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Barn Find GMC 366 Tall Deck: First Crank!
First spin under battery power in many years. My shop booster battery is pretty weak, need to replace it lol. I put together a basic wiring harness to get the starter to spin. New fuel pump, carb, plugs and wires awaiting delivery/pickup and then I'll see if it will fire. Farmer said it came out of a late 70's GMC dump truck they chopped to make a farm dump trailer. Block casting numbers indicate the same date range, but that is all the info I have. Was running when removed from truck then shoved into a corner of the barn and forgotten.
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Making Up New Binder Canvases
zhlédnutí 19Před 7 hodinami
In this video I explain a bit about how I make up new grain binder canvases. These are all new for a 6 ft cut Massey Harris. I can make these up on special order up to 60 inches wide.
The Seductive Sound of the Scythe!
zhlédnutí 44Před 14 dny
I like keeping traditional ways of doing things alive. Every evening I cut a wheelbarrow load of green feed in spots where equipment can't easily get. I enjoy the feel of the scythe in my hands and the sound it makes. The rhythmic swing gets hypnotic if you stay at it for more than 5 minutes or so. I hope you enjoy the sound of the way hay cutting was done from time immemorial. The video was su...
Outdoor Washing-Up Built-In
zhlédnutí 45Před 14 dny
This is the outdoor washing up spot on the farm just beside the door. It keeps everything contained and neatly organised instead of blowing around and getting underfoot. I wash my hands and face here when I come in from working as I'm always grimy it seems. Irish Spring seems to do a decent job in cold water. I grew up washing up this way on the farm I hired out on at 13, they had a wash basin ...
Macgyver-ing A Ground Drive Bale Loader - Part 1
zhlédnutí 116Před 28 dny
Junkyard finds and scrap steel combine in this video to create a ground drive small square bale loader. Did you watch Macgyver as a kid?? This is why farmers hate to throw stuff out, because ten years later some of the parts come in handy! Here is part one. I took an SVOB hay elevator section and components from a JD 1240 corn planter a piece of pipe from a NH bale thrower control arm, a wheel ...
Hay/Grain Elevator Repair and PTO Conversion
zhlédnutí 98Před měsícem
This is my 32 ft combination hay and grain elevator. I purchased it in a non-operable condition, like most of my equipment, and got it going good enough to use. Finally I had enough with running it on a gas engine and buckled chute and broken frame. I stiffened and straightened the frame and chute. I also converted it over to pto drive to avoid having to swap over a 150 lb engine from the buzzs...
Vintage Gravity Wagon TLC
zhlédnutí 83Před měsícem
Gave these 2 old gravity wagons some long overdue TLC this week, replaced some sketchy tires, replaced some rotten extension stakes, wire wheeled and painted the interiors, welded up some stress cracks. Then shunted them back to the other farm, with Leia and Pearl, for storage until needed.
Gentle Giants Rolling Thunder 2024 - Spring Work Done!
zhlédnutí 645Před měsícem
Sowing is finished for 2024, rolled the last field today and weather forecast is calling for showers next few days to help it along. Glad to have it done, been some long dusty days farming with horses. I'd rather spend $15/day for hay and oats than $150/day in diesel at current prices.
4 Abreast Harrowing and Sowing - Will I Beat the Rain???!!!
zhlédnutí 355Před měsícem
Some of the last two days. Worked Monday harrowing with all 4 abreast, long hard day, tired ponies and worn out driver by sundown. Next morning, out sowing with a team, worked till noon and the changed out for fresh horses and kept at it till 3 as the sky grew darker with howling wind gusts. Managed to finish up the section and got everything home and under cover only ten minutes before the rai...
Sowing Oats With Draft Horses 2024
zhlédnutí 811Před měsícem
Today my Gentle Giants are busy planting next year's feed. I had a small piece worked up and ready to plant today and the weather was lovely. I'm growing AAC Reid oats from SECAN this year, will see how they do. We have a lot of rust issues and some varieties do better than others. Oliver drill was a lawn ornament rebuild project over the winter as I had sold my previous McCormick drill. It wor...
4 Abreast Discing: First Fieldwork of the Season!
zhlédnutí 546Před měsícem
Out with just the 4 on the disc working up some fall plowed sod for oats. Got over 3 acres once after a rain yesterday morning. Hope to start on a 17 acre piece tomorrow. I would normally have 5 in the hitch. Hoping the rest of the week isn't as wet as the forecast predicts.
In Memory of Dottie: My Gentle Friend
zhlédnutí 905Před měsícem
Dottie was peacefully laid to rest following veterinarian supervised human euthanasia. She had suffered a traumatic fracture injury to her leg on pasture and there was no medical intervention possible. My big bold beautiful girl is now running free and strong among the green pastures and blue skies, no more broken bones. Just a broken heart of the man she leaves behind. I want to extend a heart...
Rustic 8 Occupant Bunkhouse Tour!
zhlédnutí 73Před 2 měsíci
I was asked to build 2 bunkhouses for a children's summer camp and this is the first one completed ready to deliver. Sleeps 8, storm door and screen door on one end, opening screened window on the other. Other than the plywood flooring and bed bottoms the lumber was all logged out and milled by myself this spring.
From Darkness Towards Light: Part 4 The Fall and Rescue.
zhlédnutí 32Před 2 měsíci
This is the fourth and final installment in my spiritual journey. It encompasses the last 11 years of my life. If you have not listened to the first 3 installments I suggest you watch them in order for any of this to make sense. I also conclude with some advice to anyone who may find themselves struggling. The video got cut off about a half a sentence too soon but it was simply the words "and I...
From Darkness Towards Light: Part 3
zhlédnutí 53Před 2 měsíci
A continuation of my spiritual journey. I suggest you listen to the first 2 installments prior to watching this.
From Darkness Towards Light: Part 2
zhlédnutí 34Před 2 měsíci
From Darkness Towards Light: Part 2
From Darkness Toward Light: Part One
zhlédnutí 38Před 2 měsíci
From Darkness Toward Light: Part One
New Chore Wagon March 2024
zhlédnutí 86Před 2 měsíci
New Chore Wagon March 2024
Gentle Giants 2024 Working Student Opportunity!
zhlédnutí 76Před 2 měsíci
Gentle Giants 2024 Working Student Opportunity!
Meet The Newest Team Member! Pearl
zhlédnutí 111Před 2 měsíci
Meet The Newest Team Member! Pearl
Horse Powered Tillage - JD Disc Conversion
zhlédnutí 163Před 2 měsíci
Horse Powered Tillage - JD Disc Conversion
4 Percherons Abreast on the JD KBA Disc in February, in Canada!!??
zhlédnutí 349Před 3 měsíci
4 Percherons Abreast on the JD KBA Disc in February, in Canada!!??
Oliver Superior Team Drill - Rebuild Update
zhlédnutí 89Před 3 měsíci
Oliver Superior Team Drill - Rebuild Update
3 Abreast Skidding Logs Feb 2024
zhlédnutí 2,4KPřed 4 měsíci
3 Abreast Skidding Logs Feb 2024
Human Powered Log Scoot Sled
zhlédnutí 1,4KPřed 4 měsíci
Human Powered Log Scoot Sled
Percheron 4 Up Jan 28 2024
zhlédnutí 649Před 4 měsíci
Percheron 4 Up Jan 28 2024
To Whom Much Has Been Given... A Meditation
zhlédnutí 45Před 4 měsíci
To Whom Much Has Been Given... A Meditation
International 4700 Log Truck Cab Repair
zhlédnutí 78Před 5 měsíci
International 4700 Log Truck Cab Repair
Celiac Guests? Here's Some Advice!
zhlédnutí 55Před 5 měsíci
Celiac Guests? Here's Some Advice!
2023 Gentle Giants Virtual Christmas Sleigh Ride
zhlédnutí 429Před 5 měsíci
2023 Gentle Giants Virtual Christmas Sleigh Ride

Komentáře

  • @ruthglisinski8487
    @ruthglisinski8487 Před měsícem

    Good job.

  • @klauskarbaumer6302
    @klauskarbaumer6302 Před měsícem

    Great work with a good four abreast. But, why is rolling necessary after you sowed? I never do it.

    • @gentlegiants1974
      @gentlegiants1974 Před měsícem

      Seed to soil contact and it flattens out the soddy clods. Everybody around here doing conventional tillage rolls or cultipacks behind the drill. My drill has no means of covering the seed or firming the soil behind, it just slices a little furrow and trickles the seed out. 1920's technology.

    • @klauskarbaumer6302
      @klauskarbaumer6302 Před měsícem

      @@gentlegiants1974 I suspected it had to do something with your soil. I farm with horses, but grow vegetables and never have to worry about the seed to soil contact.

  • @ruthglisinski8487
    @ruthglisinski8487 Před měsícem

    Perfect!

  • @Selskoe_Hozyaistvo_Na_Lohadyah

    when my wife and I started running our small farm, we still did not have a hay barn, and we collected hay in stacks, built a frame of logs on the ground so that the hay blew from below, and dug in a ten-meter pole. and a stack was being collected around.They turned out to be over six meters, very large, one laid with a pitchfork, and the other trampled the hay on top, covering it with a small piece of film on top so that water would not get into the stack.Sometimes our great-grandfathers left haystacks in the fields where they mowed, and in winter they came for it on a sleigh and took it to the barnyard.

    • @gentlegiants1974
      @gentlegiants1974 Před měsícem

      Thanks for watching. I have seen videos of that sort of stacking. In England they had "fieldhouses" which were little wee barns in fields to stack hay in summertime then come fetch it in the winter when needed. Makes sense.

  • @ruthglisinski8487
    @ruthglisinski8487 Před měsícem

    Yup, the rain came.

  • @hitchinfarm
    @hitchinfarm Před měsícem

    oh no! sorry for your loss

    • @gentlegiants1974
      @gentlegiants1974 Před měsícem

      Thank you. I really miss her, in my heart, and also in the hitch. I really needed her power for spring tillage.

    • @hitchinfarm
      @hitchinfarm Před měsícem

      @@gentlegiants1974 yeah we got ourselves in a bind a few years ago, and now keep a lot more horses to make sure we're not short for big jobs. I expect we will be this year though as we have 3 to foal in June. They are very expensive though! how many do you keep?

    • @gentlegiants1974
      @gentlegiants1974 Před měsícem

      @@hitchinfarm I had 6. 5 younger active workers and an old retired mare 28 yrs of age. The old girl was my schoolmaster, first time hooking a colt, first time teaching a pupil, "spare" horse but she is pretty well past the point of fieldwork. I did rake a bit with her last summer, but not heavy tillage anymore. I now have 5, all grade farm type black Percherons more or less matched.

  • @maryatkinson2006
    @maryatkinson2006 Před měsícem

    A beautiful psalm. Until you and Dottie meet again in the Lord's new Garden of Eden.

  • @mommymawmaw1852
    @mommymawmaw1852 Před měsícem

    Such love and beauty! My heart goes out to her human. 😢😢 I recently lost my fur baby (beagle) and understand your pain. ❤

  • @stevegreat7193
    @stevegreat7193 Před měsícem

    Yes, I have been there. They are spirits lovely spirits.

  • @BarnBootsandCountryRoots
    @BarnBootsandCountryRoots Před měsícem

    I am so sorry for your loss.

  • @drafthorseswithalexa
    @drafthorseswithalexa Před měsícem

    Sorry to hear about this, our thoughts are with you.

  • @ruthglisinski8487
    @ruthglisinski8487 Před měsícem

    So sorry.

  • @Selskoe_Hozyaistvo_Na_Lohadyah

    I'm sorry for you, it's hard to come to terms with the loss of an animal that was part of your family. You even feel sorry for your horse, you have a big heart, God wants to see mercy in us, in every being. This is the will of the Almighty, hold on. I don't speak English well, I hope you will understand me

  • @woodsgremlin9995
    @woodsgremlin9995 Před měsícem

    The worst part of having animals is losing them. Especially when they're young. Keep the faith.

  • @Selskoe_Hozyaistvo_Na_Lohadyah

    Hello, tell me, please, do you apply manure after haymaking or before mowing hay, and in general does the time of application matter or does it not matter?

    • @gentlegiants1974
      @gentlegiants1974 Před měsícem

      I either spread early in the spring or after the hay is off. Usually late summer/fall. Solid Manure application on a sod has to be timed so that the manure has time to break down and settle or be harrowed in to avoid contaminating the harvested hay. Liquid manure is usually applied the day after harvesting is complete, at least around here. My manure is always composted for a year prior to application.

  • @ruthglisinski8487
    @ruthglisinski8487 Před 2 měsíci

    Looks great.

  • @AntiqueIron05
    @AntiqueIron05 Před 2 měsíci

    How did you get that 1/2” shaft out? I need to get mine out but I can’t figure it out.

    • @gentlegiants1974
      @gentlegiants1974 Před 2 měsíci

      Once I removed the cotter pins holding the gear on it just slid out with a bit of elbow grease and patience. The first foot was hard then it just slid out easy. Lots of wd40 ahead of time might help.

    • @AntiqueIron05
      @AntiqueIron05 Před 2 měsíci

      Ok I’ll give it a try, thanks for the advice.

  • @ruthglisinski8487
    @ruthglisinski8487 Před 2 měsíci

    Sounds wonderful.

  • @user-gs8gs8ct6p
    @user-gs8gs8ct6p Před 2 měsíci

    Put some boiled linseed oil on the bed. It’s to nice of a wagon not to protect it. It takes a lot of work to make one.

  • @lt5083
    @lt5083 Před 2 měsíci

    I work at a horse boarding center and when the weather is bad we don't bring them out. At the attached equine hospital the horses stay inside all day and night. I am just learning about horses- why can yours not stay in 24/7?

    • @gentlegiants1974
      @gentlegiants1974 Před 2 měsíci

      Hi, I suppose if a horse needed stall rest they could stay cooped up, but my horses are happier outside and healthier. They can roll and play. There is run-in shed for them also. Kind of like keeping kids cooped up inside, cabin fever sets in and trouble arises.

    • @lt5083
      @lt5083 Před 2 měsíci

      Thank you!! You horses are very lucky to have such a happy home!@@gentlegiants1974

  • @denisemccarson1163
    @denisemccarson1163 Před 2 měsíci

    Your horses are beautiful. Keep it alive, the good old days. Thank you

  • @klauskarbaumer6302
    @klauskarbaumer6302 Před 3 měsíci

    Good team. Well, it seems climate change doesn't spare Canada, either. We have had record high temperatures here in NW Missouri for a while.

    • @gentlegiants1974
      @gentlegiants1974 Před 3 měsíci

      It was sunny and hot here today with an easterly breeze. I was logging in my short sleeves! Thanks for watching.

  • @denisemccarson1163
    @denisemccarson1163 Před 4 měsíci

    Awesome. The good old days. Keep it up. Thank you

    • @gentlegiants1974
      @gentlegiants1974 Před 4 měsíci

      Thanks for the comment!

    • @fatgreyman183
      @fatgreyman183 Před 3 měsíci

      Thank You for the video. I've been trying to decide how to put a three horse hitch on my cart, I hope you don't mind if I "borrow" a couple of your designs.

    • @gentlegiants1974
      @gentlegiants1974 Před 3 měsíci

      @@fatgreyman183 Thanks for checking out my video! Feel free to borrow ideas.

  • @belowfray5251
    @belowfray5251 Před 4 měsíci

    Sustainable food means: no food for you. It's the plan. No one will care until they ate hungry in the cold and dark.

  • @James-vr2cb
    @James-vr2cb Před 4 měsíci

    Very good work. Your getting it done! I mill planks and beams right in the bush where the trees fall, then pull them out with my 1996 scandic snomobile. A 20 inch diameter green spruce log is very heavy! So milling it in the bush works for me. Its also very satisfying to make my own lumber. Thanks for sharing, stay safe.

  • @denisemccarson1163
    @denisemccarson1163 Před 4 měsíci

    Awesome. Great design. Thank you

  • @klauskarbaumer6302
    @klauskarbaumer6302 Před 4 měsíci

    Isn't it one of the finest times in life to sit behind well-working horses with the lines in hand?

  • @ruggedridgeforest7775
    @ruggedridgeforest7775 Před 4 měsíci

    Nice team!

  • @plainsimple442
    @plainsimple442 Před 4 měsíci

    Hi, I saw your comment on Jim Gordan's channel, so have subscribed with you also. Regards Rick

  • @drafthorseswithalexa
    @drafthorseswithalexa Před 6 měsíci

    First I've seen of the truck set up for hauling the horse(s) - love it as it allows a trailer as well!

    • @gentlegiants1974
      @gentlegiants1974 Před 6 měsíci

      Hi Alexa and thanks for checking it out! When I was growing up (late 70's into the 80's) a lot of farmers used trucks both for cattle and horses. Around here it was more common than trailers, only people who used "horse trailers" were suburbanites with saddle horses going to shows, as draft horses couldn't even fit into the trailers of that time period. A 1 ton dually rig like mine was common. or a 3 or 5 ton for bigger farmers. I find it works well for my business, I can load my sleigh on the log trailer and take it to another site or tow my forecart behind the truck. It gives me flexibility to use the horses more efficiently since I don't have any help or another driver - one trip has to do it.

  • @TheKadeRose
    @TheKadeRose Před 7 měsíci

    I read your comments on steak and butter gal. :😊 I agree!! I learned carnivore is the best! Sounds like you need a new mate dear! 😊

  • @janasharooni5203
    @janasharooni5203 Před 9 měsíci

    thanks for the video!

  • @richardgreen7811
    @richardgreen7811 Před 9 měsíci

    The year I was born (1949) my Grandfather bought a Ford 8N Tractor. Until then, he had successfully farmed with mules (Irish Immigrant who was granted 40 acres and one mule in Kentucky). He then converted his mule-drawn implements to tractor pulled (could not afford new implements). When I was 12, I learned to operate several implements while he drove the tractor. Although he could operate them by means of a pull rope, he wanted me to learn the "old way". Also, while operating the drop rake, he had no hay baler so we used pitchforks to load the loose hay onto a flat wagon. The loose hay was tine-forked into the hay barn using the tractor as a lift and a pulley system. All of my life I have had a serious and steady work ethic. As a result, during tough economic times (Jimmy Carter), I have never been out of work nor collected government relief of any kind. Hard times make you "hard".

    • @gentlegiants1974
      @gentlegiants1974 Před 9 měsíci

      The older generations knew what work was. Thanks for watching.

    • @richardgreen7811
      @richardgreen7811 Před 9 měsíci

      @@gentlegiants1974 I have worked since I was 12 and "officially" since 15, and I am still working hard at 74. I've made lots of millionaires who have in turn supported thousands of employees. Hence ... I have no capacity nor tolerance for today's lack of respect or ethics. These children were parentless from birth.

  • @mackjones3792
    @mackjones3792 Před 10 měsíci

    My grandfather had 0ne we used behind attractor I was on the seat teenagers these days don't know what they are missing

  • @danflemmer1999
    @danflemmer1999 Před 10 měsíci

    Ever considered cross raking to form small piles that will shed rain and dry out in a few hours?

    • @gentlegiants1974
      @gentlegiants1974 Před 10 měsíci

      No, I always rake it dry and gather it in or bale it same day. I usually rake with a side delivery rake. Out of the 70 or so acres of hay I harvest about 2 acres gets dump raked. I do it just to keep the tradition alive. Thanks for watching.

  • @jeffjanson4521
    @jeffjanson4521 Před 10 měsíci

    Nice set up

  • @dondavidson3440
    @dondavidson3440 Před 11 měsíci

    They work great……….until the seat breaks off and dumps your arse in the cactus and stickers, then the horse runs away with the rake! LOL. Yup, had that happen to me!!

  • @deborahpatton861
    @deborahpatton861 Před 11 měsíci

    such good horses! and nice forecart too.🙂

  • @charlesmoore5840
    @charlesmoore5840 Před 11 měsíci

    Wow great horse she is well broke I had 26 draft horses on a small farm loved working them and driving wagons Miss having a farm

    • @gentlegiants1974
      @gentlegiants1974 Před 11 měsíci

      Thanks for watching! and thanks for the kind words.

  • @keithmarquis2512
    @keithmarquis2512 Před 11 měsíci

    I have the exact same mower, that I use each summer. In my research, I found they were built from 1912-1918

  • @klauskarbaumer6302
    @klauskarbaumer6302 Před 11 měsíci

    I like the idea of forage analysts. Titles are everything!

  • @donnadoering5125
    @donnadoering5125 Před 11 měsíci

    My dad had one but I was too young and didn’t know their use was. Thanks 🙏 for explaining it. From Ontario Canada

  • @tarajoyce3598
    @tarajoyce3598 Před rokem

    LOL 😂

  • @jorgopitz4437
    @jorgopitz4437 Před rokem

    Danke für die Möglichkeit teilzuhaben an ihrer Arbeit mit den Pferden…..Gruß aus Deutschland Köln Jörg

  • @shaunhayward
    @shaunhayward Před rokem

    I've seen those in front yards surrounded by flowers, as you say, but never knew what they did. Thanks for the demonstration!

  • @drafthorseswithalexa

    Just found your channel through Jim's comment section - great to see this, we are also in Ontario!

    • @gentlegiants1974
      @gentlegiants1974 Před rokem

      Glad you found me, thanks for watching! Whereabouts in Ontario? I'm in Northumberland.

    • @drafthorseswithalexa
      @drafthorseswithalexa Před rokem

      @@gentlegiants1974 Northern Ontario, Lake Nipissing region...

  • @shaunhayward
    @shaunhayward Před rokem

    I love how you are with your horses. 😊

  • @klauskarbaumer6302
    @klauskarbaumer6302 Před rokem

    Now that's a lot of loads per hour, I never can do that much done, I load by hand. My two heavy Percherons ( both over 2200 lbs.) probably would be able to handle the work. Good team that you have!

    • @gentlegiants1974
      @gentlegiants1974 Před rokem

      I put 3 on the cart to make sure I had lots of horsepower! Loading manure by hand, not bad for small bits but I love my front end loader as I am almost 50 now. The compost spread very easily and the field was fairly level with only a slight hill in the middle. My spreader is JD model R

    • @klauskarbaumer6302
      @klauskarbaumer6302 Před rokem

      @@gentlegiants1974 I am 76! Have been working with horses for 60 years and still love it.

    • @uteschneider3349
      @uteschneider3349 Před 8 měsíci

      ​@@klauskarbaumer6302 Hallo Klaus Karbaumer, schön dich mal wieder zu "treffen". Ich hoffe, Dir und Deinen Pferden geht's gut! Hab einen schönen Tag! Viele Grüße aus Deutschland 🙋‍♀️

    • @klauskarbaumer6302
      @klauskarbaumer6302 Před 8 měsíci

      Danke. Gruesse aus Missouri zurueck. Ja, es geht uns gut, leider wegen der grossen Trockenheit wenig Arbeit auf dem Feld. Aber wenigstens wardie zweite Heuernte gut.@@uteschneider3349

  • @klauskarbaumer6302
    @klauskarbaumer6302 Před rokem

    Very nice. Heartwarming!