Will This 3 Point PTO Finish Mower Work on the Ford GT500 (8N/9N)?
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I snagged up this 60" farm king PTO 3 Point Finish Mower, in hopes to speed up the yard process. No idea if it works, or it the Ford has enough in'r to run it - but we're going to find out!
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What a cute kid...I laughed like hell when he spun the tires, like dad
Love how yall are raising your kids. Those boys are gonna be some of the best of their generation.
Thanks Andrew
Well said Andrew and I totally agree...
I agree mightily
@@ViceGripLodge yeah newer tractors are exspensive these days wich kubotas useually has the better deals on theres plus the give ya option attachments for less pice like a bucket and forks the usually have a $500 to$2,100 off with the kubota tractors wich not bad deal and 6 year warranty
@Top Fuel What? Please explain?
The time you spend with your sons is priceless. It’s all that matters in the end.
Absolutely
Those tractors are surprisingly strong. We cleaned up major damage and large trees after Hurricane Katrina and the Ford 8 only had one fuel leak develop after 4 hard weeks of 7 days a week work. Awesome little work horse . Just watch the PTO !!
Would love to see a guy doing some upgrades on the tractor.
yeah i totally agree. i have an 841 and would love to see that old ford get some love.
Definitely needs pinstripes
Like a Gm LS454 Swap ??
Didn’t he talk about building a flathead v8 for it a while ago?
Definitely. 👍👍🚜
"When your 9 you gotta learn how to drive pickups, that's all there is to it!"
I'm impressed he could reach the pedals!
Yeah because by the time you're 11 you're driving tractor's and bailing round bails.
I was driving a 68 Merc pickup with a 4 speed and baling square bales at 9. I miss the farm.
I wasn't out on the highway or driving in town at that age, but my old man would pull over once we hit the gravel roads and let me drive the last couple miles home. Good to see times haven't changed all that much.
I was driving lunch to my Dad when he was out in the field at that age.
I love the fact your kids seem to be getting raised the right way like we were in the 80s / 90s. I was born in 80, and I remember learning to drive on the old dodge pickup in the field. And I remember helping dad hook up the brush-hog to the tractor, good times!
My first visit to Vice Grip Lodge. Huge fan of VGG. This channel will be just as fun, informative and humorous. Well done Derek!
The gt 500 moves so elegant. Like a swan.
Being chased by gators.
Blind, one legged maybe…
A swan on flaka.
@@HappyHarryHardon now that'll be a good time.
I'll have you know, A guy got a good laugh outta that lol
Be careful using that Derek. If that’s a fixed PTO adapter you really need an overrunning clutch. These are famous for people pushing in the clutch to stop and the momentum of the mower spinning keeps driving the tractor since the PTO is driven off the rear end. Lots of 8n Fords went over the hill cuz they were mowing with a rotary mower and no overrunning clutch.
Rotary mowers have 50 pound blades with a “stump jumper” that also weighs a metric crap ton this has blades that don’t weigh 10 lbs put together. Not saying your wrong because you are not but this mower is not considered a rotary mower
I added the one way clutch adapter to mine. I also hook limiting chains on the three point and basically makes a bush hog into a finish mower.
Yep. A friend had one. Found that out the hard way. Hit a filbert tree with the bucket. Oops.
Overrun couplers are also and easy fix. Have one in mine with no issues.
this is a finishing mower. not a brush hog. they dont need that extra stuff as they dont have enough spinning mass. i mowed alot useing a 43 ferg with a very similar 3 point finish mower hanging off the back.
I enjoy seeing old tractors being reconditioned and put back to work. Greatly enjoy both "Garage" and "Lodge". Seeing your whole family partcipate in your many projects is heart-warming and a top-notch example of what family life was meant to be.
Nice. I have a 52 Ford 8n, with the 72" finish mower. And I mow my 3 acre field with it. Just awesome 👌, glad I'm not the only one.
I have the same setup on 5 acres! Good old ford!
Brings back great memories, dad was a collector of 2, 8, an 9N's, he would buy them cheap, broken down, an non running, then have them purring like a kitty in a couple days.
Well, I never thought I'd ever spend my own time watching someone cut grass, but, there you have it.
or make fence
I really miss that. My Dad had an old ford tractor. We mowed with it, moved dirt with it, and cleared snow with it. Everyone should get to do that. I'm working on that for my adult sons , and the kids I get to be grandpa to.
I love seeing these old tractors still being put to use. The sound especially is just something you don't get anymore.
It's too bad he sold the GT500 for a newer tractor.
The sound of the old two-cylinder John deere is the tractor that I love to hear. They had a high idle of 950 rpm and when you idled them down you could actually count the number of times it fired.
However if you have plans to use an antqiue tractor like this one for mowing you will need to convert it to 12 volt so you have enough power so you can run your pto deck otherwise you'll need a manual reel blade cutting deck
@@deanfarr3249 WTF!!! the PTO on these old tractors has nothing to do with the battery It's a tractor, not a lawn mower!
@@radamson1 but he's running an auxillery on the back of the tractor though right? Plus the hydraulics? I would think you would need more battery power for all that
The joy that rushes through me when a new Lodge video pops up, is the same as when a new Garage video pops up. 👌🏽
The old Saab still sitting outside man that’s a cool little car it be nice to see more on that for sure
I bet it's just a scavenger hunt for parts on that thing lol. I agree, it's awesome.
@@nicholasadams9535 it's not that bad..it's got a Ford V4 in it. You just have to know people. Amesies Corner had one for a few years. Rust killed it
@@nicholasadams9535 yes probably have to get parts from Sweden or evil bay . It would be worth it though
Sad to say i think he already sold it
@@netrioter It's a Ford V4, but it's an industrial, not an automotive, engine!
That old chevy is so sweet. Thank you soooooooo much for the hard work you put in for us. Everyone have a great day!!
Love seeing those old tractors in use....and it explains why every old farmer that I talk to is missing at least one finger...
"When you're 9 you gotta learn to drive pickups..." Thumbs up just for that. '-)
I got to drive a 49 or 50 Buick Special at my dad's truck stop parking area when I was 9 yo. Had to have bottom and back cushions to see over the dash and to reach the pedals.
I subbed just for that since my 9 year old is now driving my truck lol
The oldest boy that I get to be grandpa to, was driving my truck off road at nine. Boy did I catch hell for that. No matter. He has had his own chain saw at nine, his own circular saw at eleven. Shot his first hog at ten. I'm not done with him yet. Over six feet tall and size thirteen shoes at thirteen. Love to build and fix things.
BOTH MY BOYS DID !
To answer your question Derek, we definitely need more of this sweet, sweet tractor action.
I'm larnin to be a lawn farmer. Tracters, hitches, blades and droughts. All the good stuff.
Just brought my newborn son home yesterday, a guy can’t wait to be getting him funny shirts and teaching him stuff like you do. Your videos really got me through a tough week last week with him in the NICU, just thought a feller oughta know that
Great job driving Bently!
Anyone else have Ben Stein in their head taking roll call when you look at the name on the mower deck?
Buhler? Buhler??? 😄
Anyone...? Anyone...?
I ran an 8N in the summers of 78-81 when I was a lad, bush/brush hogging. I absolutely loved it and the N series tractors. Your videos are magic !!
Reminds me of cutting the family 14 acres. What a way to spend a day. Load my pockets full of peaches from our 36, then go to town.
wow bently looked like an old hand drivin that pick'emup truck!!! my stepdad had an int'l scout he let me play with when i was around 8 or 9...puttin thru stubblefields and such, man good memories!!! lawn looked great, man!!! I enjoy everything you put up...good stuff best on utube
My favorite part of the video is where you "inspect" the belts, like there was any way in the wide world of sports you were going to replace anything short of frayed rubber bands. Just send 'er!
Yes, keep it coming on the tractor. My Dad sold his 68, so now I’m searching for another one similar in my area. They’re great machines
This so reminded me of my childhood. You are truly a blessed man. What a wonderful family you have. These are the memories that stick with a child for life. There is nothing better than doing things as a family. You just don't realize this while it is happening, but they are memories that come back to you as you get older, and you miss them and start wishing that you could have the "old times" back. The kids grow up too fast. They are very lucky to have a father and mother who care so much about them and does everything in their power to bring them up right and makes memories like this. My hat off to you Derek!!
"Giver some throttle dude" are words I remember hearing from my father when I was about 9. It ended in the Atlantic. The only thing the old man was real tore up about, was the soggy egg salad sandwiches mother had made up for him. The old boy LOVES mothers egg salad sandwiches.
Lol when I learned how to drive when I was 6-7 the first time I drove my dad said to give it some throttle to back up over a bump and I took off in reverse down the road in a smoky reverse burnout. I wasn’t allowed to drive again for a few weeks.
your dad's a lover. nice story lol .
I remember the feeling of driving my dad's square body Chevy as a little boy. It had a 4 speed. It was tough to clutch but man I felt like a grown man driving that thing! It's good to see a boy learning to drive a square body. He's gonna grow up to be a proper man. That's an awesome childhood memory to have. Teach him donuts and power slides! That's how you really learn to drive. Take an old Chevy down to the mud pit and get sideways then you really know how to drive.
I think I would enjoy watching you do anything. Thank you so much.
I would watch you read that GT500 service manual to a dead opossum. Keep the videos coming no matter what it is!
"Oh yeah... tenant burned the yard down. Huhh"... just another day at the lodge 🧑🚒
by tenant , he meant that HIS fireworks started the grass on fire! LOL
Bentley..."Cooler Version of Dad". Love that kid !
It warms a guy’s heart to see the young guy driving the pickup on the property 😁
Love the old tractor! Growing up on the farm we had a similar one, learned to drive it as soon as my feet could touch the peddles. Love to see the old girl fixed up and see your boys using it for many years to come
Watching you let your son move the truck made my heart smile. Love his shirt!
We wanna see whatever a fellas got. Thank you for making another channel. Even though it's twice the work for you.
Always enjoy some tractor time, my father had Ford 8n when I was young and I remember driving it around the feed yard and cleaning up the corals when the cattle were sold off.
Love that Going to Town Truck...What a way to learn to drive...
Derek: "The only thing I trust on this is that the seat's uncomfortable." 😀 Well, a feller's got a GT500. That's a racing tractor, so you sacrifice a little comfort for performance. 😀
Had a 9N we used growing up to mow with a 60" finish mower. That bastard was uncomfortable and the brakes didn't work, but damn did it start every time. My grandfather "rebuilt" the ball joints with a welder and grinder, and three point hook-up did not hold pressure when the tractor was off.... I miss that thing.
@@Omgninjas2 we had 8N fords and a massey ferguson we used to pull rakes and the balers. great tractors wish I still had one
I can't speak for anyone else but I would like to see more tractor repair/usage videos. I even enjoyed Jessica's cake baking video.
About 30 years ago I had a 60" Ford finish mower on the back of a Satoh tractor. Satoh was a re-badged Misubishi. I got all my parts from a Mitsubishi dealer. It was about the size of a Ford 8N - about 20 hp IIRC. I never used it it heavy stuff - that's more brush hog work. It did a wonderful job on my yard. No lack of power. Note - I put a bass boat kill switch on the tractor - spliced into a coil wire (neg I think) - it's been a long time. The switch had a lanyard that I could hook to my belt. I wanted the kill switch in the event I got pulled off the tractor by a tree limb - or something. I was in a desolate area and this was before cell phones. tractors have governors - being dragged off and into the PTO would be a bad ending.
This is more enjoyable and relaxing content than anything found on TV.
You do whatever cranks your turns there Derek, we're here to watch you and the fam. I think a bunch a guys and gals would be happy watch you string a trimmer or even read a manuel if you wanted to it would still be great. Enjoy your week ma friend.
Reminded me of when I used to mow our patch with a 1 cylinder "Poppin Jonnie" wasn't a fast tractor but it could "pull the hinges off of hell" if you put the chains in the right place.
I grew up with Ford 2N,8N, 9N then a 35 Massey Ferguson. Dad finally bought a 50 Ferguson which was the first one we owned with 'live power'. I hated having to stop to lift a plow. His brother baled hay (square bales)on many steep fields with a 35 MF. People told him he was crazy, but it got the job done.
We live in crowded polluted air Mesa Az where it's currently 110 out with about 20% humidity. In the 90's we had a chance to buy my wife's family farm in Southern Illinois. There was 85 acres left of it. Barns full of old goodies and equipment plus a three story log house with a huge hand built fireplace using rocks tilled from the soil. The 2 acre lake was really cool but the humidity and the harsh winters made us walk away. I see you on your farm and wonder sometimes if we made a mistake. The farm is still in her family but after we turned them down one of her cousins bought it just recently. It is located about 20 miles away from Carmi Illinois. Right along the Wabash river near Kentucky & Indiana. Great video Derek. Spending time with your kids is great.
On my brother's 8n you had to use a Sprague Clutch on the PTO so when you pushed the clutch the enertia from the mower blades wouldn't drive you thru a fence.
You made a mistake, the trolls who don't own N series will argue that you don't need one or are an idiot if you can't stop.. 🙄
My grandpa always called them a slip clutch lol deffinetly useful for sure
@@member57 I found this out when a friend drove his 8N through a fence because he couldn't stop it, it had a 5-foot mower deck on the back. There was no stopping it. That's where I found out about the sprag clutch.
A feller really is liking on the GT5hunnert mowing mowchine. Glad you took the air filter off the exhaust finally, I love these vidjoes. Less editing, just raw content. Love both of her channels
I love these old Ford tractors! Please do some more videos on this one.
Many reasons why I keep coming back. The two this episode are tractors and yard fires. 😂
I was about eight when I learned to drive on my Grandpas farm in an old Chevy pick up with a floor shift. They put me in a pasture and said that they didn't care about the truck very much but to make sure to stay away from the fences. What a blast. I am new to your channels and I am really enjoying the content, which is right in my wheel house or perhaps more accurately I should say was. now that I am getting older. What I like most is the wonderful interaction between you, your pretty bride and your adorable boys. I know the older ones won't appreciate the adorable part...but they are. Nicely done.
Absolutely love those old Ford N series/Fordson/Golden Jubilee/etc tractors!
Every time I see that Corvair I get excited. Lol I saw one I wanted in high school over 30 yrs ago and still want one.
The vid brought back a lot of memories for me. Helping my now deceased uncle with basic maintenance on his brush hog & 8N tractor so he could mow the acreage on the back lot of his property in the late 80s. And later learning how to drive a pickup and fork truck with my dad. Good times! :) BTW, I need to know where you got Bently's shirt. I need one for my son!
A guy's loving the new channel and content over on the other switcharoo garage channel too Derek. Calms the old nerves in these times we live in, kicking back and getting absorbed in these.
My grandpa in Missouri had an old Ford 800 I used to help him bail hay with and bush hog quite a bit, this brings back some memories!
Great place to learn how to drive a pickup. A yard clear of all equipment, maybe not. But, he handled it just fine👍!
A guy would love to see more tractorage! Retiring from the the military in a few months, and gonna be a farmer.
What an awesome father you are Derek. Your crazy funny entertainment.
Great video! I love those old tractors. I've got a Ford 600 that was my only tractor for 16 years on a farm in Kentucky. Worth its weight in gold, I'd say. Moved it back up north to Connecticut with me and she did a fine job bush hogging around the old pastures. I picked up a Case 480CK loader to help the old girl out, and they make a fine pair! I'd love to see more old tractor "how to's" if you get the time. I love the cooler version of you on these videos, as well. Keep up the good work, Dad! I really like all the different content that you share on this channel. Well done!
I think the move down south did he and his family a world of good.
I Got to say the tractor stuf was good.but honestly See I g the 9 year old moving the truck around like a lil pro...... Made my heart happy. Good on you for getting him started young. Lucky kiddo right there man. I love it.
Gotta say, my heart swelled with pride seeing Bentley behind the wheel of the truck. It's nice to see that there are still glimpses out there of the America I knew as a kid. It's one of the big reasons I watch both of these channels - they're positively dripping with Americana.
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That Minneapolis Moline Jet Star in the background at 0:35 would work good on that mower!
There are few things in this world as rewarding as working around the farm with yr kiddo along. Cheers for being a family feller. It's great to see!
Thanks derrick. We live by Rochester MN and love old tractors. Feller might go to the little log house tractor show in Hastings this weekend.
Cooler version than Dad T shirt....eventually, isn't that always the truth?
Yes it is
My daughter has a shirt that says "the coolest thing about my dad is basically everything" she loves that shirt
More tractor stuff! Brings back memories of being a tractor driver on an apple orchard around 1984.
Dang Bentley tooling around the yard in dad's truck was wholesome as all get out and American as baseball, apple pie and a 68 GT500. Kind of brings a fella back to his old man stopping on a deserted farm road ( now engulfed by suburbia) almost 50 years ago and telling his kid sitting in the shotgun seat to slide on over and give him his first taste behind the wheel of a beat up 64 Ford pick em up.
Keep the farm/tractor content coming. Reminds me of working with my dad on a similar rig back in the 1950's. I was about 9-10 also driving a '47 chevy p/u on the ranch.
Right on
I absolutely want to see a feller work on his funny lookin Mustang. Sounds like she ain't runnin on all 8 cylinders. Must be one of them SVO models. Probably not.
Love fact you had your son move the truck. Now hopefully you can sort out the rest of the issues!
Under the axle by each rear tire should be a pin that you can hook anti sway bars to the 3 point lift arms. Keeps the implement from moving left and right and contacting the tires. I second an over run clutch as well.
We used to bail 100 lb two string hay bales. The Baylor wasn't quite as good as they are today. We would go out in the field and pick up scraps of hay that the Baylor didn't pick up and And also pick up the The bails that broke as they came out. As always I was a little kid so I was giving the job of driving the truck. If you were too young to do hard work you do usually got to drive things. We had a bunch of half ton Chevy fleet trucks. I remember I was so young and small I couldn't sit on the seat and work the steering wheel and work the brake and everything so I just stood up behind the steering wheel. Then we started hauling hay. We had these old hay wagons that would hook on to the draw bar on the tractor. Then the front axle of the trailer would turn. Then you Hook another trailer on the back of the first one with a linchpin. And then the front axle on that also turned. So you had to haywagons with four pivot points and you drive them down the highway without tying them down this was about seven or eight. Then I was about 11 or 12 and they threw me in a two-ton truck we used to haul potatoes or one of the two tons we used to hall grain or sugar beets. The only training I got was there's first second third fourth and 5th, there's your high low it's a 10-speed, don't screw up and break the axle or wreck the truck. I got into one of the trucks one day and turned the key couldn't get anything to happen couldn't get anything to happen. The hired hand came over and said what the hell's a problem. I said this truck won't start. And he said is the key on. I said yeah. Said you see that knob on the floor down there. I said yeah. He said step on it and the engine ordered to life. Floor board start around the 1952 Chevrolet. And this is how it went on and on and on. We were given responsibility that I wouldn't give to kids these days for all the money in the world. But they treated us like men too. We had old chunks of slough Small River running through our ranch. When I was 12 and I got my hunting license my dad handed me an old Sears and roebuck both action shotgun and a saddle scabbard for the motorcycle I just saved up for and a case of 16 gauge. He said have fun hunting. I could take my motorcycle or the truck or my horse anything. But he said if you screw up and do something stupid you lose your privileges. I work you like a man so I'll treat you like a man and tell you give me reason not to. I got my driver's license when I was 14. In Idaho you can get your driver's license then. My birthday was right on the cutoff date to put kids in kindergarten and my mom held me back a year so me and Mark Clark were the only 8th graders with driver's licenses. We had a parking lot at my junior high where we had 8th and 9th grade. Good times I had a carload of girls after school everyday. 73 Plymouth duster painted this horrible green color. It had three on the floor. Fast car. In high school half the guys with pickups would show up with guns in their gun rack in their back window. Most everybody had some kind of deer rifle, a shotgun, and a 22 and for pests like rats, porcupines that would get into our cattle and so forth. Everybody had guns in their truck so that right after school we could all jump in our rigs and go hunting. Nothing bad happened. Nobody ever got shot. Nobody ever got hurt. They work just like men and treated us like men.
Lengthen the top bar when cutting, the mower deck will ride on all 4 wheels and float across the ground. Tighten it like you have it when you need higher lift to maintenance your mower. Love the old tractor and the lodge videos!
More lodge.
Invest in a overriding clutch on that pto! We have a brush hog for our 8n and those blades turn into a giant flywheel
"When you're 9, you gotta learn to drive a pickup, that's all there is to it...." How true. Now, if his Dad was NOT a famous KZheadr, you could inform Bentey "Now listen, DON'T TELL MOM!!!".... but alas, only 42 thousand people saw that sh&t.... Ooops.... heh heh heh....
I got about the same school in as him brought tear to a fella Sasquatch haven little hoomans choked on a fellas heart bungie cords
I was 8 when dad started me driving, and we didn't have a big slice of private property like they have! Old farm boys....
@@crforfreedom7407 deff going on a slice of property/farm has its perks I was drive n a straight 10 speed old international cab over at 12 hauling hay and loading it with a 844 case wheel loader had a blast growing up on the farm always something to be done and cool stuff to drive or run even to go we would load up in the bucket of a 9n Ford tractor pull up to the pond and the bucket went from scooper 3k to recliner 250 in 2.5 seconds just had a all around great time on the farm and still do 👊🏻
my Grandfather (who raised me) taught me how to drive his 1976 Baby Blue Convertible 4 door Olds 98 when I was 11
I learned to drive at 10 on the farm driving tractors and a old GMC diesel 4x4 square body as well....good memories!
My great grandfather had a 9n. I rode on that thing alot when I was little! He did t have the loader though. He had corn and beans. I like the GT500 reels
Landlord: hey tennant I noticed the grass is kinda high? Tennant: yeah, ill take care of it...
He is the landlord….
@@montestu5502 He's talking about, Derek said the tenant burnt down the lawn.
I would definitely love to see the old ford get some more TLC!
We used to cut our lawn with a Craftsman tractor mower and thought I would want a finish mower. I bought a used box blade that came with a free seeder, 3 pt scoop, and finish mower. We used the finish mower, the tractor mower, and a push string trimmer. It took two hours with 3 people. We got a zero turn mower and one person can be done mowing in less than an hour.
Love it. When you are 9 you got to learn to drive pickups! So true. BTW Love the old tractor.
I'm digging the farm tractor and lawn tractor content on this channel. I'd love to eventually snag up a couple small farm tractors but my budget and space constraints limit me to lawn tractors at the moment. I've got an older John Deere 240 that I use to drag stuff around the property and a real old Wheel Horse Raider 12 that I'm working on.
brings back lots of memories growing up on our farm here in aussie ..ty we had the kinda of the same set up .. we had a gray massey ferguson ..TEA model was so cool and fun ty great video
Hey Derek, my brother has a Ford 4000 for sale, quite a bit bigger than the 8/9n. Been in my family for a long time, but it needs to go. He used it with a brush hog, works great. It’s located here in the quad cities.
Man Ole boy learning to drive a man's truck good stuff brings me back
love the farm videos, almost as much as the vehicle recues. keep 'em coming.
I had a “beaver” 3 cylinder diesel tractor with a pull behind finish mower and it worked awesome. A good project for this channel would be to find and rebuild a “Gilson” industrial/commercial 18 hp hydrostatic tractor. It’s just the size of a big riding mower but it’s got a hydraulic pump under the seat. It’s hydrostatic drive. It’s got a pto shaft out the back of it. The one I had was a I believe late 80’s model. It had a rear mount pto drive rototiller with hydraulic lift. It had a 48 inch belt drive mowing deck with hydraulic lift. It had a 48 inch belt drive snow blower with hydraulic lift. And it had a 48 inch push blade with hydraulic lift. It had a 18hp horizontal shaft Briggs n Stratton. It had 75 pound rear wheel weights and tire chains. I have never ever seen another one like it here in Maine. I ended up loosing the motor ( valve guides) and sold the attachments. I kept the tractor and I plan on making a wood splitter with the hydraulic pump. So anyways if you could ever find one in decent shape they are definitely worth looking at. As always WORK SAFE 😎😎🇺🇸🇺🇸
Ever watch yourbeekeeper's channel? He's got a pair of Montgomery Wards-branded 16hp Gilsons in that spec. Lots of video of them, good watchin'.
Just beautiful! "aint that America?" Thank you.
I have a massive disc on the back of my 2N it digs up the sandy loam and spreads it all out. I like the 'dude I'm tillin my field' look and it does kick butt on my field.
3 minutes... love this channel... gonna be a late lunch lol
9 year old driving a pickup truck. Karen: "Someone call DHS!" Normal people: "Love it! Keep raising those kids right!"
Any boy older than that can't drive must be one of them city kids. Useless...
Back in the day we didn't even have automatic. Had to learn to drive manuel from the start.
@@mcmaddie that's exactly right. Put it in your lap for first gear, put in on the dashboard for second gear, put it in the ashtray for third....don't worry about reverse!!!....we go FORWARD on this farm!!! They taught me to drive pulling a trailer to haul hay because I was to little to throw bales over the rail. 8 yrs old I think....maybe 7. Then, when they came along with a truck that had a shifter on the FLOOR.....It was time for me to THROW BALES ....UHGGGG!
Yepp. Drove an old ford with a block on the gas pedal. Bare could see out. Just let off the gas and it would idle slow enough for the big boys to through bales on ;)
Keep the tractor videos coming man. I come from a farming family here in NC I can relate to all the baling twine fixes you mentioned about your grandfather because my pawpaw does the exact same thing. I really enjoy these videos because they're so relatable and funny because what's better than farming with vice grip garage i mean it really grows on a guy
LMAO!! I'm a trucker and this reminds me of all the times I've unloaded things from my flatbed semi in sketchy ways. That was awesome watching the unload!!
A guy couldn't help but hook his peepers on the collection of 4x4s over by the big grey dwelling. 👌🏻