Thanks for Letting Me Drive Your Tractor, Franky! | A Case IH Tractor Video

[@mooorecowbell4222]

Matt, bet you have a bunch of "B-Roll" footage from your phone/cam from the perspective of the cab floor looking at the cab ceiling... CONTENT: GOLD ! Always enjoy tagging along in the tractor like Juan Brown.

[@johnm1898]

I learned some stuff today. Thanks for posting.

[@koryleague8833]

Great video matthew. Im sure you werent as nervous about the turns id bet this isnt your first rodeo playing in the dirt. Thanks for sharing i enjoyed it.

[@paulsautocm]

keep on churning. Thanks for the upload.

[@troyadamswaymarfarm5224]

Hi Matt, Boss is on the job...😎 Fields looking good... Did notice your rear wiper could do with a little bit of TLC...😁🤣

[@patmancrowley8509]

Matthew, when I start my truck I put on my seat belt. This gives the engine time to properly lubricate before engaging the transmission. So it is a good habit to have as personal protection for both you and the engine of your chariot.

[@nashguy207]

Good job as always Matthew. Stay Safe. Stay Healthy!

[@justjoe7313]

Love your work and your videos! Would be great to see and learn more.

[@jeremymurphy7320]

Oh, man...there's a lot of people havingnandneezing fit just looking at all those flowers and pollen As always, great work. I enjoy seeing farm fields with crops other than corn, soybeans, wheat and alfalfa. And alfalfa is only if were getting real squirrelly on the KZbin

[@casey5711]

👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾 nice job as usual ,thanks 👍🏾😀🚜🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@maxt6326]

Here in 🇬🇾 Guyana we finished ploughing waiting on the rains...

[@markpickell6606]

I like that mower. Very cool.

[@America-First2024]

A video on your fuel stations. The set-up, capacities, and gallons per minute. Just wondering because I noticed you use a gas engine pump versus an electric pump. And I currently use “Gerry” cans. A lot of lifting.

[@jimmystrain883]

I like those case ih tractors

[@DonnerPassWhisky]

Hope you were able to plant everything before the pouring rain that is coming down now? Wondering how your nitrogen shortage played out that you talked about in Juan Browns video he did with you?

[@ollie-lk5dx]

Have you ever tried mounting harrow's or rolling baskets to help break up lumps?

[@surajsingh-ki1qg]

That's a big harrow the case 260 working there ....how much disc on it

[@walterlaubscherjr2011]

Great video Matt

[@JD-9600]

Wow ...I guess every part of the country does farming different. If dad caught me not not lifting the disc out of the ground on every turn,i don't think I could have sat for a week when I was young! Lol happened

[@jacobotes8443]

Would using a normal plow or maybe a chisel plow with smaller spacing's not save you having to do two passes? We sometimes even put wide cultivator sweeps on our chisel plows to make sure all the soil get worked. Also the same for the discs. You get seedbed discs with the discs a lot closer together. Would using one of those with a heavy roller not also smooth the field in one pass? Just thinking there is a lot of fuel to be saved. Not trying to be a know it all but as a fellow farmer I do like saving money :)

[@AnviYeshmi]

Great job Man 👏👏 Looks like this place is near to me. Is it in & around Tracy? I see only veg and fruit farms here🤔

[@LuckyBaldwin777]

He's about 1/2 way between Yuba City and Chico

[@jimmystrain883]

Enjoyed the video real informative

[@keydanTheMan614]

Hey Matthew I have a question why do you not run a soil finisher because a lot of people in my area of farming runs slow finishers but why do you guys not run soil finishers

[@timothypirnat3754]

Matt, maybe adding a hatband mount for your camera would give you the third hand you were wishing for?

[@dtube2]

Good job

[@jankotze1959]

Brilliant for me thanks

[@1crouchingtygger]

Great video Matthew. I wanted to comment on how you are disking though. You are making extra work for yourself, there is a more efficient way to work a field that you may want to consider. You want to go around the outside round turning to the right, and the rest of the field turning to the left. The reason you do the opposite direction on the outside from what you are doing is the disk throws dirt to the right. Over time, that dirt builds up around the outside of the field. So you want to be turning right the first round, so you are not building up a ridge on the first pass around the edges. Then you want to be turning left on the rest of the field, for the reason you mentioned in the video: you can turn left without raising the disk. That does not mean you don't have to work the corners, you still have to. The whole point of the disk you are using is that it allows you to make left turns without raising up. Then when you are finished, you work the corners the same that you have been.

[@matthewmeents1287]

Do you wanna come out here and do it then?

[@1crouchingtygger]

Ok? Just trying to point out there is an more efficient way of doing what he's doing.

[@richardvandyke9578]

Wrong. Doing like you suggested would leave furrows and ridges. He is doing it correctly.

[@allenmoore4186]

Why do y’all use an offset disc? Great video!

[@BaltimoreShipspotting]

If you have metal in the cab consider building a rig like the guys at Welker Farms did with a magnetic foot.

[@gavinburkett5829]

Do ur case tractors have auto steer

[@matthewmeents1287]

Yes, several of their Magnums do.

[@srishri6927]

Hi, I'm Sri from Sri Lanka. i've purchased more than100 acres of rice land. Traditionally, locally farmers are planting in small block for instance 1 acre is divided as 4 pcs. for me its not comfortable due to I have big land. plowing and harvesting are very difficult due to movement of machines. my question is how many acres of land can one block comprises?

[@sanfranciscobay]

1. Over time, does your rice fields get higher, lower or remain the same in height excluding land lowering due to the water table lowering. 2. What is happening over time to the land height due to the water table lowering?

[@freshchicorice]

Why do you assume the water table is lowering?

[@jesusmejiamedina7397]

TUMS UP TO YOU AMIGO

[@heathkrug4750]

How often do you have to level after discing 2 passes?

[@JoseAguilar-rv7dr]

😂😂😂😂😂 better keep your day job 😂😂😂😂be safe buddy God bless

[@Ricefarmingtv]

Totally Jose! Thank you, brother. -Matthew

[@paulc.sachsejr.7209]

I’m from New York so I’m not familiar with this term. What constitutes a “ Butte” ?

[@otey674]

He was referring to the Sutter Buttes mountain range off in the distance. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutter_Buttes

[@geoffreykail9129]

Maybe you could invest in a magnetic mount? LOL

[@brianbob7514]

Why dry the soil out before you flood it?

[@paulrobberts1527]

When are you going to seed?

[@johnwood702]

You need a camera holder 👍

[@chriscardoza9785]

I see you don't have GPS in your tractors...

[@Ricefarmingtv]

We do but don’t run them. Helps avoid operators falling asleep and driving into ditches. -Matthew

[@LuckyBaldwin777]

@@Ricefarmingtv I almost did that once years ago. Was a cold morning and the breeze was blowing the warm air off the engine onto me and I fell asleep. I woke up when I heard the engine laboring as the old D8 was trying to climb the levee into Butte Creek lol

[@rdekort9273]

Why dont you just use a 6 to 8 meter 3 pointhitch power harrow

[@wb6wsn]

Why can't you "dress the corners" of a rectangular field with the first couple of passes, and then do the rest of the field with a single spiral toward the center? Wouldn't this be faster than having to make critical turns at the ends of every row?

[@robertreznik9330]

Are you really a farmer!

[@kalwongkl]

You can do voiceover later during editing. Then you can concentrate on driving and ploughing only

[@jocalafarms4051]

Seems that u hire a lot of tractor drivers to work your fields. U farm what about 1500 acres of rice?

[@jeffcrum5023]

Jocala Farms rice takes a lot more labor that row crop. Here in Arkansas I have one employee per 250 acres of rice. 5-6 passes before planting to get the fields ready. Not sure how they do it out there but I know here it takes a few hands to get a crop in and out.

[@matthewmeents1287]

Jeff Crum Yep. Same stuff out here. Lots of passes are required.

[@1redisthecolor]

Explain right and left braking to me....that I had no idea about 😲🤷‍♂️

[@buckhorncortez]

Tractors have independent rear brakes. By using the independent brake, you can make the tractor pivot around the rear wheel that is locked by the brake. Lock the right rear brake, turn right, and the tractor pivots to the right around that rear wheel. Lock the left rear brake, turn left and the tractor pivots to the left around that rear wheel.

[@X-OR_]

Franky is disking near the levy. now the levy is dry

[@Ricefarmingtv]

Very very accurate, X-OR! -M.

[@ericwall6301]

As a lifetime southern Indiana row crop farmer your tillage videos are very frustrating. To each their own on how to prepare a seed bed, but way to many passes and such small tillage equipment. But do love the videos and I support all aspects of agriculture! Rice is a long way from corn and soybeans so I find it interesting none the less. Keep it up!

[@matthewmeents1287]

Yeah, but guess what? Northern California is not Indiana. Our soils are so hard and different we can’t do no till. We have to constantly work the ground. The practice that you think is “frustrating” is actually very necessary.

[@mcbytoemceedelmario4537]

Problem is that you are talking full time no rest of time we listen and see the tractor harrowing the field

[@wayneblake1886]

Where’s your GPS

[@ericmanteuffel6403]

Did you really wear those latex gloves all day?? Wow. I know when working on a car with them on, after a while, my hands get all sweaty. What a pain. Be nice when it's over. At least your county isn't making you wear face masks!!

[@ericmanteuffel6403]

Considering the circumstances, you don't need to answer that. ;) Another great video, by the way!!

[@maxt6326]

Here in 🇬🇾 Guyana we finished ploughing waiting on the rains...