00:00 hello welcome to
Kate's Ag today i am in 00:02
the baler again 00:15
so now we've got all four balers in the 00:17
same field which is incredible 00:23
i just stopped because the back plugged 00:25
we'll see if it's good now looks like it 00:27
is 00:28
i was probably going a little bit fast 00:30
here even though there's not much straw 00:32
in this at all setting my pickup for the 00:35
baler back down looks like it just 00:37
plugged again so we'll start off kind of 00:40
slow see what's happening my dad's 00:42
flying the drone now so that's very cool 00:53
the orange baler stopped for a second 00:56
i'm slowing down so that the baler in 00:58
front of me can get ahead here's what my 01:01
screen looks like that's a picture of 01:02
how the baler works these are the arrows 01:05
that point me what direction i should go 01:07
if one side is higher than the other 01:09
that means i need to move towards 01:11
the side that's higher to level them out 01:14
the flakes and the bales are two inches 01:16
wide this feel is 73 out of 102 inches 01:20
so 01:20
it's almost done 01:22
you can kind of see it 01:24
once about to come off now there we go 01:28
it is really fun having all the balers 01:30
in one field going all different 01:32
directions everyone turns around starts 01:34
a new pass it makes everything really 01:36
exciting then you've got a bunch of 01:38
people on the radio too 01:40
oh i have a lovely pop down 01:43
thank you 01:51
you get something sometimes i do 02:02
thank you 02:08
back in the tractor cab for more bailing 02:10
now i'll watch to make sure the lollipop 02:12
comes back up and it did so that's 02:14
wonderful now i'm going to slow down and 02:17
stop so that the baler in front of me 02:19
can line up with his next pass and i'm 02:22
not in his way looks like i wasn't in 02:24
his way i watched it come back up but i 02:26
think that same lollipop is down again 02:31
thank you 02:32
idle it down put it in the park is it 02:35
something i could have prevented no 02:38
okay 02:39
one at the bottom most likely switch 02:41
from the first one to the second row of 02:43
twine 02:46
okay 02:48
oh 02:54
this bale fell apart is this where you 02:56
re-knot it at 02:58
waving at the drone 03:01
so one twine this one will empty and it 03:03
will move to the bottom one yeah 03:06
and then what happens when the bottom 03:07
one empties so that's why we always have 03:09
three of them 03:11
so for instance this one 03:13
that's the first one this one empties 03:15
it's almost done 03:16
it's going to run into this one yes 03:19
and then it will run into this one after 03:21
that you just run out of time and it 03:23
will just keep dropping 03:30
and you're from South Africa too 03:33
that's awesome and what's your name 03:35
Fredrick well it's nice to meet you yeah 03:37
for you too i was actually thinking the 03:39
truth and watching your movies now so 03:41
oh my gosh awesome thank you do you 03:43
enjoy them yeah that's great yeah i'm 03:46
taking their combine one now oh very 03:49
cool thank you 03:51
how do you enjoy baling yeah yeah 03:53
baling is nice i was doing farming in 03:55
charlotte 03:56
oh that's awesome yeah i was working for 03:58
a guy in South Africa 04:02
what type of crops do you farm in south 04:04
africa yeah we was working with cows and 04:07
sheeps oh cows and sheep deliver alfalfa 04:10
and i was working on a truck and stuff 04:12
like that that's wonderful i was doing 04:14
anything in one do you like Montana yeah 04:17
yeah Montana it's nice yeah it's my 04:18
first year in Montana oh that's awesome 04:21
Sorry? you're good to go thank you so much 04:25
okay bye i'm good to go now now i put 04:28
the pto back in and then i turn this 04:31
switch off again and i put it in again 04:33
it should engage the second time yes it 04:36
did so now i put my foot on the brake 04:38
rpm up bring the steering wheel down now 04:41
i'm going to take it out of park and put 04:44
it in forward and move forward i'm also 04:47
going to put my sunglasses on because 04:48
i'm headed directly into the sun that 04:51
lollipop looks like it's coming back up 05:03
you definitely get a lot more straw on 05:05
you bailing than you do combining it's 05:08
really great that everyone stops to help 05:10
out 05:11
i'm making my turn now running baler is 05:14
so fun Iver was telling me 05:16
that so many people enjoy bailing they 05:18
come from all over the world just to run 05:20
balers 05:21
got my Kate's Ag tote bag here with me 05:24
this is mine from seeding and then i 05:26
also brought another 05:28
Kate's Ag tote bag 05:31
with me because i needed to pack 05:34
more things this field was swathed in 05:37
two parts to make it easier on the 05:38
combine so we're working on baling this 05:41
half and then we'll move over to the 05:43
west half of the field 05:51
oh one bale just fell apart behind me 05:54
i've done 996 bales well not personally 05:57
but this tractor 05:58
today 06:00
i think i started at around 810 bales so 06:04
i've almost done a hundred bales today 06:06
which is pretty good i started at 11 and 06:09
it's six right now i'm going to stop so 06:12
that the other baler can pull into his 06:14
row sometimes the bales pop off in weird 06:17
places when you're making your turn so 06:19
you go to make your next pass and you 06:21
have to move the suspension down on the 06:22
front of the tractor 06:24
because it's got a little attachment to 06:26
push bales out of the way oh he left me 06:29
this row that was very nice i definitely 06:32
feel a lot more comfortable in the bale 06:34
or if something were to happen i think i 06:35
have a better understanding of how it 06:37
works i don't completely understand and 06:39
especially the way the twine goes in the 06:42
back but i understand a little bit more 06:44
now oh he's out of his tractor so i 06:47
better just take this row he had to fix 06:49
the lollipop as well 06:51
his probably didn't come fully undone 06:53
like mine did though 06:57
i always love waving at the other balers 06:59
when they go by the team i'm working 07:01
with right now are just the nicest 07:04
people so a huge thank you to Iver for 07:06
allowing me to come into your operation 07:08
and run a baler i've really enjoyed it 07:11
and you have a wonderful team they are 07:14
fantastic and incredibly nice i enjoy 07:18
driving all kinds of different machinery 07:20
and learning new things it's one of my 07:21
favorite things to do and understanding 07:23
the process of everything and how it 07:26
works that's what makes this so much fun 07:29
oh my bale just dropped off the back of 07:31
the baler beside me 07:33
these tractors will go 0.04 07:37
miles an hour so i've just slowed down 07:39
to that in order to thank you 07:42
you're welcome actually watched one of 07:44
your videos just now um i think it was 07:47
performing feathers and fire 07:50
um 07:51
that field you guys combined with the 07:53
steep view 07:55
i actually swathed that 07:57
so i put down the windows you guys were 07:59
always 08:00
combining 08:01
wow that's awesome so that is just 08:04
incredible and so cool to be able to see 08:07
it come full circle and meet all the 08:08
people who are a part of making harvest 08:10
happen the sunset right now is gorgeous 08:14
it's so beautiful 08:16
the baler in front of me stopped one of 08:18
his lollipops is probably down i'm 08:20
driving 5.4 miles an hour right now 08:24
aviary and frederick 08:26
yeah 08:28
you guys want to go and you guys want to 08:30
do another all-nighter 08:32
no problem with that buddy 08:33
i have another lollipop down 08:36
they did an all-nighter last night 08:38
so 08:40
they are asking each other if they want 08:42
to do another one 08:44
that happens 08:47
thank you 08:48
it is 7 41 and we are still failing 08:52
occasionally i push down the pickup 08:55
hydraulic to make sure it's on the 08:57
ground we are almost finished this field 09:00
and this is going to be my last field 09:02
for the day and when you're driving a 09:04
baler they're not very wide so you can 09:07
pass the baler next to you you can't do 09:09
that in combine it's a big no-no of 09:11
combine etiquette i'm only going five 09:14
miles an hour the moisture's starting to 09:16
come up a little bit it's it was ten 09:18
percent earlier now it's 20 percent oh i 09:21
guess i'll just speed along and take the 09:23
next row i was pulling out further so he 09:26
could get it but he pulled out as far as 09:28
i did i'm going to slow down a little 09:30
bit for this coulee we should probably 09:33
actually disc this i'm getting better at 09:35
keeping the lines even 09:37
so staying in the middle of the swath 09:40
and it's not where your tractor is 09:41
driving but where your baler is going 09:43
that's important the swath has a corner 09:46
in it you drive the tractor out a little 09:48
bit further because your baler will 09:50
never go as far as your tractor and you 09:52
lead it around it's kind of like the 09:54
trailer on the semi truck when i was 09:56
learning how to drive semi 10:03
it's a little cooler so i'm going to 10:05
increase the heat which isn't a dial in 10:08
this it's just a button so it's so nice 10:11
and you can set exactly what you want it 10:13
at so i just set it to 70 degrees 10:16
fahrenheit whereas usually i'm just 10:18
spinning a dial and have no idea what 10:20
it's set at i should maybe turn the 10:22
baler lights on the sunset is really 10:25
pretty tonight oh no 10:27
i put a bail in a swath sorry about that 10:33
my baler dropped a bale 10:35
in the middle of his swath 10:40
so he had to move the suspension down on 10:42
the tractor to push it out of the way 10:44
all my lollipops are up so that's good 10:47
i've got to constantly be looking out 10:49
the window driving straight checking 10:51
here to make sure i'm driving straight 10:53
looking at my numbers making sure 10:55
everything's good occasionally i look 10:57
out the back to make sure the lollipops 10:59
are up and to see that everything's 11:01
going good back there then i'll look at 11:03
my monitor and see the bales come out 11:05
it's a camera that's on the back of this 11:08
baler 11:15
i'm slowing down to stay behind this 11:18
baler but he's driving four miles an 11:20
hour so i might just pass this is such a 11:22
fun crew to work with i'm having a lot 11:25
of fun now i'm making my turn and 11:28
weaving around the bale with the tractor 11:30
and the baler to line up to my next path 11:33
i've always seen these square balers in 11:36
the field and wondered how they worked 11:38
and when the bales popped out and why 11:40
the bails came out and just everything 11:42
about them and now i get to see 11:45
firsthand how a baler works and even 11:47
drive one 11:48
this is all of the tractors at night 11:50
with their likes on me included oh no 11:54
he hit a bale 11:55
oh this is now my row that was very nice 11:57
of him to leave it for me 11:59
this is our night bailing operation 12:03
we're finished for the evening i'm going 12:05
to take all my stuff to my dad's pickup 12:07
now he's picking me up thank you so much 12:09
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