Wheat Harvest 2024, Antique John Deere 40 Combine

[@terrencekanzig4270]

My granddad had a 55 John Deere that I learned on. I remember him getting it out of the shed getting it prepared for harvest. Then we’d head out into the field and the dogs would follow all excited. It really brings back memories.

[@turnbooutdoors3008]

Need to let Snoopy drive the combine and you can sit on the porch and drink some sweet tea have a bless day 👍👍

[@lythitan88]

Your farm is such a peaceful and serene place

[@thomashulett1409]

I own a 1964 40 EB square back . Enjoyed your video.

[@burtzorn4059]

Your farm is like a tractor club with a high tech repair shop. Just love it, THANKS BILL !!!

[@so.md.dirtfarmer2226]

Thanks 👍

[@matthewheinze1231]

I have a couple of model 40s. Cut some wheat with one of them few years back. Had a blast! Thanks for keeping the old ways alive!

[@garygarges5665]

Great to see our old combine is still running! We cut alot of soybeans with that machine.

[@MorganOtt-ne1qj]

Wait a minute! You didn't have to calibrate the GPS? Set the field edges? Adjust the yield monitor for test weight? WOW, you just went out and threshed your wheat! Amazing in this day and time! Great video, Bill. You never disappoint!

[@ralphross2357]

Thank you God for your grace and making sure that we have enough and some to share.

[@steigerpower]

Hi Bill,..one enjoy to see your low stress farming style with all the mechanical issues face daily are sort without costly repairs and most of all your strong faith too. We had many of this era J.Deere combines around here as i once rode on a new J.D. 105 with 22' head in 1968 it was the largest combine then next to N.Holland M140. Best regards, Bill.

[@Skyrider12]

We had the same JD 40 CB, that was nice to have on a small dairy farm.

[@DonWelter]

Nothing hi-tech, but still got the job done. You definitely aren't in flat country. I enjoy the aerial views that give a perspective of the surroundings.

[@so.md.dirtfarmer2226]

Hey Don, great to hear from you! No level place on this farm, but we deal with it.

[@jasonbeecher509]

It's always a great feeling eating your own harvest. I know all too well brother. Have a wonderful evening

[@ronzezulka6646]

I love how you eat what you grow. Very few people on this day and age understand how this happens. Looking forward to the cleaning and grinding into flower. God speed Bill.

[@dertrommler2112]

Yes!!!! You played Foggy Mountain Breakdown!!! It sounded beautiful!!!! A man blessed with many talents on loan from God!! Thanks for the vids and your great sense of humor. Blessings to you and your family.

[@RIMMedia69]

Thank you for your work and contribution, it's wonderful to see farmers and machines combine to work and create food for the better future of everyone

[@terryhobdy5727]

Well the old girl got the job done. My first combine was a 303 international 10 foot grain head and a 2 row corn head it had a chevy 250 six cylinder.

[@peteverhelst2088]

Thanks Bill, always enjoy your facial expressions. Good for a chuckle. God bless.

[@Myamericanlife61]

I love this guy I watch him every year 😂 wife will have plenty of wheat for them flat jacks for sure keep up the good work sir love ya banjo playing too 👍👍

[@so.md.dirtfarmer2226]

Glad you enjoyed it! Have you checked out the other videos on my channel? Let me know what you think.

[@davebur3350]

LOVE Your Videos and Still-Photos in between Clips...was Interested in what Size TRACTOR with BULL-Skull on front is!!?...That was GREAT-Video...COMBINE Moves-Along🚜🤩👍...I'm 52 and My GranDAD had a 45 with a Cab...We have had a 4400 since 1979 which DAD Bought New...Glad there is a Few You-Tube Channels that are PURE-LIFE and Showing what LIFE was like in Years-Past🫂THANK-YOU...

[@so.md.dirtfarmer2226]

Hey, Dave! Thanks for the great comment, I'm glad you enjoy watching.

[@britthallenbeck6525]

Thank you for keeping it interesting and entertaining as you show real life. There are still a few of us that don’t have million dollar operations!

[@gregrhodes8451]

That was awesome Mr Bill! God bless you and your family.

[@johngardiner3790]

Glad to see the original Delco Remey generator still there. Plus you're a part owner in a tank cleaning company. Clean the tank !! You know how I am. Lol.

[@so.md.dirtfarmer2226]

Clean the tank? What, and give up the extra drama in my videos of breaking down. in the field? HaHa.

[@CurtMcElvain]

Love the 40! Before my time but awesome to see it working still today.

[@nathanalmond8280]

Thanks for sharing the video Bill. Ole 40 didn't let you down. Neighbor cut my wheat last week with a 9660 John Deere. I rode with him and I told him that was not like the combines I had through the years. Yes sir God provides for us all. Y'all will have a plenty of good flour for the delicious meals of whatever they make from it. Hope y'all have a great summer too.

[@yvonnejohnson1557]

Now watching your videos remind me back in my day working with my uncle's rolls John Deere machinery God bless you from Gary

[@so.md.dirtfarmer2226]

Hey Gary! I'm glad my videos bring to your mind some good memories.🤠

[@donaldosborn1195]

That's the first combine I remember then we got a big 55 had a little blower in the corner of the cab we thought we was in high cotton

[@timmyjohnson3999]

I really enjoy watching your videos I love the older tractors and equipment

[@so.md.dirtfarmer2226]

Glad you like them!

[@mbury8004]

The best channel for farming videos on YT . Regards from germany

[@so.md.dirtfarmer2226]

Wow, thank you!

[@midwayfarms]

Get her done great video

[@michaelbaker826]

Very enjoyable video. Really awesome. Thanks for sharing.

[@so.md.dirtfarmer2226]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@casperbecker3794]

My grandpa has one of the first 55 combines sitting at the farm.

[@casperbecker3794]

Has that Hercules engine. Its been 50 years since it was started.

[@robertsevert]

Awesome videos Bill it sure looked hot out there 😅 that old iron has makes cleaner grain than overpriced machines of today 😊

[@so.md.dirtfarmer2226]

Thanks 👍

[@georgedeppner418]

Love that opening with Snoopy !

[@CharlesEiker]

I am surprised that there isn't some condensation in the old combine fuel tank also. Looks like you had a good time cutting wheat this year as usual. Thanks for the videos.

[@georgedeppner418]

Love that sound track, too 🪕

[@RichardSnider-xz9es]

AMEN. THANK YOU LORD JESUS CHRIST for a bountiful harvest. Keep looking up.

[@joutdoorsmen23]

Awesome job on the harvest, always something braking down lol, God Bless

[@so.md.dirtfarmer2226]

Thanks Jimmy, great to hear from you as always.👍

[@paulthegreat3521]

Good job sir.

[@so.md.dirtfarmer2226]

Thanks, Paul, great to hear from you! 😃

[@kswaynes7569]

Southcentral Kansas wheat harvest has been done for about 2 weeks now, most were seeing 60 bpa down to 10 bpa is spots. Most wheat stubble is planted to either soybeans or milo. Hope you have plenty of grain for a mountain of flapjacks. Stay Blessed friend!

[@tomcorcoran3401]

We have a 40 with 8’ head. Hopefully be running it here in western New York in a few weeks. Thanks for the video!

[@so.md.dirtfarmer2226]

Hey, thanks for watching and leaving a comment. Have a great time combining with your 40!🤠

[@stevetrowbridge7101]

Enjoyed your videos Texas farmer.

[@so.md.dirtfarmer2226]

Hey Steve! Glad you're out there watchin"!

[@IraZuspan]

Nice looking fields, nice looking equipment. Who says you need all the technology to do farm work. Neighbor had an old allis chalmers pull type combine. We use once in awhile

[@kylekennett7034]

Good video thanks Bill !

[@so.md.dirtfarmer2226]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@matthewhooker3193]

I had the exact combine but mine didn’t have the hopper extension! Hottest and dustiest place I’ve ever been except maybe stack small bales in the hayloft!

[@carrollmccoun110]

Good video young man.

[@so.md.dirtfarmer2226]

Appreciate that, glad you enjoyed it!

[@joescheller6680]

my very first combine running involved a pull type Cockshut didnt even have an unload auger grain tank,was real high with a sloped bottom it,camezout with gravity

[@so.md.dirtfarmer2226]

Sounds like a great experience!

[@chrisb.1214]

Nothing runs like a Deere.

[@burtzorn4059]

Have a friend in central Michigan, kinda the same thing. He has a Gleaner A i believe. Cuts about 15 acres a year. His does have a sweat box on his .

[@richardgash2349]

excellent video sir thank you for sharing

[@so.md.dirtfarmer2226]

Thanks and welcome!

[@frankallen9419]

Amen 🙏

[@JohnBryant-qc5zg]

Amen

[@ronzezulka6646]

Hey Bill,,good to see the old combine fire right up. Love watching you work your day. Thanks for the ride along. Any news on the move south?

[@so.md.dirtfarmer2226]

Working on it

[@davidwhisnant3230]

The way things change in almost 40 years in 85 went a local estate auction they sold 40 combine like that with corn head and grain 500.runnig a730 electric strat 1500.and Late model g 700

[@so.md.dirtfarmer2226]

Hey, sure like to bring back those times!

[@davebur3350]

STEALs...

[@richardwilkens4577]

I change my # 55 combine over to diesel last years

[@so.md.dirtfarmer2226]

Very interesting!

[@grantmagnuson4883]

You got about three times as much wheat this year as last year.

[@MerleRogers-u9i]

Love the old John Deere equipment. Take me back to went I was driving 4020. What a tractor. Sorry, do not care for the music. Would rather hear the combine run.

[@so.md.dirtfarmer2226]

Hey Merle! Try this one. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gqSUpHeLjc5ko8k

[@robertf584]

You have some really cool stuff Bill! Although I don't know enough about John Deer to know what you're showing us I surely recognize classic American ingenuity. Nice touch with the box end wrench today 😉. One question, aren't your cows for eating? Keep the videos coming friend.

[@so.md.dirtfarmer2226]

Hey Robert! Yes the cattle we raise are beef cattle, we sell by the quarter or the side. We usually eat one a year at our house, not all in one weekend of course.

[@hobert497]

One would think to harvest wheat you would need a grain cart!

[@so.md.dirtfarmer2226]

I would love to find an old John Deere grain cart, but I don't raise enough to quite fill the hopper on the combine!😆

[@joescheller6680]

hundreds of thousands of acres were harvested with out a grain cart.

[@Outlander-wm9cd]

I run a 1940's John Deere 12A pull behind.

[@so.md.dirtfarmer2226]

Very cool!

[@terrencekanzig4270]

So with the fuel line gets plugged up every year, why not clean it before you go out to harvest?

[@so.md.dirtfarmer2226]

What, and not have the added drama of a "break down"? Seriously, I just didn't make the time to do it, but I sure intended to.

[@chrishedding943]

Nice to see the old equipment but you don't need to combine the field in practically road gear. Would have kept the sediment problem to a minimum.

[@so.md.dirtfarmer2226]

Thanks for the tips! LOL

[@coreytrout3857]

I have always preferred baked goods made with fresh ground flour. Better flavor and better for you, and by my mathematics if its better for you extra helpings are ok

[@MorganOtt-ne1qj]

Just wondering: are you playing the banjo music? It's well done!

[@so.md.dirtfarmer2226]

Yeah, that's me doin' a little pickin' and grinnin'.

[@panders55]

This is what I call rabbit wheat, wheat so thin a rabbit can't hide in it.

[@georgedeppner418]

This came up on Google. It must be the soundtrack 🪕

[@so.md.dirtfarmer2226]

What came up on Google, the banjo icon? With my video?

[@georgedeppner418]

@so.md.dirtfarmer2226 it came up on my morning news on the Google icon (maybe it was the modern farming methods or Snoopy).