This is one of your best videos Wes. It's nice to learn a little bit about how that baler works and also a little bit about your family and workers. I can see you being a fair but hard boss, but always honoring a fair days pay for a fair days work.Over an above the wage you pay, the knowledge you would share would be invaluable.
Wes, you are a wonderful man for all you do for your family and extended family. I love your equipment and all you do to explain and show how it works. This was a great video. Thanks so much for being the man that you are.
Growing up on a farm will give you many lessons in life that you will not get anywhere else. You and I have all worked around farm machines many years, which is why I was not worried when you jumped on the baler because I knew you were not going to stick your foot in that thing to help it out lol, I enjoy watching your farm videos, keep on keeping on.
So true Wes .... I worked on the "family farm" for years growing up and its like coming home watching these videos. There is always something pulling you back to your roots. I think its a comfort thing ... growing up around those sights, smells and sounds ... it brings you back to easier times.
Thank you for all your videos, I thoroughly enjoy watching each and everyone of them. When I was about 13, I began working on a farm, that had cattle, made their own hay, and bred and raced thoroughbred race horses. How I wish I could go back to those days, once you have worked on a farm, it gets in your blood, and an absolutely joy to see what you have accomplished each day.
My grandfather had me farming with him when I was at the age of 8. Had me start out doing simple tasks with the tractor like hauling bales and pulling wagons. Then as I got older I switched to swathing and combining. Last time I worked on a farm was helping out a friend of mine about 5 years ago. Swathed, combined and baked oats. Since then I went to school, became and became a power engineer. To this day though, I would still rather be farming than anything else. Nothing beats driving equipment all day and having late night meals out in the field with some good family company. Hopefully some day I'll get the chance to be back out taking or bailing hay all day. Great videos Wes. I enjoy watching all of them and how they remind me of my days on the farm.
Amen!! Your comment about the leaving farming and always wanting to go back is 100% correct. I still own a farm with my sisters and mom but do not actually farm anymore, I choose to go into the forestry field instead because I could not afford to go into farming from scratch (don't do that anymore either). I regret that decision everyday. My one true love was farming and I miss doing it every day.
Thank you for showing us nor in the farming area just how the machine works. I love those kind of videos about most anything myself. Nothing like family.
Awesome video Wes. I miss the farm, Great message. Im sick our i would of been in Jersey applying for that job along time ago. Thanks for sharing this man !!!!
Great video. I have watched most of your over the years and this was I really enjoyed. Family values just oozed out of the story. Well done. Bye from the UK. Colin
You are a teacher every day, (You teach us) whether you know it or not. Its great what you do with the kids, you are teaching them life long lessons. (when they get older they will long to come back to farming) I started at 12 working on farms and running equipment and am going back to what I did as a kid, I know how Carl feels, it's a love you can't explain. Keep up the videos, and don't ever change who you are for anybody, I like you just the way you are. God Bless.
You are right, when it's gone it's gone and It's great to see you teaching your boys and family, they won't ever forget it even if they move away. I grew up on my Grandparents dairy farm in OH and we had to move to Houston during middle school years. My Grandpa was just starting to let me do things by myself on the farm. Hauling loaded hay wagons to the barn, unloading and stacking bales milking the herd etc. I really hated moving and probably fought everyday with my parents about it. I still remember Grandpa telling me I could give you everything I have but it would be hard for you to make it. The years passed and of course I got more interested in the typical teenage stuff and the farm wasn't that important to me on a day to day basis. I would still go back once or twice a year a loved the time I was there but longed to get back to "my life" in Houston. Grandpa retired in 01, sold the cattle and started slowly stopping farming all together. He passed away 4 years ago this fall and there isn't a day that's passed in that time that I don't think about it and totally regret not taking it over. Maybe I wouldn't have made it but I know i would have tried. The only thing good that's come of it is my family here. My grandma still lives on the land that's been in our family since the civil war and I've been trying to figure out how I can keep it in our family, maybe leasing it till we can move up there (not sure if my wife would yet) I can honestly say, farming is the only things that I've ever wanted to do and wish I was still doing it.
Great video Wes. You have spoken some of the truest words today I've heard in a while. When I was younger we farmed. I got to the point I didn't want to any more. So I got a public job. We lost the farm, maybe because I left, (daddy never would admit it), and after it was gone I wanted to farm. You are correct in what you said, "when it's gone it's gone." All I've ever wanted to do since then was farm but now I can't. Reality brother. Thanks again for letting me farm with you through RUclips!
Love your videos Wes. I originally was a "city boy," but have grandparents and a uncle that live and work on our families century farm. I am now in my senior year of college (go Iowa State University!) and I plan on going back to the family farm to continue it for years to come.
That's what I like about your videos. You show people that farming is hard work but also it is not just a job for most farmers. It is a way of life that usually their fathers & grandfathers also had. They say that if you do what you love you will never work a day in your life. Well farming can be hard work but I love it. Thanks for all the videos.
As you said, this is one of your best. Excellent teaching and sharing. Back in the early 60's I worked on a farm and it was a great experience. Well done!
I was farming and dairy work at the age 6 running cows and fix equipment with my dad and there days I wish can do all over I miss those days. Keep. Up the hard work and keep the video coming it brings back good memories. Thx u
I think this is one of your best videos you have made, I really enjoyed how seeing the baler running with your explanations, i love the farm life and hope I never leave it
top man olf.i think you some a lot of things up in this video .cant beat country hardworking folk and their values,long time subscriber 1st comment .get them started young best education there is. cork Ireland
I am 47 years old and always wanted to be a farmer. I have worked for farmers in the past but always wanted to be my own boss. It is nice to see that you have your nephew out showing him how a farm works.
Great video Wes. I like the explanation of the way the bailer works as well as the introduction and background on Carl and Peyton. If you make those windrows any taller you're going to need a tractor with more ground clearance. :)
Wes, I have to say, you're a teacher everyday, everyday you work with your kids that is. As someone said, the clinking sound is money being made. You're right about those knotters, gotta be clean. Sometimes, slow is fast and IS the only way to get things done. Start them young and they'll carry on the tradition. Great video. Cheers
Great video. You are so right about kids and responsibility. Looking back now it is amazing the trust my grandfather put in us boys. 'Go check that alfalfa and if it's ready bale it.' Of course we were taught how to do the job. Thank you for teaching the next generation how to be responsible and have a good work ethic.
I look at your videos and it reminds me of the summers i ve spent working on my uncle s farm...the fun we had,the jokes and pranks we did...and got taken...I,like Carl,would have loved to work on a farm but i loved also working on a truck and still as of today...maybe when i retire from the trucks i gonna try working again on a farm!
In a few weeks I'll will be starting my first farm job milking cows after school and on the weekends. I'm 18 years old and come from a non farming background, but ever since I was knee high I loved farming. I can't wait!!
Great day Wes! Congrats on a productive day with family and friends. Nice work Peyton!!! I'm a former farm kid too and I always wish I could go back. Make the most of it while you can.
AT 58 years old I would love to get back to the farm, I grew up farming family in western PA, 60 miles south of Pittsburgh, graduated left PA to get my degree, been in TX for 38 years - and If I ever get the chance again, I will go back to farming.
Great Vid! I also hated our farm as a kid but as i got older i missed it something awful. I had an opportunity to buy a farm 4 years ago and i jumped on it! Now i listen to my kids complaining about our farm and I just smile and say "give it 20 years and all you will want is this farm"
So very true…I work hard trying to get out of farming 20 years ago and into the corporate world and now for the past 2 years I have working very hard to get back to farming myself.
Thank you for bringing a piece of my childhood back to me. I grew up on my family's dairy farm helped and worked there as long as I could remember. When my grandfather fell ill and ultimately succumbed to cancer we , the grandkids, wanted to purchase the farm. we were not permitted by my grandmother who didn't want us to be tied to it like my pap. I miss it everyday since it was sold I was 17 almost 18 when it was sold. I am now 38 and would give anything to go back again. Thank you again
YOUR DAMN RIGHT! We had to sell our farm due to my father passing away from cancer when I was 18....there isnt a day goes by that I dont wish somehow i could of kept it...I keep in my blood by building pulling tractors and pulling myself! Great vids keep up the good work!
You're right, once the farm is gone it's gone. I miss the farm a lot especially during haying time and harvest time. We never had the big bales or auto bale wagon. We stacked our hay by hand and I'm proud to say we never lost a stack in the field.
Great video, one of your best. I started doing farm work with my Father and Uncle when I was in my early teens and I learned from them the true meaning a good hard days work and its been part of my life philosophy. Thanks for the great look at the baler. Got to ask though, the knotters, are they pretty much the same as baler knotters that have been around for like ever? You're giving those young men a great education Wes, keep it up.
hats off to you Wes what an awesome video always enjoy every video you put out my whole life I always wanted to grow up on a farm and be a farm kid I enjoy the learning I enjoy the hard work there nothing out there like farming it's one of a kind kinda business
Awesome video. My dad always had some trust issues with myself and my brother when we were younger running equipment. He would usually start fields and do a lot of the pre and post maintenance himself with us being the gofors. Today, however, my dad trusts us more than he trusts himself with running the heavy equipment. Four years ago, I never thought of coming back to the farm.... but for some odd reason, I came back. You know how the old saying goes too....
Good for Payton. Gotta love that first day running a big piece of equipment. Even better for Carl. 6 more years and when kids get out of college I hope to be able to find a way to farm part time and work part time. It has been 20 years since I had to get a different job and I miss being outside messing with tractors (just going around is so peaceful), working with animals and the mechanical work. This the dream, just hope it will work out.
Wow action pack! I love the videos man. Farmers from around here don't give people chances like that! Keep it up man! I 100% agree about working on the truck alone, I recently blew the motor imps my jeep and had a spare motor to put it and all my buddies would try to help be we didn't get anything done. Well next day I was working alone and got way more done in a shorter time and expressed every bad word on the market!
As usual enjoyable video, I would enjoy a brief view a mounted GoPro would enable you to produce on how the baler and/or windrower work. (did I spell windower correctly). I worked briefly on farms and ranches as a kid, I have picked cotton, apples, oranges, cucumbers all which are work. I also drove silage trucks in season, dehorned ,branded steers both in a squeeze chute and by dropping them on the ground. Kids I worked all challenged each other to do more.
I love these types of videos Wes, someday I hope to work full time on a farm, but for now with only a couple months experience stacking hay for a 15yr old isnt gonna impress enough to get hired, someday, someday
Struck the heart strings there, I grew up an a family farm and left for greener pastures due to family conflicts, have spent the rest of my life regretting that decision. Maybe Someday after I win the lottery I will be able to afford to farm again
give yourself a pat on the back you are not only there teacher your there dad. enjoy that view of them all working and enjoying it. thanks wes for teaching us to
great vid wes glad to see you passing it down. farmers are a dying breed. I grew up and worked on the family farm that my great uncle farmed till the day he passed at 86 years old last year. Id give anything to be able to take over the farming but unfortunately can't afford to right now. maybe on day. You should do a vid with advice for beginning farmers you clearly have the knowledge
yep got to love farming only a few people get it. I do it everyday of my life. Glad your teaching the young one there it hard to find a kid willing to even try to drive a tractor now a days.
Really cool to see this. I am 18 and I have grown up around some livestock farming but never really had chance to do large scale stuff like this. I hope to start my own farm someday and let my kids grow up learning to live off the land.
Looks like u had some broken bales in the field!! Safety Sally!!! Lol!! Love watching equipment work!! Good for him to be running equipment like that its good for him!!!
Good video Wes. Thanks for showing the baler in action. Did you ever have the the problem with the bale twine not cutting and getting wound up in the machine? Do yo have to sharpen the bale cutting blades all the time?
Yeah going back watching old videos on your Channel. Some of these I have not seen before this was one of them. You're a hundred percent right. Now I drive a truck but I do miss the farm dearly. I only have 2.9 acres left of the Old 80-acre Farm and I'll fight with Dad almost daily because he wants to sell it. Which is the reason why Grandpa left it for both of us. By the way he had to sell the other part of it to cover his medical bills from cancer which eventually died from. I also worked as a kid as a farm hand on other farms in the area. Including a dairy farm scoop and picking corn and baling hay. And even occasionally milking the cows. All I got out of this particular Farm other than the experience was being with my best friend and lunch every day. That will show you how much I loved it. And still miss it today. And Wes I'm only a year older than you. But now physically I could not scoop three scoops of corn if I had to. My back just will not handle it anymore. I could drive a tractor all day because in the seated position my back does not hurt. But I can't stand for over 15 minutes at a time anymore do to my back fusing together at the discs.
i agree with you onelonleyfarmer i'm not a farm kid but i like farm and working to make stuff for the world and the life form that live. thatnks Morgan.
When I was 8 years old(1953) I got to operate the 38 john deer B because Grandpa said when you are big enough and strong enough to start it you can drive it. I did NOT break the farm equipment. As for the swearing, when I was smaller my uncle stanley(he ran the farm with grandpa) said "your really have a potty mouth" I said "I learn it from you". He paused and said "We have to clean up our speech" and "we did" swearing needs to be saved for when you really need it. I lived half mile from the farm and spent much of my youth there. YES, farm work is great experience and sets you up to be successful at what ever your life endeavors are.
Both my grandparents had farms, my dad had a garden. I pretty much hated it, except for the animals, hay lofts and such. Now I have an 8N and a half acre garden. I've never talked so much with my father. I feel like my attitude stole a lot of years from me. Much respect to you and what you do.
hi Wes from Andy in the UK. ya I was on the tractors as soon as I could rich the pedals did farm work most off my life but now I miss it a lot. I do still drive some old tractors an repair them. Iv only got an old grey Ferguson now but got a liner 2 do on it cos it needs 2 go back 2 work so I can do the clutch on anther tractor. but great video I do miss it the farm thow
I've been watching your videos for a long time I finally subscribed. You said your hay wasn't doing as well this year but the lower fuel prices has to help the bottom line quite a bit.
I did not grow up on a farm but dad worked on a farm for extra money when we were kids I'd have to say my love for farming started then. I've had 2 jobs on a farm but haven't done it for about 10 years now. would love to do it full time
I have been watching your channel for just over a year and you have reinstilled my passion for farming I love what you do and to hell with all the pc bullshit thank you for spending the time to make the videos I really enjoy your passion for what you do
Hi Wes, you sound more and more like a bloody Aussie every time i watch your videos, i love it say it as it is keep up the good work, ian from Australia
Tell it like it is, Wes. A lot of the problems we have today is a lot of parents and teachers think their kids are so fragile and try to shield them from the world. Then, when it's time for the kids to go out into the REAL world, they can't handle situations properly and have no work ethic. Everthing has been handed to them, and done for them that they don't understand there are consequences to their actions. Way to teach what a hard days work is all about and the satisfaction of a job well done.
How's joe and Hayley? Hope your getting to spend some time with them too! Don't worry about Safety Sally's-when it's your time no amount of safety's gonna keep u here. Thanks for the vids.
Ha man this is the best video you have ever made ! i like the way you do farming, i worked on the farm f0r 30yrs. before my illness i miss it so much . So you keep up the awesome work !!!!!!!!!!
If you ever want a more capacity stack wagon as you call them in the U.S. Check out the Heath Superchaser QM. I beliveve they are imported from the UK to U.S now, I have 1 over here in the UK they are a fantastic bit of kit !.
A man, A farm, Family and an Honest Days Work, oh yeah and some Cussin, Welcome to the real world !! Love It !!! Great Video Wes.
This is one of your best videos Wes.
It's nice to learn a little bit about how that baler works and also a little bit about your family and workers.
I can see you being a fair but hard boss, but always honoring a fair days pay for a fair days work.Over an above the wage you pay, the knowledge you would share would be invaluable.
AussieMusicRocks very well put I could not have put it any better myself. :-))
AussieMusicRocks Well said. Cool to see how a baler works.
Wes, you are a wonderful man for all you do for your family and extended family. I love your equipment and all you do to explain and show how it works. This was a great video. Thanks so much for being the man that you are.
Growing up on a farm will give you many lessons in life that you will not get anywhere else. You and I have all worked around farm machines many years, which is why I was not worried when you jumped on the baler because I knew you were not going to stick your foot in that thing to help it out lol, I enjoy watching your farm videos, keep on keeping on.
Outstanding video Wes,
Farm and family life are the best, thanx for sharing a little of your world here...
2 thumbs up !
So true Wes .... I worked on the "family farm" for years growing up and its like coming home watching these videos. There is always something pulling you back to your roots. I think its a comfort thing ... growing up around those sights, smells and sounds ... it brings you back to easier times.
Thank you for all your videos, I thoroughly enjoy watching each and everyone of them. When I was about 13, I began working on a farm, that had cattle, made their own hay, and bred and raced thoroughbred race horses. How I wish I could go back to those days, once you have worked on a farm, it gets in your blood, and an absolutely joy to see what you have accomplished each day.
My grandfather had me farming with him when I was at the age of 8. Had me start out doing simple tasks with the tractor like hauling bales and pulling wagons. Then as I got older I switched to swathing and combining. Last time I worked on a farm was helping out a friend of mine about 5 years ago. Swathed, combined and baked oats. Since then I went to school, became and became a power engineer. To this day though, I would still rather be farming than anything else. Nothing beats driving equipment all day and having late night meals out in the field with some good family company. Hopefully some day I'll get the chance to be back out taking or bailing hay all day. Great videos Wes. I enjoy watching all of them and how they remind me of my days on the farm.
Amen!! Your comment about the leaving farming and always wanting to go back is 100% correct. I still own a farm with my sisters and mom but do not actually farm anymore, I choose to go into the forestry field instead because I could not afford to go into farming from scratch (don't do that anymore either). I regret that decision everyday. My one true love was farming and I miss doing it every day.
Thank you for showing us nor in the farming area just how the machine works. I love those kind of videos about most anything myself. Nothing like family.
Awesome video Wes. I miss the farm, Great message. Im sick our i would of been in Jersey applying for that job along time ago. Thanks for sharing this man !!!!
Great video. I have watched most of your over the years and this was I really enjoyed. Family values just oozed out of the story. Well done. Bye from the UK.
Colin
Sir, what you are doing with those boys is a great thing. I am glad to see the values you are teaching them. Thank you for all you do.
You are a teacher every day, (You teach us) whether you know it or not. Its great what you do with the kids, you are teaching them life long lessons. (when they get older they will long to come back to farming) I started at 12 working on farms and running equipment and am going back to what I did as a kid, I know how Carl feels, it's a love you can't explain. Keep up the videos, and don't ever change who you are for anybody, I like you just the way you are. God Bless.
You are right, when it's gone it's gone and It's great to see you teaching your boys and family, they won't ever forget it even if they move away. I grew up on my Grandparents dairy farm in OH and we had to move to Houston during middle school years. My Grandpa was just starting to let me do things by myself on the farm. Hauling loaded hay wagons to the barn, unloading and stacking bales milking the herd etc. I really hated moving and probably fought everyday with my parents about it. I still remember Grandpa telling me I could give you everything I have but it would be hard for you to make it. The years passed and of course I got more interested in the typical teenage stuff and the farm wasn't that important to me on a day to day basis. I would still go back once or twice a year a loved the time I was there but longed to get back to "my life" in Houston. Grandpa retired in 01, sold the cattle and started slowly stopping farming all together. He passed away 4 years ago this fall and there isn't a day that's passed in that time that I don't think about it and totally regret not taking it over. Maybe I wouldn't have made it but I know i would have tried. The only thing good that's come of it is my family here. My grandma still lives on the land that's been in our family since the civil war and I've been trying to figure out how I can keep it in our family, maybe leasing it till we can move up there (not sure if my wife would yet) I can honestly say, farming is the only things that I've ever wanted to do and wish I was still doing it.
Great video Wes. You have spoken some of the truest words today I've heard in a while. When I was younger we farmed. I got to the point I didn't want to any more. So I got a public job. We lost the farm, maybe because I left, (daddy never would admit it), and after it was gone I wanted to farm. You are correct in what you said, "when it's gone it's gone." All I've ever wanted to do since then was farm but now I can't. Reality brother. Thanks again for letting me farm with you through RUclips!
Awesome Wes! I am still amazed how bailers tie knots whilst maintaining that insane around of pressure on the bail. It is like magic! Great Vid!
Love your videos Wes. I originally was a "city boy," but have grandparents and a uncle that live and work on our families century farm. I am now in my senior year of college (go Iowa State University!) and I plan on going back to the family farm to continue it for years to come.
That's what I like about your videos. You show people that farming is hard work but also it is not just a job for most farmers. It is a way of life that usually their fathers & grandfathers also had. They say that if you do what you love you will never work a day in your life. Well farming can be hard work but I love it. Thanks for all the videos.
agree on the bailer noises. I haven't bailed hay in years but that sound brings back the sights, sounds and smells of bailing hay immediately!
As you said, this is one of your best. Excellent teaching and sharing. Back in the early 60's I worked on a farm and it was a great experience. Well done!
I was farming and dairy work at the age 6 running cows and fix equipment with my dad and there days I wish can do all over I miss those days. Keep. Up the hard work and keep the video coming it brings back good memories. Thx u
I think this is one of your best videos you have made, I really enjoyed how seeing the baler running with your explanations, i love the farm life and hope I never leave it
top man olf.i think you some a lot of things up in this video .cant beat country hardworking folk and their values,long time subscriber 1st comment .get them started young best education there is. cork Ireland
Great video Wess, I'm in the same boat.......I wish I was out there helping you.......I would absolutely LOVE driving green !!!!!
I am 47 years old and always wanted to be a farmer. I have worked for farmers in the past but always wanted to be my own boss. It is nice to see that you have your nephew out showing him how a farm works.
Great video Wes. I like the explanation of the way the bailer works as well as the introduction and background on Carl and Peyton. If you make those windrows any taller you're going to need a tractor with more ground clearance. :)
Wes, I have to say, you're a teacher everyday, everyday you work with your kids that is. As someone said, the clinking sound is money being made. You're right about those knotters, gotta be clean. Sometimes, slow is fast and IS the only way to get things done. Start them young and they'll carry on the tradition. Great video. Cheers
Great video :)
Over in the UK the Wheat harvest is well under way.
Great video.
You are so right about kids and responsibility.
Looking back now it is amazing the trust my grandfather put in us boys.
'Go check that alfalfa and if it's ready bale it.'
Of course we were taught how to do the job.
Thank you for teaching the next generation how to be responsible and have a good work ethic.
I look at your videos and it reminds me of the summers i ve spent working on my uncle s farm...the fun we had,the jokes and pranks we did...and got taken...I,like Carl,would have loved to work on a farm but i loved also working on a truck and still as of today...maybe when i retire from the trucks i gonna try working again on a farm!
One of my all time favorite videos, nice to see Carl or Karl back doing what he always wanted, I'm sure he's got a great big old smile
In a few weeks I'll will be starting my first farm job milking cows after school and on the weekends. I'm 18 years old and come from a non farming background, but ever since I was knee high I loved farming. I can't wait!!
Great day Wes! Congrats on a productive day with family and friends.
Nice work Peyton!!! I'm a former farm kid too and I always wish I could go back. Make the most of it while you can.
Great video wes it's great when you see family members care about the farm and want to be apart of it.
That is one of your best videos , if not the best . Congratulations Wes . More of that "In the Field" coverage would be great .
This is probably one of the best I've seen. That ending has me every time. Thanks man
Great Video! I worked on my uncle"s farm as a kid in the 50's and 60's . I miss those days.
Very good. You teach know-how, ambition, hard work, constructive values, and it shows. You tell it like it is and you have no fear to speak your mind.
Good video. Enjoyed it. Work ethic and family values. Excellent.
AT 58 years old I would love to get back to the farm, I grew up farming family in western PA, 60 miles south of Pittsburgh, graduated left PA to get my degree, been in TX for 38 years - and If I ever get the chance again, I will go back to farming.
Great Vid! I also hated our farm as a kid but as i got older i missed it something awful. I had an opportunity to buy a farm 4 years ago and i jumped on it! Now i listen to my kids complaining about our farm and I just smile and say "give it 20 years and all you will want is this farm"
So very true…I work hard trying to get out of farming 20 years ago and into the corporate world and now for the past 2 years I have working very hard to get back to farming myself.
Outstanding video Wes It sure brings memories back to me when I was the young lads age working on the farm raking and baling hay.
Thank you for bringing a piece of my childhood back to me. I grew up on my family's dairy farm helped and worked there as long as I could remember. When my grandfather fell ill and ultimately succumbed to cancer we , the grandkids, wanted to purchase the farm. we were not permitted by my grandmother who didn't want us to be tied to it like my pap. I miss it everyday since it was sold I was 17 almost 18 when it was sold. I am now 38 and would give anything to go back again. Thank you again
Thanks for the tour of the combine , i have always wanted to see how it works .
YOUR DAMN RIGHT! We had to sell our farm due to my father passing away from cancer when I was 18....there isnt a day goes by that I dont wish somehow i could of kept it...I keep in my blood by building pulling tractors and pulling myself! Great vids keep up the good work!
You're right, once the farm is gone it's gone. I miss the farm a lot especially during haying time and harvest time. We never had the big bales or auto bale wagon. We stacked our hay by hand and I'm proud to say we never lost a stack in the field.
One of the best vids for a while. I watch all of them. But this just went back home Wes. thank you.
Great video, one of your best. I started doing farm work with my Father and Uncle when I was in my early teens and I learned from them the true meaning a good hard days work and its been part of my life philosophy. Thanks for the great look at the baler. Got to ask though, the knotters, are they pretty much the same as baler knotters that have been around for like ever? You're giving those young men a great education Wes, keep it up.
There is nothing better for self esteem than being put in charge of a piece of equipment.
hats off to you Wes what an awesome video always enjoy every video you put out my whole life I always wanted to grow up on a farm and be a farm kid I enjoy the learning I enjoy the hard work there nothing out there like farming it's one of a kind kinda business
That was definitely true about the farm I miss it since ours is gone! I've always been amazed by how fast knotters work
I'm only 15 to and love running equipment on our family farm. Farming is awsome!
Hahaha the end of this video was great! Keep up the great farming videos, Wes!
Great video. Loved the bailer in action and the dismount
FishFind3000 bail surfing lol..
Awesome video.
My dad always had some trust issues with myself and my brother when we were younger running equipment. He would usually start fields and do a lot of the pre and post maintenance himself with us being the gofors.
Today, however, my dad trusts us more than he trusts himself with running the heavy equipment.
Four years ago, I never thought of coming back to the farm.... but for some odd reason, I came back. You know how the old saying goes too....
One of your best yet Wesley!
Wish I was related to my boss so he'd let me drive tractors :-(
Good for Payton. Gotta love that first day running a big piece of equipment. Even better for Carl. 6 more years and when kids get out of college I hope to be able to find a way to farm part time and work part time. It has been 20 years since I had to get a different job and I miss being outside messing with tractors (just going around is so peaceful), working with animals and the mechanical work. This the dream, just hope it will work out.
Excellent video throughout including right to the end.
Thumbs up for the ending!! I saw you the other day down off of RT1 in pa. I blew the horn as you went by.
Payton is living my dream life. I too am 15 and it has been my want to farm since i was little.
Wow action pack! I love the videos man. Farmers from around here don't give people chances like that! Keep it up man! I 100% agree about working on the truck alone, I recently blew the motor imps my jeep and had a spare motor to put it and all my buddies would try to help be we didn't get anything done. Well next day I was working alone and got way more done in a shorter time and expressed every bad word on the market!
As usual enjoyable video, I would enjoy a brief view a mounted GoPro would enable you to produce on how the baler and/or windrower work. (did I spell windower correctly). I worked briefly on farms and ranches as a kid, I have picked cotton, apples, oranges, cucumbers all which are work. I also drove silage trucks in season, dehorned ,branded steers both in a squeeze chute and by dropping them on the ground. Kids I worked all challenged each other to do more.
where exactly is your barn? I am in NJ and may want to join you if you are looking. I'm interested in the farm life. Thanks!
I love these types of videos Wes, someday I hope to work full time on a farm, but for now with only a couple months experience stacking hay for a 15yr old isnt gonna impress enough to get hired, someday, someday
I like the rawness of wes been farming for ten years was a mechanic in training for five and having the most fun I ever had
Struck the heart strings there, I grew up an a family farm and left for greener pastures due to family conflicts, have spent the rest of my life regretting that decision. Maybe Someday after I win the lottery I will be able to afford to farm again
give yourself a pat on the back you are not only there teacher your there dad. enjoy that view of them all working and enjoying it. thanks wes for teaching us to
great vid wes glad to see you passing it down. farmers are a dying breed. I grew up and worked on the family farm that my great uncle farmed till the day he passed at 86 years old last year. Id give anything to be able to take over the farming but unfortunately can't afford to right now. maybe on day. You should do a vid with advice for beginning farmers you clearly have the knowledge
yep got to love farming only a few people get it. I do it everyday of my life. Glad your teaching the young one there it hard to find a kid willing to even try to drive a tractor now a days.
Really cool to see this. I am 18 and I have grown up around some livestock farming but never really had chance to do large scale stuff like this. I hope to start my own farm someday and let my kids grow up learning to live off the land.
Looks like u had some broken bales in the field!! Safety Sally!!! Lol!! Love watching equipment work!! Good for him to be running equipment like that its good for him!!!
Good video Wes. Thanks for showing the baler in action. Did you ever have the the problem with the bale twine not cutting and getting wound up in the machine? Do yo have to sharpen the bale cutting blades all the time?
Very interesting video Wes . . . . have a great one, ;) Rog
I really enjoyed this video Wes. Thanks! Please do a few more like it!
I've been a subscriber for years, and I think that this is your best video ever Wes. Thank you.
went into the city with my wife today, and couldn't wait to get back to the farm. lol. I dairy farm with my brother and parents in Ontario Canada.
what a real nice video Wes you have good videos this one just a littel bit better of one
Yeah going back watching old videos on your Channel. Some of these I have not seen before this was one of them.
You're a hundred percent right. Now I drive a truck but I do miss the farm dearly. I only have 2.9 acres left of the Old 80-acre Farm and I'll fight with Dad almost daily because he wants to sell it. Which is the reason why Grandpa left it for both of us. By the way he had to sell the other part of it to cover his medical bills from cancer which eventually died from. I also worked as a kid as a farm hand on other farms in the area. Including a dairy farm scoop and picking corn and baling hay. And even occasionally milking the cows. All I got out of this particular Farm other than the experience was being with my best friend and lunch every day. That will show you how much I loved it. And still miss it today. And Wes I'm only a year older than you. But now physically I could not scoop three scoops of corn if I had to. My back just will not handle it anymore. I could drive a tractor all day because in the seated position my back does not hurt. But I can't stand for over 15 minutes at a time anymore do to my back fusing together at the discs.
i agree with you onelonleyfarmer i'm not a farm kid but i like farm and working to make stuff for the world and the life form that live. thatnks Morgan.
When I was 8 years old(1953) I got to operate the 38 john deer B because Grandpa said when you are big enough and strong enough to start it you can drive it. I did NOT break the farm equipment. As for the swearing, when I was smaller my uncle stanley(he ran the farm with grandpa) said "your really have a potty mouth" I said "I learn it from you". He paused and said "We have to clean up our speech" and "we did" swearing needs to be saved for when you really need it. I lived half mile from the farm and spent much of my youth there. YES, farm work is great experience and sets you up to be successful at what ever your life endeavors are.
one of the best vids u have ever made. very nice.
thumbs up from Denmark
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Both my grandparents had farms, my dad had a garden. I pretty much hated it, except for the animals, hay lofts and such. Now I have an 8N and a half acre garden. I've never talked so much with my father. I feel like my attitude stole a lot of years from me. Much respect to you and what you do.
We had to do the big square bales one year and I hated moving them. We use hay forks on our tractors.
hi Wes from Andy in the UK. ya I was on the tractors as soon as I could rich the pedals did farm work most off my life but now I miss it a lot.
I do still drive some old tractors an repair them. Iv only got an old grey Ferguson now but got a liner 2 do on it cos it needs 2 go back 2 work so I can do the clutch on anther tractor. but great video I do miss it the farm thow
I've been watching your videos for a long time I finally subscribed. You said your hay wasn't doing as well this year but the lower fuel prices has to help the bottom line quite a bit.
Great video Wes, everything you have said I believe is right! Very great!
I did not grow up on a farm but dad worked on a farm for extra money when we were kids I'd have to say my love for farming started then. I've had 2 jobs on a farm but haven't done it for about 10 years now. would love to do it full time
Very nice video, congrats. Complements from Portugal.
I have been watching your channel for just over a year and you have reinstilled my passion for farming I love what you do and to hell with all the pc bullshit thank you for spending the time to make the videos I really enjoy your passion for what you do
Hi Wes, you sound more and more like a bloody Aussie every time i watch your videos, i love it say it as it is keep up the good work, ian from Australia
Tell it like it is, Wes. A lot of the problems we have today is a lot of parents and teachers think their kids are so fragile and try to shield them from the world. Then, when it's time for the kids to go out into the REAL world, they can't handle situations properly and have no work ethic. Everthing has been handed to them, and done for them that they don't understand there are consequences to their actions. Way to teach what a hard days work is all about and the satisfaction of a job well done.
Interesting as hell....enjoyed it....sure wish i could get out of my cubicle and come help too.
i couldn't imagine not working on the farm ever again. its the only job that i feel like i can learn something new everyday and have fun doing it!
Love the vid. I was born on a tobacco farm and raised tobacco wheat corn cows and hay. I learned to drive a tractor at 4 years old
How's joe and Hayley? Hope your getting to spend some time with them too! Don't worry about Safety Sally's-when it's your time no amount of safety's gonna keep u here. Thanks for the vids.
Ha man this is the best video you have ever made ! i like the way you do farming, i worked on the farm f0r 30yrs. before my illness i miss it so much . So you keep up the awesome work !!!!!!!!!!
If you ever want a more capacity stack wagon as you call them in the U.S. Check out the Heath Superchaser QM. I beliveve they are imported from the UK to U.S now, I have 1 over here in the UK they are a fantastic bit of kit !.
Hope you got Payton his double clutching boots and a chain drive wallet so he can operate that machine properly.
haha