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Hey Derek, I’m a 74 year old man that grew up on a dirt poor farm in Northern Minnesota. Watching you cut hay with that “modern” equipment brought a tear to this old man’s eyes. I guess it’s been 40 years since I quit having the opportunities to run that beautiful old equipment. Thanks for the memories!

"do ya wanna see cuttin? rakin? balin?" YES, all of it, everything!

My wife said "I'm surprised your watching someone else cut hay" I told her It was fun to watch someone else suffer. One other thing your haybine has a no clog cutter bar. The good thing is it is less likely to clog in heavy grass. The bad part is the knives have no protection and take a beating. I do hay every year and all my equipment is old but gets the job dun, between the breakdowns. My tractor is a 1955 John Deere model 60.

Mr. Bently is just awesome, I have 3 sons of my own. At 70 years old I miss that special help they give me when I need it, when they were that young. Love Watching you two so much.

Derek, I wish you had more time for this channel. Absolutely love it.

Derek, you're definitely a hard-working, good husband, and an excellent father. God bless you and your family.

From a 70+ Ohio farm boy. Would love to see a Little Grip raking video. So proud of the little guy. Brings back good memories of working the fields with my Dad.

Feel free to make these farming uploads as long as you like, Derek, I love em! Had to sell the family farm last year, first time in my 61 year old life I'm not out helping with the hay harvest, your videos are a great way for me to vicariously participate.

I really enjoy seeing a young man working with his dad.

Sitting down here in Florida, 48 years old, wondering why in the hell I'm even still here. My mom's family were Iowa farmers all the way back to the civil war, her dad's family were farmers all the way back to the Mayflower. I think I just made a decision watching this video.... I'm going back to Iowa. I'm done wasting my life away in this city, I'm going back to my roots. Thanks Derek, I don't think you truly know how deeply your channel touches lives, and I am grateful for you Bud!

I'm a 74 year old guy who grew up running John Deere equipment on our Utah farm. We used a cycle mower and side rake. Watching you and your MIniDerek working together is a page out of my childhood. Top this off with homemade macaroni and hotdogs - wonderful! Thank you all.

My wife and I watched this last night , you helped me relive a lot of my days helping family in North Alabama , we drove down , helping with hay cutting, brush clearing, and all kinds of farm related stuff, good to see the RR tractor again, and Bentley helping his Dad, big Congrats on getting the hay conditioner running again, this was a fun and relaxing video, keep the farm, and tractor stuff coming, can't be too much of this these days, Really liked your enclosed cab rig, congrats on that addition to keep you breathing easy. Bottom line, can't have to much tractor and farm stuff, keep up the great work, Really appreciate your hard work and great content. Thanks from my family to yours !

Yes, please keep these farming videos coming. Very educational and entertaining.

After a moment of reflection, I decided I'm rather impressed that I haven't seen VGG's clothes on fire before now. He's generally a bit on the generous side with the flammable liquids and sparks.

Isn't it amazing how things have changed ? I grew up doing hay every summer and never imagined people would ever be interested in watching that process ..... but here we are and I am watching along missing that smell of a fresh cut hayfield and the mad dash trying to get it all up in the barn before bad weather moves in !!!! Nicely done those boys will thank you for what you are doing someday

Your work ethic is second to none - and I love how you’re passing your drive and knowledge on to your kids, along with us viewers/fans. I hope you are able to keep providing this content to us, and more importantly, that you can keep passing the drive along to your boys. I can’t imagine the time and effort the whole family puts into this and a heartfelt THANK YOU from an insignificant fan here.

A feller sure doesn’t mind admitting that he lives vicariously through you, Derek. Love your vids.

Absolutely post it all. Cutting, raking, bailing. Brings me back to where i grew up next to a hay field. When life was good and simple.

Hey Vice Grip Lodge!! Watching you knock down hay brings back so many memories!! I worked on a farm from age 12-20. I learned so much! Especially to be mechanical and fix things on the go! A lot of those years where making hay on 1000 acres of ground at the Lewisburg Federal Prison!! I ran a haybine nonstop all summer! Worked 12-14 hrs a day! Keep up the amazing work! Keep your family involved!

The dude is Bentley. His father is such a wonderful role model for him. Fantastic, sincere work, gentlemen. And thanks, Jess, for driving the show behind the scenes and feeding the boys.

Derek I’ve never felt inclined to ever comment about an advertisement, but your Factor sales pitch was really sincere. I think I may actually try it.

Dude how dare you be a regular Dad and Husband . Cutting hay , the perfume of the field . So sweet.

Brings back a ton of memories to this 70 year old guy. I could picture myself in the tractor seat. Cut hay in southern PA. I would rake into windrows before bailing. It helped the bottom layer dryout.

from a country boy from Ohio who is over 70. A video of Little Grip raking would be fantastic. Very pleased with the small man. brings back happy memories of helping my dad in the fields.

I have helped bail hay for years. When I see hay down, in anybody's field, I pray, "No Rain, please no rain!" I helped my friends unload hay wagons onto the elevator while the younger guys were in the now. The last time I helped bail, was 6 years ago. I was 60 years old. I am a female. LOL! The city kids that came were always overheating as they wanted to suck on soda and not drink water. LOL I miss those days. Thank goodness, no allergies to me. I love to smell that alfalfa hay!

"Bentley, when I nod my head, you hit it."

Hey Derek, I was telling my wife earlier today that I could smell the fresh cut hay and it smelled so good. It brought back memories of when I was working on my neighbors farms in New York State when I was younger cutting, raking and bailing hay and loading it into the barn. I'm 61 now and she said I probably couldn't do it because I'm out of shape. I said yeah but I would love to do it even for a little while. I wish I could come to Tennessee and help you.

Your hay cutting takes me back to my early teenage years. I didn't cut or bale any hay or grass, but I sure did buck a lot of bales. Bucking bales taught me a lot about momentum, which is useful in every area of life. It's kind of satisfying when you can toss a 65# bale on top of a loaded semi trailer. Oh for younger days and strength.

Love watching Vice grip lodge, a guy just feels like it's part of the family watching you go about your business. And above all it's fascinating, you can't look away. Derek I think you have some of the very best highest quality content on KZfaq by far. You just have such a way about you it's like a master craftsmen at work. who speaks to you as a equal and very humble, no arrogance or attitude. It's such a shame there is so much negativity and for the media's attention filling all the news out of the USA that deep down there are really good folks like you and your family showing us that really this is what it's really like here in the USA. I suppose good old fashioned family values and respect, don't make for the news or promotion of the USA any more. But you know if there are a few keeping the old ways alive, then there are going to be people supporting it. Sending you and your family alot of love, right here from Central London England, just a stones throw from Buckingham Palace.

Please show all of the processes, I love to watch old machinery do work. It makes me proud that we had pride in our equipment in the way it was built and the precision it takes to do a good job!

Derek, just saying but working with the lad now means he will work with you in years to come. My old dad is 83, hell I'm 60 and we still waste our time 'working' on worn out machenery to keep his little farm ship shape. Many runs to town with urgent need for parts, coffee and donuts and a chat with some crony or another usually Jimmy in the parst store. Love this channel, by the way watch out for the PTO shafting on older machines, those sods will eat you if they get hold.

Post everything, without a doubt. Raking, cutting, and bailing. reminds me of my childhood home, which was adjacent to a hay field. when everything were easy and pleasant.

I have said before that I would stop everything to watch Derek rebuild a push mower! From a husband and father of 2 young humans I really appreciate the awesome channels!

Well now, is there any content a Guy and his little humans he's responsible for can put out for us Fellers (and Fellettes) that just isn't THE best? I don't know how you do it but I'm always blown away by it. You just don't stop. You, Jessica and the kiddos are helping so many people all around the world feel happy Comforted and wholeheartedly entertained. Much love to you all from Scotland. God Bless 🙏🏻 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇺🇸

Brings back memories when I was a teen, helping a farmer cut hay. I used a New Holland Haybine w/a David Brown Case Tractor. Cut a lot of fields . Good to see your son helping.

I was 13 the last time I was on the farm it was 50 years ago just got a new machine that drove itself closed in air conditioning even had a microwave and I can drive itself love to see little man do some raking

Bentley doesn't miss a minute he can spend with the old man. The other boys must be old enough they are at the point they want their independence. Either way it's great to see fathers and sons working together.

Love it when you and Bentley are working together! You can tell he loves you and respects you. Great job on the hay fields. Thank you for sharing this video!

You should come to Ireland and see how its done...silage..2cuts in the summer...grass as thick and green as anything... Mowed with a 10ft tarrup mower for years...john deer net wrap bailer and then a mchale wrapper....The summers of 1996/97 were top class❤ great work for a 15/16 year old👍👍👍🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

I will say that those Factor meals are SOOO good! I've ordered several times and have been extremely pleased with their products! Especially when they make me rediculous offers I'd be a fool to refuse! Highly recommended! It's also so nice that you didn't just buy a bunch of land just because you could and are actually keeping it what it is intended for! Not to mention that you're showing your boys how to respect what you have and work it & hopefully keep it this way for generations to come! There's entirely too much of our southern farmland being cut up into subdivisions and farming forgotten about. Thanks for sharing Derek and safe travels & God bless! ~ Scott 💙🙏🏼

Try to find some local honey for your allergies. It may sound ridiculous, but it works. The local bees use local pollen & a teaspoon per day worked wonders for me. As an added benefit, I don't remember the last time I had a cold.

Thanks for takin the time to take us along

A guy likes these videos of you and the boys just messing around and props to you for getting the old equipment and fixing it up with ur son instead of just buying a new one and getting it done. The reward for the job of fixing it is so satisfying

Where was something like this when I was growing up. We used old horse drawn sickle mowers and horse drawn rakes. We didn’t have a baler so we stacked the hay in the fields and moved it to the barn on a hay wagon. It was a lot of work.

Derek you are so fortunate to have Bently. He is one superb worker. Treat him good hard intelligent workers are hard to find nowadays . Thanks for sharing catch you on the next one. Artie 👍🇺🇸

Derek, bring it on! This kind of small scale farm work is pretty rare these days! Great father/son project as well! Mega kudos!

Grew up in the city my whole life and have no idea about haying, or how it was done. Really enjoyed learning about it. Best of all the time you spent with son creating lifelong memories.

Derek, you've got such a comfortable and genuine personality that I forgot for a minute that this wasn't an episode about your lunch routine! lol. We all at least disengage a bit during sponsor segments on channels, or skip ahead to get back to the video content. But damn it, you deserve sponsors pay you triple the average! haha. Thanks for all the constant hard work putting out great content for us. And my boy is loving Little Grip Garage 🤘

I love this channel, Derek. So neat to see what goes on around the homestead. Like a behind the scenes kinda deal. I want to see it all.

KZfaq creator yes. Family, life and farm first. This is how it's done. Love this stuff Derek. You are blessed.

Brought back some great memories of baling hay growing up…we square baled everything and elevators to store in the hay mow, and also large outside covered stacks. The conditioner seems to be working okay, but and I may be wrong, but think your rollers are supposed to be more pliable as I recall, but again been “a few years ago now” thank you again and a great son you have there, along with the rest of your family. Appreciate you sharing the daily and you all stay safe!

Steve Lehto promotes factor meals too. He's an automotive lemon law attorney in Michigan. I think you would enjoy his channel and getting to meet him one day.

Prop the 4x4 on your good knee while little grip gives her what-for with the Tanya Harding. You're a brave man.

The smell of a new mown hay field, and some fermented apple and strawberry juice are a couple of life's pure pleasures. Thanks!

Loved this so much. To me back to my teenage years, helping my uncle in his fields. Spent many a day after school on an old J.D a and b, tedding, raking and throwing bales. Another awesome video from an amazing dad, husband, and friend to so many

I remember sitting in the cab with my dad when I was about Bentley's age, either plowing the field all day or running a combine. They were long days but I don't ever recall being bored. No music, no phone to stare at, I doubt my kids would have any interest but back then it was the only interesting thing to do.

As a city kid in the '60's I summered on a tobacco/dairy farm in Penn Dutch country. When the farmer cut his hay he used an Allis Chalmers tractor with a mower attached to it (I rode shotgun on the toolbox on the left fender). He cut everything during the day, no night work. A day or 2 later we would go out and rake the field using the Allis Chalmers and a rake. At baling time the tractor pulled a New Holland baler with dual axle trailer attached so the bales could be stacked to save time. Ah memories!

You can make that bushing out of Delrin if you have access to a lathe. The original bushing is/was a type of Nylon, so Delrin (black or white) will last a long time. A lot of people initially try to replace the sickle bar rivets with bolts. Rivets are faster and cheaper to replace, and they have a little flex to them that bolts do not. Bolts/nuts have to be ground down in order to fit, and they still have a tendency to hang up the sickle bar when it goes through trash. You will probably find that the rivets are a lot less work and they are more reliable, depending on what you are cutting.

I think I speak for all of us, that we want to see the whole process. I've been a member on VGG for years now, but I gotta tell a fella, I LOVE this channel. Might even top the big one. Cheers Derek for taking us along with ya.

Definitely up for seeing more of this. Never been disappointed by your content here or on VGG. Awesome that you & Bentley have that time to connect. That type of thing will stick with him forever. My dad's been gone for 14 years now, but I often reflect on the time I spent working with him & spending quality 1 on 1 time doing anything & everything I could.

I am 66 and I want to be just like Bentley when I grow up. 😂

As a guy who grew up and lives in the suburbs I am really enjoying learning about this process! I never knew there was so much involved in hay production! 👍

Some 50 odd years ago when I was a teen, we bought an acre of land and had a tractor just like that one to mow the weeds. Brings back some good old memories! Thanks for sharing!

Me personally I would like to see it all and I did my share of cutting, bailing, and hauling hay, back then we square bailed all our hay for horses and cows. I’m sure there are a lot of people that has never seen hay cut or conditioned or bailed so I say let us all see everything.

Bentley is the man. What a great role model he has with his dad. Great honest work guys. And thanks jess for keeping the boyz fed qnd the show on the road behind the scenes ❤

I run a 7’ Hesston 1110 haybine to cut, and it’ll mow fine at night. If I’ve got a good open field I’ll usually mow into the night if needed, but if it’s a field I know there’s gonna be a lot of obstacles, I’ll finish it the next day. We had a 1209 Deere growing up, it didn’t do the best in short hay, but it looks like your 1207 doesn’t mind anything, looks like it mowed everything really well.

27:58 is by far my favorite part of this video 😂

We always used rivets, made the bar clear much better.

26:00 Yes sugar content is higher at night. Plants pull in light for photosynthesis during the day, and when sun goes down, plants switch to sugar production. Livestock prefers sweet hay.

I love watching these hay videos because I know little to nothing about it. I've had walnuts, grapes, almonds, and feed corn, and I love learning about different crop and how to harvest them. Thanks, Derek!

Derek You gotta show us the entire process. Your little guy there, is one hard worker. You're lucky to have him. Heck yeah I wanna see more Lodge, and, Garage.

I don't ever remember anyone using bolts on the sickle blade replacements. I helped my dad replace many with the rivits. I hope it works for you. Great channel!

Spinner doodads by the whistle. I love the technical jargon on this channel. 😂

There's just something special to see anything associated with the farming/ranching process. I appreciate you sharing anything having to do with that. I don't know about others, but there's just something special associated with seeing how these tasks are performed and what kind of equipment is needed to make it all come together. As always, thank you very much for sharing your (and Bentley's) adventures with the rest of us.

Hi 😊, I used to work on a farm in the UK and l remember tedding one field that kept getting wet , and eventually after it got wet and almost dry then wet and a few times, l went in to red it with a bright red machine and came out with a bright green machine wasn't wearing a mask and ended up with bad allergies and a bad lung for the rest of my life 😢 , hope you guys get it all bailed up before the rain comes 🤞👍💪best regards Mike .

Mentioned this last time, rivets are cold rivets easy peasy. I had the same problem in the early 90s w/sickle bar. Now when you have to do a repair you'll be torching them bolts off. 8:41

Johnson grass was our primary hay crop when I was a young-un. It’s an invasive weed, but it makes really good hay if you can get it good and dry in the windrows. We often had to rake the windrows over after a couple of days, then let that bake in the sun another day or two to get it dry enough. Baling it too wet can lead to mold, or worse, organic decay heat and haystack fires. This was in central Texas. Strangely, it’s kinda disappeared from the landscape compared to what it used to be. Good for the native grasses, I guess.

If you haven't already got one, a 55 gallon drum and crank pump for your used motor oil will help you keep your equipment lubed up. Loving the content! Brings back a lot of memories!

Growing up in Carolina, we ran an IH conditioner and would go out and rake it til it was dry enough to put it in a windrow and get after it! Awesome stuff - brings back great memories, the bailing and stacking in a 100 degree barn - not so much!

I absolutely love farming videos well I love tractors and everything that goes with them thank you for sharing your cutting adventure with us I appreciate you and all your hard work .

very good call with the fire suppression systems on the rigs sir

Yeah, more cutting. Yeppers, bailing. Derek, I only lived in dairy country upstate NY, 3.5 years. The "Southern Tier" as it is called. The farmer that lived close to us, I don't remember him using a hay conditioner. Then again, I'm talking 1973-1976. I'm glad you got yours up and running! I'd enjoy more cutting, bailing. Most folks do not realise, what all is involved with farming. Best regards to you and your family, Howie

I want to see raking and bailing with that old equipment brings back so many memories when I was a younger man thank you

For all of you commenting. Bale is a bundle of hay or straw. You cut, rake and bale it. It's called baling. Bail and bailing is for when you are in jail.

I'm a city girl...I want to see the whole process! We need more info as to what goes into the production of our food, to help us appreciate the cost and the labour. Keep up the good work Derek..we love everything you do. Bentley too❤!

Thank you for taking all of us along I know I am stoked for more farm content. I love it! Thanks for all you do!!

I love this content a lot. Keep it coming. I was a very young kid when my grandpa quit farming, back in the 70s. Seeing how it's done through your videos bring back good memories.

Yes! All the cutting, drying and bailing! Brings me back to when I was helping my Grandfather with his farm, which was 26 years ago.

I use to run a farm in Lenoir City TN. I would always cut hay at night. I would tet the next day. In many cases I could roll it that evening. Certainly by day 2. Never had issues with moisture as long as I noted the humidity.

Good stuff Derek. Got to commend Brentley on his awareness. He trusts you but is also aware things can happen. Good job Bentley. I appreciate you and your family Derek.

Good to see some older equipment still making hay. Goes to show ya if a person just maintains older equipment it will work just like it did when it was brand new

Love seeing this content as well. Love that Bentley is wanting to learn so that a guy's vast knowledge is being handed down to the future generation. A feller seems to be very patient with the youngest human you are resonsible for and not making him learn everything on the first time. This feller grew up getting yelled at for not holding the flashlight exactly where it was needed and not anticipating when it needed to be moved. Hoping to see Bentley tearing down AND PUTTING BACK TOGETHER on some engines in the near future!

Every sickle bar I ever used cold rivets to attach blades to the sickle bar. Very little clearance for the nuts you used. Hammering of the sickle bar likely to spin nuts off. Good luck. Off course I mowed hay from 1967-1971 only. Old experience. Lotsa good memories. Good luck.

We did not have a John Deere we had IH but we had the same thing we called it a swather. We started out with a 9 foot with belts and chains. Then went to a 10 foot with all chains. Then toward the end we were running a 10 and a 12 foot. The 12 foot was nice. It went from road to Highway mode with a hydraulic cylinder. Thanks for brining up some great teenage memories of the family farm and my dad.

Aloha Derek, Way to go with the crimper. I resurrect lots of old stuff in my garage, and I am proud of you for giving the crimper/cutter lots of love. It reminds me of when my Grandpa Hash used a horse drawn sickle bar cutter similar to the one on your unit. He would take a file and sharpen each and every one of the blades on the cutter bar and then go cut his hay. He would mow from the outside of the field to the inside, and when he got down to the last little bit in the center of the field, all kinds of wild life would come shooting out and running across the field. Lots of good memories from 70+ years ago when my family farmed southern Indiana. Keep up the good work, and your helper is doing really well. Good on you for getting your children involved in some really life changing activities. Keep up the good work..

A guy is cranking out the videos lately, thanks for all the content as of late Derek.

Love to see it all, cut, rake and bale. Just as long as I don't have to do it. Thanks for taking us along for the journey.

I enjoy both channels. I was raised in So Cal but now live in the most rural part of the US. Good to learn the basics even if I do not have a farm. Thanks

Thanks fella for taking us along for the ride. Do appreciate it. Cheers mate 👍