Small Square Baling

[@tacitus7408]

Gives me hope for this country seeing a hard working young man like you. Your parents must be so proud.

[@jdog9468]

That brings back some memories from bailing at Grandpa's farm. 80 bails a wagon. First time I drove the tractor for grandpa I tipped over the wagon of bales going around a corner to fast. My uncle said that was ok but made me pick up every bale, I was only 10 so that was a very long day. Taught me a good lesson for life. Slow down and do it right the first time. Thanks for posting.

[@krusejonathan01]

I had a similar first tractor driving experience. My uncle said “whatever you do don’t press that pedal” (the clutch) I was barely tall enough to reach it. So what did I do at the end of a row? Instead of turning into the next row I pushed in on the clutch to stop.. only prob was I had never been taught how to release a clutch. I was relieved of my tractor driving duties shortly thereafter.

[@carolynrose753]

Usually also resulted in owing a crate of beer especially if you tipped off those sitting on the stack as well. Stacking bales is an art

[@imissme8313]

Did your uncle also touch ur funny part ? Like Mine behind the old shed

[@scottlabant8406]

Hi Eric, great video, great watching bailing "old school". Helped unload many wagon load when younger, spent all summer on dairy farm in Perry county. Great times and memories!!

[@WindexL]

Heyyy someone from pa too cool stuff dude!

[@ScottNB914]

Love the segment featuring the "small bale". That was our method for all our haying on our small family dairy farm in eastern Oregon. The rake, the baler, the flatbed wagon... yep that was all we had. Didn't love it as a teenager early 1970s, but it was our family's life... dad and 5 sons did it all. We eventually acquired a bale wagon to make the job a wee bit easier... that was about the time I went off to college. Oh the memories, as I watch your videos. Quite an evolution of everything in the past 50 years.

[@carolynrose753]

😂the way the bales were shooting out of the baler shute. They must be pretty light. Most of the small bales we use to make just plopped off the end they were so heavy. Sometimes it took 2 to lift them. Small bales still have a place on farm. Great for propping up and feeding sick cows, feed horses, garden, feed to calves, seats to sit on, nesting material for chickens.

[@131dyana]

I worked on a small dairy farm in the summer time. Loved it and the animals. when changing water pipes to next area I had to watch Mrs. friendly would try and get me bent over so she could knock me down. she thought that was fun. I loved all the animals I worked with. thanks for sharing you life with us. God bless.

[@jdschini]

Dutches made me laugh out loud with her “broom attack mode”. And it brought back memories of a dog that I had on my farm years ago that hated booms with a passion too. Great video as always! And thanks for letting me ride along.

[@Dan-qy1rg]

Back in 1970 I started using a 24T John Deere baler, behind a 820 John Deere tractor. Some of the fondest memories now, not so much back then, but it sure did teach me a lot, do mostly big rounds now. I enjoy watching you guys work, you keep busy and get the job done, no time to mess around, I like that. Keep up the hard work, thanks for sharing, have a wonderful remainder of the week.

[@imissme8313]

Have u tried the new t1000

[@Dan-qy1rg]

@@imissme8313 No I sure haven't, have you?

[@imissme8313]

@@Dan-qy1rg it’s a killer machine ;)

[@onewhitestone]

Wow, that brought back some memories. That kicker was state of the art in its day. Saved a lot of work.

[@KanakaMaoli1]

I am glad to see that water way is giving back to the farm. I remember just a short time ago you digging it out laying down top soil and that fabric that the pup was helping you guys roll-out. Today you harvest your first hay...that's success in my book. Thanks again Eric, Aloha🤙

[@samspade4634]

It takes a real man to bale hay in shorts. Even in jeans my legs would get cut up. Great video as always Eric. I just love how calm your cows are. It shows great animal husbandry skills. Well done.

[@uhitskyle]

10 generations of knowledge passed down... I'd expect it no less

[@srt4853]

i just wanted to ask do cows feel pain when it's removed thrgh machines, it makes me very sad n how often is a single cow milked?

[@freedomfan4272]

@SamSpade Eric's dad several videos back was wearing crocs while walking around in manure😆 alot of peopl commented on that video about the choice shoes to wear

[@bertjansch7343]

@SRT No the cows do not feel pain as the cluster is removed, because the vacuum is switched off. If it caused pain, the cows would not tolerate it

[@scotthag1993]

@@srt4853 no, it's relief. Cows like being milked idk where vegans come up with miss information that they use to push there agenda

[@MikeyDee25]

Only thing missing is the tobacco harvesting and you'd have how I spent my summers in the early '60's as a kid from the inner city working on a dairy/tobacco farm in East Earl! The tobacco plants were hand cut, then speared onto wooden slats (think fencing used at beaches) and finally loaded onto flat trailers with hangers installed where the tobacco would hang upside down while being transported to the barn. Nothing has changed very much (with the exception of AC in the tractor cabins) in the 50 years since my stint on that farm. Hay was raked and baled the same way, but we towed a flatbed behind the baler instead of picking up the bales off the ground. Stacked them bales pretty darn high too! Hard work for a kid, but it was fulfilling as I think back to my youth. Thanks for showcasing what you do Eric! 👍

[@steveneal2706]

really Awesome cideo Eric. Love seeing your dad and your dads puppy. Thank you guy for all that y'all do .

[@chrisspence1831]

Great action shots by your Dad catching those bales shooting out. Kudos to him! Fun stuff.

[@sunroofracing]

Great video! Dad does a nice job as a stunt man. Hope you get the robots working for you. Always impressed with the cleanliness of your facilities. Thanks for the video Eric!

[@scottgarber7363]

Brings back memories of me stacking wagons with hay when I was 10 years old. My uncle used to say stacking hay makes a man out of you. Lol I still remember the blisters and sore arms.

[@acorndogs904]

Bales of straw in my opinion were lighter but left the skin in some shape

[@WindexL]

@@acorndogs904yes straw IS VERY MUCH LIGHTER hay is much more dense especially more heavy when it’s wet

[@lonniejacobs551]

i too had memories brought back. wow its bin a while. im 65 now. was around 5 and not strong enough to buck bails yet so i drove the truck. always was tall for my age so no problem reaching the pedals. by 10 i was stacking on the bed and my sister was driving. thanks for the video it really enjoyed it.

[@ianbrooks6816]

Love the way the old baler fires out them small bales!

[@Its_Me0000]

Thanks Eric for a great video. Great to see both you and your dad. God Bless you and the entire family.

[@BlazeDuskdreamer]

That square baling reminded me so much more of what I watched my uncle and cousins doing half a century ago! Felt real nostalgic.

[@dougdiplacido2406]

Always love your videos Eric. Nice to be able to tag along with you as you do your work. Thanks.

[@muhammadtariq-vj2yw]

I m following this channel since last three years I always found Eric committed to his daily tasks. Well done guy

[@Chickengaming-wc2gq]

Same!

[@michaelmckay]

I was like wow! Thats a long time..... then I looked and saw, same here! Time flies!

[@Lanny-io9bi]

It's a rough life at times, but a good life! There's no day's off on the dairy farm

[@MRblazedBEANS]

Your getting close to the 500 thousandth sub!!! So cool to watch your channel grow from that boom of subs you got a couple years ago. So crazy to think by fall this will be the 3rd harvest I have watched.

[@mikesfarmmikesfarm3977]

brings back fond memories of halloween hayrides from one small farm town to another etc in southern ILL and hayloft parties in my teens. Also manually stacking small square bales while in high school in the 70s

[@uhitskyle]

Always a good day when I catch a 10th gen upload the same day

[@maggieyake8054]

It amazes me how much you have to remember about whatever piece of equipment your using. For instance the shaft that can be flipped to give more or less rpm’s. I’d be walking around with the user’s manual all the time. But them I’m old and can’t remember what I had for dinner last night! Always enjoy your videos. Keep up the good work.

[@katiecox6128]

I've ben watching you for 3 years and I think your the best farmer ever

[@fishpotpete]

Nice facility! I've been to about 100+ dairies and yours is definitely one of the nicer one's I've seen. Good for you guys :-)

[@lidsman2221]

When I see that thing bail hay it just amazes me how that machine can take a bunch of hay make perfect squares out of it. Thanks for the video.

[@flubber6667]

Hey that's great video hey Dad you ought to become a videographer for you were getting some good shots and them bails coming out of that machine remind me when I helped on the farms great shot man keep up the good work and all of you stay safe down there my friends in Pennsylvania God bless 👍👍🇺🇲🇺🇲✌️

[@Palmit_]

Bailing machines are fascinating. The farm machinery in general is amazing. combined harvesters for me are just slightly behind bailers. then probably seeders.. all amazing. Thanks Eric for uploading. and thanks 'dad' (name?) also.

[@ejmacewan8942]

FACINATING ,,,, THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND PASSION THAT YOU BRING TO THOUSANDS OF US,,,, WELL DONE 👍,,, PLEASE BE SAFE AND HEALTHY,,, THANK YOU 🙏 AGAIN,,, JUST A SUPER CHANNEL,,,, !!!

[@beckyumphrey2626]

Beautiful happy Momma Cows and a bit spoiled. :) You and Dad do an amazing job and the farm is always so immaculately groomed. Crops looking great too. God Bless your Family.

[@detroitdieselpower1]

Eric, I love how you give your cows a chance to make a comeback, that’s awesome. A lot of the dairies by me just get rid of them like an old pair of shoes. Not what God intended. “ I check the hydraulic fluid level… now and then…” lol… that’s like writing on the filter, changed sometime last year… I needed that laugh, thank you so much!

[@srt4853]

so what happens if they don't make a comeback

[@detroitdieselpower1]

@@srt4853 McDonald’s

[@srt4853]

@@detroitdieselpower1 I know that's what happens generally, I was just asking if this guy does any different.

[@CMacT-gq7rb]

Back in my day, small square bales was all we had.

[@johnwilimczyk4188]

you take great care of your herd of girls, great to see you so committed to your daily chores

[@Crazy.Sheller]

Oh my, that puppy is so cute

[@jeffreygeorge3942]

Looks like somebody showed you how to stack a trailer with small bales ,most youngsters nowadays wouldn’t have a clue!

[@raymondbaumann2405]

A star is born ....more little dog videos...lol

[@roger8412]

That shot at 12:55 was superb! Great camera-man

[@jamesbreault5762]

Great content Eric ,you guys are greatly appreciated by myself and family.

[@MRblazedBEANS]

Cool to see you doing something different!!! I can't think of a video where you bailed hay. Always entertaining and informative!

[@SpatialDragon]

When I was 14 I spent the Summer walking hwys picking up bales like that and stacking them on a trailer, then restacking on the ground. Hard, hot work, but I am glad I did it. Damn hard work, really low pay, room, board, great food and beer on Friday nights. It was a different time.

[@Trey4x4]

I see 10th Gen walking with a strut while picking those hay bales up ;) he's feeling his physique!! Keep it up man you'll get huge! Believe me!

[@robertmiller8336]

After we got our Case swather, we did not do a lot of raking hay, more so with straw because the combine left the straw in a rather wide windrow. I see they improved the jack stand you yours, ours had this crazy spring loaded one that would spring to full length when you pulled away. To hook it up to the draw bar, you had to have someone jump up and down on the hitch end to get the spring stand to retract down enough to draw bar height.

[@susanniman5507]

Boy do I remember stacking hay each year growing up with our horses!!! Loved this!

[@tylervalentine6401]

hi, love the vid today. this is one of my fav farming channels

[@krusejonathan01]

The cows looked interested in those fresh squares going right past their noses! Lol

[@garyjohn140]

Im a bit new to the channel so I’ve went back and watching videos ranging all the ways back. Love the angles you use for the videos

[@paulntalo1425]

Amazing lessons that am freely learning about commercial agriculture. Lots of love from 🇺🇬Uganda

[@russellhansen7622]

Good video! Back in the day I would pull a rake just like that for 40 acres. That old hay equipment works good.

[@Futurefarmer21]

I like this type of baling but hauling the wagons is more fun for me

[@springbackinaction]

So I want to hear more about these barn parties.

[@benhesterly462]

You dairy man are really hardworking individuals.

[@pearville37]

As a teen I worked on my uncles farm here in Texas. We did custom baling mostly alfalfa, 75lb bales. We trailered all bales never dropped them. I thought it was fun back then.

[@imissme8313]

Did he also touch ur funny bone behind the shed like mine did

[@carriebrumley8926]

I agree Josh ...that was quite a bit of hay in that water way great video thanks for your hard work

[@b00kyman]

Your Dad did a great job with the camera, shooting the hay bales as they were ejected from the baler!

[@jamesmisener3006]

Summer job memories from a long time ago. Dad's little friend is a good worker. I think her name's Stella? Little Jack must be growing too. Busy hands makes life beautiful. Cheers 🇨🇦

[@goldiegolderman1842]

Thank you for keeping America and the world well fed! God bless you and yours. Insert Paul Harvey's God made a farmer!

[@jbizzletx3420]

Man I just realized I've been watching your channel for a couple of years!! I feel like a farmer!! Thanks bro for always inviting us into your world definitely 💯

[@gunfisher4661]

I can sure remember the square bales ,on the dairy farm that I worked had the power conveyor that shot them into a automated wagon that had conveyors only time we touched the bales was to put on the conveyor to the barn then stack in the mow. But when I helped the other neighbor bale it was a very different story all by hand all 140,000 bales each cutting

[@johnsimpson8652]

Nice to see the IH out in the sun ,like a pit pony in the holidays.

[@calebleibold7644]

So for the last 2 years I've only watched Cole the Cornstar and after finding you it's good to see the other side of farming where does strictly corn and soybeans and you do dairy cows. It's a very cool line of work.

[@davidcantu824]

LOVE ALL YOUR VIDEOS ERIC

[@cheftt6863]

This channel was a good find. Let's hope Eric keeps his style with a growing number of subscribers and not start fixing what's not broken. And freaking thank you for not adding a background music. It's an annoying and unnecessary trend plaguing the majority of video content. My only suggestion is to consider uploading in higher resolution. 4k would be nice. Cheers from Israel

[@paulerwin721]

this gave me flashback 2 baling hay with grandfather, stacking n hay loft while fighting black & red wasp ... GOOD TIMES ... wouldn't trade the memories for anything !!!

[@lynnzamora4367]

Your work ethic and knowledge are awesome!

[@rootbear75]

I didnt think watching a hay baler would be so interesting... But seeing it throw the bales was really cool

[@pennyroofener647]

This brought back memories of when we had our horses and we fed them them square bales along with their regular grain. We didn’t grow our own hay but we went to someone else’s farm and picked it up out of the field. So I did my share of hauling hay every summer.

[@jwardcomo]

When I was about 5 (almost 70 years ago) I watched my grandfather drive the wagon and my dad and uncle load the bails by hand. I still remember thinking this is hard work!

[@williammerry4746]

Where do you get all of your energy young man? You just keep going, whatever needs to be done, you do it. With NO complaining. ( I hope you don't go home and complain to your wife1 ha ha) What a great example. You better plan a big celebration when you reach 400K viewers...it is coming soon. Love to see the older machines come out...I remember using them. And great video work. I know that takes a lot of extra time. Great work in every way. God's peace be with you and your family.

[@adammiddleton4037]

Hearing that baler work is almost therapeutic… until you need to unload the wagons lol

[@MillyRue]

That's the bailing I remeber!! Then tossing it on the wagon, then stacking it, then off onto a conveyor that took it up and dropped it where we stacked it again!!! That was a ton of work.. only to repeat it dormant days!!

[@imjang2430]

How good it must be to have an open air barn like this! I wish it'd be that for the one i used to go

[@MRblazedBEANS]

I love how the hay gets tossed out of he Bailer!

[@Wildbill980]

When people talk bad about the younger generation, I think of this young man and know they are wrong. Love the videos

[@mcoffey56]

I remember taking up hay when I was a kid at my uncles diary farm. Some bails would be heavy as hell, the others light. The hard part wasn't the fields, it was throwing the bails up in the hay barn. I'd be up on that stack in the barn and it would be 120+. I was 13-14 at the time and it turned my into a young buck quick.

[@timothymbonham4453]

When we got an electric chain driven bale conveyor to carry the bales from the hayrack up into the haymow, my uncles worried that such an 'extravagant luxury' would prevent us farm boys from becoming men! They shut up quick when we suggested that they come and show us how 'real men' tossed bales. We had a long haymow with a big door at each end. If you were lucky and there was a bit of a breeze, you could open both doors and get some ventilation -- that kept the temp only about 100 or so. If you filled it right, you could leave a middle aisle open for a breeze until late in the season, when it was nearly fall anyway and not so hot.

[@imissme8313]

Did he touch u behind the shed too

[@TWG223]

Have you looked into pasture cropping and using the cows to spread the manure in the paddocks through rotational grazing

[@matthewwhite6029]

Love the vids man been watching for 2 years now failed to miss one yet love from Nottingham uk

[@Navajo-man]

Hi Eric and dad you’re video is always awesome lots of work you’re both doing I enjoy watching and always you and all your families be safe 🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@p4pacrust]

Always a good day when I get to watch a 10th gen vid

[@freelancerinc1162]

"semi friendly" every cow you own is friendlier than any cow on our 400 head commercial beef herd lol, ours are tame for commercials, meaning none wanna eat you

[@jenniferhallam9063]

That puppy is too cute!

[@stevebiddle8912]

Nice number of bales from your waterway project! Perhaps you’ll get 2-3 cuttingsLOL!!

[@jeff4044]

Getting ready for the church barn party. Awsome you take time to do that. Plus there is a swing in that barn as well right? I have hauled many of bail by hand like you guys did. We did that to make money in HS.

[@andrewstevenson3807]

We still make a few little bales in a couple of fields close to the river where we can’t get the big gear down there. Back in the 80’s we were making thousands of the buggers. Long, tough but awesome days as a young kid!

[@alexsay5536]

Bailing is my fav videos , I was so happy to see a new one from u hehe, can u also post like 10 videos a day? I really love them thank u big fan

[@seskylighter]

Don't think I've ever seen a baler yeet hay. Made me laugh.

[@joycerninor]

That staging seems to be working well !!

[@crossbowhunter9118]

At video time 11:30 the small square baler is that what they call a kick baler? Or no

[@ClassicNathan]

I've never seen a single axle hay wagon before. That looks like about the most dangerous piece of equipment you guys have!

[@stevebruce1235]

Brought back some good memories Brother hay

[@older_than_dirt]

Our original baler did not have the bale thrower..I used to ride the wagon with a bale hook and pull them off the baler unto the wagon, (once I was strong enough)..we stacked the bales the same way..then into the hay barn (over the cow barn). More throwing and stacking..you were tired and dirty at the end of the day…look back fondly at those days…

[@ghorner11]

If you put the side rake on a draw bar across the 3 point hitch you can raise and lower it easily on the go. That way if it's. It picking up enough you can just lower it from the seat a little or if you come across a rough area like Ground Hog or Gopher holes you can raise it up.

[@warehouseman6325]

So funny watching the bailer launching them

[@dLimboStick]

Brings back memories of building hay forts in the barn, and having BB gun wars. Misspent youth. lol

[@siem040]

Seem like your dad is finally getting comfortable with the camera. Lots of love:)

[@harveypaulfiedler8904]

Love your videos

[@stevebruce1235]

Brought back some good memories Brother hauling hay

[@philhall5609]

You do more work before breakfast than most people do all day. The new Holland bailer brings back a lot of good memories 🙂👍