Winter is Here. Snow discing.

[@harveypenner2386]

A true northern farmer...snow discing in -8C weather in November! lol...I enjoy watching your videos!

[@Northern_Farmer]

@harveypenner2386 it's like plus 12 today...still lots of guys out discing

[@essexfarmer9610]

Thanks from a UK arable farmer just north of London. All our land was cleared by ancient man by flint head axes! So nobody has any new ground to break. When I was younger in the 1980s, I spent time in Zimbabwe, southern Africa and saw land still being "stumped" with the timber saved to burn to make steam to condition tobacco. Your job reminded me of that, except it was +35C and humid at Christmas!

[@Northern_Farmer]

That's to hot

[@jayvee-u2]

Thanks for the video, Tyson! The soil is looking great - that disc is doing a lot of work I think!!

[@Northern_Farmer]

@@jayvee-u2 no problem

[@mr.lynnrosaasen8218]

That has the potential for a bumper crop nex t year! Your the man to get out there a disc the snow in! Good job. Viewing from Killam, Ab.

[@tigercat73]

Im from Se Louisiana and thats alot different than im used to seeing. You have a beautiful place my friend.

[@Northern_Farmer]

@tigercat73 thanks a lot...

[@boe4448]

Looking like it will be pretty good farm ground. Nice set up. Boe

[@Northern_Farmer]

@@boe4448 it's good soil

[@stephenheyes4324]

Disc doing a great job Tyson and old Smokey 2

[@larrybruck2949]

Looking good Tyson. I hope you can get more tillage done before real winter arrives up there.

[@Northern_Farmer]

Agree

[@jrgenthomsen3841]

Great video Tyson thank you for sharing

[@Northern_Farmer]

Any time!

[@America-First2024]

👍🏻 always wanted to see tillage in the snow.

[@KevinChristiansen-i2q]

Great job disking Tyson

[@KevinChristiansen-i2q]

Great video Tyson

[@piperdoug428]

Those power rock rakes are good for gathering up roots, sticks n rocks plus levelling the turf

[@Northern_Farmer]

Yea almost better off having one of those

[@jedadruled984]

Wow, thats the real work. Respect.

[@MustangsTrainsMowers]

I have to disc a former garden and the bumpy lawn around it before the ground freezes here east of Saint Paul Minnesota. I’m doing it on a smaller scale with my Toro 522xi garden tractor and two Agri Fab discs attached in tandem. I just have to bolt a hitch to the front of the disc with parts I have sitting around.

[@juliusglorieux8338]

Nice job on that breaking!!

[@Northern_Farmer]

@@juliusglorieux8338 thanks

[@HowardFarms1]

Yes.. those willow and popple will come back up the next year if you don't keep it tilled. Takes about 4 good years to get most willows rooted and pretty much one year for the popples. I just went through clearing two fields up here in northern Minnesota. Sure like the kello-bilt. Does a good job.

[@Northern_Farmer]

@HowardFarms1 yea it's they will come back...be seeding it next spring

[@rongrose3746]

Reclaiming!! Looks great

[@Northern_Farmer]

Thanks

[@randybedker1584]

Glad you are doing well

[@Northern_Farmer]

@@randybedker1584 thanks

[@larrybg9293]

Good stuff.

[@bradmcdonald5378]

We stopped picking many roots on new breaking. First year broadcast seed and fertiliser .Disk id in with a light disk. Run land roller to pack. Use heavy disk in fall. Don't deep till for at least three years.

[@Northern_Farmer]

I was thinking of that to

[@russelmanary2501]

Good to see ol’ Smokey doing some work. Sure you could go faster with a bigger one but why; the disc would take a beating. Looks good

[@Northern_Farmer]

@russelmanary2501 i like using the old tractor in the sticks and stumps...not as worried about it taking a beating

[@raincoast9010]

Thanks for filming your adventures.

[@Northern_Farmer]

@@raincoast9010 your welcome

[@maximush9811]

A dump rake works good on the twiggs. Imagine the disc rebladed.

[@banjobenson9348]

looks good,

[@colingunn4822]

I love that kello disc

[@Northern_Farmer]

@colingunn4822 it works great

[@WW-sj7zk]

Just going easy on er. 👍 Ol girl sounds good.

[@Northern_Farmer]

You know it!

[@calvincrapper9334]

Keep ricking that, ground looks great

[@Northern_Farmer]

@@calvincrapper9334 thanks

[@bubbajohnston]

Good going tyson

[@Northern_Farmer]

Thanks

[@davidgingery8927]

It's funny to me because when I was growing up on my grandfather's farm, he would never do any tillage while snow was on the ground. I questioned him about this and he told me that turning the snow in would sour the soil. I guess that was an old time myth.

[@Northern_Farmer]

I have never heard that before...but there is probably some truth to it if there was a lot of snow

[@davidgingery8927]

@Northern_Farmer If there was even a skif of snow, he wouldn't sink a disc or plow into the soil. Like I said, it may have been something passed down to him and he was passing it on to me, but he was very adamant about not turning it under. This is the same man that would not fix the headlights on our tractors because he said when it gets dark it's time to quit and we would start fresh the next morning. He had a lot of old time practices that he believed in and it always seemed to work out for us.

[@glennschlorf1285]

Well at least when you discing snow you know where you been

[@Northern_Farmer]

@@glennschlorf1285 haha

[@DarrenShaw-ev5tb]

Nuthin like the smell of Diesel & Happy Juice on a cold winter morn !

[@Northern_Farmer]

Right

[@kswaynes7569]

The 325 really rolls the dirt. "I wish the front gang blades were as good as the rear gang", just like the D8, anything is possible, it just takes more money! BUT, more money is getting harder to come by, especially when Trudeau is upping the carbon tax! Time to dump that bugger.

[@Northern_Farmer]

@kswaynes7569 i know right...it's our turn next...election can't come soon enough

[@kswaynes7569]

@ ❤️

[@donvoll2580]

G day fellows Yes carbon tax right now has to go! But Wayne aren't u American U don;t need to pay < Do U? Ths Tyson If that snow comes to Ont Iwill stop watching! LOL Ths good luck

[@kswaynes7569]

@ Hello Don! No carbon tax in the States but I love to travel in Canada but Trudeau has made life rough for all my Canadian friends and that is frustrating to me.

[@allisfarmall7946]

How many tractors Do You have now total running and not running?

[@Northern_Farmer]

I think 12

[@chadtosh6831]

Kind of like working breaking with a little frost. Holds those sticks in place better for the disc to cut them. Sure got warm today, lost all of the frost we did have, ice melted off the dugouts, wind is still strong tonight though. Hope it freezes down for the weekend. The plan is to wean and ship out the big steers.

[@Northern_Farmer]

@@chadtosh6831 we are aiming to ship on monday

[@chadtosh6831]

@ same here. Booked a liner. Calves were dang strong in Clyde yesterday.

[@Northern_Farmer]

​@@chadtosh6831listening to the sale this morning in vermillion...pretty good

[@ChiefAUS]

That looked good discing in the snow. Do you need new blades on the front gangs?

[@Northern_Farmer]

Not yet

[@buckshotbuck23]

I'm looking at a 325 kello bilt myself. You think a 245 magnum would pull it nice ??

[@Northern_Farmer]

What size...this one is 12ft...I think the 245 would have no problem pulling that

[@buckshotbuck23]

@Northern_Farmer nice. Yeah I was looking at a 12 footer

[@Northern_Farmer]

@buckshotbuck23 it pulls pretty hard but that tractor should be fine

[@darrellmilne6877]

Was that land cleared before? The trees aren’t that big

[@Northern_Farmer]

About 15 years back. Was just logged

[@charlietanner6211]

i plowed one winter it was 19 below had 8/10 in snow sure had a time raised a heck of crop next yr

[@Northern_Farmer]

@@charlietanner6211 lol nice....

[@ihus9950]

👍🏻

[@johnkruger3661]

I’m 77 can run Half mile not getting puffed up it’s hot here not like your in snow cheers from Bundaberg Australia

[@condod414]

Looks good Tyson. Any issues with the heated steering wheel or heated seat? Take care.

[@Northern_Farmer]

@@condod414 works great...toasty warm lol

[@lyleswavel320]

Good Ole offset disc, tough machinery

[@charliepeppard]

Where about in Northern Alberta?

[@Northern_Farmer]

@@charliepeppard near peace river

[@charliepeppard]

@@Northern_Farmer I was raised in Fairview.

[@Northern_Farmer]

@@charliepeppard i have some friends there

[@MySORRELL]

THANKS!

[@Northern_Farmer]

@@MySORRELL your welcome

[@scottkrieger4701]

Were you able to get all your manure spread?

[@Northern_Farmer]

Just starting

[@tommylejeune6410]

Did you get the new to you tractor?

[@Northern_Farmer]

@@tommylejeune6410 nope...still looking

[@noelhohberger1188]

Hopefully you got moisture in the ground

[@SouthSaskFarmer1]

Can I come borrow that disk for a couple days lol

[@Northern_Farmer]

@SouthSaskFarmer1 haha for sure...it works good

[@SouthSaskFarmer1]

@Northern_Farmer if only it wasn't an 18 hour drive lol

[@Northern_Farmer]

@SouthSaskFarmer1 ill tell them to send one your way...they know who I am.

[@SouthSaskFarmer1]

@Northern_Farmer now that'd be pretty cool

[@samrugtiv3839]

Dam good plowing sod buster.

[@Northern_Farmer]

Thanks sam

[@timzona6829]

Is that a 4494 or 4694

[@Northern_Farmer]

4694

[@indivisibleman8596]

That's really hard on your disc blades, eat them to the hub in a few rounds.

[@Northern_Farmer]

No it's not haha

[@blacklisterd]

☕

[@RaphaelBeloin]

in the winter , i let it warm up for 10 - 15 minute . winter joy !

[@Northern_Farmer]

It was pretty warm out really

[@harolds_talking_channel]

Long time no see.

[@BillStecik]

Yea better fix the 8. It’s almost cold enough to freeze your fingers lol

[@Northern_Farmer]

I was looking it over yesterday

[@norcalray7182]

5:47 Do you have Dif-Loc on that old girl?

[@Northern_Farmer]

@norcalray7182 i wish...they never came with different lock

[@richardpeter1935]

If you would have used a break ing plow it would have baried those roots

[@Northern_Farmer]

@richardpeter1935 that's true...but you gotta go pretty deep...only 6 inches of topsoil

[@МарсельТанатаров-й9н]

Ты охуительный фермер! Мы тоже будем пахать когда будут морозы .

[@Northern_Farmer]

Thanks

[@richardpeter1935]

You should be pushing those trees down now so the roots get pulled out then pile it up when the ground is frozen

[@Northern_Farmer]

@richardpeter1935 i know...if I had time I would.. and i wish I had the d8 going

[@christianhollauer881]

such a small disc

[@Northern_Farmer]

12 ft...but it's heavy

[@davemurphy2774]

@@Northern_Farmer I have a 225 12' Kello near new and pull it with a 650J LGP works OK that matchup with a pintle below the winch can easily back up still in ground and turn to smack out any stumps with the blade when ya spot or feel them under the tracks while discing! But yers is heavier less passes.. Neighbors have the 800 but can pull with less than 500 HP guess it works great on most stumps with 2 passes!!

[@Northern_Farmer]

@davemurphy2774 yea i have a 225 also and it's a big difference from the 325