Raking And Baling First Cutting Hay The 1960's Way

Despite how rough it looked after mowing and in the windrows. Actually made some nice looking bales.

[@bncakitas576]

Refreshing to see a young farmer who embraces the old style way of doing things. You sleep well at night and earn your pay.

[@AlanHefner-r4m]

2:30 2:30

[@canvids1]

Good for you Ethan getting that hay off the field. You are lucky to have a female that don't mind getting their hands dirty. You wouldn't get a city girl to do that. Growing up on a farm back so many years now for me taught me many things that I used all through my working days.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

She’s a good one.

[@andysingleton100]

Good job, Ethan and crew. You really have your equipment running beautifully. I remember how well you sleep after day like you all just put in.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

It was a rough one.

[@anthonybrooks861]

loading hay bales by hand that brings back memories good ones. look forward to watching your videos thanks

[@rustyrelicsfarm2406]

A good way to build strong arms and legs

[@johnkissack5295]

Thanks much for the video! Your equipment does a job without a glich very well taken care of

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Thanks

[@gunnarbeck225]

You have learned the most important lesson of all never keep a great woman down!!!

[@stephenheyes4324]

Great job getting your hay done before the rain your equipment sure performed well

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Wasn’t figuring on the rain part.

[@michiganfarming1955]

Made some nice hay buddy, always a good feeling when you beat the rain

[@danmcgowan8563]

Good old baler, I have only see 2 or 3 sell around me here in Southern MN. Thanks for sharing.

[@mathiggins4264]

Looking good buddy be safe out there your buddy from Nebraska

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Thanks.

[@KCIREDERF10]

Good job done. Your equipment preformed flawlessly. Thanks for the ride alone Ethan. Take care. Fred.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Thanks

[@TheMuskokaman]

I coulda cursed you when you mentioned humidity on my last comment! 94 F & the sky decides to open up for 10 minutes, enough to make things soaked! Not once but 5 F***in' times in one day! It's so humid now you can have a shower just standing out in the sun! At least I got the big field done before the rain. 289 rounds & now time for the idiot blocks.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

At least it was 289 round bales and not the roughly 4300 square bales those equate to.

[@TheMuskokaman]

@@Oliver66FarmBoy Yes indeed! It used to take dad & I & my brothers the better part of a week just to get it in the barn back in the 70's & 80's Dad would bale right into the night until the dew got too heavy & the last load in the barn was the first one to get unloaded the next morning after chores.

[@bucktownpsd1590]

Glad you got that all done. We finally got ours off just before you cut yours. We got around 100+ an acre. It was rough on my equipment and some repairs are in order before we cut again. Glad to see you didn’t really have any mishaps.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Was a good first cutting.

[@durainedavis1160]

That tractor looks like the one I spent years operating back in the 1955 - to 1968. Tires look great, i bet you could use that tractor a lot more if the pto was operational. We did an update on our tractor by p[tting the larger clutch system that has the extra disc, it really increased the functionallity of the pto, has much more resistance to slippage and less pressure to engage. It is like the system on the 550 I now own, and I don't have the oil leakage that the oleer clutch system had, I think our 55 was the earliest model and they made updates in 19555-1956 era to imrpove the oil leakage problems with a new hub that had a better seal system. It has been so long I don't remember the details but we had the tractor back at the dealer several time for updates on the pto and the front axel and steering arms reenforcements. Also a major hyd lift upgrade in 1959.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

A lot of things change in 20 years of production of the same basic tractor platform.

[@robertburey4704]

I love baling hay. I use my Oliver 1855 with a John Deere 336. Great video as always, and so true about women

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Couldn’t get anything done without them.

[@williammatzek4660]

Ethan when I had cattle I made comment I got some grass today! The people that knew me , knew I was talking about hay. Several old hippies heard the comment and perked up. My x wife would be to lazy to help. You have a good one!!!

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Yep

[@noehueber6602]

Great vidéo and great equipement old school i love this us equipement Hello from Alsace in France

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Thanks.

[@jrgenthomsen3841]

Thank you so much for another great video, great job getting the hay inside before the rain

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Thanks

[@thuggoe]

The baler probably my favorite implement

[@martinwaddell]

Thanks for all your effort. I really look forward to watching your farm videos.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Thanks

[@ronbiggin7861]

Had add a like for the freedom fractions.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Lol

[@realmongo7565]

Wow that was a lot of hay off that small field!

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

I was impressed.

[@jerrycalvert7680]

Awesome job well done Ethan. I still bale with a 55 super M an ajohn deer 24t baler. I sure like oliver tractors. But not any around me close.

[@robertbeechy6475]

Brought back memories Dad had super 55 d and a50 t baler not at the same time thanks for sharing

[@stuartsmall1372]

I do have to say that the 60 year old Baylor does a good job

[@randywilson9611]

Good video good to see y'all

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Thanks.

[@LynnKorte-ve4qf]

A little green paint and some decals is surely now warranted with those new $$$$ tires

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

You fix all the mechanical issues before paint even comes on the table.

[@jonathancrissinger2301]

You're right, it was a good thing you didn't double the rows,😂. That second field had some really big ones. I noticed you had to drop a gear. The old equipment came through once again. Glad you beat the rain this year. I remember last year, it was tough getting it to get it out of the field. I loved watching the hay go into the baler. Thanks for sharing. I'll see you later.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

It was a race there at the end.

[@DonWelter]

Glad you missed the rain!!! A few misties was par for the course when we were starting the season. Our knot failures were when twine balls changed or if baling too heavy. Had some twine once that had thick/thin spots... you could see it snap in the bale chamber from the tractor @#$%^&. Not much fun with a thrower launching bale flakes.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Quality on sisal twine isn’t that great anymore. Can’t get the good new Holland twine anymore.

[@hughperkins707]

Ethan, it’s ok to THINK what you said about women but I caution you about putting it in a video. It could come back and haunt you later on. But you are absolutely correct about this.. 😂😂

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

She’s a good sport. I’m not to worried

[@jeffhollingshead8299]

You got that right

[@dennislamers986]

Really cool camera locations. Good thing Shelly started picking up bales. Did you ever consider pulling a wagon?

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Not in those little dink fields.

[@jerrymurphy6673]

And again thank u for videos

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Thanks for watching

[@jamesbreault5762]

Thats a good amount of that ground ,just thi k how well it will do with some fertilizer.

[@standudek1372]

Hay making equalls heat and rain.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Never fails.

[@michiganhay7844]

I love the term Freedom fractions first time I’ve seen a hay rake hauled backwards never seen one with that big shroud in the front either. Is that an OLIVER Rake?

[@jasonservary477]

I agree freedom fractions is a great term for imperial system

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Oliver #2

[@LynnKorte-ve4qf]

Keep working that older equipment for sure that's pd for ,as you'll be still farming when the high rollers get their expensive equipment loans called in,and driven out of farming,,it called a bail in, in which is written into every loan now to protect the banks fed underwriters when a depression hits again,,it's stated so ,so the banks can now balance their books when push comes to shove ,as it right around the corner the signs show

[@SouthernIllinoisCornStar92]

Do you pay Shelly by the bale or the hour on hay duty?

[@joeymortenson5827]

I was wondering why you don’t have hay rack to pull behind baler ? Then you don’t have to pick them up . I baled hay for years by myself and it was easier to get off and stack them on rack . Just wonder is all . I do enjoy baling myself especially the smell of hay .

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Look at those 2 fields and imagine trying to bale them with a wagon. The weight of the baler alone will push you down the hills at Shelly’s moms.

[@drunkensasquach3311]

That's how making hay is everywhere east of the Mississippi and north of the Mason diction line

[@roadhogg1418]

Gotcha a good woman there Farm Boy

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Yep

[@thuggoe]

there's a new oliver[0-9]+farmboy channel

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

I’m aware.

[@rodneybalog4605]

I was woundering why you wouldn't pull a bale buncher or a bale stooker behind baler

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Because I don’t.

[@natevanlandingham1945]

"Freedom Fractions" haha i love it. 🦅 🇺🇸😂😂😂

[@glennschlorf1285]

Never call them idiot blocks... for many small squares are the easiest for many people to feed hay to their animals without big equipment...with alot less wasted feed... just saying... those discriminating Big Farmers with their Derogatory terms over old ways of farming... for many this is still the easiest... raking hay and Baling are 2 of the most satisfying jobs on the farm

[@skinamarink4795]

I can't believe he's feeding hay into a running baler. Good way to lose an arm

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Then I’ll loose an arm I guess?

[@walterdavis4808]

Thumbnail sucked me in . Just got off my 3010 raking a field with a nh 56 ive been dragging around since i was 10 and it was old then !

[@markpigman209]

Do you run fluid in any of your tractor tires

[@loganbeedy5950]

Doing the same job as new equipment and not thousands in debt

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

For the most part.

[@schwesterharry]

Hey. Do you drive sometimes Barefoot?

[@Maliknove-f6n]

That rake baler and cutter works better than this new crap

[@drunkensasquach3311]

An/ or

[@gunnarbeck225]

Doesn't Ross the Oliverguy have the same rake looks great

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

No idea. I don’t watch him.

[@geraldharkness8830]

proper wife you have there ethan just like it used to be

[@BeckyMcDermott]

Love the crusty but trusty baling equipment. 550 looks cool with new treads.Great video. Jeff

[@rustyrelicsfarm2406]

Is a Super 55..

[@oliversorensen5178]

Excellent job and filming

[@peterjames2004]

hay little bit wet in places still

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Not really.

[@KeithGamble-kk6pw]

7kl