He Saved The Day! / Day 10 Highwood Montana Wheat Harvest (July 29)
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- Sometimes, it’s just hard to dig deep into your memory of just a day ago and remember where you’ve been.
Could be age. But could also be due to so much activity in one day.
We finished a field before moving to the next. Which meant a trip over a bridge and through some time spots.
Brett took my machine. Thank goodness.
And then it rained. Just enough to shut us down.
All drone footage kudos go to Katy (Brett’s sister). Thanks, Katie!!!!
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I cannot tell you how thankful this old farmer is for your videos. When they are old the farmers you are working for will really appreciate being able to look back with the videos.
I know I appreciate all the videos I’ve taken over the past 30+ years. So much fun to rewatch your life. Thank you for taking time to leave your note, James!
I had a to smile about your comments about the malting barley and beer Tracey, it reminded me of a billboard I once read that said without farmers you would all be hungry, sober and naked .
This is VERY true!!! Sadly, there are a lot of people who think this all just magically shows up at the stores.
I want to thank you for sharing this experience. My last harvest was 2001 MS stopped me in my tracks. today i listen to the video and take a good Knapp. People don't understand the love for harvest.
Thank YOU for understanding! I’m so very sorry you’re fighting MS. My grandma who also dearly loved the harvest suffered from ALS for almost 10 years. It wasn’t easy for her. Glad you found us and can be a part of our journey!
A visit with your grandchildren is overdue for Jim. He needs a big hug from all of them to put a smile on his face. Children can work wonders with grumpy old farmers!
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Glad to see ol’ Grump doing what we all know he loves to do!
We all ❤️ Mr. Sunshine! 😊
He is asking for it to get the camera the whole day on him.
More of: "I don't know why I want to spent so much time on him, but it is what he suddenly does or say or most of the time, not say at all".
Jim laughing or waving, is "a rare sighting" as "Jessie James" said driving the chaser-bin, when he suddenly waved at Tracy.....
Thank you for taking us along on some of the most beautiful parts of the USA!! Love that part of the world
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That X9 is absolutely huge. What a combine!! Looks like they got a nice pile of cab wheat
It’s a monster. Should be for the price!
Some beautfuly scenery there great drone footage
I see he filled the auxillary storage on the X9. We always have giant tank extensions, doesnt matter still run them over.
Yeah I'm glad he did that for you to Tracey sometimes the header are a little to long for comfort they seem like Good People❤ to work with and jim saved the day he was standing back weighting for that one lol😊😊😊 Thanks guys
Yes, great people! I may have attempted it if it were our combine but I really hate wrecking other people’s equipment.
Jim has a John Deere lunch bucket. We have seen it all.
Yep. He has his NH in the trailer house. They gave him this one to use. 😉
Is Jim always this happy and enjoyable to be around? Sheez
He’s really not - most of the time.
I appreciate your barley vs winter wheat comparison 😂
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The Scots have a way with malted barley.
Your horizon shots would make good calendar pictures.
Great drone shots, too!
Thank you!😊🌾
NICE as always! Thanks for bringing us along. Brings back great memories!
Glad you’re along with us for the journey!
Jim don't have time for no small talk. 😁
Nope
another great video tell ELLIS thanks for is service to our country cant wait for more videos
Will do!
I see that x9 has some cab wheat growing on top lol!Tracy Jim looks like his in a real good mood lol! I love the videos. I miss cutting wheat and barley. I miss corn harvest too! Shoot Tracy you could have put it across that bridge I have faith in you. Furthermore I think your the ultimate farm wife not many good ones like you left girl I rate you high on my list!
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There’s more of us out here than you know. Thanks for your kind words.
Great drone photos
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I had just finished a can of beer when you mentioned the barley. 😀😀
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I think you guys might have found your new summer routine hopefully. That looks like a lot of cutting if you are up for it. Long days you guys are used to. I hope you can continue to do it as long as you feel up for it. Takes the stress of moving and hauling out of the equation. Those views up there with the passing storms and scenery.. holy smokes. The best smell on earth is freshly cut wheat straw wet with a rain. Only harvesters know that smell. It means break time!
❤️ all of the above! Your comment is spot on with everything. I hope it works out for us again.
Excellent video today. Many thanks to Katy (Katie) for the awesome drone shots.
Yes, I have misspelled her name. Sorry, Katie!
So glad you showed the difference between winter wheat and barley. I had not known, as there are many other things I don't know. But as long as you keep filming and explaining, I'll be learning!!
Perfect! The reason behind me doing these videos!
Barley has two rows of kernel s. Wheat traditionally has six rows. We also have 6 row barley in Saskatchewan
@@richardradawetz8788 thanks
Call yourself a combine driver 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Hmmmmmm, interesting comment.
Pretty nice how they shut everything off and give you a good supper.
Every day. I will add 15 lbs by the end of this adventure, I’m sure. Carol and Katie are amazing cooks! Probably some of the best I know.
I have enjoyed this series so much
@@Dennis-bj9cj ❤️ thank you so much!
Jim is getting to like that Gator! Enjoyed video. Keep them Big Green Machines rolling!
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I’d figured we’d have seen Jim cutting around on his KLR650 by now!
We have had NO time for anything like that. It will happen, though. I’m certain of that!
Great scenery, love open space, s
Looks like there would have been a pretty good pucker factor coming down that steep hill with the combine and crossing that bride too. 😯😯😯
Absolutely!
Go on girl you could cross that bridge
Nope. Not even gonna try! Maybe if it was my combine…
Cab wheat/etc. just means you've been working hard. Tracy...don't under estimate your abilities as an operator. You are super careful! Keep Grumpy in check...no smiling!!!
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Hello zeorian, CASE 💪👍😉🇮🇹
HELLO!
It seems like this is such nice family to work for, isn't it amazing how God works thing out,taking care of our every need!
Absolutely! I had a very difficult spring trying to figure things out after harvest. God knew all along.
Make sure to go to Fort Benton to see Shep and get a fancy dinner at the Grand Union.
Oooooooo, that sounds like a great date!!
Another great video. Keep them coming. Montana is a special place to harvest.
I love Montana!
Nice video the scenery is unbelievable. I am glad to see farmers still using all farm equipment with the new Kaseeta. Nice looking John Deere 5020 and Tracy I think you should start making videos for classrooms for kids. You do such a good job showing what people need to see and hear.
Trying to educate a generation or two about what the heck it takes to get their food on their table is the reason I started making these videos. Maybe a teacher or two in the audience will catch on. 😉
Thanks for your nice note, Farmer Jimbo!
Nice opening shot.
👍🏻👍🏻 - thanks to Katie!
Another normal day in the Harvest. Jim saved the day, good. Beautiful scenery of all the different fields. The smell of fresh rain has its smell, and you never forget. The storms can be scary in the open territory. One thing about your videos is that nobody has more fun than you. You are the greatest. Looking forward to the next chapter of the Wheat Harvest 2023. CYA
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It looked like the other combines abandoned you when you were heading to other combines during the storm warning. I have said this before and thank you thank you for something I will never experience in my lifetime Tracy.
So GLAD you’re along with us!
Been watching every day you guys have a really good crew
We do have a great team!
I can hear John Denver writing a song about the whole experience. Looks like the 4020 is still getting it done.
that's a 5020 on the auger....unless you're referring to one somewhere else in the video......still can't get my head around the acreage they're working
The scenery there is beautiful !
It IS so beautiful!
The views are stunning. It's been raining in Ireland for the last month. Farmers are struggling to cut their crops. Greetings from Ireland.
We seem to have had rain at the most worse time with harvest too. Not us but most of the central states where wheat is grown.
Hi from Kansas, Thanks for taking us along.❤
Hi Kansas!!!! 😊
Tracy, your videos are really good. You really have some good opportunity for new content and a lot more going on with this crew. Their crops are almost perfect and the yields are excellent all around. Hopefully, at some point, you can interview some of the owners and get their perspective into the videos. Your views and subscriptions have really taken off. I suspect that will continue. Great job! Your family will be forever grateful for all these videos.
I love creating them. I started doing them to attempt to educate non-ag what it takes to get their food on the table. And what a harvester had to do to make the job work. When we sold the combine, it broke my heart to think I wouldn’t be able to create anything like I had.
God had different plans. But I had to trust that. And that was difficult for me. It felt like He had forgotten us.
And here we are. 😊
Yes, I too, hope those who have been my subjects will love having these harvest days documented.
hello Tracy, I appreciate the quality resolution of your video work, and your voice gives the videos, extra mileage.Thank you.
Thank you for your kind words!
Oh come on Tracy you could have made that trip. We have faith in you.
Thanks. I might have but we’ll never know. 🤣
Nice video Tracy, really enjoyed your harvest videos from Highwood, Mt. Looks like your all doing great!!!! John T.
Thanks, John!
Great video Tracy that is some tight road there yikes ,, I'm glad to see you and Jim in your happy place have fun and be careful 🙏🙏❤️😎
Thanks!!
Really great scenery from the drone. The X9 looks to be doing an impressive job.
Brett says it can really eat wheat.
I picked up barley in Monte Vista, Colorado. That was an experience. Coors elevator was something else.
We also did this a few summers back. Beautiful country!
Wow, good job on the drone footage! And Tracy, ask Jim where he got that lunch bucket🤔
It comes free when you buy a 500000$ combine !!! Lol
It’s the farmer’s lunchbox. Our NH lunchbox is in the trailer house. 😉
Is this all one farm that’s being harvested or multiple farms? Look forward to seeing your videos every day. Thank you so much!
It’s one farm.
Great videos, I'm from the UK and i always like USA harvest. Done a few harvest in the UK and would like to do it in the USA, so i can tick my bucket list. Ive been to Montana and Yellowstone, love the country. Have a safe harvest y'all.
Thank you!
Tracy you keep outdoing yourself your videos are better everyday love all the footage you are getting if you could just get Jim to smile a little more every now and then hes having fun I just know it thanks for the ride I am having fun
I think you’ve been following us long enough to know it’s a very good day if I can get Jim to smile. Every day is a little different than the next, that’s for sure!
Hey go check out the Carter Ferry, you are right down the road from it, I've lived here in Montana for 26 years and never been there, but it's on my bucket list 🤠
We most definitely will. And, of course, it’ll be included in a video. 😉
Looks like the x9 needs a larger bin extension 😂
Happens to the best of us.
@@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking I’d be lying if I said I didn’t do it every year!!!
@@truebluebluetick thanks for your honesty!!!
Another great video!! Do they store all of their wheat and not take any to the elevator? I can remember as a kid playing in the wheat. We stored wheat in graineries. We had to do the shoveling into the auger.
The majority of it is being stored in bins. A few loads have gone to the elevator.
you and jim need a new holland combine in there lol.
I do miss my NH!
@@ZeorianHarvestingTruckingNeed to convince them to demo one and you teach them how it can run. I know it comes down to dealer availability and support. But would be cool for you to come back next year and do that.
@@nikphoenix - it always comes down to lack of dealer availability and support. It’s too bad because NH has a good product that doesn’t get the respect it should from the industry!
What a beautiful Wheat crop! They look like top notch operators. Can you share whose farm it is?
Thanks for sharing your experience. Sincerly. Best regards from a sunny France.
We visited France once. I believe it was 2011.
Thanks for your speedy answer. You're welcome for another trip (or for driving combine ) again. From a farmer
@@warning3687 - driving a combine in France. Now wouldn’t that just be cool!
Do you have for project to move to another farm when the harvest season will be finish in this farm ? God bless you and your family. ( sorry for my poor english language)
@@warning3687 not sure what will happen beyond this. Both Jim and I will help with fall harvest at home. That generally happens the end of September
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Good video
Glad you enjoyed
Check out the "cab wheat" on the X9 at 0:18 HA HA!
Happens to the best of us!!
Is I think his name Ellis a worker or the farmer ? Just curious I love to see how family’s work together it doesn’t matter either way it’s something about the old people with there stories they have I just love !
He’s part of the team. But has been here helping for a lot of years. Maybe if we ever get a big break in the action, I’ll try to introduce the team players. Ellis is 74 years old, a Vietnam vet and hard worker.
I am a bit surprised they don't trailer the header. Have they told you why not? I'm sure it must be for good reason(s).
Because there’s typically lots of room and it’s easier to just travel with them attached and not take the time to hook and unhook.
i hope they let You or Jim run the X9 for a few hours. Just to be able tp give them feedback vs NH system.
Hey Tracy ! Brad is a lucky guy he got 2 excellent operators for a season !
I am as a farmer love harvest as well ! Although I am from far away from you but I know the feeling how a harvest looks like over-there ! 28 years ago I was in the custom harvest crew for a season and I loved every minute of it ! We do it differently over-here but the equipment is the same - I have 2 of those green machines !
There are two kinds of people. Those who did the harvest and those who wished they had. Glad you had the experience!!
I am still in awe of your retirement gig in MT.
Back home would they allow Jim to drive the four-wheeler around town?
We have been truly blessed. Being back in the cab of a combine is just what my heart needed. Yes, in our little town, he would be able to do that.
When thinking about barley..it reminds me of how itch it is ..no cab 1959, 95 JD Combine 16' head
You have ALL of my respect!
thanks for another video, how far are you from where you used to stop at Jordan?
We’re approx 250 miles from Jordan.
Tracy How many crop types have you harvested over the years?
Will you do any Canola this fall?
Canola is one crop I have never harvested. We’ve cut wheat, barley, chickpeas, lentils, peas, proso millet, corn, milo (sorghum)and soybeans.
So how did that 50 foot header on the X9 fit past that bridge and the barbed wire fence?
It didn’t. They took it off the combine and put it on a header trailer.
Hey captions are working thank you 😊
Oh good!
Looks like Jim has been converted. Has a Jon Deere lunch box. Does the farmer store all the wheat on his farm or send some to a grain elevator?
Well…he was given the lunchbox to use while we’re here. Not sure if he’s converted. 😊 most of what we cut is getting put in farm storage. A few trucks have gone to the elevator.
I'm curious what variety of winter wheat that is, it has the straw of what we raised back in the 70s and doesn't look like the semi dwarf varieties they plant here now (Kansas)? Great looking operation all the way around, thanks for the video.
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Loved seeing that drone shot of the farm lot. Such a neat and well kept area. Nice job Tracy!
Thank you! Katie does an awesome job with the drone footage. So thankful she shares. I’m too busy to fly mine.
@@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking well then thanks to Katie! Much appreciated!
How did they get the big new 50 foot cutter through the fences.
On a header trailer.
how far do they have to haul there wheat to get a market ?love seeing jim on the gator
Do you mean to the elevator?
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@@charlietanner6211 - I’m just not sure what towns they haul to. I’m going to guess within 20
Miles.
What will be planned back on this wheat ground
They rotate winter wheat, spring wheat and barley.
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Is this custom cutter or are they farming that much land??
Seeing the land wherr you are cutting is unbelab
This is a family-owned farm.
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Mr. Hero needs a day off
Only if it rains will we get a day off.
Why does the X9 have 6 bushels on the cab roof ??😅
We all do this from time to time. If you haven’t, you’re a better combine operator than any of us!
@@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking Oh sorry it was a joke , didn’t realize you had become so sensitive
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@@leonardpetherick - just seems like so many find a negative. 😉
@@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking well I am likely the most easy going NOT negative person you will find on here it was truly meant to be funny but I will refrain from commenting anything that could be misinterpreted
Do you ever harvest oats ?, oatmeal is my normal breakfast.
No. We did a long time ago but nothing recently.
You need a disclaimer at the beginning of your videos that says we arent talking about acres or bushels😂
YESSSSS!
Not to far from Canada
No!
How many acres will be cut by the end for that customer Tracy ?
I honestly don’t know. But even if I did, I wouldn’t share that info out of respect for our farmer. It’s BIG country!
How many acres in total to cut for the season
I honestly don’t know. But even if I did, I wouldn’t share that info out of respect for our farmer. It’s BIG country!
Wow not a place to fall asleep while cutting.
No.
Do you know if this was winter oder summer barley?
She mentions its winter wheat at the 8 min mark.
Winter wheat.
@@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking thanks, but i thought about the barley the day before, sorry.
@@haraldlenz7263 - the barley was seeded this spring.
Does anyone know how many acres will be cut in total on this job ?
Its got to be 18000 maybe ?
I honestly don’t know. But even if I did, I wouldn’t share that info out of respect for our farmer. It’s BIG country!
Risky cut!
There's absolutely noting wrong as asking for assistance or others to the job for you, when it's something your not comfortable with to do on your own. Way to many times to much pride and lack of knowledge leads to costly or even fatal mistakes.
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