2 Head swaps in 1 day!!!!

[@papaburf7275]

Great video! That opening where you were on top of the first mill made me think of the Mad Max movies with the way the sky was overcast and the clouds were just zipping toward us above your head. The shot at the top of the 2nd windmill actually came out really nice and we could see everything just fine - you blocked the sun for us. A good days work indeed! Hope yall have a Merry Christmas and a Very Happy New Year!

[@OkieWindmiller]

Hey thank you buddy!!!!!! I love when the clouds and sun participate in the videos. They can be the star of the show for sure!!!!! It was a great day. We both slept good that night!!!!! Merry Christmas to you too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jimlindabird9689]

I think you do a fine job with the camera. Wind noise when you are recording outside is a fact of life. I enjoy all of your video's. Have a very Merry Christmas!

[@OkieWindmiller]

Man thank you!!!! That is true, and if it wasn’t for the wind, I would have to find another job. Merry Christmas to you too!!!!!!

[@johnsalmon2501]

Merry Christmas to my favorite windmillers! Great video! Enjoyed watching! Thanks for the video!

[@OkieWindmiller]

Merry Christmas to you!!! Thank you for letting us hold that number 1 spot!!!!!!!😀

[@sherwinsamuel2502]

I live in South Africa, and there are many thousands of windmills working here. I really enjoy watching your channel. Its brilliant! I eagerly await each new video. You are doing solid honost work. Be very proud of your channel.

[@OkieWindmiller]

Thank you so much! It’s so cool to hear we have viewers all over the world. One day I want to come there and see! Thank you so much for watching us!!!!!!

[@sherwinsamuel2502]

@OkieWindmiller have a look at the Fred Turner windmill museum in South Africa

[@OkieWindmiller]

Thank you! I will!!!!!!!!

[@VernePomraning]

I got scared too! That tower was sure fighting you. The wind noise kinda goes with the territory, after all, it’s a WINDmill. I definitely learned stuff from you today, keep up the great work you two! I really enjoy winding down my evening watching your windmill adventures. Thanks for the view around from the top and keep your head high.

[@OkieWindmiller]

Thank you Sir! Yes, there is a feeling when all the bolts are out and the clamp is also off. Makes you feel like you’re balancing on a very weak limb. Thank you for watching and learning from us!!! That’s why we do what we do!!!!!!!!!!!

[@kmeyer5598]

Truly appreciate the details! Having worked on a few towers, I appreciate how well you manage the camera and still get work done. Great job!!

[@OkieWindmiller]

Buddy thank you!!!!!!! Thank you for watching!

[@tomburbridge1114]

Shane dont make any excuses, You guys are doing great. The trolls can always CLUCK-OFF !!!!

[@OkieWindmiller]

Thank you!!!! True. There are just some people that are not happy I believe, and I would rather them just turn me off if we’re so horrible to watch. Can’t please everyone!!!!!

[@mrclaus859]

What a great way to start my Saturday morning. Thanks for posting Guys

[@OkieWindmiller]

Buddy you’re welcome!!!!!! Thank you for watching!!!

[@Motorizeify]

Interesting tower base and sure, like the rigidity of those Quonset huts. Thanks for the video. I appreciate you both for taking the time to make the videos. Stay happy.

[@OkieWindmiller]

Buddy thank you ! I couldn’t be happier, although it may not seem that way when I’m working, lol. The towers are amazing, even when they are old and rickety. Lori wants one of those buildings too!!!!! Thank you for always watching and commenting!!!!!!!!

[@gkeyman565]

Those clouds and time lapse are crazy !!! have a great day, and a Merry Christmas too

[@OkieWindmiller]

Yep I didn’t notice it until I was editing, and I was like WOW!!! Merry Christmas to you too!!!!!

[@formerfarmer1718]

👍👍😎…..and a merry Christmas to the two of you. 🎅

[@OkieWindmiller]

Thank you buddy!!!!!!!!!!!!! Merry Christmas 🎄🎁 to you too!!!!!!!!!

[@JerryMchenry]

good job fun to watch

[@OkieWindmiller]

Thank you kind sir!!!!!!!

[@harveystephens6115]

Great job. Merry Christmas to y’all and the family

[@OkieWindmiller]

Thank you Sir! Merry Christmas to you also!!!!!!

[@tomburbridge1114]

Happy holidays to the both of you. I hope to see you next year for our viewing pleasure. Tom B

[@OkieWindmiller]

Happy holidays to you! We only hope to get bigger and better next year!!!!!!!! Thank you!

[@RevaSmith-r7t]

Just wanted to wish your family a merry christmas and a Happy New year. Be safe out there.our favorite people to watch.

[@OkieWindmiller]

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you too!!! Thank you for watching!

[@johnsmart3587]

Got to be a great feeling when your done!!!

[@OkieWindmiller]

There is no feeling like it, it’s wonderful, unless we have a 2 hour drive home in that big ole truck!!!! Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!!!😊

[@ke5wl804]

Hope that wasn't a flat rear tire on the beautiful truck in the last shot at the end... Merry Christmas Ya'll

[@OkieWindmiller]

I think I need to go out and kick my tires!!! 😝. Haha it’s good! Merry Christmas to you too!!!!!

[@fredbergman9965]

Great job! I take a 5 gallon bucket with a rope When I am on top of a ladder When I need something I can pull it up with the rope Saving me time climbing up and down the ladder as long as you have a helper on the ground.

[@OkieWindmiller]

Thank you!!!! That’s a great idea! I am constantly going up and down the ladder. I’m going to try it!

[@johnsmart3587]

Lots of c ontrails in your area and Arkansas. Thanks for great videos!

[@johnsmart3587]

Enjoy watching from So Cal. Thanks...

[@johnsmart3587]

Just remember, any comment, good or bad, helps the channel. Just feel sorry for the losers that make bad comments. Thanks.

[@OkieWindmiller]

We have the greatest skies here I think, bit I believe we are in the crossroads of all flight patterns! Lots of air traffic!

[@OkieWindmiller]

Thank you! I wanna come there one day!

[@fredbrooks6488]

Great video,fun for me work for you.

[@OkieWindmiller]

Hahaha thank you!!! I was whooped by the time to drive home!!!!!!!

[@stan2719]

the thing that i can't believe is how people could not like this content? it's very informative never gets old always something new to learn and always entertaining!! Shane its great content and for at least myself i am super excited when i get the notification. Its unique content and you are going to make it to 10k subs no problem and beyond! at 10k subs confirmed you should do a live stream to confirm it to the fans. But Merry Christmas enjoy the weekend and next week then the new year after! 2025 is your year and both you Lori will go higher than ever

[@OkieWindmiller]

Man thank you for saying all that! I believe you are correct. We will keep working harder and I really want to try to film more of our jobs. Right now, we look at our list of work for the week and pick which day seems will have the best content, so that’s the job we film. I want to make more content this year and I do believe we will be 10K before we know it. It’s a slooooow climb it seems. We will do the live stream, I love that idea!!!!!!!! Merry Christmas to you!

[@stan2719]

@@OkieWindmiller well maybe a slow climb BUT the climb is still the climb 🪜. I and all the people who love your content will follow and support 🙏

[@SteadyCreations]

Y'all make it look easy but I know from experience it's a lot of work. Those wobbly towers keep your heart racing and it wears ya out after a few hours. 🙏💞🙏 💪😎 Y'all Are Appreciated 😎💪

[@OkieWindmiller]

Thank you so much! You are 100% correct. When I’m up there I don’t realize it, but the next day my body reminds me that I was holding on with every fiber of muscle in my body. Thank you !!!!!!!!!!! Y’all are also appreciated!!!!!!!!!

[@jackreed3445]

It is good to see all the contrails over your shoulders while you work. There was a long time with very few. I used to swim laps and there would be a plane every minute flying into Sky Harbor in Phoenix as I swam. We are in the flight path of 3 runways. Then Covid struct and there were few flights for a long time. I can't swim now but I still go out and watch the planes fly over and there are a lot of them again just not as many. It is fun to watch you and your solutions to some of the problems you encounter. I think I would have liked working with you and learning quite a few things about the windmills. I hope you had a Merry Christmas and here's to a Happy New Year, jack

[@OkieWindmiller]

Thank you Jack!!! Always nice to hear from you. I think you would love what we do too. I guess we are at the crossroads of a lot of flight paths, and next to an Air Force base with heavies is also a good contributor of the flights. I love watching them. Merry Christmas to you too!!!!!

[@JeffAten]

You guys are doing fantastic

[@OkieWindmiller]

Thank you Sir!!!!!!!!

[@RodPeach]

You need to make the videos the way you want them and present what you do how you see it. do not be ashamed of anything you do or what people think. You two do a great job. Have a blessed Christmas on the day our Savior Jesus Christ was born.

[@OkieWindmiller]

Man thank you!!!!! I needed to hear that!!!!! Looking at our KZbin analytics can be discouraging, so hearing that was just in time!!!!! Merry Christmas to you my friend!

[@winterhorse290]

The camera work is JUST FINE! Keep it up😁

[@OkieWindmiller]

Thank you so much! Im my biggest critic. Thank you for watching!

[@jimlambertz7117]

i like the pictures that have some closer shots of you working. Much better... Thanks

[@OkieWindmiller]

Thank you ! Yes, I do too!!!!! Luckily there was a platform for me too mount the camera to. We got lucky!!!

[@delmarhodges995]

you always do fantastic videos I had a leather wrist band with a string and snap so if I dropped a wrench it didn't go to the ground, have a blessed day

[@OkieWindmiller]

Man that’s a good idea!!!!! Thank you my Kansas friend!

[@SharonShorney]

Another good one. Thanks for sharing.

[@OkieWindmiller]

Thank you Sharon!!!❤️

[@jackwalker3582]

Good camera positioning. Getting much better about bringing the viewers along for the ride.

[@OkieWindmiller]

Thank you Sir! Yep, just need to keep the mic charged so yall can hear me!!!! 😬

[@ronaldm1273]

Thank you for another great video and Merry Christmas.

[@OkieWindmiller]

Thank you so much! Merry Christmas to you too!

[@jodyrayvictor]

Y'all are doing good with the video and the windmilling, y'all get some rest and Merry Christmas 🎄

[@OkieWindmiller]

Thank you! Were loving it!!!!! We actually are getting into our slower period where we may be able to light the wood stove and enjoy it for a day! Merry Christmas to you too!!!!

[@fredh3186]

Florescent orange paint on the tool head to make it easier to find when it hits the ground.

[@OkieWindmiller]

HAHAHA I know! I need to! What’s crazy is she was pretty much standing on it, but sometimes those are the last places we look!!!!! Thank you for watching!

[@josephtrant9006]

Merry Christmas and happy holidays to you and yours, sir!

[@OkieWindmiller]

Merry Christmas to you too! We’re wishing the same for you and yours!!!!

[@davidfortner5920]

I'm looking forward to the next one!

[@OkieWindmiller]

Thank you! The next one is either gonna be an old mill or a doozy of a new mill. Not sure which will be next. Thank you!

[@jayschroeder8091]

You guys do a Great job filming

[@OkieWindmiller]

Thank you so much!!!! Thats awesome to hear!!!!!!!!!

[@russelltrupia4479]

Awesome job guy's Merry Christmas to both of you.

[@OkieWindmiller]

Thank you! Merry Christmas to you too!!!

[@jamienoel]

Enjoy the vids! You two have a very merry Christmas!

[@OkieWindmiller]

Thank you soooooo much!!!!!! Merry Christmas to you!!!!!!!

[@randywilson6869]

Dude was you working with 2 hands? You 2 do good work. It seems crazy how much those things cost until you see what they do and how long they last

[@OkieWindmiller]

Haha yep!!! When I’m strapped on and trust my harness, I will do that, but even then, I’m usually still a 1 handed worker!! Thank you! Yep they are expensive, but you can’t beat the look. Thank you for watching !

[@jessecurtner7254]

Great shots

[@OkieWindmiller]

Thank you!!!!!!

[@rickpalmer9518]

I might be wrong, but both seem to be ornamental and do not pump water!! Great vid

[@OkieWindmiller]

You’re 100% correct!!! They are real windmills, but both wells have been filled in years ago, not sure why, unless they were too shallow and dried up. Thank you and thank you for watching!!!

[@sparky178]

A productive day for sure!

[@OkieWindmiller]

Yes sir!!!! Slept good that night!

[@jeanfouche6899]

Great video!

[@OkieWindmiller]

Thank you so much!!!!!!!😊

[@samuelleonard1729]

Very cool

[@OkieWindmiller]

Thank you!!!!!!!!😊

[@bartolomejimenez2138]

👍👍👍

[@OkieWindmiller]

Thank you!!!!!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@markellars9245]

It's great to see an all "American Family" husband and wife working together to make a living. Your the back bone of American Shane and Lori!!!! (Question) why do you never use lock washers?

[@OkieWindmiller]

Thank you!!!!! So the only thing that gets lock washers is the wheel. I guess nothing else vibrates/moves, so historically nobody has ever used them. Just my thinking!

[@MonteJohnson-w7s]

Merry Christmas to you and yours. Was wondering about the Aermotor 14’x 40’ I haven’t seen it spinning since the tornado came through that area.

[@OkieWindmiller]

Merry Christmas to you! Good question and i asked. The pond got too full with it along with the rain. As you probably noticed, the water line goes waaaaay out into that field, where it shouldn’t be!!! Works too good!!!!!!!!!

[@comeasyouare4545]

They appear to be only decorative. It's a shame they won't functional. Seems a waste. maybe generator heads to make power. In the future they could use them with a solar pump. Thats if the wells are good. Thanks for the great video as usual. Makes me home sick.

[@OkieWindmiller]

Yep they are both decorative. They are both over old wells that have both been filled in in the past. So, to keep the place looking historical, the owners wanted to at least get the mills back going, even if it is for the look. Thank you so much for watching and I’m glad we bring you a little bit of Oklahoma!!!!!!

[@jackwalker3582]

Your Pot County speed wrench took flight. Maybe a lanyard would work.

[@OkieWindmiller]

Hahaha I know! It had been wanting to do that, and it finally had the chance!!!!

[@droberts73543]

You look fine girl nice jobs today y'all I noticed the 2nd one didn't look like it was for pumping water just for look and man was that a wonky tower

[@OkieWindmiller]

Haha yep it was wonky as can be! Wasn’t perfect when we left but much better. Both were just for looks. At some point, both wells were filled in. Thank you for watching!

[@inekelassooij840]

Wij wensen jullie een prachtig Kerstfeest en een gezond en gelukkig 2025 💝 Groetjes van uit Holland 👋🏼🇳🇱

[@OkieWindmiller]

Thank you sooooo much!!!!!! Happy holidays to you too! So awesome you are watching all the way from Holland!!!!!!!!

[@inekelassooij840]

@ wij kijken 👀 van uit Holland 👋🏼🇳🇱

[@davidfortner5920]

I agree that you wearing the camera made me absolutely carsick. And I'll say it again quit disparaging yourself. You're doing a fine job, and I don't want to hear it. I'm an old engineer at a big airplane factory, and I'd love to be doing what you are doing.

[@OkieWindmiller]

Yep! So I got to thinking that well work doesn’t work with the head mount because I constantly have to look up and down, and I think that’s the only time I have used it. I may try it again, just to see. Also, I need to see if the camera has a different setting for that, to maybe slow down the jerkiness or speed of the movements. We will see. Buddy that’s awesome what you do!!!! I have worked on big Air Force jets my whole career and have many friends that are structures and all other types of engineers. We speak the same language it seems. Thank you for the kind words and I will work on not talking down about myself. Thank you again and Merry Christmas!

[@johnsmart3587]

Pretend we are on the tower with you.

[@johnsmart3587]

It feels like it; I shook when that happened. Whew!!!

[@OkieWindmiller]

Hahah yep! I hope yall don’t get sick watching!!!!!!!! I liked the way I was able to have the camera up with me on this one. Thank you!!!!!!

[@ShirleyLewis-uh1wn]

Just found you today.🤗I love it.

[@OkieWindmiller]

Woohoo thank you!!!!!!!!😊

[@jakezgab8576]

Just be u folks, 👍🏻👍🏻

[@OkieWindmiller]

Yep! Thank you!

[@robruen4567]

Do the old motors go back for refurbishing or are they scrapped?

[@OkieWindmiller]

Some do if I can get them but most customers want me to leave what I pull off right where it lands. I have a guy from Indiana come down every couple years and load up gearboxes and take them to Dakota to rebuild. Good question!

[@jackwalker3582]

Looks like that old tail piece was target practice for several generations.

[@OkieWindmiller]

Hahahaha yes it was!!!! Poor thing! I hope it doesn’t continue to be!

[@glenmiller8888]

I want to see your channel grow. Here is a simple tip to spark interest. use your phone, take a 30 second video, maybe 15 seconds showing the KEY subject of the Day, followed by 15 seconds of here you go ALL DONE. That is Called a SHORT -KZbin uses these to spark interest and sell ADD SPACE FYI one point of interest, sound, when you guys fast forward you play something with a BEAT, I stream to my hearing aids, I end up muting the sound and using CC, because each of those BEATS is like a shotgun going off.

[@OkieWindmiller]

Man that’s a great idea! I’ve never attempted a short yet. I will now!!!!!!! Sorry about the sound. It’s weird, I try to set all the sound the same level, but have heard before that thru headphones it does that. I need to try it for myself. Thank you for watching and commenting! I’m gonna try your suggestion for sure!

[@keithcox255]

Jones Oklahoma...

[@OkieWindmiller]

YEP!!!!! Beautiful area!

[@josephtrant9006]

Comment

[@OkieWindmiller]

Thank you for the comment kind sir!

[@nick540g]

You know you're not helping my blood pressure when you're working up high without a harness and you start complaining about the wobbly tower AND the wind! Are you sure you're life insurance covers this kind of risk? Other than that, good job! Unrelated, I am amazed that I've never seen you deal with a bolt so rusty it won't come out. How do you explain that?

[@OkieWindmiller]

Howdy there! So like i kept saying, i had my harness on. It’s a thing i do now. You have previously convinced me! As for the insurance, my life insurance fella understands what we did, and said as long as I buy, I die, they pay. No questions asked, because we were very forthcoming with the risks, and he understands. And as for the bolts, these are old galvanized bolts, and they amaze me that 100 year old bolts ands nuts can most usually be removed no problem!!!!!!

[@nick540g]

@@OkieWindmiller Sorry! I didn't hear or see that you were -- I had to FF thru those segments to keep from freaking out! Thanks for correcting me. Old time galvanize must have been a lot more durable!

[@OkieWindmiller]

@ haha no problem! I figured if anyone noticed I was wearing one it would be you, although it’s not the full body harness. It’s my lineman belt. Works great and I can move in it. Yep, I guess they built things to last back then!