Tractor wasn't stuck the disc was. Give Gage praise for not spinning and spinning until the tractor was buried and high centered stuck. He had sense enough to stop, good job Gage.
@@garyweber7419 at 10:14 you can see under the front end, it's not touching dirt. At 10:19 you can see sunlight under the belly, it's not touching dirt. The tongue is just touching dirt, not buried. Unhitch the sunflower and it would drive right out. I've had 2 wheel drive stuff in deeper than that and I had to dig the drawbar out of mud to pull the hitch pin, then I drive right out.
@@garyweber7419 Tractor wasn't stuck. Drop the implement and it could of drove around back, pulled the implement out, re-hooked, and away it went. I would of called for the pull though just as Grant did. I have unhooked 16 bottom plow, pulled it out, used farm jacks to hook it up, and continued on at 2 a.m. Weren't cellphones in those days, and CBs didn't always carry far enough, nor wake people up.
yeah agree, was offroaddriving for some years and that tractor isnt stuck at all... He knew to stop before its to late and ask for help, much easier to get the job done than if he tried and burried the stuff really deep. Laura, you should give the guy a little bonus for thinking before doing something wrong.
Laura, I have been watching you for quite a while now and one of the reasons that I watch your videos is that you are so easy to listen to. Good luck with your upcoming planting season!
You guys are so incredibly into it. I love the fact that you learn from each other and you enjoy what you're doing. You are so easy to listen to.I watch 3 or 4 videos a day trying to catch up.❤
Gage knew to stop digging when it got stuck, so points to him for that. Maybe all of us see in him glimpses of ourselves on the road to becoming what we are now. Go Gage! Thank you Laura, for explaining the instrumentation of the tractor. And the disc/chopper thing. What a great tool. What a popular site this is. In just one day you get 100,000 views and 10,000 thumbs up. Including mine 😊
I was the boss for many, many years. When it came to people, it was my job to make sure each employee was successful and nurtured into a valued worker. It made me and them happy. Best wishes!
I was born in SanJuan, Argentina. My Dad, cultivated, potatoes, grapes and many kinds of flowers. We had to prepare the soil, using the oldest method,... horses, bulls, donkeys, mules, etc. What a dream is to watch how you can do such a huge area in one day, ... using this stated of the art machinery. I can only prepare one acre, in two weeks times. hard work and still love it!. I drive a truck for FedEx, across Country. Maybe I will see you from I-80 one day. God bless you and your husband. Thanks for shearing!!.From California.
When I was a teenager on the farm I had a Steiger with a 50ft cultivator stuck way worse then that. And that was back in the 80's way before those fancy kinetic ropes. Got to love that gumbo mud. We also once buried a combine so deep it took a 4 wheel drive tractor to get it out. Thanks for the video.
Those ropes are truly amazing! The manufacturer should pay you to let them use your video as a testimony to the quality of their ropes. Pulling out that tractor and slicer was truly fascinating to watch. The camera work, angles and editing are very professional. If I may, I am in no way a videographer but you guys have come such a long way with your video creations. I look forward to each episode; they are all a work of art yet the authenticity comes through. You are ready for prime time, definitely. I just love the quality you provide. Thanks
That rope costs about $1,400 and Yankum Ropes sent it to her for free. Seems she did get "paid" for using it. Yankum donates a lot of their ropes to influencers like Laura, Matt's Off Road Recovery, Casey LaDelle, etc for the publicity.
I wouldn’t be mad at the young man, he just did what he was told. That is a great learning experience for the young man. May pull the disc up a little might have help, we’ll never no. Thanks Laura for the videos.
Thanks Laura and Grant, no two days are the same, is that the field you rent, that field is not flat not like most of your fields. Thanks for taking us along with your day-to-day work on your farm. Love from Mike. ❤
I used to love ranching when I lived out in Dix Neb. Planting and harvesting crops was fun working on the center pivots we had old style ones with the scissor blades
I drove by your field almost 3 years ago to the day. All that driving actually made me wonder who lives out here and works these fields. Now I know. Thank you
I grew up in the Mississippi Delta. One of the first really big four wheel drive eight tire tractors that came out in the seventies was the Allis Chalmers 40. The joke was you had to buy two of them, because if one of them got stuck, the only thing that could pull it out, was another one.
As a teenager on our NE WI dairy farm, both me & my dad got stuck many times. Our neighbors got stuck. Our whole area was low dark rich soil. We always carried long logging chains on our tractors. When we REALLY got stuck, especially our biggest one, we'd call our neighbor and he'd drag his long 150' very thick cable down the road ditches to wherever we were. Of course, he'd call us a couple times each year to pull him out. It was all just being neighborly and no money ever exchanged hands. Ditto when others needed extra hay, forage or gravity wagons.
Awesome job in getting out! Yes. Looks so much safer than a chain. I love the problem solving aspect of it. Kind of like my previous job. Thanks for taking us along.
Nice job... and you still had alot more play in that rope. Grant could of backed up a couple feet, drove forward at a moderate speed and gave you a sudden jerk to add even more pull to get you out. The beauty of those ropes is instead of doing a sudden jerk like a chain, it takes that same energy and pulls like a rubber band giving you a much smoother jerk. Plus with that rubber band type jerk, it adds more pulling power than just from a tight cable or chain would do. Those ropes are magical.
That tow line is amazing. All that energy was absorbed and applied seamlessly. I am impressed by the light touch Laura and Grant have on the controls. That is a sign of experience and professionalism.
All the modern stuff are basically automatic transmissions, so that is gonna help. They also might even have limited throttle response too. It's not like older stuff where if you get too frisky you start lifting the front end in the air, lol.
We're learning a lot about what goes on while you're on the job and I'm really enjoying it. Nice unexpected promo for Yankum Ropes too! I bet they sell a few more of them as a result of this video.
Everyone Talking about these Ropes, They are called "Yankums" and they are probably the BEST Tow rope you can buy on the market!!!! they come in all different sizes, with all kinds of attachments. My friends and I use them for Off-roading, and man are they strong! We have run through chains, and cables and other straps but the ONE that has NEVER broken is the Yankum! They operate like a Climbing rope, they have a little stretch, up to 30%, which allows you to use the momentum and kinetic energy stored in the rope to give you that extra little push! They are LEGIT! as are ALL of their products, Braided Shackles included! And man she is awesome! You should send them this footy!
Thank you for the video. Wife and I drove I-80 recently. We waived to many people who were farming, and kept saying - "Hey, this could be Laura"! Now I know it might have been 😂
Life is a grand adventure. Thanks for bringing me along for the ride. I’m so glad you embrace the unexpected circumstances with problem solving and learning attitude. You are a great role model for everyone, expecting the unexpected. BTW, way cool slow motion root and stalk destroying!
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You haven't worked on a farm if you haven't gotten a tractor stuck. LOL. I remember the time someone on the farm I was on got the bulldozer stuck, that was tough to get out.
It's amazing just how precise GPS has become. I grew up on a farm and in the late 50's and early 60's. No one would have believed how precise agriculture has come to be.
Best thing we ever snagged for larger stuck tractors was a wench at an auction in KCMo at the train yard. Elevator used it to move as many as 20 loaded train cars to belly dump over their grates instead of paying the cost to have a locomotive. 200 ci V-twin for the hydraulic system, was slow but there's nothing it wouldn't move if it was tied to something solid.
Yankum rope saved the day. Goes to show you that no matter how wide the tires are you can still get stuck. Now about those caterpillar treads instead of wide tires just might've been a better option, but there's always Yankum rope.
Yank Em ropes are made to stretch. The front tractor can take off full speed and it wont deathly jerk the one its pulling. It like super stretching a rubber band that retracts on its own.
I did the same thing the first time I disked. I knew the area was soft. In our “neck of the woods” we call them deer licks (self explanatory). The prior pass the disk got bogged down a little but no problem. The next pass I tried to get a little closer. Oops. I was out by myself and had to unhook the disk and I came at the disk from the side and pulled it out with a chain. I was sweating it for a little bit because it would be a long ride back the barn and the obligatory lecture that would ensue. Fun times. Good memories.
Hi Laura and Grant, it's just beautiful to watch how accurately you are prepairing for planting :-) I'm living in Northern Germany, where's a lot of corn on the fields. Most of it is harvested as silage either for cattle or mostly for energyplants (biogasanlage = organic gas plant) for heat and electricity. In this part of Germany it's quite humid and the ground often is boggy. So during harvest it's not seldom that tractors get stuck, even with big tyres. A neighbour of mine is a contractor running several JD tractors (I like the sound when they come by) and since last year a JD forage harvester I think 9000 series... it's a monster, when it rolls through the village. Concerning big tyres and row tyres: due to the humiddity and rich ground conditions and the fact that most of the corn is for silage, the farmers in Germany don't need to apply such intensive care as you do. There are some farmers who produce seed corn, but that's not too often. Have a great planting season! Cheers ;-)
Very interesting video. Enjoyed it a lot. I’ve grown up in cities and lived in different cities around the world my entire life. Know next to nothing about country living and farming. So I enjoyed this a lot. When I was watching you fuel up the tractor I was saying to myself to do tractors used two different fuels. Then you explain it is diesel exhaust fluid. Had to look that up knew nothing about it. Lol. Interesting seeing the different implements you put on the tractor and like the way you explain what it is they do. Very informative. Looking forward to watching more and learning.
I remember one of those management stories. A guy made a million dollar mistake and found himself in the elevator with the owner/CEO. He asked, "Are going to fire me?" To which the CEO replied, "Why would I fire you. I just spent a million dollars educating you". Everybody got a little more educated with the stuck tractor "adventure".
I had a boss tell me one time he wasn't going to fire me-right after he handed me a beer while still working. Told me that was a $140,000 mistake/fine. After wages, benefits for me, he was clearing around $300 an hour from my work. Said to do the math and that's how long I for sure had the job. We became best friends after I then asked him for a raise and the added weeks it'd be on the end of me for sure having a job-I got the raise.
that likely educated the CEO, sadly most of them have book and verbal skills, but cannot hardly twist a doorknob to open a door. I'll just stop my rant here....
While you can use Yankum ropes for static pulls, they excel in kinetic pulls. Back to the the stuck vehicle, set the rope to a STURDY location, drive to the end of the rope, back up 3-4 feet and forward to give it hell. The slingshot effect pull will pop most vehicles up out of what they're stuck in.
Great job getting the tractor out without tearing anything up. That rope works great. If you were using chains you would need a loader too carry them. The driver of the stuck tractor did a good job stopping and not keep spinning. I wish you the best!👍🚜🚜
I think most of us that first started on a farm have got stuck at least once. We had a clark bucket loader to pull the tractors out of the bad situations. We get a lot of rain in Northern Maine.
Very good looking soil. No matter how big the tires, slick mud can bog even a dozer down. Good learning experience. A heavy beast pulling a heavy oversized disc, there's just now way it's get through low wet ground.
Young lad was following orders. Maybe he could of lifted the disk and just left some ruts after Grant told him to be sure and get that spot, but that's not a normal type of spot for Laura Farms to be cultivating for row crops. Maybe he couldn't have lifted fast enough if he did try after seeing the pause Laura had in activating the hydraulic system on her JD, was a 3 second delay from the time she clicked the switch and the chopper began to lift.
One time, back in the 80's, I got a fully loaded spreader stuck. Didn't know the main pipe had been leaking and the top soil looked dry. Big mess. Had to unload most of the spreader by hand with a shovel then had to be pulled out by the big tractor. Got my ass chewed good. Always learning.
I think you and Grant are great to see your daily adventures thank you I like the orthman equipment that you use I work for orthman as a truck driver I can see how the equipment works
Hi, some tip, if you will allow me since it is a new experience for you the stucked tractor, from another farmer from Greece. It is not enough to rely solely on the towing tractor. It needs some more help than the towed tractor with higher gear and steady throttle. As you can see the towing tractor is spinning and the rear one is crawling at 13:19.
At 5:58 I was thinking to myself "never say a job is pretty hard to screw up cuz inevitably there is someone dumb enough to screw it up ". Yankum is an awesome product. So much easier and safer than chains or static straps. Getting stuck happens to the best of us often when we least expect it. Several years ago I had a close call in a 9200 Deere with a 40ft field cultivator. It hadn't rained in weeks but I got into some silt on the low side dump out of a terrace. It sure is a sickening feeling when you have all 8 tires spinning and no forward progress. I lifted the cultivator out and wagged the tractor back and forth and eventually wollered my way out but it was dang close. That was before we knew about kinetic ropes like Yankum. Looking back I'm not entirely sure how we would have pulled that tractor out since it was the biggest one on the place by 75hp. Guess somebody upstairs was looking out for me!
That is life - no two days are the same and most every day doesn't go to plan! Being successful is adapting to all the pitches that get thrown your way, some you let go by, some you catch, some you bunt, some you hit for a single, some you get extra bases with and some you crush out of the park.
You put a smile on my face when you admitted you are just off I-80. I also live just off I-80, only I am between Sacramento and San Francisco. That would make for one hell of a commute. If you ever come out west, I volunteer to help out your travel plans and help advise what to see and do. This is my backyard, and would welcome you personally.
Great job, I know in spring there were wet spots in the field and if you were not familiar with them, you would get stuck. I’m glad you were able to get the tractor unstuck. It’s true, every day was different when I was on the farm.
Hi, I just read the title, I just wanted to shed some light. Being a boss, isn't about firing people, its about letting people learn to adapt to your ways, so you can feel confidence in trusting them, and that only comes with time. Cancel culture has no place in business. You get more benefits from people with understanding and compassion. Kind of like nuturing someone. They will be a lot more productive and compatible with time, if you give them time. Otherwise we just end up changing staff all the time, and the one at fault becomes the boss, its a known fact. So I just wanted to share that info. And I'll probably get the hate comments coming now, oh well too bad. Cant win them all.
Being a boss is knowing the right time to fire the employee that isn’t a fit for the company. That in no way is cancel culture, nor does it imply the boss isn’t leading with understanding and compassion.
another great vid you guys so much enjoy watching your progress keep up the good work you two and keep the vids coming makes my day always thank you for what you do
Give him a raise, dug my share out where the operator dug it in deep. Theirs a youtube of a New Holland front tracked combine buried with two ford articulated pulling hard. Wouldn't have been surprised if they broke something.
Hats off to you guys. You have an amazing work ethics that so many young people are lacking in these times. always enjoy your content. I am learning from you every day and I'm 55 years old.
Love that rope. The thing is that if a synthetic rope does happen to snap it just goes dead. If a cable or chain breaks it can whip around all over the place and cause all kinds of damage and injuries. My old 4WD truck has a 4 ton winch on the front with a metal cable. For my new truck I'm looking at synthetic rope instead of steel cable because of that very issue. Great video - Gage was just doing his job. Stuff happens. The only thing that counts is how you respond.
Love your channel! In a couple more years I bet you won't have to ask your hubby for help with stubborn bolts!😂 But maybe you should anyway, just to make him feel good! Keep up the great videos!
My father was a farmer (on a much smaller scale than your operation) and I used to help him out on weekends when I could get away from my Air Force obligations. He took on some work renovating a long-abandoned dairy farm for a friend, and I spent several weekends preparing a substantial part of the farm where regrowth, including some big eucalypts, had run riot. The problem was that where these big trees had been uprooted, soft patches of ground had formed, indistinguishable to the surrounding terrain. The first clue you had about these things was when you were sunk up to the axles in one of them, and there were many of them. Cost us lots of time; but we got the job done in the end. It looks to me as if the soft patch featured here would have been almost equally hard to see.
You reached your soul saving goal today. At 10:01 when you hit that hole I hollered Sweet JESUS, that’s right, I called on the LORD because you scared the heck out of me. LOL If you almost fired Gage, just wait until you have kids. LOL 😂
Its Apsolutly A Blast To Be Able To Spend Time In The Tractor 🚜 With You! Thanks For Taking The Extra Effort To Record Edit and Post Video! So We All Can Ride Along!! Keep Smiling On!! 😀👍👊❤
I use to drive frameless end dump and we had trucks with a dead axle. Those things were constantly getting stuck, I lost count of the times I was pulled out of fields and soft ground at the coal mines. Scary feeling watching that trailer start to lean as you are raising it, wondering if you have to pull the trailer down and try again, or keep going and pray the load starts coming out. Lonely feeling when the truck is stuck in a field, no cell service and no one is around. Had one time I had a load of road salt and the directions took me to a farm field, (No I didn't drop the load.) Drove till I had cell service and could get the proper drop location of the township salt shed.
Ok, not every video, I get it, but could you please say “good morning everybody “ every now and then. You really got me used to it with your brilliant smile. Thank you. 😊
Yankum ropes are the best thing invented they make recovering vehicles from mud and snow much safer than chains. We carry various sizes on all our recovery equipment
Nice job thanks for letting us know what preparation you have to go through before you plant a crop. Half of the show you had a ponytail..😊 What happened.. next time just call Matt up. He’ll come and tow you out. Good luck at the games..
Hi Laura, excellent recovery of the tractor and disc stuck in the mud, the secret is to stop (as you did) in time before getting too bogged down. Unfortunately I don't have this problem because my area (North West Italy) is experiencing the worst drought in the last 100 years.👨🏻🌾💪🏻🇺🇸🇮🇹
I find myself on I-80 and in your area pretty often in the spring and summer! Southern and eastern Nebraska is some of my favorite places to chase storms. But if you see me, you probably don’t wanna wave but go take some cover 😅😅😅
My boss gave me sound advice when operating equipment, especially if you are working unfamiliar ground. Tip 1: If you see the front wheel of the tractor start to disappear in the mud, STOP! Tip 2: Don't bother discing spots that have cattails in them. Tip 3: 4x4 tractors get stuck the same as 2-wheel drive. The only difference is you're further out in the field when it happens. So, make sure you have extra long tow chains available. 😆
This reminds me of Zach Johnsons video " We had to fire Jim" { which he never would} lol It's pretty easy to bury tractors in mud cause its so hard to tell whats underneath. Really enjoy your channel.!! THANKYOU
I didn't think you were close to firing your hired hand because he got stuck. You are too nice and sweet to fire someone over a trivial thing like that!
Considering the dollar value of the equipment, the young lad had the common sense to stop. As a kid I remember burying an old (but thankfully worthless) Suzuki SJ10 up to its axels in mud trying to get myself out. Spent hours digging it out to the point I could get towed and a day or so cleaning up the mess. If I had just stopped I would of been towed out immediately as shown in the video. A hard won lesson that I remember thirty years later.
Hell ya !! Who has not done that going through a draw !! Even combines get stuck while cutting corn. Main thing is avoiding the wet draws and always ease up a gang ie lift up the gang that's about to go through the wet spot . That drawbar was in there . Well done kiddo it's a learning process we all come through as operators . I am more used to sweeps on field operations before planting . It's the season for sure .
Tractor wasn't stuck the disc was. Give Gage praise for not spinning and spinning until the tractor was buried and high centered stuck. He had sense enough to stop, good job Gage.
tractor was high centered
@@garyweber7419 at 10:14 you can see under the front end, it's not touching dirt. At 10:19 you can see sunlight under the belly, it's not touching dirt. The tongue is just touching dirt, not buried. Unhitch the sunflower and it would drive right out. I've had 2 wheel drive stuff in deeper than that and I had to dig the drawbar out of mud to pull the hitch pin, then I drive right out.
@@garyweber7419 Tractor wasn't stuck. Drop the implement and it could of drove around back, pulled the implement out, re-hooked, and away it went.
I would of called for the pull though just as Grant did. I have unhooked 16 bottom plow, pulled it out, used farm jacks to hook it up, and continued on at 2 a.m. Weren't cellphones in those days, and CBs didn't always carry far enough, nor wake people up.
yeah agree, was offroaddriving for some years and that tractor isnt stuck at all... He knew to stop before its to late and ask for help, much easier to get the job done than if he tried and burried the stuff really deep. Laura, you should give the guy a little bonus for thinking before doing something wrong.
Gage done a great job quite before burring the tractor and being hard on equipment. The young man has a good head for running equipment great job. 👍
He did good to stop before he broke something or got it in so deep it had to be dug out. Good job kid.
Laura, I have been watching you for quite a while now and one of the reasons that I watch your videos is that you are so easy to listen to. Good luck with your upcoming planting season!
Get bent scammer.
You guys are so incredibly into it. I love the fact that you learn from each other and you enjoy what you're doing. You are so easy to listen to.I watch 3 or 4 videos a day trying to catch up.❤
Gage knew to stop digging when it got stuck, so points to him for that. Maybe all of us see in him glimpses of ourselves on the road to becoming what we are now. Go Gage! Thank you Laura, for explaining the instrumentation of the tractor. And the disc/chopper thing. What a great tool. What a popular site this is. In just one day you get 100,000 views and 10,000 thumbs up. Including mine 😊
That's the largest Yankum Recovery Rope I've ever seen. Loved this episode of Laura's Off Road Recovery.
I was the boss for many, many years. When it came to people, it was my job to make sure each employee was successful and nurtured into a valued worker. It made me and them happy. Best wishes!
I put my hamster in a sock and slammed it against the furniture
@@TippyHippy Is he ok?
@@TippyHippy i don't think that's a verry "woke" thing to do!!
That must’ve been a good company! My supervisor/bosses don’t give crap about nourishments, they just want the job done!
I was born in SanJuan, Argentina. My Dad, cultivated, potatoes, grapes and many kinds of flowers. We had to prepare the soil, using the oldest method,... horses, bulls, donkeys, mules, etc. What a dream is to watch how you can do such a huge area in one day, ... using this stated of the art machinery. I can only prepare one acre, in two weeks times. hard work and still love it!. I drive a truck for FedEx, across Country. Maybe I will see you from I-80 one day. God bless you and your husband. Thanks for shearing!!.From California.
Thank you Laura for showing how you in Nebraska prepare your fields for planting!😊
When I was a teenager on the farm I had a Steiger with a 50ft cultivator stuck way worse then that. And that was back in the 80's way before those fancy kinetic ropes. Got to love that gumbo mud. We also once buried a combine so deep it took a 4 wheel drive tractor to get it out. Thanks for the video.
Those ropes are truly amazing! The manufacturer should pay you to let them use your video as a testimony to the quality of their ropes. Pulling out that tractor and slicer was truly fascinating to watch. The camera work, angles and editing are very professional. If I may, I am in no way a videographer but you guys have come such a long way with your video creations. I look forward to each episode; they are all a work of art yet the authenticity comes through. You are ready for prime time, definitely. I just love the quality you provide. Thanks
That rope costs about $1,400 and Yankum Ropes sent it to her for free. Seems she did get "paid" for using it. Yankum donates a lot of their ropes to influencers like Laura, Matt's Off Road Recovery, Casey LaDelle, etc for the publicity.
I wouldn’t be mad at the young man, he just did what he was told. That is a great learning experience for the young man. May pull the disc up a little might have help, we’ll never no. Thanks Laura for the videos.
That’s right it all comes with experience
I got tractor stuck a few times
Yes, he did a good job.
I worked for a woman manager, her answer to any problem was ' someone is getting fired "😗
@@cleemccarthy1022 You say that as if a man has never said ”someone is getting fired”.
Thanks Laura and Grant, no two days are the same, is that the field you rent, that field is not flat not like most of your fields. Thanks for taking us along with your day-to-day work on your farm.
Love from Mike. ❤
I used to love ranching when I lived out in Dix Neb. Planting and harvesting crops was fun working on the center pivots we had old style ones with the scissor blades
I really enjoy being an observer of your farming operation. I learn a lot even at 73. Thanks for helping to feed America. ❤
Kind of made me chuckle when Laura called The New Guy a kid when she's still a youngin herself, lol.
Gage seems like a good young man! Wants to learn. Y’all are good for him!
I drove by your field almost 3 years ago to the day. All that driving actually made me wonder who lives out here and works these fields. Now I know. Thank you
The shot at the end, looking down the roll seeing the stalk and roots getting plucked, excellent.!
I grew up in the Mississippi Delta. One of the first really big four wheel drive eight tire tractors that came out in the seventies was the Allis Chalmers 40. The joke was you had to buy two of them, because if one of them got stuck, the only thing that could pull it out, was another one.
As a teenager on our NE WI dairy farm, both me & my dad got stuck many times. Our neighbors got stuck. Our whole area was low dark rich soil. We always carried long logging chains on our tractors. When we REALLY got stuck, especially our biggest one, we'd call our neighbor and he'd drag his long 150' very thick cable down the road ditches to wherever we were. Of course, he'd call us a couple times each year to pull him out. It was all just being neighborly and no money ever exchanged hands. Ditto when others needed extra hay, forage or gravity wagons.
Awesome job in getting out! Yes. Looks so much safer than a chain.
I love the problem solving aspect of it. Kind of like my previous job.
Thanks for taking us along.
Just amazing how technical farming is ! ! ! . . . Farming . . It's not for the faint of heart 😊
Nice job... and you still had alot more play in that rope. Grant could of backed up a couple feet, drove forward at a moderate speed and gave you a sudden jerk to add even more pull to get you out. The beauty of those ropes is instead of doing a sudden jerk like a chain, it takes that same energy and pulls like a rubber band giving you a much smoother jerk. Plus with that rubber band type jerk, it adds more pulling power than just from a tight cable or chain would do. Those ropes are magical.
That tow line is amazing. All that energy was absorbed and applied seamlessly. I am impressed by the light touch Laura and Grant have on the controls. That is a sign of experience and professionalism.
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All the modern stuff are basically automatic transmissions, so that is gonna help.
They also might even have limited throttle response too. It's not like older stuff where if you get too frisky you start lifting the front end in the air, lol.
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We're learning a lot about what goes on while you're on the job and I'm really enjoying it. Nice unexpected promo for Yankum Ropes too! I bet they sell a few more of them as a result of this video.
Everyone Talking about these Ropes, They are called "Yankums" and they are probably the BEST Tow rope you can buy on the market!!!! they come in all different sizes, with all kinds of attachments. My friends and I use them for Off-roading, and man are they strong! We have run through chains, and cables and other straps but the ONE that has NEVER broken is the Yankum! They operate like a Climbing rope, they have a little stretch, up to 30%, which allows you to use the momentum and kinetic energy stored in the rope to give you that extra little push! They are LEGIT! as are ALL of their products, Braided Shackles included! And man she is awesome! You should send them this footy!
Thank you for the video. Wife and I drove I-80 recently. We waived to many people who were farming, and kept saying - "Hey, this could be Laura"! Now I know it might have been 😂
Nice to see a field that has some moisture! Love that root sizer.
Great video of a daily farm adventure. She almost didn’t fire him because he got stuck, it was because he got her tractor dirty. 😂
Be safe
Life is a grand adventure. Thanks for bringing me along for the ride. I’m so glad you embrace the unexpected circumstances with problem solving and learning attitude. You are a great role model for everyone, expecting the unexpected. BTW, way cool slow motion root and stalk destroying!
Bonjour
Enfin la saison des plantations va commencer
Un petit récapitulatif
Les gros pneus sur les tracteurs ou
sais du confort en plus
MAIS DANS LA BOUT PAS TERRIBLE SAIS TOUT INVERSE .FAUT MIEUX METTRE DES PNEUS PLUS FIN qui vont aller chercher la surface dur et vous sortirez plus vite
Une autre chose
DITE A VOTRE MARI ARRÊTER DE FILMER VOS FESSE
CELA DEVIENT ÉNERVENT SI IL A BESOIN DE ÇA POUR ÊTRE EXISTE TOUT SE QUE VOUS ALLERGAGNIER SAIS DES REMARQUES OBSCÈNE OBSÉDÉ
VOS VIDÉOS A VOUS SON TRÈS BIEN FILMÉ
MERCI DE PARTAGER
UN FRANÇAIS 😇 😇 😇 😇 😇 😇 😇 KING-AIR-148
You haven't worked on a farm if you haven't gotten a tractor stuck. LOL. I remember the time someone on the farm I was on got the bulldozer stuck, that was tough to get out.
It's amazing just how precise GPS has become. I grew up on a farm and in the late 50's and early 60's. No one would have believed how precise agriculture has come to be.
Good 👍 fromer Punjab
Best thing we ever snagged for larger stuck tractors was a wench at an auction in KCMo at the train yard. Elevator used it to move as many as 20 loaded train cars to belly dump over their grates instead of paying the cost to have a locomotive. 200 ci V-twin for the hydraulic system, was slow but there's nothing it wouldn't move if it was tied to something solid.
Quite a piece of equipment the disc/cultivator/shredder thingy. Impressive. And the pull...remarkable. Just an ordinary day on the farm.😊
Take away the government subsidies
for corn, soybeans and wheat and these farmers wouldn't have it so easy. It's a good life if you can inherit
it.
Thank you for sharing farming!!. Millions of Americans should spend one day with you and understand what farming is. Love it!
Yankum rope saved the day. Goes to show you that no matter how wide the tires are you can still get stuck. Now about those caterpillar treads instead of wide tires just might've been a better option, but there's always Yankum rope.
Yank Em ropes are made to stretch. The front tractor can take off full speed and it wont deathly jerk the one its pulling. It like super stretching a rubber band that retracts on its own.
Just saying if the slow cautious pulling doesnt work for the next stuck haha
What a nice way to start your program. A smile and pleasant greeting goes a long way to starting our day.
Watching how she gets things done on the farm is so relaxing.
I did the same thing the first time I disked. I knew the area was soft. In our “neck of the woods” we call them deer licks (self explanatory). The prior pass the disk got bogged down a little but no problem. The next pass I tried to get a little closer. Oops. I was out by myself and had to unhook the disk and I came at the disk from the side and pulled it out with a chain. I was sweating it for a little bit because it would be a long ride back the barn and the obligatory lecture that would ensue. Fun times. Good memories.
Hi Laura and Grant,
it's just beautiful to watch how accurately you are prepairing for planting :-)
I'm living in Northern Germany, where's a lot of corn on the fields. Most of it is harvested as silage either for cattle or mostly for energyplants (biogasanlage = organic gas plant) for heat and electricity.
In this part of Germany it's quite humid and the ground often is boggy.
So during harvest it's not seldom that tractors get stuck, even with big tyres.
A neighbour of mine is a contractor running several JD tractors (I like the sound when they come by) and since last year a JD forage harvester I think 9000 series... it's a monster, when it rolls through the village.
Concerning big tyres and row tyres: due to the humiddity and rich ground conditions and the fact that most of the corn is for silage, the farmers in Germany don't need to apply such intensive care as you do. There are some farmers who produce seed corn, but that's not too often.
Have a great planting season!
Cheers ;-)
Lieblingssport: Maistransport.
😉
Sounds like Keno Veith aka "der schwatte Ostfriese" 😅
Very interesting video. Enjoyed it a lot. I’ve grown up in cities and lived in different cities around the world my entire life. Know next to nothing about country living and farming. So I enjoyed this a lot. When I was watching you fuel up the tractor I was saying to myself to do tractors used two different fuels. Then you explain it is diesel exhaust fluid. Had to look that up knew nothing about it. Lol. Interesting seeing the different implements you put on the tractor and like the way you explain what it is they do. Very informative. Looking forward to watching more and learning.
Congratulations for your attitude and approach to life on the ranch. Blessings.
@Watts
Hello how are you doing today
Great job Laura running the root slicer
I remember one of those management stories. A guy made a million dollar mistake and found himself in the elevator with the owner/CEO. He asked, "Are going to fire me?" To which the CEO replied, "Why would I fire you. I just spent a million dollars educating you". Everybody got a little more educated with the stuck tractor "adventure".
I had a boss tell me one time he wasn't going to fire me-right after he handed me a beer while still working. Told me that was a $140,000 mistake/fine. After wages, benefits for me, he was clearing around $300 an hour from my work. Said to do the math and that's how long I for sure had the job. We became best friends after I then asked him for a raise and the added weeks it'd be on the end of me for sure having a job-I got the raise.
that likely educated the CEO, sadly most of them have book and verbal skills, but cannot hardly twist a doorknob to open a door. I'll just stop my rant here....
I remember how excited you were when you hit 30k subs. WOW 426k Well done!
The tow rope is awesome. Just remember: no sudden moves when under the root slicer!
I was overworked when I ran a tractor in the 70s and 80s! Lol I loved been on the tractor! The biggest I was ever on was a Ford TW 20.
While you can use Yankum ropes for static pulls, they excel in kinetic pulls.
Back to the the stuck vehicle, set the rope to a STURDY location, drive to the end of the rope, back up 3-4 feet and forward to give it hell. The slingshot effect pull will pop most vehicles up out of what they're stuck in.
+1
Great job getting the tractor out without tearing anything up. That rope works great. If you were using chains you would need a loader too carry them. The driver of the stuck tractor did a good job stopping and not keep spinning. I wish you the best!👍🚜🚜
So much fun to be along with you and Grant. Two sides to every story right😅❤
@James
Hello how are you doing today
I think most of us that first started on a farm have got stuck at least once. We had a clark bucket loader to pull the tractors out of the bad situations. We get a lot of rain in Northern Maine.
"If you ain't gettin' stuck, you ain't farmin'!" .... and that's why a farmer needs more than one tractor ;)
Very good looking soil. No matter how big the tires, slick mud can bog even a dozer down. Good learning experience. A heavy beast pulling a heavy oversized disc, there's just now way it's get through low wet ground.
Great video Laura and (to the young lad) as life goes on you learn from your mistakes and it is all part of life.
Just don't make them big ones.😀
Young lad was following orders. Maybe he could of lifted the disk and just left some ruts after Grant told him to be sure and get that spot, but that's not a normal type of spot for Laura Farms to be cultivating for row crops. Maybe he couldn't have lifted fast enough if he did try after seeing the pause Laura had in activating the hydraulic system on her JD, was a 3 second delay from the time she clicked the switch and the chopper began to lift.
One time, back in the 80's, I got a fully loaded spreader stuck. Didn't know the main pipe had been leaking and the top soil looked dry. Big mess. Had to unload most of the spreader by hand with a shovel then had to be pulled out by the big tractor. Got my ass chewed good. Always learning.
I think you and Grant are great to see your daily adventures thank you I like the orthman equipment that you use I work for orthman as a truck driver I can see how the equipment works
Hi, some tip, if you will allow me since it is a new experience for you the stucked tractor, from another farmer from Greece. It is not enough to rely solely on the towing tractor. It needs some more help than the towed tractor with higher gear and steady throttle. As you can see the towing tractor is spinning and the rear one is crawling at 13:19.
At 5:58 I was thinking to myself "never say a job is pretty hard to screw up cuz inevitably there is someone dumb enough to screw it up ".
Yankum is an awesome product. So much easier and safer than chains or static straps. Getting stuck happens to the best of us often when we least expect it. Several years ago I had a close call in a 9200 Deere with a 40ft field cultivator. It hadn't rained in weeks but I got into some silt on the low side dump out of a terrace. It sure is a sickening feeling when you have all 8 tires spinning and no forward progress. I lifted the cultivator out and wagged the tractor back and forth and eventually wollered my way out but it was dang close. That was before we knew about kinetic ropes like Yankum. Looking back I'm not entirely sure how we would have pulled that tractor out since it was the biggest one on the place by 75hp. Guess somebody upstairs was looking out for me!
"...there is someone dumb enough". You got THAT right. Dumb things people say like...if it's natural it CAN'T be harmful!
That is life - no two days are the same and most every day doesn't go to plan! Being successful is adapting to all the pitches that get thrown your way, some you let go by, some you catch, some you bunt, some you hit for a single, some you get extra bases with and some you crush out of the park.
It wasn't Gage's fault he just happened to be behind the wheel when it got stuck.
Yes if you don’t get stuck at one time or another you’re not for me. LOL! Happens to everybody with any Seat time at all.
You put a smile on my face when you admitted you are just off I-80. I also live just off I-80, only I am between Sacramento and San Francisco. That would make for one hell of a commute. If you ever come out west, I volunteer to help out your travel plans and help advise what to see and do. This is my backyard, and would welcome you personally.
You Laura are totally amazing 🤩! How in the world did you ever learn to use all of that amazingly machinery? Your parents must be very proud of you!
Laura is a girl, not a retard!! girl's are just as capable as any bloke, good teacher's breed good students.
Alh saha
Great job, I know in spring there were wet spots in the field and if you were not familiar with them, you would get stuck. I’m glad you were able to get the tractor unstuck. It’s true, every day was different when I was on the farm.
Hi, I just read the title, I just wanted to shed some light. Being a boss, isn't about firing people, its about letting people learn to adapt to your ways, so you can feel confidence in trusting them, and that only comes with time. Cancel culture has no place in business. You get more benefits from people with understanding and compassion. Kind of like nuturing someone. They will be a lot more productive and compatible with time, if you give them time. Otherwise we just end up changing staff all the time, and the one at fault becomes the boss, its a known fact. So I just wanted to share that info. And I'll probably get the hate comments coming now, oh well too bad. Cant win them all.
You are Correct
Great advise
Being a boss is knowing the right time to fire the employee that isn’t a fit for the company. That in no way is cancel culture, nor does it imply the boss isn’t leading with understanding and compassion.
Bosses also need to evaluate an entire issue before coming to conclusions. Just reading the title does not inspire confidence.
Yes but it's the new guy, he needs time to make his bed and sleep in it. You sound slightly agressive, what a pity.
Those dynaflex ropes are incredible for the amount of stored kinetic energy. 75 ton one here there’s no issues with pulling are grader with it
another great vid you guys so much enjoy watching your progress keep up the good work you two and keep the vids coming makes my day always thank you for what you do
Give him a raise, dug my share out where the operator dug it in deep. Theirs a youtube of a New Holland front tracked combine buried with two ford articulated pulling hard. Wouldn't have been surprised if they broke something.
Hats off to you guys. You have an amazing work ethics that so many young people are lacking in these times. always enjoy your content. I am learning from you every day and I'm 55 years old.
Love that rope. The thing is that if a synthetic rope does happen to snap it just goes dead. If a cable or chain breaks it can whip around all over the place and cause all kinds of damage and injuries. My old 4WD truck has a 4 ton winch on the front with a metal cable. For my new truck I'm looking at synthetic rope instead of steel cable because of that very issue. Great video - Gage was just doing his job. Stuff happens. The only thing that counts is how you respond.
Love your channel! In a couple more years I bet you won't have to ask your hubby for help with stubborn bolts!😂 But maybe you should anyway, just to make him feel good! Keep up the great videos!
My father was a farmer (on a much smaller scale than your operation) and I used to help him out on weekends when I could get away from my Air Force obligations. He took on some work renovating a long-abandoned dairy farm for a friend, and I spent several weekends preparing a substantial part of the farm where regrowth, including some big eucalypts, had run riot. The problem was that where these big trees had been uprooted, soft patches of ground had formed, indistinguishable to the surrounding terrain. The first clue you had about these things was when you were sunk up to the axles in one of them, and there were many of them. Cost us lots of time; but we got the job done in the end. It looks to me as if the soft patch featured here would have been almost equally hard to see.
The power of hydraulics IS impressive. Dangerous too if the equipment isn't maintained and respected.
That boy knew when to stop...keep him! Great video...I enjoyed it.
You reached your soul saving goal today. At 10:01 when you hit that hole I hollered Sweet JESUS, that’s right, I called on the LORD because you scared the heck out of me. LOL If you almost fired Gage, just wait until you have kids. LOL 😂
Its Apsolutly A Blast To Be Able To Spend Time In The Tractor 🚜 With You! Thanks For Taking The Extra Effort To Record Edit and Post Video! So We All Can Ride Along!!
Keep Smiling On!!
😀👍👊❤
Great job, Laura! Throw Grant under the bus...err tractor. Lol
I use to drive frameless end dump and we had trucks with a dead axle. Those things were constantly getting stuck, I lost count of the times I was pulled out of fields and soft ground at the coal mines. Scary feeling watching that trailer start to lean as you are raising it, wondering if you have to pull the trailer down and try again, or keep going and pray the load starts coming out. Lonely feeling when the truck is stuck in a field, no cell service and no one is around. Had one time I had a load of road salt and the directions took me to a farm field, (No I didn't drop the load.) Drove till I had cell service and could get the proper drop location of the township salt shed.
Ok, not every video, I get it, but could you please say “good morning everybody “ every now and then. You really got me used to it with your brilliant smile. Thank you. 😊
As a city boy who greatly admires the farm life, I really enjoy your channel!! ☺
Yankum rope coming to good use
Yankum ropes are the best thing invented they make recovering vehicles from mud and snow much safer than chains. We carry various sizes on all our recovery equipment
Oh I'm in a rootbeer orange with blue stripes and yellow trim on blue. Freightliner. One of a kind can't miss it. 😉
Nice job thanks for letting us know what preparation you have to go through before you plant a crop. Half of the show you had a ponytail..😊 What happened.. next time just call Matt up. He’ll come and tow you out. Good luck at the games..
Laura and Grant that was so great enjoyed it can't wait for next video thank you for sharing and your time.
Hi Laura, excellent recovery of the tractor and disc stuck in the mud, the secret is to stop (as you did) in time before getting too bogged down.
Unfortunately I don't have this problem because my area (North West Italy) is experiencing the worst drought in the last 100 years.👨🏻🌾💪🏻🇺🇸🇮🇹
When I saw the rope, I wondered if it was a Yankum Rope! Learned about those from watching Matt's Off Road Recovery!
Yankum rope? Love those things!!
I find myself on I-80 and in your area pretty often in the spring and summer! Southern and eastern Nebraska is some of my favorite places to chase storms. But if you see me, you probably don’t wanna wave but go take some cover 😅😅😅
My boss gave me sound advice when operating equipment, especially if you are working unfamiliar ground.
Tip 1: If you see the front wheel of the tractor start to disappear in the mud, STOP!
Tip 2: Don't bother discing spots that have cattails in them.
Tip 3: 4x4 tractors get stuck the same as 2-wheel drive. The only difference is you're further out in the field when it happens. So, make sure you have extra long tow chains available. 😆
I love your videos Laura, they help me practice my English. be grateful for what you and your family have.
This reminds me of Zach Johnsons video " We had to fire Jim" { which he never would} lol It's pretty easy to bury tractors in mud cause its so hard to tell whats underneath. Really enjoy your channel.!! THANKYOU
I didn't think you were close to firing your hired hand because he got stuck. You are too nice and sweet to fire someone over a trivial thing like that!
That is one monster rope...to pull that beast out!! Wow!!
Thanks for sharing your
adventures!!
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Thanks Laura and Grant for sharing. That rope worked perfectly, I had my doubts though, tractor was pretty deep. 👍
I just love farming 🚜 ❤, specially tractor work, i think you need 28 inch disc with same frame 👍
Good job on the pull out.
Great info on root slicing. Thanks for sharing eli.
Considering the dollar value of the equipment, the young lad had the common sense to stop. As a kid I remember burying an old (but thankfully worthless) Suzuki SJ10 up to its axels in mud trying to get myself out. Spent hours digging it out to the point I could get towed and a day or so cleaning up the mess. If I had just stopped I would of been towed out immediately as shown in the video. A hard won lesson that I remember thirty years later.
Hell ya !! Who has not done that going through a draw !! Even combines get stuck while cutting corn. Main thing is avoiding the wet draws and always ease up a gang ie lift up the gang that's about to go through the wet spot . That drawbar was in there . Well done kiddo it's a learning process we all come through as operators . I am more used to sweeps on field operations before planting . It's the season for sure .