THE WHOPPER CHOPPER | New Holland 1900

[@DetlefStruve-q8o]

I come from Germany, near Danmark, and in 1982 we changed a 1770 chopper to a 1900 Machine with 250 hp Caterpillar-Engine. Great Power at that time !!

[@AlextheDutchDairyfarmer]

Brings me back to my youth. You could hear m from miles away. Especially in corn we went out to watch. We were so jealous of the men who runned those mighty machines. Tractors of 100 to 130 hp pulled 14 ton wagons to get the silage to the pile. Nowadays they use 300+ tractors with 30 ton wagons.

[@jamesdiehl8690]

The guy's driving the trucks are so in sync with the chopper. It's mesmerizing to see them turn those corners and not lose a bit of materials.

[@bigtractorpower]

This was a tight 10 acre field. They rolled right through it.

[@mfreund15448]

All the truck does is drive. The chopper driver is responsible for keeping it in the truck.

[@gregverhasselt8357]

The 2100 was the whopper chopper. I remember when I was little the local dealer brought one out to try. The neighborhood worked together to harvest the corn in the mud. No such thing as working together today. All cut throat.

[@dangeissinger4906]

As a kid in the 80’s I had a New Holland whopper chopper hat. I loved that hat. That’s as close as I ever got to owning one.

[@bigtractorpower]

Very cool hat to have. 😁👍👍

[@mrourcanada8964]

Well considering how old that machine is it’s looks like it’s working perfectly that’s a good testament to the quality of the Holland

[@jankotze1959]

I remember as a kid I always thought it is a big tractor that run in reverse all the time lol, New Holland equipment those days were in a class of its own

[@stiegerstx500]

I feel like that header would become a joyous chore to switch crops over time

[@midwestcowboy_973]

No not at all with cordless impacts theses days 30 minutes tops. Disconnect one speed chain put the head stands on or just throw some blocks underneath and tree bolts

[@cabogosandy]

Wow these brings me memories back when I used to chopped broccoli for the dairy in Salinas valley California back the 90’s to early 20’s . We used 1900 & 2100 chopper with 14 ft. Header.

[@davidbrennan3613]

Another class video. These harvesters were very popular with agri contractors in ireland back in the 80s

[@danne77sthlm]

This farmer takes good care of his machines if they still run this true today and looks like that, I really like to see stuff like it since it reminds me of my father and his care of our machines That machine will probably run true for many more years :)

[@tuckerfuller7292]

I’m from south central Michigan....nice to see you up this way

[@anthonyboley5066]

Nice old school iron great to see those machines still being a workhorse

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@jamieknapp3485]

Had one just like it on our east Central Iowa dairy farm. Did a lot of custom work with it as well. Great video. Brings back memories

[@elamnissley4099]

Nice ! I hear a normal sound . Clicking pickup header ! But... It's working great and getting it done.

[@DoEverythingWell]

Great video as always! I’ve never liked old farm equipment but this New Holland sure impressed Me!

[@glenncerny8403]

Nice to see those machines still in service long after the mortgage on them has been paid off.

[@bigtractorpower]

I like finding the classics at work.

[@ericditmer7467]

My first New Holland (after dads try everything) was a 718….a great simple chopper. As my dairy expanded I went threw a couple 892’s other then the stupid reversing clutch design, I got a 900…..wow like any good chopper the more power you put on it the better! I got a 1845 to open me and my neighbors and then got a 1915 that I still use today in Northwest Ohio to mostly open and use for high moisture ground ear corn. I do custom agbagging and have seen them all. I will never forget the first super 717 with a 250hp tractor flying thru a field chopping corn.

[@djsimonrossprice9400]

In 1984 /85 used here in UK the 1895 AND 1900 Two great bits of kit..

[@MienTayTiVi]

amazing

[@farming_in_maine3435]

I’m the forage harvester operator for our dairy farm and we run a fx 60 and a 2115 new holland. Both machines share the 10 or 12 foot windrow headers and the ri450 corn head.

[@bigtractorpower]

Very cool. How many rows does an RI450 bring in?

[@farming_in_maine3435]

bigtractorpower well we plant our corn to 15” rows, so we are cutting 10-11 rows at a time. The ri 450 cuts 6 rows. Our 2115 had a horning processor in it as well. Would definitely make you some good content!

[@farming_in_maine3435]

I have one video on my page that’s short showing the 2115 cutting corn at night

[@macfarms]

Nice video man, we run a 1915 up here in Nova Scotia Canada as you know haha. That 1900 is working good, can definitely see a few differences between the 1900 and the 1915 we run but basically the same machine.

[@bigtractorpower]

I enjoy your videos. I am Whopper Chopper fan. That is how found your channel. There are slight differences between the Sperry and the Ford 1900 as well. I have a 2100 lined up to film. Hopefully that will be filmed in the next few weeks.

[@macfarms]

@@bigtractorpower Cool man, look forward to it. If you ever need some 1915 footage your welcome to use any of mine.

[@armyguy872008]

Expensive machine for the 80’s, but considering the CLASS is 500k I guess it is a steal.

[@bigtractorpower]

The $100,000 mark was right in line with the cost of a big machine of the day. 4wds and top end combines were preceded in this range. In 1982 tractors like a 370 hp John Deere 8850 was $120,000, a 325 hp Steiger Panther III was $110,000, and a 290 hp Massey Ferguson 4880 was $108,000. The 222 bu. John Deere 8820 combine was $125,000.

[@bobaganooshy]

The biggest choppers now are over a million

[@Zero01k]

If you take inflation into account, the Holland chopper was probably close to being that expensive back then

[@jamesbarbour8400]

You mention that the NH 1900 was superseded by the NH 1915, in 1987 - I recall seeing a NH 1905 in a different video - what year was this introduced ?

[@SimonKL11]

New holland choppers are my favorite😁👍 we don't have a chopper, but other farms help us to bring the crop in. Keep up your great work😉👍

[@bigtractorpower]

😁👍👍

[@tonymckeage1028]

great video, interesting the history that sperry new holland produced the first self propelled choppers and the 1900 was one of the first

[@bigtractorpower]

New Holland was one of the very first companies with a self propelled chopper back in 1961. It was the model SP818. It looked similar to the 1974 1880 shown in the video. Gehl was the first to offer a self propelled chopper in 1958 and Papec followed in 1959. The 1900 in this video was 4th generation of New Holland self propelled chopper following the SP818, 1880, 1890 and 1895. I hope some day to film one of each machine in action to show a complete progression in the harvesting timeline.

[@bendocherty9429]

That's great Machine. I thought they were the first to Manufacturer the Forage Harvesters? We have to use Tractors to Haul because a Lorry would sink because we harvest Maize in the fall so the ground can be really wet.

[@bigtractorpower]

New Holland was third to offer a self propelled chopper. Gehl was the first in 1958 and Papec was the second in 1959. Gehl based in Wisconsin stopped offering a self propelled by the end of the 60’s and dropped out of pull type chopper production in 2006 in favor of expanding its construction business. Papec based in Shortsville, NY offered the first pneumatic silo chopper/blower in 1910. Back then you cut the corn and hauled the entire plant to the silo where it was chopped and blown into the silo. Papec offered the first pull type forage harvester and distributed them through John Deere dealers under an agreement until the 1940’s when John Deere started building their own chopper. Papec exited the self propelled chopper market by the late 60’s and stopped building pull type choppers and forage wagons in 1979. You still see a Papec forage wagon in use every once in a great while.

[@bendocherty9429]

@@bigtractorpower Thanks for replying and very impressed with your knowledge so when me and my brother take a break he would like to know all of what you replied. We have a Claas Chopper and they must have joined the market in the later part of 20th Century I presume? The new Claas choppers and Combines are nice but they price us out so we are probably going to have to change machines!

[@heathmumm9576]

We have had a 1915 since 2011. Nice chopper with a lot of capacity. Chopped side by side with a John Deere 5830 and it would walk all over that. Only downside with New Holland on a machine of that age is parts are becoming obsolete and the hydraulic rear wheel assist is worthless...robs to much power from the machine. I never use it. For it’s time I’m sure it was a beast. Wish more companies would make a machine close to the 2115 size today

[@billheald9966]

We ran the 890 pull type new holland's when we were still farming, always wanted to try one of the 1900's tho

[@farmingforfunandprofit940]

There was a previous self-propelled model Powered by a 347 gas engine the NH 880 I had one...

[@jaretstrickland5613]

We have a NH 1915 that we still use today.

[@bigtractorpower]

Very cool.

[@macfarms]

Good to hear some guys are still running them. We have a 1915 also.

[@edreisinger5757]

Never had a new holland self propelled, but we sure wore out a lot of new holland pull choppers

[@alexharris1122]

I own a 2100 new Holland chopper still at work today

[@traktorindonesia27]

awesoms👍

[@markcollmer4215]

There was also a snapper head and screen so you could make snaplage have no idea what it cost but I was very heavy and difficult to attach

[@bigtractorpower]

I left the snapper and haybine heads out of this video but I do hope to get to film each in action some say.

[@michaelwashington2682]

Reminds me of the old time sugarcane Loaders I knew when I was a little boy

[@generationll]

The 325hp 2100 was originally called The Whopper Chopper as I remember

[@bigtractorpower]

Yes. The 2100 came out for 1980 and the 1900 in 1982. I scanned in the The Whopper Choppers logo for this video from the 2100/1900 sales literature. New Holland lists them both as Whopper Choppers in the brochure as well as the pull type 1600.

[@jeremyswindell2330]

That's cool!

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@canadiantractorspotter9969]

Nice.

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@jameswest673]

I'm a John Deere guy but that cat 3306 is hard to beat. That motor will out last 3 of those choppers.

[@bigtractorpower]

😁👍👍

[@deeredrengen]

May i ask, why the name? Wopper-chopper?

[@joshp4.0]

Great vid. Cool chopper for sure. I imagine corn chopping will begin before too long, have you gotten to record any yet?

[@ronmeier8850]

He is actually filming porn during July & August...

[@ronmeier8850]

actually it hurt to write this

[@jimmystrain883]

That thing is eating it up

[@thayhai1994]

Máy chạy ghê quá nhỉ hihi 😊😊

[@lahoriaproduction5203]

Nic bro

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@paulpochan9631]

I remember when the"Whopper Chopper" was the story line on a popular TV comedy show in the 70s. But due to PC I am unable to say which show......

[@noahater5785]

wouldn't be easier to tow a forage wagon behind the chopper to reduce the amount of manpower involved?

[@MrMagnum7220]

If they’re dumping in a bunker, the truck is faster.

[@Chevy4x4dawg]

Also depends on distance from fields to farm yard.

[@ronmeier8850]

Smack yourself

[@jaycow3154]

We have 1880 with ford V-8 and 1890 with 3208 cat

[@bigtractorpower]

Very very cool.

[@lizethflores356]

can you send yur eddros four may tahnks

[@Blackwellll3066]

Its a cool chopper but with small feild of hay to chop can that chop merged rows or only one row at a time

[@brianrutherford3229]

I never worked for any cattle or dairy farmers.the ones I worked for were strictly arable farners.they grew wheat,barley,spuds,pinto beans,soybeans.

[@stephendekoschak9555]

Our spare chopper is a new holland 2115

[@bigtractorpower]

Very cool. The 2100 and 2115 are impressive. I hope to get to film each one for BTP.

[@farmboy5622]

It looks like the Air Conditioning (windows and door open) on the Red chopper, is working good. (Ha!Ha!)

[@bigtractorpower]

I did observe the door being open.

[@ikonseesmrno7300]

Very cool video, BTP! Did the corn head on the 1880 still have a sickle cutting the stalks? Could be something else making a ticking sound I guess. Gehl already had a stationary knife by the time that chopper came out. However, Gehl gave up on their SP188 the year before the 1880 & there were no more SP offerings from them after that. I think if Gehl had stuck it out & changed their harvester unit on the SP188 to something like the CB600, they could have hung on in the market. At least for a little while. Wonder if something smaller like a self propelled CT300 would have caught on with the medium sized farms back then.

[@christopherpernat5458]

Why was it called the whopper chopper

[@bigtractorpower]

I talk about this a little in the middle of the video. The 2100 and 1900 were significantly larger than previous New Holland chopper and their competitors in the early 1980’s.

[@ronmeier8850]

Actually it was a black thing sorry you wouldn't understand

[@scruffy6151]

👍👍

[@IH-tu4pz]

1890 Sperry New Holland

[@bigtractorpower]

😁👍👍

[@IH-tu4pz]

bigtractorpower Would you like to get a video of a Sperry new Holland TR 70 I noticed you don’t have one on KZbin yet if you come around in September that’s about when being harvested for us

[@randykroells8049]

I helped a custom chopper chop corn silage with a New Holland and it broke down almost every day and I said you need a Claas,he finally seen the light.

[@Samthe17]

Hi

[@bigtractorpower]

Hello. Thank you for watching.

[@jaredbrewer8907]

Just a NH 790 pull chopper defiantly not a whopper chopper by no means

[@luisnunes7933]

Hello!

[@bigtractorpower]

Hi. Thank you for watching.

[@bradolsen9981]

Sure the narrator of this video do you see at all in the future thousand bushel combined on the market please answer this question thank you

[@wowjchehwksm610]

I had a stroke trying to fuckin read this

[@wilsonandrade6246]

✌️✌️✌️✌️

[@Fredgordonherbert420]

New hollands biggest mistake was leaving sperry

[@paulofrancisco565]

like

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@beartechdeck]

We had a new Holland fx58 and it was junk