When I was a kid, we all took turns staying with grandma and grandpa’s. From my grandma’s kitchen window, she could keep an eye on grandpa. If she saw him stop, jump down, she’d call one us to run a jar of extra sweet lemonade out to grandpa. When grandpa got his jar, he knew it was time to sit down enjoy his drink, then he could finish the work. Then we’d run back with any messages. Usually, it was give grandma a kiss from grandpa.

Thanks for all you do as farmers. You are a few farmers with KZfaq that I watch, and you have taught me so much about this life. I wish I was financially able to retire to cover my family's need and come work with you all for free during harvest.

Love seeing wildlife walking around your yard. Here it was going so well and bam, you are broke and stopped. It still gets me the way you three pull together and get stuff fixed. All three of you work well off the other. Give that puppy a hug for me.

DC is so funny! "It's like a hiccup on the bump in the road." He reminds me of Yogi Berra. "It's like deja vu all over again!"

I don’t know how you guys deal with broken equipment! You’d think that a piece of equipment as expensive as your tractors and harvesters being maintained like you do that it would last a harvesting season. Poor fellow who doesn’t have sons or daughters to help keep the farm going all with their different talents. You Corn-stars are amazing! All the best for the rest of harvest season. I’ll pray for no more breakages, no more rocks etc!🙏💕🙏

It's amazing to watch you all dance those huge machines around, processing vast quantities of crops; thank you for all you do.

As always, Daddy Cornstar is charming, Cole is sharp as a tack, but today Cooper is the "Most Valuable Player". What a great and complementary set of skills you guys have. I've been around the block a few times but I'm amazed that I still learn something new with every episode of "Cole The Cornstar" that I watch. Thanks!

this is so cool to see an actual break down and what it take to get back running!!!

Boogie man, boogie man, boogie man!! Daddy Corn Star, you are the best!!😂

It's really refreshing to see a family that works so well together. I'm so sorry for all the breakdowns. You all are so great about keeping you equipment in excellent condition and clean. Hope things go better as you finish the fields!

Amazing to see the wildlife so close, imagine what that will be like for your children, what a wonderful place to grow up!

I would say this harvest has been going well for you guys. Breakdowns always happens whether or not its new or old. The weather has been treating you guys nicely and your yield has been fairly positive. I'm interested to find out if the extra chemical sprays and "extra precautions" are going to pay dividends this year because it's going to be a challenge with today's economy. Then again harvest this year can be different than next year. Farming life, what can you do?

So impressed seeing the progress you have made since starting the channel. I've watched every videos and couldn't be happier for you and your family ❤️

That Copper is an amazing mechanic ,holy crap .

Daddy Cornstar, the phrase "Boogity, Boogity, Boogity, let's go racing, boys!" was a phrase that Darrell Waltrip would use at the start of every NASCAR race that he announced. But he got it from Country Star Ray Stevens' album "Boogity Boogity" which contained the hit "The Streak". Some folks think the song says "Boogity Boogity", but it actually says "Look at that, Look at that".

Should keep a tarp handy to catch those beans, that or a old bed sheet.

Great job with everything! Hopefully things start moving in your favor soon with equipment

I am looking forward to an analysis of how much all the recent "improvements" have worked out as to yield. I know the storms last year threw a kink into the numbers and made it difficult to judge, but I'm hoping this year will give a more positive outlook as to how the investments are working out.

I've seen just as many green combines broke down

Everybody has their specialty. Fun to watch

I’ve had the same issue on my combine. If i shut the separator off with a full hopper grain will run down the loading auger in the grain tank and then proceed to fill the clean grain elevator until it’s full. Typically it burns the belt off, but once I bent the bottom auger. I have a green combine but it’s the same concept.

Congrats to Cole and Nave. I hope you have a lifetime of joy and happiness together.

I've got a green one, but not the shade of green you're thinking of! Claas are very popular on this side of the Atlantic, and a very good combine (I have a strong dislike of Axial Flows, I had one, and it wasn't suited to our damper UK conditions!) I think they were sold as Challengers in the USA at one time.

D.C. you're the best . Each of you have amazing skills. But that Copper has grown up to be exceptionally talented. Let's not forget the friends and technicians in the mix. Throw in the ladies that put the meals on the table. An army marches on it's stomach.

Cole, if you think that you are having a really bad time with your Case combine, you need to watch Erin Holbert's latest video about their JD combine. Her father takes painfully meticulously great care of theirs, even Erin waxes it all of the time, he even has a JD dealership mechanic to entirely go through theirs every year telling them what needs to be maintained and replaced (he tags it all with blue masking tape and a note, every single part) and they spend a whole lot of money doing that to make sure that it never breaks down, yet it still does. Well, Erin in her latest video reports that their JD is broken down with engine problems and now the engine has to be removed at the dealership to find it. So, they are having to rent another combine for their soybeans and corn harvests this year. Apparently all combines of all makes have a lot of moving parts that are prone to breakage, even when meticulously maintained taken care of with kid gloves.

Both sons are excellent in their areas of expertise!! I know Mom and Dad are proud!!😊

Yea so awesome to see that y’all can keep the equipment running the mechanical skills are awesome

I think daddy corn stars in heaven he’s so happy he gets to work with his boys you can just see the joy

Amazing work! Your family is wonderful harmonious working machine! Love your video's!

Growing up in ND we grew wheat. At that time we swathed the wheat and used pick up attachments to feed the combine. Anyway … broken cycle sections on the swather were a pain because ours were riveted on the cycle bar vs bolted like they are now. Good memories though. Congrats on the strong crop. Look forward to hearing about the program vs non program. Great vids!

Sound to me like it was a mechanic mistake when you put the new elevator chain in and not the machines falt next time read your repair manual and put the shims and spacers in correctly the first time or take it to a better repair shop that knows what there doing .

Thanks for the ride on the combine! Great video!

Breakdown like that could be avoided if a dealer mechanic would be involved in the repairs and maintenance. Coop and Ryan are no doubt excellent mechanics. But it's those small details that snowball into something big if they aren't done correctly. It is expensive to have dealers inspect and repair those machines, but I feel it is worth it for a couple reasons. 1, the dealer should stand behind their work, so if something does happen and it is the fault of the dealer, your covered. 2, resale value of a machine is typically better if you have all the records of everything that was done to it by the dealer, or a list of things prepared by the dealer of things that may need repaired.

I was just saying to my husband recently seems like you weren't having all these problems with your older former tractor. My thoughts and prayers go out to you. Enjoy your videos.

The fact you guys went on fixed it yourselves instead of waiting on the mechanics says alot. Cooper is super smart

Ahhhhhh it’s so cute to see Maverick and cuddled up behind Cooper

Thanks for sharing hope you don’t have any more issues

Claas Lexion deserves your attention. Ziegler Cat has more technicians and fewer machines. Caterpillar dealers invented in the field service trucks. We rarely wait for long on a mechanic to get to our farm. If you farm store grain the Lexion is the way to go. It will not pre grind your corn or beans and they are at much less likely to become damaged in farm storage. We have 20 years of experiencing the difference a Lexion makes in grain quality growing food grade crops.

When you buy second hand you normally get proublems as lot time the previous owner had troubles to and replaced them .even new you can get trouble had a case tractor new kept blowing the seal on the pto shaft .

You are sure quite the team there the way you work together and get the job done on fixing those pesky breakdowns. Great video once again!!!

Good video guys and a nice fix on the combine!!

I found it amazing how often the new equipment breaks down! I know farmers running machinery built in the 1980-90's that get through the harvest without a break down...

Looks like there was a oops when you put it together last winter. I don't think any brand machine works long when you put it together incorrectly. Lesson learned, hopefully that's the last of your issues.

Once again thanks for the harvesting videos. Sorry for the breakdown I know how you feel I used to farm with my cousin and Uncle in South Dakota.

Aside from the feeder belt, everything seems to be going very well - great job 😁😁😁👌👏👏❤️❤️❤️

Ahh, the joys of combining beans... Seriously, it has been an interesting season. We have been drier in west-central Ia. so yields are a little lower here. Take care & be safe!!!

There was a hiccup in the bump of the road.. Gotta love DCS's Yogi moments..

I am having a hard time with my mental state, and let me tell you if it wasn't for you guys i don't think I'd be here, suffer from PTSD from being in the army. Thanks sooooo much for being on this platform. and making these videos

Hello from northern Iowa! Love all your videos. Daddy Cornstar is hilarious. Hang in there. Sorry to hear about all the repairs.

Hey Cole, thanks for putting the beginning back in, I love it.

Anxious to see the new bins in action!!

Takes a village to maintain a combine.Keep up the good work.

loving the daily harvest videos!

Cole, they all break. Yall are doing a Great job for all of us. Good luck the rest of the way.

BTW Cole, in case you didn't already know it, but deer prefer/love freshly sprouted grass and wheat. It's very tender and sweet to them. We always put out winter wheat as a green manure/cover crop to draw them in.

While I hate that you have breakdowns, every harvest season you learn more & more about machinery repair Cole. It's a good thing 😌 . Fascinating video. Thanks.

Cole, DS and Cooper, it’s amazing watching you work together as a team to get the combine diagnosed, fixed and back out in the field - very smooth, efficient and harmonious. I admire how hard you work and don’t complain versus some of the drama queen behavior that is so common these days.

That’s sucks! We’ve ran a 2008 8010 case ih with no major problems for several years. Most of the Case “flagship” combines are pretty bulletproof especially the newer ones. everything breaks down eventually tho

I'm sorry guys! I'm frustrated for you that the equipment breaks down! You all seem to to stay pretty positive while dealing with it though. I give you credit!

you need a couple kiddie pools they are handy from catching oil leaks to catching the grain spills when you open things up

it's amazing how much your farm has changed in just a few years..

You guys stay safe ot there!! Keep Smilin!!!!

You know it really dose not matter what brand thay all brake down thay all have problems that's just the way it is.

It’s amazing to see the number of moving parts on a combine and they all have to work in synch. They definitely have more patience than I would or they are doing a lot of editing.

G’day coke hope you and the family are staying safe and healthy during harvest 😊

Y’all need a battery operated leaf blower to clean off that bean residue too help reduce the fire risk. Great video as always!

Does any of us older ones remember change sickle knives with rivets and hammer...

Wow! That harvest map kinda looked like a Iowa thunderstorm weather map!

You’re rock’in it Cooper!!

I feel for you guys. My 2 blue tractors died this year, the new red tractor has spent 40% of its time broken this year and the new green tractor is on order. We’ll see soon. I was told they paint them red so they can be seen better when broken down on the side of the road. It’s a safety feature. 😮

Good night Cornstar Family, God Bless you ❤️

Even those things break down you guys always manage to figure out how to fix it. That's very impressive !

3:57 if that was corn… it would be a…corn dog… 😂😂😂

Hey Cole..... I remember you guys having a similar issue last harvest, If I am correct Cooper had to straighten that bracket for the rod that bent last time too. I wonder if all of the normal vibrations are causing that bracket to fatigue again?, I would maybe suggest that after Cooper & DC pushed it back in place with the help of the floor jack that maybe Cooper should add a piece of flat stock across the top and weld it in for extra rigidity?.... Just a thought from a faithful follower. And as always thanks for bringing us along on your journeys...... btw nice seeing Ryan today too!

Boogied boogied boo is the correct line.

Ivers farms in Illinois bought 2 new 9250 Case IH machines and one has ran perfectly all season so far and the other one had a U joint fly aprt that drives the rotor knock a hole in the engine oil pan and only had about 4 hrs on it

You should sell those broken sickles on your merchandise store. I bet you could sell them for a pretty penny.

I ❤ to see Cooper work!

It is possible that you purchased a class 9 machine that was used by a contractor? Those machines get used 120% full time of course . In South Africa the Axial flow harvesters generally have the least problems compared to other brands. Maybe consider a smaller new one which will do more hectares because of less breakdowns? Lower blood pressure all around as well

Maybe the previous owner got sick of fixing on it. And that's why the farmer traded it in Sometimes no matter what the color of the machine. It just breaks too much. And time is money!!!

Crud well still you getting it done. Good jobs

well things break down when in use , we all get them and always at the worst time , good think you have Cooper he must saves you a lot of money he is amazing at what he does

Hey cole ,I’m a small hay farmer from minn.,,when I’m done at the end of the day, I use a hand held leaf blower to clean off dust and hay,, maybe you should try it on your equip. Ecspecially your expensive combine, hint hint

Looking back 2 years the improvements you have made and the results are amazing. Seems you have doubled your output in the same time. And with the Deer you are flying!

Daddy cornstar with the boggeyd boys killed me 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

For as young as Cooper is he's one intelligent, mechanically inclined, hard working individual. There's no way he won't be successful if he stays the road he's on. 👍

Great stuff men always enjoy the harvest 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

new chain this year, when they stretch and get loaded up the empty side buckles up and jambs as it goes over the top and the strain is released. I suspect thats the problem, big combine long elevators more stretch.

Harvest is an impressive, all hands on deck time of year. Cool to watch

I’d love to visit and help you during a harvest. Your clearly hardworking good people.

I love how when cooper and daddy corn-star were working on the combine come was just pouring soybeans on maverick

Well atleast the local wildlife will appreciate the pile of beans you left them!

How disappointing when something breaks. Thank goodness for Cooper.. he’s the man..

Green ones break too. Just pulled the sieve frame out of mine yesterday.

Awesome Video and Much Love as Always 🌽 🌟

If your gonna go green take a look at a claas lexion. We had a s770 Deere burn up this summer harvesting wheat and we demoed a claas and man what a smooth machine. That’s the direction we are gonna go in the future.

Good job getting the deer video.

Seems with all the maintenance you do nothing should break down. All your equipment is so well cared for. They way you all stay so positive is an inspiration.

Hi bud from northwest Missouri a month ago you asked about a vine growing in your corn 🌽 it's called cucumber vine bud

The best cleaning combine is the Gleaner. I have ran Masseys and internationals. We finally bought a Gleaner after a few years of a custom cutter cut me grain. It was so clean and left hardly anything out the back. This year we grew seed wheat and when we took it to the mill they couldn’t believe how clean it was. We also took safflower to the and a again it was the cleanest they had seen. Try a Gleaner