John Deere 55H first Wheat after 42 years of rest!!!!

[@kentarnold8179]

Brings back such great memories of combining soy beans with my pop back in 1969. My pop and me (I was 12) rebuilt a John Deere 55 with a Hercules Engine. Fresh coat of John Deere green pepper paint, new belts and new wood on the header. It was a beauty. Pop let me operate while he walked behind to see if we lost to much beans. I will never forget those days. We combined soy beans, rye and corn (with a corn header bought at an auction). I enjoyed those days with my pop and thank the good Lord for every minute!

[@elephantcompany6061]

How many times you say pop...hahaha

[@jackbarnes9728]

@@elephantcompany6061 You sound like a dickhead.

[@jerrydewitt8585]

1965 my father put me on one just like it, beans was i harvested first. I was 10. I was alright until running with the wind at my back the dust was bad. So many memories of that time. Wow how things changed.

[@jackwillie2729]

@@jerrydewitt8585 was put on a JD 95 in 1965 ,was 11 also west central mn, soybeans were dirty, barley was itchy and at the end of the day it was nice to hear quite when the combine shut down

[@jerrydewitt8585]

@@jackwillie2729 you bet the ringing in the ears had forgot that probably why hard of hearing today but i was a proud boy

[@badlanz79]

Man, being able to stand up and reach in the hopper and get some wheat gum. Great memories!

[@jefferyjames7526]

Amen to that. The very best memories. We had a 95 however 🙂

[@balqisrosley1893]

KxMP Sarau*alc*8

[@CountyLineCowpokes]

We definitely don’t have the best equipment on our multi-generational family farm. But we love doing harvest the old school way…and there’s always some shenanigans involved! We would love for you to check out our 2021 wheat harvest! Wheat Harvest Karaoke with Slick Nick [2021] County Line Cowpokes kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYnQqaVjrbKUl6s

[@davidburkhalter3294]

My Dad, had one of these, and had a corn head for it too. He did his farm and several other farms. Some years he sat out front in the boiling heat and some years in the freezing cold. At that time, he thought that he had it made !

[@CountyLineCowpokes]

We definitely don’t have the best equipment on our multi-generational family farm. But we love doing harvest the old school way…and there’s always some shenanigans involved! We would love for you to check out our 2021 wheat harvest! Wheat Harvest Karaoke with Slick Nick [2021] County Line Cowpokes kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYnQqaVjrbKUl6s

[@lttl858]

They were some great machines in their day.....55's, 95's & 105's. Beautiful field of wheat.

[@CountyLineCowpokes]

We definitely don’t have the best equipment on our multi-generational family farm. But we love doing harvest the old school way…and there’s always some shenanigans involved! We would love for you to check out our 2021 wheat harvest! Wheat Harvest Karaoke with Slick Nick [2021] County Line Cowpokes kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYnQqaVjrbKUl6s

[@boydx4687]

I drove one of these as a kid. My dad bought it used about 1964 or so. We had some steep hills on our dry farm in Idaho. I remember greasing all the bearings, etc. seemed like I always missed one.

[@nascarf50]

I love seeing these old machines in the field, couldn't imagine running this in 95 degree sun cutting barely, first machine I ran was a 69 John deer 105. At least it had a swamp cooler as long as you didn't stop suddenly or hit a big bump with the machine or you would get a shower

[@CountyLineCowpokes]

We definitely don’t have the best equipment on our multi-generational family farm. But we love doing harvest the old school way…and there’s always some shenanigans involved! We would love for you to check out our 2021 wheat harvest! Wheat Harvest Karaoke with Slick Nick [2021] County Line Cowpokes kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYnQqaVjrbKUl6s

[@nascarf50]

We are alot like you, we are a small farm in northcentral montana and we use a case 930 tractor for putting up alfalfa two versatile 400 swathers ,a case 1370, case 2670 and we have a 1470 and 1030 that don't run along with a international 1440 and the newest machine we have is a case 1660 that we got just this summer. I grew up running this old equipment and I love it. Ya the new equipment is nice and all but I would get stir crazy running newer stuff with GPS. I like driving and not just sitting there and letting it drive itself. They were built with no plastic or fiberglass and don't have all the electronics and sensors that you need a computer to figure out what's wrong with it.

[@CountyLineCowpokes]

@@nascarf50 Exactly!!! Generations before us taught us that if you want to make a living on farming, you can’t be hungry for new equipment all the time. You have to make it work with what you’ve got and be proud enough of what you’re doing not to worry about being judged by people with brand new million dollar equipment. Sounds like you guys have that same philosophy! It works well for us! We have found a lot of people showing respect for our KZbin videos using our “vintage” equipment! We can never compete with the millennial farmer’s equipment but that’s ok!

[@jasonnemjo5981]

This was back in the days when you actually had a fighting chance of fixing it yourself.

[@JHruby]

Yeah I'll bet you a lot of farmers want to go back to the good old days of sitting on an open platform with 120 decibel noise blowing your ears out in the 100° heat moving at 1 mile an hour. Yeah the good old days.

[@redblue40rc33]

And leaving it when ya run over a ground bees nest

[@egomaniac247]

Not only that but this technology was friggin revolutionary at that point!

[@Commander4AL]

@@JHruby Yea back when that thing was new you could ride it for a couple years and pay for a farm. Now you have to be a slave for 40 years and still never own anything.

[@greenthumb6875]

76 my Dad would go out at noon, combine in the 55 till 6PM, drive back home and empty the 35 bushel hopper once all afternoon to milk his few cows. What a dry year going into a snowy blizzard of a winter 77.

[@Snowbatman99]

This was the first combine I operated, I use to marvel at the new combines that they could do in an hour what took me all day, now they can do in an hour what would take me a seven day week.

[@CountyLineCowpokes]

We definitely don’t have the best equipment on our multi-generational family farm. But we love doing harvest the old school way…and there’s always some shenanigans involved! We would love for you to check out our 2021 wheat harvest! Wheat Harvest Karaoke with Slick Nick [2021] County Line Cowpokes kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYnQqaVjrbKUl6s

[@billw4746]

That combine was the Gold standard when it cam out.

[@CountyLineCowpokes]

We definitely don’t have the best equipment on our multi-generational family farm. But we love doing harvest the old school way…and there’s always some shenanigans involved! We would love for you to check out our 2021 wheat harvest! Wheat Harvest Karaoke with Slick Nick [2021] County Line Cowpokes kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYnQqaVjrbKUl6s

[@deepsleep7822]

All those exposed gears and belts and pulley's, etc. I love it. The OSHA pundits must be clutching their chests.

[@charlesknaack1042]

Lol got that right. This is farming, hard work and labor of love. You always knew you put in an good days hard work doing stuff like this. I could go back to this anytime.

[@CountyLineCowpokes]

We definitely don’t have the best equipment on our multi-generational family farm. But we love doing harvest the old school way…and there’s always some shenanigans involved! We would love for you to check out our 2021 wheat harvest! Wheat Harvest Karaoke with Slick Nick [2021] County Line Cowpokes kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYnQqaVjrbKUl6s

[@egomaniac247]

Man, he stands up and the head is still going, can you imagine falling off the platform into that moving head? What an awful way to go! Technology has come a long ways!

[@stephensaasen8589]

I love seeing these old machines. Our family farmed in Eastern Washington from 1983-1999. There were still a good number of 95H combines around back then. Started getting scarce toward the end but as long as the metal didn't wear through inside, they truly would go forever.

[@CountyLineCowpokes]

We definitely don’t have the best equipment on our multi-generational family farm. But we love doing harvest the old school way…and there’s always some shenanigans involved! We would love for you to check out our 2021 wheat harvest! Wheat Harvest Karaoke with Slick Nick [2021] County Line Cowpokes kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYnQqaVjrbKUl6s

[@bryanbishop806]

First self propelled combine dad had, the model I first learned to drive.

[@burtbrooks7731]

I could sit and watch that for a minute 👍👍 really cool!!!

[@CountyLineCowpokes]

We definitely don’t have the best equipment on our multi-generational family farm. But we love doing harvest the old school way…and there’s always some shenanigans involved! We would love for you to check out our 2021 wheat harvest! Wheat Harvest Karaoke with Slick Nick [2021] County Line Cowpokes kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYnQqaVjrbKUl6s

[@clintach5081]

That’s very nice to see. Thanks for keeping the history.

[@CountyLineCowpokes]

We definitely don’t have the best equipment on our multi-generational family farm. But we love doing harvest the old school way…and there’s always some shenanigans involved! We would love for you to check out our 2021 wheat harvest! Wheat Harvest Karaoke with Slick Nick [2021] County Line Cowpokes kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYnQqaVjrbKUl6s

[@mollymurphy999]

Looks perfectly safe and forgiving.

[@charlesknaack1042]

Takes me back to the days of pull type JD combine my dad had. Watch him fight with the old wisconson engine that wouldnt start until it was dam good and ready to.

[@CountyLineCowpokes]

We definitely don’t have the best equipment on our multi-generational family farm. But we love doing harvest the old school way…and there’s always some shenanigans involved! We would love for you to check out our 2021 wheat harvest! Wheat Harvest Karaoke with Slick Nick [2021] County Line Cowpokes kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYnQqaVjrbKUl6s

[@rbharvesters7404]

That is a fantastic looking combine. Their was a painted one of those for sale near Birmingham England a few years back. The fella wanted £10,000 for it. It wasn't a hillside machine. 1 of 2 that came from the states in 1947. Again brilliant combine great to see. It must be a joy to own.

[@RaviChoudhary5556]

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[@CountyLineCowpokes]

We definitely don’t have the best equipment on our multi-generational family farm. But we love doing harvest the old school way…and there’s always some shenanigans involved! We would love for you to check out our 2021 wheat harvest! Wheat Harvest Karaoke with Slick Nick [2021] County Line Cowpokes kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYnQqaVjrbKUl6s

[@rmr24]

Nice video, I bet it was fun getting that machine greased up after 42 years!

[@CountyLineCowpokes]

We definitely don’t have the best equipment on our multi-generational family farm. But we love doing harvest the old school way…and there’s always some shenanigans involved! We would love for you to check out our 2021 wheat harvest! Wheat Harvest Karaoke with Slick Nick [2021] County Line Cowpokes kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYnQqaVjrbKUl6s

[@lorrainedimmock4096]

Nicely proportioned machine, like most Deere's, classic..!

[@CountyLineCowpokes]

We definitely don’t have the best equipment on our multi-generational family farm. But we love doing harvest the old school way…and there’s always some shenanigans involved! We would love for you to check out our 2021 wheat harvest! Wheat Harvest Karaoke with Slick Nick [2021] County Line Cowpokes kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYnQqaVjrbKUl6s

[@wufongtanwufong5579]

When i was 16 i had a job at a wheat research centre in Australia. They used headers similar to this in size to harvest the experimental wheat. I had to stand on the side filling up large sugar bag size samples of the wheat. 11 hours a day in 120 heat + plus what ever heat the engine threw off. Not a fun job. But $700 a week for a 16 yr old in the mid to late 80's, sure put a lot of joy back into it.

[@spencer1096]

wow that so cool I really want a old combine like that

[@tiger5551]

They are cool, but you get super dusty after a while. Even worse in soybeans

[@CountyLineCowpokes]

We definitely don’t have the best equipment on our multi-generational family farm. But we love doing harvest the old school way…and there’s always some shenanigans involved! We would love for you to check out our 2021 wheat harvest! Wheat Harvest Karaoke with Slick Nick [2021] County Line Cowpokes kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYnQqaVjrbKUl6s

[@i_eat_dirt2]

It looks good for it sitting for 42 years

[@wyattstoolsandconstruction]

So glad people keep these things working!

[@farmingsimulator2022tillage]

This just showed up on my recommended, this is so cool

[@CountyLineCowpokes]

We are using an antique John Deere 4400 combine to do our corn harvest! We only have about 50-80 acres a year and it gets the job done for us! We have a family-friendly youtube channel showcasing the fun we have on our multi-generational family farm. We would love for you to check it out!

[@danball2060]

wow what an awsome old combine

[@CountyLineCowpokes]

We definitely don’t have the best equipment on our multi-generational family farm. But we love doing harvest the old school way…and there’s always some shenanigans involved! We would love for you to check out our 2021 wheat harvest! Wheat Harvest Karaoke with Slick Nick [2021] County Line Cowpokes kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYnQqaVjrbKUl6s

[@Hulktom2000]

My old man had one of these in the early 70's and a 95 in the 80's I don't think he thought it was that fun though

[@farmer9180]

That brings back memories.

[@CountyLineCowpokes]

We definitely don’t have the best equipment on our multi-generational family farm. But we love doing harvest the old school way…and there’s always some shenanigans involved! We would love for you to check out our 2021 wheat harvest! Wheat Harvest Karaoke with Slick Nick [2021] County Line Cowpokes kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYnQqaVjrbKUl6s

[@bohhica1]

Look at the size of the field.think how long it would take or did take using this and several others machines. Also even longer with horse drawn . Awesome video and job, thank you for adding a little nostalgia for the younger generation to see what farming was like , one again Thanks.👍👍👍👍🙏🙏🙏🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 praying for a good crop.

[@CountyLineCowpokes]

We definitely don’t have the best equipment on our multi-generational family farm. But we love doing harvest the old school way…and there’s always some shenanigans involved! We would love for you to check out our 2021 wheat harvest! Wheat Harvest Karaoke with Slick Nick [2021] County Line Cowpokes kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYnQqaVjrbKUl6s

[@notyou1877]

Nice! You got to be either desperate or nostalgic to bring this thing back to life.

[@CountyLineCowpokes]

We definitely don’t have the best equipment on our multi-generational family farm. But we love doing harvest the old school way…and there’s always some shenanigans involved! We would love for you to check out our 2021 wheat harvest! Wheat Harvest Karaoke with Slick Nick [2021] County Line Cowpokes kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYnQqaVjrbKUl6s

[@notyou1877]

@@CountyLineCowpokes nothing wrong with old equipment. Some of it is of better quality than the new stuff. It sure beats walking with a scythe all day...

[@CountyLineCowpokes]

@@notyou1877 absolutely!! Hope you like our videos if you check them out.😀

[@Pete-from-Tn]

We started out with a 40 then 45's then a 55, Back then the 55 was going big from the 40.

[@CountyLineCowpokes]

We definitely don’t have the best equipment on our multi-generational family farm. But we love doing harvest the old school way…and there’s always some shenanigans involved! We would love for you to check out our 2021 wheat harvest! Wheat Harvest Karaoke with Slick Nick [2021] County Line Cowpokes kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYnQqaVjrbKUl6s

[@Eddie_Schantz]

Great vid. I don't know what year this machine is, but we ran a 1958 model 55 for several years in wheat. On this machine, I had never seen a sickle driver setup like this before. Looks like it is doing a good job.

[@Tigerfan50]

Awesome restoration! Surprised u could find parts.

[@CountyLineCowpokes]

We definitely don’t have the best equipment on our multi-generational family farm. But we love doing harvest the old school way…and there’s always some shenanigans involved! We would love for you to check out our 2021 wheat harvest! Wheat Harvest Karaoke with Slick Nick [2021] County Line Cowpokes kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYnQqaVjrbKUl6s

[@dougfloch2348]

I learned to drive a JD 55 with a Neil leveler which was made in Garfield , Washington. My family farmed in Eastern Washington and used it 10-15 years before updating to International 403 combine with 4 way leveling. Doug Floch

[@hillside5543]

Doug, I have one of those as well . Might be running next year!

[@barrygrant2907]

I lived in Spokane on two occasions and remember well the Palouse area. Those endless fields of wheat were a sight to see. Like ocean waves when the wind blew.

[@cornellgross4947]

Don't like that the head doesn't disengage when he gets off the seat 🤣

[@bobcrump3745]

I started operating a JD 55 Hillside when I was 12 in 1961. Bought it from my dad in 1969 and traded for a 95H in 1972. No one could see the back of the header or auger while seated unless you really leaned forward. 90% of the time, especially in short grain in rolling terrain, the operator had to stand up. Every independent farmer I know has disconnected the kill switch on the seat of his farm equipment unless he hires a lot of untrained help. Somehow we were smart enough to be careful and most all the farmers I grew up with are still farming and many of us prefer to drive rather than sit while GPS takes our job away.

[@tterrag1987]

@@bobcrump3745 Ah yes the old safety is your own responsibility argument. Still true no matter how much crying takes place.

[@1murder99]

Sounds very familiar. My father, and later me, had one just like it except out bin auger didn't fold.

[@rogerkline1064]

Dad had a 203 international. For 1200 acres. You prayed for rain

[@bonzolo2358]

Old girl still has it

[@kennyriach]

My dad owned a MF 585 PTO header. Haven't seen a new one that can do a better job on oats!! Though it was never that good with wheat...

[@claudioleiteboucinha969]

Aqui em Dom Pedrito conheci uma dessa,estáva num galpão,saiu funcionando, RGSul

[@عادلالشعلانالغامدي-ك9ل]

نَفُشُتِّ وَتُهَ ألمَصأيِبْ وِشَ تِسُويِ لَم وَلَن أَبْدَل نِعْمَةَ اللَّهِ مَعِى فِي الْحِلِّ وَالتَّرْحَال 🔨🇺🇳🕋⚖من مُقِرٌّ مَجْلِس الأُمَمُ الْمُتَّحِدَةُ عَادِلٌ حَلّ عَادِلٌ مُنْصِفٌ الْآن وَجَمِيع الْأَوْقَات وَ شُّكْرُ لِلَّه .

[@calvinellis1891]

My great uncle had one but he only had probably 50 acres to cut.

[@donnebes9421]

You are lucky if things built today last five years.

[@letsjustgopro]

Are you looking at Size of that field field and how slow that's going

[@MaxCruise73]

Hard to believe this machine was state of the art in its day . To those in the know, was this a normal cutting/threshing speed for this vintage of combine?

[@MilkMan608]

Nah, he's just trying to make the job last since he's having fun. Raise the header and giver 'er hell!

[@loisgustafson1558]

Yes, it was. I'm 75 and do remember those older combines! Maybe slow but it beat shocking the grain and hauling it in to the stationary thresher in the barnyard! Ron

[@MaxCruise73]

@@loisgustafson1558 Thank you for your reply.

[@calvinellis1891]

I would hate to have a 1000 acres ahead of me.

[@branonjohnson8617]

That's cool

[@CountyLineCowpokes]

Hi! We definitely don’t have the best equipment on our multi-generational family farm. But we love doing harvest the old school way…and there’s always some shenanigans involved! We would love for you to check out our 2021 wheat harvest! Wheat Harvest Karaoke with Slick Nick [2021] County Line Cowpokes kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYnQqaVjrbKUl6s

[@nickkercheval2704]

Old Machine getting it done! I’m guessing late 50s vintage? I had a square back 95 in the early 70s.

[@poppie1946]

That's early 50's, my Dad bought a new 55 in 53, the later ones had a 45 degree tilt to the steering wheel where the earlier ones like this one were straight up and down with no tilt.

[@randymonninger9913]

Run johon deer 3300 love johon deer combine it was head of there time

[@hermenegildoaleandropachec5334]

Jd 55 aprendi numa agasolina nao era graneleira essa e mais nova o musificada

[@Luca-nn4lv]

Just wondering does it have autosteer?? Joking

[@royjames2344]

Tough machines. Only draw back , by the end of the day you ate half of what you harvested . Better have a outside hose. Wife wouldn't let you.in the house. Don't even talk about barley. Good days though.

[@christinamoneyhan5688]

Third world country would love to have machinery of this type. Trouble is parts availability if any at all.

[@jrogertrudel6356]

Poor wheat plants. They must be thinking, "This is like making love to an old woman"?

[@randywright7433]

Don't knock it till you tried it.

[@2007dalin]

probably throwing over less then the new x9 lmao

[@richardmiranda640]

After 44 years of neglect.

[@tterrag1987]

I know at least 50 people I wish would walk into the back of that with their heads down.

[@CraydenGamingOfficial]

U got gps on that thing

[@gogogo1064]

👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@frankwurth5375]

I had a regular 55 when I started out back in the early70s. Did a good job working, but terribly under powered in the hills. That Hercules engine was a major disappointment.

[@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606]

All that spinning metal and open belts, no wonder so many people got/get killed/injured on farms

[@mobeydick37]

The dumb were killed, now the dumb live!

[@badlanz79]

Your 8 year old son could work on them then.

[@cornellgross4947]

That's wen people were though

[@charleslloyd4253]

Gee how can anyone get things done, Without a computer, internet and thousands of dollars in sensors?

[@NEWHOLLANDWALE-jt8hn]

In india this technology is beginning

[@davidbell7091]

apparently the reel is being used as a prethresher..

[@renatekuraschinski1519]

Ich denke die Maschine ist älter als du, sonst würdest du das nicht schreiben

[@Geezuznotcomingforu]

I notice on almost all of these old combine videos that the reels are running way too low.

[@vette9305]

How wide is that header?

[@hillside5543]

14 ft.

[@vette9305]

Hillside 55 ok

[@jugrajsingh8867]

ee eee

[@TheMrsLehman]

Fucking send it

[@nathamon8267]

TECHNOLOGY

[@gary24752]

By the end if the day he will have wished he had goggles on because of the chaff. Talk about it. I couldn't wait to hit the shower to get it off. People now days have no idea with their enclosed combines.

[@the_atomic_kebab]

The wave speed is too high. You shake the wheat on header. Not nice.

[@LuGer212]

wait: no auto tilt? no auto track? no auto anything? *millennials being actually impressed by how the humans have survived for so long*

[@CountyLineCowpokes]

We definitely don’t have the best equipment on our multi-generational family farm. But we love doing harvest the old school way…and there’s always some shenanigans involved! We would love for you to check out our 2021 wheat harvest! Wheat Harvest Karaoke with Slick Nick [2021] County Line Cowpokes kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYnQqaVjrbKUl6s

[@nathamon8267]

HEY YOU AM FINE

[@jeffboles3267]

No thanks I'll stay in the cab of my combine

[@agilaharish6564]

😁😆😊😇

[@nathamon2618]

RICE

[@bobunruh1553]

Sure cutting awful low.