Dang it! I woulda went to see you guys! Do ya have a booth there & will ya have a booth at Husker Harvest? I don't see the hats on your new merch site... Thanks for the great vids and sharing your experiences!
Milwaukee Packout would be handy for you guys. Keeps thing organized, the 2 wheel carts are not great outdoors but i boughts the plate that the boxes clip into and mounted it to a cart just like what you had to take the gear box out into the feild with. Also using some anti-seize compound would help to make repairs easier. Love the videos, and hoping for a good harvest for all of you famers out there!
Great work on a tough project! For all the work you do on those pivots, you might include a 24" (or 36", or longer, or all the above) crowbar, and a 12-lb (or larger) maul in your portable tool kit -- for prying and pounding off those stubborn rusted parts ("bigger tools"). And be thankful for all the great battery-powered tools you have at your disposal. In the "old days," getting those wheel lugs off would have needed a strong lug wrench with a 5' pipe over it for leverage just to break them loose; and cutting that square driveshaft off would have been by hand with a hacksaw. Always doable... but your tools make the job MUCH easier and faster! ;-)
Hi Laura and Grant. This video shows why farmers have the hours that they do. Some hard hats have face shield attachments to keep things from contacting the head. The actual shield can be replaced. Have good days!
Hi, Laura and Grant. I have just watched Laura's dad give a tour of UMC factory, it was interesting. Nice seeing your mum with him. All the watering is worth all the effort you put into repairing them, I said in your last video, I wonder where your cat will have its kittens, how I know. Good job Grant with the help of the pretty one, from Mike. ❤
Congrats cat mother plus Grant and Laura thanks for another great (REAL LIFE) look at Nebraska farm life...and how to fix a broken pivot. Well done Nebraska farm TEAM
We used to experience something similar to corn rash when we were kids. We had a field where there was a lot of buckbrush (single stalked woody plant) and we would always come in from playing out there with scratches all over our arms and faces. We found it was helpful to walk backwards through it. Depending on your interior compass, this may or may not work for you. Just a thought. As always, I love your videos. FARMING IS HARD WORK! and it's good for people to see that. Keep up the good work and wishing you a good harvest!
Pepper is a good girl she came right out when you held her baby and kept a close eye on it and went right back in after you put the kitten back, that's a good mother . As always enjoy watching, making repairs must seem endless sometimes but you both have great work ethic keep up the good work.
got my CAP, recently, just wanted to help the BURNED OUT farmer..... THANKS!! good job on the driveshaft / gearbox repair.....you guys FEED THE WORLD !!!! you should get MORE appreciation !!!!
As I watched you wheel the new gearbox into the corn-row, I immediately realized that the wheel-set-up on the cart is designed for a flat floor and NOT a corn-row. I was stressed while watching, thinking about all of the broken stalks. It needs a center-wheel and two outriggers that connect with the ground at the base of the stalk. The big wheel is a round(not flat) contour and the outriggers only connect with the ground when you get to the row. What a pain-in-the-arms! You need the outriggers to be easily removable and exchanged with wheels that allow you to wheel the object(gearbox or pump?) back into the shop floor and back again to the corn-row set-up with the new part. You work so hard. God bless you!
Lara's passing through the corn field stalks reminded me of the song by Creedence Clearwater Revival - Run Through The Jungle. Could get lost in the corn field but nice Pivot fix and video.
If I were you, I would develop more the topic of moving to the drip irrigation system. Basically choose the type of hoses you are going to use, to avoid failures.
Wonderful video! Great job with the pivot! Since Pepper knows that you know where the kittens are at she will probably start moving them around to a new nest every week or so. Don't be surprised if they are all gone one morning. Look around for various nesting sites. All outside cats I have been around do this. Rest assured that Pepper knows exactly where they are at all times. Really enjoy your videos. Keep it up.....
Congratulations on the arrival of the kittens! I'll try Nutmeg, Thyme, Basil,Oregano, Alspice. Hopefully, the show was great and Short Stop Grant isn't lost until harvest! Remember, pick a lane and follow it to a road. Safe travels and God bless
I have worked on all types of irrigation systems and yes pivots that have fallen over. The Domino effect sucked the most. Plus I was an agriculture tractor mechanic for over 25 years. I could run my own farm but I chose to be a cattle wrangler up in the mountains instead after I retired from the Agriculture industry. I love being on a horse, watching and taking care of cattle with my team.
Looks like you need to come up with a slide hammer for those stubborn knuckles. We used something similar for pulling large pins out of the landing gear during maintenance (KC-135/Boeing 707). You need a rod with a weight on it and some way to hook on to the knuckle. Sliding the weight against a stop at the opposite end of the rod to pull the knuckle off. The ones we used were made in shop. One of the slide hammers we had was a rod about 3/4" round stock about 3' long. it probably weighed 20-30 pounds. 😁
Thanks to you I can now distinguish between a pivot and other things such as a stalk of corn but we don't have many pivots in the Appalachian Mountains. But to distinguish from among the many pivots you have is way beyond me. Congratulations to Pepper! Posh, Baby, Scary, Sporty, And Ginger???
On almost all our pivots before we swapped out our knuckles to the umc ones almost all of them were held on by these little 3/8 or 7/16 bolts. Bout 8 per knuckle that round off very easy. A battery grinder w a cutting wheel is a life saver when taking off the old kinds. I'm bout to tired of hauling chains around dragging ours thru mud holes and bottoms on almost all of our ground being new within the past 5 or 6 yrs and haven't got their paths worked in good yet, I will surely be glad wen that happens
yes yes it is, the family is slowly getting bigger. Greetings to you from Nebraska. Greetings from Rolf from rainy Berlin / Germany All the best, keep it up, you can do it
This video brought back some memories. I was the preventive maintenance and primary repair person for 45 10 tower units and 15 3 tower units back in 1983. 8,400 acre farm in eastern Oregon. The pivots were pretty tired and had been subject to a lot of tender loving neglect. The farm was all in corn. Those driveshaft connections with the rubber disc were what we had to work with. I did all of the work by myself and learned a few tricks for installing new gearboxes. Replacing gearboxes, drivelines, and tires were about the main thing that I had to do, Those UMC knuckles look like a very substantial unit. BTW, all that I had to change wheels with was a star lug wrench. NAPA made an excellent one. I also got pretty handy with a cutting torch and at welding the hubs back on gearboxes in the field. I love watching your videos!
Good work. Disappearing into the corn rows is very interesting shot. Laura, perhaps get a pair of clear safety glasses for when you walk through the corn?
Laura, try walking backwards through the corn wearing a hoodie! Or putting a winter time mask ("Belaclava" in Irish)on and safety glasses then you shouldn't have to worry about "corn rash!" And wear gloves! Great looking NAILS!!! Love the Color!!! Oh, I have a funny story about "corn" that I'll add in the next few days!
Thanks for another great video. My compliments to Laura and Grant for their hard work on the pivot on a hot day. You two did a great job of fixing that pivot. Lots of old parts to deal with. But you both hung in there and got the fix done. Peppers little babies are cute. She will be a good mom. Thanks for everything. Take care. The Iowa Farm Boy.
Laura in the future wear a clear protective face guard when walking in the corn, that's what I used to do. I really appreciate you and Grant, I used to work for a farmer in Meade Ks.
Thank you UMC. I don't mind your commercials at all. Not trying to convince me your product makes me look thinner, taller and smell better. You stick to truth. I like that.
Farming is still very hard work, auto steer aside. The tasks may have changed, but I can just feel the heat stress and frustration in your voice as you struggle replacing all that worn out junk. Been there and done that. Respect!!
I was raised on a grain and dairy farm just south of Decatur, IL - farming involves being capable in many areas of expertise as you guys so brilliantly display
You two should teach a class on how couples can work together! The interaction between you guys is inspiring to say the least. This coming from someone who’s been married for 35+ years.. kudos to you both!!!
Gr8 video, not so bad walking through corn 🌽 with one arm up to protect you’re face but carrying in lots of tools sucks . There are several styles of face shields out there that are excellent. Eye protection is good an not cumbersome to wear plus when unloading corn keeps dust out of eyes an ears ,really nice to have when unplugging combine an round balers . Sure you guys know this ; just a thought….
Brings back memories of my Millwrighting days.....Nothing ever goes according to plan, but you always get it done. Never-Seez is your friend, especially in that environment. I spied a bottle of it in your tool kit. 👍
Here you go Laura. One way you can protect your face when walking through the corn. Is where your motorcycle helmet with a shield. Congratulations pepper on having such cute baby kittens😻💪🇺🇸👍👍👍
This video was filmed a couple days ago… right now Grant and I are in Decatur, IL for Farm Progress Show! Hope to see some of you here!
how old are ya laura?
Dang it! I woulda went to see you guys! Do ya have a booth there & will ya have a booth at Husker Harvest? I don't see the hats on your new merch site...
Thanks for the great vids and sharing your experiences!
saw you two on first street!
SPAY AND NEUTER YOUR PETS
Tienes que operar alas mujeres y ala mamá porque se aran muchos gatos 🐈 muchos muchos opéralas chicas
Milwaukee Packout would be handy for you guys. Keeps thing organized, the 2 wheel carts are not great outdoors but i boughts the plate that the boxes clip into and mounted it to a cart just like what you had to take the gear box out into the feild with. Also using some anti-seize compound would help to make repairs easier. Love the videos, and hoping for a good harvest for all of you famers out there!
Congratulations pepper good job
Another job well done by the dynamic duo and team work.
A clear full face shield for grinding work awesome for walking in corn rows! 👍✌️❤️
Looks like harvest is just around the corner!
Not to mention that your Dad just went to California and took us for a tour of the warehouse for UMC. He posted it yesterday. Nice Tour
it was a bit more work on the pivot, but you also had more difficult repairs. the corn is progressing nicely. 🙋♂️🙋♂️
What a good life. Just honest hard work.
Clear grinding face shields work great for walking in corn fields👍✌️
Your a great team together..very hard workers.... Take care you both
Awww Laura they are soooo adorable 😊
Just saved the farm several hundred $$$$!!!! Nice!!!! Just like the old school guys do it!!!!
Both of you are so blessed to be able to work together on these repairs and projects.......
Great work on a tough project! For all the work you do on those pivots, you might include a 24" (or 36", or longer, or all the above) crowbar, and a 12-lb (or larger) maul in your portable tool kit -- for prying and pounding off those stubborn rusted parts ("bigger tools"). And be thankful for all the great battery-powered tools you have at your disposal. In the "old days," getting those wheel lugs off would have needed a strong lug wrench with a 5' pipe over it for leverage just to break them loose; and cutting that square driveshaft off would have been by hand with a hacksaw. Always doable... but your tools make the job MUCH easier and faster! ;-)
Another good and successful repair job
You go girl…..love the zest with which you 2 get stuff done!!!!
a chisel in the tool bag would be a good addition, save the extension for sockets.
You too make such a wonderful couple! And some great videos!! Thanks for sharing!!
Get a can of Fluid Film and spray all those rusty parts before you put it back together, wonderful product to prevent rust!
Hi Laura and Grant. This video shows why farmers have the hours that they do. Some hard hats have face shield attachments to keep things from contacting the head. The actual shield can be replaced. Have good days!
Hard work. Thanks farmers
Hi, Laura and Grant. I have just watched Laura's dad give a tour of UMC factory, it was interesting. Nice seeing your mum with him. All the watering is worth all the effort you put into repairing them, I said in your last video, I wonder where your cat will have its kittens, how I know.
Good job Grant with the help of the pretty one, from Mike. ❤
Congrats cat mother plus Grant and Laura thanks for another great (REAL LIFE) look at Nebraska farm life...and how to fix a broken pivot. Well done Nebraska farm TEAM
We used to experience something similar to corn rash when we were kids. We had a field where there was a lot of buckbrush (single stalked woody plant) and we would always come in from playing out there with scratches all over our arms and faces. We found it was helpful to walk backwards through it. Depending on your interior compass, this may or may not work for you. Just a thought. As always, I love your videos. FARMING IS HARD WORK! and it's good for people to see that. Keep up the good work and wishing you a good harvest!
Pepper is a good girl she came right out when you held her baby and kept a close eye on it and went right back in after you put the kitten back, that's a good mother . As always enjoy watching, making repairs must seem endless sometimes but you both have great work ethic keep up the good work.
Glad you were able to get this one fixed.
You adapted with it and fixed it. Good deal.
Congratulations on your new additions. Wonderful video. Enjoy how will you to farmers get along working as a team. 🎉🤩😁
Hello from France! we are not the only ones having problems with the pivots
Reasonably they all need to have spice-names, with momma being named pepper!
Black Pepper, Cayenne Pepper, Bell Pepper, Chili Pepper, and Dr. Pepper.
@@jd-zr3vkdidn’t see the dr.pepper coming 😂😂😂😂
@@jd-zr3vk In that case the last should be just called Doc.
@@jd-zr3vk LOL
@@jd-zr3vk As they are all part of Pepper, just call them Black, Cayenne, Bell, Chili, and Doc.
you guys are great- its really nice to watch you ply your trade and have a great life doing it.. keep going. thx-
Great fun you had today. 😊
got my CAP, recently, just wanted to help the BURNED OUT farmer..... THANKS!! good job on the driveshaft / gearbox repair.....you guys FEED THE WORLD !!!! you should get MORE appreciation !!!!
Laura and Grant! Great work and determination in fixing that pivot! Thanks for sharing! ❤
As I watched you wheel the new gearbox into the corn-row, I immediately realized that the wheel-set-up on the cart is designed for a flat floor and NOT a corn-row. I was stressed while watching, thinking about all of the broken stalks.
It needs a center-wheel and two outriggers that connect with the ground at the base of the stalk. The big wheel is a round(not flat) contour and the outriggers only connect with the ground when you get to the row. What a pain-in-the-arms! You need the outriggers to be easily removable and exchanged with wheels that allow you to wheel the object(gearbox or pump?) back into the shop floor and back again to the corn-row set-up with the new part.
You work so hard. God bless you!
Lara's passing through the corn field stalks reminded me of the song by Creedence Clearwater Revival - Run Through The Jungle. Could get lost in the corn field but nice Pivot fix and video.
hard work keeping the farm going smoothly
Incredible accomplishment ! I knew that heat was horrible but you guys find somehow the ability to complete the entire repair. Bravo
Another great vid! Things allways happen with farming!
UMC Knuckles! YES!
You guys make a great team! Love seeing how you repair things in the fields and in your barns!! Amazing!!
If I were you, I would develop more the topic of moving to the drip irrigation system.
Basically choose the type of hoses you are going to use, to avoid failures.
Congratulations, Pepper! That was impressive how that motor pretzeled up the driveshaft.
Well done mummy Pepper 👏👏👏👏 mitzy fizz tootsie plus super work in the corn 🌽 jungle👍
YOU GUY WORK GREAT TOGETHER ❤❤❤❤😊😊😊
Congratulations Pepper (and Laura too!)!!🥰
Great video!
I come from Thailand so good Laura Farms
laura you are without a doubt the cutest lovable hardest working lady on you tube.your hubby is one lucky dude
Happy to see you two never shy away from hard work. Very proud of you both.
Wonderful video! Great job with the pivot! Since Pepper knows that you know where the kittens are at she will probably start moving them around to a new nest every week or so. Don't be surprised if they are all gone one morning. Look around for various nesting sites. All outside cats I have been around do this. Rest assured that Pepper knows exactly where they are at all times. Really enjoy your videos. Keep it up.....
They're not going to be spoiled MUCH. Congratulations Pepper. 😻
Congratulations on the arrival of the kittens! I'll try Nutmeg, Thyme, Basil,Oregano, Alspice. Hopefully, the show was great and Short Stop Grant isn't lost until harvest! Remember, pick a lane and follow it to a road. Safe travels and God bless
I have worked on all types of irrigation systems and yes pivots that have fallen over. The Domino effect sucked the most. Plus I was an agriculture tractor mechanic for over 25 years. I could run my own farm but I chose to be a cattle wrangler up in the mountains instead after I retired from the Agriculture industry.
I love being on a horse, watching and taking care of cattle with my team.
That Hi-Lift Jack weighs almost as much as you do Laura, almost.
It's impressive that you pick it up pretty much in one swope.
A small torch set, or as my mechanic neighbor calls it-“the red wrench”. Loosens up stuck metal nicely then never seize when it goes back together.
Looks like you need to come up with a slide hammer for those stubborn knuckles. We used something similar for pulling large pins out of the landing gear during maintenance (KC-135/Boeing 707). You need a rod with a weight on it and some way to hook on to the knuckle. Sliding the weight against a stop at the opposite end of the rod to pull the knuckle off. The ones we used were made in shop. One of the slide hammers we had was a rod about 3/4" round stock about 3' long. it probably weighed 20-30 pounds. 😁
Thanks to you I can now distinguish between a pivot and other things such as a stalk of corn but we don't have many pivots in the Appalachian Mountains. But to distinguish from among the many pivots you have is way beyond me. Congratulations to Pepper! Posh, Baby, Scary, Sporty, And Ginger???
Grant walking into the corn and disappearing after 3 rows was an awesome shot!
"Build it and they will come". "Field of Dreams". My first thought when I saw that.
Nice, but lengthy repair. And it ran properly at the end, so a victory for Laura Farms.
On almost all our pivots before we swapped out our knuckles to the umc ones almost all of them were held on by these little 3/8 or 7/16 bolts. Bout 8 per knuckle that round off very easy. A battery grinder w a cutting wheel is a life saver when taking off the old kinds. I'm bout to tired of hauling chains around dragging ours thru mud holes and bottoms on almost all of our ground being new within the past 5 or 6 yrs and haven't got their paths worked in good yet, I will surely be glad wen that happens
Bonjour Laura et Grant super vidéo félicitation de la porté de chaton de ta chatte bien la réparation de la roue du pivot bon courage à vous deux
I was a crop consultant for 11 years. As the summer progressed, the leaves get sharper and sharper!
yes yes it is, the family is slowly getting bigger.
Greetings to you from Nebraska. Greetings from Rolf from rainy Berlin / Germany
All the best, keep it up, you can do it
This city girl is amazed, impressed, and so thankful for farmers! You guys are amazing!! ❤
Delivering the solutions you need to stay productive,have a great day Laura and grant.
This video brought back some memories. I was the preventive maintenance and primary repair person for 45 10 tower units and 15 3 tower units back in 1983. 8,400 acre farm in eastern Oregon. The pivots were pretty tired and had been subject to a lot of tender loving neglect. The farm was all in corn. Those driveshaft connections with the rubber disc were what we had to work with. I did all of the work by myself and learned a few tricks for installing new gearboxes. Replacing gearboxes, drivelines, and tires were about the main thing that I had to do, Those UMC knuckles look like a very substantial unit. BTW, all that I had to change wheels with was a star lug wrench. NAPA made an excellent one. I also got pretty handy with a cutting torch and at welding the hubs back on gearboxes in the field. I love watching your videos!
Good work. Disappearing into the corn rows is very interesting shot. Laura, perhaps get a pair of clear safety glasses for when you walk through the corn?
I really enjoy your videos. I just received my 2 Laura Farms t-shirts! Congrats to Pepper on being a new mom.
Must have awesome torque to make the drive shaft look like a Twizzler.!!
That one was boogered up good.
Ya'll need to always carry a BFH for delicate field work like that.
Laura, try walking backwards through the corn wearing a hoodie! Or putting a winter time mask ("Belaclava" in Irish)on and safety glasses then you shouldn't have to worry about "corn rash!" And wear gloves! Great looking NAILS!!! Love the Color!!! Oh, I have a funny story about "corn" that I'll add in the next few days!
Thanks for another great video.
My compliments to Laura and Grant for their hard work on the pivot on a hot day.
You two did a great job of fixing that pivot. Lots of old parts to deal with. But you both hung in there and got the fix done.
Peppers little babies are cute. She will be a good mom.
Thanks for everything.
Take care.
The Iowa Farm Boy.
Love Grant disappearing into the corn. If you build it we will come ⚾
Field of dreams/Field of nightmares. You two do good work. 👍
Laura in the future wear a clear protective face guard when walking in the corn, that's what I used to do. I really appreciate you and Grant, I used to work for a farmer in Meade Ks.
Bo, Cletus, Jethro, Luke, Belle, Cappe, Daisy & Molly are just a few off the top of the mind. FINALLY, a WIN! 16:40
Thank you UMC. I don't mind your commercials at all. Not trying to convince me your product makes me look thinner, taller and smell better. You stick to truth. I like that.
But our products will make you look thinner. You lug around, heavy gearboxes you will loose weight. Joking. Thanks for your feedback.
Nice Repair !
Farming is still very hard work, auto steer aside. The tasks may have changed, but I can just feel the heat stress and frustration in your voice as you struggle replacing all that worn out junk. Been there and done that. Respect!!
Laura and Grant love watching your videos.
Teamwork strikes again!!😊
Nice job guys!
Laura, I don’t think I have ever seen a bigger smile on your face.
I was raised on a grain and dairy farm just south of Decatur, IL - farming involves being capable in many areas of expertise as you guys so brilliantly display
You two should teach a class on how couples can work together! The interaction between you guys is inspiring to say the least. This coming from someone who’s been married for 35+ years.. kudos to you both!!!
Keep the kitty vids a Rollin! She got some pretty little baby's!, So good girlfriend.god bless kids and kitties!
Gr8 video, not so bad walking through corn 🌽 with one arm up to protect you’re face but carrying in lots of tools sucks . There are several styles of face shields out there that are excellent. Eye protection is good an not cumbersome to wear plus when unloading corn keeps dust out of eyes an ears ,really nice to have when unplugging combine an round balers . Sure you guys know this ; just a thought….
What a good mum she is being. Was not letting you go anywhere with her baby.
I would have laughed hard if Grant had walked into the corn field and then came out dressed as a baseball player!
😆
Good movie in joy the part where his wife is going off on the book banning committee. 😂
That was funny!! I thought about the move as well.
I think of this movie too, every time I see rows of tall corn! - I wonder if youngin's, Grant and Laura have seen it? - I'm sure they have!? 😄🌽🌽🌽
Field of Dreams if my memory serves me correct lol
Some very good actors in that film 😊
Brings back memories of my Millwrighting days.....Nothing ever goes according to plan, but you always get it done. Never-Seez is your friend, especially in that environment. I spied a bottle of it in your tool kit. 👍
Sometimes when I see you coming out of a corn I think fields. A
dream
Congratulations Pepper! What a beautiful litter. Laura and Grant, another video that makes me regret not being from the Cornhusker state.
Good idea Grant on the sprayer platform conversion into a repair/rescue vehicle for the circles
We want to see videos in the Farm Progress Show. have a good one.
I'm surprised you don't have more cats on your farm. It does look like you are on your way! Thanks for Sharing!🙃🙂
The precious kittens!! Congratulations Pepper! ❤ Maybe oscar, yogi, ursula, juju...and penny? 😊
Here you go Laura. One way you can protect your face when walking through the corn. Is where your motorcycle helmet with a shield. Congratulations pepper on having such cute baby kittens😻💪🇺🇸👍👍👍
I agree with the spice themed kitten names. Salty, basil, rosemary, marjoram (nickname Marji), cardamom (nickname Cardi), paprika…