Zack, I just found this video that was posted one year ago. I am so glad you showed us the segment on pulling equipment out of the mud and then explaining the installation of field tile. I also loved you showing us the post. Now I know what a post looks like. ha ha
Sure was when I dumped my 99 ranger in a drainage mud pit. I wanted to get the tires dirty, road dicintigrated and thought it was going to roll over, had to climb out the passenger window. Steering wheel in the water. Good thing the air box is on the passenger side, the whole left side mirror fully in. 🤦♂️ Laugh about it now but freaking out then. Had to take my pants off to get wet and find the tow hook. Heck of mess, I'm just glad I didn't break a boot.
If my math is right he said it drains a section. An inch of rain on a section is about 17 million gallons. Those clouds hold alot of water. How do they float?
It’s always interesting to see that much iron in one field Unfortunately for the farmer two of them were dozers and excavators. I am always amazed at the resilience and attitude of the American farmers even in a challenging situation.
40 years in the heavy duty recovery business ..... number 1 rule, do not spin the tires/tread on the stuck unit being winched out, just maintain rotation with ground movement, or you will be there all day as the unit digs down rather than climbs out. Randy stated as much after the fact ...too bad he did not school the drivers in the stuck units.
Almost 40 years ago, I led a platoon of four tanks across a 4 foot concrete culvert 6-8 feet of dirt and gravel above. As the last tank was crossing the land beneath his right track fell away and there was nothing but air beneath four of the seven road wheels. The tank was listing to starboard and looked like it might flip over. My company commander was there in minutes, soon the battalion commander and then the brigade commander arrived by helicopter. For a long time, they discussed holding the tank level with a chinook helicopter while winching it forward. Finally, the company commander, a previous Battalion Maintenance Officer, said, “Let’s just winch it out the way it went in, that’s always the rule.” In minutes the tank was free. I never forgot the lesson. By the way, in those days we never downloaded our main gun ammunition.
They seriously looked at hooking the chinook? Ok 40 years ago? So it’s lift is @30k lbs? M1 is @55 TONS? Maybe still a Patton? It’s @ 48 tons? So if it fell. It could take copter with it. (It sounds like over 10’ to fall? Then roll? I hope the pilot told the Brigade Commander. BTW never click on porn adds. Report them. If they fail to get business. They will quit spamming. If you want porn. I am sure you can find it.
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@Howard I had to look it up. 114,000 lbs. 36,000 lbs payload…. It could help of course. Danger would be much less. Pulling a stuck item you increase force till you decide to stop, something breaks, limits out. But you hook onto something half unsupported, that could drop @10’, then roll that’s @3 times your max payload? I have only been up in one copter. “Parts flying in close formations, looking for chance to break, 2 hours maintenance per hour of flight”. We’re some comments I recall.
It never came to that. It was an M60A3. We were in Germany and a Chinook could get there faster with lift than anything else. The thought was just to hold the tank level while pulling forward with a tank recovery vehicle. I don't think anybody truly wanted to try that but it always rains in Germany and it was time to do something. . @@larsharris
Lots of work to get that equipment out of the soft ground. I burried FMC-979 Fieldmaster in Belle Plain one day. It was a real show getting it out. local farmer brought in the biggest articulated I'd ever seen, hooked up and proceeded to burry it to the fenders, then climbed up on the piles he made, tightened the chains and drove back into the holes. it was amazing, my harvester slid right out.
Thanks Zack, great video. The drain tile and control structure installation reminded me of my Master's research project 40 years ago in eastern N.C. We were looking at losses of N and P from surface and subsurface agricultural drainage systems. We referred to the control structures as "flash board risers". And just as you explained, we added or removed flash boards to control the depth to the water table in the field.
I was lucky enough to help out on a dairy farm during chopping season. Gave me a whole new application for what you farmers do everyday. Had a lot of fun, wish I could go back and help out.
I just want to thank you for all you do!!! Your hard work, dedication, and support for your fellow farmers give me hope in such crazy times... Sending blessings as Elijah's mom and my kidlets 🖤💚💛
I called Bloomberg for you. He said that if you would pave that field then you wouldn't have a mud problem and then the combine wouldn't get stuck...genius
I can't believe the mud! What a mess. I didn't know about the higher ph in that water yall been drinking. I ordered some. I too have heart burn/ indigestion. I can't wait to try this out. Thanks Zach!
that bloomberg theory was my first thouhgt! Plant it and it grows. I was thinking a long plank of wood or rig mats, but theose ties helped. Glad they got it out. That was a lot of water!
I live in north central Kansas about am hr south of Beatrice and in the late 80s early 90s I split an Allis Chalmers 7050 in half discing our bottom ground hit a wet spot stopped didn't want to get dad and listen to him yell so I raised the disc and tried backing out got about 5 ft pulled ahead locked the differential threw it in reverse dumped the clutch and threw the throttle wide open and the transmission case blew apart dad unhooked the disc pulled it out of the way pulled the sheetmetal off the tractor pulled the rear end and cab out to the edge of the field then the nose and engine and the shop winched them on the lowboy and I wished I had taken the yelling for not paying attention and getting stuck that was an expensive mistake
@@davidwoermansr , thanks for reply. What a story. One of times I got stuck was a 4020 John Deere. I drove it down in a low spot where the Center Pivot water was pooled up. I was so embarrassed. My boss was rightfully angry. We got it out with less calamity than your story, though. This was south of Ogallala Nebraska.
@@lennissytsma5503 I've run derbys and dirt track in that neck of the woods a few times before my accident that had me in a wheelchair for over a year and back hobbling around farming with my kids I lost track how many surgeries I've had but have a few more coming up soon airport security and people in line behind me get a little worked up when I step in the scanner and have to explain what is in my body and show scars to prove some has been there 20 years
Amazing on how that works laying pipe. Those machines were stuck. Glad you were able to help get them out. I love the idea to dig a big hole and put the big red tractor in the ground. Good place. 😍😍😍
Here in Australia we have what we call swamp mats they are a whole lot of logs tied or strapped together, a little wider than a excavator, we use them in wet or swampy condition's and helps keeping machines afloat and used for rescuing bogged / stuck machines like these one, I guess you have something like that over there. A pity you didn't have some on hand for this lot.
I’m glad they got all of that equipment out, what a stress it must have been! Any chance of a follow up video on the clearing up of the field they were stuck in? I do like the idea of the water flow regulator
In all you video's I see the 3 liftmaster remotes on the visor and you can easily simplify that. If the truck has a built in homelink transmitter you can program each button to replace one remote if you are using each remote to operate a single opener. As long as each remote is only being used for one gate or one door you can consolidate those remotes into one remote. Each liftmaster remote can operate 3 separate doors.
Zack, I really enjoy your videos and your commitment to educating the public of food safety and the good life of living on the farm. I’m a fourth generation farmer and a retired State Executive Director with the Farm Service Agency /USDA and I have the greatest respect for your messaging. I always said, a farmer has so many challenges from worrying about securing financing for land acquisitions (ownership or leasing), raising cost of seed and fertilizer as well as equipment cost, then if you get a crop planted, will the good Lord provide favorable growing conditions to make a crop, and if a crop is made will there be a strong market to be able to meet your financial obligations. I wish you a belated Merry Christmas and a very prosperous 2022 farming year. God bless you and your family and “keep it between the rows”. Tim
Thanks for all the Q & A's, didn't understand half of it but the fact that you both tried to inform us is so cool. This was a great opportunity for a video Thanks to all.🤗👏👏
The last time I saw a quad that bogged we had to lift it out .... just couldn't stop it submarining with half the rail sleepers going g down too. Did a bunch of damage to the running and steering gear as well 😒 Glad you got them out OK....Great vid too!!
I know that farmers run into wet spots in the field and get stuck from time to time. I’ve had my share of getting stuck. But I’ve never buried a piece of equipment that bad. When you’re stuck you’re stuck, don’t make it worse. My father taught me to stop spinning the tires and burying the equipment early on.
I grew up on a ranch in SE Colorado, where the earth is packed mostly sandy clay (high desert) and it was easy to get machinery around…UNTIL…that 1/2 inch rain would fall and turn those dirt roads into greasy mess where vehicles would slide off into ditch and some would be stuck for several days…amazing what a little moisture can do. Cheers dudes. Nice work.
Great video Zach. Great lesson on tiling. That stuck quad trac reminds of idea that the more technology keeps equipment from getting stuck, the more it takes to get equipment unstuck.
I was wondering do those things have anything like a car or pickup traction control system where it starts cutting power to the engine when they start spinning
AWESOME video Zach.....thought of you today while I was helping my uncle apply anhydrous. Great conditions here...was sealing really good. Thanks again for the awesome video.
I love following your harvesting process. The details you share really give a sense of the hard work and challenges behind each harvest. It's amazing how much technology is involved in modern farming, and I appreciate the transparency about the highs and lows of the season. Thank you for bringing the reality of farming to those of us who might not otherwise understand it.
Growing up on a farm in a desert area, when I heard “laying pipe”, I assumed it was irrigation pipe. It never crossed my mind that some areas needed help with drainage.
Around here in Switzerland its a common thing now for gardens especialy built over a underground fundament or garage etc. to allow the water to go somewhere in case of heavy rains including some big grooves where the water will collect to be able to slowly sink in tha groudn water again later in case the ground gets satrated.
Millennial Farmer I am also a resident of MN and I discovered your channel on a news article and I think that’s great. I am very interested in farming in spite of not living on a farm myself, I have always had relatives who did growing up. Winters so harsh where we live and it’s coming. I am a new subscriber.
Great video….. Hopefully the owners headache and BP went back to normal after everything was washed and checked over.. y’all stay safe… Does Randy ever get riled up? He appears to be so easy going…
Thank you zach for taking the time out to video the recovery of the "red and green show" should have used more duck tape on those ties 😂 you should have taken jim with you 😂 randy needs a you tube Chanel talk him into it zach stay safe out there Zach
Ya just gotta say, “Thank God it’s not me”. Damn they sunk that Quad and combine. I remember one old farmer back in the late 70s sunk his tractor and just walked away after a D6 Cat couldn’t get it out. Came back after it dried off some and dug it out with a backhoe, about a month later.
it's amazing that the skills, knowledge, and abilities necessary for farm and food production are overlooked and marginalized by our politicians as well as the personal capital/money that farmers put at risk .... and all at the whim of mother nature... one of my favorite quotes from a french philosopher named voltaire (who was friends with ben franklin) is "no snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible".... this video made me remember the song "raindrops keep falling on my head" by b.j. thomas and something my grandpa always said " you want somethin' done then ya gotta get behind the mule".... btw, that soil is sure pretty... i'd plant my seed in it .... i think it's also amazing that where i'm from you get in trouble if you try to retain water on your land and where you're at you can get in trouble for getting water off your land...
Somewhere hereabouts there's a WWII-era training video on getting tanks unstuck from mud. As I recall, the trick is to take a good-sized tree trunk and tie it to the tracks. Then, as the tank tries to move the tracks, the tree trunk sticks in the mud, spreads the weight out, and stays in place, letting the tank move.
Was surprised at how clear the water was running thru that control station, thanks Zack for showing that in the video, a lot of people have no idea how much water is actually in the ground like that.
muddy water is only because the soil is moving with it. on a field the ground is pretty compact at the depth they're putting the lines, so there's not really any room for the soil to move with the water. think of it as a natural filter. and if it weren't for the chemicals for the crops, you'd be able to drink that water.
The amount of work that will have to go into cleaning the machines AFTER they are dug out is beyond belief. Not to mention the potential damage that mud and water getting into sensitive and vital components is serious. Many many hours of digging mud out of places that even your hand or fingers won't go.
Great vid-- question-- does anybody know if the dozer has more flotation than the case quad? I appears so but i may not be comparing apples to apples when you consider weight etc. thxs
WCCO Saw your story on local WCCO news report yesterday and was a nice piece. Nice they included a pic of your whole family. Looks like you are a local baby star! :)
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"I will say watching someone unearth a Quad Trac and combine makes me feel better about my step tiller and anhydrous project"- The Actor who plays Zack Johnson The Millennial Farmer.
When we lived outside Marcel, MN the road to our house had soft spot on it and the county road crew dumped many loads of clay and rocks into this roughly 50 yard spot. They used a road grader to level it out and it sunk-in, only 6” of the tires of the two rear drive axles were visible. The near by farmer used his small bill dozer to pull it out. We were standing where grader had been and the hole refilled with the clay and rock so we could stand on an not get out feet muddy. But if we pumped our legs the ground acted like a big water bed. Minnesota peat bogs are under much of northern MN and it looks like western MN as well. Great video Zach, btw that was in the late spring (after mud vacation) in 1960. That road is most likely paved now.
That winch must be crazy strong!!!. Didn't look like quad was trying to help at all. Maybe tracks were bound up. Awesome video ty 4 sharing. Hope they don't have to deal w that again. Definitely some nice stuff
My pa and i just finished plowing before the snow comes. But it was so wet someplaces that we couldn't drive with the plow too deep. But luckily we made it. Hope your harvesting season went great. Ps: my pa and I live in Norway so at this time of year it is always wet in the field.
Pretty compelling case for putting tracks on your combine if your ground is this wet. Also, darn glad I’m not the one washing the quad and combine down at the end of the season, if not sooner.
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In the military when you do this to your tank you cut down logs or branches about 3-5 inches in diameter and about 4 feet in length and put them under the track as its moving one after the other about every foot and this spreads out the traction and ground pressure and helps elevate the track.
When you were in the service did you tell the commander-in-chief to f-off??? Go ahead and support the draft-dodging lying traitor Trump,,,if you like losers that is.
Yep my dad said my grandpa got our d6c absolutely SUNK in the bush and that’s how they got it out. Dad said it was so miserable to do hes been scared ever since to take it in a questionable spot lol
Zach your comment about the water. Most bottled water is purified through reverse osmosis. That RO process has been know to cause heart burn. Just a little fun fact from a Virginia fan. Thanks for the hard work. Rob
Love the Bloomberg reference. "You dig a hole, you put a tractor in, you put dirt on top, you add water, up comes corn."
Hopefully Bloomberg won't float though.
@@gungadinn His term as mayor is wrapping up. Maybe he'll have time now to come out to MN to offer his expertise.
Bloomberg thinks that food grows magically. All this dirt should scare him.
Dig a hole, plant a Bloomberg and consider it fertilizer??
He’s got more bullshit than a PBR work championship
Coming from a farming family, I am getting a huge kick out of this video . Farmers and ranchers are the best .
20:30 so would I be correct in assuming the proper depth is "Balls deep" when laying pipe?
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I have some fishing weights, they are called BALLS DEEP🤣
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This comment needs to be pinned! 😂
A moist sticky situation. Yup, the master pipe layer is totally in his element here.
I didn't know that Jim works on more than one farm.
YYYYOOOO I'm dead. Good one.
He been on vacation
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That was a good one 😂😂
@@langelfarms1104 yep
Randy is one heck of an operator!
"Michael Bloomberg.."; brilliantly ironic sarcasm, even for a grand master such as you!!!!
Zack, I just found this video that was posted one year ago. I am so glad you showed us the segment on pulling equipment out of the mud and then explaining the installation of field tile. I also loved you showing us the post. Now I know what a post looks like. ha ha
I was stressed just watching that extraction. Amazed at the amount of ground water flowing through that control. Good coverage Zach.
When the header started dragging mud, worried for farmer. Heck of a clean up job ahead
Sure was when I dumped my 99 ranger in a drainage mud pit. I wanted to get the tires dirty, road dicintigrated and thought it was going to roll over, had to climb out the passenger window. Steering wheel in the water. Good thing the air box is on the passenger side, the whole left side mirror fully in. 🤦♂️
Laugh about it now but freaking out then. Had to take my pants off to get wet and find the tow hook. Heck of mess, I'm just glad I didn't break a boot.
If my math is right he said it drains a section. An inch of rain on a section is about 17 million gallons. Those clouds hold alot of water. How do they float?
The character who plays Randy is such a good actor! Defo my fave character in the series
I've got to admit, building the ripper right into the quad track is a pretty neat tillage solution by Case.
Get a woven Coir/ sisal rope doormat in the bed of the defender. Hose off after use.
No offense Zach, love seeing Randy The Master Pipe Layer. Thank you very much!
LEAVE NO MAN BEHIND. THANKS FOR CARING FOR OTHERS, IT WILL ALWAYS COME BACK TO YOU, ZACH. NOT MANY PEOPLE LEFTLIKE YOU.
GOBBLES BORTHER
See anyone YELLING here?
Awesome subtle humor, makes for a good chuckle
Zach it’s randy I already know this video is going to be great!!! Ur the best!!
Hey! Those peanuts ain't gonna pick theselves!
That quadtrac is a beast!!! I can’t believe how bad that ground is there! Hopefully they can get the rest of the corn picked!
I’m amazed at the amount of water that’s moving into the drains. Wow
It’s always interesting to see that much iron in one field
Unfortunately for the farmer two of them were dozers and excavators.
I am always amazed at the resilience and attitude of the American farmers even in a challenging situation.
40 years in the heavy duty recovery business ..... number 1 rule, do not spin the tires/tread on the stuck unit being winched out, just maintain rotation with ground movement, or you will be there all day as the unit digs down rather than climbs out. Randy stated as much after the fact ...too bad he did not school the drivers in the stuck units.
Almost 40 years ago, I led a platoon of four tanks across a 4 foot concrete culvert 6-8 feet of dirt and gravel above. As the last tank was crossing the land beneath his right track fell away and there was nothing but air beneath four of the seven road wheels. The tank was listing to starboard and looked like it might flip over. My company commander was there in minutes, soon the battalion commander and then the brigade commander arrived by helicopter. For a long time, they discussed holding the tank level with a chinook helicopter while winching it forward. Finally, the company commander, a previous Battalion Maintenance Officer, said, “Let’s just winch it out the way it went in, that’s always the rule.” In minutes the tank was free. I never forgot the lesson. By the way, in those days we never downloaded our main gun ammunition.
They seriously looked at hooking the chinook? Ok 40 years ago? So it’s lift is @30k lbs? M1 is @55 TONS? Maybe still a Patton? It’s @ 48 tons? So if it fell. It could take copter with it. (It sounds like over 10’ to fall? Then roll?
I hope the pilot told the Brigade Commander.
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@Howard I had to look it up. 114,000 lbs. 36,000 lbs payload…. It could help of course. Danger would be much less. Pulling a stuck item you increase force till you decide to stop, something breaks, limits out.
But you hook onto something half unsupported, that could drop @10’, then roll that’s @3 times your max payload? I have only been up in one copter. “Parts flying in close formations, looking for chance to break, 2 hours maintenance per hour of flight”. We’re some comments I recall.
It never came to that. It was an M60A3. We were in Germany and a Chinook could get there faster with lift than anything else. The thought was just to hold the tank level while pulling forward with a tank recovery vehicle. I don't think anybody truly wanted to try that but it always rains in Germany and it was time to do something. .
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Lots of work to get that equipment out of the soft ground. I burried FMC-979 Fieldmaster in Belle Plain one day. It was a real show getting it out. local farmer brought in the biggest articulated I'd ever seen, hooked up and proceeded to burry it to the fenders, then climbed up on the piles he made, tightened the chains and drove back into the holes. it was amazing, my harvester slid right out.
Looks like that farmer may be Randy's next customer!! Good grief that's wet under that bine
Thanks Zack, great video. The drain tile and control structure installation reminded me of my Master's research project 40 years ago in eastern N.C. We were looking at losses of N and P from surface and subsurface agricultural drainage systems. We referred to the control structures as "flash board risers". And just as you explained, we added or removed flash boards to control the depth to the water table in the field.
What I love about farmers is even tho they are competitors they are always there for each other!!!
You got that right!!!
Holy cow. It looks like the quadtrac could have actually been buried. Never seen anything that buried. Thanks for posting it.
Good to see Randy the Master pipe layer in action 👍
I was lucky enough to help out on a dairy farm during chopping season. Gave me a whole new application for what you farmers do everyday. Had a lot of fun, wish I could go back and help out.
The joys of farming. We never had that size of equipment, but I remember many days like that...
I just want to thank you for all you do!!!
Your hard work, dedication, and support for your fellow farmers give me hope in such crazy times... Sending blessings as Elijah's mom and my kidlets 🖤💚💛
I called Bloomberg for you. He said that if you would pave that field then you wouldn't have a mud problem and then the combine wouldn't get stuck...genius
That sounds about right!😂😂
I can't believe the mud! What a mess. I didn't know about the higher ph in that water yall been drinking. I ordered some. I too have heart burn/ indigestion. I can't wait to try this out. Thanks Zach!
that bloomberg theory was my first thouhgt! Plant it and it grows. I was thinking a long plank of wood or rig mats, but theose ties helped. Glad they got it out. That was a lot of water!
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Zach, this is one of the BEST! I've gotten tractors stuck in the field (Nebraska), way back in the 1960's. Great of you to help your neighbors!
I live in north central Kansas about am hr south of Beatrice and in the late 80s early 90s I split an Allis Chalmers 7050 in half discing our bottom ground hit a wet spot stopped didn't want to get dad and listen to him yell so I raised the disc and tried backing out got about 5 ft pulled ahead locked the differential threw it in reverse dumped the clutch and threw the throttle wide open and the transmission case blew apart dad unhooked the disc pulled it out of the way pulled the sheetmetal off the tractor pulled the rear end and cab out to the edge of the field then the nose and engine and the shop winched them on the lowboy and I wished I had taken the yelling for not paying attention and getting stuck that was an expensive mistake
@@davidwoermansr , thanks for reply. What a story. One of times I got stuck was a 4020 John Deere. I drove it down in a low spot where the Center Pivot water was pooled up. I was so embarrassed. My boss was rightfully angry. We got it out with less calamity than your story, though. This was south of Ogallala Nebraska.
@@lennissytsma5503 I've run derbys and dirt track in that neck of the woods a few times before my accident that had me in a wheelchair for over a year and back hobbling around farming with my kids I lost track how many surgeries I've had but have a few more coming up soon airport security and people in line behind me get a little worked up when I step in the scanner and have to explain what is in my body and show scars to prove some has been there 20 years
Amazing on how that works laying pipe. Those machines were stuck. Glad you were able to help get them out. I love the idea to dig a big hole and put the big red tractor in the ground. Good place. 😍😍😍
"Did they try just backing out?" Ohhhh that got me
They have to pu it out
@@ayuniieeshizumi...7479 what the heck going on
Here in Australia we have what we call swamp mats they are a whole lot of logs tied or strapped together, a little wider than a excavator, we use them in wet or swampy condition's and helps keeping machines afloat and used for rescuing bogged / stuck machines like these one, I guess you have something like that over there. A pity you didn't have some on hand for this lot.
Yeah we have them also. More used by power companies servicing and running lines in swamps around me.
I’m glad they got all of that equipment out, what a stress it must have been! Any chance of a follow up video on the clearing up of the field they were stuck in? I do like the idea of the water flow regulator
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In all you video's I see the 3 liftmaster remotes on the visor and you can easily simplify that. If the truck has a built in homelink transmitter you can program each button to replace one remote if you are using each remote to operate a single opener. As long as each remote is only being used for one gate or one door you can consolidate those remotes into one remote. Each liftmaster remote can operate 3 separate doors.
Always enjoy when you go out with Randy on these jobs. Thanks.
Zack,
I really enjoy your videos and your commitment to educating the public of food safety and the good life of living on the farm. I’m a fourth generation farmer and a retired State Executive Director with the Farm Service Agency /USDA and I have the greatest respect for your messaging. I always said, a farmer has so many challenges from worrying about securing financing for land acquisitions (ownership or leasing), raising cost of seed and fertilizer as well as equipment cost, then if you get a crop planted, will the good Lord provide favorable growing conditions to make a crop, and if a crop is made will there be a strong market to be able to meet your financial obligations.
I wish you a belated Merry Christmas and a very prosperous 2022 farming year. God bless you and your family and “keep it between the rows”.
Tim
Thanks for all the Q & A's, didn't understand half of it but the fact that you both tried to inform us is so cool. This was a great opportunity for a video Thanks to all.🤗👏👏
Hurts just to watch! Thanks for the laughs afterwards with that depth measuring set up!
The last time I saw a quad that bogged we had to lift it out .... just couldn't stop it submarining with half the rail sleepers going g down too. Did a bunch of damage to the running and steering gear as well 😒 Glad you got them out OK....Great vid too!!
I know that farmers run into wet spots in the field and get stuck from time to time. I’ve had my share of getting stuck. But I’ve never buried a piece of equipment that bad. When you’re stuck you’re stuck, don’t make it worse. My father taught me to stop spinning the tires and burying the equipment early on.
Wow that was a lot of water flow, amazing how that tile does.
“ You can tell it’s a post because of the way it is” you and Rodney would get along good. 😀
Holy sh.. That was some recovery 😬 great to see good people doing good work 👍
I grew up on a ranch in SE Colorado, where the earth is packed mostly sandy clay (high desert) and it was easy to get machinery around…UNTIL…that 1/2 inch rain would fall and turn those dirt roads into greasy mess where vehicles would slide off into ditch and some would be stuck for several days…amazing what a little moisture can do. Cheers dudes. Nice work.
Great video Zach. Great lesson on tiling. That stuck quad trac reminds of idea that the more technology keeps equipment from getting stuck, the more it takes to get equipment unstuck.
I was wondering do those things have anything like a car or pickup traction control system where it starts cutting power to the engine when they start spinning
@@davidwoermansr John Deere does and I'd guess others do too. th-cam.com/video/WShKwr-9-ic/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=JohnDeereUKIE
AWESOME video Zach.....thought of you today while I was helping my uncle apply anhydrous. Great conditions here...was sealing really good. Thanks again for the awesome video.
The whole time I was waiting for someone pulling out a yellow yankum rope while saying we'll get em out
The banana would’ve pulled it out.
Always enjoy a day with the tiling crew. Cool videos. Someone is going to need a fire hose bath!
I love following your harvesting process. The details you share really give a sense of the hard work and challenges behind each harvest. It's amazing how much technology is involved in modern farming, and I appreciate the transparency about the highs and lows of the season. Thank you for bringing the reality of farming to those of us who might not otherwise understand it.
wow. I feel like Jim needs to step up his game when comes to getting the tractor stuck!! 😂😂😂
I know right Jim gettting stuck is nothing compared to getting the quadtrack stuck 😂😂
I guess that they hired Jim 😂
Growing up on a farm in a desert area, when I heard “laying pipe”, I assumed it was irrigation pipe. It never crossed my mind that some areas needed help with drainage.
Around here in Switzerland its a common thing now for gardens especialy built over a underground fundament or garage etc. to allow the water to go somewhere in case of heavy rains including some big grooves where the water will collect to be able to slowly sink in tha groudn water again later in case the ground gets satrated.
i lay a fat pipe each and ever morn:D
It's a shame there isn't way to get the water from where they have too much to where they don't have enough.
laying pipe just means banging moms
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Millennial Farmer I am also a resident of MN and I discovered your channel on a news article and I think that’s great. I am very interested in farming in spite of not living on a farm myself, I have always had relatives who did growing up. Winters so harsh where we live and it’s coming.
I am a new subscriber.
Great video….. Hopefully the owners headache and BP went back to normal after everything was washed and checked over.. y’all stay safe…
Does Randy ever get riled up? He appears to be so easy going…
Thank you zach for taking the time out to video the recovery of the "red and green show" should have used more duck tape on those ties 😂 you should have taken jim with you 😂 randy needs a you tube Chanel talk him into it zach stay safe out there Zach
Ya just gotta say, “Thank God it’s not me”. Damn they sunk that Quad and combine. I remember one old farmer back in the late 70s sunk his tractor and just walked away after a D6 Cat couldn’t get it out. Came back after it dried off some and dug it out with a backhoe, about a month later.
Sometimes that is the best way
it's amazing that the skills, knowledge, and abilities necessary for farm and food production are overlooked and marginalized by our politicians as well as the personal capital/money that farmers put at risk .... and all at the whim of mother nature... one of my favorite quotes from a french philosopher named voltaire (who was friends with ben franklin) is "no snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible".... this video made me remember the song "raindrops keep falling on my head" by b.j. thomas and something my grandpa always said " you want somethin' done then ya gotta get behind the mule".... btw, that soil is sure pretty... i'd plant my seed in it .... i think it's also amazing that where i'm from you get in trouble if you try to retain water on your land and where you're at you can get in trouble for getting water off your land...
I like all of Randy's heavy equipment him putting in that title work looks so cool and neat how it all works together
Wow, when you get machinery stuck on your farms you do it properly!
This is the kind of stuff that used to give my dad nightmares on the farm. Should be harvesting instead mudding around
This is the glamour of farming that people don't understand !!!
Somewhere hereabouts there's a WWII-era training video on getting tanks unstuck from mud. As I recall, the trick is to take a good-sized tree trunk and tie it to the tracks. Then, as the tank tries to move the tracks, the tree trunk sticks in the mud, spreads the weight out, and stays in place, letting the tank move.
The tracks on a tank are wide open. Fenders and other close parts on the tractor prevent the method you mentioned.
Tank tracks are made of extremely strong steel while tractor tracks are mostly a rubber composit and would be damaged by this method
Was surprised at how clear the water was running thru that control station, thanks Zack for showing that in the video, a lot of people have no idea how much water is actually in the ground like that.
muddy water is only because the soil is moving with it. on a field the ground is pretty compact at the depth they're putting the lines, so there's not really any room for the soil to move with the water. think of it as a natural filter. and if it weren't for the chemicals for the crops, you'd be able to drink that water.
Dang it I just posted a stuck farm equipment video
Double down for the viewers!!
That time of year. It was a good one too.
They weren't stuck. They were tile plowing with the quad track and digging a junction hole with the combine.😄
I have been there. Had to gets large tow truck on the road and winched it out
Now we need Dougo to show us how to do it!
Love the Bloomberg comment.
What a mess. Thanks for sharing it.
Man, someone’s 17 year old is going to be pissed when he wakes up and they tell him he’s gotta wash the machines…
if it was my luck id have just washed and waxed them yesterday
I wouldn’t 😂
Great Millennial Farmer Video, thanks for sharing
Hey, at least now all they need is some tiles, trench already started
The amount of work that will have to go into cleaning the machines AFTER they are dug out is beyond belief. Not to mention the potential damage that mud and water getting into sensitive and vital components is serious. Many many hours of digging mud out of places that even your hand or fingers won't go.
Great vid-- question-- does anybody know if the dozer has more flotation than the case quad? I appears so but i may not be comparing apples to apples when you consider weight etc. thxs
Every working word in the book was used during this recovery. And new ones made im sure.
Love the video your soils are extremely interesting.
WCCO Saw your story on local WCCO news report yesterday and was a nice piece. Nice they included a pic of your whole family. Looks like you are a local baby star! :)
We used to call ground like that "Too thick to drink, too thin to farm!"
Great recovery 👍
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Freaking love the shot at Bloomberg.
Yep, Bloomberg is the genius, just put the seed in the ground and let it grow. How hard is that. LOL
Outstanding video!!! Never saw this on scale that large. Keep up the good work.
After fighting with your strip tiller / deep bander I think you had a good day watching these guys😂
"I will say watching someone unearth a Quad Trac and combine makes me feel better about my step tiller and anhydrous project"- The Actor who plays Zack Johnson The Millennial Farmer.
When we lived outside Marcel, MN the road to our house had soft spot on it and the county road crew dumped many loads of clay and rocks into this roughly 50 yard spot.
They used a road grader to level it out and it sunk-in, only 6” of the tires of the two rear drive axles were visible. The near by farmer used his small bill dozer to pull it out.
We were standing where grader had been and the hole refilled with the clay and rock so we could stand on an not get out feet muddy. But if we pumped our legs the ground acted like a big water bed.
Minnesota peat bogs are under much of northern MN and it looks like western MN as well.
Great video Zach, btw that was in the late spring (after mud vacation) in 1960. That road is most likely paved now.
"You can tell it's a post by the way it is..." Always love the one-liners.
That winch must be crazy strong!!!. Didn't look like quad was trying to help at all. Maybe tracks were bound up. Awesome video ty 4 sharing. Hope they don't have to deal w that again. Definitely some nice stuff
My pa and i just finished plowing before the snow comes. But it was so wet someplaces that we couldn't drive with the plow too deep. But luckily we made it.
Hope your harvesting season went great.
Ps: my pa and I live in Norway so at this time of year it is always wet in the field.
That tile they’re putting in is going to make a HUGE DIFFERENCE!!!
Pressure washing vid for the quadtrac when?
Pretty compelling case for putting tracks on your combine if your ground is this wet. Also, darn glad I’m not the one washing the quad and combine down at the end of the season, if not sooner.
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You nut, GO WARM UP!!! - and, thanks for sharing!
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Very interesting vlog 🤔👌thanks 😊
I think the control structure on the end of the pipe actually controls the ground water level in the field.
This. It sets the level of the water table.
Was that an Agri-Drain water control gate?
I bought a Ranger midsize last March. It amazes me how useful it is.
In the military when you do this to your tank you cut down logs or branches about 3-5 inches in diameter and about 4 feet in length and put them under the track as its moving one after the other about every foot and this spreads out the traction and ground pressure and helps elevate the track.
When you were in the service did you tell the commander-in-chief to f-off???
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Yep my dad said my grandpa got our d6c absolutely SUNK in the bush and that’s how they got it out. Dad said it was so miserable to do hes been scared ever since to take it in a questionable spot lol
TDS is real. Let’s go Brandon
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Zach your comment about the water. Most bottled water is purified through reverse osmosis. That RO process has been know to cause heart burn. Just a little fun fact from a Virginia fan. Thanks for the hard work. Rob
“Consult with Bloomberg” 🤣 lol that killed me
Wow those boys were stuck in the mud. That was some good video a lot of things to cover. Great job on the video, god bless and stay safe
I hadn’t thought of a higher pH for heartburn. A higher pH would counteract with the lower pH acid that causes heartburn.