefits to the tech there making you and your people more efficient so continue to run with that and keep us informed of the ones that intrigue you the most !
@carloscordova13514 жыл бұрын
Mike mitchell thanks for your videos. You are a successful entrepreneur. 👍
@michaelfair93364 жыл бұрын
Hey can you go over the Mod that prevents the combines from plugging up When you get the 9T upgraded? Show us the part difference? Thanks! Love the videos keep it up!
@gavinperry72374 жыл бұрын
Happy Wife, Happy Life !! Case IH is missing out on a “Perfect Advertisement” by not making available a combine for Ashtyn to put through the paces. This could turn out to be a “Wedding Gift” that Ashtyn would treasure for life.😂🤣
@mikemitchell25544 жыл бұрын
Hahah right?! 😂
@davezalinko13544 жыл бұрын
Mike I really enjoyed your answer or answers to acres/day. You actually sounded like a politician. 😂😂. As a farmer myself I can do the math I’m my head of what you would “average” on a good day. You are correct though there are several factors that do determine how much you can do. Have a great, safe rest of your harvest. We will be starting Monday or Tuesday. By the way we ran NHs for the past 7 years, running S780s this year, so yes change is good.
@JsixstringS4 жыл бұрын
Look forward to seeing all that awesome equipment in the field really enjoy your videos
@michaelcorcoran18054 жыл бұрын
Such a good answer to how much you can get done in a day.
@timmattison65534 жыл бұрын
Hello from upstate NY. love the NY shirt. keep the videos coming. be safe and see ya on the next one.
@joemamma32724 жыл бұрын
"YOUR GONNA FRICKIN DUMB!" Had me dying :)
@farmerboo61444 жыл бұрын
Great work Mike “Feeding the World”. Commentary is fantastic even though you are a little crazy. Congrats on getting married. Cheers from Australia. Farmer Boo