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Idle Chatter: Hot Rod Farmer

Imparting knowledge about all aspects of equipment that is employed in modern production agriculture.

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Average duration
51 minutes
Episodes
333
Years Active
2023 - 2025
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Understanding how an electronic driver circuit functions. Aired 3/9/24

Understanding how an electronic driver circuit functions. Aired 3/9/24


If something is automatically controlled by a microprocessor, usually the work is done by an electronic driver. 














00:30:00  |   Sat 16 Mar 2024
Making your own Top Tier gasoline.

Making your own Top Tier gasoline.

00:01:16  |   Fri 15 Mar 2024
Hot Rod Farmer: Control unit diagnostic protocols

Hot Rod Farmer: Control unit diagnostic protocols










When diagnosing an electronic control unit often a flow chart is what you follow, but there is more to the story than that. The protocols that need to be seen by the ECU to set a trouble cod…
01:09:27  |   Wed 13 Mar 2024
Insist on a completely new engine.

Insist on a completely new engine.

00:01:01  |   Tue 12 Mar 2024
FMD Road Test: 2019 Ford F-150 Supercrew Limited. Originally published 6/2/2019.

FMD Road Test: 2019 Ford F-150 Supercrew Limited. Originally published 6/2/2019.





She may look city... but she WORKS COUNTRY!!
 
00:34:21  |   Mon 11 Mar 2024
Blueprinting your corn planter, Part 3. Aired 3/2/24

Blueprinting your corn planter, Part 3. Aired 3/2/24






In this third and final installment, commonly overlooked mechanical aspects of a corn planter are reviewed.














00:30:00  |   Sat 09 Mar 2024
Carpet savers.

Carpet savers.

00:01:24  |   Fri 08 Mar 2024
Hot Rod Farmer: Why DEF is a better way to control NOx emissions than EGR.

Hot Rod Farmer: Why DEF is a better way to control NOx emissions than EGR.














This episode was prompted by the new John Deere 18-liter engine that boasts 907 horsepower and does not employ SCR. Ray explains why he feels extreme rates of EGR are not a practical met…
01:09:34  |   Wed 06 Mar 2024
Proper electrical connection sequence.

Proper electrical connection sequence.

00:00:48  |   Tue 05 Mar 2024
Hot Rod Farmer: Something old to you…. is something new to me! Originally published 5/29/2019.

Hot Rod Farmer: Something old to you…. is something new to me! Originally published 5/29/2019.




Think about resale the day you bring that NEW IRON HOME to the FARM!
 
 
01:02:55  |   Mon 04 Mar 2024
Blueprinting your corn planter, Part 2. Aired 2/24/24

Blueprinting your corn planter, Part 2. Aired 2/24/24


In the second episode of the series, Ray goes over measuring amperage draw, and checking for the integrity of a vacuum system.














00:30:00  |   Sat 02 Mar 2024
Planter seed tubes.

Planter seed tubes.

00:01:18  |   Fri 01 Mar 2024
On the Road to Scott Farley.

On the Road to Scott Farley.














Growing up in Texas the son of a working-class family that always had enough but not extra, did not stifle Scott from pursuing the dream that is America. A young boy’s life is changed wh…
02:16:18  |   Thu 29 Feb 2024
Hot Rod Farmer: The value of a good parts man.

Hot Rod Farmer: The value of a good parts man.










Once again it proves that being able to get the proper part in person from a human, is far better than Amazon.




01:11:27  |   Wed 28 Feb 2024
Corn planter gauge wheels.

Corn planter gauge wheels.

00:00:57  |   Tue 27 Feb 2024
Hot Rod Farmer: Getting to know Rudolf….. DIESEL that is! Originally published 5/22/2019.

Hot Rod Farmer: Getting to know Rudolf….. DIESEL that is! Originally published 5/22/2019.





There is more going on than just pulling to a different pump!!
 
 
01:02:22  |   Mon 26 Feb 2024
Blueprinting your corn planter, Part 1. Aired 2/17/24

Blueprinting your corn planter, Part 1. Aired 2/17/24


Your most successful crop starts in the farm shop! This multi-part series will cover what you need to do to make your planter the best it can be.














00:30:00  |   Sat 24 Feb 2024
Why you need to have scales.

Why you need to have scales.

00:01:18  |   Fri 23 Feb 2024
Hot Rod Farmer: How the specific gravity of fuel impacts an engine’s performance.

Hot Rod Farmer: How the specific gravity of fuel impacts an engine’s performance.










The impetus for this episode is rooted in Ray getting his personal best fuel economy with his 250,000-mile Ford Fiesta, while driving to an agricultural seminar. The science behind the mpg!

01:13:42  |   Wed 21 Feb 2024
Planter row cleaners.

Planter row cleaners.

00:00:55  |   Tue 20 Feb 2024
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