Thank you for this! I grew up in a small town surrounded by mountain farmers and I knew nothing about accidents. Now I am mountain farmer myself and I can't say I know anyone who hasn't at least witnessed an accident, but most of us participated in one or two. As you said, there are no lights warning you that things are about to go bad. You need to get experience and that doesn't really happen without and accident here and there. The real difference is where you get it (not all accidents cost a limb) and how careful you are about what you think you know. It is also sometimes a bit depressing having to explain why you can't do something to people who have not walked, let alone driven on a steep terrain. I am now years into doing it, still far from know-it-all, but at the start of each season I still get a know in my stomach, thinking about things that might go wrong.
As an Australian visiting Switzerland right now, I look at the fields I see from my train journeys in a totally different way, thanks to you. I even know what that funky smell is. Silage! Love your videos. Keep up the great work. Cheers.
Yes that is very true farming is very dangerous but it always was like that even when draft animals where used, or well animals in general I got attacked by a Dairy cow last year when I was checking if another cow had calved and this year had a close call too but thanks to a older cow that saw what was going on she stepped in (not all cows do that). Farming in my opinion is one of the greatest jobs on earth. Farming is the backbone of any country (der bauernstand ist das ruckgrad eines landes). Awesome videos keep on making em.
I'm in the Blue Ridge of VA. About 1/3 of my pastures I have a walk behind bush hog due to slop. Been to Switzerland a half a dozen times, those slopes are the real deal!
I grew up farming on steep hills, when I was 20 I had a job on a large arable farm. During the summer I was always asked to drive the combine on the steep slopes because the 45 year old foreman who drove the other combine wasn't confident enough to do any steep slopes
The farmers kids get to start learning by sitting in the cab (or even driving them from ~age 12-13. (I live in Unterägeri, about 10 km (as the crow flies) from this farm!)
Family farm in Ireland, in a pretty hilly area. We only have a few acres of what I would describe as flat so I’m fairly used to driving a tractor on a slope and it always freaks me out. It’s got NOTHING on what these guys do. That’s actually terrifying. I literally couldn’t do it.
I think your so right but also experience counts for lots , you learn a lot from older people that have done it before , driving on a bank in a tractor is normally fine if you know what you are doing and going across a bank can sometimes be safer , now with FWD tractors its so much safer , we have some very steep banks here in the Cotswolds' UK but there is now many places i wont go with a tractor , yes i have had a few scares but mostly its fine .Farming is fantastic , and you need to know a lot about a lot of thing like being a mechanic to being a vet to being a Agronomist and if you get it wrong it will cost a lot of money
My oh my, how Einsiedeln has grown. I used to go skiing there as a kid after school in the 60's and 70's, sailing on the Sihlsee in the summer and cross country skiing on it in the winter, but besides what I assume would be called s'Dorfzäntrum today and s'Kloschter where my neighbor Ueli went to school, all these buildings and the skijumps weren't there yet. And now comes climate change and all the winter sports are pretty much moved another 1000m or so higher, ...
I agree, farming is not trivial. I like that you try to highlight the ins and outs of it. Perhaps the titles of the videos could include more of the technical topic, that would attract the farming-interested audience to it.
Yeah, youtube titles are a tricky thing. I do think a good bit about the title before I post it and change them around as well. Thank you for the feedback!
When I was visiting my folks in Fribourg I stopped at a roman ancient site (strangely many all over Europe) a farmer dumped his tracker over and as he was walking back to his farm I expected him to be upset but he almost was it was a common thing? Cheers man and BTW the foot says hi!
I read your comment when you first posted it, and I didn't have an answer. A week later, and I still don't. I just can't bring myself to reply to the foot.
@@AmericameetsSwitzerland I completely understand and as matter of fact my drunken Buddy who owns the foot is embarrassed of it and wants me to change it as well, I told him that I don't know how. BTW, it was more of an observation than a question anyway. Cheers!
Yeap, farming is the most (or is it 2nd?) dangerous job in Switzerland just before (after?) forestry. Most fatalities happen due to horn blows (cows) and vehicle/machine accidents. My mom's cousin (also a Mt farmer, married with two kids) died that way so yeah, this hits home. And please... Before mowing you should always call the hunting authority (or local "Rehkitzrettung" chapter) and let them know one or two days in advance. They'll use a thermal drone or search the fields manually for deer fawns. Deer lay their fawns in open fields. Sooner or later you'll mow into one and it won't be pretty. It's free and the ethical thing to do, and we'll have better populations for hunting in autumn 😂✌️
I talked just a little bit about the thermal drone in episode 11, but it would be cool to go out there with them sometime and see how they check the fields. Thank you for watching!
Thank you for this!
I grew up in a small town surrounded by mountain farmers and I knew nothing about accidents. Now I am mountain farmer myself and I can't say I know anyone who hasn't at least witnessed an accident, but most of us participated in one or two. As you said, there are no lights warning you that things are about to go bad. You need to get experience and that doesn't really happen without and accident here and there. The real difference is where you get it (not all accidents cost a limb) and how careful you are about what you think you know. It is also sometimes a bit depressing having to explain why you can't do something to people who have not walked, let alone driven on a steep terrain.
I am now years into doing it, still far from know-it-all, but at the start of each season I still get a know in my stomach, thinking about things that might go wrong.
Very brave man to drive on that 🥵 Over in Northern Ireland we think we have big hills but it's nothing compared to that 😳 Well done!
As an Australian visiting Switzerland right now, I look at the fields I see from my train journeys in a totally different way, thanks to you. I even know what that funky smell is. Silage! Love your videos. Keep up the great work. Cheers.
Yeah, it is a funky smell.
Yes that is very true farming is very dangerous but it always was like that even when draft animals where used, or well animals in general I got attacked by a Dairy cow last year when I was checking if another cow had calved and this year had a close call too but thanks to a older cow that saw what was going on she stepped in (not all cows do that). Farming in my opinion is one of the greatest jobs on earth. Farming is the backbone of any country (der bauernstand ist das ruckgrad eines landes). Awesome videos keep on making em.
Wow! I'm glad that you are okay👍
I'm in the Blue Ridge of VA. About 1/3 of my pastures I have a walk behind bush hog due to slop. Been to Switzerland a half a dozen times, those slopes are the real deal!
Very cool. I lived in the blue ridge of north carolina for a while. What kind of machines do you use?
Billy Goat machine. I think they make them in Pennsylvania. Enjoying your videos!
I've never heard of them. I'll look him up.
Thank you for watching!
I grew up farming on steep hills, when I was 20 I had a job on a large arable farm. During the summer I was always asked to drive the combine on the steep slopes because the 45 year old foreman who drove the other combine wasn't confident enough to do any steep slopes
The farmers kids get to start learning by sitting in the cab (or even driving them from ~age 12-13. (I live in Unterägeri, about 10 km (as the crow flies) from this farm!)
For us it's earlier, i.e. from 10 years onwards. Greetings from Finstersee☝️
Family farm in Ireland, in a pretty hilly area. We only have a few acres of what I would describe as flat so I’m fairly used to driving a tractor on a slope and it always freaks me out. It’s got NOTHING on what these guys do. That’s actually terrifying. I literally couldn’t do it.
For this kind of grass you may better take a cutting bar with a wider distance between the fingers. It would cut the grass smoother.
ah, the good old Rapid, I think there's one on every farm in Switzerland.
Such a funny thing to watch as someone who grew up in the Austrian Alps. Love this perspective! thx.
I appreciate you watching!
Fantastic content! keep up the good work!
I think your so right but also experience counts for lots , you learn a lot from older people that have done it before , driving on a bank in a tractor is normally fine if you know what you are doing and going across a bank can sometimes be safer , now with FWD tractors its so much safer , we have some very steep banks here in the Cotswolds' UK but there is now many places i wont go with a tractor , yes i have had a few scares but mostly its fine .Farming is fantastic , and you need to know a lot about a lot of thing like being a mechanic to being a vet to being a Agronomist and if you get it wrong it will cost a lot of money
My oh my, how Einsiedeln has grown. I used to go skiing there as a kid after school in the 60's and 70's, sailing on the Sihlsee in the summer and cross country skiing on it in the winter, but besides what I assume would be called s'Dorfzäntrum today and s'Kloschter where my neighbor Ueli went to school, all these buildings and the skijumps weren't there yet. And now comes climate change and all the winter sports are pretty much moved another 1000m or so higher, ...
That's why his dual wheels are reversed. So he can grip to go back.
I wouldn't want to go on those slopes..
Exactly, putting the tyres on backwards is much easier than turning them around every time you need to reverse.😉
I agree, farming is not trivial.
I like that you try to highlight the ins and outs of it.
Perhaps the titles of the videos could include more of the technical topic, that would attract the farming-interested audience to it.
Yeah, youtube titles are a tricky thing. I do think a good bit about the title before I post it and change them around as well. Thank you for the feedback!
Been on steep ground my whole life😊
Do you’s shoot deer from these areas?
When I was visiting my folks in Fribourg I stopped at a roman ancient site (strangely many all over Europe) a farmer dumped his tracker over and as he was walking back to his farm I expected him to be upset but he almost was it was a common thing?
Cheers man and BTW the foot says hi!
I read your comment when you first posted it, and I didn't have an answer. A week later, and I still don't. I just can't bring myself to reply to the foot.
@@AmericameetsSwitzerland I completely understand and as matter of fact my drunken Buddy who owns the foot is embarrassed of it and wants me to change it as well, I told him that I don't know how. BTW, it was more of an observation than a question anyway. Cheers!
echo hay lol
Yeap, farming is the most (or is it 2nd?) dangerous job in Switzerland just before (after?) forestry. Most fatalities happen due to horn blows (cows) and vehicle/machine accidents. My mom's cousin (also a Mt farmer, married with two kids) died that way so yeah, this hits home.
And please... Before mowing you should always call the hunting authority (or local "Rehkitzrettung" chapter) and let them know one or two days in advance. They'll use a thermal drone or search the fields manually for deer fawns. Deer lay their fawns in open fields. Sooner or later you'll mow into one and it won't be pretty. It's free and the ethical thing to do, and we'll have better populations for hunting in autumn 😂✌️
I talked just a little bit about the thermal drone in episode 11, but it would be cool to go out there with them sometime and see how they check the fields.
Thank you for watching!
I swear Farming Simulator just copied your farm 😅
Haha true
Most of the equipment here is in farming simulater.
Which one is a good Alpine map?
Whats the name of the tractor at 6:20?
@@donderjager7169 It's an Aebi TT.
Thank for watching!