Will this boulder break the rock picker??

It’s time to rock and roll! The weather is great and the rocks are plentiful. Let’s get to it!

[@raincoast9010]

Back in the day the rock picker was ME and Dad would sit on the tractor pulling the hood of an old car with a chain. Things have come a long way since then. Good job on getting that big one off the field.

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

The car hood is genius!!

[@DarrensTruckzs]

I very much did enjoy the video.. thanku 👍

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

Thanks a lot! Much more to come this spring

[@keithrobinson1331]

Thanks for the. Video Carl 😃👍

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

Thanks Keith!!

[@gregschultz2029]

As Always Thank You For Your Video !!!

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

Thanks Greg!

[@RemlingerMfg]

Awesome video of our Rock Picker in action!

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

This thing has been a life saver for us.

[@dennishayes65]

Hope you had a blessed Easter ! He is risen !

[@EtzEchad]

He is risen indeed!

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

Amen!

[@jerrymiller276]

I've always joked to my wife that we sprout rocks in our yard and get them started off and grown up to fist size. Then can be shipped on to growers who put them out in their fields to grow up to full size. Now I know where that happens. Nice rock harvest there, Carl.

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

Haha it’s a bumper crop

[@colmortimer1066]

I like it when things get busy and you give us more videos to watch. It's a lot tougher to film when busy, but it always makes good videos. Can't wait for planting to start. :)

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

It will be happening before you know it!!

[@davestarr7112]

That is one fantastic machine. I watched the video you id with it last season and I never thought it would handle that boulder. But? Piece of cake. Nice.

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

I wasn’t sure it would ...

[@Nightowl5454]

​@@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206what manufacturer is the rock picker from???

[@blackberryfarm7179]

We manage a lot of rock on our farm too. Happy Spring!

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

It’s one crop that never fails 😂

[@gail8494]

Nice work with the rock picker! Looking forward to two videos a week.

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

Thanks Gail!

[@adrianklaver113]

Rock harvest season, courtesy of Glacier Seed Company:)

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

Hahah

[@kevinklingner3098]

Watching rock picking was fascinating We had a lot of basaalt and some sand stone rock. I was. Keen to see how these type of pickers worked they do a nice job.

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

We would not be able to get all our rocks picked up if we didn’t have this thing. It allows one guy to do the work of two or three men.

[@johnkranias3458]

Good job Carl :)

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

Thanks John!!

[@jeffferanec4526]

Just have to love those rocks. Thx for the video Carl!

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

Haha you can come get some!!

[@Navet63]

Nice haircut Carl

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

Thanks!

[@kopenhagenkid]

Great job picking rocks Carl

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

Thanks Kevin!!

[@ssh5757575757]

You make work look like fun. I really enjoy your videos.

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

I actually enjoy working

[@ssh5757575757]

@@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206 So do I. Have a great week.

[@kopenhagenkid]

Great video Carl

[@jimpolk]

Hope you had a great Easter Carl. Good rock picking. Don't see that often.

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

Thanks Jim! Same to you.

[@EtzEchad]

That rock-picker is a great machine. Can you imagine (I'd guess you can :) ) picking up those big rocks by hand? Do you keep track of how many rocks you get from each field? Does it ever start slacking off, or will you get new rocks for thousands of years?

[@samkom33]

It depends a bit where you live! if you have just 1 winter each year ore no winter your lucky, stones dont rise very fast. But if you live in say a coastal area that have several freezing periods and also periods of wet rainy weather, stones can rise fast. becouse when water under the rocks freeze the stone gets lifted a bit and when it unfreeze,, the earth under the rock can shift so the stone cant fall back.. So it rise a bit every freezing period.

[@jamesforman6587]

Over in Matteson Illinois they are leveling Farm fields to make a new Trucking terminal and I notice about 12 or 15 big boulders that they've collected and put off to the side that they must have dug up

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

I bet they would sell them to you cheap

[@donmacdonald7758]

Great vid Carl, be looking forward to your announcement. Thanks from Georgian Bay.

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

👍👍

[@janewingard7682]

Great video!

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

Thanks!

[@davidperrin4856]

Great video. Those seed companies sure do like to put a lot rock seed in their seed🤣. It only takes a year to grow them. What do yall do with the rock piles? Do you try to reuse them in a water way that is eroding? Do you try to get rid of them at a quarry that crushes them? I'm glad you got those rocks out of the fields. That could have been very bad on the equipment. Hope you had a Happy Easter. Take care and be careful. Already looking forward to more videos every week and the surprise.

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

Thanks David! We do use some of them to fill in gullies and stop erosion but most of them just get piled up. Want some?!

[@robertpautsch5093]

I am trying to wrap my head around that big rock just appearing. Did it get heaved up over the winter? I cannot imagine something that big arising from the deep in a few months. Do those rocks in the pile ever get used for anything? Great tease at the end. I am sitting on the edge of my recliner awaiting the big announcement.

[@superchuck3259]

Yep the frost heaves them up. They can damage equipment so once on surface, best to get them picked up. The rocks make good ditch fill. Also some folks can sell them if they get enough. If you look at historical barns, you can see the foundations being made from the picked rocks. Literally living off the land. Wood and stone for the buildings from the land you farmed!

[@robertpautsch5093]

@@superchuck3259 What I was struggling with is a rock that big literally heaved in just one season. That is impressive

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

There are many rocks lurking just below the surface and we drag some up every year when we chisel plow in the fall. The frost heaves them upward just slightly each year but we will roll them up on the surface with the fall tillage pass. That big one got pushed out of an old terrace with a dozer last fall after the crop was out.

[@robertpautsch5093]

@@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206 That clears that up for me.

[@PRRGG1]

Where in the hell did the King Kong rock come from? Was it lost walking in the field and decided that was a good place to rest? Wow!

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

It actually got pushed out of an old terrace with a dozer last fall.

[@JacobAHull-nx6rx]

Love that rock picker man...we need one

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

I thought it was pretty pricey when we got it but it’s paid for itself many times over.

[@dawncard4031]

We used to walk the fields and pick rocks and toss them onto a hay wagon

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

I used to toss them into a loader tractor.

[@ivanyoungs504]

like it beats pickin by hand

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

Yeah this is way better!

[@rob7652]

I have a question; If you pick up rocks each year from these fields, why do you keep finding new rocks? Wouldn't you find less and less rocks each year? And where was that BIG rock during harvest last year? Wouldn't it have cause some problems? I hope this is not a stupid question, just wondering.... By the way, great video!!

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

Thanks rob! Not a dumb question at all! There are many rocks lurking just below the surface and we drag some up every year when we chisel plow in the fall. The frost heaves them upward just slightly each year but we will roll them up on the surface with the fall tillage pass. That big one got pushed out of an old terrace with a dozer last fall after the crop was out. Thanks for asking!

[@tonylarge5298]

you should have invested in a rock crusher that is pulled behind a tractor. turns them rocks into dirt almost.

[@tomharrington1393]

👍👍

[@BradMyers]

Great, leaving us hanging...........

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

That’s what I do best 😂

[@MrShep75]

Amazing how those rocks just appear out of nowhere.

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

Yeah it’s some kind of dark magic 😂

[@JG-wr1sl]

That monster just got pushed up through the soil over the winter? Crazy

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

This one actually came out of a terrace that we removed so it got rolled out by a dozer.

[@seymoreduless8920]

Rocking corn fields

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

Yup!

[@alanpeters9241]

Must be getting warmer got a haircut

[@superchuck3259]

He was going to sing at Church, so he got a trim!

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

Now my face is cold every morning

[@davdhynes3518]

👍

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

👍👍

[@AdamFeldstain]

Happy Easter, Carl. Technical question. Is the loading wheel powered electrically or does it attach to the PTO?

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

Great question. It’s actually driven by a hydraulic motor. Just pull the lever in the cab to spin the reel.

[@rogerfuhr8067]

I”ll bet who ever found that rock 🪨 had their teeth rattled.

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

It rattled my whole rig when I picked it up.

[@kpmac2971]

So, Carl, what do you do with the rock pile? Sell rocks to urban landscapers?

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

I need to find a way to sell them. We usually just hire someone to haul them off and bury them every few years

[@hockeyeast]

What fool gives this a thumbs down ? SMH

[@superchuck3259]

Someone dumb as a box of rocks!

[@redclover51]

Are the rocks a limestone or other granite type material?

[@superchuck3259]

Variety. Mostly glacial origin. Yep, I have seen granite and hard stones. The limestone decays pretty fast in that moist soil.

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

Right on. Mostly harder than limestone

[@russell7140]

So what kind of snakes do you grow in that rock pile?

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

Mainly just garter snakes

[@prinzeugenvansovoyen732]

you could use all the Rocks for road building and road repairs with this Tractor attachment kzbin.info/www/bejne/r33LkHWGf5ysbrc probably also can make a buck or at least 0 deficit by renting it out to farmers in your area i wish i had a nice big farm , but all thats left of our farm are 6 hectars of woods and 2 hectars of old weedy fields and a house and barn that are 200 years old and full of mold and thermites

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

Wow that’s an amazing machine!

[@ronniewalker2881]

enjoyed the video man

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

Thanks!!

[@tnhillbilly1307]

It's nice to see some spring activities starting again. I also recently followed ur instagram, I've been enjoying ur stories and getting a kick out of the dad jokes lol if u be interested I'm learning how to make pocket knives an posting pics on my Instagram @lilcntryboy84.... either way I'm enjoying ur videos 👍 God bless!!

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

Hey that’s great! I will check out your Instagram 👍👍

[@tnhillbilly1307]

@@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206 thanks I appreciate it!!

[@willian.direction6740]

Lots of on the job Hook up practice.

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

Yup!!

[@SuperFcsmith]

I could really use a rock picker here in Stone County Arkansas. The brush-hog is constantly running over rocks.

[@superchuck3259]

Wonder how the County got its name! Ha!

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

Haha right???

[@scottbarber6694]

8:00 ... Did the Rock Fairy leave that for you? Or did it just... ERUPT after harvest last year???

[@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206]

There are many rocks lurking just below the surface and we drag some up every year when we chisel plow in the fall. The frost heaves them upward just slightly each year but we will roll them up on the surface with the fall tillage pass. That big one got pushed out of an old terrace with a dozer last fall after the crop was out.