Cool Corn Chopping 1980's Style: John Deere 5830 Forage Harvester

[Music] I pick tractor power fans this video comes to you from a Western Kentucky cornfield where a John Deere 5830 self-propelled forge harvester is chopping corn to feed beef cattle we're gonna spend some time up in the cab of this classic 1980s self-propelled Forge harvester to see the operators perspective of chopping corn with it we'll also talk about the machine specifications and production history as it was the largest fort Harvester available from John Deere over 30 years ago but first let's set out to the field so you can see in here all this classic corn chopping action [Music] up in the cabin the job here we've got a temper semi-truck extra C&C take a look at not too much as far as things on this machine on the steering wheel here down the row joystick go in there we can look out the back about themselves on the top honey like running this game forehead up in the cab we saw the kemper head in action this is a champion 3000 model capable of harvesting four rows of corn or ten feet of corn because it is row independent most often when you hear people talking about a row independent head they used the term Kemper Kemper was one of the original companies to build a row independent header like this and John Deere acquired the brand in the 1990s here's a good example of how sharp the Kemper head is we've got a cop a corn here pick it up you can see how it just sliced right through that you know that's a pretty hard substance and it just slices right through it very impressive machine let's take a brief look at the specifications and production history of the 5830 self-propelled forage harvester it was manufactured from 1986 through 1993 inside transition of John Deere self-propelled Forge harvest reproduction from Ottumwa Iowa to Swiper Aachen Germany the machine weighed in at fifteen thousand and forty seven pounds from the factory and the original price tag of this forge harvester was one hundred and twenty two thousand eight hundred and forty four dollars it had a variety of different harvesting heads available there was a seven-foot wind Rojer pick up four five thousand and forty two dollars there was a four row corn head available for twenty thousand five hundred and eighty-seven dollars and a 12-foot mower bar could be added for twelve thousand eight hundred and sixty dollars as we take a look at the specifications of the 5830 self-propelled forge harvester we can see how it processes the crop from this cutaway drawing it utilizes a 24-inch cutter head it's equipped with 40 knives that are five inches by three inches set up in a helical pattern made of tungsten carbide those knives chop up the corn and the cobs and process it into the silage that then goes up through the blower pipe into the wagon or waiting truck this machine features a hydrostatic propelling drive and features a four speed spur gear type transmission and has a top speed of 15 miles per hour it also features hydrostatic power steering and an adjustable rear axle it's equipped with a hundred and forty seven gallon diesel fuel tank the 5830 is powered by a ten point one liter 619 cubic inch john deere engine rated at 290 horsepower this six cylinder powerplant was also utilized in the john deere 8650 four-wheel drive tractor that was manufactured during much of the same time period as the 5830 self-propelled forge harvester the 8650 was rated at 290 engine horsepower and 235 pto horsepower [Music] [Music] this farm is utilizing - dump trucks as well as this modified dump truck body that is pulled by a John Deere 7230 we can watch the 7230 dump out the corn silage back at the feed bunker we'll watch a John Deere 6 125 our tractor and 70 to 30 tractor pushing up the corn silage into the pile using their loaders [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] back at the field the 5830 is opening up a new section of corn and that requires the dump truck to run directly behind the chopper rather than being filled from its right-hand side the spout is moved to the center and is shooting over the cab of the dump truck right into its bed and this allows them to make that first pass along the edge of the trees before they can return to side filling [Music] I hope you've enjoyed spending some time out in the field with this John Deere 5830 self-propelled for Jarvis tur if you would like to see more videos like this one I hope you'll consider subscribing to big tractor power YouTube were there over 1,000 videos of farm machines and action also click on the notifications bell so you won't miss another episode of big tractor power as new videos are released from the channel almost every day if you have any questions or thoughts about this video please leave them in the comment section below as I try to respond to you every post that is made if you would like to get a preview of what is coming up next on big tractor power to YouTube make sure to check out big tractor power Instagram rush share pictures and short video clips of what is currently being filmed in the field as always thank you for watching [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music]

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Length: 17min 18sec (1038 seconds)

Published: Mon Sep 02 2019