Cold Weather Farming “Fun”
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- Here we try to just keep things going during some extreme cold weather
 I’m Ross aka “The Oliver Man”. I farm with Oliver and White tractors here in beautiful Southern IN. I have over 30 Oliver and White Tractors in my collection (plus a few other colors). Please Like and Subscribe for more Oliver and White Videos!
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The cold takes the joy out of working in the outdoors
Always have your lineman pliers when working on your electric fence. And always remember, never forget, don’t whizz on the electric fence.😂😂😂😂
Ahh the wonders of cold weather farming. Makes you appreciate a nice warm house after battling the elements.
Yes it does!! 🥶
That’s why the best seat for the game is in the living room. Fridge and bathroom are right next to you and it’s warm.
I hope it warms up around your place soon, I miss the daily videos, maybe you could at least read us a bedtime story or something 😂😂😂
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Truth about the cows staying outside. I used to make it so the cows could come in the barn, but they would just stand outside in the freezing rain,ice or snow. Only time they would hang out in the barn was when the weather wound get warm in the spring so they could bring the flies in the barn.
I know, they’re a strange creature. 😂
You get to deliver the straw because you are a good son and love doing things for your father!!!
That’s true, I am great.
Yup anybody who grew up on a farm knows animals like it better outside. They just need a place to get out of the wind once in a while in the winter. 👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks for the video sure like it just follow you around and visit. You’re so correct on animals in the frigid cold. We had -37 to -32 for 3 days and 4 nights with a NW wind
at 35-40mph. I raise all beef cows and they have a choice of a shed, barn or wind break outside. Almost all decided to stay outside behind wind break so I buried them in oat straw and hay to eat and lay in. Been doing it this way well over 60 years and it’s always the same. God created animals to with stand so much more than us humans understand. Stay warm and safe my friend.
Stay warm and safe see you soon Ross
Congratulations Ross on your 8000 subscribers! Keep up the great content! And stay warm
Thanks Scott!
You are 100% correct on your animal rant. Animals were created to be in their natural environment and they grow a winter coat for a reason. Case in point, the bison in Yellowstone live without an man made shelter at all and it gets -20* and stays there for weeks. To be honest, the animal cruelty comes in when ding-dongs get large dogs and keep them in apartments or subdivisions with small yards and the animals are deprived of freedom and exercise. THAT is animal cruelty.
Oh the joys of managing cattle in the winter. You are exactly right about animals preferring to be outside. We have a big lounging barn the cows go in and can feed round bales to them inside with a loader tractor but they would always go out to bed down for the night. I have seen them the next day with frost or snow on their fur and think, dang, we have a shelter for you to get under. And those stupid deer, what an aggravating animal. I think they try to destroy stuff on purpose. Thanks for the video.
That’s fine ! U 🐝 safe and don’t freeze your ask off .
Thanks!
God made all animals and he knows best for them. It’s cold here in Russell county too. Stay warm neighbor.
I agree with you Ross, an animals place is outside. We had cats and dogs outside along with Holstein dairy cows and no signs of any of them getting cold.
We always kept our cows inside so their milk didnt freeze.
Dr. Welch said a outside dog doesn't get sick like a inside dog. Our dogs never were inside 😅
I agree. It’s better for the people too.
BUDDY!!! 🐕
Spring is coming Ross, hang in there!
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It got to -16 here with nasty wind chills . We have a a frame shed with straw in it are outside dog n like nine cats seam to become very good buddies in the cold , lots of straw n they keep each other warm . It's just to cold too be out , vehicles in the heated shop n me napping in my chair lol From turkey creek farms be safe n thankful
You can only do what you can do in this kind of weather I live in Northwest Ohio, so I'm getting the same weather. Glad to see buddy doing good he seamed happy. Years ago I had the same dog with the same name lol
Dad would carry a jumper wire out to check electric fences and would connect the hot wire to either a ground rod or a steel fence post to make fence repairs! It was always funny when he would got upstream of his jumper or it would sometimes come loose then it would shock the hell out of him 😂😂, I know it sounds cruel but it was funny!
Looks like you need to have a couple days of fence fixing/building this spring.
I agree. Usually every spring do a major repair job/ tree trim
We'll get by until the weather gets bearable for ya, Iowa country girl is out working around the farm tending to the animals and clearing snow drift and such. She cuter than you are anyway🤣🤣🤣
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I used to live on a farm in the 80s in southwest Iowa and we had an old hound dog named Fonzy and he was an outdoor dog unless it got really cold in the winter. During those times (mainly at night) he got let in to an enclosed back porch / laundry room that had heat and he was always a happy dog. We also had barn cats who always stayed in the barn which were too skiddish to pet, and they would burrow themselves into the hay in the barn when it got really cold in winter. I like the mention of coal in connection with Santa. When I was growing up in the 60s my dad used to threaten us with a lump of coal in our stockings at Christmas instead of oranges, gifts or candy if we didn't behave.
We had outside dogs when we were kids. We brought one in one time when it was cold and he tore the house up trying to get out. Let him out and he went and stayed in the barn with the hogs. Wouldn’t come near the back door of house again.
Yep, just got done doing the same thing. Just add in some snow like we are getting in New York, and you have it. My cows act the same as yours do. Typical. Agree on the 1 12 volts instead of the 2 6 volts. Did that to all of my red ones and never looked back. Much easier and cheaper as well, Glad to see my days are the same as others.
80 and sunny here 😂 just kidding. Stay warm Ross!
I don't blame you for not making videos in the cold weather. It's been in the negatives and single digits here in Ft.Collins Colorado the last four days. Ready for it to warm up, nothing wants to run when it's this cold.
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Ross, Ever since the dry season here, the water wells has dried up! I had been just hauling water to add to the well and that would do for a week or so. But now it just disappears in about a few hours. So now we have a storage tank feeding the system, it was just fine till the weather got down to Zero. Now with all the tank heater and heat tapes, it's a full time job to keep the system from freezing up! Glad I don't have any livestock to worry about anymore! The only animals are the barn cats that have moved into the house for safety! They just sit here and keep me company during the rest of the day keeping warm! My late doggie was also a fan of being out side all the time. Except when I got into the pickup, She would cross the fields to meet me at the other farm just to get a ride back! Miss her. I've been looking for a source of lump coal for a while, all the mines close only load out pulvrized coal onto the rail cars for delivery to the power plants. What your supplier has is what I want for our old time cook stove and room stoves. I'm wanting to get back to using them incase of power outages and supply of LPG interruptions, also for my steam traction engines! It's a bit far to haul to here but at least it's a possibility. Wonder what their price per ton is?
You're absolutely correct about beef cattle, they just have a mind of their own. If it's freezing cold, they don't care, just keep feed in front of their noses and their happy. I used to raise beef cattle, made sure mine calved in late spring, no chance of "winter freeze" getting to them. Yes, constantly had to repair or replace plenty of fencing. This is why I also hated to use electric fence, too easy to be tore down by "critters".
Ross, you stay warm and safe during all this bad weather my friend. It's been below 0 here in KS the past week, love this time of year and weather but, my old body says "hell no". LOL You post when you're able. Cheers :)
Thanks!!
Ross, a tip that not a lot of people know about; O’Reilly, Auto Zone and I think NAPA give a $10 store credit for old batteries. My O’Reilly’s has no limit so if I bring back 10 batteries I get $100 in store credit. It’s well worth it to collect them from various sources and bring them in 2-3 at a time, next thing you know you’ve practically paid for a new battery.
Hi Ross have you ever thought about getting a jump box for your battery issues. I have a gooloo gt4000 and I love it so much easier than getting jumper cables out or a battery charger in my case. It will jump start things even if the battery is completely dead. Stay warm
That’s probaly your smartest cow that got up laying on the highest driest area
She might be lol
Electric fence stories around the farm are limitless. Especially when you have one of those fences that you put a penny under the light bulb that controls the power level and you have to patrol it every day to get the electrocuted snakes and raccoons off of it. One farmer had one of those and when I went out to spread liquid fertilizer I laid the fence down and drove over the barbed wire. It managed to stick in one of the rear floater tires. I thought I knew where it was in relation to the power unit. WRONG. I was still shaking a day later. A fly-back transformer in a TV is low voltage compared to that fence.
Poor Buddy. Very few farm dogs do not get to ride in the truck. Put him in the truck, go to town, and the Babes will be flocking around wanting to pet that beautiful puppy. My dog goes into places like Rural King and she always gets gals to stop and talk. Roxie smells dog on gals walking by and immediately wants to further investigate. "You smell my dog don't you." My answer is always "She spots dog owners, especially good-looking young ladies." (I can get away with that as most are younger than my 80 years and if they are older they love the compliment)
So let Buddy ride to town with you as he is a good-looking lady magnet. Your line should be "Come to my farm this evening and I will play my organ for you." Of course, you need to make sure they know it is the one with keys.
Just everyday stuff you have to do around the farm is good video. Keep it up.
It’s enough of a chore to take buddy when we go get the shots. He goes crazy around other dogs. 🤣
You need to get a little house-type dog for fishing bait. Here is another true electric fence story. Mrs. S looked out at Johnny swinging on the electric fence. So she went out and shooed him away from the fence. She grabbed the fence to see where it was broken and got the shocking of her life. Johnny had on rubber boots so he was insulated from the ground.@@rosstheoliverman
A woman told me, Dogs are chick magnets. I wish she'd told me that when I was 20.
A couple years ago I bought a drive through electric fence gate for feeding round bales in the winter. Great for an old guy with arthritis like me! Even a young pup like you might like it 😁
That sounds awesome! I actually have a remote control gate opener I just need to assemble it one day.
@@rosstheolivermanHow Farms Work in Wisconsin has one that he drives the skid steer over it and it springs back up.
Stay warm my friend!
Thanks John!!
There is a good amount of snow down here in Somerset KY.😂 Stay Warm
People that complain about livestock being outside when it's cold don't know anything about livestock.
Agree.
I liked it!
Loved it. The wind is really cold here in ND!
My brother could not get the 544 loader running eather and it was -13 this morning and buried in over 12 inches of snow up here in Central wisconsin
I being more concerned with my electric bill, bought timers for the block heaters. I set them to have the tractor of choice warm when I get home from work or go out in the morning on the weekends. Now if I expect an ice storm or a big snow storm then I just bite the bullet and plug them in. I also bought a 24 volt battery trickle charger for the 4020 for this cold weather. Heavy extension cords are important to prevent fires. The Super 77 diesel has to sit this cold weather out until I get new injectors for it. I'm hoping that will change having to use tractor crack on an 80 degree day.
I bought some of those things once that are supposed to turn on when it gets to a certain outside temperature, but I like the timer idea better.
Stay warm young man 😊
Just a quick tip on repairing electric fence.. i Carry rubber gloves in my repair kit so I’m not getting the wrong shock of a lifetime 😂.. stay warm and safe. Enjoy your videos
Thanks for sharing in the cold.
Thanks for watching me freezing 🥶🤣
Old man winter is tough on old men ,I know. Buddy doesn’t seem to mind the cold ,happy as usual 😁. Just got done pushing snow here in west Pa , 15 degrees . No better way to warm up than with a little bit of Ross and a fire . Does buddy ever ride with ya ? Great video Ross, see ya tomorrow .
Ross, you have to get yourself one of these. NOCO Boost X GBX75 2500A 12V, after the Dewalt tire inflator, it is my most used tool. I have started our 9500 JD with a completely dead battery in less than 60 seconds. You can get 4-5 jumps per charge. It is the best $235 you will spend this year.
Cool! I’ll definitely look into that because I’d like to have some thing for things like this.
It's definitely been too dang cold for us in Arkansas. And we probably aren't nearly as cold as y'all 🤣. Stay nice and warm!
Cows that lay around chewing their cud in are content.
Sounds like you’re needing to supplement the beef in the freezer with a little venison!
HI Ross , I would set aside my fears about fears of block heater, Just make sure you have good cords. In ND we have little choice to plug them in. You could also invest in a timer to kick in 2 hours before you need it. Get a good pair of insulated rubber gloves.
Thanks for the video. I must admit that I'm not sure I would have tried to make a video outside in that weather. I'm from north central Indiana and we had -8 with a wind chill of -35 combined with 50mph wind. I did very little outside. If it wasn't necessary, it didn't happen, lol. You're correct, unless you have been on a farm, you don't know livestock. See you later. Stay warm as possible.
Thanks Jonathan!!
Ross I agree with you about the beef cattle and cold. It has been extremely cold here in WI the last several days. -40° wind chill, and more than a foot of snow blowing around. And my cattle are out in the pasture. I don't even see them during the day, but they do come in at night for awhile to use the barn. Its open and they come and go as they please, but mostly go. I had a beautiful dog for a long time. When it got like this we would let her inside at night, but if she saw me putting fresh straw in her dog house, she was happy as could be! I think the livestock are more healthy in fresh air rather than breathing all of the used air in a building. My neighbors dairy barn has so much moisture coming out of it all the time it looks like its on fire many times, that can't be healthy at all! Maybe you can get back to the pedal tractor restoration, or other freezer top jobs until warmer times again. I look forward to your videos! Stay warm!
Thanks Jim! I think a lot of people forget that animals are wearing their coat all the time. It would be easy to get them too hot if you locked them in the heat without a way out.
Stupid cold here. We just threw down old squares for the cows and they weren't interested in going outside anyways.
My 1850 has the same batteries for the last 12 years since I hooked 2 12 volts in parallel just
what worked for me
Will get ready it’s going to stay 0 degrees or lower for the for see able future, lol this coming week end out here is one more big storm coming thruogh here,,,and that will be heading your way, thanks BigAl California ,,, praise Jesus Christ grace amen
At least your not having to push snow at -35 wind chill to get a bale of Hay
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Stay warm and safe
Thanks David!
4* above the donut here this morning, with 6 to 12 inches of snow one the way. At 68 yo an living here a lifetime, I'm not a fan anymore, but as they say... nobody's making me stay here😊
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At least you didn't have to go through a big mud hole like you got stuck in a year or 2 ago. Those damned deer always wreak havoc on an electric fence. No end to it.
It ain't cold unless there is a dash in front of the number. :) First time in the barn loft for me, that brings back memories. Our farm dog was outside year around.
Yeah, with the windchill here there’s a dash in front of the number. I don’t know that it really makes much difference cold is cold 🥶🥶🥶
We have some dogs and cats. Our one cat refuses to come inside. I mean if you try he, this very nice cat, will scratch and mew and Huss and run and everything els. We tried it once. He has no ears and half a tail because it froze off back when it was like -60. He refused to come inside. He just would not come in. He went in the dog house were there is straw with the dog, also refuses to come in. But when it gets that cold it gets hard. But they, in my experiences, would rather have there ears frozen off then come inside
Nice video Ross. Buddy looks very happy outside. Seems our animals we had would rather be outside. They did have a choice. I'm not much of a fan of cold weather. When I was younger seems it didn't bother me, but as I have gotten to be much older not so much. Wish I still had circulation.
I buy the fencer that leaves you on the ground...
Cattle are more sensitive to electric shock than you.
yea the deer around my place was always in my eletric fence😊
Stay inside and stay warm the part I don't miss about farming being out in the cold
Yep. Some work has to be done no matter what temperature it is.
Can you show us a pic of your charger? Ha ha!
I get it man I hate getting cold to
It’s no fun. Especially carrying around the 50 pounds of coats 🤣
I’d help with that fence but I have a heart
condition you know!:)
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I can't say I know any one that burns coal. Interesting.
They probaly never heard the expression were you raised in a barn .
Gawd, I hate netwrap! Barely have anything to do with hay and still hate that stuff! Congratulations on 8000 subscribers! Little premature but pretty sure you'll have them by this time tomorrow. Looks like this wonderful weather we've been having in Iowa is making it out your way.
Thanks Mike! It’s getting close so I’d say you’re right.
All ways something Todo cold here too
Always something!
I said before you need a front wheel assist loader tractor for feeding. Now I'm suggesting one with a cab and heater. No more misery. For a future video you can add air conditioning to the cab. Yes, harder to get in and out, but oh the comfort provided by climate control. Plus, with FWA no more getting stuck. You win and we win because you can make more videos and we can watch them.
Thanks Greg! Days like this I’d love to have a cab with a heater, but I bet by the time the heater would get warm I’d be about finished with what I was doing 🤣
Ross a video or so ago you showed an f 600. Mice moved into the cab. Yrs ago dad found and used a product called mouse out. It smelled like moth balls. Seems to run the rodents out!
I’ll have to look into that. I certainly have enough stuff that sits. It might be worth it
Why not just buy moth balls? That's what I do. But like everything, they've gotten more expensive also! 😳
@@jimtrewartha2594 that's what I do. I put the ideal out there.
We just went through a week of -35 and -40, it looks rather warm on you're farm compared to here.
I think I would die if it was that cold 🤣This is bad enough
Great video, noticed you always wear a pioneer hat, you wouldn’t happen to do business with Darlage Seed or Doyle Seed,just wondering
I buy it all from Spurgeon.
Ross, you should try Irn Bru Scotland's number one soft drink. It taste like cotton candy and bubble gum together.
That sounds interesting! I’ll have to keep my eye out for it.
It’s been -40 C up here for the last 10 days. Cold as Hell
Yeah, I’ll pass on that. I don’t know that I would come out till spring if it was like that here. 🤣
It's been down in the single digits in this area so I'm in the same boat of not doing anything outside that isn't necessarily.
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Thanks Paul!
Its cold here too 27° currently coldest of the year... too ccccccccold.... My Brother tells me...My IH 544 barely cranked, my Oliver 1600 was dead, my IH 300 was dead.....I only kept cows in the barn in the cold weather to keep the barn waterpipes from freezing.. too Cccccccccold.... brrrr
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AND THIS is why we have cabs on tractors.SEE
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That's funny because I sweat like that too it could be 0° and I'm sweating full bore
Why don't you ever use your jump pack? Easier than messing with jumper cables and a jump vehicle
Because I don’t have one :(
people should worry about their own business an not everyone elses
Wait bits for nitro and car too cold run them
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That does your new truck get for fuel economy think about getting for the wife
not fun work but think of doing it without your Oliver friend.
Agree. We have it so much easier than those old timers who had to do everything with a pitchfork.