The hunting, trapping, cowboy! I live in Saskatchewan, Canada and am a 3rd generation rancher. I grew up chasing cows and riding horses, hunting and trapping on a 10,000 acre ranch where I developed a great love and appreciation for the outdoors. In 2013 I met the beautiful lady I had been waiting for! She is from Switzerland and her name is Leila. We were married in 2014 on horseback along the shore of one of the lakes that is on the ranch. In 2018 we had our first child. A son and his name is Trapper. Followed by a daughter in 2020, named Ava. They are the joy of our hearts! I now look forward to a new chapter in our lives. Teaching them about the great outdoors and all it has to offer. Come along for the ride! I can be contacted at garrypahlke@gmail.com
Looks like a ton of fun! I've never caught a Pike. He will remember that trip the rest of his life. Those are the "Little thing" that are the most important.
Looks like a great day out on the lake. Good to get your son out there fishing. Be only a few seasons and you’ll be competing with him for all the big fish. Warms the heart to think of it. Enjoy the day my friend👍👍
Oh man I hate that the big one got away!!! I had to chuckle when he asked about alligators….. we don’t even have them in Tennessee!😂 But all in all a fun time out with the family! Thanks so much for bringing us along!!!
You are explaining " living history" I have supplied the wood to replace a hay cutter at the Whitemouth farm equipment. Best to go to the Austin Manitoba Threshers re-union in Manitoba to see some of the old equipment
I have heard of that threshers reunion in Manitoba. It would be nice to go. We have one close here. It's called "Haying in the 30s ". They are using all that old equipment too. Blacksmith shop, etc. It is pretty interesting. I want to take my kids when they get a little older, so they can understand it more. Thx for watching my friend! Have a good day.
Absolutely love this video! I’ve driven three a few times and four once or twice…….. but always on the same evener………. I’ve never even heard or see a piece of equipment that had two teams hooked separately! That’s truly remarkable and quite amazing! Here we get so much rain we have to put it in the barn pretty much immediately. I’ve wished many times for a dump rake to make the bunches with…… as you know we go down the swath and make them with a fork. Thanks so much for sharing this!!!
Thank you Brother! That's the only thing I've ever seen 2 independent teams on, hooked separately like that. I know how Dad drove them but I'm not so sure I could have done it. I've often wished that I could have had a video camera back then and filmed a bunch of it. Was definitely a different time. Thank you for watching my friend! I sure appreciate it. Best wishes to you folks.
There’s a reward that comes from a long hard day’s work, above and beyond what you accomplish and regardless of what industry or job you’ve done. It’s that feeling at the end of the day when you wipe the sweat off your brow and you’re proud. Thanks for reminding me of that. 👍
That is exactly right my friend! No matter what you do, do it with pride, and at the end of the day be proud of what you've accomplished. Thx for watching my friend! Best wishes to you.
Thanks for reminiscing with us. Brings back stories my dad told of farming with horses and mule teams. The explanation of the sweep was new to be me. Good story. Easy to get a mental image of your dad operated it. Man wouldn’t a video been great to record all your farming history.
I have wished many times that I would have been able to video it so I could show people. We made some awfully big haystacks! Thank you for watching, my friend. You take care.
Thats some pretty cool equipment! That deal your dad gathered the hay with is wild! Hard to believe nobody got hurt! Thank you very much for sharing brother!!
Yes, I never thought about it at the time , but now when I think back about it, I don't think I could have done what Dad did. I'm glad I got to experience that way of life. Thank you for always watching my videos, brother! Best wishes to you
Thank you so much. I remember my dad and uncle cutting with horse mowers only once. I am 73. We were running D John Deeres with Distolate in the mid 50's. I still drive by a colony where they use hayloaders. I love your channel BTW. God bless Dwayne and you and your family.
Thank you so much for your kind words. Those were definitely different times. In a lot of ways, I think they were better than now. Those colonys still do so much the old ways. Lots of hard work but they have a lot of manpower. Best wishes to you my friend! Thank you so much for watching.
I remember as a young man I used to enjoy collecting bails and throwing them on the trailer. As a team we’d run from bail to bail collecting them. I look back on it with fondness even though it was tough. Old machines like those are iconic farm symbols now. Certainly easier work today. 👍👍
It was tough. I too have collected square bails. It was hard work but I have good thoughts on it too. In some ways it was a easier time. A lot less expense and not nearly all the government red tape that we have to deal with nowadays. Thx for watching brother! Best wishes to you.
I remember all the procedure,you forgot about the pitman. 🐝 and bees 🐝 🪹 which were not the 🐎 horse’s friend along with the horsefly’s ( bulldogs) sand or deer flies and mosquitoes 🦟 which were the size of 52 bomber. They also had a knife and a cutter to cut the haystack because when they drug it to the stack it would be all mixed up and super hard to pull apart.our cutter had three mower blades riveted to a handle and plate and small peg to jump on to cut soooo many memories with each piece of equipment right now they would be starting to check everything out sharppenthe knives 🔪 check and replace guards,the pitman yes those were the days before hydraulic mowers and side delivery rakes bales were only in western movies 🎥 as we only had loose haystacks and hay.
All true. I also remember doing it with snow on the ground. That eliminated all the fly problems, but I was so darn cold on that rake, I would have to get off and put my hands up by the horses sheath to warm my hands. Good times indeed, lol Thx for watching and have yourself a good day!
That's a nice trip down memory lane. A man needed a strong back & a lot of determination in the old days. One man now can do a winter's cutting & hay bailing in a couple of days with the equiptment they have nowadays. When I was teaching in Manitoba, I took some students on a field trip to a ranch & talking to the rancher, I realized it was like talking to a fisherman back in my home, Newfoundland. Hard work, good years & bad years, always a better tomorrow. I grew up with that way of life. I don't like the trappings of mechanization/modernization. I guess it's kinda like shaving off the beard, "Change the way you look at things & the way you look at things change." Keep moving forward.
It was a lot of hard work for sure. Somethings about it were nicer though. For one thing, there wasn't nearly the expense involved, and the horses pretty much always started. Now every ranch or farm is getting bigger and bigger. You need a lot more equipment to do the job. Thx for watching brother! Have a great day.
My Great uncle used to plow with a horse. He died before I was born but my Grandad told me. Old machines can work just as good as the new one's. Some great memories there iremember building hay stacks with my grandfather i would have been around 8 year's old be around 1988
With a little work I'm sure I could get 2 of these dump rakes working, and probably 1 of the mowers. When I think back on it now, I do have good memories of it. A lot of hard work back in the old days. Thx for watching brother! You folks take care.
HEY..........Where's your BEARD?????? NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! I guess she won! (They usually do, but we give in! ) I miss feeding cattle with a horse team. Never used any of the horse drawn equipment though. You oughta restore some of that stuff. It's too good to waste, and as time go's on, they will be worth more and more. The area around Wisdom Montana was known as "The Land of 10,000 Haystacks" They used beaver slides to stack the hay into piles instead of baling it. There used to be some still in use in the 1990's, but I think they are all pretty much gone now. I saw it done, but never did it myself. It's kind of sad when you think about it. Very neat that you got a chance to do it. Very interesting! Great video!
Good morning Gary! Yes she finally won... I miss working with a team of horses. There was some advantages. They just about always started. A lot cheaper to run. You could open a gate, tell them to gid-up, and they would come through the gate on their own. You didn't have to climb up and drive through like if you were on a tractor. I'm happy I got to experience it. We were the only ones in the whole area still doing it that way. I have watched some videos, likely from that area of Montana where they were using a beaver slide. Really interesting to see. Thx for watching my friend! You folks take care.
Good memories, and as a kid rode that dump rake as well, and was glad to move up to the side-delivery rakes. Haying was tough back then, as you so well told about. thanks for the memories.
I was glad when I switched to a side delivery as well, but now when I think back, I do miss using the horses a bit. It definitely was a tougher way of putting up feed and feeding it as well. Thanks for taking the time to watch, brother! Until next time, take care.
always enjoy your videos, I loved the stories my dad used to tell, my favorite was when they were little a neighbor used to have them pick strawberries, the farmer used to give them a handful of gum before they started, they didn't get gum very often, soon they realized they couldn't chew gum and eat the strawberries at the same time. smart farmer. thanks hope the family has a great summer
These might become decorations at some point too! I think I could easily rebuild 2 of the rakes and one of the horse mowers. I would like to rebuild them. Thanks for watching my brother! Have a great day.
The older we get we remember the old days or our younger days,, things we did or got by with if our parents only knew all that we done & all the hard work made us what we are today!,, work ethic something todays kids don’t know much about!!!!
Nothing like a trip down memory lane! We used the hay rake to make rows and came along with the wagon and hoisted the hay up where somebody would rearrange it. At the barn, there was a device which would take the hay up to the hay loft. Most Amish these days use a loader to get the hay onto the wagon. That was work and then some! 😊😊
Yes, now days, I sometimes wish I was still doing it. I kinda miss those days. It wad definitely a lot of hard work but we were fit as a fiddle with not a ounce of fat. I'm glad I got to experience it. Thank you for watching my friend. Best wishes to you.
Simpler times were the better times. Modernization has made things easier but why are we all running around a 100mph now. Even though we have better equipment people are stressed more. Hope you are well Camo.
I couldn't agree with you more! We all get bigger and bigger operations. With bigger operations comes more cost and more stress. Might be better to go back to those old ways and keep less cattle. Thx for watching brother! Have a great day.
Yes, they still believe in the old ways. I wonder if they still make their own nails and spikes. Lots of Amish in PA. There isn't any around here. We have Hutterite colonies and Mennonites. Ontario has some Amish. Thx for watching my friend! Take care.
Good evening Garry. Modernization... A few people still use the old equipment. You're right! The horse drawn mowers replaced a bunch of guys with scythes.. We had an old dump rake when I was a kid. Still had the wooden tongue, but had a claves hitch for a tractor. Pretty cool how it was once done!!
Ya, when they didn't have to use scythes anymore and got the mowers, they thought they were real big time, putting hay up on a large scale. I guess they were compared to the scythe. Now a person takes these tractors and modern cutters and knock down more hay in one day then they could have ever dreamed. Times keep changing! Sorry for the late reply, my friend. Thx for watching and have a good night.
One of my first jobs was running a dump rake like that. Only we pulled them with a tractor. So there was no teeth on your sweep. You just ran into them bunches and it just piled up out in front I guess. Thanks for showing that stuff. It's really cool. My kids will probably never know what the heck that's about
No teeth on the sweep. It would actually move the bunches quite clean on high ground. In real lowlands along the water, a bit of hay would slide under. I would travel behind with the rake, and when it needed to be dumped, I would drag it over to another bunch and dump it. Sorry for the late reply, my friend. Thank you for watching!
