When Times are Tough - Story Time with Dad #2

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Dad takes us on a trip down memory lane with some budget fixes that happened when times were tough.
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@robwright2218 2 года назад

I'm lovin' these stories, and I think on behalf of everyone can I say "Please sir, can we have some more....?"

@jf7243 2 года назад

The creative necessities that make farmers do what they do so very well never ceases to amaze me! Well done you Mr Jackson!

@peterinthegong9437 2 года назад

Matt, tell your Dad he’s a natural in front of the camera.

@geedubb2005 2 года назад

Oh how I remember those days. I bought a new John Deere backhoe in 83 and financed it. Construction jobs went down but still had to make payments. I worked 7 days a week and some 20 hour days and survived. I remember those interest rates. Now people complain if they have to pay 5 or 6%. I’m afraid we’re heading back to those days. Thanks for the memories and inspirational story. That’s what makes us stronger. Best wishes with your crops. We’re in a severe drought here in New Mexico, USA. Most of our agriculture, probably 95% depends on irrigation and reservoirs are at historic lows.

@gibbsey9579 2 года назад

Don't be embarrassed, be proud.... That is how many of us survived.

@edwardmolloy7548 2 года назад

Shit Peter nothing to be embarrassed about! You did what you had to so you could continue farming! Be proud of your ingenuity as others would have given up!😀

@edwinhsingmaster9135 2 года назад

Think E Molloy had it right👍. Purchased a diesel rabbit that had a blown head gasket. Head warped .015. Not suppose to surface, and machinist didn't want to. I said go ahead, if it blows so what. Put the thickest head gasket they offered and drove it 10k like I stole it, before selling. Ran perfectly!

@peterclifton7835 2 года назад

Love the bush mechanic stories keep them coming thanks

@snowfire45 Год назад

This video is outstanding for younger people to see when times were tough ! and you had to do with what you had to thank for your story ! God bless 👍👍

@roberthocking9138 2 года назад

Great history lesson, yes the 80s were tough on the land, I was a stock & station agent and we had to support a lot of families and farms to keep them going, despite what our H/O wanted us to do, but in the bush we were all in it together so it was sink or swim. Thanks for sharing

@johnmilburn5715 2 года назад

Embarrassment? Absolutely not! You get 100% credit for sheer ingenuity and creativeness. Times were hard; you rode them out to have what you have now; a fantastic enterprise, and a wonderful family. Nothing to be embarrassed about there Peter. God bless.

@newenglander4513 2 года назад

Just about every Farmer/Grazier I know is a Bush Mechanic by trade. The ingenuity displayed by some of them such as Peter is great to watch. If a town Mechanic saw what Peter did to that piston, he'd have palpitations.

@bradleamon4466 Год назад

When your ass is on the grinder what else are you supposed to do desperate needs call for desperate measures

@arnold4333 2 года назад

Being an older mechanic myself I can understand your way of thinking and why you do what you do. I honestly doubt the younger mechanics these days would even think to do something like that.

@JaseC80 2 года назад

Very true, however with todays vehicles and machinery so dependant on electronics and sensors half the fixes would never work.

@supertramp6011 Год назад

Haha, you might be surprised! Well, saying that I’m 48 now, but I always did what I had to do! Best one I heard of was an old farmer here in Scotland, melted a piston in a tractor in the middle of harvest time, tore her down overnight, and couldn’t wait for parts to arrive- this was probably back in the fifties,I’m gonna say. So he turned a piston outta Lignum Vitae wood, drilled it for a wrist pin, and got her back together, and finished the harvest like that. Lignum Vitae is a particularly hard type of wood, with natural lubricant properties. It’s amazing what you’ll do when you have to!🤣🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ( and that’s why we never throw anything away!🤣)

@supertramp6011 Год назад

@@JaseC80 so true. None of todays garbage will be repairable in another 50;years, although there are some very talented engineers on farms everywhere, and some of them are even electronics geniuses too. So who knows! A soldering iron and a laptop are the tools they’ll be using to breathe new life into old abandoned equipment in a few years.

@bradleamon4466 Год назад

Exactly what you should do in theory isn't what suits your requirement in practical terms you are right the younger ones don't seem to think these things can work

@CamshaftFM 2 года назад

More Peter farm fix videos please. Love the stories from back in day and the creative ways farmers resolved problems or came up with new ideas.

@colinturner2170 2 года назад

Yeah nothing like hard times to get the old creative juices going. Always more than one way to skin a cat. God bless

@peewee.3138 2 года назад

Sometimes a bush fix is better than a factory certified replacement parts and if you can’t afford new parts but need the machine, homemade ingenuity will get you through. I remember my dad making parts to keep his pickup truck on the road in the 80’s here in Canada 🇨🇦

@TheYapman 2 года назад

I was surprised Pete said 1.6mm sheet and not 16 gauge. Owning a Sheetmetal shop myself I think 68 is about the transfer age these days. As soon as an old guy walking in i swap out my metric tape for a metric / imperial one. Another great vlog.

@5678niall 2 года назад

Thanks Peter. Great to hear you share your lifetime of experience. I tried to encourage my boys to always have a go at things they don't know. Somethimes it's a disaster but you learn and eventually 90% of your ideas work out. The little victories are always satisfying. 👍💪💪

@FarmerBen86 2 года назад

Great story, I love the way you explain things.

@anttiroppola4414 2 года назад

Great story! Great guys back then. I remember dad's mate built his own dredge excavator back then using a truck diff (as winch drums) and gearbox linked to the pto of an old Farmall. Thanks.

@johnjordan4647 2 года назад

Well done Peter. Would be interesting to sit down over a beer 🍺 and have a yarn

@jamieshields9521 2 года назад

Great story n you shouldn’t be ashamed in doing it tough👍born in 81, I do remember tough times n pressures of running the farm, weather we keep running sheep because poor wool prices. Not many people would realise how poor farm machinery was built back then n at 18% interest try paying anything off. My father would ride his ag bike around instead of work ute even in Victorian winte, eventually he clock up 70,000 on ag bike.

@dazzfromaus4797 Год назад

Back then you had to di what you needed to do to keep thing going. My late father had a Chamberlain Countryman 6 tractor to clear land south of Loxton in South Australia. Loved that tractor.

@johnwarwick4105 2 года назад

Wow loves those two stories. Finance drives ingenuity especially if you have nothing to loose. I remember the late 80’s well! the high interest rates😳😳. I fear they are returning here in the UK and Europe. Don’t know about your country but it appears to be world over

@jifi-0178 2 года назад

The engine repair was quite clever and never to be repeated again. 😲 HA The real shocker was the efforts at mending the tires/tyres. I'm surprised that they could hold any air for a period of time. I'm curious how the tire repair is holding up where you made the repair with RTV/silicone? Peter's trix N techniques

@randallmidgley5520 2 года назад

I recall my father on an early gleaned I think, toe behind, he brought very cheap during the depression as it never worked properly. Several days bits of scavenge tin lots of banging then away it went. Had it for many years all bags. They certainly worked hard, unbelievably so, I have so much respect as in those times they where breaking in land as well.

@jefftheaussie2225 2 года назад

A bit of good old bush ingenuity Peter. The attitude of you probably can’t make it any worse can often get good results, you are on a different level though. Those Ford 380 motors were pretty tough except when they were soft as buggery and blew up. I don’t know if that attitude is as common now as it was in our time but some of it has rubbed off on your boys. I always think why pay someone else to stuff something up when you can stuff it up yourself for nothing. Jeff

@matthewallen9852 2 года назад

Great video Peter those where fun times you did what you had to do. Are you trying to get us prepared for what is coming from the politicians that claim to know best 😂 I have a Brandon I will gladly give you all free!! Let’s go Brandon. All kidding aside stay safe and God bless

@kennygray9013 2 года назад

I’d pay for the fuel to send him and bunch more cronies somewhere else.

@ewanstewart8011 2 года назад

Great to hear you reminiscing Peter hope you’ve got a lot more anecdotes to entertain us 👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@ricko3145 Год назад

Enjoy listening to the old timers and there old ways. Thanks Peter

@rodneyhorne3129 Год назад

Great story and memories. There was a lot of farmers who had it tough . You were lucky , you survived !

@TheInvoice123 2 года назад

Fixed car airconditioning hose with a nail. Currently old Land cruiser power steering hose running using gripples. Keep it up

@hubcap3738 2 года назад

Great video! I'm still doing similar fixes now as I have only been farming for 3 years with no borrowed money and old gear.

@unclemarkyeatonshill5803 2 года назад

Sometimes you just have to do what you can to keep the wheels turning, well done.

@jimnunes6286 Год назад

Great old school common sense video!!! Thank you

@farmerlamb2372 2 года назад

A bit of struggle in life makes you appreciate the good times and the fruits of your labour even more.

@blindfreddy 2 года назад

The resourcefulness of a farmer is legendary. I remember those high-interest rates well. Lets not go there again.... Thanks for sharing your memories.

@dohhomer9 2 года назад

A nice repair on the piston back in the day. As the story unfolded, I thought for a moment you were going to say that you put two head gaskets on to get the clearance.

@MH-qq3kj 2 года назад

I farmed in the mid 70’s with my good friends dad. I learned so much in 1 1/2 years, it shaped the rest of my life when it came to finding solutions to everyday problems. I love your ingenuity. You just had to find a way to get it done when no money was available.

@donevens4357 2 года назад

That was very interesting, Thanks!

@zinny54 2 года назад

Good history Peter, well done.

@graemefyffe5295 Год назад

good on you guys,keep up the good work

@09FLTRMM77 2 года назад

MM77 Approved 👍🏼👍🏼

@roberttweed6939 2 года назад

A true bush mechanic there

@lastguy8613 2 года назад

When you haven't got much money you do what you have to do to keep going, nothing embarrassing about it. When I was younger with a family I could only afford beaten up old pommie rubbish cars, Triumphs and Avengers etc. So when one died I get another and strip all the good bits out of the old one to keep the 'new' one going. You guys know about old British stuff with that old Commer truck you have that makes the odd appearance still lol

@coleallen8657 2 года назад

Excellent video , some day would love to get to Australia!! Hello from North Dakota. Take care!!!!

@Erman456 2 года назад

Great 👍👍

@w.bridges9118 2 года назад

Great story 👏

@drmarkintexas-400 2 года назад

🏆🏆🏆👍🇺🇲🙏 Thank you for sharing

@jimsvideos7201 2 года назад

The two plates and fasteners approach is a common approach to repairing aircraft skins too.

@jimsvideos7201 2 года назад

Using punch marks of known depths is a technique I've seen used on aircraft structures to mark how deep to go removing corrosion etc. Small world.

@jesstill7833 2 года назад

Great mate love stories hard times in the bush👍👍👍💪💪💪🚜🚜🚜😄😃😀😎🚜🍺🍺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

@timunger5113 2 года назад

Difference between a good mechanic & a great one, great will think outside the box to get you up & running. Great watch🤠👍

@johnbeck2147 Год назад

😊

@daveevans2710 2 года назад

I love story time with Peter. Nothing but respect. My parents farmed through the years of high interest rates too. Would love to hear a bit of history about why you moved farms?

@norcalray7182 2 года назад

Awesome video loved it. I find it fun to try and figure out what your Dad is getting at before he says it. Smart MAN your Dad.

@scottbelinda3509 2 года назад

Thanks for sharing Peter. Farmer's are very resourceful you have to be able to think outside the box to problem solve. My mum and dad would tell us the same thing in the 80s that farming was a tough game with two little kids. But we got through it. My parents are now retired and I am still farming. With the chamberlain tractor in the video we use to have a c670/9g/306 there was one more but could not remember the number of it. I hope I have got that right with the model numbers. They were great old tractors. Thanks for the video.

@geraldfrench3287 2 года назад

Pete. What a great story. Thanks form sharing. I worked on those Ford engines in the 70's.

@Gobumpy1979 2 года назад

Excellent story, brings back memories of helping my father do the same but with a borrowed orbital sander on a Isuzu/Bedford motor in a prime mover had to do it to ride the tough times.

@coupster5464 2 года назад

Love it Peter.. Born of neccessity, part of the Mallee way LOL My first engine rebuild involved a 2inch wide Cold Chisel from Dad's blacksmith shed.. to remove a frozen piston from a cracked bore, scrounged a replacement.. at 13 I never worried that only ran on 6 every now and then

@jasonthompson6255 2 года назад

Never be ashamed of what you did to get the job done without a big repair bill and minimal down time...farmers are masters at making something work...I enjoy the stories keep them coming peter...reminds of my late father who drove trucks and the stories he had from years on the road were great

@outbacknomad9939 2 года назад

Grew up on farm an sawmilling on the Murray your videos remind me of the things I would see my dad do an help him with nothing you have said surprises me your right normal peaple would spin out but we did wat we did to servive. Love your videos an way of life .

@Abritinluzon 2 года назад

What a great video it reminded me of when I first started working on the farm my old Boss used to fix many things and he taught me many things how to make do and mend but today I don't think the younger generation will learn as about everything is done with a computer

@cantwellron11 2 года назад

Yeah Peter times were hard but we over come remember tapping big end bearing in wid ball pean hammer got all level on ends drove heap miles on that old jigger yeah Aussie Aussie Aussie