Square Baling Hay With 60 Year Old Baler : That Was Fun 🤪
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- We did the best we could! Not perfect, but still worth it. Come along to see how our old square baler did for the first time it’s been used in about 15 years. We appreciate you being here! Until next time, Farm Hard Live Well, The Bernards
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When I see Wes and Austin it gives my hope for the future. Great kids come from great parents. Well done. God Bless, Daryl
Ahhh, memories of square bales, tremendous character building. One day your kids will be standing around and one of their friends will be talking about putting in a hard day's work and they will laugh and say "Let me tell you about a hard day's work".
Ain't that the truth. I remember the old guys running us young kids in the ground.
Hard work only leads to one thing a crippled body handling square bales was one of farmings worst inventions the human body was not designed. For that kind of labor
Most I ever did was 1200 in a day.
My hat's off to Lawrence and his tenacity keeping old equipment going. Maybe when Meredith gets a million subscribers, he can update his machinery. Family farms are struggling all over the country.
The beef industry is a dying trade
@@arthurdewith7608 I can't afford beef. But I'm surrounded with Angus operations. Have a goat dairy nearby.
Great video Meredith and Lawrence and kids
I love it! Did a lot of round bales, but there's something about running a square baler that's just plain fun. I had 13 tractors, my favorite for square baling was a Case 430 pulling a New Holland Hayliner 273; it'd just talk to you. I'd usually square bale around 800 bales in my bottom land and round bale the rest the next day. I've been told i'm crazy, but i love to haul square bales. Nothing like sweat pouring off you on a 95 deg. day loading them bales. Age has put an end to all that for me, sure enjoy seeing y'all doing it! I thank God that by His grace i'm his child and He blessed me with being on the farm all my life. God richly Bless y'all!
My hat is off to you and your children. For doing that job. It's hard enough to bail, let alone using a bailer that doesn't want to work. We used to put up over a 1000 bails a summer of hay. That's not counting The 40 acres of alfalfa. And might I say Miss Meredith you have a beautiful complexion.
Meredith, you and the farmer are wonderful parents who deserve to be family of the year on CZcams and in your local community
Glad to see Lady looking happy!
We just finished putting 100 squares up in the barn today, as a kid my 2 sisters and I did this every summer, when all there are is girls in the family you do the heavy work not just for the boys! Great job Wes and Austin.
You guys done a great job outside in the heat. It brought back memories 50 years ago, but we pick it up at nitetime after the sun set. Bet no trouble sleeping tonite. Thank you for sharing.
Tell Westley he has clearly progressed from apprentice to journeyman in his farm work. That and his breakfast looked pretty danged good! The young man looks taller every time I see him. Austin is always the pistol. She can hoist a bale as well as anyone. Now if you can just convince LB to throw away that ragged shirt and get a new one. Love your down-to-earth family.
you throw his shirt away , u might see a grizzley come out ,lol
In 1976-77 I was on a hay crew, and it paid a 1/2 cent a bale. Hard work but it made me who I am today. Very appreciative of the things in life!
Back in the 70's we had a 268 baler and when we would have a tying problem it was because of a burr on the knotter. Usually it was at the beginning of the season. We would put up 6-7,000 bale's a year. We fed about half of it and sold the rest. We would hook a wagon behind the baler and stack it on the hay wagon as they came out of the baler.
In southern Ontario. The beef industry has all but disappeared
Hooking that wagon makes haying fast and easy. Once did 600 bales in less than an hour in western Minnesota.
@@farmingforfunandprofit940 your math is a little off but the point is well taken. We aimed for one bale every two minutes. That was possible but not always achieved.
We have .Between 1/4 and a 3/4 MIIION invested.... in buildings and Hay Equipment, tractrs trucks,trailers..... We just little backwoods country bumpkins......Yousess Tube is for shits and giggles...... making Money by selling hay is for Dollars, Dimes, and Nichols........
@@philiphereford5657 you need thicker flakes and a faster plunger speed. If you are using a 14 T or a super 66 you are going to have trouble but a 336 or newer or a 273 can put out a lot of bales.
Hello from Denmark. When I was young we made 3000 to 5000 small bales every year, so I know the trouble with this hard work. When they were in the barn it was nice all winter. Thank for all Your kindnes Meredith.
Looks like a hard day. Hope everyone feels ok tomorrow ❤️
Awesome job 👍👍 you and the kids did great 👍👍. God bless you and your family .
Memories, yup. Our square baler seemed to make larger square about same length. My grand uncle called it "Character Building", but then everything to him and my grand father built character.
Ahhh yes the square bales! Lots of work there! Glad you finished❤
Whoa, this vlog deserves a lot of likes. I have never worked this hard and never saw a kid do it either. Ya'll did it in this heat and humidity. I am so impressed. I didn't hear those kids complain not once. This would of made a grown man cry. Bravo!!!!!! Woot woot!!!!!! They get the NC farm kid trophies of the day!! Show this to school kids today and see what they say. Can't hold a candle to your kids in strength and true grit. Your kids powered through it. And the other young man that showed up after he had worked all day???? just incredible.
Aww thanks! There was some complaining by everyone except LB, though. 🤣 Nonetheless we got it done and it was a good experience. ☺️
It would have been a lot easier if you put a hay rack on behind the baler.
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We baled many bales with a New Holand 268 baler back in the day. That brought back many memories. Thanks for your persistence in bring videos for us to watch.
My dad and uncle used the same New Holland baler and I had to drive for both of them when I turned 9 in the 60s
L.B. knows what he is doing , the knotter creates more problems while baling small bale's ! Most farmers have more trouble , they say it has to be in sink , making the twine work proper , L .B. has a lot of patience, stay safe everyone !!
Love square bales/baling. It's what I grew up with in the 60s and 70s, so a bit of nostalgia and memories of youth and good times..
Remember those times also only more fun the way we do it now.....
@@farmingforfunandprofit940 Yep. Unfortunately I didn't stay on the land.
Wish I had in some ways, except it's a tough road now with all the insane political goings on, and insane hoops being introduced here in NZ, (and western countries in general)
What a phenomenal team you have there!!
When I was a kid (many , many, years ago, we had old McCormick Deering and IH balers, but we had folks that were born in the early part of the century that knew how to fix them. Lawrence appears to know his buisiness, but without having worked on one everyday, we forget. He's doing pretty good even keeping that old baler in time. You need to fix him an extra special breakfast.
Old square balers. I think everyone that has ever ran one has a love/hate relationship with them. You love them when they work and hate them when they don't. 🥰🤬
@@curtiswolf313 yep
Welcome to square baling! Getting the baler adjusted is a process, particularly when it hasn't been used for a while. I will be riding a wagon next week and catching bales off a square baler. Great to see everyone working together and learning. Where are mom's gloves?
Good question. Where's your Gloves lady
It's always fun with the Square Baler ❤😊
More fun when you can get paid big bucks and not have to touch them!!!
Ok, not every week end....... But the Bale Baron keeps a record of the number of 21-bale bundles it ties, In one year it has 1100 that means 23 thousand 100 bales sold, at $5.00=$115,500 at $10,00=$231,000..........Video will confirm operation
Hi Meredith & family, that was a great video. You don't know hard work till you have loaded square bales on a wagon, and then unloaded in a barn, character building for sure, and Wes & Austin shined like always. Great parenting Meredith&Lawerence, just wonderful to see, thank you.
Yup- small square bales like to be used a lot to keep things shined up. You did well and will be glad for it next winter.
Brings back memories. 60 years ago I was doing the same thing with a baler that was just as temperamental. The baler would tie a few then miss one. Our baler had the twine boxes, one on each side of the chute, a perfect place for someone to ride on the back of the baler and quickly tie the miss-tied bales. When the bale was in the chute just behind the knotter there was enough slack in the twine to retie a knot quickly by hand. Never really figured out how the knotters worked. Guess that's why the knotters never got adjusted just right.
I also did that 60 years ago, had an IH 45. Picking them off the ground was not fun, but kept me in condition. I used a four tine fork. Youngest brother was driving and next two were stacking on the rack. I was running along picking up bales on both sides, running back and forth.
I had no idea that farming was soon hard! Lawrence works his tail off! God bless this whole family!
Kids today just don't know what Hard Work is!!! I remember the Model 268 square bailer cos I grew up with one. Then we went to the Mod #273. Those were the days, Thanks for sharing memories and God Bless us all that lived in that era. Amen
Reminds me of my much younger days. We would put up anywhere from 2,000 to 3,000 small square alfalfa and grass bales in the hay mow and outside. Then later when the oats was harvested 1,000 to 2,000 small square straw bales. Sure kept us in great shape!! Hats off the the Bernard family!!
That's a lot of hay!
That brought back some old memories of baling hay on my Grandfather's farm in Southeastern Pa. He had one of the older New Holland balers that had it's own motor to power it. He use a chute from the baler to the wagon. Thar way one man could load the wagon , not have to pick bales up from the ground. The bales weighed around 75 lbs. Some times we would drop the bales when the 3 wagons were full . I got to drive the the state body truck , like age 9 or 10. Unloading in the old bank barn in July up near the roof the temp could reach 130 degrees. After he got rid of the dairy he sold the hay at different sales . A lot of Amish would raise Tobacco, their cash crop and then buy hay in the winter for their stock. Best was when Kings Ranch would buy the hay right from the wagons for their Farm near Coatesville, where they shipped the cattle from Texas and glazed them for awhile before selling them. It was neat as a young boy to see some real cowboys in their boots and cowboy hats when they in the morning to get it.
I feel you on that weather! Texas had been TERRIBLE this summer. However, on the bright side it was AMAZING seeing the Farmer climbing up on that bailer like he was 30 again ❤
I put up many bales in my life...I loved it! I am so glad to see Wes was stacking the bales on the trailer the correct way too!
Good work girl 😃🖒we all need a wife like you !!
Can relate to the older gear , good to see again , thats how farming should be , at 53 you have taken me back to my youth !!
Lawrence seems to be doing AMAZING with his new.knees. God Bless
Darn, wish you were alot closer, would give you our old new Holland just like yours for parts! I lost my Cowboy in Jan so now I'm in the process of selling and getting rid of the equipment we used. Its been hard losing him and going thru his stuff so love your man and kids! Baling time, we always took gallon milk jugs filled them half full of water throw them in freezer, then filled them full for the hot weather. Good luck!
So sorry for your loss.......prayers
I am wondering if Lady didn't like that rainy, stormy weather you were all having and she got frightened - my nearly 10 year old girl last week got out while I went to work for the morning and was picked up by the pound for the first time in my life of owning dogs. We had terrible wind here in New Zealand, when I would take the dogs to the beach the wind blew so hard that the sand was blowing in my eyes and I had grit in my mouth and hair - their hearing is so much more sentitive than ours - I am pleased she is settled and happier now
I love watching father and son working together. I miss that about my son. Miss my daughters too. All 4 of them.
That's how I made my burger my back in the day! Three of us, one drove, one threw on the trailer and the one stacked, then we would rotate. 1000 bales a day! 80 pounders! Stacked. Thank God for balewagons!
My burger money. Gas was .35 a gallon.
Meredith, you crack me up you’re having so much fun. Where else would you want too be . Love all the videos great job
Brings back some old memories. Some good and some that'll test anyone's will and stamina. Spent my school years throwing square bales onto back of flatbed wagon to earn money. The only thing I found just as hard or maybe a little harder was cutting sugar cane by hand in freezing weather and knee deep in water cause of rain, on Christmas day. Those kids are something special, but then, they had some pretty good teachers.
Yall's kids are amazing! Good job Wes and Austin!
IT'S A TEST of PATIENCE !!!! AND TOMORROW IS ANOTHER DAY !!!❤😊
Meredith....growing up in South Carolina I remember cutting hay in the summer,slinging bale's onto the back of a flatbed trailer and unloading into the hay barn. Daddy had a 1953 Chevy truck that he pulled the flatbed trailer with....boy it was definitely a hot job....😅
Long time ago my uncle was the corn planter and bailer mechanic for Evergreen Equipment JD of Little Falls Minnesota, with over 40 years on the job. I remember some of the things about cleaning and adjusting the knotters to this day. But when he was in the nursing home. The farmers would sneak him out to adjust knotters in the fields. That was 40 years ago.
Hi & happy day, I've been waiting to see your square baler in action. It just needs to get shined up & the 268 will perform better, they're good old balers. Looks like U all have a nice start on square baling.
I enjoy watching your channel ❤️ you all work so hard and get to play hard you have a beautiful home and laugh at the farms works looks like fun stay safe all😊
Makes you want to go KISS the Round Baler. Haha. I remember that being the most popular job for high school students in the summer. IF you did that, you didn't need any physical training before football season. Great work.
Moving square bales by hand will wear you out. Hats off to the youngsters
I always tell my husband, if he baled hay in January, it would still be the hottest day of the year! We’re in NC also
A while back, my father-in-law had one, and on our acreage, we would use the same baler, and it would fail every 4 to 10 bails
Brought back many memories. Thank you all the way from Winnipeg Manitoba Canada.
My grandma was from minnetoba. Canada. Is family name Funk.
When I was a kid growing up? And I we had the little Ford tractor hooked up to the wagon, and 5 of us. Kids would throw up on a wagon about 6 high. We had to cross and crack. I was dragged The wagon across the cricket and it upset. Oh, what fun that was? And where did I get my listen about my dad? Tell me how to cross a crick and go down a hill
That was cross a creek and go down the hill
When we filled all hayracks or ran out of time/crew to finish large fields, we pulled a skid. The rail skid was big enough for someone to stand behind the baler, the worker would stand 4 bales on edge, 3 on top of that, 2 on top of that, followed by a 1 bale peak. Trip the skid, the pyramid stack would slide off backward. It would set up 10-bale pyramids around the field, much easier for picking up later and kept most of the hay off the ground for the most part.
Best bailer we ever had was a John Deere 24T, absolutely minimal knotting issues, would cram hay into the chute really well, produced bales that weren't bananas, and the auger movement above the pickup head was so much better than the ridiculous traveling forks.
Meredith you such a great attitude and such awesome patience🙌. Thank for the video!
Oh how I remember those hot haying days, throwing those heavy square bales. AND standing on top and grabbing those on the upper tiers with a hay hook. Lots of fun
Who would say that about Lady? They must be crazy, thank you for being such a good Mom to all your animals
I agree, so many people assume things and put their drama where it isn't needed. The dog was just being a dog. Goodness gracious. If you hear hoof beats it's probably not a zebra.
Im the guilty one because Lady is my favorite 😮. 🥴
I have been called crazy before. 😅.
Yes Merideth is great with all the animals.
@@glenn6448 I am guilty too. I hate seeing her out in a thunderstorm. Is all the other dogs get to go into the house. I had a dog one time. I was at work. A thunderstorm came up. And she was hit by lightning. Now i'm crying.
Those were the good old days: loading 110 bales on the farm wagon for 1 cent per bale! Pulling the bales up with a hay hook to stack 60 to 80# bales up to 8 high. Eight to ten loads per day and then on the elevator to the hay loft. Farming in the 50's and 60's was hard work compared to the mechanical assistance of today. Thank God for innovation. Nothing better than the smell of fresh, dry hay. The horses and cows really enjoyed that tasty bale during the winter months.
Hey I am a retired New Holland service representative living in Greensboro. Would be glad to help make the 268 tie more consistently if LB needs some help! Enjoy your videos!
Wish all kids could expearance this type of work more kids need this put into them
The joys of square bales. Handled many growing up on the farm. Had an alfalfa field that was a quarter mile long one trip down and back equaled 100 bales. Every time the plunger came around the bale shot out about a foot.
i used to do this as did my wife many years ago. I never doubted how strong farm kids were after doing this for 3 weeks.
Hard working crew..great kids!!!❤
@@wildwes.You said it well! God bless!
Good hard work. Nice looking hay. Glad the old machine could bale several for you. Stay cool!
Ohhhhh the memories! We would cut hay with a sit on sickle mower pulled by an old Farm All tractor. Watching y’all work on the bailer, it as just part of it till you found the bailers happy place. I wish I had a dollar for every bail I’ve retied. True farmers for sure, I imagine everyone is scratching their arms by now. This is why I love your videos.
I loved your comment that there are 3 good kids right here. In this world, you are teaching those kids the value of hard work and morals. Great Parenting!
I think it is time for a video introducing each of the dogs. Especially Bonnie
i have a couple 269 New Holland hayliners. done everything you are doing there, even rebuilt the knotters, made the best baler from the parts of the two
I know you all were worn out. Wore me out in the ac watching it.. :) Kids are so good!!
Good to see LB laughing and having a great time with the family.... farm work never goes away and will always be there when you get back... the chance to make memories with the family eventually slows way down because they get old enough to date.... so before you stay home for never ending farm work... just remember what a great time you have and keep the most important at the top of the list regardless... posted by a man who was guilty of not doing it himself
I hear you ❤️
Meredith you keep doing what you do. You are an inspiration to all young moms these days. Your children will look back at all this one day and will absolutely hold their heads so high and have so much love in their hearts for their mother . Thanks for sharing your busy life with all of us that want to live a quality life .
Just settled my fathers estate/ ranch. The baler had a engine mounted on it, recently completely rebuilt, no PTO. 30 years earlier we raked and rolled the hay by hand and loose loaded it on wagons and the same off loading it in the barn. Not sure if it built character but it built muscles and gave us appreciation for iced tea.
I grew up working in the hay baling 2 wire and 3 wire bales. And everything that goes with baling hay. So I could really relate to what y’all was going thru. Good job y’all. A bit wearing on you when they keep breaking. You guy take care out in this hot heat. 👍❤️
Oh boy , the memories I have about square bales !😜 Good job Wesley and Austin , there great kids growing into young amazing adults ! God Bless❤
I hauled many of square bales and never wore a shirt, to sticky and scratchy. It wasn't hard to wash off. This takes me back many years ago. It is hard work, lots of walking and lifting. Love it. Great job guys.
Outstanding job everyone
I sq. Bailed hay, alfalfa, and timothy in the 50s with an international harvester with it's own mounted motor. The knotter had to be adjusted with each type of fodder bailed. They could be a pain then too.
I live in Winston with close friends 😊in Prospect Hill. Would love to visit sometime. Good vids. I enjoy the life vicariously!
I rarely comment, but always hit the like button! I have followed your channel for a long time. Love your family and the reality of farm life. That life is hard enough with out trying to capture in video. My personality is a little like your husbands at times. Highly respect him for who he is. His creativity and work ethic when it come to making old things run is amazing!It does confirm one thing though, behind every successful man is a great woman! We have been married for 45 years, and must admit that fact!
Thank you for sharing with us!❤
We did square bales on our farm. We did not have our own baler but had to pay 20cents per bale to the farmer who baked it. As a result, dad would tighten down those rear screws so that we were getting 90-100# bales. As a result we baled fewer bales of hay to save money. I can tell you that those heavier bales would wear an old farm boy right a darn bit after 2-300 of them. The joy that lay before us was the skinny dip into the pond afterward.
I completely understand your pain. So many people will never have the opportunity to see the hard work and fun of square baling. We still use some square bales.
Brings back a lot of memories..Dad had a 78 Superhayliner that had a 4 cyl Wisconsin...all the tractor did was tow the baler..that old baler would kickem out..loved hearin the governor open evertime the Plunder went back...thanks for the memories
Hand tying to save a bale brings back memories.
The excitement of a square bale baler for your kids won't last long. They will never forget this day when dad had them loading square bales on a wagon. Life lessons. lol
Watching from Carson City NV, I use to work on one of the largest Ranches in the west ! In the 50's & 60's Ranch was 13,500 acres. But I'm all tuckered out now.
Squar string bales brought back memories . Some funny. Some painful. Anyone else ever see a rattle snake caught in and bailed with the hay . It had about 8 inches of head and body free to strike with. It seamed a little agitated for some reason .
Not only do you do anything on the farm, I'm proud that you walk as much as you do on the farm. I'm 70 with back problems and basically can't walk far, but I'm envious of you and my wife who also loves to walk. Granted, my wife's walks are not in the country, but she still is a trooper in our neighborhood. I''m so glad that you and your children love to ride and that you and Lawrence make sacrifices so that they can, keep up the good work, and I'll continue to watch. Thanks!
Baling hay was my first job I ever had. Many super hot days doing it too.
Back in the mid 60's grandpa had a square baler that looked similar to yours. Although it worked a little better, ha. He had a wagon attached some how as the square bails came up and off the shute and my older sis and I stacked the bails while on the go. Had good times along with the hard work. Thanks for the memories and God Bless y'all.
Love how positive you are! The kids are awesome helpers. 👏👍🐄
Lawrence is a great, great Daddy and a great, great Husband!!!! God bless you all !!!!! In JESUS NAME !!!! Eddy
I do admire y’all’s work ethic, make do no matter what and work thru the problems!
Great job everyone! Backbone of America!
Old trusty came thorough. Is that what parents call a character building day? That's what my Dad and Uncle called it. We were behind and old "kicker" baler with hay hooks. Wesley looks like he is getting broad in the shoulders with all this workout. Blessings all.
268 are very good balers! Spent a lot of time behind one but we pulled the wagon and stacked as we baled, good honest work 😊
Our family had a small farm and we mowed, raked, baled and put up hay to feed our livestock. After our hay was in the barn, my brother, our neighbor that happened to have a truck and I started Hauling hay...
Put 'er in granny, pull out the throttle alittle and point the truck between two rows of bales. Once it is going straight, you jump out of the truck while it is rolling, pick up the bales and toss them to the stacker from both sides of the truck. If the truck began to veer off course, you would have to jump back in and straighten the wheels. After hauling hay one summer during the heat of the day, we decided to hook up lights on the truck and began hauling at night because it was cooler and there were usually lights in the farmers barn, if not we used headlights. No loaders or elevators, just an old 2 ton flatbed Chevy with a "custom" oak extension on the back added on so we could stack on more hay. 2 buckers and 1 stacker that got paid 5 cents a bale each to load and unload, the truck also got paid. On a good night we could put 1500 bales in the barn. Between hauling hay and working in a nearby "truck patch" picking vegetables and loading trucks, I made enough to buy a car and new school clothes. The hay on the outside row of the field were usually full of sprouts and shaded by trees so the hay didn't cure or dry out as much as the rest. The bales seemed to weigh twice as much as all the others.
Sometimes you would pickup a bale and it would have a chopped up snake in it. More than once the bale that was picked up was setting on top of a ground hornets nest, that was always interesting. If we were lucky once in a while the wife of the farmer that we were hauling for
would make a big supper with plenty to eat and all the sweet iced tea you could drink. After working most of the night we would strip off and jump in the creek to wash off the hay and to cool off before heading home.
I go back, if just for a split second to that time whenever I drive through the country and smell hay drying in the field, it seems to put a smile on my face.
Been there done that with a 270 Dad did custom baling every day of the summer until hay and straw season was over. When I got old enough I was on the rake every day it didn't rain old enough was 14. Some great memories come from those days ❤
I Certainly wish you a better time, seeing that I've seen Instagram, I know you had mixed success, but then, not using a machine for all those years, guess you can't expect more, can't wait for the next installment, thanks for sharing this Bernhard family
Thanks for sharing the video Meredith. Hopefully Austin can keep Hank making good progress. It's definitely been hot and I am glad y'all got your square bales up. The old baler didn't do too bad for setting all those years. I'm sure the twine disks on the knotters were rusty as can be. If y'all decide to do more later it might do better as it just needs to be used a little bit. She is an old one now days but I have put up a lot of bales behind that model and a lot more models of New Holland and IH and John Deere balers. Glad y'all didn't get over heated. Take care and stay safe in the heat.
My grandfather bailed a lot of hay with one just about like that. Good memories.❣️
We used to have that same bailer when I was younger, used to call it skipper. Came home from school one day and skipper was GONE. In its place set a nice shiny John Deere square bailer.