Spring Shop Work
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- čas přidán 12. 04. 2018
- The weather is still not favorable but we're starting to get ready for spring planting anyway. The machines need to be prepped so we spent the day working on trucks and tractors. One of the Kenworths got a new tarp motor, the 8360rt got a new set of batteries, and I spent some time cleaning shop.
I am a 5th generation family farmer from West-Central Minnesota. The recent interest in food, combined with a large amount of 'misinformation' has driven me to start this channel. I hope to be someone people can relate to and trust when they question how their food is grown and raised. I also hope to become a 'smarter' farmer through my experiences with this channel. I strongly believe we must have an open mind and a willingness to learn about others, or we cannot move forward as one. My goal is to build the connection between farmers and consumers by facilitating a collaborative conversation amongst everyone. I do this by sharing my day-to-day farming experiences, my opinions on certain topics, and occasionally visiting other farms and businesses to help better understand other farming and business practices. There is no limit to where this channel may go, so please join me!!
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I cannot imagine how often people completely forget about their fire extinguishers. That is super smart. Good way to keep insurance costs down too if you report I bet!
Great video thanks for sharing 👍
Love seeing the normal nuts and bolts work.
Great video's and great content. Your one video you asked for people to post where they're from. Well I am in Buffalo N.Y.. Grew up on a small farm about in a town called Belfast N.Y. about two hours south of Buffalo. Lol depending on how bad the winters get here. We get the cold from Canada and the moisture to feed that cold air from Lake Erie. I am a full time mechanic,truck driver and heavy tow truck driver. We don't farm anymore but we still use our barn for the horse's and the other half as a shop. My relatives still out in Belfast. I am up in the city because I was offered a civil service job. In fact I almost went to college for General agriculture at Alfred state college here in upstate New York. Thank you again for your video's.
I love this videos I got my old man hooked on them too
Good editing!! -- always enjoy the videos and the knowledge. Its great to see how your operation runs and some of the heartaches like the tags on the trucks... Very funny moment.. Them hurt. Keep up the good work..
Thanks for sharing Zach. Lot of people do not realize there is a lot of prep work involved in getting ready for spring planting and spring in general. It amazes me how deep the frost line gets up there. I'M in landscaping and we can plant all winter here most winters at most our frost line is only 2 to 3 inches deep. LOL Have a great weekend. God Bless!!!
Do a tour of all of your equipment including trucks like pickups and service trucks and trailers.
Hope you get some warm weather soon! This video was great. I'm right there with ya doing some preparation and cleaning in our shop.
I love my 8360rt shout out from Washington State
Dude you're so hilarious! You made my day.
Love the videos
DeAndre Chambers thanks!
We still have full out winter here in Saskatchewan . You must be getting another storm I heard the Winnipeg Jets plane got turned around yesterday. Too bad about the Wild...lol
If you don't want your diesel fuel to jell up, put sea foam in it. Sea foam is used to clean out the carburetor and other parts that form build ups. On top of that it prevents diesel fuel from gelling up because it mixes with the fuel which causes it to have a much lower freezing point. Every time I hear it's going to be below freezing In Sw Ohio, I go out and put about 16oz in my diesel tank. Works like a charm.
Jonathan Gretz we use an additive in the trucks in the winter, but it's too expensive to put in the 2,000 gallon barrel... we end up running in below zero weather sometimes so I'm not sure seafoam would cover it.
Man I love a shop full of green & yellow can't get enough of it Go green :)
Stay strong spring is coming! Thanks for sharing
We have an oil burner. It was definitely worth it! Change oil in our equipment and dump it a barrel that makes its way to the burner! Super sweet. Good work on the videos!
Another good video, Zach. Thanks for keeping us up on what's going on with your operation.
Hello from Norway! I really like this channel.
Snow! Great
Good luck with the snowstorm this weekend.
I remember my uncle was a farmer in south Texas back in the day and was a jack of all trades, would do it all just like you. Nice work!
Minnesota has had a very unusual winter this year.......
Hang in there Zach, the weather will turnaround one of these days!!! It’s definitely a struggle all over the Midwest right now.
Some pretty freakish weather everywhere this year. Here in Oregon it's rainy and only a high of about fifty! You should have a pretty clean shop and all your computer work done if it keeps this up!!! Stay safe.
Good Show.
Your video made me check the weather forecast here in Winona - yup, gotta run out tomorrow morning and get more gas for the snowblower lol.
I really like your videos being that we’re only a couple hours away from eachother when you talk about snow. I relate. Since we typically get the same snow storm. We got out of school early today at 2. We should’ve got out earlier though since we couldn’t see in front of our noses on our way home.
Lovely idias
Your video editing is top notch. Absolutely top notch.
Harrison Fowler thanks! It takes me a while!
Your videos are getting so much better. Nice work.
Adam Trost thanks!
I have a suggest to help start your truck engine's in the cold. Try the gear reduction starters from Delco Remy. 39 Mt with the larger bolt holes for like a cummins ism, n14 , 60 series. Just count the teeth on the bendix gear to match up. They're lighter and easier to install. I put one on a cummins ism in a freightliner. Cranks that engine in the cold pretty quick.. Also for the starter bolts I use plumbers dope the white paste. Same stuff used for air fittings. I apply it to the threads and it threads in very well and when it hardens it will hold the bolts in place so they don't back out. Also easier getting them out at time of starter replacement compared to lock tite.
Another good video. Thank you for taking the time to make them
Josh Handy thanks for watching!
Your welcome. Hopefully it warms up and the ground thaws out so you can get to plant the Corn and Beans
Nice video, makes me feel better writing checks for the hauling when I see your truck registration registration part. It’s like prepping for a race, just not sure when it is going to start.
Welcome back man you were missed:-) we are going to start planting corn today hopefully.
I enjoy watching your videos and to see how people farm in another country. No doubt you have your challenges like we all have. We farm in South Africa near a town called Bergville in the KwaZulu Natal province. I was wondering how many people are involved in your farming operation ?
loving the videos especially all the john deer kit
This weather Blows!
yes it does!!
Tags for my truck in nc is 1380.00 a year...hope u don't get the 12 inches of snow the weather service is calling for in your area. ...
Nothing runs like a deere
Must be nice to have moisture!!! Geez still dry here in Sedgwick Kansas Zach!!!
Keenan Kelley Still?! You must be toward the western part of Kansas?
MN Millennial Farmer No 20 miles north of the Ant Hill Wichita. South Central. It’s so dry and the wind is blowing 30-50 tomorrow and been in the 30 plus all week..
Thanks for the vlog MN farmer lol tarp motor lucky you I have to get out and untarp the semi trailer
Kyle Buchmann I feel you! Did it for many years!
I still do it every day when the weather is nice
Your videos are professional and i love your style :-)
Scott Lancaster thank you!
We already have corn up about 6in here in south ga feel for u guys
Jay Lee dang!
Like the channel brotha....great content..keep it up!! You're getting some views!!!! NICE!!!!
Stoney Ridge Farmer thank you!
nice vid
At the farm equipment dealer I used to work at we had a semi with a couple of trailers and the yearly licence on just one highway tractor was like 5 to 6 grand! So I was shocked how cheap yours was!!
Really enjoy watching your videos; as sophisticated and expensive as your equipment is, you would think John Deere would enable you to update software without taking the monitors out of the rig and into their shop. Seems like a good way to drop a monitor and break it.
I really need a "Stacy" in my life too!
I'm gonna guess those were 31-950 batteries? We used those in our derby cars. Nothing else would start a screamin' hot small block chevy like a 31-950....
Guys here in SW KS are going to start planting corn next week. We aren’t going to start until the first of May ourselves but everyone likes planting corn early here.
Fishingfool2017 we like to get going as soon as we possibly can because of our shorter growing season. May 1st is perfect for us but it can get cold after that so it's always a little risky
This weather sucks in upstate NY we can't take our plows and salters of yet. this weekend were getting snow and ice storm tried of this weather doesn't help anybody have a good weekend think positive summer
William Wood 3rd the weather has to warm up eventually, it always does!
Damn snow!! why cant we live in a hot place!!
Yeah hopefully we can start doing something by May 1 we got a lot of corn ground to plow yet froze up early
TJ Croteau I feel your pain!
We started planting sugar beets and grain last week and got rain and snowed out yesterday. Crazy weather here in southeastern Idaho.
Gerry Yazzie it's always a challenge!
Going to be a rushed planting season for everyone up here, lets hope we get some consistent warm temps to dry things out in the coming weeks.
Just blew our planter apart this morning. Aaaaaaand it’s sposed to snow
Its the same here in the Uk instead of snow we have just had a full week of fog and rain, Farmers in Ireland are running out of silage for the milk cattle because the cold and wet spring we have had cannot turn the cattle out. I really glad we have got this global warming otherwise we be really behind the cue ball.
It's always a challenge isn't it!?
Gosh ya know this year and this weather is crazy im from Wisconsin and its been just as weird here too
Hopefully it turns soon!
MN Millennial Farmer No Doubt!
That’s crazy we started planting corn yesterday
Spradlin Excavation you lucky son of a gun, where at?
North Alabama lol it’s 70 and SUNY here
I’m from Southern Wisconsin about 15 mins South of the Capital and we are disking fields at this moment
We still have three feet of snow in northern Alberta and they are calling for some more on Monday / Tuesday :(
ubatracker1976 we got lucky and missed the heavy stuff yesterday. Southern MN supposedly had 18 inches in spots
looks like you are getting even more snow now. southern and central MN going to snow till Sunday
Bobby Livingsworth yep!
Here in Iowa we are spraying
Don’t stop making videos ur the coolest funniest farmer plz don’t stop hope u have good harvest and nothing goes wrong when it’s time to harvest
Michael Wilson thank you!!
flyhound97 I don't doubt you had to have a second grader explain it to you. Obviously your to dumb to learned to stop being a troll and belittling people even after you got blocked on other channels for doing it. So keep your snide comments to yourself.
MN Millennial Farmer any chance you can do an act of community service and block flyhound97
Jack Mraz I second that
Jack Mraz done!
Put dock in 8th of April last year.
This year ice is 24 to 36 inches thick on area lakes according ti weather man around Detroit lakes and eastward.
Next snow is going south of us so going to take snow plow off the picup today The 13th.
So there.
40yeartrucker you're braver than me, I'm leaving the snow blower on for 2 more days, that way it won't snow!
(6:36) That's the wheel power you need to deal with the icy conditions!
thanks for sharing these videos, I've always been fascinated with the farm life, what's your favourite tractor ?
Bob Marley hmm. I really like our Moline G750 for sentimental reasons!
Were suppose to be getting snow over here today as well, but as of right now we haven't gotten anything. Getting a little restless here not being able to do much, sounds like you guys are in the same boat.
We haven't done a thing. We can't even consider it yet with all the frost.
Yea we still have a lot of frost. I'm actually kinda hoping this ends up being rain instead of snow to try and get rid of some of the frost.
Same here, for sure
Love your guy's shop, ours is nice but the width of yours would make working on equipment easier.
Welker Farms Inc thanks! When we built it we made sure it was wide enough to get the trucks in because we were sick of frozen brakes and burnt up block heaters! We don't do as much in the shop as you though.
It is very nice! Do you have in floor heating? Ours was built in 1974 I believe and has been added onto 3 times since haha. So it leaks when it rains, creeks in the wind, and is shaped like a mutant capital T, has 4 different concrete floors, and something like 5 breaker box's haha. We love it as it is our own creation but to have one nice large square building like yours would be wonderful. I'm sure you guys do plenty in there! We just look like we do more because we like to run prehistoric equipment and they require a little more work.
Welker Farms Inc as long as it works for you! We didn't go with any floor heat because of the cost and some horror stories we have heard. We just have 2 large hanging units that work well. We can turn the heat down when we're gone and the recovery time is quick.
license fees for hauling weight are for sure a real expense, just happy they are a tax write-off. the April 34F nights here in North Carolina have been unusual. so glad I've been planning May planting this year and not April. I'd be frustrated good if April planting had been the original plan.
One step at a time and before you know it there are more things to do on the getter done list .
KW needs a catch can. That's why it's low on coolant.
Have you ever considered putting Master Switches on your trucks/tractors? Might help save yourself from battery troubles.
Jared Cialkowski yeah, we have a couple of them. I also ordered a couple different float chargers/tenders now, so we'll see how those work.
You should give Onelonely farmer some tips on how to keep his shop clean.
Corby Sherman he's a busy dude and we haven't had as many years to make ours a mess yet!
And he's lonely remember, not a lot of help for all the stuff he endures.
Little man!!
thats tracked tractor make your front loader look like a toy MY GOODNES id love to see one of thos in person
yelp. pretty sure all of us in Minnesota are super sick of all this snow. got stuff to do outside, but can't do it. Snow just keeps coming and frost just wont go away. :'(
Crzycatman the frost is what really has me nervous
I was taught electricity is just smoke. the starter takes lots of smoke so the "hoses" to the starter are necessarily BIG. if you let the smoke out, it quits working. it looked like the snow line was pretty well defined. depending on where you are you could get dumped on or just rain and ice. what does it cost to update the firmware in those monitors and do you pay for GPS data?? do you have a GPS repeater in the field also? I was just over on jay leno's channel watching him drive a red $600k quad track on the streets of Hollywood. he and Tim Allen really have it tough, eh. stay frosty up there.
First Name we don't pay for the GPS "data" but we have to pay a one time fee for the accuracy level. Our most accurate system was an expensive subscription, and the least accurate one is actually free, but the monitors and receivers are spendy. We sent have our own receiver in the fields because we're able to use the one on the large bin in town 3 miles from us.
I like the pmcs ans care you take with your equipment i see so many ranchers and farmer raise hell because there equipment breaks down as a parts guy at a dealership ive seen 100s of preventable break down simply because of little to no preventive maintaanice.
Interesting point on the waste oil ,over here in the uk you have to pay for a licence to burn in work shop heaters no other special reason just an easy way to make money .also why dont you burn the oil yourself in a workshop heater ?
Pete Owen we don't have an oil burner, they're not real common here for some reason.
We are abnormaly wet in France too. We haven t done anything in the field yet.
Pierre Perrin is your season usually in line with ours?
MN Millennial Farmer Yes , we are at the same latitude and we have the four seasons. We grow the spring crops at the same Time of the year
I can't believe you're still forecasted for snow.
Scott Janku snowing hard right now!
I think you're going to get more it is Friday evening here in Colorado and we are getting snow
Leonard Younger getting some now...
Hold on big storm hitting us all weekend
Wynden Schlichter I'm watching it to my south right now!
Zach, my boy. Pepperoni and Sausage are the best pizza toppings ever!!!
Jordan Roberts of course they are
Pssssst how is your blizzard? Getting what 16” give or take of snow lol. Up in Crosslake getting like 1”, going to be a fun fishing season.
Kluck Fabrication so far nothing but it's CLOSE!
You need the quick change brackets for your 2630s. With those it takes 5 seconds to take them out.
I wasn't aware they made such a thing?!
MN Millennial Farmer look up quick change bracket for 2600 on CZcams. You will love it!!!
Aaron Sprung I'm on it, thanks!!
MN Millennial Farmer they mike life a lot easier. Especially the combine.
We gotta get a electric tarp for our 36' hopper bottom . Priced them and everything including a new tarp is $3000 but hey they will give us 15% discount on the tarp lol ...Oh ya your planter is it 90'
Indiana Malt wow, that seems high!? We just bought a tarp (vinyl only) for under $400. There isn't much more to the electric ones...
MN Millennial Farmer I thought the same . We just have the roll up type but electric would be nice . They said it would be like 2 grand for the kit 500 for install and like almost 400 for a new tarp . I might have to check online I'm sure the install can't be that hard . Who knows but hitting a button while your In the truck would be nice
Indiana Malt its awesome, especially when the weather sucks!
MN Millennial Farmer I heard Minnesota is gonna get a big snow storm
88 degrees yesterday, 30 degrees and snow predicted for Sunday. Give Mother Nature her meds, please.
Kenworth and Deere, the only way to fly.
Ewwwwww that part killed me lmao 😂😂😂😂 you about to get the foot plus of snow too???
we're right on the edge. could be rain, could be a foot of snow!
MN Millennial Farmer ahhhh.... id take the rain... have a wonderful day Mr J! 👍🏁
Questions: What is the latest date you can plant corn and beans? Is there a minimum temperature the soil has to be at for promoting germination? How long will it take the frost to come out of the ground when the weather warms up?
Glenn Orth those are all variable questions but May 1st is a perfect date for us to plant. When June hits, that's getting REALLY late for us. At that point, we would have to swap our seed for earlier maturities and we would be giving up a huge amount of yield. Rains help take the frost out so I'm hoping that's what we end up with.
MN Millennial Farmer thanks
Great videos. Just found this channel. I’m in the process of buying 6 sections of virgin land (never been farmed) and farming on it. I have done a series of soil tests, etc.
How many acres does your family farm? What do you grow? Amazing that you’re 5th generation farmer. Congrats man! :)
I have a few questions about equipment if you have the time.
David Lamb holy cow, 6 sections of virgin land?!?! That's amazing, where at?! I'm jealous of that! We farm 2,500 acrea and right now it's all corn and soybeans.
MN Millennial Farmer My property is located SE of Silver City, New Mexico about 30 miles, next to the Mimbres River.
I see in your videos that you guys have a lot of tractors and implements, etc. What is your favorite all-round tractor from tillage to seeding?
Also, for my existing natural vegetation I have blue and black grama grass, a few 1-2 foot high forbs, and the largest shrubbery is the creosote bush. My plan is to use a bulldozer with a mulcher attached and/or with a root rake to rid all this stuff. Then come right behind with a Horsch Focus 6TD seeder. I’m doing circular sprinkler systems plus flooding the corners with the wells and pumps, including a reservoir in the middle of the section to pump out to all four 1/4 sections.
Sorry, I’m getting too long winded here.
My main two questions are of the go-to tractor and then how to best get rid of the existing vegetation to be able to cultivate.
Thanks very much for any help and input. Kind regards!
David Lamb wow, that's awesome! I haven't broken much virgin ground, only a few acres, and it was a lot of work because of the small trees and big rocks! As far as a tractor goes, each of our tractors are pretty specific for the jobs they do, so we need them all. We don't really have a "do-all" tractor. I guess you would have to figure out your horsepower needs and go from there...
Nice job man! Things are late because of the climate or the scheadule are on time ?
I'm curious, in USA (i'm from brazil) is easy to get some land for rent? To plant soybeans, corn...
Have a good season man! God bless you all in US>
Hugo Miranda we're late than normal because of our weather, but I am far north so that makes me even later. In my area, finding land to rent is very very difficult.
Hope that things run better in the next days man. We are a farm family in brazil and know how hard things are in our profession!
Wowza snow!! How many acres y'all put in roughly ??
Secretnoisepictures about 2,500
MN Millennial Farmer thank you sir for the response. Keep up the great videos !
At 2:34ish the delivery charge is 2 squarish slices
Thanx from the left coast near the Krapitol of California
Just ordered pizza Alicia put it in oven at :14 after the hour and Debby took it out at :22 yum yum 5 minutes away
When is a normal start date for you guys to plant corn. Cold and wet here in the north east also.
Joe Meehan we like to start around April 25th-May 1st. With all of our frost yet I don't see that happening this year.
Same with us. So far it's been a poor spring. We have a weather advisory for tomorrow- ice storm. Yeppie lol. We should be planting oats now. No Frost in the ground but very wet.
Curious. What's your goals for this year? Seems like you got it going well up there. Thanks
TwoHappyChildrenFarm grow 350 bushel/acre average and sell it for $7. That might be aiming high?
Good to know. We need goals. Here I want to break 180 and $4.50 would be a nice change of pace. If you're closing in on 300, it would be nice to see what the fields look like. I think people think it's easy, just plug in the formula and boom, out pops 300. We know it's the details and work. Good job.
TwoHappyChildrenFarm realistically, 200 is awesome for our area. We hope for that but 170-180 is more common. Our local prices are under $3.50 yet so $4.50 might be tough! Its always challenging.
Interesting. We had a LOT of Minnesota customers at the farmers market today. They love rhubarb up there apparently. New crop harvest is pricing around 3.85 here. Typical is 90bu.
TwoHappyChildrenFarm who doesn't love rhubarb?!
Another Great Video ! What engine is in the kenworth truck?
FarmerTom08 the red ones are C-13 cats and the white one is a Cummins
I saw Channel seed boxes. Is that the only brand you plant and how do you like it?
Massey1105driver mostly, we like it a lot. It does well in our area
You may want to rephrase your "several inches" into "several feet"