Greasing the Root Slicer (100+ Zerks!) 

2 yougn kids with their whole lives ahead of them its exciting and nice to see:)

Laura and Grant, I knew a man who had a heavy equipment business. His son unscrewed a hydraulic line with dump bed up and dad leaning across the frame. Grieved himself to death with self-blame. Please work safe. Love ya'll in Mississippi.

Laura, nice to see you getting into a little of the muck though not to much in this case. A couple of things. First, NEVER get under something held up ONLY by hydraulics, if the hydraulics fail for some reason or if someone accidentally bumps the control lever, you are CRUSHED and most likely injured if not dead. Put a couple heavy duty jack stands under that implement before you get under it. Second, you should wipe down at least the end of the grease zerks as if you don't you'll be pushing a little bit of dirt along with the grease into the bearing. Third, for sort of an amusing thought, in my day we didn't have that very nice electric powered grease gun, we had to hand pump the grease into every zerk. How much more fun would that job be if you did it with out the powered grease gun?

Hi Laura! I really love your videos. You make this world a better place just being who you are. Thank you for that. 🌹

I would suggest wiping the dirt and crud off of the zerks before attaching the grease gun.

Laura,,watching a young newly wedded couple so into farming,make us all very encouraged about the future of this country and the American future...it's great to see you and Grant working together and having fun together.....you both make my day with every video,thank you both,have a beautiful day 👍👍👍👍 Stay warm from Illinois

Never trust the hydraulics when your working under a piece of equipment. Always brace it!

I don't want to sound like a safety nut, but be careful getting under anything held up by hydraulics. If a hose bursts or some other minor part breaks it can fall really fast. It is good practice to have some sort of stand or at least something to take the load should a failure occur. Better than your head taking the load. Been there done that a lot.

I always enjoy watching your enthusiasm and love for what you do.

3:50 - Hydraulics don't always hold, please don't bet your life they will hold.

Get out from underneath that damn implement. Always block up your equipment before even thinking about getting under it and also do not work alone.

At over 30lbs per foot of just toolbar, put some stands under it or at least blocks! Hydraulics give no warning when they fail and fall!

You guys work so hard! Glad you found time for a bit of fun too. Love ❤️ you! Grammy

I see I'm not the only one that was concerned about safely working on equipment. It was bad enough to see what happened to Scott (Leg Arms) when he thought he had everything secured and still had a accident. This is one old Grandpa that wants you kids to be safe.

People who rely on hydraulics sometimes do not need to worry about growing old. Having the over head hoist attached with a slack chain, 2 ton can turn into 5 ton in a foot fall. Safety stands are like soap, cheap and more people should use.

Please, any time you crawl under a piece of equipment put something to prevent it from falling. I have had to help pick a corn head off a farmer the crawled under it and it fell on them. Not a pleasant job. I don't ever want a farmer to have to deal with that anguish.

Please in the future support the tool bar , 1 take out Battery 2 pull back plunger & lock in place 3 unscrew tube remove old grease tube 4 insert new tube and pop off top of tube 5 screw tube back on, 6release plunger, 7putbattery back in , Wear safety glasses when working please.

Laura, your table is missing the 8x10 photos for autographed photo's for all your fans!

Laura if that were me loading that grease gun.......Blue grease would have been everywhere!!!! Great Job!

Lee Barnhart is absolutely right.. You should either block the implement or at least use the chain hoist to add an extra level of protection while you are in harms way. Way to many farmers are accidentally killed each year by not following basic safety guidelines. That being said; I love your posts and looking forward to seeing many more of them. Nice to see the local area that you live in. My grandmother was born in Hastings and one of her brothers in Sutton so not all that far from where you are.

Nice video as always! Helpful hint (I see others have already said it): wipe the dirt off of the zerk fittings first before snapping on the grease gun connector. Any dirt and abrasive that is on the outside of the zerk will get pushed into the lubricant and will end up inside causing more wear. As others said, get some jack stands to put under these heavy implements when working under them. We don't mean to nag and are not running you down! We want to see you all safe and happy because we like you a lot! I see that Grant tried to turn around in another low spot as I saw and mentioned on another video when he did the same with his truck while pulling a trailer? Always pull or back straight ahead out of the low spot First before turning on more flat level ground so you won't plow the front end under and get stuck! Keep on making the videos! Love your smiles and laughs! They make my day in this gloomy gray boring winter! We love you all!

Enjoy watching your post, We do a lot of the same stuff in Florida. Of course without the snow. It amazes me many people tell you in his or her comments how you should or shouldn't do something. Bless there hearts. Keep on keeping on!

I absolutely love greasing implements, it's sooo satisfying... I have to do it manually do, i don't have a power greaser, so at the end my arm is reduced to butter...

Love how fast you got that greasing job done. 😊

Another great video Laura Farms keep them coming highly appreciate them.

It nice too have fun with hubby on beautiful day in the snow it looks pretty there

Did someone wipe the zerks before adding the grease? Would you crawl under a vehicle lifted with a hydraulic jack not backed up with jack stands?

Safety. What they all said. Want you around a long time!

Love your vidoes and happy to you two on your marriage and future adventures too togethers

Salesman to Laura's dad, "It does have a quite a few grease zirks." Laura's dad, "No problem, Laura has that covered."!!!

Snowy country side looks real good 👍

We also finally have about 15cm of snow in the Netherlands last weekend! :-D No snowmobils though.... But still lots of fun! Had a 3,5 hour walk in the snowstorm last Sunday

For those grease zerks that won’t take grease take out the nipple and screw in the hose from a porta power that will bust up most clogged places that won’t take grease remember to wire the hose around something close so if the threads pull you won’t get hit with the hose try that saves a bunch of work most times

Two o0bservations: 1. the battery operated grease gun with refill grease in a tube and a flexible grease hose is a lot easier than the old hand pump grease guns that had a metal greasing tube and you refilled the gun by hand out of a 5 gallon bucket of grease and made sure you had no big air pockets in the gun, then you had to hand pump the grease into the zerts. 2. You stated Grant's truck had recently been ":DELETED"!

"Don't mind Grant in the background, I really don't know what he is doing." oh newlywed Laura, I think most wives really don't know what their husbands are doing. :)

I'm no expert but that doesn't seem safe. Stay safe, Laura!

The Nebraska Ag Expo show is coming up! Hope to see you there. I will be at a booth on Wednesday, February 24.

Im a former u.s. military veteran and you had made my time eatching your vidoes

Have a great time Laura and Grant

Thanks for the snow machine footage ! 🙏🇺🇸

you two are made for each other.......you both got stuck....awe

You should wipe off the zerts before greasing so you don't shoot the grime in.

I cant understand how somebody can dislike this nice content

Great video Laura

Again, I am enjoying watching you do familiar, farm things. It would be great to meet you and Grant at a farm show - Farm Progress Show, Husker Harvest days, etc. My wife and I enjoyed visiting with Delight Wear who wrote a column in Prairie Farmer magazine before the internet; and she was usually at the Farm Progress Show - Missouri farmer, Doug.

Greetings from winter cold (-20 degrees Celsius with the wind chill) here in Prince Edward Island, Canada. Have a great day you two! Cheers.

They do make a Zerk cleaner were you fill it with oil, place on Zerk and pop it with a hammer to drive out the dried grease. It works pretty good....

For stubborn zerks try the fluid hammer device Matt on diesel creek showed on his grader video the other day. He had good luck with it.

From what I can hear I don’t a think it’s going well , my husband is talking to you, “ No you’re doing it all wrong !” 😂

Nice looking root puller! You'll be surprised how many don't know how to change grease tubes!

As always I enjoy your vids....keep up the great job!!!

Kids and their toys, do we ever grow up ? I'll probably never get to drive a snow mobile. In Georgia, we don't allow snow ! 💕🤙😎

Love y’all!!

After growing up in the south we would say, "its not the heat, its the humidity." Now that I'm in Nebraska I know its not the cold but the wind. On Monday it will be -10 for a high. So it doesn't matter.

Just watched NYFG's channel and Evelyn was wearing a Laura Farms hoodie...go bugeaters....

Definitely your year for snow.

Snowmobile looks some Scary Fun.. Hell they Shift

NEVER go underneath something that could fall on you - that's 'Farming 101', taught by my dad over 50 years ago... clean the grease fittings before trying to add more grease... powered greasers are convenient, but they cause more seal failures than they're worth, because they can't tell when a grease cavity is full - a lever-operated gun (or pistol-grip) will pressure up just enough to be noticed, without popping a seal...

Should see how many grease points there are on a Class 47 (locomotive) bogie (truck). Hundreds of the bloody things! It's like a porcupine!

Glad to see you using a safety chain on that root slicer. Be careful on those snow mobiles with high speeds. Things go wrong fast.

You do Awesome Work !! 👍👊

Hahahahaha get er Grant!!!!! Grant didn't just get stuck!!!! Yeeeaaahhhh Grant!!!!!!! Brothers Unite!!!!!!

You are offering Laura Farms Carhartt facemasks? OMG I need them!!!

I hate to nag but I would have put a wooden block under the tool so that if the hydraulic system failed it would not come down on you while you were underneath.

i wish you would use jack stands

We call them stalk pullers in South Texas.

Love ur vids 😊

Dang it! I want the OG Laura Farms Gear!😢😢😢

Great video!

Grant I saw the neatest tool on RU-vid last week. Its a tool that frees up a stuck zert! Its seriously freed up like 13 of 13 frozen zerts on a 1950's old mini motor grater. He charged a cartage with a penetrating oil and forced it into the zert by taping a small piston with a hammer and in just a min. the zert was fully functional and taking grease. It was so simple, it was so easy, and it it worked. I know we've all broke off the zerts while trying to replace frozen ones. No fun and a 20 mins project takes all day (if you are lucky). When I saw you greasing, you made me think of it and it would sure be handy to have around a professional barn! Check RU-vid for "Diesel Creek". If you are interested. I would be in your shoes with all the greasing a Professional farmer must do.

Nice swag!

Looks like a Orthman Stalk Puller.. cool machine!

Laura, get one of the Lock-n-Lube tips for the grease gun. Once the tip grabs onto the Zerk fitting, the only way it will come off is to push in on the paddle. Not sure why Milwaukee the Lock-n-Lube from the factory. Oh, in the second speed setting on the Milwaukee gun, the gun develops 12,000 psi pressure. In the event of a Zerk not taking grease, remove it, then install a new one and leave to old one to soak in kerosene. 95% of the time, after a soak they free right up. Last thing, never mention the work DELETED on a on-road vehicle. It's a dirty word to some, others like to tattle.

Hi! In from the Netherlands and I love to watch your videos

I don't know anything about snow mobiles, couldn't the other one pull it out if you had tow straps? Awesome videos.

Have you guys ever tried a Grease Joint Rejuvenator search amazon for them they work well

He has you trained already...………...you do the nasty jobs, while he goes off and grabs a snack, or something. HAHA Yes I agree, NEVER get under something like that without supports...… FOR SAFETY!!!! I hope you realize that I'm Just yanking your chain. You do one heck of a job on that farm. You are a very hard worker. Keep up the great wok, sweetheart.

Funny all videos in work boots first time seen in sneakers lol love the videos

Are you gonna catch it if the hydraulics fail Laura ? Be careful.

Beat it Nerd!

I agree with others. Always wipe your Zerk fittings to clear diets away. Otherwise you’re pushing dirt into the joint.

I love your videos

Holsom work done

Ah, that sound on the grease gun sounds like work is happening!!!!!

I also enjoy your Tik Tok's. 😎

Ya needs a L. Farms backdrop!😃👍

Awesome

👍👍 awesome video.. 🚜🐓🐮🚜🐓🐮🚜🐓

MORNIN LAURA

Oh root slicer. I thought it said "rooster slicer" so i clicked right away lol

I agree with Joe Preston about the safety blocks. We hate to see you get hurt or killed. You don't have a chance when the hydraulics give away. Also all those grease fittings and not a one was stopped you were lucky.

Laura we all love you please don't get under equipment without supports holding it you worried me!!

VERY NICE

more vlogs please u make me like farming and tractors more 🤗

Laura I enjoy your videos but you should never get under a suspended load without having jack stands or blocking under the load.

no safty stand

Omg to many people are criticizing them for not blocking it up. I get that stuff can happen but they are aware of the risks. Clearly this isn’t there first time greasing a piece of equipment. Besides it’s a John Deere it won’t break down!

Please place safety blocks under implement before getting under it thanks be safe thanks 😊

"Greasing the Root Slicer" You gotta pay extra for that in Vegas. :)

I truly love your giggle 💞