Back to work on the Allis Chalmers, Tearing apart the Post hole Digger, and The Sheep Escaped
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Oneof my favorite channels!
mine also, been out of Wack due to 5 days of hurricane destruction, have some catching up to do now that I am back on line, jb
Hi..... Evan and Rebecca thanks you for showing your video homestead bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋👍👍👍
Sheep getting out, relaxed attitude, scruffy beard, retirement fits you well.
Who's retired???? Evan still works 40+ hours. Have you ever run a youtube channel??
I wish I had your shop skills. Nice work. Thanks for sharing your process
Evan, it has been really noticeable how tickled you are to be full time farming and you tubing. You always have a little smile and a renewed energy and motivation. I’m so happy for you!
My 85 yr old grandmother still live traps skunks. She the covers them with a small tarp and takes them to a water trough till the "bubbles stop". Puts it in a pre dug hole and digs the next. 10 year count....63.
Wow! Good for her at that age. We have coyote problems by us. Not skunks
A woman after my own heart! My count is 5, and I’m only 68! But i didnt start til just a few years ago!
I love how you call them Ewe-Ewes, and they come running!
Looking good Evan and Rebecca. You two have the Sheep Wrangling down pretty good. The Shop/Garage will look so much better with all that pipe put up. Maybe make a pipe rack to store it on? Keep up the fine work you're getting done, a little each day helps the mess go away.
Stay safe and keep up the great work and fun you all have around there. Fred.
Now that You are a full time tuber , You need to put out more videos & longer ones too ! We all, would like that !! I LOVE YOU BOTH !! 🥰 🥰
Evan has been putting out longer and more frequent videos. I think he's doing a good job. Let him rest at times. He will get burnt out if he over does it. You don't want that.
Yeah he's already probably doubled his posts each week and some of them have been longer especially the fencing videos...not sure where you've been that you havent noticed that yet.
He’s already increased both the frequency and the length of videos considerably since he left his day job.
Someone always has to judge..😢
I think he’s doing great
S
Thanks for sharing your experience and hope you are doing well mate
Never a dull day at Country View Acres! Love it!
skunks... Put the cat food up high off the floor, where it's easy to get at for you and the cats. Skunks don't climb, and with the food source removed, they'll quit coming round.
Thanks for sharing 😊🙏👍❤️
Hello 👋. I saw a video, where a guy used a oil skimmer to suck up his duck weed off his pond . He feed it to his chickens. I know it’s made in the USA but i can’t remember the manufacturer. Hope this helps you. Keep up the great videos. God bless everyone here
They make a live trap for skunks that is basically a length of 6” pvc pipe. The theory is if the skunk can’t hump up and raise its tail, it cannot spray. Go to Minnesota trapline products…or other trapping supply places to order.
Your a humble soul, a great trait to have. You have my respect !
"🎶 I want ewe back where ewe belong!" 😄
I’d recommend changing that output bearing. It looks awfully rusted. No more than it’d cost while you’re in there! Keep up the good work!
IF STUFF AINT BRAKIN, YOU AINT FARMIN , YOU DO VERY NICE WORK, GOOD LUK
Cover a live trap with a black plastic trash bag and only leave the opening clear it works for any critter you are trying to get.
You can live trap that skunk. How you get it out of the trap. After you catch it. Get an old blanket or some cover hold it up over your face walk up to trap and cover it. Keep him clam then put trap up take it and relocate it some where else. How you open the trap is stand
behind the trap reach up and open it up and the he will walk out with any problems with spray
Love watching ❤
Here is how to live trap a skunk after you get it in your live trap hold a old sheet or blanket up where it can't see you till you can cover the whole trap trust me it works
You working on the A-C tractor is a life-long commitment!
There is a person or 2 that trap skunks around the area they use a pvc pipe trap that won’t allow the skunk to arch its back to spray a neighbor up the road had them trap some skunks around their grain bins
Bevel gear. Planetary will usually have three smaller gears on a ring.
Always a little bump in the road with you Evan, Love it, Good that sheep flock together LOL
Live trapping skunks are no big deal, have done it a few times. It helps if sides of live traps have solid surfaces so they can’t see you. And even then if they get you good you can’t really smell it as your olfactory sense is overloaded. It’s the people around you that notice it most. I use enzyme cleaner from pet store to wash everything, clothes, shoes, myself 😊. Works better than anything else I’ve found, it breaks down the proteins in the spray. You can buy it by the gallon.
If you put a blanket over the trap the skunk will not spray. They won’t spray if they can’t see
it cant spray after lead pills either
@@harleythrelkeld7587that skunk has just as much right to live as you and I
Glad you gave an update on the AC tractor, I just asked about it a couple days ago. As usual, good job on keeping up with the farm.
Look good
We got to get you a 4 lb machinists hammer instead of that claw hammer club. LOL
No fowl play suspected. Padumpum 🥁😁
I was able to live trap skunks on two separate occasions. Picked the traps up and stuck them in big black trash bags to transport them. No spraying, but I sure was nervous.
About 2 minutes in on this video and live trap skunks is mentioned. I unexpectedly caught a skunk in a live trap. Approach the trap with a blanket spread out in late afternoon after work and the skunk was relatively docile and would rather be sleeping. Placed covered trap in the pickup and drove it 3 miles down t the river to let it free. Uneventful. Found that they are unlikely to spray unless very agitated and have relatively poor eyesight, especially during the day.
We do NOT use a carpenter's claw hammer for mechanical work haha!
Hello Evan Rebecca enjoyed your video. Fun when they get loose well hope you know what I mean. Have a great day.
Sure do look forward to seeing your videos! Thanks and have a good day! 👍
Love how you guys have matured in to your RUclipsr roles. Love your videos. Want to see more experiences. I enjoy the loving relationship you and Becky have.
We feed 6-8 wild kitties in our neighborhood. The cleanup crew, AKA bandit raccoons, clean us out regularly. Discouragement? Wait 'till you're nearly 77! Ha! I don't even wanta do FUN things! 🙂 I like that orange. Forgetfulness. It begins to happen when you get to be a bit older. Sorry. And you can mix that rust in with Rebekah's mushrooms for more iron! Man. I'm a bad boy today! And no signs of fowl play ... Evan, you and I are on the same bad comedy stage! 🙂
No signs of fowl play? Well that’s the answer! They need some fun in their lives!
It bothers me that you built such a nice shop but always work outside hahah. I am glad to see you repainting that post hole auger. Was gonna say when u do seals if you could to paint it. My dad was always under the impression if it was in the shop and you could spend just a few more hours on a peice of equipment to make it like new... or in better condition because if you start to let it go then it's not long before you treat it like junk.... and then eventually it ends up at the junk yard cause it's old and has many flaws and not worth it to fix... but if you keep it looking good you'll take better care of it.
Yes, it's a shame he didn't build a tall awning with the barn. I have one and it's prime territory.
Livestock will find any open gate or break in the fence. I was in town picking up an online auction purchase and ate at Jersey Mike's. Of course had some rain.
A couple of wheat straw square bales in that trench would prevent further erosion there beside the beans. It doesn't look pretty but you learned a valuable lesson.
ooops needed a paint filter cone to pour into the gun canister
If a skunk can’t lift its hind legs in the live trap it won’t be able to spray had one in my garage and he couldn’t spray, Evan
I hope your going to replace the bearing on the spur gear shaft. The one that on the shaft now, looks like it's about to die
Thanks Evan and Rebekah
That is called a Pinion gear I think.
You ewes! 🤠
Why don't you dig a small trench across the top of your garden (about a foot or so deep) and line it with weed fabric, then fill it with gravel. This would then divert any heavy rainfall around the outside and prevent any erosion of the garden.
This might be a silly idea but are you able to drive any of those smaller pipes in to the ground at the pig fence where the pigs wallow is to help stop the water from eroding underneath the fence
Turkey found dead. "No signs of fowl play" LOL
Finally!!!! Yes!!!
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Hi guys!
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Thanks for posting Evan
Love all your videos, you and Becky are so kind to your animals, and I love all the interesting jobs you both do around the farm 👍🙏
The ghost of King George 111 sent the rain on July the 4th and a bolt of lightning to kill your poultry. Ps I’m in Uk
The seals in my old brush hog and post hole digger both leak. I switched to 00 cotton head grease from Tractor Supply, no more leaks. Some people use grease from a grease gun. I would suggest after you install the new seals, to switch to grease, and you’ll never have a leak again.
I used John deere corn head grease on my old brush hog. Work great and like you said, no leaks. Have a good evening...
Corn head Grease - Tractor Supply 00 grease same thing. It gets warm and lubes like regular oil but doesn't lead out. I have seen people put regular grease in the gear boxes but that trick works if you want to sell it. Sometimes the shafts just wear enough that the new seals don't seal anymore.
Idea's for pipe.........slide the shorter pieces of 2 3/8's into the 2 7/8's , weld them together to make 8 to 10 foot Posts you can then cement\drive into the ground for future Hbraces and\or 'T' braces !!!
On your erosion problem, you could build a small levee on the uphill side. Just adopt 8 to 10 inches to direct the water to the outside of the garden.
that was a good video
I love it when a plan comes together! Oh my goodness look at that Pond?
Thanks 👍
Evan........another great video, always something to keep my interest. However................lose the carpenters hammer and put it with your wood working tools. Not a good tool for beating on metal. Get a ball pein or an engineer hammer if your whacking on chisels or other large chunks of metal. That's what they were made for. Claw hammers are made for persuading lumber and nails. Keep up the good work.
The sound of the paint sprayer filling with paint reminds me of a scary monster in a movie. LOL 👾
Good to see progress on the Allis.
Contrary to popular belief a pig is a very clean animal, and they don’t like muddy enclosures
Evan with the small cut offs why don’t you make a statue of a running man or something
Evan, give us an update on the fish in the pond!
I know you are really enjoying being home! Happy for you and Rebekah!
Looking Good..Continued Success.
Maybe its just me, but you seem to have extra spring in your step since going full time on RUclips. I find it very encouraging!
That is a straight cut bevel gear set the small one can be called the pinion if it’s cut on a shaft as one piece.
Would a swale on the high side of your garden help any? Or is it more of a pain than it's worth... That rain event from the hurricane really turned out to be a nice soaker. I was worried, when the remnants of hurricane Ike came through, I think we got 8 or 9 inches of rain here in IL.
It would be better for your wallet..... buy some heritage turkey breeds. Love your videos. My wife and I watch your videos. We're in Vermont
Hi, Evan and Rebekah! My favorite parts today were when you were working on the Allis Chalmers and when you and Rebekah were herding the ewes. Thanks for this video.
Good to see you Evan working on the homestead....the fields look amazing...ps I'm sad not seeing your dogs out running around??
Good job. 🙂
Hold a tarp up between you and the skunk in the live cage so it doesn't see you and slowly walk up to the cage and cover it with the tarp so that it drapes all around the cage when you pick it up You can then carry the covered cage to where you plan to release it and then slowly pull the tarp up just enough to open the cage and release
can you make wind chimes out of those pipes? serious question.
Those short pices of pipe you can put a smaller pipe in the ground an slide them down over. The top an stack them up for a fence post
Nice to see you back to working on the Allis-Chalmers, yep that looks like the right color to me. The Ewe's probably think that your the best to let them have a free wander day, ha ha! Good luck with the rest of the AC restorations, I hope you and Rebekah have a good evening!👋
I gree with the other viewers you need to make your films longer we love watching. You are a very talented family. RF
I made cattle guard crossings with my scrap oil pipe. Some just wide enough to walk across. Save me having to open gates all the time. Just make sure they are long enough, so animals will not jump them.
Good evening from alberta and it is plus 23 in cleardale today
good to hear the temps. Prior to C19, I was looking to move to Lethbridge. Now, maybe not. Get rid of trudeaux
Thx
A Border Collie would be nice.
Just caught 7 skunks with a live trap over the course of a week... I put a rubber blanket over the live trap covering most of the trap with the exception of the door. Didn't get sprayed once.
There are specialty traps that prevent the captured skunk from raising its tail, disabling them from spraying.
If you soak the hog feed in water they will gain weight faster
I typically try a breaker bar on old rusty bolts like that. Less of a chance to sheer the bolt or the tool
Great to see you both, sorry about the yew escape & dead turkey. Also noted that you used the blower without a mask = not a good idea! Enjoy July!!❣️🇨🇦
Do you have a driveway gate in your future plans? One of those electric gates that run on solar would be great.
Hi Evan, at 16:39 you were craning your neck to try and see the positioning of the forks. I thought about a solution and came up with a camera and screen (ala back up camera) mounted on the fork frame and a covered screen on or near the dash, just a thought.
Just wondering if you’re going to shear your sheep??
I was just going to comment on using those 1/4 adapters (just before it broke). You got off easy. I have the same impactor and adapter. Went I snapped the Milwaukee quarter inch adapter, it snappped off inside the chuck. I ended up having to take the adapter apart and I ruined the c clip. After that I decided to get a 3/8 Milwaukee impact.
When I was a kid, 50 years ago, we used to get skunks in the chicken coop. Dad had a small door cut high on the side, a pole with a rope and snare attached. He would grab them by the tail and lift the back legs off the ground. My job to pull down on the pole while he went inside with gloves and grabbed the skunk by the tail.
That skunk would be hay wired to the top strung of the barbed wire fence and disposed of. No spray. He said they can not spray if the back legs are off the ground.
Who knew? Good luck