Making hayledge in a HUGE way!!!! Video

JD Seller · Aug 9, 2016

I like watching equipment work. I am not pushing LARGE farms but the equipment used is amazing. The young man that makes these videos is very skilled. He has some of the best drone footage you will see of farming LARGE.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYEnJyZoqSE
Aaron Zenners Hay harvest video

Rex in Australia · Aug 9, 2016

Man, that is awesome! Wonder how fast they were traveling?
Impressive video
Rx

sms · Aug 9, 2016

Can't see that around here.

Gary from Muleshoe · Aug 9, 2016

What is the tank trailer behind the chopper for?

JD Seller · Aug 9, 2016

Gary Alfalfa goes through a sticky stage when it is about right to chop for hayledge. It will gum up the blower and spouts. The tank is water. They spray it into the blower to keep things slick and blowing well.

Old Bob · Aug 9, 2016

JD-----Where is this taking place at??? That is a smooth moving operation.

coonie minnie · Aug 9, 2016

I thought that tank (looked like an old sprayer) was a great idea. I'm glad I don't have to run trucks in my fields though... I like to be able to grow something next year as well.

Dave Sherburne, NY · Aug 9, 2016

My grandson went out there in April to work for Froese Bros. Harvesting. He started running a big Class Chopper chopping wheat, then went to Texas to combine wheat with an IH combine and now he's back in Kansas chopping corn. He's having more fun than a person should be allowed to have. He's never done any of this before and talking about going back next year.
Frose Brothers harvesting

Patsdeere · Aug 9, 2016

Given that I have never had exposure to this type of operation, in the beginning, when they were playing leap frog while mowing, how did they know how much to skip? GPS? I was going to ask about the chopper trailers too, but somebody beat me to the punch. Just amazing the amount of machinery and material they move in a minute or two.

SPMN · Aug 9, 2016

How many millions worth of equipment do you think were used in that video ??

Ozlander · Aug 9, 2016

Man, they've got more tractors than John Deere.

Ted in NE-OH · Aug 9, 2016

I'll bet that they get VIP treatment from John Deer.

Brendon-KS · Aug 9, 2016

Rotary disc mowers are capable of phenomenal ground speeds - I've run self-propelled windrowers in the field at 20 mph and still had good cut-off. It takes a smooth field and relatively light, easy-cutting material to be able to stay in the seat and have enough power to go this fast, though.

JD Seller · Aug 9, 2016

Patsdeere: Yes they are using parallel tracking in their GPS system. I would bet that they are also using auto steer too. You do not drive that straight that fast.

My sons are using GPS a lot. They often skip pass when combining soybeans so your not turning so sharp on the ends with a 40 foot draper header.

JD Seller · Aug 9, 2016

North-Western MN.

IA Roy · Aug 9, 2016

Actually west-central Minnesota. About a hundred miles west of the Twin Cities!

Stuart · Aug 9, 2016

Many farmers around here use self propelled choppers and trucks and their hay grows back just as good as the farmers with pull types and wagons

Patsdeere · Aug 9, 2016

Thanks!

Making hayledge in a HUGE way!!!! Video

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