Growing up on a dairy farm, I did much of the field work as a teen while my dad & sisters did the milking. I would spend every morning greasing & oiling the various chains with waste oil (from the usual tractor oil changes). I had 2 sets of clothes: (1) my work clothes I would wear while doing various field work (tillage, planting/seeding, cutting/mowing/chopping/baling hay, etc) and (2) my grease/oil/"mechanics" clothes. It wasn't so much the grease, but oiling the roller chains on all the forage boxes while they were running would splatter oil all over and of course I would get that covered in sand/dirt when working under the equipment. My mom had a special place for my "mechanics" clothes. When I was done on Saturday, I would throw them into an ancient washing machine in the garage (one with the rollers attached to squeeze the water out) to let them soak over night in detergent. I would have to run them threw the machine Sunday after church before she would let me throw them into her normal laundry machine in the house. We never had money, but we spent it on good grease and repurposed all the oil for lubricating roller chains & barn cleaner chains. This saved us tons of money in holding off repairs and equipment replacement. I love watching your videos and your "analness" to lubricate and to teach others that a bit of prevention & money up front saves $1000s later!

Got to be a welcome change after the last 2 years mechanical issues. Glad to hear.

Yes Wes, it was an interesting video. I'm glad everything is running smooth for the Pandy Family Farm.

I Was always taught from an early Age Grease Is Cheaper than Pins (as i was often told in that exact way) . It was drilled into me so much that I'm a stickler on greasing equipment every morning that i operate now days . Mack

Great to here you are having an almost trouble free year after the past years problems, been watching for a long time,guess 5 years, thanks for the look into eastern states farming,best wishes to all,thanks again.

That Chevy thing that was blue is called a double Cardon

Just like people watching you. I learned on the farm how to grease. Wipe off the fitting, grease(and it was hand pumped) then leave the glob on the fittings to collect the dirt and protect the fitting till next time.

it's soo nice to hear you finally having good luck with your machinery ,, after all the headaches last year and the year before I've seen that CV shaft before on a chevy truck ,, it was on a 2003 chevy S10 that damned shaft has 2 of them on the rear shaft it's a double ended CV shaft ,,I had to replace it too cause it was out of balance ,causing a vibration at highway speed ,, of course not a big surprise cause this truck has over 400K miles it's been a delivery truck for the last 12 years since it was 1 year old

I had one of those cv joints in the front drive shaft on my 78 chevy truck went bad, there was a old machinist down the road who made me a new shaft with regular u joint in it worked fine.

wes, great video. it is nice just to have a simple talk from you about nothing in specific. this is easy to watch and to get some idea of tyour life without a major event that must be recorded. thanks

We've now seen the back of the W235. How about a tour of the cab and the rest of the way around one of these days? Not all of us drive them.

I remember the size of my fore arms before the MS hit me . My arms grew from my years of working in a heavy metal fabrication shop and dragging up to 5/8 thick plate A-36 8ft. x 20ft. thru a 14 ft wide shear using bear paw magnets .

Its a nice machine. Add some weight on the rear weight braket, uses BM19780 compact tractor weights. Install six of them, the ride quality will be better. It keeps the ass end down and the machine is more stable. Swap the front tires, you will reduce damage to the field and if you get in a muddy situation you will have increase traction backing up. Check the seal on the bottom of the wand screen, sometimes the seals dousent seal vary well with the rear door. Shouldent have any issues with the rear screen if sealed properly. Hoses on the rear cyclinders tend to wear aginst the frame if they are not ajusted properly when the cylinders are instaled.

Very nice 235 John Deere mower Wes, i like your battery powered greasegun, very important to grease up good right Tim 👌✌👍😂😛

Its really nice to see you having a season without major breakdowns. Enjoy it while you can.

Good to hear about smooth operation. Bout time you have some good going. Break downs are allways nerve racking!

while you are out in the feild mowing take us along. we need more video of the jd mower you could even do a time lap from inside the cab view.

great wes always enjoy your teaching. thumbs up. dont forget to say right tim. !!!!!!

older ford trucks and broncos have the CV style universal joint at the back of the transfer case

Ours is working pretty good since I had it greenlighted this winter.

glad to see your having a much better equipment year, I do hope you get some better yield to take advantage of the added production time, glad to see your not making too big of a deal of patreon, I don't really have the money to spare

Glad everything is working well for you this year. It sucks when you struggle and fight equipment everyday to try to get something done.

I like when you make 12 -15 min videos I love your videos great job from saskatchewan, canada

LOVE that grease gun. Damn all that pumping by hand!

It is so good to see your summer is going so well this year. It took a heck of an $$$ investment but hopefully it is paying off for you.

I did enjoy this video, it's funny what lengths ppl will go to to get out of work. I was envious of the battery operated grease gun. Clean oil and grease are the life of a machine. Wes those ungreaseable ball joints, I take a small injection needle fill it with grease and inject it into the rubber cups on joints. If you're anal about the needle hole you can cover it with caulk or silicon sealer. Been thinking about using some of that spray or paintable rubber

Well, the e-grease-gun man!! Needs a GPS for all the grease points!

The W235 is an awesome machine. Someday I will own one!

glad to see things are going well for you. now you can make time for more hobby type stuff in your life!

Great video. You must be over the moon with these machines. After the norower this must be heaven. Thanks

Hi Wes Toyota pickups have the same double universal set up in there front driveshaft too.

love those elec grease guns.ive been thru 3 in 20 yrs.wouldnt leave home without one

My 69 chevy had that same CV joint, got to grease them well and often. Usually the U joint seals would fail from over extension, so to extend the life you greased often. Still had to replace it twice in 100k miles. Racing it in Baja didn't help either :P

glad to hear no breakdowns other than that chain

Don't say it aloud! Then it all goes south! I did brag our 76' dishwasher some few weeks ago that it just goes and goes, guess what. I blew up week after...

somebody probably didn't install the driveline on the pto right and it fell off, and made that gouge when it hit the drawbar. a guy who use to work for us did that on a pull type windrower

A lot less problems then last years videos 👍🏻 a farmer don't need down time !!

It's good that you spending time on productive work and not trying to fix a baler that keeps breaking. Cool beans.

Like your video's a lot. Ever considerd a Krone big M mower? Anyway, keep m coming, grtz from the Netherlands.

We grease all our machines at least once a day if not twice depending if there's a lot of dust and airborne dirt. Once a pin starts squealing you're already fucking something up.

hey wes, about front end loaders, whatever you buy keep it simple whit as less electronics as needed we have a john deere 6020 whit front loader and it just works day in day out I know that 75 horsepower is to less for you but whit an 4,5 liter turbo there should be a lot more

Good vidio wes

We bought an electric grease gun like a couple months ago. Really saves time!

Do you have a maintenance log book for each machine ? How do you keep track of everything?

15 MINS to grease a machine! days!! to repair them! due to not greasing! hmm sweet grease gun wes! I dig it!

I've seen a lot or universal joint failures because of putting a spline shaft together wrong. That joint wouldn't have that problem, but something to look out for.

With having a bigger better baler that hasn't broken down this year do you have any issue keeping enough hay mowed ahead of your baler ?

Have you ever done a video on your main customer mushrooms farm and how they use your hay

What type,style do you use, synthetic ? Chain cover has a emblem of a grease gun? Any zerks under the cover?

it is nice to not have major problems with the equipment o'yah

Would you go back to corn and soybean if the deer would leave you alone or what ever reason you left or do you just prefer haying???

what grease fitting do you use for the gun? I switched to lock n' lube but they are a bit big for some spots

the back of that machine looks sweet

hey Wes questions why don't you use cen pe co products? just wondering everyone I have talked to about it says it's the best nothing compares to there oils and grease's

Hey wes , how much grease would you go through per season ? Are we talking pallets? Love the vids🍀

How much dose one of them machines cost?? Thinking about upgrading from a pull behind disc bine

What grease gun do you use?? I wanna buy one but don't know witch brand is good.

What tip are you using on your grease gun?

The marks on the old shaft is from your screws you put in on the shield. Isn't it?

Yea, take care of your equipment, it WILL take care of you. Cheaper to lose a few minutes of time to daily maintenance vs several hours of down time for repairs. People don't know how to use that thing attached above their shoulders in this day an age.

cutting corners fucks things up....

looks like most of your equipment is awesome. even the IH loader. you should line all your equipment up JD tractors atleast and take a pic.

What do you think of the electric grease gun? Good or bad?

Hesston self-blows the radiator,& cuts circles around deere

nice

What brand of grease do you use Wes?

uh oh you jinxed it now, here come the problems

are you going two used the gehl mower this year

in the uk we call them grease nipples

where did you get your grease gun?

Grease grease grease fella's!, Much easier than changing bearings!

that john deer is a lot bigger up close then it looks in the field

Wes, you need a remote mike that you can wear. Then, we can hear you when you walk away from the camera.

dam bird

and I can hear yas fine

Too bad you cant run the krone direct to the 235

What year is your 8120?

John Deere is the best 👌🏻

Can you make a vid of the Mushroom barn operation?

how many hours do you have on the W235

when warrenty goes out bring it to someone with a computer that can read that engine and have them delete all of the emissions bs and you'll be golden

Several videos ago you posted about hauling some scrap metal to a dealer and was surprised at the amount of money you received for it. Have you thought about doing that again? You have a lot of what I think is no longer useable metal laying around - that busted U joint for example.

Lets all hope the rest of your year is boring and everything goes well without mayhem and drama.

How many hours does the w235 have on it?? Great vid

Have you ever considered an air powered grease gun?

How do you get the grease gun off the zerks so easy. Mine always gets stuck

Did y'all hear the damn birds lol

Talking about how well things are going beware my uncle's law

11:20 Shouldn't have said that...

Man, what is the deal with all the crickets in NJ??

Get the dewalt 20v grease gun Wes, it will do the job twice as fast and has the power to blast through the stubborn fittings. You'll throw those Chinese pieces of shit in the garbage after you use it one time. I got mine on Amazon for $225 shipped.

Maybe you already mentioned it but what ever happened to your grandmothers guinea hens? I kind of miss hearing them, (NOT)!

you need a wireless mike so we can hear you better.

grease is cheap metal is expensive.

First view. Holy crap!!! never this early.

FART SACK!

wes is first...

Nice not to be fighting fiat new holland equipment this year!

Ya need to to invest in some real audio equipment. The last two vids have had terrible audio.

Dude, get a Bluetooth microphone, or use the Apple watch