We're Picking Rock
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- We're picking rock and hauling corn. It wouldn't be a day on the farm if something didn't break in the grain bins.
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Zach Johnson, the “Millennial Farmer” is a 5th-generation farmer who’s spent his life growing, working, and learning on his family’s farm. His wit and dry sense of humor appeal to children and adults alike. A product of the millennial generation, his appreciation of new technology blends with his old-fashioned work ethic, and he offers a unique ability to deliver his message in a way that resonates with lifelong farmers as well as those with no knowledge of agriculture.
With growing consumer awareness about where their food comes from, Zach has identified the need for an independent voice from the front lines of agriculture. Zach actively promotes agriculture by sharing his day-to-day experiences in the agriculture world while providing farmer-to-farmer education to help facilitate a collaborative conversation between farmers and the public.
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Becky Johnson
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Dear Editor: You'll probably never know how many of us appreciate the work you do behind the camera. Many, many thanks!
I second that! You guys make a great team working both sides of the camera. Many, many thanks from all of us!
THANK YOU BECKY
Couldn't agree more!
Yes
Thank You for the great videos!!
Always a good woman behind a successful man!
There's always something so satisfying about watching rocks banging into that bin.
“Back in my day we had to pick rocks using a stone boat and a team of horses. You don’t know how lucky you are nowadays.” -My father, at least twice a spring
Yes sir.
Flat bed wagon with dad driving and us kids picking rocks. We also had a good rock harvest. 😀
And then came the 2 cylinder JD. One small step up and push the hand clutch to move ahead.
I grew up on the farm, but sometimes would hire out as a teenager. Had a neighbor who would get a few of us for rock picking. We had great times, even though it was tough to get out of bed the next day with all of the sore muscles knowing you had to do the same thing all over again.
We did it by hand🤣🤣
And dont forget how the horses would head to the next rock on their own......LOL
We call the rocks winter pumpkins here in Indiana! Lol
Haha we call em a pain!
And we call them a rock 😂
Exactly!!
Where in Indiana are you from cause I live on The Shelby county Decatur county line In St. Paul Indiana in southeastern central Indiana
Someone once told me something along the lines of "It never f*ing ends..." 🤣
If your listeners were wearing headphones they felt like they were standing next to you when you tightened that hitch. I did. Great video
I am a arborist, I spend my day hanging from a rope using a chainsaw up a tree but yet farming is so dangerous it makes me nervous, see farmers in bins and auger right next to their feet makes me have sweaty palms. 😬😬🤞🏻
I've done both. Kind of a toss up in my opinion. Both very dangerous. I'm thankful that I survived both without serious injury.
The auger is off and wouldn't be turned on...unless, ya know, someone pushed the wrong button (lockout-tagout? On a farm?! LMAO pls). The much scarier part is the holes in the floor you can only kinda sorta see. All those dips in the corn? There's a hole there with a very strong chain and paddle arrangement that would tear your lower leg clean off and not even notice. He dances around those because while the auger was off, those paddles very much were moving.
Just a quick search for Workers comp. insurance rates for employers. Pruning/logging looks to be 2-3 times higher than row crop farming. Not to say that is necessarily an accurate indicator of which is more dangerous.
Did tree work for a month. One our crew members got super effed up when a 5 meter 40" oak bounced off another bucked piece on the ground and broke his jaw. (Ground line got pulled the wrong way). I was done after that. Not worth 13.00 an hour to me.
Did tree work for a month. One our crew members got super effed up when a 5 meter 40" oak bounced off another bucked piece on the ground and broke his jaw. (Ground line got pulled the wrong way). I was done after that. Not worth 13.00 an hour to me.
16:00 mins in before the first rock gets picked... then 3 rocks get picked after considerable effort... and thats it
I’m in the tractor fertilizing corn right now in Texas and at the beginning of the video when the truck beeped during start up I freaked out and said “WHATS WRONG WITH MY TRACTOR”. Then realized it was the video🤣🤣
I get that a lot 🤣
4:45 - the air bath. I've done it many times.
You had a new grain cart driver last fall. Maybe its time to teach him to pick rocks.
What a surprise to see on Instagram today.
When I was a kid, my brother and I would pick rocks on our uncle's farm. He took the rack off a hay wagon, put some wide boards on the frame and take us out into the field. After it was loaded with rocks, he would pull the wagon onto the rock pile, where we would push or throw enough rocks off until we could move the boards and let the rest of the rocks fall off between them.
Man the 80’s 90’s comedy references are great! I love those. “Not so much here or here but right here” 😂😂
Good God what happened to your face?
Chris Farley reference!
I wonder how many caught the quick reply from Becky? I don't blame her a bit. Be safe, Zach.
Ya need to hook the rock picker into your yield monitor so you know how many bushels your getting an acre.
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That's what I should have told my dad I was doing when I use to rip the Ranger around the yard! I'm tilling the dirt dad, not tearing up the grass!
When I was 18 I worked for a farmer who had a theory that rocks must breed. He figured it was the only thing that made sense. Pick them all and next year the field is full of rocks again.
"Bunny rocks" all shapes and sizes.
Unfortunately machinery likes the taste of them.
When you only pick up the big ones, the little ones grow up.
Just gonna through it out there, what would rock sex look like?
@@hairlesscat6458 I bet it’s dirty and hard.
@@hairlesscat6458
Dusty
Take a scrap wheel weld a 2 inch pipe to it about 6 to 7 feet in height. One quick connect for the airline and add horizontal pipe down to 1/4 inch and you have built a “ blow the dust off the cloths assembly “.
Food for thought
"Wreck the threads on this new bolt yet" Just remember Crossed threads are better than No Threads! LOL
No need to buy those expensive self-locking nuts.
Cross thread is better than Loc-tite! ;)
You really only need the threads at the pitch diameter anyways. You can take to top of the threads off no problem!
I remember doing field work, but picking up rocks as I went along. I was putting the rocks on the platform by my feet. By the time I got done, the brake pedals were buried under the rocks, and not usable.
For people who don't know, that area is full of Canadian top soil and rocks (thanks, Canada!) that was bulldozed south by glaciers during the last ice age. The glaciers melted leaving the rocks scattered around in the nice, rich soil and like Zach said they get raised up to the surface by frost heave and tillage.
When
@@tylerbrown2817 Around 10,000-12,000 years ago for the majority of Minnesota.
Really most of the Upper Midwest was covered by ice at some point but it varies where you’re at. Where I’m at in Iowa we haven’t had glaciers for at least 100,000 years as an example.
Thanks for the great video. Some days on a farm you just want to stop and go have beer when stuff keeps breaking.
Haven’t watched it yet obviously but I’ll go ahead and say it. Another great video! I sure miss farming
You have perfected a new soil test. We shall call it the roost test.😂😂😂
"Needs a little wiggle , that's what she said" the most funniest part
And a B I G G E R L O N G E R hitch pin she chuckled
Hello,
What you need is an automatic air system too blow off the corn dust and dirt. Get 1/2" pipe, 3 peaces with air nozzles and a pressure switch plate. Tie it into the air system so when you step on the pressure plate the air will blow off the corn dust. Just a thought.
Love the video's keep up the good work and god bless and stay safe.
Rock Pickers, looks like all the time playing Foosball comes in handy tiny tap back and forth and you score.
You should invest in a medium size rock crusher whit all the rocks you have on the property then you have material for the roads to use
Great to see the Millenial Farmer wearing the safety glasses. Best of luck with the grain bin issues.
If you have more problems with the elbow leaking on the hydraulic cylinder use plumbers tape on it, the O-rings just don't cut it sometimes.
My daughters have enjoyed past rock picker videos. Happy to see the 6R out there this time. Hint: I think the magic sauce was the montage and song selection.
I saw when you unhooked the quick hitch from the tractor for the stone picker the arms on the skid loader were raised. I have operated a skid loader since 1975 on a dairy farm and still have one even now as I am retired. My first thought when I saw you using it was that I sincerely hoped you were getting on and off the skid loader over the top of the lift arms. In the last 2-3 years two farmers have been killed getting off their skid loaders when the arms were raised and they bumped a valve or a hydraulic line broke. We made it a standing rule to NEVER get off under the arms unless the lift cylinders were blocked or the loader was against some thing so it could not crash down on you. I am nor trying to pick at you, just trying to help you keep safe. You and your whole family do an outstanding job both on You Tube and farming. I've been down some of the same farming roads as you so I have an idea what it is like. Be safe . Larry in Michigan
Thank you, Zach, Becky and Johnson family, for bringing us along with you! 👍🏼 Even more so, thank you for being great American farmers!!! 👍🏼🇺🇸👍🏼 Very much appreciated! 😊
Rocks, what rocks? Come west young man we will show you rocks. At my old place we would have blown your rock rake apart.
Thanks for what you do.
I dont miss the constant repairs.
If people only new the challenges a farmer has on a daily bases. Keep up the great content, cheers 🇨🇦
When my dad was a farmer he had a rock picker. It didn't work very good and it always made a whiny type of noise. He tried selling it but nobody thought it was worth much. He even tried giving it away with no luck. Luckily for him I moved out after I graduated from high school!!
😂😂
From Laura Farms to Millennial Farmer videos!!
Small world ... He does like to try new things . I knew it .
Thanks for reminding me of how much work farming can be. I usually was just a spectator from long ago when I had some time on a farm.
Prayers for your dad
You should see if you can get your hands on a few loads of asphalt millings right from the job site. Grade it and compact it on a hot summer day. No dust
Love how organized and clean he keeps everything. This is a guy I would love to work with and for
Every spring on my Grandfather's farm, we'd hitch up a flat wagon, and walk ahead of the tractor picking up rocks - sometimes we'd have to team pick them due to weight. This was in eastern Wisconsin where the glaciers lefts lots of rocks...
I'm now inspired to fire up my own John Deere...and mow my little third acre! Exclusively no-till, just an occasional dethatch...
Love your channel ❤!
We just picked a rock out of our field with our 4020 loader and we blew the front tires out 😂
ello from Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada. Great show’s thanks for sharing with us.
I am always amazed at how organized your shop is and how clean you keep everything.
It feels like once the rock picking video comes out you're really starting field work for the year.
That sucks 2 grain bins are down sounds like a head ache of a job to do and very interesting about the frost and the rocks coming up in the field u learn something new everyday
I try to convince people the rocks fall from the sky. Gotta stay on your toes out there.
Smart man doing good preventative maintenance, lots of farmers just drive them without maintenance
9:40 I always wondered how they made buttered popcorn
Cheeky
@@stuartkcalvin and icky!
Ahahahahaha
dust control
Hey cole
I sure wish we had a rock picker like that. We form a line of 5 guys about 6 yards apart and two 5 gallon Buckets each and pick up every rock we can find. And then Dump them in a front loader bucket. Its an annual 20 walk. Least I can put a "32.2k" sticker on my pickup for all those people who care about that kinda thing.
Not for nothing, Jim is my favorite cast member of the Millennial Farm.
I would love a video on Jim.. his background and stuff.. he seems like a interesting guy!
We need to see Onyx running the 9570 this spring. I can imagine that big goofy grin as he is turning some dirt.
3 quick things. 1- The rock picker is killer. The rock picker we had growing up was me and Dad driving a tractor with a flat bed trailer. 2 - Pretty sure Gearwrench has wrench racks for sale? Save ya some room in those tool box drawers. 3 - On your worst days, you really seem to stay 99% calm and never let it get the best of ya. Commendable Sir!
I always stop...calibrate and listen...when I’m setting up guidance systems...I’ll try your hammer strap technique next time I’m changing out a hitch.
Ahh the rock picking... when my dad bought his one 200ish-acre field just above the west bank of the James River in SD 20ish years ago and broke what wasn't previously broken, we picked it pretty clean (with the help of an old chisel plow, purpose-made wheel loader attachments, a Loftness skid-steer picker, and much hand work) till we had a pile about the footprint of his 100' square farm shop. Somehow he got hooked up with people looking for prairie rock for landscaping / decorative use in some suburb of Omaha and was able to sell the whole pile to them.
“70 percent of the time, it works every time.”
When I was a kid in the 1950s and 60s (yes I'm old!) we use to drive through your area on the way to our cabin in Park Rapids. All the fields had rock piles 8 to 10 feet high in different parts of the same field. We didn't have that many in our fields in Nebraska. Can only imagine how hard that is on your equipment.
Love the Tommy Boy reference haha..
old farming neighbor was also a MASTER MASON .... he would say ''this rock costed me money, I dang (not that word was used) SURE going to USE it!!!'' he had an awesome stone patio, and a BBQ and a FIREPLACE and .... ;)
Zach, Becky, et al; I can’t wait til this amazingly entertaining channel gets to 1M. I’ve been watching since you all had sub 300K. Keep it, ah, you know.
Here in Sweden we use equipment in the front of the tractor. Much faster and easier - google "stengrep frontlyft" and then you will see. What you are using is just another expensive machine that can break and that also is much slower.
Zach has inspired me to want to be a farmer. Love the vids!❤️
Me to
What is?
A normal farm day go from one job to the other and break downs come up and in the back of the mind I have to get this done or ready and there is something else needs your attention, so it goes!
If its not dry.......and its not wet........would you call that.....................Moist? :)
Also, 7:50. I love a good Tommy Boy reference!
Flat bed hooked up to the super C and pitch forks were how we picked rocks.... the joys of farming on a glacial ridge....
Your dad with the 2021 ram 😱 and you with the duramax 😱🔥😂
I actually don't think his is a duramax, I think its a gas
gas not diesel bud
@@theboat6582 no they are not they are diesel
We have put down almost 4 miles of crushed concrete on our roads. The price was great and our only issue is the dust when it gets really dry. Our 10 ft land plane keeps it in good shape.
I'm thinking Onyx should be able to run the rock picker with an hour or so of instruction. He probably would not mind.
Except by the time they adjust the tractor seat so he can drive he won’t be able to see out the back very well.
Run the picker spool backwards first to kick the rock up onto the surface to grab it easier.
Zach I’m guessing your family is from Småland in Sweden, so you can add a couple of hundred of years of rock picking. Småland is one of those hopelessly rocky places (one of the reasons people left for the states).
Millennial's and automation. Back in the day, it was the John Deere A, stone boat, shovel, two hands and a good back. And after you got to the rock pile, it was unloading the stone boat by human hydralics, a/k/a, two hands and a good back. I guess it was better than having to work with a team of horses, right?
yay another video, watching from ireland 🇮🇪
What I most appreciate is that you show the truth about farming and how much work is needed
Hey zack love seeing all the Canadian made equipment on the farm. Degalman, mandako. Just awesome to see. From Saskatchewan.
Just wanted to let you know that degalman industries is in Hillsboro North Dakota
Made in Canada based in Canada ND is tge USA arm
I didn’t know that they were based out of the ND
@@trevorkasas6520 Since 2016
Cool thanks I learn something today. That’s good
I was watching a video where you were having to ride with your son because of the sensor switch. You can use a jumper wire to bypass the safety switch. I had the same problem and that’s how I fixed my tractor.
The Rock picker saves a lot of money over long period of time by not getting equipment tore up
My uncle would love to have that rock picture on his Rock Farm and Northwestern Pennsylvania used to have to pick Every Spring before planting what a pain in the ass Rock picker good
It's NOT the SIZE of the TOOL that Matters, It's the Amount of TORQUE a MAN Uses that Counts!! 😎
But if you over torque an undersized shaft you will ruin the nuts.
@@delbutler885 😂
@@delbutler885 😂😂
Harvesting perennials is an every year event in western Minnesota. Glacial till is rich soil, but has rocks. My family has held annual rock harvests for over 150 years.
My heart sinks when my guys tell me there's a problem with the grain bins. I know it's going to be a ballache of a dirty job to fix.
That crushed concrete is the absolute best stuff for driveways! Just beware of chunks of various metal that the processing planes magnet might have missed. But other than that it's awesome. And you're recycling
Nice to see that your dad knows what a real truck is
Watching the rock picker in action is probably my favorite videos. Yes, I know I’m crazy as hell. The only difference between me and people in the cookie house is I’m comfortable with my insanities.
Can we get a "Dad's new lawn update?"
Yes! See if its as good as the Freedom Factory
@@Leofred2000 I had to smile when I read your remark. I wonder how many of us on this channel also watch Cleetus.
If it's not wet and not dry it must be MOIST!🤣
God bless you and your family.
When you thought Zach was actually fixing something, but it turned out to just be a w-d40 commercial.
Lol
I noticed little green corn shoots popping up down here on the Mississippi river bottoms near Columbia Illinois today. Here's hoping for a good harvest for all the farmers.
Zach, rock seeds are not a good cover crop. Lol
Nothin like a CAT start in the morning. We got a real healthy low mileage ‘06 T800 50 ton wrecker with a 475 C15 CAT under the hood. Man that truck runs good. Fires up and idles very good. I can get on it and it’ll take it no problem. My mistake it might be a 45 ton. (I don’t drive the truck) Eaton 8 or 10 speed it’s got. Not bad truck.
I'm glad I'm not the only one that can't hammer left handed. I just don't get it. It just doesn't work very good.
man, living in North Dakota and hearing all the grain bin stories I have, thats some pretty narly yet necessary work. you guys are awesome, keep it up
For power tools I recomend Milwaukee.
Milwaukee Fuel for the win. Can’t believe how much time we save on our farm using their power tools.
@@prairiefarmer5994 Right.
I remember the miles I walked picking stones. With peas gotta be extra careful. Using a hoe for pumpkins.
Early gang 🏆🏆 greetings from Saskatchewan, Canada 🇨🇦
Like other post stated, we picked up rocks by hand and put them on a sled in the old days. Then the mules pulled the sled.
Got one to big, then bring out the dynamite.
Yeeehaaaa!!
Great video. 😎👍👌
I thought you were going to go with...
Alright stop, collaborate and listen
Ice is back with my brand new invention
Maybe another time.
On the Grain Bins? Get rid of the chains and go direct shaft like some motor cycles do. May cost you up front but savings over time with the break down problems you have with chains. A gear box here and there, solves the problems.
When you were finished with getting the Rock Picker ready to pick and you smiled at the camera, you are a funny dude!!!!!!!