That opening of the valve before twisting added educational value at the cost of entertainment value. I'm not sure how I feel about that yet

@medaugh

Ай бұрын

Yes, I feel somewhat robbed.

@morganwilson4717

Ай бұрын

@@medaugh it was like eating vegetables, I know it was good for me but I knew I there was something tastier. I'll be more appreciative when I change a pressurized valve I am sure. It was pretty slick, it gave me the courage to attempt a hot swap. Jon will douse himself soon enough for our viewing pleasure between the boat and dam videos it will happen.

@mrdan2898

Ай бұрын

Lol, Yeah same here!

@jimsmith5148

Ай бұрын

This is an old and well known trick among plumbers. There are situations when you need to plug a pipe under pressure, then screwing on the open valve greatly speeds up and makes the task easier.

How, in the world can you not have a million subscribers, is beyond me. You are the man!!!

@mikerayle6103

Ай бұрын

Hes a jack of all trades. He's not afraid to take on anything. And can get the job done. He's done leather work, old and newer heavy machinery,Automotive,Logging,Sawmilling,Wood working,Hydraulic work,Large scale land development,Cattle farming. The list I'm sure could keep going. He's definitely a busy and smart dude. I enjoy his videos.

A friday video from Farmcraft is like watching a new episode of your favorite Netflix show. Every week, I am hyped about it. ❤

that spokeshave looks a awful lot like a drawknife ;) nice video!

@FarmCraft101

Ай бұрын

Well I'll be. I've been calling it the wrong thing... Doh!

@Spitter-ud8jd

Ай бұрын

It only looks that way because it is . But who cares? We get the gist.🍻

@RossReedstrom

Ай бұрын

Well, I wasn't going to call him on it, but since you did ... for those who don't know, a spokeshave has a replaceable blade, sort of a cross-handled hand plane. Can have different sole plates for different final shapes. Being handy with a draw knife is plenty good for farm tools. Spokeshaves would be for finer, destined for in the house, furniture work.

@harbl99

Ай бұрын

Drawknife is spokeshave's older, burlier brother that went to trade school.

@CGT80

Ай бұрын

Did anyone else expect to hear an Eastern accent from This Old House, when he was cutting down those handles?

The old hydrant would make someone else a very fine objet d’art for their yard. Do not surprise the Mrs. with this in your yard!

Some folks think being a farmer or rancher is just herding cows, and draging a plow behind a tractor. Ha!. I'm glad you show more of what it's really like. Rewarding to those of us that are self motivated enough to do it. Never a dull moment. Thanks Jon.

@DieselRamcharger

6 күн бұрын

i would love to do this. plenty motivated, no way on earth i could ever afford a piece of dirt though. combination of luck and hard work...like everything else i suppose.

Geez John, mountain climbing to boot... I'm impressed!

As a farmer, you should buy the extra/spare seal kits when you buy a new hydrant. I do it, just because they always go bad at the worst times. Now, when you figure out how to keep the extras somewhere you can find them quickly, make a video on that, PLEASE. ;)

@AlMeans

Ай бұрын

I was thinking that too.

@mikerayle6103

Ай бұрын

I know a couple cattle people and knew a well driller before he passed. I was told by both do not buy big box store hydrants they aren't built as well and don't last as long. But I should take a look at what brand he put in and check on a seal I knew they were pretty simple though just never had to take one apart. Also the slow mo stroke ☠️😂

I just bought a new house that has a few of those same hydrants, one of them leaks, now I know how to fix it, thanks. :)

Not everything is a hydraulic repair on Farmcraft, I learned something today 😊

@CGT80

Ай бұрын

Didn't he just replace a valve to stop the hydraulic fluid from leaking out into the ground??? I guess the wheel barrow isn't hydraulic......just dead tree carcass and nasty rusted steel.

So I'm a retired hairstylist 44 years. Bought a small ranch with two fine adobe homes, one for us, one for the daughters. Didnt take me three days till I truly found out I was Mr Douglas of Green Acres fame. Seems like every Goshdarn thing that could break, DID!!! Still, I wouldn't trade it for the World. Peace, quiet, animals, all depend on me to keep things running. I got purpose again. Blessings Brother.

@chuckles1043

Ай бұрын

You did move the landlines phone off the pole ? Cellphones are a convenient thing.

@GeneralSulla

Ай бұрын

​@@chuckles1043We don't have a landline. At least Mr Douglas had a pole line! 😂

@jsdavis-vj7ox

Ай бұрын

The wheelbarrow repair was the coolest!

@fillg

Ай бұрын

Keep a close eye on your wallet when Mr Haney comes around 🤣

I really enjoy the big equipment repair you do, but these assorted smaller repair jobs are great to watch also.......keep em comming, I'll watch NJ o matter what it is!

I look forward to your videos every week.- At around 20.54 the electric cable should have a caution tape above it. I used to teach the code before retiring. thanks again for sharing your work with us 🙂

"Jennifer standing by to keep you in check" Is that a full time job?? LOL

Would LOVE to see more videos in this format where you fix a bunch of different things.

Another great educational video, being a farmer is not just about looking after animals and growing crops, you need to learn how to fix anything and everything that needs fixing, and your good at that. One tip I've learnt is that when you putting ptf tape around the threads, undo the roll backwards , so that the outer part of the tape is nearest the thread, it will automatically keep the tape tight when your putting it on, Great viewing again, can't wait for next Friday.

As a dry lot dairy farm kid I hate, I mean I HATE that black pipe! We had 37 waters and I spent a huge part of my life digging up black pipe leaks. PEX-A brother, PEX-A the bomb! The stuff is incredibly strong, uses 100% plastic fittings and clamp bands that will last about forever underground. The fittings are full diameter so non restricted so you can use 1/2" in place of the 3/4 without flow loss. Comes in long lengths that you can literally plow into the ground behind a tractor with a simple homemade pipe plow. I don't fix black pipe anymore, I plow in a new PEX-A line. I've never had PEX-A leak except for cattle moving the tanks and damaged the fitting.

@FarmCraft101

Ай бұрын

Good to know. Thanks!

@mattv5281

Ай бұрын

PEX-A is a lot more expensive than black pipe, particularly in large sizes. And for long runs (hundreds of feet) you probably need at least 1" PEX, or maybe larger, to keep the pressure loss reasonable. Maybe for a cattle waterer you don't need a lot of flow, so you could use a small size. But for a hose hydrant you probably want to design it for around 10 GPM. For example, 200ft of 1" PEX (0.875" ID) at 10GPM will drop the pressure 11.6 psi. Say your water source is 50 PSI static, and you have some other fittings and pipe along the way, that's about the most pressure drop I'd want. Meaning for longer runs I'd want to jump up to 1.25" PEX. Black pipe has a larger ID than PEX for the same nominal size (1.05" for 1" black pipe vs 0.875 for PEX). 1.05" ID gets you just 4.8 PSI pressure drop for the same distance and flow. 1.25 PEX has about the same ID as 1" black plastic. But 100' of black plastic is around $60 versus $450 for 100' of 1.25 PEX-A.

@andyfields3248

Ай бұрын

@mattv5281 I've got an 1800 foot run of 1/2" that delivers 6gpm at 43psi from a well that is set at 55psi. Unless you're trying to fill a water truck it's plenty. There is no restrictions or turbulence like other plumbing. Yes it costs more up front, but not that much. Math out the true costs of repairs in time, material and your well running till you even find the stupid leak and PEX-A will pay for itself in a hurry! Get a 1000 for roll of PEX-A, hook it to an open source off a well tank and watch water shoot over ten feet out the other end.

@DB-yj3qc

Ай бұрын

I installed all my water lines from the meter through my cabin. All PEX lines, my one regret was being short by 20ft of a single roll. The metal tee I used failed in less than 5 years. The major bad news was that I was gone for over 3 weeks. 3/4 line running full tilt for over a week. 😳😠 the second failure (and 3rd) was a damn frost-free spigot. A month later, while I was gone again. 😳 lesson learned "turn the dang water off" at meter if leaving for a few days or more. The plastic PEX fittings are the only ones I trust for permanent installation or underground. The Sharkbite slip fit is just temporary until fixing correctly. The water pressure drop is a concern for some use, 2 outside are 3/4 lines, and the 3rd is fed with 1/2 line at the end of line. I notice the pressure drop.

@vargr

Ай бұрын

Pex is the way to go. It swells instead of breaking, then shrinks when thawed

Anyone else have the overwhelming compulsion to reach through the screen and throw that trash barrel across the shop? 43:36 Keep 'em coming, John! 😊

@SteveandSusiesHomestead

Ай бұрын

I was yelling . Just mooooooove it

@____________________________.x

Ай бұрын

yep, lol

I look forward to your videos every week. It’s my little bit of uninterrupted me time. Doesn’t matter what you do, I find your way of working fascinating and I’ve learned loads by watching you. Thanks Jon, keep up the great work.

"On a timer till it breaks" very true of Farming and the Oil Field. :-)

lol at that plumbing job with all the joints. Really made me feel more like "I'm not the only one" who has these type of problems when doing a job. Nothing's easy, Jon.

there's nothing you can't fix amazing man your one smart guy.

Such a pleasure to watch you do all these “little” choirs 👏🏽

Was not expecting the 'trad dad' moment! Trad is rad!

Was sitting here hollering at my phone “Open the valve, it will be easier to take off and put on” 🤣. Been there before, one of those things you don’t think about right away. A Duh moment. No surprise the wheep hole failed on that spigot. We’ve got fire hydrants in town with failing wheep holes. Turn that bad boy on and water comes boiling out of the ground around the hydrant. What you have is considered a “Dry Hydrant” set up.

This video brings back lots of memories of having to maintain my property.

I'm always excited when I see your videos on Friday :)

Thanks John, I learned something new about those water faucets. I noticed Dozer is getting a little bigger and looking like a good farm dog. 👍🐕

I love how the first fail/leak teaches me when, hoe and why to double clamp it! Love your channel John. You are a hero good sir.

I grew up on a small (80 acre) crop farm in Wisconsin. I know work is never done on a farm. There is always something that has to be done or needs fixing. Love your videos. Always great content.

Watching you dig that waterline out brought back memories. I used to be a faultsman jointer for telecoms, and i've lost count of how many buried cables/joints etc i've had to track and locate over the years to fix, digging on spots only to find i'm off by a few feet, or worse that i'm a mile off due to false readings...... I don't miss that...:)

Always a good feeling getting the small jobs done.

Interesting Hydrant Jon very simple Design 34:58 @FarmCraft101

i swear you have the most entertaining channel on YT, you always end up with the worst of the worst lol its like a bad omen following you lol that boat job was crazy

@SlartiMarvinbartfast

Ай бұрын

This is one of my favorites too, another that I find equally as informative and entertaining regarding repair work is Mustie1 - he mainly does engines, some bodywork, mechanical parts in vehicles, and a variety of other things in his workshop.

Pretty easy wheel barrel Repair There Jon Nice work 42:35 @FarmCraft101

Thank you for showing the little jobs too.

Hay, Jon! Loved the video! If you saw my wheel borrow, you'd be proud. I've refused to allow it to die! It just fits the hand and the back perfectly and it wheels really easy. I use it twice a day to clean the horse barn and that manure is murder on steel, so, there's a lot of patches on the tub, but she works! I'd rather take a whipping than work on plumbing, but some great info on the hydrants! Thanks, Lee

John, You are a talented gentleman farmer.

Didn't realise you were a rock climber! Those huge forearms will come in handy!

A great view into A day in the Life of a Farmer!!! Love the wood shop BTW😃

Thank god. What a week. I need to relax!

Absolutely love watching your videos Jon. Currently re-watching your recent pond install series. Really inspirational and interesting. Keep 'em coming mate!!

Thanks Jon.... Really enjoy the honest hard work

Hi John, Instead of using the Hydrant in the Winter for the cattle, You could just install a Tee underground and a Shut Off underground and pipe up to where you need it. That way you still have Water Hydrant for temporary use, but have a secure way in winter to water the cattle. For the Underground Valve, you could use a plastic enclosure like used for a sprinkler system, that has a lid on it.

Good one, "that's not going anywhere" on the just placed cam and then tugging it with full body weight!

We have lots of 2” poly pipe with screw on compression joiners going to 12 water troughs for our horses. Much easier to repair with no Jubilee clamps required. But it’s always a challenge trying to find a split somewhere in a mile of pipes! Great work Jon.

Great video. This all helps around our ranch.

A couple of tricks to use with your Teflon tape (plumber here) - if you unroll the tape from the other side it will only unroll what you need - in tight places like the hole in the ground you can wrap what you think you will need around a screwdriver and use that to install the Teflon on the fitting. Hope this helps

I don't have a farm but do spend a lot of days fixing or improving things around the homestead too.

John you are so resourceful

We need more climbing videos!

As always, a pleasure to watch.

Thanks for lowering the volume during the times that the machines are operating. I wish other editors would learn how to to that in post. Another great example of viewer friendliness is shooting welding scenes through a welder's mask. Real easy on our eyes out here!

Put some boiled linseed oil on those handles instead jon! Thanks for taking the time to teach us btw! Great job on the wheelbarrow, love when you throw some woodworking in your vids like when you did the base for those pillars on your old farm house. Love that old drawknife looks like its served you well, that drill press too lol 😂

Thank you for the upload Jon...this is very helpful information!

The Wheelbarrow of Theseus.

Thanks for the new video. I look forward to your adventures. Keep up the good works.

Farmer fixes are so interesting 👍

"Oak from my sawmill" is the level of woodworking flex I want to get to some day =)

Your endless talent shines.

30:11 LOL!!! love it!

Jon, Thanks for the insight into a day on the farm! Hydrant is simply ingenious!

Nicely handle John. I can appreciate the shout out to Curtis from cutting edge 😂

If you have to dig up that pipe again someday if it bursts in the winter again, try putting some foam board right over it and bury it, that'll keep it from freezing by letting the warmth lower in the ground keep it above freezing and somewhat mitigate the frost coming down from above.

As always, another great video Jon. Enjoyed it. Have a great weekend, see you next week.

Love this programme, just watching all the issues fixed is quite knowledgeable and very entertaining,good job well deserved

My wife and I were screaming "open the valve!!!!"😂😂😂😂😂😂 Great episode as always❤ Thank you👌

Jennifer…. I thought her name was Susan… 😂 I’m kidding, lol I’m kidding. Much love for Jon and his family. Keep doing what you love doing.

These farm repairs and routine Fixes Are some of my favorite videos Jon 11:58 @FarmCraft101

Flip your spool of teflon so that it dispenses from the top of the spool. It's one of those few life changing epoch moments once you understand the difference.

Very nice redoing the barrow at the end. I love to see a little woodwork, one of my favorite chores when it comes up.

Great vid. Glad to see you back in the woodshop

Played that game....the pipe actually deteriorates and splits...you repair the split, but the split then just pops up further along....love the change the tap,but too far to turn off,so relatable....love your channel, can't do a lot of these things anymore,but can just watch you from my chair...enjoy these things while you can.

Nice job on that wheelbarrow Jon! An Okie living in Germany , I love the work you do!!

Nicely done!

If Theseus had a wheelbarrow... Well done Farmcraft, many pragmatic repairs - why buy new junk?

Hey Jon - Another great video! Thanks for keeping the seal jokes coming, too! Scott/Bulletproof Garage

That valve on the waterer brought back a memory for me. I was working in a plant and a gate valve for cooling water to a machine failed. The gate came off of the stem and stayed in the closed position. We were all about keeping the process lines running and I took the top off the valve. Tapped it a couple of times and the gate flew out, followed by quite a flow of water at about 80 psi. No way I could get the top back on, as it built pressure when the top got close to the body. My coworkers and I were drenched. Eventually, I went and found a piece of flat bar, a piece of rubber, and a c-clamp. We eventually got the rubber and flat bar clamped to the open top of the valve to stop the leak. What a night!

Hey John, you should fabricate a plate to put over the teeth on your excavator shovel, for jobs like finder the water hose. That would be a fun diy video too. Thanks for great content and have a nice weekend.

Good video. I love to do these smaller jobs too. Just adds loads of satisfaction.

FC101, great job fixing all of the stuff on ur farm. wheelbarrow turn-out good.

The video was going along so well until the end and the rocks. Natural selection comes so easy to some.

Thanks Jon and Jennifer.

I've said it before but I'll say it again.... I love the randomness of this channel. 👍

Great stuff as always John, I've always wondered what the guts of those water hydrants looked like. Thanks for making great content!

Good video Jon. Never knew how those worked.

Always a treat Jon... Always a treat

Absolute pleasure to watch, as usual.

I just love fixing stuff and this video is strangely amazing. Just watching you go about fixing random stuff, I love it! Spent a summer one time as a lonely janitor for a smaller soccer club. Among the best summers of my life! Figuring out how to drive a Massey Ferguson from the seventies, understand the sprinkler systems and doing maintenance on them. Heck, I even fixed their outdoor chairs for them and restored their broken small mover! Sadly, they couldn't afford to keep me. And, well, I couldn't afford to work for free. EDIT:Even got stung from a wasp for the first time in my life that summer! Been afraid of anything that can sting me my whole life. Wasn't nearly as bad as it could be since I hardly got swollen so I got out of it all right.

Jon, I know it’s a pain in the butt to have to do maintenance work around the farm but I always loved it, I guess I just always thought of it as part of the remedial package of owning a farm and livestock and all that went with that. You did a great job.

How appropriate.... I've got those last two repairs to do myself... exactly the same issues!

Fantastic run and enjoyable 🙂🙂🙂🙂

Going to town with that draw knife Jon Shaping the handles Coming out Very Nice 43:48 @FarmCraft101

It's not a real friday without a new video from you!

Great job John. Keep on keeping on

@selfpowerenquiries3154

Ай бұрын

Can I ask why they put a fence around the cattle waterer.

This channel deserves a million + subs, I've been watching for awhile. this guy can tackle anything thrown his way. He also explains what he's doing the whole way. Great videos!

Nice to see you back in the woodshop :)

Awesome videos, handy and perseverant guy and he is a climber, it can't get any better!!!

Thanks for doing the dual conversion for temperature. We in the antipodes follow the jolly ol' chaps from the homeland.

I have a little tip for you next time. Put a short piece of brass pipe in the bleed hole with a Lbow. That keeps out the dirt from the seal. And also limestone will eat up the galvanized pipe pretty quickly. You may want to use pea gravel and sand instead next time. But you are a typical farmer. You have to do everything as quickly and cheap as possible. You can't just buy everything new and pay for others to do everything and servive.