Easy Money Working the Sugar Beet Harvest / Exploring NE Minnesota
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- In this video I went to Perley Minnesota to work the sugar beet harvest. The harvest lasted 38 days. We worked a total of 19 days and were shut down due to poor weather conditions for the remainder. We had a few nice days, but the last two weeks were long, cold, windy and wet. During the down time the Arctic Fox Truck Camper was feeling like a jail cell. Unfortunately the cell phone reception in Perley is almost non existent, thankfully I keep a bunch of DVD's in the camper.
I explored the NW corner of Minnesota which is primarily farm land. I ventured into a small North Dakota town and found a retired train caboose, other then that I didn't find much to look at. After spending 10 days re-watching season one, two, three and four of The Office I decided to go home until work resumed.
Mandi and I explored a State Forest only miles from her home. It is one we enjoy many times throughout the year, but this was the first time I filmed there. If you pay attention to the scenery you will notice how quickly the leaves change. When I left home the leaves were starting to change, my trip back home found the leaves in full color, and when I left the fields were dirt and the trees were almost bare.
My camera was giving me issues throughout the month. Unfortunately I lost a lot of footage of the harvest work, but I was able to put together a short video documenting my time there.
Thanks for coming along on the travels!
Thanks for watching.
One thing i love about these videos i get to see places Ill never get to go
I'll be there this year, my first year. Excited to meet new people who live my lifestyle!
The workers were great. The folks from Crystal Sugar were nice. I didn't feel the expectations were too high. After a few weeks of 12.5 hours days, 7 seven days a week people are done socializing. Just be ready for cold and wet....not crazy cold...in the 30's. But when your soaking wet in 33 degree weather with 25 mph winds it starts to wear away at a person.
My advice....don't quit, you'll get a nice bonus at Christmas if you finish it out. Some workers carry drama in from prior years of working the harvest....don't engage with their high-school behaviors, and remember it will eventually end. Then you can say you've been there, done that!
Have Fun!
Cool paid adventure....
Drone scenery are awesome.
What an experience.. The fall trip was pretty. I love Tuesdays when your videos come out. Keep them coming.
What an experience is right!!
Surprisingly good video kenny. I was really interested in the logistics of the beet harvest after seeing some of it! Great work as always, buddy!
😆 🤣 😂 you can do this job.... sure bud I can do that job but do I want to 😅😂😅...
I did all that type of work at block Plants... I was miserable and a angry person and hated coming home to fix more things.
Great exp. But no way would I want to do that kind of work again.
Glad you find joy in that work . We definitely need people to do that work
very interesting thanks
Enjoyed again Kenny
Happy I found you! I am heading that way for my very first time!
Thank you for sharing! 👍🤗
The job is all about putting yourself in the proper mindset. Go there expecting to go to work, get dirty, go back to your camper and fall asleep. Do that same process for a few weeks straight and its over.
The days where work gets canceled can be really boring. There's not much around and cell service sucks. I used the down days to wash clothes. The nearest town with any services from my sight was a 40 min drive.
It's quick, easy money, stick it out till the end and you will get a Christmas bonus.
Have Fun!
Me too!
Cool content, maybe next year I'll try it. From Texas, Stay safe
Fun video dude👊/ much respect to you and your work ethic
Thanks for watching!!
Thanks for the video Kenny, I was thinking about doing the Beet Harvest next season , staying in my Truck Camper...but man, I hear you brother when you say it was like being in jail ...waiting..all that time, but i hear the money is good!
It was a bucket list thing for me. It's really good money and easy work. It's more a mental game keeping your mind busy. Before the harvest begins people socialize, if your into that. I'm more of a loaner. But I did meet a really interesting couple living out of a bus. Once work starts you won't have time to talk. You wake up, go to work, go to bed....do that for a few weeks and walk away with 5 or 6 grand.
Kenny, I don’t think I could Leave our truck camper parked like that. Mine seems to draw curious people every where we go, people like to walk up and rock it to see how stable it is I guess. Cool Job, 👍🏼🇺🇸
It's amazing how much attention these truck campers get. Every other time at the gas station someone is commenting or asking questions. I'm not good at self-promotion so I never mention the channel. I should get a decal adverting the channel name. Even though truck campers have been around for over 60 years people are curious about them, and often say they never seen one in person.
Sugar Beet Beet Sugar Beet Beet Sugar Beeeeeet!!
Very Interesting video Kenny! thank you.
It was an experience for sure! I lost hours and hours of footage but was able to scrape this video together. I'm glad you all are enjoying it!
Currently in cavalier north Dakota on week 2 starting night shift tonight. Great vlog im subscribed.
Awesome! Have fun and be safe out there.
You are right next to my home
Wow an oldie. Strange seeing the Duramax bareback. I’d rather see it loaded up and in the woods for sure. Great drone footage even back then. ✌️👍
It seems like a lifetime ago. I made this video right after I left the police force and started working for the Department of pubkic Safty. I took a few weeks off to go on a road trip out west and work the sugar beet harvest. It was on my bucket list. I probably won't ever have a chance to do that again. The last 2 years have flown by. It reminds me of how fast and short our time on earth is.
I had a friend that worked the beet harvest every year. But now he goes to Alaska and works on the Salmon boats.
I saw an add for that once. They were looking for people to clean fish in the boats. The pay was amazing but the work conditions looked exhausting.
Excellent
Great video, Mahalo for sharing.
All of my clothes get dried on the solar drier. Arizona sun works most of the year up here.
Great experience! Thanks for sharing. I am preparing to work my first harvest this fall. Scotty still works full time, but I am out for adventure. This looks like a great experience, and I can make some bonus cash
It was a good experience. Management is very appreciative of the work. They raise pay when things get tuff. Some of the workers can get a little bucky. But that's because it's really long hours Standing in the cold, wind and rain. If things start to get hard just remind yourself the season is short.
Plus, If you finish out the season you may get a Christmas bonus.
I grew up in this area and go back every year to help a buddy out with his harvest on his farm. The weather either cooperates greatly or can be incredibly fickle. There have been two years in my life, 30+ years, where they didn't harvest barely any of the beets. While there isn't a lot of variation in terrain in NW MN/ Eastern ND, there are still some niftty small towns and many state parks to check out.
I'll have to look for the state park's next time I'm up there. The small town were awesome! I love checking out main streets in small towns. You are right though, not a lot of terrain change.
@@KennyOfAllTrades Running joke growing up is that you could watch your dog run away for 3 days.
Lol. I could definitely see that!
Check out the Canon M50. I bought it based on recommendations from other TH-camrs and plan to start myself once the delivery of my new 2022 Northern Lite 10.2 LEWB comes in next week. Great content. Keep up the good work.
I will check it out. I have been on a two day road trip. Before I left I picked up the new Gopro 10. Unfortunately the old 9 works better. The new 10 has frozen up multiple times. I have to pull the battery to reset it. The video footage becomes corrupt when it freezes and once again I have lost a TON of footage.
I also purchased a Sony Vz-1. It will be going back as well. Unfortunately the camera does not come with a detachable lens, the stock lens will not give me the distance needed to vlog like I do.
The next video will be a bugger to edit with the footage I have, but I want to stay consistent.
I will check out the M50 tonight. Thanks!
@@KennyOfAllTrades I've heard others with the same GP10 issues. Good luck. Enjoy your content and the places you find. Keeping notes for when I get a chance to get up that way. Safe travels.
Did you start a channel ourtimetorv?
@@blairM363 No. I dabbled with it for a short while. But for a variety of reasons, it didn't work out.
It's challenging, that's for sure. The time and money needed to consistently put out videos in hopes to stay relevant is massive. One thing I've learned over the last two years is that TH-cam is not easy!
Great Video Kenny. I would love that job but my knees are stuffed (bone on bone) thanks for sharing
I'm sure the farmers were as eager to get started as you were.
I also appreciate that you have cricks in MN. I grew up in SD and we had cricks also. It wasn't until I moved to CO that I saw a creek.
That's funny, We definitely have our own vocabulary up here.
Great You Tube work
Always wanted to see what goes on with beets
Now I know
Very interesting
Curious on that shot when you leave how many Ton of Beets is that?
Good money is ?
You do great work and shows us the great beauty out there
You explain and speak perfectly
Just like we are In the passenger seat
Dave
Mandan ND
That a great question. I wish I would have mentioned how many tons we processed. I can not remember any more. I made a little over 6 grand after my Christmas bonus. If the weather had cooperated, we would have completed the harvest in two weeks. Unfortunately, due to cold temps and rain, it took a month. I would do it again if I had the chance.
Good day Kenny, great video as always. Just a question for you, could you use a Audio Technica AWE T1000c mic transmitter, you wear the device on your belt, and the antenna transmits to your camera. I would think the camera(s) would need to be able to receive the transmissions. Do some research and if so I will send this unit in the mail to you, it could help greatly on the sound if it does work out.
Thank you for the offer! A few weeks back I purchased the DJI wireless mic. I hope that helps with audio. I know that first year of videos, my audio was horrible. I look back on some of my old videos and cringe. But it is kinda fun to see the progression in my skill set regarding the recording and editing process. I used the new mic on my last video. You will have to let me know if you think it sounds better. Again, I really appreciate your offer and support for the channel!
As always, love the streams. Trout fishing is my favorite activity, when I can get out of Texas to do it.
Are those 'Designated Trout Streams' stocked, or all native fish? I learned a few things! Ed
Yes the designated streams up here are stocked.
Cool experience I lived in manitoba for years yea flat watch the dog run away for 3 days you off work thats why your traveling
Yes. I haven't gotten into my past work experience on the channel. But I switched carriers recently. I start the new job soon. I was a city employee and I recently took a job with the state.
The sugar beet harvest was a bucket list thing....as odd as that sounds. I worked it into the job switch and made some nice cash.
Maybe one day I will go into my work life further. If you closely watch my videos you can see what line of work I was in.
I'm actually a really private person and quit an introvert. This channel is a way challenging myself to grow and break out of my bubble.
Thanks for watching!!
That was very interesting and something I would interested in. I'm retired from 20 years of trucking and just camp and travel now. I have a question about the rv park. My trailer just has a portipotti and outdoor shower, does the rv park where they put you up have a restroom and showers facility. Thanks....and awesome video!
There is a honey wagon that comes around every Friday while we ate working. You have to have a sewer hose hook up to the camper. He sticks a vacuum hose in the sewer line, then he opens the gray and black tank valves, and sucks is all dry. I'll be honest... it leaves a bit of a mess....but you're tired and don't really care when u get back from working.
Unfortunately, there are no showers or outhouses. We were parked in a parking lot with no services, other than power and water.
@@KennyOfAllTrades thanks
Great video. I’d want to try something like this just for the new experience and physical workout alone. You comfortable sharing what this kind of work pays? Just curious
The hourly rate is not that good. 18 something an hour. Where you make money is on the overtime. It is time and a 1/2 after 8 hours, we work 12 hour shifts, 7 days a week. Time and a 1/2 on Saturdays and double time on Sundays. Then towards the middle of the season people start leaving because of the long hours or the weather. When that happens the company will pay more. The last few week's we got time and a 1/2 on every hour worked because they needed to keep employees.
@@KennyOfAllTrades right on. You don’t seem like you need the money but an extra 8,9 Gs in play money for the camper addiction is always nice. Cheers 💪
Bob Wells talks about working jobs like that why'll living on the road full time nomadic.
It would be cool to live that lifestyle. I took 3 months off between jobs. I left the Police Department with almost 500 hours of vacation and sick time. It was a very nice check! I now work for the Department of Public Safety. During those three months off, I worked the harvest. It was something I always wanted to do but never expected to have the opportunity. It was a fun experience.
Chrome..just uses his iPhone 13….I don’t recall if your a Mac user or not. A lot of vloggers use the go pro as a back up.
I'm an Android user but I have thought about making the switch. I looked at the new Samsung s21, absolutely amazing! The stabilization of it, and the iPhone 13 is comparable to a gopro.
Nice video. Just curious if you still do the Sugarbeet harvest?
That was during a time of a career change. I saw other people doing the harvest and realized I had a chance to work it. It was something I wanted to experience. If given the opportunity, I'd do it again. Right now, it looks like I'll be working a regular Monday through Friday job until retirement. Thanks for checking out the video.
@@KennyOfAllTrades well if you want to experience it first hand we are always looking for help on the farm.
I'll remember that! Then I can cross off another one on the bucket list.
Hey Kenny, how many miles on the ole girl now? I had a 2016 Chevy 2500, wish I never sold her. Cheers, keep goin!
I'm coming up on 200k. The truck has been great! I've done a few modifications, but the only thing that has been replaced is one glow plug.....well....the DEF heater went out 3 times, and the EGR cooler had a leak. I got that "fixed" and will never have those issues again. I also swapped in a Sportsman CP3 pump. So I'm hoping to get 500k miles out of her now.
@@KennyOfAllTrades that’s awesome, I’m sure you will as long g as the body holds up. I know here in VT, you are damn lucky to get 12 years out of a rig due to the salt.
That is a constant battle! They use a liquid brine and straight-up salt on the roads up here. I spray fluid film in every nook and crany. I have a spray wand to get inside the body pannels. It does help slow down the rust process. It's a never-ending battle, and the rust always wins.
I looked thru the comments, did you get insight on a good camera? I am in MN, getting ready to see if this (truck camping) is something I want to do.
I have a friend of mine that worked beets as a kid
Hay Cory, are you talking about a rearview camera, or a camera for filming?
@@KennyOfAllTrades filming the vlogs. I know this video is old. You mentioned the GoPro's were not ideal, looking for other options. Thanks for reaching out! I have spent most of my vacation so far watching your content!
@@CoryEllingson thanks! I use the Gopro 10 now. It's better then the 9 but still fails in reliability. It's easy though...its the only thing it's got going for it.
What song was playing at the point when u drove to the Forest?
The song is by Mattias Tell, it's called Venetian Blinds.
You know as well as I do most people just don't want to work. They want top pay with no experience I run a fiber optic 6000 watt laser it took me years to learn this job and some people come in and want $20 plus a hour and dont know anything
You are not wrong Mark. Society is changing. Unfortunately having a great work ethic is no longer as respected as it once was. Punctuality, dedication, professionalism are traits that have fallen to the wayside.
I do appreciate you watching the videos. Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment.
Did I miss it? How much can a guy make on a gig like this? Thanks.
Great question. It's all direct deposit and you get a Christmas bonus if you stay the entire season. Since I make the videos and post them right away I didn't have a total for the video. If I remember right 19 days total worked was about 6 grand. There are a lot of variables though...we had crappy weather and a lot of people were leaving. They enticed us to stay with time and a half for the last week and double time the last few days. It was good money.
Perley mn
You got it!
That laundrette is completely out of order not having working dryers
What do you do for a "regular" job? Independent contractor?
I was in Law Enforcment for 10 years, then decided to get out. I had 430 hous of vacation and comp time built up, so i took 4 months off before I got a job with the Minnesota Department of Public Safty. Working the Sugar beet harvest is something I always wanted to do, so it was the perfect time. I've been back to full-time work for the last year, but still get a video out every Tuesday doing truck camping adventures. Thanks for checking out the video.
@@KennyOfAllTrades We are binging your videos while we wait to go camping this spring. Awesome job on these videos!
Very cool thanks!
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How much does the job pay?
If I remember right it was between five and six thousand dollars. It lasted about a month. We had close to 2 weeks of getting paid, but not doing any work. It was the first year they implemented the pay to stay program. The temperatures were too warm to stack the beats. The actual work took eighteen days. After the first six or seven days the weather got really crappy. A lot of people left. The last eight or nine days they paid us time and a half for every hour. And double time on saturdays and sunday. They raised the pay so people would stay. I was considered an oiler. I did maintenance to the piling machines. My hourly wage was right around nineteen dollars an hour. This was over two years ago.
Whats the name of the music 5:40 ? thank you
Venetian Blinds by Mattias Tell
Didn't this conflict with your regular job??
Yes. It would have. I left the PD and started a job with the Department of Public Safety. I had over 400 hours of vacation and comp time paid out. I took some time off between jobs to work the harvest. It was on my bucket list of things to try. I figured I would probably never have another chance. This was 2 years ago, I'm glad I got to see what all the fuss was about.
People just show up and hope to get hired or is this all pre-arranged? My son lives in Minnesota and this sounds interesting.
@@KennyOfAllTrades
Easy money? Bull
What do you do for regular work? My wife and I had to leave because there wasn't work for me (not a shock) after I got laid off in 20'
I was in Law Enforcment for 10 years and decided to change it up. I took a few months off between jobs. I know work for the Department of Public Safty. Working the sugar beet harvest was on the bucket list, the timing between jobs worked perfectly.