Laura, you talk about the good old days of the 70's and I think of the good old days of the 50's. Of course, I'm 75 years old and watched my granddad farm with an Allis-Chalmers model B and a hay cutter that was 5 feet across and combine that had a 4 head cutter bar. Good to see you're keeping the "old" stuff running and remembering your heritage. Thank you.
Lol, I am from Western Pennsylvania where much of this kind of equipment is still in use. We are not as large a farms or or is flat a ground most places is what you people have out there. That I can remember our neighbors buying a brand new 6600 1977 and thinking that why a 13 ft grain head that's huge will never ever have anything around this community any bigger than that
Mad respect for that man. He’s probably forgotten more about farming than most people know. Made me kinda sad to see him sell it but know you two will give it the love it needs.
Agreed! Laura isn't like one other "popular" youtube farmer who always disses on his deceased grandpa at every opportunity as a "hoarder". I finally got tired of that disrespect and it becoming more of a home improvement channel and unsubscribed.
Just watched my Granddaughter’s wedding three days ago. She was grinning like a mule eating briars and laughing through the whole thing. Laura’s first pass in the combine immediately reminded me of the joy my Granddaughter was experiencing. When you get as much joy and fulfillment as Laura does from her profession, you are officially beating the system. Farm on, Laura and Grant!
I just love the look on your face, Laura, when you were driving the combine. It was a look of pure joy and amazement. Your pure love of farming is why I keep coming back. Thank you.
It's awesome that you honour your heritage by rejuvenating these vintage machines. I won't call them antiques because I'm 63, and they're younger than me. You should feel very proud of what you do.
Fun episode. No a/c, no gps and no computers. I’m 78 and remember the farmer next door mowing hay with a team of horses. I remember seeing him asleep and the horses would mow to the end of the row and wait for him to wake up.
works today, broken and non-functional tomorrow, even in late 40's, I rely upon electronical/computer trash far too much... I have to think very hard and over complex things. then I take an short time out and come back 300% busting chops and sending all the rest off...
Just a little note, I was on my uncle's farm back in the late 40's and early 50's. He had a dairy farm and we milked between 40 and 50 head of cattle. I remember our corn fields. We used a picker that just cut the corn and blew it into a wagon. We then brought it down to the silo and had a chopper/blower that blew the copped corn into an upright silo. The chopper ran off the tractor via a long belt. What fun. He never did get a combine, he just stayed with what he knew. I am now 86 years old and I have found a couple of channels that remind me of the old days. Yours is one and I am enjoying them very much. Your old equipment brings back many memories. Of course my uncle didn't have much use for John Deere or Farmall equipment. He was a Massy-Harris tractor guy. Have a wonderful day and God Bless
If you are interested, there is a channel called Gierok Farms that has an old corn picker they have been using for their last couple videos. Sounds like they are using a set up today similar to what you had back then.
Quite fascinating! I’m 66 and lived out in the country with lots of neighbors farming all around. Growing up in the 60’s and 70’s I remember equipment just like this. No farmers had semis. All of them had grain trucks just like yours. I can remember one neighbor having a combine almost just like yours, but with NO CAB. Harvesting soybeans was brutal for him.
Absolutely one of the best videos you have done !!!! Your Grandfather would be really proud of the 3 of you ! And its nice now the kids of today can see how hard it was to put food on the table not only for the farmers but also the country and the world!!!!! My self and my family REALLY take my hat of to you and all farmers out there. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What a super fun video. You guys are modern day farmers using old farm equipment. The old time farmers sure had to deal with a lot of problems but they certainly new how to deal with them. God bless all our farmers and thanks for all the memories.
Back in the day when all they needed was the a good wrench and screw driver with the replacement part.. Now you need one of them mini computers to find out what is wrong...
Grant and Laura, its so kind of you to help that ole farmer recollect his memories of his productivity years!! It’s touching to hear him apologize for what he might consider slight damage and neglect!
Laura, I am 71 years old. I went to college at Washington State University in Pullman which is in the heart of the Palouse country which is the wheat growing capital of Eastern Washington. I was in school from 1973 to 1976. That was right at the beginning of the use of the kind of combines similar to what you feature in todays video. Just ten years earlier than that wheat farmers in the Palouse were using crawler tractors with pull behind combines. Wheat farmers in the 70's in the Palouse would have never believed what kind of machines would be in use today. The wheat farmers of the '70's were grateful to finally have air conditioned cabs. The machine dealers back when I was in school were selling John Deeres, Steigers, Gleaners, Internationals and others just to name a few. The average wheat farm in the Palouse in those days was about 1500 to 2000 acres. And most of that was made of rolling hills that were challenging to plant, let alone harvest. Lots of Stearman biplanes and Grumman Ag-Cats and Ag-Wagons were still in use for spraying. All of them were using big radial engines. No turboprops back then.
I’m 65. I still feel the 60s was the “ golden age”-farmers rotated crops, were diverse, they used green manure crops, and left rows of grain by the fencerows for the pheasants. Family dairies were everywhere. I miss those days!
You and Grant are not only very cool, also very unique. You guys are going to a lot of trouble other channels wouldn't dream of. very cool and many thanks to keeping it historically real.
Agree, I’m also 81. The corn picker was my dad an I throwing the corn to the middle isle and coming back along with our Allis Chalmers WD45 and wagon and picking it up.😀
What an amazing trip back in time! At my age of 78, you brought back some wonderful memories of my days on the farm in Genoa, NE! It is such fun to watch the sparkle in your eyes when you get those older, well-built, mechanical implements running and working well. Thank you for the memories!!
I’m sure ur grandpa is with u spiritually right now and is very happy watching u both harvest the way he did in his time. God bless and keep up the awesome videos
Thanks for the trip down memory lane. This was so fun to watch and way more advanced than the method we used. I grew up on a small farm in central Minnesota. In the early 1960's we used a true corn "picker", not a combine. The picker delivered the whole ear of corn to an attached wagon. The whole ear was then transported to our corn crib for storage or to the grain elevator near by. On are best years we could hit 100 bushels to the acre and then we thought we hit a gold mine!
Wow! Brought a tear to these old eyes. Great memories blossomed sending great feelings of joy to this old heart. I’m so glad you are creating videos of the old equipment from yesteryear. Keep it going kiddos. A smile to the face of this old fart is another day filled with a happy heart and God’s blessings!
Young lady, You are and have took me back to the good old days .I love farming back in those days. In my younger years. It bought tears to heart eyes. Tears of joy .
The wheels on the "new" green truck are 'split rim' wheels. The were affectionately known as "suicide rims", because they were notorious for exploding off the tire during reassembly after a repair or replacement of the tire. Please be cautious when working on the tires. I would highly recommend replacing the old suicide rims with modern ones for safety.
My wife is the Senior Administrator for an adult continuing education nonprofit in Oak Ridge, TN. They provide non-credit learning opportunities for seniors. Oak Ridge, think Oak Ridge National Labs, Y12, etc. She comes home with the most fascinating stories from her "old people". The farmer selling the combine had great stories to tell. I am glad you captured them. You don't have to be famous or rich to have a valuable story to tell about your life.
my dad told stories of a n old man who came into the gas station dad worked at and told stories about when he was young and rode down into " Indian Territory" later to be known as Oklahoma wish we could document ALL of those interesting pieces of HIStORY!!!!!
One of the many reasons I continue to watch your videos is how you always go back in time and appreciate the history of farming. From the old equipment to how things were done even before machinery. Not to mention all the different countries you have been to too show us how different or the same as what we do here in America. Keep educating not just yourselves but us viewers as well.
Thank you Grant and Laura, I like your farm video's. I am an old time farmer from South Africa. I started farming in 1984 with my dad on a farm about (130km) +/-75miles north of Pretoria. We used a John Deere 940 combine (German made) with a 4 row sunflower head on it. No graincart, we make use of 2 x 10 ton trailors and delivered the sunflower at the local coöp. About 5 to 15 miles on the public roads. Willem Wierenga South Africa
Hi Laura, Grant and Gage When changing tires on trucks with cast spoke wheels the “tabs” are called dogs. Obtaining the proper alignment is important. To check this simple place a block on the ground next to the tire and then rotate the tire to verify the wheel is on straight. Loosening the dogs and moving the wheel on the spokes will help to get the proper alignment.
Preserving the ways, and the equipment, is so respectfull to the past. And it will make you appreciate autosteer, hydraulics, air suspension, navigation, aircondition etc etc MUCH MUCH more :-)
The much more would include a Hydro-drive in the combine, more than likely that 6600 was gear driven I think some of the late model XXOO SERIES JD came with the option with a Hydro, but maybe just the 7700. Can’t imagine what a pain of opening a corn field with a gear driven combine and having to shift from forward to reverse taking off the headlands
Thank you Laura. Although I am a Brit farmer, that noise and rattle experience took me right back to my first cabless 15ft combine at age 13 in the mid '70s.Thanks for rekindling the memories and your georgously infectious smile! All the best from the other side of the pond.
Nope, coolest, most badass style of truck wheels ever made. Yes, this is proper equipment. It's so great you guys are collecting, fixing, and using this mechanical gold from the best decades.
That really took me back to when I was a kid. We ranched and I learned so much from the older generation who fought in WWI & WWII. I could listen to them for hours. I feel lucky.
Laura, good to see that you are looking back to what has brought us to todays farming. Also a tribute to our farmers of years gone by. Kudos to you and Grant to take on this project.
England Calling. Guys what you are doing is simply wonderful, I lived in the US for neary 5yrs, my first visit to the US was in 1974. The US Farmer has my highest respect, I'm sure your family are incredibly proud of you project and your hard work. Keep on Trucking / Farming Br Peter
t's so awesome that you two have the heart and desire to get this old equipment and put it to use again. It's wonderful that you could walk in your grandparents footsteps and get a true feel for the grit and caliber of people it took to farm back then. Larry, Central Valley, Ca.
Those are old Dayton wheels, which are split rims. Before you do anything, call around and see if you can get anyone to actually work on those, because they can be dangerous. Seriously dangerous. I remember back in Tulsa, a father and son were working on one, the split ring let go, and it killed them both. You have to have a safety cage to work on those things, and even then, I've seen the cage get bent all out of shape when one of those things let go. It used to be that every year one or two people were killed working on those things. They're still legal, and they do make tires for them (recommend tubeless), but like I said, getting someone to work on them is the trick. There's a lot of things you can farmer fix, but those wheels are not one of those things. They do make a Budd wheel to replace those, but I believe that involves changing the hub as well. I haven't messed with that stuff in decades. Not sure if they make a non-split ring wheel to go on those hubs, but it's worth checking out. The Dayton wheels are good for heavy duty applications, whereas the Budds are better for road use.
I've watched your video and began to see the life that I had plowing our fields with a two bottom plow that you had to pull a rope at the end of the field to get it to go in the ground and pull again at the other end to get it to come out of the ground. Planted with a two row planter and harvested with a one row corn picker. Then shoveled the ears off the wagon into a corn crib. I'm 83 and can remember those days so clearly. Thanks for bringing back those memories. Love your videos.
My first combine was a 1973. It was about 6 years old when I bought it. Running that made me really appreciate the newer stuff. I have just retired from farming and have more time to enjoy your adventures.
Laura. The smile on your face when you drove the used combine for the first time was priceless. So glad for you guys and thanks for the awesome video guys. 🙂
Laura, those frnt weels look like 2 piece rims. The outer ring could fly off and be dangerous so tire shops had a device to roll the tire and into to remove the ring safely.
Grant and Laura thank you so very much for this video it was really amazing there is something about the two of you that really makes this video special it is your love and passion for each other and all the time you make for us to see it you’re family is truly blessed gramps is smiling down at you all and that face you made when you started driving is priceless love 💕 to your family from your friends in Canada 🇨🇦
Love videos like this. There is actually quite a few younger farmers still using equipment like this just trying to get their start without having a huge overhead
I grew up as the grandchild of an Austrian Farmer keeping cattle and producing milk, milk products and beef. When I met my wife we visited her home country poland where I sae combines and arable farming for the first time directly in progress… gotten curious I asked the farmer ( our neighbour) if I could help them… and being used to move agricultural equipment I ended up on an old bison combine from the 70 ies! It was loud, dusty, greasy and too hot (no cabin, just a kinda sun roof) but I loved operating it! It was so real and I was proud that I could manage this mechanical monster… and my respect for the farmers back in the days rised into the unmeasureable!❤❤❤
Yes that's how we did it back in the Golden years of yesteryear and I am so happy to have been a part of the hard working American Farmer and you kids are very very spoiled today but I'm thankful for all of the neat equipment you have at your disposal for today
In 1970 my grandpa had to retire from farming due to health reasons. At that time his “big” tractor was a WD45 Allis Chalmers, he also had an “A” and a “B” John Deere. For harvest equipment he had a two row New Idea corn picker and an Allis Chalmers pull type combine. I fondly remember riding along with him.😇
Thank you for creating this video. I absolutely loved it. It brings back so many great memories from my childhood in the 80s when I helped my grandpa harvest wheat and barley with equipment of the same vintage.
I lived what you're doing today!❤ This is why you're REALLY in touch with your grandparents' days of hard, non efficient farming methods! We used a lot of elbow grease, and long days were at hand! To be done harvesting by CHRISTMAS was a goal! Weather also slowed us down! One look inside the shop of the gentleman you got the combine from shows the tools and parts of 1972 era farming! Thankful we remain for those good ole days!!!❤❤
I am sure there are many great farmers out there that still use this same exact model combine, one of the most popular from JD ever!! The farms around me in the 70's and 80's, we were all mostly 4 row corn heads and an IH 715 or 815. When I attended Iowa State in 75-77, my roommate worked on the ISU dairy farm, near campus, and on Saturdays when they were combining corn nearby in Ames, I would go out there and drove some on a 4 row JD combine, was the best back then!! This was without a doubt, your best video yet!!!
Grant and Laura. Go to the store and get a bunch of cans of free all. It is amazing. It's like pb blaster on steroids. I know that O'Reilly auto parts carries it. Will help all the sticky and stuck parts move again.
Thank you. I wanted to check if anyone else caught the split rings. Widowmakers. That's why you don't see them anymore. Loved those old C60 trucks. They held up to heavy use. I've never seen a two speed rear end on a C60 though. Usually had them on heavier class trucks.
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You definitely brought back some great memories! As a newly wed couple, on a large beef and grain farm, we had a John Deere 6600 and a GMC grain/cattle truck for hauling. That was the modern equipment of the day back then. It was a good and simpler life. Thanks for the memories!
Hey guys, I'm a mechanic from a long time ago those radio buttons if you adjust the radio to where you want it you pull one button out then push it in and that is how you program it.
Those tires on the truck are Dayton split rims. Those were notorious for injuring and killing folks when the split rim suddenly flew off then changing the rubber without a retention cage. Truck stops and shops still use the cages due to OSHA requirements today.
Laura, you talk about the good old days of the 70's and I think of the good old days of the 50's. Of course, I'm 75 years old and watched my granddad farm with an Allis-Chalmers model B and a hay cutter that was 5 feet across and combine that had a 4 head cutter bar. Good to see you're keeping the "old" stuff running and remembering your heritage. Thank you.
My 60 year old bones ached when she said "Good Old Days"...lol
Old days are all relative !
The good old days where before 1900.
Lol, I am from Western Pennsylvania where much of this kind of equipment is still in use. We are not as large a farms or or is flat a ground most places is what you people have out there. That I can remember our neighbors buying a brand new 6600 1977 and thinking that why a 13 ft grain head that's huge will never ever have anything around this community any bigger than that
The good old days for me was the 50s
Mad respect for that man. He’s probably forgotten more about farming than most people know. Made me kinda sad to see him sell it but know you two will give it the love it needs.
I love how you honor both SENIOR EQUIPMENT and THOSE SENIOR FARMERS before you. WELL DONE ON EVERY LEVEL.
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Agreed! Laura isn't like one other "popular" youtube farmer who always disses on his deceased grandpa at every opportunity as a "hoarder". I finally got tired of that disrespect and it becoming more of a home improvement channel and unsubscribed.
I remember driving a 7700, am I that old??
Just watched my Granddaughter’s wedding three days ago. She was grinning like a mule eating briars and laughing through the whole thing. Laura’s first pass in the combine immediately reminded me of the joy my Granddaughter was experiencing. When you get as much joy and fulfillment as Laura does from her profession, you are officially beating the system. Farm on, Laura and Grant!
The smile on your face when first driving combine just says it all .
This! That smile said it all
I still farm with old equipment. 1980’s baby😎😎
Long live the 80's baby's last decade before the computers and net became part of life!
Me too....Whole herd of 40 year old tractors.. Planted my corn with a old jd 7000..Corn didnt care what planted it.
I just love the look on your face, Laura, when you were driving the combine. It was a look of pure joy and amazement. Your pure love of farming is why I keep coming back. Thank you.
That look wouldn’t be there combing in the winter
@@Thefinalex-z1v I'm not so sure. You might not see it because of face covering but I'll bet the smile would be there.
@@roger80465 hardly she ain’t tough enough to do this with out all the modern equipment
@@Thefinalex-z1v we'll agree to disagree
@@roger80465 I dont agree to that.
It's awesome that you honour your heritage by rejuvenating these vintage machines. I won't call them antiques because I'm 63, and they're younger than me. You should feel very proud of what you do.
Fun episode. No a/c, no gps and no computers. I’m 78 and remember the farmer next door mowing hay with a team of horses. I remember seeing him asleep and the horses would mow to the end of the row and wait for him to wake up.
works today, broken and non-functional tomorrow, even in late 40's, I rely upon electronical/computer trash far too much... I have to think very hard and over complex things. then I take an short time out and come back 300% busting chops and sending all the rest off...
I would of checked the fuel filter.
Hands down one of the best videos you 3 have released. So cool 🍻🍁
Just a little note, I was on my uncle's farm back in the late 40's and early 50's. He had a dairy farm and we milked between 40 and 50 head of cattle. I remember our corn fields. We used a picker that just cut the corn and blew it into a wagon. We then brought it down to the silo and had a chopper/blower that blew the copped corn into an upright silo. The chopper ran off the tractor via a long belt. What fun. He never did get a combine, he just stayed with what he knew. I am now 86 years old and I have found a couple of channels that remind me of the old days. Yours is one and I am enjoying them very much. Your old equipment brings back many memories. Of course my uncle didn't have much use for John Deere or Farmall equipment. He was a Massy-Harris tractor guy. Have a wonderful day and God Bless
If you are interested, there is a channel called Gierok Farms that has an old corn picker they have been using for their last couple videos. Sounds like they are using a set up today similar to what you had back then.
Quite fascinating! I’m 66 and lived out in the country with lots of neighbors farming all around. Growing up in the 60’s and 70’s I remember equipment just like this. No farmers had semis. All of them had grain trucks just like yours.
I can remember one neighbor having a combine almost just like yours, but with NO CAB. Harvesting soybeans was brutal for him.
@@JohnBradley-ut2qi Funny my DAd put me in the wagon and I had to dodge the corn. I was only 5 yrs old.
Thanks for showing respect to this Farmer you talking to a legend
Absolutely one of the best videos you have done !!!! Your Grandfather would be really proud of the 3 of you ! And its nice now the kids of today can see how hard it was to put food on the table not only for the farmers but also the country and the world!!!!! My self and my family REALLY take my hat of to you and all farmers out there. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What a super fun video. You guys are modern day farmers using old farm equipment. The old time farmers sure had to deal with a lot of problems but they certainly new how to deal with them. God bless all our farmers and thanks for all the memories.
Back in the day when all they needed was the a good wrench and screw driver with the replacement part.. Now you need one of them mini computers to find out what is wrong...
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Thank you for paying tribute to all the farmers who came before.. Working everyday to really benefit all
Grant and Laura, its so kind of you to help that ole farmer recollect his memories of his productivity years!! It’s touching to hear him apologize for what he might consider slight damage and neglect!
Laura, I am 71 years old. I went to college at Washington State University in Pullman which is in the heart of the Palouse country which is the wheat growing capital of Eastern Washington. I was in school from 1973 to 1976. That was right at the beginning of the use of the kind of combines similar to what you feature in todays video. Just ten years earlier than that wheat farmers in the Palouse were using crawler tractors with pull behind combines. Wheat farmers in the 70's in the Palouse would have never believed what kind of machines would be in use today. The wheat farmers of the '70's were grateful to finally have air conditioned cabs. The machine dealers back when I was in school were selling John Deeres, Steigers, Gleaners, Internationals and others just to name a few. The average wheat farm in the Palouse in those days was about 1500 to 2000 acres. And most of that was made of rolling hills that were challenging to plant, let alone harvest. Lots of Stearman biplanes and Grumman Ag-Cats and Ag-Wagons were still in use for spraying. All of them were using big radial engines. No turboprops back then.
I'm tearing up a little, seeing all of this equipment run again. Thanks for making a home for these old beasts. I love them all!
I’m 65. I still feel the 60s was the “ golden age”-farmers rotated crops, were diverse, they used green manure crops, and left rows of grain by the fencerows for the pheasants. Family dairies were everywhere. I miss those days!
Loved the expression on Laura's face when the combine started moving while she was driving that alone was worth the effort. Congratulations!!!
You and Grant are not only very cool, also very unique. You guys are going to a lot of trouble other channels wouldn't dream of. very cool and many thanks to keeping it historically real.
To me, at 81 years od, the glory days of farming were the 40's and 50's. Thank god for farmers.
Agree, I’m also 81. The corn picker was my dad an I throwing the corn to the middle isle and coming back along with our Allis Chalmers WD45 and wagon and picking it up.😀
What an amazing trip back in time! At my age of 78, you brought back some wonderful memories of my days on the farm in Genoa, NE! It is such fun to watch the sparkle in your eyes when you get those older, well-built, mechanical implements running and working well. Thank you for the memories!!
Real tractor had two cylinders and cabs were yellow umbrellas
I’m sure ur grandpa is with u spiritually right now and is very happy watching u both harvest the way he did in his time. God bless and keep up the awesome videos
My parents who were farmers would have never dreamed of equipment like this. They just used a hay wagon, pitch forks, and a horse to pull it.
Thanks for the trip down memory lane. This was so fun to watch and way more advanced than the method we used.
I grew up on a small farm in central Minnesota. In the early 1960's we used a true corn "picker", not a combine.
The picker delivered the whole ear of corn to an attached wagon. The whole ear was then transported to our corn crib for storage or to the grain elevator near by.
On are best years we could hit 100 bushels to the acre and then we thought we hit a gold mine!
Wow! Brought a tear to these old eyes. Great memories blossomed sending great feelings of joy to this old heart. I’m so glad you are creating videos of the old equipment from yesteryear. Keep it going kiddos. A smile to the face of this old fart is another day filled with a happy heart and God’s blessings!
There's something to be said for the old stuff. Park new equipment in the trees for 45 years and see what it does.
1970's good old day😅 how time flies
@nigelshaw3743 Yes sir... The good OLD days... "the year of our Lord,... nineteen hundred and seventy!" *spittin' out Chaw of tobacca*
I'm 60 and remember watching these old farm machines working in the fields.....
Young lady, You are and have took me back to the good old days .I love farming back in those days. In my younger years. It bought tears to heart eyes. Tears of joy .
I love this series! Your respect for the past and your elders shows what quality people you all are. Thank you!
Best video yet Laura and Grant. Thank you for paying tribute to the past. Such a treasure. ❤
The wheels on the "new" green truck are 'split rim' wheels. The were affectionately known as "suicide rims", because they were notorious for exploding off the tire during reassembly after a repair or replacement of the tire.
Please be cautious when working on the tires. I would highly recommend replacing the old suicide rims with modern ones for safety.
I was thinking they where called that or death rims... Anyways not a good name for a key part to keep the wheels on the car/truck..lol
Growing up on a farm in the 50s and 60s you've brought back lots of memories!!
My wife is the Senior Administrator for an adult continuing education nonprofit in Oak Ridge, TN. They provide non-credit learning opportunities for seniors. Oak Ridge, think Oak Ridge National Labs, Y12, etc. She comes home with the most fascinating stories from her "old people". The farmer selling the combine had great stories to tell. I am glad you captured them. You don't have to be famous or rich to have a valuable story to tell about your life.
my dad told stories of a n old man who came into the gas station dad worked at and told stories about when he was young and rode down into " Indian Territory" later to be known as Oklahoma wish we could document ALL of those interesting pieces of HIStORY!!!!!
One of the many reasons I continue to watch your videos is how you always go back in time and appreciate the history of farming. From the old equipment to how things were done even before machinery. Not to mention all the different countries you have been to too show us how different or the same as what we do here in America. Keep educating not just yourselves but us viewers as well.
I bet your Grandfathers were looking down with huge smiles on their faces.
Seeing both of your faces light up operating old equipment like kids playing with new challenging toys is wonderful to see.
Love the fact that you guys are going old school. Keeps ya humble and thankful for the modern "easy" way of doing things.
Thank you Grant and Laura,
I like your farm video's. I am an old time farmer from South Africa. I started farming in 1984 with my dad on a farm about (130km) +/-75miles north of Pretoria. We used a John Deere 940 combine (German made) with a 4 row sunflower head on it. No graincart, we make use of 2 x 10 ton trailors and delivered the sunflower at the local coöp. About 5 to 15 miles on the public roads.
Willem Wierenga South Africa
😊I worked for Grant's grandfather in late 70's early 80's. Remember trucks and pile of corn south of house. Thanks for memories.
WOW, I could just image the smell of his workshop! I can remember going with my father to the elevator back in 1963 when I was like 4 years old.
Its nice to have a few generations working together.
You are very fortunate. Love is the important part.
Laura your smile says it all. You look so excited and like a kid. I can tell you are having SO much fun.
Hi Laura, Grant and Gage
When changing tires on trucks with cast spoke wheels the “tabs” are called dogs. Obtaining the proper alignment is important. To check this simple place a block on the ground next to the tire and then rotate the tire to verify the wheel is on straight. Loosening the dogs and moving the wheel on the spokes will help to get the proper alignment.
Preserving the ways, and the equipment, is so respectfull to the past.
And it will make you appreciate autosteer, hydraulics, air suspension, navigation, aircondition etc etc MUCH MUCH more :-)
The much more would include a Hydro-drive in the combine, more than likely that 6600 was gear driven I think some of the late model XXOO SERIES JD came with the option with a Hydro, but maybe just the 7700. Can’t imagine what a pain of opening a corn field with a gear driven combine and having to shift from forward to reverse taking off the headlands
Thank you Laura. Although I am a Brit farmer, that noise and rattle experience took me right back to my first cabless 15ft combine at age 13 in the mid '70s.Thanks for rekindling the memories and your georgously infectious smile! All the best from the other side of the pond.
The expression on her face when she gets the combine moving makes me smile too!
34.50 These rims were called "widow makers", be very careful with them when changing the tires.
This is a great post! Love the old pictures of the past ..
Thanks Laura, for sharing this with us all!!😊
You two just make me smile! You're the best.
This is your best content yet. Please keep going with this type of video
Nope, coolest, most badass style of truck wheels ever made. Yes, this is proper equipment. It's so great you guys are collecting, fixing, and using this mechanical gold from the best decades.
That really took me back to when I was a kid. We ranched and I learned so much from the older generation who fought in WWI & WWII. I could listen to them for hours. I feel lucky.
Laura, good to see that you are looking back to what has brought us to todays farming. Also a tribute to our farmers of years gone by. Kudos to you and Grant to take on this project.
I think its awesome your bringing the old equipment back to life
Her grace is unmatched.
Although, Grace is pretty cool too.
:D
Laura to see the faces of you and Grant using your New, Old Machinery is priceless. You're the Best, Thank You Guy's
I remember those JD 6600 Combines. They were the Cadillac of Combines back in the 70’s! I enjoyed this video! Thank you Grant, Gage and Laura!
Nostalgia. I graduated high school in 54. I wish I had your friend's memory.
This was 1 of your best yet. A+. Love the longer format, more please.
That combine there was considered a massive piece of equipment in its day.
Guaranteed both your grandfathers were watching and dancing a jig of joy seeing what you both have done. 100% cool!!
England Calling.
Guys what you are doing is simply wonderful, I lived in the US for neary 5yrs, my first visit to the US was in 1974.
The US Farmer has my highest respect, I'm sure your family are incredibly proud of you project and your hard work.
Keep on Trucking / Farming
Br Peter
t's so awesome that you two have the heart and desire to get this old equipment and put it to use again. It's wonderful that you could walk in your grandparents footsteps and get a true feel for the grit and caliber of people it took to farm back then. Larry, Central Valley, Ca.
Those are old Dayton wheels, which are split rims. Before you do anything, call around and see if you can get anyone to actually work on those, because they can be dangerous. Seriously dangerous. I remember back in Tulsa, a father and son were working on one, the split ring let go, and it killed them both. You have to have a safety cage to work on those things, and even then, I've seen the cage get bent all out of shape when one of those things let go. It used to be that every year one or two people were killed working on those things.
They're still legal, and they do make tires for them (recommend tubeless), but like I said, getting someone to work on them is the trick. There's a lot of things you can farmer fix, but those wheels are not one of those things.
They do make a Budd wheel to replace those, but I believe that involves changing the hub as well. I haven't messed with that stuff in decades.
Not sure if they make a non-split ring wheel to go on those hubs, but it's worth checking out.
The Dayton wheels are good for heavy duty applications, whereas the Budds are better for road use.
I've watched your video and began to see the life that I had plowing our fields with a two bottom plow that you had to pull a rope at the end of the field to get it to go in the ground and pull again at the other end to get it to come out of the ground. Planted with a two row planter and harvested with a one row corn picker. Then shoveled the ears off the wagon into a corn crib. I'm 83 and can remember those days so clearly. Thanks for bringing back those memories. Love your videos.
My first combine was a 1973. It was about 6 years old when I bought it. Running that made me really appreciate the newer stuff. I have just retired from farming and have more time to enjoy your adventures.
EMP Proof farming equipment. Always good to have a backup. I love it.
I love old equipment!
Laura. The smile on your face when you drove the used combine for the first time was priceless. So glad for you guys and thanks for the awesome video guys. 🙂
I remember the 70's not sure it's far enough back for the "Good Old Days" but I think what you are doing is great.
Brings back helping my grandparents in the early to mid 70's
Laura, those frnt weels look like 2 piece rims. The outer ring could fly off and be dangerous so tire shops had a device to roll the tire and into to remove the ring safely.
Grant and Laura thank you so very much for this video it was really amazing there is something about the two of you that really makes this video special it is your love and passion for each other and all the time you make for us to see it you’re family is truly blessed gramps is smiling down at you all and that face you made when you started driving is priceless love 💕 to your family from your friends in Canada 🇨🇦
Love videos like this. There is actually quite a few younger farmers still using equipment like this just trying to get their start without having a huge overhead
you need to remember that this stuff was top of the line in 1970
This is by far one of my favorite videos you have done! Looks like a lot of fun and takes me back to my youth with this “old” equipment. Thanks.
Good morning
It's so nice of you to share this
You take so much pride in what you do and the ways things were done
Thank you
I grew up as the grandchild of an Austrian Farmer keeping cattle and producing milk, milk products and beef. When I met my wife we visited her home country poland where I sae combines and arable farming for the first time directly in progress… gotten curious I asked the farmer ( our neighbour) if I could help them… and being used to move agricultural equipment I ended up on an old bison combine from the 70 ies!
It was loud, dusty, greasy and too hot (no cabin, just a kinda sun roof) but I loved operating it! It was so real and I was proud that I could manage this mechanical monster…
and my respect for the farmers back in the days rised into the unmeasureable!❤❤❤
Yes that's how we did it back in the Golden years of yesteryear and I am so happy to have been a part of the hard working American Farmer and you kids are very very spoiled today but I'm thankful for all of the neat equipment you have at your disposal for today
In 1970 my grandpa had to retire from farming due to health reasons. At that time his “big” tractor was a WD45 Allis Chalmers, he also had an “A” and a “B” John Deere. For harvest equipment he had a two row New Idea corn picker and an Allis Chalmers pull type combine. I fondly remember riding along with him.😇
Thank you for creating this video. I absolutely loved it. It brings back so many great memories from my childhood in the 80s when I helped my grandpa harvest wheat and barley with equipment of the same vintage.
Love seeing all the old equipment. That stuff was built to last. With a little TLC it will last another 50 years.
I lived what you're doing today!❤
This is why you're REALLY in touch with your grandparents' days of hard, non efficient farming methods! We used a lot of elbow grease, and long days were at hand! To be done harvesting by CHRISTMAS was a goal! Weather also slowed us down!
One look inside the shop of the gentleman you got the combine from shows the tools and parts of 1972 era farming!
Thankful we remain for those good ole days!!!❤❤
Thank you Grant and Laura for sharing this with all of us.
"Get that hammer Grant", and Grant hands him a wrench!! Now that's funny.
Anybody that has ever worked on a farm or a ranch knows that that is called a 'crescent hammer'. ;-)
it feels good to be in complete control and knowing that you are doing the work not a machine
She's a vision, can’t believe it.
I am sure there are many great farmers out there that still use this same exact model combine, one of the most popular from JD ever!! The farms around me in the 70's and 80's, we were all mostly 4 row corn heads and an IH 715 or 815. When I attended Iowa State in 75-77, my roommate worked on the ISU dairy farm, near campus, and on Saturdays when they were combining corn nearby in Ames, I would go out there and drove some on a 4 row JD combine, was the best back then!! This was without a doubt, your best video yet!!!
Grant and Laura. Go to the store and get a bunch of cans of free all. It is amazing. It's like pb blaster on steroids. I know that O'Reilly auto parts carries it. Will help all the sticky and stuck parts move again.
When you understand where you've come, it helps appreciate where you are.
Grant & Laura those are WIDOW MAKERS front rims, DO NOT fiddle with them. Scrap them ASAP, and find different ones. Most garages WILL NOT touch them.
Thank you. I wanted to check if anyone else caught the split rings. Widowmakers. That's why you don't see them anymore. Loved those old C60 trucks. They held up to heavy use. I've never seen a two speed rear end on a C60 though. Usually had them on heavier class trucks.
I was looking to see if anyone else had made a comment. I was going to say split rims but with the nick name widow makers.
Yes, find some 22.5's.
One of my favorite videos yet......and I have been here since the early days....!!!
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You definitely brought back some great memories! As a newly wed couple, on a large beef and grain farm, we had a John Deere 6600 and a GMC grain/cattle truck for hauling. That was the modern equipment of the day back then. It was a good and simpler life. Thanks for the memories!
I love old farm equipment. Im so glad to see anything being redone and used again.
Hey guys, I'm a mechanic from a long time ago those radio buttons if you adjust the radio to where you want it you pull one button out then push it in and that is how you program it.
So much fun playing with old machines
I drove a class senior 85
Those tires on the truck are Dayton split rims. Those were notorious for injuring and killing folks when the split rim suddenly flew off then changing the rubber without a retention cage. Truck stops and shops still use the cages due to OSHA requirements today.