Right Back to Where We Started / September 3 & 4 (Highwood Montana Wheat Harvest)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ต.ค. 2024
- The final night was spent in our home on wheels. The last turn was made for our 2023 wheat harvest adventure.
Harvest routine clashes with home routine until the transition is made. Until then, it feels disorganized and messy. It will take a couple of days and soon all of the past weeks will feel like they never happened.
Thank goodness for memories…and videos!
Jim is back in the combine picking high-moisture corn.
And so it begins.
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Thank you for allowing us to follow you on your journey
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Wonderful experience for this viewer to enjoy !
Thanks Again for sharing your talents and skills 👍
So glad you found us and have enjoyed it!
Don't thank us, we thank you. I wish I had your health and energy.
I hope I can keep it a few years more!
Tracy and Jim, I have truly loved your videos this past harvest season. You have seen some pretty great stuff around Highwood and I love the scenery as well as the bumper crops. It’s amazing what we can grow when God tips the clouds over and blesses the farmer. It doesn’t happen all time, especially in the dry prairies, so how special it is when you can be apart of it. I love watching the August videos over again. Thank you for taking us with you and I hope you can join Brett and the gang next year. Great Falls was so interesting too. I’d love to go one day. May God Bless you and Jim this next year. Rest up for next season. Keep doing this. We love it. I love the old videos too. Great times on the older combines.
Thank you so much for watching. And for being a part of our journey! Fall harvest happens next. And, then, maybe a rest or two. 😉
Good people make hard work look easy Thank you
Thank you!
I thoroughly enjoyed watching doing down time waiting on crops to ready. The scenery makes me want to travel but I won't, just keep up with you and Jim.
God bless till next time.
I definitely have a gypsy soul!
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
You’re so very welcome.
Thank you for sharing both of your time and work. The both of you are a different breed. God bless ya. Oh and some great videos, such beautiful country.
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hi Tracy. i do hope that you are enjoying being back home and having no equipment to clean. I really loved your harvest videos this year. The first day that you were going out to the combines, the look on your face was like a little girl at Christmas time. Jim also seemed more relaxed this year too. Would have liked to see more motorcycle videos. Thanks again for taking us with you.
Thanks!!!!!! The whole experience was more than I ever dreamed I would ever get to be a part of again. NEVER take for granted something you love to do. It might be over one day. Hoping we can go back for the 2024 harvest!
Glad you got home safely… so good to see you and Jim making the best of what’s put at you… as I said in earlier videos the good Lord willing I think it may be a blessing you sold your Combine at this time .. I believe the ease of stress in Jims ( and of course you also ) will add years to his life .. Though we haven’t met .. we Love you like family and hated to see the stress load last couple years.. Stay Safe Looking forward to next video update ❤
Thank you! Yes, the stress of what it takes to make it all work was wearing on him.
Hi Tracey and Jim.
Just Steve here.
I am going back and looking at some of your older videos.
Just wanted to let you know it is just me reviewing older videos.
As always, many thanks!!!!!😊
The Iowa farm boy. Steve
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Enjoy!
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Hi Tracey.
I am sincerely enjoying looking at the older videos.
I try to not do a lot of comments on the older videos BUT you know me, I get my typing fingers going even on the older videos.
I feel I am bothering you by you do a return comment. I know you have other things to do other than respond to the old guy from Iowa, ha!!!!!
I appreciate the fact you do as it keeps the connection going. But just wanted you to know on the older ones if you are busy I understand.
I don’t know if I explained that right, but knowing you, you know what I mean.
I usually do a couple of the older ones each day.
Thanks for your comments always.
The Iowa farm boy. Steve
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@@SteveNicoson-u1i I’ve got so much more content with older videos. Maybe I can work on getting them uploaded over the winter. Mostly for me than anyone else. I’m glad you’re enjoying them!
thank you tracy for all your videos i will be looking for more videos have a safe harvest
Thank you!
Following you guys is so fun!!
I’m so glad you enjoy the stories!
👍 God bless!
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Thanks for sharing your incredible journey, travels, and stories! God bless!
Thank you for being a part of it!
Great job!
❤️ thanks!
Thank you again for sharing your videos.
Thank you again for showing the B1B lancer at Sac that's my son's first plane he put ordinance on he's retired from the Air Force after 20 years this summer
The family when to bossier city Louisiana.
For his retirement party..
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Welcome home!
Thank you, my friend!
Good job telling your story!
Thank you!
Thankyou Tracy, its been a fabulous trip. I live in the Uk but truly feel I've done a road trip with you and Jim, bless you both. 👍
I’m so glad you have been along with us for the journey
Until we meet again
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Thank you. Hope to see you next year.
Or this fall…
Welcome home. Enjoy the rest. Next year.
First…fall harvest.
Thank YOU for your great videos. Looked forward to each day. Happy house cleaning until the combine calls again
Can’t wait!
I love these videos. I would love to be able to do this kind of work again. I grew up doing it on a much smaller scale. It brings back great memories. Thank you for making me smile every day. I feel like I was born to do this kind of work but just took a different turn at some point.
I totally 100% understand!
I enjoyed your adventure Tracy and Jim!
Thank you!
Take care and injoy your time off
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I will be back if you are back. Enjoyed aĺl.
Thank you for your story. It has been a lot of fun. It appears that you went by the Junction of 92 & 81 south. I live 5 miles south in St4romsburg NE. I really enjoyed you road trip home to Nebraska. Thank you so much for sharing your story!!!🙂
Thank you for watching!
Hello from Ireland. I farm here in Co Waterford Ireland with my wife Sheila. We grow wheat, barley, and oats here in Ireland. We ran all our own equipment for many years. We now get all our work done by contract or custom word as you call it in the US.
We have family in Oklalahoma and visit there every yeay.
Enjoyed you daily reports. can identfy with the daily routine and the problems that crop up from time to time. Keep up the good work and best of luck with the fall harvest.
John & Sheila O'Mahony
Thanks for checking in!!! It’s so much fun hearing from people in different parts of this small world!
Hey thanks for the great ride! Take care!
Thanks for being a part of the journey!
Thank you Jim and Tracy,I will be waiting for your next post.
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It was a great ride Tracy.
Thanks!
Thank you for the work you do putting out videos. But in 1979 was the first year I went custom combing brings back some great memories thanks again
Those were the days!
Come back to Montana any time you can. You did great videos of the wheat harvest and look forward to corn and beans.
Montana…my favorite state. Yes!! I hope to be back soon.
Than u for all u do to see alot of country we wouldn't take the time to go see. Our harvest in southeast Iowa is about to start.Enjoy your rest.
Best of luck to you and your harvest!
Its gotta feel good to know when you get home you dont have to turn around to make the second trip to go back to get more equipment.
Actually, we both really enjoyed that second trip to Montana. It meant we got to see everyone one more time. 😉
you did a great job. looking forward for new videos.
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Welcome back home. Things look better around your neck of the woods then l expected. Thanks for your videos l have enjoyed them. Looking forward to your fall harvest ones.
Thanks!
Farming is long hours and a lot of work. Most farmers wouldn't want to do anything else.
Almost 40 years ago I had a dairy, raised beef and horses. Hardly a day goes by that I don't miss my cows.
It’s so darn hard to walk away from something you loved so very much!
It’s been fun, take care!
Yes. It. Has!
Well what a treat to follow your story - thanks so much for the videos, fabulous scenery, and very interesting especially for someone who yearns to get out from behind a desk and do something worthwhile !! Enjoy your break and look forward to your next adventures - especially a smile from Jim :) :)
Thank you so much! I once worked behind a desk and had to watch my family head south without me. Worst thing ever!
Take some time off and enjoy Sept, like on your journey back.
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Another enjoyable year of harvest videos i look forward to autumn harvest and hopefully Wheat harvest next year. All the best from the UK
Is it bad of me to say I also look forward to next year’s wheat harvest? (That’s my favorite)
This video was fantastic. I loved every minute of it!
Thank you so much!
Your end of harvest comments are spot on and you folks are one of a kind . I truly appreciate what you have always given to us. You time, insight and experience. And yes, Nebraska, it's not for everyone . Thank God!
Thank you kindly!!!!
Thank you for taking us along on your adventure, our main harvest will be getting going here pretty quick. Really enjoy watching your videos. Good luck with your fall harvest, I'll catch up with yours after we finish ours. Thanks again Al
All the best to you as you get through your harvest!!
Your videos were so interesting the new kid on the block is ok if you like watching greasing combine and unloading with side shots of head liked yours cause you showed harvest and small town USA
Glad you found us and have enjoyed what content I provide!!
It was fun to see how you came home. It looked so familiar since I stopped by to visit with you last 4th of July. I have very pleasant memories of my visit on the way to Omaha. Have a safe fall harvest. Thanks for such an interesting travelogue. AFG
It was a true pleasure meeting you! I’m so glad it worked out.
I have truly enjoyed this harvest year. Look forward to see what you all are up to next.
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Thanks for sharing!!
@@paulratzlaff2935 thanks for watching!
Hope you get to vacation on the same farm's next year
You and me both!
Hope you can shoot some videos of bean harvest.
You got it!!
Good videos. Scenery was great. Thank you
Thank you !
I know just what your saying about spiders taking over your place when your gone for a period of time
YUCK!!
Welcome home!
Tracy, you are a great videographer, enjoy every minute - Thanks!
Thank you SO MUCH!
I always enjoy them. Appreciate you both for taking us along the journey. I enjoy watching the videos, the day to day activities, history of the towns and the amazing scenery!! Thank you both!!!!❤
Thanks so much for watching!
Be it ever so humble there's no place like home.
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Hello from Amarillo. How is the harvest going back at home base? I hope you are doing well and are very busy with the harvesting! God bless and take care!
Jim is back in the combine. I will be very soon. Then we’ll have some new videos to watch. 😉
A job WELL DONE !!!
Thank you so much!
Geez! What a great season with you all! You got me a little misty eyed at the end! Thanks for letting us in! See you soon! Thanks!
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Tracy if you don't mind saying why did you and Jim quit custom harvesting? Bye the way thanks for the journey I really enjoyed it. All the excitement with none of the work!
There were a variety of reasons. The number one being it was time to trade machines and Jim just didn’t have it in him to continue the fight. The fight being trying to continue to find the acres it took to make everything work. Equipment is so crazy expensive. And if you don’t keep good equipment while on the road, you’re broke down. And we couldn’t afford to break down - not with a one combine show. Expenses kept cutting into the profit margin and it was just time to be done. Before we worked for 40+ years to go broke. You see, the custom harvester doesn’t have any sort of safety net. There are no government subsidies or risk management insurance. We simply had to find the work to make the payments. I honestly don’t know how this industry will/can survive. It’s not the same industry it was when my grandpa ran combines. Or even when we began. We started seeing changes about 10 years ago. Lots more farmer-owned combines and less wheat acres. The harvester needs the small grains from Texas to Canada to make it all work.
Thanks for replying. I understand I bought a farm in 1978 with the intention of farming it when it was paid off in 12 years but by then equipment was so expensive I would have to farm an additional 2-3 thousand acres to pay for the equipment and my living expenses. By then I had a family and was 40 and halfway to a teamster pension so I was afraid to take the leap of faith. I just continued to share crop and stayed working.@@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking
Thank you, Jim and Tracy, for opening your "harvest lives" with us this year and in the past. I also enjoy your other, older content from previous years. I appreciate your dedication and endurance to show your subscribers many aspects of your life while working, the sincere joy that is the reward of that honest work and your frustrations and challenges as well. Please continue to create new videos as I'm sure we all enjoy the scenery and the personal thoughts you and Jim bring to each episode. Y'all are in my thoughts and prayers. God Bless...
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Thank you so much. Your videos are very informative and enjoyable.
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Thanks so much for taking us with you! I really hope that the people who don't know what it takes to put food on America's tables will watch and understand.
I hope so too!!!!!!!!!!
Morning Tracy, you have succeeded in getting your message out. I had texted you a couple of weeks ago saying that I to have custom harvested and your videos have brought back so many good memories. What I appreciate the most is you and Jim as you appear to be the salt of the earth. May the good Lord Bless and Keep the two of you.
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Thanks for another year of harvesting videos! 😊
❤️ thanks for tagging along!
Another great video series ! Thanks for taking us along for the ride. Hubby did a harvest in 2001 for his birthday. He was out for 18 days with Altendorf Harvesting. He loves the green equipment so he really liked working for them and watching this harvest. He works for a farmer in eastern Pa. All he has ever done since age 8 is farm and drive a truck over the road. We really look forward to your videos. Can't wait for the fall series to begin. Be well and stay safe !
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You are spot on , the hard work you put together , thank you in 2023 , you are amazing , stay safe !
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Glad you made it home safely. Thanks for taking us along for the ride. Looking forward to fall harvest and next year will be here before you know it.
The years do certainly go fast. And faster all the time!
Tracy, I wrote to you last summer. I seriously would love to come out and work the harvest again. Any chance I could get you to pass my info on to the folks you worked for last year, if they have an opening.
I’m fairly certain they have their crew already lined up. We’ll be heading back about mid-July. I would suggest you join this group and post on it that you’re looking to join a crew.
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Thank you Tracy and Jim for taking us along. I am one that you are teaching and you can teach an old dog new tricks. Even at 64 I have learned I remember my dad and uncles talking about going north for short trips and harvesting broom corn as a child. Wish I would have listened more now it’s to late to hear about those stories. I know wheat harvest like you did is a long season and very big commitment. Thanks for the stories and scenery beautiful landscapes
Thank you so much! And also for telling me that I taught you a little something about what we do.
NOTHING HAS CHANGED, YOUR VIDEOS ARE ALWAYS SUPER TO WATCH OVER AND OVER AGAIN . AND THANK YOU WE TRULY ENJOY YOU JIM & TRACY------ LOVE YOU .
Thank you, Ken and Betty!
Harvest is a love of the heart and Biblical also a slice of Heaven brought down here for us to experience. God Bless and thank you. ❤
Maybe this is why I love it so very much!!!!!!
I really enjoyed watching your videos every day we are getting ready to start harvest in Indiana I must be crazy like you I run equipment for the people that rent our land then come in and watch you half the evening Not boring to me, wonderful life
It’s okay to be the kind of crazy we are! ❤️
Thanks for everything Tracy 😊
You are so welcome!
As I've said many times before, Thank you Tracy, for all the wonderful and educational videos you have provided! Yes, I paused the video to read road signs, historical signs, and just anything that you paused on! I truly have known nothing about the harvesting of anything big but you have certainly peaked my interest, so until next year, rest, relax (if you can) and get ready for the holidays and then it will not be too long before you'll be in that combine again!
Thank you so much! We will rest when the fall harvest is complete. Your words are so kind and I’m so glad you enjoyed the videos.
Hi Tracy, I've actually been following your family from clear back when Jenna started doing the All aboard harvest blog in the High Plains Journal. Back when you guys were running the CIH 2588. Watching your kids grow up and now you guys transitioning into semi retirement has been a great journey. The hard work you and Jim have put in over the years is something to be very proud of. Its nice to hear your backstory and family traditions of the harvesting lifestyle. I am glad everything worked out great this year your prayers were answered by God to not have to end it the way it was looking like it was going to. I recall watching the video of you guys stopping back off at your combine buyer's place (which isn't too far from me) and you went back to crawl into the machine. I know even as a guy what you were feeling. It was your life's work seemingly coming to an end. Guys feel it too, but don't show, it or we express it differently. It wasn't meant to end that way. You have too much experience and joy doing it. Hopefully working with Brett's family was a great fit and I hope that becomes a new tradition. What a great place to go on a vacation/work trip. WOW. Look forward to more fall harvest videos. Everything in central Kansas has or is burned up if its dryland so there won't be much in the way of fall harvest here so I guess I'll rely on your videos to remind me of what real fall crops look like.
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Thank you so much for letting me know you get it. And you do get it!! You’ve been with us for a very long time. The years have gone so terribly fast. I hope the year treats us both well so we can get back to Highwood again!
It’s always so very nice to see you two go through different places and doing what you love to do. Great times 😊
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Im a retired farmer and would love to be in your situation the past weeks, what a adventure! completely enjoyed your great videos ! thank you so much!
It was truly the best time!
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THANK YOU TRACY and JIM
See how the good Lord provides for a "newly"
retired hard working couple of harvest experts!
My prayer is that your "latest" harvest family contacts
you sooner-than-later about your plans for the next harvest
season with them in your beloved MT.
And at the rate they fed you, have you jumped on the scale yet?
Just kidding-- --I know you both "worked" in off many times over!
Thank you both for taking all of us along!
They have already said we have combines to drive if we can get back.❤️
As far as the food…no, I haven’t stepped on the scale on purpose!
thanks for the new video, we look forward to the fall harvest season coming soon, you and Jim take care, see ya tomorrow!!!!!!!!
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Thank you Tracy i really loved your videos I'm sure your in a mixed emotions but we're not spring chickens anymore it's time to slow down a little bit may God Bless Jim and your self 🙏🙏❤️ 💛💛💛💛💛
No time to slow down! Gotta keep living life as long as we can.
Thank you for your time and commitment to doing these videos we all enjoy them emmensley god bless you both and happy spider hunting.
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Loved your videos and view of the countryside of USA, from a grain farmer in Australia :)
Thank you! One day…I hope to make it to your country.
So glad you made it home safely. Thank you so much for sharing your harvesting adventures with us. Maybe you can catch your breath before corn & soybean harvest begins. Looking forward to the videos. God bless!😊❤
I certainly will be able to. But Jim has been thrown right back into the process.
thanks for all the great content, please keep posting during winter, would love to know about your area, towns, land prices etc. thanks Allan
I’ll sure do my best.
👍👍you’re welcome and thanks for taking the time to make videos it’s a joy to watch I’ll be waiting for the next one 😀
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Thank youTracy for your videos.
Glad you like them!
I've really loved being with you both. God bless
I’m so glad you found us!
Thanks for taking us along on your trip to Mt. The farmer up there was so impressive with the size of the farm and the big crop they had . Take care and see you later.
Wasn’t that amazing?!? I’m so grateful they allowed me to show the enormity of the place!
Thank you for taking all of us along as you can tell by all of are comments we all really enjoyed the daily updates 😊
I’m so very glad!!
Tracy I have watched all your videos and enjoyed them so much you always capture such great moments you and Jim have such a way of telling the story Thank you for hard work that you do to bring these videos to us
You are so very welcome. Thanks for always letting me know you’re here with us!
Thank you Tracy and Jim for a great road show.This has made me and my family feel real good about where we live. Yeah understand the transition,kick you feet up you really deserve it and Jim when he gets chance .Thanks!
Thank you so much for your kind words!
Thanks Tracey and Jim for sharing your summer adventure with us. Looking forward to your fall harvest videos.
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I’m sure many will say Thank You to you both for sharing. Things change over the years so even the savy of your viewers learn!!!
That’s a good thing (learning)! Thanks for being a part of this!
Hate to see it come to an end. Always enjoy seeing the videos. Growing up on a farm let me go on harvest after years gone by for me. Looking forward to fall harvest. We did not do that. In the fall my dad planted wheat then harvested cotton. Winter time was taking care of cattle and then spring it all started over again. A farmers life is hard, but can be very rewarding. He did it for over 70 years, so he must have liked it.
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