That moment with pitchfork 2:40 gave me shivers.😨

@longbow7848

10 ай бұрын

Dont ever point the tines of a pitchfork at your body again. Please.

@davidkettell5726

10 ай бұрын

Downright scary . Like a horror movie ?

LAURA! A pitchfork, to pull that pin? What were you thinking?

@dboule2010

6 ай бұрын

If you had fall off that would have poke you.... That would be very bad....

A hint from an old class 8 maintenance mechanic, when starting for first time take some time and clean all the battery terminals on each battery and the cable. You would be surprised at the resistance that builds up just sitting.

For those of you who think Nebraska is boring, you need to see the hustle and bustle this time of year. All the equipment moving, elevators being prepared, trains moving grain. It's not for everyone but we all need to eat so please appreciate the farmers and pray for their success and safety!

@ralphduncan8054

10 ай бұрын

If they think Nebraska is boring, then what do they think of KS, OK.:)

@ytzpilot

10 ай бұрын

I don’t think anywhere is boring everywhere is just different, I live on an island in the South Pacific to some that may seem boring to me it’s just fine

@christrella3134

10 ай бұрын

All the farmers are busy and getting busier. Here in Central PA. It's not much different. Soybeans and Corn

@toucansam3

10 ай бұрын

@@ralphduncan8054 I've been to Nebraska and Kansas and both were pretty boring, but that's probably why I liked them so much.

@user-pk6ir6nw4s

9 ай бұрын

Trust me I grew up my whole young life working on my Cousins 2200 acre Farm and have nothing but good Memories hard work but Great Life and Fun. It would be Kool to see what Nebraska Farms like Compared to Oregon and California. Wouldn’t of Traded those times for anything else

Everybody out there and is watching us get onto her. Tell her never use the Bedford to do that if it slipped off and go right through her safe is the key to make tools to pull those pins

@davidkettell5726

10 ай бұрын

i thought that was pretty sketchy too .

@philliphenson2582

10 ай бұрын

@@davidkettell5726 I would hate to see her or anybody hurt by not taking the time to find the right tool for the job. You never know I don’t have those trailers a lot and sometimes a pain gets stuck and sometimes it just slipped right out. Oh yeah it can be dangerous go jerking on that using a pitchfork.

@johndeere8594

10 ай бұрын

That was definitely cringe worthy.

The dirt on top of batteries holds moisture. That moisture provides a path for the electrons to travel between poles. Keep your batteries clean for less trouble.

@tsmartin

10 ай бұрын

And also make sure your connections are clean and tight. And when using a charger make sure your clips are making a solid contact with the terminal. That smoke was because the clip wasn't fully connected with the terminal.

My grandson is here for the weekend. He just showed me how I could text you guys through my phone on the t. V, I have to tell you about our 4400 combined. We have, we've had it for 35 years and it was old. When we got it, talk about somebody babing, love your show. Guys take care and be careful.

Wow! Using a pitchfork with the tines pointed at your abdomen? What if you slipped? The things farmers do! I can't say I didn't do dangerous things, but girl, that was over the top. Good job guiding Grant between the trailer and the bean head. 😊 Please be careful. I'm 76 years old and in a wheelchair because of past mistakes. You've got a long way to go...be careful, please.❤

@yzenynot

10 ай бұрын

was thinking the same. as an "old man," seen too many things go wrong that no one ever though would, including the stuff that sidelined me.

@longbow7848

10 ай бұрын

Don’t ever point the tines of a pitchfork at your body again. Please

I always enjoy watching your videos. I am recovering from stage 4 prostate cancer and yours is one of the programs I am annoying while not being able to do much manual labor at this time. It’s always great to see young couples talking on tasks that a lot of people are turning away from. Thanks for enlightening my days.

@ricksuydam5718

10 ай бұрын

God bless you, hope you recover 100%... have a close friend who's not going to make it, same problem and it's spread :(

@2ampipeonthepatio

10 ай бұрын

Praying for a full complete recovery! Keeping you in my prayers! You got this!

Note to Laura: Never pull on a pitch fork with the tines pointed towards you!

@rickmaudlin2160

10 ай бұрын

I had to stop the video and comment too. OUCH

I have lived in an Indiana farming community all my life. And as a long time vol firefighter I applaud you for having the disk on stand-by. They can be so useful on a field fire.

@kevindemand

10 ай бұрын

How does the disk help in a field fire? Laura didn't really explain in the video.

@bradmccormick358

10 ай бұрын

@@kevindemand it tills up the ground in front of the fire making a fire break. Slowing or stopping the fire.

Here's a top from an old trucker: when you go to hook up to a semi trailer always give the trailer a quick tug to make sure the hitch is made

Well done Grant on your skilled driving, I believe that is the truck you drove back home with no heating, and a smoking axle. Checking out everything before harvest to see if everything starts, is so very good thinking. Harvest is that much closer. Stay safe around machinery, love from Mike. ❤

@Marks-Law

10 ай бұрын

Red Hot bearing. Probably welded itself to spindle.

Cool! Thanks for taking us along. Looks like you are ready to go!

Always try to pull out from under it before picking up the landing gear. While the trailer breaks are locked.

Pro Tip - Actually TWO tips! 1) When dropping a trailer: run the landing gear down until the pads are about 1" from the ground, pull the pin, remove air and electric lines, dump the air bags, and ease out from under the trailer. If you DON'T have a suspension dump, run the landing gear down until the pads just touch the ground and ease out from under the trailer. It's MUCH easier on you, ESPECIALLY if the trailer is loaded, to have the tractor take the weight off of the gear before you crank the landing gear up! It will also provide a 'feel' when you back back under the trailer and reduces the chances of a 'high-hook.' 2) After you slide under a trailer and hear that 'click,' put your transmission back into a low forward gear and tug against the trailer. If it is a bad hook (when you hooked up to your trailer, there was a visible gap between the 5th wheel and the trailer floor. If that gap is big enough, it may result in a false-hook, or even a high-hook) when you tug against the trailer you WILL know if you have a good hook! After you connect the air lines and electrical cord, grab a flash light and aim it into the jaws on the 5th wheel. You should see a 'drawbar,' running from left to right that captures the trailer king-pin. ALSO, when you're sure you have a good hook, notice where the release handle is in relation to the the 5th wheel. For example: on the truck I drive now, if I have a good hook, the release handle is tight to the 5th wheel. On the previous generation of trucks that I drove (different 5th wheel manufacturer) the handle was roughly one inch away from the 5th wheel. The LAST thing you do, before you take off, is another tug test! Release the tractor brakes, select a low forward gear, and tug against the trailer. If the rig doesn't come apart there's a fair chance that you have a good hook. Then release the trailer brakes and (again in a low forward gear) roll ahead smartly and apply JUST the trailer brakes. At this point, if the wagon is still attached to your tractor, you're probably good to go!. When I started out in this industry (in 1990), it was drilled into our heads to follow this procedure, and to this day, I STILL (mostly) follow it! I have never lost a trailer on the highway. I HAVE dropped trailers, in our yard, doing trailer movement in and out of our docks. The reason I dropped the trailers? Because I didn't visually inspect the kingpin jaws (that were full of snow) and I didn't do the follow-on tug test! Let me tell you, it REALLY sucks to crank dollies high enough (on 30k loaded trailer) to slide the tractor back under! I recently switched from pulling a 53' box to a 48' pneumatic tank. The picture in the mirrors, between tank and the van, are COMPLETELY different. I recently high-hooked the tank, because I felt the trailer riding up (and over) the 5th wheel, and THOUGHT I heard the 'click.' Once I got out and LOOKED at my connection, I realized that I'd high-hooked...the kingpin was in FRONT of the 5th wheel! Fortunately, my tank empty weighs about 10,000lbs and it was easy enough to crank the landing gear high enough to clear the 5th wheel! Y'all may not have the same licensing requirements as I do, but I guarantee you: if you drop a loaded trailer on the road; and you kill a bus full of nuns that were 'on the way to feed the poor,' SOMEBODY is going to take you to court!!!

we watching from germany,and we cant waid wis the words .if you two became parents. sutch a nice and graet coupel. all the best.

I love how the cat follows you back and forth as you do stuff like opening the big doors

Just a tip. When you pin to a trailer with a semi, you want the fifth wheel touching the plate before locking onto the pin. If you want to avoid losing the grease you just applied to the fifth wheel have the trailer at a proper height and dump the tractors bags, get under the plate of the trailer then re-air the tractor bags. As a Truck driver myself, I would never pin to a trailer that has a gap between the fifth wheel and apron, I would be paranoid to drop the trailer unexpectedly.

Good morning Sunshine! Good too see you and Grant this morning as the level of excitement and activity grows as you prepare for harvest. You have a lot of activity ahead, have a good week and be safe! Larry, Central Valley, Ca.

Spent summer vacations on my grandparents' farm. Those are my best childhood memories, and your channel brings back those memories. I use to go around playing in the tractors and combines. I was famous for running down grandpa's batteries. At 57 my uncles still call me "button pusher". Thanks for bringing back those great memories

Gloves and safety classes are a MUST for any farmer. Grant is the backup farm truck/tractor/combine CHAMPION for sure Laura. HAPPY HARVEST 2023....in Central Nebraska...BE SAFE!!

I think you definitely need to power wash the semi and the other machinery lol ! Look after your equipment and it will look after you , as my father always taught me , 👍

@deepsleep7822

10 ай бұрын

Power wash after harvest.

Yes we are on fire up here in Canada Laura &Grant. We are always on fire. My town was evacuated twice in a month the severe flooding right after we got back the second time.

My favorite part, watching everything go in motion. Nice work.

How you treat and maintain your equipment says a lot of how good a person you are.

@dennisdixon6344

10 ай бұрын

That's bullshit...

Hi Laura, it's great harvest time, Grant is already thinking about winter, leave the snowmobiling for later hahahaha, good luck with your harvest, God bless you all

HI Laura We enjoy your videos! I grew up on a farm as my Dad's "right-hand man". He had 3 daughters and I was the oldest. I ended up marrying a dairy farmer and have worked full time on the farm my whole life. Appreciate your enthusiasm for farming and it is interesting to see farming in a different country with different climate. Writing from Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada

I like how positive your videos are - they always make my day a bit better! Thank you! About one-handed door latch closing - put some thread locker onto a latch thread, so it doesn't turn easily.

2:30 Always put the truck in gear and pull against the king pin to check the hook up is secure to the trailer.

Yikes! Take it from someone that's been to the ER too many times... those sharp ends of a pitchfork should never be pointed at anything that shouldn't be stabbed.

@bowhunter182

10 ай бұрын

I was just about to add the same thing...from a safety standpoint that is very dangerous. One slip and that could be it. Hope she reads this.. Safety first!

@truckeejp

10 ай бұрын

Yep, if she slipped of the pin with her full force pulling, she's lucky to be alive'

I hope the two of you have a bountiful harvest. No doubt you've out your hearts and souls into it.

Great video Laura and Grant.

With all the thefts of JD Starfire and other brand GPS receivers, we always take them off equipment if they are not parked in a secured location. We had a neighbor who FINALLY got his Starfire 7 receivers. Within a week they were stolen!

That's a beautiful disc harrow. Used discs are also quite useful around the farm. We use them for a lot of bases for large fans, vises, grinders, etc.

I enjoy watching your videos and like how you work as team to get the job done. I've been watching your videos for a couple of years now and I just realized that my grandparent's names are grant and Laura. I just have to say Laura your eyes are amazing. keep up the great work and good luck with the upcoming harvest.

@missouri100

10 ай бұрын

Amen on those green eyes

I look forward to following yuour harvest work! Re: Batteries. I learned by demonstration a bunch of years ago that dirty batteries can actually discharge between the terminals, so keeping to tops clean as well as the terminals and cables can help, especially then they sit for a long period of time. But the age of your truck batteries says big $$, so good luck!

Awesome video Laura and Grant y'all are looking good for harvest.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

I can't wait to see how good the harvesting is going to be 🤞🤞

You LOOKED BETTER IN THE RED ♥️ TRACTOR ❤

Always like the videos with the machinery working. Take Care and Be safe on the farm Out

That was a cool video nice to see your dad again. Hope you have a great harvest this year.

Good to see your assistant smiling! You all be careful this harvest!

Enjoyed watching the video Laura and Grant 😊

you guys are fun to watch

I drove a Peterbuil with a Cat 3406 in it. I drove coast to coast for one year. Then I drive bus at Google for 13 years

يعطيكم الصحة والعافية وربي يعينكم على هذا العمل الجيد انتم فعلا أبطال تحية طيبة لك على العمل المتقن❤

Good to see The Boss (Pepper) keeping a supervisory eye on the goings on. Also good how you farmers look out for each other rather than being the cutthroats that too many businesses are. I remember the episode where you dad was racing around a fire one of your neighbors had, trying successfully to keep it from spreading. I could use a new pickup truck if Grant is up to making another mistake!

Love you all ❤

Goooooo Laura!

Yanking the business end of a jammed pitchfork toward your body. Hmmm. Well, as you have occasionally said, "This is a farming video, not a safety video." 🤣❤

Busy Times getting ready for harvest!! Nice Job Guys!!!

Hi Laura. Harvest is coming soon. Good luck.🎉

Love your videos and smile 😁 I'm here waiting for the Drs to decide if I need brain surgery so these videos are so comforting to me thanks again

Love the new truck. I was cracking up when you said the one we accidentally bid on lol. Anyways I love these positive videos about family, farming and big machinery. I'm happy to see a married couple that work like a team. Always reminds me of my fiance and I. Be safe and stay healthy. Cheers from Sarnia Ontario Canada 🇨🇦. We would love to visit Nebraska some day.

You are awesome and amazing Laura 👩🏻🚜🥰💞💝

Thanks for another great video Laura and Grant. Nice your tractor is going to Husker Days for display. The rig that is hauling it is beautiful. Nice rig. Well you all got all the harvest equipment out and ready to go. Nice work getting it all out of the shed. A big shed. Yeah. Good job with the semi Grant and Laura. Be harvesting soon I think. Nice equipment you have. You take good care of it. About it for now. Thanks for everything Laura. The Iowa Farm Boy.

Glad ya'll had a little downtime before harvest starts.👍👍🙋‍♂️🙏🙏🙏🙏prayers for you and your family always.

Yay, another video! By the way we love you guys and will watch any video you put out. Seriously, we enjoy all of your videos, no matter what you are doing!

Always clean the equipment.

Whenever you are hooking up to a trailer. After you're hooked up, you should physically go underneath and look to see that. The pin is locked with your eyes.

@kenwilson4375

10 ай бұрын

You only have to drop 1 to make it worth looking at all of them. I never move until I look at it.

@adamthayer9995

10 ай бұрын

After u hook up the trailer u should do a pull test as well to make sure it's hooked properly too people fail to do that Cuse of people dropping trailers when on the road and forget to do a tug test first before going any ware

@scottycollins1829

10 ай бұрын

Alwayz do a tug test a few times by leaving trailer brakes set & pull trk forward in low 1st gear then reversing back

@garystarr9176

10 ай бұрын

I had a utility trailer go over the bank and crash into my yard yesterday because it wasn't checked. Oh, and the safety chains weren't hooked up either.

@aiai4u109

10 ай бұрын

Yes. Listen to this Man. His advice could save a life. 👍

Hey guys, I drove semi for almost 30 years. You need to pick up the trailer with the fifth wheel when you hook up. If the weight of the trailer isn't fully on the fifth wheel when you back into the hitch, it may not latch correctly, which you have already experienced apparently. This is very important so you don't loose your trailer while going down the road. Safety first my friends.

@kellyhahn6145

10 ай бұрын

YEP. He high hooked it. Never how you want to hook one up. Asking for disaster.

Scottie cracks me up the way she follows you around.

A whole day of just repositioning equipment. WOW!

Whiskers was helping:)

Great video!

Your rig and grain trailer will work out well, no regrets all the best with the harvest, much love from New Zealand 🇳🇿 🇺🇸

Won't Be Long Now Harvest Is Soon Up on us!! The "Getter Done" time of the year!! Keep Smiling On!! 😄👍👊❤️

I spent last weekend polishing and shining up the combine before harvest.

Make sure you keep the combine clean/blown off... spontaneous combustion

Love watching your videos, so relaxing for me (I know you deal with a lot of stress)... look forward to every one, as does half the world! How about a video featuring Gage (sp?) a bit... I always like to see the folks behind the scenes, the support crew... just a thought.

at 5:12 Miss Pepper shadowing Laura is soo cool

I've been in the grading business my whole life and I'm retired now and after watching you and Grant I wish I would have been a farmer.

It looks so much fun and very interesting to work with all of that machinery 😊

Laura, this is a Compliment to you and your Husband your both obviously generations of knowledge of Farming knowledge and I just Love the Passion and emotion you have for Farming. I think is slowly going to be Taken away by Government and Elites for alot of Different reasons I don’t want to get into. I work for a Brown Company that has Sleeper Teams and I did Sleeper Runs all over most the Country & got to see different Crops but Mainly a lot of Corn and soybean. Where I grew up we Grew Grass seed, Wheat, Hops, Xmas trees, Sugar Beet seed that was in Oregon and Weed my dad told me that my cousins were trying I don’t think it did so well? But I moved to California and they grow so Much. It would be Kool to maybe go to Tulare international Farm Ag Show and Possibly meet you guys there. Cuz your Farming Celebs. Good work.😊🤙✌️

wow and stay safe everyone

Another GREAT video guys! You sure do have a lot of beautiful equipment! So much work all the time. Ft. Wayne, IN.

Always do a visual inspection of the Jaws and do a tug test

Excellent video

Ihr zwei sind so cool , vielen lieben Dank für die tollen Videos. Ein liebes grüßle aus Deutschland ❤👍👋

Nice to see your skillful driving. Equipment must be checked before starting work.❤❤❤❤

Bonjour Laura et Grant super video belle manoeuvre bon courage a tous

If you guys need to jump a big truck like that with your jump pack open the hood or crawl under and hook it strait to the positive and negative terminals on the starter. It works great.

Lindo video saludos desde Argentina

Laura pleas buy or make a pin puller for your trailers !!! Watching you pull on that fork scared the HELL out of me.

Your shovel is also called a grain scoop. Really enjoy your videos.

when starting the semi push the clutch in it helps with starting!!!!

Laura. Just a bit of advice, even though you hear the Click when you hook up i would do what i used to do and give it a Tug Test with the truck then get out and crawl under the trailer and look at the jaws of the Fifth Wheel to make absolutely sure it is connected 😊

Hey, low voltage start is very destructive to the STARTER.... Always maintain your batteries... corrosion and keeping them clean. Hey, install maintain disconnect on your battery box.... isolate the batteries.

Getting 'er ready for the harvest. It coming and coming fast. Those Canada fires are throwing a lot of carbon gases into the atmosphere judging from how orange the sun is, but boy do the vegetation love it. Next thing maybe a tropical environment like in the distant past.

❤ 18:20 Love your Sun filter .. yikes! 👍😎✊

Once you hook up you should always attempt to move forward in gear to verify your attached. Too many bad things can happen if not properly connected.

Tech tip of the day. To grease the 5th wheel, squeeze out a full tube of grease on the 5th wheel plate, then flatten the cartridge to spread the grease around. Safety tip. If the handle on that pitchfork came off, we would have had a Laura ka-bob.

I could love Laura forever she is a true sweetheart 😘😘 and a true country girl

So sweet❤

Canada was on fire all year!! Tired of the smoke! From a Canadian fan!😊

🎉🎉🎉🎉 lovely farming

LAURA !! ... you scared the living crap out of me with the pitch fork. Phew !! How come you don't back the grain trailers in?

I've been driving trucks for almost 28 years, and I don't think I could have backed the truck better than Grant. Nice going.