Saturday afternoon on the Farm

Several events that transpired one Saturday afternoon
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[@tomharrington1393]

I certainly enjoyed your Saturday afternoon on the farm. 👍👍

[@rosstheoliverman]

Thanks Tom!

[@gleanerk]

Family reunion

[@rosstheoliverman]

Fun!

[@jessehall531]

Hi Ross my name is Jess Hall I watch your every video use to bailed hay when I was younger with 1650 loved that old tractor. From Ohio I'll be here watching.

[@rosstheoliverman]

Thanks Jesse! The 1650’s are great hay tractors!

[@JohnBryant-qc5zg]

Roosters everywhere!

[@bigun447]

A go pro on a shelf or some other secret location would be fantastic to record Grandpa. Maybe not for publishing but for your personal files. After Grandpa goes to the 80 acres in the sky you might share a story every now and then. You probably could get your Dad in on the project. Between the two of you, you could pull on the right strings and get 30 stories. Get the history now, because you might not be here tomorrow causing a break in history.

[@rosstheoliverman]

I thought about doing that, but I don’t really want to deceive him. If he doesn’t want it on there I’m not going to push it.

[@Scott-qj1pm]

Great video Ross! Enjoyed the family in the video

[@rosstheoliverman]

Thanks Scott!

[@NEAFarmKid4010]

I've used bolts like that for a fuel dipstick before (on tractors without a gauge), but I always take a flat piece of steel and drill a hole in it (to make kind of a large washer) so that it can't fall into the tank 🤣

[@rosstheoliverman]

That’s a good idea. Always weld a stopper to your fuel stick bolt 🤣

[@kcoers]

Good video! I’ve always put window insulation tape over the fuel sending bolt after grinding it down

[@rosstheoliverman]

That would work as well! I had this little piece of rubber that I got with something and it was just the right size

[@MikeJensen-wo7oh]

Great video, gives me inspiration to look for a grounding problem on my GMC fuel gauge that quit working a few months ago!

[@rosstheoliverman]

KZbin is a great motivator for sure!!! Thanks Mike!

[@martymurphy7477]

Enjoyed the video

[@rosstheoliverman]

Thanks Marty!

[@mikemccrory8309]

That should have the bottom scoured clean with that bolt rolling around in there.

[@rosstheoliverman]

I would say so as well! Hard to tell how long it’s been in there

[@pagrainfarmer]

Really good video, Ross. I enjoyed meeting some of your family and it was very interesting watching you all interacting. I could sense underlying things that I think are common between farm boys and their dads. Not that it's bad, but i think just a common experience. Anyways, I'm glad you did this video. I enjoyed it.

[@rosstheoliverman]

Thanks Charlie!!!

[@DAVIDZ-vk4yv]

get your self a squirt bottle mix a little dish soap with water spray around the bead a little pops on much easier

[@rosstheoliverman]

That’s true. I keep a bottle in my service truck

[@stephenheyes4324]

Another episode of Adventures With Ross

[@rosstheoliverman]

It’s wild! 🤣

[@jvin248]

a couple of tires I've repaired didn't want to seat too well on one side like it looks you had issue with. I've pumped them up most of the way, removed from the tire stand and drop-bounce the tire, rotate a bit, drop-bounce, and so on around and that impact flexing can get them to knock against the bead. Then air up to target.

[@rosstheoliverman]

Some of them fight more than others. I’ve had to let the jack down on some before as well to get some weight on it to center it better

[@michaelquinby6633]

Family times are the best.

[@rosstheoliverman]

Yes they are!

[@billkroczyk3749]

Tell grandpappy we need his knowledge

[@earldoubet8062]

What I would give to have my dad n grandpa n brothers all messing around with a tire on a spring beautiful day picking on each other. Nice bolt in your fuel tank, worst thing I ever found was in the 1650 tank was a ball of bailer twine talk about wanting to pull your hair out run like crap once I got it cleaned out at ran good till it killed the injection pump some people gurrr. From turkey creek farms be safe n thankful

[@rosstheoliverman]

Thanks Earl!

[@emmitt00]

Great video Ross. Some of the best stories are just farm boys sitting around talking. It would be neat to hear some of his stories from the past.

[@rosstheoliverman]

Thanks!!

[@johnslavin4425]

Ross-ask you grandpa about his parents and grandparent. If your grandpa grew up during the depression and world war II, ask him how the depression and war years effected his family. If he served in the war ask him were he went in the war and what he did. Ask him if he remembers any of the people he served with. If he went to a rural school, ask him about that experience-who his teachers were, who his friends were, what games they played, what farm equipment he used.

[@ollie-lk5dx]

I bet your Grandpa has a few good stories.

[@rosstheoliverman]

Yes he does. I wish he’d let me film him

[@AllanHanscom]

Great video Ross, I really enjoyed seeing how you and your family interact, always nice to see how the rest of the world goes about their day to day lives. It would be nice if your grandad would share with us what it was like growing up in the Midwest back when men were men and the sheep were scared 🤣🤣🤣

[@rosstheoliverman]

🤣🤣🤣 Those poor sheep! Thanks Allan!

[@keithwuchter624]

Just a typical day on the farm. Great times, enjoy. Thank you for sharing.

[@rosstheoliverman]

Thanks Keith!

[@burrridgefarms]

I assume that tire is for your Dad's Allis does he have a loader on it? Thanks for the daily videos Ross, I only watch the weather on TV now, you are more entertaining then anything else keep it up👍

[@rosstheoliverman]

Thanks Adam! Yes it’s for his Allis Chalmers 200 it has a loader on it.

[@DonWelter]

That was quite an impromptu fuel gauge LOL It will make a tale to tell future generations!!! Nice to see the family "working together" cherish the moment while they're still here. Farm tires seem to have a fatal attraction for various items of a sharp destructive nature.

[@rosstheoliverman]

Thanks Don!

[@duanecreativemachine]

Wow I found a bent screwdriver in one of mine but never a 14 inch bolt.

[@rosstheoliverman]

I was surprised to find it for sure!

[@johnkissack5295]

Great video!! Always enjoy yours. Nice to see down home visits. Thanks and keep them coming.

[@rosstheoliverman]

Thanks John!

[@johnmcdermott8523]

I just come here for the music.

[@rosstheoliverman]

I don’t blame you. That’s the best part because I didn’t make it.

[@johnmcdermott8523]

@@rosstheoliverman Congrats on the Heritage tractor!

[@HughJoanneCrawford]

Enjoyed that bit of family life chatting. My son wants me to discuss family farming history as I have related quite a bit to him. I wish I had talked to my dad about his early years on the farm would have been interesting. Thanks Ross for doing that

[@rosstheoliverman]

Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed it!!

[@michaelsheeder148]

Ross it is too funny on the metal rod in the tank and alternative ballast weight for the inside of the tires🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 good video today. Thanks Michael

[@rosstheoliverman]

🤣🤣🤣 thanks Michael!

[@markflick1641]

Just a nice afternoon on the farm .

[@rosstheoliverman]

It was a nice day!

[@paulprillwitz9901]

Would it be really neat & cool if these old tractors could talk.😁👍👍👍👍👍

[@rosstheoliverman]

I often wish they could tell where they’ve been!

[@jvin248]

For your Grandfather Qs: I was looking through a pdf of an old 'best practices' corn planting booklet from 1938 (I'm sure well predates your grandfather) and they had quite a bit to say about cover crops and basically regenerative agriculture -- all of which is the modern hot topic (that's where I'm running), perhaps he has an opinion on the modern proposals. How did your grandfather plant corn when he started out? Corn seed varieties, row widths, seed spacing? How could a young kid starting today with say 1950s antique equipment and no chemicals using heirloom seed start crop farming? How to size a tractor to a farm acres, if you have one or two old tractors? How to figure minimum number of acres needed to support a farm, using vintage equipment (so no loans), no chemicals, and open-pollinated seed. All these young kids think they need five hundred horsepower wrapped in new paint but the debt load is hard. ... (My father started farming with a brand new Oliver 880 on a 100 acre 40-head dairy farm with a ten year old AC-WD and Ferguson TO35. He had a two-bottom steel wheel pull plow for the AC and a three-bottom rubber wheel pull plow for the Oliver -- he did that for a decade before upgrading to a five bottom Farmall 806 setup he bought at auction).

[@rosstheoliverman]

Cool! Thanks for the question ideas. I’ll see what I can do…

[@sterff8990]

The bolt was funny! In my 460 I kept clogging filters and it was full of huge white paint chips. Never did figure that out.

[@rosstheoliverman]

I’ve seen a lot of strange stuff but never a bolt this big!

[@russjordan3996]

ever day stuff is always intresting and if grand pa dosent want talk I am sure your dad would do just as well them older guys always got fun stories

[@rosstheoliverman]

Thanks Russ! I’m going to keep trying to get this to happen.

[@craigrasnic4178]

It’s amazing the stuff that ends up in a tractor tire, last summer somehow I ran over a pair of needle nose pliers and not the sharp pointy end but the handles and they went through the center of the tire

[@rosstheoliverman]

It always happens to the nicest tire too 🤣

[@Fatamus]

🤣😂🤣 at least the bottom of the fuel tank is clean.

[@rosstheoliverman]

That thing probably did an excellent job of cleaning 🤣

[@garybarrett6581]

look its the other end of your fuel gauge!!!!!! LOL!!!!!!! l will be watching!!!!!!!!

[@rosstheoliverman]

🤣 thanks Gary!

[@timminch8898]

Great video , I really enjoyed seeing some of your family

[@rosstheoliverman]

Thanks Tim!

[@jasonmushersee]

caseih sells a universal sender for 30 series case rod has to be trimmed took me about 10 tries get it accurate thought would be a 5 minute repair took hours. those nice rear tires mean business

[@rosstheoliverman]

I’ve often wondered if there was another source for sending units that was cheaper. And those tires are pretty good. I wasn’t sure when I got them, but the deep lugs definitely bite in.

[@markskeen6777]

Appears to be a 22 or 24” telephone pole bolt like a phone company or power company lineman would use to frame a telephone pole!!

[@rosstheoliverman]

Well I know I definitely never had anything like that laying around here to my knowledge 🤣

[@AaricHale]

That's crazy you found that bolt in the tank . You need some of that TireJect that One Lonely Farmer uses it would fix that tire . Happy Earth Day !

[@rosstheoliverman]

Thanks Aaric!!

[@ronh7760]

Hi from north east Pa.! That was really cool seeing family in this one! I was confused when I heard another voice and then you started talking to it. I didn't notice someone in the golf cart lol. I kept thinking that might be his Grampa's voice and we'll meet him too. I'll try not to ramble on too long, but I look forward to come home at night to see what you're up to next. I don't know why, but sitting down with my coffee and watching something taken apart and fixed is entertaining. Even though that's what I do all day lol. Even if we just ride around the field with you mowing weeds down. You're a good guy to hang out with and it sucks that we can't talk or ask questions as it's going. My area was mostly dairy farms, that have slowly gone away. My Grampa raised potatoes but I missed out on the farming part. I still have the John Deere B my dad bought to replace the horses (that he hated lol). I guess that tractor caused a riff between Grampa and Dad. Dad then got into school bussing and a garage business in the late 50's. I've grown up around old tractors, buses and fixing what can't be fixed lol. When Dad got sick I took over the business in 2009. I struggle along every day to keep it going. I think that's part of my interest with your channel. The Family business. Doing what you love, and the struggle of keeping it going. Sorry for writing a book here, but I've wanted to message you for a while. I'm looking forward to the next adventure, whatever it might be!

[@rosstheoliverman]

It’s definitely a lot of pressure in a way to keep some thing going that your family has done for years and years. You don’t want to be the one that lets it fail but sometimes it’s really hard to keep going lol. Just Gotta keep doing whatever we can do and above all enjoy the ride.

[@mjbirdClavdivs]

You could get your grandpa's answers on a silent movie dialog card. You've done it before....

[@rosstheoliverman]

That would be interesting 🤣 I know most of his answers to the questions that people have been asking

[@BillTheTractorMan]

To be honest I thought you were magnetized to the bottom of the tank at first. I said to myself, what a dummy! He will never get that bottom of the tank pulled up. I know this from experience!!!!! I did the same thing once thinking I was caught on my fuel level rod I thought someone dropped into the tank. I didn't look to see IF it was in the tank, just assumed. Later I found the rod on another tractor.

[@rosstheoliverman]

It was surprising to find it for sure! 🤣

[@glennschlorf1285]

Going fishing in the dark.... big bolt fer sure

[@rosstheoliverman]

It’s hard to believe that I didn’t notice that before. I have a feeling somebody else was the guilty culprit putting it in there and didn’t want to admit it to me 🤣

[@kylebrown521]

You need to get storied from your grandfather before he’s not around to tell them. I believe it would be interesting how he use to farm then and how much has changed in farming today.

[@rosstheoliverman]

He’s told me most of his stories so I know pretty well all the answers, but he just is not wanting to be filmed. I’ll keep working on him

[@darweb3417]

Surprise, surprise, surprise. That is one large bolt. At your Dad's, wonderful family gathering, thanks for sharing. Was that an Oliver 551/552 forklift at your Dad's?

[@rosstheoliverman]

That was back at my house. That’s a 551 forklift

[@markhoop814]

That’s a cross arm bolt for a electric pole

[@darweb3417]

Could be; have to be a good size pole but that is a good guess.

[@rosstheoliverman]

That’s interesting, because I know I didn’t have anything that used such a Bolt

[@dougsturgill1356]

Interesting video,it would be great to get a generational intro to there farm life stories as well

[@rosstheoliverman]

Thanks Doug! I’m gonna try to talk everybody into that.

[@jeffdomjahn5170]

I bet someone used that bolt to see how much fuel was in there

[@rosstheoliverman]

I’m sure they did as well. It was the perfect length for someone to lose their grip on it and drop it in there 🤣

[@robertgaylor7881]

Hello got a question was at covered bridge festival years ago and had persimmon ice cream was wondering if they had any place to buy it there or not

[@rosstheoliverman]

I’m not sure how to help you. We don’t have a covered bridge festival, or if we do I’ve never been

[@98tractorboy]

What is the make on those rear tires on your loader tractor

[@rosstheoliverman]

They are Mitas. I wasn’t sure about them but they were on promotion when I bought them. I do like them now they have a super deep lug.

[@fullers1966]

Couldn't you put a inner tube in that bad tire

[@rosstheoliverman]

They probably good, but I think it needs a boot first

[@bigun447]

That bolt was a tank bottom cleaner. AND, Grandpa and Dad plus you should sit down and start telling stories. Especially the "it is a wonder that boy did not kill himself when he ___________" My Mother in Law was very quiet but if you started a questioning line correctly the stories of long ago came falling out. Her story of being 4 years old and traveling in a 1918 Model T with all of their household items loaded on it and her brothers having to ride on the front fenders. That was a 3-month trip in which Dad spent more time working on the T than driving it. My MIL was born on the Crow Indian reservation, Hardin, MT, within a rocks throw of where Custer met his end. I always accused her of being an Indian who would scalp a son-in-law if needed. Her mother had homesteaded in MT as an 18-year-old. She met her dad, who was from ND and had homesteaded at Hardin, MT, and they combined their farms and went broke together. They ended up in Washington State working logging. Then her parents convinced them that they needed to return to Lawrence, County, IL, and farm the family ground as oil was struck on the ground and the oil income was being used to build a nice house in town and retire from farming. We still had Grandma wood beam Prairie plow she used to break ground in MT. It was lost in the building fire along with many other antiques related to my wife's family. Estella and I have traveled to all of the places where our parents learned to walk. Even to most places, our grandparents learned to walk. We live in the exact place Estella was conceived, and born, and as I tell her I am going to bury her ashes at that exact spot if she goes first. Convince Grandpa to sit down and let his mind start recalling things from the past on camera. That photos of his past equipment to trigger him to tell about them. If not, those memories will be forever gone, so hurry up. Time will soon swallow us old people. As you know, I am a professional storyteller. I tell stories in the hopes that someone (our kids and grandkids) will listen and carry those stories into the future. Just tell Grandpa he is the better looking of all of you and therefore the most photogenic.

[@rosstheoliverman]

I love hearing stories from days gone by. Hopefully I can talk him into letting me film him sometime. I know a lot of the stories that I’ve asked him over the years, but it still would be neat to have him on film telling them.

[@tveduk8r]

Ross, it seems a shame to throw out that tire. Why not stick a tube in it and get the rest of the life out of it?

[@waggtech4883]

A little stick, straw or stalk will find its way in and make a hole in the tube without a boot… and the sidewall flex will keep the boot from staying. They used to make a hot vulcanized boot fur dem dere problems. Ain’t seen deem fur years dough.

[@rosstheoliverman]

They kept it. In most situations it probably wouldn’t matter but just like the reply to the comment, if you were doing hay with the tractor usually that’s when you find all the sins in your tire. Something will find its way in the hole and puncture the tube

[@larryfrey1283]

In your shameless quest for views who would have thought to drop a utility pole bolt in a gas tank.I’m sure the other Oliver channel guys will be scratching their heads trying to one up this one 😂

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

He can have this one. 😂😂😂

[@rosstheoliverman]

Unfortunately, I did not do this on purpose. It was a total surprise to me as well. 🤣