Never Park a Tractor behind the Combine

Never Park a Tractor behind the Combine-Wise words from my Grandpa. I'm really sorry guys, but...it was a very eventful day. I didn't drive anything other than the combine, nothing broke down. I'll we did was harvest about 140 acers of corn we're down to about 300 acers.
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Zach Johnson, the “Millennial Farmer” is a 5th-generation farmer who’s spent his life growing, working, and learning on his family’s farm. His wit and dry sense of humor appeal to children and adults alike. A product of the millennial generation, his appreciation of new technology blends with his old-fashioned work ethic, and he offers a unique ability to deliver his message in a way that resonates with lifelong farmers as well as those with no knowledge of agriculture.
With growing consumer awareness about where their food comes from, Zach has identified the need for an independent voice from the front lines of agriculture. Zach actively promotes agriculture by sharing his day-to-day experiences in the agriculture world while providing farmer-to-farmer education to help facilitate a collaborative conversation between farmers and the public.
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Becky Johnson

[@kirkpowell6161]

Having been a professional pilot for the past 35 years I love it when my passengers comment on how easy my job looks. I always reply "You don't want to be with me the day it doesn't look easy!" Usually shuts them up... :-)

[@hillbillynurse7212]

Been on a few of those rides. Had a few HEMS pilots ask how much turbulence was too much, I usually say "if the patient bounces off the cabin ceiling"

[@Thomas-lq1jw]

True true. Same here. Truckers don't have the best reputation (we have a lot of bad apples :( ), but well, the fun time is coming. No one wants to switch with me when the road gets rough and you need silverware to get up the hills :D

[@wishusknight3009]

No kidding kirk. It bugs me when people spout off how easy they think others jobs are. I am no pilot but I feel safer when they are able to make it look easy. I understand abit about all the responsibility you guys have from a friend of mine, who is also a commercial pilot on several size of aircraft over the years. Both as co-pilot and captain. It really is eye opening.

[@rapptarzan]

Jims little ad-break had me smiling🤣

[@charlestallardy5685]

You're still better than anything on television!

[@robinlance]

Great work Becky. The best Editing on KZbin.......

[@jasonklabunde6415]

Hey Zach, you should have let people know that Starbuck is a town and not a coffee shop. Lol. It sounded like you were going to take a long coffee break.

[@johnking8679]

Yeah Zack, I wondered how come you lucky farmers have a Starbucks on the farm. How convenient - and I thought you guys had it ROUGH !! Tee Hee !!

[@machinech183]

Ah there goes my fun... Was chuckling my head off thinking of Zach and family, feet kicked up, sitting around a Starbuck's at O'dark-thirty in the morning passing time for some reason or another.

[@deadghost1964]

@@johnking8679 it Zach, not Zack. Read description...

[@johnking8679]

Sorry, Zach for misspelling your name !!

[@johnking8679]

@@deadghost1964 Sorry, Buddy !! I sent Zach an apology for misspelling his name !!

[@EtzEchad]

Little girls sure are good talkers. Everything they say is so important to them too! So cute...

[@timloveless5409]

My Dad used to work all day on the farm, then load a load of hogs just before the men went home. Driving that old GMC double decked with hogs the 50 miles into St Louis was a way for him to stretch his day and not have to be gone from the farm while the men were there insuring their productivity. He was always tired and my Mom was worried that he woujld fall asleep driving. The solution was to send my little sister along with him to talk to him and keep him awake. I guess it worked, he never had an accident.

[@charlescoleman8139]

Glad you had an uneventful day Zach they are very rare y’all deserve as many as possible!

[@gtolof]

*hgve(

[@alecfromminnenowhere2089]

When Zach and his Dad were talking about Starbuck, who outside of MN,SD, or ND thought they were going for coffee?;)

[@banjobenson9348]

@@johnwalsh4271 Starbuck is the name of a nearby small town in MN

[@johnwalsh4271]

@@banjobenson9348 Thanks.

[@tootired76]

I roll through Starbuck every week on Mn 28.

[@randyogburn2498]

Based on context, I didn't think they were going for a latte. But I had no idea if it was a town or just a reference to a specific field.

[@DarkFiredDylan]

As a kid, when I first heard of Starbucks, I thought it originated in Starbuck. I was a cultured one!

[@TheFoxShop]

Finishing up corn harvest here in central Iowa tomorrow morning...if nothing breaks down... Fingers crossed! 👍👍👌

[@jasonthompson6255]

If you keep the 20ft header for next time the corn lays over it'll never fall over again...if you sell it Murphy's law says you'll need it again

[@johnmcmickle5685]

You are 100% correct.

[@joecantila1099]

Ain't that the truth

[@Cragified]

There is a ferrous check ball in the nozzle that is suppose to be held open by the blue ring (A magnet) of the filler. Sometimes it's not strong enough and you can get a magnet to fit on the nozzle to bypass this (The nozzle will also then spray if it's not in the filler so be careful). If that still doesn't work then the pump is just pumping too fast and you can either adjust it down either via a flow controller if it has one or changing belt pullies to underdrive the pump. Or if you are real desperate kink the hose to restrict the flow rate. Learned all this filling up def in trucks at stations :) Lots of fuel stations actually keep the magnets on hand it's such a common problem.

[@Knallteute]

Cool to know. Here in germany we have the same problems when fueling our semis with def/adblue.

[@Cragified]

@@Knallteute Yeah it is a well intended safety to prevent people from accidently putting def in the diesel tank. Just doesn't work properly some of the time. If the magnet on the tank filler isn't strong enough for the nozzle+friction pressure of the def going around it, the check ball gets pushed closed.

[@jamesmclaughlin8261]

@S O F I A GO AWAY!

[@TotvorSchande]

i´m from Germany too and know that issue also. My secret is to crank up really really slow. It works for me.

[@Dudleymiddleton]

@@Knallteute Same here in UK too! Good tip!

[@pjgrady1]

If anyone thinks farming is easy, just watch a few of the Millennium Farmer vids. I have so much respect for farmers now and appreciative of what they do to feed America. Thanks Zach, Dad, Onyx, and Jim

[@deadghost1964]

Good point. I am farmer as well

[@waynebeswick5923]

Try using a magnet on the def filler. Slide it under the nozzle to move the ball bearing and it will flow better. We have the same problem with them on the HGV pumps

[@colbyh960]

I just love Jim and your dad. They are so humble!!

[@davidpollock5286]

Glad you had a good day really enjoy watching what you do on the farm.

[@elmo8967]

seems to have raised the children, bravo, annex is a real boy, bravo

[@tomgates316]

Mid October and he’s having mid-80 and mid-70 degree days. Use em, or lose em. He used em up. 👍👍

[@6ffrey958]

Live here in Minnesota and this was a couple of days ago. Currently in the mid to low 40's. It's Minnesota and weather changes in a blink of the eye. I feel Indian summer as we call it here has come to a end. Colors are great now thou.

[@therealRustyShackleford]

Your dad is the coolest!

[@briancadmus6119]

The DEF tank issue is for sure the screen/filter crystallizing our new s760 is doing the same thing when the def gets low it is worse so what we found don't let the tank get very low. Hope this helps you love watching your channel and enjoy seeing the family in the videos. Thank you

[@davidrobins4025]

A great conclusion to a good day. Thanks for sharing your videos with us.

[@jimpinger6206]

Grew up on a nebraska farm. When I heard you say "Yoos guys", about spit my coffee out. Hadn't heard that in a long time. Thems good memories.

[@melfallen6673]

Through all that the season has thrown at y’all, you’re getting it done & it’s looking good. Prayers out to you Johnsons! 👍😃🙏🏻💪🇺🇸🌽

[@victoriamckiernan6446]

Love seeing these videos. Thanks for helping our future farmers Zach!

[@h2recoveryteam2]

Zac I worked for a farmer for about 15 or so years. All my buddies. Oh yeah you get to ride in an A/C cab, nice comfortable seat. Just ride all day. That ain't hard to do. Like you said, they don't see the sun baring down on you fixing things. Digging a plugged plow or combine out. At work at 6 or 6:30 AM and still at it at midnight. Asking where you been the last few weeks? Harvesting or Planting or Plowing. Yeah in that A/C again. Real hard work. I told one buddy, Come ride with me for a day. I knew the next day was going to be a bad one, knowing what we had to do. I told him be at the barn by 7AM, and mind you we are starting late by that time. He got home about 1AM next day he called me at around noon. Dude I just got up. Told him I started at 6:30 again. LOL For some reason he never poked me anymore about riding in a A/C cab and corrected others when they would say something about it. You and your dad have a dryer to tend with. We did not, I do not know anyone in our area that has a dryer not even our Grainary has one.

[@deadghost1964]

Zach...

[@h2recoveryteam2]

OK, Booby. Just got to love Grammar Police.

[@jeffharvey6768]

You're getting all kinds of good help Zach..... does your heart good with help like that.

[@exotictones1054]

I have a gas can that has a splash guard in it the splashes on the nozzle n shuts it off.that came out no more problems.what a good day for you guys.good deal.

[@johnhancock1739]

Good advice we squatted an S10 behind a John Deere Not pretty site

[@TheRobertlonski]

NOW IT FEELS LIKE HARVEST WITH THE DAILY UPDATES, we still need some Cab Corn also!!!! Keep up the outstanding work.

[@deadghost1964]

Shhhh....

[@deadghost1964]

@Hyung Jun GET THE FUDGE OUT! LEAVE US ALONE!!!

[@phoneman1957]

Your dad talking about something his dad said made me think about my dad, Thanks.

[@tonymckeage1028]

Great Millennial Farmer Video, thanks for sharing

[@canvids1]

Another great video by the master thanks very much and best of luck on the crop intake and $$$$.

[@RahhB74]

I lived in Starbuck through age 11. Best Dairy Queen in the world. I've got a lot of memories of riding my bike to the DQ and getting a cookie dough blizzard, and then going fishing at the marina. I need to get back up there sometime and visit family. My uncle is the mayor of Lowry!

[@derekwatson1118]

Try cleaning the filter in the DEF fill neck. If its clogged , that could shut the nozzle off

[@coryb3795]

Thanks for the video! Hope all is well in your neck of the woods.

[@greggaskey5336]

Love the Annika conversation update. Miss when my girls were that age

[@bradpogue3448]

Nice video to many more of those day and you will be done !! That would be nice. Good luck and god bless and stay safe

[@bobbob-fg5wy]

No, thank you guys for making a video for us. Its much appreciated.

[@JimBob-uj8gq]

The race car driver comment got me, thank you I needed that. And glad you had an uneventful, it's nice to have one of those every now and again so you feel like you got stuff done.👍

[@michaelbaumgardner9493]

I think the rougher part is having to use the husk's and cob to wipe when there's no tp. Dude,buddy

[@williamdegnan4718]

So, corn cobs don't come in two-ply quilted?

[@michaelbaumgardner9493]

No sir. Grit. Somewhere between crying and whimpering while in fetal lol.

[@Duramaxjon]

8:42 I felt that stretch

[@farawayfarm2520]

Mn youth deer hunt started today. Good luck Onyx.

[@chuckgross6024]

Jim's little plug was pretty good lol. Loved the comment from your dad about parking the tractor lol.

[@deanpolizzi9282]

We pull the screens on all all the def tanks on the farm it doesn’t mess anything of ours up

[@shaunmoore5518]

Brilliant video. From the uk

[@stephaniebrown6611]

Lets get this guy to a million shall we!

[@danschneider7369]

Never park behind a Combine.....great fatherly advice. My dad always told me, “Dan, never argue with a crazy person”. Simple things you should never forget:)

[@Rhyno430]

You're not really having a lot of luck with those big tractors. Well one of our new combines has a new ventilation hole in the side and oil pan. So we're having fun

[@stevenerpelding1946]

My dad parked his gmc pickup behind my brother while he was unloading in a truck, ( to bring noon lunch ) . Brother then proceeded back into the pickup before I could yell at him over the radio. Boy was there words exchanged that day. Who was right and who was wrong. JD 7700 chopper left 4 big slices in the hood, look like ya hit it with a corn knife.

[@mikkei3532]

New Subscriber from Poland - Hello Zack.

[@mhack9881]

I always start smiling when I see your notification, keep up the good work.

[@leomcavoy5770]

The title sounds like words of hard earned costly 'words of wisdom ' 🤣😎🇺🇸

[@farmingbiker]

Having an uneventful day is a good day on a farm. Far to much stuff goes sideways to fast on a farm.

[@ronaldjennings8057]

I got it the hunting thing yesterday when you put the video out about the hunters got it it was a joke haha funny have a good day

[@Someloke8895]

We need to get you a mini hook up to a sound effect box, so when you open the Thunder hatch, it plays the the start of Thunderstruck.

[@carsonwilson8279]

Our def does the same thing, if you get lucky you can lock it on the first noch

[@ToolMachinebeast]

so funny,,i am glad,,all videos are exellent..✌✌👍👍👍👍💝💝💝💝😂😂

[@schnellguitars6128]

That was a kick a$$ harvest video.

[@mikejankoviak8542]

Kinda the same in Michigan. I mean there was plenty of rain all summer but now it doesn't seem like there's many good days compared to rain. And it's raining now. Got almost an 1in in the past 24 hours. But was wet before that lol. Can't even mow my grass 🤣

[@alanellis9158]

The talking dogs back!!

[@phillipsfarms4030]

J and m stands for Millennial Farmer and Jim

[@heithbixenmann2574]

Speaking of tractors are you ever going to restore the Moline like you talked about

[@brianschwartz6185]

Hay Zach on your def change the def handle to a Husky brand those are less prone to shutting off once you pull the handle and they work a whole lot better.

[@tobylong3725]

10 seconds of Thunder Struck should be the theme for fueling.

[@alexfisher2002]

Yay another video

[@jamesbreault5762]

Great content Zach the good days seem to be far and few between.

[@toddmoser6666]

You need a magnet if your def tank neck is plastic. I don't know why they work but they do. The magnet looks like a donut and goes over the nozzle.

[@puppetsock]

How does the pump sense a full tank? If it's like gasoline then there's an air back-flow thing. The donut might keep the nozzle from fully inserting and so let the DEF flow more evenly.

[@Greg_Gatsby]

Bring the THUNDER!!!

[@johnhurd6243]

You mean Thunderrrrrrr

[@richiereed9947]

9:00 stretch break, Becky. Smack him!, lol. Ohhhh the not so hidden inuendos! Ya killin me.

[@sethcushingmusic]

Your dad commenting on something his dad taught him just goes to show that what we do as fathers has a lasting impact. I love little things like that. God bless all of yall. Stay safe for those last acres.

[@bubblezovlove7213]

Seeing a good dad in action is majestic. The temperance and wisdom of it always makes me understand why my dad couldn't do that and was a monster.... Much as he wanted the medals, he didn't expect to do ANYTHING but abuse... So sad as it is for me, I can still appreciate seeing a good dad.....

[@dannypittman4766]

It's probably not your Def tanks it's probably the nozzle itself they tend to crystallize if you don't run a lot of Def through them. You might try banging that nozzle or hammering on it a little bit and see if you can knock some of that crystallization out of it and then it will probably pump better.

[@firstname6208]

Hot water dissolves the def, cold water also but not as fast. Too much pressure in the delivery hose pushes the ck valve closed.

[@billpollock1763]

Have thought about getting a folding corn head

[@jakeshutko6905]

Had a friend park truck behind combine fueling up , got ready to go forgot about truck and backed up and demolished bed of his truck, was not a good day.

[@davelawton7457]

Love your videos Zach. Keep up the great work.

[@smokiewilliams5219]

Do emissions intact an turn the def off threw that. Neighbour has done it on his 690 no issues. Still does dpf burns threw the fall.

[@bobopbobopy8217]

That's not emissions intact then. Def is for the scr system to control nox emissions

[@kileysonn4845]

Been looking for chopping 20in head.

[@footballpride55]

You should give Jim the camera for a day!!

[@johnhurd6243]

He'd get it stuck in the mud

[@juswin24]

From what I’ve seen you do, nothing is as easy as it looks. When you’re an expert with years of experience like you have, you just make it look easy.

[@hughstephenson2957]

I didn't think the EPA had mandated that farm equipment had DEF systems..

[@scottwithoutadoubt1405]

Any internal combustion engine is subject to the rules, there are zero exemptions. Tier IV final off road was introduced about 5-6 years ago. Meaning Def + DPF.

[@domination1985]

About 3 years ago we had a storm come through and it was blowing at 120 mph the max was 127 mph it was raining through the windows and took out 15 trees in my parents yard and knocked power out for almost 3 weeks

[@jeffreyvandervoort8324]

So the young girl is a fan of the Millennial Farmer. Who isn’t a fan? Of course after stealing the Welker’s combine they might be that exception.😉😂

[@larrykluckoutdoors8227]

Is it a better crop then you thought.

[@simonferris7850]

Love your channel lad great videos 🍀🍀

[@tobimobiv1]

In reference to the title. The first thing the first farmer I ever worked for told me, was stay away from the back of the combine, you never know if the driver is suddenly pulling the handle backwards. And funny enough, the last farm I worked on. The manager would sometimes drive my tractor during harvest if wasn't done in in the bins and the dryer before they headed out. Then when I got to the field an hour later. First thing I could do was pull out and clean the pre radiator nets because he had to drive so close to the combines that he would pick up every single grain of dust with the tractor. Because obviously there was no reason for him to get out and look.

[@frankcherry3810]

All that corn…and not a drop to drink. Haha

[@valuedhumanoid6574]

Back in my day you didn't leave the field if there were crops to harvest and the weather was good. But we were running 10,000 head of hogs and farming 18,000 acres of corn. It was a massive operation around harvest. Now looking back it was against every child labor law we have on the books. But I can remember doing my homework in the cab of a tractor and calling in sick to school to run a grain cart for 18 hours. Nuts.

[@javiermedrano3]

Your def tank breather is plugged on that combine probably crystallized. Just remove it and blow it out or order a new breather and breather pipe

[@jakek6900]

For the kids 👍🏻👍🏻

[@meaganwicks8281]

I love your videos

[@JimG31547]

You know grass is always greener on the other side of the fence but no-one thinks about the higher water bill to get that green grass

[@chrissawyer7557]

I work on equipment for a living and def is absolutely terrible. Worst thing the government could do to diesels.

[@bobopbobopy8217]

Why? It's a system separate from the engine. Egr is much worse for the engine as is dpf.

[@alphamajor0195]

“ the race car driver in me says the corn doesn’t matter, I must beat him to the end..” 😂

[@farmerdoug6262]

We need a Nate cam badly

[@DavidDragonhammer]

Welcome to real farming, this guy has it real, and he is in Minnesota, now that says it all....

[@johnbucklerfarms]

Ya better keep that Header the prices are Not going Down on Equipment!

[@David-xl8zf]

I recently made jokes on facebook on how we didn´t care about flaccid corn and if it´s moist, well we sunk two foragers on their belly twice only today and theres still ways to go. I´m done. We´re carrying yankums and boards to unhook silage trailers on every tractor just because we know we will need them sooner or later. Meanwhile the plants have turned as blonde as yours, so you cant even use it as feed silage anymore, our biogas plant has a lot of work to do till next season. I crack a cold one to more uneventful days 🍺

[@georgedavidson1221]

Zach Is the corn a variety problem or do you blame it all on wind a weather We use to call the corn that went down “Sexy corn “

[@christopherwinter2099]

Can't say for Zach but he's close enough to us where it was the same but when we had the storm roll in, in August or September can't remember what day now, it knocked a chunk of corn down in some sections across all fields.

[@1DirtyMutt]

Do you plan to use the bat wing to chop some of your corn stocks up since Your current tillage options aren’t working well.?

[@lowercherty]

At least you don't have to worry about running over a pickup like us miners. 🙃

[@FirewoodMidwest]

Words of wisdom. I remember when my Dad backed the Combine into his truck. Everybody learned a lesson that day!🤣 #bowlgiveaway

[@jimsmith9819]

having worked three years on a wheat ranch, including two as the foreman, i know how "easy" farming is