BIG BUD Yanking TRUCKS through the MUD!｜Grain Cleaning 2020 

Most people in the world will never know the level of pride that one experiences when the older generation hands over the business to the next generation, if all things are as the should be. I would always talk shop with my father about the goings on in what was once his business..i sure miss him.

This is where a grain cart comes in handy, don’t have to pull trucks out when it’s muddy.

Legarms mentioned in another video that there is no good gravel at your area, and even the county has problems finding decent gravelpits. How many thousands tons rockpiles at fencelines/Headlads/Fields edges have generations of farmers stacked up in your area? Pick em up with an decent size wheelloader, dump them in a soild dump truck, haul them to one point, and hire an mobile crusher and an excavator with an hydraulic hammer to pre break the bigger ones. Free gravel, exept the hauling and crushing, and you may gain some acres where the rocks have sit the from the last 100+ years till last years rockpicking . other idea would be quicklime, loosen the soil with a deepripper as deep as you can. spread quicklime over it, ~ 15-20 pouds per squarefeet, mix it in, an mill attachment would be gret but some passes with a deepripper/polow will do the job to, compact it and wait for rain, stuff is getting hard. But quicklime is aggressive as heck to paint and equipment, if we have to deal with it, we spray the equipment thick with an conservation wax, and steam preassurewash it off later... not one of my top liked jobs. Or you leave it that way, and we can enjoy "Welkers in the Mud Episode 100+" in the years to come. @Nick look in the instructions of your ropes, they dislike UV rays for extended times, thats why the bag in which they come is black, so better build them a box(like the Larrsens did) if you leave them outside on the back of the BigBud, you shorten their lifespan massive. Thats not a Today-tommorrow problem, its a 5 seasons or 15 seasons Problem. best wished&health for all ppl involved, family friends, and edditors from germany

People be thinking Legarms is strong, but dad pulling a seed cart and tractor like it's nothing @21:27 hahaha

Growing up farming we got by with what we had available. That is one of the reasons why I love your channel. No fluff, no bling (except for the bug buds), just a great family and a great family farm. Thanks Case IH for sponsoring Welker Farms so that we can all see the hard work that goes in to feeding the world.

Spring fever gets you in the mood to get ready for that first day to get out and start planting but then reality sets in wind and cold brr.,Think spring😎

Sounds like someone (Leg Arms) to weld a new tow hook on the truck that doesn't have one! Great spring project to film...

I'm sure you already know but ALWAYS make sure that your clevis pin is not the "weak link" in the nylon rope system. If a weak clevis pin breaks while the rope is stretched out the clevis itself can become a missile and come through the back cab window and shorten your actuarial table.

Luv that you guys use your own grain as seed, Think that more farmers should return to that.

Spring thawout equals mud ,time honored fact of life , no fun for machines but even worse for the livestock guy with cattle or hogs in dirt lots , not to many of either one around today but back in the day it made a lot of work !!! That seed cleaning operation is quite a machine that's been evolving for a lot of years!! The old 46 is a throw back for sure !!!

The tow rope held up just fine. Big Bud is dirty and winter is back. Great video!

My neighbor had a big pile of dirt and boulders. He brought in a guy with a portable crusher plant for two days and converted it into gravel that he then used to build his roads around his log yard. I have seen you guys dumping rocks in at least two places around your fields.

I see some Legarm special hooks on the front and rear of the stake bodies. Sounds like a great project for next winter. Enjoyed seeing the Bud doing what it does best.

Nick loves his job, and everybody is so happy to get started with the year's farm work. Very uplifting in these difficult times.

A regular farm day, stuck, dead batteries and ripped pants. Gotta love farming. Good bless you all

You could clean the surface dirt off, put the rocks from your field down, and slide enough dirt back over it to make smooth. A type of gravel.

Have you guys decided what to do with the Wagner? Have you considered putting a pintle mount hitch on it and getting a 5th wheel dolly? That will let you use the Wagner to pull trailers to and from places you KNOW the semis will get stuck in.

Cold starts ,Trucks, Tractors and mud what a great video....except the pant thing

Way to go mr. Hollywood! I'm digging the chaos selfie style of this one.

God bless to you welkers cant wait for seed to be in the ground again

Seems strange that you don't realize how many "tools" you have brought to the task until it is time to put them away!!!

I love the work that the WelkerFarms familie does!!

Good luck this spring guys, love from the UK!!

Hi guy nice to see you again. I say thanks for all the work you do in the farming industry. Keep America going through thick or thin. Thanks again

Mud season reminds me of when I worked in the ND oil field this time of year. It was actually nice when it cooled off overnight so things tacked up but then you were tripping in ruts lol. Good luck guys!

Those are some handy ropes. Thanks for all the hard work you guys do!

Work aplenty. May God be with you this season.

Those yankum ropes are the real thing. Thanks for the video.

It’s exciting to see work getting done ✅. That means spring planting is right around the corner!!! Stay safe and in good health!

Blessings on your family and crops ! Love your videos!!

Stay warm. You can send some of that cold weather down South it was in the 90’s in late March it seems like it might be a brutal hot summer. God Bless!

Great vision yet again, Thank You from Melbourne Australia

What we have done in the past is to use anderson plugs hooked up to the batteries on the vehivles/machines and then made a set of jumper cables with the anderson plugs on both ends. No need to lift bonnets or risk shorting out on the clamps. Works a treat, and brain dead easy to use. Being an Aussie we find any way to work smarter🤣

Love seeing the big buds out. Sending a big thank you and 💓 to you and your family. Stay safe. FARMERS FEED THE WORLD

You need to build a towbar for those trucks

Reminds me of growing up in KY. Dad wouldn’t buy MFWD so we never left the shed without a cable. Wish we had ropes way back then.

Nothing runs like Deere...except maybe a Big Bud! Augh yes, there's nothing like springtime in Montana. Frustrations galore. Hey Nick! Thanks for your video update from North-central Montana. Take care.

Mount a trash barrel On the back of the bud to put the tow rope in to keep it nice. Any oil or grease can compromise its strength

Nick did the super ropes came in handle I enjoyed y'all video today. Big Buds #2020 season

Great video Welkers

I like that old Ford wagon. It's got character. Great video as always. All the best.

I busted out laughing when you showed your ripped pants and said “sorry you had to see that” 😂😂😂

Wow what a mud pit. Glad to see a interesting operation, and some hard working farmers. 👍

Thanks for another great video bless y’all

So I worked with my cousins on their rice farm here in Texas and if you ran anything out of fuel they communicated in a loud manner. Conversely my cousin drove a brand new pickup with 5 of us into in a canal and they just laughed at him. You guys take issues pretty well...i think.

Being a farmer has its big responsibilties. I know it takes alot of work to keep the farm going and the crops tended to when it comes to time to harvest. Thanks fro sharing guys.

Hi i watched every video you posted they are awesome keep it up

Love the attitudes considering all the issues that come up when trying to get things accomplished, another great video and glad everything got done for you guys, God Bless

Love your video's, because there is no cussing and fussing. I quit watching other people's video's for that reason. Thanks

That time of year muddy , Big Bud to the rescue. Great videos Thanks stay safe

Get keen for the next video guys I can't wait!!

I can’t wait to see you guys out in the fields .

Hey Nick, your video's are getting better and better. Very fun to watch. Love them ropes and the Buds😛

Great Video, Hollywood!

Awesome video...thanks, as always.

First, thanks to all farmers around the world for the hard work they do feeding the world. Second, Please use a tow clevis the correct way. The loop end should be out so the tow strap, chain or whatever you use to pull as a smooth place to turn or twist. Especially when using straps because it could bind in the clevis pin and cut. Look at pics of tow trucks and watch an operator use the equipment the correct way. God Bless.

I remember watching your video of the seeds being cleaned last year. Man time flies

We had an extremely wet year in 2013 in north Florida. We stick everything that year! Sprayer, cotton picker and the peanut picker! I learned real quick to invest in a heavy duty chain! I need to get a big tow strap.

I actually enjoy seeing the Ford trucks and the JD 4520 out working. There's just something about the old iron that I enjoy.

Awesome looking tow ropes

Perfect situation for a set of over tire tracks, like those used on skid steers only larger.

Your videos have cured my boredom when I’m not out logging😂 thanks for making these so entertaining

Those ropes wash out very nice in a 55 gallon drum!

Here in Michigan the rain and water is relentless! Sometimes wish we had a lack of rainfall? It was drying out here for a while!

Isnt there a huge pile of concrete and rocks on the farm? They rent portable crushers to turn that stuff in to gravel.

Really Interesting Video!! Thanks

get your selves some old conveyer belt and roll it out under your augers and use it as a track for your trucks we use to do it in winter helped alot

Great video....really interesting in a kind of 'day in the life' way. Even in that weather..it's nice to work outside and with a team and see what you've accomplished at the end.

Upload Time ti like and watch like 8 times because this is like the only good thing on You Tube

Funny that the most used engine in this video was the Ol' Chevy. It looked like you couldn't have done anything without. Really a great "backup truck" I really love this channel, even if I'm not a farmer at all, and even not American! Keep the good woork, and stay safe out here!

This editing is awesome! keep it up!

To make the yankum ropes last longer, make sure you put the yankum rope end in the curve of the clevis and not the pin side. Watch Ron Pratt from midwest truck towing. Love the video's keep up the good work.

Love the vlogs, bloody good intro. From an Aussie Sheep farmer stuck inside because of needed rain

Ah spring in the Northern states. Don't ya just love it. The other day here in North Idaho we had sun ,snow ,wind, rain, hail. A small tornado touch down by Richland, WA. And a earthquake! It was a very eventful day LOL ! God bless you and 2020 !

Cool slo-mo shot on the auger drive belt.

Awesome video , you guys are the best , just started with sugar beets here in Michigan,

Exciting times. Good thing you got those ropes when you did. I think i could use something liek that but alittle smaller for my offroad trucks.

I watched a video today that Machinery Pete put out about a collection of IH tractors. Sounds like a good road trip for you guys. The Old Red Farm Shed.

Good video can’t wait until Wednesday

Brings back great memories of mid 80es in Illinois on 1500 acres of seed corn and soybean very hard work before the sun and way after but always up in the morning to do it again learn to fix all

great video and love the 4520

Love those Ford trucks keep em rolling

@16:10 Like the slow-mo on the belts!

4520 has a pretty wicked cold start!👍

Thanks for working so hard to keep us fed! Farmers rule....

That's awesome I love stuff like that!!! Wow!!!

I grew up on a dairy farm in Wisconsin. I spent every spring cleaning our oats with a fanning mill.

God bless you all too nick

Is there any place around that might have old road millings? Those have become a real popular alternative to rock out by me.

I was worn out just watching all that activity, busy time for you all.

Definitely need a grain cart/tractor to load all grain into... in the mud... to take to roads/gravel areas.

Yankum ropes did great. Good video!!! Thanks!

So in PA where I live it's like 60 some times 70 ish right now and in Montana it's still winter!

gotta love the free air conditioning!!! lol, except when a snow storm hits

If you got to keep jump starting your machines you should invest in Battery Quick Connect Plugs. It will make it a lot faster and easier. No need to pop hoods or remove battery covers. Keep a set of the jumper cables with the quick connects on both sides in each pickup.

You guys need a electric mover for your auger hopper they work awesome and are on remote control

Great video as usual!! It’s 80 degrees here in Alma Georgia the Blueberry capital of the world!! Thanks for sharing!!

Nice BB tractor with those LSW tires on it

My dad always used to say seed cleaning was the start of cropping season clean seed clean crop.

Cummins makes such a beautiful noise.