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[@littleshopintheshed]

I LOVE Dougo’s stories, they’re like road trips. It’s not always the destination, it’s the trip that is the fun part.

[@willyfindlay4398]

Just gave you 100th like for that comment. 😊

[@philipberry2704]

I ❤️ story time with Dougo We need a series of bedtime stories starring Dougo Larson

[@johngreenwell8307]

Doug’o you and I grew up when manual labor was the tool of the day. Hogs were 24/7 and I laughed when you were explaining the sickle mower inner workings to Chet and the blank look on his face, they just don’t know!!!!😂

[@brian7327]

Agreed

[@guydaubenspeck9206]

Are we still use a sickle mower around here for Phil border mowing and stuff

[@jeffkuipers1030]

back in 1987 i worked for FIRESTONE TIRE AND REPAIR and a late FRIDAY afternoon a semi came in wanted all new 18 tires replaced 5 of us had it done in 47 min ,won't forget that day.

[@FaredaDaernova-xe4so]

Dedication and humility are the secrets to your success. Keep shining.

[@6by6by6]

Dougo.. I’m one who “knows” starting my farming career on a Farmall M and JD 4010. We had an center mount 4 row cultivator for row crops on the 4010 with a light tooth scratcher on the rear to pull the weeds back to the surface to ensure they didn’t regrow. My dad put me on that at 9yr old and he never ran it again. At that same time I spent many hours on a Farmall Super A with a sickle mower cutting clover for seed which led to me sitting in the cloud of itching dust on our JD 55 combine trashing it..Ugg..These young guys have no ideas what farming was in the 60s 70s 80s but to be fair I also had no idea what farming was before my time..😅

[@alanbierhoff6831]

“Why is there always time to do the job over but, never time to do the job right” - Tom Link, Master Mechanic When I was Chet’s age, “Reboot” involved a new pair of Timberlands

[@burtzorn4059]

Love Dougo old stories, im 64 And was on the same struggle bus as him. Still say to a point the good old days.

[@naptime1900]

My nephew took apart a chipper and didn’t know anything about machinery. He kept taking pictures of everything he took off. Laid everything in a line as he took it off. Helped him put it back with new parts where needed. It started on the first pull. So thankful it was a success and now he is willing to try other things he isn’t too sure of. He is still in high school in the metro area with no farm experience.

[@jasonvogel211]

Doug, oh how I remember the old sickle mowers. Used to get the afternoons off from high school classes just to go home & run one of those..ours was a New Idea though. And that front cultivator. I was blessed by my dad to walk behind the cultivator uncovering any corn that got buried as he was motoring along. I was really young then. A few years later I graduated to running the cultivator, using an onboard stick to reach down behind & do the uncovering. The good old days! Won't tell you how old I am, but as I've told others "I'm in the 4th quarter!" Keep up the good work on & off the channel! Really enjoy it.

[@jls7006]

I spent a lot of my teenagers years cutting hay with a Ford mowing machine that had a pitman rod versus being belt driven, seeing you all with that old mower took me back to childhood.

[@morganhallwachs4345]

I especially like comments about the past farming equipment and operations by your father, Doug. Brody reminds me of my 4 years during the summer working on a farm near Mayville, ND which helped in paying my way thru college. Your videos help keep me aware of current farming practices in the Midwest.

[@donniemcdaniel537]

I'm only at the 54sec mark of the video, simply replace the carb. much less labor, and less headache, if it's seen any ethanol and sat for long periods at any point in it's life, replace, including fuel lines. I'm sure you got it running, but add up your time and I bet replacing carb would have been much easier

[@jls1045]

Back in the 60's, I mowed with a sickle mounted behind an old John Deere "B" tractor. The PTO only ran when the (hand) clutch was engaged. Ah, the good old days!😉 Y'all have such a good rapport working together, which makes your videos such a joy to watch. Hope you get your 4-wheeler fixed. Have a safe planting season! Greetings from TX.❤

[@joshuanicholsjr5327]

who doesn't like a good story from Doug from the days gone by of his dad and grandpop god bless them all, the younger crew led by Chet working on their future of farming be safe all, and god bless Joshua from the Eastern Shore of Maryland

[@grantberardi5080]

Guys, please get a cage for airing up your truck tires after changing them. I've seen first hand what happens when one explodes and it resulted in death, the guy was blown through a concrete block wall. Please be safe, love your videos!

[@mkosmo]

And if not a cage, at least mount it.

[@bostarbird5282]

Bat things can happen.

[@jerrydewitt8585]

Yes , Dougo, we do remember from the day. Being born in 55 I definitely remember the struggle bus of that time. Please let me hear the long story just to remember it fully.

[@AKsnowball]

Dougo my dad farmed, I was about 8. Took 3010 diesel up to a field to cultivate it had a front mount 4 row in 1962. An Aunt on my mother’s side of the family seen me and gave my dad a talking to because I was running a big tractor with no adults around. That fall one of my younger brothers was born. I stayed at my mom’s cousin house, her father was the Aunt’s Husband that talked to him about me running the tractor cultivating. They had big apple orchards, so her husband put me on a tractor picking up apple crates from orchard with a tractor that had 3 point forks and take them back to main farm shed to take to company to make cider.

[@kenc1800]

Brody is an ANIMAL CLEANING MACHINE and now truck tire changer!

[@dennislang4375]

Oh Jeez... front mount cultivator on a 620 wide front JD ... life of struggle and hernias waiting to happen. Gotta love the 70's.

[@briandahlgren3494]

Dougo and his stories! I know exactly what he’s talking about with the front mount cultivator. If he really wants a trip down memory lane our cultivator is still sitting in the weeds, it’s his for the taking. Lol. Keep up the good work and videos.

[@duncanhaiar6573]

Had the same issue with my Polaris. But a carb kit and replace the the needle and seat on the float. That cured my issue. It was doing the exact same thing! Good luck

[@danielmercker7369]

Hey Dougo those were the good old days, watched my day put up with those things in the 60s when he farmed

[@garymorgenroth1734]

YES DUGO I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU WERE TRYING TO EXPLAIN

[@MrJujubean]

Yes I know exactly what you are talking about with the trip system on the sickle mower.i tripped ours a many a times getting to close to things. Do you remember on the plows when farmers used to plow, it had a trip spring so if you hit a Boulder or large Rock it would trip the plow, then you would back up to reset it.was hell in rocky fields

[@robertjorgenson6237]

Right there with ya Doug!!! Mounting a 😮Mounted cultivator and a mounted mower sucks on ice

[@lynwessel2471]

I remember my dad used to put the mower on for 1st crop alfalfa, take it off, put cultivator on and cultivate, take off repeat with second crop hay, cultivate 2nd time, take off cultivator mower on for 3rd crop hay and take it off.

[@rickbrandt9559]

4 row frt mount cultivator "A" JD no power steering roll-o-matic frt , For those who know "Dougo" !!!!!!!!!!!!

[@cherylkrocak1182]

❤ love all of your vids. The only thing that is missing is sweed in the viga. Love that sweet face of his.

[@ericmeeker3010]

Honestly what you all do is not easy, trust me I tried...appreciate !!!

[@calebgalbreath0198]

Keep up the great work Chet and stay safe

[@georgepauls4159]

Ford 601 with sickle mower, dump rakes, buck rakes, hay stacker and plunger at 8,500 ft in the Rockies making 20 x 20 x 80-100ft hay stacks, such great memories

[@danadkins2273]

You got that right Dogo I was a real happy farmer one back on come out with that seven drum rotary mower😊

[@brianflanders5831]

Doug I know as a young one we used a 2 row one on a JD "B" and it was not fun putting it on and off. You were talking about the lift arms in the back that lifted the back and had long arms that went past your legs to lift the front.

[@dougkaylor2528]

AHH THE SWEET SOUNDS OF A POLARIS ATV IDLING, REMINDS ME OF A COLD JOHN DEERE TRYING TO START.

[@stevefunderburgh8852]

Been there and done the old front mounted cultivators. Was so glad when dad went to rear cultivators.

[@kevinsiedschlag429]

I wish there was a way the young farmers could operate the old machinery, l8ke sickle bar mower, front mount cultivator, mounted corn pickers, etc... let them see the struggles of their ancestors!!!

[@nickv2707]

Chet you need to get you one of those sonic jewelry cleaners. That’s what I use for cleaning carburetor’s and it works like a charm.

[@DarrellMckeown-vs2kv]

Great story about hooking up the JD mower. I did the two point mounted every summer as a teenager. Also had the 4 row front mounted cultivator on a 4020.

[@steveneal2706]

great video guys. Thank you

[@adamwagner1987]

I remember them in 2002 sportsman 500 freedom editions , the magnum 325 was in 2001 and the scrambler as well.. Nice quad. Wish I could find a 2002 scrambler freedom edition .I'd like to collect them all

[@stevenboughner7255]

Doug'o, You forgot to tell Chet that you had to drive slower or faster depending on what direction the wind was blowing when mowing with a sickle mower. Of course most of the safety features never worked mostly from them not being used until I hit a fence post, But I can tell you I paid attention after Dad gave me extra chores. Oh growing up in the 60's was a experience.They were good times and bad times.

[@davidkimmel5153]

Thanks

[@999pr1]

We had 2 four row front mount cultivators on Massey Harris 44's, then went to one on our new Case 400. At that time we went to narrow row (30") beans and got a brand new rear mount cultivator for beans. I ran both, nothing slower or more tedious than cultivating 4 rows of beans with a MF 35 with the exhaust running under the running boards to add extra heat and let the fumes collect around the driver. I don't even want to start on sickle bar mowers and hidden obstacles in the hay, and bumblebee nests... it's all good for stories now, but many young folks do not believe how it was.

[@elainetanner178]

I know what a Sickle bar is. My sister almost got my dad. Last time she was ever allowed to drive the tractor. It also gave us a pretty good idea what her driving was going to be like. One of these days I will tell you how she sunk her car in the pond. Took two big trucks to pull her out. Mercy.

[@tomvichlach8038]

Spent many hot days on a front mounted 4 row cultivater mounted on a 630 John Deere

[@armedfarm3429]

Funny stuff! I grew up in the era of a John Deere # 30 combine being pulled with a john Deere B. A 2-bottom plow, then disced after with a 12' disc. It didn't have any wheels, so you pulled it down the gravel road. Tar roads up here in Middle MN were something we didn't see much. Had a one row corn picker pick the cobs whole & put in a crib. Had a grinder that would grind the oats & some corn for the pigs, which everybody had. Nobody grew soybeans. Oats, alfalfa, & corn. My dad was in on the corn shucking by hand, which I missed out on! LOL.

[@Bobby82568]

Chet, with the newer ethanol fuels if you leave the gas in the carb for longer than a month it will gunk up the jets. If you can find non- ethanol fuel that works best however it’s getting harder to find at the pumps, at least it is where I’m from. The fuel stabilizers don’t work either in case you are wondering.

[@DennisLincicum-yd1td]

Rocker Arms for the field cultivator or corn plow Good job to relax and sneak in a spring nap

[@kenshaum3994]

I mowed many a acre of hay with a sickle bar mower, I loved them front mounted cultivator

[@plowboy7700]

I remember when Dad came home with a John Deere 38 mower. It was a 9 footer. Ours was a 7. 2 feet made a huge difference mowing hay.

[@pdmustgtd1013]

Sickle mower watch grandpa use that for cutting hay. Then used Allis Chalmers small round bailer to bail it. Also seen him use front mount cultivator for Allis Chalmers WD45. We walked beans too for while at grandparents farm for 2 weeks we stayed every summer. Walking beans sucks especially since I'm faired skin always gotten sunburned

[@Varrig]

Chet, an engine is an engine. Size just makes it easier or harder to work on.

[@markisom78]

Chet you might want to check the alignment of your tandems on that grain trailer. If it's castor is off by just a small amount it can cause those tires to chop like that. In time that can Change with all the potholes and bumps and off camber flexing that whole tandem set up goes through.

[@davidwilliams5682]

I love Doug’s shirt

[@TheJimmybud]

Dougo same thing happened to 3 of my distilled water jugs! In a heated shop.

[@beckyumphrey2626]

Those.cameras are a nice.addition.

[@johnsandell4501]

Broooodie is the WINNNER 👍👍👍

[@garycook8931]

Oh the front mount cultivator days helping my Dad put it on the 2 cylinder John Deere always a struggle bus

[@rebelbullhauler]

Didn’t know if you heard but on the new Wilson cattle trailers most people who buys them takes them to a alignment shop before they put them on the road because if you don’t they eat tires

[@brucecampbell7266]

Yep. been ther and done that. Only mine was a 3 point on ours

[@randyvoss]

My uncle had a new holland cycle bar mower similar to that one, the shaft at the rear was for a hay conditioner to be towed behind the mower

[@RJJ6129]

That engine sure sounds like it has a knock in it. 🤷‍♂️

[@craigmiller5372]

All those Polaris single cylinder motors sound like that. I owned a few of them, and they always give you an unsettled feeling!

[@mikelafave602]

I did my Artic Cat 6-7 times, looks like yours. The throttle cable pops off after the plastic cover is off and the choke just screws in with a 12 mm nut. Mine ended up at the shop for a carb rebuild it needed a needle and seat and a tank clean out. Tank had old dried up Stable in it. (don't use Stable) Use Sea-Foam. After I cleaned it out it would run fine but over flow the sediment bowl, then after another cleaning it would idle good and then bog it you touched the throttle. That's when it went to the shop. Also put an in line filter on it.

[@fredberger2451]

I remember the old sickle bar mowers i even remember when we had a 1 row corn picker that hooked up to our old john deere 2510

[@jamiemcclain1564]

We had a 4 row cultivar for a 3020 dad wouldn’t let us drive forward because it messed up the yard. Now I was about 10 years old trying to pick it up and pull it over, I had to have help. Not only that but I couldn’t use the 3020 i had to use a 1952 jd B no top,no power steering. It gets hot here in the south. But I was on top of the world. Man I was dumb lol

[@churchbaker8802]

hey chet , im kinda new to farming and love watching your videos and millenial farmer , im actually a superfan lol keep up the good content , thats all i got

[@michaelelliott334]

I remember helping my dad hook up the sickle mower on a 620 John Deere. I didn’t think that was very bad. Hey how about showing your 70 doing some mowing or something? Love your videos!!

[@carolinafarming5331]

Ive done alot of those carbs. Ive always had Polaris. Best way to be sure its clean is pull the jets completely out. Once everything is clean, retune it. Turn the air screw all the way in then back out 1.25 turn and start there. And make sure the rubber diaphram in the top isnt crispy and have a pin hole in it.

[@jakenatashafigylutz4646]

I mowed another of hay with a model 37 sickle mower with a john deere 730

[@farmertj-my5ni]

Those were the good ole days fun

[@davidcolgan3268]

I’ve put those cultivators and mowers on a JD 720 when I was only 16!

[@mnbednar8071]

Entertaining as always.

[@jamesbreault5762]

Good stuff guys

[@rogerfrank1256]

Had the pull type and mounted jd mowers. Used the frame of the pull type for pto generator cart. Seven years older than you Doug 2 row front mount on WD 45 Allis made a big jump to 4 row mounted on D-17. Kids today find it hard to believe with the equipment we use today

[@davidharm2522]

On the 500s you have to have the air box cover closed up tight for them to idle.

[@jeromepeterson4043]

#37 John Deere mower, it was a real step up from the #8 drawbar mount, and you could pull the crusher for a one trip job!

[@randycharest4507]

I ENJOYED WATCHING THE VIDEO CHET AND BROADY and DOUGO 😊

[@lstone.09]

Awesome video guys. 🚜🚜🚜

[@brianwilton8555]

great video

[@kevinwittstruck8764]

I remember to well about front mount 4 row cultivator they really a pain in butt which we put the 70 John Deere tractor

[@dracer555]

I had a similar problem with a 325 2001 Polaris. I had to fix the float, but it also had another problem where it wouldn’t run with the petcock in the on position but would run in the reserve position. Just a thought

[@billwhitman1529]

Yep, "if you know... you know". And the old cultivators were a joy as well. It's why a lot of farmers had a tractor designated to each job.

[@swamprat69er]

Every implement had its' own dedicated tractor. NO swapping implements necessary.

[@AppalachianRancher]

Sounds like valves needs adjusting on 4wheeler

[@arthurok327]

Howdy Chet, Brody, Swede, I hope ya'll are doing well, Thankfully I get up when carburetors were the only thing around, my Farming buddies and I would be bored, and we'd strip our bikes right down to the frame, just because, not because they didn't run, we were just bored, and doing so, we actually taught ourselves how to fix our bikes, when they did brake down, same with our quads and three wheelers, ya three wheelers, when they were still legal to own lol so if it has a carburetor, I can fix it, it also helped working on our tractors, and Farm trucks, well at least our older ones, Stay safe, God Bless and Farm on my Friends

[@johneboy83]

If that camera oohs and says you, you should see my office!! Inside a casino surveillance room at a 5 diamond resort on the Las Vegas Strip. It's a blast!! 😎

[@calvincox3362]

Check the extended snorkel that runs from the air box up under the fuel tank. Had one that had sucked the small foam insulator into the snorkel that was starving the air supply to the carb.

[@timothythew9060]

Take it to the shop

[@wrxconnor2353]

I wanna come farm with yall been really getting into farming lately because oh all of you guys lol

[@phillipdickinson8557]

Chet Dougo Eric Broodie Jordan that was outstanding great explanations on camaras

[@lukedesselle2491]

I've cut alot of hay with a sickle mower years ago, summer hay cutting on a IH 560 tricycle when you got the the end the old tricycle tractors would turn on a dime worked great for cutting hay, I know exactly the trip mechanism Dougo is talking about lol!!

[@admranger]

That "hardened" chisel looks like it's had "amorphous metal" sprayed on. Really cool tech developed by DARPA iirc. I think CAT used it first on it's diggers.

[@JohnDeere-jw7jf]

Love it

[@raysmith7335]

I remember my Grandfather having a horse drawn sickle bar mower on the farm when I was very young.

[@denault3985]

Dougo's great stories and Chet plus Brody trying to rebuild a Polaris ATV made for a fun farm day...

[@paulcostello9778]

I see where a boat load of turbine blades were delivered in Duluth. Maybe the one you mentioned previously.

[@richardvirchow2757]

Packard semi-trucks are nothing more than problems that is why I only perched semi-trucks, with Commons or Detroit diesel engines, and was able to at that time never keep (D.P.F.) the trucks were nice the ones with the Packard engine but always had to remove them and install a different brand of the engine refuse to reinstall Packard diesel engines. Sincerely! R.S.V.

[@jjbrooks9529]

check the center cam lobe on the cam of the polaris. very common to be wore slap out

[@ChristopherWHerbert]

It is a needle valve issue with the Carburetor. Much as it was with Dougo's skid steer at his house (Little bob II). That almost goes without saying. Based upon the described symptoms. When specs of dirt have managed to find their way into the carburetor through the fuel line. Someone must have run the fuel tank low on fuel and the fuel filter (if there is one, may also contain dirt) Does anyone that matters read these comments, because I described the same carburetor problem in a comment on one of Amy's video posts. Where Dougo was having a problem with Little Bob 2 (If Little Bob 2 runs on gasoline).

[@user-og9hd2sj8z]

Thanks for another great video Chet and crew. It was interesting and enjoyable. Dougo I know exactly what you are talking about with a sickle type mower. Been there done that. Oh my they were hard to work on and keep going. The yokes on the power drive shaft were always breaking and all that good stuff. And then of course the sickle bar itself was getting stuck in wire or fencing or whatever. Oh my they were a piece of equipment. That Polaris you have might be a collection item being 9-11 model. Who knows. Glad you took it to the Polaris shop. Those motors are very hard to work on and get adjusted. Hopefully it will run like a top when you get it back. Neat machine. Good job on those truck tires. For SAFETY please get a truck tire cage so nobody gets hurt blowing those big tires up. About it I guess. You all take care and be safe. Thanks for everything. The Iowa farm boy. Steve.

[@lithgowcraig1657]

When in high school I ran a four row cultivar on a 720 JD. Had to help put it on tractor also. Not fun.