Painting Tractors & Smoking Brisket

I'm preparing the Farmall 856 for paint. In this video, I show the types of paint I've used on past tractor projects, the pros and cons of each type, and how I prep the tractor for painting. As a bonus, I am smoking beef brisket on the Weber grill today!
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[@jimcour291]

Pete!! I am sure I speak for many when I tell you, I watch your videos because of you, your outlook, your character, your honesty!! Please don't change

[@tjw4947]

Couldn't have said it better. Pete you are like having a teacher where everybody is excited to get to the next class.

[@fetus2280]

I concur. Hes an awesome bloke.

[@bendugas8632]

jimcour291 has the sentiment of your loyal viewers please do not change, the nay sayers will go away thanks for the great videos.

[@allandart20]

You very much remind me of the days as a child going to the car club and watching my dad restoring a British 1956 jowett Jupiter, very fond memories. Alas the car is sitting in a garage in rural France. Thank you for bringing those memories back.

[@Orange_is_a_good_color2]

Agree completely

[@AaronDwyer]

My youngest has just started studying architecture at university. He’s interested in sustainable architecture. I told him you were an architect and now a farmer and KZbin sensation 😊

[@NathanielRuskin]

The only limit to your impact is your imagination and commitment.

[@dlzastera]

Hello Pete, finding that hidden IH logo on the side of that engine was like a gold nugget waiting for someone to uncover it. Forever Red.

[@LeslieOtwell]

Your channel is fine the way it is. Watch you every time a new video drops.

[@Ralphcanoeingadventures]

Hi Pete. I watch your videos 6 hours a day. You are so relaxing and fun to watch. I like when you go wham when you hit the big snow. And how you say, " the feed truck is here". And how you say hi to all the animals. Your talks are so inspiring. THANK YOU!!!

[@locomanjim1554]

I see Pete's Overlord is watching that Pete does the job to the proper standards! 10:27

[@alliho2243]

I think you hit the nail on the head with this video. Informational, yet keeps the interest at high because of how you broke it up. Man, that brisket looked good. Now I have to go and get my grill going.

[@rancancookcanoy9768]

Pete we enjoy your videos with our coffee in the morning. Your attention to the details is what makes the difference. Patience, knowledge and time are the key elements for a great restoration. Looking forward to watching your videos on the cleaning and painting of this tractor. Thank you for sharing. Enjoy your brisket. I use our Sous Vide a lot.

[@deb283028]

Pete, this was the perfect blend of channel interests. I really found the paint explanations interesting (I have a little gear-head in my genes), And yes, prep work on any project is the key, it will pay for itself in dividends. Ezra, love that cat. That brisket looked divinely yummy.

[@BASRANCH]

thank you, Pete. It's an awesome job as always. follow your heart, and we will follow you. See you on the next one.

[@robstevens2076]

Being a painter myself was cool that you did a deep ish dive into the paint coatings. You did well. Pass mark from me haha

[@ericbock1233]

Cracks me up how Ezera follows you around.

[@BIGGGJOHN171]

Pete, I wanna hear your house around 3:00 to hear all the clocks go off :)

[@JoseRamos-ct1ef]

Pete, thank you for the videos. Watching them makes me think of simpler times and makes me wish for a day soon when I can have a few acres myself. God bless you and please keep the videos coming.

[@jippel1]

Thanks Pete for this great episode can’t sleep have a work injury and a fear bit off pain it’s 1 30 am in Australia

[@genesloan3175]

I appreciate the commentary on the TSC paint....I thought it was just my application of it that made my paint job on an old garden tractor look bad. Love seeing your tractor rebuilds but just the farm videos are very interesting.

[@ianmurray9201]

Keep on keeping on Pete.

[@jaycool7805]

Great video Pete!

[@InMyBusyLittleShop]

Hey Pete! About 35 years of selling paint experience here,,,, I’m sure you know by now with paint you normally get what you pay for. Even with that experience occasionally I ended up wishing that I had purchased better paint, later down the road.

[@woodcutter4670]

Use to make quite a bit of overtime, chipping paint off of the assembly line at Farmall.

[@TrevorEmahizer]

Another great video Pete! I own a collision shop in rural Nebraska. We paint our fair share of tractor and implements. You are 100% correct about Tractor Supply paint being subpar. I have also heard that Napa is eliminating some of their paint offerings. We use Axalta (formerly Dupont) at my shop. Imron has always been the gold standard of industrial paints, but PPG Omni is a great coating also. In regards to the wax and grease remover over acetone or lacquer thinner, the wax and grease remover lifts the oils and contaminates off of the surface and suspends them in the liquid, that way you can wipe them away with a clean rag. Other solvents evaporate too quickly to allow the contaminates to be suspended away from the surface. I am not sure which epoxy primer you purchased, but you may want to look at using a metal etching primer before the epoxy primer to help ensure adhesion. The technical data sheet for your primer should say if a metal etch is needed and which one to use. It's important to stay in the same family of materials from beginning to end to ensure compatibility. Keep up the great work, love the content!

[@marionecula9771]

Nice jab Pete. I am 687 centimeters tall.

[@DUEYZ4U]

Thanks for another vid, Pete! 👍👍

[@mariesheppard3750]

Thanks another great video, I mixed paint for car at a body shop in the 60, Yes its very interesting with colours, Loved the man jokes LOL See you next video

[@brendaphilpott7154]

another great show....

[@gerardcudmore1556]

Great video . Keep doing what your doing . Like the variety from video to video . We keep coming back so you must be doing a lot of things right . Also that brisket looked great just feed the kids tuna .

[@BKrystall]

I love brisket.

[@dustoff1472]

Pls keep doing you. Really enjoying the channel. Tks for sharing.b

[@365hillclimb]

Videos like these make me appreciate being severely colorblind; I don't think I've ever gotten hung up on matching paint.

[@jesselove6989]

Great video as usual Pete.

[@csippel1]

Keep up the great work enjoy your show. By the way my son went to Ithaca college.

[@andrazi4050]

I was beginning to wonder where Pete was. Now I understand... He was grinding

[@1944chevytruck]

meat looks amazing!

[@carloscrespo5583]

HEY PETE!! AWESOME VID! THAT TRACTOR IS GONNA LOOK REAL SWEET WHEN FINISHED! THEM 2 JOKES AT THE END REALLY HIT THE SPOT! HAHAHAHAHAHA.....

[@winterhorse290]

Mechanical and farm vids are GREAT! And you jokes are………..

[@johnzink3309]

thx

[@randyvilleneuve4907]

If I am rebuilding a tractor almost every part, nut and bolt I remove I sand blast, prime and paint. I agree that sand blasting an assembled tractor is a bad idea. For those smaller parts I just use a high quality Rustoleum primer and Rustoleum IH Red. If I had to mix paint for every part I would never get done. For the castings I just remove the loose paint and sand but if the original paint has good adhesion I do not take it to bare metal. I figure if its been there for 50 years it will not come off. I have had good results with the tractor supply paint with hardener but the single stage urethane is even better. The main issue I have had with Urethane is using too much reducer as it looks great then fogs as the reducer gets trapped in the paint. The other issue is moisture in the air lines. Even with multiple separators it best to paint on a real dry day. Good luck.

[@SherrylSmart]

Just be you

[@gregholl5011]

Im going to be sorry for this but dont even quit the jokes. You may eventually have a good one! 😊

[@ibswin3744]

Good video 🎉🎉 i think you do what ever you think is best with channel and everything 😂🤣😅😁😁😁🏗

[@brianhayes7618]

Were the implements and tractors painted the same red?

[@jeffhollingshead8299]

Nice looking meat

[@jeffking5977]

did you restore your cub tractor

[@bryanb1259]

👍💥

[@barryiowa2226]

Pete I’m a 60 year old farm boy from the farming capital of the world (Iowa) and been using those red tractors since I was 10. Don’t change anything, it’s a pleasure watching everything you do. Thanks to you and your beautiful wife for the entertainment. God bless the American farmer….

[@immytay65]

Go Hawkeyes

[@Bob-j9r8q]

Go Cyclones!!!

[@immytay65]

@@Bob-j9r8q sorry for your loss

[@jamescole1786]

3/26/24..thx for indepth 'show-tell' on paint removal from steel surfaces. Great video info on all those wire wheel tools..from Dewalt mini-grinder to Dremel. You are doing incredible detail restoration work on yur (850?) IH tractor. Stay safe & carry on!💪🔧🔩✅️👨‍🎨

[@FarmallFanatic]

You wear the old coat to auctions, and people will think you're not a high bidder, then 💥BOOM 💥 got em!! 😂

[@markfin7225]

When you carry a camera to an auction, the whole world watches you and expects you to pay more😂. @FarmallFanatic, what did you just buy?

[@paralyzedlife8763]

Around me all the high bidders are in old coats. They are all farmers and the auctioneer knows their pockets are deep😂

[@FarmallFanatic]

@@paralyzedlife8763 Amish here bid until they win lol

[@FarmallFanatic]

@@markfin7225 The video just Uploaded last night. Go check it out 😁

[@bikerhighmiler8998]

Get a Cockshutt yet??

[@DD-fm4pk]

I like the formula of this video. You mix it all together in an entertaining way with informative information.

[@Jtwes]

It’s always a good day when there’s a new video from Pete.

[@domthomas1002]

Keep the channel just the way it is. I was raised on a brand new Farmall "H', as a kid, on a dairy farm in upper Pennsylvania. My dad loved that tractor. Since then, my dad has passed to be with God and all of his friends. But, the "H" Farmall has been totally restored and is stored in a climate controlled building along with our 550 and 560 Cockshutts, 190 Allis-Chalmers, and last but not least, both Ford 8n and 9n. All have been restored. Thank you for the videos. I love watching them. Keep up the great work and don't forget to enjoy life. God bless you both.

[@bikerhighmiler8998]

We have Cockshutt 20,30,40 and 50 models

[@Joe90MC]

I second that the insight you provide and way you share what you know is priceless...Please please dont change the channel or split the channel into two. Tractors and the rest of the fram....

[@billwinterlk777k4]

Pete, don't make too drastic of a change in your videos. The variety is a good mix of the farm content and restoration. Something of value for those who watch for either subject without an overwhelming amount of info on any specific topic. Well done as is.

[@johnskelton5683]

I love when Pete stops and then goes to the barbeque grill and fires it up for cooking up the rewards for another days hard work! 😂

[@kevinschroeder3889]

Nothing better than go to church Sunday morning and listening to Pastor Pete deliver the message of saving the International Harvester. It is Plum Sunday after all. Bless you Pastor Pete.

[@benjamindejonge3624]

Hallelujah

[@ssamuel408]

Praise the Lord!

[@alfredomarotta6604]

Plum Sunday....uhmmm🤷 Palm Sunday 😊👍🙏

[@gordoncarpenter1552]

I enjoy your videos I'm 74 yrs old farmed and drove truck all my life and still at it . I raised 80 sows and sold feeder pigs and milked 70 cows . I think your decision to pasture raise feeder pigs is a good one.

[@patrichardson7481]

Pete , you have more personality than any one else here on KZbin ! Dont change anything as many have told you here ! Thanks for all you do in your efforts to make these videos for us and share a small piece of your life with us !

[@darindougherty9341]

Pete, what you are doing is leaving a blueprint for future generations of enthusiasts. As long as your channel is available they will be able to see how the master did with a perfect amount of explanantion.

[@geragarcia98]

You had me at tractor and brisket

[@bikerhighmiler8998]

👍👍👍👍👍 absolutely

[@johnr3603]

Amen 😎

[@IvanBloomfield-e4b]

Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.

[@adamdavid9382]

Hey Pete, I’m a born and raised city boy an I love your passion on anything you do on the farm! Please don’t ever change your approach on farming. You have a great heart! Have a great day.

[@keithwest2575]

Pete, I have been swamped working for a bit and am running behind on your videos. Now trying to play catch-up, and have quite a few of the tractor rebuilds to view. Saw this one this morning and had to take a break (at work) to watch it. Not having seen the last video, but listening to you comments, I will interject my 2 cents worth. One of the main pleasures of your channel is the diversity of subject matter. Your family, your family business, and your love of machinery and your sharing ALL of them is what I find as the main reason that I look forward to any new posts that you offer. Of course, your personality, Hillary, and your family also are major contributors. So will close by asking, leave well enough alone and thank you for sharing yourself and your family with the 437K viewers. It is a pleasure to see all of you when available. Take care and stay safe.

[@hoov1998]

Pete, I think you do a good job and you’re always concerned with what the viewer thinks and I think these changes you’ve added made it more entertaining and informative so thanks for working hard at what you do!

[@mcadamsrandy]

I could almost taste that brisket. Good video Pete!

[@3v249]

I love the amount of detail. Thank you Pete for sharing the method you use. Very informative to someone who had no basis in which to start painting my mechanical jungle.

[@pdrphil8159]

My dad & I started buying old tractors out of barns, tree rows, ditches & just about anywhere... We'd get what we could running & sell it . I realized that at one point most farms had a tractor or two that stopped working & simply were parked because they didnt know how to fix them.. Most often very little was wrong with them & for those that had serious problems we parted them out .. My dad & I enjoyed it & no one was happier than my mother . It got my dad out of the house & my dad was not easy to be around growing up.. In fact I avoided him because he was hateful & never failed to criticize.. But he taught me about things at every opportunity . He's 85 yrs old today & Im near retirement . My son works with me now that he finished college and we love it .. The biggest difference between my father & myself is that I could'nt wait to leave home & my son used to ask me if he "had" to leave home .. I told my son he was always welcome , but that he would want to leave home at some point . The one thing that kind of healed my relationship with my dad was oddly enough , tractors . I still remember certain ones that we got running & the thrill we both felt after pulling an old tractor outta the brush & making it useful again..

[@1crazynordlander]

Thanks for the paint information. Keep doing what you are doing. Don’t change a thing. Looking forward to your garden series.

[@tinafitzwater972]

I love your videos whether it’s tractors or cow or chickens I love it all❤

[@Baldskul]

Using the wire wheel to take it down to bare metal, is truly a labor of love! Thumbs up Pete.

[@bthreet2000]

Been drawn to your videos because of your passion. Found your channel while trying to show my kids videos of cutting hay to explain what I did as a teenager. I grew up doing farm work, and working on the equipment that goes with it. I am so grateful for the work you put into the details you include in your videos on the tractor series. I love the animal videos as well. I have the Super C Farmall that I learned to drive on. Someday your Super C video series will be a useful series for me to revisit. Dad passed of complications from Covid in 2021. He had taken apart a 706 that had lost its reverse gear. I have taken interest in the 806-transmission series because of that. Dad's old tractor will hopefully be one of my future projects. Also priceless to learn of your sources for parts, tips, explanation of the workings of each system, and your homemade tools. I look forward to every video you post. Take your time, never feel like you are obligated to get a video out, and we will all be here when you get around to it! What a great channel!

[@fredsmith2193]

Amen to Pete in everything he does is so precise when he is restores those farmalls,I always look forward to each one of his videos .Keep on keeping on Pete

[@callmebob9895]

Pete just keep doing what you are doing, I love your channel as many of us do, the only thing that should change on your channel is the seasons.❤

[@johnsullivan824]

Pete, I watch your videos for entertainment and learning. I will watch both farm and mechanical. Just stay with one channel, less headache that way. That brisket looked delicious. Have a great day and God bless.

[@rogercarrico4975]

I am blown away by the cost of paint these days. However, there is NO WAY I'm going to put cheap paint on something I ve spend days, greasing, prepping, etc!!!

[@Rangersly]

Yes! I think this is a good moves for the mechanical videos. Stay on the same channel and add little bits of non-tractor farm stuff to the mixt. It then becomes a farm life video not just a tutorial.

[@maryricketts8526]

Great as usual. Certainly seems to take a lot of patience to refurbishing a tractor. A true act of love for the work.

[@mvonbrandsleben5]

Pete !!! 12 °F Fahrenheit is negativ -11°C Celsius ,and not 182 °C = 360 °F ,(32 °F − 32) × 5/9 = 0 °C . No living creature can live at 182 °C /Celsius.. water boils at 100°C and water freezes at 0°C so simple is it ^^ But I like your little farm and ur videos greetings from Germany

[@beefchicken]

So it’s true what they say about the German sense of humour!

[@Dan-qy1rg]

Well, I thoroughly enjoyed watching this one, you gave us a lot of good information on your method of stripping paint and cleanup, along with painting and types to use. That brisket looked awesome, made my mouth water. Thanks Pete, I hope you have a nice day.

[@DrewEager08]

Lol, did you say negative 68 Celsius😂

[@jkholley1118]

I know right? It's negative 69 degrees.

[@Orange_is_a_good_color2]

Hey Pete, happy you’re not doing another channel. What and how you do what you do is just right the way it is. Keep it comfortable for you and what works for you, that’s why we or at least me enjoy your content, because it’s like you are bringing us along with you during your activities. Thanks again for the little piece of joy you bring me in your videos.

[@GeneBerkeley]

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.

[@djcunningham1962]

I love how Pete always pokes fun at the people that use Celsius lmao

[@robert5109]

Really enjoyed the video, love the jokes and the cooking also. Home run, doing great!!

[@joerodrigues3816]

Hi! Mate happy to see you’re back and enjoying your videos as always hope you and your family and friends are all doing well god bless you all.

[@jimheise1]

Thanks Pete for my Sunday sermon....helps make the rest of the week tolerable. Good idea on refurbishing the pig pens for raising brooders.. That will be a much nicer facility.

[@genedieball]

Hi Pete it’s good to see you again. Thank You for your time and your videos Sir. Stay safe and please keep your videos coming.

[@skoalonguys6788]

'm glad that your channel continues to grow larger. You've entertained us and shown us things that are new and interesting that most of us don't know about or have access to. I hope for continued success for the both of you.

[@gloriacoffey4651]

Your interpretation of Celsius always makes me laugh 😂

[@prestonmiller9552]

Nothing better than getting down to the nitty gritty of how things can be accomplished. My grandpa used to tell me when I was a young lad, "it's not the work you do, it's the finished product when you get it done right that brings the most satisfaction." As the years went by for me, I can see the wisdom more and more in his statement..

[@markflick1641]

I so appreciate the time you spend with us . Thank you so much . I grew up on Farmall and International and watching you do your Magic with these old red tractors is a feel good thing for me . God Bless .

[@MichaelAllanTorrey]

Hi Pete and Hilarie. Nice Sunday morning video. Remember using Imron in my sign making business. Patience and attention to detail painting the 856 outstanding. Patience and attention to detail smoking brisket outstanding. Jokes 😱. Hope you guys have an outstanding week! 🤣

[@shng2569]

I recently bought an old 856. Thank you for your time & effort on the instructional videos, they are awesome & much appreciated!!!

[@CapnBubbaa]

Just a Few Acres Farm channel, informative, Instructional, as well as just fun to watch... the direction of the channel is perfect, life on a farm.... Greeat!!!! Don't change your format.. your choice to cease the Hog Breeding Operation is understood, raising feeder Pigs, will be probably more profitable, providing you can find a reliable source of weaner pigs.. you did it with the chicks, you will do it with the pigs to... the expense & issues with breeder stock is indeed a major expense.... just remember, 'Steady she goes MATE'

[@michaelgeise8332]

Pete, I wouldn't change a thing !! As someone raised on farms in eastern Indiana, a Diesel / Heavy Equipment mechanic of over 37 years, and now Training and Technical Support Specialist for a large heavy equipment company in Ohio, I have seen the change in how kids are taught (or Lack Of) in schools and at home. Any time you can break down the basics most people can better understand the more Technical, and the way you do that is excellent when it comes to the tractors. And even though most people probably watch your videos for the Tractor stuff, I especially like how you break it up and show that you have to take care of the "Not so Fun Stuff" before you can do the things you really enjoy doing. Excellent channel, keep it the same, and I'm going back to using the old Weber.....

[@thomasgraham1138]

Pete my friend..... having lived here in Texas for 40+ years (yet a native New Yorker) I must tell you that the brisket looked mighty righteous!!!!! You can tell good brisket just from the way it slices. Good job sir!!!!

[@stevenbrown3901]

Pete, I just wanted to let you know, that the MD restoration, just blew me away. I still think it’s the most beautiful tractor, that I have ever seen. I understand about selecting the correct color, for the correct tractor, but I love the color of the MD. You use all of your tractors on the farm, so I think it’s not so important, to get the correct color of paint. Just use that beautiful, MD color and the tractor, that you are working on, will be gorgeous! I can hardly wait to see your current project painted and finished. Thanks to you and Hillary for all of your hard work and for bringing us all, great content. Stay safe and keep them coming. 👍❤️🙏

[@ezone913]

I'm here for the tractors and a barn cat. There's 1 in every video. Thanks, Pete -EZ

[@Antieau4]

Pete: I to enjoy all aspects of your channel. I am not mechanical at all, but love old tractors. I enjoy you breaking them apart and explaining the "what & why", and "how-to". The explinations of what each component does and how it functions is great! Very educational! It makes me want to go get my uncles Farmall 230-WF and tear it apart... Your finished work is some of the best detailed work I've seen. I go to a lot of tractor shows and auctions. Then, the fact that you work your tractors on your farm, and don't just keep them for show,... That's even better! You do not need a second channel. I love the farm videos too. The seasonal mix is good. Farm work, Shop work. Just make your content. Do you!, and allow the viewers to decide what they want to see from you. Don't sweat the YT numbers. You are still a draw with a large viewing audiance. Thanks Pete for all you do!

[@BigBaddaBoom]

On those early tractors, it is amazing they could tell the difference between the different shades of red. Everything was black and white!

[@louisel.sinniger2057]

Good morning! Hey, this was a particularly good video. Nice and instructive. Wow, I’m impressed at the paint removal job!. Looking forward to seeing the finished paint job. Thanks again for great videos.

[@tinc82]

negative 68 celcius... that's way below the northpole..

[@nolehopkins1077]

Your true fans come to see you and all your everything.

[@Alex23092709]

I absolutely love those F to C conversions ... ROFL