One Calf's Big Adventure

[@kentariola3375]

Kind of touching to see Peanut leave the house and go to pasture. It’s like sending him to boarding school🥺

[@gale212]

A Mack cabover. What a great first truck!

[@kchall5]

I see you're working with a "skeleton" crew. A real "bare bones" operation.

[@clearingbaffles]

Yuck yuck yuck actually kinda funny Thanx humorous is one of my favorite bones nickname funny bone it has a short circuit to shit your pants nerve At 2:41ish is that ACR in the crosshairs of the Mack truck? You know telling ACR that Ranch roundup is next weekend turned out to be an eggcelllant idea lol ROTF (or R in the driveway) lmao So what’s the count 104+\- videos until the next RR? Probably less as this years was late and next years might be in June. Are tickets on sale yet? How did the kids do in the lemonade business this year?

[@andrewgiddens298]

Gene Murphy has

[@andrewgiddens298]

kchall5 ji

[@andrewgiddens298]

Gene Murphy Iuoo

[@barrettfrederick12]

I guess im asking randomly but does someone know of a tool to get back into an instagram account?? I somehow forgot my login password. I would love any tricks you can give me

[@justinsimmons2715]

To paraphrase Ron White: "i dont know how much truck its going to take, but i know how much im gonna use"

[@christinekilar502]

Such good Cows and babies. I love those 4 🐮

[@raynonabohrer5624]

Great video. God blessing to you all.

[@patriciabeyer7824]

Good morning. 👍👏 Nice truck.

[@markhoffman5719]

Wide open spaces are the best way to learn. Remember the song give me 40 acres and I’ll turn this thing around??. Nice semi

[@kaywalbright8436]

Peanut has a bunch of new friends and is happy

[@suecastillo4056]

You went empty handed!!! Poor litttle guy!!! At least you brought snacks for everyone!!! LOVE your videos!!! Sending love, health, peace and happiness to all of you♥️♥️♥️🙋‼️

[@kenanibranovic6602]

Hard working man, ranch is not easy life, I’m a farmer and I understand this guy

[@xtctrader1467]

Introducing Peanut to the heard reminds me of when I was a 5th grader moving to a new school and being the new kid in class.

[@salvatorem1959]

Very uncomfortable daysthose are and kind of nerve racking . First days anywhere around New people , even to this day as an adult I stilk get nervous in that type of situation

[@miriambertram2448]

Sonne Farms calls that flyswatter like devise 'slappy'

[@miriambertram2448]

@@debt4717 it is fun to watch the father-son farmer interaction in many of the channels. The dads finally get to make fun and jokes

[@Electrik_TorqueMan]

At 10:20 of the vid shows a gap between the trailer and the ramp. Might be a good idea to place a nice strong wooden board to cover it to minimize the chances of injury. Specially for the lil ones like Peanut. Thanks for sharing

[@marthachilds6167]

Nice truck! We're happy for you! God's blessings!

[@baltazargreen3995]

I'm still not going into work after 6 months. Waking up in the mornings to your videos does let me escape the nightmare that is Newsom's CA.

[@dyslexicsheeple931]

Sorry your stuck in Ca. We ran away from Brentwood Ca to Las Vegas. A lot of people here are already back to work. But we still have a dumb democratic governor.

[@clearingbaffles]

Newsom is doing an eggcelent job in Krapramento unfortunately his deeds are affecting my home state California I wonder how much his CHP detail is costing us I heard his detail are the guys that got the lowest graduation points from the academy and are the most out of shape so they won’t be diving into the weigh of bullets which the carry like Barney Fife

[@rshoemaker7368]

Ditto!

[@Joesfosterdogs]

...same here in same state! love this guy and his family...

[@mirandamartinez4558]

Peanut, "c'mon, Mike, that bottle is empty!" Great video.

[@Northtide]

That large rear window makes a big difference. Try it sometime with a sleeper box back there. Mirrors only.

[@dtbmjax]

Mike, why don't you mark those chains on the chute with a color zip tie (say red) and then put a red zip tie on the handle of the trailer. Then when you have to adjust the chute, red goes with red.

[@OurWyomingLife]

Great idea, thanks!

[@marcomartinez2957]

Bye Peanut, good luck buddy attitude? you came out and didn't bring cake? oh! you did bring cake!!! Thanks Mike yummy

[@rhonamallard6918]

Enjoy watching from South Australia

[@SueAllen5]

Me too Rhona

[@peternewell7184]

Hi I'm from South Australia's Eyre Peninsula.

[@rhonamallard6918]

Victor Harbor

[@SueAllen5]

I'm in Seaford

[@timh9407]

Drove tractors and went from there into trucking Disabled 5 years ago.Self taught semi driver. Loved driving trucks and tractors

[@andreagehb9121]

Greetings from Augsburg/Germany 🐂🐄

[@davidhintz1]

Greetings from Stuttgart

[@andreagehb9121]

@@davidhintz1 Hi 😀

[@Cap513]

Ouch, climbing up & down the side of that rig, brings back memories of, days long gone bye!! You know it's Old School, when you see that Blue Maxi Brake Valve!!! lol Enjoy Mike

[@roxanneherrman2107]

Your right!! A flat nosed "tractor" is a semi. The other "tractors" are referred as "rings". ( At least that's what my dad taught me!)

[@lanesimpson6271]

Peanut would be the perfect show animal

[@bigcliffadventures]

Great video Mike thanks for all your hard work too.

[@OurWyomingLife]

You are very welcome

[@nicholashartsock2830]

Will you be looking into a bit bigger trailer, maybe one like you have, just longer and three axels. Or even a smaller semi cattle trailer, a traditional semi trailer, and even a flatbed trailer to move hay with next year, if you even have any to move😂😂

[@robynmcleroy216]

OMGosh I've Always wanted A MACK truck that's so awesome!!!

[@johndavidstutts]

I took pin hitch and welded it to a channel plate. Latched to the fifth wheel. Also blocked fifth wheel so no to tilt. Cut d cuts in channel for safety chains. Works like a ball in bed of truck.

[@arlandoking2978]

Good job Mike

[@lazydaisy7336]

Mod da ma fa ca tion. Interesting word but you said it correctly the second time. Funny. Love your videos by the way.

[@margesnyder445]

Great video...I didn't know that Goliath had passed, I knew he had gastric issues..sorry to hear, he was a cutie!

[@auntymar-marjustme]

No peanut is mad at u! He misses home at the barn! & u left him in the middle of no where; did any1 else notice when he gets out of the trailer gets turned way from the other cows & peanut walks to the fence looking back the way he came from & mood (x mark 19:29-55

[@stevek4449]

Oh tip on the mirror. Resonance frequency. When in tight spot where you need it to stop vibrating, note the tachometer reading. When stopped or crawling, drop the clutch a bit and add some throttle to smooth it out. Once you see what’s needed, note the RPM. Then drop RPM, move a bit, then drop clutch rev up to smooth the mirror and repeat...until it’s fixed. Same on ice. If tires are spinning, note the tachometer. Note the RPM drop as you add throttle where the tires nudge a bit and spin thus spiking the rpm when they slip past gripping point. Say idle is 600 rev and spin to say 900 but in passing 750 is hesitated as truck lurched a bit. Like resonance frequency, that is your “traction frequency “ lower throttle back to lurch point. Keep your foot holding at that rpm. The truck will bounce like a bronco but your tires are gripping and slipping. Their heat will melt that spot of ice. It’s a stop and go process. If you can get a bit of a run going, DO NOT USE the transmission to change direction. Just use the throttle to rock it out. As soon as you are as forward as you can get and release it. It will roll back. At the farthest point rev at traction frequency and go forward. Like rocking a cradle. Saved me from getting many tow bills over the decades. Enjoy the Mack!

[@robertpayne2717]

Cows like Hogs don't like to go from a well lit area into a dark area and they hate shadows...and with metal corrals they make alot of noise that aggravates and excites them....the can act skittish.

[@WPRJersey]

So glad to see him out with his friends. Keep us posted

[@donmcmannamy3409]

Suggestion rig up on the truck a hookup for the trailer brakes. This is to make sure your hitch is hooked so the trailer dosen't come off. I was a semi truck driver

[@sweettrubble4635]

Ooh-wee, that's a big truck.

[@Shot4ShotPhoto]

I named my first ever pig Bam Bam. I was 5 years old and I loved that damn thing. I woke up every morning at 4, looking forward to feeding him. Boy got real big real fast. Little while later, I had to move off the farm for a while and when I came back, I was greeted with bacon and eggs. After breakfast I asked to go see Bam Bam and my aunt, who’s passed now, looked right at me and said “Ya just saw him”

[@karbear26]

Glad peanut is doing well! When you said cake I thought you were talking like birthday cake.lol I thought that doesn’t seem like something you should be feeding to cows but what do I know? Lol

[@larrybaber1645]

It doesn't get much better than that. You gotta love it. Well done Mike

[@bonniewooters6796]

👍👍. Time for me to come forward and applaud you for your incredible videos of a lifestyle many will never live but would give up a lot to have just a piece of your land to do what you and Erin do. Been watching for a while and often go back to earlier postings and then enjoy your laid back open and honest livestreams where all your fans come together and have the best time just chatting like old friends. This journey of Peanut has captured my heart wondering just how he’d fit in an area he doesn’t know and no friend to help guide him through. You’ve put together and edited an amazing video and have captured my attention eagerly waiting for the next one. Don’t want to go on and on and bore you when you have very little time to read novels in form of a comment. Just letting you know that I’m new and definitely committed to helping you grow as you educate and openly admit you’re still learning as you help to feed others through special programs. Only one thing more.....PLEASE feed that bony partner in the truck and maybe give him a hat and clothes too. Proof that the food programs you sponsor for others really do work for your so called assistant too. BTW.....loved that fencing video a lot. Sure beats riding the lines by horseback all day and sweating bullets and bleeding from cuts from barb wire. Those two guys are my heroes and only wish they had been around a long time back. Waiting for next video and Peanuts journey and more stories of the land you’re so lucky to work on......your place called home. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@theFunzyBear]

🤠Having a wee bit of fun here Mike. It looks like scarecrow Slim's older brother worked more than his fingers to the bone on the ol ranch. I'd a figured he earned sitting back like an old armed chair rancher and just collecting dust! 😄😂😀 Kim

[@DanKlein_1]

Watching peanut as he learns about barbed wire. That is always my first fear is a calf or for that matter a new cow to the farm will be checked out by the resident heard. They kind of run around a bit until they get acquainted better. I am afraid the newbie wont see a fence or just choose to try to nose its way through it. Happens to me in the spring with new calves. We keep them in the barn for a week or two with their mothers after they are born to get stronger and out of the early spring weather, make sure they are nursing, etc. Found it is better if before we let them and their mothers loose to pasture, we let other cows in the barn with them and get acquainted inside so calves don't feel they are being chased by strangers outside. They seem much calmer when released then. Like how peanut had lots of company before you let him loose.

[@kerlynmondesir1369]

This is great, he is a compassionate rancher. I can't wait to visit Wyoming!

[@inadollard6672]

Thank for another great day on the ranch

[@otispage5746]

Totally cool cabover!

[@lauriej9418]

Thanks for sharing. Great vlog.

[@sammys1819]

Love the co pilot 😁

[@susans9617]

Thanks for this video. That truck made the trailer look so small!! I did not know the Arrow quip ramp height change feature. That was real nice. Loading looked smooth for everyone, bovine and human. My biggest concern for Peanut was him finding the water okay, and not being bullied/ rejected by the rest of the herd. I think his being with Bambi et al must have helped him- because those cows were familiar w/ Peanut, so eased his transition back into "the wild", LOL I enjoyed being a ghost visitor to RR2020. btw, enjoyed BTR livestream [even w/ moving, buffering, no couch, LOL]. Fencl 'eviction' and all!

[@NancyB35]

I love how he talks to the animals lol

[@lynnlopez3274]

Peanut is a survivor. So cute.

[@rhondamitchell5892]

Love the Macks

[@justinsimmons2715]

this is one of the better days of cattle ranching, it definitely makes up for some of the more somber ones

[@johnnycampbell5234]

I love those old cabovers, neat find!

[@tamipalin8171]

Congrats on the new truck!

[@lindascott2107]

Good video. Peanut seems to have fit in quite well so that was cool. Good job.

[@MrSteveKape]

Mike, It still amazes me you assembled all that Arrow Quip equipment by yourself! 😳

[@zach_hewitt]

I still kick myself for not having someone video the arrowquip demo. That trailer loading chute is pretty cool.

[@alwaysinblue]

Awesome job getting Peanut reunited with the herd, although I couldn't believe you lied to him with that bottle. But, he'll get over it. LOL. Looks like one of the ghost riders in the sky has joined you in the cab of your monster ranch truck. As always, we enjoy your videos and the brief escape we get from watching.

[@davidhayes1670]

Hey Mike , like we say in our line of work -- " ain't no feeling like cow mobiling"

[@christyc3720]

Great video

[@johntrussell7808]

Glad that #RanchRoundup2020 was a big hit. Wasn't thrilled that I had to miss. Hopefully next year I can be there. Definitely do miss the everyday videos but I do understand. God bless to you, your wife and kiddos.

[@tomstickney5500]

nice the truck is thinking ...what thats it

[@darrenlawson8153]

Truck runs good

[@SnowManson]

You'll be hauling all those hay bales for winter in that sweet cabover Mack in no time! Love that truck, looks like it was well maintained.

[@lewthrasher4194]

I'm sure you probably have done this already but I'll say this anyway . Paint the different links on the ramp where you you need each different height so your not guessing.

[@barbcoleus]

Such a nice video

[@johnjacobs4207]

what a truck. I saw a chute the other day that had a piece of pivoting steel plate welded to the end of the chute that flopped over into the trailer so the cows couldn't get a foot stuck and broken

[@willardelsasser5310]

Coming room a truck manufacture I'd say you did good on the grease.

[@willardelsasser5310]

From not room

[@duckiegirl58]

❤️ Peanut!!

[@gregmercer5171]

cool Mack truck...my guess is a big trailer will be coming soon, so you can haul you on hay to the farm!! Thanks for what you do!

[@tomscott3939]

put a camera to help backing up!!! it work great!!nice truck lots of options that will help.

[@lorrieruff4402]

I missed you for a few days. Glad that Ranch Round Up went well. Hurray for Peanut and his graduation to the Big Cattle Field of Life.

[@bobgoodnoe4583]

Well done, Mike.

[@carlborrowman4897]

Our pasture in western Illinois is green and I’ve been feeding gluten feed since July , I think your grass has a kick to it! Such beautiful country were your at!!

[@letrbucaxbycz6927]

You should paint the link that should be used for loading various trailer heights.

[@wykeishacraft6820]

Good morning to Our Wyoming Life

[@kailuke768]

Hey Mike. I hope that the Ranch Roundup was a big help to your organization as you'd been hoping. Peanut is a natural. He made me think of my first day ever of school. I had no idea of what to expect really...but I could hardly wait to find out.😁

[@richardcleasby105]

Looks like a job getting ln the truck

[@clairemiller1420]

No bones about it great job

[@frankmetcalf9595]

Job 1:. OWL decals on the doors. Good luck!

[@marionward5958]

A great result. Hoping it continues. 😄

[@joanneganon7157]

Good luck Little Peanut👋. JO JO IN VT 💕😄

[@coraclements4562]

that system works so good for you and gentle on the cows

[@rshoemaker7368]

Glad Peanut gets to be with his cow family!

[@greenthumb6875]

Did the same thing to my stock trailer back in 2010, one issue is blocking trailer tires or truck will push trailer backwards because of no air brakes, plus added trailer wiring harness to truck because pulling with semi is so much easier than beating pickup truck up... have same truck you do but it’s a Volvo... 10 speed... call it the bread truck... I put a battery shut off on the neg cable. Living in Northern SD never worry about starting on two batteries as little as I use truck. Plus added 3 fans in cab...

[@charlesglandon7840]

Thanks for all your videos of ranching life, being from comiefornia and a real city sliker I enjoy what you are sharing with all of us.

[@jeffryblackmon4846]

Driving tip: use your mirrors to watch the trailer when backing or driving forward. Use the rear window to check the trailer when making right turns, being certain to not overrun curbs and/or people. I drove a lot of Mack day cabs, loved their powerful engines.

[@ralphwoodard609]

Not sure if you did this or not Mike but did you do a pull on the trailer before hooking up the air lines? That way you can see if the latch is hooked and also do a visual inspection. Just a friendly suggestion as you don’t want to go down the road and have that come out of the fifth wheel. From retired truck driver, have fun.

[@commonsense707]

Hey Mike and Erin, Hello from Hawaii. I've watched about 8 videos, and you got a non-farmer follower out here in the 50th. Good stuff, my friend!

[@garrettrobinson140]

You are working your help to the bone

[@anthonydolezal6627]

What a system! The Arrowquip looks great! Safe and easy to use. Will have to look into it! Thanks!

[@davidhickenbottom6574]

That's a great truck I had a midliner French made solid truck but parts are impossible to find or pay for. Your is all mack plug it in below 40 degrees and shoot a little starting fluid no harm done. Do you have a CDL.

[@OurWyomingLife]

correct, thanks Amanda

[@roberto.peterson9917]

Your co pilot the true cowboy Lol he doesn't get out to open gates LOL

[@michaelh5156]

Day cab cabovers always look really funky to me.... i want one

[@gerardjohnson2106]

~13:30, Everybody loaded. Ready to go? "Are we there yet?" Thanks for sharing.

[@loriehabel1552]

Glad to see them all together. So how many turns did it take you to learn to shift😉. Glad you weren't looking like slim😂😉

[@46rambo49]

how about brake and lights hookups on the trailer ? I know semi's are different our C500 had to be rewired and electric brakes, now it runs both, the horse trailer looks like a toy behind it. Kinda like on your Mack. that is a nice set of tubs and alleys, I really chuckled when you called it "out in the wild", we have bears and cougars, love your stuff Mike