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[@batpherlangkharkrang7976]

Hi.... Evan thanks you for showing your video homestead bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋👍👍👍

[@tractorsold1]

We always used a hammer to put rivets into sycle teeth, but we used the ball of the hammer to round off the result.

[@cathiwim]

The Case purrs like a kitten!

[@larrymcever4601]

I come from a long line of blacksmiths, and the rivets do just fine. Just a suggestion though, the round end of the Ball Peen hammer was to set rivets.

[@charlenepartlow7880]

Wr just love watching you work , repair, and enjoying the efforts y'all have put into your property garden and animals .. Do you ever hear my husband calling out to you with helpful information about your tasks ?! Lololol

[@coyotiess]

Glad you put it away!

[@coyotiess]

Good job!

[@leol1682]

Enjoy your video Evan and Reb,

[@markpriddy1]

Good job. 🙂

[@lawsonlawnandfarm8073]

You’re a better man than me. I wouldn’t have thought twice about spending $150 on new guards. Having bolts makes life so much easier. Also I probably would have just baled that hay right up😂.

[@johnjordan4647]

Got to love the old Case with that natural air conditioning. I wonder if those TYM tractors will still be going when they are the same age as the Case. Thanks for the video Mate

[@donkeylong7707]

Paint the Heston red. Sand blast it and paint it…. It will help keep it from rusting and it’s a good cutter

[@O.KFarmToysdeutzallis6275]

we got a brand new massy ferguson 1745d baler and baled up a rake arm and it wrecked a bunch of stuff. So it is getting warranty work and so we hooked up the old baler and it got our hay up

[@1RyanDaugherty]

Probably telling you things you already know.. but if you’ll continue to combine those small windrows together into single decent sized windrows, it makes life easier on your baler and also makes your turns much easier with them spread out fairly well. All your moving parts are still wearing the same amount with tiny windrows, so the less distance you have to cover with the baler the better off over time. Also, (and these may be what you used, never been around a Hesston sickle conditioner), but you can get section bolts that have a rivet head with serrations under it to keep it from turning and they come with really low profile nuts. If you get the right length to where the bolt doesn’t protrude from the nut they will fit under most standard profile holddowns. (At least on the new hollands and also IH grain platforms this holds true. Keep up the good work!

[@plan1956]

It's awesome to see old tractors and other equipment still being used......

[@DconBlueZ]

Thanks for the video, always enjoy watching!

[@rayperoni4142]

Hello Evan and Rebecca,pretty nice channel .I love you both!

[@daleh645]

Just wanna say “Hay!” 🤣 God bless 🙏🏼🇺🇸

[@51rwyatt]

What about a couple seasons of a nice cover crop in that hay field to boost organic matter? Or one season. Seems like it might need a rest and there are some nice cover crops that put huge amounts of organic matter on top and underground.

[@honkingdonk3981]

It has not rained here where I am in Texas for almost two months. I would love to have rain.

[@southtexashay777]

Mr. Evan, they make and sell a sickle rivet tools for that replacing rivet on your sickle bar. But It might be cheaper to replace your guards. Good luck

[@garybarrett6581]

Never seen anybody rivet sections in up side down!!!! l will be watchin!!!!

[@Dan-qy1rg]

I think you did the right thing by replacing the bolts with rivets. I saw a comment mentioning a rivet tool for removing and replacing the rivets, it's called a Rivet-Eze. I always did mine like you did with the hammer, but it looks like it's easier with this tool. I think you can do most if not all the rivets and sections replacement without removing the sickle. Liked the video, thanks and have a great evening!

[@stuartsplace100]

Good Morning Evan,been rain here in Vermont daily

[@stuartsplace100]

Pete Larson(just a few acers farm) has a Ghel round bailer

[@thesicklemodernagriculture]

It's amazing to see how this giant machine can do its job with ease

[@craftylady73]

I applaud your decision to use the rivots. smart economical and time saving move. I know what you are going thru with the Hay. (was a hay dealer for over 20 years put up on average 100k bales a year (small kicker bales back them before round balers became the norm. thanks for sharing. ECF

[@johnzink3309]

Thx

[@Infinity.....]

My favorite farm! Love you two! 🙂

[@paulsackett3485]

Do yourself a favor and do a soil test prior to applying any fertilizer. Fertilizer is too expensive to guesstimate. Your county extension office should be able to help you out. Keep up the good work 👍

[@deborahsimmons2414]

Love your videos,! Thank you!!!

[@olddawgdreaming5715]

Looks good Evan, glad you got the hay cutter repaired. Hope the weather holds off another day so you can finish up the bailing. Stay safe around there and keep up the great videos. Fred.

[@mrclaus859]

Thanks Evan

[@cajunnathan4586]

Suggestion: Bring a soil sample from the failing hay field to your county agents office for analyzation to make sure you get that hay field the correction nutrients.

[@jpeel2066]

Glad you got it baled. All the best 🇬🇧.

[@DennisFahlstrom]

Evan, as much greasing as you do to all your equipment I’m surprised you haven’t added a battery powered greaser to you collection of tools. I have a Milwaukee 18v and it seems to seldom need a recharge.

[@dylanvanduzer1302]

It been put together like that every since they invented the mowing machine

[@stevemartinez6757]

I know what you mean by being hot outside. I have spent the last couple of mornings building a goat pen/shelter and by lunch time I am pretty much done. The heat and humidity is probably worse down here in North Florida, but at my age (late 50's knocking on 60's door) I just can't take it like I used to when I was younger.

[@TomSmith-me7ph]

Good video.there is a tool we used for removing & replacing rivets. I don’t know what it was called, it was cast iron, looked like a C . The top was hollow to fit over the top of the rivet and the bottom had a bolt that you would tighten and smash the rivet to the sickle bar.

[@mabloodhound]

Good choice using the rivets. Saves money and not that much time

[@duraspace7285]

Just be carefully with leaving hay inside the baler, it could catch on fire especially if its damp.

[@PoplarRidge]

I know that hay field isn’t fenced in yet but running your cows through the field would feed them and fertilize the field. I’d vote to put the money for fertilizer toward fencing in that field. Gives cows some more to graze and fertilizes the field.

[@stevengunter2843]

That hay looked great mybe it will dry out!

[@craigwiest772]

Nice video. Always interested in seeing what you are up to. Steers are looking pretty slick.

[@iwantosavemoney]

I like this channel a lot buying fixing and making do great stuff am ready for more land 😂 I run about 30 head of sheep on a little less than 5 acres.

[@danielchapa2112]

Smart decision, glad you went back to the rivets, it was just too many negatives going with the bolts.👍🏼

[@TheGrimReaper1]

I think we had a special tool like a chisel with a recessed end to rivet the sections on. Those keepers were never designed for bolts ( when it was made)the keepers keep the blade down on to the ledger plate situated on the finger within a certain tolerance. The keepers can wear out eventually. It actually looks like a decent sized mower and haven’t seen one like that in England.

[@outdoorstudios2022]

Hello Evan

[@seansysig]

I have a air rivet gun for solid rivets much like a needle scaler with a solid arbor pin.

[@stoddardcdoy]

I would have changed hold downs like u said it’s such a pain when u have to replace teeth going to bolts was best investment I have done,especially if your planning on keeping that conditioner for awhile.might as well make the investment if you can

[@murielmartin6533]

Putting on liquid manure will be very helpful

[@patrickuselton4175]

im in the same boat!

[@andrewl7467]

I bet you would rather wait than pull out the NH sickle mower. Lol hopefully your grass takes over that clover field in the future.

[@darellsunderlin4670]

Could you have used a washer or two to shim the guards up for clearance?

[@terrypotter4779]

Evan when "setting" rivets use the ball end of your ball peen hammer, it will spread the rivet out and round over the rivet quicker than trying power it down with the flat head of the hammer. Poor hay year here also, my 2 hay fields here at the house did less than half of last year with the same amount of fertilize. My other hay field was a little better.

[@teenagefarmer]

Hope you guys didn't have any damage in the storms, it's been an interesting year wether wise up here this year. Great video keep it up.

[@darrendaucsavage7632]

Evan u only had 2 put flat washers under the hold downs

[@usbpphillips]

Some hay is better than none....

[@TennesseeMtnMan]

👍😃

[@hastyhillfarm]

Never leave a bale in the baler, especially damp hay. If it catches fire you lose the baler and tractor that way. Chances are it won't but not a chance worth taking.

[@andyrobinson339]

2 things...Why not ted out the field after that rain before raking... or at least that one windrow? Looks like a soil test would be a good idea before applying anything to that field.

[@coyotiess]

FLORA had 10 inches talked to my Brother-in law!

[@jamesmorrison1884]

Hello Evan just a thought the rivits hammered side up causes less wear. Have a great day

[@johnsadler8637]

Greetings! I concur with your decision to use rivets instead of adding $150 to your old baler. Regards coming up and peening the top vs going down and peening the bottom - we did field replacement of broken/lost sections and had to go up and peen the top. We removed the guard covering the section, drove out any residual rivets, pushed a river up from the bottom, held a couple pound anvil up against the head, and pounded away at the top. Then remounted the guard and resumed cutting. As hard as your guards were to remove, you might need to carry your angle grinder and the right bolts in a repair bag with the new guards, sections, rivets, and hammer.

[@EC4400]

Hi Evan, Hay baling time again. The heat will dry it all out soon. How did the garden do this year?

[@greggmcclelland8430]

Your lessor producing hay field, you should let it go fallow and spread your winter manure on it. The other thing is you should fence it and run cows and sheep on it. Or a chicken tractor with meat birds on it. The chickens can eat the weed seeds and it will grow like crazy for the next 5 years.

[@double-h-farms]

Better choice in rivets cause the higher hump on the hold downs tends to catch the hay and build up on the sickle when cutting the hay then you have to stop and clear the grass away and start cutting again..

[@ppn6198]

One of my favorite channels not a negative comment but to much face time

[@0Hillbilly]

You might think about getting a wrapper. Wrap the bales and feed haylage. That fermented hay is great for the cattle.

[@tanneradams20]

That’s an investment. Decent used wrappers are still 5k plus. They’re so niche that they can almost ask what they want

[@0Hillbilly]

@tanneradams20 true, a good one though. No more wasted hay to the rains.

[@pampilgrim2274]

Hi, Evan! I enjoy watching you working on your tractors and their various attachments. It’s very interesting to watch as you do chores using your tractors. Do you have three tractors?

[@dwightl5863]

@@pampilgrim2274 At present he has four.

[@pampilgrim2274]

@@dwightl5863 thanks!!!

[@brettknoss486]

You should put the old Case on the baler, so it costs less when that Gehl baler catches fire.

[@denp54z]

Oh boy you're the glass half empty guy !

[@joshbutterfass5251]

Hey Evan just so you know farming cost 💲 I just wanted to remind you of that

[@bohammarberg4072]

🌹🌹❤🌹🌹

[@paulmonk7820]

Not a farmer or machinist, just wondering if it would help to center punch the rivets first.😮 😊

[@AfterTheRains]

Cutting and bailing hay is completely at the mercy of Mother Nature and my old granny used to say that Mother Nature was cruel. 😊

[@sandypratt8951]

❤️👍👍👍

[@wileycoyotesr8623]

This is probably a silly question but could you have baled that last row and made it the very next for feeding your animals?

[@americanbeefranch]

Why don’t you use a blend of zeolite, SKM, and chicken manure. Fertilizer, soil amendment, and raise ph all at once

[@stevedrew5425]

One bad bale no problem feed it first

[@johnwood7372]

Evan, are you still working your regular job?

[@kristopherjorgensen4801]

What would be your comfort level to run a round VS. A square baker in regards to HP of the the tractor?

[@josephbinkley]

How does the TYM t654 hold up using round balers?

[@CountryViewAcres]

I haven't had any issues. I am only running a 4x5 baler. The tractor doesn't seem like it's working very hard at all.

[@billydeesullivan537]

Hey Evan. Why don't you look around your area for people who cut & sell fire wood & see about working out a deal with them to cut those trees around your hay fields?

[@michaelbedell6523]

How do you know when the baler is full

[@quienvive675]

🐶👍

[@stevenjones2097]

Seems like you have a lot of hay lost when you open the baler.

[@Gods-Elect]

thats my thoughts too

[@Gods-Elect]

so much so i think he could feed some rabbits

[@nickpoole1734]

Why don't you look at wrapping the damp hay to make haulage.

[@allenbartlett3567]

I'M not telling you what to do but you should never keep hay in your baler if it catches fire baler and tractor is gone and I'M saying it and catch on fire

[@ninjanana1272]

👍👍❤

[@joshbutterfass5251]

Just bale it up and feed it to your cows as soon as you get it baled

[@NCCountryBoy]

That was my thoughts too, not enough there to worry about, rake to to the woods was my second thought lol

[@5thgen916]

So now you have to hammer out the rivets from the bottom side? An angle grinder around dry hay is just foolish. Spending the $150 and having then gone through a deeper inspection on any broken parts would have been the best route by far.

[@dannygoin6552]

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[@skrtskit1521]

💖💖🎶🎶

[@johnmeeks9618]

Looks like bails need to be tighter.

[@lindabarth6079]

Please tell me what PTO stands for?

[@terrypotter4779]

Power take off, it is the shaft that powers the implement

[@joellemieux9990]

Flip the bolts over Evan, put the nuts on the bottom.

[@dwightl5863]

Guards will still interfere with with the bolts.

[@davidj.mackinney6568]

But then you will have to use rivets all the time.

[@dylanvanduzer1302]

I don’t know we’re you get your farming information from but you need to know book farming is different in real life

[@dannygerrits1157]

Long term 150.00 would be more efficient. Just saying

[@discokido8397]

Really like your video's, but you do tell us what you're going to do three or four times. Give us the information once, then get some work done. Lol.

[@myrnabergman9232]

Did I miss putting together the other old tractor? If so let me know is it put together and can we see it working? I have 2 favorite shows and you are one.😊😊😊

[@dwightl5863]

AC not together as of yet.

[@AdamGoldman-cs4in]

Never leave hay in a bailer. Recipe for disaster