I like your videos, it shows that things don’t always go perfect. There is always maintenance issues and you’re good at fixing things. Keep doing what you’re doing.😊
at 4:18.............I admire someone who is willing to give others' suggestions a try. If it works for you , you keep doing it. If it doesn't you don't.
Most farm wives... even if they have a job in town... help do everything on the farm. Working just as hard as the husband. My mother was one of those women. She was a generational farmer, and wouldn't have done it any other way. Even after "retirement", she wasn't happy unless she was outside working... until dementia forced her to stay inside.😞
Looks like a great job putting up hay. My grandfather told me to always keep 2 years worth of hay at a time. You never know when a drought will come. Old hay is better than no hay. My grandfather lived through the dust bowl and taught me a lot.
My Mom lived through the Dust Bowl. She told me that on the farm house, she and my Grandma would place wet sheets over the windows to keep the dust levels down.
wise man your grandfather was my stepparent were my great-great-grandparents the did a great job raising this mistake my birth parent said i was the nickname stayed with me the wiser old people all they know be the mistake, name
Thank you for not begging for subscribers every video, that gets old from all the other channels. I enjoy your content, usually the first ones I watch each evening. The "realness" is what keeps me coming back.
JudithB Yay!!! Rebecca! I always loved making hay even tho it was hot, sweaty and the hay always went down the back of shirt! LOL Raking into the long rows sure makes it easier to bale and pick up!! My son was 9 when we had him driving the pickup, while I was stacking in back using 2 hay hooks. He sure stomped on the gas and brake a lot!!! You could put a box fan in the barn while unloading. It always felt so great to have all the garden done and processed, cow and a hog sent to the processor to fill the secondary freezer, and getting the firewood split and stacked coming into Oct. I am still in the garden and the tiny freezer is full, but I feel only half way ready for winter.
I watch this and see how you and your wife work together , and I got to say she is very capable . My wife struggles to operate a vacuum cleaner, my hat is off to you , you got a good wife.
When I lived on the farm back in the mid to late 60s, we had a baler that was a two wire. It made 100# bales.Some of the Best alfalfa hay in North Texas! I still love the odor of freshly baled hay to this day! We would have a crew stack it on a trailer and then restack it in the barn. Our cattle loved it and so did our horse and goats. I also fed it to my pig. We also hired out to a lot of our neighbors to bale their hay too. Those were the good old days!
Well that baler, after your diligence in in maintenance, really performed so much better than last year! No wonder your thrilled! Don't work yourself into the ground.... We'll miss you! Take care!
Sir I know that is hard working stacking that wagon. But from here in PA it was total relaxation watching you do it. The best times of my life as a kid in the 70's on my grandfather's farm. Thanks for the extra trouble to shoot the video.
Good job you guys. Your maintenance on the baler paid off. I’ve watched all your struggles with it and sickle bar mower. You have a gem of a wife in Rebecca helping you out like she does. I had a dream the other night I visited you on your farm. Crazy I know. 😂😂😂
Love the videos... it has inspired me and wife to work towards a small acreage and get back to the way our ancestors lived and get away from the city living
The secret with a sickle bar cutting successfully is that the sections are really sharp and that they function like a scissors against the finger surface, that is that there is no free play, without being too tight. This can be achieved by finely adjusting those little above retainers forward or backwards. Difficult to explain, but easy to do.
Great job Rebecca! Evan great job on stacking and keeping all that equipment running so good! Love all your videos! Look forward to the next ones!♡♡♡♡ Don't work to hard! God bless you guys!
I remember those days. My wife would drive while I would be on the wagon stacking. we were lucky enough to have 2 wagons so 2 people could be out baling while 2 more people would unload into the barn. By the time they unloaded and had a free wagon, we would drive a loaded wagon to the barn and take the empty wagon back to the field. you may need a system(and help) like this if you start baling that second field.
Well I hate that the videos are going to slow down but I am a plant worker and we do a couple outages a year so i understand! Be safe and I'll be looking forward to the next one!
Great job and teamwork. That bailer working like that is proof that preventative maintenance pays off when the sun is out and it’s hot…. Thanks for sharing
I am glad something finally went right. Sometimes your afternoon ritual of praying to the sun god really does work. Glad all your hard work is paying off. Someday you may have to get an elevator to stack higher. Makes it easy to pull up to. It can be moved in and out for putting the bales where you need them. I see why when I helped the neighbor they had a thrower on the bailer to the wagon. It is a lot of hot work no matter how you do it. Usually takes two people. Hopefully you can find a haybine to work on this winter. Sure there is a yard sale somewhere lol. Hope work goes well. We have been working a lot due to storm damage. We just had more storms roll through again. I am ready for things to slow a little. Have a great week...
Hot and humid is pretty much an every day thing for us in North Florida. I usually alternate between a water and a Gatorade during the day to stay hydrated. The other thing that I like to do is put a ziploc bag of cut fruit in my cooler to snack on throughout the day. It's a cool snack and keeps me going between meals. Much like you and Rebeka my wife and I are much more efficient when we work together on something. Baling in your situation is so much easier and more efficient with two people. Regarding the 12 hour shifts for several consecutive days, I did it for many years when I was in the Navy. Of course for me it was kind of different because what else are you going to do in your off-time on a ship out at sea? The long days (nights) did make the time go by quickly, so that was a plus. It would probably be a bit more frustrating working those hours while being home. Good luck and stay focused on the job at hand and hopefully it will pass by quickly for you.
I worked on The ZX Ranch in Oregon When I was a Young Buck, We Used a REO Speedwagon Truck, to Pick up and Feed Cattle, it Would Hydraulicly Tilt the Bed, grab a Stack of Bales, 64 count in one Pick up from the Haystacks. We Loaded and Fed Cattle, 11 to 12 loads a Day x 64 Each and Every Day. 2 crews. Fed them, I was Part of One. 3 man Crew Feeding, 2 on the Back feeding off Right and left of the Bed with an Axe, to Bust the Wires and Feed Non stop, until the loads were Gone, the Third person Drove. It is interesting to see the Other side of this for making Hay, and Loading it for Storage. I Liked that we Never Had to Lift Bales and Load them, Just back Up, Tilt the Bed Up, and back into the Stack, Hydraulic Hooks on the Bed would Turn and Grab the Bails, then Tilt the Bed Back to Level, with 64 bales at a Time. The Mechanic for the Trucks Said the Trucks were Actually REO Speed wagons, Converted to Flat bed Trucks, His Name and He was older than the other person was Elvis Presley.
I had a NewHoland 68 baler that I used to bale hay with. It was older than the one you got. Because the knotter was all open with no cover on it. But it worked great!
Good job, glad You could get your hay wrapped up and stored away for winter. We’ll be looking for you anytime you got time to put out a video, hopefully we all understand that once in awhile there’s more to life than RUclips🤙
Great job...!! I know from experience what you mean about working months on end with no time off - no fun at all - Don't worry about You Tube - we'll be here for you when you return to your usual routine - Take care, and thanks for sharing....
Things went so much smoother this year. Also having Rebecca driving while you stack made things lots better too. Great team work. Tell Rebecca I am impressed with how she is able to lift and stack those bales. Absolutely amazing. Y'all have a Blessed day.
Haybine is the ticket. The bar is good for clearing the road edges. But the haybine's rollers dry the hay faster and that way more leaf is in the bale. Plus less bleaching of the hay. This sure brought back some memories of long hot summer days. Good luck in your farm/ family.
The baler plunger going forward and backwards causes the rocking motion in the baler, and this is transferred to the tractor. If you can either use a larger pin or a collar around the pin where the baler hitches to the tractor, you can remove most of that slack and most of that rocking motion. Your work on the Sickle is awesome, and I appreciate the riveting of the little pieces on the head and shoe. Thanks for sharing.
I've worked under a tin roof without A/C all my life so I know the heat struggle. The hay gives off its on heat it's collected from the sun. It's great that your loving partnership with your wife and willingness to help makes it easier!
When I was younger and growing up grandpa still ran the farm and every March just before the grass started growing good he would pull the baler into the shop and we will replace every bearing and it, sharpen the blades to where they were razor-sharp, If the knotters had a groove in them we would weld those up and then reshape them. That was how my grandfather would get to baler ready to work. Remember we were custom bailing and turning out several thousand bales a year so having made a reliable very important. Grandpa never let the bailer set outside in the off-season it was always under the shed. Now remember the super 78 we had very little trouble with but the next one we got was a 269 And it was a pain from the very start.
I will agree with you on the 269. I bought one at a farm auction that was nearly new and it gave me so much trouble I ended up using the old NH 68. At the end of the season I sold both and bought a 24T John Deere. One of the BEST purchases in my entire farming days.
I’m a retired Iowa farmer, got an ole NH baler, on homemade 22’ bale trailer, my record is 10 high 255 straw plastic tie bales, all by myself on rack, straw bales are slick, baler driven by Dad, yes I’m bragging haha.
Looks like you got your job done doesn't matter how old the Machinery is long as it works why is little boy I bailed 150 acres that's how I made my money in my allowance we had a rope and a winch pull the bells up into The Hayloft stacked them I sure miss those days I'm 67 years old now but thank you so much for bringing back memories from me I enjoyed it very well I wish you and your family the best looking for new videos for sure God bless🙏 take care
Great job on the hay, and a country girl, she's a tuff lady and she knows how to throw the hay bales. I really like the channel, gives a lot of insite to the real life struggles with equipment and weather on a farm🤗
Hey guy, you never let go of the hook, use it to help toss the bales, it will give you great leverage. The trick is to use the hook and, your knee to load the bales. Great old New Holland baler. I used all New Holland hay equiptment.
Back in the 1960's we baled with a Farmall H and a International 45 baler. Since we were poor and couldn't afford to have it repaired or buy a new baler, I rode the twin box. Sat in that dust storm for years. When I saw a knot not tied I would yell for dad to stop, and he would tie it in the bale chamber, so we didn't waste twine.
I love coming back and see your videos when you are using old equipment.
Someone needs to do this guys farm work so he can restore all this old farm equipment to new.
I like your videos, it shows that things don’t always go perfect. There is always maintenance issues and you’re good at fixing things. Keep doing what you’re doing.😊
Reminds me of when I was a kid loading hay. 60 years ago seems like yesterday.
Pleasure to see such a old machine working perfectly
The baler did such a good job it deserves a fresh coat of red paint in the winter make it blend in with tractor ;)
YEP
NOOOO!! Vintage patina is so much better.
Don't paint it. Keep it under the shed.....
that and some grease and theyll be good
Paint it it’s ugly asf
at 4:18.............I admire someone who is willing to give others' suggestions a try.
If it works for you , you keep doing it.
If it doesn't you don't.
You sure are a hard working couple who are enjoyable to watch. 👍
You have one special lady to help you out as much as she does. Congratulations to you both!
this is what relationships are supposed to be like, too bad fembots ruined it for most of us.
Most farm wives... even if they have a job in town... help do everything on the farm. Working just as hard as the husband. My mother was one of those women. She was a generational farmer, and wouldn't have done it any other way. Even after "retirement", she wasn't happy unless she was outside working... until dementia forced her to stay inside.😞
Great video and high five to your wife. Great teamwork. My motto, working together makes playing together better.
You and your wife work well together. That is quite a lot of very hard work.
Looks like a great job putting up hay. My grandfather told me to always keep 2 years worth of hay at a time. You never know when a drought will come. Old hay is better than no hay. My grandfather lived through the dust bowl and taught me a lot.
mine says even if its crappy hay it will beat a snow drift
My Mom lived through the Dust Bowl. She told me that on the farm house, she and my Grandma would place wet sheets over the windows to keep the dust levels down.
wise man your grandfather was my stepparent were my great-great-grandparents the did a great job raising this mistake my birth parent said i was the nickname stayed with me the wiser old people all they know be the mistake, name
Thank you for not begging for subscribers every video, that gets old from all the other channels. I enjoy your content, usually the first ones I watch each evening. The "realness" is what keeps me coming back.
So happy you got that hay off the field and safe and sound in the barn!! Go Rebekah!!! Proud of you, girl 😁
Good to see you driving the new tractor Rebekah you both did well working together. Awesome 👏
Thanks to your wife she did great lots of hay!! You did great to!!
Great result and great team work. Congratulations.
I like seeing that baler go to work. So nice.
JudithB Yay!!! Rebecca! I always loved making hay even tho it was hot, sweaty and the hay always went down the back of shirt! LOL Raking into the long rows sure makes it easier to bale and pick up!! My son was 9 when we had him driving the pickup, while I was stacking in back using 2 hay hooks. He sure stomped on the gas and brake a lot!!! You could put a box fan in the barn while unloading. It always felt so great to have all the garden done and processed, cow and a hog sent to the processor to fill the secondary freezer, and getting the firewood split and stacked coming into Oct. I am still in the garden and the tiny freezer is full, but I feel only half way ready for winter.
Bring back some memories
I watch this and see how you and your wife work together , and I got to say she is very capable . My wife struggles to operate a vacuum cleaner, my hat is off to you , you got a good wife.
You are a strong hardworking man.
Rebecca did a great job driving the tractor/bailer.
When I lived on the farm back in the mid to late 60s, we had a baler that was a two wire. It made 100# bales.Some of the Best alfalfa hay in North Texas! I still love the odor of freshly baled hay to this day! We would have a crew stack it on a trailer and then restack it in the barn.
Our cattle loved it and so did our horse and goats. I also fed it to my pig. We also hired out to a lot of our neighbors to bale their hay too.
Those were the good old days!
Well that baler, after your diligence in in maintenance, really performed so much better than last year! No wonder your thrilled! Don't work yourself into the ground.... We'll miss you! Take care!
Sir I know that is hard working stacking that wagon. But from here in PA it was total relaxation watching you do it. The best times of my life as a kid in the 70's on my grandfather's farm. Thanks for the extra trouble to shoot the video.
Good job you guys. Your maintenance on the baler paid off. I’ve watched all your struggles with it and sickle bar mower. You have a gem of a wife in Rebecca helping you out like she does. I had a dream the other night I visited you on your farm. Crazy I know. 😂😂😂
The equipment worked really well and you now have plenty of hay and Rebecca has the tractor under control. Every thing is working well for you.
Great team work!
Love the videos... it has inspired me and wife to work towards a small acreage and get back to the way our ancestors lived and get away from the city living
The secret with a sickle bar cutting successfully is that the sections are really sharp and that they function like a scissors against the finger surface, that is that there is no free play, without being too tight. This can be achieved by finely adjusting those little above retainers forward or backwards.
Difficult to explain, but easy to do.
IT DELIGHTS MY ❤️ 2SEE BOTH OF YOU WORKING TOGETHER… YOU
BOTH ARE A JOY TO WATCH & AN AWESOME COUPLE…BLESSINGS
Outstanding video.
Boy does that bring back memories.
Great to see success after problems with first cut.
Great job Rebecca! Evan great job on stacking and keeping all that equipment running so good! Love all your videos! Look forward to the next ones!♡♡♡♡ Don't work to hard! God bless you guys!
Reminds me of when I was growing up bailing with our super 78 hayliner built by new Holland in 1957.
Thank you for sharing. Good luck with the shift work.
Like your films, admire how you balance this with the day job. Hope your work shift is not too arduous.
I remember those days. My wife would drive while I would be on the wagon stacking. we were lucky enough to have 2 wagons so 2 people could be out baling while 2 more people would unload into the barn. By the time they unloaded and had a free wagon, we would drive a loaded wagon to the barn and take the empty wagon back to the field. you may need a system(and help) like this if you start baling that second field.
Things are going well, the two of you did very well two gather ! Fun to watch. Thanks again ! ! 😊
Well I hate that the videos are going to slow down but I am a plant worker and we do a couple outages a year so i understand! Be safe and I'll be looking forward to the next one!
Fantastic teamwork makes it more fun and rewarding
Great job. That’s hard work😀
Thx for sharing another nice video. Good luck with the 12H shifts ;-) Greetings from Belgium
It still looks good, job well done
Looking forward to the next video
Great job and teamwork. That bailer working like that is proof that preventative maintenance pays off when the sun is out and it’s hot…. Thanks for sharing
I am glad something finally went right. Sometimes your afternoon ritual of praying to the sun god really does work. Glad all your hard work is paying off. Someday you may have to get an elevator to stack higher. Makes it easy to pull up to. It can be moved in and out for putting the bales where you need them. I see why when I helped the neighbor they had a thrower on the bailer to the wagon. It is a lot of hot work no matter how you do it. Usually takes two people. Hopefully you can find a haybine to work on this winter. Sure there is a yard sale somewhere lol. Hope work goes well. We have been working a lot due to storm damage. We just had more storms roll through again. I am ready for things to slow a little. Have a great week...
Hey Evan I hope you an Rebecca had a few beers after you day of baling and bringing in the hay. Both of you earned it
Hot and humid is pretty much an every day thing for us in North Florida. I usually alternate between a water and a Gatorade during the day to stay hydrated. The other thing that I like to do is put a ziploc bag of cut fruit in my cooler to snack on throughout the day. It's a cool snack and keeps me going between meals.
Much like you and Rebeka my wife and I are much more efficient when we work together on something. Baling in your situation is so much easier and more efficient with two people.
Regarding the 12 hour shifts for several consecutive days, I did it for many years when I was in the Navy. Of course for me it was kind of different because what else are you going to do in your off-time on a ship out at sea? The long days (nights) did make the time go by quickly, so that was a plus. It would probably be a bit more frustrating working those hours while being home. Good luck and stay focused on the job at hand and hopefully it will pass by quickly for you.
Great effort... Nice to see how much Rebecca helps. Y'all are tremendous together...
Outstanding equipment that yall are using, old with some a great new tractor.
I worked on The ZX Ranch in Oregon When I was a Young Buck, We Used a REO Speedwagon Truck, to Pick up and Feed Cattle, it Would Hydraulicly Tilt the Bed, grab a Stack of Bales, 64 count in one Pick up from the Haystacks. We Loaded and Fed Cattle, 11 to 12 loads a Day x 64 Each and Every Day. 2 crews. Fed them, I was Part of One. 3 man Crew Feeding, 2 on the Back feeding off Right and left of the Bed with an Axe, to Bust the Wires and Feed Non stop, until the loads were Gone, the Third person Drove. It is interesting to see the Other side of this for making Hay, and Loading it for Storage. I Liked that we Never Had to Lift Bales and Load them, Just back Up, Tilt the Bed Up, and back into the Stack, Hydraulic Hooks on the Bed would Turn and Grab the Bails, then Tilt the Bed Back to Level, with 64 bales at a Time. The Mechanic for the Trucks Said the Trucks were Actually REO Speed wagons, Converted to Flat bed Trucks, His Name and He was older than the other person was Elvis Presley.
I had a NewHoland 68 baler that I used to bale hay with.
It was older than the one you got.
Because the knotter was all open with no cover on it.
But it worked great!
I haven't baled hay for more than 50 years, and this took me right back to those days!
Good job, glad You could get your hay wrapped up and stored away for winter. We’ll be looking for you anytime you got time to put out a video, hopefully we all understand that once in awhile there’s more to life than RUclips🤙
Great job...!! I know from experience what you mean about working months on end with no time off - no fun at all - Don't worry about You Tube - we'll be here for you when you return to your usual routine - Take care, and thanks for sharing....
Things went so much smoother this year. Also having Rebecca driving while you stack made things lots better too. Great team work. Tell Rebecca I am impressed with how she is able to lift and stack those bales. Absolutely amazing. Y'all have a Blessed day.
100 # bales. Not the huge bales of today. Still was a chore to stack it.
Impressed with both you and your teammate!
Back in the 1960's we had a New Holland Hayliner 68....twine tie. Great video!
Lordy, I remember those days.
Haybine is the ticket. The bar is good for clearing the road edges. But the haybine's rollers dry the hay faster and that way more leaf is in the bale. Plus less bleaching of the hay.
This sure brought back some memories of long hot summer days. Good luck in your farm/ family.
You guys sure are becoming farmer's....God Bless!
It’s so good to see the old equipment still being used kudos to you and your family God bless
Looks like all of your repairs have paid off. Great
Praying all goes well with the job work. I never liked 12 HR shifts. With the farm on top of that, you need extra help from God.
I'm gonna miss your videos. I look forward to each and everyone.
Thank you for sharing, much appreciated.
You and Rebecca……two hard working people!
It’s really cool to watch y’all do that really cool👍👍👍👍
Great Teamwork! Great videos
It’s great to see you both have so much pleasure in this work
The baler plunger going forward and backwards causes the rocking motion in the baler, and this is transferred to the tractor. If you can either use a larger pin or a collar around the pin where the baler hitches to the tractor, you can remove most of that slack and most of that rocking motion. Your work on the Sickle is awesome, and I appreciate the riveting of the little pieces on the head and shoe. Thanks for sharing.
Some nice hay !.. That's hard work .. such a lovely couple .. Take it easy on shift ...
That is Quite the Sunburn !!!
EVAN YOU SURE HAVE SOME GOOD HELP, BALER WORKING GOOD.
God bless you both.
Spent many hours on the chute. Memories.
I love the D17. Great tractor
Rebecca is getting to be a very good tractor operator!!!!
I've worked under a tin roof without A/C all my life so I know the heat struggle. The hay gives off its on heat it's collected from the sun. It's great that your loving partnership with your wife and willingness to help makes it easier!
When I was younger and growing up grandpa still ran the farm and every March just before the grass started growing good he would pull the baler into the shop and we will replace every bearing and it, sharpen the blades to where they were razor-sharp, If the knotters had a groove in them we would weld those up and then reshape them. That was how my grandfather would get to baler ready to work. Remember we were custom bailing and turning out several thousand bales a year so having made a reliable very important. Grandpa never let the bailer set outside in the off-season it was always under the shed. Now remember the super 78 we had very little trouble with but the next one we got was a 269 And it was a pain from the very start.
I will agree with you on the 269.
I bought one at a farm auction that was nearly new and it gave me so much trouble I ended up using the old NH 68.
At the end of the season I sold both and bought a 24T John Deere.
One of the BEST purchases in my entire farming days.
Great to know that all your equipment worked great.
I’m a retired Iowa farmer, got an ole NH baler, on homemade 22’ bale trailer, my record is 10 high 255 straw plastic tie bales, all by myself on rack, straw bales are slick, baler driven by Dad, yes I’m bragging haha.
They may be "slick" but they are LIGHTER than hay bales.
And that folks is what we call “nature’s gym”.
Looks like you got your job done doesn't matter how old the Machinery is long as it works why is little boy I bailed 150 acres that's how I made my money in my allowance we had a rope and a winch pull the bells up into The Hayloft stacked them I sure miss those days I'm 67 years old now but thank you so much for bringing back memories from me I enjoyed it very well I wish you and your family the best looking for new videos for sure God bless🙏 take care
Looks like a great 2nd cutting! You are the comeback kid!
Rebecca is a professional. Great job and another great video.
Great job on the hay, and a country girl, she's a tuff lady and she knows how to throw the hay bales. I really like the channel, gives a lot of insite to the real life struggles with equipment and weather on a farm🤗
All the hard work on the equipment paying off. 👍👍💞
It's adorable watching you stack hay......hahaha...... you've never hauled hay before, that's no doubt
Look out for you later. Stay safe both of you. Brian from Spain.
i like the music that you use,much better than others!
Behind every good man there is a good woman. You both make a great team. Hang on to her Evan she is a keeper. God bless you both and your farm.
Hey guy, you never let go of the hook, use it to help toss the bales, it will give you great leverage. The trick is to use the hook and, your knee to load the bales. Great old New Holland baler. I used all New Holland hay equiptment.
That was super cool to watch. 👍😊🇮🇪
Glad your little field is coming back nicely .nice vid 👍
Back in the 1960's we baled with a Farmall H and a International 45 baler. Since we were poor and couldn't afford to have it repaired or buy a new baler, I rode the twin box. Sat in that dust storm for years. When I saw a knot not tied I would yell for dad to stop, and he would tie it in the bale chamber, so we didn't waste twine.
Glad today went good for you.
Amazing ! Job well done by both of you ! Stay strong , enjoy ! Congratulations !!