Putting Away Tractors on the Ranch - Wyoming Winter Storage
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- Опубліковано 15 лип 2024
- The 2 weeks of fall in Wyoming is over and now it looks like winter is rearing its head again. On one of the last nicer morning for a few weeks, Mike gets out and tackles the Project List. This time putting the tractors and most of the equipment moved inside for winter.
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Join us on our journey as we leave a life in corporate america to come back to Wyoming and help on the family ranch.
Our Wyoming Life features our Wyoming ranch and our ranch family. Giving you a look into the workings of ranching from raising cattle to raising and harvesting crops. Erin will join you weekly out of the garden, showing you how she helps provide for our family through growing produce and selling at local farmers markets, and Mike will take you along as he tends to the animals and land of ranch, from calving to fencing to planting and harvesting hay.
See you in the next one Mike 🚜👍
I'll be there if you will be - Mike
Our Wyoming Life mike 😂 🚜 have to get out the one tractor for feeding 🐄 over winter
What an awesome life you all live.
equipment away and tractors ready for snow clearing
Excellent
Thank you Sir ! - Mike
Great video mike.
Thanks Kenny - Mike
All snug in the barns. That kitty wanted your cords.
Хорошая техника, хорошая ферма.
Love your show thanks
Love the video
Thank you - Mike
Great video as always! But Tetris is better than Mario brothers!
hope yall are having a great week stay warm
Thats the plan :) warm is always good - MIke
Looks like you could use another building about twice that size. You can never have enough storage. Regular garages don't cut it either. Those tractors are pretty tall!
Really enjoy your videos. Wyoming tops my list when I retire from Army in 9 years. I’ll have to figure out where.
I like that extension cord. Nice job fitting it all in the barn. Thanks for sharing
Slim is like a useless ranch hand, doesn’t get anything done but always in the way. Really great idea with that multi plug heavy duty extension cord. Great idea with all the trickle charges. You sure did get a lot of equipment in that barn. It’s awesome to see the semi better weather you’re getting.
I'm thinking Slim has the best job on the place, he just hangs out and scares the crap out of me about 3 times a day. Thanks Den - Mike
Nice to be able to put that equipment away; good job!
Hi from North Dakota
Greetings from Kentucky. I hope we get a few good snowy days this year.
Thank you Mike.
Thanks to you as well :) - Mike
new subscriber..great job! Thanks for all you do to motor our country along. I've never been up this far north from Texas, its sure good to see the country side this way thanks to youtube and the internet.
Hi again! Good job Mike. You got it all fit in! If you put things to bed in good shape and ready to go spring is so much easier especially with so much to do then! Wise words. Hard to believe Fall was so short this year and was gone in a blink. Do hope winter will treat you kindly this year as I remember how tough things can get out your way. Hope to catcha Sunday. Thx as always...
You are very welcome :) - Mike
Great video Mike. I enjoy seeing the small tasks that make everything happen around the yard
Thank you very much - Mike
A man with a plan I love organization it,s always neat!
Good one Mike . I like putting hay equipment away it means you made it through another year
That is does. and it feels good - MIke
Good work, Mike! You squeezed a lot of equipment into that space. Even though it's still in the 70s and 80s here in the southern Sierra region of California, winter is icumen in (as the poet saith), and there are many things to do to prepare for it. See you and Erin this this Thursday (if the goats permit)!
Many UK farmers just drive their mowers, balers and drills into an hedge until needed the next year.
They they wonder why the tyres are flat and everything is rusted up where the seeds and grass was left in the blades and tubes.
Snow, I gotta say I can't wait til it hits here, luv winter, so much better then spring n.summer... thanks again for sharing
Thank you Davina - Mike
Thanks Mike I like to see a guy that takes care of his equipment. For me the equipment is a big part of my life too. Great job
Thanks Cliff - Mike
Awesome video! Winter is starting to show itself just a little bit here. The trees are still red and golden, but the temperature says otherwise! Hope all is well on the ranch! Have a great rest of the evening - Everett and Lachlan
All is well, thank you very much - Mike
It has been mid to upper 70's here in N Texas this week. Just a matter of time before winter smacks us all in the face. Glad to see you protecting your expensive equipment. Thanks for the share.
Thank you Sarah - Mike
Wow it's winter over there,,here in South Africa we're about to start Summer and it's hot,,
Total opposites, Kinda cool when you think about it. Thank you very much - Mike
Hello from Ohio, Love all of those Hereford signs in your sale barn. On our small Appalachian farm it's the only breed we've raised in five generations of farming. We still have leaves on the trees here. Some of them haven't even changed colors yet.
Love the video Mike keep thems comming .
More on the way! - Mike
Love your furry little helper trying to jump on your cord, lol.
Those little ones are camera hogs :) - Mike
From the UK, i know absolutely nothing about farming/ranching, but i just can't stop watching your videos! You work damn hard and its so interesting for someone like me who sees mowing 30 square ft of grass in my garden an absolute chore XD. Keep up the good work.
Hi Mike , I like the idea of the battery maintainers , over here in minnesota the farm equipment is going to the shed and the timber skidders are just getting tuned up for the winter season. have a good week.
Thank you Jay - Mike
Mike,
Another great video,
Thanks
Thanks Tim - Mike
Getter done👍 I sure dont want it to happen yet, but sure enough its coming. Be safe till Thursday.
That it is, thanks Lorie - Mike
Nice video.
Place is looking good brotha...need me a good Skid Steer !!
Your equipment looks clean! Bitter sweet, but it always feels good to have things put away clean and greased for the winter. Great video bud!
Thank you very much, we have to keep it nice. Cant afford to replace it :) - Mike
@@OurWyomingLife So many don't admit that ..... :(
Love watching your channel you two sure got it together!!🍒🍒
We try :) Thanks - Mike
Hi Mike,
We don't get the cold weather you do in Wyoming. What we get is a lot of Fall / Winter hail storms. We have these giant carports, probably 15-20 feet tall, with 1/2 sides where we put the tractors out of the weather, and smaller ones for other vehicles. It does make sense with the trickle charges in that climate. After work today, I actually helped out a bit moving feed myself. We too have a bobcat, which I was operating... to the delight and laughter of one of our ranch hands, as I am downright dangerous with that thing. :-D
haha, its easy to get squirrel with. Dont tell anyone but I bumped the inside of the sales barn with it a few years ago. I thought I was going to bring down the whole building Thanks - Mike
Nice video keep it up
Yap. Have a good day.
Thanks for watchin g- Mike
We don't have the winter's you do here in Oregon, but we still like to park it all out of the rain and possible snow. But I'm like you and don't have much storage. So the next best thing was an old two horse trailer to park a small Yanmar tractor on. Now with the door divider and horse divider plus the front end where the tack is stored the tractor wouldn't fit. But all it took was a cutting torch and now I have a place in the dry for the Yanmar‼️‼️ Thanks for showing the ranch and telling us what your up to. We think your a great family and a lot of fun so take care and we'll be waiting and watching❤️‼️‼️‼️
Thank you very much, what a good idea. I have family in Corvallis, I get all the rain reports and I know when they get snow they are in trouble, Thanks Mark - Mike
Our Wyoming Life - Well then I'm only about 35 miles south of them here outside of Eugene‼️ Take care😄❗️
Great job Mike, we just did similar here at home with my garage. when we moved into town I went from a 40x40 shed to a 2 car garage. talk about a squeeze! I had to sell a few things to make it work. I noticed what looks like another tractor behind the 4055 through the door?
Thanks for sharing Mike, Erin I really enjoy your videos.
I dont think there is another one down there :) Just the barn, if I am thinking of the right door Thanks Bill - Mike
@@OurWyomingLife it was just a glance, and dark at that. I just got excited seeing a possible wheel and steering wheel. Thanks for responding Mike! Have a good night.
If only there was a hibernation period for farmers ☺ Thanks Mike
I think that is called death :) - Mike
Our Wyoming Life true I guess lol
I never knew an extension cord like that exists!! I need to get me one of those!!
They are pretty cool, heres one that I found on amazon amzn.to/2yJWcLt Thanks Ryan - Mike
I saw that cat helping you out there a little too. Lol. Great video.
Yep old man winter is finally here Mike. Oh just FYI. I don't know if your round baler takes a ball. But when we're moving trailers in hurry. We welded a hitch to our tractor bucket and hay fork attachments to make it easier. It's also alot safer to. Best of luck to yeah.
Its a pin, which is a bit of a pain. Thanks William - Mike
We have a diesel zero turn mower that makes moving equipment a breeze in the off season.
I have a skid steer attachment that is a plate with an extended 2" hitch receiver. We slide in a typical trailer ball to move trailers, but to move balers, rakes and other impmentments with a pin hitch, we slide in a custom made piece of 2" square tubing with a pin welded vertical. That allows us to move tractor implements with the skid steer - all without getting in/out of the skid steer. Much better than backing it up with a tractor. Just position it under the pin hitch and raise it up.
That fuel additive is a good idea. Where I am at we don't get cold enough to need it but we often go to the Mat-Su or Fairbanks and we are so glad we use it even when we don't think we need to. 2 years ago we where heading to a Basketball tournament up at Delta and ran into some -60. For those who live south of you #1 dsl will jell up at -60. Fuel additive saved our butts. Great video Keep up the good work.
Thanks Todd, getting cold up there yet? - Mike
@@OurWyomingLife Not very cold in Seward (lower 30s) but Fairbanks it is in single digits though. Fairbanks is about 500 miles north of us.
⭐️⭐️What about an episode featuring the Sale Barn itself? It’s history must be interesting. I used to do a lot of production sale work in the 90’s and early 2000’s. They are an interesting part of the cattle industry and your sale barn was part of that.
Thats a good idea, I have been working on one. I wish Gilbert was still around the stories he could tell Thanks Fiona - Mike
Did they sell just there own cattle our was it a public sale barn?
Yes that would be cool to see old photos too!
It's crazy that its snowing sometimes there while it's only getting down to 4 at night down here in ar
wow, that is crazy thanks Chase - Mike
I built a battery rack with charging stations. It's a little more work but more convenient. I don't have a storage problem but I put my toys away for winter as well. I only leave the snow removing equipment easily accessible and ready to go.
God bless.
I hear ya there, good idea - Mike
all of our equipment in our shed have battery charges on them ,a few have chargers that are design to be mounted in the engine room of sea vessels , these are permanently mounted to the tractors in the engine bay .
I seen snow start to fly here in Cheyenne
We are just hitting fall! Our bad weather doesn't start till after New Year. But we have had 3 weeks of rain! Which is good but I hate wet weather when temps start to fall.
Wet and cold is never much fun - Mike
XD my dog is finally large enough for dog sledding. It's both of our first time so I can't wait.
Nice, should be fun! - Mike
Enjoyed the visit. Add "Go vote" to your list.
Thanks and done :) - Mike
New subscriber here, love your videos
We've been getting high 80s and some 90s lol
That would be a little warm for me now lol, getting acclimated already :) - Mike
Have you thought of getting an attachment for the bobcat so you can tow your baler and stuff with its loader. Far easier for backing stuff
Mikes Quote: “Some projects can wait until I’m looking for something to do”.... I have a project list that states that also…..its 35 years old and still growing….
Hey Mike great vid as usual I noticed you buy bagged cake for the cows I switched my feed program to cake/hay using a 2.5 ton Military truck 6x6 have a 2000# trip hop cake feeder on it/ plus bed space to haul 3 large square bales..... plus installed a 32 ton cake bin that gravity feeds into the truck feeder I have a good feeling it will be the cats meow........I will let you know how it works out
That sounds pretty slick, I wish we had a bin but we don't. I didnt do too bad on this bagged stuff. I got it for cost because someone ordered it and didnt pick it up. Thanks Matt - Mike
Nice to meet Slim :-) Happy Halloween. Your power bill must be a bit high with block and tank heaters :-(
It is insane :) Thanks - Mike
Hi mike how are you today
Seems like just yesterday you were doing this same thing. Hard to believe it's been a whole year.
Isnt it wild. Thanks - Mike
Hi love your tractor youtbto
Thank you very much - Mike
Wow mike I really can't believe the weather difference its 9:20pm and its 65 degrees tomorrow its supposed to be 79 now these temps are warmer than we are normally this time of year but the normal here is no where near as cold as what it is out there at the moment. Do blow out or at least drain your irrigation system for the winter we will be winterizing irrigation systems next week here. The sales barn did fill up quick and I know it would be nice to have room to more stuff inside during your winters for sure. Did you put the BCS tiller and its attachments inside for the winter? Hope everything is going well this week out on the Ranch. are you going to be doing preg checks pretty soon? Have a great week God Bless!!!
Isnt it crazy. We do blow out all irrigation. Thats on the list lol. BCS and all attachments were already inside, they were in the way when I was moving stuff around. Preg checking coming soon :) - Mike
You sure could use a bigger shed!
haha, sure could - Mike
What's the stuff that fell out when you were putting back the cow cakes? If they were cakes, better clean that up to prevent vermin!
Well if you ever get away from ranching you can always be a sardine packer
Mike i WANT 1 of THOSE HEREFORD signs please lol
They are old. This used to be a hereford ranch until the early 90's Thanks - Mike
@@OurWyomingLife so you wouldn't miss 1 of them in case you ever want to get rid of them im intrested we raise Herefords here in Texas
I am likely to be moving to Wyoming in the next few months. What can you share with me to know more about living in Wyoming? Are there other UA-camrs that are from Wyoming that you know?
Even on my smaller place it seems like I spend half of my life putting equipment away or getting it out ready to go.....
When are you preg checking??
Hi
Hello :) - Mike
ya that first snow in october sucked
Waiting for snow in WI send it here
Our gun deer season is two weeks away
Cool deal, I'll send it :) - Mike
It always bothered my father to drive by farms and ranches and see a million dollars worth of equipment rusting and rotting in the fields.
I know, drives me crazy too Thanks - Mike
What do you use for plowing the snow? Do you get lots of snow down there in Wyoming? Do the cows stick closer to the ranch during winter?
Mostly use the tractors and bobcat for snow removal. We average about 60 inches of snow and yes they stick pretty close. Thanks Pat -Mike
Perhaps it is an added chore on the project list, but couldn't you unhook the batteries from the 'winterized' equipment?
Still a good idea to have them float charged during the winter cold.
Some it might, bad part is I never know when I will need something Thanks - Mike
Hey Mike I have a question, is worth to put some bricks or something underneath the tractors or other things to lift off the wheels so they don't deform during that long time without any move ?
Regards !!!
detrol5 It may be beneficial for long term but I don't think it's worth it for just a few months, especially when adding the safety concerns of him having kids on the ranch with equipment on stands. Out of everything his Firebird would probably benefit the most being that it's driven at high speed, on pavement, and on steel belted radials. Bias-ply agriculture tires will usually "bounce back" to round after they're rolling again unlike radial tires that will keep their "memory" because of the steel belt inside. More important is just keeping any tires out of the sun and out of the mud.
Who lives in the other house on your ranch? And who owns the house and barn across the road?
What kind of battery charger was that you was using to charge the batteries?
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Awesome! - Mike
Is the bucket ext left uncovered
I'll move it in a covered shed Thanks - Mike
Do you keep the feeding tractor in the shop?
Yea, it takes up one side during the winter Thanks - Mike
No I dislike winter
I see Bubbles name up there lol
I'm not a huge fan either - Mike
Im just wondering how u manage to find time to do these videos.
Nice video mike what model is the John deere gator
The big gator is an 825i, the little one is a CX Thanks - Mike
Thanks
Why do you call it the sale barn
How many acres makeup this ranch ?
Over 5000, thanks for watching - Mike
Thought u had 3 john deeres
How does a farmer know how many cows he has?
*He uses a cowculator.*
Dr. Mario was better indeed.
Another UA-cam channel from Wyoming is Fy Nyth
Thanks Karen - Mike
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I know you always quote “mountain time” but, unfortunately, many of us (Scottish viewer) don’t have the first clue what you mean. Some clarification would be useful.
UTC minus 7 hours. MTN time
www.world-timezone.com/timezones-in-north-america/
Swamp Rat thank you. It seems it’s GMT minus 6 hours.
Why don’t you have a dog?