Hey Derek, I’m a 74 year old man that grew up on a dirt poor farm in Northern Minnesota. Watching you cut hay with that “modern” equipment brought a tear to this old man’s eyes. I guess it’s been 40 years since I quit having the opportunities to run that beautiful old equipment. Thanks for the memories!
@@ViceGripGarage your a NATIONAL HERO a man of honor and integrity. A truth telling man a younger person can strive to emulate. You sir are the glue that other human beings can start forming a bond to keep this country alive. Your Patriotic duty shines a light of annihilation on the ones who want to darken our land forever. May God Bless you and your family now and forever. Prayers of healing and light coming your way.
My dad had some kind of hay bind when I was a kid. Metal rollers that had to be timed, when they weren’t talk about a racket. We finally cut it up for scrap.
When I was Bentley's age, I helped my Dad put up hay. We had worn out equipment too. The only difference is there was a lot of yelling and cussing directed at me and I didn't get to drive the tractor even though I was also working for a neighbor (and getting paid) while operating all of his equipment. You are a good Dad and Bentley is already a top hand. Thanks for showing us the right way for a father to make a man out of his boy.
Your son is a special kind of human, throwback hard worker, hussle, very intested and curious. Love that kid. You and Jessica are doing a great job raising your boys.
Sitting down here in Florida, 48 years old, wondering why in the hell I'm even still here. My mom's family were Iowa farmers all the way back to the civil war, her dad's family were farmers all the way back to the Mayflower. I think I just made a decision watching this video.... I'm going back to Iowa. I'm done wasting my life away in this city, I'm going back to my roots. Thanks Derek, I don't think you truly know how deeply your channel touches lives, and I am grateful for you Bud!
Awesome! Go for it! I personally don’t think you’ll ever regret it. The Midwest is where the heart of America lives. I’m in north central Wisconsin and have no desire to live anywhere else.
We left homes we had in Phoenix and the twin cities in 2022 for a place in FARGO ND - we are from ND and wanted to come back to that lifestyle. Screw winter don't care doesn't bother us they clear the roads FAST here we have a gorgeous property with a view of the prairie and wonderful sunsets.
From a 70+ Ohio farm boy. Would love to see a Little Grip raking video. So proud of the little guy. Brings back good memories of working the fields with my Dad.
Definitely want to see more farming videos. Mowing, raking, bailing and anything related. I'm 65, my dad and I always waited till late morning after the dew dried before cutting. Before we had a tedder, we used the rake to flip the hay to dry the bottom, then put it in windrows, sometimes had to flip the windrows for additional drying. Love this content and you working with the boys!
My wife said "I'm surprised your watching someone else cut hay" I told her It was fun to watch someone else suffer. One other thing your haybine has a no clog cutter bar. The good thing is it is less likely to clog in heavy grass. The bad part is the knives have no protection and take a beating. I do hay every year and all my equipment is old but gets the job dun, between the breakdowns. My tractor is a 1955 John Deere model 60.
I'm a 74 year old guy who grew up running John Deere equipment on our Utah farm. We used a cycle mower and side rake. Watching you and your MIniDerek working together is a page out of my childhood. Top this off with homemade macaroni and hotdogs - wonderful! Thank you all.
After a moment of reflection, I decided I'm rather impressed that I haven't seen VGG's clothes on fire before now. He's generally a bit on the generous side with the flammable liquids and sparks.
Do what he would prefer- and just pretend you didnt see that 😂😂❤. Lol even though your looking right at it, ha, or were when you watched the video hahahah.
Baling is a must. Small squares and you have to pull a flat bed wagon and stack them right behind the baler. Oh yes, find an old baler in a barn, grease it up, put twine in it and take it to the field and see if it works. That would be a great VGG!
Hey Derek, I was telling my wife earlier today that I could smell the fresh cut hay and it smelled so good. It brought back memories of when I was working on my neighbors farms in New York State when I was younger cutting, raking and bailing hay and loading it into the barn. I'm 61 now and she said I probably couldn't do it because I'm out of shape. I said yeah but I would love to do it even for a little while. I wish I could come to Tennessee and help you.
My wife and I watched this last night , you helped me relive a lot of my days helping family in North Alabama , we drove down , helping with hay cutting, brush clearing, and all kinds of farm related stuff, good to see the RR tractor again, and Bentley helping his Dad, big Congrats on getting the hay conditioner running again, this was a fun and relaxing video, keep the farm, and tractor stuff coming, can't be too much of this these days, Really liked your enclosed cab rig, congrats on that addition to keep you breathing easy. Bottom line, can't have to much tractor and farm stuff, keep up the great work, Really appreciate your hard work and great content. Thanks from my family to yours !
Wish I learned all that from my grandpa, had a milk farm in upstate NY, did hay also. I was too busy being a pain. Bentley you are a really lucky young man. You will never forget times like this.
Feel free to make these farming uploads as long as you like, Derek, I love em! Had to sell the family farm last year, first time in my 61 year old life I'm not out helping with the hay harvest, your videos are a great way for me to vicariously participate.
26:00 Yes sugar content is higher at night. Plants pull in light for photosynthesis during the day, and when sun goes down, plants switch to sugar production. Livestock prefers sweet hay.
Your work ethic is second to none - and I love how you’re passing your drive and knowledge on to your kids, along with us viewers/fans. I hope you are able to keep providing this content to us, and more importantly, that you can keep passing the drive along to your boys. I can’t imagine the time and effort the whole family puts into this and a heartfelt THANK YOU from an insignificant fan here.
Please show all of the processes, I love to watch old machinery do work. It makes me proud that we had pride in our equipment in the way it was built and the precision it takes to do a good job!
Yeah, more cutting. Yeppers, bailing. Derek, I only lived in dairy country upstate NY, 3.5 years. The "Southern Tier" as it is called. The farmer that lived close to us, I don't remember him using a hay conditioner. Then again, I'm talking 1973-1976. I'm glad you got yours up and running! I'd enjoy more cutting, bailing. Most folks do not realise, what all is involved with farming. Best regards to you and your family, Howie
Love it when you and Bentley are working together! You can tell he loves you and respects you. Great job on the hay fields. Thank you for sharing this video!
The dude is Bentley. His father is such a wonderful role model for him. Fantastic, sincere work, gentlemen. And thanks, Jess, for driving the show behind the scenes and feeding the boys.
Try to find some local honey for your allergies. It may sound ridiculous, but it works. The local bees use local pollen & a teaspoon per day worked wonders for me. As an added benefit, I don't remember the last time I had a cold.
I was 13 the last time I was on the farm it was 50 years ago just got a new machine that drove itself closed in air conditioning even had a microwave and I can drive itself love to see little man do some raking
Love watching Vice grip lodge, a guy just feels like it's part of the family watching you go about your business. And above all it's fascinating, you can't look away. Derek I think you have some of the very best highest quality content on TH-cam by far. You just have such a way about you it's like a master craftsmen at work. who speaks to you as a equal and very humble, no arrogance or attitude. It's such a shame there is so much negativity and for the media's attention filling all the news out of the USA that deep down there are really good folks like you and your family showing us that really this is what it's really like here in the USA. I suppose good old fashioned family values and respect, don't make for the news or promotion of the USA any more. But you know if there are a few keeping the old ways alive, then there are going to be people supporting it. Sending you and your family alot of love, right here from Central London England, just a stones throw from Buckingham Palace.
Wow, if your comment wouldn’t have flashed at the bottom of the screen I would’ve probably never realized this wasn’t vice grip garage, it was just on my feed cause I assume TH-cam knows I watch all the Derek and family content and was suggesting this video to me and I’ve watched the other ones lol. But I looked and it says vice grip lodge and I’m not subscribed 😳🫤😦😮🫤 just wow, what an idiot lol. I’m just getting home and sittin down and like hey a vgg vid, click not even realizing it’s a different channel 😅
Your hay cutting takes me back to my early teenage years. I didn't cut or bale any hay or grass, but I sure did buck a lot of bales. Bucking bales taught me a lot about momentum, which is useful in every area of life. It's kind of satisfying when you can toss a 65# bale on top of a loaded semi trailer. Oh for younger days and strength.
I have helped bail hay for years. When I see hay down, in anybody's field, I pray, "No Rain, please no rain!" I helped my friends unload hay wagons onto the elevator while the younger guys were in the now. The last time I helped bail, was 6 years ago. I was 60 years old. I am a female. LOL! The city kids that came were always overheating as they wanted to suck on soda and not drink water. LOL I miss those days. Thank goodness, no allergies to me. I love to smell that alfalfa hay!
Nice to hear of another woman doing farming. I'm 64 and help out a friend of mine with his old farming rigs, welding, repairing, much like Derek's doing, love his video's for that. Yep, we're old but not stupid or useless, life's taught us a lot of things!
A guy likes these videos of you and the boys just messing around and props to you for getting the old equipment and fixing it up with ur son instead of just buying a new one and getting it done. The reward for the job of fixing it is so satisfying
You can make that bushing out of Delrin if you have access to a lathe. The original bushing is/was a type of Nylon, so Delrin (black or white) will last a long time. A lot of people initially try to replace the sickle bar rivets with bolts. Rivets are faster and cheaper to replace, and they have a little flex to them that bolts do not. Bolts/nuts have to be ground down in order to fit, and they still have a tendency to hang up the sickle bar when it goes through trash. You will probably find that the rivets are a lot less work and they are more reliable, depending on what you are cutting.
Yup, rivets. All you need to replace a section is a hammer and chisel to knock off the heads and a punch to knock the rivet out of the hole. Then just peen the new rivets flat and you're done. And what farmer doesn't have a hammer and chisel already in the tractor box? 😁
Even a little benchtop lathe would knock those things out. Prime machinist skills aren't required to turn out a serviceable bushing. Anyone with some mechanical skills would figure it out in short order.
I’ll differ on the question of rivets vs bolts! Did the rivets back in the day and love the bolted sickles that are common today. There’s places bolts don’t work but holding the sections on a sickle is one where they shine!
You should come to Ireland and see how its done...silage..2cuts in the summer...grass as thick and green as anything... Mowed with a 10ft tarrup mower for years...john deer net wrap bailer and then a mchale wrapper....The summers of 1996/97 were top class❤ great work for a 15/16 year old👍👍👍🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪
Well now, is there any content a Guy and his little humans he's responsible for can put out for us Fellers (and Fellettes) that just isn't THE best? I don't know how you do it but I'm always blown away by it. You just don't stop. You, Jessica and the kiddos are helping so many people all around the world feel happy Comforted and wholeheartedly entertained. Much love to you all from Scotland. God Bless 🙏🏻 🏴 🇺🇸
Derek, you've got such a comfortable and genuine personality that I forgot for a minute that this wasn't an episode about your lunch routine! lol. We all at least disengage a bit during sponsor segments on channels, or skip ahead to get back to the video content. But damn it, you deserve sponsors pay you triple the average! haha. Thanks for all the constant hard work putting out great content for us. And my boy is loving Little Grip Garage 🤘
Derek you are so fortunate to have Bently. He is one superb worker. Treat him good hard intelligent workers are hard to find nowadays . Thanks for sharing catch you on the next one. Artie 👍🇺🇸
Bentley doesn't miss a minute he can spend with the old man. The other boys must be old enough they are at the point they want their independence. Either way it's great to see fathers and sons working together.
I have said before that I would stop everything to watch Derek rebuild a push mower! From a husband and father of 2 young humans I really appreciate the awesome channels!
Derek...approved, and liked...more please. We love that you are teaching Bentley how to service, repair, improve, paint, beef up, fabricate, weld, drive and farm. You're going to have half a million Subscribers on THIS channel pretty soon if'n a feller ain't careful. You and your family do this TH-cam stuff RIGHT, that's just a fact. 👍🛻🚜🧯🛠⛓🪝⚙🪛🔩🔧
As a Ford certified dealer tech (from 80-90's) you can use a Ford NAA piston with O ring an leather backup ring (soak it in break fluid to stretch leather over piston) hone out 3 point cylinder and install to replace the piston an metal rings 8n 8,9 an 2n tractors. This was a "Dealership fix" to help with arms creating down.
from a country boy from Ohio who is over 70. A video of Little Grip raking would be fantastic. Very pleased with the small man. brings back happy memories of helping my dad in the fields.
You can get a riveter that works really well. faster than using screws and nuts. I would think Derek would have one. My son died and left me one as well as the rest of his tools. May he rest in piece.
Hey Derek... yes, lets see the raking and baling too. I grew up on a farm but we never did any hay... peanuts, corn and soybeans mostly. So I'd like to see more of the hay work.
Hey Vice Grip Lodge!! Watching you knock down hay brings back so many memories!! I worked on a farm from age 12-20. I learned so much! Especially to be mechanical and fix things on the go! A lot of those years where making hay on 1000 acres of ground at the Lewisburg Federal Prison!! I ran a haybine nonstop all summer! Worked 12-14 hrs a day! Keep up the amazing work! Keep your family involved!
Me personally I would like to see it all and I did my share of cutting, bailing, and hauling hay, back then we square bailed all our hay for horses and cows. I’m sure there are a lot of people that has never seen hay cut or conditioned or bailed so I say let us all see everything.
Derek, just saying but working with the lad now means he will work with you in years to come. My old dad is 83, hell I'm 60 and we still waste our time 'working' on worn out machenery to keep his little farm ship shape. Many runs to town with urgent need for parts, coffee and donuts and a chat with some crony or another usually Jimmy in the parst store. Love this channel, by the way watch out for the PTO shafting on older machines, those sods will eat you if they get hold.
Mr. Bently is just awesome, I have 3 sons of my own. At 70 years old I miss that special help they give me when I need it, when they were that young. Love Watching you two so much.
I'm a city girl...I want to see the whole process! We need more info as to what goes into the production of our food, to help us appreciate the cost and the labour. Keep up the good work Derek..we love everything you do. Bentley too❤!
Good of you to recognize that there are different processes from the field to the grocery shelf. Each step costs money contributing to the final retail price.
I was a city girl too, some ten years ago I started baking my own bread from the basic ingredients. Learned the whole proces by myself because my father was a baker but never passed on any of his knowledge. Eating your own bread makes it so much more tasteful. You should try it, and you'll end up moving to a farming village, like I did, won't ever think about returning to the city.
Hi Derek ! Guess I should chime in hear with the old feller's , I'm 70 , I never got that involved with the equipment that much , but man oh man we bucked a lot of bails up in a truck. My buddy that owned the property didn't have a skid....and the stacking ! Some of the most lopsided messes you ever saw !! But we got her done , and did it for free cause we were helping a friend. Bless your family Derek !
Mentioned this last time, rivets are cold rivets easy peasy. I had the same problem in the early 90s w/sickle bar. Now when you have to do a repair you'll be torching them bolts off. 8:41
I have replaced those hard and broken plastic "bushings" in the past. When the parts supply went away, I used PVC pipe. Cut to length and if the pipe diameter is too big cut out a section and use heat gun to soften and resize. It works when I guy is in a pinch.
Isn't it amazing how things have changed ? I grew up doing hay every summer and never imagined people would ever be interested in watching that process ..... but here we are and I am watching along missing that smell of a fresh cut hayfield and the mad dash trying to get it all up in the barn before bad weather moves in !!!! Nicely done those boys will thank you for what you are doing someday
I think I speak for all of us, that we want to see the whole process. I've been a member on VGG for years now, but I gotta tell a fella, I LOVE this channel. Might even top the big one. Cheers Derek for taking us along with ya.
"Making hay" is a saying because it's vital to agriculture. It's great to see the old equipment ticking along. The TH-cam channel "Just a Few Acres Farm" just did a couple of videos using old implements. Great stuff. AMERICA! Thanks, Derek and fam..
I remember back in the 60's someone approached our neighbor about bringing his antique tractors to town for a parade. He said he would as long as they weren't haying that day. lol
I use to run a farm in Lenoir City TN. I would always cut hay at night. I would tet the next day. In many cases I could roll it that evening. Certainly by day 2. Never had issues with moisture as long as I noted the humidity.
Gotta be cautious rolling them up to early.. My neighbor had many bails catch fire last year.. Bailed them at to high of a water content and they over heated a month later..
Definitely up for seeing more of this. Never been disappointed by your content here or on VGG. Awesome that you & Bentley have that time to connect. That type of thing will stick with him forever. My dad's been gone for 14 years now, but I often reflect on the time I spent working with him & spending quality 1 on 1 time doing anything & everything I could.
Bentley is the man. What a great role model he has with his dad. Great honest work guys. And thanks jess for keeping the boyz fed qnd the show on the road behind the scenes ❤
Johnson grass was our primary hay crop when I was a young-un. It’s an invasive weed, but it makes really good hay if you can get it good and dry in the windrows. We often had to rake the windrows over after a couple of days, then let that bake in the sun another day or two to get it dry enough. Baling it too wet can lead to mold, or worse, organic decay heat and haystack fires. This was in central Texas. Strangely, it’s kinda disappeared from the landscape compared to what it used to be. Good for the native grasses, I guess.
If you haven't already got one, a 55 gallon drum and crank pump for your used motor oil will help you keep your equipment lubed up. Loving the content! Brings back a lot of memories!
Every sickle bar I ever used cold rivets to attach blades to the sickle bar. Very little clearance for the nuts you used. Hammering of the sickle bar likely to spin nuts off. Good luck. Off course I mowed hay from 1967-1971 only. Old experience. Lotsa good memories. Good luck.
Reflecting on all the videos I have watched from you, I truly am amazed that this if the first time you have been on fire😂 I’m not saying that you do sketchy things, but….. I like tractors, I think they are cool, and I’m glad they exist so that I can eat. I can totally relate to when you are working on an old tractor to get them back to work. Yet with all that, I’m shocked that I will watch you actually using them to hay, cut grass,etc… what keeps me watching is you, plus the edition of watching you in your roll as a father. Just fantastic stuff that I can’t turn away from. I guess it all helps me to understand the man behind the scenes that shows me why I have so much respect.
I'm a hay farmer from northern Alberta. I love that you use older equipment. All my haying equipment is older. I cut with a converted 510 Massey combine and my tractor for baling is made out of a 915 International. Both of my builds are on my channel.
@northernboy3023 cool...I worked highway paving construction in that area awhile back...stayed at that rv park just on the outside of town...by the lake
@northernboy3023 cool...I worked highway paving construction in that area awhile back...stayed at that rv park just on the outside of town...by the lake
Interested in the raking part too. Thanks for taking me along Derek. Bently is becoming a real farmer as well as a good mechanic. Good young man you got there Derek.
I don't ever remember anyone using bolts on the sickle blade replacements. I helped my dad replace many with the rivits. I hope it works for you. Great channel!
good job with hay preparation and making hay. reminds me of my teenager and early 20's when i helped my grandfather feed his cattle with hay in his 1970 f100 truck.
I absolutely love farming videos well I love tractors and everything that goes with them thank you for sharing your cutting adventure with us I appreciate you and all your hard work .
Love seeing this content as well. Love that Bentley is wanting to learn so that a guy's vast knowledge is being handed down to the future generation. A feller seems to be very patient with the youngest human you are resonsible for and not making him learn everything on the first time. This feller grew up getting yelled at for not holding the flashlight exactly where it was needed and not anticipating when it needed to be moved. Hoping to see Bentley tearing down AND PUTTING BACK TOGETHER on some engines in the near future!
Great to watch a Feller and Little Feller working together. You definitely need a tedder if you can find a unit at a decent price. Nothing wrong with that older haydine, but maybe consider an at least 8ft disc mower when you can budget it, and a tedder. That tractor should carry that unit just fine. I mow through the night in fields I know and then tedder it as quickly as possible. Usually works just as well as the haydine. I do totally understand your budget as equipment is dang expensive!! Mainly, just be careful and do the best you can! As always, I throughly enjoyed your video!
@@SteveDrees and he is learning life skills that will beyond value as he grows up. My wife was a school teacher and she said some of the kids in 5th grade could not use a ruler. If it was not on their phone they were lost. Then look at what Bentley is doing.
Brings back memories when I was a teen, helping a farmer cut hay. I used a New Holland Haybine w/a David Brown Case Tractor. Cut a lot of fields . Good to see your son helping.
5-7 mph is a good speed for a mower conditioner. We ran a Hesston 1260 Hydra swing behind a 1086. Depending on how smooth the field was it was L3 if rough or 4L if smooth. I miss mowing, raking and baling hay. Was one of my favorite things to do.
Want to see both raking and bailing... brings back memories. I spent many hours in my youth doing what you're doing. The hardest was picking up square bales and putting them in the barn for winter feed.
Such good and wholesome content here. That Bently is so anxious to learn, and he is a dandy young man. All three of those fellers will grow into true southern gentlemen with the guidance and direction you are giving them. Kudos to you Derek. You truly are a great Father to your boys.
Nice job on the cutting Derek! My family grew lots of Alfalfa out here in CA. Spent many a day and night in the cab of swathers, rakes and balers. Brings back all the good memories watching this video. Always interesting to see how its done in other parts of the country. Keep it up buddy!
Early 1950's family lived on a ranch in Mojave, California where we grew, mowed, and baled 48 acre of alfalfa with very old equipment. Hay baler finally blew up, scattered parts all over that field. Hot, remember dad taking us kids down to the hiway in the mornings to catch the school bus, as hot as the desert was during the day, in the morning it was cold, and baled hay was stacked up out at the Hiway to be picked up for market, so dad would pull a couple of bales of hay out of the stack, and we would climb in to get warm.
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@11:15, but then @23:35 and @24:15. Yeah, I mean what you understand. 🙃
nope, not buying anything any youtuber is pitching. ill watch, ill hit the thumbs up, but not buying garbage.
$108.71 for a weeks worth of TV dinners... I can get stomach cancer cheaper at Walmart.
"BUSHINGS" McMaster-Carr you will find your bushings by size and can pick the material.
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Hey Derek, I’m a 74 year old man that grew up on a dirt poor farm in Northern Minnesota. Watching you cut hay with that “modern” equipment brought a tear to this old man’s eyes. I guess it’s been 40 years since I quit having the opportunities to run that beautiful old equipment. Thanks for the memories!
Just know you lived during the golden years of this country. May God Bless you and your family.
Appreciate ya!
Bless you sir 💪
@@ViceGripGarage your a NATIONAL HERO a man of honor and integrity. A truth telling man a younger person can strive to emulate. You sir are the glue that other human beings can start forming a bond to keep this country alive. Your Patriotic duty shines a light of annihilation on the ones who want to darken our land forever. May God Bless you and your family now and forever. Prayers of healing and light coming your way.
My dad had some kind of hay bind when I was a kid. Metal rollers that had to be timed, when they weren’t talk about a racket. We finally cut it up for scrap.
When I was Bentley's age, I helped my Dad put up hay. We had worn out equipment too. The only difference is there was a lot of yelling and cussing directed at me and I didn't get to drive the tractor even though I was also working for a neighbor (and getting paid) while operating all of his equipment. You are a good Dad and Bentley is already a top hand. Thanks for showing us the right way for a father to make a man out of his boy.
"do ya wanna see cuttin? rakin? balin?" YES, all of it, everything!
For sure! Kind of funny, hunh 😂?
and selling the finished product
Yes !
wanna see whole process absolutely!!!
Your son is a special kind of human, throwback hard worker, hussle, very intested and curious. Love that kid. You and Jessica are doing a great job raising your boys.
Sitting down here in Florida, 48 years old, wondering why in the hell I'm even still here. My mom's family were Iowa farmers all the way back to the civil war, her dad's family were farmers all the way back to the Mayflower. I think I just made a decision watching this video.... I'm going back to Iowa. I'm done wasting my life away in this city, I'm going back to my roots. Thanks Derek, I don't think you truly know how deeply your channel touches lives, and I am grateful for you Bud!
Awesome! Go for it! I personally don’t think you’ll ever regret it. The Midwest is where the heart of America lives. I’m in north central Wisconsin and have no desire to live anywhere else.
Follow your dreams and best wishes!!
Front southern IL. Dude, city life might be exciting and fast paced but man, it seems like the slower life is more fit for people. Feels happier.
We left homes we had in Phoenix and the twin cities in 2022 for a place in FARGO ND - we are from ND and wanted to come back to that lifestyle. Screw winter don't care doesn't bother us they clear the roads FAST here we have a gorgeous property with a view of the prairie and wonderful sunsets.
Follow your dream. It might be difficult to make the move, just don't give up on it.
From a 70+ Ohio farm boy. Would love to see a Little Grip raking video. So proud of the little guy. Brings back good memories of working the fields with my Dad.
Derek, I wish you had more time for this channel. Absolutely love it.
Me too - my retirement plan 😊
@@ViceGripGarage❤
@@ViceGripGarage me too, please more farm videos
I support that!
Agree!
Definitely want to see more farming videos. Mowing, raking, bailing and anything related. I'm 65, my dad and I always waited till late morning after the dew dried before cutting. Before we had a tedder, we used the rake to flip the hay to dry the bottom, then put it in windrows, sometimes had to flip the windrows for additional drying. Love this content and you working with the boys!
My wife said "I'm surprised your watching someone else cut hay" I told her It was fun to watch someone else suffer. One other thing your haybine has a no clog cutter bar. The good thing is it is less likely to clog in heavy grass. The bad part is the knives have no protection and take a beating. I do hay every year and all my equipment is old but gets the job dun, between the breakdowns. My tractor is a 1955 John Deere model 60.
Can't beat old iron
Derek, you're definitely a hard-working, good husband, and an excellent father. God bless you and your family.
Thank you so much
Amen brother. Couldn’t had said it better myself. Blessed for sure.
I really enjoy seeing a young man working with his dad.
Blessed to have my boys!
I'm a 74 year old guy who grew up running John Deere equipment on our Utah farm. We used a cycle mower and side rake. Watching you and your MIniDerek working together is a page out of my childhood. Top this off with homemade macaroni and hotdogs - wonderful! Thank you all.
After a moment of reflection, I decided I'm rather impressed that I haven't seen VGG's clothes on fire before now. He's generally a bit on the generous side with the flammable liquids and sparks.
Fair
Aw man you made the beer come out of my nose.
Actually I think we all just witnessed history…. How did big D just set himself on fire for the first time?
Do what he would prefer- and just pretend you didnt see that 😂😂❤. Lol even though your looking right at it, ha, or were when you watched the video hahahah.
Baling is a must. Small squares and you have to pull a flat bed wagon and stack them right behind the baler. Oh yes, find an old baler in a barn, grease it up, put twine in it and take it to the field and see if it works. That would be a great VGG!
Hey Derek, I was telling my wife earlier today that I could smell the fresh cut hay and it smelled so good. It brought back memories of when I was working on my neighbors farms in New York State when I was younger cutting, raking and bailing hay and loading it into the barn. I'm 61 now and she said I probably couldn't do it because I'm out of shape. I said yeah but I would love to do it even for a little while. I wish I could come to Tennessee and help you.
A feller sure doesn’t mind admitting that he lives vicariously through you, Derek. Love your vids.
Bentley sure will remember these moments with you. Great watching him helping you. You're a great dad. Love watching your videos. Greetings
Yes, please keep these farming videos coming. Very educational and entertaining.
Will do!
My wife and I watched this last night , you helped me relive a lot of my days helping family in North Alabama , we drove down , helping with hay cutting, brush clearing, and all kinds of farm related stuff, good to see the RR tractor again, and Bentley helping his Dad, big Congrats on getting the hay conditioner running again, this was a fun and relaxing video, keep the farm, and tractor stuff coming, can't be too much of this these days, Really liked your enclosed cab rig, congrats on that addition to keep you breathing easy. Bottom line, can't have to much tractor and farm stuff, keep up the great work, Really appreciate your hard work and great content. Thanks from my family to yours !
Dude how dare you be a regular Dad and Husband . Cutting hay , the perfume of the field . So sweet.
Wish I learned all that from my grandpa, had a milk farm in upstate NY, did hay also. I was too busy being a pain. Bentley you are a really lucky young man. You will never forget times like this.
Absolutely post it all. Cutting, raking, bailing. Brings me back to where i grew up next to a hay field. When life was good and simple.
Feel free to make these farming uploads as long as you like, Derek, I love em! Had to sell the family farm last year, first time in my 61 year old life I'm not out helping with the hay harvest, your videos are a great way for me to vicariously participate.
26:00 Yes sugar content is higher at night. Plants pull in light for photosynthesis during the day, and when sun goes down, plants switch to sugar production. Livestock prefers sweet hay.
Your work ethic is second to none - and I love how you’re passing your drive and knowledge on to your kids, along with us viewers/fans. I hope you are able to keep providing this content to us, and more importantly, that you can keep passing the drive along to your boys. I can’t imagine the time and effort the whole family puts into this and a heartfelt THANK YOU from an insignificant fan here.
Make that two
Please show all of the processes, I love to watch old machinery do work. It makes me proud that we had pride in our equipment in the way it was built and the precision it takes to do a good job!
Yeah, more cutting. Yeppers, bailing.
Derek, I only lived in dairy country upstate NY, 3.5 years. The "Southern Tier" as it is called. The farmer that lived close to us, I don't remember him using a hay conditioner. Then again, I'm talking 1973-1976. I'm glad you got yours up and running! I'd enjoy more cutting, bailing. Most folks do not realise, what all is involved with farming.
Best regards to you and your family,
Howie
Love it when you and Bentley are working together! You can tell he loves you and respects you. Great job on the hay fields. Thank you for sharing this video!
Our pleasure!
The dude is Bentley. His father is such a wonderful role model for him. Fantastic, sincere work, gentlemen. And thanks, Jess, for driving the show behind the scenes and feeding the boys.
Try to find some local honey for your allergies. It may sound ridiculous, but it works. The local bees use local pollen & a teaspoon per day worked wonders for me. As an added benefit, I don't remember the last time I had a cold.
Yup! It works womders
It works 🍻🤙🏻
Specifically raw unfiltered.
I was 13 the last time I was on the farm it was 50 years ago just got a new machine that drove itself closed in air conditioning even had a microwave and I can drive itself love to see little man do some raking
Love watching Vice grip lodge, a guy just feels like it's part of the family watching you go about your business. And above all it's fascinating, you can't look away. Derek I think you have some of the very best highest quality content on TH-cam by far. You just have such a way about you it's like a master craftsmen at work. who speaks to you as a equal and very humble, no arrogance or attitude. It's such a shame there is so much negativity and for the media's attention filling all the news out of the USA that deep down there are really good folks like you and your family showing us that really this is what it's really like here in the USA. I suppose good old fashioned family values and respect, don't make for the news or promotion of the USA any more. But you know if there are a few keeping the old ways alive, then there are going to be people supporting it. Sending you and your family alot of love, right here from Central London England, just a stones throw from Buckingham Palace.
nice story....he doesn't care.
Wow, if your comment wouldn’t have flashed at the bottom of the screen I would’ve probably never realized this wasn’t vice grip garage, it was just on my feed cause I assume TH-cam knows I watch all the Derek and family content and was suggesting this video to me and I’ve watched the other ones lol. But I looked and it says vice grip lodge and I’m not subscribed 😳🫤😦😮🫤 just wow, what an idiot lol. I’m just getting home and sittin down and like hey a vgg vid, click not even realizing it’s a different channel 😅
Your hay cutting takes me back to my early teenage years. I didn't cut or bale any hay or grass, but I sure did buck a lot of bales.
Bucking bales taught me a lot about momentum, which is useful in every area of life. It's kind of satisfying when you can toss a 65# bale on top of a loaded semi trailer.
Oh for younger days and strength.
I have helped bail hay for years. When I see hay down, in anybody's field, I pray, "No Rain, please no rain!" I helped my friends unload hay wagons onto the elevator while the younger guys were in the now. The last time I helped bail, was 6 years ago. I was 60 years old. I am a female. LOL! The city kids that came were always overheating as they wanted to suck on soda and not drink water. LOL I miss those days. Thank goodness, no allergies to me. I love to smell that alfalfa hay!
*bale
Nice to hear of another woman doing farming. I'm 64 and help out a friend of mine with his old farming rigs, welding, repairing, much like Derek's doing, love his video's for that. Yep, we're old but not stupid or useless, life's taught us a lot of things!
@chuckfinley4757 thank you. I think my cell phone auto corrected incorrectly or I just wanted to bail out. Lol. Those errors drive me crazy, too.
@@simduino for sure! ❤️
My mom's almost 79, think this is gonna be the 1st year I don't ask her for even a little help. And she's 5'1"
A guy likes these videos of you and the boys just messing around and props to you for getting the old equipment and fixing it up with ur son instead of just buying a new one and getting it done. The reward for the job of fixing it is so satisfying
You can make that bushing out of Delrin if you have access to a lathe. The original bushing is/was a type of Nylon, so Delrin (black or white) will last a long time.
A lot of people initially try to replace the sickle bar rivets with bolts. Rivets are faster and cheaper to replace, and they have a little flex to them that bolts do not. Bolts/nuts have to be ground down in order to fit, and they still have a tendency to hang up the sickle bar when it goes through trash. You will probably find that the rivets are a lot less work and they are more reliable, depending on what you are cutting.
Yup, rivets. All you need to replace a section is a hammer and chisel to knock off the heads and a punch to knock the rivet out of the hole. Then just peen the new rivets flat and you're done. And what farmer doesn't have a hammer and chisel already in the tractor box? 😁
Every time I see him buy bushing etc I say buy a lathe it will be a great investment , I got 2 and I'm a little contractor just fixing his own junk.
Even a little benchtop lathe would knock those things out. Prime machinist skills aren't required to turn out a serviceable bushing. Anyone with some mechanical skills would figure it out in short order.
I’ll differ on the question of rivets vs bolts! Did the rivets back in the day and love the bolted sickles that are common today.
There’s places bolts don’t work but holding the sections on a sickle is one where they shine!
You should come to Ireland and see how its done...silage..2cuts in the summer...grass as thick and green as anything...
Mowed with a 10ft tarrup mower for years...john deer net wrap bailer and then a mchale wrapper....The summers of 1996/97 were top class❤
great work for a 15/16 year old👍👍👍🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪
Well now, is there any content a Guy and his little humans he's responsible for can put out for us Fellers (and Fellettes) that just isn't THE best? I don't know how you do it but I'm always blown away by it. You just don't stop. You, Jessica and the kiddos are helping so many people all around the world feel happy Comforted and wholeheartedly entertained. Much love to you all from Scotland. God Bless 🙏🏻 🏴 🇺🇸
Derek, you've got such a comfortable and genuine personality that I forgot for a minute that this wasn't an episode about your lunch routine! lol. We all at least disengage a bit during sponsor segments on channels, or skip ahead to get back to the video content. But damn it, you deserve sponsors pay you triple the average! haha. Thanks for all the constant hard work putting out great content for us. And my boy is loving Little Grip Garage 🤘
Derek you are so fortunate to have Bently. He is one superb worker. Treat him good hard intelligent workers are hard to find nowadays . Thanks for sharing catch you on the next one. Artie 👍🇺🇸
Watching Little Grip drive the tractor sure brings back my childhood memories, lol.
Bentley doesn't miss a minute he can spend with the old man. The other boys must be old enough they are at the point they want their independence. Either way it's great to see fathers and sons working together.
I have said before that I would stop everything to watch Derek rebuild a push mower! From a husband and father of 2 young humans I really appreciate the awesome channels!
Thank you for taking all of us along I know I am stoked for more farm content. I love it! Thanks for all you do!!
Derek...approved, and liked...more please. We love that you are teaching Bentley how to service, repair, improve, paint, beef up, fabricate, weld, drive and farm. You're going to have half a million Subscribers on THIS channel pretty soon if'n a feller ain't careful. You and your family do this TH-cam stuff RIGHT, that's just a fact. 👍🛻🚜🧯🛠⛓🪝⚙🪛🔩🔧
I love this channel, Derek. So neat to see what goes on around the homestead. Like a behind the scenes kinda deal. I want to see it all.
Thanks for watching
Big fan of the farming content! I’d say a lot of your regular viewers grew up around or still do this type as well!
The smell of a new mown hay field, and some fermented apple and strawberry juice are a couple of life's pure pleasures. Thanks!
27:58 is by far my favorite part of this video 😂
LOL I caught that too and had to go back to watch it again! What happens in the field stays in the field!
Derek, bring it on! This kind of small scale farm work is pretty rare these days! Great father/son project as well! Mega kudos!
Man I sure do like watching these farming videos. There's just something mesmerizing and soothing about it.
Derek I’ve never felt inclined to ever comment about an advertisement, but your Factor sales pitch was really sincere. I think I may actually try it.
They're EXTREMELY convenient!
As a Ford certified dealer tech (from 80-90's) you can use a Ford NAA piston with O ring an leather backup ring (soak it in break fluid to stretch leather over piston) hone out 3 point cylinder and install to replace the piston an metal rings 8n 8,9 an 2n tractors. This was a "Dealership fix" to help with arms creating down.
from a country boy from Ohio who is over 70. A video of Little Grip raking would be fantastic. Very pleased with the small man. brings back happy memories of helping my dad in the fields.
We always used rivets, made the bar clear much better.
You can get a riveter that works really well. faster than using screws and nuts. I would think Derek would have one. My son died and left me one as well as the rest of his tools. May he rest in piece.
The sections with bolts have the hold downs that clear them
Man, A feller can't explain it but this content is just so peaceful and calming to my soul!
Was just thinking the same thing.
TH-cam creator yes. Family, life and farm first. This is how it's done. Love this stuff Derek. You are blessed.
Hey Derek... yes, lets see the raking and baling too. I grew up on a farm but we never did any hay... peanuts, corn and soybeans mostly. So I'd like to see more of the hay work.
Thanks for takin the time to take us along
Hey Vice Grip Lodge!! Watching you knock down hay brings back so many memories!! I worked on a farm from age 12-20. I learned so much! Especially to be mechanical and fix things on the go! A lot of those years where making hay on 1000 acres of ground at the Lewisburg Federal Prison!! I ran a haybine nonstop all summer! Worked 12-14 hrs a day! Keep up the amazing work! Keep your family involved!
Me personally I would like to see it all and I did my share of cutting, bailing, and hauling hay, back then we square bailed all our hay for horses and cows. I’m sure there are a lot of people that has never seen hay cut or conditioned or bailed so I say let us all see everything.
*baled. Not bailed
Derek, just saying but working with the lad now means he will work with you in years to come. My old dad is 83, hell I'm 60 and we still waste our time 'working' on worn out machenery to keep his little farm ship shape. Many runs to town with urgent need for parts, coffee and donuts and a chat with some crony or another usually Jimmy in the parst store. Love this channel, by the way watch out for the PTO shafting on older machines, those sods will eat you if they get hold.
Mr. Bently is just awesome, I have 3 sons of my own. At 70 years old I miss that special help they give me when I need it, when they were that young. Love Watching you two so much.
Seeing old farm equipment like this up and running takes me back to my childhood. Great job Derek
I'm a city girl...I want to see the whole process! We need more info as to what goes into the production of our food, to help us appreciate the cost and the labour. Keep up the good work Derek..we love everything you do. Bentley too❤!
Good of you to recognize that there are different processes from the field to the grocery shelf. Each step costs money contributing to the final retail price.
I was a city girl too, some ten years ago I started baking my own bread from the basic ingredients. Learned the whole proces by myself because my father was a baker but never passed on any of his knowledge. Eating your own bread makes it so much more tasteful. You should try it, and you'll end up moving to a farming village, like I did, won't ever think about returning to the city.
Hi Derek ! Guess I should chime in hear with the old feller's , I'm 70 , I never got that involved with the equipment that much , but man oh man we bucked a lot of bails up in a truck. My buddy that owned the property didn't have a skid....and the stacking ! Some of the most lopsided messes you ever saw !! But we got her done , and did it for free cause we were helping a friend. Bless your family Derek !
Mentioned this last time, rivets are cold rivets easy peasy. I had the same problem in the early 90s w/sickle bar. Now when you have to do a repair you'll be torching them bolts off. 8:41
Gas axe has to earn a living too.
@@ArKritz84Most people try not to have sparks in the hay field but to each their own
I have replaced those hard and broken plastic "bushings" in the past. When the parts supply went away, I used PVC pipe. Cut to length and if the pipe diameter is too big cut out a section and use heat gun to soften and resize. It works when I guy is in a pinch.
Isn't it amazing how things have changed ? I grew up doing hay every summer and never imagined people would ever be interested in watching that process ..... but here we are and I am watching along missing that smell of a fresh cut hayfield and the mad dash trying to get it all up in the barn before bad weather moves in !!!! Nicely done those boys will thank you for what you are doing someday
I think I speak for all of us, that we want to see the whole process. I've been a member on VGG for years now, but I gotta tell a fella, I LOVE this channel. Might even top the big one. Cheers Derek for taking us along with ya.
very good call with the fire suppression systems on the rigs sir
"Making hay" is a saying because it's vital to agriculture. It's great to see the old equipment ticking along. The TH-cam channel "Just a Few Acres Farm" just did a couple of videos using old implements. Great stuff. AMERICA! Thanks, Derek and fam..
I remember back in the 60's someone approached our neighbor about bringing his antique tractors to town for a parade. He said he would as long as they weren't haying that day. lol
Junkyard Digs does a crop every year with 'obsolete' equipment, if you like that kind of thing. I think they're doing beans this year.
I use to run a farm in Lenoir City TN. I would always cut hay at night. I would tet the next day. In many cases I could roll it that evening. Certainly by day 2. Never had issues with moisture as long as I noted the humidity.
Grear,thanks!
Gotta be cautious rolling them up to early.. My neighbor had many bails catch fire last year.. Bailed them at to high of a water content and they over heated a month later..
Definitely up for seeing more of this. Never been disappointed by your content here or on VGG. Awesome that you & Bentley have that time to connect. That type of thing will stick with him forever. My dad's been gone for 14 years now, but I often reflect on the time I spent working with him & spending quality 1 on 1 time doing anything & everything I could.
Bentley is the man. What a great role model he has with his dad. Great honest work guys. And thanks jess for keeping the boyz fed qnd the show on the road behind the scenes ❤
I did the same when I was young and I have amazing memories of it, so you doing this with Bailey will stay with him for the rest of his life.
Johnson grass was our primary hay crop when I was a young-un. It’s an invasive weed, but it makes really good hay if you can get it good and dry in the windrows. We often had to rake the windrows over after a couple of days, then let that bake in the sun another day or two to get it dry enough. Baling it too wet can lead to mold, or worse, organic decay heat and haystack fires. This was in central Texas. Strangely, it’s kinda disappeared from the landscape compared to what it used to be. Good for the native grasses, I guess.
If you haven't already got one, a 55 gallon drum and crank pump for your used motor oil will help you keep your equipment lubed up. Loving the content! Brings back a lot of memories!
Every sickle bar I ever used cold rivets to attach blades to the sickle bar. Very little clearance for the nuts you used. Hammering of the sickle bar likely to spin nuts off. Good luck. Off course I mowed hay from 1967-1971 only. Old experience. Lotsa good memories. Good luck.
Reflecting on all the videos I have watched from you, I truly am amazed that this if the first time you have been on fire😂 I’m not saying that you do sketchy things, but…..
I like tractors, I think they are cool, and I’m glad they exist so that I can eat. I can totally relate to when you are working on an old tractor to get them back to work. Yet with all that, I’m shocked that I will watch you actually using them to hay, cut grass,etc… what keeps me watching is you, plus the edition of watching you in your roll as a father. Just fantastic stuff that I can’t turn away from. I guess it all helps me to understand the man behind the scenes that shows me why I have so much respect.
I'm a hay farmer from northern Alberta. I love that you use older equipment. All my haying equipment is older. I cut with a converted 510 Massey combine and my tractor for baling is made out of a 915 International. Both of my builds are on my channel.
Where abouts are you
@@Northern_Farmer I'm Northeast of Edmonton, MD of Bonnyville. I like your channel, been watching for a few years.
@northernboy3023 cool...I worked highway paving construction in that area awhile back...stayed at that rv park just on the outside of town...by the lake
@northernboy3023 cool...I worked highway paving construction in that area awhile back...stayed at that rv park just on the outside of town...by the lake
@@Northern_Farmer What Lake ? Moose, Vezeau beach?
Interested in the raking part too. Thanks for taking me along Derek. Bently is becoming a real farmer as well as a good mechanic. Good young man you got there Derek.
I don't ever remember anyone using bolts on the sickle blade replacements. I helped my dad replace many with the rivits. I hope it works for you. Great channel!
Yea thank God they made the bolts for the sections...used to take half hour or more to change
good job with hay preparation and making hay. reminds me of my teenager and early 20's when i helped my grandfather feed his cattle with hay in his 1970 f100 truck.
I absolutely love farming videos well I love tractors and everything that goes with them thank you for sharing your cutting adventure with us I appreciate you and all your hard work .
Brings back memories of growing up with new holland cutters similar to that. I remember changing out knives on a tailgate.
Love seeing this content as well. Love that Bentley is wanting to learn so that a guy's vast knowledge is being handed down to the future generation. A feller seems to be very patient with the youngest human you are resonsible for and not making him learn everything on the first time. This feller grew up getting yelled at for not holding the flashlight exactly where it was needed and not anticipating when it needed to be moved. Hoping to see Bentley tearing down AND PUTTING BACK TOGETHER on some engines in the near future!
Great to watch a Feller and Little Feller working together. You definitely need a tedder if you can find a unit at a decent price. Nothing wrong with that older haydine, but maybe consider an at least 8ft disc mower when you can budget it, and a tedder. That tractor should carry that unit just fine. I mow through the night in fields I know and then tedder it as quickly as possible. Usually works just as well as the haydine. I do totally understand your budget as equipment is dang expensive!! Mainly, just be careful and do the best you can! As always, I throughly enjoyed your video!
Love to see it all, cut, rake and bale. Just as long as I don't have to do it. Thanks for taking us along for the journey.
A guy will watch anything you choose to show us! I could watch a video a day everyday if you upload it! Can’t get enough! You are greatly appreciated!
Prop the 4x4 on your good knee while little grip gives her what-for with the Tanya Harding. You're a brave man.
Bentley is a good man, hits what he is aiming for.
I was thinking the same thing. That is some trust. Little guy seems like a good kid though.
@@SteveDrees and he is learning life skills that will beyond value as he grows up. My wife was a school teacher and she said some of the kids in 5th grade could not use a ruler. If it was not on their phone they were lost. Then look at what Bentley is doing.
Brings back memories when I was a teen, helping a farmer cut hay. I used a New Holland Haybine w/a David Brown Case Tractor. Cut a lot of fields . Good to see your son helping.
Yes! All the cutting, drying and bailing! Brings me back to when I was helping my Grandfather with his farm, which was 26 years ago.
Awesome job fixing that whippy whooo! Never seen it done that easily!
"Bentley, when I nod my head, you hit it."
Nod my head and close my eyes
My grandpa said that! (Born 1892), always funny! Thanks!!!!!
5-7 mph is a good speed for a mower conditioner. We ran a Hesston 1260 Hydra swing behind a 1086. Depending on how smooth the field was it was L3 if rough or 4L if smooth. I miss mowing, raking and baling hay. Was one of my favorite things to do.
Want to see both raking and bailing... brings back memories. I spent many hours in my youth doing what you're doing. The hardest was picking up square bales and putting them in the barn for winter feed.
*baling, not bailing.
It's great to see that you are teaching your boys the hard work ethic you have. Farming is not for the lazy.
Such good and wholesome content here. That Bently is so anxious to learn, and he is a dandy young man. All three of those fellers will grow into true southern gentlemen with the guidance and direction you are giving them. Kudos to you Derek. You truly are a great Father to your boys.
Nice job on the cutting Derek! My family grew lots of Alfalfa out here in CA. Spent many a day and night in the cab of swathers, rakes and balers. Brings back all the good memories watching this video. Always interesting to see how its done in other parts of the country. Keep it up buddy!
Early 1950's family lived on a ranch in Mojave, California where we grew, mowed, and baled 48 acre of alfalfa with very old equipment. Hay baler finally blew up, scattered parts all over that field. Hot, remember dad taking us kids down to the hiway in the mornings to catch the school bus, as hot as the desert was during the day, in the morning it was cold, and baled hay was stacked up out at the Hiway to be picked up for market, so dad would pull a couple of bales of hay out of the stack, and we would climb in to get warm.