The Evolution of Farming: The Farm Tractor
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.พ. 2025
- QDM has a close and in-depth look at the evolution of agriculture - focusing on the farm tractor!!
*some facts may not be 100% accurate - but hopefully funny!!
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Take care my friends!!
QDM
Thanks for wearing a Poppy, lad.
Wouldn’t have it any other way!
Take care friend!
QDM
Love the pro gun t-shirt!
Poppies are the least thing we can do to show our support. Thanks for showing your colours!
You are fantastic.
Thanks for honoring our veterans by wearing a poppy. ❣ I like your t-shirt message too!!
YUP Tractor is a time and back saver- thank for the Hx and supporting the poppy program to keep our vets history alive
As soon as I could reach the pedals my Dad made sure I could drive straight. Every since I have taken great pride in being able to create straight ploughing and tramlines etc. WITHOUT GPS!
Much respect!!
QDM
my lines are straight it is the curvature of the earth that gives that effect.
3:52 Lukewarm air blown on you at the speed of a fart! That had me rolling haha
Eating oats while seeding oats listening to Hall and Oats
Oat couture...
Oh my oats, have you heard such a thing.
@@simplyfred8044 that came from quick dick on another episode "eating oat while hauling oats listening to hall and oats" I think its brilliant
Top of the morning to you QDM!!!
Yes sir, the beat the ether challenge 😂🤣😵🤬🤬🤬🤬
Spray, slip, trip, knock your shin on the drawbar, crawl up and pray you made it in time!!!
I hear it's a nasty storm for you today, be safe, stay warm!!!!
A sweltering -5°c here so I'm enjoying my coffee with you in the shop👍👌☕☕
That brought back many a memory and a number of laughs🤠👍👍😂😂
Thanks. Definitely the kind of video we need right now. Take care.
One of the first vehicles I ever drove was my uncle’s little red tractor. No cab. Big rear wheels. Manual everything. I really sucked at it. Thanks for the giggles, QDM.
"Hey Blue Ball!"
-gets me every time!
Good to see there's a 30 series Case tractor to keep all those John Deere's in line! But she be a big ether challenge to get her fired up when she's -30 out. Those early Diesel tractors sure don't like the cold! Ether is your friend in the cold but, not too much! Lol...
My kids saw the second appearance of BlueBall, were sad there was no hello.
Great vid. Love the poppy, and gun shirt.
Kids say you need a haircut, They’re probably just jealous.
Heh heh the kids may be right!
Thanks for watching,
QDM
Holy shit.. the ether scramble and the making fun of other farmers field lines absolutely nailed it. The best is the latter gave you a full year to poke fun at the neighbor.
For some reason it feels like my history lessons in school were lacking. I feel wicked smart now! BTW Quick, I'm a hobby farmer in Maine with a little tractor.
Thanks for watching in Maine!!
QDM
I bloody love it !...keep the videos coming brother....I especially love the history lesson.....people are so complacent they forget how much work goes into making food.
0:45 that’s a good piece of tractor you’ve got there son
Monday morning QDM - my dose of sanity and humor. Have many clients who are agricultural technicians and they love time in the field cause many are away from cell service there. Those gps tractors probably give them nap time too. Thanks for putting these together every week. Love the poppy 👍
Thanks my friend! Take care,
QDM
Now that was a long series of chuckles, grins and laughs.
Glad you enjoyed it Jane! Take care!
QDM
0:19 beautiful lid I wish I had hair like that, used to lol, been thinning out last 10 years, lol, cheers!
Front wheel assist should of been one too for the “oh sh-t” moments 😂
I never understood why my Dad had such big arms until I got to drive a tractor with chain steering once, everyday was arm day with that bastard.
My goodness sir if I had the room to tell a few stories! We really need to get a face to face visit in before I don't remember all this stuff anymore.....:)
My grandfather raised non-registered Percheron draft horses north of Churchbridge, south of Calder area. My late father hated horses and bought grandfather's first tractor when he was 15 - after an argument with my grandfather over the horses! When we got into horses here in BC, Dad just shook his head and muttered!
Ether...... hired hand slammed the hood shut on a Massey 35 we had with the 3 cylinder Perkins. The little under hood tool box is right beside the air intake on them... Guess where the ether can was stored? Guess what happened when the hood slammed onto the ether can QDM?
Never saw a 3 cylinder Perkins pull 4000rpm before that...sounded like it anyways!!!
Thanks for the memories sir, I appreciate your efforts at keeping the rest of the world informed at a way of life that is so vital to everyone who enjoys eating.
Great story thanks my friend!
QDM
My grandmother was born on our Needville farm. Back in the early 1900's my great-Grandpa B had two huge horses, Belgians or Percherons, can't recall which, named Jim and Molly... they were his plow horses, and you needed big horses for our hard gumbo clay soil! It was Grandma's job as a little girl to feed the horses... She told me how she used to have to walk one of them around in circles pulling a turnstile, which was a big gear turned by a long pole hooked to the horse, which turned a smaller gear turning a shaft that went out of the circle just above the ground, which turned the stationary hay baler. She led the horse in circles to turn the works which turned the hay baler. Anyway, she was always worried because the hired man who was forking hay into the bale chamber through an opening up on top, he would always use his foot to push the wad of hay down into the bale chamber when the plunger was retracted, before it started its next stroke... and she was worried that he'd get his foot caught and leg broke or cut off by the plunger as it came back, because that horse had a lot of pull on the works! Grandpa B made a LOT of money selling hay to the Army in World War 1 for a dollar a bale, which was BIG money back then, as MOST of the transport in the Army was still horses back then, and the horse cavalry! Motorized was just getting started!
Course Grandpa B was also the first farmer in Fort Bend county to own a tractor... a Fordson, and then later on he bought an F-12 and an F-20. Later! OL J R :)
Everything you said really Hits home can Identify with everything you said except for the big Green Tractor....my 54 year old Massey still snow plows my yard and I just got done!!!! Lots of Fun keep it up!
Thanks for watching my friend!
QDM
Loving that CCFR shirt!
I was expecting to hear a QDM rant on diesel emission devices (DPF, DEF, etc) as a negative evolution.
Maybe that'll be on part 2
Awesome shirt!
Left Saskatchewan for southern Ontario a couple years ago.
QDM helps keep me sane and helps me remember how practical and decent Canucks can be.
I really like the old case. It looks like it's in pretty good shape
Love that old case! Great video 👌
She’s a beaut!
Thx my friend,
QDM
Always a pleasure and thanks for the grins .Keep yet stick on the ice !
Another good one.......!!!!!
I gotta say I mastered the cab scramble back in the day😂💪
Here in Ontario,for our ether starting tricks,we;
1) wire in a switch directly to the starter so you can stand outside and start. Make sure it's in neutral.
2) tape ether can to intake and tape open the sprayer. Just remember to lightly tape it up so the vibrations of the engine will just shake the can off when and if it starts....other wise you then gotta jump back out of the cab and hope you don't fry the piston rings.
3) use a long pry bar and jump the starter
4) if all else fails, get the wife.
Lol. Stay safe this winter pal.
*make sure it’s in neutral* LOL!!
Thanks for the chuckle my friend!
QDM
A Fantastic veiw my friend & Awesome job! Lol still crying from laughter Luv&Peace Sean&family Cheers
THANKS for the placement of the poppy. A CF vet. Keep up with the great vids!!!
Wouldn’t have it any other way my friend!
Take care,
QDM
Thanks QDMD I just blew my morning coffee out my nose when when you compared the Lukewarm AC to the speed of a fart. 😂
Firearms Rights are Human Rights. Hell Yeah.
A favorite story of Mom's. Grandpa saved enough to purchase a brand new Tractor (Alice Chalmers, I think)
Lost the Tractor the same night. Long story short...To many wobbly pops, a bumpy fall off, a short lived chase,
a long walk home, and a week long goosehunt. He did find it. Now my Uncle has it. Still functional.
Keep up the good content.
LQDMAO - thanks for the chuckle!
QDM
Good stuff Mr Quick good stuff👍🇺🇸
Fantastic quick love your videos 👍👍
Thanks my friend!
QDM
Ah yes, ether. If you can't get your tractor going after using up a couple two three cans, you'll at least giggle like a school girl for the rest of the morning. Have a good one, QD!
Love the shirt @4:18.
You missed the fun shotgun starts of 30s and 40s
Like the "Coffman engine starter"
Yes. Thanks for bringing that up! Field Marshall and Olivers !!! I think some international crawlers too TD series before the gas donkey engines.
You hang in there brother..you do a lot of work to benifit everyone else
Dude what a way to end my day!!!!!!!!!! again another smile the whole vid!!!!! well done friend!!!!! BRING ON THE NEXT!!!!!!!! SURPRIZED BLUEBALL DOESNT HAVE GPS ;)
So funny thanks quick
Another good one, Buddy!
At the age of 12 my grandpa handed me the key to his underpowered 42 8N. He bought it in 52. We had 3 gardens, not farming, but not small either.
I could not plow straight enough for that man!
Fast forward 2020, me and my dad just finished rebuilding that tractors engine. Third rebuild in my life time, I'm 47. I could take $5 of gas and make $50 plowing in an afternoon around our town.
My dad just turned 80, hurts his back to plow now. A job I used to hate I now look forward to in the spring and fall.
And after the rebuild I wanted to try to hand start it. But forgot and we had already put the heavy ass front bumper/hitch on the bastard!
Great story my friend thanks!!
QDM
Jonathan Whoever oh my God those Ford 8N tractors are still worth their weight in gold. Father in law had one and loved it until the day he passed on. Then it went on to make another man happy for years.
Oh the evolution of you can't repair it without the main dealers software
Tear it off
I love watching these. Lol
I remember when we got a mf1505 , it was 4wd and a quiet cab which meant not having to wear ear protection. That seemed revolutionary to me. But you don’t wanna bore the city folk with too many details. Thanks for another great video
What I find fascinating about tractors is the fact that the original steam tractors were not really used to tug a plough behind them, but rather to pull a human steered plough back and forth between TWO tractors (using exceptionally long ropes/cables). My how things have evolved! They have definitely, even on the small scale (Massey-Ford 2Ns, John Deere’s
Thanks my friend!
QDM
Made me laugh out loud again. Great video.
Good one Quick Dick! Green always looks good in the field........ like John Deere green!!!!
Awesome video, surprised I didn’t see any old scary farmhands 🤣. Keep em coming!
I am from Michigan and in honor of my new Canadian family for which I married into, I am proudly wearing a Poppy to honor all Canadian Veterans. Also wearing a mask with the U.S flag for our Veterans for which I have 2 in my family.
Thanks my friend!
QDM
With my job I visit a lot of old farms and the one thing that impresses me is the tractors what was once a top of the line big field tractor in the 70's is the size of the modern chore tractor
True story and now most of them are just corner landmarks. "Turn left at the 930."😂
I watched this from my deer stand. Got interrupted by deer half way through. The selfish BASTARDS! I couldn't finish watching until they left.
Love the CCFR T shirt!
You have a huge following, and all are positive good job
Love it!
A nicely shown program Thankyou.
Thanks Robert!
Awesome video.
Well Quick another good video. Well done my friend. -South Central Pennsylvania (in the lower 48, in case you didn’t know.)
Thanks for watching down South!
QDM
Nice salute to all farm tractors. I loved my little JD compact tractor, seemed like there was nothing it couldn’t do, small size and all.
Another fantastic educational video
Keep em comin Quick
Have a great week
@2:12: LOL!! (coffee on the keyboard)
Great Show ,that's probably why FARMERS ARE TOUGH !
Can't forget about the tractors that you started with a shotgun shell and a hammer.
But now they have to be registered lol
this is awesome! made my day! 🤣
Good looking poppy on the hat great Great shirt and I still have scars on my shins from trying to put the ether to a W 900 Kenworth logging truck in the middle of winter the mad scramble too damn funny
It really has and now days it can read the moisture content of the grain or corn you harvesting and now tractors have tracks instead of wheels so you can run in softer dirt and not get stuck plus they make grain carts that read the weight of the grain you have in the grain cart it's really amazing how far they have come. I'm not a Farmer but have learned lot's of watching Larson Farms, Millennial Farmer out of Minnesota and Welker Farms, Fast AG Montana from Montana
Some very cool stuff out there my friend!
Take care,
QDM
LOL you can get stuck with tracks faster than tires in certain conditions... tracks aren't ALWAYS better.
My nephew (by marriage) grandpa runs a 14,000 acre "family farm" and they decided to try tracks, so they gave him a check for $70,000 and sent him with a pickup and gooseneck down to Missouri where the factory is that makes the tracks for Deere combines are made. He bought a set of tracks painted black for $70,000, or for $15,000 more you could buy them painted Deere green (markup because then they're "deere parts" or something) and hauled them back. They farm a lot of muck soils up in northern Indiana, which muck is ancient lakebed from the Ice Age, and it's basically bottomless "pudding" or a peat bog. They figured tracks would allow their big Deere S670's to float right through it. On the more typical sandy ground they worked great-- so much so the next week they sent him back with another $70,000 check to buy a second set for the other combine... but when they got in the MUCK soil, oh brother... it sank... sank about six or seven feet deep... the TOP of the track which is about 5-6 feet high sitting on level ground, was a FOOT DEEP under the muck! Nephew said you could reach up and touch the spout on the unload auger it was sunk so deep into the ground... they spent 2 days with 3 trackhoes and had to borrow a bunch of oilfield wood mats to push down under the tracks to get it out. Ended up having to hire a guy with an older 9600 Deere combine with TRIPLE tires on it to harvest the last of their beans it was SO wet that year-- only thing that could stay on top of the muck!
Later! OL J R :)
Omg love this!!!!!!!
I remember doing the ether chase on my dad's old Oliver tractor. At least I got warmed up a bit trying to start the old beast. LoL
Well done as usual QDM!
Saskatoon city dweller here. Bit by bit you’re educating me on the ways of our land! Feeling 6:30 min smarter today! 👩🎓 Did ya manage to stay out of the way of last night’s snowmaggedon?
Sure didn’t, but that’s winter for ya!!
Take care,
QDM
2:17 pinky never grew straight after that incident, lol!
Hey Quick I haven’t deserted you, been so focused on politics I’ve fallen behind in viewing! I’m back buddy and laughing as usual!👍👌
❤ bet I can drive yours better then you can :) awesome video as per usual. Learning.... but already know how to drive one though 😉
Great video, mate! Love your work! Keep it up!
Thanks my friend!
QDM
How about "the evolution in coveralls" to compensate for the fact that in February when its too cold for the diesel tractor to start, your grandfathers old IH 650 no cab always starts and the cows still have to get fed...
OH dude froze my face twice, wore a teamsters cap after number two...{.Now I do need therapy}...did yours start on gas , ours did then pushed two leavers down to switch to diesel...Minus 40, 3 tanks of the one gallon gas tank to warm the wrotten old bitch up enough to switch to diesel...providing someone remembered to put winter diesels in it before winter hit...... Had a TD 14 IH cat same thing....
Hey there Quick Dick!!! You ain't lying buddy!!! I can remember lighting a fire under the tractor to get them started in the winter. Now they start right up and the 'climate control' cab makes you want to take your winter coat off before you go out!!! LOL Great video. Thanks for the belly laugh!!! Take care!!
Haha thanks Grampie!!
Take care my friend,
QDM
He's done it again
Our saskatchewan ambassador has made learning fun
On how canadian producers have evolved to be the best at feeding the world
Hop it's not too late but Jez, QD, ya might consider going a little easier on the ether sniffing buddy cause you don't want the boys in while to pick you up. It would be a long walk back home from Regina. Thanks for brightening my day!
Hey . Another great show . lol on the sleeping driver like the guy who rolled over a three line power pole at the MJ water plant. boil water for a week . HaHa
The struggle is real haha!
Take care friend,
QDM
I need that old case 😊 gd video
I was watching a British show, in the 1940's they had a tractor that started with a 12guage shotgun cartridge - minus the shot, just the BOOM - and that got them cranking. Do a search for Coffman engine starter
It was a common thing in a few models back in the day!
Take care friend!
QDM
'Hey Blue Ball' on a T shirt 👕 seems like a good idea to me ( hint hint)
HAHA the the t-shirt
Wow I can remember the day we got our in 1966 Cockshutt 1950 GM was power we could hear it coming before seeing it lol it had as you young guys call it MFWA and our first tractor with factory cab I today call those cabs the phone booth cans lol but to use that was a feather in our hat day lol we still have that old screamer ❤️
Cool!
Love it! While most young farm people love their new technology these days, my 20 yr old just recently bought a Farmall F12..an F12! So while it won't be pulling any 45ft field cultivators any time soon, it certainly is a hoot for pulling wagons around. Just have to make sure to try and limit the emergency visits to the dentist..;)
Nothing dies like a Deere... you should have bought a Farmall
Better dead than red. lol
@@tpniefer Yeah and I bet you suck at the tet or your deere salesman for all your needs to. 🤣 Anything but green IMO....unless you're a Rider fan. But if being a slave to color is your want. Good on ya.
@@loganholmberg2295 Logan I really don't care what tractor anyone has. It's a personal preference for each individual. If the owner is happy with what he has, that's all that matters. The "better dead than red" was actually a slogan from back in the early years of the cold war. It was better to be dead than be a communist. Under the circumstances, I just couldn't resist posting that for a laugh.
Or Allis. 🤷♂️
Why farm half when you can Farmall? 👌😁
Now I’m educated on tractors. Your hair is crazy.
Hey quick make sure you set the GPS in Blue Ball to Red Deer for the Round Table Meeting on the 11th and 12th Drive Safe
We’ll be there on the 11th!!
yup.. gps for sure is awesome!
I've worked a Lamborghini potato farming here on Vancouver Island. It was the first 4x4 tractor on the island. Definitely NO creature comforts like the Supercars that share it's name!!lol
I remember looking at cab tractors with the last new one we bought. ( MF 283).
The brand new tractor was around $18000 CDN. ( mid 80's, 70 hp, 2 wd. ) Bang for buck model.
A nice cab, at that time, was $14000 to $15000, partly because we would have to buy a more expensive tractor in the first place to even get a cab,. Could have gotten an aftermarket cab. ( which were never very good compared to factory ones ) for a little less than $10 000
We did NOT get a cab. I did , however, get a better quality skidoo suit and face warmer mask for winter. Less than $100...