Broken-Down Excavator & Land Sale!

[@xBrodeurguyx]

For the algorithm. Likes, comments, shares, and subscriptions help your content creators more than you realize. Keep it up Grant!

[@brandonm6052]

Grant basically you have a bunch of pennycress out there on that field so a winter annual. Run a fall post harvest application of something like 8oz of a metribuzin like sencor/glory etc and 8oz of 2,4-D and that will help clean a lot of those up for the spring and help reduce pressure on herbicides in the spring. Nice thing is that in the fall you can spray over your ditches/grass waterways and help clean those up also. Similarly, some guys may recommend dicamba instead of the metribuzin. Also, for a not super expensive investment consider adding a bearing race and seal driver kit if you ever need to replace a whole setup. Not completely necessary but is nice to have.

[@Military-Museum-LP]

You should have pulled the cylinder out to maximum length to weld so not to not heat the seals.

[@SpencerTV]

Yeah about half way through we thought about that... By that time they were messed up. It has a slow leak now and the outside sweeper seal looks cooked. Should be good for now. Just got to make sure have enough fluid

[@Military-Museum-LP]

@@SpencerTV Hey Spencer your doing a fantastic job. I’m just sorry I couldn’t help beforehand.

[@Military-Museum-LP]

Your honesty is why I continue to watch your channel.

[@jimmcginty2344]

Nice weld job Spencer! Thank you both for the great video

[@michaelowen1750]

Having done that exact repair- all the way up to a 5" dia rod- It's imperative to get the rod end solid to the cross piece.. and it has to be EXACTLY Square...But, that being said - Let er Wobble! it'll work til it breaks... ut keep the rod out a little farther to keep the gland seals from getting hot..

[@SpencerTV]

Yeah we messed up the outside sweeper seal. Didn’t think about it until it was to late… leaks a bit. There is a lot of slop in the thumb and hopefully it doesn’t break again!

[@Drew-in-NoDak]

Extend the rod out before welding, I would bet the heat of welding cooked the seals.

[@gurpreetsinghsidhu5067]

U people r lucky to drive these big tractors ,I m from india,punjab and here we hve mainly 45 to 65 hp tractors without cabs .we love driving tractors

[@gurpreetsinghsidhu5067]

@GrantHilbert0 I had dm you on telegram brother and what about this contest,sorry I dnt know

[@jjffarmsjoshuaflees911]

Keep up the outstanding work as always! I always appreciate you taking the time to make these videos for us! Been a minute since iv posted a comment but any who we got our corn planted and hauled a buch of cow turds. Hope all will be good with planting and stuff like that, be ready for breakdowns and repairs (LOL). Like to see how far you j ave come with the farm to. Hope all is well on the farm and with family! YEEYEE, and have a good one!

[@sosofarms6238]

Hey Grant, enjoy watching your videos. This is our second year farming on our own. We too started from the ground up. We farm rice, corn, and soybeans. We are in SE Missouri. We are gonna try our hand at wheat this fall. We like watching your channel because we are learning at the same time as you are and are just as fired up and excited about farming. Swing over and tell me what you think about our videos and give some advice!

[@John-qg8xb]

This is one of my favorites video every.

[@bradgrubb9786]

great welding spencer! and good video to

[@samzaderaka5632]

Hope you guys can find some new land

[@onecrazytruckinfarmer]

Urge chips from Kwik Trip have ketchup flavored chips. Definitely one of my favorites. Great video Grant. Congratulations on the land sale.

[@farmerguy99]

We fly rye on in the early fall and in the spring we either run a vertical tillage tool over it or no-till it. The rye really keeps weeds down.👍

[@travelocity1477]

Get a drawbar reducer. It will slide right over your current drawbar and allow you to hook up to smaller implements

[@ttroy4804]

Grant future reference, next time you have a creek to cross, build a "low water Crossing", usually pretty simple. Hey on that field cultivator hitch, you have the clevis for a straight drawbar, if you want to save some money, you 2 weld a 1 1/4" bushing in that thing, essentially turning it into the Yoke type Hitch (that was offered forever) then it will hook right up to your tractor clevis there @ 1223.

[@lukedesselle2491]

It's amazing how much farm ground sells for in Iowa, where I'm at in South Central Louisiana the very best of the best farm land will bring around 4000 per acre, but that for only the very best, average ground will bring 2500 to 3000 per acre

[@robervin9107]

Holy biscuits it’s spectacular Spencer

[@Bryer68]

Great Video Grant And Spencer I Love It From Bryer Floyd.

[@lukesullivan4004]

Putting down a good residual in the fall goes a long way.

[@joshjansen8429]

We welded a plate in the hitch on our cultivator and then drilled it out. Just use it with the hammer strap

[@presleyjeremiahsmith4668]

Yay! You finally got to meet Garrett irl! 😁❤️🎉 #GarrettPlays #GPNation

[@jddriver9565]

a sprayer on the 8110 on singles wow that would look great!:) The history part at the end about your farm was SO cool! :D

[@CuriousEarthMan]

Thank you!

[@dylangoldsmith4353]

Gaw damn…that was some nice ass welding for a beginner👍👍👍…keep up the great work guys best of luck for all your endeavors

[@coreyoakley2592]

Worthington ag parts is all tractor and combine scrap/parts yard in Worthington MN. Or Audubon ia

[@Military-Museum-LP]

You can’t go wrong with Pioneer!

[@johnperry5102]

great video, you guys do it up really good, great farming, have a super summer

[@robbiemix6403]

Awesome video per-usual. If you do plan on getting another tractor this summer, (potentially) maybe you should get one with a loader? Incase you ever decide to get into anything else, or in the coming years decide to do Hay work, (I dont think you will, but It'd be awesome to see!) either way they're super super useful!

[@bixenmanfarms5923]

When parking your cultivator outside you need to unfold it so water doesn't get into the wheel bearings on the wings

[@garrettbeams7752]

Around here we call those excavators junk belts, always fixing on em.

[@ariatcowboy1415]

Graduated highschool last year and did 2 yrs of the welding program. Was able to earn my certification. Anyways hope this year goes good for ya.

[@moiraviewfarms3381]

1:15 “it’s a Miller 180”

[@parkerostrofski4369]

if you use a stick welder and want to put welds on welds make sure you get rid of the slack otherwise that will make the weld impure

[@Rambow145]

You should of took a pipe and cut it in half then put that over it and welded that to the bottom. I fix hay spikes all the time like this. so they don't rip the weld. and not sure but nickel rod might of been needed to weld that.

[@eddyeduardoify]

Dude your journey is so inspiring best of lucks

[@alexanderheadley5644]

Wrap a wet towel around the cylinder to keep your seals Cool

[@Jashman496]

weld procedure and visual scares the ba jesus out of me lol

[@diegobarraza6657]

If y’all planning on buy a new tractor, you could switch up to case or maybe and older Deere like from 90’s or 00’s. Keep up the good work 😁😁

[@iowastatewelder]

Your neighbors to west of that dirt road your working on are good people

[@King_Randy]

Great video as always!

[@walkermorton8604]

What The HELL? Pioneer seed for life

[@Shedhauler]

I have a easy mig also. They are great beginner welders. But I would drop the flux core asap. Mine and I suppose yours has the ability to hook up the gas and that is the way to go. Way better welds with gas.

[@SpencerTV]

Yeah thought it would be a good first unit. Why is going with gas so much beter than flux core? I have seen a lot of debate on this. Makes sence that it speeds up the process and is a lot cleaner, but does it actually create a better weld strength? New to all this so thought gasless would be easier for right now.

[@Shedhauler]

@@SpencerTV yeah I don’t know if I can explain the whole process. But all I can share is my experience. Just my opinion that it does a cleaner weld and penetrates better. I struggled with the flux core for a year before I switched and I won’t go back.

[@strandedkansan8367]

If you only weld inside gas is better, but if there is any breeze at all gas won’t work.

[@RyanZiegler]

6:25 man literally had the Farming simulator outfit on!😂

[@thelunatick1993]

Herr has some funky chip flavor option. Menard usually has some. I think the one I get is bbq ribs flavor.

[@dawsoneubank1432]

Stick is always good to know how to do but for farm repairs like y’all are doing mig is perfect and that 180 will do 90% of what u will ever need

[@oe542]

Curious about the timber ground. Would it have penciled out to sell the timber and just keep it? Possibly hunting lease or enroll it in CRP?

[@cedricbroussard8738]

Awesome love farm life!!

[@Agrovasco]

Dont mean to be disrespectful by asking, but how much does one of those 80x125 shops for? Because here in Spain we make them of concrete and a 15x30 goes for around 100,000euros.

[@minitruckmechanic267]

you can actually get pioneer corn seed in a tote box thingy

[@rtvbubbles2590]

My dad's Hitachi broke in the same spot,Keep up the good content!

[@robertdurkin7596]

Good job, working hard !😁😁🚜🚜

[@celli2191]

To save a finishing pass you could look into a packer

[@swanriverwildlifealmanac1119]

ii am probably a little late with this but in an earlier video you had 44 acres or so of timber, with just a little food management for deer you can get quite a bit of revenue for hunting leases especially as much land as you have. maybe water fowl and pheasant too. good luck nice edits

[@TheRealAllAmericanDirt]

If you walk the excavator in forward it will cause less wear on the tracks

[@Jorian1107]

Late to the party, but they make the Ketchup flavor chips in Belgium (Europe) as well, I love them!!

[@OutofTownwithRobinBell]

Another great video keep up the good work👍

[@therandomxb3438]

Aww that sucks good luck!

[@ryanevans7049]

That’s my bumper

[@tripsaulsberry2933]

Send some of that rain to New Mexico

[@paulmccallum4229]

God bless your little "do it ourselves" attitude....... but I work at a heavy equipment shop and we don't even weld hydraulic cylinders. Take it to the local machine shop.

[@paulmccallum4229]

You also might want to look at your local trailer supply store for the lunette ring for a pintle hook style trailer hitch for the cultivator. Should do what you want to swap the cultivator hitch over.

[@LtColDaddy71]

Boy, the value of timber. You thin it out, create a silvopasture and permaculture paradise. Lumber, wind blocking, carbon, a massive seed bank just waiting for a chance.

[@walterlaubscherjr2011]

Nice video

[@granthilbert5632]

Thanks Walter- you're always first!

[@jackstrongshard2191]

That was a really nice video

[@dillonshedrick8407]

They have that kind of chips in vermont to there are good.

[@seanrodgers1332]

Good video

[@farmingmitch4184]

On our farm we plant channel seed you should try it.

[@austinbelt5192]

Put a stopper on the cylinder

[@mattmcevedy9982]

Red should be on the left and green on the right. (Port/Starboard)

[@billstringfellow2149]

One suggestion - buy a set of chaps to wear when using the chainsaw. Will solve a lot of problems should the saw kick or slip.

[@curtisowens4588]

Omg I think jerky and is so nasty. Nice job welding that pin guys.

[@waterskiingfool]

Everyone is wondering when there going to get seed in the ground. Hopefully weather straightens out for everyone

[@lincolnbiery3242]

Say if you were to get another tractor in the next few years what would you get Grant

[@jameseagleeye6546]

That's a good looking weld there Spencer. Have you ever welded before? If not you did a great job.

[@kaleldickey6694]

I love your video

[@joshwagner5414]

Some weed seeds will stay active in the ground for 30-40 years

[@joshwagner5414]

You guys should get an oxy acetylene torch

[@travismagnuson4986]

If you want less stress on your thumb and cylinder you should set your relief pressure of the thumb down

[@travismagnuson4986]

It’s pretty simple if you have only takes a hydraulic gauge snd a few wrenches

[@larsharris]

@@travismagnuson4986 not sure on that machine. But on my tractors I can set volume, pressure to machine. I bought a old springtooth for bean ground. Hoses are junk. I broke one by hand tying them. But I am limping the rest for this spring. Turned tractor response, pressures to 50%

[@colincummings1954]

you should try RENK SEED sometime for corn or beans. we live in southern wi and have very good luck with it compared to other brands we have tried (dekalb, pioneer, wifles)

[@ifradtarvez578]

I love your vids!!

[@chase5896]

Love the content. Started watching before you started the famr and when all was on this channel was the WI snowmobiling trip lol

[@fazeobama8872]

grant its waaaay better to spray weeds dead before cultivating because otherwise u are just delaying the problem, the seed will come back to the top at some point and regerminate as more weeds

[@ronaldpatterson3818]

you should buy you a 1456 international

[@hypetv7373]

Love the videos keep it up!

[@alexandert6489]

I'm from sw Ontario Canada and I'm a small hatchery near the dairy capital of canada

[@peteparker7396]

🤣🤣🤣 good luck on not melting the seal welding it that close. You should have pulled it all the way out so heat doesn’t transfer.

[@granthilbert5632]

Why didn't you say this sooner? 😉 Lol. Yup that's the one thing we messed up on. Should of extended the cylinder. Wasn't thinking clearly. It leaks a bit now, but holds.

[@peteparker7396]

@@granthilbert5632 live and learn amigo. 👍🏼

[@TeamDaenzer]

you should get a tractor with a loader, there helpful!

[@thelunatick1993]

Or a telehandler

[@TeamDaenzer]

@@realredditstories420 true but skid loaders only reach so high

[@larsharris]

For what use? I have both. Solo the loader is easier as I can run from ground. But for his uses. What would a tractor loader do? Serious question. I used mine today. But if I had help. The skid would have worked fine.

[@TeamDaenzer]

Tractors with loader can reach higher then a did loader.

[@larsharris]

@@TeamDaenzer ok for what? You agree it should be @100hp, MFD, cab.. do @$70k? His tracked Kabota? Can lift seed totes, tires, weights… as he has 2nd person. How will that loader tractor. “Pay for itself”? I just have not seen where it is needed. But I likely missed it. 4wd bareback tillage tractors are going cheap. That might be a option to consider. Or a slightly larger tractor like he has. If major breakdown. He could still keep going.

[@eastside979165]

Miller or is it a Lincoln lol

[@azizchkour6106]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@wyatthartle4521]

Did he put a chrome socket on an impact (12:32)

[@strandedkansan8367]

He always does lol

[@nickpetrancosta7812]

Your awesome

[@iowafarmhandanf2266]

Not first! 👍

[@zilla2006able]

I thank famers is going to be late this years

[@beachboy4344]

like the video 😀

[@JockMacHH]

The excavator is looking like a "pig in a poke"

[@donthegamer8975]

Haha aren't the ketchup chips good? They're delicious

[@jeffreycyphers9473]

Are you gonna get another tractor for this season

[@granthilbert5632]

Maybe during Summer. I have all the manpower in the world. I told myself I wouldn't buy another tractor until I bought another farm, but another tractor would be handy right about now.

[@jeffreycyphers9473]

@@granthilbert5632 well just keep up the good work and keep making videos

[@farmerguy99]

@@granthilbert5632 yeah a man can never have enough tractors.🤣

[@alexthomas637]

😎😎😎😎👍

[@davidlindblad2848]

Isn't fine

[@alextherailfan2269]

Hi grant love the vida