We're Picking Rock

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We're picking rock and hauling corn. It wouldn't be a day on the farm if something didn't break in the grain bins.
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With growing consumer awareness about where their food comes from, Zach has identified the need for an independent voice from the front lines of agriculture. Zach actively promotes agriculture by sharing his day-to-day experiences in the agriculture world while providing farmer-to-farmer education to help facilitate a collaborative conversation between farmers and the public.
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@JustMe-pp1mp 3 жыл бұрын

Dear Editor: You'll probably never know how many of us appreciate the work you do behind the camera. Many, many thanks!

@jayjaygee3306 3 жыл бұрын

I second that! You guys make a great team working both sides of the camera. Many, many thanks from all of us!

@amargill4819 3 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU BECKY

@kolle4543 3 жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more!

@tonnyplaysgames220dailygam5 3 жыл бұрын

Yes Thank You for the great videos!!

@matthewshaw3718 3 жыл бұрын

Always a good woman behind a successful man!

@byamrcn 3 жыл бұрын

There's always something so satisfying about watching rocks banging into that bin.

@lawnboy1898 3 жыл бұрын

“Back in my day we had to pick rocks using a stone boat and a team of horses. You don’t know how lucky you are nowadays.” -My father, at least twice a spring

@shawnzulawski2008 3 жыл бұрын

Yes sir.

@stephenlloydott 3 жыл бұрын

Flat bed wagon with dad driving and us kids picking rocks. We also had a good rock harvest. 😀

@jbbuzzable 3 жыл бұрын

And then came the 2 cylinder JD. One small step up and push the hand clutch to move ahead. I grew up on the farm, but sometimes would hire out as a teenager. Had a neighbor who would get a few of us for rock picking. We had great times, even though it was tough to get out of bed the next day with all of the sore muscles knowing you had to do the same thing all over again.

@clayton.waymire 3 жыл бұрын

We did it by hand🤣🤣

@GoldCountryTrapping 3 жыл бұрын

And dont forget how the horses would head to the next rock on their own......LOL

@David-xl8zf 3 жыл бұрын

Someone once told me something along the lines of "It never f*ing ends..." 🤣

@jasonedwards7740 3 жыл бұрын

We call the rocks winter pumpkins here in Indiana! Lol

@hollysmith8010 3 жыл бұрын

Haha we call em a pain!

@kelleyfarms8034 3 жыл бұрын

And we call them a rock 😂

@lucascady4992 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly!!

@ryanlewis6386 3 жыл бұрын

Where in Indiana are you from cause I live on The Shelby county Decatur county line In St. Paul Indiana in southeastern central Indiana

@Mrsnichols1965 3 жыл бұрын

I wonder how many caught the quick reply from Becky? I don't blame her a bit. Be safe, Zach.

@sealevel1919 3 жыл бұрын

If your listeners were wearing headphones they felt like they were standing next to you when you tightened that hitch. I did. Great video

@mattpeters7884 3 жыл бұрын

I am a arborist, I spend my day hanging from a rope using a chainsaw up a tree but yet farming is so dangerous it makes me nervous, see farmers in bins and auger right next to their feet makes me have sweaty palms. 😬😬🤞🏻

@jbbuzzable 3 жыл бұрын

I've done both. Kind of a toss up in my opinion. Both very dangerous. I'm thankful that I survived both without serious injury.

@aperson7624 3 жыл бұрын

The auger is off and wouldn't be turned on...unless, ya know, someone pushed the wrong button (lockout-tagout? On a farm?! LMAO pls). The much scarier part is the holes in the floor you can only kinda sorta see. All those dips in the corn? There's a hole there with a very strong chain and paddle arrangement that would tear your lower leg clean off and not even notice. He dances around those because while the auger was off, those paddles very much were moving.

@jbbuzzable 3 жыл бұрын

Just a quick search for Workers comp. insurance rates for employers. Pruning/logging looks to be 2-3 times higher than row crop farming. Not to say that is necessarily an accurate indicator of which is more dangerous.

@ancientsalt4291 3 жыл бұрын

Did tree work for a month. One our crew members got super effed up when a 5 meter 40" oak bounced off another bucked piece on the ground and broke his jaw. (Ground line got pulled the wrong way). I was done after that. Not worth 13.00 an hour to me.

@ancientsalt4291 3 жыл бұрын

@DIYAmateurHour 3 жыл бұрын

That's what I should have told my dad I was doing when I use to rip the Ranger around the yard! I'm tilling the dirt dad, not tearing up the grass!

@witty1764 3 жыл бұрын

You had a new grain cart driver last fall. Maybe its time to teach him to pick rocks.

@witty1764 3 жыл бұрын

What a surprise to see on Instagram today.

@aarontalley821 3 жыл бұрын

Haven’t watched it yet obviously but I’ll go ahead and say it. Another great video! I sure miss farming

@wideslammer 3 жыл бұрын

When I was a kid, my brother and I would pick rocks on our uncle's farm. He took the rack off a hay wagon, put some wide boards on the frame and take us out into the field. After it was loaded with rocks, he would pull the wagon onto the rock pile, where we would push or throw enough rocks off until we could move the boards and let the rest of the rocks fall off between them.

@hunterheathtx7815 3 жыл бұрын

I’m in the tractor fertilizing corn right now in Texas and at the beginning of the video when the truck beeped during start up I freaked out and said “WHATS WRONG WITH MY TRACTOR”. Then realized it was the video🤣🤣

@MillennialFarmer 3 жыл бұрын

I get that a lot 🤣

@omniviking 3 жыл бұрын

Ya need to hook the rock picker into your yield monitor so you know how many bushels your getting an acre.

@user-kx9ln6tc8y 3 жыл бұрын

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@zippythechicken 3 жыл бұрын

16:00 mins in before the first rock gets picked... then 3 rocks get picked after considerable effort... and thats it

@deepsleep7822 3 жыл бұрын

4:45 - the air bath. I've done it many times.

@pasz6768 3 жыл бұрын

If people only new the challenges a farmer has on a daily bases. Keep up the great content, cheers 🇨🇦

@aarontalley821 3 жыл бұрын

Man the 80’s 90’s comedy references are great! I love those. “Not so much here or here but right here” 😂😂

@derekkienzle2582 3 жыл бұрын

Good God what happened to your face?

@rhyspudding 2 жыл бұрын

Chris Farley reference!

@uberuser1999 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, much gratitude to Becky for all the video work. I think the cuts, transition and pace of this channel are some of the best on YT.

@dennispowell1526 3 жыл бұрын

I am always amazed at how organized your shop is and how clean you keep everything.

@Nappylou69 3 жыл бұрын

Rock Pickers, looks like all the time playing Foosball comes in handy tiny tap back and forth and you score.

@mattlies7426 3 жыл бұрын

Great to see the Millenial Farmer wearing the safety glasses. Best of luck with the grain bin issues.

@jerrylong3580 3 жыл бұрын

You have perfected a new soil test. We shall call it the roost test.😂😂😂

@patrikmatzner7223 3 жыл бұрын

Nice to hear your dad's knee is going well. Love your vids. Great machines and really nice content!

@nerdfs6950 3 жыл бұрын

Prayers for your dad

@edconder2956 3 жыл бұрын

My daughters have enjoyed past rock picker videos. Happy to see the 6R out there this time. Hint: I think the magic sauce was the montage and song selection.

@nateasleson2154 3 жыл бұрын

man, living in North Dakota and hearing all the grain bin stories I have, thats some pretty narly yet necessary work. you guys are awesome, keep it up

@thomasvogelgesang667 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the great video. Some days on a farm you just want to stop and go have beer when stuff keeps breaking.

@karlvanhorn6524 3 жыл бұрын

Love how organized and clean he keeps everything. This is a guy I would love to work with and for

@spideybrent 3 жыл бұрын

ello from Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada. Great show’s thanks for sharing with us.

@ohioanfarmer7173 3 жыл бұрын

From Laura Farms to Millennial Farmer videos!!

@niniv2706 3 жыл бұрын

Small world ... He does like to try new things . I knew it .

@TUBEllaki 3 жыл бұрын

I just want everything to be ok on your Farm and I’m glad your videos are cool and all goes well!

@asmrhead1560 3 жыл бұрын

For people who don't know, that area is full of Canadian top soil and rocks (thanks, Canada!) that was bulldozed south by glaciers during the last ice age. The glaciers melted leaving the rocks scattered around in the nice, rich soil and like Zach said they get raised up to the surface by frost heave and tillage.

@tylerbrown2817 3 жыл бұрын

When

@gunther482 3 жыл бұрын

@@tylerbrown2817 Around 10,000-12,000 years ago for the majority of Minnesota. Really most of the Upper Midwest was covered by ice at some point but it varies where you’re at. Where I’m at in Iowa we haven’t had glaciers for at least 100,000 years as an example.

@RDAmidwest 3 жыл бұрын

I'm now inspired to fire up my own John Deere...and mow my little third acre! Exclusively no-till, just an occasional dethatch... Love your channel ❤!

@tompinnef6331 3 жыл бұрын

Cannot wait for the new camera. Thank you for the video - picking rocks look like so much fun. Way better then me doing it by hand in the 'old days'. Take care be safe and hope the family is doing well. Spin

@RearEngineShop 3 жыл бұрын

Just found your channel. Super entertaining. I have a ton of respect for farmers because of how hard they work. Your videos really show that. 👍

@rogue9ine 3 жыл бұрын

When I was 18 I worked for a farmer who had a theory that rocks must breed. He figured it was the only thing that made sense. Pick them all and next year the field is full of rocks again.

@assassinlexx1993 3 жыл бұрын

"Bunny rocks" all shapes and sizes. Unfortunately machinery likes the taste of them.

@tiredoldmechanic1791 3 жыл бұрын

When you only pick up the big ones, the little ones grow up.

@hairlesscat6458 3 жыл бұрын

Just gonna through it out there, what would rock sex look like?

@YouTube_Professor 3 жыл бұрын

@@hairlesscat6458 I bet it’s dirty and hard.

@assassinlexx1993 3 жыл бұрын

@@hairlesscat6458 Dusty

@BabyJake426 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Zach, Becky and Johnson family, for bringing us along with you! 👍🏼 Even more so, thank you for being great American farmers!!! 👍🏼🇺🇸👍🏼 Very much appreciated! 😊

@robertheinkel6225 3 жыл бұрын

I remember doing field work, but picking up rocks as I went along. I was putting the rocks on the platform by my feet. By the time I got done, the brake pedals were buried under the rocks, and not usable.

@ruthdilbeck2035 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for reminding me of how much work farming can be. I usually was just a spectator from long ago when I had some time on a farm.

@FarmandSpeed 3 жыл бұрын

"Wreck the threads on this new bolt yet" Just remember Crossed threads are better than No Threads! LOL

@jbbuzzable 3 жыл бұрын

No need to buy those expensive self-locking nuts.

@dans_Learning_Curve 3 жыл бұрын

Cross thread is better than Loc-tite! ;)

@FoolOfATuque 3 жыл бұрын

You really only need the threads at the pitch diameter anyways. You can take to top of the threads off no problem!

@spaulson54 3 жыл бұрын

I try to convince people the rocks fall from the sky. Gotta stay on your toes out there.

@craigwavra3495 3 жыл бұрын

Love this time of year!! Always enjoy your videos. Keep it between rows!!

@jamesshanks2614 2 жыл бұрын

Take a scrap wheel weld a 2 inch pipe to it about 6 to 7 feet in height. One quick connect for the airline and add horizontal pipe down to 1/4 inch and you have built a “ blow the dust off the cloths assembly “. Food for thought

@mikepomatto4287 3 жыл бұрын

“70 percent of the time, it works every time.”

@ColeTheCornstar 3 жыл бұрын

9:40 I always wondered how they made buttered popcorn

@stuartkcalvin 3 жыл бұрын

Cheeky

@dhamma58 3 жыл бұрын

@@stuartkcalvin and icky!

@cruzforster5918 3 жыл бұрын

Ahahahahaha

@wyattross2155 3 жыл бұрын

dust control

@andrewmattinglymattingly8309 3 жыл бұрын

Hey cole

@Rbnqss 3 жыл бұрын

What I most appreciate is that you show the truth about farming and how much work is needed

@billbeck47 2 жыл бұрын

Very interesting farming videos. I'm learning things about farming that never crossed my mind. Great quality videos.

@dunnjob 3 жыл бұрын

We need to see Onyx running the 9570 this spring. I can imagine that big goofy grin as he is turning some dirt.

@johnthelesserofthethirdoft863 3 жыл бұрын

Not for nothing, Jim is my favorite cast member of the Millennial Farm.

@timmiller7037 3 жыл бұрын

I would love a video on Jim.. his background and stuff.. he seems like a interesting guy!

@charleslynch7274 3 жыл бұрын

That sucks 2 grain bins are down sounds like a head ache of a job to do and very interesting about the frost and the rocks coming up in the field u learn something new everyday

@AdvistaVideo 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for getting the new camera. Cant wait to see in focus videos. Thanks for the good explanation about the rock picker. Thanks Zach

@echutch 3 жыл бұрын

I always stop...calibrate and listen...when I’m setting up guidance systems...I’ll try your hammer strap technique next time I’m changing out a hitch.

@LeanneDonnellan 3 жыл бұрын

yay another video, watching from ireland 🇮🇪

@abqboda4931 3 жыл бұрын

When I was a kid in the 1950s and 60s (yes I'm old!) we use to drive through your area on the way to our cabin in Park Rapids. All the fields had rock piles 8 to 10 feet high in different parts of the same field. We didn't have that many in our fields in Nebraska. Can only imagine how hard that is on your equipment.

@russellratliff7403 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info on the battery operated grease gun. Got my today. Awesome job, and appreciate your videos. Keep up the good work. Thank you Russell from KY

@Whathefleck 3 жыл бұрын

Love the Tommy Boy reference haha..

@mattunes5823 3 жыл бұрын

It feels like once the rock picking video comes out you're really starting field work for the year.

@mark562 3 жыл бұрын

Great videos I also started playing on your millenial farmer map on FS 19 I love the attention to detail to the Midwest machinery john deer dealership love the fact that you can go inside to buy the equipment. Keep up the great content and best of luck on the upcoming planting season.

@redondo_beach_trucker2123 3 жыл бұрын

I love your videos. Been watching for about 3-4 years now, with your grain sweep problem take it as an opportunity to try a grain vacuum. That looks like a lot of corn to move out of the way to access the sweep drive system.

@mathbrown9099 3 жыл бұрын

Zach, Becky, et al; I can’t wait til this amazingly entertaining channel gets to 1M. I’ve been watching since you all had sub 300K. Keep it, ah, you know.

@lincolnsweazy2502 3 жыл бұрын

Zach has inspired me to want to be a farmer. Love the vids!❤️

@dawnlemay2790 3 жыл бұрын

Me to

@lincolnsweazy2502 3 жыл бұрын

What is?

@bobcatsmith246 3 жыл бұрын

Hello, What you need is an automatic air system too blow off the corn dust and dirt. Get 1/2" pipe, 3 peaces with air nozzles and a pressure switch plate. Tie it into the air system so when you step on the pressure plate the air will blow off the corn dust. Just a thought. Love the video's keep up the good work and god bless and stay safe.

@johnbeeck2540 3 жыл бұрын

Every spring on my Grandfather's farm, we'd hitch up a flat wagon, and walk ahead of the tractor picking up rocks - sometimes we'd have to team pick them due to weight. This was in eastern Wisconsin where the glaciers lefts lots of rocks...

@SkyhawkCaptain 3 жыл бұрын

If its not dry.......and its not wet........would you call that.....................Moist? :) Also, 7:50. I love a good Tommy Boy reference!

@trevorkasas6520 3 жыл бұрын

Hey zack love seeing all the Canadian made equipment on the farm. Degalman, mandako. Just awesome to see. From Saskatchewan.

@calebmaendel3740 3 жыл бұрын

Just wanted to let you know that degalman industries is in Hillsboro North Dakota

@darrylpaulhus3069 3 жыл бұрын

Made in Canada based in Canada ND is tge USA arm

@trevorkasas6520 3 жыл бұрын

I didn’t know that they were based out of the ND

@calebmaendel3740 3 жыл бұрын

@@trevorkasas6520 Since 2016

@trevorkasas6520 3 жыл бұрын

Cool thanks I learn something today. That’s good

@NorthViewModelShop 2 жыл бұрын

Happy to see you back on your feet I hope you make a full recovery.

@tyrankin2767 3 жыл бұрын

We just picked a rock out of our field with our 4020 loader and we blew the front tires out 😂

@scrossman8991 3 жыл бұрын

My heart sinks when my guys tell me there's a problem with the grain bins. I know it's going to be a ballache of a dirty job to fix.

@frikkieholl9136 3 жыл бұрын

"Needs a little wiggle , that's what she said" the most funniest part

@clearingbaffles 3 жыл бұрын

And a B I G G E R L O N G E R hitch pin she chuckled

@kimblastein 3 жыл бұрын

You should invest in a medium size rock crusher whit all the rocks you have on the property then you have material for the roads to use

@maxfender6886 3 жыл бұрын

I’m glad you’re dad doing great. He was moving good in the last video ..

@pettergardo3874 3 жыл бұрын

Zach I’m guessing your family is from Småland in Sweden, so you can add a couple of hundred of years of rock picking. Småland is one of those hopelessly rocky places (one of the reasons people left for the states).

@TheRipper5418 3 жыл бұрын

It's NOT the SIZE of the TOOL that Matters, It's the Amount of TORQUE a MAN Uses that Counts!! 😎

@delbutler885 3 жыл бұрын

But if you over torque an undersized shaft you will ruin the nuts.

@TheRipper5418 3 жыл бұрын

@@delbutler885 😂

@mykee426 3 жыл бұрын

@@delbutler885 😂😂

@buckyhurford3424 3 жыл бұрын

How could Becky ever be mad you you?! You are the perfect specimen. Cheers 🍻

@rneuf.mp4 3 жыл бұрын

Early gang 🏆🏆 greetings from Saskatchewan, Canada 🇨🇦

@joserangel8493 3 жыл бұрын

Your dad with the 2021 ram 😱 and you with the duramax 😱🔥😂

@evandwright 3 жыл бұрын

I actually don't think his is a duramax, I think its a gas

@theboat6582 3 жыл бұрын

gas not diesel bud

@joserangel8493 3 жыл бұрын

@@theboat6582 no they are not they are diesel

@solodad7999 3 жыл бұрын

Rocks, what rocks? Come west young man we will show you rocks. At my old place we would have blown your rock rake apart. Thanks for what you do. I dont miss the constant repairs.

@scragman 3 жыл бұрын

I believe you about the rock picker. We 'grow' some pretty decent ones over here, too (Mainer).

@s.pursell8901 3 жыл бұрын

Zach, rock seeds are not a good cover crop. Lol

@taylorjennings2218 3 жыл бұрын

When you thought Zach was actually fixing something, but it turned out to just be a w-d40 commercial.

@EDBZ28 3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@elizabethlee6435 3 жыл бұрын

Flat bed hooked up to the super C and pitch forks were how we picked rocks.... the joys of farming on a glacial ridge....

@curbAL1 3 жыл бұрын

You should see if you can get your hands on a few loads of asphalt millings right from the job site. Grade it and compact it on a hot summer day. No dust

@pauls4460 3 жыл бұрын

I'm thinking Onyx should be able to run the rock picker with an hour or so of instruction. He probably would not mind.

@Invictus13666 2 жыл бұрын

Except by the time they adjust the tractor seat so he can drive he won’t be able to see out the back very well.

@daronrr 3 жыл бұрын

Can we get a "Dad's new lawn update?"

@Leofred2000 3 жыл бұрын

Yes! See if its as good as the Freedom Factory

@wideslammer 3 жыл бұрын

@@Leofred2000 I had to smile when I read your remark. I wonder how many of us on this channel also watch Cleetus.

@tonymckeage1028 3 жыл бұрын

Great Rock Picking Vlog, The weathers looking much better, thanks for sharing

@zebraman7147 3 жыл бұрын

hey Becky, thank you so much for makin this possible

@joshwagner5414 3 жыл бұрын

Nice to see that your dad knows what a real truck is

@TheTurpin1234 3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad I'm not the only one that can't hammer left handed. I just don't get it. It just doesn't work very good.

@chesterraybon3442 3 жыл бұрын

Like other post stated, we picked up rocks by hand and put them on a sled in the old days. Then the mules pulled the sled. Got one to big, then bring out the dynamite. Yeeehaaaa!! Great video. 😎👍👌

@davidschlecht3016 3 жыл бұрын

A normal farm day go from one job to the other and break downs come up and in the back of the mind I have to get this done or ready and there is something else needs your attention, so it goes!

@richardteeman4320 3 жыл бұрын

The Rock picker saves a lot of money over long period of time by not getting equipment tore up

@therealRustyShackleford 3 жыл бұрын

I thought you were going to go with... Alright stop, collaborate and listen Ice is back with my brand new invention Maybe another time.

@gregoryh4601 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the Video in my area the just finish planted 200 acres of Beans . Behind my home. Take Care

@johnolynik9496 3 жыл бұрын

My uncle would love to have that rock picture on his Rock Farm and Northwestern Pennsylvania used to have to pick Every Spring before planting what a pain in the ass Rock picker good