A Few Things You Oughta Know / Day 25 Highwood Montana Wheat Harvest (August 13)

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  • Happy birthday, Dad!
    I’m here doing what I love because of you and Grandpa. The passion I have for the combine and the custom harvesting industry runs deep in my soul.
    Today, I thought it was fitting to explain why I am the way I am.
    Love you, Dad!
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  • @donaldberg7955
    @donaldberg7955 11 місяців тому +11

    THANKS for sharing your historical perspective and story...It IS NOT the color of the combine, it is all about the person in the cab with purpose and a heart for Agriculture.....Be proud of your legacy...

  • @clfhnt
    @clfhnt 11 місяців тому +22

    A hearty thank you for the wonderful history lesson. There's lots of "harvest" vids on U-tube these days but your's is by far the very best.

  • @mijyadoc5374
    @mijyadoc5374 9 місяців тому

    It is a beautiful well told and much appreciated story. I was raised on a small farm in SE Kansas. My dad is still around and just turned 99 on the 16th of sept, 2023. I'll be 79 in few more months and all I do now is the lawn mowing of the farm...:) About 2.5 acres.... Yes I'm old enough to know what it takes to sit the seat of an "H" or "WC" for 10hrs a day pulling a 2bottom plow, etc. Must say I most enjoyed the harvest time as we began with a 1 row cornpicker, a 5foot pulltype combine. Love it all. Thank you!

    • @ZeorianHarvestingTrucking
      @ZeorianHarvestingTrucking  9 місяців тому +1

      Awesome to hear from you!!!
      Wow! The changes in machinery that you’ve experienced. Amazing! You and your generation of farmers/harvesters have all my respect!!!

  • @dougsigman4724
    @dougsigman4724 11 місяців тому +24

    I retired 2 years ago after 47 years raising corn and soybeans in Indiana. Now my wife and I spend the winter in Florida and I help one of my neighbors put his crop in and take it out. No stress,all the fun. Looks like you and Jim might have found the perfect setup. Enjoy those grandkids! We do!😊

    • @johnfurnival4133
      @johnfurnival4133 11 місяців тому +1

      Your family have certainly been a huge part harvesting journey they have all done their part along the way, there’s something about harvesting which stays with you, I certainly miss it even 22years since my last harvest run, thank you for a lovely story and happy birthday to your dad

    • @ZeorianHarvestingTrucking
      @ZeorianHarvestingTrucking  10 місяців тому

      😊 thanks!

    • @ZeorianHarvestingTrucking
      @ZeorianHarvestingTrucking  10 місяців тому

      Yes! Harvest gets buried deep in your soul. I don’t think my love for the combine or a wheat field will ever go away.

    • @billhutfles3224
      @billhutfles3224 10 місяців тому

      Thanks for the family history. True grit and stick to it perserverance got you there. You should be proud. Do any of your kids desire to keep the tradition going?

    • @ZeorianHarvestingTrucking
      @ZeorianHarvestingTrucking  10 місяців тому

      @@billhutfles3224 - ohhhhh, they all love traveling the highways. They’ve got the gypsy blood flowing through their system. But, no, they won’t carry on. They each married someone who has no desire to do what we did. And that’s okay.

  • @sp9600
    @sp9600 10 місяців тому

    I loved hearing your story. I love watching the process of harvesting. I am sure it is not as glamorous as it looks ( like down time for the field to dry or repairs). I live in Pa and have only been around small farms and gardens. These large computerized machines are amazing!! Thank you for sharing your story.

    • @ZeorianHarvestingTrucking
      @ZeorianHarvestingTrucking  10 місяців тому +1

      I had hoped that by sharing every day, those who watch would get a better idea of all it takes to make it happen. Thanks for being a part of the story!

  • @bertrutledge4546
    @bertrutledge4546 11 місяців тому +13

    Since I have been a subscriber from early in your UA-cam channel story I have heard most of this at one time or another. But it is nice to hear the entire story in one setting and especially fitting that you did this on your dad's birthday. Plus the new subscribers needed more of the history of you and Jim's past. Good story, thanks.

  • @marcometselaar2291
    @marcometselaar2291 11 місяців тому +14

    What a great story! So nice of you to tell about your family's history. Really great you still have so many old photos, those are great memories! Congratulations with your father! Nice to hear that you have known Jim for so long! It must be great if your job is your hobby! About my family history; both my great-grandfathers each owned a farm. They had pieces of land with cows. I found out years ago that my house is on the ground of what used to belong to one of my great-grandfathers.
    Many compliments for the video, it is fun to watch. I watch video's on my 55 inch TV, really great and it is much more fun than the regular TV programs! Greetings to you and Jim, Marco

  • @groth3395
    @groth3395 11 місяців тому +3

    Seeing that combine perched on the back of that straight truck was a hoot. The head wasn't even wide enough to be a bother going down the road!

  • @jamesmccrary3468
    @jamesmccrary3468 11 місяців тому +11

    Tracy thanks for the insight to your family. Keep up the good work.

  • @brianhosey3811
    @brianhosey3811 11 місяців тому +14

    What a great story! The drone shots are spectacular! What a beautiful part of our country!

  • @BobbyP-ld9dh
    @BobbyP-ld9dh 11 місяців тому +4

    As long as you post I’ll be a watching subscriber.

    • @ZeorianHarvestingTrucking
      @ZeorianHarvestingTrucking  10 місяців тому +1

      ❤️ sometimes it’s difficult to find content when your “job” isn’t a year-long one. Don’t give up on me when it slows down again.

  • @jwhayes1965
    @jwhayes1965 11 місяців тому +1

    What a gorgeous view! I cannot begin to describe how much I love the videos when you start reminiscing about days gone by. Like you, I often wish I had spent more time listening while they were still around.

  • @johnv9071
    @johnv9071 11 місяців тому +5

    Ms. Tracy, Thank you for all the information and I know you have lots of very fond memories of all those years on the road. Glad that you are still being able to drive the combines and harvest the crops as I know is is a pleasure for you to do it and it is a pleasure for us to be able to watch you do it. With the Lords help you will be able to do it for many more years. Thank You!!!

  • @davidsauer4389
    @davidsauer4389 11 місяців тому +1

    Been driving combine since1978 mostly corn here in Wisconsin. Combines were my love and office with a view of God's creation so many sun sets and rain outs always tried to go just a little longer with rain coming made sure the truck driver got wet tarping the truck.alot of jobs you can't describe this is one you just have to experience. Thanks tracy.thank the lord.

    • @ZeorianHarvestingTrucking
      @ZeorianHarvestingTrucking  11 місяців тому

      Yep! You just have to experience it. And then can better understand the love of the job.

  • @Duane-O-Matic
    @Duane-O-Matic 11 місяців тому +18

    Tracy, Your new employers are kindred spirits to all your old customers, it seems. They seem like good folks. So glad you found an opportunity to keep mowing wheat, its therapeutic for lots of us. Great presentation and editing, too.

  • @theokusters7491
    @theokusters7491 4 місяці тому

    Great story. Followed your channel for a long time, have to admit on and off. You always were able to tell your story with passion. Thanks, Greetings from South West Ontario.

    • @ZeorianHarvestingTrucking
      @ZeorianHarvestingTrucking  4 місяці тому

      Thank you so much! I appreciate your kind words and love the fact that you have followed for a while!

  • @dougjohnson3494
    @dougjohnson3494 11 місяців тому +3

    Thanks for the videos and info.
    I was an announcer at KRVN from 1973-1990 before coming to Alaska.
    Godspeed from the Old Bearded Scandinavian.

  • @Caleb-mp6um
    @Caleb-mp6um 11 місяців тому

    Thank you for sharing your family story. I really enjoyed the pictures of the Massey's. My family has always had a Massey combine starting with a clipper. We farm around the St Edward Neb area. I enjoy your videos! Thank you

  • @jimmykellam7072
    @jimmykellam7072 11 місяців тому +3

    Awesome storys of the generations the scenery makes you feel like you are there been watching for 3 years

  • @clarencedalrymple2566
    @clarencedalrymple2566 11 місяців тому +5

    Happy Birthday to your Dad.. God Bless.

  • @edniemyjski3303
    @edniemyjski3303 11 місяців тому +5

    just a wonderful family history we got to here,if only grandpa and grandma could see you and Jim and your family today tracy .my dad died at 66 now their are 138 in my parents family and still growing.

  • @bryanginder5903
    @bryanginder5903 11 місяців тому +2

    Great history!!!
    Have to love them old Massey's the queens of the fields!!!

  • @robertmarino2158
    @robertmarino2158 11 місяців тому +6

    What a wonderful life story , great pictures & videos, you do outstanding work put ting everything together ! Thank you & Jim , stay safe , enjoy ! Great memories !

  • @jerrymurphy6673
    @jerrymurphy6673 11 місяців тому +1

    I remember when I was teenager seeing trucks with combines in tow in Central Mississippi I no it was not your but a lot of memories thank you I really appreciate yours videos thank you

  • @jkcook626
    @jkcook626 10 місяців тому

    Love the videos!!! Love the wheat harvest run. Wish I could go. Thanks so much for sharing the journey and your families history. Awesomeness!!!!!

  • @curtmyers6273
    @curtmyers6273 11 місяців тому +2

    Great video and story on how your journey to custom harvesting started. Ive been involved in farming a good portion of my life. My grandfather had a small dairy farm and about 600 acres in Southern Minnesota. Even after my parents divorced i spent as much time on grandpa's farm. I graduated in 1976, in 1979 i decided to go on my first wheat harvest with a cutter from north Dakota and went to Lyons ks and worked our way back to North Dakota then went to work for another custom cutter that farmed quite a bit of land and cut for other farmers too. Probably one of my best summers ever. After doing odd jobs for a couple years i finally settled on working for a large family farming operation not far from home. In 1983 during the farm crisis of the 80's the guy i was working for had a new 7720 jd and he said we need money so he hooked the combine up with a cutter not far from us and i went south to Oklahoma on my 2nd harvest running that new combine. Spent the summer working my way up to north Dakota again. Another fun summer! After i got done up there it was back to Southern Minnesota and spent the next 5 yrs with this family farm. In late 88 i bought my first semi and trucked for 23 yrs got married had 3 kids and with my cousin took over my grandads farm. So from 98 to 2010 i farmed and trucked. Decided to quit both in 2010 and went back to work for that same family farm i first worked for in 1981. I dont run combine here but run the tractor and cart during harvest, tillage and truck. Im 65 now and am thinking about maybe slowing down a little, retire maybe! I often think about the wheat harvest and would do it again. It was 2 of my most enjoyable summers i had ever spent. Ive been over alot of country during my trucking years but never that part of Montana where your at and i hope to visit that part of the country when i do decide to retire, so amazing and such beauty! Thanks for sharing your adventures.

    • @ZeorianHarvestingTrucking
      @ZeorianHarvestingTrucking  11 місяців тому

      WOW!!! What an awesome story! The first question that comes to mind is who did you go with? The harvest gets buried deep in your soul. Some have told me there’s life after harvest but I’ve got it so bad, I’m afraid it will only die when I die. This part of Montana is beautiful. But so is the Jordan area - different than here. Thanks for sharing your memories. I loved it.

    • @curtmyers6273
      @curtmyers6273 11 місяців тому

      @ZeorianHarvestingTrucking I went with a 2 combine crew from ardoc ( spelling is probably off) north Dakota not far from Oslo mn. 2 7700jds. Edwin plutoski his 2 sons his oldest sons wife me and another young guy. Awesome people. When I got back I worked for Louis slominski for the remainder of north Dakota harvest. As of a few years ago his youngest son still did the harvest. He may still do I'm not sure. Louis was pretty good to work for too. Liked his beer! Started the day with a cooler of soda and a cooler of beer. Drank the beer at the end of the day! He ran a couple of the first year 7720's and an 8820. 24ft straight cut headers back then. The 8820 came late in the season because it was one of the 1st big combines deere put out if I remember right. Then in 83 I went with a crew out of frost mn by the name of Bruce Peterson. Nice group of people there too. He also ran deere. I took a 7720 with rear wheel assist so I got the mud jobs! That year in Oklahoma there was a lot of that! Ended in north Dakota and fought mud there the month I was up there. All in all it was a great experience and I'd do again if I could I think. Tried getting my son to do it when he got older but after he graduated he had other ideas. He'll get in a tractor once in awhile when can where I work so he gets his farming fix that way! Otherwise he hauls hogs to market. As I watch your videos and a couple other harvesting videos it's amazing how far things have come since 1979! I remember too the way a cutter got paid. I was like 3 20's. $20 an acre, 20 cents a bushel and damn if I can think of the last 20. Anyways something on that order! Sounds like your about to finish out there and I'm guessing you'll help with fall harvest once it starts back home. I'll keep watching for those videos!

    • @ZeorianHarvestingTrucking
      @ZeorianHarvestingTrucking  11 місяців тому +1

      @@curtmyers6273 a bonus of $.20 for anything above a 20 bpa average. I will help with fall harvest. Back in the cab of a New Holland. ❤️

  • @jrgenthomsen3841
    @jrgenthomsen3841 11 місяців тому +3

    Thank you Tracy for the amazing story about you and your family, great memories ❤️

  • @rickfritz3145
    @rickfritz3145 10 місяців тому

    I see your grandfather had a Massey Ferguson 410. My grandfather also had a 410 and 510. He did custom combining in southwest Minnesota. I have fond memories of him.

  • @donaldberg7955
    @donaldberg7955 11 місяців тому +1

    Can’t imagine how Many acres you are touching....25 days with 4 combines harvesting!!!! Thousands !!! Enjoy your videos.

  • @garymork1380
    @garymork1380 11 місяців тому +3

    It was wonderful video learning your history the other is how much you have left to harvest there

  • @laddlll
    @laddlll 11 місяців тому +2

    what a wonderful blessed life, so much to be thankful for.

  • @haroldharberson161
    @haroldharberson161 11 місяців тому +8

    Great job Traci I really enjoy your videos. Thank you

  • @mileagemaker9925
    @mileagemaker9925 11 місяців тому +1

    Seems like you're living a dream now and don't have to worry about breakdowns and expenses 👏👏👍 ! I started driving a truck while still in high school and that was the start of my illustrious 46 year career 😂 ! I finally retired and still drive a grain and chemical truck for a farmer and always loved farming! So now I work the ground in front of the planter in the spring and run the combine for the entire harvest in the fall on 3000 plus acres that he farms by himself. Love all your videos and the history and really brings back good memories 👍👍 ! Hope you keep them coming and God bless you and Jim and your entire family 🙏🇺🇸🙏

  • @phredd1115
    @phredd1115 11 місяців тому +1

    What a historical life as a custom harvester. Enjoyed all the history. Awesome pictures and great events. Glad your summer worked out as it did. Looking forward to more information as you spend your Wheat Harvest 2023. CYA

  • @joeldurheim5831
    @joeldurheim5831 11 місяців тому +4

    In 1978 I went south with a crew. I was 14 years old and had been running a combine since I was 10. My boss put me in a 1970 C50 truck pulling a 1977 750 Massey. I ran combine in the field. It was probably the best summer I ever had! Now days they would put my boss in prison for life for doing that but we traveled from North Dakota to Booker Texas and back, no accidents or even a close call. And no trailer brakes either! I think people just knew how to drive back then……Love your videos, they always make me smile and think about the way it used to be. To bad we can’t go back for a while.

    • @ZeorianHarvestingTrucking
      @ZeorianHarvestingTrucking  11 місяців тому +3

      The world was so much different then than now. Now we have so many rules and regulations, kids aged 14 don’t get the opportunities we used to.

  • @lloydgeransky7714
    @lloydgeransky7714 11 місяців тому

    Thanks for your story, I enjoyed it very much. Keep the videos coming.

  • @rudolfhild
    @rudolfhild 11 місяців тому

    Das waren noch Zeiten mir dem Massey Ferguson Mädrescher. Lange ist es her.
    Grüße aus Germany

  • @fredogden936
    @fredogden936 11 місяців тому +3

    What a beautiful, timeless story about lives well spent... not easy lives, but well spent just the same.
    I made my first harvest of two harvests in 1975. We ended the wheat part of our harvest in Wolf Point cutting for the Stenslend family. I turned 18 while there. Mrs. Stensland and the rest of the crew made me feel at home. I wonder if you knew the Stenslands? I was with the Haynes crew out of Vernon, Texas. They had five John Deere 7700s with 5 gasoline powered 2½ ton trucks and grain cart that year. I still remember a Big Bud tractor plowing the fields we had cut as we left for the corn and milo harvest near Dumas, Texas.
    My life took a different turn. After my last harvest at the ripe age of 19, I went on and finished college, moved to the city, got married and wondered forevermore what would have happened if I had stayed with combining. This video helps me to imagine what might have been and brings back so many memories.
    One memory about a simple task was my role as the last combine in the formation. At each corner of the field, I would swing out and clean-up the standing wheat left by the other combines as they turned the corner. That helped keep me awake on some of those really long days. The wonderful drone shots reminded me about that. I guess I'd say the harvest for me was lots of long hours punctuated with simple pleasures. Thanks again for making the videos.

    • @ZeorianHarvestingTrucking
      @ZeorianHarvestingTrucking  10 місяців тому

      Thanks for sharing your story. And your memories! I didn’t know the family you mentioned. Just know the name of the one my grandparents used to cut for. Corners were always my favorite piece of the field to cut!

  • @user-dg1sc7yj6v
    @user-dg1sc7yj6v 11 місяців тому +4

    I enjoyed the videos and really enjoy the history

  • @peterkaks4395
    @peterkaks4395 11 місяців тому

    To realky understand this adventure, its better if one takes it on and get to see what it takes to get the crops off the fields innto the stores where we vuy the . After a few years of being a custom cutter , gosh it hurts to hear you guys basically gave it all up . I miss it though all that heat , dust , yes the rattlers of SD and MT and those long nights of cutting to beat the rain storms ahead . I do remember seeing you guys over the years and many other faces of different crews . Custom harvesting is a different ball game . Looking at the pic of your grandpa with a loaded combine on that short flatbed btw the header was attached , it tells so much history and he did whatever it took to go chase the crop !! Am glad i had the opportunity to embrace harvesting starting out with the CASE IH Axial flow headers in the 2100 series combines late 90s . I still sit and watch all the new technology in the fields out here in Kleinburg ON . Good luck to y'all in whatever comes your way . Be blessed and safe in all you guys do . Atleast you did cut some sections of wheat this summer .

    • @ZeorianHarvestingTrucking
      @ZeorianHarvestingTrucking  11 місяців тому

      I miss it too. It was time to trade combines. Jim decided he was done with the stress of what it takes to take the circus on the road, making up for lost acres and creating enough revenue to pay the expenses. I will forever miss it.

  • @mikecarlson8836
    @mikecarlson8836 11 місяців тому +4

    Where did the X9 go?? How many acres do they have?? Wish I was there I love being around that big beautiful equipment.

    • @ZeorianHarvestingTrucking
      @ZeorianHarvestingTrucking  10 місяців тому

      The X9 was a demo machine.
      I honestly don’t know the number of acres. If I did, I wouldn’t share that information out of respect for the farmer’s privacy. It’s BIG country!
      Thanks for your understanding!!

  • @user-fi2cp8eg5j
    @user-fi2cp8eg5j 11 місяців тому +4

    What a wonderful video, Thanks for catching us back up with your history

  • @kenbettygregor3900
    @kenbettygregor3900 11 місяців тому +2

    WHAT YOU & JIM HAVE DONE FOR FARMING WITH YOUR VIDEOS IS OUTSTANDING FARMING FOR FOOD GOD BLESS YOU AND THANK YOU LOTS

  • @user-fs4lc6bd8h
    @user-fs4lc6bd8h 11 місяців тому

    I've been watching your videos from across the river in Carter MT! Thanks for sharing your story!

  • @deerepasture
    @deerepasture 11 місяців тому

    The people your working for must have a huge average to have that many combines working for as long as you’ve been there! Good videos! Those green ones have a yellow stripe and wheels just to make you feel more at home.

  • @peterhayes7089
    @peterhayes7089 11 місяців тому

    You must know the highways and byways of the Midwest like the back of you hand Tracy!

  • @Kevin-bz7hj
    @Kevin-bz7hj 9 місяців тому

    I just found your channel have watched a couple episodes. Thank you so much for sharing your stories.

    • @ZeorianHarvestingTrucking
      @ZeorianHarvestingTrucking  9 місяців тому

      I’m so glad you found it - and for taking the time to leave your note. Thank you so much.

  • @alolson3359
    @alolson3359 11 місяців тому +2

    Loaded the Massey combine many times that way.

  • @everettvancampen3315
    @everettvancampen3315 11 місяців тому +2

    Thank you fr taking us along! I really enjoy your harvest adventures. My last year of helping out was either ‘71 or ‘72 . We had two JD95 and cut for ourself and a couple of neighbors in SE CO, from the time I was nine years old until the end I was the truck jokey. It was always one of my favorite time of they year.

  • @oceanmariner
    @oceanmariner 8 місяців тому

    What a great life!

  • @bustersmith5569
    @bustersmith5569 10 місяців тому

    Thank You !!!!!!

  • @user-rw3yb2bl1j
    @user-rw3yb2bl1j 11 місяців тому +3

    They would be happy cutting wheat at 14 here in England they have been cutting in the 20s

  • @guyreasa9467
    @guyreasa9467 11 місяців тому +7

    As a person that went on harvest for season, I think you are a great face for your industry.

  • @susanbarss477
    @susanbarss477 11 місяців тому

    What great family history. You can tell by the pride in your voice how much this journey has meant to you and your family, thank you.

  • @randydutka9302
    @randydutka9302 11 місяців тому

    Yep another gd one great drone video

    • @ZeorianHarvestingTrucking
      @ZeorianHarvestingTrucking  11 місяців тому +1

      I can’t take credit for the drone footage. Nick (one of our truck drivers) did it. It is quite fabulous!

  • @CaryGuyer
    @CaryGuyer 11 місяців тому +1

    Thank you so much for such a great explanation of your family history. Very detailed and interesting. This video shows true perseverance in overcoming blood, sweat and tears for what is in ones heart. Honest to goodness solid family values is more than one could ask for and you have it all, very happy to see and enjoy what your family is. Thank you.

  • @CharlesSmith-ty2ce
    @CharlesSmith-ty2ce 11 місяців тому +3

    Interesting Stories Thankyou Tracy How many acres do your new friends family harvest

    • @ZeorianHarvestingTrucking
      @ZeorianHarvestingTrucking  10 місяців тому

      Thanks for watching. And for the note.
      I honestly don’t know the number of acres. If I did, I wouldn’t share that information out of respect for the farmer’s privacy. It’s BIG country!
      Thanks for your understanding!!

  • @BryanSpringer-bv1nu
    @BryanSpringer-bv1nu 11 місяців тому

    Watching combines never gets old for me. That’s what I would rather be doing.

  • @user-br1un8us4y
    @user-br1un8us4y 11 місяців тому +1

    This has been a wonderful series. It has given me an opportunity to remember the wonderful times we had as custom combineders. We started in 1955 traveling from Devils Lake, ND to Alva, OK. We basically traveled East and West of Hwy 83. After the first year we harvested for the same land owners throughout OK, KS, NB, SD and finally back our farm in ND. Like you, I would rather run a machine over other jobs. We quit in 1977 and sold the farm. Keep up the great videos.

    • @ZeorianHarvestingTrucking
      @ZeorianHarvestingTrucking  11 місяців тому

      You probably know all the old-time harvester names then! Ever run across Elvin Hancock? That was my grandpa. We cut in the Dacoma, OK area.

  • @Henry-vb4hq
    @Henry-vb4hq 11 місяців тому +1

    Thanks for sharing. What a wonderful legacy. You indeed have been blessed. Now you can drive to get a little fix, hopefully every year, but not have the headache and risks.

  • @obieacres4676
    @obieacres4676 11 місяців тому +3

    Tracy I love your stories of your journey. I would really like to here the story of how you ended up in the new holland machine. I have never heard the complete story.

    • @ZeorianHarvestingTrucking
      @ZeorianHarvestingTrucking  10 місяців тому

      Hmmmmm, that would be a good one. It involves our first hired man. He later became a NH salesman and convinced Jim to demo one. The rest is history.

    • @obieacres4676
      @obieacres4676 10 місяців тому

      @@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking that’s awesome I love my cr

  • @Daveco82
    @Daveco82 9 місяців тому

    Fascinating story!

  • @dougwalker5495
    @dougwalker5495 11 місяців тому +1

    Thank you Tracy for telling your family story, cheers from Australia!

  • @thomasfaulkner2697
    @thomasfaulkner2697 10 місяців тому

    Another great video. All the best from N Ireland

  • @jeremyswindell2330
    @jeremyswindell2330 11 місяців тому +3

    Great story, i enjoyed it vety much 🙂🙂

  • @donaldshinn1915
    @donaldshinn1915 11 місяців тому +1

    Love your story so much history that you can be very proud of your family and the way they have brought the harvest in for so many people. God bless you.

  • @kevinhawkins9574
    @kevinhawkins9574 11 місяців тому +2

    Tracy love your videos I have followed you from day one and your videos keep getting better love the stories and this one today on how things got started fantastic job 👍👍👍

    • @ZeorianHarvestingTrucking
      @ZeorianHarvestingTrucking  10 місяців тому

      Thank you for being along with us for such a long time! Glad you enjoyed my family story!

  • @barryjacobson4324
    @barryjacobson4324 11 місяців тому +1

    I watch you Chanel and I live my life through you. I really want to do go coustom harvesting. In my younger years I usto farm and I really miss it.

    • @ZeorianHarvestingTrucking
      @ZeorianHarvestingTrucking  10 місяців тому

      Agriculture sinks deep into one’s soul. I think it’s because we can actually see God when we see His world in such a personal way!

  • @carrolldolson2269
    @carrolldolson2269 11 місяців тому

    I just picked your family harvesting history. Thank you. It was great! My 6 years went from 1962-67. Started with the John Deere 55 & ended with the 95. Oh, how tge machibery has changed, but still the basics of why you do and enjoy what you and your family gave for 70+ years. Thanks for the memories.

    • @ZeorianHarvestingTrucking
      @ZeorianHarvestingTrucking  11 місяців тому

      That was the right one to pick to begin watching! You’ll have a bette idea of what we’re doing and why.

    • @carrolldolson2269
      @carrolldolson2269 11 місяців тому

      @@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking
      I have actually watched several, but had missed that one. I am the person from Oshkosh, NE.

    • @ZeorianHarvestingTrucking
      @ZeorianHarvestingTrucking  10 місяців тому

      @@carrolldolson2269 👍🏻

  • @user-vu7qf1rh1o
    @user-vu7qf1rh1o 11 місяців тому +1

    My mom’s parents and her four brothers were lifelong farmers. I have countless fond memories of helping them combine wheat and beans and bale hay and straw. I thoroughly enjoy your Utube videos of custom combining out west. Farming is the best profession that there is. Families working together. It can’t be beat! Thank you. Dan from north central Ohio.

    • @ZeorianHarvestingTrucking
      @ZeorianHarvestingTrucking  10 місяців тому

      You are absolutely right! It’s too bad the family farm seems to be under attack.

  • @judsonwalker4259
    @judsonwalker4259 11 місяців тому +2

    Interesting stories!!!!

  • @donaldmote5441
    @donaldmote5441 11 місяців тому +1

    Great video and memories..thank you for the pics of the Massey 410 and the 750.. Massey built a great Combine..but I remember the reason Dad switched to Deere was dealership support... couldn't get parts
    .

  • @rebbroker8231
    @rebbroker8231 10 місяців тому

    Fun story and great pictures!!!

  • @alolson3359
    @alolson3359 10 місяців тому

    It has been a real treat to follow you on this trip down memory lane.

  • @gregschlafer7557
    @gregschlafer7557 11 місяців тому +1

    Tracy, been following along for sometime now. Love the story!! Thanks for sharing. Always my best to you and Mr. Sunshine!!!

  • @bentonbee1
    @bentonbee1 7 місяців тому

    Great video! Thank you for sharing

  • @erichobbs3091
    @erichobbs3091 11 місяців тому +2

    Good job.

  • @bruceschwertner9343
    @bruceschwertner9343 11 місяців тому +1

    Harvest in God's country next to the mountains. I really enjoy oyour videos!

  • @gordpolis6785
    @gordpolis6785 11 місяців тому

    Thank you for sharing

  • @robertkroboth4514
    @robertkroboth4514 11 місяців тому +1

    I'm thinking about doing the same retire and go help someone else, relieve all the stress.

  • @aidanbrennan7389
    @aidanbrennan7389 11 місяців тому +1

    Great stories and pictures. Greetings from Dundalk, Ireland....

  • @haraldlenz7263
    @haraldlenz7263 11 місяців тому

    This video should be on top of your channel, it's a perfekt summary and answers all left open questions over the years.
    Thank you very much for sharing your memories!
    Be blessed on your journey!

  • @jasonheagley2425
    @jasonheagley2425 11 місяців тому +1

    Your videos and footage is amazing! I grew up on the harvest trail and have always missed it! I haul fuel now across a 5 state region and always enjoy watching combines harvesting wheat. When I have to park at night to reset my hours I sure enjoy your videos to pass the time. Thanks and have a great harvest!!!

    • @ZeorianHarvestingTrucking
      @ZeorianHarvestingTrucking  11 місяців тому

      Well, now I am in the same boat as you! I will soak up my combine time as much as I can!!! Once a Wheatie, always a Wheatie! Our daughters totally understand, as well. The gypsy in us will never go away.

  • @so.indianafarmer9998
    @so.indianafarmer9998 11 місяців тому

    Thanks Tracy, reminds me of my Grandpa and the stories he used to tell me of the harvests he used to go through back in the late 1920’s and 1930’s. Started in Texas and ended up at the Canadian border. Of coarse that was before modern Combines, and any kind of campers. Thrashers for harvesting and occasionally slept in tents but mostly slept in open air, bed bugs were bad in tents I recall him saying. I should have wrote down or recorded the stories he told. I remember some but he has been gone 34 years so lots forgotten. I started farming 2-3 years before he passed and farmed until 2014 but only part time. Anyway another great video as usual glad you get to do what you love. And as you said “it’s Gods plan”. Thanks.

    • @ZeorianHarvestingTrucking
      @ZeorianHarvestingTrucking  11 місяців тому

      Yes, God’s plan. For me, it’s the waiting that’s so difficult. But when He finally shows us what the plan is - it blows me away!!!!!!!
      Your grandpa must have been doing the custom harvesting journey before the harvest brigade during WWII. That’s when the industry was born.

  • @darwinfranzen7043
    @darwinfranzen7043 11 місяців тому +2

    You have told a wonderful story. Our Family farm was purchased from the UP railroad in 1876, the same year Billy The Kid was riding through Oklahoma, and we have already passed it on to our children. The Montana operation is so interesting. Many farmers are very private people, but it would be very interesting to know just how many acres of wheat you are covering. It looks huge. Love to watch your videos.

    • @ZeorianHarvestingTrucking
      @ZeorianHarvestingTrucking  10 місяців тому

      You’re right, farmers are private people. And because of this and out of respect for them, even if I knew, I wouldn’t share the acres. Your family farm story sounds very interesting!!!

  • @turklayher4794
    @turklayher4794 11 місяців тому +1

    Oh my goodness Tracy your story was great and being you are two years younger than me really brought back some fond memories. I always thought I to was going to be a full-time farmer until I got my driver's license and my freedom and girls but I decided to make a living in the automotive area but my heart is still on the farm. Your life story is very interesting. Great video. I'll probably watch it a couple more times 😊

  • @jimkackman
    @jimkackman 11 місяців тому

    Tracy, this is the video I have been waiting for. So nice of you to share your family history with the harvest. I have really enjoyed this one. Thanks.

  • @marksparkplug7758
    @marksparkplug7758 11 місяців тому +1

    Thanks Tracy and Jim.

  • @bobnerhus8915
    @bobnerhus8915 11 місяців тому +2

    One can drive down the highway and see all this from a distance, but sitting in the combine and watching it all happen is very special. Most people would never understand, you are not only in a great place in the country, but doing what you like, and best of all not having to turn a wrench or pay a repair. Great for you and Jim!
    Stay safe, wish I was there!

  • @kelvingravel8699
    @kelvingravel8699 11 місяців тому

    Tracy what a awesome video, thanks for sharing your family history with us, What a wonderful story thanks again take care and stay safe 👍 😊.

  • @rogerschlitter5116
    @rogerschlitter5116 11 місяців тому +1

    Great video and the story behind your work and passion. I can only think positive thoughts about the work and life you are sharing. 😊👍

  • @Husker3435
    @Husker3435 11 місяців тому

    Thanks y’all, for the old pictures and great stories, great stuff. Like the music also. Y’all be safe and GBR🌽🏈🌽

  • @haroldstevens9754
    @haroldstevens9754 11 місяців тому

    Hello and yes you tell a wonderful story. I have been watching you tell stories for the past three years.

  • @rogergray1644
    @rogergray1644 11 місяців тому +1

    Love your history videos. This is the best one yet! I also learned to drive stick shift in the field exactly the same - word for word😁 The drone shots at the end are just spectacular. Beautiful country. Thanks again from
    New Zealand.

  • @ernestshaw9320
    @ernestshaw9320 11 місяців тому +1

    Tracey love the story you or a great story teller they dont make people like you & Jim keep the vids coming love them FROM YOUR FRIEND IN TEXas

  • @denbuchm
    @denbuchm 11 місяців тому +1

    A Lifetime Story, well told. Again, I did not fast-forward...great visual as well as your ability to hold my attention. NOTE: if I heard you correctly, your dad is 82...I too am 82 and now I know why you resemble my niece Carleen. Glad to see the Farmall F-20 your dad had pulling the combine. We had a very similar setup...our combine was the IHC galvanized 6-foot cut. We didn't do any custom work. I am going to post this to my FB so my friends and family can enjoy too.

  • @jamespittman3365
    @jamespittman3365 11 місяців тому

    I did not think that I could enjoy your videos any more than I already did. But, this one is the best ever and brought me so much enjoyment in watching. Thank you so much for the time and effort you put into this.

    • @ZeorianHarvestingTrucking
      @ZeorianHarvestingTrucking  11 місяців тому

      Want to know a secret? I almost didn’t share it. I didn’t think anyone would even take the time to watch it. Thank you for your sweet comment!!

  • @robertpeammon4857
    @robertpeammon4857 11 місяців тому

    Tracy I take my hat off to you and Jim.God bless both of you ,y’all make a great team.Keep sharing and keep teaching,people need too see what life’s journey is all about

  • @stansmith3153
    @stansmith3153 11 місяців тому

    And his brother did a little work in the Burdett Kansas area. I drove truck.

  • @patdoka5716
    @patdoka5716 11 місяців тому

    Thank you Tracy for to history of your family.
    I look forward to each video every day. I have enjoyed watching your videos each day. You make me feel like a friend, even though we have never met. God Bless you and your family!!!!