I am happy to see that a young wife helps out like you do.I now know our farming family’s are in good hands.My ex never helped me.Make sure you tell your husband that a old Texas farmer said he is a vary lucky man
Great baler Rhonda good job love it learned a lot the look on your face when you say so far so good its priceless kevin should be so proud he got a great blessed lady and those kids are just wonderful blessed family.
....own canning,....and a fine wife and mom to a great, hard working, even tempered husband and family....is there anything you don't do? You and your family and farm amaze me...every time you post video! Great job Rhonda!
This video is living proof of how people working together as a team can achieve just about anything. A good example is world War II and how woman worked behind the lines in the factory, to make it possible on the front lines. How awesome is that! You know Rhonda how to get done and not even got a drop of grease on your pretty pink t-shirt. It's what makes families like yours stand out! Your all a Blessing to us! Thank You! Take care 🙂 ❤
It's kinda funny...cutting is okay, and baling is okay, but what I really love watching is the raking. I could watch the raking all day long. Just seems like it takes a kinda chaotic mess, and puts everything in nice, neat order.
Sanders is not afraid to show and speak to us. Ya Sanders you da man. What a great hard working woman you are and house chores. Congrats. But I see you dont mine
Awesome channel, don't take your 2nd cut for granted, I don't think we will even have one this year in central MN. I hope your channel keeps going, I like it a lot. Your husband is one lucky feller and a hard worker.
Good job as always nice to see some green. Our area is extremely dry, SE Washington St. We've got wildfires and smoke filled skies. Hay is in short supply and expensive. Still have a roof over our heads an food in the fridge, it could be worse, send some rain our direction. Keep up the good work.
Farm moms have so many jobs mechanic ,tractor operator ,cook clean , milk ,organize don’t know how you do it all have a blessed Sunday Rhonda and family , ps Good luck in bales of hay
@@acresofclayhomestead... I too enjoy your videos, Ronda. But beyond that, I was awestruck by your peaceful responses when things went wrong today. Thank you for the privilege to look in on your farm, and your awesome family!!
I gotta say you do not even begin to look like you have a son that old. You look like you're 35 tops. It's awesome you know so much about about equipment, machinery, everything. Honestly there aren't many women like you.
Thank you for posting video, as I really enjoy your farm work.. I used to help my uncle on his farm for two summers. Keep up farming! Beautiful video included drone!
Wow I've never seen a PTO shaft blow apart like that. The puff of smoke that you were talking about we just called it the power surge very common. I'm guessing a lot of people didn't think you could fix the knotter. But we know you could. Good to see things dry it out a little bit for you.
Great video! I really like the way you roll with the punches with a smile. Love the way each member of the family helps for the good of the whole. Reminds me of growing up on the dairy farm in Illinois. May God continue to Bless your family!
You're baling second cutting and we can't get to our first cutting here in central NY. Haven't had 2 days in a row without rain since the last week in May. 110 acres of alfalfa Timothy and Orchardgrass going back into the soil, mostly flattened by all the rain. Hope you have a better year than us.
What a great video! Hate to see a breakdown, but the amazing mechanics will have it fixed in no time, but more money out of pocket . Wonderful hard- working family, glad you guys finally dried out. Your videos are very entertaining, thanks
Regardless, I am impressed with all your family member's skills, and sharing with the rest of us. I am from NE South Dakota so I know something about what it takes, but many folks have no idea! So I love your sharing with every one.
From what I remember, The smoke coming from the Tractor is the Torque of the Bailer putting strain on the Tractor Engine and that is what causes the Poof of Smoke. Our Tractors did the same thing, Nothing to worry about. Just shows it is all working fine. Now you sound like Meredith saying Rabbit and not Turtle, Love it. Enjoyed the video thanks for sharing.
You are impressive Rhonda! As readily as you fixed the knotter, impressing Sanders, I figured you'd just whip a tube of JB Weld out of your back pocket to fix that blown apart PTO shaft! Sure didn't figure it was repairable at all! And good job to Sanders, graduating up to field use of the semi! Impressive family.
Great news on the hay, mine looks like it is going to easily triple first cut, my cabin is in the paradise area about 20 mins from the lower taquamenom falls, it really is a beautiful area!
The easy answer for the smoke is that the baler has different HP requirements as it travels through the plunger cycle. As it hits a high power requirement, the engine governor gives it more fuel.
...which is controlled electronically, and they have added a chip which tells it to give it more fuel/hp. than the factory specs, so more likely to smoke in that situation.
@@lynwessel2471 they all smoke when the engine hits a hard pull the turbo spools up then gets easy for a second and puff the governor has Nothing to do with it the engine is not wide open its at the 1000 rpm setting which is probably 500 rpms from wide open
@@jwhitley101whitleyfarms9 I know,never said anything about what rpms its running at. The chip increases fuel pressure so it delivers more fuel than stock when the ECU calls for more power. I've seen a tractor smoke a lot more than that one running a large baler.
the tree huggers were concerned about a little Diesel smoke, timber needs to be harvested out west if not it burns and or gets disease, funny how poor forest management lets the timber burn and tree huggers dont say much about the smoke that covers much of the nation.
Rhonda I didn't think farmers had many days they didn't get dirty I finally saw a someone using a grease gun that wasn't powered . That was the only kind I ever used . There is a farmer in Montana who has a pull behind machine that holds 3 bales of hay before it releases them so they're in stacks of 3 but they're probably different sized. Amazing family & video .
Hi love the video what awesome families all working together you don’t see that anymore lots of blessings to your families and as always you all be safe 🇺🇸🇺🇸
I baled a lot of hay and straw when I was a kid. "I'm 77 now, and is there a common thought about how many small squares in 1 big square? Back in those days you did most of the handling by hand. We had an elevator, but that was all.
When I was a kid, we use to buck 60 pound bales. Everything was done by hand. My brother was the one we had throw from the trailer, especially the last ones, up to to barn loft door.
it's a diesel and diesels will smoke a little bit our white 135 smoked some and it was stock my uncle had international,s all were diesels and when hay ever time the plunger comes around and packs more hay in the shoot the tractor would snort a little and a puff of smoke would come out of the exhaust pipe because it takes a little more power to push the hay and pack it into the bale I use to think it was pretty cool the tractor kinda gets a rhythm to it just part of farming the smells the sights the sounds the hard work the fun it is a great life
It's pretty cool how close your family is. It wasn't like that in my home growing up I had a step father that was a drunk and did nothing but get drunk and beat me. And got away with it.
The tractor smokes on each stroke of the baler. When the plunger compresses the hay that takes more power and pulls the tractor engine down so it adds more fuel to maintain the rpm. The chip may just make it a little more noticeable. It’s normal, the newer tractors just don’t smoke but you can here the engine load
Look at the top of the bolt head. If there are 6 dashes from the middle to the outside of the head its a grade 8 the number of dashes plus 2 is the bolt grade for SAE.
Another great video, I'm so impressed, but not the least bit surprised in your being able to troubleshoot the knotters, the PTO shaft was a bit out of your grasp,though, great job, again you all work together getting the work done, including Sanders in the field and Mackenzie milking, Sydney came close to saying something profound, maybe next time, thanks for sharing
With all the other mechanical things your have mastered and demonstrated, I honestly half expected you to pull a tool box out and a spool of baling wire and put the half-shaft universal back together yourself.....LOL. And wouldn't have been the least surprised if you did. I find it strange your husband doesn't keep a cell phone with him at all times given how spread out you all can be parts of the day.
Oh, the unsung tale of the behind the scenes son! :D Haha, laughed so hard about that one :) Nice hay, It´s pretty mesmerizing to see the rake, it is..I dont know, it´s just looking nice, and the satisfaction when a new bale comes out the back on the baler with all knots done! I baled thousands upon thousands of "idiot blocks" when I grew up..and all the handling them, my god, from the wagon, on to the transporter up to the barn, gheez, every year when it was smoking hot outside, but it made us all look really fit every summer though :D We had a John Deere 349 with a thrower on it at least, loved the day we got rid of the loose press baler! (Claas LD 100) We did them about 24-30lbs depending on how dry it was, then we stacked them neatly, blew air through the floor with 2 really big hayfans for a few weeks every year
Howdy from Oklahoma! I'm very familiar with the U.P., born there. I haven't been back home in 43 years. We bought a small farm, no where near the size of yours. Nothing like having mechanical issues when trying to get your hay baled, and picked up. This seems (mechanical issues of some sort) to always happen here when there's a time crunch. Hope all works out in getting parts.
Hello ! I know the feeling when something breaks down. I've been there many times, and it usually happens when you are not done with your work. Anyway thanks for the video another cool video Rhonda.😎👍👌
Cool video, loved the time lapse. Does look like some good, quality hay bales! Ugh, the PTO shaft breaking, but it does see very constant use. Atleast Kevin was able to put it back together temporarily so you could finish. You do very well at operating the big farm equipment!
Wow great week for Ethan, love all those places he gets to visit:)) Did the group ride bikes around Mackinaw Island? You guys are amazing!! Farmers hard workers !
Watching you fix the knotter was an example of why farm wives are the unsung heroes of farming!
Great to watch a farming family working together, enjoy your videos.
Sanders, "Mama knows what to do." Precious child.
Good team work. The little Massey is the busiest tractor on the farm
Hay Ronda another great video have a great day and evening 🌹
I am happy to see that a young wife helps out like you do.I now know our farming family’s are in good hands.My ex never helped me.Make sure you tell your husband that a old Texas farmer said he is a vary lucky man
Good that shaft held together it looked like it was demolished
Kevin is quite a mechanic to get that shaft to work again
@@scottdougherty4251 yep, it seems Kevin's a pretty good fill-in when the boys aren't available. 😉
Errr, I mean the boys get their talent honestly.
Very good video thanks for your time to do the video keep up the great work you do on the farm
I love seeing the wife on the tractor an helping out. Love you sweetie in pink.
Great baler Rhonda good job love it learned a lot the look on your face when you say so far so good its priceless kevin should be so proud he got a great blessed lady and those kids are just wonderful blessed family.
....own canning,....and a fine wife and mom to a great, hard working, even tempered husband and family....is there anything you don't do? You and your family and farm amaze me...every time you post video! Great job Rhonda!
This video is living proof of how people working together as a team can achieve just about anything. A good example is world War II and how woman worked behind the lines in the factory, to make it possible on the front lines. How awesome is that! You know Rhonda how to get done and not even got a drop of grease on your pretty pink t-shirt. It's what makes families like yours stand out! Your all a Blessing to us! Thank You! Take care 🙂 ❤
Glad that you could fix the PTO so you could finish. Thanks for the ride along. God Bless.
It’s always something. It’s not if it’s going to happen it’s when. Nice video.
That sure is some good looking bales.
Wonderful hard working farm family, i am enjoying your videos very much.
It's kinda funny...cutting is okay, and baling is okay, but what I really love watching is the raking. I could watch the raking all day long. Just seems like it takes a kinda chaotic mess, and puts everything in nice, neat order.
Just found your channel & join at the same time. Awesome to see the Mrs stopped the Baling machine & repair it on site. That's my kind of woman!!!!!
Welcome to the channel!!
Your Boys are Smart, Handy, Hard Working, Handsome and NOT worried about getting Dirty. 😬👍
Your family was rocking and rolling
Great video! Amazing work ethic you and your family have. . Praying for you and your family and farming/ dairy operations. Thanks for all your posts.
Thank you for the prayers!!
I always look forward to watching your videos. Such a good family with strong work ethic.
Thank you so much for watching!!
Great days work by the family 💪💪
Sanders is not afraid to show and speak to us. Ya Sanders you da man. What a great hard working woman you are and house chores. Congrats. But I see you dont mine
Awesome channel, don't take your 2nd cut for granted, I don't think we will even have one this year in central MN.
I hope your channel keeps going, I like it a lot.
Your husband is one lucky feller and a hard worker.
Great job Rhonda.....
You do it all and always with a warm smile
Love watching the machine videos I miss running equipment on the farm
You are doing a GREAT JOB ... I remember us all out there when we were kids
Good job as always nice to see some green. Our area is extremely dry, SE Washington St. We've got wildfires and smoke filled skies. Hay is in short supply and expensive. Still have a roof over our heads an food in the fridge, it could be worse, send some rain our direction. Keep up the good work.
Thank you for being thankful for what you do have. It's so easy to look at all the problems around us.
Glad it could be doctored togather to get the job done and hope for quick part delivery!
Farm moms have so many jobs mechanic ,tractor operator ,cook clean , milk ,organize don’t know how you do it all have a blessed Sunday Rhonda and family , ps Good luck in bales of hay
Happy sunday for you and the family!
Same to you!!
Great video shots; you do a nice job. Things break all the time. I am glad that you are able to fix it. 😀😀😀😀😀😀
Great video Rhonda! The AOCH crew always find a way to get the job done! Hope you get rain as you need it, many areas are really hurting right now.
Great job guys getting it done before the rain
I enjoy watching your UA-cam channel. It's very educational and funny sometimes 🤣
Thank you!!
@@acresofclayhomestead... I too enjoy your videos, Ronda. But beyond that, I was awestruck by your peaceful responses when things went wrong today.
Thank you for the privilege to look in on your farm, and your awesome family!!
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Wow what a job. It seems like you work from sunrise to sunset. Do you ever get time off to just relax. Lucky you have such good kids to help out.
Sometimes we go away for an afternoon.
I gotta say you do not even begin to look like you have a son that old. You look like you're 35 tops. It's awesome you know so much about about equipment, machinery, everything. Honestly there aren't many women like you.
Thank you for your kind words!!
Thank you for posting video, as I really enjoy your farm work.. I used to help my uncle on his farm for two summers. Keep up farming! Beautiful video included drone!
No comments, just ashamed. Hard work is child's play for you and you family. God speed, God bless until the next video.
Wow I've never seen a PTO shaft blow apart like that. The puff of smoke that you were talking about we just called it the power surge very common. I'm guessing a lot of people didn't think you could fix the knotter. But we know you could. Good to see things dry it out a little bit for you.
Great video! I really like the way you roll with the punches with a smile. Love the way each member of the family helps for the good of the whole. Reminds me of growing up on the dairy farm in Illinois. May God continue to Bless your family!
Thanks so much!
Your in Michigan I knew there was some reason I liked watching your videos I'm also in Michigan about 15 miles south of Detroit. Carl
Yes, we are in West Michigan. 😊
You're baling second cutting and we can't get to our first cutting here in central NY. Haven't had 2 days in a row without rain since the last week in May. 110 acres of alfalfa Timothy and Orchardgrass going back into the soil, mostly flattened by all the rain. Hope you have a better year than us.
What a great video! Hate to see a breakdown, but the amazing mechanics will have it fixed in no time, but more money out of pocket . Wonderful hard- working family, glad you guys finally dried out. Your videos are very entertaining, thanks
Rhonda that's usually how it goes almost done then something breaks. Y'all take care and have a blessed weekend and I'll see you on your next vidja.
That's teamwork !!
Hi,
Hay was done!
Waiting for the next!
Thank you, AoCH !
do be safe.... thanks for sharing
Regardless, I am impressed with all your family member's skills, and sharing with the rest of us. I am from NE South Dakota so I know something about what it takes, but many folks have no idea! So I love your sharing with every one.
Hi Rhonda here in Ireland. We put out the cows in March until November grazing grass so we only make round Bales silage for the winter
good job, glad you got a good 2nd cutting,
My Cummins puffs some black smoke too when I get tailgaters!
Lol!! 😄😅
From what I remember, The smoke coming from the Tractor is the Torque of the Bailer putting strain on the Tractor Engine and that is what causes the Poof of Smoke. Our Tractors did the same thing, Nothing to worry about. Just shows it is all working fine.
Now you sound like Meredith saying Rabbit and not Turtle, Love it. Enjoyed the video thanks for sharing.
You and your family are very talented.
You are impressive Rhonda! As readily as you fixed the knotter, impressing Sanders, I figured you'd just whip a tube of JB Weld out of your back pocket to fix that blown apart PTO shaft! Sure didn't figure it was repairable at all! And good job to Sanders, graduating up to field use of the semi! Impressive family.
JB weld and I don't get along well. (I can't stand the smell of it.) LOL 😂😆
Very nice video!!, greetings from Argentina!!
Great news on the hay, mine looks like it is going to easily triple first cut, my cabin is in the paradise area about 20 mins from the lower taquamenom falls, it really is a beautiful area!
Yes, it is a very beautiful area!!
The easy answer for the smoke is that the baler has different HP requirements as it travels through the plunger cycle. As it hits a high power requirement, the engine governor gives it more fuel.
...which is controlled electronically, and they have added a chip which tells it to give it more fuel/hp. than the factory specs, so more likely to smoke in that situation.
@@lynwessel2471 they all smoke when the engine hits a hard pull the turbo spools up then gets easy for a second and puff the governor has Nothing to do with it the engine is not wide open its at the 1000 rpm setting which is probably 500 rpms from wide open
@@jwhitley101whitleyfarms9 I know,never said anything about what rpms its running at. The chip increases fuel pressure so it delivers more fuel than stock when the ECU calls for more power. I've seen a tractor smoke a lot more than that one running a large baler.
@@lynwessel2471 that part was really to the first comment
the tree huggers were concerned about a little Diesel smoke, timber needs to be harvested out west if not it burns and or gets disease, funny how poor forest management lets the timber burn and tree huggers dont say much about the smoke that covers much of the nation.
Rhonda I didn't think farmers had many days they didn't get dirty
I finally saw a someone using a grease gun that wasn't powered . That was the only kind I ever used .
There is a farmer in Montana who has a pull behind machine that holds 3 bales of hay before it releases them so they're in stacks of 3 but they're probably different sized. Amazing family & video .
Those are nice 1ton big bales on that step deck
totally new respect for farmers that is a lot of work god bless you and your great family
Great to see how you drive the tractors and even do repairs Rhonda. Great video
When the tractor smokes the bailer packs another slice of bail it has a prepack system on it saves power and a more even bail 😬👍
How cool. I just got home from the UP. Sadly we didn't get to go to pictured rocks due to superior being too rough.
Hi love the video what awesome families all working together you don’t see that anymore lots of blessings to your families and as always you all be safe 🇺🇸🇺🇸
I baled a lot of hay and straw when I was a kid. "I'm 77 now, and is there a common thought about how many small squares in 1 big square? Back in those days you did most of the handling by hand. We had an elevator, but that was all.
She said the bails weighted about 800 pounds. So that is about 10 small bails.
We weighed the bales and they weighed 860lbs. Meaning, if a small square weighed 40 it would take 21 smalls to make 1 large.
When I was a kid, we use to buck 60 pound bales. Everything was done by hand. My brother was the one we had throw from the trailer, especially the last ones, up to to barn loft door.
Seems like people who handle hay by hand have strong hand grip.
My square bales I try to keep around 50lbs, I usually have to do it all by myself. I've recently got a round baler and it makes the job a breeze
it's a diesel and diesels will smoke a little bit our white 135 smoked some and it was stock my uncle had international,s all were diesels and when hay ever time the plunger comes around and packs more hay in the shoot the tractor would snort a little and a puff of smoke would come out of the exhaust pipe because it takes a little more power to push the hay and pack it into the bale I use to think it was pretty cool the tractor kinda gets a rhythm to it just part of farming the smells the sights the sounds the hard work the fun it is a great life
Love the UP use to deer hunt there great forest up there nice people to .
What a great family enterprise. Love the content.
Those are solid bails .
Wow Rhonda, your are a gourmet cook and a baler mechanic.
The Bailey is like a big sewing machine!!!
Actually the tractor puffs a little smoke when the plunger on the baler compresses a bale in the making.
New sub as of two videos ago. Really like your style, your farm, and your family!! Keep it up!!
Welcome to our channel!!
No haying going on up here at Cheboygan. We got 1.3 inches of rain during the night
wow am very proud of yall doing a good job like watching yall work !!!!
Great video Rhonda and Kevin a nice bit of hay
Awesome family
Jippii, awesome video again. Good job. Greetings from Finland.
It's pretty cool how close your family is. It wasn't like that in my home growing up I had a step father that was a drunk and did nothing but get drunk and beat me. And got away with it.
Sorry to hear about your upbringing. 😔
Looking good be safe
Great job Everybody, there is always something Ronda, that's nice looking hay:):)
The tractor smokes on each stroke of the baler. When the plunger compresses the hay that takes more power and pulls the tractor engine down so it adds more fuel to maintain the rpm. The chip may just make it a little more noticeable. It’s normal, the newer tractors just don’t smoke but you can here the engine load
Good job mom working very hard getting everything done on the farm be for the ran out and get every one working need to get done on the farm be safe
When I grow up dairy farm in 70 it was a big deal going to a pond fore a swim
Look at the top of the bolt head. If there are 6 dashes from the middle to the outside of the head its a grade 8 the number of dashes plus 2 is the bolt grade for SAE.
You do a great job
Another great video, I'm so impressed, but not the least bit surprised in your being able to troubleshoot the knotters, the PTO shaft was a bit out of your grasp,though, great job, again you all work together getting the work done, including Sanders in the field and Mackenzie milking, Sydney came close to saying something profound, maybe next time, thanks for sharing
It changed twine is all good job
With all the other mechanical things your have mastered and demonstrated, I honestly half expected you to pull a tool box out and a spool of baling wire and put the half-shaft universal back together yourself.....LOL. And wouldn't have been the least surprised if you did. I find it strange your husband doesn't keep a cell phone with him at all times given how spread out you all can be parts of the day.
Kevin certainly is a very lucky man indeed!
Oh, the unsung tale of the behind the scenes son! :D Haha, laughed so hard about that one :) Nice hay, It´s pretty mesmerizing to see the rake, it is..I dont know, it´s just looking nice, and the satisfaction when a new bale comes out the back on the baler with all knots done!
I baled thousands upon thousands of "idiot blocks" when I grew up..and all the handling them, my god, from the wagon, on to the transporter up to the barn, gheez, every year when it was smoking hot outside, but it made us all look really fit every summer though :D
We had a John Deere 349 with a thrower on it at least, loved the day we got rid of the loose press baler! (Claas LD 100)
We did them about 24-30lbs depending on how dry it was, then we stacked them neatly, blew air through the floor with 2 really big hayfans for a few weeks every year
Howdy from Oklahoma! I'm very familiar with the U.P., born there. I haven't been back home in 43 years. We bought a small farm, no where near the size of yours. Nothing like having mechanical issues when trying to get your hay baled, and picked up. This seems (mechanical issues of some sort) to always happen here when there's a time crunch. Hope all works out in getting parts.
The UP is a very beautiful place!
Hello ! I know the feeling when something breaks down. I've been there many times, and it usually happens when you are not done with your work. Anyway thanks for the video another cool video Rhonda.😎👍👌
Most people don't realize the time it takes to care for livestock.Some get it......Thanks
That is a very pretty blouse Rhonda. The oink one.
Nice hay rake!
Cool video, loved the time lapse. Does look like some good, quality hay bales! Ugh, the PTO shaft breaking, but it does see very constant use. Atleast Kevin was able to put it back together temporarily so you could finish. You do very well at operating the big farm equipment!
Wow great week for Ethan, love all those places he gets to visit:)) Did the group ride bikes around Mackinaw Island? You guys are amazing!! Farmers hard workers !
Yes, they did ride bikes! 😊