It’s time to put away the 1085 Gehl chopper for the year and take care of the tractors before winter rolls in. My father shows you the maintenance routine for his chopper to ensure it will last for many seasons to come. He also shows you how to sharpen it. Along with an in depth walkthrough of how a forage harvester works. I hope you learn something from the video, I know that I did! Thank you for watching!
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Like the way you take care of your equipment, nothing irritates me more than to see machinery left out and left just the way they got done with it, and right where they got done with it! We'd take a paint brush and brush used oil on the tin inside! Hand crank on the shut, a rope to the tractor for the flapper! I told you about putting a shear bar thru my NH717!
Thanks for this very informative video. Your ability to explain simply and in detail is impressive. My Dad had two different Gehl field choppers. The first had a hay head and a corn head (the kind with vertical augers). The second had a corn head only as I recall. This newer head had no augers and looked more like yours but was only a one row. By then he was only baling hay and chopping maybe 175 acres of corn. Both of them had the knives on the blower wheel. This cut the corn much more coarsely; you could find complete slices of a corn cob in the silage. There were at least 6 knives, could have been 8 but I'm not sure. Silage season was mostly while I was back in school, so I never saw all the prep work done on the chopper, but he took good care of his equipment. Later on, we had Gehl self-unloading wagons and a Gehl blower with a four-foot drum. Gehl advertised you could unload their wagons in three minutes. I thought I was hot stuff because I could get it done in that time. 😁
You really take good care of your equipment
You take a lot of pride in your equipment, and your farm and business in general, and it really shows. It also seems like you guys take a lot of pride in these videos, and because of that they are very enjoyable. Thank you for taking the time
You could build a picket crib. Dad used to build 2 to 3 each year.
All that oil residue will prevent your tractor from rusting out for at least another 20 years.
You do a wonderful job explaining everything in simple terms that everyone can understand.
Thank You so so much for sharing your family videos with us all 👍😊
I liked chopping. Haven't done it in quite a few years. We had a John Deere 3970 that we ran on a 4450. Later we got an 8100 and that had enough power for a three row head. The unluckiest guy was the one packing the bunker. We used a 2350 John Deere with a loader but no cab. The chopper was setup to run anhydrous for non protein nitrogen.
It is just so great to see and listen to some one that cares about his equipment. So much knowledge as well about the machine. I enjoy your videos
as you are a person that likes to keep the old machines working. Thanks so much for showing how you take care of old machines that still work.
Nice video……thanks for explaining the ins and outs of it.
You do a good job cleaning an preparing for the next season.
Impressive shop, all neat and orderly.
Thanks for the video.
Great choppers but we had to trade them in cause GehL no longer supports parts
Thank you for taking the time to make these videos. I so much enjoy watching.
Great video and great explanation of the workings of the chopper. Also a good job in cleanup and greasing and oiling in preparation for and longevity of the equipment.
Thank you for taking the time and detailed explanation of the Gehl1085. Appreciate it!👍
Very interesting content 👍👍👍👍👍👍
You're going to spend the time at some point either fixing or maintaining. Maintaining at your convenience is so much less stressful and saves big money in the long run. I always have to chuckle at an uncle of mine. He gets the machine out that he needs the day he needs it and then gets mad when it isn't ready to go or when he can't get parts immediately.
Excellent review of your maintenance procedures on the chopper. Yes, it requires time & effort but the long-term savings of money and quality reliable equipment is year-round peace of mind.
The large workshop facility is impressive allowing you to store, service, repair & protect tools and equipment from the elements year-round!
Dear Gierok Farms,
I can’t thank you enough for sharing your farm and life with us. I think something Mr G stated is the single best philosophy for life and happiness in farming or in any other type business. He said something like this, “by keeping costs down and not trying to grow too large it keeps it manageable and it means you aren’t forced to make more money to service the investments”. Extremely wise. Demonstrating that old perfectly good tractors, pickers and choppers that are cared for and serviced properly can still make the farm profitable. It just takes time, planning and some know how. I am curious about tires you’re using on the older tractors. Is there a particular brand you like for your pre 1970 tractors? I’m looking to get a set of new 18.4 x 30’s for an old Case and curious what you do for tires? Thanks again!
God Bless
GA
Great awesome video
Great explanation on how the chopper works.
You do a excellent job of maintaining your equipment. I used to switch the hay and corn heads on my harvest too. Then one of our older neighbours had a clearing auction, and I was able to purchase their NH harvester, which he had bought new, but only chopped about 200 acres before advancing age forced him to quit keeping livestock. After 5 years he sold his equipment and rented out the land. So I was fortunate to buy the harvester for $5,500.00 with corn head. So I had 2 harvesters, one for corn and one for hay.
Great job
Good detail video very useful and interesting you take good care of your stuff
Great video. That's why you can use old equipment when you maintain them properly as you show, they will preform for years
Pops you can make a video just as good as junior. Thanks again for the effort you put forth.
Didn’t realize you could take the processor out. Guess it has to come out to chop haylage or not? My old 900 NH just take a deflection shield out and ready to go for grass😮. Thanks
Non-farmer poeple really don't get how having a nice warm sunny day to do jobs like this makes the work go so much nicer to do.Fall can have some nice days.It would not be fun to do this job today. The weather poeple say we are getting 4 to8 in of snow today.(Nov 29) here in western Wisconsin.Hope the milk truck makes it over the hills to get your milk tomorrow!! Thanks 🥶.
good job and video. i use to do it just like you wash it down, grease it and oil it down. we cut corn one year that water had went over in july it rained and washed off all the sand you could see but it worn out the bearing, shear bar and knives so don't cut corn water has been over. take care, be safe and well. are you ready to be a grandpa yet?