When greasing your machine, take off your attachment, that way you dont have to work around it while finding the grease zircs, makes it much easier.
@johnclark51535 ай бұрын
Get yourself the lock n lube coupler. Best $30 ever spent. Also a extention hose. You can be in the loader and run the gun.
@johnme70495 ай бұрын
Josh I'd say you have a real winner there. Harvesting rocks is one of those thankless jobs but is one crop that you will likely never run out of. This is going to save a LOT of labor on the farm. It's not called the "Stoney Ridge Farm" for nothing. Stay safe brother and God Bless.
@hickoryridgefarms4 ай бұрын
Hey Josh at least you have a shop and tools nearby to fix most of it. We fix problems on our equipment and usually find new problems and we laugh and put it on the list. We bring down tools for what we need that day. I really need to set up a tool box in our container
@josephblanco86415 ай бұрын
That is why is called the Stoney Ridge Farm? Very satisfying video. Congrats!
@FarmRanchHomestead5 ай бұрын
When he's done, he might need to rename the farm!
@eddeetz4935 ай бұрын
One day you'll be filling a hopper to feed a crusher/screen. For dirt, base and gravel. Also gabion fences to permanetly use the stone as retaining walls, fence lines, great purchase. Hugh labor and back saver.
@NeilMaclachlan4 ай бұрын
Thats a cool machine if i say so myself......Stay safe and see you on the next one
@JavierGonzalez-sj4mc5 ай бұрын
Hey Josh I have not been watching ur videos but now I'm BACK....as always ur videos r freaking awesome pls don't stop making them cuz for ME it feels so real....many blessings.....
@StoneyRidgeFarmer4 ай бұрын
glad you're back.....alot of folks have been missing lately
@bobbyfisher63435 ай бұрын
So glad to know it’s not just me, when doing a project things go wrong or I have to walk back and forth to my shop 100 times
@jtc19475 ай бұрын
Just when You least expect it, Murphy's Law will be front & Center!
@johnsadler86375 ай бұрын
Lots of us share that trait!
@elmarty48035 ай бұрын
Everything takes some time to learn, Im sure there is a sweet spot for the arm to swing the rocks in but you wont find it without work.....That thing looks awesome. Nice video.
@rad79653 ай бұрын
That rock picker is a game changer for sure.
@Shadyacresfarm5 ай бұрын
Now that’s a back saver! Great addition to the farm.
@ProjectsWithPaul5 ай бұрын
Lock N Lube will change your grease game. Great video.
@dalebargen5 ай бұрын
Looks like a very satisfying project!
@FiteTheGoodFight5 ай бұрын
I grease the bucket pivots at least every 8 hrs of work. The dirt starts to get in the pins and bushings otherwise. I got smart later on and reassembled the bucket pivots with large o-rings which has done a great job of keeping the dirt out and the grease in
@ianhaggart14385 ай бұрын
Excellent attachment will save your back no end... On the sticky grease point.. if you have a hydraulic hand pump with pressure guage make up an adapter to fit the grease point and pump some hydraulic oil through it.. it will move the hard grease no problem.. iv been using it for many a year to deal with that exact problem and works at lease 80% of the time and saves a load of time to.. Great work on the video.. stay safe 🏴 and rock on.... 😊
@superdog19644 ай бұрын
Excellent advice!! We do the same if we have a clogged zerk. We have a small 110V portable hydraulic pump that we use for our Porta-Power cylinders and we made a fitting to deal with any clogged grease point. Works great and saves a lot of time. It also helps to use a fire wrench and heat up the zerk/joint along with the grease gun pumping at the same time. Don't use this method if there are any type of seals or internal wipers though. All of our grease guns now have the quick connects on the end. They are a major time saver and we waste a LOT less grease, especially the grease points that have a zerk but your vision is blocked or hard to see while pumping. We bought the brand name quick connect for the first one or two. After that I bought some generic units off of Ebay and so far they work just as well. Josh needs one for sure, Lol.
@russellbaughnjr64575 ай бұрын
What an amazing machine Josh, I say anything to make your work easier and more efficient is a worthwhile investment. Good Job!😊
@JavierGonzalez-sj4mc5 ай бұрын
One great investment for ur self....great purchase
@providerwilliams51994 ай бұрын
Great tool. Good find!
@Telluridepilot5 ай бұрын
Great attachment. Watching it operate it seems like something that would be used after the rocks are pushed up in a pile with dirt already. Learning curve for sure. Happy Memorial Day Josh. Stay safe !
@leer-winnobbeefarms21315 ай бұрын
Hay! I'll be down next Tuesday to borrow it! Like you, we got thousands! Great video! Lee
@stump-bossBIll5 ай бұрын
Ha ha - that's a lotta "Ringing the Bell" raking in the rocks....I wonder if the flow to the raker is a little high/fast and jams it that quickly. like you don't have time to adjust the deck to prevent it from jamming. Just a thought. ----Grease fitting project...YUP same stuff happens to me frequently doing stump grinding and land clearing....only way to keep things from breaking is don't use them and even then sometimes stuff breaks just sitting there..s🤣😆🤣😆 the other day my PTO shaft rusted and wouldn't slide...Had to go to "Tractor time with Mike" and get ideas on how to un-stick it..and wa la - he had a video that saved me buncha time wrestling it! Peach be with you Josh, nice video on Memorial day from a true patriot and veteran! Thank you for your service sir 🙏 USA----USA --- USA
@johnsadler86375 ай бұрын
Mike has a lot of helpful videos. He’s from S Central Mo - 2-3 hrs SE of my farm in the western Ozarks. On the other end of my 2x yearly 1,000-mile migration.
@robertbass52835 ай бұрын
WOW…Awesome machine great find !
@glennjukes55815 ай бұрын
A great tool! learning curve involved. Everythime you use it pays back a bit.
@johnsadler86375 ай бұрын
And to think of all the tons of sandstone Dad and I dug and picked up where the shelves came out in the fields. This machine would make a lot of sand out of that stuff. Nice tool!
@tb14015 ай бұрын
Nice piece of equipment I wish I had one not rich like you happy for you. God bless you and your farm
@StoneyRidgeFarmer5 ай бұрын
you think buying a $3500 implement makes me rich? Look at the money spent on large farms ...$500k combines and a $100k fertilizer bill. I'm most certainly not rich, I just live below my means and it's helped me accomplish what I want in life
@GM6.75 ай бұрын
Save up for things and buy them doesn't make one a rich person.
@thomassellers76135 ай бұрын
A simple suggestion… try raking with the teeth pointed down to gather up small piles, then sweep them into the bucket with that rotating arm. Might save some time.
@a-survivors-journey5 ай бұрын
Nice acquisition. Back saver!!! The more you use it, the better it’s going to work.
@downtoearthconstruction77685 ай бұрын
Thank you for your service pal have a safe awesome day
@jerrynibarger91485 ай бұрын
That looks like a great tool for the job.
@peterfadden44185 ай бұрын
The rock picker is really intended to be used on tilled fields. It will pick up tons of rocks, leaving the soil behind.
@StoneyRidgeFarmer4 ай бұрын
well...it's dong a great job here too....they make some rock pickers that are specifically designed for crop fields...I'd say this one is pretty universal
@cervus-venator5 ай бұрын
Thanks Josh! Great score on the equipment for the Skid Steer. With a place called Stoney Ridge that Rock Picker is right at home. Looked like a nice hot humid day for the grease fitting issues to take place.
@jeffshiner60875 ай бұрын
That Dewalt grease gun is the best power tool I've ever bought. The amount of time I have saved using that thing has been incredible.
@charlesopperman56745 ай бұрын
Great all about the farm should get a rock crusher to go with picker so you can make your own gravel
@Humblebeginningsfarmstead5 ай бұрын
I feel your pain, my farm is on bedrock so there is a never ending supply of machine breakers
@alh93385 ай бұрын
Still find it much simpler and way more fun than city life. Least there you fix your problems and not others. You know? The good life!
@alaskacanoe68375 ай бұрын
I think the energy and ambition for all the projects and thinking for himself is inspiring .. Yes Josh has his opinions and he does research and comes up with plans... and as the years come and go he will be wiser and wiser and have more fun doing what he loves... We should celebrate this experience and enjoy his sharing of it... I was raised on an 8 section ranch in Wyoming ... thats 8 square miles... and not for one minute would I disparage Josh for what he has and what he has done... wonderful to follow... such a guy
@AuditRecon5 ай бұрын
I used to work for a landscaper who had what's known as a Rock Hound.
@KeepingItDutch4 ай бұрын
I need that
@StoneyRidgeFarmer4 ай бұрын
Dutch in the house!! Good to hear from ya bro!!
@michaelblum62225 ай бұрын
Another amazing new tool. Just think of all rocks you will be able to get off the land or use for boarders around anything you think of. Thank you for sharing this. ALL, PLEASE THANK A VETERAN, as they took there bodies and stand the ground so we can sleep easy. This goes out to all active and non-active and for our fallen boys in arm
I feel your pain with random oops and breaking tools. Sometimes it's bad luck and timing but most times it's usually my fault.
@scottsmith68465 ай бұрын
Hey Josh thank you for the video hope you're having a nice happy memorial Day weekend you and your whole family Woo
@santiagotedonee56545 ай бұрын
Hi josh! Nice adquisición. Keep alert about rocks flying over the bucket right to the operetor. I saw in another youtuber video that they put a protection sheet in front of the windshield. Keep it safe! Watching you from coutry side of argentina. Julio arditi Buenos Aires!
@brandonburdette78955 ай бұрын
Best 3500 bucks ever spent what a awesome attachment
@GM6.75 ай бұрын
Exactly. How mcuh does a slipped disc go for? Money well spent
@duanerosenberger97715 ай бұрын
Nice back saver great price great video happy memorial day
@bob74785 ай бұрын
We had a bumper crop of rocks this year, too. Not anywhere near what you're dealing with.
@aidenschwartz5 ай бұрын
Happy Memorial Day!!!!!🇺🇸🇺🇸
@mware115 ай бұрын
Lock n Lube makes a pressure relief valve for the grease gun to solve that problem.
@charleswise55705 ай бұрын
I waited until the end to say this; That rocks! Hahaha! Perfect machine brother!
@StoneyRidgeFarmer5 ай бұрын
bhahahha 😂
@CliffordHenley5 ай бұрын
Good way to get your rocks off
@Craig-e2r4 ай бұрын
If you will pressure up the grease gun on that grease zerk, leave the grease gun attached and work the implement at that point it will loosenup and accept grease eventually. You might have to pressurize the grease gun several times
@StoneyRidgeFarmer4 ай бұрын
that's kinda what I was trying to do, I've bought a tool from Lock-n-lube that's supposed to bust loose grease fittings like this...we'll see how it works!
@Craig-e2r4 ай бұрын
@@StoneyRidgeFarmer I’ve seen those but don’t have one. Let us know if it works
@dougdavis44395 ай бұрын
What a handy tool, Josh. That rock picker will pay for itself in no time, my friend!
@StoneyRidgeFarmer5 ай бұрын
I agree!!
@JimMiller-y9n5 ай бұрын
Josh, get yourself a Lock-N-Lube and you won’t have stuck on lubricator fittings.
@65wldstln4 ай бұрын
Im glad you went that route, you seemed like picking was the only way. Should name it Zach🤪
@northernliving23875 ай бұрын
Hey Josh. Happy Memorial Day to you.
@kdegraa5 ай бұрын
Rock picker for the Stoney Ridge Farm. How appropriate.
@bobbyfisher63435 ай бұрын
That rock picker is the bomb
@DrakeThurman4 ай бұрын
You should look into the lock n lube Grease gun fitting. You can get them at napa or online of course. It makes greasing a little less of a chore in my opinion
@StoneyRidgeFarmer4 ай бұрын
I ordered one yesterday!!
@Paul-y7u5s5 ай бұрын
way back in the day that's the real reason farmers had lots of kids they where called rock pickers that there and a stone boat pulled behind a horse or tractor. Or they ran a orphanage summer camps for wayward kids. Sometime it,s great to remember the past no not really
@StoneyRidgeFarmer4 ай бұрын
yep...I've been picking them by hand for about 9 years here....this thing is a life saver!
@johnridgway83555 ай бұрын
Cool, rock n roll🎉
@EverythingElliott5 ай бұрын
You need a lock n lube for when you grease gun tip gets locked on a fitting
@chriswertz74345 ай бұрын
Use a York rake to get most of the rocks into a line and then use the picker?
@jtc19475 ай бұрын
Hope that ROCK REMOVER is quite durable! Might take a while to rename that area STONEY RIDGE! GOOD LUCK!
@AdakPaPa5 ай бұрын
Did you think about using it more like a screed/screener? Scoop everything up, at ground elevation, like a regular bucket, and shake it out. Use the rock flipper more as a clearing device in assisting the shaking out. I may be wrong but good or bad I would try this.
@tomatoking80905 ай бұрын
Man that is nice!!
@lancewilson4575 ай бұрын
That rock picker works great
@BarnCatAlley5 ай бұрын
Slicker then Whale Snot!!!!
@jtc19475 ай бұрын
Hi JOSH! Enormously Happy that You FINALLY got the rock remover gadget! What will you do with all those rocks? Build a wall somewhere? Don't guess that You can sell or give them away?? Is it OK to say Happy MEMORIAL DAY??
@genieking61915 ай бұрын
That is paying for itself quickly.
@nickwoods24195 ай бұрын
High speed footage is a flashback to Pac-Man. 😄
@cyclemaster462 ай бұрын
We have rock walls in Kansas. To clear the fields. The walls were a certain height and width. The gov. paid money per foot. WAY TO EARN MONEY. HARD TIMES.
@AllenPaulTrego5 ай бұрын
Nice.
@Crouse_Property_Maintenance5 ай бұрын
I wonder if anyone would lend you a STONE BURIER for the big tractor to test on the farm.
@ShortbusMooner5 ай бұрын
Just the tip.. 🤭🤣 (sorry, couldn't resist)
@ClickinChicken5 ай бұрын
Not to get political, but reminds me of a comment our Governor said about Ranchers in our area, 'It's mostly cows and Rocks that are in that Red area!" My coworker told me about it ways back I looked it up, sure he did. Be careful hanging out under the raised arm of a skid steer Josh. Woooo!!!!!!!
@dannymoore78355 ай бұрын
I like it 👍🏻
@bustersmith55695 ай бұрын
moremore stuff just what you need ???
@StoneyRidgeFarmer4 ай бұрын
You understand that I'm not on a 1/4 acre lot in town right?
@alphonsotate2982Ай бұрын
I do not have no skid steer that you can crawl out under a up un locked boom arms that is why I use safer Deer or New Holland machines where you can lock the boom up from inside the cab way better tech
@northernliving23875 ай бұрын
You need a Harley rake for your skid loader
@georgep24285 ай бұрын
That’s a back saver
@jerryhubbard44615 ай бұрын
I am 72 now and I remember back in the day when Milwaukee was the king of the tool pile. They also had NO plastic on them. Now all of the tools are so mass produced in China and damn near ALL plastic, take you pick who makes the best. I will say one thing, when it comes too circular saws, You can't run fast enough to give me a Milwaukee. My choice of power tools, Makita.
@StoneyRidgeFarmer5 ай бұрын
interesting thoughts on power tools for sure
@timziegler93585 ай бұрын
Do you have a dump trailer? It would save a great deal of time if used in conjunction with unloading that bucket. Best wishes.
@StoneyRidgeFarmer5 ай бұрын
I don't but I have a neighbor bringing over his dump truck
@timziegler93585 ай бұрын
@@StoneyRidgeFarmer A good dump trailer would service you well on many projects around the farm. Best wishes.
@michaelbaker23635 ай бұрын
Probably a grease fitting clogged up unclog your fit and so it'll take Grease
@raybornclark86175 ай бұрын
pull the pin and take a small drill bit to clean out the greaseway....
@rrfarming55375 ай бұрын
Spot on.Had this happen a few times and that's the best way.
@patrickhoversten52335 ай бұрын
Cool tool Josh
@jalopyjoe44835 ай бұрын
Was hear. Wooooo
@midwayfarms5 ай бұрын
Great video looks like a pretty good outfit
@berkoskilandscaping42475 ай бұрын
Gunk in the grease hole in the pin. The bushing should still be fine. They make a tool that you put penetrating oil into hook up to the grease fitting and hit the end with a hammer and it shoots the gunk out of the grease passage.
@deanl41935 ай бұрын
Check out lock-n-lube grease gun tips.
@FarmallFanatic5 ай бұрын
It is a scorcher here so I know it's hot there
@CliffordHenley5 ай бұрын
Get out that pretty Milwaukee it will blow that grease in there, just pump it tight and let it set
@gwolf77165 ай бұрын
I could use one of those but there goes my mountain.
@jamesoncross74945 ай бұрын
With a name like STONEY Ridge Farm, this probably should have been your 1st purchase, LOL. Good job, nice machine!
@overwatch26715 ай бұрын
Josh. You need a farm hand to keep your equipment running
@StoneyRidgeFarmer5 ай бұрын
I got 2 of them lol....just like eating an elephant...one bite at a time....down days are maintenance days
@billwilliams95275 ай бұрын
Holy Christmas Josh, you sir always breaking something, all this experience, and guess what.....You need more vehicles, more equipment.
@StoneyRidgeFarmer5 ай бұрын
things break if ya use them...and if ya don't keep your skid loader bushings lubed ...they clog lol
@billwilliams95275 ай бұрын
@@StoneyRidgeFarmer Josh, you are "The Man".
@graggcain94965 ай бұрын
Get you a lock n lube grease coupler easy to take off grease certs
@tacolarry6395 ай бұрын
I'm always impressed by your videos. I'd like to ask, what did you do BEFORE farming to afford starting with this big of a spread, buildings, machines, tools etc?
@StoneyRidgeFarmer5 ай бұрын
I'm a registered nurse, have ran several businesses...now I create content around the farm for a living
@fuhrermk925 ай бұрын
21:57 next time buy the one that attached to the rear of the big T tractor it better
@StoneyRidgeFarmer5 ай бұрын
hmm....I'm not so sure my friend....remember this isn't groomed tilled cropland..it's rough as a cob
@alaskacanoe68375 ай бұрын
Drunken sailer on a borrowed horse.. that skid steer action was awesome