Thanks for your time and the new video. Lots of work on equipment getting ready for planting season. You want your planting equipment at top operating efficiency because putting the seed in the ground correctly is so important. You folks work hard at getting it all ready to go. Very good Welkers!!!!!! Your equipment is large so extra effort on it all but you have good handling equipment which helps. To produce the good crops you desire productivity must be right on and putting the seed in the ground right is the key to that. I can remember getting off the tractor many many times to check the planter working correctly. Those were the days. About all my comments this time around. You did good on replacing all those hydraulic hoses. Lots of work there. You all take care. May god watch over all of you!!!! Iowa farm boy from years ago.
Looks like you guys need to expand the hydraulic hose manufacturer area. If you have a 10 to 20 foot steel work bench available. Take a piece 1.5 inch angle iron and weld it to the face of the bench. Set it up as Vee bottom trough. You can put a slight pitch to it for drainage into a bucket. The take a tape measure and run it the length of the vee bottom trough. Pop rivot the tape every foot. Cut off the tape spool housing. That way you can set the old hose in the trough and measure then pull the new hose off the spool and measure it. Put the chop saw on the bench and cut. A hose spool rack is easy to make to go at the end of the bench closest to the saw. Plus it makes it easy to unwind the hose from the spool.
Good to show how much work is involved keeping machinery running.. cost..labor..time.. As a small time farmer myself..its the same story..so much upkeep.. lot of people don't realize how much...keep up the good work
Hello Bob you & your boys set a good example of working together working all your farming problems out and fixing them, this to me is a Family learning together and working as a team ,you can not get any better than that, Great Farming Team Bob, love all of your videos, as they show example & teaching,also any young person or older people , I'm sure can learn from your explanatory Videos, Thank you Bob, Regards Trevor.W.Bacelli.Biloela Qld Australia,
Farmer I used to work for, had a Case tractor someone put a loader onto and in doing so, had to flip the front wheels around, giving it alot wider stance on the front, so it would clear the loader grapple. Those front rims had been welded dozens of times, because they'd always crack, every time he grabbed 2 bales at a time and he just couldn't help himself. One bale was never an issue, but he always focused on "going faster", no matter what he wrecked and destroyed in the process. So those aren't the first ones that have needed beefed up and rewelded.
I think it’s so awesome you have so many of your own equipment /tools like metal Lathe , tire changer , hydraulic hose press , a press welders etc.. full fav shop ,etc etc just awesome you guys build everything in house so great !
Just a gentle reminder, assuming that the barley you grow is the same type as ours here in the UK, remember that barley is very sensitive to soil acidity. Do you know for sure that the land you are planning to grow it on is near neutral pH or even a bit alkaline? If not it would be wise to have it checked now and apply lime straight away and it will really help especially if you get some rain to wash it in a bit.
Papa Welker I used to weld stainless rods on high wear areas on excavator buckets to build the material back up. Just a thought for your seed boots. Might be simpler than having to cut and fab patches.
This should be required viewing in all schools, everyone needs to know the hard work and expense that goes into supplying this country with a consistent and affordable supply of food. Thank you to all the hard working farmers in this great country!
Hello Welkers, I watch a lot of towing company videos and farming videos, I never see farmers waring gloves when their working on equipment. The towing guys always ware gloves. I guess farmers are tuffer than tow truck guy's. Love the video's keep up the good work and god bless and stay safe.
You guys are such an example of honest, hard work. Often a source of inspiration to just set aside all the excuses why I can't do chores around the house and just do them. Thank you for sharing your life and being an inspiration to many out there.
I know it’s probably not proper etiquette but a good vice grip and a flat piece of steel to let it spin against has helped me take off more than one hydraulic hose Just gotta do what you gotta do some days
Said it before and I'll say it again. Robert Welker is kick ass. This is America working...thank you Welkers. . Godbless farmers and their families everywhere. We'd be lost without you.
Like the flat free air, need some but the race/ Reeses was gold. Actually kinda miss working with all the farming related stuff. Great video per usual. God bless..
I just love when you fix stuff. I like fixing our own equipment but man I would die for a week on a big project with you guys together. Great videos Welker Boys. I hope the year of years is coming what Nicks feelings told him. God bless
I enjoy your site. I have learned a lot from your channel. When you weld could you show the setting from the welder. Nobody ever shows the setting for the welder.
enjoy watching you guys.I am from the west side of the state all 4 sides homesteaded here back in the mid 1860s. Did have some family farming in the Glata area though , and i have hauled alot of grain out of Brady ,Conrad and Dutten
No doubt, many similar comments below... But man, I so commend you gents for your resourcefulness, talent, and diligence. You three easily accomplish more in a week than many organizations with twice as many people working the same hours! And creeping up on half a million subs!!?! You go, boys. 👌👍
Y’all are so blessed, to be able to farm, with your dad. I love my dad, more than he knows, and would give anything, to be able to farm with him again.
Funny how things change. I remember we got our first Magnum in 1991 and those lights were absolutely awesome compared to what we had. We still have that tractor and it spends a good bit of its running hours on the grain cart rather than tillage it used to. Hoping you guys have a awesome year.
Ah leg arms accidents happen at least no one was hurt. We hard face the our ripper points it really extends the life of them. I would seed all of your acres instead of summer fallow especially if you can make some extra money to help offset the grain markets and fuel costs . We already sprayed our 1500 acres of winter wheat with 28 %nitrogen . We have been warm here in Michigan so we have been field cultivating and fertilizing . We even planted 300 acres of oats . Keep up the good work and stay safe!
Ok guys, I found your channel and many other farming channels while recuperating from a knee replacement. That said I left the farm 45 years ago and had a career in the trades on hard concrete. See where I’m going? Your Dad used a kneeling pad. Invest in a knee pad just like the soil to make a better future outcome. Really like watching your operation. I may have left the farm but it never left me. Those Big Buds are awesome.😎
From Down Under. We do a lot of Blade ploughing, where a Cat D11 pulls what we call a blade plough. That wing shaper foot you showed, the plough is that shape and weighs around 20 tonne. The cutting edges, like the edge on a grader blade but a lot bigger, wear down and have to be replaced. To lengthen the life of the cutting edges we have a process of dropping chips of tungsten into weld as you reface the edges. Depending on the soil types you can increase the life span many times. Thanks for you vids.
Boys I gotta say I thoroughly enjoy your videos I love the work ethic and the ability to figure out whatever situation yourselves. I was brought up doing some hobby farming with my father and it has given me a skill set that few people I know outside of other farmers possess. I really like the level of detail you going into with the projects you do, I'm sure there's some off camera stuff that has to happen but you cover most aspects of the farm. Keep up the great work!
I have to admire your optimistic attitude, but then your farmers, I do wish you well this coming season, you guys always rise to the occasion. I will be right along there with you, if only in spirit.
How things are different. 40 years ago my family’s dairy farm was about 500 acres of which about 1/3rd was rented. Milking about 175 cows at a time and our tractors were: IH 3388, IH 986, IH 826 Hydro Demonstrator IH 656 low profile Farmall 460 wide front Farmal Super C. The 3388 was only 130hp which is now a small HP tractor on large farms.
Scott, it happens, and you no what that is. My Grandpa told me, mistakes are supposed to made sometimes. Just not repeats. Keep up the good work, and may God bless you on the coming crop season!
Hmm, lost my other comment. I was saying that I really enjoyed a look at SOME of the maintenance that goes into running an operation like this. The public has NO idea what it takes to keep all that equipment operating. One think disturbed me a bit.. When Dad was welding those shoes he was not wearing protection on his hands. My Dad was a welder MANY years ago and protection was not that "important" then. He spent a lot of time getting cancerous cells cut out of his face and arms. That arc is just like the sun for burning the skin. GREAT to see everyone doing what needs to be done. Thanks a lot for this one..
Extra bit of insurance if you put a little coat of silicone between the metal part of the wheel seal and the hub before you drive the seal in. Helps fill in any pits or imperfections in the hub casting.
Man last year the last day of harvest we finished our last field at about 2 am, drove the combines back to the farm and parked them in our cold storage building. Got to the farm the next day and saw the combine auger sticking through the tin on the building. Dad had backed up a little too far.
Glad to see you quoting prices on the parts you're putting into this stuff I farm in a much smaller scale Western PA and I'm a member of our county farm bureau board and we always talk about how the 2% of us that feed the other 90% 98% I should say have little or no voice to inform that other 98%. What it cost us to feed them and the monetary is only part of it the other is see emotional and the physical the thing of it is we can't quit if we quit who's going to do it I really enjoy your videos that's coming from a fellow farmer halfway across the country from you wish you the best have a safe spring
The one thing we learned, (the hard way), anything with hydraulic hoses, needs to be covered. If one starts to leak, just replace them all. The weather just destroys hyd. hoses. Seems expensive at the time but, break downs cost you more when you need to be in the field. Lets see, you have insurance, you have high winds at times... looks to me like the wind just "pushed" you into the shop. Yea, that's what happened. LOL No worries Scott, "stuff" happens. Double clutch that truck, won't grind the gears. Tight fit with that Bud. Great video as always, cheers :)
When you were installing the shoes and bearings i thought hmm must be some sort of a shed over the wheel to keep the weather of while you were working 🤔 Then i realized it was the mud guard of the bud 😁😁.
Hey Scott I know screw ups happen and they can make you sick. Bob you are awesome the talent you have on repairing stuff I see where the boys get their talent. I hope you guys have a profitable year 👍
Nick, you sound like a typical farmer in the Spring. Full of optimism for the coming crop year. Love watching you guys prepare for the Spring “push”. Will be here rooting for you again this year.
20% of life is what happens and 80% is how you react to it. A building and machine can be repaired. At least no one was hurt. 👍👍 Great video as always guys. Can't believe we are ramping up to planting again. I wish you all the best this year!
i like the fact that you sometimes mention the prices of parts for the machines. i am not a farmer, but some people just don't realize just how much it cost to keep the farm working, and how much you don't make like some people think farmers are rich with all the equipment they have.
same in the UK most people think farmers are rich, but margin between profit / loss can be very small because if the necessary outlay such a machinery, seed, fert, pesticides.
Watching youre videos makes me want to live in america 😅 and work for you guys, all those open fields and stuff is just so awesome 😄 in estonia we dont have fields like that, when im on the field all i see around me is forest 😒 but yeah, always happy to watch you guys farm 😊
When you put an internal patch inside a tire that has steel belting anywhere in it, you leave a pathway for water intrusion where the nail went through the outer wall. The wire in tires is NOT stainless steel, but will ultimately rust and fail. You should instead, insert one of those corded "string" type inserts ("plug" is not the correct word) through the wound from the outside, and it will suffice for a good repair. It will keep water from getting into the plies and carcass, which would cause it to fracture the belts and the tire will fail. An internal patch can then be used if you like, although they are redundant and seldom prove necessary if you do a decent job installing the externally applied repair. There's a a lot less labor involved too and they can be used at the jobsite instead.of having to remove the tire/rim and haul it to your shop to break it down for repair. I keep kits with all my rolling stock. .
Loving these latest videos . Looks like you guys are really getting ready to up your game on planting/harvest this year. Keep those great updates coming. 👍
Harvesting barley goes one of two ways, either it’s mostly standing with some flat patches or the whole field is laying down and you need crop lifters if want to harvest at a decent speed.
Good to see you have the proper seal installers as often one doesn't have those tools due to the limited use they get in a non commercial shop, yet if the seal leaks because of a bad install the tool becomes extremely cheap !. Oh by the way Nick were you able to find the transmission parts you left behind ? LOL. Left hand shifting in a left hand drive truck just doesn't work well at all in a non syncro transmission.
Hey guys I find your channel inspiring since this COVID thing began last year I have followed along and I can only admire all of you and your determination. Keep on keeping on!
Hang in there LegArms. I compound fractured my ulnar years back. Took awhile before I could use it fully or even do dips when working out. Heck it to this day over 10 years later can feel sore during bad weather. The work is something I envy. But Nick has that fancy gym you can use for strength training.
It may be worth looking into getting some hardfacing welding wire and building up the wear points on those openers and boots. It works wonders on other equipment and I've done a few things here and there on farm equipment with it that it was worth doing.
Hey Bob those Openers on the planters, have you thought about running a few beads of "Case Hardening" welding rods down the sides of them to stop the wear? you will literally increase the life of them by at least 3 times or more. anyways its probably worth looking at the numbers on doing so as opposed to having to replace them.
Hey, take your old worn out air seeder hose and cut it down the centre on one side. then when you get a hole in a hose you just take your 5-8in patch hose and slide it over, no tape required. thats what we did when we ran 24hrs on the drills cause who wants to change a hose at 3am lol!
Apparently a lot of people corrected leg arms on the proper verbiage. Lol oh and hitting the side of the shop I probably would have done the same thing. It's nice knowing I'm still human. Thanks for keeping it real Welkers. Plant on....
Watching this video, I was like “ whoa, you really really gotta be handy/ have a strong mechanical knowledge to work on a farm” , and I’m sure it keeps costs down reusing/recycling old parts to do different applications .
As a fellow axielflow owner. Axielflows struggle to get all the grain from barley especially when its super hot, they harvest it better when conditions are slightly tougher
It’s alright leg arms, you’re not the only one accidentally crashing things and poking holes in sheds 😂 although when we poked the dent in the hay shed we didn’t use an air cart but used a loader that pushed the bales in too far
There is a lot of programs for growing barley. The government sometimes pays so much a acre and you still get to sell it. It's a crop that they have to make sure farmers grow it.
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Thanks for your time and the new video. Lots of work on equipment getting ready for planting season. You want your planting equipment at top operating efficiency because putting the seed in the ground correctly is so important. You folks work hard at getting it all ready to go. Very good Welkers!!!!!! Your equipment is large so extra effort on it all but you have good handling equipment which helps. To produce the good crops you desire productivity must be right on and putting the seed in the ground right is the key to that. I can remember getting off the tractor many many times to check the planter working correctly. Those were the days. About all my comments this time around. You did good on replacing all those hydraulic hoses. Lots of work there. You all take care. May god watch over all of you!!!! Iowa farm boy from years ago.
Looks like you guys need to expand the hydraulic hose manufacturer area. If you have a 10 to 20 foot steel work bench available. Take a piece 1.5 inch angle iron and weld it to the face of the bench. Set it up as Vee bottom trough. You can put a slight pitch to it for drainage into a bucket. The take a tape measure and run it the length of the vee bottom trough. Pop rivot the tape every foot. Cut off the tape spool housing. That way you can set the old hose in the trough and measure then pull the new hose off the spool and measure it. Put the chop saw on the bench and cut. A hose spool rack is easy to make to go at the end of the bench closest to the saw. Plus it makes it easy to unwind the hose from the spool.
Good to show how much work is involved keeping machinery running.. cost..labor..time.. As a small time farmer myself..its the same story..so much upkeep.. lot of people don't realize how much...keep up the good work
Hello Bob you & your boys set a good example of working together working all your farming problems out and fixing them, this to me is a Family learning together and working as a team ,you can not get any better than that, Great Farming Team Bob, love all of your videos, as they show example & teaching,also any young person or older people , I'm sure can learn from your explanatory Videos, Thank you Bob, Regards Trevor.W.Bacelli.Biloela Qld Australia,
Trevor, thank you for those very kind words. Correct on team, as my boys make it easy.
Good people, good family, good mechanics, good fabricators, good on you !!!!
Farmer I used to work for, had a Case tractor someone put a loader onto and in doing so, had to flip the front wheels around, giving it alot wider stance on the front, so it would clear the loader grapple. Those front rims had been welded dozens of times, because they'd always crack, every time he grabbed 2 bales at a time and he just couldn't help himself. One bale was never an issue, but he always focused on "going faster", no matter what he wrecked and destroyed in the process. So those aren't the first ones that have needed beefed up and rewelded.
I think it’s so awesome you have so many of your own equipment /tools like metal Lathe , tire changer , hydraulic hose press , a press welders etc.. full fav shop ,etc etc just awesome you guys build everything in house so great !
Just a gentle reminder, assuming that the barley you grow is the same type as ours here in the UK, remember that barley is very sensitive to soil acidity. Do you know for sure that the land you are planning to grow it on is near neutral pH or even a bit alkaline? If not it would be wise to have it checked now and apply lime straight away and it will really help especially if you get some rain to wash it in a bit.
Papa Welker I used to weld stainless rods on high wear areas on excavator buckets to build the material back up. Just a thought for your seed boots. Might be simpler than having to cut and fab
patches.
This should be required viewing in all schools, everyone needs to know the hard work and expense that goes into supplying this country with a consistent and affordable supply of food. Thank you to all the hard working farmers in this great country!
Hello Welkers,
I watch a lot of towing company videos and farming videos, I never see farmers waring gloves when their working on equipment. The towing guys always ware gloves.
I guess farmers are tuffer than tow truck guy's. Love the video's keep up the good work and god bless and stay safe.
You guys are such an example of honest, hard work. Often a source of inspiration to just set aside all the excuses why I can't do chores around the house and just do them.
Thank you for sharing your life and being an inspiration to many out there.
I know it’s probably not proper etiquette but a good vice grip and a flat piece of steel to let it spin against has helped me take off more than one hydraulic hose
Just gotta do what you gotta do some days
Dougo is feeling better...
Me too.
Been there done that Leg Arms.
Hey Jim. You can get some hard facing arc welding rods for the face of those boots. Would last much longer.
Said it before and I'll say it again. Robert Welker is kick ass. This is America working...thank you Welkers. . Godbless farmers and their families everywhere. We'd be lost without you.
I know what K...A.. is........... been there many times on the receiving end 😢..................😁
@@RobertWelkerFarmerBob I'm a big fan of dads, farmers and hard work. I do 2 out of 3... Great channel, great family.
Like the flat free air, need some but the race/ Reeses was gold. Actually kinda miss working with all the farming related stuff. Great video per usual. God bless..
I just love when you fix stuff. I like fixing our own equipment but man I would die for a week on a big project with you guys together. Great videos Welker Boys. I hope the year of years is coming what Nicks feelings told him. God bless
When you replace the primary tubes use spray paint to lube the ends over the pipes
I enjoy your site. I have learned a lot from your channel. When you weld could you show the setting from the welder. Nobody ever shows the setting for the welder.
enjoy watching you guys.I am from the west side of the state all 4 sides homesteaded here back in the mid 1860s. Did have some family farming in the Glata area though , and i have hauled alot of grain out of Brady ,Conrad and Dutten
No doubt, many similar comments below... But man, I so commend you gents for your resourcefulness, talent, and diligence. You three easily accomplish more in a week than many organizations with twice as many people working the same hours!
And creeping up on half a million subs!!?! You go, boys. 👌👍
Lots of work to get done and the teamwork is the answer. And spring is comming slowly 30ish temps. but fast enough to be ready to go.😀
Y’all are so blessed, to be able to farm, with your dad. I love my dad, more than he knows, and would give anything, to be able to farm with him again.
Love seeing those buds work
Funny how things change. I remember we got our first Magnum in 1991 and those lights were absolutely awesome compared to what we had. We still have that tractor and it spends a good bit of its running hours on the grain cart rather than tillage it used to. Hoping you guys have a awesome year.
Ah leg arms accidents happen at least no one was hurt. We hard face the our ripper points it really extends the life of them. I would seed all of your acres instead of summer fallow especially if you can make some extra money to help offset the grain markets and fuel costs . We already sprayed our 1500 acres of winter wheat with 28 %nitrogen . We have been warm here in Michigan so we have been field cultivating and fertilizing . We even planted 300 acres of oats . Keep up the good work and stay safe!
Ok guys, I found your channel and many other farming channels while recuperating from a knee replacement. That said I left the farm 45 years ago and had a career in the trades on hard concrete. See where I’m going? Your Dad used a kneeling pad. Invest in a knee pad just like the soil to make a better future outcome. Really like watching your operation. I may have left the farm but it never left me. Those Big Buds are awesome.😎
Bob every time after I hear your jokes I start to feel like everything will be ok. Thank you for being lighthearted and funny as hell...
Thanks Neb, Blessings!
From Down Under. We do a lot of Blade ploughing, where a Cat D11 pulls what we call a blade plough. That wing shaper foot you showed, the plough is that shape and weighs around 20 tonne. The cutting edges, like the edge on a grader blade but a lot bigger, wear down and have to be replaced. To lengthen the life of the cutting edges we have a process of dropping chips of tungsten into weld as you reface the edges. Depending on the soil types you can increase the life span many times. Thanks for you vids.
Now that i think about it it makes total sense, oil and metal is so last generation. Peanut butter and chocolate is the clear way to go!
IT's sweet to work with..................
It was nice to see Nick actually cleaning the shop.. @ 6:45 👍🏻
Always busy getting spring time preps ready for the field great job guys luv it
Good luck with the big buds and I hope y’all have a great crops this year god bless y’all amen
Just came Out the Shop working on our Equipment now watching you fix your stuff .... Greetings from Germany from a grape Farmer
Always enjoy the Welkers at work. By the way, the new lighting in the shop is amazing. Thank you.
Boys I gotta say I thoroughly enjoy your videos I love the work ethic and the ability to figure out whatever situation yourselves. I was brought up doing some hobby farming with my father and it has given me a skill set that few people I know outside of other farmers possess. I really like the level of detail you going into with the projects you do, I'm sure there's some off camera stuff that has to happen but you cover most aspects of the farm. Keep up the great work!
Nice job on fixing the tire Bob. I just got done letting all the Winter air out my tires and filled them up with summer air.
I skip spring............ hard on the shocks......................
@@RobertWelkerFarmerBob Boy I never even thought about that. Well it's cold and rainy in Western Washington anyway so I might be okay.
I really admire the engineering skills, you must save heaps - Dad is awesome, you’re a great team 😃👌👏👏👏👏🇺🇸
I have to admire your optimistic attitude, but then your farmers, I do wish you well this coming season, you guys always rise to the occasion.
I will be right along there with you, if only in spirit.
How things are different. 40 years ago my family’s dairy farm was about 500 acres of which about 1/3rd was rented. Milking about 175 cows at a time and our tractors were:
IH 3388,
IH 986,
IH 826 Hydro Demonstrator
IH 656 low profile
Farmall 460 wide front
Farmal Super C.
The 3388 was only 130hp which is now a small HP tractor on large farms.
Scott, it happens, and you no what that is. My Grandpa told me, mistakes are supposed to made sometimes. Just not repeats. Keep up the good work, and may God bless you on the coming crop season!
Hmm, lost my other comment. I was saying that I really enjoyed a look at SOME of the maintenance that goes into running an operation like this. The public has NO idea what it takes to keep all that equipment operating. One think disturbed me a bit.. When Dad was welding those shoes he was not wearing protection on his hands. My Dad was a welder MANY years ago and protection was not that "important" then. He spent a lot of time getting cancerous cells cut out of his face and arms. That arc is just like the sun for burning the skin. GREAT to see everyone doing what needs to be done. Thanks a lot for this one..
Extra bit of insurance if you put a little coat of silicone between the metal part of the wheel seal and the hub before you drive the seal in. Helps fill in any pits or imperfections in the hub casting.
Man last year the last day of harvest we finished our last field at about 2 am, drove the combines back to the farm and parked them in our cold storage building. Got to the farm the next day and saw the combine auger sticking through the tin on the building. Dad had backed up a little too far.
Are you a real MP40? I’m starting to think not. Hmm...
7000 series rims had a rep for cracking. We had 8000 series front rims put on our magnums.
Accidents happen. At least the auger is ok. They sell sheet metal and paint.
Barley is fun to grow. You guys will be building bags like crazy. 👍 Hope it all works out.
It’s amazing to see that you 3 guys can run the whole farm, repair and maintain all of the equipment. God bless you all. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🇬🇧🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇸
Glad to see you quoting prices on the parts you're putting into this stuff I farm in a much smaller scale Western PA and I'm a member of our county farm bureau board and we always talk about how the 2% of us that feed the other 90% 98% I should say have little or no voice to inform that other 98%. What it cost us to feed them and the monetary is only part of it the other is see emotional and the physical the thing of it is we can't quit if we quit who's going to do it I really enjoy your videos that's coming from a fellow farmer halfway across the country from you wish you the best have a safe spring
The one thing we learned, (the hard way), anything with hydraulic hoses, needs to be covered. If one starts to leak, just replace them all. The weather just destroys hyd. hoses. Seems expensive at the time but, break downs cost you more when you need to be in the field.
Lets see, you have insurance, you have high winds at times... looks to me like the wind just "pushed" you into the shop. Yea, that's what happened. LOL No worries Scott, "stuff" happens.
Double clutch that truck, won't grind the gears.
Tight fit with that Bud. Great video as always, cheers :)
When you were installing the shoes and bearings i thought hmm must be some sort of a shed over the wheel to keep the weather of while you were working 🤔 Then i realized it was the mud guard of the bud 😁😁.
Hey Scott I know screw ups happen and they can make you sick. Bob you are awesome the talent you have on repairing stuff I see where the boys get their talent. I hope you guys have a profitable year 👍
the two boys and there dad, are a good working team! all seems to help!!
So much wisdom and knowledge in almost every older farmer!! And great Dad jokes!
We have the same lights on our New Holland they are so bright and amazing.
Thanks guy's....God has Blessed us all....l am 80 years old....Been thru war and such....But still here so far...!!!!!!!
Knuckle Dragger ,, gotta love these two , keep it up Welkers !!!
I love watching the wisdom your dad has. You couldn’t get a better role model to follow.
Nick, you sound like a typical farmer in the Spring. Full of optimism for the coming crop year. Love watching you guys prepare for the Spring “push”. Will be here rooting for you again this year.
Look up VW seeder tips out Of Dunmore Ab you’ll save lots of $$$ for your replacement seeder tips.
20% of life is what happens and 80% is how you react to it. A building and machine can be repaired. At least no one was hurt. 👍👍 Great video as always guys. Can't believe we are ramping up to planting again. I wish you all the best this year!
Do so enjoy watching you fellers work in that fantastic shop. Yep Nick hoping you all have a great year also. 👍👍
You all make a great team, love watching your videos!
i like the fact that you sometimes mention the prices of parts for the machines. i am not a farmer, but some people just don't realize just how much it cost to keep the farm working, and how much you don't make like some people think farmers are rich with all the equipment they have.
same in the UK most people think farmers are rich, but margin between profit / loss can be very small because if the necessary outlay such a machinery, seed, fert, pesticides.
Great Welker Vlog, Getting prepared for planting, fixing the boots and hydraulic hoses, thanks for sharing
Thank you!
Every time I watch Im sad, because I really miss Montana, the Highline, and Cutbank. I can feel the wind and smell it. awesom area the best state.
Watching youre videos makes me want to live in america 😅 and work for you guys, all those open fields and stuff is just so awesome 😄 in estonia we dont have fields like that, when im on the field all i see around me is forest 😒 but yeah, always happy to watch you guys farm 😊
Lol it happens to the best of us!!!!! My wife says that's a good spot for a heater vent to come out the wall now !
When you put an internal patch inside a tire that has steel belting anywhere in it, you leave a pathway for water intrusion where the nail went through the outer wall.
The wire in tires is NOT stainless steel, but will ultimately rust and fail.
You should instead, insert one of those corded "string" type inserts ("plug" is not the correct word) through the wound from the outside, and it will suffice for a good repair. It will keep water from getting into the plies and carcass, which would cause it to fracture the belts and the tire will fail.
An internal patch can then be used if you like, although they are redundant and seldom prove necessary if you do a decent job installing the externally applied repair. There's a a lot less labor involved too and they can be used at the jobsite instead.of having to remove the tire/rim and haul it to your shop to break it down for repair. I keep kits with all my rolling stock. .
You guys have lots of tools which is key! I guess when you are that remote and can't just run tot he parts store you have to be prepared.
Loving these latest videos . Looks like you guys are really getting ready to up your game on planting/harvest this year. Keep those great updates coming. 👍
Another great video appreciate all your hard work guys you're doing a wonderful job
Harvesting barley goes one of two ways, either it’s mostly standing with some flat patches or the whole field is laying down and you need crop lifters if want to harvest at a decent speed.
Great to see that you are still making the old iron work well.
Good to see you have the proper seal installers as often one doesn't have those tools due to the limited use they get in a non commercial shop, yet if the seal leaks because of a bad install the tool becomes extremely cheap !. Oh by the way Nick were you able to find the transmission parts you left behind ? LOL. Left hand shifting in a left hand drive truck just doesn't work well at all in a non syncro transmission.
Hey guys I find your channel inspiring since this COVID thing began last year I have followed along and I can only admire all of you and your determination. Keep on keeping on!
Hang in there LegArms. I compound fractured my ulnar years back. Took awhile before I could use it fully or even do dips when working out. Heck it to this day over 10 years later can feel sore during bad weather.
The work is something I envy. But Nick has that fancy gym you can use for strength training.
Maybe the oops spot in the shop siding would make for a good exhaust fan to be installed.
Couple of sheets of iron will fix the shop, but if you bent the auger that’d takes heaps or fixing. You bent the right bit Legarms
Nice mix. Glad your taking care of that arm, LegArms.
You know what, Mr. Welker, I've always said my entire life, Nothing better than good Ole FLAT FREE AIR!!!. That's all I got to say about that...lol
It may be worth looking into getting some hardfacing welding wire and building up the wear points on those openers and boots. It works wonders on other equipment and I've done a few things here and there on farm equipment with it that it was worth doing.
Hey Bob those Openers on the planters, have you thought about running a few beads of "Case Hardening" welding rods down the sides of them to stop the wear? you will literally increase the life of them by at least 3 times or more. anyways its probably worth looking at the numbers on doing so as opposed to having to replace them.
Thought about that but the side is so thin there isn't any support left.
Hey, take your old worn out air seeder hose and cut it down the centre on one side. then when you get a hole in a hose you just take your 5-8in patch hose and slide it over, no tape required. thats what we did when we ran 24hrs on the drills cause who wants to change a hose at 3am lol!
The big buds look awesome
7:39 oh your fine , I thought it was going to be worse . Slap some new paint on it and maybe a few swings of the ole hammer and your good.
Most people, I need welding gloves! Robert, stand back and watch! With all respect!!
Apparently a lot of people corrected leg arms on the proper verbiage. Lol oh and hitting the side of the shop I probably would have done the same thing. It's nice knowing I'm still human. Thanks for keeping it real Welkers. Plant on....
Great family and great content. Keep it up!
Watching this video, I was like “ whoa, you really really gotta be handy/ have a strong mechanical knowledge to work on a farm” , and I’m sure it keeps costs down reusing/recycling old parts to do different applications .
As a fellow axielflow owner. Axielflows struggle to get all the grain from barley especially when its super hot, they harvest it better when conditions are slightly tougher
In the service I broke a few bones. It really pays off to be careful. When you recover, your arm (bone) will be stronger than before.
Mr fancy with the air over cherry picker!!! Thats nice.
Thanks Leg Arms, I used to manage a Parker hose and fitting store and have never seen a Gates crimp machine,
Oh the way the music hit a the end thought you hit the fan. I was like oh noooooo
It’s alright leg arms, you’re not the only one accidentally crashing things and poking holes in sheds 😂 although when we poked the dent in the hay shed we didn’t use an air cart but used a loader that pushed the bales in too far
Leg Arm all you did was mark out the outlet for that extra exhaust fan 👍
There is a lot of programs for growing barley. The government sometimes pays so much a acre and you still get to sell it. It's a crop that they have to make sure farmers grow it.
Welding, even on video I instinctively turn my head. Poop 💩happens, no one was hurt. It can be fixed.