put a pin or needle into a hot flame and get it glowing red. Then put it into the finger nail where the blood has built up. It will melt through the nail, and when it hits the blood, it will be cooled and it will immediately relieve the pressure and maybe you can save the nail. Best of luck Nick.
You can also take a small, sharp drill bit, and using your fingers of the other hand, "drill" through the nail to relieve the pressure. Just spin the bit back and forth (no need to only turn it in the correct direction), with little down pressure, and you'll get through the nail in a short period of time.
Welkers watching from Indiana. Stop and take a breath to appreciate all your family has accomplished. Your a blessing to those who watch and have been blessed. Awesome content, awesome people and awesome faith in Jesus! Blessings.
@@WelkerFarms Thanks for all of the great videos you make for us RUclips geekers. I want to see you folk dumping on the go into trucks for a change on those long straight rows of wheat. Try it and start a new trend. God bless.
There's something about the drone footage from the welkers that is just purely amazing. I dont know why caseih doesn't have them creating promotional videos for them 🙏
As a child in the 1950's i can remember putting leather strips inside the worn boxings(oak bearings) of the straw walkers on a McCormack threshing machine and they worked great.
I grew up next to a farm and the farmer was like a grandpa to me. we would talk about how stuff used to be fixed. When he started out as a mechanic. Taking coffee cans and cutting sections out of them to be used as shims for axle bearing cups was a common thing.
I look forward to every Welker Farms video! I always learn something. It's so refreshing to see the entire family involved, and the kiddos out there in the combine with dad, it doesn't get much better than that! Robert Welker, such an interesting man, the years of farming, his experience, and wisdom, I could listen to his wisdom and humor all day, and we can't forget Coby. He's Mr. Welkers trusty right hand man. Actually he's a dog, but I don't think he knows it, as far as he knows he's just another member of the family. Keep the great videos coming! ♥️🚜🇺🇸🤍🚜🇺🇸💙🚜🇺🇸
Get well soon Nick, I did pretty much the same thing getting fingers smashed in a car door about 10 years ago and it still hurts in cold weather. Farmers have to be tough and resilient both. I know you gotta be hurting but the work goes on so you suck it up and do it.
I enjoy the way Bob explains what is going on with the crops and the reasons for decisions made at the front end and on the go once harvest starts. Thank you.
We enjoy your videos. We would like to see a final walk through of your new homes. We passed through Shelby last week on our vacation. That’s such beautiful country. ❤️😊
I know how your finger felt, been there and done that. It hurts that's for sure. I have had to drill the nail to release the pressure under the nail. Have a safe harvest. Really enjoy the videos.
My grandfather told me of a sanareo when he was a young man traveling . When there model A wore out and started knocking . They pulled over drained the oil in a can . Pulled the oil pan . Found that a rod bearing had broken . Found a growing green tree and cut a big enough branch. Carved a new green wood bearing with his pocket knife . Replace it ,put the oil pan back on , put the old oil back in and went on there way . He was a farmer and a carpenter . I had to ask him how he had enough tools to do that kind of repair in the middle of nowhere . A prepared person never leaves the farmer home without your tools .
Drill a tiny hole in thru your finger nail using a small bit turned by hand. It will relieve the pressure, run it under water to clean it out, when done just put a drop of superglue to close the hole.
Great video. Can’t imagine how that must feel as a dad in the combine with your family there at your beautiful home All of you working together. Thank you for sharing it with the world the best you know how! You’re doing a great job. Thank you Case IH for partnering with the Welkers to help get these videos out there for so many to see
Thank you Welkers, You and Tony Fast are facing some tough times and I am certain that your faith will carry you thru. God bless and good luck with the remaining harvest.
Dude, I've worked with one arm all my life. Lost it in a feed grinder auger. Slipped and fell. I lived on a dairy farm. 375 cows and 200 goats, planted corn, and bailed hay. Back when we didn't have all the technology. So I have sympathy for you. I forgot I was 9 years old. I'm 64 now
@@mtcelticharper Not the same thing but go my hand caught in a hand winch when i was like 5 or 6 and completely destroyed my pinky and ring finger still messed to this day and im 28. Farming has a 100% injury rate.. Last fall i know of a guy kicking a cornstalk in the chopper and he got pulled right in and lost his arm and leg luckily he couldn't fit thru the feedrolls and he still farms right now. Farmers are just built different.
@@mtcelticharper Yah my buddy was on the fire department and had to cut the machine all apart to get him out... he now sadly suffers from what he had to see and hear because of it.
Smashing a fingernail is the worst...oh, the throbbing. I enjoyed the discussion about overseeding producing a lower yield when moisture is the limiting factor to yield. I'm a data nerd on my crops and that makes complete sense.
Thanks for another awesome video by the Welkers. Glad you had that hand and fingers looked at by a doctors office. The X-ray of your hand looked kind of bad and glad it was cleaned and bandaged properly. Take care of yourself and that hand. Glad you finished the one crop and on to the next. Busy time for you all from one crop to the next. Sorry about the combine breakdowns on both combines. Nick the one you have got the feeder chain busted by a rock. Ouch. Hard work replacing that Chain. Believe that is how your finger got hurt. On Bob’s combine some bearings went out. Got them fixed in good order. Good. Believe both machines are back running again. 👍. Nick nice of you to let the children ride for a while. Always nice to see family in the combines. Thanks to you Bob for explaining the seed density issues. That was very informative and interesting. I can see where that is very important to a successful crop. Thanks very much Bob and combine companion Colby. Yeah. Busy time right now for all of you. Scott you are busy hauling grain and doing the main fixing on the combines. Yeah!!!! You all hang in there. Nick take care of your finger and hand. My blessings to all of you. God watch over you all. Prayers for some moisture. The Iowa farm boy. Steve 😊😊💕💕🙏🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸
Yes a paper clip works really good for me as a carpenter I get fingers that look like that once in a while mostly in the winter when your hands are real cold so it hurts real good I love how you keep working. The sign of a man God bless and stay safe in the field
Back in the early 70’s in the days of bagging, my dad had a bumper crop of sorghum. He contracted a fellow to harvest it. When they were half finished my dad went to check on the harvest and as he walked across the field he came across a stream of sorghum on every round. He stopped the driver and he got down and went straight to the grain elevator and he had a hole worn in the bottom that had been stuffed with chowing gum . My dad wasn’t very happy. He bought and old Sunshine 6 after that which we used for many years.
You guys have an awesome channel and manage a multi million dollar farm operation. Key factor here in any farm operation no matter if it's just a small 500 acre farm or 50,000 acre farm when it comes to repairs. Always do a full test run before dropping the hammer and hitting the full send button.
Nick , I used to work with a guy that would have said that will hurt tomorrow. Try to take a tiny drill bit with your fingers & drill a hole in the nail to let the blood out.
@@michaelwood5327 to my disbelief, I smashed it so hard it literally blew out the finger nail and so it already drained. I actually still have it attached but I don't think it'll last long. Xray revealed I fractured the bone.
In 1970 I worked with RJ “Ronnie” Murphy out of Kiowa, Kansas for a farmer up north of Shelby toward Oilmont somewhere. We kept pickup heads at the farm and the farmer swathed the crop so we picked up twice the width than we would have with the headers. In those days the most popular tractors were D-8 Caterpillars! Interesting that I see summer fallow strips up there, good memories for a Louisiana boy.
I like the leather harness strap, my Dad used to talk about doing that as a fix. I believe the manufacturer of the sealed bearing do not put sufficient grease in the bearing when they are manufactured. I like the bearings with the pressurized grease line feeding them, only problem is you can't tell if a grease line becomes plugged. Great video, hope Nick doesn't loose his finger nail.
I appreciate Bob's explanation of the rate of seeds per the moisture content of the soil when it comes to planting. I sure have learned alot from this channel.
Probably too late now but, for future reference use a small drill bit, 1mm is good, heat the end to sterilise it & then proceed to drill into the fingernail simply by rotating the drill bit with your fingers, I would never advise using any power tools or drill stand, your fingers are plenty good enough & gives you so much more control. There is no better feeling when the pressure is released & the dreadful throbbing subsides.
"10 year old combines get holes in them". They don't last that long in high volume crops like corn and soybeans. We got three machines, they get rotated and the oldest one gets traded off after three seasons. That way they're still worth something on trade, reduces downtime, let the next guy worry about what's gonna get holes in it. Deere has been trying to get us to trade two S-series machines on a X9. I'm not buying it. The more material you run thru the machine, the faster it develops holes in stuff. X9 is just as susceptible to getting holes in it as the S790's.
Great to see these videos and finally be able to put in a comment since my work computer wouldn't let me comment. I was working 2.5 hours north of you this summer for 5 weeks and they were raising mostly the same things but appear to have gotten more rain than you. Glad to know what I was seeing up there based on seeing your videos before. I had hoped to see some harvest up there but it had just started on the wheat when I had to leave to come back home.
Your IH dealer should have sold you the 4 strands of the heavier 960H feeder chain used in the 50 series. Then swap over your slats. It's actually significantly cheaper that way. It's the same dimensions as the A557 chain with heavier bars and pins.
Have you thought about doing a Crary wind system to help blow the seeds in your header rather than have them go on the ground? I've seen other farmers do it and it increases their yields on their shorter crops. Love you guys. Doing awesome. We farm in South Eastern Idaho.
🔥glad to see harvest moving right along. I’m excited to see wat machine shows up on the farm. Amazing how seed populations can make or break the yields out there. You rock Bob, who doesn’t like bacon 😂🔥👊🔥⚙️🔨🏍🚜🌾
Yes lentils pretty much require a flex header. We start our red lentils next week in southern Alberta. We prefer to plant them later (after wheat), which this year turned out to be a good choice with the rain we got in May and June.
Your dad reminds me of my dad. He passed away in 96 but he always had one liners. My favorite one was Marry an ugly woman you'll never be sorry when she leaves
@RobertWelker I understand what you’re saying about seed rate. Makes sense to me that decreasing the rate the plants don’t compete for water or nutrients & produce bigger heads. I planted new varieties of tomatoes this year, one bed is planted too close. So, a couple plants got diseased(prob fungal) bc it was so hot this year & there wasn’t enough air flow. So, I planted double what we normally did & actually hurt myself. The tomatoes aren’t effected, but lesson learned.
Mister Scott I have seen people using leather for main bearings in model a and have seen the crankshaft almost cut into using it it's very good for a patch job and you can not hear a rod or main bearings knock and have seen paper use for shims for rod bearings love your videos and the great things your family do for people ❤️❤️ Sam
Something I have done in the past is take seed planted in the field and plant it in a pot up close to the house. Give it the same nutrients and nutrition but give it ample water. What it would typically need. It was a useful tool to portray what the crop should do vs. what it is doing. I understand what you guys are saying but this might be a good visual representation for the viewers. You could run numerous pots and numerous manipulated conditions. I doubt your viewers really understand how bad things are for you on several occasions. Grow some things in pots and then set them in your fields next to the crops. Just an idea. It worked to portray my point to others in the past.
By far the best painless remedy for a black fingernail is a paper clip. Bend one end straight, heat it up red hot and melt a hole in the nail, the blunt end will work far better than a sharp pin, fluid will drain better too, and you don’t need any pressure to push a drill bit through. Once done you can re seal the hole with a bit of candle wax which can be pushed out if you get any more pressure build up 🙂👍🏼
Always like the wit and wisdom of Bob. Bummer about the breakdowns. But my goodness the collective mechanical know-how of the Welkers can tackle anything. And save tens of thousands of dollars in the process.
I know how you feel I did that once and lost a finger nail it hurts like crazy hope it heals up okay they get gross and heal up again take it easy for awhile
I know all too well the pain of running an old combine. Mine is 30 years old this year but that’s what you get out of a red combine. I keep putting parts on and it keep harvesting. I like how you take care of your equipment that’s why you can run older equipment
Great video and a cab full of Nicks munchkins. Hey fellas, I want to see you dumping on the go into trucks for a change on those long straight rows of wheat. Try it and start a new trend.
In lentils when they have green stems get a spray jug and spray diesel on the whole knife every time you unload the combine and you shouldn’t have a problem again
It's funny how the scale of things doesn't really translate in video until you get that combine next to your house and you're like, "Holy crap!" I still love those cinematic opening drone shots you do.
Yup, i normally seed peas at 3bu/ac and next year I will be dropping it down to 2.5bu, we’re too thick of a stand and not enough pods per plant this year
No Scott Ford did not ever use leather strap for engine bearings,seals maybe but not bearings. They used Timken taper roller bearings for mains starting in 1908!!!
Dude /Hero "Its only a Finger" OMG dude /hug thank you for your strength you inspire me to Build my Urban Farm to help my local Area over here in the UK the Tories have Kicked us in the Hmm ( kids watch u lol ) ye well your a TROOPER 😎
As a former Cut Bank resident in my 70's,( cold and I do not agree with each other), it always amazed me the difference in our area versus the Ft Peck area for moisture. Tony Fast crops look a lot better. But that farming for you
At least clean your finger,,,The same thing happened to me 10 years ago,Crushed my finger at work,,Never bothered cleaning it ,just kept working,,It got infected nail fell off and my whole finger went black,,Had to have half my finger cut off,,All because I didn't clean the wound,,,So don't learn the hard way like I did,,
I would add to the service truck in a ziplock bag two bottles of hydrogen peroxide. Cleaning the wound will prevent infection. Also and emgency eyewash bottle. Feel better, Nick, Clifford, and Beastbine.
Ask your Doctor if soaking the finger in Epsom salt or similar will help. You may need a big tumbler in the cupholder of the Combine and dunk it when you can. . Bring a gallon of water and the salts to make a fresh batch as needed.
put a pin or needle into a hot flame and get it glowing red. Then put it into the finger nail where the blood has built up. It will melt through the nail, and when it hits the blood, it will be cooled and it will immediately relieve the pressure and maybe you can save the nail. Best of luck Nick.
Works everytime
You can also take a small, sharp drill bit, and using your fingers of the other hand, "drill" through the nail to relieve the pressure. Just spin the bit back and forth (no need to only turn it in the correct direction), with little down pressure, and you'll get through the nail in a short period of time.
Yes, my husband smashed his thumb at work in a drill press. Soon as all the blood/pressure shot out it felt so much better!!
How tall are lentils on a good year?
@@45Deere9500I used to have a hoby hand drill. Used it several times holding the handle in teeth. 😮
1:00 Imagine waking up every morning and looking out your back door to that view, absolutely incredible!
It really is incredible, on all sides with all views. Nick picked the perfect location.
And the yard you only mow once a year.
It's a bit of an extreme measure to mow the lawn though, isn't it? :P
Why you think he's got so many kids lol
I like Welker senior's insights on seed density. Very interesting! Has also got a great sense of humour! Keep it going.
There are no 🌽kneeier jokes... than Bob Welker jokes...😂🤣😅😆🙃🙂
@@mmurphy2317 there is a 'grain' of truth in that.
I can't wait to watch Mr. Welker harvest a 90 bushel wheat crop. God Bless you folks.
Welkers watching from Indiana. Stop and take a breath to appreciate all your family has accomplished.
Your a blessing to those who watch and have been blessed. Awesome content, awesome people and awesome faith in Jesus! Blessings.
You guys ALL work So Hard - It's so heartwarming to see you harvesting next to your Gorgeous new Home - Congratulations to You All ! Love You GUYS !!
@@jimsparling7677 thank you!
@@WelkerFarms Thanks for all of the great videos you make for us RUclips geekers.
I want to see you folk dumping on the go into trucks for a change on those long straight rows of wheat.
Try it and start a new trend.
God bless.
There's something about the drone footage from the welkers that is just purely amazing. I dont know why caseih doesn't have them creating promotional videos for them 🙏
As a child in the 1950's i can remember putting leather strips inside the worn boxings(oak bearings) of the straw walkers on a McCormack threshing machine and they worked great.
I grew up next to a farm and the farmer was like a grandpa to me. we would talk about how stuff used to be fixed. When he started out as a mechanic. Taking coffee cans and cutting sections out of them to be used as shims for axle bearing cups was a common thing.
Using a combine to mow your lawn is the most Montana thing to do.
@@chrislongbeard 😎 😂
The scenic landscape drone pictures are superb, please may we see more of them.
I look forward to every Welker Farms video! I always learn something. It's so refreshing to see the entire family involved, and the kiddos out there in the combine with dad, it doesn't get much better than that! Robert Welker, such an interesting man, the years of farming, his experience, and wisdom, I could listen to his wisdom and humor all day, and we can't forget Coby. He's Mr. Welkers trusty right hand man. Actually he's a dog, but I don't think he knows it, as far as he knows he's just another member of the family. Keep the great videos coming!
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I love seeing the kids get into the combine with you. It takes me back to me spending time with my father in his Massey Ferguson 540 combine.
The opening clips are the most American things you can possibly have. The family, the house, farming, the views and land. Amazing
Love it, “ farming is fun”… I bet Dad is so proud of how his sons are able to fix most things that go bad. Saves so much money
Get well soon Nick, I did pretty much the same thing getting fingers smashed in a car door about 10 years ago and it still hurts in cold weather. Farmers have to be tough and resilient both. I know you gotta be hurting but the work goes on so you suck it up and do it.
I enjoy the way Bob explains what is going on with the crops and the reasons for decisions made at the front end and on the go once harvest starts. Thank you.
We enjoy your videos. We would like to see a final walk through of your new homes. We passed through Shelby last week on our vacation. That’s such beautiful country. ❤️😊
I know how your finger felt, been there and done that. It hurts that's for sure. I have had to drill the nail to release the pressure under the nail. Have a safe harvest. Really enjoy the videos.
Seed density segment was pretty cool. Amazing how much there is to farming...
My grandfather told me of a sanareo when he was a young man traveling . When there model A wore out and started knocking .
They pulled over drained the oil in a can . Pulled the oil pan . Found that a rod bearing had broken . Found a growing green tree and cut a big enough branch.
Carved a new green wood bearing with his pocket knife . Replace it ,put the oil pan back on , put the old oil back in and went on there way .
He was a farmer and a carpenter .
I had to ask him how he had enough tools to do that kind of repair in the middle of nowhere .
A prepared person never leaves the farmer home without your tools .
Drill a tiny hole in thru your finger nail using a small bit turned by hand. It will relieve the pressure, run it under water to clean it out, when done just put a drop of superglue to close the hole.
Nick congratulations on cleaning the shop you finally got it done good job
And I bet the surprise is an af 11
Great video. Can’t imagine how that must feel as a dad in the combine with your family there at your beautiful home All of you working together.
Thank you for sharing it with the world the best you know how! You’re doing a great job.
Thank you Case IH for partnering with the Welkers to help get these videos out there for so many to see
Thank you Welkers, You and Tony Fast are facing some tough times and I am certain that your faith will carry you thru. God bless and good luck with the remaining harvest.
Dude, I've worked with one arm all my life. Lost it in a feed grinder auger. Slipped and fell. I lived on a dairy farm. 375 cows and 200 goats, planted corn, and bailed hay. Back when we didn't have all the technology. So I have sympathy for you. I forgot I was 9 years old. I'm 64 now
I lost my lower leg in a grain auger when I was three.
@@mtcelticharper Not the same thing but go my hand caught in a hand winch when i was like 5 or 6 and completely destroyed my pinky and ring finger still messed to this day and im 28. Farming has a 100% injury rate.. Last fall i know of a guy kicking a cornstalk in the chopper and he got pulled right in and lost his arm and leg luckily he couldn't fit thru the feedrolls and he still farms right now. Farmers are just built different.
@@crandonborth they certainly are. I'm sorry to hear about your injury and the other farmer's. Wow!
@@mtcelticharper Yah my buddy was on the fire department and had to cut the machine all apart to get him out... he now sadly suffers from what he had to see and hear because of it.
@@crandonborth I can't even imagine. 😥
We got to visit this beautiful state for the first time this year. Truly is a special place
Smashing a fingernail is the worst...oh, the throbbing.
I enjoyed the discussion about overseeding producing a lower yield when moisture is the limiting factor to yield. I'm a data nerd on my crops and that makes complete sense.
I appreciate and agree with the explanation on the seed rate. Sorry that you are having so many mechanical problems. Hope things get better!
Thanks for another awesome video by the Welkers. Glad you had that hand and fingers looked at by a doctors office. The X-ray of your hand looked kind of bad and glad it was cleaned and bandaged properly. Take care of yourself and that hand.
Glad you finished the one crop and on to the next. Busy time for you all from one crop to the next.
Sorry about the combine breakdowns on both combines. Nick the one you have got the feeder chain busted by a rock. Ouch. Hard work replacing that
Chain. Believe that is how your finger got hurt. On Bob’s combine some bearings went out. Got them fixed in good order. Good.
Believe both machines are back running again. 👍.
Nick nice of you to let the children ride for a while. Always nice to see family in the combines.
Thanks to you Bob for explaining the seed density issues. That was very informative and interesting. I can see where that is very important to a successful crop. Thanks very much Bob and combine companion Colby. Yeah.
Busy time right now for all of you. Scott you are busy hauling grain and doing the main fixing on the combines. Yeah!!!!
You all hang in there. Nick take care of your finger and hand. My blessings to all of you. God watch over you all.
Prayers for some moisture.
The Iowa farm boy. Steve
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Yes a paper clip works really good for me as a carpenter I get fingers that look like that once in a while mostly in the winter when your hands are real cold so it hurts real good I love how you keep working. The sign of a man God bless and stay safe in the field
Back in the early 70’s in the days of bagging, my dad had a bumper crop of sorghum. He contracted a fellow to harvest it. When they were half finished my dad went to check on the harvest and as he walked across the field he came across a stream of sorghum on every round. He stopped the driver and he got down and went straight to the grain elevator and he had a hole worn in the bottom that had been stuffed with chowing gum . My dad wasn’t very happy. He bought and old Sunshine 6 after that which we used for many years.
Great video guys, drone footage is Top Notch. Thanks for letting me ride along
You guys have an awesome channel and manage a multi million dollar farm operation. Key factor here in any farm operation no matter if it's just a small 500 acre farm or 50,000 acre farm when it comes to repairs. Always do a full test run before dropping the hammer and hitting the full send button.
The house is beautiful! Congratulations, you & Scott worked really hard to build your dream homes. I love seeing the farmstead growing!
Your family and place is beautiful! Treasure every moment and never take it for granted!
Your home out there in the middle of your property is just stunning! Amazing place for the kids to grow up. 👍👍
So much resolve against the problems, Kudos to you all ..
Really sorry to hear about the finger getting mangled Nick. I hope the healing goes well. Take care and God bless!
Nick , I used to work with a guy that would have said that will hurt tomorrow. Try to take a tiny drill bit with your fingers & drill a hole in the nail to let the blood out.
@@michaelwood5327 to my disbelief, I smashed it so hard it literally blew out the finger nail and so it already drained. I actually still have it attached but I don't think it'll last long. Xray revealed I fractured the bone.
@@WelkerFarmsouch, that going to feel real good for a while.
In 1970 I worked with RJ “Ronnie” Murphy out of Kiowa, Kansas for a farmer up north of Shelby toward Oilmont somewhere.
We kept pickup heads at the farm and the farmer swathed the crop so we picked up twice the width than we would have with the headers.
In those days the most popular tractors were D-8 Caterpillars!
Interesting that I see summer fallow strips up there, good memories for a Louisiana boy.
I like the leather harness strap, my Dad used to talk about doing that as a fix. I believe the manufacturer of the sealed bearing do not put sufficient grease in the bearing when they are manufactured. I like the bearings with the pressurized grease line feeding them, only problem is you can't tell if a grease line becomes plugged. Great video, hope Nick doesn't loose his finger nail.
X-ray showed it was fractured. He mentioned it in another comment
I appreciate Bob's explanation of the rate of seeds per the moisture content of the soil when it comes to planting. I sure have learned alot from this channel.
I think Bob's theory of seed rate is correct and also depends on drill spacing.
The Welkers are doing everything to harvest all the peace! Well done! 😁😁🤘🤘
Wishing you a good and speedy recovery with your finger. God bless!
I love watching you three work so well together.
Funny to think you had to redraw the house and road on GPS for your first homestead harvest
Hope your finger feels better. Prayers to a good winter and spring wheat harvest
Probably too late now but, for future reference use a small drill bit, 1mm is good, heat the end to sterilise it & then proceed to drill into the fingernail simply by rotating the drill bit with your fingers, I would never advise using any power tools or drill stand, your fingers are plenty good enough & gives you so much more control. There is no better feeling when the pressure is released & the dreadful throbbing subsides.
First harvest around the "new" homesights right?
Fun to see the "young" Welkers out there for the occasion!
"10 year old combines get holes in them". They don't last that long in high volume crops like corn and soybeans. We got three machines, they get rotated and the oldest one gets traded off after three seasons. That way they're still worth something on trade, reduces downtime, let the next guy worry about what's gonna get holes in it. Deere has been trying to get us to trade two S-series machines on a X9. I'm not buying it. The more material you run thru the machine, the faster it develops holes in stuff. X9 is just as susceptible to getting holes in it as the S790's.
Handy being able to lift the feeder chain with the lift on the service truck.....
Great to see these videos and finally be able to put in a comment since my work computer wouldn't let me comment. I was working 2.5 hours north of you this summer for 5 weeks and they were raising mostly the same things but appear to have gotten more rain than you. Glad to know what I was seeing up there based on seeing your videos before. I had hoped to see some harvest up there but it had just started on the wheat when I had to leave to come back home.
Your IH dealer should have sold you the 4 strands of the heavier 960H feeder chain used in the 50 series. Then swap over your slats. It's actually significantly cheaper that way. It's the same dimensions as the A557 chain with heavier bars and pins.
I hope wheat harvest went well.
Great drone video, and your little guy is talking already!!!
Both y’all’s new houses look so good on your farm!! So cool to see the progress y’all have made ! God bless 🙏🏻🇺🇸❤️
Have you thought about doing a Crary wind system to help blow the seeds in your header rather than have them go on the ground? I've seen other farmers do it and it increases their yields on their shorter crops. Love you guys. Doing awesome. We farm in South Eastern Idaho.
🔥glad to see harvest moving right along. I’m excited to see wat machine shows up on the farm. Amazing how seed populations can make or break the yields out there. You rock Bob, who doesn’t like bacon 😂🔥👊🔥⚙️🔨🏍🚜🌾
That's some pretty amazing 'Hi Honey, I'm home" footage. I drive my car up to the garage, but Nick brings a combine :) Superb!
Yes lentils pretty much require a flex header. We start our red lentils next week in southern Alberta. We prefer to plant them later (after wheat), which this year turned out to be a good choice with the rain we got in May and June.
Your dad reminds me of my dad. He passed away in 96 but he always had one liners. My favorite one was Marry an ugly woman you'll never be sorry when she leaves
@RobertWelker I understand what you’re saying about seed rate. Makes sense to me that decreasing the rate the plants don’t compete for water or nutrients & produce bigger heads.
I planted new varieties of tomatoes this year, one bed is planted too close. So, a couple plants got diseased(prob fungal) bc it was so hot this year & there wasn’t enough air flow. So, I planted double what we normally did & actually hurt myself. The tomatoes aren’t effected, but lesson learned.
New house looks beautiful guys!hard work paying off
'Nine finger Nick' has a nice ring to it..... "The adventures of 9 Finger Nick and Legarms" is a movie title I would watch.....
Mister Scott I have seen people using leather for main bearings in model a and have seen the crankshaft almost cut into using it it's very good for a patch job and you can not hear a rod or main bearings knock and have seen paper use for shims for rod bearings love your videos and the great things your family do for people ❤️❤️ Sam
Something I have done in the past is take seed planted in the field and plant it in a pot up close to the house. Give it the same nutrients and nutrition but give it ample water. What it would typically need.
It was a useful tool to portray what the crop should do vs. what it is doing.
I understand what you guys are saying but this might be a good visual representation for the viewers.
You could run numerous pots and numerous manipulated conditions. I doubt your viewers really understand how bad things are for you on several occasions.
Grow some things in pots and then set them in your fields next to the crops.
Just an idea.
It worked to portray my point to others in the past.
By far the best painless remedy for a black fingernail is a paper clip. Bend one end straight, heat it up red hot and melt a hole in the nail, the blunt end will work far better than a sharp pin, fluid will drain better too, and you don’t need any pressure to push a drill bit through. Once done you can re seal the hole with a bit of candle wax which can be pushed out if you get any more pressure build up 🙂👍🏼
Always like the wit and wisdom of Bob. Bummer about the breakdowns. But my goodness the collective mechanical know-how of the Welkers can tackle anything. And save tens of thousands of dollars in the process.
Thank you so MUCH!
I know how you feel I did that once and lost a finger nail it hurts like crazy hope it heals up okay they get gross and heal up again take it easy for awhile
Mr Bob you're a smart man!!!!! God Bless!!!!!!
Ouch, this looks to be the year of combine issues. Hopefully you can get several more years of use out of them without any more major expenses.
I know all too well the pain of running an old combine. Mine is 30 years old this year but that’s what you get out of a red combine. I keep putting parts on and it keep harvesting. I like how you take care of your equipment that’s why you can run older equipment
Such happy family attention and joy. Suberb. Wonderful sharing!
Great video and a cab full of Nicks munchkins.
Hey fellas, I want to see you dumping on the go into trucks for a change on those long straight rows of wheat.
Try it and start a new trend.
In lentils when they have green stems get a spray jug and spray diesel on the whole knife every time you unload the combine and you shouldn’t have a problem again
There was a lot of people praying for your June also witch I’m sure helped god bless
I'd rather wish upon a star. Same odds.
We thankfully pulled 50 bu winter wheat in the flathead that heat streak hammered everything pretty good
Farmland is disappearing fast in the valley. My 05 Colorado came from a farm which was downsizing due to land being developed
It's funny how the scale of things doesn't really translate in video until you get that combine next to your house and you're like, "Holy crap!" I still love those cinematic opening drone shots you do.
Yup, i normally seed peas at 3bu/ac and next year I will be dropping it down to 2.5bu, we’re too thick of a stand and not enough pods per plant this year
Just a great intro. Always looking amazing. Thanks and God bless from Tennessee!
Always in joy the humerus content despite the problems that you guys work through. Good job!
funny Kobe winter wheat story. memories are precious.
Beautiful images with kids around yur new house
Good on you mate, you and your families are an inspiration to us all.
Cheers 👍🇦🇺❤️
When Scott threw that up on the bench and I saw every color of the rainbow on that bearing I laughed at the understatement that it "got a little hot".
Have a safe harvest 😊
Best part kids in the combine, i wish I was young enough to gow another batch .
Air reels might help blow the lentils into the headers. 23:16 😊
No Scott Ford did not ever use leather strap for engine bearings,seals maybe but not bearings. They used Timken taper roller bearings for mains starting in 1908!!!
Perhaps Legarms will have to invent and make a pair of vacuum head for the combines for use with the lentils
Dude /Hero "Its only a Finger" OMG dude /hug thank you for your strength you inspire me to Build my Urban Farm to help my local Area over here in the UK the Tories have Kicked us in the Hmm ( kids watch u lol ) ye well your a TROOPER 😎
Hey Nick "nailed it". Yes that ones gonna hurt for a while. 2 crops down a couple to go. Cant wait to see the "Big Dog".
Your a great family farm that love Jesus and that's why I watch.!😊
That finger looks like something that did come with a few nicely said working words. :D
As a former Cut Bank resident in my 70's,( cold and I do not agree with each other), it always amazed me the difference in our area versus the Ft Peck area for moisture. Tony Fast crops look a lot better. But that farming for you
Best harvest setup I've seen in. A while
What a fantastic location to build your house.
At least clean your finger,,,The same thing happened to me 10 years ago,Crushed my finger at work,,Never bothered cleaning it ,just kept working,,It got infected nail fell off and my whole finger went black,,Had to have half my finger cut off,,All because I didn't clean the wound,,,So don't learn the hard way like I did,,
He did get it X-rayed, and it was fractured.
I would add to the service truck in a ziplock bag two bottles of hydrogen peroxide. Cleaning the wound will prevent infection. Also and emgency eyewash bottle. Feel better, Nick, Clifford, and Beastbine.
Ask your Doctor if soaking the finger in Epsom salt or similar will help. You may need a big tumbler in the cupholder of the Combine and dunk it when you can. . Bring a gallon of water and the salts to make a fresh batch as needed.