you would be surprised how helpful neighbors can be. I had an upstairs neighbor knock on my door one day. I don't talk to anyone here, and I rarely am out and about. Turned out, he wanted to know if it was my garage just outside my unit. I said yes and he let me know he saw a large snake go in there under the door. He didn't know what kind of snake, but he knew it went inside and was big. Turned out after opening the door using the remote, I had 2 snakes in there all cuddled together right next to the door to my truck. If I did decide to go somewhere, i would have stepped right next to them with no idea they were there due to some cardboard scraps they were hiding under. Keep in mind this wasn't farmers helping farmers. This is in an apartment complex in San Antonio. Eventually pest control guy came and needed help with the snakes. Another neighbor helped him catch them even though he lives on the other side of the building upstairs. I met 3 neighbors in one day because they were concerned about a snake in my garage.
That truck should have had Superman's cape superimposed over it, the way it came flying across the field to save the day! No hesitation, no self-concern, just doing all they could to help out. That is just damned impressive to see. Hats off to you guys, you win the day!
Might be the coolest clip I've ever seen on TH-cam: A semi with spray tender barreling into the fray. Way to get. it. done. boys! Nice. A fire like that stays small with water coming that quickly. Otherwise it can get nasty big.
Man watching that semi pulling the sprayer tender on it hauling into the field like that gave me goosebumps. Almost brought a tear to my eye as well. That's how community's should be. Just like that. God bless them guys and the fire department. The things those awful city folk could learn from rural people. The world would be a much better place.
I agree. It's like in the old western movies. Here comes the Cavalry to the rescue. John Wayne would have loved it. You guys should give the neighbors a 7th Cavalry decal for their truck.
Socialism!!! Neighbors being social and helping neighbors! Also, drop with the city vs rural bs, most neighbors are helpful with a good helping of Hatfield and McCoys scattered around
by helping others they help themselves, if a fire like that gets out of hand, everyone can lose everything in the neighborhood, those fires can get ugly real fast if the wind picks up
@Richard Cranium "If this was socialism - they would have let it burn, because its not their problem" or they would have taken the rest of the hay, sold it, and claimed it burnt up. just as happened to all the spare parts for the semi, the tractor, and half the harvest. gotta love it.
Rural firefighting is the best!!! Guy on the back of the squad truck was in jean shorts. Gotta love it!!! I'm glad, all things considered, it was minimal damage, especially with the swather. Well done everyone!!! Cole, may be time to upgrade to a 30 gallon sprayer...
i live in a rural tennessee farming town with a volunteer only fire department, if there is a fire, its nothing for the boys to roll up to the station driving tractors, semi trucks, whatever piece of farm equipment they are using, because they may be closer to the department than their personal vehicle
You got some awesome neighbors. Glad they had a water tank on their semi. Fire department was quick too. You, Brian and Jeff did some quick thinking. Glad you got it under control and didn't lose too much hay. Talk about commitment and dedication - Jeff out there stomping on the fire when you drove up.
Believe it or not Cole, you hitting the forward flames did help quite a bit. That with the combination of your dad dragging saved the fire from spreading massively until the fire department arrived. Gotta be thankful for such wonderful neighbors. The importance of having them can never be underrated. Having said all that, the most impressive display of lessening the spreading of the flames goes to Jeff and his fancy footwork. Glad to see it didn't get out of hand.
You never know with farming what will take place during the day everything changes in minutes. And to have neighbors drop everything to help you out. Great video with extra excitement and nothing damaged or anybody hurt. A special thanks to your neighbor and the Letcher Fire Dept. Well done to everyone.
@@farming4g Yes, I did give it some thought and I agree. It gave it some worry here in Minneapolis because everything was browning out. Like other people we don't water. and there was a great chance of fire. There wasn't any rain before the 4th and the usual fireworks were going off. Thankfully we've had some good rain after the 4th. Even the temp has gone down. Thank you for your interest in helping me understand why a little rock is big business.
I remember when I was really young, early 1970's; Right at dinner time our neighbor called in a panic; their barn was on fire and she couldn't get hold of her husband who was in town getting feed. My Dad and one of my older brothers dropped what they were eating, ran out the door, jumped in our stock truck and headed to the fire. The neighbors two tractors were in the burning barn. They got one started and out of danger. The other one wouldn't start so they wrapped a chain on it and drug it out as the barn started to collapse. There weren't any animals in the barn. The neighbor followed the fire trucks out to his farm. Since he had no idea it was his barn on fire he was just following to see where it was. Once the fire trucks, and the neighbor got there my Dad and brother came home, ate dinner then went about their day. The neighbors were very grateful to my Dad and brother. Then again, this is farm country it's what we do; help each other.
This drought is hurting everyone. To see this happen to a farm like yours is devastating even though you say it was just a Bales worth. A bale is a bale. But to see neighbors jump up to help one another in a time like this is amazing and TBA this sea Hardened sailor shedded a tear but was happy to see the fire under control quickly. God bless your family and neighbors and the fire fighters.
J. Cole and Brian this is Mike and Sherrill from Phoenix Arizona, just watch your small fire on your latest TH-cam video. We are grateful that nothing more happened to your hayfield. Call keep up the great work with your therapy, you’re looking good. Thanks again for all you guys do we really appreciate your videos and have a great day.
What a great community of people. The Christopher's wow. They didn't wait to be asked to help. They saw a need an emergency and jumped right in. Of course the Son. Alarm for morning fire dept. They go in ever day with the chance of risking their lives. True hero's, and people to admire! Sincerely Ed from Chicago 🙂
very sorry about the fire. Hope y'all didnt lose much. And beleive me Cole, your 25 gallons of water did alot. you put of fire that no one else did. You are still lookin good. Knee looks like it is healing good. Love your video and dad and Jeff did good today
I'm wicked glad that you guys got on that fire so quickly, and the loss was minimal. Prairie fires / grass fires are just one more risk that comes with farming. I started a grass fire when I was bull cooking for a road construction outfit - didn't mean to, of course. Boss said to use a 45 gal grease drum for a burning barrel. I put the thing on a dirt pile, because I'm smart enough not to put in the grass area. I threw a bunch of garbage paper in and lit it. So proud of myself. What I didn't realize is that the residual grease would melt and become little rivers of fire running out of the vent holes I had punched in the bottom of the barrel. Of course, they ran into the dry grass with a strong wind blowing. The village and curling rink were down wind and here was me with a piece of plywood trying to fight it, and getting burned in the process. Luckily, there was a dozer nearby and someone with some smarts that knew what to do with it. He turned that fire back very quickly, and all was calm again. That's how I felt when I saw you guys go after that fire ... you knew what you were doing. No hand wringing, just kill that sucker. Yeah, well done guys.
Was a volunteer fireman and EMT while in college in Moscow Idaho. Fought a few field fires in stubble but no standing grain we and the farmers got it under control. One the old timers told me about a really bad field fire in standing grain during high winds. Multiple department and farm family. The fire jump one mile across a highway 95 road cut. It burned around 50,000 acres. Glad no one was hurt, equipment lost, and not much of the hay burned. It is nice that neighbors helped. I appreciate this channel and videos. Funny stories, animals licking or nosing the camera. Seeing you, your dad, and uncle working together well and mostly enjoying things. Honest hard work. Thanks for bringing us along.
Glad all is ok it could have been much worse ! Thanks the lord for good neighbors & close community & volunteer fire department !!! Daniel from central Mississippi
I’m so glad that you guys didn’t lose a ton of hay! Plus you’re neighbors are awesome to come and help!! It’s great to have neighbors who come running when you need them! I hope y’all get some rain soon!! Much love from Oklahoma!! 💗💗💗
I remember a fire on my grandparents ranch. I was probably around 10 years old. I was astounded at how quickly the neighbors responded! It was out in no time thanks to the neighbors helping neighbors ethic in the farming/ranching community! It’s something I’ll never forget. When the fire was out, everyone came to the house where my grandma had a big pot of coffee, cold milk, and a variety of cookies and pies! Every one sat around and talked about the fire in order to bring their heart rate down I’m sure!!! I thought I was so lucky to have been out checking on cattle with my grandpa so I got to see the action!! So many teenagers were there too with their dads etc. and worked hard right next to the older men.
So glad you got that fire out!!! That's what it's like in Northern California right now and the last 5 years! Mowing and vehicle fires have started a majority of our fires recently (arsonists too☹️). The largest one (Mendocino Complex) started with a guy driving a metal post without having a water supply with him. Evacuated for almost a week. Jeff's advice about mowing in the morning is right!
Hi Cole thank you for sharing everything.Hi Cole’s Dad hope you are doing good today.Cole hope your knee is getting better every day. I enjoy watching you your Dad and Jeff.God bless you all.Hope you get some rain soon.
Us farmers, here in Australia understand how fast fire take off with our dry, Dusty, windy and hot temperatures from start October through to March. Good see everyone safe plus the JD.
Leg is doing well. Thanks to the Christophers and Letcher Fire Dept. Good job by pops and Cole and uncle. Praying for rain for America otherwise we may not have much to eat. Thank you FARMERS.
That is a true " Oh Crap" moment - "The hay field is on fire!" That is why country life is for me. Neighbors are just extended family. You don't have to ask, they will just come.
Glad fire got put out. Just a tip from the SW....make Flappers. Take a long wooden handle weld a T bar up and attach a piece of conveyor belt or old stall matting about 12-15 inches wide and two inches longer than width to the wooden handle. Beats flames out faster than you imagine. Probably can order them. That's all I have to say! God Bless Y'all 🙏🙏
Great job getting the fire out it could have been worse it’s not Jeff’s fault just happens. It’s cool and great feeling when you have great neighbors who come help you without thinking twice. I know who my friends are. I love farming community’s. Stay safe out there guys God bless and keep farming.
Glad to see everyone is ok and not a lot burnt up, glad your neighbor farmer had his water tanks filled I'm sure that was a huge help, you all take care and be careful!
It's a bad year for drought in Northern ND also. I belong to a small Fire department and we have been on a lot of calls already this spring and summer including 2 hay yards with the loss of 600 bales. I was very impressed with your cool headedness and the response from your neighbors and Fire Department. Stay Careful and safe.
Wow, Farmer Tyler Ranch had a lot of his hay go up too. His neighbor was mowing and hit a rock or something. Rough year. Glad it wasn't worse! Props to your neighbor!
I enjoyed your video. I have some info to share (you may already have been told this but I’m not going to read all 800+ of your comments to find out), and some tips and advice. I’m a retired 31 year career California firefighter. Everything I’m going to share is based on training and experience. First, in my opinion, guys like you, your dad and farming neighbors are LOADED with pragmatic common sense and can do just about anything you set out to do. The epitome of hard workers. Basic Wildland Fire Info: The majority of all Wildland firefighter deaths occur in light flashy fuels. Grasses. Forests, chaparral, brush, bushes, whatever kind of fuel that is burning, the main flaming front of any Wildland fire is carried by the grasses. Light flashy fuel burns hot and fast. If it’s wind driven it will outrun you and overcome you. That being said, from what I see in your video of your crop, it’s ALL grass. DO NOT BE COMPLACENT. If something can go wrong, it will go wrong. Always knowing that will cause you to act accordingly and stay safe. Wildland fires go out when they run out of fuel, primarily. Fire breaks, cutting line, scraping a surrounding line of fuel to bare mineral earth. Water works with little areas or knocking the heat out of a flare up, but cutting line is the tactic of choice for your field fires. Ok, here’s some basic equipment advice for you. 1) PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) Get yourselves each a set of lightweight single layer Wildland turnouts (PPE). Any good pair of leather boots too. You don’t need firefighter gloves but you do need a basic pair of leather gloves. You need a Wildland helmet with a nomex shroud. Attach a pair of goggles to your helmet. That’s is the bare minimum level of protection you need. Keep it clean and stored in a gear bag you keep handy with you. 2) Tools - Get each of you a McCloud. It’s a scraping tool. It was my tool of choice on Wildland fires but perfect for lightweight grass fires. I have never used one of these but in many training classes I’ve seen pictures of this tool, that was made specifically for your type of fire. It’s called a Fire Swatter. I’ve watched videos of it being used and they look like they work fantastic on light grass fires. Practice using your gear and tools. 3. No matter how small the fire, always identify your escape routes and safety zones. Learn what LCES is. It’s the basic life safety fundamentals on the fireline. You don’t need to attend a fire academy to stay safe. There is plenty of info online. The largest National Wildland firefighting resource is from the NWCG (National Wildland Coordination Group). Their website has publications available you and your neighbors can use to bump up your approach to those grass fires you encounter. Don’t be complacent. If your local experts ever tell you, “This is how we’ve always done it”, the hair on the back of your neck should stand up is a huge red flag for you to beware. Learning never ends. Professional firefighters take as many classes in their final working year as they did in their first year. There is always more to learn.
Glad it went as fine as possible! It was kinda nerwrecking just to read the title of the movie....Glad you got some really fine neigbours, and that you all kept calm and therefor organiced. Thumbs up to all of you 👍😊
I have seen the catalytic converter set fire to long grass when they park on it. When I saw Jeff park his truck, I thought that might have been a problem. Glad that wasn’t the case and that your fire was so quickly extinguished. Keep the videos coming, luv em!
Dude...Give yourselves a big pat on the back! 👊You all earned an honorary fire badge! You guys did an awesome job! As a long time firefighter, I'd be ecstatic to see you guys having the fire darn near out upon arrival! Cole don't underestimate the power of water! That 25 gallons was better than none and I've seen a 2½ gallon water fire extinguisher put out an entire room. Although the steam in a room is a big factor the amount of speed and energy you guys had knocked it down fast! Kudos Brad
When the big semi truck with the water tanks came flying in! My heart jumped with happiness! So awesome to see farmers helping farmers! I wish the whole world was like that! God bless you and your neighbor and so glad you got the fire out before it got out of control! I pray you get rain soon!
Keep up the hard work on the farm and with your therapy. Don't cut yourself short man. You get one shot at healing and fixing it right. Keep at it man. God bless you, your family and farm.
Smelt something once got off tractor and some hay was smoldering on the dtiveline. Of course I pulled it off so the tractor didn't catch and it burst into flames and I dropped it. Grass caught instantly. I stepped on it had 2 fires. Stepped again had 4 fires. Luckily I caught it as soon as it happened and my bladder was full cuz I got that sucker out . Those grass fires are just scary because they jump and split so easy. But your neighbors what good people they are
You are a real trooper! Most likely the hardest working TH-camr that I can think of. Glad y'all caught that fire in time. Thanks for sharing another great video!
My least favorite part of ACL repair therapy is when my therapist would extend my leg and lean on the knee. Lol. Good thing she was cute, otherwise...well, I'd have cried. I think the doc cut the patella ligament short, and figured: "yeah, it'll stretch" SOB. LOL.
Jeff was cutting the field and a blade on the cutter made contact with the rock. That produces a small spark which in dry conditions is enough to grow into a big fire.
Rock + Metal = Sparks Mowing with a disk mower those blades are hauling ass spinning so when you come into contact with a rock it’s going to make sparks.
Neighbors helping neighbors. If only more of America acted like this, think of how much greater this country would be. Much respect.
you would be surprised how helpful neighbors can be. I had an upstairs neighbor knock on my door one day. I don't talk to anyone here, and I rarely am out and about. Turned out, he wanted to know if it was my garage just outside my unit. I said yes and he let me know he saw a large snake go in there under the door. He didn't know what kind of snake, but he knew it went inside and was big. Turned out after opening the door using the remote, I had 2 snakes in there all cuddled together right next to the door to my truck. If I did decide to go somewhere, i would have stepped right next to them with no idea they were there due to some cardboard scraps they were hiding under. Keep in mind this wasn't farmers helping farmers. This is in an apartment complex in San Antonio. Eventually pest control guy came and needed help with the snakes. Another neighbor helped him catch them even though he lives on the other side of the building upstairs. I met 3 neighbors in one day because they were concerned about a snake in my garage.
For some reason they frown upon us shooting the bad guys not much area to compost them in the urban areas
The fire's not going to stop at the fence.
This is why I love the midwest / mountain states. People tend to help each other when in need.
That truck should have had Superman's cape superimposed over it, the way it came flying across the field to save the day!
No hesitation, no self-concern, just doing all they could to help out.
That is just damned impressive to see.
Hats off to you guys, you win the day!
Mad Respect to the Christopher's Coming in HOT with the Semi
Might be the coolest clip I've ever seen on TH-cam: A semi with spray tender barreling into the fray. Way to get. it. done. boys! Nice. A fire like that stays small with water coming that quickly. Otherwise it can get nasty big.
love your lecs smile/joke,on theimprove after surgery i hope mate,all the best brian,cheers gnz
They definitely earned a couple bottles of nice Scotch or Whiskey.
That's a small town farm community. Everybody comes running to help. Glad the damage was minimal.
Seeing that sprayer trailer coming in "hot" had to be a relief!
That was sick. Full send.
Community, community and friends are a man's fortune.
DAT'S COMMUNISM REEEEEEEEEE
Man watching that semi pulling the sprayer tender on it hauling into the field like that gave me goosebumps. Almost brought a tear to my eye as well. That's how community's should be. Just like that. God bless them guys and the fire department. The things those awful city folk could learn from rural people. The world would be a much better place.
I agree. It's like in the old western movies. Here comes the Cavalry to the rescue. John Wayne would have loved it. You guys should give the neighbors a 7th Cavalry decal for their truck.
Socialism!!! Neighbors being social and helping neighbors! Also, drop with the city vs rural bs, most neighbors are helpful with a good helping of Hatfield and McCoys scattered around
Gotta love it. Barreling across a hayfield to bail out a neighbor in need
by helping others they help themselves, if a fire like that gets out of hand, everyone can lose everything in the neighborhood, those fires can get ugly real fast if the wind picks up
@Richard Cranium "If this was socialism - they would have let it burn, because its not their problem" or they would have taken the rest of the hay, sold it, and claimed it burnt up. just as happened to all the spare parts for the semi, the tractor, and half the harvest. gotta love it.
Rural firefighting is the best!!! Guy on the back of the squad truck was in jean shorts. Gotta love it!!! I'm glad, all things considered, it was minimal damage, especially with the swather. Well done everyone!!! Cole, may be time to upgrade to a 30 gallon sprayer...
Lol it's not a squad truck that's a brush truck
@@jonathanupton3744 same difference
It sure is. I used to be one, and I miss it every day.
@@WEMS20 Like Thomas the Tank Engine.
i live in a rural tennessee farming town with a volunteer only fire department, if there is a fire, its nothing for the boys to roll up to the station driving tractors, semi trucks, whatever piece of farm equipment they are using, because they may be closer to the department than their personal vehicle
Let's hear 3 cheers for great neighbors and the local fire department! Hip hip hooray!
👏👏👏
You got some awesome neighbors. Glad they had a water tank on their semi. Fire department was quick too. You, Brian and Jeff did some quick thinking. Glad you got it under control and didn't lose too much hay. Talk about commitment and dedication - Jeff out there stomping on the fire when you drove up.
Nothing beats good neighbors and a good fire department 👍
Believe it or not Cole, you hitting the forward flames did help quite a bit. That with the combination of your dad dragging saved the fire from spreading massively until the fire department arrived. Gotta be thankful for such wonderful neighbors. The importance of having them can never be underrated. Having said all that, the most impressive display of lessening the spreading of the flames goes to Jeff and his fancy footwork. Glad to see it didn't get out of hand.
My neighbors just laugh
You never know with farming what will take place during the day everything changes in minutes. And to have neighbors drop everything to help you out. Great video with extra excitement and nothing damaged or anybody hurt. A special thanks to your neighbor and the Letcher Fire Dept. Well done to everyone.
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I like the way your neighbours jumped in to help, that's what community spirit is all about.
Safety first - so happy everyone came out okay. Happy the loss wasn't too much. Your neighbors are terrific. Rock?
Blade or something moving fast hit it and threw a spark into the dry grass
Doesn't take much to make a spark from a rock and having ample dry material for it to catch. Can happen with really any haying equipment.
@@farming4g Yes, I did give it some thought and I agree. It gave it some worry here in Minneapolis because everything was browning out. Like other people we don't water. and there was a great chance of fire. There wasn't any rain before the 4th and the usual fireworks were going off. Thankfully we've had some good rain after the 4th. Even the temp has gone down. Thank you for your interest in helping me understand why a little rock is big business.
Wow, huge thanks to the neighbors and firemen who showed up so quickly and helped get things under control.
That's what this country is REALLY about. Neighbors helping Neighbors! Amen! Prayers for rain still going up.
Try praying for forgiveness for Gitmo and Vietnam neigborino.
When that semi came charging through the field it brought tears to my eyes, neighbors are the best. So glad it wasn't worse.
Thank god for great neighbors and a speedy fire dept
Don't underestimate your role in the fire. Every bit helps when its burning. The boxscrapper too. You have great neighbors and fire department!
Props to your neighbors and the FD lots of good people had your backs that day!!
I remember when I was really young, early 1970's; Right at dinner time our neighbor called in a panic; their barn was on fire and she couldn't get hold of her husband who was in town getting feed. My Dad and one of my older brothers dropped what they were eating, ran out the door, jumped in our stock truck and headed to the fire. The neighbors two tractors were in the burning barn. They got one started and out of danger. The other one wouldn't start so they wrapped a chain on it and drug it out as the barn started to collapse. There weren't any animals in the barn. The neighbor followed the fire trucks out to his farm. Since he had no idea it was his barn on fire he was just following to see where it was. Once the fire trucks, and the neighbor got there my Dad and brother came home, ate dinner then went about their day. The neighbors were very grateful to my Dad and brother.
Then again, this is farm country it's what we do; help each other.
My respect to your family
Mr Christopher certainly came in at some speed with that spray truck, mad respect
If urban society only understood about "community" like people fo in middle and rural America.
You don't have a choice-- it's survival.
Thank you to the Christopher's and fire department and Cole Brian and Jeff Sonne farms was saved... Prayers for all 🇺🇸👍🙏
This drought is hurting everyone. To see this happen to a farm like yours is devastating even though you say it was just a Bales worth. A bale is a bale. But to see neighbors jump up to help one another in a time like this is amazing and TBA this sea Hardened sailor shedded a tear but was happy to see the fire under control quickly. God bless your family and neighbors and the fire fighters.
Loved how your neighbors semi came ripping in !! World should have more neighbors like that !! Gotta love the farming community!!
Amazing when you're neighbors come to help thanks people amazing job
Thank God for good neighbors and FIREMEN!!! 🙏🏼🇺🇸❤️
Thousand gallon water trailer or truck with a way for a person to spray and drive is so IMPORTANT on dry years
Thank God for good neighbors and convenient big water tanks.
J. Cole and Brian this is Mike and Sherrill from Phoenix Arizona, just watch your small fire on your latest TH-cam video. We are grateful that nothing more happened to your hayfield. Call keep up the great work with your therapy, you’re looking good. Thanks again for all you guys do we really appreciate your videos and have a great day.
What a great community of people.
The Christopher's wow. They didn't wait to be asked to help. They saw a need an emergency and jumped right in.
Of course the Son. Alarm for morning fire dept. They go in ever day with the chance of risking their lives.
True hero's, and people to admire!
Sincerely Ed from Chicago 🙂
very sorry about the fire. Hope y'all didnt lose much. And beleive me Cole, your 25 gallons of water did alot. you put of fire that no one else did. You are still lookin good. Knee looks like it is healing good. Love your video and dad and Jeff did good today
I'm wicked glad that you guys got on that fire so quickly, and the loss was minimal. Prairie fires / grass fires are just one more risk that comes with farming. I started a grass fire when I was bull cooking for a road construction outfit - didn't mean to, of course. Boss said to use a 45 gal grease drum for a burning barrel. I put the thing on a dirt pile, because I'm smart enough not to put in the grass area. I threw a bunch of garbage paper in and lit it. So proud of myself. What I didn't realize is that the residual grease would melt and become little rivers of fire running out of the vent holes I had punched in the bottom of the barrel. Of course, they ran into the dry grass with a strong wind blowing. The village and curling rink were down wind and here was me with a piece of plywood trying to fight it, and getting burned in the process. Luckily, there was a dozer nearby and someone with some smarts that knew what to do with it. He turned that fire back very quickly, and all was calm again. That's how I felt when I saw you guys go after that fire ... you knew what you were doing. No hand wringing, just kill that sucker. Yeah, well done guys.
Wow Garth Sheane I hope you weren't badly burnt! Everyone makes mistakes n I'm sure you leant from it. 👍
@@bellasamantha237 ... just scorched and singed, thankfully. Did I learn from the mistake? Big Time!!
Have set a grass fire myself, burning fertilizer bags and know that feeling of panic. Farm community is the best! Wishing the best for you boys.
Glad everything worked out thank God nobody got hurt or equipment burned up you have a good neighbors and volunteer fire department great video Cole
I’m glad that you got the fire under control and it only did minimal damage.
I also admire that you always keep your equipment clean.
Was a volunteer fireman and EMT while in college in Moscow Idaho. Fought a few field fires in stubble but no standing grain we and the farmers got it under control. One the old timers told me about a really bad field fire in standing grain during high winds. Multiple department and farm family. The fire jump one mile across a highway 95 road cut. It burned around 50,000 acres.
Glad no one was hurt, equipment lost, and not much of the hay burned. It is nice that neighbors helped. I appreciate this channel and videos. Funny stories, animals licking or nosing the camera. Seeing you, your dad, and uncle working together well and mostly enjoying things. Honest hard work. Thanks for bringing us along.
So scary!!
I'm glad it was small and everyone is safe. So scary.
Glad all is ok it could have been much worse ! Thanks the lord for good neighbors & close community & volunteer fire department !!!
Daniel from central Mississippi
I’m so glad that you guys didn’t lose a ton of hay! Plus you’re neighbors are awesome to come and help!! It’s great to have neighbors who come running when you need them! I hope y’all get some rain soon!! Much love from Oklahoma!! 💗💗💗
Thank God for great Neighbors it’s a blessing 🙏🙏🙏💚
I remember a fire on my grandparents ranch. I was probably around 10 years old. I was astounded at how quickly the neighbors responded! It was out in no time thanks to the neighbors helping neighbors ethic in the farming/ranching community! It’s something I’ll never forget. When the fire was out, everyone came to the house where my grandma had a big pot of coffee, cold milk, and a variety of cookies and pies! Every one sat around and talked about the fire in order to bring their heart rate down I’m sure!!! I thought I was so lucky to have been out checking on cattle with my grandpa so I got to see the action!! So many teenagers were there too with their dads etc. and worked hard right next to the older men.
Thank God for awesome neighbors and volunteer fire fighters!!! I'd say ya owe the neighbors a case of beer!!
So glad you got that fire out!!! That's what it's like in Northern California right now and the last 5 years! Mowing and vehicle fires have started a majority of our fires recently (arsonists too☹️). The largest one (Mendocino Complex) started with a guy driving a metal post without having a water supply with him. Evacuated for almost a week. Jeff's advice about mowing in the morning is right!
Hi Cole thank you for sharing everything.Hi Cole’s Dad hope you are doing good today.Cole hope your knee is getting better every day. I enjoy watching you your Dad and Jeff.God bless you all.Hope you get some rain soon.
So happy everyone is safe. It’s such a blessing to have good neighbors!
What a awesome sight to see the neighbors stop what they are doing and come to help. That’s what it’s all about
Us farmers, here in Australia understand how fast fire take off with our dry, Dusty, windy and hot temperatures from start October through to March. Good see everyone safe plus the JD.
Leg is doing well.
Thanks to the Christophers and Letcher Fire Dept.
Good job by pops and Cole and uncle.
Praying for rain for America otherwise we may not have much to eat.
Thank you FARMERS.
That is a true " Oh Crap" moment - "The hay field is on fire!" That is why country life is for me. Neighbors are just extended family. You don't have to ask, they will just come.
Brian's the man. What a great guy to have as a dad. You don't know how lucky you are.
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Thank you Christophers and Fletcher FD!!!!
Glad fire got put out. Just a tip from the SW....make Flappers. Take a long wooden handle weld a T bar up and attach a piece of conveyor belt or old stall matting about 12-15 inches wide and two inches longer than width to the wooden handle. Beats flames out faster than you imagine. Probably can order them. That's all I have to say! God Bless Y'all 🙏🙏
God bless your farm and family. Prayers for rain relief. Glad everyone is safe and loss was minimal. From Texas The Lone Star State 🌟
you still did a great job fighting that fire cole, hope you all get some rain soon
Great job getting the fire out it could have been worse it’s not Jeff’s fault just happens. It’s cool and great feeling when you have great neighbors who come help you without thinking twice. I know who my friends are. I love farming community’s. Stay safe out there guys God bless and keep farming.
Great response to minimize the loss. There is a lot to be said for good neighbors.
Glad to see everyone is ok and not a lot burnt up, glad your neighbor farmer had his water tanks filled I'm sure that was a huge help, you all take care and be careful!
Good to see you all worked together together ahead of that fire. Its also nice to see neighbors helping neighbors.
You got that right!
It's a bad year for drought in Northern ND also. I belong to a small Fire department and we have been on a lot of calls already this spring and summer including 2 hay yards with the loss of 600 bales. I was very impressed with your cool headedness and the response from your neighbors and Fire Department. Stay Careful and safe.
I love this video. Best part about country living. Neighbors see a need and come running to help.
Farmers helping Farmers plus the volunteer fire dept. !
So glad your neighbors came to help!! Bless y'all.
Wow, Farmer Tyler Ranch had a lot of his hay go up too. His neighbor was mowing and hit a rock or something. Rough year.
Glad it wasn't worse! Props to your neighbor!
I enjoyed your video. I have some info to share (you may already have been told this but I’m not going to read all 800+ of your comments to find out), and some tips and advice.
I’m a retired 31 year career California firefighter. Everything I’m going to share is based on training and experience.
First, in my opinion, guys like you, your dad and farming neighbors are LOADED with pragmatic common sense and can do just about anything you set out to do. The epitome of hard workers.
Basic Wildland Fire Info:
The majority of all Wildland firefighter deaths occur in light flashy fuels. Grasses. Forests, chaparral, brush, bushes, whatever kind of fuel that is burning, the main flaming front of any Wildland fire is carried by the grasses.
Light flashy fuel burns hot and fast. If it’s wind driven it will outrun you and overcome you.
That being said, from what I see in your video of your crop, it’s ALL grass.
DO NOT BE COMPLACENT.
If something can go wrong, it will go wrong. Always knowing that will cause you to act accordingly and stay safe.
Wildland fires go out when they run out of fuel, primarily. Fire breaks, cutting line, scraping a surrounding line of fuel to bare mineral earth. Water works with little areas or knocking the heat out of a flare up, but cutting line is the tactic of choice for your field fires.
Ok, here’s some basic equipment advice for you.
1) PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) Get yourselves each a set of lightweight single layer Wildland turnouts (PPE). Any good pair of leather boots too. You don’t need firefighter gloves but you do need a basic pair of leather gloves. You need a Wildland helmet with a nomex shroud. Attach a pair of goggles to your helmet.
That’s is the bare minimum level of protection you need. Keep it clean and stored in a gear bag you keep handy with you.
2) Tools - Get each of you a McCloud. It’s a scraping tool. It was my tool of choice on Wildland fires but perfect for lightweight grass fires.
I have never used one of these but in many training classes I’ve seen pictures of this tool, that was made specifically for your type of fire. It’s called a Fire Swatter. I’ve watched videos of it being used and they look like they work fantastic on light grass fires.
Practice using your gear and tools.
3. No matter how small the fire, always identify your escape routes and safety zones.
Learn what LCES is. It’s the basic life safety fundamentals on the fireline.
You don’t need to attend a fire academy to stay safe. There is plenty of info online.
The largest National Wildland firefighting resource is from the NWCG (National Wildland Coordination Group). Their website has publications available you and your neighbors can use to bump up your approach to those grass fires you encounter.
Don’t be complacent.
If your local experts ever tell you, “This is how we’ve always done it”, the hair on the back of your neck should stand up is a huge red flag for you to beware.
Learning never ends. Professional firefighters take as many classes in their final working year as they did in their first year.
There is always more to learn.
What great neighbors you have, glad nobody was hurt and the loss was minimal.
Glad it went as fine as possible! It was kinda nerwrecking just to read the title of the movie....Glad you got some really fine neigbours, and that you all kept calm and therefor organiced. Thumbs up to all of you 👍😊
Small town community. Glad they helped you out. Lord bless you guys.
It's so dry. So hot. I could feel late last winter. No snow. Hoping for more rain for us all. Sorry about the fire guys. That's a terrible feeling.
Glad everyone was safe , good neighbors are always a plus , God had you covered for sure 🙏😎
I have seen the catalytic converter set fire to long grass when they park on it. When I saw Jeff park his truck, I thought that might have been a problem. Glad that wasn’t the case and that your fire was so quickly extinguished. Keep the videos coming, luv em!
Dude...Give yourselves a big pat on the back! 👊You all earned an honorary fire badge!
You guys did an awesome job! As a long time firefighter, I'd be ecstatic to see you guys having the fire darn near out upon arrival! Cole don't underestimate the power of water! That 25 gallons was better than none and I've seen a 2½ gallon water fire extinguisher put out an entire room. Although the steam in a room is a big factor the amount of speed and energy you guys had knocked it down fast!
Kudos
Brad
Glad y'all didn't lose more then you did.
When the big semi truck with the water tanks came flying in! My heart jumped with happiness! So awesome to see farmers helping farmers! I wish the whole world was like that! God bless you and your neighbor and so glad you got the fire out before it got out of control! I pray you get rain soon!
I’m glad you guys finally got some rain on July 6. Looked like it rained most of the day! And maybe more tomorrow.
Keep up the hard work on the farm and with your therapy. Don't cut yourself short man. You get one shot at healing and fixing it right. Keep at it man. God bless you, your family and farm.
Soo cool to see your neighbors come ripping in that field like it was theirs. They said to hell with this truck we are putting that son of a gun out!
Glad it didn’t get worse and thanks to your neighbors to rush over there and help
Yeah us N.D. people would take that this year for sure. Love the channel
Awesome Video and Much Love as Always 🌞 Farm!!!!
Smelt something once got off tractor and some hay was smoldering on the dtiveline. Of course I pulled it off so the tractor didn't catch and it burst into flames and I dropped it. Grass caught instantly. I stepped on it had 2 fires. Stepped again had 4 fires. Luckily I caught it as soon as it happened and my bladder was full cuz I got that sucker out . Those grass fires are just scary because they jump and split so easy. But your neighbors what good people they are
Good neighbors sure are a blessing. Glad you guys got the fire extinguished so quickly👍
Great video 👍
Glad you enjoyed it
Glad it wasn't worse than it was. Good neighbors show you are good neighbors.
Glad everything worked out and it didn’t do more damage than what it did.
Honestly that semi zooming across the field literally choked me up. God bless those that came to help.
It was an amazing sight!
Man the guys in the Pete saved the day!
That’s a good neighbor! Glad everyone was safe. 👍👍
Glad everything came out okay👍scary situation gets the adrenaline flowing🔥Aloha from Hawaii🤙😎🏝
WOW! great neighbors and local firefighters! And Cole and his 4-wheeler!
Grandpa always said “a dry June will scare you a wet June will kill you” better things are coming
why is a wet june killing you?
I always say you always get rain after a dry period . 🤔
@@rbg01 it will not be good for the crops
Glad you all helped each other and kept things under control.👍
O no I'm so sorry hun to see this. My prayers go out to you.
You are a real trooper! Most likely the hardest working TH-camr that I can think of. Glad y'all caught that fire in time. Thanks for sharing another great video!
My least favorite part of ACL repair therapy is when my therapist would extend my leg and lean on the knee. Lol. Good thing she was cute, otherwise...well, I'd have cried. I think the doc cut the patella ligament short, and figured: "yeah, it'll stretch" SOB. LOL.
LOL I'm with you. I had a handsome 6'4" PT holding me up. I told him if it didn't hurt so much, I'd be wanting to dance.
Thank God for good people around ya.
This would be a good year to keep a full water tank, pump and hose loaded up and ready to go.
SO glad you were able to get the fire out quickly with the help of your awesome neighbors!
Maybe in the next video you can provide more detail on how the rock started the fire. Or it could be that I dropped off when you explained it.
Jeff was cutting the field and a blade on the cutter made contact with the rock. That produces a small spark which in dry conditions is enough to grow into a big fire.
Hitting a rock can spark.
Rock + Metal = Sparks
Mowing with a disk mower those blades are hauling ass spinning so when you come into contact with a rock it’s going to make sparks.
Sparked very common