I remember riding the wagon and stacking for the farmer down the street from us. we were 10 - 11 yrs old and catching 35- 40 lb. bails from the kicker. we really learned to steer their flight so we had a minimum of real lifting. the best part was riding on top of the wagon watching the look on our Moms faces seeing their kids going by 13 or 14 ft in the air.
Wes, I love your idea for a antique tractor plow day. That would be a great video. I am sure everyone would love to see that, you could make it long and multiple video's to watch in series. I really enjoyed seeing your older tractors working again and Tim looked like he was enjoying himself too. It brings back great memories of when I was a young boy in the Pocono mountains and the locals would use their old equipment in the fields. Thanks for sharing all your great stuff!
This brought many memories, we had a neighborhood "group" for the baling, we went one farm after another for several cuttings each year. We started at one guys farm, he owned the tractor/baler, then to another who owned a mower and a hay rake, and it kept going. We had a crew of 3 mowers 3 rakes, 1 baler, and 3 loboys that tranported the bales, plus 2 JD As, one JD 4010 and a IH model F-20 to run the elevator to lift the bales into a barn. This was quite a procession going down a country gravel road, going to the next farm. I forgot the JD 60. I still recall the 4010 breaking down, it was the baler tractor, we just hooked up an A and kept on going.
In the mid 1960’s we ran a JD B and a Farmall M. We farmed 40 acres in the south suburbs of Chicago. Just corn and soybeans alternating each year. Nothing to bale but helped others. The Farmall was the fancy new tractor because it had lights, electric starter and hydraulics. I still liked the JD B even though I had to turn the flywheel to start it then close the cockpits to raise compression. No hydraulics on the B. Had a mechanical lift on the cultivators. Also plowed pulling 2 16’s with mechanical lift. Used heat housers this time of year. I’ll be 70 in the coming months; my brother will be 71. There are times we each wish we had an old JD or Farmall in the shed for those occasional chores. Thanks for showing yours.
Hell lee I remember baling at my grandpa's and he had an old 60 and a 3020.but before that ha had an old 2 linger 435 JD which had a 2-35 Detroit diesel in it.2 of us on the rack.2 hauling wagons,grandpa on top of the wagon using the old get sticker.we didn't use elevators at his place lol.then skid steer to pull the hay up into the hay mow and 2 guys stacking it in there.gotta love those old days.we had an IH 656 diesel hydrostat,a 300 torque flight and a C.and that old 60 could still pull out a heavy silage wagon out of the field yet to lol.miss those days
I've come to the conclusion that the guy that invented the knotter system was a damn genius or possibly drunk at the time when he came up with that idea. Like the videos....keep um coming
I grew up farming in Hainesport, NJ in the 60's and 70's. I love many things about baling hay (not sweating in the haymow though). But the main thing is the rhythmic beat of a small square baler. Ours was an ancient McCormick 50T. I'm a red tractor guy, but I still like the older JD's. I must admit that when you pair the pop-pop of the 2 Cyl with the beat of the baler, you get sort of a rhythm concert!
Wes..this is one of my favorite videos of yours..the real emotion you displayed talking about these hard working machines that just want to be in the sun one more time..even though they are inanimate they are like family..cost us money..time..hardship..but pay us back with effort and hard work..thanks for this video..and why there are 35 nays is because these people have no idea of what this life is like...
Wes thank you for the trip back to my young years late 50's on into the late 60's when I learned the farming trade from my grandfather. We used JD's and Farmall's the hands down favorites were the "popin'" Johnny's. Thanks again for the trip down memory lane.
For a very little while I tortured my poor W4 International on an old model 67 NH baler. She would do it but on heavy stuff just not fair to that little tractor. Then we acquired a 60 JD and it was a pleasure to listen to that tractor work and just walk away with that baler. Much nostalgia and wishing to have those times back. Good video. Plow day good idea.
Wes , thank you for posting baling the way I grew up doing . I was always the stacker on the wagon . Grandma drove the tractor , and , uncle Joe picked them out of the field and placed them on the wagon for me . Never lost a load on a hill or ditch , just criss crossed
It's the old iron that has made farming into what it is today. Still got my grand dad's old '35 non-styled "B". Also had an old 14T JD square baler. No issues with it, floor just rotted away. Love the old iron personally. Great video
Love the video. After years of complaining about baling with the JD 520 and 336 baler For my uncle I now use the 520 I bought from his sale to run our old 14 t. I agree using the old iron gives you a joy that you can't explain!
Great videos. Had to quit farming 19 years ago this halloween. Days like that, nice and bright now clouds makes me miss it. Don't get me wrong when it rains around here, I do not miss being outside. But there is something about being outside with a tractor going around and around.
What a perfect day doing that kind of work with your son! I'm envious. They just had a plow day here in Plainview, MN last week with the old tractors. Great idea!
That brings back some memories from my old man and me bailing hay when I was a teenager. We finally got tired of the stacking at the end and he got a round baler with a cab tractor with A/C to pull it. Much nicer :)
been involved with that kind of haying work in my younger years, kick balers were a luxury, usually took the bales right off the baler chute onto a wagon, five tiers and a cap,
I've watched this video 3 times now and it's awesome to see old iron like this still working I love getting my jubilee out and working it but I do love the farmall when I drive that farmall down the road people just gawk at it and when they see it working in the field they love it even more they were so simple but effective back then and easy to work on to my new tractor is not so easy to work on but runs like a charm great vid Wes
Great to see the two cylinders going! Would love to see more of the 60 working. I'll bet the 60 would run that baler fine. Plow day sounds fun- antique iron even better!
I've stacked bales on a wagon behind a JD 60. Has more than enough power. A little traction problem going up really steep hills. Never spun the tires but with a full load would get real close.
Your videos are awesome!! I look daily on RU-vid for them. Reminds me of when I would go help my grandpa out on his cattle farm. From chasing bush hog parts in the countless hills that co-op is too scared to fertilize because the hills to fixing hay mowers only to turn around and it break again 5 min later. Oh and the occasional hunt for groundhogs in the garden. Lol.
Very nice videos Wes, Brings back memories i raked hay and haul hay with my uncles John Deere 70 this summer, we have a 60 as well bought new in '53 never was traded. A plow day would be awesome i think.
I never learned how the knotter made the knot, but I fixed it many times, especially when a root got caught in the needles, or when the pickup got jammed. Hot messy work. Rough on the back.
Gee, I worked with a JD R Diesel. Loved it. Top speed on the road, maybe 12 mph? Pulles a 12-foot toolbar cultivator, mopwed with it, baled. big memories.
Hey there OLF. antique Plough Day, magic. especially to those of us transplanted to Australia. Love seeeing the tractors of the vintage I grew up with working. Check out Foldens Plough day. Close to where I grew up. Have a good one !
Great video OLF I love to see the older tractors working it's great that you use yours and I think the plough day is also a great idea please let us know more about it.
My grandpa used to plow all out land with our 1947 Farmall M. Mind you it had no power steering. When you hit a rut or whole it about breaks your hand when the steering wheel spins he pulled a 3 bottom plow. But I see a lot of videos of people getting together for a spring plow with antique tractors. You have plenty of subscribers to get a good mess of tractors, I really think you should do it. If the old tractors aren't being used the way they are meant to be, then they aren't living their life.
Man I wish Dad had had one of those kickers on his bailer. I'm not sure the make, or year, of the bailer. I know it was an antique when we were still using it 20 years ago. That bastard put out some heavy bails. The perfect bail, from that machine, weighed between 150 and 200 lbs. Anything lighter than 125 lbs was very loose. Anything less than 100 lbs was likely to fall apart when you picked it up. I'll be honest; Loading them into the back of the truck, and stacking them 15 high behind the barn, was not exactly my idea of fun when I was a teenager.
Most bales from a small baler would only be 75 lbs not no 150 to 200.and there's no way in the world you could throw one that heavy 15 high.150 to 200 lbs bale would have to be about 7 foot long
Hi Wes Good to see the old iron at work, our neighbor and his son used to run a 2cyl and square baler with the modern IH and round baler in the same field for hay on the last day of the season, Sadly The son died in his sleep in Jan 2004 and it has not been repeated since 2003, with the other son driving. It was kinda sad Mom was in the field in 03 taking photo's and gave the picture to Ron's Dad of them together doing hay for the unknown then last time.. Never seen a thrower like that round here, looks kinda neat. the plow day sounds good, I got a buddy with some plows, and I got a few tractors, Just a shame we are to far away up here in Manitoba to come down, Could of brought you some Fordson blue tractors to even all the other colors out L.O.L. Hope you manage to pull it off, would love to see video's of it up here in Canada. Regards Robert
I remember back in the early 60's baling hay with a B Farmall and a belt driven stationary John Deere baler. I still have the baler, blocks, and some punch wire and it still works. Raked the hay into big piles with a sulky rake.
I use to bail with a 70 diesel and a,john deer 14T. Old school stacked on wagons we could do 1100 in a day . That was the record. Of course we had a bunch of city kids helping.
i would love to see all the old tractors plowing, i'm with you i love to see all the older tractors and to listen to them all, i watch all your videos, and would love to watch you have a plow days, please let us know, God bless and have a great day
would be a nice idea , i think the biggest problem would be to pick the right day when everyone involved has some time on his hands and the vehicles available to get to the meet
Wes, For the plow day, there are lot's of antique power clubs / threshing show members, online forums that would love another plow day site. I'm a member on Red Power Magazine's forum, there are many members from there out in your region. You don't have to be an IH enthusiast to join, I'm a fan of Red and Green, and work on Yellow for a living, I originally signed up there yrs ago for an IH combine question and have been there since. All of the guys on there look forward to plow days, as well as harvest or threshing days. Should be pretty easy to put something together for a plow day or pull. I'd like to see something similar to your video "my poppin johnny shut them up"... just more competition.
i think its really cool how youre doing that ive always wanted to get some of my great uncles old machinery and do like 20 acres of wheat and bale it the old way thanks youre the best channel on youtube!!
an antique plow day would do great.. we have them here and thers always a great turn out. and as one mentioned.. doing it for a charity would have a uch better response.. and who know it might become a tradition for you
I like that 570 I was on the fence between a jd 336 and the 570. I bought the 336 just because I knew the previous owner it's got a kicker not sure how it compares to the thrower but she looks sweet. If you have plow day I will be there, I'm sure you could sell some OLF shirts. Keep the videos coming I look forward everyday to your next video.
From the time I can start to remember I was riding the knee of Grandpa doing corn and sorghum surip cane. About the time I was in the 3rd grade he was in a bind and put me on the baler. I still have the New Holland "Hay- Liner 268"' that cod be confused for a near new bayler. He had an old Fordson Dexta diesel with Live Power Take Off. At about age 8-9 the old Forson adopted me for many hot summers to come. Grandpa or simply "Pop" as I called him took me to all the well known mechanics who timed and fixed the knotters. Seldom did we ever break down with something I hadn't been thought by the old timers. It done those old men well to have me as a kid hanging around as they tought me their trade secrets. Pop would buy any old worn out NewHoand bailer he could find and during the winter we'd get em going as backup machines but mainly he'd sell them. But that little Fordson Dexta was just enough tractor to handle the 268 and would bale all day for multiple days on one tank of diesel. The older balers with wood slide plugers were a little hard for the Fordson to pull ,plus they weren't near the machines the roller bailers were to begin with. He only had around 60 acres of his own but we bailed all over 3 different counties. We had one 4000 new stield Ford we pulled a Kunn mower with and raked with it or I had a little Farmall Super C with add on 3 point hitch to rake with. We kept it as lite as possible for moving to different sites. I sure miss Pop a lot of the time. My kids never spent their entire summer in hay fields.
it has been a long time since i have seen anyone plow a field usually deep tilling is what you see. i grew up on a farm in MN my dad had a Massey Harris 44 with a three row plow last time he did any farming was growing sweet corn on the mind 1970s
Plow days are a BIG hit here in Illinois. as small as your fields are in Jersey I would keep the number 15-20 unless you had several fields close together. Have a hog roast and have the women put on a picnic.
That was a beautiful day. When I'm stuck in my office hunched over a keyboard, this is the video I will remember. I'll put the climbimg up the power poll in a blizard video out of mind.
A hard on ha ha go new holland and john deer too i guess , hell yes to the plow day getter done for free . that was very kind of you to give some hay to some one that needed it .
Wow, glad I stumbled across your channel! This is great stuff! I'm an older guy, grew up with my butt in a Farmall seat. Then later did some work with Case and JD too. The plow event sounds awesome, I'll look for the vids. You've got a new subscriber and viewer!
Passed your western star on rte 1 just before I watched this vid, plow day sounds like fun, depending on date I'll be there with a 560 and fast hitch plow
Go for it.Wish Menomonie Wi wasn't so far a way,would like to watch in person.You Tube would be ok too.We use to have a New Holland Super 77 baler when I was a kid.Now that baler made a hell of a bale of hay!About kill myself try to load a wagon buy myself.By the time I was 13 could do it.No kicker then,all bales handled by hand.Thought I was king of the hill when I could pile 6 high.The 2 bangers sound great.Thanks for trip to the field.The view from an open tractor is the best.
