Pig Freedom Day, Pigs Go on Pasture. Rebekah's new experience. Post Hole Digger Rebuild complete.

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Pig Freedom Day, Pigs Go on Pasture. Rebekah's new experience. Post Hole Digger Rebuild complete.

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@deborahsimmons2414 Ай бұрын

As a retired nurse of 40+ years, Rebecca’s statement of; “I’ve done worse things”, rings a deep solid tolled bell for me! Good work Rebecca! Fingers crossed! 🤞🫶🤛

@kellyurdahl Ай бұрын

Well in the words of Joshua L. Marine “Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful”. I hope your week ahead is filled with less challenging obstacles than the past few days offered. 👍🏻

@terrycastor8299 Ай бұрын

Another productive few days, even with the few bumps in the road. I'm sure the ducks will be fine once they take a swim or two in the pond. I can't recall the name just now, but there was a compound that could be applied to shafts then machined down to specification to get the machine back online until a new shaft could be secured or fabricated. I guess it was similar to JB Weld, but that wasn't the name. My mechanics and machinist used it a couple of times when I was Maintenance Manager in a chemical plant. Something like that might fix your post hole digger shaft leak. With your maintenance background you may know the product of which I speak. It isn't like that shaft turns 24/7/365. Good job, Mr. Full Time Farmer dude! P.S. Eureka! The old memory still works! That shaft repair compound was called Belzona!

@maxinerose2096 Ай бұрын

Living on a farm all my life. My dad used to say. “Every day is an adventure and always expect the unknown to happen.”

@AfterTheRains Ай бұрын

Never a dull day. It’s good you have a medical professional on hand Evan.

@jwszewczyk Ай бұрын

You may want to consider John Deere corn head grease in the post hole auger gear box. It is thick like grease when cool but flows like an oil when warm. It is not really the right stuff for every application but it will stay in gear boxes that have less than optimal seals and is certainly better than running dry. We use it in the gearbox on our rake, among other things, and it has been great. No more cooked bearings and is way more affordable than new shafts.

@nimabevis4509 Ай бұрын

I know the post hole digger is one of the simpler fixes you've made-- but sheesh. Your ability to remember how everything goes back together is awesome. I love watching you fix stuff. And even though it's not perfect, that digger looks brand new!

@greggmcclelland8430 Ай бұрын

Hi Evan, you can replace the gear oil in the gear box with cornhead grease. I did that on my woods 7 foot brushcutter. Its been going strong for two 7:39 seasons now.

@michellepollino4986 Ай бұрын

Love watching❤.

@pjklawitter7398 Ай бұрын

You guys are awesome! I just wouldn't feel right if I didn't do everything I could to get you some calves next spring. Great video, keep them coming!

@ch47insp Ай бұрын

Evan The next time you have a shaft that is grooved where the seal rides, you can find a “ready sleeve” (not sure of the brand name) that fits over the shaft and is paper thin providing a clean smooth surface for the new seal. Love following you and Rebecca.

@davidcharles3131 Ай бұрын

I didn’t see your post, when I used that it was called speedy sleeve from bearings incorporated.

@ch47insp Ай бұрын

@@davidcharles3131 I believe you are correct. I just remember that they worked.

@pinhookfishingclub Ай бұрын

Great job you two! Wholesome Midwest farm life for all of us to enjoy!

@jefffortney4261 Ай бұрын

Evan, you and Rebekah have been quite busy since your last video. Always glad to see how things are coming along at Country View Acres!

@sandratalbert9578 Ай бұрын

It is heartwarming to see how you treat all your animals👍👍👍

@Marcus1954s Ай бұрын

I like how they treat each other. There are many ways to express love, and they show it.

@jimsfarm 29 күн бұрын

@@Marcus1954s AMEN!!!!!

@elainedegoede6276 Ай бұрын

Sorry for you, but I likes the video. Loved when the piggies was so happy with their new inclosure. Their flopping as they ran. Too cute ❤ Pray you have a good week to come. 🙏❤️

@mikerequa820 Ай бұрын

Great video ya'll!! Love those sweet Jersey cow's. Ya'lls homestead is so Beautiful! Young man the posthole digger looks like new good job. I had 2 bush hog's that leaked really bad I went bought John Deere cornhead grease put in them never leaked again. I actually replaced the gear oil in my tiller and finish mower both with the cornhead grease that's been 12 years ago I use the finish mower sometimes twice a week and bush hog every couple weeks never had a leak or problem at all. Really believe you will be happy with it. A lot of people say you're just putting a band aid on it but I believe after 12 years that's not the case. Thanks for sharing have fun enjoy ya'lls time together and homestead.

@larrykline6700 Ай бұрын

You can get what is called a speedy sleeve to put on the output shaft to make a new seal surface.

@theburnhams2925 Ай бұрын

True that, but you really have to wirebrush the tar out of your shaft before installing, or the rust will spit the sleeve (or it just won't go on, in extreme cases...)

@timmieclark9976 Ай бұрын

A machine shop could spray weld that surface and turn it to original size as an alturnative process.

@batpherlangkharkrang7976 23 күн бұрын

Hi.... Evan and Rebecca thanks you for showing your video homestead bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋👍👍👍

@DavidRobinson-mx6cl Ай бұрын

Awesome job !!!!!! Good luck with the AI 😊🙏👍❤

@ladyjay6741 Ай бұрын

Great Video, love all the animals and how well you both take care of them. God Bless, ;)

@JaredSpivey35 Ай бұрын

Never used the speedy sleeve thing others have mentioned but corn head grease works well. It thins out when you're using it but thickens up when not in use so it doesn't leak through the seal.

@rancancookcanoy9768 Ай бұрын

Evan, knowing what went into your animals, to me is well worth the extra cost. I really appreciate you sharing your farm life with us. Thank you.

@DanaFoster-vl5os Ай бұрын

Great job

@user-kf9fv1qj9u Ай бұрын

Great video

@greghamann2099 Ай бұрын

The post hole digger will be fun to see back in action.

@user-bi9gr5bt7c Ай бұрын

If you use cornhead grease in the gear box it will eliminate the leak

@chipperstamper Ай бұрын

I love your channel I love watching the ones with the cows and the hogs

@deannaoverstreet4146 Ай бұрын

Great job Rebekah! Thank you both for sharing! Always enjoy your channel!

@harveyfoos Ай бұрын

Enjoy very much the way you guys care for your animals.

@triroo107 Ай бұрын

Life of a small farm… always something to do… you’re doing a great job, hang in there… 🙏👍💪

@oscarherrera9049 Ай бұрын

This channel is another level

@markrice3502 Ай бұрын

thanks for shareing evan i enjoy all your videos and hope you two are doing good .

@user-dn6ij6lm2g Ай бұрын

Love the videos My frends , Keep them coming .

@daleredmond6449 Ай бұрын

Evan, if it wasn't for bad luck you'd have no luck at all, but you and Rebecka still have that great outlook on life, God bless you two.

@matthewwarfield4302 Ай бұрын

Couple thoughts from an old farm kid... Have you thought about growing enough corn, oats and soybeans to meet your feed requirements? That's the only way you can get your input costs down to below "market" prices. Should only need 5 acres or so and minimal equipment, old 4 row planter, 2 row combine with both heads and a feed mill. Food for thought... Run your ducks and turkeys in your garden and orchard. Cheap lawn and weed mowers and devastating for the bugs. Way better than chickens which will tear everything up. Project for your scrap pipe... Storage "rack" for your post hole auger and any spare augers. Makes hooking the darn thing up easier and keeps it cleaner and everything together. Love you guys!

@marymigliore3396 Ай бұрын

A lot of work , but it sure will taste good !! Love to see the 2 of You working together !!! I LOVE YOU BOTH !! 🥰 🥰

@jeffreyfullington2817 Ай бұрын

Use 00 gear grease in your post hole digger it’s a lot thicker and won’t leak as bad

@ScouseFarm Ай бұрын

The quality of the pasture reared chickens and knowing they had room to run and exercise is worth $20 a chicken in my view. Quality matters, so does knowing where your food come from. All the best from Liverpool, England.

@jamesjordan4051 Ай бұрын

Enjoyed the video. We also raise our own livestock for iur consumption. We like knowing what goes in and how they are cared for.

@edsecorr7812 Ай бұрын

Great job keep up the great work love your videos thank you

@jimputnam2044 Ай бұрын

If you ever run into a situation like with the rough shaft on the posthole digger, they have what they call a ready seal. the seal is slightly larger inside DIAMETER, and a sleeve to basically glue onto shaft. Works great but your dimentions have to be spot on to order.

@jeremycrosby1156 Ай бұрын

May I say that the PTO guard on your post hole digger as well as all other PTO's on the farm require a chain to be hooked to the tractor to stop them spinning. It's extremely dangerous not to have them. It's is definitely worth investing in a new one. Keep em coming, love your relaxed style of farming.

@randybutler4772 Ай бұрын

Better luck in the future. Thank you for sharing.

@jamesmorrison1884 Ай бұрын

Hello Evan, Rebecca enjoyed your video. Pigs look great. Never had a wasp my glove thats not good. Have a great day see you next time.

@jackiebinns6205 Ай бұрын

Oh no boy, lol i'ts always like this with you and Becka lol never a dull moment and we love it that way at your house, i'ts very interesting and wonderful at the same time ! Both of you are real and down to earth people and i'ts satisfying for me to watch your family move thru the muck of life 😂😂❤❤

@edfromnc7660 Ай бұрын

Use 00 or 000 Grease instead of gear oil. My rotary cutter gear box leaked terribly until I used 00 Grease. I had the seal replaced, but like you it still leaked a little. I wound up using the 00 Grease anyway.

@T_157-40 Ай бұрын

I had Army duty in Texas. We learned to check our boots by shaking them out before we inserted feet in a.m. as scorpions would climb in sometimes.

@kimpuissat3007 Ай бұрын

Hy Evan and Rebecca love what you do never miss a video here in france! 🇫🇷👍! Little tip if your post hole digger is still leaking you should put a grease serk somewhere and fill it up with solid grease. That should do the trick or at least only leak on very hot days.

@edhondo4447 Ай бұрын

that sort of thing is normal for a farmer . it's easy to not remember how often everything goes right but when things go wrong it's hard to forget

@rhondabarnett1127 26 күн бұрын

I just love watching you both work together. I live in Australia and I'm nearly talking your accent, haha

@voodoo-rides Ай бұрын

Hey Evan, I got a tip for you on the post hole digger. When the oil gets low, just refill it with grease that's what we used to do on ours to keep it from leaking. Lucas red works great or marson

@colint Ай бұрын

You need to get a spare wheel for *every* vehicle/implement that has wheels! Make a list of the sizes, get them from a scrap yard and then in slow time you can fix them up as small easy projects.

@jimsfarm Ай бұрын

Might want to look at using protein cubes to help get the cows where you want them. I feed mine cubes occasionally and if I want to move them I just use the cubes, since they like them.

@browncowlover9672 Ай бұрын

The protein cubes certainly are a game changer for us too! We feed them every few days so we can check them, fly spray them or whatever and when it's time to move them, they come right along!

@joerodrigues3816 Ай бұрын

Great to see you again and hope it’s all going well for you and your family and your friends mate great video thank you

@johnsandell4501 Ай бұрын

Great production and farm transfermation. Grazing cows are hungry. Enjoyed your cost analysis of raising birds. Bee safe 👍👍👍

@ernieconway6116 Ай бұрын

They make a speedy sleeve on surfaces that have a groove on the shaft.

@annes.4410 Ай бұрын

It comes in 3s. Good luck from now on.😊

@mrclaus859 Ай бұрын

Thanks for posting Guys

@markpriddy1 Ай бұрын

Good job. 🙂

@AmandaDoll-hi4dr Ай бұрын

Hi evin, I like your chickens and ducks and turkeys and cows and sheep 🐑

@kd5inm Ай бұрын

Good job Rebekah and Evan. PJ is a great guy to come help ya'll.

@mabmachine Ай бұрын

If you can't keep oil in it try some straight SAE 140 weight gear oil. The stuff is like cold honey. The next step up would be a Corn Head grease (NLGI-1) which is more like pudding.

@morrismiller9314 Ай бұрын

You could have fill the gear box with grease and eliminated putting new seals and you will never have a leak. I really like the videos you put out on day to day farming.

@margaretbedwell3211 Ай бұрын

Hope this one works for you (or I should say Ellie). So funny seeing the pigs eating the marshmallows and yet that imaginary line still makes them skittish. Evan you are so lucky to be able to fix your equipment. What a lot of money you are able to save. Sorry for the bad luck...next week will be better. Have a Blessed day.

@--_DJ_-- Ай бұрын

You might be able to buy a repair sleeve for the shaft that is leaking on the post hole auger. They make them in a ton of sizes. Speedi sleeve would be thing thing to google. You could also get that rough sounding bearing pretty cheap too. It did not sound healthy. Filling it with grease might be an option as well.

@jordangidzinski1434 Ай бұрын

A feel a good metal lathe would help with your various projects like that shaft on the post hole digger weld it up and turn it back down in the lathe and re assemble

@lifeondiamondroad5138 Ай бұрын

I have witnessed many AI procedures and discussed the process with several veterinarians and AI technicians and they always described the procedure like this: insert your left hand into the rectum and find the cervix. Then you insert the instrument into the vagina until it reaches the cervix. It is best if you insert the tip past the crevice (but in most virgin heifers the cervix is too small to get the instrument past the cervix) then you dump the semen. If you cannot get past the cervix, then they dump the semen as close to the entrance of the cervix as possible. In the later case a pregnancy is less likely to occur. I am thinking you will be very lucky if the heifer is pregnant. Best of luck and I will continue to watch for your results. By the way I never miss your videos. Keep up the good work and welcome to retirement.

@michaelburns9172 Ай бұрын

You could of got what is called a speedy sleeve. It covers the worn shaft .

@captnsquid8151 Ай бұрын

Speedy sleeves are cheap and work well being in the marine and industrial engine and diesel electric gen sets business for over 30 years they saved a lot of time and money

@CountryViewAcres Ай бұрын

I saw speedy sleeves in the national seals catalog. Wasn't sure what they were. I will look into them.

@paulchauvin840 Ай бұрын

That shaft with the groove worn in it, could have used a speedy sleeve. Especially with such a slow rpm.

@55dennie Ай бұрын

Howdy! From Alabama!! I was wondering what you do with your empty feed bags. I try to find uses for mine, but sometimes it’s hard!! Thanks for another great video!! 😊

@SilverFlint247 Ай бұрын

Trash bag for raccoons?

@kenhart6330 Ай бұрын

We always tell someone who is having a bad day with that sort of problems you're having to break a match... That's so you break the run of bad luck that you're having, just like you were having that day Evan. But I've also broken small sticks instead and by the way it does mostly break the run too.

@alfredomarotta6604 Ай бұрын

Hello from NE rural Ohio 👍👍✌️

@theburnhams2925 Ай бұрын

Funny thing about the wasp in your glove, Evan. They say that you can always tell if someone is (really) from Texas by the way they routinely/habitually knock the scorpions out of their boots before donning (or not, in the case of the "greenhorn" Texan....) Always enjoy y'all's videos! btw, has it ever occurred to you WHY you have "DUCKweed" on your pond? Go figure....but don't "waste" it the next time you clean it out; put it on the garden! (It's ALIVE!)

@beck42071 Ай бұрын

Aren't those can triggers awesome!! My sister had never heard of them so I had to send her a picture of mine. Great invention so your finger doesn't fall off after painting.

@vladislavkolarik8019 Ай бұрын

Hi in regards of that shaft on your p hoist hole digger leaking after installing new seal you should be able to get sleeve for the shaft same p leave where your got your seal. That should solve the problem good luck

@SeattlePioneer Ай бұрын

Ellie! Whenever they are THAT friendly to you----- RUN!

@josephbrown-ut9ty Ай бұрын

JudithB Some days just go like that. Makes you appreciate when nothing happens!! I need to take my flat bed in for tires and get a hub for a spare. I put used tires for $55.00 on the trailer and my truck since they seem to rot while sitting, and new tires are so expensive. I always bring my gloves inside when I come in, dont want brown recluse spiders or anything else nasty to get in them!! The hole digger looks really nice!! Too hot here in Arkansas to do more them feed n water, but a cold front is coming down Wed!!!

@BruceBlackwell66 Ай бұрын

Evan add one tube grease and that will help seal shaft

@davidshengulette9522 Ай бұрын

Hey Evan and Rebecca working together on the homestead great to see you...ps did you give your dogs away we miss seeing them...God Bless!!

@garystlaske7703 Ай бұрын

Great Video, Projects are looking good. That wasp had to hurt , sorry about that. , always something..😅

@CaptainToadBelly Ай бұрын

Evan, when my wife was 11 months old, they lived on an N.W. OHIO farm. Her mother hung her washed night time one piece P.J. on the clothes line to dry. the kind that have the little foot pockets. That night, she went to put her to bed, BUT EVERYTIME SHE WOULD PUT HER LITTLE FEET IN THE POCKET, she would kick and scream. Her mother thought she just didn't want to go to bed... She attempted several times with no success.. The last time when she pulled her foot out of the pj. leg, there was a Yellow Jacket hornet attached via stinger to her foot. She swatted it off and checked the other foots pocket?? It to had a wasp / hornet inside. Her mother felt horrible about trying to force her feet in those pj.s... To this day, she is highly allergic to any kind of bee or wasp sting.

@sroberts605 Ай бұрын

Oh no! Poor little poppet! I'll be checking my gloves for a bit (and then I'll forget again, lol).

@cathiwim Ай бұрын

Poor baby!! I just got stung by a hornet a couple weeks ago- found a HUGE nest in a hidden part of the garden!

@leahmollytheblindcatnordee3586 Ай бұрын

Those bites are so painful.

@ronaldharmon9891 Ай бұрын

Evan: Keep my fingers 🧤crossed 🐝😂

@malbrigh11 29 күн бұрын

Rebecca and those darn flip-flops. My mom use to do that. Until a pony stepped on her foot. Mom said it was just a one-time thing. Then a pig did the same thing a week later.

@seansysig Ай бұрын

Evan you have a machinist lathe, yo7 could have welded the worn shaft at worn seal area and turned it back to oem nominal size.

@bay9876 Ай бұрын

Ellie's the talk of the bull pen. Here's hoping she's finally with calf. The three pigs got their run and even it has shady trees with what looks like a little brick house. Never know who'll drop by.

@--_DJ_-- Ай бұрын

On the topic of your truck, those years are bad for breaking the transmission cooler lines off and dumping the contents of the pan in a hurry. They break after the straight part coming from the transmission where they go to rubber up to the rad/cooler. If you haven't changed them, it might be worth doing or getting done. Often they don't even leak before they go to give you some warning. The lines aren't terribly expensive from the dealer, but a bit of a pain without a hoist to change. I can explain a way to do an alternative "fix" if you are interested. (Hose barbs, some hose, and a bit of creative thinking)

@davidschwarz169 Ай бұрын

rough week for ya but that's farm life always unpredictable hope your next few days are better dont worry bout the bees and wasps that part of country life I've em all been stung so many times i cant count

@BH-by5ky Ай бұрын

The post hole digger is now a proper black colour but would have been a whimsical statement if it was banana yellow 😊

@jenniferhendricksen7859 Ай бұрын

"I've done worse things"....from one nurse to another, I bet you have. Well done Rebecca!

@Dan-qy1rg Ай бұрын

Good job on the digger, looks nice. The numbers on the meat chickens is interesting, we did that back in the early 90's and that's about what we had, given the inflation and higher cost of living prices. Sorry to hear about your tires and your wasp issue. Thanks, I hope you have a good week!

@user-ru7tw3rn3o Ай бұрын

thanks ^^

@needXC90 Ай бұрын

With a lathe, I would have at a minimum polished that shaft. Obviously a bushing would be better, but grooved shafts are a no-no for leaks. My neighbors have egg layers, and they give me excess eggs. They claim they cost $0.50/egg for feed, so you definitely need to supplement them with forage.

@olddawgdreaming5715 Ай бұрын

Hey Evan, you could take the post hole digger back apart and clean up the shaft that's leaking and weld a bead around in the grove that the seal has cut and build it up a little then turn the saft back down on your lathe put in a new seal and put the thing back together and it shouldn't leak anymore. You both did great around there and it looks good. Definitely watch the gloves that have been laying out boogers will get you. Stay safe, Fred.

@pltmann Ай бұрын

Try Lucas 85w-140. May not leak as bad.

@deborahsimmons2414 Ай бұрын

PJ, right on guy. It’s so nice to see someone that will give 110% when no one is really looking!! Beautiful.

@mikefisher1231 Ай бұрын

How’s the dogs doing? And your little journey disaster is something I can relate to lol

@grantmagnuson4883 Ай бұрын

Can you store the post hole digger with the leaky seal facing up? I grew up eating duck. We had two hands and a Drake, and usually got about six ducks to butcher at the end of the fall. Yes rotisserie chicken already cooked at Sam’s. Please is my wife. Also in the refrigerated section can you get 2 pounds of chicken salad for $7.85. It comes with a little celery, add your own walnuts and grapes, if that’s what you like.

@leahmollytheblindcatnordee3586 Ай бұрын

Enjoy watching you make the total transition over to full time working on the farm. I don't know why, but from what I have seen of my dad's and other farmers lives, there is often an unexpected event. But you get through it and move on. Hope the ducks were finally able to leave their friends and join the other ducks. Good luck with everything and I hope you get some normal time and the weather is good to you. We once went to a park with an open pavilion and I sat down on a hornet that blended in with the picnic table's color. That hurts. I feel the same way about hornets as Rebecca does about mice/snakes. Thanks for the updates.

@SeattlePioneer Ай бұрын

I remember that annual plan---- How 'bout a review of how that is going?