It's time to Clean up after the Pigs

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[@grantmagnuson4883]

Thank you for talking about the case tractor.

[@jamesbutler1862]

Been catching up on all your old shows and I enjoy watching them.

[@marymigliore3396]

I LOVE YOU GUYS !!!!!!!!🤩🤩

[@randybutler4772]

So wet. Thank you for sharing. 🐂

[@leol1682]

Enjoy the video Evan and Reb,

[@user-ke9ub5wo5c]

Thank you for what you do.

[@terrycastor8299]

Good day on the farm. Several projects accomplished. No blood. No bruises. No pinch points. Win- Win day, Evan!

[@cajunnathan4586]

Its better that you find the eggs than predators find the eggs

[@aaronvincent7558]

It’s looking good Evan

[@carolspronk8401]

You are so entertaining 😀

[@skipstein744]

Have fun! Onward!

[@kathyloguercio7705]

Love watching your videos. Even though I'm a woman just brings back memories of me and my Dad doing things together when I was younger.

[@teenagefarmer]

You are definitely right about there always being more things to do then time. Those pigs where huge! Great work thanks for sharing

[@kenhenke3693]

Nice video Evan

[@Kevin_D1]

"Look out, chicken, look out chicken." 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@jakeschisler7525]

Heck I'm retired and still don't have enough time of a day to get things done. The weather here in Missouri isn't the best but it is what it is

[@CliffsideStables]

Well the challenge we retirees face is that WE NEVER GET A DAY OFF. 😎 Tim in northern TN

[@jakeschisler7525]

@@CliffsideStables that is a true statement

[@garystlaske7703]

Great Video , I wish I had your energy ..looking forward to the next one...

[@petergielen5905]

thx for sharing

[@johnzink3309]

thx

[@nyevegas4015]

In case there are other suburbanite tool collectors like me in the audience, Google tells me that’s a pair of Fence Pliers Evan dropped in the mud. We probably won’t need one but it’s a cool looking tool. 👍

[@abunchofhicks]

Love seeing someone straighten a fencing staple. Been there a thousand times.

[@TomSmith-me7ph]

Great video, hope it great day!

[@mariesheppard3750]

Thanks another good day on the Farm

[@AmandaDoll-hi4dr]

Hi how are you doing today and I like your cows 🐄 🐄🐄🐄🐄and calefs and bulls and pigs 🐖 🐖🐖🐖🐖

[@sherry2836]

Entertaining video! Thanks for sharing your mud making, tool dropping, chicken squishing, poop scooping, egg hunting day!

[@stevengullison410]

Good evening Evan and Rebecca, I really enjoy your videos. Steve from Nb Canada

[@cooldog60]

I wish you would paint the barn next summer.

[@normangarrand1106]

working on the Tractor is a labor of love ! the hrs involved mean nothing when you consider the final outcome 😊

[@billybike57]

A farmers work is never done. You run a tight ship, well done!

[@artszabo1015]

Evan, if you buried the cattle watering trough in the ground it would accomplish two things. One, the sheep could drink from it. And two, it would be easier for the heater to keep it from freezing. And the extra bonus is - you don't need to add another circuit to the barn. Hurray!!!! Art & Melissa from Ohio

[@stevejohnstonbaugh9171]

It will really be nice to see the Case tractor in the shop for a little love too Evan😊

[@mrclaus859]

Thanks Evan

[@paulcochran1721]

Not sure if it's worth the effort, but some fiberglass resin poured over the termite damage on the ramp may extend its life a few years. Sounds like there's some full freezers in the future!

[@45Sharry]

Evan, you might start to vary one or two rags in your jacket, in order to clean mud or something off of things, including you. Love your videos!!

[@Bowhunters6go8xz6x]

Even in the winter there are always things to do on a farm. Great stuff Evan.

[@EC4400]

You have accomplished a lot in this vlog. Thanks for sharing.

[@craigwiest772]

And you have discovered why there are countless cars and tractors in some state of disassembly. It takes a great deal of dedication and effort to put one back together in better condition than you started. Especially if you are a bit of a perfectionist. Good job.

[@billyhaddock5540]

As u know Evan, farm-work is never done, always something that got put-off, now it needs to be done. Cows are smart opening gates.

[@greybear3090]

got my coffee

[@timcritz3194]

Fluid film is better for rust prevention. All my gates have a dedicated chain with a snap clip. Haven't found an animal yet that can open one. Cheaper than the two way latches sold at the farm store.

[@olddawgdreaming5715]

Looks great Evan and Rebecca. Glad you were able to get the frozen stuff taken care of, repaired and working again for the barnyard watering of the animals. You folks stay safe around there and have a good winter. We will be watching. Fred.

[@greybear3090]

enjoy the vids, keep up the good work

[@carlthor91]

Evan, I have found that when you go to start ANY mechanical project: 1) Take LOTS of pictures, before doing anything. 2) Pressure wash/steam clean, going over it, at least twice thoroughly. 3) Take a quicker round of pictures, to identify cracks or breaks.. 4) Think through what you 'know' about the project, morning coffee is a great time. 5) Start disassembly, have at it. Following these simple steps, you will have the least, stop, go back do item 2, then restart the repair issues. I detest, where people just start in on taking apart dirty equipment, as they don't always clean things properly, before reassembly, never mind just after disassembly. Whereas if it's cleaned properly, at the start, you have a MUCH better chance of a long lived, successful rebuild. I have worked on mining equipment (4 brands), tractors (3 brands), forklifts, and track loaders, for work. Also worked on my own motorcycles (3 brands), pickup trucks and Jeeps. Best wishes from the far North..

[@brendabrenda413]

Consider a drinking post for your animals. They are electric free and won’t freeze. We’ve had ours for years and wouldn’t be without it. We’re in Ontario Canada so have our share of well below freezing days!

[@miguelavelasquez8056]

Hay Evan sad to see the pigs gone but soon you will have more and some steers. Im sure it's hard to send them away to the butcher after feeding them for so long but it is all part of being a farmer thank you for sharing blessings to you and your family

[@douglaskerr6813]

We don't use the"B" word we call sending the steers and hogs to Camp Freezer 😜

[@joerodrigues3816]

Great job and video mate hope you keep doing what you’re doing and take care of yourself thanks again for sharing your experience.

[@pampilgrim2274]

Good morning! Another busy day on the homestead! I am having a blast watching your playlists. Only a few more and I will have watched ALL of your videos.

[@vbyler3119]

Regarding your case tractor, I was told about a magnetic heater you can put on the oil pan and it warms it up. Could try that

[@jimmiebeavers6240]

Good video, Happy Thanksgiving 🦃

[@ronaldclemons5520]

Never enough hours in a day. The more you do, the more you see that needs to be done. Blessings🙂

[@marthabartel604]

Cleaning trailer please wash the inside side panels, to help sterilize,and prevent rusting.

[@hubertwebb9869]

Does the water still keep going under the barn into the rear of the barn? Have you thought about digging down a foot or two next to the barn and attaching a water proof seal around it and putting gravel back in creating a French drain.

[@CountryViewAcres]

Yes water still gets under. And right now I plan to install drainage under the back of the barn.

[@hsvkid]

Evan makes Oliver Wendell Douglas look like he knew what he was doing. All we need is Eb or Mr Haney to help out.

[@ellisc.foleyjr9778]

Another nice video Evan, I can relate to the cold weather been in the low 20's here most of the week. and we've had snow few times already heck had snow back on the first of Nov. and now we're in to Dec. so the "rest" is yet to come. glad to hear you gaining some ground on the Alles C. thanks for sharing. ECF

[@jamesmorrison1884]

Hello Evan Rebecca enjoyed your video. In my opinion you should use 10w30 the other oil better for diesel. Have a great day.

[@cajunnathan4586]

What about a Heated Dipstick for the Case's Oil instead of changing the oil out?

[@kennethrunyan3168]

Perhaps in the future you can install a more permanent non electric freeze free fountain for cattle and sheep.

[@chrishoneycutt9839]

Hey Evan long time no see. Glad to see y’all back. hope you and Rebecca had a good thanxgiving

[@realamerican6101]

I would waterproof the plus for the water heaters and get them off the grown.

[@bt6195]

I have made muddy situations many, many, many times myself....lol

[@dalekrohse1871]

Maybe add a board on side of gate post to reduce the gap at the latch. Good video

[@harlonlantz4094]

Evan, just want you to know that,what ever you do is an excellent job.Been watching for over two years love your videos, can't wait for the next one.

[@helenhelps9619]

👏👏

[@dennishill3463]

👍 thanks 😊

[@georgedavidson1221]

Use. Rotella T. 15 w. 40. Diesel oil in those old. Motors made by Shell

[@hmsyushmsyus1194]

Evan, please show the unattached tractor parts you have cleaned or currently cleaning. It would be interesting to see these. Also show a 360 tour of your wood working shop and garage. We have not seen it recently.

[@emunrichcleote9937]

Always a pplesure watching you video's. Is Maya limping a bit with that back right leg or was it just the graval that made it look like it time-stamp 11:37, might just be my imagination.

[@georgedavidson1221]

Find a tree company that is trying to get rid of wood chips. They are always looking for a place to dump. And get some. Free loads. Dumped into the barn yard Will give some. Base. Then you can clean out. And spread with. Manure

[@--_DJ_--]

I'd recommend some 10w30 for winter rather than 15w40. That stuff is going to be hard to pump cold as well, but it would be better than straight 30 weight.

[@nautilusshell940]

water under those rubber mats will rust out the bottom of the trailer

[@stuartsplace100]

Thank god for Water hoses,but after a time(no matter rubber or vinyl) they give out after summer heat and winter freezing,lots of rain here in Vermont right nowl

[@ithacacomments4811]

maybe get those cord connections up out of the mud....rain....snow

[@mattharper7237]

Nice video Evan, remember farmers don't work by hours but by accomplishments. There never seems to be enough hours, satisfaction is in knowing what you got done was done well. Good Lord willing and the river doesn't rise tomorrow's another day. That does seem to be an exceptional amount of feed for the porkers, our customers have excellent results with hogs that are 6 months at harvest. Hogs will generally convert 3# of feed into 1# of gain, if your pigs are 50# when you get them and you want to harvest at 300# shouldn't take much more than 750# to get them there. Obviously there's a lot of variables but generally speaking. Have a great day keep up the good work.

[@jdschini]

Hi Evan, thank you for another interesting video! This time on the winterization of your farm! Isn’t it amazing how much more work cold weather makes for you both on the farm? The “daily chore time” seems to double. But at least now you have no more pigs to feed! Yea! The gate latch Houdini can be defeated by installing a self locking hook. You should be able to find them at TSC. I used them on my dairy farm to prevent my cows from escaping in the middle of the night. A good way to prevent your water hydrant from freezing. Is to always make sure that you leave one of the valves open on that two way splitter you have on the hydrant. This will insure the water will siphon back down the hydrant. Quick connects on hydrant ends makes fast work of draining the hoses out after each use. Thanks again and have a blessed weekend!

[@leahmollytheblindcatnordee3586]

You are really getting to understand cows. From what I have seen, they can be regular Houdini's and are always so curious. Wonder if having some sort of cover over the electrical plugs outside would be useful. You know exactly where it is located and what opportunities the animals could have to mess around with them. Good fixes on the gate. My dad worked full time and farmed and it isn't easy, especially when the cow needs to be milked. He had to do it just before he left for work and when he got home. The tractor is changing and is going to come together. You are doing fine. Good luck with it.

[@jefffortney4261]

Gravity was definitely working on your homestead!

[@jeffkimber]

My wife and I like your videos - thank you! **Question: on the wintertime mudd/water issue in the barnyard - is there some kind of granular aggregate that would help? What would Pete do?!

[@garywaxler7866]

Could you put a block heater on your Case tractor that you plug into a 110 outlet? We have them on most of our tractors & they are great for warming up a tractor so they'll start in cold temps.

[@CountryViewAcres]

I tried a magnetic block heater/oil pan heater. It didn't seem to work.

[@garywaxler7866]

@CountryViewAcres Ours are built into the engines & work great. Your welcome to come see them. They work great in the cold temps. Night & day difference between having them plugged in or not.

[@ericfarrand5534]

Hey Evan, been watching a long time but haven’t commented. Thought I should share some info on feeding your pigs. To finish a commercial weaned pig to market weight, the benchmark is approx 700LB per hd. Another rule of thumb for a lower tech, hobby feeding scenario on pasture, you could use a factor of 3 ish LB of feed for 1 LB of gain. So, if you bought a feeder pig at 50 LBs and sold him at 300 LB (250 LB gain x 3 LB feed) you would feed 750 LB of feed for the whole period. You might have more feed waste using the troughs than you realize, which is driving your cost much higher.

[@patrickwiklund2039]

👍

[@bigtime37ja]

Always chores to get done, but progress is obvious.

[@stevedrew5425]

Check into grounding the stock tanks that have submersible heaters Thanks

[@davidklein5850]

I bet when you cleaned out the trailer your sinuses got opened😜

[@AfterTheRains]

Nope you had a great time with family during the holiday. I would love to hear what you thought of your fancy bread Rebekah.

[@CountryViewAcres]

The bread needed more powered sugar to sweeten it up. And it-s best warmed up.

[@AfterTheRains]

@@CountryViewAcres Always good to know what’s needed for next time but it’s quite the impressive table setting.

[@skrtskit1521]

💕💕🎶🎶

[@johngastineau653]

Thanks for the video. I believe that the cows are using their tongue to open the latch. Have you considered a solar heater and or power bank for the waters?

[@quienvive675]

🤓👍

[@chaunceypullman3380]

Good day Evan. Have you 2 ever thought of just growing your own pigs ??? 1 sow and 1 boar heritage breed. Keep what you want and sale off the other piglets for profit.

[@Falney]

Brave man. Storing termite damaged wood inside a wooden barn.

[@GWBoen]

Yeah 15w40 isn't going to be any better starting when it's cold outside get a block heater or store inside. My Massey Ferguson 235 uses 15W40 and if it's below 50 degrees it's hard to start.

[@valariefarrow4910]

Hey Evan, are you still planning to work on the firewood shed this year? Enjoy your content!

[@CountryViewAcres]

I am running out of time this year. Looking more like after the new year.

[@ShortCrypticTales]

2400 IS MAX you should be good on that circuit

[@brandonbeckemeyer1579]

How did the pasture irrigation end up working? Any plans to size up the system?

[@sandratalbert9578]

Too bad the area around the watering troughs is so muddy. I seem to remember you saying gravel just washes away due to slope. Next year would it be possible to pour concrete pad. In meantime would scattered straw/hay do any good especially once ground freezes?

[@LorraineDennison1960]

Look out chicken. 🤣🤣🤣🐔

[@TonyT-lo2sz]

We uses to watch you work now all we get is you talking to the camera.

[@MrBubbahunt9]

Poor chicken......lol

[@xtender5]

I'm disappointed, Evan. I was looking forward to watching you work out your trust issues with the chicken for the rest of the episode. 😁

[@sandyleonard1605]

Alan, just wondering if you’ve allowed to go into the house in your work clothes after working in the pens.

[@Dan-qy1rg]

Clean up is always an enjoyable task, ha ha, not! But I guess it's something that has to be done, so like you, I hold by breath or nose and get it done, washing out the trailer is a real blast! I have a hook latch similar to yours, with a locking latch on the bottom that swivels to keep it from being lifted like yours, I got mine at a local farm store, if your interested. Good luck with the Case and the Allis-Chalmers. Thanks for sharing, have a great weekend.

[@southernadirondackoutdoors]

Good video Evan. How do you like the Rode ME?

[@CountryViewAcres]

Second time using it. Seemed to work well. Battery lasted longer than I thought.

[@southernadirondackoutdoors]

@@CountryViewAcres Thanks, good to hear! we've been having issues with our Rode Go II's and have been looking at options.