Hey I used to make all of those glass bowl fuel filters for John Deere. And the steel ones too!! I used to be the one that was making the pleats in the paper filters too.
OK Gang, you got me on this one. I grew up in Central Illinois on a farm. We had Cattle, Hogs, Corn and Beans. All our Gear was red! But I helped Dad will all the aspects of farming, I had crawl inside the combine and convert the separator from corn to beans cause Dad could not fit. Mom had a fit when she came out see how we were doing as my voice was coming from inside the combine. You guys warmed my heart to no end when I see you three working the field, the machine and the dump truck. We had a 57 Chevy Dump Truck I drove to the elevator for years. In line 6 was a dog but it was geared way down low. I remember getting the tickets and putting them in the ashtray. Dad would bring them inside and Mom would log them into the journal. And estimate the profits. Some times we would have a T Bone Steak from our freezer and sometimes we would have fried baloney. You guys stay safe, be happy and enjoy playing farmer. Thank You for sharing. Dennis in Virginia
Kevin, I want to thank you. Because ofyou and your show, I took the initiative to buy a broken generator and attempt to fix it for next year's hurricane season. I know absolutely nothing about small engines or any engines for that matter, but with blind confidence I gave it my all. Cleaned the carb, the tank, replaced fuel lines spark plug and air filter, got every bolt screw and spring back where it goes and nothing.... So as I was loading it up to take to the scrap yard, I finally saw the sticker that said "engine will cut off for low oil". Turns out it was a 1/2 quart low and started right up😅 So what did I learn from you? 1. Check all the literature before giving up 2. Never trust the last guys work 3. Nothing will get fixed unless you actually try to. Thanks Kevin, Angus and Mook for giving me the confidence! 😎
we had a small engine we used as a water pump for burning pasture off during burn season. went to get it going for the season, and it WOULD NOT START no matter what. Went to pull the dipstick out and fuel comes POURING out of the crankcase. took the carb off, and the bowl off that and then checked for a stuck float. got the float unstuck (yes, it WAS stuck open allowing fuel to fill the crankcase.) so once we drained the oil and fuel out and refilled the oil, the engine fired right up. shows the importance of always checking the oil before cranking on something that has sat
That's the way! There's lots of projects I've had that I just want to give away to whoever will come haul it off. But most of the time all I had to do was sit down and give it my all.
@gen157 my grandma's car sat for nearly a year I think? And the battery was still charged. Starter was shot that's why it was sitting. Smacked the starter and a few grinds and a few cranks later and off we went
A tip from a mechanic in education. Before starting an engine. Make sure to check everything on it. Oil, coolant, fuel, sparks and so on :) It can help to make sure it has everything before attempting to start. And if it doesnt, then work from where it is most likely the problem. Example, is it getting air and fuel? Does it has sparks? Just simple things to ask yourself about
@@Danspy501st my steps usually go 1)oil? 2)fuel? 3)coolant? 4)does it crank? 5)if it cranks, does it sputter a bit trying to start? 6)spray fuel into the intake 7)if that didnt work, do you have spark? 8)no spark? check cam/crank position sensors (distributor/coil/points on older stuff) 9)once spark is fixed, crank again. does it fire? if yes, go to step 10, if not, check all the previous steps. 10) if ALL of that fails and you have fuel, air, and spark, check compression. 11)find out you have no compression on like 5 cylinders and give up for a few yers.
The "farming series" has been a real treat from this channel for the past few years. I look forward to it and i hope they you guys can continue the tradition!!
Whereabouts you from? Would it be outlandish for the community to pull together some $$ for them to flatbed it back? I'm sure JYD would 100% run that badboy in his honor instead of this poop machine they're stuck with
This one hits close to home, literally. We owned a 6600 back when we were still farming in the early 1970's, just west of Cedar Rapids. Brings back some great memories. Thanks, Kevin and Angus.
Kevin I really love these harvest videos. Im in the central valley of California and never get to see the behind the scenes videos of farming. I only get to see it from the road in passing. Great fun video !
Shout out to the central valley! Many people don't realize how much Ag/farming gets done in California. Are you down south, up north, or in between? We're right in the middle: mostly grapes, walnuts, cherries, and dairies.
@@Conan_Obrien right in the middle. Pistachios. Almonds. Corn. Tomatoes. Grapes. Alfalfa. Garlic. Onions. Walnuts. Oranges. We have it all. Tons of dairies also.
As a southern suburb dweller, I absolutely LOVE these videos! Gives somebody like me a real appreciation for the hard-working farmers of this nation, salute to all of you!
Loved my JD 6600!! Bought mine for $500 at an estate auction when nobody was paying attention. Drove mine home with the 6-row corn header installed. I had no reason to own a combine. No corn to harvest. Just a wife to frustrate. Sold it a few months later for $3500.
I know someone who had a 9600 catch on fire their 3rd new one, and they bought a non operational 6600 jd with flat tires,$475 and the ground cable was rotted and corroded halfway up the cable new ground cable and it runs
Enjoying all this old farm equipment. Our family farmed in the North Central part of the Palouse region just west of Spokane, WA. We ran a 1978 John Deere 6602 hillside combine from 1993 until dad retired in 1999. Ours had a leveling system for the steep hills. Your combine brings alot of memories. Thanks for sharing. A little tip - the dealer reps told us when we first started to farm the best way to start up the separator was to do it with engine at idle or close to idle as you can to save on belts and clutches. Also start header separately as well to alleviate strain on those things.
Kevin, I am NOT making fun because John Deere is in trouble with not supporting farmers in keeping their equipment running. Here you are taking equipment and showing how to make things run. YOU! are a hero! From one NCO to another.
@jorgejiminez-rk1uu No, it's not. It is a problem that has been fabricated to turn working class people against each other. You have been told the most devious lies about your fellow man so that you don't think to hold the elites responsible.
These bigger pieces of machinery revivals are probably my favorite. I hope one day, someone will do a snowcat revival. I have never seen one done before, and those old Delorean snowcats are so cool.
My grandpa had that same combine, it sure brings back memories. He was an ant tank artillery sergeant in wwll, fought on D-day, and at the battle of the bulge, he helped the engineer's blow stuff up, and used dynamite quite a bit after the war to clear hedge rows and wooded areas to farm. I was ten when he let me push the plunger, and it was wild how kt blew the tree's out of the ground. He used to clear wooded areas in the war to get equipment through. He had newer combines, but saved this one, along with some old tractors. Thanks guys. G-d bless from Michigan.
Awesome job fellas when your supposed to harvest test moisture cause that will affect your check when selling corn or any crops so need moisture tester and check for high yield seed brands to boost your profits
I grew up on a 260-acre small farm. It was a daily expectation to expect something wasn't going to work, hence we did alot of farmer fixing on farmer creeper.🙂
You guys should do some fall tillage and plant winter wheat and do summer wheat harvest and straw bailing with old equipment that would be pretty cool series
You guys should find an old Kenworth W900A day-cab and a grain hopper, can haul more bushels of corn every trip, would take a bit longer to fill a grain hopper but it would be a cool video, not sure if that's a possibility or not, but seems worth a try. :D
My dad has been a John Deere combine mechanic for the last 34 years. One small trick I learned from him when greasing the head gear boxes by yourself is to put a golf ball over that hole with the plug on top. When the grease fills it up it will push the golf ball off and you will know it's full. Also, for oiling the chains they just use used motor oil.
You really should avoid using used motor oil for things, it's carcinogenic on your skin and full of other crap (like lead leached from the engine bearings) that's best not thrown about in the environment. Not that the farmers in my family listen to that, they use it for lubing chainsaw chains and waterproofing fenceposts... anyway, the 'technically correct' lube oil for the chains is probably some kind of 'open chain lubricant' with tackifiers added so it's sticky and won't fling off the chain when it's spinning at a bajillion revs a minute. Maybe motorcycle chain lube.
Ive always loved this little farming spinoff series you guys do. Its just nice to see old equipment get used again rather than just sitting around and rotting away. I think someone else said this but it would be really cool to see you revisit your older revivals and projects and sell them to new owners or just play around with them and do cool builds. Like the old F250 for example😂
Hey Kevin, I think I speak for a lot of people when I say that I would love to see some of the older cars revisited. Like the 260Z, the original F250, the classics! You said you wanted to get back to them, it’s been, what, 7 years since the F250?
And After '58 they switched to the 6-217 Deere engine. The early square-back 55s had a 6-217. After 65 or 66 they upped it to the same 6-303 used in the 95s. The 6-303 was also used in the 4010 gassers.
Awesome job guys. Next year when lubing chains up get a bucket of used motor oil and a paint brush. It'll be way quicker and before storing the combine get a pump sprayer and mix equal parts of diesel fuel and motor oil and spray down the header, chains and other metal parts to prevent rusting/seizing from sitting.
For storage I recommend lanolin spray, never had anything work better for protecting steel (that's in Brisbane, Australia, where it's always warm and the humidity is usually 70% or higher so steel rusts in no time). It also smells better than diesel and motor oil in my opinion. Either way, something you really must do is store equipment indoors covered with a tarp. Helps avoid condensation forming on the metal in the mornings when the air warms up but the metal parts are still cold from the night before.
I haven't worked in a farm for over 20 years but you guys and your shenanigans brought back good memories... even if we're not from the same country. Great upload! Love your channel!
When I was a kid, our house was next to a farm field and every year I was fascinated by the farming process. My favorite machine was the combine, and the farmers were very tolerant of the annoying kid asking a bunch of questions. This brought those memories back and I am thrilled, thank you!
There is no such thing as an annoying kid with questions. Almost every farmer I know including myself loves sharing their passion for farming with the younger generation. I will always stop and ask kids if they would like to ride, with their parents permission.
Big congrats and prayers on your wedding! I had friends in my youth who were sweet corn farmers. They did the "whole ear" crating thing so this grain reveal was entirely new to me. All I can say is wow! Glad you got it to the silo and can collect some jingle for it. Totally enjoying your channel and follow along easily while real people do real things and act like real people. Please don't tell me you're space aliens, that would just ruin everything. LOL
Would you be interested in a museum quality Gleaner A2 combine? It has a 12 foot reel for cutting beans, Milo, and wheat. It was given to me by K-State, they are going to scrap it. It’s absolutely pristine. I have pictures I could Email. It would be 100% free except transportation costs.
@@KnifeNerd9 I’m just desperately trying to find someone to save it. It’s an amazing piece of agricultural history. They gave me 45 days to get it off their property. I live in an apartment complex and have no place to store it.
I'm not a farmer, but grew up in a farming village in the Netherlands. (I always joked "1500 inhabitants and 15000 cows"). So seeing old farm equipment revived is still a fun watch.
I love the farming videos! I was getting a small plot of winter wheat planted a week or so ago, using old equipment, and kept saying “The rain’s a coming”. 😂
Cool! I believe the air intake basket is suppose to turn as it has a sweep on it to keep it clean. Also when running you should be wide open. great to see more equipment added to your collection. Now you just need to find your own grain truck!
It's amazing to see old equipment like this work as I love farming and watch load of farmers and they all use very new equipment as you would expect as productivity is key but for small or just for fun farmers like yourself Kevin is awesome to see
Your mom is really cute, it's fun seeing you interact with her. You might want to make a list of things needing to be fixed and stash it in the cab of the tractor, might speed things up next year.
i had a 7720 hydrostat that was basically the same but just a little bigger, the old girl did a good job!! looks like you had a lot of fun Keep having FUN
Use the winter/spring downtime for some essential catch up maintenance, the combine is a lovely history piece. I have not seen you for a while and it was lovely to see Mook still looking strong and well as your harvest came in.
as some one who grew up in a big city but was in awe of farms, farm land, and farm equipment when driving through Arkansas and Illinois on family vacations to the north, this is really, really cool.
Most of the “revive” videos I watch consist of someone getting it started and driving it, usually dangerously, 500 miles or so. You guys , on the other hand, fix the thing and then actually USE IT! So thanks very much for that!
Those menacing saw like straw walkers we all saw, when you really fired up the insides, are awesome. As a young man my mind was blown when i found they ran on wood bearings. Like two 6" 2.x4 scraps of wood screwed together made a low speed bearing just fine.
My grandfather lost a middle finger working on one of these back in the day (Somebody turned it over while he was working on it) watching this video I'd say he was lucky all he lost was a finger :)
@JunkyardDigs Bailing the foliage off the top will hurt the next crop if its not compensated with extra fertilizer. Their is a lot of nutrients in the stocks. When you take them off the field they dont break down and return that nutrients to the soil. So keep that in mind. Dont give away your cornstalk Bales.
I grew up with this exact 6600 combine and a 7700. Traded it in on the new cat combine in the late 90s. Still ran like a top. Of course, everything my grandpa maintained did.
Absolutely loved this episode. I grew up on a farm in SE Iowa and used a 4400. There is a lot of maintenance in those beast. Brought back a lot of memories. Keep the farming episodes coming!
Found your channel through a love for old rusted US muscle revival.... Turns out, you boys are a dab hand at farm 5h1t too... respect from the UK guys !
I love all things automotive. But these farm videos are amazing. This is what I do for a living but I run a 94’ Pete with a Wilson hopper bottom. About 1,100 bushels per load and we send out 5 trucks a day. Really cool seeing the older stuff getting some love!
@@ms6ed I was confused as it looked like Edison Motors logo, but every time I tried to see it properly, couldn't make it out. Glad it was true, Love the fact that Kevin is supporting such a good prospect. Hope to invest soon myself!
Great work Kevin! My dad bought a pre 1940 JD combine in the 1950s. I did a lot of bagging on that machine. We grew oats and Birdsfoot Trefoil. That pod was really small but JD captured most of the seeds. Used it for many years!
Takes me back to younger times as a mechanic's helper at an equipment dealership... spent many days up inside these things. Replacing rusted-out grain bin bottoms was my favorite 👍
I love the farm videos, grew farming with my grandpa and now work at a coop. I was glad to see you shut the combine down when you cleared the plugged head. Also when your neighbor takes off the stalk bales it will take away potassium from the soil, be good to throw a little fertilizer at it for next year. Looking forward to next year. Thanks for the great content.
Love all your videos Kevin! And don’t know if you’ll see this but an idea… find an antique tractor group in your area and have a plow day! Guys go ape over that too… junkyard digs plow day!! I’d come out!!
I don't know why I love this channel. I used to be a gearhead, and even did a cam install with a lot of help, but I've never liked old cars. I understand computers and fuel injection, and love my modern conveniences so much that I now drive one of those newfangled electric computers with wheels. My great-grandfather farmed a hundred acres, but I can barely keep some herbs and spices alive. Maybe what I really love about Junkyard Digs is the humor you guys bring to whatever you do. If you, Mook, and Angus decided to sit down and read Shakespeare, I'm sure that'd be equally entertaining. Now excuse me while I buy myself a shirt with some early Christmas money.
Kevin just a note most equipment manufacturers use a single key for all of their products, so if you have a cat key it will work on any other cat, if you have a deer key it will fit other deers . Now there might be a generation difference in some type of machines like a cat from the 70s use a fork shaped key as the main way to start the engine where a new one uses the fork as a battery cut off a a normal looking key for ignition.
When I was 19, I had a motivation to get into farming and all that jazz. I remember going to Moultrie, GA with my trade school buds to an Ag Expo and we saw all kinds of heavy machinery for farming. Unfortunately, I never was able to start into it for various reasons, but even still, I love seeing these big machines work their magic. Even better that they're old school. I love learning how these things work.
1:27:30 ... I was waiting for the moment Angus throws in his Smartphone. Guess *that* would have made a big laugh for the viewers. Good work you did. Machine needs some further love and care, but did the job. Keep it up and in service for coming years. I guess latest now your parents know that it pays to have technically knowledged kids ... 😁 Thanks for showing !
Watching from Australia, we don’t get to see much of rural US on TV…it’s easy to forget US isn’t just NY, LA and suburbia. You do a great job showcasing Iowa , the people and way of life
Hey guys (and Mook and Mom!) I so love the farming series! I look forward to it! I'd love to see this old Deere get the new parts it deserves and the other machines too. Love the channel and the great personalities and machines all come together to make awesome content. Keep up the great work! Cheers!
Thank you for the trip down memory lane on this one. I remember riding with my dad in a combine just like that. I also remember him greasing all the zerks on that thing.
I love your farming content. By far the most entertaining! I watch big farming youtube channels but yours has me laughing and wanting more ever year! Keep it up and congrats on the wedding! While Im at it thank you for your service!
Very cool video! That combine brought back a lot of memories from days with my grandfather. He had a 6600. I rode it that cab for hours with him in the late 1970s. Thanks for making this content.
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Love the video keep up the amazing work
You need to buy this combine and keep it so your not always looking for 1 when you need 1
Buy this 1 so your not always looking for 1 when you need it
Hey I used to make all of those glass bowl fuel filters for John Deere. And the steel ones too!! I used to be the one that was making the pleats in the paper filters too.
Love the abandoned farming series. This channel checks all the boxes
Fully agree. I am hooked
OK Gang, you got me on this one. I grew up in Central Illinois on a farm. We had Cattle, Hogs, Corn and Beans. All our Gear was red! But I helped Dad will all the aspects of farming, I had crawl inside the combine and convert the separator from corn to beans cause Dad could not fit. Mom had a fit when she came out see how we were doing as my voice was coming from inside the combine. You guys warmed my heart to no end when I see you three working the field, the machine and the dump truck. We had a 57 Chevy Dump Truck I drove to the elevator for years. In line 6 was a dog but it was geared way down low. I remember getting the tickets and putting them in the ashtray. Dad would bring them inside and Mom would log them into the journal. And estimate the profits. Some times we would have a T Bone Steak from our freezer and sometimes we would have fried baloney. You guys stay safe, be happy and enjoy playing farmer. Thank You for sharing. Dennis in Virginia
That sounds like farming in the '80s!!
Kevin, I want to thank you.
Because ofyou and your show, I took the initiative to buy a broken generator and attempt to fix it for next year's hurricane season. I know absolutely nothing about small engines or any engines for that matter, but with blind confidence I gave it my all. Cleaned the carb, the tank, replaced fuel lines spark plug and air filter, got every bolt screw and spring back where it goes and nothing....
So as I was loading it up to take to the scrap yard, I finally saw the sticker that said "engine will cut off for low oil". Turns out it was a 1/2 quart low and started right up😅
So what did I learn from you?
1. Check all the literature before giving up
2. Never trust the last guys work
3. Nothing will get fixed unless you actually try to.
Thanks Kevin, Angus and Mook for giving me the confidence! 😎
we had a small engine we used as a water pump for burning pasture off during burn season. went to get it going for the season, and it WOULD NOT START no matter what. Went to pull the dipstick out and fuel comes POURING out of the crankcase. took the carb off, and the bowl off that and then checked for a stuck float. got the float unstuck (yes, it WAS stuck open allowing fuel to fill the crankcase.) so once we drained the oil and fuel out and refilled the oil, the engine fired right up. shows the importance of always checking the oil before cranking on something that has sat
That's the way! There's lots of projects I've had that I just want to give away to whoever will come haul it off. But most of the time all I had to do was sit down and give it my all.
@gen157 my grandma's car sat for nearly a year I think? And the battery was still charged. Starter was shot that's why it was sitting. Smacked the starter and a few grinds and a few cranks later and off we went
A tip from a mechanic in education. Before starting an engine. Make sure to check everything on it. Oil, coolant, fuel, sparks and so on :) It can help to make sure it has everything before attempting to start. And if it doesnt, then work from where it is most likely the problem.
Example, is it getting air and fuel? Does it has sparks? Just simple things to ask yourself about
@@Danspy501st my steps usually go
1)oil?
2)fuel?
3)coolant?
4)does it crank?
5)if it cranks, does it sputter a bit trying to start?
6)spray fuel into the intake
7)if that didnt work, do you have spark?
8)no spark? check cam/crank position sensors (distributor/coil/points on older stuff)
9)once spark is fixed, crank again. does it fire? if yes, go to step 10, if not, check all the previous steps.
10) if ALL of that fails and you have fuel, air, and spark, check compression.
11)find out you have no compression on like 5 cylinders and give up for a few yers.
The "farming series" has been a real treat from this channel for the past few years. I look forward to it and i hope they you guys can continue the tradition!!
My dad passed in 2021 and his 6600 JD has been sitting since. This makes me happy guys
Sad hope you can recover it
Im sorry for your loss
Whereabouts you from? Would it be outlandish for the community to pull together some $$ for them to flatbed it back? I'm sure JYD would 100% run that badboy in his honor instead of this poop machine they're stuck with
You should get the combine going again with the help of this video. Would be cool.
Pretty sure you cant do a revival on a person
This one hits close to home, literally. We owned a 6600 back when we were still farming in the early 1970's, just west of Cedar Rapids. Brings back some great memories. Thanks, Kevin and Angus.
Angus tossing the corn into the combine looked like a demented scarecrow ripping out its insides! HAHA!!!
Yes that was hilarious what a goofball but its fun.
I’m surprised by how much he was able to stuff inside of his overalls😂
Most Iowa thing I have ever seen
"Goose" is Comedy Gold, that's for Sure!
Adventures with Angus
Kevin I really love these harvest videos. Im in the central valley of California and never get to see the behind the scenes videos of farming. I only get to see it from the road in passing. Great fun video !
Shout out to the central valley! Many people don't realize how much Ag/farming gets done in California. Are you down south, up north, or in between? We're right in the middle: mostly grapes, walnuts, cherries, and dairies.
@@Conan_Obrien right in the middle. Pistachios. Almonds. Corn. Tomatoes. Grapes. Alfalfa. Garlic. Onions. Walnuts. Oranges. We have it all. Tons of dairies also.
Thanks for letting me drive your combine! It was fun! Great video!
-Mom
Great job raising that guy!
We love ya momma digs!
Good on ya, Mom. Nice to see that spirit of adventure.
It's not a JYD Harvest video without Mrs Brown showing everyone how it's done!
Hahahahaha
The signed message killed me
As a southern suburb dweller, I absolutely LOVE these videos! Gives somebody like me a real appreciation for the hard-working farmers of this nation, salute to all of you!
Loved my JD 6600!! Bought mine for $500 at an estate auction when nobody was paying attention. Drove mine home with the 6-row corn header installed. I had no reason to own a combine. No corn to harvest. Just a wife to frustrate. Sold it a few months later for $3500.
Please tell me you taunted your old lady when you showed her 3k profit, then took her out for a fancy dinner.
@@bshellz And hopefully a legover back at home...
I know someone who had a 9600 catch on fire their 3rd new one, and they bought a non operational 6600 jd with flat tires,$475 and the ground cable was rotted and corroded halfway up the cable new ground cable and it runs
Enjoying all this old farm equipment. Our family farmed in the North Central part of the Palouse region just west of Spokane, WA. We ran a 1978 John Deere 6602 hillside combine from 1993 until dad retired in 1999. Ours had a leveling system for the steep hills. Your combine brings alot of memories. Thanks for sharing. A little tip - the dealer reps told us when we first started to farm the best way to start up the separator was to do it with engine at idle or close to idle as you can to save on belts and clutches. Also start header separately as well to alleviate strain on those things.
For a city boy like me, your farming episodes are both entertaining and educational. Thanks for creating great content.
Angus throwing corn from different pockets on his overalls was prob the funniest thing I've seen in some time, laughed way to hard at that.
Kevin, I am NOT making fun because John Deere is in trouble with not supporting farmers in keeping their equipment running. Here you are taking equipment and showing how to make things run.
YOU! are a hero! From one NCO to another.
JD is also big into wokeness and DEI. They should be boycotted out of existence.
@@Chris_Garman Get new material
@Chris_Garman get off the internet, it's rotting your brain
@jorgejiminez-rk1uu No, it's not. It is a problem that has been fabricated to turn working class people against each other. You have been told the most devious lies about your fellow man so that you don't think to hold the elites responsible.
These bigger pieces of machinery revivals are probably my favorite. I hope one day, someone will do a snowcat revival. I have never seen one done before, and those old Delorean snowcats are so cool.
My grandpa had that same combine, it sure brings back memories. He was an ant tank artillery sergeant in wwll, fought on D-day, and at the battle of the bulge, he helped the engineer's blow stuff up, and used dynamite quite a bit after the war to clear hedge rows and wooded areas to farm. I was ten when he let me push the plunger, and it was wild how kt blew the tree's out of the ground. He used to clear wooded areas in the war to get equipment through. He had newer combines, but saved this one, along with some old tractors. Thanks guys.
G-d bless from Michigan.
Man I bet he had some stories!
Awesome job fellas when your supposed to harvest test moisture cause that will affect your check when selling corn or any crops so need moisture tester and check for high yield seed brands to boost your profits
Now, you need to do an old peterbilt to help with the harvest
I would like to see that
They're hauling corn. It's gotta be a 1700 loadstar with a dt466
@@cavtavgameing me to
Not with that combine. A 50's 60's or 70's 1 to 3 ton is plenty.
That be bad ass
I grew up on a 260-acre small farm. It was a daily expectation to expect something wasn't going to work, hence we did alot of farmer fixing on farmer creeper.🙂
You guys should do some fall tillage and plant winter wheat and do summer wheat harvest and straw bailing with old equipment that would be pretty cool series
You guys should find an old Kenworth W900A day-cab and a grain hopper, can haul more bushels of corn every trip, would take a bit longer to fill a grain hopper but it would be a cool video, not sure if that's a possibility or not, but seems worth a try. :D
My dad has been a John Deere combine mechanic for the last 34 years. One small trick I learned from him when greasing the head gear boxes by yourself is to put a golf ball over that hole with the plug on top. When the grease fills it up it will push the golf ball off and you will know it's full. Also, for oiling the chains they just use used motor oil.
That golf ball trick is smart!
You really should avoid using used motor oil for things, it's carcinogenic on your skin and full of other crap (like lead leached from the engine bearings) that's best not thrown about in the environment. Not that the farmers in my family listen to that, they use it for lubing chainsaw chains and waterproofing fenceposts...
anyway, the 'technically correct' lube oil for the chains is probably some kind of 'open chain lubricant' with tackifiers added so it's sticky and won't fling off the chain when it's spinning at a bajillion revs a minute. Maybe motorcycle chain lube.
Ive always loved this little farming spinoff series you guys do. Its just nice to see old equipment get used again rather than just sitting around and rotting away. I think someone else said this but it would be really cool to see you revisit your older revivals and projects and sell them to new owners or just play around with them and do cool builds. Like the old F250 for example😂
Hey Kevin, I think I speak for a lot of people when I say that I would love to see some of the older cars revisited. Like the 260Z, the original F250, the classics! You said you wanted to get back to them, it’s been, what, 7 years since the F250?
Completely agree.
I really want to see the Limo again
You are right
I agree
The f 100
And also. Bless you for sneezing, when you was on the combine there. And you all have a really nice orange and white cat there, too.
I was feeling down when they announced that Roadkill was ending today, but atleast we still have people like Kevin to carry on their legacy
Who still watches roadkill?
They put it all behind a pay wall
Motor trend did this to themselves
@@Frankensteins_HighboyI only catch it when someone uploads bootleg videos on UA-cam, till it gets taken down.
Well chit...Roadkill was on of the only reasons I had the Discovery+ sub. Guess When all the Motor Trend shows end I will cancel my sub.
@@bshellz
Ditto 👍
I loved how you guys picked up all the cobs not shucked. Farma karma and all the world is good😊
It's really cool to see Kevin learn from friends and neighbors and do new stuff. People like this will save the world one day.
1 corn cob at a time 🤘
I love that grain truck 😊 Black and red are my favorite colors and the pinstriping on the bunker is a beautiful touch.
New subtitle idea for the farming series: Farmyard Digs
maybe even an entire channel dedicated to reviving and farming with abandoned equipment
@@digitalrailroader I like it here. guy has his hands full with one channel
DJBTTF ( DIG JUNK BRING TO THE FARM)😂😉.
And After '58 they switched to the 6-217 Deere engine. The early square-back 55s had a 6-217. After 65 or 66 they upped it to the same 6-303 used in the 95s. The 6-303 was also used in the 4010 gassers.
Awesome job guys.
Next year when lubing chains up get a bucket of used motor oil and a paint brush. It'll be way quicker and before storing the combine get a pump sprayer and mix equal parts of diesel fuel and motor oil and spray down the header, chains and other metal parts to prevent rusting/seizing from sitting.
mix equal parts of diesel fuel and motor oil Just did that to winterise the wooden shed!
For storage I recommend lanolin spray, never had anything work better for protecting steel (that's in Brisbane, Australia, where it's always warm and the humidity is usually 70% or higher so steel rusts in no time). It also smells better than diesel and motor oil in my opinion.
Either way, something you really must do is store equipment indoors covered with a tarp. Helps avoid condensation forming on the metal in the mornings when the air warms up but the metal parts are still cold from the night before.
I haven't worked in a farm for over 20 years but you guys and your shenanigans brought back good memories... even if we're not from the same country. Great upload! Love your channel!
When I was a kid, our house was next to a farm field and every year I was fascinated by the farming process. My favorite machine was the combine, and the farmers were very tolerant of the annoying kid asking a bunch of questions. This brought those memories back and I am thrilled, thank you!
There is no such thing as an annoying kid with questions. Almost every farmer I know including myself loves sharing their passion for farming with the younger generation. I will always stop and ask kids if they would like to ride, with their parents permission.
@@traviswillett2625 That is awesome!
Big congrats and prayers on your wedding!
I had friends in my youth who were sweet corn farmers. They did the "whole ear" crating thing so this grain reveal was entirely new to me. All I can say is wow! Glad you got it to the silo and can collect some jingle for it. Totally enjoying your channel and follow along easily while real people do real things and act like real people. Please don't tell me you're space aliens, that would just ruin everything. LOL
Would you be interested in a museum quality Gleaner A2 combine? It has a 12 foot reel for cutting beans, Milo, and wheat. It was given to me by K-State, they are going to scrap it. It’s absolutely pristine. I have pictures I could Email. It would be 100% free except transportation costs.
You should try calling the Allis Chalmers museum.
Pristine? Junkyard Digs? You must be new here :D
@@KnifeNerd9 I’m just desperately trying to find someone to save it. It’s an amazing piece of agricultural history. They gave me 45 days to get it off their property. I live in an apartment complex and have no place to store it.
@stevenlatham4397 Hopefully the Allis Chalmers museum will take it.
I possibly would be if Kevin isn’t
I'm not a farmer, but grew up in a farming village in the Netherlands. (I always joked "1500 inhabitants and 15000 cows"). So seeing old farm equipment revived is still a fun watch.
I love the farming videos! I was getting a small plot of winter wheat planted a week or so ago, using old equipment, and kept saying “The rain’s a coming”. 😂
Cool! I believe the air intake basket is suppose to turn as it has a sweep on it to keep it clean. Also when running you should be wide open. great to see more equipment added to your collection. Now you just need to find your own grain truck!
Make a list today of what repairs you need so next spring when you get into it you don't need to try remembering.
It's amazing to see old equipment like this work as I love farming and watch load of farmers and they all use very new equipment as you would expect as productivity is key but for small or just for fun farmers like yourself Kevin is awesome to see
Your mom is really cute, it's fun seeing you interact with her. You might want to make a list of things needing to be fixed and stash it in the cab of the tractor, might speed things up next year.
Every belt, chain and bearing would be a good stsrt
i had a 7720 hydrostat that was basically the same but just a little bigger, the old girl did a good job!! looks like you had a lot of fun Keep having FUN
The farm videos and the abandoned camper to KC speedway have to be my favorite videos of all time
Use the winter/spring downtime for some essential catch up maintenance, the combine is a lovely history piece. I have not seen you for a while and it was lovely to see Mook still looking strong and well as your harvest came in.
as some one who grew up in a big city but was in awe of farms, farm land, and farm equipment when driving through Arkansas and Illinois on family vacations to the north, this is really, really cool.
Most of the “revive” videos I watch consist of someone getting it started and driving it, usually dangerously, 500 miles or so. You guys , on the other hand, fix the thing and then actually USE IT! So thanks very much for that!
Those menacing saw like straw walkers we all saw, when you really fired up the insides, are awesome. As a young man my mind was blown when i found they ran on wood bearings. Like two 6" 2.x4 scraps of wood screwed together made a low speed bearing just fine.
Thanks for doing all the camera time for us.
I grew up in the Palouse country (wheat country).
It was awesome to see your harvest!
My grandfather lost a middle finger working on one of these back in the day (Somebody turned it over while he was working on it) watching this video I'd say he was lucky all he lost was a finger :)
All those pulleys just screaming "shake hands with danger"
At least it was a finger and not an arm. Farm equipment loves removing body parts.
Absolutely love this series. I’d love to see the combine get more use in the future.
@JunkyardDigs Bailing the foliage off the top will hurt the next crop if its not compensated with extra fertilizer. Their is a lot of nutrients in the stocks. When you take them off the field they dont break down and return that nutrients to the soil. So keep that in mind. Dont give away your cornstalk Bales.
We could get two bales.... Or I can fix less holes in the snowmobiles this year 👀
Your Mom is so cool!!!!...Congrats on the success!!!...Super awesome series Kevin, Angus and Mook....-John
I grew up with this exact 6600 combine and a 7700. Traded it in on the new cat combine in the late 90s. Still ran like a top. Of course, everything my grandpa maintained did.
The old farm equipment revivals with angus are gold. Keep em up 👍
I always get pumped when this series comes out. Best gear head AND best farming content on the internet
No one has ever tried clueless farming content! 😂
Absolutely loved this episode. I grew up on a farm in SE Iowa and used a 4400. There is a lot of maintenance in those beast. Brought back a lot of memories. Keep the farming episodes coming!
Found your channel through a love for old rusted US muscle revival.... Turns out, you boys are a dab hand at farm 5h1t too... respect from the UK guys !
Their from Iowa, where you are required to start your farming internship before you start school. 😐
Such a great video. Watching the combine eat all that corn is so satisfying.
We just finished up our 2024 harvest and I couldn’t get the thought of this video out of my head. And now here she is
I love all things automotive. But these farm videos are amazing. This is what I do for a living but I run a 94’ Pete with a Wilson hopper bottom. About 1,100 bushels per load and we send out 5 trucks a day. Really cool seeing the older stuff getting some love!
9:45 I see that Edison Motors jacket 👀 Glad to see my favorite creators supporting my favorite companies!
noticed that too! Edison Motors should get all the recognition they deserve!
good eye
@@ms6ed I was confused as it looked like Edison Motors logo, but every time I tried to see it properly, couldn't make it out. Glad it was true, Love the fact that Kevin is supporting such a good prospect. Hope to invest soon myself!
Great work Kevin! My dad bought a
pre 1940 JD combine in the 1950s. I did a lot of bagging on that machine. We grew oats and Birdsfoot Trefoil. That pod was really small but JD captured most of the seeds. Used it for many years!
Angus’s little scream at 30 minutes was pure hysteria.
Please keep doing what you do, it makes my day every time you upload.
Takes me back to younger times as a mechanic's helper at an equipment dealership... spent many days up inside these things. Replacing rusted-out grain bin bottoms was my favorite 👍
It's that time of year again! Woooooo!!!
I love the farm videos, grew farming with my grandpa and now work at a coop. I was glad to see you shut the combine down when you cleared the plugged head. Also when your neighbor takes off the stalk bales it will take away potassium from the soil, be good to throw a little fertilizer at it for next year. Looking forward to next year. Thanks for the great content.
Love all your videos Kevin! And don’t know if you’ll see this but an idea… find an antique tractor group in your area and have a plow day! Guys go ape over that too… junkyard digs plow day!! I’d come out!!
Yes!! Those old timey tractors with 1 and 2 bottom plows
I don't know why I love this channel. I used to be a gearhead, and even did a cam install with a lot of help, but I've never liked old cars. I understand computers and fuel injection, and love my modern conveniences so much that I now drive one of those newfangled electric computers with wheels. My great-grandfather farmed a hundred acres, but I can barely keep some herbs and spices alive. Maybe what I really love about Junkyard Digs is the humor you guys bring to whatever you do. If you, Mook, and Angus decided to sit down and read Shakespeare, I'm sure that'd be equally entertaining. Now excuse me while I buy myself a shirt with some early Christmas money.
Man, I don't miss cleaning combines. We did rice, it took 3 days minimum to get ready to store the 2 combines in the shop.
I would have never thought I'd find a farming video interesting. I did enjoy this one, and now I'm exciting for your bean haul next season.
Kevin just a note most equipment manufacturers use a single key for all of their products, so if you have a cat key it will work on any other cat, if you have a deer key it will fit other deers . Now there might be a generation difference in some type of machines like a cat from the 70s use a fork shaped key as the main way to start the engine where a new one uses the fork as a battery cut off a a normal looking key for ignition.
When I was 19, I had a motivation to get into farming and all that jazz. I remember going to Moultrie, GA with my trade school buds to an Ag Expo and we saw all kinds of heavy machinery for farming. Unfortunately, I never was able to start into it for various reasons, but even still, I love seeing these big machines work their magic. Even better that they're old school. I love learning how these things work.
I love the farm series each year. Stay gold, ponyboy!
Thank you for continuing this series! This is super fun content you don't see on UA-cam! I know many of us look forward to these videos! Keep it up
34:29 i love that you did the emperors new grove, the waterfall part here nice touch.👌👍
Finally someone noticed!!😂
@@JunkyardDigs dude you just made my day so much better thank you🤣😂
1:27:30 ... I was waiting for the moment Angus throws in his Smartphone. Guess *that* would have made a big laugh for the viewers. Good work you did. Machine needs some further love and care, but did the job. Keep it up and in service for coming years. I guess latest now your parents know that it pays to have technically knowledged kids ... 😁 Thanks for showing !
I love harvest season. One tradition that should never go away. And RV to nascar
Watching from Australia, we don’t get to see much of rural US on TV…it’s easy to forget US isn’t just NY, LA and suburbia.
You do a great job showcasing Iowa , the people and way of life
I wondered yesterday when the harvest episode would be. Way Cool!!!!!!!!!!
Videos like this give you a real appreciation for what it takes to do farming full time. Dawn to dusk work.
Back with Farmer Brown
Hey guys (and Mook and Mom!) I so love the farming series! I look forward to it! I'd love to see this old Deere get the new parts it deserves and the other machines too. Love the channel and the great personalities and machines all come together to make awesome content. Keep up the great work! Cheers!
"Crisis Understood" is damn near shirt worthy lmao
The whole buy farm equipment is pretty good I thought it was dumb at first love it now.
OHHHH YEA!!! KEEP THE PRESSURE ON!
Your farm equipment episodes are my fav kevin. Keep em coming. Good job angus and team. Love the antique farm equipment. 🚜
I just watched a combine destruction derby on UA-cam, the other day. Those guys are crazy!
Thank you for the trip down memory lane on this one. I remember riding with my dad in a combine just like that.
I also remember him greasing all the zerks on that thing.
Angus the corn thrower, funniest thing all day😂🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽
I love your farming content. By far the most entertaining! I watch big farming youtube channels but yours has me laughing and wanting more ever year! Keep it up and congrats on the wedding! While Im at it thank you for your service!
The Porta-John Deere, lol. It did a great job. What a deal!
Very cool video! That combine brought back a lot of memories from days with my grandfather. He had a 6600. I rode it that cab for hours with him in the late 1970s. Thanks for making this content.
The combine poops like a Hippopotamus 🤣
Interesting video 👍👍
Your farming videos are always great. I enjoy that you keep the tradition alive.
More farming yyyaaayyyy!!!🎉😂
another junkyard digs banger
That was a good one Kevin. I enjoy seeing you and Mook interact. She is funny.