I personally will never part with my 4020. But I think there are a lot of tractors from those years that did it all, be it 4020s or that nice looking 1206. They all got a good reputation for a reason. I got in on the tail end of this era of farming. Started working on a dairy farm in 1988. We picked ear corn like crazy. Baled 10 to 15,000 bales of hay a year. There were over 60 dairy farms in my county when I started working. There are six left. I still milk part time, run a horse stable full time and raise steers and sheep at home. I milked with a guy who sold their cows in 93. In 83 they had a fire that burned everything down. Interest rate for him was 17%. They built a new tie stall barn too.
My grandpa was an oliver dealer. The biggest issue is they cost more money than a farmall m. Still have all the sales materials and they listed more for more money.
What always amazed me was not only how much hay a Holstein could put away in a day, but how much water they could drink when all the hydrants were froze & we spent most of our time between milking hauling water in old milk cans. Great video, thank you !!!
By the time I graduated high school in 1980 dairy farms were all but gone here in West Tennessee. I absolutely love these videos with the farmers talking about their cows, tractors and equipment. Thank you !!!
You're doing great with these videos! Its awesome hearing these stories, even from complete strangers. I think you said it best a couple videos ago about how you cant have equipment and not form attachments to it. Its a way of life
Wow you have a BUNCH of wonderful neighbors, takes me back to being a kid on the farm. Love these videos and meeting all your friends. My best memories are from 60s-70s we milked 90 cows in a stantion barn eastern WI. Lots of switching cows and small squares of hay 😂. Pat
My neighbor had a 1206 and pulled 2 14 foot tandem discs. As a kid that was impressive in 1966!!! They built the hitch like a 2 drill Waldron hitch was…..
I really enjoyed this video. First one of yours I’ve seen. My dad stopped milking in 2014. I’ve done a lot of what he talked about, especially silage frozen to the walls. Good, wholesome, just talking about life. Thanks.
I don't believe I have ever watched a video that I have enjoyed as much as the one I just watched! I can see everything is a mirror of our operation here in Southern Ontario, I had a lot of good laughs and brought back a lot of memories specially when you talked about silo unloaders and baling hay, like I said it was like listening to my own life even right down to the farm equipment you used LOL again I enjoyed this so very much at an excellent video
Watching this made me remember a guy I helped fill silo during college he had a 1206, tons of fun! He was just east of Ellsworth The more I watched and hearing John talk about 570th I thought.... just down the road from Bill Young!! Wonder if he's still with us?? He had a pair if 1466's the 1206 and a H. Filling silo with Bill and the 1206 was a blast!
❤!!! I grew up on a dairy farm as a child. This brought back a lot of memories,and I gruels understood a lot of the stories. The equipment names were different, but the stories were the same. Thanks for the memories.
I love hearing these guys talk about their farm journey. Lord willing I’ll still be farming into my 70’s and I hope someone is around that wants to hear my story. Good stuff man!
On my channel I just share stuff my little boy likes and funny stuff. I don’t share the struggles mostly because like you said the other grain farmers around here would try to kick me when I’m down. Wasn’t like that when I was a kid. Seemed everyone wanted to help when it was needed.
Love these interviews ,I started out with a 1206 in 1983 lost everything in 1988 got started again in 2001 got me another 1206 in 2006 still got it all repainted .Still farming love simple older tractors
I like those old farmer stories. It's nice hearing about other people's experiences. My grandpa told me stories as a kid but i never thought to write them down or remember them. All those stories about the bulls and things that didn't go right. How he fixed things. Or being chased by those black bears with cubs while on in open cab tractor.
Ryan love the videos great people your interviewing no bull very interesting stories starting out as tractor clips but turned out to be real farmer stories .
Everything seems to be geared towards the larger operators. Around me, the smaller acres get added to the larger pieces that are around it. Even the big guys want the irregular shaped 4 acre patches of hay and then they mow and bale around tree branches that fall into it. I don't understand it
