Destructive Storm Rips through the farm! Escaping Cows? NO!!!

[@Esteban_Herrera]

Hey Mr. Stoney, Get caps for your fence post. Rain water will get in there and rust your post at the base. Beer cans, bean cans or even plastic water bottles make great caps.

[@gwackamoley]

The smooshy smoosh was so satisfying to watch. Crumpled like paper with the claw beast.🔥👹

[@johnme7049]

The fun never ends for a farmer Josh, but you knew that. :D All the best to you and Mrs. Stoney Ridge.

[@shepfc1962]

Good job nice equipment that grabber was awesome pretty good work early this morning have a cup of coffee do you have to at least have three keep the good work see you on the next one

[@jerryhubbard4461]

Black Walnut is one great tree. When I was on the farm, we had a huge one. One of the best cakes you will ever eat is a white cake mix with black walnuts in it. Or, home made ice cream with black walnuts. Man o man

[@ThomasWalker-m2y]

Man you must be TOTALLY HAPPY WITH ALL THEM TOOL TOY'S!!!

[@jtc1947]

Hi Josh! Sorry that Miz. SRF is ill! Hope for smooth and RAPID recovery. Sorry about the worthless trees that hit the gate. Hope 1 & Done! BLESSED BE!

[@DavidRobinson-mx6cl]

Love your two way , sit down splitter !!!!!! Awesome job 👍

[@johnnylindsey5808]

Good job Stoney

[@critical-thought]

That’s some Mad Max stuff with the grapple there. “Shmooshie gate” 🤣😂🤣

[@terresiagregg9326]

Awesome job sure glad you didnt loose any animals in that storm n you both are safe

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

Us too!

[@charlesvaughn6815]

enjoyed the fixing of the gate and the way that you crushed it. have a great day

[@philwhite5815]

When you were squishing the gate with the grapple I was cheering you on. "Do it again!!!!" Lol

[@davidmack7018]

Josh, Liked: what you said. I agree. You are in my prayers Best David

[@rexoliver7780]

Crunching up the old gate looked like FUN! Can we try it-“smootchy”gate!

[@darlenepreston8836]

I enjoyed this video- more of this kind- thanks. 🙏👍🌻

[@terrypomatto907]

Back when I was younger, we had a giant Black Walnut tree. I collected about three hundred nuts, put them in a couple plastic buckets and covered the buckets with screen wire. I covered the nuts with water and let them sitting out by the barn all winter. In late spring the nuts sprouted and by mid-spring the new trees were about a foot tall. I went out with a post hole digger and planted the trees about 20' apart in some marginal farm ground. I mowed around them till we sold the property to our son. He sold the ground to another son and he now has his retirement growing across about ten acres of pasture ground. My idea was to run feeder calves in the area but I do not know what they are doing with the property today. My wife of fifty-nine years and I are 100% disabled and haven't been able to go back there for over twenty years. I hope that he has taken care of the trees and will be able to sell them when he is ready to retire.

[@jeffery19677]

I am going to have to try that this weekend.. AWESOME IDEA! I am too old to see a return on that investment, but future generations will see a benefit.

[@joesoutdoorexperience]

Hope MSRF feels better!! “Will you please be quiet”” 😂😂 lol.. Josh your Raptor Attachments are beautiful.

[@scottsmith6846]

Hey Josh thank you for the video and sorry about your fence I'm glad to know you had another one there looks good woo

[@ronthacker211]

Enjoyed the gate crushing.

[@gregoryshumate4000]

Always something my Brother!!

[@accessiblenow]

Good one

[@Donuts_random_stuff]

I love your videos, I started following a few days ago after doing research on quad bikes/ utility atv’s and I found your video very helpful and enjoyable. You are just funny and energetic also very educational thanks for the great videos 👍

[@stephenreese5921]

Sounds like you have a power steering pump whine on that pickup, Josh!

[@michaelblum6222]

I am so glad that no cows, chickens, dogs and you and MSR are ok

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

me too!

[@srg6532]

Your tree looks like what we call "Tree of Heaven or Coffee Tree". It has many common names. If the tree is cut, it will have sprouts come up everywhere. I spent several years with chemicals, read University papers, etc trying to learn how to effectively kill it out. The definite solution was to put remedy and diesel together and do a basil spray to the bark. For anything 6 inches in diameter, spray as far as you can reach and around the entire circumference and all the way to the ground. The papers state that it is not as effective over 6 inches but it is very effective if you spray higher up and completely around the tree and to the ground. Be careful if you have trees nearby you want to save. Spray the bare minimum volume to completely cover the area on the tree. Hope this helps. Never cut these trees and killing them out using this method helps considerable. You WILL have to revisit each of those areas for the next few years to take care of sprouts that came up from seed. In the Fall, the trees are easy to spot because of different color compared to surrounding trees. These trees are an invasive species from China. They are common to see along road cuts and use those areas to spread out to edges of fields or any other places where birds drop the seeds and sunlight is readily available.

[@mxlman26]

You can fight against Aliens with the Raptor claw 😂

[@matthewstiles3963]

I was wondering if you would ever get a grapple. It's the handiest attachment I've ever bought. I run mine on my 70 hp tractor and works amazingly. My only thing I will say running it on a tractor instead of a skid steer wider isn't always better. I went with an 81" thinking I'd need almost as wide as the tractor and you don't picking up trees and brush 72" would have been better because of the added width on unlevel ground the corner of it digs in more. You are 💯 right about the duel lid mine is set up exactly the same way. I can't say enough about the time saving of a grapple from clearing brush to tops and limbs of trees I cut for firewood. It would take me months of cutting and dragging and piling to do what you can in a day with one of these. As always love your content Josh keep up the good work!

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

I have a couple grapples my friend....we gotta get you watching some of the old vids! lol

[@johnmartine8089]

Hi Josh clear some of those trees near fence line

[@midwayfarms]

Great video

[@kevintengvall4642]

I too had a couple of trees fall on a fence, wish I had a grapple like yours,

[@danielsea6479]

Hey question. Have you tried the electronic tags on livestock ? It works on WiFi for all animals useful in a storm if fence down and get out.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

we've talked to a company, but the technology is expensive right now

[@karenposthauer]

That grapple looks like a prehistoric animal!

[@jeffery19677]

Many people need a lesson on how to level/square a gate. That's another video. When done properly, a gate should remain level in the closed or the open position.

[@Trucker1487]

Have you had any issues with the starting rope jamming up on the chainsaw?

[@Trucker1487]

Mine I pull to start it and sometimes doesn’t want to retract. I have to take the cover off and get the rope retracted. Put it back together and pull to start and cord doesn’t retract until I take it apart again, I don’t know how to permanently fix the issue.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

nope...but if you have trouble and it's new...take it in to a Northern Tool and let them warranty it

[@Umar0509]

Excellent content 👌

[@ShortbusMooner]

Git 'er dun, farmers!! 🙏🏻💪🙏🏻

[@ronevans852]

Like crushing a can love it.

[@harleythrelkeld7587]

you coulda staightened that gate out being on the back of the farm 🤣

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

bhahhahha...yeah right

[@annamschnetzer4036]

As you drove the replacement gate out to the work site, I wondered why you had not carried loppers with you at some time to trim the encraching branches back. As you returned the truck to the yard, I wondered why you didn't wait to carry the bent gate back. I hope I find the answer in the last 19 minutes! I enjoyed watching you play with crushing the old gate.

[@stephenreese5921]

When I check my wrist I tell people, it’s two freckles past a hair as I don’t wear a watch anymore. If I got to be somewhere I go early enough to get there since my Swedish girlfriend taught me “Be where you’re supposed to be at the time you’re supposed to be there.”.

[@waynebaird3539]

I see you really like using hydraulic power. Haha... Me too.

[@ClickinChicken]

That wood don't look too bad for burning, i'd take it! I feel like I'm on episode of Transformers! "More than meets the eye -Transformers!"

[@tim_g3478]

I thought that was a metric crescent wrench 😂

[@chris3m98]

No crescent wrench Link?

[@adammiddleton4037]

I can’t believe you don’t separate the scrap metal Josh!

[@rexoliver7780]

The compactor in the WM trash truck will crunch the gate even MORE1 their compactors can provide over 100,000 lbs of force!

[@jameskaiser1069]

The poison ivy on that tree would be my biggest threat! That stuff eats me up-I am very allergic and I’m at the point now that I have to get shots every time I get it. The grapple is a great tool to deal with it.

[@danmiller4774]

I would then out your trees. And if you wanna leave some stumps OK, That sounds good. It also would give you an extra paddock or 2.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

lol....we gotta get you on some more vids buddy.....I agree with thinning, but we cut about 100 acres on the place about 6 years ago...we thin now for firewood and for the sawmill, but this was just one that fell out of the blue

[@dorismiles3897]

Josh what does that green drink taste like

[@ThomasWalker-m2y]

It's most important to be regular, that's the only time a farmer can sit on the THROWN

[@ToddOutdoor]

Lord when you mentioned those ticks and chiggers, chick's and tiggers is what I slipt up and said one time and my daughter has never forgotten it. But anyways those devils keeps me out of the weeds for sure. Theu are terrible here in Ky. Where I am

[@davidleroyemmons]

Do you stay in contact with the people who owned the land before you ??

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

they have all passed away....great question

[@ozbazemore7575]

Hay what is up with the Ford on the road 🤔??

[@garyb8186]

In the long run I think it was better that the gate was damage then the fence.

[@mhughes4444]

You're approaching a tractor for every acre Josh! 😄 Time to thin the herd.

[@stephenreese5921]

Whoo!

[@ClickinChicken]

I have the same problem a poplar tree leaning. I study it, it may glide along another tree and miss pole barn, but it's a bear cat to take down. Would need a lift (tree company). Sha-shing!

[@joeevans6634]

Wisteria vine was crazy long

[@karlf4689]

If , IF you would have looked at the crushed gate , you could have salvaged maybe a four foot gate with a little work . Just thinking .

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

4 ft gate with open pipe on the ends is an impailment hazard my friend...that gate was trashed though..many folks have mentioned this in the comments....if I hung on to every little thing that I "might" use I'd have to open up a Sanford and Son junkyard bhahhaha.....I already might have too bhahhaha

[@melaniekeen3611]

Wednesday night storm was bad

[@MarkWilliams-lf5tc]

$200 gate turned into $2,000 content on your channel.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

bhahahha...yeah right...you funny

[@MarkWilliams-lf5tc]

Dude that’s a compliment lol

[@Esteban_Herrera]

@16:10 Found On Road Dead 😁

[@petermavus4131]

Mother nature gave you some work but yet some new content as well (costly however)

[@timclarke8565]

That gate .. I've been made to fit worse.... Drugged out the ditch and smashed into a sort of gate shape .... 😂

[@donaldhightower5269]

Woooooo

[@jamesschaffhausen4466]

I ain't living right . no vise grip Cresent wrench. Hehe 😅😎👍😎🚜🚜🐃🐃😁😄

[@drinternatg6391]

The right tools makes s all the difference between a quick job and a marathon L

[@dennisbarnett1995]

Hey Josh, thought M stoney ridge was gone?????

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

you havn't been watching much ...shame shame lol

[@mikedavis2969]

👍

[@jakehill322]

6 ways half a dozen or another. I would’ve cut the tree up and replaced the fence. Taken all the tools back to the house and then ran up with the skid steer to clean up the brush and limbs. Instead of making multiple trips with multiple vehicles.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

yep...but you didn't film it Jake lol

[@jakehill322]

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer time management and efficiency. I watch a lot of your videos. After all that you still had to drive back out there and make another trip to get all your tools and equipment

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

none of us are perfect...I'm not gonna argue with you buddy

[@mxlman26]

So, what happened to Female Doggy?, the one with bit the Kitty?

[@allenentsminger2320]

Nice old Ford why is it sitting there

[@Nightowl5454]

You probably could've saved that smashed gate or repurposed it for something else.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

man...we can hang on to pieces of everything on the farm....and eventually we'll have a giant junk pile. Better to just replace the gate and get rid of the trashed one. Keeping clutter down on the farm is a constant struggle

[@Nightowl5454]

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer save within reason and something would truly need a potential purpose more than scrap metal. Farming isn't the easiest to make a profit at and it's likely going to get more difficult soon because of idiot and corrupt politicians.

[@danmiller4774]

You made a comment about leaving trees 50 feet from your Creek, To stop erosion. As a farmer I don't believe that at all. My Creek I take the entries out. Grass is a much better filter and does not Erode As much as trees do. I see where you have a lot of trees there are no grass at all. I would take out those trees. I would ignore the Is forest industry, And also the NRC s.

[@scottlarkin4748]

Did you make her get out of bed to make the thumbnail? Lol

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

lol..this was the day before...she started feeling bad about the time we took this

[@scottlarkin4748]

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer love your content Josh. I think I have seen every video in the last 3 years. Keep it coming!

[@ВикторЯснов-м7й]

Стони ты постарел,как и я

[@overwatch2671]

First off. Why are you wearing a jacket? 2nd. Why is there a tree lying on your gate.

[@ВикторЯснов-м7й]

Стони ,где твои дети?

[@thomtleonard46.]

You're getting too many commercials and that stuff is expensive to shit

[@patrickwiklund2039]

👍