This is real homestead i don't understand how the American homestead you tubers can afford all the brand new and expensive equipment some of them have like three new tractors and its just a homestead with almost no income i live as a homesteader in Norway asvel and have one full-time jobe and a extra job but still we cant spend thousands of money on equipment for a hobby farm our tractor is a deutz fahr from the 70s still works and does the same job Americans also need skiddsteers and fancy special machines for each task
@@BethBathalon Plus they pay fuel one fifth of what "normal" countries do. However there is the little inconvenience that every now and then you have to send your children abroad to die...
Most "homesteading" in the US is a hobby for those who are well off and work a very cushy job elsewhere. Because of that, there are many companies that are importing or building stuff to sell to those who, to put it nicely, have more money than they know what to do with. Most of that special "homestead" equipment costs more than actual farm equipment, showing that it isn't something people are doing to survive but to play around with.
I find it amazing how we live in this time now where you can run a video channel of your farm life, and when your kids are older, they will be able to watch how the farm came about and all the struggles it meant for you. So they will better understand your investment and how far the farm came from when you purchased it. Too many kids get born into a made home, and while that may seem the perfect start to a family life, it doesn't help the kids appreciating what they have.
When you go to start the fiat, Keep all lights off until the engine has started, So full power is being transferred to the starter Lights use far more battery power then you would expect 🇬🇧🇮🇪.
I’m a retired fisherman living on the south coast of Ireland we would get about five nights of frost a year and some years none at all, I’ve only seen lying snow here on four occasions and I’m in my early sixties, I really enjoy your videos and find your voice very relaxing, keep up the good work.
First time viewer and I thoroughly enjoyed the calmness of the whole video and especially the BBQ. Lovely to see the children and especially the little one with the sunglasses. I have a very special 4 year old grandson who needs to wear them too. God bless you all.
Hello Eric, sorry to hear that you were not well, it sounds awful. I hope that you have fully recovered already. What a daily routine to be able to get out, of course the tractor is going to play up when you have to use it, that's how it always goes. I can never get enough of watching your videos, you are really handy and hardworking and a pleasure to learn from. Greetings from Cape Town.👍❤️🇿🇦
Lovely to get the video and relax watching you cope with January - and you do so with great skill and steady determination. The tractor solenoid and starter repair was first class but so too was your forethought in getting rid of the trees to help the field grow better and more such grass in the spring. It is coming and for that we are all grateful. The firewood was a fantastic bit of work too. I have seen that some use the 'brash', the small limbs from trees as a 'dead hedge' to provide exactly what you plan - a habitat for insects and small animals. This can be layered as a form of insecure hedging (maybe not for sheep but for forming a reasonable boundary). Anyway, well done, your stoicism, determination and hard work as well as your obvious love of family are an inspiration.
Hei Har akkurat oppdaget kanalen din. Fine filmer foresten, og fin plass! Gleder meg til neste film, håper ikke at det gjør noe at jeg skriver på norsk. Vil anbefale en annen TH-cam kanal som du kan hente litt inspirasjon fra, hvis du behøver det. Prøv Sow the land, ser ut som om Jason driver noe lunde med det samme som du. Ha en fin dag keep going👌🚜👌
Watching your videos from Oregon in the US. I grew up on a farm and miss it. Luckily, my place is large enough 1/3 of an acre so I can at least have chickens.
Thank you for your wonderful content. If I may offer a bit of advice, I'm quite certain you can rotate your blade 180 degrees, making it a push blade. Feel free to try it, I'm certain you'll find it much nicer to use. Greetings from Alberta.
@ Sadly my wife and her parents have passed so I do not know. Munson and Hensrud were family names. Stick with your format, your channel will grow. Your barn project will bring in new viewers.
i currently live in the UK was born here was in the army i am now closing in on 60 and i would trade Everything i have to be able to live somewhere like your farm.. soo peacefull ..
You'd be surprised how cheap land and real estate is in the nordics, and almost everyone is at least decently fluid in english! It's never too late to live your dream instead of dreaming of your life.
I’m originally from England and did the move to Norway a couple of years ago. You can’t find land like this for so cheap and not a neighbour in sight in England, that’s for sure. Hope you find your little piece of Heaven on this earth soon
Watching from central Ontario, Canada🇨🇦. We are having a lot of snow this winter (1.5 meters so far). Looking forward to watching you begin your barn build. Good luck!
Good job on dressing up the solenoid contacts. The next time you take the starter apart, you could extend the life of it by dressing the commutator, undercutting the slots and beveling the leading edges so you don't wear down the brushes so quick. I am sure you can find this procedure on TH-cam. I love the new into. Best of Luck. I have really enjoyed your videos.
The next time you buy disposable gloves, pick up the Black Nitrile gloves from Biltema instead of those flimsy latex gloves. Placing grit in drums along the road... For forreigers driving in Norway in the winter; if you see a Large, Green chest next to the road, take a look. It contains coarse grit sand. It's there to be used by anyone having trouble in that part of the road. When my father cut trees for firewood he would cut a branch so that it was almost the width of the bucket you hang on the back of the tractor, then use that to cut the logs to size. Of course, he also has a large circular saw/hydraulic log splitter combo that he can mount on the tractor for final processing. Cut with the circular saw, the log drops down into the splitter. Step on the pedal, and 2 seconds later... crunch. If a hydraulic splitter shows up on Finn or anywhere else for a reasonable amount, GET IT! That electric one is for weekend pretenders. Big plus for wearing proper safety gear when using a chainsaw. Best use of firewood in any YT channel, yet! Also, want that mug...
Good luck with the big thaw, hopefully the work you did with the drainage is going to help. I'm looking forward to seeing how the field improves over the next growing season. Take care and hopefully all works well. ❤️
One of your best videos, love to se youre doing mostly the same tasks as myself, having a small farm in south of Norway.. additional daylight is great… Obviously you need more storage area under roof, the new barn will for sure make life easier👍
🥰I love watching your videos ~ Thank you for sharing & keeping it real. I'm sorry you & your family has been sick. I pray for many blessing for you & your family. It's been a blessing for me to be able to watch your videos. Thank you again.🥰
You show real life and real challenges, complete with the hard labour, tough chores and setbacks, along with the loving and lovely moments and the will to go on and succeed. Lots of love to you and the family!
Pine trees are very pretty but not useful where they grew. Seems like we never have enough firewood. You create interesting video's. Thanks for sharing the farm life. 👍👍👍
Not sure it has been suggested. Whack the starter with a crowbar this can jar loose the bendix spring, if that is the problem. Also heat pad / electric blanket on battery, engine block to keep it slightly warm… In California now, so freezing and very cold mornings are a thing of my youth. Good luck, love your channel and your family!
The tractor bot has an engine heater and glow plugs so we should be covered there but that don’t help the starter. As long as the starter is turning, I generally don’t have any problems with cold start when using the glow plugs. So far, the starter is doing its job reliantly after we fixed it so I am crossing my fingers that we get some more years out of it. Thanks for your suggestions😊👍
I have rebuit starter like that many times and it only the right way to do it . I am 1/2 Norwegian too so I like seeing your progress Joel Reppe Clear Lake SD USA
Experience from destroying equipment by running over stumps w tractor 🚜. I want stumps 2 or 3 feet above ground level so I can avoid running over them.😮😊
Hi, looks like the tractor will need a bigger garage :D I also envy you the snow, here in the south of Moravia on the border with Austria there is no snow yet, what falls at night will melt during the day, the temperatures are around zero, the most was minus 6°C I also think that next year you will be wiser and not leave the preparation of the snow plow until the first snow, it would also deserve some maintenance. Good luck and good luck in Yt creation and in the new year.
From experience in northwest Canada, put a quick connect type loader on the front of the tractor and then make a BIG snow blade for it. This can be made from a half of a scrap large diameter steel pipe. A good gravel bucket is also handy. No more scraping multiple times with the blade. This way you can push snow to where you want it and stack it up high! But, have fun, anyway.
I like ur show. Wish Kubota or fiat and styhl or Husqvarna and Dewalt etc. Sponsor you with new equipment. You show how it is one man against the world with all odds against you. Thx f sharing. 😮😊
I am very impressed on your mechanical ability! You have fix a lot of items. Most people would just go by new or factory rebuilt starters for example. Note my family can from Dale-son- ford. The family only has the old house left.
I enjoy your videos, the snow reminds me of growing up in Bodo in the 1960's. I sitting here in South Australia today its 35 degrees and wondering if I should turn on the air conditioner. Lots of hard work, look forward to seeing the progress on the barn.
I enjoy viewing each update you have. There are ups and downs in farm life and they are presented in a calm manner while protecting your family. Thank you from north central Wisconsin, 90 minutes south of Lake Superior. As a side note, I attended the Birkebiener years ago (close to where I live) and thoroughly enjoyed reading the history of it.
A couple safety suggestions. Keep the tractor bucket down whenever possible. Do not stand in front of a tire when filling it. Always stand to the side.
try using pure silicone grease for the slide in your tractor starter 3M or Dow makes it. it was developed for the US space race in the 60ies and is good to ~300 degrees f . good content and narration .
If you spread lime on your field over the snow, the snow will help carry the lime into the soil as it melts and sweeten your soil to help combat the moss.
This is real homestead i don't understand how the American homestead you tubers can afford all the brand new and expensive equipment some of them have like three new tractors and its just a homestead with almost no income i live as a homesteader in Norway asvel and have one full-time jobe and a extra job but still we cant spend thousands of money on equipment for a hobby farm our tractor is a deutz fahr from the 70s still works and does the same job Americans also need skiddsteers and fancy special machines for each task
They make more from yt per like 10k views than other company that one reason and lot of them have a sponsor to promote their products
also the colonial aspect of the american farmers is uneasy to watch
Plus they drive a big pick up
@@BethBathalon Plus they pay fuel one fifth of what "normal" countries do. However there is the little inconvenience that every now and then you have to send your children abroad to die...
Most "homesteading" in the US is a hobby for those who are well off and work a very cushy job elsewhere. Because of that, there are many companies that are importing or building stuff to sell to those who, to put it nicely, have more money than they know what to do with. Most of that special "homestead" equipment costs more than actual farm equipment, showing that it isn't something people are doing to survive but to play around with.
I find it amazing how we live in this time now where you can run a video channel of your farm life, and when your kids are older, they will be able to watch how the farm came about and all the struggles it meant for you. So they will better understand your investment and how far the farm came from when you purchased it. Too many kids get born into a made home, and while that may seem the perfect start to a family life, it doesn't help the kids appreciating what they have.
So fun to follow!
When you go to start the fiat, Keep all lights off until the engine has started, So full power is being transferred to the starter Lights use far more battery power then you would expect 🇬🇧🇮🇪.
I really like your videos, the slow quiet style is very relaxing and just seeing someone doing work is really motivating.❤
Life on the farm isnt much different here in Canada, never a dull moment, always something to fix.
Nothing says “I love torture” like rebuilding a starter motor in the middle of winter 🤣
I’m a retired fisherman living on the south coast of Ireland we would get about five nights of frost a year and some years none at all, I’ve only seen lying snow here on four occasions and I’m in my early sixties, I really enjoy your videos and find your voice very relaxing, keep up the good work.
First time viewer and I thoroughly enjoyed the calmness of the whole video and especially the BBQ.
Lovely to see the children and especially the little one with the sunglasses.
I have a very special 4 year old grandson who needs to wear them too.
God bless you all.
Godt jobbet med starteren. Lykke til videre med gårdprosjektet. Underholdende, lærerikt og inspirerende 😀👍
So glad the “kick therapy “ is universal for any farm.
It makes my hands cold just watching you.
I loved watching you take apart your starter selonoid and repair it. Jeff from Florida
Fint å se at sola er tilbake på gården. Vi må vente to uker til før vi får sola på huset vårt, men når det skjer vet vi at det går fort mot vår igjen.
Hello Eric, sorry to hear that you were not well, it sounds awful. I hope that you have fully recovered already. What a daily routine to be able to get out, of course the tractor is going to play up when you have to use it, that's how it always goes. I can never get enough of watching your videos, you are really handy and hardworking and a pleasure to learn from. Greetings from Cape Town.👍❤️🇿🇦
Hey eric. You should try snow extractor that can be connected to the tractors power taker the it can spin the snows to the side whit POWER.👍👍👍👍👍
Happy for you celebrating return of the Sun!
super - i am waiting for farm build !!!!!!!!!! 1000% more people like this
Lovely to get the video and relax watching you cope with January - and you do so with great skill and steady determination. The tractor solenoid and starter repair was first class but so too was your forethought in getting rid of the trees to help the field grow better and more such grass in the spring. It is coming and for that we are all grateful. The firewood was a fantastic bit of work too. I have seen that some use the 'brash', the small limbs from trees as a 'dead hedge' to provide exactly what you plan - a habitat for insects and small animals. This can be layered as a form of insecure hedging (maybe not for sheep but for forming a reasonable boundary). Anyway, well done, your stoicism, determination and hard work as well as your obvious love of family are an inspiration.
Thanks for your vid 😇💟💟💟 Love and bless you guys ❤️ good work 👍😁
All that work has me headed for my chair for yet another nap.
Congrates on another great video.
Hei Har akkurat oppdaget kanalen din. Fine filmer foresten, og fin plass! Gleder meg til neste film, håper ikke at det gjør noe at jeg skriver på norsk. Vil anbefale en annen TH-cam kanal som du kan hente litt inspirasjon fra, hvis du behøver det. Prøv Sow the land, ser ut som om Jason driver noe lunde med det samme som du. Ha en fin dag keep going👌🚜👌
Kult at endelig en nordmann med sin familie lager kanal med livet på landet.. gleder meg masse til videre TH-cam videoer fra de 😊
@ har tenkt akkurat d samme
Great video!
Can you please show more of the kind of birds you get on your feeder? 😃😎
Sorry to hear you've not been well! I hope you've made a complete recovery. 😊
Watching your videos from Oregon in the US. I grew up on a farm and miss it. Luckily, my place is large enough 1/3 of an acre so I can at least have chickens.
Thank you for your wonderful content. If I may offer a bit of advice, I'm quite certain you can rotate your blade 180 degrees, making it a push blade. Feel free to try it, I'm certain you'll find it much nicer to use. Greetings from Alberta.
Jeg tror trefelling og vedproduksjon er noe av det mest tilfredsstillende å se på og gjøre 🪚🌲
All of my wife’s family were Norwegian so am enjoying the journey. Hello from California
Thanks,😊 where in Norway where they from?
@ Sadly my wife and her parents have passed so I do not know. Munson and Hensrud were family names. Stick with your format, your channel will grow. Your barn project will bring in new viewers.
Hello fellow Norwegian! Love ur videos
Keep up the good work. Really enjoying watching these videos 🙏
Thanks😊
i currently live in the UK was born here was in the army i am now closing in on 60 and i would trade Everything i have to be able to live somewhere like your farm.. soo peacefull ..
You'd be surprised how cheap land and real estate is in the nordics, and almost everyone is at least decently fluid in english! It's never too late to live your dream instead of dreaming of your life.
@@konstantindunnzlaff1291 Sure, depens what kind of farm you want and how much money you have also. And property taxes etc.
I’m originally from England and did the move to Norway a couple of years ago. You can’t find land like this for so cheap and not a neighbour in sight in England, that’s for sure. Hope you find your little piece of Heaven on this earth soon
Good job fixing the starter! Spring will be upon us soon!
Not in Norway! Regards from Trondheim
Eg elske å sjå videoane dine på kveldstid. Fortsett å legg ut, du e flink til å lage nåke å sjå på
Quick tip: Sometimes a little bit of new solder with the soldering iron will help to melt old solder easier
Beautiful job and great work. Leaving something beautiful for your family some day .
Congratulation on the successful repair of your starter
Interesting to see how people cope in areas that receive a lot of snow.
Watching from central Ontario, Canada🇨🇦. We are having a lot of snow this winter (1.5 meters so far). Looking forward to watching you begin your barn build. Good luck!
It would be nice to see you mill some trees you cut down into useful lumber to complete a project.
I love when you use your traktor
Good show never give up lol! Try to keep some GB weld on hand keep it in the house GB always handy on a farm take care
Good job on dressing up the solenoid contacts. The next time you take the starter apart, you could extend the life of it by dressing the commutator, undercutting the slots and beveling the leading edges so you don't wear down the brushes so quick. I am sure you can find this procedure on TH-cam. I love the new into. Best of Luck. I have really enjoyed your videos.
Nice video. Thank you❤️🙏🙂
The next time you buy disposable gloves, pick up the Black Nitrile gloves from Biltema instead of those flimsy latex gloves.
Placing grit in drums along the road...
For forreigers driving in Norway in the winter; if you see a Large, Green chest next to the road, take a look. It contains coarse grit sand. It's there to be used by anyone having trouble in that part of the road.
When my father cut trees for firewood he would cut a branch so that it was almost the width of the bucket you hang on the back of the tractor, then use that to cut the logs to size. Of course, he also has a large circular saw/hydraulic log splitter combo that he can mount on the tractor for final processing. Cut with the circular saw, the log drops down into the splitter. Step on the pedal, and 2 seconds later... crunch.
If a hydraulic splitter shows up on Finn or anywhere else for a reasonable amount, GET IT! That electric one is for weekend pretenders.
Big plus for wearing proper safety gear when using a chainsaw.
Best use of firewood in any YT channel, yet!
Also, want that mug...
Great work on the tractor, always look forward to your video's. Can't wait for the next one. 🚜
Happy new year to you and your family! 😊
Good luck with the big thaw, hopefully the work you did with the drainage is going to help. I'm looking forward to seeing how the field improves over the next growing season. Take care and hopefully all works well. ❤️
One of your best videos, love to se youre doing mostly the same tasks as myself, having a small farm in south of Norway.. additional daylight is great…
Obviously you need more storage area under roof, the new barn will for sure make life easier👍
Happy new year!
Enjoying the videos, found you a couple of weeks ago and am now following. Hi from the UK 🇬🇧 😊
Thanks and welcome😊👍
Another fantastic video you certainly had a Winter Wonderland great stuff😊
🥰I love watching your videos ~ Thank you for sharing & keeping it real. I'm sorry you & your family has been sick. I pray for many blessing for you & your family. It's been a blessing for me to be able to watch your videos. Thank you again.🥰
You show real life and real challenges, complete with the hard labour, tough chores and setbacks, along with the loving and lovely moments and the will to go on and succeed. Lots of love to you and the family!
Thank you
Pine trees are very pretty but not useful where they grew. Seems like we never have enough firewood. You create interesting video's. Thanks for sharing the farm life. 👍👍👍
Good work sir, well done!
Thank you! ❤️😊
fortsett med disse videoene di er kjempe koselige
Faen til pris på en ny starter
Not sure it has been suggested.
Whack the starter with a crowbar this can jar loose the bendix spring, if that is the problem. Also heat pad / electric blanket on battery, engine block to keep it slightly warm…
In California now, so freezing and very cold mornings are a thing of my youth.
Good luck, love your channel and your family!
The tractor bot has an engine heater and glow plugs so we should be covered there but that don’t help the starter. As long as the starter is turning, I generally don’t have any problems with cold start when using the glow plugs. So far, the starter is doing its job reliantly after we fixed it so I am crossing my fingers that we get some more years out of it. Thanks for your suggestions😊👍
Hitting starter w hammer and electric blanket work in North Georgia usa too ! Hehe 😮😊
Enjoying your videos, stay warm, and safe.
Your hard work is impressive but I have to tell you the snow is fascinating. Doesn't snow here every year.
I have rebuit starter like that many times and it only the right way to do it . I am 1/2 Norwegian too so I like seeing your progress Joel Reppe Clear Lake SD USA
Experience from destroying equipment by running over stumps w tractor 🚜. I want stumps 2 or 3 feet above ground level so I can avoid running over them.😮😊
I must say that if you can do this much work when you aren't feeling tip top then look out farm when you are.
Hi, looks like the tractor will need a bigger garage :D
I also envy you the snow, here in the south of Moravia on the border with Austria there is no snow yet, what falls at night will melt during the day, the temperatures are around zero, the most was minus 6°C
I also think that next year you will be wiser and not leave the preparation of the snow plow until the first snow, it would also deserve some maintenance.
Good luck and good luck in Yt creation and in the new year.
From experience in northwest Canada, put a quick connect type loader on the front of the tractor and then make a BIG snow blade for it. This can be made from a half of a scrap large diameter steel pipe. A good gravel bucket is also handy. No more scraping multiple times with the blade. This way you can push snow to where you want it and stack it up high! But, have fun, anyway.
You can probably get the starter rewound and overhauled
I like ur show. Wish Kubota or fiat and styhl or Husqvarna and Dewalt etc. Sponsor you with new equipment. You show how it is one man against the world with all odds against you. Thx f sharing. 😮😊
I am very impressed on your mechanical ability! You have fix a lot of items. Most people would just go by new or factory rebuilt starters for example. Note my family can from Dale-son- ford. The family only has the old house left.
I enjoy your videos, the snow reminds me of growing up in Bodo in the 1960's. I sitting here in South Australia today its 35 degrees and wondering if I should turn on the air conditioner. Lots of hard work, look forward to seeing the progress on the barn.
Maybe you could put some grave candles under the oil pan of the tractor to make it start easier in the morning.
I will definitely remember your method of boosting the electric one if I ever get in a situation, genius.👍😂
you are a super man and your family, i remenber when i see on the web, ma father was an agriculteur in south of france , i,m so happy
My grandfather used to wrap heat tape around the cold sesistive parts in his tractor. Just a thought!
I enjoy viewing each update you have. There are ups and downs in farm life and they are presented in a calm manner while protecting your family. Thank you from north central Wisconsin, 90 minutes south of Lake Superior. As a side note, I attended the Birkebiener years ago (close to where I live) and thoroughly enjoyed reading the history of it.
Such a beautiful relaxing video!
I remember dealing with snow while growing up on the farm. You seem to have what it takes to successfully keep the farm going!
No shortage of drama and content in western Norway this year .
Happy New Year. Stay well.
I love watching your videos
Je vois beaucoup de pins... moi qui pensais voir de magnifiques érables de Norvège ( ils enrichissent l sol )😊
About the starter its posible to by just the solonoid! They usally dont cost that mutch!
great job on the starter
You are a very hard worker
Ett tips. När du kapar brasved. Sätt ett stort buntband på handtaget som måttståck. Den går och vika in när du fäller. :)
A couple safety suggestions. Keep the tractor bucket down whenever possible. Do not stand in front of a tire when filling it. Always stand to the side.
ce reportage m'a beaucoup interesse....
try using pure silicone grease for the slide in your tractor starter 3M or Dow makes it. it was developed for the US space race in the 60ies and is good to ~300 degrees f . good content and narration .
This year for the 2nd time to Norway but hope there is no snow. What a beautiful country it is.
I thing that depends on where you are going. On the west side where we live all the snow is gone now.😊
@@Norwegianfarmlife This time the journey goes from Oslo to Bergen along the coast at the end of June.
@@RvaTube At that time of year you'll have to go far up in the mountains to even have a hope of a glimpse of snow, so you should be fine :)
Great video, wow that is a lot of snow, keep safe and a Happy New Year to you all in Norway UK
Thanks, you too!😊
Great video. Good length too. P.s. your reg plate on the car looked like only one light working.❤
You don’t have a front loader? Winter makes strong people I enjoy watching 👍
Ser godt ud 😎👍😏 Hilsen fra Bornholm😉😃
You make me want to be there doing the same thing as you.
I wonder if you can 3d print a new plastic bit for the starter. you can get pretty good and strong filaments nowadays.
If you spread lime on your field over the snow, the snow will help carry the lime into the soil as it melts and sweeten your soil to help combat the moss.
Connect the positive terminal before the negative to prevent sparking like that.
Thanks for the tip.👍 My wrench touched the bare ground strip while tightening the positive terminal😂
Akebrett e supert å frakte på👍
Hej Erik det är bra att kunna fixa saker utan riktigt rätta verktyg. De är bra med Macgyver kunskap 😊
Looking at the surrounding hills and mountains, have they all been clear cut for timber? Your valley is lovely...