Big kit light hearted videos by Mike Mitchell Saskatchewan farmer!!!!

[Pilatus]

Could do with a wife like his, she drives the grain drill, self propelled sprayer, combine, likes off roading in that buggy things he owns, shes good looking, and, and!!! She heats his meals in the oven she has in combine cab!!!!

What more can you ask of a wife like that, “that the dear lady can stand the test of time”.
A farmer told me some good advice, “ you think you know eem till your married to eem”, very true .
A long term relationship is all about give and take on both sides.

 

[Boysground]

I never felt the need to travel when I was young. Now I’m too old I feel I should have done much much more. I have just started watching mike and others and I find it fascinating. Bg junior is currently working on a massive dairy unit in Canada so hopefully virus permitting I will get over to see him soon.

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[kiwi pom]

Could do with a wife like his, she drives the grain drill, self propelled sprayer, combine, likes off roading in that buggy things he owns, shes good looking, and, and!!! She heats his meals in the oven she has in combine cab!!!!

I think she's from a farming family? In a recent video he drove to some far off land they crop and said her family farmed in the area so would do custom work on the block.
The wife of one of the other brothers runs a drill and combine too I think?

 

[kiwi pom]

I never felt the need to travel when I was young. Now I’m too old I feel I should have done much much more. I have just started watching mike and others and I find it fascinating. Bg junior is currently working on a massive dairy unit in Canada so hopefully virus permitting I will get over to see him soon.

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I've done a little bit but still feel I haven't done enough. Bit late now, by the time the kids grow up I'll be knackered
I don't mind going on trips to do the sight seeing thing, but I've always thought that to live and work somewhere even if it's only for 6 months gives a better idea of what a countries really like.
My kids will be encouraged to get out there and travel when they're old enough, although I don't think I'll need to push too much, they already like it.

 

[Boysground]

Junior is loving Canada, I have family out there but they are 1000 miles from him. It’s the scale that I like. We did have a road trip in Ontario and New York a couple of years ago as he thought of doing a masters over there.


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[ollie989898]

I can't watch too many of his videos or I will disappear on a plane in a cloud of dust.

Can't get over the sound of those Quadtracs just sat at 1900 all day man, absolute beasts.

 

[Deerefarmer]

I can't watch too many of his videos or I will disappear on a plane in a cloud of dust.

Can't get over the sound of those Quadtracs just sat at 1900 all day man, absolute beasts.

C'mon over you can spell me off [emoji16]
Currently sat along the field waiting for the cutter to arrive...8:30 pm Wednesday, started at 3 am Monday

No big western plains kit here tho[emoji23]

 

[Dead Rabbits]

i think there is an outfit called b.d.h.walters . they are about 64000 acres

They are in Alberta. Second or third largest farm in terms of acres, last I knew. They also run a harvest crew and a lot of trucks. Black petes and a few western stars.

 

[Dead Rabbits]

I’ve met a few from your country over here. A welsh fella running a harvest crew, and another from Yorkshire.

There is a lady from Lancashire somewhere near here milking cows. Also about 5 Irishman milking cows in the area.

 

[Pilatus]

I like Mikes recent videos of Cold Starting Fendt 720 and the video showing how they empty the grain bags.
In the first video they connect a small battery charger to the tractor,leave the charger running,drive home and then back again ,charger still running and still there!!!

 

[AndrewB]

I like Mike's vids, it’s refreshing when someone gives a completely honest opinion and not scared to criticise. Most you tubers are promoting with products strategically placed that they have been given. As he says with his ideal combines they have had lots of problems but agco cover everything in their 5 year warranty.

 

[Pilatus]

Mikes video of six new fertilizer hopper bins arriving and erected , was certainly an eye opener as to how they store and use fertiliser in bulk.
I guess that our very high humidity would soon make bulk fertiliser go solid in the Uk,unless one had a fully insulated shed dedicated to fertiliser storage. It would certainly cut down on plastic big bag
usage and disposal.

 

[Frankzy]

In the first video they connect a small battery charger to the tractor,leave the charger running,drive home and then back again ,charger still running and still there!!!

Block and transmission heater actually, and by the sound of it she could've used another 2 hours!
Are all Deutz engines so incredibly stubborn about starting in the cold?

 

[Pilatus]

Block and transmission heater actually, and by the sound of it she could've used another 2 hours!
Are all Deutz engines so incredibly stubborn about starting in the cold?

Thanks for the correction
Do you have one of those “engine block water heaters” as shown in Mikes video “3 Jobs At Once” 23rd December ,fitted to any of your equipment @Frankzy, they look a good idea

 

[Against_the_grain]

What I cant understand watching these American and Canadian farmers on youtube is their fascination with grainbins. ALL of them complain about how much hard work they are and they seem to constantly be going wrong/need coring/frozen up etc... It makes the grainsheds we put up here look an absolute no brainer. Perhaps price is the issue and they are truly businesses purely working in bulk commodities with no diversification therefore its all about efficiency, more so than here.

 

[Suffolk Serf]

What I cant understand watching these American and Canadian farmers on youtube is their fascination with grainbins. ALL of them complain about how much hard work they are and they seem to constantly be going wrong/need coring/frozen up etc... It makes the grainsheds we put up here look an absolute no brainer. Perhaps price is the issue and they are truly businesses purely working in bulk commodities with no diversification therefore its all about efficiency, more so than here.

They don’t appear to very often have steel framed sheds. The workshops that they put up are timber framed, too weak to store grain in.

 

[Prairie]

In Manitoba we pay tax on all buildings and land, so bins work out cheaper, most buildings are wood and will not take a lot of sideways thrust. Laying concrete that stays flat and smooth can also be a problem when frost gets under it and heaves it, we have real weather it got to -52c here this winter for a short time (5hrs). Not everywhere is easy like the UK. Gets tin hat.

 

[kiwi pom]

What I cant understand watching these American and Canadian farmers on youtube is their fascination with grainbins. ALL of them complain about how much hard work they are and they seem to constantly be going wrong/need coring/frozen up etc... It makes the grainsheds we put up here look an absolute no brainer. Perhaps price is the issue and they are truly businesses purely working in bulk commodities with no diversification therefore its all about efficiency, more so than here.

I'm guessing price, limited ground work or concrete required, quick and fairly easy to put up. Perhaps they also deal with extremes in temperature better and handle snow easier? I suppose there's lots of augers and stuff to go wrong but when it's working, its fairly easy to use them and transfer stuff around, you don't need a loader and its probably easier to keep vermin out.
Price must be the big factor and its not like a shed could really be used for anything else there.

 

[Frankzy]

Laying concrete that stays flat and smooth can also be a problem when frost gets under it and heaves it, we have real weather it got to -52c here this winter for a short time (5hrs).

Not really... Laying concrete so it is not affected by frost is very simple

 

[Fish]

You have to look at the whole system, hopper bottom trailers, 10-12 inch and bigger augers and big silos are so much more efficient on their scale of farming, weather loading grain, corn, beans in or out, or hauling seed and fert out to the seeders.