2nd Cutting of Hay and Fabricating Missing Parts for 55 year old Hay Mower.

[@batpherlangkharkrang7976]

Hi ... Sir, Evan thanks you for showing your video homestead bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋👍👍👍

[@MatthewYBarbo]

I feel like you can literally fix anything! Thanks for sharing. The hay cutting is aesthetic on the eyes.

[@larrysmith2481]

When I was in high school I would go to my grandparents small farm in south east Missouri. I would go in July for a month and run the roads around their farm to train for football and then help my grand father with farm chores. When one of his implements would break he would make parts to fix his equipment to save money. I miss that little farm, I am 72 years old now and miss my time at that the farm. Thanks for your videos...it takes me back to a simpler time in my life. Thank you Evan for the memories.

[@patriciamoser665]

Don’t ever stop. Love watching your life on the farm. Good luck with everything.

[@davidsimon4387]

Your Work Ethic makes this Channel....:)❤ The results speaks for itself....

[@shirleybewley6646]

Full time farmer looks good on you Evan!

[@geoffshore4783]

Time for a equipment shed? Plus winter jobs recondition and paint some of your hay making equipment. Just a thought Evan.

[@terrycastor8299]

You certainly get a lot done in a day, Evan. I know it may not seem so a lot of the time, but you really do. There are always glitches, such as equipment not placed where you want, but that’s just life. That hay looks great!

[@jarrod7262]

Every body has an option 😆 weld your gaps back together in your plate. Just a option. Love what you do.

[@deborahsimmons2414]

You have really come into your own since you “retired” from your day job. Seems to me that you are who you wanted to be in the environment you wanted to be in with your lovely wife and dare I say “sidekick”. Although, I am not truly sure who the side kick is. Either way, you have settled in to your new role beautifully and it tickles me greatly to see you happy in that, no matter what happens in your day. God bless you both as you go along each day. I cannot wait to see how you solve the problem of getting those Jersey cows pregnant. Once you do a WHOLE NEW chapter unfolds! Here for the journey, from this side of the camera, it’s a great Country view from here, thank you! P.S. nothings perfect…but you do do excellent work and fabrication is probably your secret power.

[@markrice3502]

gtrat job on the fabrication for the hay cutter it looks good to me thank you for shareing evan and hope everything is going ok for the both of ypu ,i enjoy watching your videos too they remind me of times i was younger too

[@AfterTheRains]

Looks like you did a great job of acquiring some really beneficial tools and equipment before quitting your paid employment.

[@michaelkoury6562]

Love the Silva Brothers T shirt

[@EddieRogers-v1g]

Man, I have watched that show for years.

[@jahn9960]

I think your good on hay 7 bales on the first field and 14 on The 2nd field. Are those extra tractor tires in the lay down area? They look nice and shiny!!! Better get some old rolls of carpet or big pieces of cardboard to lay on the ground for crawling under your equipment. Thanks for sharing your new "JOB" with us!!!

[@GaryHagerman-n8l]

Gee Evan, You really have turned this farm around. Looks beautiful. Those tall weeds are sooo hard to get rid of. A lot like the " duck weed " on the pond.

[@michaelsuess6744]

Like the Silva Brothers teeshirt you're wearing! Tommy & the rest of the This Old House crew would be happy!

[@dennisthomason3266]

That orchard grass looks great. This middle TN drought has been hard on a second cutting.

[@MyMeade12]

Evan, your fabrication skills are impressive.

[@dalewallace3812]

its always nice when you can make your own fabrication to the equipment on the farm and I think that your weed sprayer being wrapped up in vines and weeds is the very definition of irony and its like the vines and weeds trying to defend from spaying them again I just got a big roll landscape fabric given to me the other day when I was getting some scrap metal and they said to go ahead and take it and I just so happen to have a project coming up to use it on re-rocking the path to the pavilion and my church I prepped the spot this last weekend and I'm hauling the rock next weekend

[@davidschwarz169]

another excellent video such a good peaceful way of life keep on farmin

[@stevemartinez6757]

I wish that I had your talent and tools to be able to fabricate stuff like that. Very nice work! It looks like the hay is going to do well for you this year.

[@Dan-qy1rg]

Nice job on the deflectors on the Hesston PT10. The PT10 is a pretty good old cutter, like all haybines the keys to keep it maintained is to change out the rock guards and sections along with the reel teeth, as needed. We had one for a while back in the 70's, which we did custom hay and put a lot of hours on ours. Thanks for sharing, I hope you have a good week!

[@corysimonson9720]

😮love the shirt

[@brandonzipfel8398]

You can also drill out 2 ovular shaped holes on the tail of the haybine and on the defector. (Right where you had the vice grip clamps) And you can bolt them in place and having the ovular holes will make it so they line up where ever you want the deflectors to be. My New Holland has it set up like that and it works amazing.

[@glengillis7775]

Really like the build videos as much as the farm videos. Good work Mr.

[@jamesjordan4051]

You are a jack of all trades

[@AS-tb7kg]

Great video Evan. Keep up the good work.

[@edsecorr7812]

Great job looking great keep up the great work boy you can do everything build all kind of things love your videos thank you

[@wileycoyotesr8623]

You're a good fabricator. 👍👍👍

[@ourlouisianalife318]

Good video Evan! I think you should paint the whole cutter though not just the new shields. LOL I love the old cutter!

[@Nacastle81]

Love the hay videos Evan! It’s how I found you channel a couple years ago and I’m still here! Keep up the good work!

[@jamesmorrison1884]

Nice work Evan have a great day.

[@billgolcher2537]

Great Job Nice deflector fix

[@JimMiller-y9n]

Evan, I enjoy your channel. Those weeds look like foxtail. Roundup will kill it. I have the same problem so I got ahold of my county extension office, sent a picture and that is the information I received back. Good luck!

[@FieldstonefarmOH]

Love the Silva Brothers shirt!!

[@allenbartlett3567]

you are doing a grate job so don't ever beat yourself up

[@mgmmac36]

you did a top notch paint job on those deflectors! excellent work manufacturing them, too!

[@leolarocque-h4e]

Like what your doing Evan Making stuff .

[@simonpaine2347]

Loving the drone shots!

[@stevehoover16]

Awesome video thank you

[@deehooper1025]

Sorta surprised you haven’t painted it yet!

[@JoeBJones]

That Heston getting the job done. It was a great find!

[@grantmagnuson4883]

You could use that acid material you put on the oil spill pipe on your rusty equipment, then prime it, and then paint it all red and throw in some yellow, just a thought of something you could do in the next year or so

[@carolmackenzie2283]

That was a lovely drone shot of the property ,

[@terryhelms1578]

enjoy watching videos, I agree when once you see its going to be fine and weld it on, I would weld up the gapes that were made in order to bend, I am eager to see the results of the other hay that you said you were going to try.

[@warrenmaker798]

Awesome tractor, Awesome pastures. Awesome Drone shots.. Man you sure are livin OUR dream. 😁

[@michellepollino4986]

❤

[@jimnaz5267]

Another excellent vid!

[@richsan4808]

I could watch this every day ❤

[@darellsunderlin4670]

Having the wings open wide helps drying a lot , full , tall , wind rows take a lot longer to dry, but are great to use a round baler on .

[@harveystephens6115]

Nice 2nd cutting

[@GaryHagerman-n8l]

I was gonna say that back in the day, when hay bines first came out, They all had that option of windrowing or not. We used to windrow all the time and used the tip of the hay rake to roll it over the next day before baleing.

[@edwardlittle776]

Something you should consider, When you paint the inside out the forming shut, the hay will bind up on the fresh paint until it wear it off and start forming the narrower windrows. This comes from many years of Agricultural field service. Sounds strange, but paint them and see for yourself.

[@wvpopstalker2351]

Dope vid Even, keep making your own great content. You are inspiring and entertaining lots of folks ty.

[@mrclaus859]

Thanks for posting Evan

[@suecrothers9041]

Enjoy your videos!

[@brucemoore2163]

Nature will always win, it just keeps coming. Seems like 1/3 of my time is spraying weeds

[@josephmccandlish2458]

Just flipped over and there you are. Love your channel.

[@Jdavispicker]

Giant Ragweed and Morning Glory! Got the same here.

[@tjt1992]

I have 4 Shadow Hunters blinds, great product! Oldest one is 11 years old, still like new!

[@seanwhite9009]

Cooperstown New York checking in

[@craigwiest772]

A lot of grass in the second field. Should make your goal of 40 bales. Loved your drone footage.

[@richardmiller3919]

Best time to rake at around 10 AM after check hay dry enough!

[@rozmoran1840]

Love the aerial shots.

[@DanaFoster-vl5os]

Great job

[@Ron-rk1ql]

Evan, you have a nice new Tedder. Why not use that to help get the grass dried faster? Another great video. Can’t wait to see the mower with the deflectors in use

[@--_DJ_--]

Mother nature doesn't require time out of his day or diesel for the tractor.

[@CountryViewAcres]

I only Ted if I need too. The hay looks better if I don't handle it too much.

[@Ron-rk1ql]

What?

[@Travis-j8r]

If you have a week of dry weather, I don't see the point. And by looking better I think he means by loss of leaves(if there is any leaves in that grass)😅. It also is less field time.

[@dougallmcmillan8970]

You are magnificent. Don't have it, let's make it. Your videos are a pleasure to watch.

[@georgedavidson1221]

The old Heston is doing a real good job !!!

[@1955Texan]

I love that trick of bending the metal! Love it! I was surprised that you didn't re-weld those slots. It's not really a strength issue since you have 12" of material left in the bend. I'm concerned about having those gaps clogging and rusting out over time. It's probably nothing just wondering outside the box. :)

[@karenmason5095]

I like to watch you make stuff.most people would just buy the parts

[@randybutler4772]

Looks to be good hay certainly for cows. A successful crop. Good luck with this second cutting. 🐂

[@Jake_M]

I notice the beard is coming in pretty strong, let it grow!

[@taylorpeters7135]

I always enjoy cutting grass getting ready to make hay. I referred to it as my therapy time.

[@garystlaske7703]

Great Video....

[@kylebryan1]

The tall weeds are called Mares tail. I believe it’s glyphosate resistant.

[@ireneingram1174]

Working good

[@GunClingingPalin]

Nice fab brother.

[@paulsackett3485]

Evan, most of the weeds I saw in your lay down yard are mares tail which is a noxious weed. Neither Roundup or 2-4-D will kill it. It has to be removed mechanically when it’s that big. I would get it down now before it goes to seed or you will have it every year. It’s nasty stuff. And someone as else mentioned, use that Tedder the day after you mow and it will help tremendously with the drying especially on your newer field which is heavy and looks great. Great job on fabricating the deflector shields. Well done. That old equipment will work forever with some maintenance.

[@jakeschisler7525]

My dad's old neighbor had a cheap wire fence on the property line and he thought it was a good idea to spray his fence with silver paint. We'll that didn't go well with my dad because the neighbor not only painted his fence but my dad's car and the side of his garage. After that they never talked again. Then a few years later he put up the most ugliest wooden 8 foot fence anyone had ever seen. My old neighbor in Florida would argue about anything and that he always bought Echo outdoor equipment. So I made sure to buy Stihl. The thing that really made us not talk to him was we had grown some bushes by the fence but not too close and he decides on a windy day to spray vegation killer along his fence and he killed my wife's plants. I don't really have any neighbors close enough to us, which is fine with us.

[@rodfair5698]

So that’s where the foghorn bell from the “ Titanic “ went!

[@jackiebinns6205]

Lincoln Nebraska in the house 😂🎉

[@rancancookcanoy9768]

Evan enjoyed your video. Thank you for sharing.

[@renevanrhee858]

3 cuts of grass on the farm of my parents, sometimes a 4e cut.

[@kevincameron8437]

Evan, great job on the fabrication. For the implements, it seems like you could build, or buy a vertical shelving system out there that you could stack and free up some landscape for your implements. It seems a lot of your implements are small enough to stack. Another good video and thanks for sharing.

[@jimbo16720]

Scrap all the gravel back up and put fabric or plastic down first and then cover with gravel to stop those weeds.

[@ryanmeester6943]

Looks like fleeban is what is growing around your equipment. It’s roundup resistant.

[@FunwithBooboo]

I notice you have that real farmer unshaved look 😅 Then I asked myself, "Why not?"

[@mikeharris2985]

If you not sure the hay is drying fast enough you may in the future get a Tedder rake it would add another step in getting it up but it may dry the hay faster so you can go ahead and get it bailed.

[@bobflores]

Chainsaw holster for the side-by-side. Making hay while the sun shines? Nothing broke.

[@troyfarmer5164]

Ok, get you aaprayer and some cheap colorox and spray the area very good, it's guaranteed no more weeds, grass anymore, but to inform you, you will not be able to plant anything there in a few years, but the method will work for sure.

[@jamesschaffhausen4466]

Hey Evan I prefer the Hesson PT10 mower over the Sickle bar mower. Much better cuts ✂️ .😎☝️🍃🌱🌱🚜🐃🐐🐑Good to see in the AC cab of TYM T654 Tractor ❤in🚜🌬😎 much cooler than 98 degrees on open tractor

[@elainedegoede6276]

Great stuff. Liked the video. God bless and praying for you for some good hay. 🙏❤️

[@duckman5849]

now it said It said I was the first view but how are there comments already? btw that cuts great!

[@coyroberts8356]

Cool thanks 😊

[@ianhaggart1438]

By now your probably bailing the hay... hope its great... stay safe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@thomasgreene5750]

Perhaps you should scoop up the gravel in the lay-down yard, lay down some geotextile fabric to suppress weed growth, and then re-install the gravel.

[@sandraengstrand2784]

Beautiful video!! Love the drone shots!! ❤

[@sandratalbert9578]

Maybe with retirement the haying will not be so hard on you this year. 👍👍👍

[@deannaoverstreet4146]

Evan you really do an amazing job all around! You and Rebekah make an amazing duo!! Thanks for sharing!

[@davidshengulette9522]

Hey Evan good to see working the fields great innovations..p.s. sorry about your beautiful dogs?