Wow, good thing you had the equipment to deal with the hard ground. Looks like the white was struggling pretty hard when you was ripping it. Thanks for the videos Michael
I totally appreciate and enjoy your science based content (along with the rest of course). Still to this day I don't know how my grandad use to grow a 1/4 + acre garden and farm from before daylight until after dark but he used to faithfully send soil samples every year to our local University's Ag sciences lab for his garden (and yard as needed). Between that and using the old farmer's almanac for when to plant he used to always have stunning gardens. Even in the 80's and 90's when I was growing up the farmland was faithfully sampled every year and didn't rely on their own intuition. Their yields vs neighbors who did their own thing were always positive proof that science works. If I had known agronomy was a thing back then I would have taken a different path. Take care, best wishes, and keep the content coming as you have time.
What a rock! I thought it would probably be compacted some, but that was incredible. Good thing you switched to the ripper. And all the metal objects, wow! You might want to look over your tires really well. Hope you don't pick up something while you're discing. Those darn bee hives must be pretty good size. At least you didn't get stung this time.
Looks like it worked down good , always fun to discover things you'll find in a field your reclaiming. Be nice to get a inch of rain on it then disc it , be good to see ya disc it n then seeded. From turkey creek farms be safe n thankful
kid you not, that is still magnificent proof that real horsepower beats fake torquepower every time. Reminds me of a guy who took over a broad driveway (80') to plant in and had to till it with an excavator the first time. Huge trees off to each side, pile of roots pulled out about 10 foot tall, 20 wide and over 100 long that we burned. (scouts)
Imagine the pioneers breaking the prarie, except with a lot less horsepower than what you have. Kind of incredible they were able to do it. Great video!
That's like trying to roll over concrete..... Sure gave the 77 a work out. The ripper even pulled hard. Dam. Thanks for the post Ethan. Take care. Fred.
Sounds like the governor needs adjusted on the ole 77. She sounds awesome but the governor should have kicked in under load. It still hard ass ground and bringing out the big guns is always 😁
In Ga. in 1972 what was then Ga Power Co wanted to put in a big mega transmission line much like yours. They actually bought at fair market value 10 acres of my father in laws land from him. They told him he could sell or it would be taken under immient domain. It was pasture for all these years until I started working it. Power company said yes you can do that but you have to sign a "contract" of sorts telling you what can and cannot do to the land. They actually like this because they don't have to pay contractors to keep it mowed or sprayed.
That's odd to me that people would be freaking out about farming on a "powerline right-of-way". Hell there's a powerline in darn near 40-50% of fields around where I live. My grandpas 30 Acre hay field has two in it, one at the edge and one out in the middle. Annoying as hell, but we just farm around it.
@@wilsonfarms2017 same as in Australia the big power lines not allowed within 500 feet of one. due to it could shoot electric spark at your tractor. .and shit out machine wouldn't fit near it anyways big old stieger
On a field originally broke in the 1920's it was left in alfalfa/brome for 11 years. With an WD-9 pulling a 10 or 12 ft chisel plough about 80% of the tread on a pair of 18 X 26 tires on only 50 acres. That was tough ploughing. What you did was just insanely hard ploughing.
Good thing the ole White was around cause that was some of the hardest ground I’ve ever seen being worked up I’ve never pulled a plow in something that hard. Wow!!
That's one hard and tough field, it's like a box of cracker Jack's you don't know what you'll find. I've see helicopters used in my area to do tree trimming, looking like larger circular saws on a 12' long bar
It's amazing the shit you find trying to reclaim ground eh? Usually it finds it's way into the equipment. We had a power cut going through our farm when I was a kid. As soon as you mentioned the easement I was like "Yup". Not surprised the ground is hard, when they put those tower lines in they just levelled everything for 208' with massive dozers & hilltops like that usually had most of the good dirt shoved off to the side or into the next low spot.
Here's a trick we use on our farm. We take 2 white zip ties, put 1 on the hydraulic hose and 1 on the coupling on the tractor cut the tail off, but you can see right away where the hose goes makes hooking up easer. Just a thought for you.
50 years of powerline right away........I could only imagine the compaction and herbicides making that land fallow as all get out. The Silver Bullet shall turn it over!
Had a idea about not enough fertilizer worth spreading u can get cat litter mixed with it to thin it out bit so long as it’s worth doing had to do that with my garden when I had blossom end rot really bad and only had a large seed spreader Probably not worth your time but might help in the future on small plots like this
I pulled 3 -14's with a 770 Oliver diesel! you're not very deep either! That's some hard ground, If it was a little wet, it would go better! Looks to me like a survey marker- years ago when they surveyed to set boundaries, they would put one of those markers in, So, that would be a reference point, you're not supposed to take them out! We have one of them on our property! See if there is writing on it
A 'right of way' marker for the roadway? Here in NY they use triangle shaped concrete posts on eather side. Maybe marker for the power line? Who knows. Ground looks good though.
Howdy ya'll, Wow, that is some Hard compacted ground, and loaded with surprises, I'm surprised you didn't brake something, glad you didn't brake anything, if you continued to mold board it, you definitely would have done some damage to your mold board and or your tractor, I'm very curious as to what else you find in that little field, just glad to didn't brake anything, or punctured a tire or 4.. what was the white you were running in that field ?? I couldn't see any numbers on it ?? Stay safe, Stay Calm and Farm on my Friend, Peace
I do quite a bit of right of way farming. They’re doing a huge project putting in another line right now, big trucks and whatnot all over one of my hay fields, atleast this company (idk abt other companies) gave a heads up prior to coming and in the past has lied damages when they do work in crop fields
We notill 80% of all the corn and beans but we will rip the ground about every 6 to 7 years. But we have a farm that one FIELD that was not tilled for 17 years , the owner wanted it worked about 10 years ago and it worked real good, but that was the last time it was worked
Tough going! That's almost dozer work. Tree roots: Take the size of the canopy, think diameter. The root system will likely be 3X that size. In urban forestry, it's extremely common to see folks kill large, old trees by cutting off their root systems and their ability to breath oxygen (yes, trees need both CO² and oxygen) with concrete and construction projects. They need a lot more than a little 5' tree well to find the nutrients they need and store them. They will reach a long ways to get it. You are likely seeing some roots from the other side as well I think.
Is the concrete post the center marker for the power line right-of-way if it was contact your county surveyer, so you don't get in trouble as in my state it is ellegal to remove surveyer markers.
We farmed around an under power lines for years. The only thing be careful I left 2 empty wagons under the lines an went to get them an it was hot an very humid an i could feel a little tingle when I picked up the tounge on the wagon. Had that happen a few time's
I have seen that happen. Driving through wet grass under a high voltage line with a pickup one learns to jump onto and off of the pickup or drag a chain off of the trailer hitch for a ground.
Rear diff sure beats the weirdest thing I’ve found in a field lol I think my best was part of an old rotary hoe in some ground by a dredge ditch. And broadcasting then pushing it into the ground with a culimulcher or a field roller raises a better stand than drilling at least with what I’ve experienced/seen.
Utility co. Make a mess leave debri , then dozers come thru and bury everything. Compaction from there trucks and equipment is probably there.let the real tractor pull begin
As a Forester this is a great example to show people how far tree roots can go. Everyone repeats what you always hear that roots only go out as far as the crown of that tree goes. Clearly that's not correct as there no trees out in that power line and haven't been for a LONG LONG time.
I think the people saying you need to put lime on it cause it's new are probably from down here in the south. You can put money on everything needing 1-4 tons of lime per acre down here . Our souls in this state are so acidic. You could put out 200 pounds of fertilizer if you used a three point spreader. You can gate those back pretty good.
I have seen where you couldn't keep a plow or vrip or chisel plow in the ground every time it went in it would come back out hard ground can be fun but you got it done
Your soil has been previously disturbed. It’s entirely possible when the power line was built they stripped the topsoil. Subsequently, you’re tilling subsoil with a tiny bit of loam on top. Thus, the compaction is deep, it was compacted during the construction of the power line years ago, and never recovered. This is not your best soil. It might grow grass, but will struggle to grow much else. You might look on the deed, the power line folks usually want to maintain a right of way that is not to be disturbed.
Good lord. There’s nothing stopping you from farming under power lines. It’s literally no different than high tension lines running through an open 640 acre section. How is that so hard for people to understand. And that soil is the same color and texture on top as it is 14 inches down where I was ripping so no it is not sub soil. Soil tests say it is perfectly good dirt so it will grow whatever you put there.
(lime)( just to help you out on your knowledge) It depends on your soil, some does not need it till 4 years like you stated, (but it depends on your soil some does require lime every year or every other year)
You had mentioned wanting a dump truck, would that Ford in the bushes at I think your uncles be a candidate for a dump truck build or is it too far gone?
Wow, good thing you had the equipment to deal with the hard ground. Looks like the white was struggling pretty hard when you was ripping it. Thanks for the videos Michael
It didn’t like it. Had plenty of power just couldn’t get a bite to pick up traction.
Gives ya new appreciation of what our ancestors went thru 200 yrs ago to clear ground w oxen, horses, or hand tools
They had easy access to dynamite.
I totally appreciate and enjoy your science based content (along with the rest of course). Still to this day I don't know how my grandad use to grow a 1/4 + acre garden and farm from before daylight until after dark but he used to faithfully send soil samples every year to our local University's Ag sciences lab for his garden (and yard as needed). Between that and using the old farmer's almanac for when to plant he used to always have stunning gardens. Even in the 80's and 90's when I was growing up the farmland was faithfully sampled every year and didn't rely on their own intuition. Their yields vs neighbors who did their own thing were always positive proof that science works. If I had known agronomy was a thing back then I would have taken a different path. Take care, best wishes, and keep the content coming as you have time.
It gets pretty deep when you really start delving into it.
Seriously look forward to all your videos. Keep up the good work. From Texas.
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What a rock! I thought it would probably be compacted some, but that was incredible. Good thing you switched to the ripper. And all the metal objects, wow! You might want to look over your tires really well. Hope you don't pick up something while you're discing. Those darn bee hives must be pretty good size. At least you didn't get stung this time.
Everything went fine.
Almost should have taken off the two outside shanks, but you got the job done just fine! Looks good 66!
Boy oh boy that was something I never expected tree roots galore.
Me either.
Great content Ethan love the tractor work👍👍👍👍👍
The ole girl did her job, that worked up a lot better than I thought it would…👌🏻done good hoss🇺🇸
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You do awesome work
Some tough going Ethan but it looks real good now that you worked it up. The poor old Oliver was crying for sure.
Yep
Well shoot, I'm a little late to the party. Just realized you are a posting videos again. Glad to see it.
Looks like it worked down good , always fun to discover things you'll find in a field your reclaiming. Be nice to get a inch of rain on it then disc it , be good to see ya disc it n then seeded. From turkey creek farms be safe n thankful
We could use more than an inch at this point.
Should’ve used a John Deere lol good video keep up the good work God bless!
kid you not, that is still magnificent proof that real horsepower beats fake torquepower every time. Reminds me of a guy who took over a broad driveway (80') to plant in and had to till it with an excavator the first time. Huge trees off to each side, pile of roots pulled out about 10 foot tall, 20 wide and over 100 long that we burned. (scouts)
I can't believe how hard that ground is buddy be safe out there your buddy from Nebraska
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Imagine the pioneers breaking the prarie, except with a lot less horsepower than what you have. Kind of incredible they were able to do it. Great video!
My great great grandfather was a sod buster in MN in the 1850's
Great video, thanks for sharing.
Thanks.
Givver good cussin and forward move.
That's like trying to roll over concrete..... Sure gave the 77 a work out. The ripper even pulled hard. Dam. Thanks for the post Ethan. Take care. Fred.
I was not expecting all that.
New subscriber for about since last fall, love you're content keep up the amazing work
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Sounds like the governor needs adjusted on the ole 77. She sounds awesome but the governor should have kicked in under load. It still hard ass ground and bringing out the big guns is always 😁
You're doing the power co a good deed by keeping the trees away.
Getter done son!!!
Very cool video!
Thanks.
That thing ya hauled out was most likely a highway boundary marker. Nice reclamation job, field will be sweet!
wow that is some tough ground, that tractor is really working hard
Yep
Out of all the things to find in a field I never thought you’d find a rear axel. Ill take that axel it’s like brand new lol
That’s the second one I’ve found.
I can appreciate the work you are putting in to that piece of ground. That soil looks like it broke up fairly decent from what it started out as
I was impressed
Dang that’s some hard ground! Glad you got it done tho!
Yep
Those roots were huge
In Ga. in 1972 what was then Ga Power Co wanted to put in a big mega transmission line much like yours. They actually bought at fair market value 10 acres of my father in laws land from him. They told him he could sell or it would be taken under immient domain. It was pasture for all these years until I started working it. Power company said yes you can do that but you have to sign a "contract" of sorts telling you what can and cannot do to the land. They actually like this because they don't have to pay contractors to keep it mowed or sprayed.
At least they offered to buy it first.
That's odd to me that people would be freaking out about farming on a "powerline right-of-way". Hell there's a powerline in darn near 40-50% of fields around where I live. My grandpas 30 Acre hay field has two in it, one at the edge and one out in the middle. Annoying as hell, but we just farm around it.
They are really inconvenient.
Seems like they kinda alternate, their will be an area jam packed with them and then theirs some that don’t have one for miles
In our area we're not aloud to farm around them at all. They send a mowing crew out Every so often. No idea why.
@@wilsonfarms2017 same as in Australia the big power lines not allowed within 500 feet of one. due to it could shoot electric spark at your tractor. .and shit out machine wouldn't fit near it anyways big old stieger
I enjoy your videos, nice job!
Thanks.
That sure is some hard tractor work going on, that engine was talking. Love the content brother. Keep on keeping on!-Joe Dirt
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On a field originally broke in the 1920's it was left in alfalfa/brome for 11 years. With an WD-9 pulling a 10 or 12 ft chisel plough about 80% of the tread on a pair of 18 X 26 tires on only 50 acres. That was tough ploughing. What you did was just insanely hard ploughing.
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Good thing the ole White was around cause that was some of the hardest ground I’ve ever seen being worked up I’ve never pulled a plow in something that hard. Wow!!
You've never seen or tried upstate NY gravel in August have ya
That's a tough old road there Farm Boy. That kind of dirt here, one pass with a mulcher and good.
Probably would have been better without all the sod on top.
Deadman for the highline,,an old one but a great one
That ground looks to be a lot of hard pan lol. Probably never been plowed before I would guess by them powerlines ?
That's one hard and tough field, it's like a box of cracker Jack's you don't know what you'll find. I've see helicopters used in my area to do tree trimming, looking like larger circular saws on a 12' long bar
They do that here to.
that's a Ford Model T Rivited Rear end... the one side still has the remains of the wood wheel hub still attached..
It's amazing the shit you find trying to reclaim ground eh? Usually it finds it's way into the equipment. We had a power cut going through our farm when I was a kid. As soon as you mentioned the easement I was like "Yup". Not surprised the ground is hard, when they put those tower lines in they just levelled everything for 208' with massive dozers & hilltops like that usually had most of the good dirt shoved off to the side or into the next low spot.
That was years ago. Nature generally softens that stuff back up over time.
Here's a trick we use on our farm. We take 2 white zip ties, put 1 on the hydraulic hose and 1 on the coupling on the tractor cut the tail off, but you can see right away where the hose goes makes hooking up easer. Just a thought for you.
I just put one on the hose that goes to the top coupler.
Nice to have all the equipment needed to do the job right
Yep
So as it was explained to me once. That's how to take the f#@&$ng newness right out of it! Lol. Poor plow.
that is some hard going , but it looks very Good , you were very lucky not to shred a tire, worst is done and discs will make a good seed bed
Yep
With the 480 quality I thought I was watching a video from the early 2000s
So don’t watch. People have to bitch about the stupidest shit….
50 years of powerline right away........I could only imagine the compaction and herbicides making that land fallow as all get out.
The Silver Bullet shall turn it over!
Doing a good job just hard ground
There must have been a bunch of trees in there before the tower was built. Dam that ground is hard.
Had a idea about not enough fertilizer worth spreading u can get cat litter mixed with it to thin it out bit so long as it’s worth doing had to do that with my garden when I had blossom end rot really bad and only had a large seed spreader Probably not worth your time but might help in the future on small plots like this
I pulled 3 -14's with a 770 Oliver diesel! you're not very deep either! That's some hard ground, If it was a little wet, it would go better! Looks to me like a survey marker- years ago when they surveyed to set boundaries, they would put one of those markers in, So, that would be a reference point, you're not supposed to take them out! We have one of them on our property! See if there is writing on it
I plowed a field that had been pasture for 80 years .I had to use my 4040 with a 4 bottom plow
I bet it made the tractor wince.
A 'right of way' marker for the roadway? Here in NY they use triangle shaped concrete posts on eather side. Maybe marker for the power line? Who knows. Ground looks good though.
Only they would know at this point. And they ain’t talking.
Howdy ya'll,
Wow, that is some Hard compacted ground, and loaded with surprises, I'm surprised you didn't brake something, glad you didn't brake anything, if you continued to mold board it, you definitely would have done some damage to your mold board and or your tractor, I'm very curious as to what else you find in that little field, just glad to didn't brake anything, or punctured a tire or 4.. what was the white you were running in that field ?? I couldn't see any numbers on it ??
Stay safe, Stay Calm and Farm on my Friend, Peace
Survey marker for the road, underground marker for utilities. Going to grow some good weeds.
You may need some Lane clearing trees
I do quite a bit of right of way farming. They’re doing a huge project putting in another line right now, big trucks and whatnot all over one of my hay fields, atleast this company (idk abt other companies) gave a heads up prior to coming and in the past has lied damages when they do work in crop fields
100.00 worth of scrap metal 👍👍👍👍👍
That White sure lwould look good with a fresh coat of paint just saying take care
Nothing wrong with the way it is.
We notill 80% of all the corn and beans but we will rip the ground about every 6 to 7 years. But we have a farm that one FIELD that was not tilled for 17 years , the owner wanted it worked about 10 years ago and it worked real good, but that was the last time it was worked
That’s always scary going into new unknown ground with the price of tires
Yep
Just in awe seeing that old White still working they went the way of the 🦤 dodo here along with old allises
that ground will shine up a plow! Wow that is hard.
Yep
Tough going! That's almost dozer work. Tree roots: Take the size of the canopy, think diameter. The root system will likely be 3X that size. In urban forestry, it's extremely common to see folks kill large, old trees by cutting off their root systems and their ability to breath oxygen (yes, trees need both CO² and oxygen) with concrete and construction projects. They need a lot more than a little 5' tree well to find the nutrients they need and store them. They will reach a long ways to get it. You are likely seeing some roots from the other side as well I think.
Is the concrete post the center marker for the power line right-of-way if it was contact your county surveyer, so you don't get in trouble as in my state it is ellegal to remove surveyer markers.
We farmed around an under power lines for years. The only thing be careful I left 2 empty wagons under the lines an went to get them an it was hot an very humid an i could feel a little tingle when I picked up the tounge on the wagon. Had that happen a few time's
I have seen that happen. Driving through wet grass under a high voltage line with a pickup one learns to jump onto and off of the pickup or drag a chain off of the trailer hitch for a ground.
Rear diff sure beats the weirdest thing I’ve found in a field lol I think my best was part of an old rotary hoe in some ground by a dredge ditch. And broadcasting then pushing it into the ground with a culimulcher or a field roller raises a better stand than drilling at least with what I’ve experienced/seen.
That’s actually the second axle I’ve found.
That ground looks drier than a popcorn fart
Utility co. Make a mess leave debri , then dozers come thru and bury everything. Compaction from there trucks and equipment is probably there.let the real tractor pull begin
I think what you pullled out , was an old concrete fence post. They do look like hog barn slats!!!
I don’t think it was tall enough to be a fence post. Whole thing was only 3 feet long if that.
I think in that case it may be a naturally tight soil with a ton of compaction.
For that field you're probably better off using a home garden spreader on the back of a quad.
As a Forester this is a great example to show people how far tree roots can go. Everyone repeats what you always hear that roots only go out as far as the crown of that tree goes. Clearly that's not correct as there no trees out in that power line and haven't been for a LONG LONG time.
This is going to be some pricey hay after all that fuel :D
Don’t know if you know this but there is nothing cheap about putting in hay.
I think the people saying you need to put lime on it cause it's new are probably from down here in the south. You can put money on everything needing 1-4 tons of lime per acre down here . Our souls in this state are so acidic.
You could put out 200 pounds of fertilizer if you used a three point spreader. You can gate those back pretty good.
We have alkaline soils here and lime would really mess the soils up. We live in Sw Kansas.
I have seen where you couldn't keep a plow or vrip or chisel plow in the ground every time it went in it would come back out hard ground can be fun but you got it done
That’s some real compaction.
Your soil has been previously disturbed.
It’s entirely possible when the power line was built they stripped the topsoil.
Subsequently, you’re tilling subsoil with a tiny bit of loam on top.
Thus, the compaction is deep, it was compacted during the construction of the power line years ago, and never recovered.
This is not your best soil.
It might grow grass, but will struggle to grow much else.
You might look on the deed, the power line folks usually want to maintain a right of way that is not to be disturbed.
Good lord. There’s nothing stopping you from farming under power lines. It’s literally no different than high tension lines running through an open 640 acre section. How is that so hard for people to understand. And that soil is the same color and texture on top as it is 14 inches down where I was ripping so no it is not sub soil. Soil tests say it is perfectly good dirt so it will grow whatever you put there.
We farm around them all the time
Nice old barn.is that clay.probably 50 years since plowed
20's to 30's ford rear end.
That was my thought.
(lime)( just to help you out on your knowledge) It depends on your soil, some does not need it till 4 years like you stated, (but it depends on your soil some does require lime every year or every other year)
You still never lime without a soil test no matter where you are.
@@Oliver66FarmBoy never said I don't need to test, just that some ground does need it every year or every other!
I had a farm with power lines going through we always planted soybeans or corn underneath you just can't build anything
hat rear diff you found by the size of it makes me think it is from the model a time frame
That’s what I think.
If you went over that with a disc pulling the color packer behind it you'd be good to go
No you wouldn’t.
It's hard to see but it kinda looks like a highway right away marker.
You never know what you will find in a field.
Holy hell that dirt was hard.Good thing for the White.
Yep
Good thing is they have to control the brush if it grows too close
Yep
Clear the trees and increase the field size.
You had mentioned wanting a dump truck, would that Ford in the bushes at I think your uncles be a candidate for a dump truck build or is it too far gone?
Everything there is junk.
That plow turns a lot of dirt
Is that marker a ROW marker?
If you put that axle on market place your gonna about 50 is this still available and that’s as far as it will go lol
Road right of way marker???
Would that steel piece be a anti sway weight for the power lines?
Doubt it.
My WD 45 woulda torn it up pullin my 6-18s
Probably packed down by Shelly's brother playing mud bog on that ground
Good thing that axle was buried in the ground. You should wouldn’t wanna hit that with your brush hog
Didn’t really want to hit it with anything. Don’t know how I didn’t break a shear bolt.