Chris, we can hear the smile in your voice! Congratulations! I love how you and your neighbors pitch in to help each other out! 🌾🌾🌾🚜🌾🌾🌾
@rl3898
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely correct, damn fine outcome.
@george8873
Жыл бұрын
Don't think I've ever seen anyone more proud of their hay field. It turned out great because all the hard work you put into preparing the field. Should yield well once you get the permanent grass planted. Edit: Forgot to mention how I think it's awesome that you bartered with your neighbor to work your hay field in exchange for you doing some work for him. It's always a good thing when neighbors are helping neighbors.
@johnlatham7092
Жыл бұрын
Bartering is a very efficient way of reducing taxes as well ... just saying😉
@snappingbear
9 ай бұрын
Yeah, but the IRS considers it taxable. The black-market where tradesman exchange services is estimated in the billions. That is significant money they want taxed.
@dirtfarmer7472
Жыл бұрын
I’ve noticed that the comments have all been very positive about your hay crop. Everyone wants you to succeed with the farm. We enjoy it about as much as you & we enjoy your enjoyment. Thank you Sir. Keep up the good work.
@virtuestreams2616
Жыл бұрын
Excellent yield for a first-time Rye planting-you should have zero issues growing everything you need!
@richardherring8220
Жыл бұрын
Chris, you seem as excited about the hay crop, as a kid with a new toy !! LOL 😁 Hard work pays off at last !
@5914DL
Жыл бұрын
Love it! $10 bucks says Chris has his own "hay toys" next year :)
@danhnguyen-fn9eb
Жыл бұрын
Looks like a good hay and a good yield. Had a small place back in the day with a few horses and plenty of pasture to grow our own hay. It's a fine feeling when you see your animals eating what you've grown. There was a big difference though. I used a sickle mower and a square bailer, a large barn and long conveyor to put the hay into the loft. But the neighbor kids made some money, got a work out, and a large cookout/ picnic when we were done. Good times, hard work and lots of laughs. Thanks for the walk thru the past.
@ScottFidler
Жыл бұрын
..and always during the hottest times of the year. We didn’t have a conveyor for the longest time. Heave those bales up and over.
@buckinright4206
Жыл бұрын
Crazy how far all of this has came!! I remember when you first introduced the house to all of us!!
@Rbnqss
Жыл бұрын
Just shows us what you can achieve when you believe yourself and don't give up
@ut000bs
Жыл бұрын
@@Rbnqss when you "work hard" is what you mean. 😉🖖
@benrivenbark
Жыл бұрын
I miss the Mobile Mansion! haha
@dehavenfamilyfarm
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely love your excitement in this video! We are a first generation farm, and understand what it's like to have these small victories after putting a lot of time and effort into something 🙂
@debbiewebber1582
Жыл бұрын
My son lives in Wisconsin and his boss has acreage a mile from my son's house. His boss rents out about 10 acres to a dairy farmer that plants corn for the milk cows. I was lucky enough to be there one day when it was being cut, chopped , loaded and stored for the cows. It was awesome to watch and this video reminds me of the fun it was to ride alongside, like you were. Thanks for the memories@letsdig18.❤️
@MrDaniel3105
Жыл бұрын
I like the gray and black on your truck. It looks more unique the more I look at it. Nice truck
@timziegler9358
Жыл бұрын
What a transformation on that piece of property! Great looking hay; congratulations and best wishes.
@heatherlane9270
Жыл бұрын
You b.....y little ripper - as we Aussie's say. So happy for you and the animals LetsDig18. The farm continues to produce, pay for itself and give huge joy to all involved. Loved it - farm life is the best.
@ScarletKnightmare
Жыл бұрын
Good neighbors are everything 👍🏼
@joebeernink2293
Жыл бұрын
I'm glad to see folks wearing hearing protection much more now than we did when I was growing up the farm in the 80s. I'm 51 now, and need to set up an appointment with an audiologist. Can't stop the ringing. Earplugs were "so uncool" back in the day. Now, I'd love to go back to my teenage self and tell him to wear the damn things.
@ryanhoward1013
Жыл бұрын
I'm with you, I'm 66 and my hearing is not good from all the machine noise. I didn't know it would be like this back in the day
@larryweltsek1354
Жыл бұрын
We were all "bullet proof" in our 20s. Should have listened to the old timers when they said "jumping off trucks will hurt your knees" etc. YOUNG PEOPLE......LISTEN UP!
@steveswartout7408
Жыл бұрын
Now it's time to plant El felfa and clover for high quality feed over the Winter.
@moman0166
Жыл бұрын
If you want the full effect of putting up hay bail it into square bales then go buck every bail onto the wagon and stack it in a hot hay barn with a hot tin roof. We made .50 cents a hour doing this. I got smart and started running the bailer!
@rodrod383
Жыл бұрын
no one wants to make small squares anymore, but they still sell for a premium because they are easier to handle for some (although horse people are known for not paying their hay bill haha)
@joegamba4635
Жыл бұрын
The smell must be AWES0OME. brings back memories of 70 yrs ago on grandparents farm. thank you..............
@KyleMorpheus
Жыл бұрын
Those are going to be some happy happy cows!
@dougmay8924
Жыл бұрын
Whoooo Hooooo!!! Fruits of your labor,,,SOOO COOL to exchange labor ,for mutual respect 🙏 and friends,! SOOO Smart
@philipbrown1103
Жыл бұрын
Most beautiful, peaceful and then some. Very rewarding. Watching this is time well spent.
@feelnrite
Жыл бұрын
I will guarantee you this will heat up. Ryegrass has burned more barns than any other type of grass.
@stevenrichey5068
Жыл бұрын
I knew as soon as you injected the grass it was going to take off.. should make SEVERAL Bails....😊❤
@kens.3729
Жыл бұрын
You’re Smart to have someone else provide the Equipment and Complete the Work because GOD knows the Equipment and Maintenance is Expensive. 👍🙏
@RRRIBEYE
Жыл бұрын
I'm very impressed! Your farm is really turned into a great investment for you! I wonder if you will give us a full tour to show your vegetable gardens and other things you're growing? Are you growing any fruit trees? How about bees for honey? Now that's an amazing thing to do there and they have these cool beehives with "taps" on them and you can harvest honey direct from the hive without interrupting the bees and needing to smoke them and grab their combs, etc. Anyway, there's so much you can and no doubt ARE doing! Great Job young man!
@kirk467
Жыл бұрын
Not me to say but the rakes with the prong rake wheels and have 3-6 rakes at least 99% better than the PTO driven rakes and they don’t clog up either! I had to use the mechanical rake for the first time I did it and the hay was so thick that I spent most of the day unclogging the rakes! The prong wheels, you can just run through it and it doesn’t matter how thick it is my friend! Just saying, with the new rake we yielded more hey! The mechanical rake got put to pasture! lol 😂 That thing was a job! It’s looking good brother, thanks for sharing Chris! Kirk from Louisiana, not a farmer but I was working for them at the age of 13 until 18! Loved it but no money, welded every since! Retired now! Those rolls are probably 1500 lbs, I’m thinking! I think those look like the medium bales, large ones get a percentage wasted!
@joshualane2969
Жыл бұрын
Can’t beat the smell of hay
@williamharberts5514
Жыл бұрын
I love the background music starting about 4:45.
@richardphelan8414
Жыл бұрын
I love the smell of new mowed hay ,It was the job I liked the most on the farm ,cutting and bailing this brings back fond old memories as much as Chris likes dozer work ,I liked cutting and bailing Hay, This took me back to my teenage years and that was a long time ago
@Vickie-Bligh
Жыл бұрын
Your farm is doing so well. Even though they were the old brick bales & not the round ones, this brought back so many memories of my uncle's farm and haying. It's been 55+ years since the last time I hayed with him, but the heat, itchiness, and that wonderful smell are as fresh as if it happened yesterday. Happy that the experiment worked, happy for your yield, just plain happy for you. Thank you for sharing this, Chris.
@MrPossumeyes
Жыл бұрын
Smiles .... when i was a young feller (big testicles but no brains, right?) I unloaded haybales off a trailer into an enclosed barn and had such a bad allergy reaction .... I mean snot was everywhere! My Face? Covered! I mean how can a nose make so much snot? I mean who knows how a hankie can absorb so much snot and put it back in a chaps pocket? Tests, you ask? A Gallon? Really? I mean, can a snotter a put a gallon of the stuff into you trousers without you noticing? We're talking a gallon of snot, here.
@klsc8510
Жыл бұрын
Vickie, if you hunt among the 500 replies, I typed my story of putting up bales of hay for our ponies.
@scottcolsonfellfromgrace6936
Жыл бұрын
#LetsDig18 Thank you for showing the process of processing hay bales. From cultivating the land to the finished product. I never knew how they were processed. As a kid, I'd see them but never knew how they became bales. City Boy life👍👍 thank you again and its great video.
@jeffwisemiller3590
Жыл бұрын
bales, bails for jails.
@scottcolsonfellfromgrace6936
Жыл бұрын
@Jeff Wisemiller I'm sowweee mr,spwelling bees finals majoors. MI awtocuhwect isint ahn. So sowweee fur tha incahnvenience. Maaibee yuu Kan chek MI gwammahr tuu? Dank yuu sooper shmort goi 👍👍
@tony2good726
Жыл бұрын
Congratulations. Looks like a good healthy crop.
@donnaflanagan6612
Жыл бұрын
Well done Chris, great result. Loved the drone footage as well😊
@jwdickinson643
Жыл бұрын
I bet that field smells fabulous!
@glynngrauer3962
Жыл бұрын
Good morning all
@AquaPeet
Жыл бұрын
hayy!! lol
@ryanhoward1013
Жыл бұрын
@Aqua Peet Haylow, have a great night
@BeytekinConstructionMachinery
Жыл бұрын
Happy farmer Chris! 😁
@stevebarnhart2090
Жыл бұрын
Putting up hay has got alot easier that when I was a kid, putting up hay for $1 an hour.
@ryanhoward1013
Жыл бұрын
Hi Chris, When you first bought your property, you called it a farm, but it was really rough. You have made it a beautiful farm now. Getting your own hay is a great step for you, and I'm proud of you for all the hard work you put into this farm. Thank you for sharing all of your videos with me. I really appreciate you for taking the time to do all of this. Congratulations, and have a great night.
@marlixholdings3318
Жыл бұрын
Pretty cool. I watched you clear, clean up, plant, and now bale the field. Nice set of videos!
@paulaadams9546
5 ай бұрын
You going to have a nice hay field in the end! Great job! Beautiful!
@twlyons1
Жыл бұрын
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Many many circles I have made, weights, moisture, many years - have fun with it :)
@lawrencelacenski9781
Жыл бұрын
I hate to be the one to point this out Chris, but your friends rake isn’t doing a very clean job but i am not sure if it just needs a simple adjustment or possibly new rake teeth or maybe just take a narrower first pass when starting the first side of the row. I grew up farming and my grandfather was as particular about a clean field after raking and baling as you are about not scratching the counter weight on your excavator
@johnt7232
Жыл бұрын
Great field of hay Chris , but FFS half of it is left on the ground gone to waste
@kevinmurray7135
Жыл бұрын
Wow Chris that is beautiful cut and the animals are going to have very good nutrition out this hay going to make them strong 👍😎🇺🇸NY
@BobCaseyAerial
Жыл бұрын
Chris you did awesome flying & filming. Nice Piloting Bud. I love a drone view. Just 10 minute into the watch, on the the rest.. Looks like a good yield.
@robertrockwell7581
Жыл бұрын
congrats Chris. nice first time hay. I know you are happy. I remember riding on a hay wagon as our landlord bailed the hay on the 120 acres where we lived back in the mid to late 60s to early 70s. for his cattle. stay safe.
@JustAlanJohn
Жыл бұрын
One very very satisfying crop first time something you will not forget congratulations. 👍👍
@danielashford2430
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Chris,peace brother…
@dougmay8924
Жыл бұрын
AWSOME AGAIN my friend,,!,Thank you ❤️
@stevec7272
Жыл бұрын
I'd plant a mix of cool weather grasses like orchard, timothy, perennial rye, NOVEL endophyte fescue and a mix of perennial legumes to capture nitrogen without fertilizing. I'd also inoculate the soil with fungus and bacteria.
@vernoncockrell4067
Жыл бұрын
I can smell it from here and I am sure the cows will love it.We call it"wilting" when you swzzle it with Tedder here in New Zealand.
@whathasxgottodowithit3919.
Жыл бұрын
Looks very good, I always love the aroma of new mown hay. In Switzerland they stuff pillows with new mown hay, and sell them at a premium.
@davidepool5884
Жыл бұрын
That will be some good hay for your cattle when the snow is flying. It isn’t the best hay but like I was always told, it’s better than a snowball. We had an upright silo so we would chop it and make haylage. It was a good mid spring crop to get us through until our corn silage was ready to harvest. We would put up a good bit of small square bails every year too. You don’t see many farmers bailing small square bails anymore.
@cathiwim
Жыл бұрын
Its too labor intensive. There aren’t enough young men(and some women) willing (or physically able!) to get out in the fields and pick up and stack the bales.
@ecclesmilligan8712
Жыл бұрын
@@cathiwim Even worse when a contractor friend does some small squares for you that top out at around 60 or 70 pounds per bale. Makes them a right sod to throw on to the trailer. 😃
@danny88dh
Жыл бұрын
Hayins always fun nice crop mister!
@delwynhallett565
Жыл бұрын
Fantastic crop.... congratulations 🎉 Always have to check moisture content, as many hay sheds have gone up in smoke, with stacking damp hay.. The heat in damp hay, is incredible.
@donmiller8186
Жыл бұрын
Very happy for you, Chris. Nice bail yield for the first cut.👍🙂
@RRRIBEYE
Жыл бұрын
That amount of BAIL should get anyone outta JAIL! But I'm sure the cows appreciate the BALES a LOT more! 🤣
@donmiller8186
Жыл бұрын
@@RRRIBEYE got me🙄😂
@ADSC2006
Жыл бұрын
Congrats on your first Hay crop.
@ut000bs
Жыл бұрын
Chris, you are one of the best examples of what hard work can get a man that I know of anywhere. I have been watching you since wayyy back just before you had long reach cleaning all the weeds out of that canal or whatever it was the first time. I think I remember you went back again? I forget. Anyway, a long time and I've never regretted it. A lot of good channels have gotten a lot of likes from me but if I had to say, considering how long it's been, you probably have more likes from me than any other single channel on KZitem and I've been here since 2006. I've watched you pretty much grow into manhood and this old man is right proud of you, Chris. You're doing okay just take care of yourself.
@robertellard
Жыл бұрын
That guy is the "Letsdigit" of hay!!!...🙂👍🇮🇪
@workwithkevin
Жыл бұрын
I'm glad your excited with a great crop.
@chrisgalliher497
Жыл бұрын
Congratulations on your first yield. So happy for you.
@stevenreeve4491
Жыл бұрын
Wow, out here in the Rocky Mountains West, we are just now losing our winter snow, and here you are cutting and bailing hay.
@actuallowroller
Жыл бұрын
Fantastic video on something I don't ever recall watching being performed. Very cool. Thanks for another awesome video.
@deronlogterman2951
Жыл бұрын
That's a beautiful crop of rye grass!!
@Spotteroo
Жыл бұрын
Yay !!! Hesston round baler. My father worked for Hesston UK back in the '70s as Demonstrator / Fitter
@maryloudamarino4079
Жыл бұрын
Awesome!!! Nice to know where your hay came from and how it was grown. Nice and clean for your animals. Great first yield!
@johnamburgey4592
8 ай бұрын
Thank you for showing me the full process of how the hay is done. I had never seen it before. Man, I sure am glad you put together these videos and post them. I do not watch regular tv and am very picky about any movies I might watch. I never have to worry about polotics or social agendas in your videos, just learning and watching you take a raw or broken place that is out of order and put it into order. Thank you again sir.
@ralphjelomono9068
Жыл бұрын
Nice hay crop. Thanks for sharing. I never saw the entire hay cutting, prepping and bailing process in action.
@AnomadAlaska
Жыл бұрын
I only get 2-3 bales an acre with my finest North Carolina weed mix.
@rodrod383
Жыл бұрын
yea but you can play 18 holes of golf on it as well
@dennismalcolm6620
Жыл бұрын
AMBITION AND HARD WORK 💪 WILL ALWAYS PAY OFF!!!!.KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK AND YOU WILL ALWAYS BE SUCCESSFUL 🎉....
@bigjarn
Жыл бұрын
The New England Farmer I worked as a kid, cut the 3ft rye and bailed it moments later in a two tractor and flatbed truck parade. I was two years a stacker on the truck and two years a bail thrower. Great Times 1960's
@smileywilson9972
Жыл бұрын
Happy Sunday Chris
@rongrose3746
Жыл бұрын
Wow, hay already!!
@stevelittle7390
Жыл бұрын
Great looking crop of hay! Your friend lays a nice straight wind row.❤
@ricanderson5717
Жыл бұрын
Gonna be a good batch. My eyes started itching just watching that get cut😂
@cmc7106
Жыл бұрын
Love the smell of fresh cut hay !! Great look yield on the field!! 👍
@dansbrown1313
Жыл бұрын
Me too!
@davidcarberry3547
Жыл бұрын
always nice to see hard work pay off, nice field, can you smell the steak in that grass
@claudemelanson2705
Жыл бұрын
Only time I enjoyed cutting hay this much is when I watched your video !
@michaelschuenemann3505
Жыл бұрын
And what a Brilliant Looking Rye Grass Fields they are - the Cutting was very Interesting indeed - Great Drone Views - Good Yield ! Bailing it ! The Whole Operation from Cutting to Bailing was sooooo very Interesting ! You sounded very Happy with the Final Result - Congrats and many Cheers from Australia !!!!
@karenheartoriginal3783
Жыл бұрын
Congratulations! This is SO great!! And now we all get to learn cool stuff about farming! 👍👏🚜👏👍
@longfarmsTn
Жыл бұрын
That's a good stand of rye for sure. On our farm, we have a New Holland H7220 9ft disc bine. The conditioner rollers do a great job of squeezing out the moisture. With our current fertilize and spray program, we usually average between 8-10 4x5 bales to the acre of fescue hay.
@donaldcason163
Жыл бұрын
Congratulations Chris on your first bailing hay. It sure looks nice , that has to be a good feeling. 👍👍😎
@jandances1687
Жыл бұрын
Loved hay work on the farm the owner supplied home made lemon tea, oranges for the young folk ,adults making dens with bails for us young kids to play safely ,mum did the meat stuff,at the end a barbecue for workers and family..X late father we had a small holding with pigs,so we had cash not much ,but we had great health ..
@chadshidler8903
Жыл бұрын
All your hard work is paying off my friend. Your cows are going to have a hay day ha ha. Glad you can trade work for work. Back in the day bartering was the way of life. Tx for sharing my friend.
@johnnyholland8765
Жыл бұрын
Find someone with a "net wrap" baler like a Deere. They make a much tighter bale than string. Your bales will hold up much better for loading and transport...
@seanpierce7673
Жыл бұрын
Wow foe rye that's great ! Looks like some nice stuff those moo mom's should love it lol!
@tvan47
Жыл бұрын
Nice to see success. Thanks for sharing.
@harlonlantz4094
Жыл бұрын
Best video of 2023!! Nice load of hay.👍👏❤️
@everydayshid
Жыл бұрын
Well Done there Brother!! Must say, pretty damn proud of what you've achieved there mate! Keep them videos going. I Love putting up your vids in the workshop while I'm working. Keeps me motivated! Proud to be a subscriber!
@scottburk4083
Жыл бұрын
Awesome! Sure is nice to get your first cut on the new farm. Congratulations on the first yield! Take care and God Bless!!!😊
@Bman2020
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing once upon time I did do the square bails all done by hand heavy and hot work 👍👋🇨🇦
@nigelhales874
Жыл бұрын
Great making hay why the sun shines ✨️
@gwenb4531
Жыл бұрын
That will make for some happy cows, and it looks like there may be a bigger barn in your future!
@MrHughk1
Жыл бұрын
Crazy that you are making hay, we are still a month away from silage and hay is end of summer. Not so sunny Scotland.
@jtaulen
Жыл бұрын
And here I still have 50cm of snow on my land... The world is a curious place.
@bmexcavation957
Жыл бұрын
Always a good feeling to have the hay up
@clayboist
Жыл бұрын
I'm ready for another f450 update. That service bed looks nice!!
@tonygough8713
Жыл бұрын
LetsFarm18,,ha ha. Good looking bales of hay Chris. Thanks again for all your good videos.
@richardvernick4280
Жыл бұрын
Chris. Boy O Boy, that hay looks really great. As a.Kid growing up spent many hours working field like that hay field of your. Next, step picking up the bales and putting them up in the barn. Your cows will like that hay. 👈👀😎 Please take care.
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