He must be halfway to Mexico by now.. ;-) I'm thinking maybe he tried to get through one of those small gates. LOL! Maybe he let the air out of the tire thinking you'd not notice the bent "stuff".. Bottom line - it was fixable! Oh well, just another day on the farm!
Hi Wes seeing the gaurd bent like that, reminds me of working for a custom silage crew in 92, and why the boss shouldn't of let monkeys drive the big Claas rotary rake, you can imagine the mess we had to fix after the guy hit a steel fence round an electricity transformer compound. took a good day and a half and a set of rotor arms. I'm guessing if he won't tell, you know where he was and should be able to find battle scars on what he hit pretty easy.
It's super hyper farmer chipmunk....todays episode Man vs Evil bent tractor of doom. That was a great video, really put a smile on the ol' face. Cheers.
A guy that I work with on my hog farm was hauling a skid steer without the trailer hooked up right or the skid tied down. Hit a bump they both came off and we're totaled. He still has a Job
Boy I need an uncle like you. I know it don’t help to cry over spilled milk but damn you handled that better than I would. We have the exact same mower.
Someone needs to go to equipment operater school... Lot of damage to a mower used for about 2 weeks....Sad when the help beats the equipment, damages it and just walks away... Would like to see an explanation video of the who, what, where and when this happened. Where's Reject been ?
Looks to me that he hit something on the curtain not the bar? The breakaway would have tripped. What I most appreciate Wes, is that you work hard at giving us the best views and information.
at the farm I worked at our tractor tires were loaded with windshield washer fluid. the reason was if we had a flat in a field it would not kill the ground or the blue berry bushes
It's all part of learning these kids are around Wes and his father all the time and watch them operate these tractors and the kids drive the tractors and move them around but it's a whole different ball game when you got implements hanging off the back and your out in a field working them not just moving the tractor from point a to point b I feel for the kid because you know he panicked anyway nice vid Wes those cutters are durable thank god
It sure would be nice if they had a break away system that would allow the unit to swing away if it hit something that hard, kind of like the old sickle mowers used to have
Being a fleet equipment mechanic ive seen this befor usaly though no one knows how or when it happend it just happend... and not to make fun of ya but the comealong and hammer fast forward part had me in stitches. Keep up the videos!
I noticed the Plasterer decal/logo on the 332; maybe you should remove or deface it after they screwed you on the repair!! just saying. thanx LOVE YOUR CHANNEL
I always hate when people tear sh*t up like that and then just leave it in front of the shop for you to fix. No explanations, no apologies, and sorry sod isn't even there to help repair the equipment they tore up. Guess it's a good thing he's family or I'd say hit the road!
He was probably trying to get you more money, getting a little too close to the fence line.... Tires happen.... Are there low hanging tree branches enroute? Low bridge? ???? Maybe low clearance swinging by the Dairy Queen????
Wes how do stay so calm when somebody makes a bone headed move with a brand new piece of equipment. Keep the video's coming they are learning material for all.
If i were to make a guess, he was driving it back to the farm. The tire blew and he swerved and hit something at speed. EDIT: But then again, he would have had it lifted at that point... RIGHT? But yeah, i can't help but think the tire and the damage to the mover is connected somehow.
I think it was designed that way and lucky for you it was built not triangulated and stiff. It would have fucked up something else closer to the tractor. I believe the tire was unrelated... bad timing but unrelated.
New to farming and have a jd 3010 diesel with calcium filled rear tires. They are starting to show signs od rust around the valve stem. Anything I can do to slow/prevent the rusting. Could you do a video explaining calcium filled tires as well as filling an maintenance procedures. Thanks for your content. Very funny and informative.
i fill my tires with windshield washer fluid, and a sump pump, so they dont rust as much. But anyway just spray them with LPS wax coating or Fluid film once a month, and it will stop the corrosion in it;s tracks
My bet is that he smacked a fence post / gate post or telephone power post. I guess that he did it cutting the back swath together with driving too fast --- basically carelessness. Good repair job but one you could have done without. The puncture is unfortunate and could have happened any time to anyone.
on farm i was on i put a Athene pipe on out side of mower over hanging buy 3-4 feet with a bit of cloth hanging of then when doing around fences u no how close u can get
we run the same mower in Mn at a county highway dept mowing ditches the bent arm is a weakley thing they hit trees mail box posts and it will cut them right off by the way and guard rail posts and destroy two a year and tires it dosent even pay to ask what happened they just tell me it is flat come fix it what a phenomenon.
Oh, come on Wes. You should be like the bullshit artists down the road and say your hay is so heavy and great that it bent the steel on the mower cover!
It kinda looks to me like it happened with the curtain folded up, like after he was done and was leaving the field? I wonder if the break-away activated when it happened.
Me thinks me knows what happened. Was probably cutting it just alittle too close on either a fence line that uses those really long/deep fence posts, got alittle too close to a telephone pole, or maybe even a tree. He really tweaked that that thing. Honestly I'm surprised it didn't break off. Unfortunately been there and done that. Given that thing has been bent now, it will bend easier next time. I would probably look for a way to sister that beam up and give it alittle more strength. Because next time it happens you might not be as lucky.
So what did he hit a strainer post, power pole or a drain? They seem to be the 3 most obvious things that can run out in front of you and get caught up. Luckily it pulled back. Another one of those expensive tyres. I bet he didnt sleep well. LOL
Never messed with a lot of hay, but from watching your videos it appears that hay making equipment is very poorly made. All the stuff we use will usually holds up very well. It seem like hay making equipment doesn't have any angles to support the weight or force of the tractor.
F*** is right , make sure you have your steel caps boots on when kick his back side hard , was he using his mobile phone and not watching what he was doing ?
all I can say is you learn by doing! make the kid learn how to fix it next time and maybe take him to the spot it happened and let him explain exactly what happened take the tractor back out there and let him do the same thing again and show him how to avoid the accident and or what he had dun wrong. and this man strikes me as a man who does not need to strike his children to get them to listen all his children have respect for him and his words mean the world to his kids!
a nice start for his school holidays,working for nothing for a wk or so should make him sit upright eh wes,kids its just pity they have to learn at our/your expence.
well i guess it makes you feel better when you can beat on it and put it right just be gentle with the nephew tho' he sure is a bad boy for not telling you lol
Calcium in the tires? please enlighten me and maybe some others¿ thanx. it's nice to work vicariously thru you AND my back doesn't hurt in the morning!! lol LOVE YOUR VIDEOS ;-€)
you fill the tires to get more weight and more weight = more traction. calcium is probably the most common thing used in colder areas because it won't freeze but there's a lot of different things you can use. the 2 biggest downsides with calcium is that it will eventually rust out the rim and if you blow a tire in the field nothing will grow in that spot for a few years
+Andy V thanx; I was thinking it might be to prevent dry rot & make the tire last longer; I suppose you have to find the happy spot so you don't sink due to tooooooo much weight and tooooooo small a contact spot; thanx again from the left coast near the CRAPITOL of California SACRATOMATO
if anything it actually increases tire wear, especially during road travel. typically you only fill up the tires on tractors used for tillage because things like plows and cultivators are a lot harder to pull so you really need the extra traction. a tractor that usually only runs lighter equipment such as a planter or baler doesn't really need it. tractors used for tillage also generally have pretty large tires and often duals or even triples which helps spread out the extra weight and prevent the tractor from sinking and also compacting the soil. one other reason to fill up tires is counter weight on tractors with loaders. loaders can typically lift enough weight to actually bring the rear end of the tractor off the ground which is obviously very dangerous. filling the rear tires gives you more weight to help prevent that. there's also wheel weights which bolt to the rims which can either be used on their own or also with filled tires to get that much more weight. some people prefer only filling the tires because that weight isn't actually on the tractor but on the ground while wheel weights put more stress on axles and other components
+Andy V years ago & I'm talking years (early 70's) we had a 7 or 8nFord that we plowed and mowed 2 acres and a neighbor had a Ford w/back hoe & front loader and I learned how to operate it; he charged $25/hr & on days he couldn't I earned $10/hr & he had his back tires filled w/water; I popped a hydraulic line one day & oil got EVERYWHERE!!! Great times for a 17yo!
I tell ya . if I done that when pop & Dad were alive & I didn't have a Good reason as to why it was bent , I would had a size 11 & 12 steel toe boot put up where the sun don't shine . As both of them would had got me even after I was grown . .
I would have at least told you that I bent the cutter, he may not have known about the flat. Or sent a text since that's how kids communicate now days.
bij de achterhef zit en rooie platte schuif draai de veer er van wat slokker alls je dan ergens tegen aan kom draait de maaier naar achter rij dan weer naar achte alls je klik hoort kun je weer verder
oh wow someone is gonna be in trouble ,,,I'll bet he hit whatever it was while turning ,,looking forward and not paying attention to the mower if I was you I'd make HIM fix it ,, that will teach him more of a lesson than a lecture will ever do
I'm going to die laughing at comments in a minute... no excuse for bending it that bad but come on, we all make mistakes, i see more older fellas wrecking stuff the young people. we all broke something!!!
Id be giving him a swift kick in the ass!!! I don't mind if I break something because It belongs to me. If a hired man breaks something and walks away like that and doesn't so much as give me a phone call that's grounds for a fireing.
no I noticed it in the video and reversed it & paused and took a screen shot; tooooooo much time on my hands; I think he should give Messicks & Plasterer more grief; just sayin & thinkin
Did he even say anything???? I meant it is jyst stupid to walk away because it is not really like that you are not gonna see it. But I understand if he was sceard :)
Where is he! Don't trust a youngin to do a mans job...burn you every time! my Daddy was old school not only would they have to surgically remove his foot from my ass, my responsibility to fix or get fixed while he continually pounded all over body...got the scars to prove it ! Life lessons...what did you learn from this Wes?
He must be halfway to Mexico by now.. ;-) I'm thinking maybe he tried to get through one of those small gates. LOL! Maybe he let the air out of the tire thinking you'd not notice the bent "stuff".. Bottom line - it was fixable! Oh well, just another day on the farm!
Hi Wes seeing the gaurd bent like that, reminds me of working for a custom silage crew in 92, and why the boss shouldn't of let monkeys drive the big Claas rotary rake, you can imagine the mess we had to fix after the guy hit a steel fence round an electricity transformer compound. took a good day and a half and a set of rotor arms. I'm guessing if he won't tell, you know where he was and should be able to find battle scars on what he hit pretty easy.
"What was he smokin" Classic Wes! I feel your anger. Love your vids.
That should have a break away hindge, so when you hit something it will shear a pin and fold back.
If I had done that, not only would I be there fixing it, or helping, but I would also be getting an earful the whole time.
It's super hyper farmer chipmunk....todays episode Man vs Evil bent tractor of doom.
That was a great video, really put a smile on the ol' face. Cheers.
A guy that I work with on my hog farm was hauling a skid steer without the trailer hooked up right or the skid tied down. Hit a bump they both came off and we're totaled. He still has a Job
Boy I need an uncle like you. I know it don’t help to cry over spilled milk but damn you handled that better than I would. We have the exact same mower.
Someone needs to go to equipment operater school...
Lot of damage to a mower used for about 2 weeks....Sad when the help beats the equipment, damages it and just walks away...
Would like to see an explanation video of the who, what, where and when this happened.
Where's Reject been ?
Looks to me that he hit something on the curtain not the bar? The breakaway would have tripped. What I most appreciate Wes, is that you work hard at giving us the best views and information.
at the farm I worked at our tractor tires were loaded with windshield washer fluid. the reason was if we had a flat in a field it would not kill the ground or the blue berry bushes
wes i do believe ive never seen somebody sling a hammer that fast. good video
It's all part of learning these kids are around Wes and his father all the time and watch them operate these tractors and the kids drive the tractors and move them around but it's a whole different ball game when you got implements hanging off the back and your out in a field working them not just moving the tractor from point a to point b I feel for the kid because you know he panicked anyway nice vid Wes those cutters are durable thank god
It sure would be nice if they had a break away system that would allow the unit to swing away if it hit something that hard, kind of like the old sickle mowers used to have
i wouldnt of been happy at all thats a brand new machine! you handled it a lot better then i would have!
I chained mine to a power pole and backed up until it was straight.
Being a fleet equipment mechanic ive seen this befor usaly though no one knows how or when it happend it just happend... and not to make fun of ya but the comealong and hammer fast forward part had me in stitches. Keep up the videos!
I noticed the Plasterer decal/logo on the 332; maybe you should remove or deface it after they screwed you on the repair!! just saying. thanx LOVE YOUR CHANNEL
I always hate when people tear sh*t up like that and then just leave it in front of the shop for you to fix. No explanations, no apologies, and sorry sod isn't even there to help repair the equipment they tore up. Guess it's a good thing he's family or I'd say hit the road!
He was probably trying to get you more money, getting a little too close to the fence line....
Tires happen....
Are there low hanging tree branches enroute? Low bridge? ???? Maybe low clearance swinging by the Dairy Queen????
wow.... now I wonder what the hell he hit too now. Thats impressive amount of bend
yeah it would be interesting.
Wes, you should make him explain it on video for us :)
onelonleyfarmer yes, it'd make a good video what markus kehrer said!
C'mon Wes, now why would you deprive us of the ass whooping! LOL...Love the vids
That's why we can't have nice things... Is what I tell my boys when they mess something up
must have not noticed it immediently and kept on goin..
That really sucks,but I think you got it straightened,good job.
Happens every time someone else runs your equipment. People take more care when the actually pay for the machinery.
Wes how do stay so calm when somebody makes a bone headed move with a brand new piece of equipment. Keep the video's coming they are learning material for all.
Amazing how younguns' can break everything you give them to work with. Especially something with a motor!
Great videos, keep up the good work
If i were to make a guess, he was driving it back to the farm. The tire blew and he swerved and hit something at speed.
EDIT: But then again, he would have had it lifted at that point... RIGHT?
But yeah, i can't help but think the tire and the damage to the mover is connected somehow.
I think it was designed that way and lucky for you it was built not triangulated and stiff. It would have fucked up something else closer to the tractor.
I believe the tire was unrelated... bad timing but unrelated.
New to farming and have a jd 3010 diesel with calcium filled rear tires. They are starting to show signs od rust around the valve stem. Anything I can do to slow/prevent the rusting. Could you do a video explaining calcium filled tires as well as filling an maintenance procedures. Thanks for your content. Very funny and informative.
i fill my tires with windshield washer fluid, and a sump pump, so they dont rust as much. But anyway just spray them with LPS wax coating or Fluid film once a month, and it will stop the corrosion in it;s tracks
My bet is that he smacked a fence post / gate post or telephone power post. I guess that he did it cutting the back swath together with driving too fast --- basically carelessness.
Good repair job but one you could have done without.
The puncture is unfortunate and could have happened any time to anyone.
My guess is that he either caught a gate pulling into a field or he caught something in a fence row. I guess we'll find out sooner or later.
That's why we can't have nice things... LOL:)
Kids... oh well... we all gotta start somewhere...
Later! OL J R :)
on farm i was on i put a Athene pipe on out side of mower over hanging buy 3-4 feet with a bit of cloth hanging of then when doing around fences u no how close u can get
See kids this what happens when you text and drive with tractors and equipment...
And, of course the nephew didn't say a thing when he did it. LOL!
we run the same mower in Mn at a county highway dept mowing ditches the bent arm is a weakley thing they hit trees mail box posts and it will cut them right off by the way and guard rail posts and destroy two a year and tires it dosent even pay to ask what happened they just tell me it is flat come fix it what a phenomenon.
Oh, come on Wes. You should be like the bullshit artists down the road and say your hay is so heavy and great that it bent the steel on the mower cover!
ha ha haha yeah 300 bu. corn and 80 bu. beans on all the farms they do to...
It kinda looks to me like it happened with the curtain folded up, like after he was done and was leaving the field? I wonder if the break-away activated when it happened.
Sorry this happened. Appreciate the lesson on how to fix. But really would like to know with the break-away, what did he run into?
Me thinks me knows what happened. Was probably cutting it just alittle too close on either a fence line that uses those really long/deep fence posts, got alittle too close to a telephone pole, or maybe even a tree. He really tweaked that that thing. Honestly I'm surprised it didn't break off.
Unfortunately been there and done that. Given that thing has been bent now, it will bend easier next time. I would probably look for a way to sister that beam up and give it alittle more strength. Because next time it happens you might not be as lucky.
It really wouldn't take much to bend that - none more than a solid wood fence post. What happened to the tire ?
If I had to take some guesses it would be a fence row, stump or tree,big rock,of an old metal gas line or pole
Wow he must a had some speed when he hit
You should get a Go-pro that you can just quickly attach to things, might make your life a little easier. Keep uploading I enjoy your videos.
Mine has a breakaway pin if you Wack something it pops back and you gotta swing it back forward to lock it back in
well that sucks, but shit happens. Everybody survived (so far) and it was a fairly easy fix. Just too bad it happened to a new mower.
So what did he hit a strainer post, power pole or a drain? They seem to be the 3 most obvious things that can run out in front of you and get caught up. Luckily it pulled back. Another one of those expensive tyres. I bet he didnt sleep well. LOL
I wonder if he tagged a utility pole.
Aww how frustrating!
dang was hoping to see the butt kicking lol
Man I think u took that f #^k up really good I know I would not have please tell us what he hit! Right Tim
the cat?
Never messed with a lot of hay, but from watching your videos it appears that hay making equipment is very poorly made. All the stuff we use will usually holds up very well. It seem like hay making equipment doesn't have any angles to support the weight or force of the tractor.
F*** is right , make sure you have your steel caps boots on when kick his back side hard , was he using his mobile phone and not watching what he was doing ?
did you ever find out what he hit?
all I can say is you learn by doing! make the kid learn how to fix it next time and maybe take him to the spot it happened and let him explain exactly what happened take the tractor back out there and let him do the same thing again and show him how to avoid the accident and or what he had dun wrong. and this man strikes me as a man who does not need to strike his children to get them to listen all his children have respect for him and his words mean the world to his kids!
We need to know...what was it he hit?
That thing was new a few videos ago! holy crap
Oh, you are a lot nicer than i would be. I know what those mowers cost. That one is brand new
a nice start for his school holidays,working for nothing for a wk or so should make him sit upright eh wes,kids its just pity they have to learn at our/your expence.
well i guess it makes you feel better when you can beat on it and put it right just be gentle with the nephew tho' he sure is a bad boy for not telling you lol
Calcium in the tires? please enlighten me and maybe some others¿ thanx. it's nice to work vicariously thru you AND my back doesn't hurt in the morning!! lol LOVE YOUR VIDEOS ;-€)
you fill the tires to get more weight and more weight = more traction. calcium is probably the most common thing used in colder areas because it won't freeze but there's a lot of different things you can use. the 2 biggest downsides with calcium is that it will eventually rust out the rim and if you blow a tire in the field nothing will grow in that spot for a few years
+Andy V thanx; I was thinking it might be to prevent dry rot & make the tire last longer; I suppose you have to find the happy spot so you don't sink due to tooooooo much weight and tooooooo small a contact spot; thanx again from the left coast near the CRAPITOL of California SACRATOMATO
if anything it actually increases tire wear, especially during road travel. typically you only fill up the tires on tractors used for tillage because things like plows and cultivators are a lot harder to pull so you really need the extra traction. a tractor that usually only runs lighter equipment such as a planter or baler doesn't really need it. tractors used for tillage also generally have pretty large tires and often duals or even triples which helps spread out the extra weight and prevent the tractor from sinking and also compacting the soil.
one other reason to fill up tires is counter weight on tractors with loaders. loaders can typically lift enough weight to actually bring the rear end of the tractor off the ground which is obviously very dangerous. filling the rear tires gives you more weight to help prevent that.
there's also wheel weights which bolt to the rims which can either be used on their own or also with filled tires to get that much more weight. some people prefer only filling the tires because that weight isn't actually on the tractor but on the ground while wheel weights put more stress on axles and other components
+Andy V years ago & I'm talking years (early 70's) we had a 7 or 8nFord that we plowed and mowed 2 acres and a neighbor had a Ford w/back hoe & front loader and I learned how to operate it; he charged $25/hr & on days he couldn't I earned $10/hr & he had his back tires filled w/water; I popped a hydraulic line one day & oil got EVERYWHERE!!! Great times for a 17yo!
I tell ya . if I done that when pop & Dad were alive & I didn't have a Good reason as to why it was bent , I would had a size 11 & 12 steel toe boot put up where the sun don't shine . As both of them would had got me even after I was grown . .
i under stand that you hit stuff now and then, but he had to of seen what he hit to bent it that badly
lucky it wos a easy repair and not more?
Right TIM?
I would have at least told you that I bent the cutter, he may not have known about the flat. Or sent a text since that's how kids communicate now days.
I bet he went to fast on the back swath hit a post or stone.
he was texting and driveing took off 4 mail boxes a lamp post all before he even got to feild to cut its still worked lol till tire went flat
machine and cell phone dont go together very well
bij de achterhef zit en rooie platte schuif draai de veer er van wat slokker alls je dan ergens tegen aan kom draait de maaier naar achter rij dan weer naar achte alls je klik hoort kun je weer verder
oh wow someone is gonna be in trouble ,,,I'll bet he hit whatever it was while turning ,,looking forward and not paying attention to the mower
if I was you I'd make HIM fix it ,, that will teach him more of a lesson than a lecture will ever do
what happen to the john deere 7820 tractor
Wholy shit back flat tire bless ur soul
He hit something so hard u should video h explaining what happend
You should learn proper sentence structure....
haha. I was just busting balls
Please show us what he hit.
are we going to get a video of you getting your hands around his neck???? I hate it when this stuff happens!
I'm going to die laughing at comments in a minute... no excuse for bending it that bad but come on, we all make mistakes, i see more older fellas wrecking stuff the young people. we all broke something!!!
Be the last he runs my stuff
Id be giving him a swift kick in the ass!!! I don't mind if I break something because It belongs to me. If a hired man breaks something and walks away like that and doesn't so much as give me a phone call that's grounds for a fireing.
id be wonder what he hit and were it is. so i can remove it .
and maybe we can see what he it.
Looks like to me me hit a big rock really hard
Tell me he told you about it and you did not just find it that way..... Also he should be there helping you, just saying...
no I noticed it in the video and reversed it & paused and took a screen shot; tooooooo much time on my hands; I think he should give Messicks & Plasterer more grief; just sayin & thinkin
Make him explaine on crama what the fuck he hit
Did he even say anything???? I meant it is jyst stupid to walk away because it is not really like that you are not gonna see it. But I understand if he was sceard :)
what he hit
jeg kan ikke få stå at den ikke har ud løst.
Where is he! Don't trust a youngin to do a mans job...burn you every time! my Daddy was old school not only would they have to surgically remove his foot from my ass, my responsibility to fix or get fixed while he continually pounded all over body...got the scars to prove it ! Life lessons...what did you learn from this Wes?
it suks to get new stuff bent and it makes it wors wen it is not you´r self that bent it
That is not good