Mowing An ENORMOUS Lawn With My Tractor

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Welcome back to the farm! In today's video, we look back and see how much progress has been made in our lawn journey since purchasing the farm acreage, then mow and weed whack all 7 acres!! Can you believe how much it's changed? With all the rain we've been getting, we mow every 3-4 days now. I love how the lawn and pasture looks now. The old 1965 gas powered John Deere 4020 tractor has been putting in some serious hours lately! I'm so glad that you guys like her as much as I do. This is our third growing season with the Toro and as you can clearly see from the video, it consistently performs under all sorts of mowing conditions. As always, I am so grateful for you, thank you for watching, and I hope you have a great day! We'll see you next time. Please comment any questions for suggestions for things you like to see featured in future videos!
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@bill7028 3 месяца назад

On that drive shaft, I used a heating torch (acetylene, and oxygen) with a lot of heat and drove it off, lubrication at that point will or just burn away. You need to heat the outside to expand the outer sleeve.

@thegreenlaser215 3 месяца назад

I second this recommendation. 👍

@Namtov 3 месяца назад

@@thegreenlaser215 Do I third then or ?? :-) But I agree.

@TheDogsBox 3 месяца назад

I have seen plumbers use long enclosed propane burners to heat and bend pvc pipe. If you could build some sort of enclosure to heat the the tube the shaft is stuck in maybe it would expand it enough to pull it out?

@joeherndon5815 3 месяца назад

I use heat and my favorite penetrate is a product goes by the name Free All absolutely works really well

@tetedur377 3 месяца назад

If you don't have to have it come all the way out, why do all that? Cut it, weld in another section of pipe, call it good. As long as there's not a lot of out-of-round to it, should work good, last a long time.

@mikect500 3 месяца назад

I personally believe that blade sharpness is a huge part of a good cut.

@toddbroeker187 3 месяца назад

Can't believe I just watched 17 minutes of someone cutting grass! But that's what makes Laura Farms so special. And fun.

@roger80465 3 месяца назад

I was just thinking the same thing. When you think about it, we are truly crazy. We plant grass, water the grass, fertilize the grass and for what? The answer is to spend our valuable time having to mow it. Adult American humans can be silly. I know - I am one. 🤨

@technics-n-thuiast8346 3 месяца назад

Yeah, and I have to cut my lawn and don't feel like it LOL Hope this motivated me a bit.

@houchenjd 3 месяца назад

Lol I don't think that's all that makes Laura Farms fun.😊

@Hoa-Mechanical 3 месяца назад

👍👍👍👍👍👍

@DCS026 3 месяца назад

On the drive shaft, I had the same problem. Prop it up, pour as much penetrating oil as you can get in, let it sit overnight. Start pulling tension on it and let it sit with tension over night and keep adding additional tension until it finally gives up, it may take a few days, but it will eventually give up. You can add heat from a torch to it also expand the metal with tension on it. Take your time with it and you will get it.

@londonwestman1 3 месяца назад

Agree to that. Plus you can also try to bang it in a bit as well with a sledge hammer in the hope of freeing it up.. and then maybe it'll come out after.

@joefudd 3 месяца назад

Laura, you need a "finishing mower" attachment for your tractor. Gets a much smoother cut on your turf grass. Great job on starting the new lawn! Looks pretty good! Very few weeds and no bald spots! You're always my ray of sunshine to watch! :-)

@scottmcd5885 3 месяца назад

Drill, tap and install a large grease fitting close to the u joint on the part that doesn't slide. next pump full of grease. hydraulic pressure will force it apart (like the track tensioner on many track loaders

@glenfourie8187 3 месяца назад

I came across your channel by chance, whilst following Matts off road recovery. You have become my favourite farming channel and been catching up on all your previous videos. What an inspiration to other youngsters you are.

@daveautrey5858 3 месяца назад

One comment. Grant is one lucky dude. That's it. My hats off to you. I hope in 50 years we will be watching what ever version of RU-vid is Grant and Laura.

@brandonsieber1335 3 месяца назад

What makes you think he's a lucky man?? Maybe off camera she's just a b

@danieloblinger1199 25 дней назад

The speed out with which you are mowing showed me that you have nothing but time on your hands :-)

@peterbohn3471 3 месяца назад

Laura & Grant, last year I commented on your video about growing grass, saying that you two grow corn and beans for a living, you guys should be able to grow grass too! You gave it a thumbs up! So glad your lawn and pasture turned out well this Spring! “O Fortuna”!

@GaryReynolds-f1l 3 месяца назад

As always, love your videos. I mowed 5 acres with a 42 inch zero turn for several years. Used to have horses on it. Needless to say I didn't let the grass get too long! Drove by your place on I80 last week. Also drove into Aurora, nice small town. Just had to see some of your stomping ground! Keep up the good work you guys!!!

@Gary-wm7vi 3 месяца назад

Love the video. Lot of grass to cut but three tractors and team work got it down. ❤

@tonylawrence1814 3 месяца назад

Love the 4020, spent a lot of time on one..classic ❤

@christopherellington8428 3 месяца назад

Absolutely love the smell of fresh cut grass 🚜

@MikeOrazzi 3 месяца назад

I agree, I may have too many mowers. I just picked up another used one this weekend, my second Craftsman PYT 9000. I haven't made the switch to zero turn just yet.

@buckshotnicks3505 3 месяца назад

Laura and Grant, on the PTO Shaft, make sure the stop cap is off it looks like it's still on it should just untread. Be safe out there.

@kittty2005 3 месяца назад

When I was 11 I used to mow my grand mothers lawn with a walk behind push mower a Lawn Boy brand you couldn't feed cattle with it oil in the grass because 2 stroke engine.The lawn was 4 acres in size and she gave me a dollar an acre mowed ,moles lived in the ground and gophers, I'd chase 'em out with a garden hose then kill them with my bb gun, it was profitable mow once a week , some times when I was done I would go over the hill and go out on one of her docks and catch a mess of Rock Bass. She owned a small resort .

@DeanCarver-g8s 3 месяца назад

Laura the house looks beautiful and the yard looks great too

@sanjaydeshmukh3424 3 месяца назад

Very good 🦌

@imperialfist93 3 месяца назад

Like that older John Deere. We had a 2440 with a loader. Such a great tractor.

@bigmikes2140 3 месяца назад

Thanks that was a great mow job

@donnieross9976 3 месяца назад

I can remember as a young Pearson growing up farming we had horses purling het cutters my job as kid with my Cousens was to pack the hey down so the hocks could pull them up into the loft all dome by horses. I really miss them days. In the winter we used the horses to hall logs for winter fuel and my job was to lead the 2 horses out. would love to go back to them days when family came to gather to help each other,

@robertneate8358 3 месяца назад

The garden is looking really good and goes well with the house!

@paulhenry6105 3 месяца назад

It's nice to follow your family Laura and Grant. Thanks for sharing.

@mattargento9095 3 месяца назад

Great video!!

@alexanderarsenault5353 3 месяца назад

Laura, you’re amazing and tell Grant HE is one lucky guy you guys are great together

@keithbradley167 3 месяца назад

Thanks!

@SanaUllah-jf2wj 3 месяца назад

You are doing a great job as a very intelligent young lady.❤❤❤

@kennethfrazier670 3 месяца назад

Those tractors are so classic! They look so good painted up with fresh JD Green & Yellow, you should do yours over the winter and let us follow along!

@Lunentucker 3 месяца назад

Love it! I mow about 7 acres on my 61" Ferris, but that fits my hills and around trees, pond banks better for my situation.

@bma4132 3 месяца назад

Driving your tractor is a relaxing job. Love it ❤

@stevencaskey8502 3 месяца назад

Looking good. Asked for rain from you all last time Got it. Still raining. Hope all are well there. And mowing all my properties too.

@TomRowan777 3 месяца назад

Pretty in Pink! I just love the juxtaposition of our supermodel operating large loud farm equipment! Somewhat surreal, really. I love Laura's sporting competitive nature pitting various tools side by side. Fun stuff! ❤

@russellbowman8051 3 месяца назад

Thanks for the Video L&G always love to see a pleasant Smile! Keep Smiling On!! 😅👍👊❤️

@heathwatson1185 3 месяца назад

When I was a kid I would bush hog then run back over the field with a finish mower for the nice clean line look. Nice job 👍🏼

@frednutz1604 3 месяца назад

love the smell of freshly mown grass. Job well done Laura & Gage

@brianmilliard6998 3 месяца назад

Try the time proven method of “ heat and quench “ to remove that drive shaft. Spray lots os pb blaster or something equivalent and let it do its thing, then heat up the outer shaft . Get it glowing hot, then stand back and spray cold h2o on it. It will expand and contract and break up rust. May have to repeat a few times. You may need to fasten a slide hammer to the shaft and pound on that stuck drive like it owes you $$.

@christrella3134 3 месяца назад

Both amazing! Grant can start a tractor by jiggling the steering wheel and Laura's got a supply of batteries on hand without having to take them off another machine. Gage must be off and Pepper isn't pregnant! Plus? Nebraska has a reprieve from tornadoes. It's a beautiful day!

@jonbradley5996 3 месяца назад

Thank you for all your videos!

@abbasshah8999 25 дней назад

Huge Respect for you Laura. I am a farmer. and your videos help a lot with new ideas and creativity.Thank you!

@PaineStakingTruth 3 месяца назад

I like how Pepper threw in his question mark into the picture while Laura was showing the “hay” up close 😂

@fredberger2451 3 месяца назад

Man i love that old tractor, takes me back to our old 2510, best tractor ever,lots of memories riding on the fender with dad learning to farm. Heat it up with a torch, it will break free. The toro is for finish mowing, of course it’s going to outshine a shredder, unless you buy a finishing mower. Yall got a great place very nice, congrats yall,by the way love the bat wing works great around ponds and ditches.

@larryldbigboy 3 месяца назад

Beautiful property

@durangodave 3 месяца назад

good to see you strapped that battery down 😁

@johnensminger7675 3 месяца назад

Go green! Looks great!😊

@GabrielHarber 3 месяца назад

The prettiest farmer in the world.

@randycharest4507 3 месяца назад

I agree

@randycharest4507 3 месяца назад

I agree

@pb5778 3 месяца назад

Thanks for sharing this video with us

@v1rotait23 3 месяца назад

I love mowing grass with machinery, so this episode with Laura's wonderful teaching and natural beauty was such a joy to watch. Cheers from NZL 😍💚💛

@bubbadoe2468 3 месяца назад

Looks great, guys, yall are doing awesome job love the content

@JB-sl8zw 3 месяца назад

There is always work that needs to be done on a farm😊

@richalt2 3 месяца назад

Good work on hearing protection. Gage should have it also! He is young and his age 40 self will thank him!

@ArmandasJašinskas 3 месяца назад

That looks awesome. One of my fav yards I've ever seen

@cedricbroussard8738 3 месяца назад

There's nothing like a 4020 beautiful 😍

@scottthecrazy 3 месяца назад

You can use the pipe method, where the pipe goes through the yoke of the PTO. just watch out if there is a grease fitting in it. use a good hammer tap on the side of the pipe, left and right of the pipe. *based on a RU-vid video.

@chrisvancampen6706 3 месяца назад

Well, you got the grass in, house looks great, cat taking care of business. The only thing you need now is about six Junior achiever farmers running around in the yard. Looking forward to that series!

@Xisas90 3 месяца назад

I just found your channel through this video and damn what a nostalgia trip... My grandpa's farm was out north of Kearney near Ravenna, as a kid I would always ride with him on his 4020 just like yours and I remember him mowing with that same rhino mower attached to it. I must say you have good taste!

@davesusek3330 3 месяца назад

Great options for taking care of the grass like the video as always.

@johncrisp-y7x Месяц назад

Hello Laura you want to get a key and tinned your battery leads and then it will start will start straight away it is good to see you wearing ear muffins you are making a good job ❤😅

@charlesheier277 3 месяца назад

The smell of cut grass and John deer diesel is my napalm in my morning

@rhettwieghat3358 3 месяца назад

MAKE SURE ON THAT TORO - ADJUST THE VALVES & RUN 20W-50 KAWASAKI MOTOR OIL IN THAT THING AND IT WILL LAST A LONG TIME! AND KEEP THE HEADS CLEAN! YALL ARE DOING AN AWESOME JOB!

@manelson647 3 месяца назад

Your yard really has the wow factor going now! Look how beautiful your house is in the middle of all that green! Love you, Sweetheart! ❤ Grammy

@johnensminger7675 3 месяца назад

Fun times!😊

@tomdunn7147 3 месяца назад

The big JD just looks way cooler. Grant, that lady right there is a heck of a catch! Good luck to both of you.

@Steve3851 3 месяца назад

That grass got owned! Looking forward to seeing how tall that corn is going to be this year. I just love it all, many thanks.

@andrewsteenrod4796 3 месяца назад

Looks like to old girl needs a starter rebuild take a drill with a small bit and drill a few holes in the first layer of the outer part of the drive shaft then spray down in the holes and use a touch to heat it and to get the spray in to the rust and to expand the out part of the drive shift and alot of hammering to get it to slid that's what I've had to do on mine I also found that if you spray it down with a dry spray lubricant from WD40 that helps when you store it

@thomasjarosz7406 3 месяца назад

Laura, Brake Clean orPb Blaster or transmutation fluid down that slip joint will break it free.Kroil works the best but in a bind the others will too. God Bless

@jayfojtik5262 3 месяца назад

Where can I find that transmutation fluid? Must be some new fandangled stuff. 🤣🤣

@MiloudBahi-s2k 3 месяца назад

Good morning Laura and Grant

@Darkest-Kn1ght 3 месяца назад

We've had a few drive shafts on those bush hawgs do the same thing. We pump as much lubrication into them as possible, put them in a bind, and then tap along the shaft to loosen the rust pockets. Works every time.

@durangodave 3 месяца назад

looks simple but the first time you sit on one of those it very intimidating. Used one to airrate a golf course, end of each run had to to stop the pto, lift the airrator, reduce throttle (on steering column), shift gears and make the turn all i one fluid sequence and close to sand traps and greens. Very stressful stuff to do all that and not make such a sharp turn that you tear up ground with wheels.

@als2797 3 месяца назад

Good videos. You have a very good camera person. Great shots

@nathanyoder4509 3 месяца назад

Loved the dual mowing scene! Now I have to go mow my lawn🤣

@collincoats9000 3 месяца назад

Had a similar issue with a PTO shaft, I took it off completely stood it up straight and sprayed it with PB blaster multiple times letting it seep into the small gaps and it came out after a while

@karitane 3 месяца назад

Bang it in and then out. Keep doing that. I have had success doing that lots of times. The same applies to stubborn nuts. Sometimes it works if you wind them in and out a few times.

@weldonwilhelm1513 3 месяца назад

The Toro is a mower and the John Deere is a shredder.Huge difference in handling heavy material.They each do what there designed for differently.

@francisyounas7276 3 месяца назад

NICE VIDEO.

@FredZiffel-s2o 3 месяца назад

Tack a piece of stock on both sides of the drive shaft. Heat it up and then hammer it apart alternating sides.

@gerard9900 3 месяца назад

Bravo pour cette démonstration de tonte de gazon. Laura tu peux faire un ⛳️ golf. 🏑🏒. 👍👏😘🇫🇷

@JohnDoe-jq5wy 3 месяца назад

Wonderful demonstration.... Your home place is very nice 👍😊😊🎉🎉❤

@amytaylor8487 3 месяца назад

Hello there , how are you doing today?God bless you!!!

@cannotsay5505 3 месяца назад

yep, you gotta rock that steering wheel

@ralphkearns7600 3 месяца назад

1965 John Deere tractor! 'Collector's item'? That was the year that I graduated from high school!!! Maybe I am OLD? Great video as usual! Getting bored making GREAT videos?

@earlbryant185 3 месяца назад

You mentioned you were having trouble with your mower you purchased. Something about the PTO wouldn't come out far enough so you couldn't hook it to the tractor. I don't know a lot about these things but my brother worked as a pipefitter/welder and when he has something stuck he uses heat to help loosen it. Also there is a fellow RU-vidr named Casey LaDelle. He just did a video of him helping a logger friend separate a center shaft from an old logging frame that had rusted. Tried many different ways before finally breaking it loose. Might be helpful for your problem. By the way I love your show. Veery entertaining and educational. Keep up the good work.

@glennspreeman1634 3 месяца назад

Absolutely gorgeous homesite! Kinda jealous truthfully!

@skatedurr 3 месяца назад

i love that cat

@davidmaxwell9371 3 месяца назад

If there is a groove in the inner bar, there may be a raised button on the rear most end and a stop in the tube near the tractor. It was manufactured that way to prevent the tube from becoming detached while in use and beating the back of the tractor up as it rotates (really dangerous as you might imagine!!). I would say you are in the market for a different longer pto shaft.

@rboston33 3 месяца назад

Thank god for farmers

@adrianpritchard5143 3 месяца назад

I like your information on lawns and comparing lawn mowing vehicles,I have 4 things for mowing the including a wiper sniper. ( wed wacker for you people that do not know what a wiper sniper is 😂).

@DavidStafford-ii5yv 3 месяца назад

Always love grass being cut, After video ended U-tube did what they are great for and showed another great adventure you had. This one was changing out a tire on above ground irrigation. Anyway you were wanting to check to see if tire was there, Of course it was. You could see it in your rear camera. . What I am getting at is always checking left and right mirrors when backing up. Especially with rear camera . Example: my brother was going to back up with trailer. I was standing at passenger door to help with backup. He never heard me. Instead he gunned it. Only looking at screen. I was lucky and got out of way. Anyway always check your mirrors!!

@amytaylor8487 3 месяца назад

Hello there , how are you doing today?God bless you!!!

@smacfe 3 месяца назад

15 foot batwing baby! Learn to run it and you’ll have a happy life.

@Hc1Gunner 3 месяца назад

I sit the red mower up vertical on its back edge, hit it hard with PB Blaster for a couple of days. For safety factor use a nylon snatch strap, put a small amount tension on it, then put the heat to it. Skip a cutting tip, if you want to heat something quickly, use a "rose bud" on the torch. Then if needed, create a sudden vibration by hitting it with a two pound hammer. If all else fails you'll probably have to remove the drive shaft and do something more drastic.

@chrisallen3388 3 месяца назад

Welcome to my world we use a two wheel drive DB880 with a loader and a Bobcat from like 1980 daily on our hillside suckler farm. We have a modern 4x4 Lambo and a Same Deutz but they both need big repairs. It was cool to see Laura driving the old JD considering she blew up with a video of a modern cab and all its bells and whistles

@rogercarl8923 3 месяца назад

Don’t you have that funny,satisfying feeling when you drive an older tractor and wonder how farming was back when they were King? If nothing else just go to a farm store and replace with a new pot shaft.

@MrClickbang357 Месяц назад

For the shredder - can you install a Zerk fitting "behind" the shaft that needs to move then using\the hydraulic pressure of grease get it to move, of course being VERY CAREFUK because what you have when there's is a couple of hundred PSI of grease is, in effecct, a pipe bomb of sorts??? So if you try this be damn careful!!!

@GlockMan70 3 месяца назад

PTO: First things first get it off the mower (we call um BushHogs) and put the smallest end of the shaft up in the air unless the other end has an opening where you can get liquid in and try to get some diesel fuel down in between the two different parts of the PTO shaft and let it sit overnight so that fuel can get in there and break down whatever has got it stuck. Sometimes thougg you just have to replace things. Your lawn is looking great hope yall are staying safe!!!

@onedrumstik 3 месяца назад

tap the outer sleeve with a hammer to help it soak it's way down too, it may even take a few days.

@rayb3117 3 месяца назад

I have never seen anyone so pumped tomow grass as Laura is.

@williamwright8286 3 месяца назад

Nice yard , good to see the old green iron work

@alanbierhoff6831 3 месяца назад

Nice Knipex tools! IMO they are the best tools available

@davidkettell5726 3 месяца назад

I suggest a large rosebud amnd a sledge on that PTO shaft . Always remember to leave an area unmowed for the Bunnies .

@Lion_McLionhead 2 месяца назад

Old tractors had some artistic influence from the jet age, probably because the economy was more centered on agriculture in those days.

@jasonh4167 3 месяца назад

For the slipshaft use a rosebud torch or similar wipe off all the grease heat it till paint burns off, hit it with 4lb club hammer or sledge heat it again for a bit then while hot lots of cryoil or any premium penetrating oil. If by chance it’s rusted in still repeat process. This method will work. Option b soak shaft in atf when warm the atf will free it up in a week.

@99travman 3 месяца назад

Would just disconnect the PTO shaft from the gearbox and replace the whole PTO shaft. Would assume the PTO shaft is coupled onto the gear shaft with a bolt you can remove or cut off if too rusted. Guessing that shaft is bent or not true anymore if its busting chains and wont release.