Painting Tractors & Smoking Brisket 

Pete!! I am sure I speak for many when I tell you, I watch your videos because of you, your outlook, your character, your honesty!! Please don't change

Pete I’m a 60 year old farm boy from the farming capital of the world (Iowa) and been using those red tractors since I was 10. Don’t change anything, it’s a pleasure watching everything you do. Thanks to you and your beautiful wife for the entertainment. God bless the American farmer….

My dad & I started buying old tractors out of barns, tree rows, ditches & just about anywhere... We'd get what we could running & sell it . I realized that at one point most farms had a tractor or two that stopped working & simply were parked because they didnt know how to fix them.. Most often very little was wrong with them & for those that had serious problems we parted them out .. My dad & I enjoyed it & no one was happier than my mother . It got my dad out of the house & my dad was not easy to be around growing up.. In fact I avoided him because he was hateful & never failed to criticize.. But he taught me about things at every opportunity . He's 85 yrs old today & Im near retirement . My son works with me now that he finished college and we love it .. The biggest difference between my father & myself is that I could'nt wait to leave home & my son used to ask me if he "had" to leave home .. I told my son he was always welcome , but that he would want to leave home at some point . The one thing that kind of healed my relationship with my dad was oddly enough , tractors . I still remember certain ones that we got running & the thrill we both felt after pulling an old tractor outta the brush & making it useful again..

Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.

Pete, don't make too drastic of a change in your videos. The variety is a good mix of the farm content and restoration. Something of value for those who watch for either subject without an overwhelming amount of info on any specific topic. Well done as is.

Pete , you have more personality than any one else here on RU-vid ! Dont change anything as many have told you here ! Thanks for all you do in your efforts to make these videos for us and share a small piece of your life with us !

Keep the channel just the way it is. I was raised on a brand new Farmall "H', as a kid, on a dairy farm in upper Pennsylvania. My dad loved that tractor. Since then, my dad has passed to be with God and all of his friends. But, the "H" Farmall has been totally restored and is stored in a climate controlled building along with our 550 and 560 Cockshutts, 190 Allis-Chalmers, and last but not least, both Ford 8n and 9n. All have been restored. Thank you for the videos. I love watching them. Keep up the great work and don't forget to enjoy life. God bless you both.

I like the formula of this video. You mix it all together in an entertaining way with informative information.

It’s always a good day when there’s a new video from Pete.

You wear the old coat to auctions, and people will think you're not a high bidder, then 💥BOOM 💥 got em!! 😂

I enjoy your videos I'm 74 yrs old farmed and drove truck all my life and still at it . I raised 80 sows and sold feeder pigs and milked 70 cows . I think your decision to pasture raise feeder pigs is a good one.

I love when Pete stops and then goes to the barbeque grill and fires it up for cooking up the rewards for another days hard work! 😂

Hey Pete, I’m a born and raised city boy an I love your passion on anything you do on the farm! Please don’t ever change your approach on farming. You have a great heart! Have a great day.

Nothing better than go to church Sunday morning and listening to Pastor Pete deliver the message of saving the International Harvester. It is Plum Sunday after all. Bless you Pastor Pete.

Pete, what you are doing is leaving a blueprint for future generations of enthusiasts. As long as your channel is available they will be able to see how the master did with a perfect amount of explanantion.

Pete, I have been swamped working for a bit and am running behind on your videos. Now trying to play catch-up, and have quite a few of the tractor rebuilds to view. Saw this one this morning and had to take a break (at work) to watch it. Not having seen the last video, but listening to you comments, I will interject my 2 cents worth. One of the main pleasures of your channel is the diversity of subject matter. Your family, your family business, and your love of machinery and your sharing ALL of them is what I find as the main reason that I look forward to any new posts that you offer. Of course, your personality, Hillary, and your family also are major contributors. So will close by asking, leave well enough alone and thank you for sharing yourself and your family with the 437K viewers. It is a pleasure to see all of you when available. Take care and stay safe.

Using the wire wheel to take it down to bare metal, is truly a labor of love! Thumbs up Pete.

I love how Pete always pokes fun at the people that use Celsius lmao

You had me at tractor and brisket

Pete, your Imperial to Metric skills are impeccable!! It amazes me how quickly you can spit out those conversions. Keep up the great work.

Pete just keep doing what you are doing, I love your channel as many of us do, the only thing that should change on your channel is the seasons.❤

Pete, I think you do a good job and you’re always concerned with what the viewer thinks and I think these changes you’ve added made it more entertaining and informative so thanks for working hard at what you do!

Hi Pete it’s good to see you again. Thank You for your time and your videos Sir. Stay safe and please keep your videos coming.

I love the amount of detail. Thank you Pete for sharing the method you use. Very informative to someone who had no basis in which to start painting my mechanical jungle.

Hey Pete, happy you’re not doing another channel. What and how you do what you do is just right the way it is. Keep it comfortable for you and what works for you, that’s why we or at least me enjoy your content, because it’s like you are bringing us along with you during your activities. Thanks again for the little piece of joy you bring me in your videos.

Pete, I watch your videos for entertainment and learning. I will watch both farm and mechanical. Just stay with one channel, less headache that way. That brisket looked delicious. Have a great day and God bless.

Conflict is the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. It instigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplike passivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

You cannot find yourself by going into the past. You can find yourself by coming into the present.

My youngest has just started studying architecture at university. He’s interested in sustainable architecture. I told him you were an architect and now a farmer and RU-vid sensation 😊

Pete my friend..... having lived here in Texas for 40+ years (yet a native New Yorker) I must tell you that the brisket looked mighty righteous!!!!! You can tell good brisket just from the way it slices. Good job sir!!!!

I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the community, and as long as I live it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can.

I could almost taste that brisket. Good video Pete!

Old tractors and BBQ. Life does not get any better!!!!

Again I am so impressed ! Your attention to details shows no short cuts and the result is better than when it was new. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for sharing!❤

On those early tractors, it is amazing they could tell the difference between the different shades of red. Everything was black and white!

Nothing better than getting down to the nitty gritty of how things can be accomplished. My grandpa used to tell me when I was a young lad, "it's not the work you do, it's the finished product when you get it done right that brings the most satisfaction." As the years went by for me, I can see the wisdom more and more in his statement..

Been drawn to your videos because of your passion. Found your channel while trying to show my kids videos of cutting hay to explain what I did as a teenager. I grew up doing farm work, and working on the equipment that goes with it. I am so grateful for the work you put into the details you include in your videos on the tractor series. I love the animal videos as well. I have the Super C Farmall that I learned to drive on. Someday your Super C video series will be a useful series for me to revisit. Dad passed of complications from Covid in 2021. He had taken apart a 706 that had lost its reverse gear. I have taken interest in the 806-transmission series because of that. Dad's old tractor will hopefully be one of my future projects. Also priceless to learn of your sources for parts, tips, explanation of the workings of each system, and your homemade tools. I look forward to every video you post. Take your time, never feel like you are obligated to get a video out, and we will all be here when you get around to it! What a great channel!

Your interpretation of Celsius always makes me laugh 😂

The only limit to your impact is your imagination and commitment.

Well, I thoroughly enjoyed watching this one, you gave us a lot of good information on your method of stripping paint and cleanup, along with painting and types to use. That brisket looked awesome, made my mouth water. Thanks Pete, I hope you have a nice day.

You and your wife, help us remember what America is. Thanks for sharing. Be well

Thanks Pete for my Sunday sermon....helps make the rest of the week tolerable. Good idea on refurbishing the pig pens for raising brooders.. That will be a much nicer facility.

I am blown away by the cost of paint these days. However, there is NO WAY I'm going to put cheap paint on something I ve spend days, greasing, prepping, etc!!!

Your true fans come to see you and all your everything.

So good to see you two smiling at the end of the video!

I love your videos whether it’s tractors or cow or chickens I love it all❤

Hello Pete , hope your day is going good. Me and my wife have been watching your videos from day one and have always enjoyed your content, you are always relaxing to listen to and we love the dad jokes! I am 35 years old and have had chickens for many years but because of you and your videos we wanted to get some beef cows. So we have three acres, ( literally just a few acres) and we purchased two and a half cows One heifer, one cow who is pregnant. The heifer is one year old. cow is registered Dexter and so is her calf. Heifer is half Dexter half jersey. So we just wanted to say you inspired us. Where we live Hey, is readily available and with the rise in beef cost we want to be more self-sufficient.BTW this video was a perfect example of you just being you, Don’t ever think it’s not good enough! Thanks again, your subscriber Jacob

'm glad that your channel continues to grow larger. You've entertained us and shown us things that are new and interesting that most of us don't know about or have access to. I hope for continued success for the both of you.

Great as usual. Certainly seems to take a lot of patience to refurbishing a tractor. A true act of love for the work.

Me and my hubby Eric enjoy your channel. Today is my hubby Eric's 6 year post heart transplant Anniversary. ❤❤

Hi Pete. I watch your videos 6 hours a day. You are so relaxing and fun to watch. I like when you go wham when you hit the big snow. And how you say, " the feed truck is here". And how you say hi to all the animals. Your talks are so inspiring. THANK YOU!!!

Your tractor videos are spot on ! Don’t change a thing 👍🇺🇸🇺🇸

Pete: I to enjoy all aspects of your channel. I am not mechanical at all, but love old tractors. I enjoy you breaking them apart and explaining the "what & why", and "how-to". The explinations of what each component does and how it functions is great! Very educational! It makes me want to go get my uncles Farmall 230-WF and tear it apart... Your finished work is some of the best detailed work I've seen. I go to a lot of tractor shows and auctions. Then, the fact that you work your tractors on your farm, and don't just keep them for show,... That's even better! You do not need a second channel. I love the farm videos too. The seasonal mix is good. Farm work, Shop work. Just make your content. Do you!, and allow the viewers to decide what they want to see from you. Don't sweat the YT numbers. You are still a draw with a large viewing audiance. Thanks Pete for all you do!

Hello Pete, finding that hidden IH logo on the side of that engine was like a gold nugget waiting for someone to uncover it. Forever Red.

yes pete please stay as you are we all love your vids and dad jokes!

Hi Pete and Hilarie. Nice Sunday morning video. Remember using Imron in my sign making business. Patience and attention to detail painting the 856 outstanding. Patience and attention to detail smoking brisket outstanding. Jokes 😱. Hope you guys have an outstanding week! 🤣

Pete, I wouldn't change a thing !! As someone raised on farms in eastern Indiana, a Diesel / Heavy Equipment mechanic of over 37 years, and now Training and Technical Support Specialist for a large heavy equipment company in Ohio, I have seen the change in how kids are taught (or Lack Of) in schools and at home. Any time you can break down the basics most people can better understand the more Technical, and the way you do that is excellent when it comes to the tractors. And even though most people probably watch your videos for the Tractor stuff, I especially like how you break it up and show that you have to take care of the "Not so Fun Stuff" before you can do the things you really enjoy doing. Excellent channel, keep it the same, and I'm going back to using the old Weber.....

Hey, Peter, how glad we all are there are no severe penalties for “jokes”! Enjoy the content, pls stay the course.

Pete we enjoy your videos with our coffee in the morning. Your attention to the details is what makes the difference. Patience, knowledge and time are the key elements for a great restoration. Looking forward to watching your videos on the cleaning and painting of this tractor. Thank you for sharing. Enjoy your brisket. I use our Sous Vide a lot.

As you so wisely stated, the majority of us, love what you are doing exactly the way you have been. don't change a thing . the mechanicals are spot on. informative, tutorial., and plenty of tidbits of informative items. like the brushes. tools methods etc. all are completely spot on. and you and Hillary are superb in what and how to show the channel thanks to both of you and by all means enjoy that brisket! I can almost taste and smell it from here! thanks for sharing. God speed. ECF.

Dad jokes, well, they make my day!❤

Hade a great time, Pete and Hilarie. Thanks!

I'm sending this video to my son. He's refurbishing our tractor.

Your channel is fine the way it is. Watch you every time a new video drops.

Thanks for the paint information. Keep doing what you are doing. Don’t change a thing. Looking forward to your garden series.

Hey, Pete. Another awesome video. My Sundays wouldn't be the same without one of your great videos. I'm sure that I'm not just speaking for myself, but your videos are very educational and chock-full of some great philosophical tid bits. Keep up the good work. Can't wait till next Sunday. Thank you and Hillary. Have a great week.

Yes! I think this is a good moves for the mechanical videos. Stay on the same channel and add little bits of non-tractor farm stuff to the mixt. It then becomes a farm life video not just a tutorial.

I think you hit the nail on the head with this video. Informational, yet keeps the interest at high because of how you broke it up. Man, that brisket looked good. Now I have to go and get my grill going.

Pete, I just wanted to let you know, that the MD restoration, just blew me away. I still think it’s the most beautiful tractor, that I have ever seen. I understand about selecting the correct color, for the correct tractor, but I love the color of the MD. You use all of your tractors on the farm, so I think it’s not so important, to get the correct color of paint. Just use that beautiful, MD color and the tractor, that you are working on, will be gorgeous! I can hardly wait to see your current project painted and finished. Thanks to you and Hillary for all of your hard work and for bringing us all, great content. Stay safe and keep them coming. 👍❤️🙏

You are a very patient man. Such a nice job you do on you're tractors.

Hay pete nothings better than waking up to watch your videos while enjoying a cup of coffee your content is awesome my favorite thing to do in the mornings is to look for the new video and sometimes i go back and look at old videos thank you for taking the time to put these videos together blessings to you and your family

Dont change, Please. Youre doing amazing now, if it aint broke dont fix it mate. Cheers.

You are adding a lot of value back to those old tractors by doing such a thorough restoration. Hard work, but worth it.

I absolutely love those F to C conversions ... ROFL

I recently bought an old 856. Thank you for your time & effort on the instructional videos, they are awesome & much appreciated!!!

Pete If you make the videos they will watch. I love the resto video's. But the regular farming videos are great as well. At the end of day it is your channel, you can make whatever type of video you want, There will always be plenty of interest.

Watching you strip paint off the project is very satisfying. Keep doing what you are doing. Thank you.

I love that you still have a Weber kettle grill and know how to use it best grill ever

Just a Few Acres Farm channel, informative, Instructional, as well as just fun to watch... the direction of the channel is perfect, life on a farm.... Greeat!!!! Don't change your format.. your choice to cease the Hog Breeding Operation is understood, raising feeder Pigs, will be probably more profitable, providing you can find a reliable source of weaner pigs.. you did it with the chicks, you will do it with the pigs to... the expense & issues with breeder stock is indeed a major expense.... just remember, 'Steady she goes MATE'

Yup. The format of this video was spot on.

Glad to see you back and busy. I enjoy ALL of your videos.

Pete, whether it's farming, tractor wrenching or whatever I enjoy your videos and look for a new one any time I'm on RU-vid.! You have a wonderful calming effect on the viewer and your expertise is fantastic! In this day and age with all the societal upheaval we are experiencing you help bring a balance to many people. Thank you to you and Hillary!!!!

After watching the channels that I watch, even though I've never personally met any of them; you begin to feel like you're friends. People with similar lifestyles or interests and people doing things I do or want to do. Also having channels run by people with similar views on life is rather refreshing. It's nice to have your channel to watch Pete. You're not always in a rush or talking a million miles an hour. It doesn't matter if most of a video doesn't particularly pique my interest. I'll watch them anyway just because you throw life into them. You never know what little tidbit you might have to say. Keep up the videos just the way you have been doing them

I'm here for the tractors and a barn cat. There's 1 in every video. Thanks, Pete -EZ

Pete I am so amazed @ how you teach on this channel ! You have an extraordiiary gift that you pour out on every clip !! Keep up your hard and dedicated work !! Thank you

You are living your best life ever. Variety is the spice of life...great video!

I spent my whole life working in the city, and now retired. I'm now in the country and just started tearing down a Ford Jubilee, this is because of enjoying watching you Pete! Thank you. I've never done anything like this but the details you share give me the confidence to try. Again thank you.

As the years pass by, we all know owners look more and more like their dogs.

Pete dont change a thing, we love you and your channel just as it is. You make things so easy to understand and without all the fancy gizmos or expensive equipment, so plain folks like us really enjoy it. Much appreciation for your knowledge from South Carolina.

Never can predict the weather. Like how you have ideas of what to cover and a back up just in case. Like the video format. Very enjoyable. Thank you for spending your valuable time making videos for viewers to enjoy.

My father was an international truck dealer for 17 years and the bulk of trucks he ordered were 2150 red, no power steering , no radio. I became tired of that colour but over the years have come to look at it fondly. Keep up the good work.

One of the few channels I don't skip the commercials.😊

Love the old Farmalls and all the restoration videos ..long live red power! You also have my vote for clock ⏰️ fixing videos. Great work, as always.

thank you, Pete. It's an awesome job as always. follow your heart, and we will follow you. See you on the next one.

I can't imagine a person becoming a success who doesn't give this game of life everything hes got.

Hi Pete and family , my wife and I moved from the U.k. to Spain, we have just over 1 acre.Pat is 81yrs Im 73yrs enjoying gardening, growing our own fruit and veggies, keeping chickens . Just would like to say how much we enjoy watching your videos.thank you Allan

First Rate Pete! You are an artisan in EVERY endeavor you participate. All your videos are a treasure for us. Keep on doing the same. Absolutely nothing is the matter with them. I realize that you self critique as part of your personal character. That's what makes you so good. Thanks for letting us participate with commentary. It is cool that most people's recommended course corrections are absolutely NO corrections needed. Thanks for listening to us. Keep On Pete! Cheers, Chuck in Florida.

Pete keep up the great videos. I'd watch you and Hilary if you were sitting on buckets counting stones in driveway ❤.

So enjoy your humor and approach. Probably I will next restore, refurbish, or redo a tractor, but boy do I love watching your videos.

Bottom line is the reason why we view is just simply because of you and Hillary . Yes your content is great and we learn a lot but it’s the both of you who we value so much ! The kids are going to start growing scales with all the tuna fish for dinner 🤭