Wow, good thing you had the equipment to deal with the hard ground. Looks like the white was struggling pretty hard when you was ripping it. Thanks for the videos Michael

I totally appreciate and enjoy your science based content (along with the rest of course). Still to this day I don't know how my grandad use to grow a 1/4 + acre garden and farm from before daylight until after dark but he used to faithfully send soil samples every year to our local University's Ag sciences lab for his garden (and yard as needed). Between that and using the old farmer's almanac for when to plant he used to always have stunning gardens. Even in the 80's and 90's when I was growing up the farmland was faithfully sampled every year and didn't rely on their own intuition. Their yields vs neighbors who did their own thing were always positive proof that science works. If I had known agronomy was a thing back then I would have taken a different path. Take care, best wishes, and keep the content coming as you have time.

What a rock! I thought it would probably be compacted some, but that was incredible. Good thing you switched to the ripper. And all the metal objects, wow! You might want to look over your tires really well. Hope you don't pick up something while you're discing. Those darn bee hives must be pretty good size. At least you didn't get stung this time.

Seriously look forward to all your videos. Keep up the good work. From Texas.

Almost should have taken off the two outside shanks, but you got the job done just fine! Looks good 66!

Gives ya new appreciation of what our ancestors went thru 200 yrs ago to clear ground w oxen, horses, or hand tools

Sounds like the governor needs adjusted on the ole 77. She sounds awesome but the governor should have kicked in under load. It still hard ass ground and bringing out the big guns is always 😁

The ole girl did her job, that worked up a lot better than I thought it would…👌🏻done good hoss🇺🇸

Great content Ethan love the tractor work👍👍👍👍👍

Well shoot, I'm a little late to the party. Just realized you are a posting videos again. Glad to see it.

Some tough going Ethan but it looks real good now that you worked it up. The poor old Oliver was crying for sure.

You do awesome work

Looks like it worked down good , always fun to discover things you'll find in a field your reclaiming. Be nice to get a inch of rain on it then disc it , be good to see ya disc it n then seeded. From turkey creek farms be safe n thankful

kid you not, that is still magnificent proof that real horsepower beats fake torquepower every time. Reminds me of a guy who took over a broad driveway (80') to plant in and had to till it with an excavator the first time. Huge trees off to each side, pile of roots pulled out about 10 foot tall, 20 wide and over 100 long that we burned. (scouts)

Boy oh boy that was something I never expected tree roots galore.

Should’ve used a John Deere lol good video keep up the good work God bless!

That's like trying to roll over concrete..... Sure gave the 77 a work out. The ripper even pulled hard. Dam. Thanks for the post Ethan. Take care. Fred.

I can't believe how hard that ground is buddy be safe out there your buddy from Nebraska

Givver good cussin and forward move.

Great video, thanks for sharing.

That thing ya hauled out was most likely a highway boundary marker. Nice reclamation job, field will be sweet!

New subscriber for about since last fall, love you're content keep up the amazing work

You're doing the power co a good deed by keeping the trees away.

Imagine the pioneers breaking the prarie, except with a lot less horsepower than what you have. Kind of incredible they were able to do it. Great video!

Very cool video!

Dang that’s some hard ground! Glad you got it done tho!

In Ga. in 1972 what was then Ga Power Co wanted to put in a big mega transmission line much like yours. They actually bought at fair market value 10 acres of my father in laws land from him. They told him he could sell or it would be taken under immient domain. It was pasture for all these years until I started working it. Power company said yes you can do that but you have to sign a "contract" of sorts telling you what can and cannot do to the land. They actually like this because they don't have to pay contractors to keep it mowed or sprayed.

Getter done son!!!

That sure is some hard tractor work going on, that engine was talking. Love the content brother. Keep on keeping on!-Joe Dirt

That's odd to me that people would be freaking out about farming on a "powerline right-of-way". Hell there's a powerline in darn near 40-50% of fields around where I live. My grandpas 30 Acre hay field has two in it, one at the edge and one out in the middle. Annoying as hell, but we just farm around it.

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I can appreciate the work you are putting in to that piece of ground. That soil looks like it broke up fairly decent from what it started out as

Out of all the things to find in a field I never thought you’d find a rear axel. Ill take that axel it’s like brand new lol

Good thing the ole White was around cause that was some of the hardest ground I’ve ever seen being worked up I’ve never pulled a plow in something that hard. Wow!!

I enjoy your videos, nice job!

That's a tough old road there Farm Boy. That kind of dirt here, one pass with a mulcher and good.

wow that is some tough ground, that tractor is really working hard

Those roots were huge

That ground looks to be a lot of hard pan lol. Probably never been plowed before I would guess by them powerlines ?

So as it was explained to me once. That's how to take the f#@&$ng newness right out of it! Lol. Poor plow.

It's amazing the shit you find trying to reclaim ground eh? Usually it finds it's way into the equipment. We had a power cut going through our farm when I was a kid. As soon as you mentioned the easement I was like "Yup". Not surprised the ground is hard, when they put those tower lines in they just levelled everything for 208' with massive dozers & hilltops like that usually had most of the good dirt shoved off to the side or into the next low spot.

Here's a trick we use on our farm. We take 2 white zip ties, put 1 on the hydraulic hose and 1 on the coupling on the tractor cut the tail off, but you can see right away where the hose goes makes hooking up easer. Just a thought for you.

I pulled 3 -14's with a 770 Oliver diesel! you're not very deep either! That's some hard ground, If it was a little wet, it would go better! Looks to me like a survey marker- years ago when they surveyed to set boundaries, they would put one of those markers in, So, that would be a reference point, you're not supposed to take them out! We have one of them on our property! See if there is writing on it

50 years of powerline right away........I could only imagine the compaction and herbicides making that land fallow as all get out. The Silver Bullet shall turn it over!

That's one hard and tough field, it's like a box of cracker Jack's you don't know what you'll find. I've see helicopters used in my area to do tree trimming, looking like larger circular saws on a 12' long bar

Deadman for the highline,,an old one but a great one

that is some hard going , but it looks very Good , you were very lucky not to shred a tire, worst is done and discs will make a good seed bed

that's a Ford Model T Rivited Rear end... the one side still has the remains of the wood wheel hub still attached..

Had a idea about not enough fertilizer worth spreading u can get cat litter mixed with it to thin it out bit so long as it’s worth doing had to do that with my garden when I had blossom end rot really bad and only had a large seed spreader Probably not worth your time but might help in the future on small plots like this

Howdy ya'll, Wow, that is some Hard compacted ground, and loaded with surprises, I'm surprised you didn't brake something, glad you didn't brake anything, if you continued to mold board it, you definitely would have done some damage to your mold board and or your tractor, I'm very curious as to what else you find in that little field, just glad to didn't brake anything, or punctured a tire or 4.. what was the white you were running in that field ?? I couldn't see any numbers on it ?? Stay safe, Stay Calm and Farm on my Friend, Peace

You may need some Lane clearing trees

Nice to have all the equipment needed to do the job right

A 'right of way' marker for the roadway? Here in NY they use triangle shaped concrete posts on eather side. Maybe marker for the power line? Who knows. Ground looks good though.

Is the concrete post the center marker for the power line right-of-way if it was contact your county surveyer, so you don't get in trouble as in my state it is ellegal to remove surveyer markers.

That White sure lwould look good with a fresh coat of paint just saying take care

With the 480 quality I thought I was watching a video from the early 2000s

I plowed a field that had been pasture for 80 years .I had to use my 4040 with a 4 bottom plow

There must have been a bunch of trees in there before the tower was built. Dam that ground is hard.

Doing a good job just hard ground

Rear diff sure beats the weirdest thing I’ve found in a field lol I think my best was part of an old rotary hoe in some ground by a dredge ditch. And broadcasting then pushing it into the ground with a culimulcher or a field roller raises a better stand than drilling at least with what I’ve experienced/seen.

Utility co. Make a mess leave debri , then dozers come thru and bury everything. Compaction from there trucks and equipment is probably there.let the real tractor pull begin

I do quite a bit of right of way farming. They’re doing a huge project putting in another line right now, big trucks and whatnot all over one of my hay fields, atleast this company (idk abt other companies) gave a heads up prior to coming and in the past has lied damages when they do work in crop fields

Tough going! That's almost dozer work. Tree roots: Take the size of the canopy, think diameter. The root system will likely be 3X that size. In urban forestry, it's extremely common to see folks kill large, old trees by cutting off their root systems and their ability to breath oxygen (yes, trees need both CO² and oxygen) with concrete and construction projects. They need a lot more than a little 5' tree well to find the nutrients they need and store them. They will reach a long ways to get it. You are likely seeing some roots from the other side as well I think.

Survey marker for the road, underground marker for utilities. Going to grow some good weeds.

We notill 80% of all the corn and beans but we will rip the ground about every 6 to 7 years. But we have a farm that one FIELD that was not tilled for 17 years , the owner wanted it worked about 10 years ago and it worked real good, but that was the last time it was worked

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We farmed around an under power lines for years. The only thing be careful I left 2 empty wagons under the lines an went to get them an it was hot an very humid an i could feel a little tingle when I picked up the tounge on the wagon. Had that happen a few time's

That’s always scary going into new unknown ground with the price of tires

That ground looks drier than a popcorn fart

that ground will shine up a plow! Wow that is hard.

I think the people saying you need to put lime on it cause it's new are probably from down here in the south. You can put money on everything needing 1-4 tons of lime per acre down here . Our souls in this state are so acidic. You could put out 200 pounds of fertilizer if you used a three point spreader. You can gate those back pretty good.

Your soil has been previously disturbed. It’s entirely possible when the power line was built they stripped the topsoil. Subsequently, you’re tilling subsoil with a tiny bit of loam on top. Thus, the compaction is deep, it was compacted during the construction of the power line years ago, and never recovered. This is not your best soil. It might grow grass, but will struggle to grow much else. You might look on the deed, the power line folks usually want to maintain a right of way that is not to be disturbed.

I think what you pullled out , was an old concrete fence post. They do look like hog barn slats!!!

As a Forester this is a great example to show people how far tree roots can go. Everyone repeats what you always hear that roots only go out as far as the crown of that tree goes. Clearly that's not correct as there no trees out in that power line and haven't been for a LONG LONG time.

I have seen where you couldn't keep a plow or vrip or chisel plow in the ground every time it went in it would come back out hard ground can be fun but you got it done

This is going to be some pricey hay after all that fuel :D

For that field you're probably better off using a home garden spreader on the back of a quad.

I think in that case it may be a naturally tight soil with a ton of compaction.

20's to 30's ford rear end.

(lime)( just to help you out on your knowledge) It depends on your soil, some does not need it till 4 years like you stated, (but it depends on your soil some does require lime every year or every other year)

We farm around them all the time

You had mentioned wanting a dump truck, would that Ford in the bushes at I think your uncles be a candidate for a dump truck build or is it too far gone?

I had a farm with power lines going through we always planted soybeans or corn underneath you just can't build anything

hat rear diff you found by the size of it makes me think it is from the model a time frame

Nice old barn.is that clay.probably 50 years since plowed

If you went over that with a disc pulling the color packer behind it you'd be good to go

Would that steel piece be a anti sway weight for the power lines?

If you put that axle on market place your gonna about 50 is this still available and that’s as far as it will go lol

Holy hell that dirt was hard.Good thing for the White.

My WD 45 woulda torn it up pullin my 6-18s

Clear the trees and increase the field size.

That plow turns a lot of dirt

Just in awe seeing that old White still working they went the way of the 🦤 dodo here along with old allises

Is that marker a ROW marker?

Good thing is they have to control the brush if it grows too close

It's hard to see but it kinda looks like a highway right away marker.

You never know what you will find in a field.

Road right of way marker???

Probably packed down by Shelly's brother playing mud bog on that ground

Be nice to roto till once