WORK SMARTER

[@johnplatt8369]

Flipping heck George auto steer for hedge cutting come on....... I used to hedge cut with a John deer 2140 with a Mc Connel hedge cutter and it was down to the skill of the driver to cut the hedge, it was very satisfying seeing a good job done. And the speed your going to fast it's all rush rush rush these days. I'm going to be honest if a driver need auto steer they are not a professional skilled drivers anymore. Last of all why do you need that horse power there is no need for a tractor over 80 odd horse power,,,,,,, no skill needed these days anyone can do it, press the button indeed 🙄🙄

[@GeorgeSaunders]

Well I could just use a pair of garden shears, I could then say I'm super skilled because I don't even need a tractor to cut a hedge. Then I'll be better than anyone else! Speed? Well I don't tend to go slow when I'm on a part of the hedge that is thin. Also as I stated towards the end of the video I had routine jobs to do with the cows so couldn't bugger about taking 3 hours to cut a hedge that could be done in an hour. Last of all, the small tractors on the farm are on the feeder wagon and straw chopper, so shall I take one of those tractors off of there implements that are used twice a day to put on the hedge cutter? Or shall I use one of the tractors that isn't being used on anything? Hopefully that covers most of your issues.

[@CourtContracting.]

Well said George some people don’t understand the way modern farms operate. Great video though👍

[@jamesgreene6060]

You know what would make pro hedge cutting guy that you pin his comment if olly blogs was able to put his quad trac on the hedge cutter

[@erhservicesltd8769]

Well said George. I guess he won’t be calling me to buy a kit? 🤣

[@darrenbrown4234]

I’ve a customer that has a McConnell hedge cutter on the rear of a 4220 fastrac, yes it’s a beast of a machine but he can go almost anywhere without fear of getting stuck or cutting up the ground as much as a tractor.

[@tonymckeage1028]

Great Video George, when i drove tractors i drove a 65 hp ford 4600, open station, no computer assistance, i understand the anti GPS and Computers brigade, but the reality, technology, makes it faster, easier and more accurate, thanks for sharing

[@GeorgeSaunders]

Cheers Tony, there's nothing wrong with a bit of old school 👍

[@tdolan500]

I’ve love to get an old 35 X and completely kit it out with auto steer, led lights, heated seat, Bluetooth… the works. For no other reason than just to be odd. I’m surprised the people that sell auto steer don’t have demo models like that, think of the attention they would get.

[@gmartin8240]

Great bit of hedging George , the auto steer seems flexible system. Adds value to any age tractor. The TW is still looking great. Great video George 👍 🔧 🚜

[@RaysFarming]

Hello George every day is a school day we are always learning love the joystick for the trimmer it’s just like being in JCB loader our one is like a pool ball I use auto for drilling and rolling cracking video as always look forward to the next one 👍👍

[@PaddyGun]

only started hedgecutting this season, figured that trick out in my first week as i was struggling keeping my eyes in two places. got to use it for about a week in september and then the rain started didnt stop till this week but seasons out now

[@TobyTechReviews]

Work Smarter Not Harder they say; good idea George!

[@davidcollingwood1262]

Great video George. 🚜🚜

[@BrentHEdmonson]

Here in Ontario, Canada snowbelt areas Farmers will set the A-B line on the laneway or road in the summer so they can blow the snow off the lane or road during a lake effect blizzard when visibility can be zero. 😉

[@nickcox2974]

Good video George good to see new technology in use like you said you still like the old way Well I'm happy with the old school but I love it get loads of enjoyment from headge cutting with my ford 7700 And my PA 93 McConnell Love the TW you have classic tractors will always live on 👍👍

[@davidzeinstra5053]

Fun job for GPs that isn’t typical, Feed Alleys. Set up Autosteer on the Feedwagons in Open Air Feedlots. Drop Pins with the Pen Numbers and Bunker Ends so the rations are right and reduce spillage. Keeps the paint fresh when training new wagon runners. Don’t know if that will work in your closed barns though, I know Dairy typically automate as you noted in the video. Great work sir!

[@trevorjarvis3021]

Tw 25 sounds awesome!! 😊🚜

[@ginggur17]

Actually a top tip fella 👍👍👍🇬🇧

[@petelamps6055]

Oooo the Tdub sounds awesome. I’d love to have a few hours on the hedge trimmer, never tried it before

[@sandymcghee3328]

Good video as always George 👍👍👍👍

[@astonmcleod5344]

On our neighbours farm in Devon back in the 80's, the hedge trimmer controls were hydraulic valves in the cab, one of the old chaps lost his hand by a hydraulic pipe splitting, the high pressure oil penetrated his skin and his hand went nasty, had to be cut off.

[@w056007568]

Set up fence lines when pounding posts, especially when going over a hill or through a valley but you do need the more expensive RTK version to do a really good job.

[@Darrenws111]

Great video George 👍👍👍

[@chrislovejoy8249]

Good video George anything for a easy life didnt have it in my day on the farm.😊🚜👍

[@OutofTownwithRobinBell]

very interesting George👍

[@GeorgeSaunders]

Cheers Robin 👍

[@matthewwinning4986]

I have used it for fencing. Putting up a new fence where there wasn't one previously. You can get a perfectly straight line as long as your handy on the post knocker. Got laughed at for using it for that but it does work without a doubt

[@astonmcleod5344]

Over here in South Australia, my neighbour started a new sheep unit, feed lots, with about 30 pens that holds 500 lambs / pen. We set the pens up with the gps on his Case. straight lines and right angles.

[@whathasxgottodowithit3919.]

GPS is a wonderful aid to our every day jobs. It is great to see when you are spraying in the Goreings each bank of nozzles going on and off as you approach the Headlands.

[@kevinwillis9126]

Thanks George great vid sir.... Take care

[@michaellorio9774]

re bonjour George encore une belle vidéo , bon courage a toi pour la suite 😍👍👍👍

[@fredharrowven1040]

Hi George you well, One more great video most interesting with all this self steering I love it never had that in my days. Talk care of yourself and stay safe.🚜🚜⭐️👍

[@patkelly7999]

Good job George👌👍🙏🙂

[@summerfarmestates]

Good bit if hedge cutting wish I had auto steering when I was doing it in the 90s

[@allanrobson7242]

Can't believe it auto steer for cutting headges, great idea. To think the miles of hedges, I must have cut on an old Ford 6600...... happy days.....

[@charleshart6992]

Great video George!

[@Paulbp1203]

Get up great video again 👏 👍

[@gingerninja7187]

I believe any assistance is beneficial, I use the Wixey WR300BT Smart Digital Angle Gauge inclinometer - Bluetooth - with wixey talk app ,on our tractor hedge cutter , basically find a secure spot on the head of the cutter , to locate it ,I put mine in a waterproof container, and used strong Valcro tape ,then down load the wixey app on your phone ect , set the hedge cutter head level using a standard level ,and this can talk the angle to you ,I have it so it comes through the stereo in the tractor, that way you don’t need to look at anything, just listen, some may say what do you need that for ,but tbh you are never sure of the true angle the the hedge cutter head is at ,believe me I’ve been doing hedge cutting for quite some time, and since using this simple Bluetooth digital talking level ,my hedges are super flat and the sides are the same Especially when yourself likes gadgets 👍

[@GeorgeSaunders]

That's a great shout! I'll have a look at that 👌👌

[@grahamwilliams5230]

Can’t believe I’ve never thought of that George,👌I’m sure you will upset someone though😂😂👍

[@GeorgeSaunders]

Without a doubt Graham!😂

[@gunton21]

Nice one George 👌

[@helimad100]

Tenant farmer on Wilton estate has been trying to find a tractor driver drill operator for months. No interest. People just aren’t wanting to farm these days. At 77 he’s looking to do all the drilling himself again. Tech is good, but still. needs an operator.

[@farmingwithdantheman]

I'd do it but I'm only 14 so he probably can't hire me as I know how to do things like that as I'm growing up on a farm

[@steveadams5519]

Be good as well if people were willing to traine people as well

[@ianhaggart1438]

Good evening or morning depending when your reading all this 😮😂.. nice tidy work there sir 👍🏻 👏. Stay safe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@svengranzow3702]

Hallo george the auto steer it looks that its a good thing.

[@beyondnow1600]

At the end of the day you can't beat old school.

[@laurencecharlton8760]

👍Is that a versatile over the other side of the carriageway?Was paying attention to you but glanced away!!🤔🚜😂

[@GeorgeSaunders]

You couldn't miss her in the background 👌

[@fredmargerum1486]

Yes I spotted those equal size wheels and the Versatile colour scheme in the background 😂😂

[@jankotze1959]

Awesome video and ending

[@colincampbell3679]

Nice Work George, For all those anti- tech people out there for the farming changing, They are so nasty about it? But without the tech changes they would not have the modern system where they can get their food at a lower cost or have the freedoms of choice without it. Your 100% right, about the needs of the tech in the right places. If those people don't like change they should go live on a island away from modern shops and tech and change then they can be away from all that stuff which gives them their food and services they take for granted now! Go back to living without electricity , cleaned water from a tap, plenty of foods , etc. They soon see that they can't cope without tech and services which let them live well. Plus they have to remember that the tech and changes will happen naturally no matter what they think or moan about, progress happens no matter what? Either they except it or as said go back to basics and live away on a non tech lead island without all those lovely comforts they now enjoy! As for robotics taking away jobs in farming, it has to do it as the population of the world increases and the amount of food needed most go up and the amount of people whom wish to do hard farming work is now going down, we have to get robots to take those un-filled farming jobs not filled by people whom would prefer to have a better less hard job than the farming ones. Most crops and salads are now grown in huge glasshouses by a computer controlled hydroponics system with some robots picking and packing so your lovely veg's and salads are available year round and kept lower costing too. even some high rise new buildings are now growing veg's and such per floor on special growing set ups on the sides of the buildings balconies to lessen the need for trips to the shops and to help with air pollution. The future will change with or without you. even nature changes and evolves with or without any of us inputs. Soon Humanoid robots will take over most of the harder jobs we humans can't do without stress and danger from long hours. Again if you are a person whom wishes to not be involved in progress you know you can go find a nice non modern set up island and live there away from the mod cons you have now! your choice. Good luck with that..

[@jasdunlop9907]

Been cutting hedges for 30 years and have had auto steer from them my right arm

[@vincentwalker7134]

Oh yeah one of them 57,s. I like them too... 😱. Put the TW in a shed now George she's been out long enough....👍

[@terabyte1695]

George u gotta get FW60 the BEAST, as u say some of these automation works some dont, Auto scrapers on the farm i was on were crap, quicker to do with tractor, but hey ho i wasnt the farm manager........😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀

[@GRS1903]

Jesus , good to see the sun in a video😂 was my first thoughts, tw looks the part real ford power

[@svengranzow3702]

The tw is better without electric its robust and going easy to work😊

[@Jeff-bg7pt]

Nice window guard looks the biz

[@jodegroote2350]

Hey George. I like the vids very much. But that tractor across the road, is that a versatile?

[@fredmargerum1486]

You still wanting a FW60 then 🎉George. You would need to widen some gateways, etc 😂😂😂

[@AndyBootles]

is that an old Versatile in the background? Passed this many times on the A1 but never had a good look.

[@davidarnold4664]

Hi george in the video i saw a tractor on the other side of the road on a driveway .. i think its.beeb there years would love to know what it is though ...just curious

[@billupstateny9151]

🚜🇬🇧💡👌

[@kenrobinson9989]

Well done George. A great informative video. Great idea. So is it a bigger TW that you are hankering for now, lol. regards Ken

[@GeorgeSaunders]

FW Ken, V8 Cummins 👌

[@kenrobinson9989]

I'll look forward to seeing that matey @@GeorgeSaunders

[@DJC995]

Hi George Nice one FW 60 ? 😀😀 is that a versatile parked in some ones drive Thanks again have a good week

[@apennell3575]

yes that is a Versatile owned by a tractor fanatic. a feature when driving north up the A1

[@GeorgeSaunders]

😉👌

[@DJC995]

@@apennell3575 Thanks

[@DJC995]

@@GeorgeSaunders Thanks

[@guylewis4770]

Thinking of an few still

[@jonathanparkln8224]

If you won the lottery you could have all 3 - tw35,8830 with a bit of electronics and the big one the fw 60

[@GeorgeSaunders]

And a whole lot more besides 👍

[@Farmer_phil]

I plough on land using GPS and apparently that's a sin!😆

[@VelEire_]

I used the gps when i had to start in the short ground, great for my couple of stupid shaped fields

[@GeorgeSaunders]

You bad man! How dare you!😂

[@stuartwarrick6444]

Why do people have to use gps for hedge cutting we never had to use it before and still achieve a great job.

[@bobpaterson1845]

Interesting video George definitely food for thought 🤔👍

[@zzirSnipzz1]

Hung drawn and quartered sir 😂😂, my old boy said years ago that gps was the way forward when he worked for a contractor for precision,you can get precise with old kit but fertiliser as you know can be put in much more precise and less overlap also slurry etc

[@philleggitt3005]

Hedgetrimming on highways is exempt from time limits...I dont know wether there are any rules on proximty to road surface...

[@simongoodwin2035]

FW60 George? I m no mathematician tho!!

[@GeorgeSaunders]

😂 doesn't take much figuring out does it 🙈

[@sitandfish]

15:30 I hate when there is a pop quiz at the end of the videos. Especially math. 😅

[@GeorgeSaunders]

😂

[@SuperJohndeere2650]

What is the tractor across the road

[@brettski663]

Home from the pub?

[@chasthechippie]

George how is the big fellow you used to work for doing theses days...dropped his you tube a good while ago?

[@paulfreeman2259]

Andy does

[@johndingle9199]

I dare you to that sat in the passenger seat 😆

[@johndingle9199]

I think the point is that we enjoy driving the tractor just like the horse men like working the land with horses or beast

[@WhiskeyGulf71]

I can’t help think mate that if you were working smarter, you would do your A-B line as a dry run, at whatever speed you like & then go full auto ?

[@Hermiwalle]

FW 60? Hi George just wanted to pester you with my business again. Did you get all the emails from me with pictures and info about the 8650? we do run autosteer in the 8650 actually, Johndeere universal 200. cheers!

[@GeorgeSaunders]

You got it mate👌 yes I've got the email mate, sorry I've not replied yet, I'll get to it soon 👍

[@Hermiwalle]

No worries. wait fw60 is correct? Haha great news.

[@casto-]

Well I reckon I’ll still call you lazy for it but I’d probably do the same if I had the chance 🤣. I know Andy from “it’s a farming life for me” on YT does the same. What’s the tractor parked over the motorway?. Is it a Massey 1200??

[@GeorgeSaunders]

Lazier the better mate😂 it's an old versatile buh👍

[@casto-]

@@GeorgeSaunders ooo did wonder why it had yellow wheel centres! 😁👌

[@farmerfuller87]

5:12 what’s that tractor In background

[@anthony342]

did you mean you want a fw

[@tractormark1]

If you go for a fw60 George you'll have to buy some bigger toys to pull

[@apennell3575]

SORRY George, but only just getting used to the comments section and submitted a reply which should only have been made by yourself .it relates to the Versatile down the road from your farm.

[@HughzieTube]

Scraper tractor needs auto steer.

[@theoxfordshirehunter492]

Gone Utv on the T7 now then george?

[@mikeroutledge6929]

8830 ?

[@IamJezzm]

I’m a that a Schluter I spy in the background outside someone’s house?

[@seamuspower5900]

Is that a MF1200 at 5:15 ?

[@leonbystrzanowski]

Nah. Early Versatile. Been parked there for years.

[@sandyphillips7559]

No skill left in farm work

[@ianmckay1780]

Are you thinking of a 30? not surely a 60!

[@guylewis4770]

FW

[@Lisa_Turner]

Someone after an FW?

[@paddy294]

First

[@stuartwarrick6444]

Just as well have a robot do it if you are using auto steer as that’s even easier, what’s wrong with us still just doing the whole job why do we have to have it easy. You aren’t concentrating on the head anyway as you keep having to adjust the auto steer. You are not anymore efficient as you are cutting at the same speed and taken the same amount with the head, it’s just being lazy! I’m sorry George I’m your biggest fan and will always be but I really don’t agree with you on this, but no need to fall out over it.