The New Gator 

Gilbert would be proud of you Mike!

It's not silly! It shelters you and yours, even a calf , from the cold. God bless!

YAY! I was hoping you would be able to swing a new one. Maybe you can still get the old one fixed and have two. They are important tools for the work you and Erin do. Enjoy!

Hi To Our Wyoming Life and all others too.

I know you work hard on the ranch, it is never ending with different crisis coming up. BUT!!!! BUT! The satisfaction you get at the end of the day knowing that you have met every challenge head on and defeated it, seeing results of your hard work, and the peace of mind knowing you it is yours and you are passing your knowledge onto your children too. You are so very blessed. All the time I was growing up (too many decades ago to count), I always dreamed of marrying and living on a ranch/farm. Working side-by-side with my husband, having a bunch of kids to love and pass on the knowledge, respect, and love of the land as their parents have for it. But, not all dreams do come true. Never got to accomplish any of it, but did have 4 kids. God Bless you ALL!! Thank you so much for sharing your life and letting me know that my dreams came true for someone else.

Hi grace and lincoln. Good job helping your dad with vlog!

How cute the kids are ..im 50 with only one daughter..she is 21..but i am blessed with much nephews and nieces around the same age as Lincoln and the Girls... I just love the Joy of children.. Anywhoooo thank you for sharing..👍

Great video, I think you just made the best john deer gator commercial at the end of this video. Thank you for help feeding America.

Mike you don’t have to justify a darn thing. You’ve got to have tools to work. Nice job.

My Gator is used every day. I would completely lost without one.

Loved your ending. Very heart felt and your words spoke volumes. Grace, Lincoln, and Mackenzie are such a joy to see. New Gator is the bomb. Happy for you all. God Bless

You're such a great dad.

SRF Crossover. Thank you for the collaboration!

Thank you for giving another great video, I’m was also happy to see that you answered everyone of graces question and let her talk when she seen something different about the gators. It awesome to see the kids in the videos and you taking time to video with them for us. God bless and keep up the great work on the ranch.

Congratulations. I priced some and they started at $6000.00 ouch. Necessary machine to keep you safe and warm. Hi kids, Grace and Lincoln. We are having a major storm in Peoria AZ. Very windy. Rain I hope. Maybe keep the old gator for parts. How about a gofundme account.? I loved playing on the hay bails. I had forgotten how much fun it was.💕💕

Memories last a last lifetime‼️❤️

Every bodies just as interested about checking out the new gator as you tubers as is evident from the crowds of cows that gather every time you slow down also to see if you brought any of Bambies' cake . I'm sure it's worth every penny in the long run

It's either time to move or C - A - K- E!!!!! Run for it! He's got CAKE! 😀

Nice upgrade to the ranch, I like the gator very much, we use a 2012 2 door jeep, mud tires, and a manual 6 speed box. It will go any where a four wheeler will go. Cost 10.500 with 61000 miles. Payment 205 a month. But it sure is nice, congrats mike and gang.

I really did appreciate this video, so relaxing, good music, good contents and Sir, you have a wonderful life, enjoy and take care, From Canada

I am always proud when I can buy the equipment I need. When you own a business you have to have the equipment necessary to operate.

That’s the cleanest it will ever be haha I promise you that

It feels good to hear you like the products we build in Horicon! Would be great to see you tour the factory where we build those machines!

Thank you for bringing the story full circle with Gilbert at the origin. The ranch is obviously a very special place. That's why you have so many people following you and engaged with you. I love the 30 in 30! Thank you for putting in all the extra effort to give us this special time on the ranch. You, your family, the animals, and the ranch have a special place in my heart! I hope to attend the Ranch Round-up one day. Until then, I will continue to enjoy your vlogs.

Hi mike, thanks for sharing about your vehicles. I loved the song...soo appropriate...Love seeing you interacting with your kids and seeing their love of the ranch as well. You have a very nice sentimental side as well as a mind for business. God Bless you and yours.

Do you think the airless tires could have contributed to the failure of the frame on the old Gator?

Grace & Lincoln sure are growing up. Great to see all the kids they are such a blessing. Congrats on the gator, a whole lot safer & easier for doing all that y'all do on the ranch. Thanks Mike for takin' us along with you today. Take Care and God Bless.

The UTV's are life savers around a farm. I bought a new Ranger XP 1000 crew cab northstar edition (that's a mouthful) last year and already have like 6000 miles on it. We have four other UTV's on the ranch and they're all used a lot. Once you're on the farm, they're a million times more practical and friendly to the soil and forages than full sized vehicles. Congrats on the purchase.

Glad to see you getting the new Gator. It's a necessity to run a ranch with any reasonable amount of effiencentcy. In fact the Gator reminds me of Roy Rogers' Pat Brady's jeep "Nellie Belle"! It's also great to see how well you are with all three of your children. You are patient and mindful of their welfare. Keep em coming Mike; certainly are enjoying the 30 and 30! You don't need to justify the new Gator. It's a need and even if it weren't, you deserve the best tools and conveyances to run the business with.

Congratulation know you feel completely safe and you Jeter and enjoy your Sunday is good working and the rancho hello from Santa Fe nuevo mexico USA

I sure agree with those who think John Deere should use your footage and your story for a commercial!!! And thank you once again for sharing your lives with us, you bring joy to so very many people!!!

Looks like you can salvage all of the old gators light upgrades for the new gator.. check high schools for shop classes and have one repair/weld the old gator back together and the students get to learn about gators. Maybe pressure wash it first you may have to fund the repair costs and throw in a few pizzas.. But then the kids have grandpa's gator... or just the ranch just grandpa's extra gator

Congratulations on the new Gator!! I'm sure Golbert would be proud of you getting a new one. You'll have you buy a few extra pigs to help with the payment. 😀 Thanks Gracie and Lincoln for helping with today's vlog. Love your hay fort. Just be careful. I enjoyed playing in our barn on our square bales back in the day when I was little. So glad you were able to get a new much needed gator. We use 4 wheelers but we don't have as my acres or cows as you do. I would love to have a gator someday.

Mike and Erin you have awesome kids.🥰

My experience UTV's is very similar. But mine is with a Kawasaki mule. Had an old one that I bought used. Used for many years. But it broke, my fault. Had to have one, so I bought a new one. Use it every day. I do rotational grazing, so my Mule is always full of fencing. Love your channel, especially the children.

Old fashioned windows. Guess that makes my '93 Ford Ranger a classic.

The gator also keep you and your family safe. I like the bigger window on the door for visibility.

Very nice!! Happy trails folks. 🙌🙌🙌😍

My "gator " was a ole wrecked Toyota Corolla we cut the top off of and ran it til it died.. total investment $200

I think you will be glad you got the heat this winter!

hey man it is not the gator.....you are a happy dad ....you take care of those beautiful people in your life....

Thanks for sharing.

It was probably time to get another gator, the four wheeler I think you were struggling with to check cattle. Yes it’s a burden to have payments but you need it and it wil be worth it. Glade you got it.

So very excited for you and Erin that you were able to swing a new Gator. It seems to be one of those essentials. Congratulations to your family. 👍🥰

Gators the perfect vehicle for your Ranch

Hey bale forts are a blast your kids are really neat too

I'm running late tonight I'll have to watch your live stream on the replay but I think you're doing an awesome job Mike I think your kids will can't wait to see you put all those lights on the new gator off of the old one and the winch God bless keep up the good work Sandra from south Mississippi loves you

So glad you were able to get the new Gator.It is ultimately a necessity!!!

Fantastic video!! We are currently shopping for a new machine for our farm. This was very helpful. It’s great to see your family enjoying the equipment as well!!

We use the kubota rtvs for everything. We have a summer unit for fencing and feeding. We got a new cab unit with ac,heat and radio for the main workhorse. We use it for checking cows and calving . We have to have them to get around with all these different herds up on ridges and mountains.

missed a few videos due to having fun on a family camping trip. But I am all caught back up. So many new bay calves. And a new gator. Glad I caught up I missed a lot

So Happy to see the GATOR! Such a blessing!

Well you know when your having a bad day in the ranch or farm you need your alcohol, so they put in enough cup holders to get you started😂😂. I love the new gator. Know if you have someone helping you can give them the older one, to keep yours newer and nicer longer

Back 60+ years ago .... as a city kid ... I spent a majority of time in my older sister's hay barn, with my nephews. Still seems the fascination still is there for today's youth.

Congratulations! But the your last words of the video meant the most! Thank you.

Getting good with the drone footage, but @ 6:38 is a beautiful priceless moment.

Congrats on the New Gator. Well deserved. Another great video. Bless you all

You are Blessed !

You're absolutely right Mike, valuable tool on the ranch. We use our side by side every day. Wish mine had the electric dump. I have to manually lift my bed, LOL.....

Have also noticed a JD compact tractor (which I’ve been hoping you would get for high tunnel things, etc.) and mini-excavator recently.

We don’t have a gator, but we do have a utv that we use daily for just about everything that goes on here. Ours only has two drink holders though grr, yours would be better to take to the drive in movies with all those drink holders lol. Well that is a solid purchase that will serve you for years to come.

John Deere needs to watch this and have you do a Gator commercial...half the filming is already done in this vlog! More on the new JD Gator: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Z2haJQL8nM8.html

Awesome Video and Much Love as Always!!

By far this is my favorite video so far! ❤

You’re gonna love it bud!! I have the diesel myself... if you add cab lights on front and rear, stick with Deere. They come with the lights and backlit switches and work wonderfully at night!!

The gaters are a great tool I also have 3 on my place .

so do you think those new tires you got for the old gator expedited the front end failing?

Impressed with your interactions with children.

You very much need this new Gater. Very happy for you and the ranch.

We got the R, fully loaded for $28k. Love it, use it more than anything else we have. Do an air filter breather mod if you drive the dusty roads a lot, otherwise you’ll be changing filters frequently. Deere sells a kit that’s worlds better.

I love the music with this video and the ending is a real tear jerker

The biggest difference I see in the new gator is the doors. They open the other direction. It is going to be hard being sneaky tagging babies when the door opens different. So glad you were able to get a new one to help on the ranch and make new memories in!

Safer than ATV when out with the cows in the rain and snow. Great videos and congrats on the new Gator.

Congrats on your new gator.

Congratulations! Tools are always a good investment.👍🏾😀❤️🇺🇸

Congrats on the Gator!

Mike what a great day!!! I too feel like OWL is back to normal with the new Gator. Having your family or Erin out with you just seems right!!! Congrats on 29!!! Is it too personal for us to ask how much it will take to get your old Gator running? Might be a nice for Erin to have one if needed if you are out in the pastures. Can’t believe how fast your snow melted!!! Also will you put Tweels on the new Gator? I feel like a kid asking so many questions!!!

I love that those kids play like we did as kids. No safety railings on that fort.

Mike you and Erin have been very blessed with three beautiful children . Enjoy every day with them . Did u price a Knots or mule all utvs are very expensive but very useful . Have a great day . Congratulations on the new gator

I still think you should of been sponsored😂

So happy for you!!! You really needed it! But it's TO damn CLEAN

Perfect music. Brought a tear to my eye as it took me back to when my little girl was about Grace's age. So good to see little ones playing like we used to out on the hay pile, or the corn crib. Making up games and fun stuff in their imaginations. So much better than a computer. Good on ya, Mike.

Absolutely an essential piece of equipment for the modern rancher. It’s akin to a horse for the 1880 rancher, only even more useful.

You and your family have the vest life ever . I grew up on a farm. it make you a better person, you never hear children that grew up on a farm or a ranch ever ask. Where do babies come from, and Lincoln it's dirtier, darn that wad good Grace your so sweet watch out these are the bomb

It would be so great to put a license plate or small sign on the back bumper that says, "Escape The Ordinary". I hope you do. It'd be cool!

Enjoying the channel from waterford Ireland

I am glad to see you have the new Gator. It is a tool just like any other tool on the ranch. It helps you do your job better. It was a good purchase. I hope you get years of use out of it. God bless you and your family. And the new Gator also.

I’m glad you got a new Gator... I think you got your $1.10 out of the old one. Hope it had some trade in value.

Congrats on the buy Mike cheeking cows with a 4 wheeler in that cold looked excruciating miserable .

So glad you got a new gator! Looks nice. I must say those haybales look like fun!!

I would be suspicious of those waffle type tires on the old Gator. I'm so glad you have a new one as it seemed dangerous on something unprotected for you, as well as it being too cold and difficult for your job. Congratulations.

So Mike will you transfer all the lights from the old gator to the new one?

Hi Mike and Kiddos, I'm sure it hurts , but like you said it's your #1 Tool! I'm glad and with a cooler and drink holders a many you can go on a family picnic LOL JO JO IN VT 💕😄

That's a cool looking gator, glad you got something more dependable, thanks for sharing Mike.

It's just a different kind of horse! Like what you're doing Mike

Nice ATV. I feel your pain on the price. Can’t afford to buy it.....can’t afford NOT to buy it. Thank you both for all your hard work. Good kids too.👍

Looks good.

Getting to be my Favorite Video,great Kids

It's always fun watching the video's with the family. Thanks Grace and Lincoln. You looked so awesome playing on those hay bales.

Your children are fortunate that you can give them the life that you do on the ranch. We can feel the love they have for the ranch. I'm happy for all of you. BTW, those cows know you carry cake in the gator. They look for it when you show up with the gator.