Getting the Round Bales off the Hay Field and We Got Round Bale Feeders for the Cows and Sheep

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  • @AJ_ghdhejsien
    @AJ_ghdhejsien Жыл бұрын

    That little TYM is quite the tractor. I hadn't considered them before, but I'll have to stop by my local supplier that has them.

  • @Miker1776

    @Miker1776

    Жыл бұрын

    I agree

  • @mightyminifarm
    @mightyminifarm Жыл бұрын

    “When you work a full time job, you come home and you get to do more work” haha Boy can I relate to that!

  • @jonathanbuck6526
    @jonathanbuck6526 Жыл бұрын

    It's the life you have chosen for yourself Evan, and you are very lucky to have it.

  • @miguelavelasquez8056
    @miguelavelasquez8056 Жыл бұрын

    Work is never over for a farmer even when you sleep you are thinking of what you forgot to do but hard work pays off Even thanks for sharing

  • @karencary3312
    @karencary3312 Жыл бұрын

    You must enjoy what you are doing to work this hard. God bless and stay safe.

  • @kafurii_fx

    @kafurii_fx

    Жыл бұрын

    Hey Karen how are you doing and how is the weather conditions over there

  • @roberthuckeby2825
    @roberthuckeby2825 Жыл бұрын

    Glad you were able to pick up the round bales and get the under cover. Now, go have dinner and put your feet up!!

  • @dougdobbs
    @dougdobbs Жыл бұрын

    The work you're doing is tiring but has to be gratifying at some level. Thanks for letting us get a glimpse of things there. :)

  • @sylviaprudhomme5417
    @sylviaprudhomme5417 Жыл бұрын

    Enjoy watching all the many tasks y’all have to do. ❤❤❤❤

  • @deannaoverstreet4146
    @deannaoverstreet4146 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for sharing! Really enjoy!

  • @teenagefarmer
    @teenagefarmer Жыл бұрын

    Yessir, there is always something to do. Looking good keep it up

  • @workhardlivefree3818
    @workhardlivefree3818 Жыл бұрын

    @ 12:28... That'd be a great pic for a new t-shirt... sun going down, tractor just unloading and the steer watching you

  • @frrapp2366
    @frrapp2366 Жыл бұрын

    the work of a farmer is Never done even after you retire:)

  • @mattharper7237
    @mattharper7237 Жыл бұрын

    Sounds like a perfect vacation, doing what you enjoy is not working.

  • @namgreb9063
    @namgreb9063 Жыл бұрын

    I love watching you do hay work. Keep up the great work!

  • @cjandjoannegodkin3787
    @cjandjoannegodkin3787 Жыл бұрын

    I totally understand what you mean about working all day, then working the evening too. It’s a life not many would choose to do, but you guys do it well. My wife and I love that life also, and do the best we can. God bless you all my friend.

  • @shirleybewley6646
    @shirleybewley6646 Жыл бұрын

    Sorry for the trouble with the baler but having baling wire on hand is VERY useful!

  • @harveystephens6115

    @harveystephens6115

    Жыл бұрын

    Maybe you can fix tiers r a knowledgeable viewer will tell you how!

  • @kafurii_fx

    @kafurii_fx

    Жыл бұрын

    Nice Shirley how are you and how is the weather conditions over there

  • @jamesmorrison1884
    @jamesmorrison1884 Жыл бұрын

    Looks great Evan have a good day.

  • @Iamkcs2c
    @Iamkcs2c Жыл бұрын

    That hay wagon looks like I how feel getting up some mornings. 😂

  • @francisbarbeau1862
    @francisbarbeau1862 Жыл бұрын

    Great Stuff! You may want to do some maintenance on your hay wagon!

  • @bigtime37ja
    @bigtime37ja Жыл бұрын

    Good work after work sir.

  • @kathyline11
    @kathyline11 Жыл бұрын

    Great job!

  • @jpeel2066
    @jpeel2066 Жыл бұрын

    Looks like some great hay that you got made. Alot of hard work but worth it in the end. Thanks for the video. All the best 🇬🇧.

  • @sandratalbert9578
    @sandratalbert9578 Жыл бұрын

    Nice to see you use the smaller version of the TYM tractor. Wonder what the max lifting capacity is. Sure handled those round bales easily. Glad to see you got all the hay undercover before rain shower. Interesting to see smaller tractor easily got the one feeder into the back of the barn. 👍👍👍

  • @mikerequa820

    @mikerequa820

    Жыл бұрын

    The 2515 is rated to lift 2200 pounds with loader

  • @wileycoyotesr8623
    @wileycoyotesr8623 Жыл бұрын

    Yay for the hay! 👍👍👍

  • @scrambler69-xk3kv
    @scrambler69-xk3kv Жыл бұрын

    When I was a teenager so many years ago, we had a neighbor who put hay in his barn that was too damp. In the middle of the night his barn caught fire and burned to the ground along with a wagon and two tractors.

  • @dalewallace3812
    @dalewallace3812 Жыл бұрын

    That is one job I miss cutting and raking hay at my grandparents I would cut it with a sickle mower and rake with a PTO driven rake I would rake the hay then some else would round bale it then we would load them up on a couple different trailers and haul them to the house but they didn’t have animals they sold the hay

  • @rancancookcanoy9768
    @rancancookcanoy9768 Жыл бұрын

    Another great video. thank you.

  • @rockyguzek9262
    @rockyguzek9262 Жыл бұрын

    first feeder you put out is really nice i've always used the round ones,sheep probably won't eat much hay as long as theres green grass

  • @glengillis7775
    @glengillis7775 Жыл бұрын

    Good job

  • @kafurii_fx

    @kafurii_fx

    Жыл бұрын

    Nice comment Glen how are you doing today I

  • @marydanen5220
    @marydanen5220 Жыл бұрын

    God bless💞

  • @kafurii_fx

    @kafurii_fx

    Жыл бұрын

    Nice comment Mary how are you doing today

  • @mikeweaver5399
    @mikeweaver5399 Жыл бұрын

    Evan, I noticed you have a lot of loose hay and hay left over from cleaning the animal pens. I think if you got a good size chipper shredder you could run all that through it and increase your compost production by a bunch. Just a thought I realize you have a full plate all the time but in the long run it should be very beneficial 😉👍🇱🇷😊

  • @leol1682
    @leol1682 Жыл бұрын

    Now your a farmer Evan . like the video .

  • @markpriddy1
    @markpriddy1 Жыл бұрын

    Good Work.

  • @chrisoconnor5880
    @chrisoconnor5880 Жыл бұрын

    Only one rung lower than Lucerne, (Alfalfa) is red clover, I always grew it for hay paddocks, Red clover was in every pasture mix I planted

  • @niklaseriksson3343
    @niklaseriksson3343 Жыл бұрын

    Now that you guys have two tractors with frontloaders, a 2nd bale spear would be pretty handy. Have one tractor in the field to load bales with and the other at the shed to unload them. Would save you quite some time not to have to walk back and get the tractor to unload.

  • @dwightl5863

    @dwightl5863

    Жыл бұрын

    Seems to me pulling the wagon out with the loader tractor in the first place would be the way to do it.

  • @roberto.peterson9917
    @roberto.peterson9917 Жыл бұрын

    We use spread rock salt on every layer on bales we stack especially when in a barn salt draws moisture should be questioned but also makes cattel drink more when it's cold insure that they drink so not get bound up from eating only dry hay

  • @garyjohn316
    @garyjohn316 Жыл бұрын

    Oh those forks on the top! I thought you were gonna fix that Lol.

  • @johnzink3309
    @johnzink33096 ай бұрын

    Thx

  • @noelcahill6707
    @noelcahill6707 Жыл бұрын

    To cut down grass waste where there eating top the grass cows will just stand on high grass but if u use a topper or as ye say bush hog ul clean up where they graze

  • @Void_And_Absent
    @Void_And_Absent Жыл бұрын

    Better than watching TV.

  • @steveprice4779
    @steveprice4779 Жыл бұрын

    Ya gotta watch those round bales ....sometimes they try and escape. My son in laws neighbors switched for square bales to the full sized round bales. It's pretty hilly here in Eastern Washington. One evening when they were baling on the side of a hill the wind picked up and sent one 2 tenths of a mile down hill through a neighbors vinyl fence and through a big picture window in a neighbors house.....Opps....hate it when that happens 😳

  • @tomriblett2979
    @tomriblett2979Ай бұрын

    I do the same here. Just no longer have a full time job off the place.

  • @outdoorstudios2022
    @outdoorstudios2022 Жыл бұрын

    Hello Rebekah and Evan

  • @brianjohnson1346
    @brianjohnson13469 ай бұрын

    red clover is rich stuff be careful... its slow to dry for me too but they love it

  • @helodriver20
    @helodriver20 Жыл бұрын

    Pro Tip: When strapping something down, ALWAYS say, “that’s not going anywhere!” 😂

  • @Roger-gs5ew
    @Roger-gs5ew Жыл бұрын

    Both of you working two jobs is bound to make you feel tired at times, but it brings your goal of giving up your employed jobs, closer each day, meanwhile you are sensibly setting up your homestead/farm to be as self sufficient as possible, and you will reap the rewards in a few years time. Although I cannot see either of you sitting around all day, but at least you may have more time for your hobbies and skills in woodwork and metal.

  • @Whiskey61
    @Whiskey61 Жыл бұрын

    Its kinda crazy how much that 25 hp tractor can lift.

  • @AutoCrete

    @AutoCrete

    Жыл бұрын

    Between the little tractor and the old waggon I'm not sure which piece was working harder. I used to live a couple of miles from Spruce Meadows equestrian centre and saw many diesel dually 1 tons that never had a load in the box, this is not the same thing at all. Way to work em hard Evan!

  • @AutoCrete

    @AutoCrete

    Жыл бұрын

    @Bowhunters Actually unless you live in a climate that does not freeze, water is a poor choice for tire ballast. 'Way back when' chlorine was used but had a tendency to ruin rims if it leaked. Sugar beet derivatives are now common being 30% heavier than water with a -40 freezing point. Also not nearly as corrosive and/or toxic to soil if it leaks. I still feel sorry for that poor little tractor though.

  • @nalley6815

    @nalley6815

    Жыл бұрын

    @Bowhunters those bales aren’t anywhere close to 1k

  • @jamesbowen2030
    @jamesbowen2030 Жыл бұрын

    We call them wase not feeder in Australia the bale testing around 12/14 % and test them twice a month so they don't get hot

  • @sandypratt8951
    @sandypratt8951 Жыл бұрын

    ❤️👍👍👍

  • @DanKlein_1
    @DanKlein_1 Жыл бұрын

    I know how you feel about vacation. I had all of last week off including memorial day and made hay Saturday through Friday. Ours in western part of PA was lousy. great weather but the quantity was poor. ended up baling a couple fields we normally don't, just to end up with the same amount of hay.

  • @kafurii_fx

    @kafurii_fx

    Жыл бұрын

    Nice comment Dan how are you doing today I hope you are doing well

  • @rypkepaulusma
    @rypkepaulusma Жыл бұрын

    Hi Evan. You had some trouble with the baler. I just watched a cool video on 'Just a Few Acres Farm' channel explaining everything and anything about this kind of old balers. Might be usefull.

  • @FloydBlack-xi8fh
    @FloydBlack-xi8fh Жыл бұрын

    We used salt to draw out moisture. Something to think on.

  • @dwightl5863

    @dwightl5863

    Жыл бұрын

    Evan know that.

  • @batpherlangkharkrang7976
    @batpherlangkharkrang7976 Жыл бұрын

    Hi..... Evan and Rebecca nice to see you both love watching your videos homestead Beautiful good job keep it up 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 👕🐔🐓🐣🐥🐕🐈🐐🐑🐄🐖🐝🐟🐠🌱🌻🌼🌹🌸🌺🌷🏡🎥👍👍👍

  • @joejackson9560
    @joejackson9560 Жыл бұрын

    Put a wire panel in the bottom of the raised feeder and the sheep won't waste as much hay

  • @steverichardson2224
    @steverichardson2224 Жыл бұрын

    Enjoyable! Thank you for allowing us to watch you work like a dog on your "second job"! Just one question, did you get Rebekah's permission to use her tractor? Kidding of course. Murfreesboro Tn

  • @sandratalbert9578

    @sandratalbert9578

    Жыл бұрын

    LOL

  • @2wwwilly
    @2wwwilly Жыл бұрын

    You got a dryer in the haybarn ..😊😊

  • @barrytipton1179
    @barrytipton1179 Жыл бұрын

    You answered my question before I asked… not enough pasture for your animals

  • @johnmccormick-fl1pg
    @johnmccormick-fl1pg Жыл бұрын

    Do you plan to sharpen or get new blades for the hay cutter. ink you will appreciate the clean cut

  • @paralyzedlife8763
    @paralyzedlife8763 Жыл бұрын

    Amazing video. Great to see the full even8ng of work. Quick question i have is have you thought abt getting a v rake. Man it makes raking hay so much faster

  • @FloydBlack-xi8fh
    @FloydBlack-xi8fh Жыл бұрын

    Question: why don't u widen that roadway out. Just 1 row of trees would do it

  • @dickdavidson3616

    @dickdavidson3616

    Жыл бұрын

    Good idea for another little project. A bit of earthwork to reduce the slope as well.

  • @ithacacomments4811
    @ithacacomments4811 Жыл бұрын

    Is there smoke from the Canadian wildfires in your area? Here in the Southerntier of New York State....air quality index is 200 ! The smell of smoke is heavy in the air. Smogville. Crazy.

  • @RA-zl6iw

    @RA-zl6iw

    Жыл бұрын

    I’m in central Indiana, and can see and smell it.

  • @CdVWoodProducts.
    @CdVWoodProducts. Жыл бұрын

    I've heard red clover isn't good for pregnant sheep. but ok for open ewes....

  • @patrickwiklund2039
    @patrickwiklund203911 ай бұрын

    👍

  • @MrJuzt1n
    @MrJuzt1n Жыл бұрын

    I’ve played enough farming simulator to know you should rachet strap your bales down to the trailer 😂

  • @tractorsold1

    @tractorsold1

    Жыл бұрын

    Never bothered with that, unless we put them on a truck to go down the road.

  • @bohammarberg4072
    @bohammarberg4072 Жыл бұрын

    🌹🌹🌹🌹

  • @larryrogers4567
    @larryrogers45678 ай бұрын

    We never get to see your goats, sheep and cows. At least since I've been watching.

  • @LittleYellowCreekFarmMS
    @LittleYellowCreekFarmMS Жыл бұрын

    We’ve done the feeders and now just drop a bale. The cows tear up the feeders.

  • @quienvive675
    @quienvive675 Жыл бұрын

    🐮👍

  • @kyleshafer4898
    @kyleshafer4898 Жыл бұрын

    We’re did you get that hay moisture tester at??

  • @dewaynechauncey2875
    @dewaynechauncey2875 Жыл бұрын

    When is the firewood barn getting repaired you said this last winter

  • @dwightl5863

    @dwightl5863

    Жыл бұрын

    In due time, in due time. Jeez!

  • @s.h.4609
    @s.h.4609 Жыл бұрын

    Do you have a link for the moisture meter?

  • @Flowing23
    @Flowing23 Жыл бұрын

    👍👍

  • @farmingforfunandprofit940
    @farmingforfunandprofit940 Жыл бұрын

    When your on the farm income starts to match or exceed your off the farm income...... Do I tough out the off the farm job 2 more years untill retirement or With the businesss booming like it is quit and devote more time to it........

  • @homesteadspirit9209
    @homesteadspirit9209 Жыл бұрын

    So what ever happened to the Allis Chalmers?

  • @ninjanana1272
    @ninjanana1272 Жыл бұрын

    👍👍❤

  • @scottchampion6188
    @scottchampion6188 Жыл бұрын

    What name brand and where did u get your moisture reader

  • @coyotiess
    @coyotiess Жыл бұрын

    Where,s the boys!

  • @royhubbard9075
    @royhubbard9075 Жыл бұрын

    I don’t understand why You’re gonna start feeding hay now with all that beautiful grass You have.

  • @alisciamarotta3888

    @alisciamarotta3888

    Жыл бұрын

    Was thinking the same, great question.

  • @CountryViewAcres

    @CountryViewAcres

    Жыл бұрын

    Because we don't have enough pasture. The land we will need to rest.

  • @alisciamarotta3888

    @alisciamarotta3888

    Жыл бұрын

    @@CountryViewAcres oh okay thanks Evan

  • @stevedrew5425
    @stevedrew5425 Жыл бұрын

    What size tires are on your 24 horse tractor? Thanks

  • @davebrooks3179
    @davebrooks3179 Жыл бұрын

    Can you sell the extra hay

  • @AfterTheRains

    @AfterTheRains

    Жыл бұрын

    He does and already said that’s why he does square bales.

  • @andyrobinson339
    @andyrobinson339 Жыл бұрын

    The hay you put into the round feeder looked awfully dusty...hope it didn't mold sitting on the concrete.

  • @kafurii_fx

    @kafurii_fx

    Жыл бұрын

    Nice comment Andy how are you doing today

  • @andyrobinson339

    @andyrobinson339

    Жыл бұрын

    @@kafurii_fx Great!

  • @kafurii_fx

    @kafurii_fx

    Жыл бұрын

    @@andyrobinson339 that good to know,I liked your comments ,the words you put-in was absolutely great so I decided to know the person behind this nice comment ,I am francis by name and I am from Springfield Missouri

  • @andyrobinson339

    @andyrobinson339

    Жыл бұрын

    @@kafurii_fx Nice to meet you...I'm in New England.

  • @kafurii_fx

    @kafurii_fx

    Жыл бұрын

    @@andyrobinson339 that sound good to know ,are you into farming?

  • @conorfpk
    @conorfpk Жыл бұрын

    what is your regular full time job? if you don't mind me asking

  • @CountryViewAcres

    @CountryViewAcres

    Жыл бұрын

    Industrial maintenance- electrical type work.

  • @virginiagraber9070
    @virginiagraber9070 Жыл бұрын

    🙄🙄🙄😏😏(Naaman)

  • @stenandersen4696
    @stenandersen4696 Жыл бұрын

    🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰👀👀👀

  • @batpherlangkharkrang7976
    @batpherlangkharkrang7976 Жыл бұрын

    I have missed your video because my mobile is damaged and I have to give for repairing now they only for a month it will work. I don have to buy a new mobile phone because it so costly 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋

  • @daltonbrunsing619
    @daltonbrunsing619 Жыл бұрын

    First

  • @harveystephens6115
    @harveystephens6115 Жыл бұрын

    Just restock save round bales. It’s dry. You may not get another cutting and need hay

  • @davidwatsonii9469
    @davidwatsonii9469 Жыл бұрын

    WHY DO YOU MAKE SQUARE AND ROUND BALES

  • @nicklong6994

    @nicklong6994

    Жыл бұрын

    WHY DO YOU TYPE IN CAPS?

  • @Iamkcs2c

    @Iamkcs2c

    Жыл бұрын

    Square bales fit in the racks for his goats, plus he said he sells some. Round bales - that baler works better and less manual labor in handling.

  • @AfterTheRains

    @AfterTheRains

    Жыл бұрын

    No need to shout David, we hear you.

  • @davidwatsonii9469

    @davidwatsonii9469

    Жыл бұрын

    @@AfterTheRains ITS OK, DONT FEAR THE CAPS

  • @georgemoomaw9437
    @georgemoomaw9437 Жыл бұрын

    You seem to have a large percentage off female viewers. Perhaps one or two of them may have a son you could hire to help? You need someone in the wings to be there when you will inevitably get the flu, appendicitis, broken leg - or whatever lurks in the future. You videos are so informative and educational for this farmer wannabe.

  • @chrisoconnor5880
    @chrisoconnor5880 Жыл бұрын

    Man unless you need to be feeding hay, don’t, round bales stored in the shed will last for years, hay in the barn, is as good as money in the bank, don’t waste it mate

  • @davidowen8632
    @davidowen8632 Жыл бұрын

    Need to trim some limbs

  • @AfterTheRains
    @AfterTheRains Жыл бұрын

    Roll on retirement Evan. Then you will wonder why you don’t have more free time. 🤷

  • @DavidJones-kt8gl
    @DavidJones-kt8gl Жыл бұрын

    You have all the new modern day gadgets, makes me wonder how the humane race survived!

  • @nwestark
    @nwestark3 ай бұрын

    You are going to destroy that little tractor picking up those round bails. Trust me I know first hand! :(

  • @joshbutterfass5251
    @joshbutterfass52519 ай бұрын

    If you wouldn’t let the wife get more animals then you’d have more space for the animals you currently have

  • @mattharper7237
    @mattharper7237 Жыл бұрын

    Sounds like a perfect vacation, doing what you enjoy is not working.

  • @willglueck3156
    @willglueck3156 Жыл бұрын

    👍

  • @quienvive675
    @quienvive675 Жыл бұрын

    🐮👍