Mowing the Mountain - John Deere tackles the grade

[milkmanskehan99]

Wouldn't like to tackle that in the 100-90 i drive

[balmesh]

To milkmanskehan99

It was quite a challenge for the Deere. Look lower down and you'll see a comment form the driver.

[milkmanskehan99]

@balmesh It must have been even for a tractor like that!

[teambrucewillis]

If that's a mountain you should see some of the meadows we do on contract! A great video balmesh

[balmesh]

To teambrucewillis

I would love to see some of the meadows you do on contract. County Clare is somewhere I've never been.

This one wasn't a mountain at all, but it makes a good title and it is quite steep. . . .

[teambrucewillis]

@balmesh A nice part of the country, if you made the trip you would be very welcome! Agreed there, by the looks of things it does seem very steep, not one I'd like to tackle haha.

[balmesh]

To teambrucewillis

We are planning to visit Ireland next year. Have you seen "The Mountain Fights Back"?

[teambrucewillis]

@balmesh very good, hopefully you'll get the good weather! I have not seen it I'm afraid.

[MichaelAustin7530]

nice vid again john deere for ever

[balmesh]

To MichaelAustin7530

Thanks Michael. 

[lurch1780]

Balmesh, I was back in that same field on monday night cutting it for Colin.

[balmesh]

To lurch1780

Great - you'll know the dodgy bits, then? Did the undersown grass take OK then? How is Colin, anyway, we lost contact but he's a real nice guy, Stuart, too.

[lurch1780]

that's me in the driving seat! The video doesn't really show just how steep the last bit of the field was!!

[balmesh]

To lurch1780

Thanks for writing! You're right, the camera did something, I forget what, just at the critical time when you were going up the side of a house! Makes good video, though, even without that bit - real hairy!

[brianolivercrowley]

I agree, A 6930 for sure. The grill on the side is a dead giveaway and the silver trim on the spots. The 30 series have more electrics and the layout inside the cab is different.

[balmesh]

To brianolivercrowley

Thanks very much. 6930 seems to be the concensus, then.

[ansume123]

6830 or 6930 deffiantly not a 20 sorry for sounding a dick

[doyle921]

Does anybody remember the old JD 3010? When I was 8 I was raking hay and I looked back and the rake had binded and it was about 12 feet in the air under a big ball of alfalfa. My dad drove up ..got out..and just looked at me. he said any idiot can just drive but it takes sombody with a few brains to look back behind him once in a while. I got the message real quick.

[balmesh]

Yes, I had much the same advice. "A good ploughman spends more time looking back than looking forward" Is that still true, or necessary?

[doyle921]

i don't know about now but if I was on a tractor..I would make my neck sore lookin back...even if i didn't have to. by sayin a 3010...i'm showin my age aren't I? We got a new 4020 thatsame year and at 8 yr. old that was the biggest tractor I'd ever seen in my life.

[balmesh]

Agreed. The view is better backwards anyway (Wasn't it Marvin Gaye who sang that?) and I remember the first 100HP tractor (JD) and how everyone said it'd never catch on - too big.

[doyle921]

i lived in western Kansas for some years and now they're pullin 60 sweeps with a BigBud.

[balmesh]

What do you mean by sweeps?  Sorry to be ignorant, but I do know a BigBud!

Alan

[doyle921]

In western Kansas we had to let everything lay fallow or it would blow away. we used a v shaped blade to undercut so we could leave it. it was about a 6 foot v shaped blade. A farmer down the road had a big bud and it would pull 60 feet of them. When you say him coming you knew who would have to pull completely off the road to let him by. It folded up but it didn't matter..it was huge. But when you could see for a thousand acres...that was the thing to have.

[balmesh]

To doyle921

Thanks for that. Sounds an incredible place to be

[doyle921]

In western Kansas we had to lay fallow the last crop. We never used a plow cause it would dry out and blow away. We used v shaped blades to undercut the roots and let it lay. We called them sweeps cause they're about 6 feet wide in a vee. A neighbor had a Big Bud and he pulled 60 feet of them. When you can see for a thousand acres in any direction..it worked out fine. I'd hate to buy diesel for it though.

[kiwicowcocky]

mountain ha.thats what we call gentle rolling hills

[balmesh]

Me too - but it's called alliteration when Mowing goes with Mountain, and anyway it gets more viewers! As for the grade - puffing up there trying to get to the top before the outfit, it certainly feels like a mountain!

Alan

[balmesh]

Thank you, Sir! You must be an expert with an ID like yours! How are the 30s different from the 20s?

[ihatetractors1]

silver lights, 3 slots on grill most obvious from a distance sum uder minor 1's but they're most recognisable!!!

[6920sjohndeere]

yer it is a 6930.

[farmerboygeorge]

john deere 6930 i think

[balmesh]

Hi George

Thanks for your suggestion. Hope to be back with this mountain to see it carted, before long.