Z Crew - The Early Years Wheat Harvest 1988 (Part 3) Massey Ferguson combines

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The third and final segment of the 1988 summer wheat harvest.
The girls and I made a trip out to see the harvesters over the 4th of July holiday. We stayed a few days and pretended to be part of the crewOne of the crew realized there
are consequences to not having their head in the game. One too many mishaps earned him a ticket on the bus home.
Due to severe drought in Montana, there was no reason to make the trip to Jordan - much like 2021 was for us. Therefore, on July 16, the crew headed back home to Grand Island.
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@gerryspang5917 2 жыл бұрын

Those were the days my friend, we thought they’d never end. Thanks for the memories Tracy. I think times were precious and much simpler than our society’s these days. Still think back of the old threshing bees when I was younger, those meals we shared when harvesting were like a social. Everything is bigger and faster, but not better now. God Bless.

@thomasbrady5071 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic set up. Ye must have huge investment in the business, safe travels, may the lord look after ye,

@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, it takes quite a bit of $. Good thing we’ve been able to babystep our way Into what we have over the past 40 years.

@jhanlarosh6620 2 жыл бұрын

These older videos are fun to watch hope this really isn’t the last one just pick another year and post more often great entertainment 🙂

@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking 2 жыл бұрын

There’s more to come, Jhan! 😉

@allenhrubes8598 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Tracy, I've loved your videos of MF combines harvesting. Our farm had a Massey Harris 92 for over 15 years. The years of 1973-1975 were good for the farm. Record yields and good prices afforded us an upgrade to a brand new Massey Ferguson 750 in 1974. We used this setup for 25 years. Health issues forced me out of farming but I often think of those years as the best of my life. There was nothing more satisfying than to put in a long, hard day of harvesting and realize you've done something extraordinary. I haven't felt that way since and probably never will. I miss farming but don't miss the stress. Thank you for your videos Tracy. Take care and be safe.

@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking 2 жыл бұрын

I’m certain you are glad you did it! And even better if it were profitable. I know those same years were good to the harvesters too.

@westrotter7847 4 ай бұрын

I so Loved this video !!! It took me home for alittle while. Be safe and God Bless !!!

@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking 4 ай бұрын

I’m so glad you enjoyed it!!!!

@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking 4 ай бұрын

Where are you from?

@joestory5106 2 жыл бұрын

I went on harvest for a couple years in the early 90s, the boss wore the same coveralls as your grandpa.

@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking 2 жыл бұрын

I never saw Grandpa in jeans or pants - unless he was dressed up for a special occasion and then we wore slacks.

@unioncityfarm5260 2 жыл бұрын

Makes you appreciate the past that much more. Looking at these old farmsteads with these elderly farmers they were truly what made this country great. And your harvest crew everything was neat as a pin and all the matching straight trucks. Oh a the Greyhound bus ride home for the fella who broke the truck. Thanks for sharing

@francescoviale4683 2 жыл бұрын

Hello the beautiful 1988 year's 💪😉🇮🇹

@matthewmccune 2 жыл бұрын

When you got to the part about the broken axle... I said, i bet someone got to go home..... lol. I am just glad Duane Keller didnt fire me because I tore some stuff up in the summer of 06.... ha

@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, you’re one lucky employee!!

@mathewjenniskens8115 2 жыл бұрын

Great to see,Tracy. As an old Massey combine mechanic and farmer brings back memories for sure. I’m still running an old 850 here in Ontario. Thanks again

@justinroper6586 2 жыл бұрын

These old videos are really cool to see. I can remember back then our custom cutters had the same machines. Thanks for sharing.

@timheasley612 2 жыл бұрын

You hit a home run with these videos thank you so much 🤠

@deanbrown4512 Жыл бұрын

That was quite a storm you had, and you could see it coming. Where we live, we can't see a storm coming because of our hills and trees. I can't get over the large fields. Thank you.

@brianhansen826 2 жыл бұрын

These videos bring back really good memories of my childhood

@chesterraybon3442 2 жыл бұрын

I'm really liking these throwback videos. Oh for the good old days once more. Keep them coming. You and Jim take care and God Bless.

@DXRFarms 2 жыл бұрын

I love the older footage!! Thanks for the great share!! Those videos were filmed when I was 5 years old.. sure is crazy how things have changed over the years.. can't wait to see more..

@thedonleroy 2 жыл бұрын

I can remember the drought in 1988 here in MN. It hit the crops pretty good. I remember the river mile east of us dried up. We drove 3 wheelers over 3 miles of river bottom. It was just like a road it was so dried up. We had a couple of shallow lakes dry up also. It was in the 100's when we were combining wheat. Thanks for the old videos. They bring back lots of good memories.

@larrygro 2 жыл бұрын

It was the same here in SE Nebraska. I remember hunting deer that fall and it was so easy because I could walk down creek channels and sneak up on them. Never even got my feet muddy.

@curtiswolf313 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the time and effort you put in to make these videos. I really enjoyed them. 👌

@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking 2 жыл бұрын

And I’m so glad you do, Curtis!

@davidbohner6218 2 жыл бұрын

Your dad had a eye for video photography and I noticed you had a camera in your hand. Must run in the family. Thanks again for taking the time to put together those old videos.

@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, I believe so. My grandma had a camera in her hand all the time too. So, I'm guessing it most definitely comes from that side of the family. Every one of my daughters take amazing pictures now, as well. :)

@bertrutledge4546 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing and bringing back good memories.

@louispaparella5766 2 жыл бұрын

Traveled Kansas for work in the 70's while living in Wichita. Your videos bring back lots of fond memories. Thank You for your efforts. If you have more material, please continue. Peace

@johnkelly903 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing this with us. I love the sound of massey.

@brandontegan9665 2 жыл бұрын

This is such a great video. I love the old Massey combines. I know at the time it wasn't but now those seem like much simpler days. The magic of nostalgia! I hope everyone who reads this is doing well.

@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Brandon!!!!

@379insk 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the great vid! Sure brings back memories!!!

@jrgenthomsen3841 2 жыл бұрын

Another amazing video, thank you for sharing 😘😘

@garlandhenry6792 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for sharing. It was fantastic, wish there were more videos

@Sprayer1962 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing these ! Have really enjoyed seeing things again from days gone by . Hope to see more

@backachershomestead 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the trip on the time machine!

@donaldmote5441 2 жыл бұрын

Omg..thats fantastic seeing one of your kids napping in my spot when I was a kid.

@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking 2 жыл бұрын

Yes! And MY spot when I was a kid!

@danl9334 2 жыл бұрын

thanks for another great video, i am so glad that you share these memories with us, be safe and see ya tomorrow

@jerrymiller6711 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you . enjoyed the look back into the 1980' s, please keep up the good work!

@purplerunner1715 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for putting all the hours into converting the videos, so that we could enjoy them here on YT. Have a great day

@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking 2 жыл бұрын

Jim and I are having a lot of fun too. Watching the old days and hearing from people we don’t know. But know the same people we do. And sharing memories of days gone by! So, it’s a mutual enjoyment!

@curtisjohnson1286 2 жыл бұрын

Really loved watching these videos from 1988, worked on a crew from Minnesota and started cutting wheat in Enid Oklahoma then up to Kansas, Nebraska, South and North Dakota then back into Minnesota

@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking 2 жыл бұрын

The best experience ever!

@bigtsplace5453 2 жыл бұрын

Love the old videos Tracy one of my favourite channels just good old down home people

@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking 2 жыл бұрын

❤️

@paulneuman2303 2 жыл бұрын

thank You for awesome and memable trip down history lane. we'll look forward to more videos.

@bryank4 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@johnneal7155 2 жыл бұрын

I really appreciate these old videos, reminds me of when my grandpa farmed in Oklahoma. Keep up the good work.

@kenbettygregor3900 2 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU LORD FOR THE GOOD OLDS . LOVE FROM MINNESOTA

@johndavis3237 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the GREAT effort you put-in in doing this. I Really enjoyed it!

@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking 2 жыл бұрын

And this is why I enjoy sharing it! Thank you!!

@phredd1115 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, what memories. Pictures are worth a. 1,000 words. Enjoyed the video waiting on the next one! Good looking young couple with two great kids. CYA

@johnthompson4162 2 жыл бұрын

Really liked seeing those miniature 860s in action!!! Great not so old footage to me. John T.

@richardlance7193 2 жыл бұрын

thank you

@karljacobson1575 2 жыл бұрын

Great video!! Fun to see a younger Jim an you!! Hope you post more old ones. I thoroughly enjoy every minute of them!!!!!

@allananderson8179 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing. Wish I was young again. Lol. Hard work but great family time.

@layneheward5392 2 жыл бұрын

I am loving these wholesome videos. I did the harvest run from 1999-2001. Some of my favorite times in my life So cool to see the machinery My first combine I ever ran was a silver cab MF 760. Dad let me thrash all the barley and wheat that year. 1991 800ac The a/c wasn’t working very good at good times. I wouldn’t trade those days in for anything Thank you so much for these reminiscent memories

@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking 2 жыл бұрын

There’s just something about a combine in a wheat field! Gets to me every time. I could sit and watch all of our videos day after day and never get tired of watching them.

@waggtech4883 2 жыл бұрын

We had a gas engine like that on the big auger. It cold started fine but would only pop off just once on the hot restart!

@tedbarton503 2 жыл бұрын

Hello Tracy thank you for sharing your lovely videos of your family’s past it was so interesting please keep them coming from ted in the uk 🇬🇧👍👍👍

@timkennedy9364 2 жыл бұрын

Awsome job Tracy massey was the best combine at the time if y guys ran 3 thanx for sharing yr journey cheers

@dalewalker2315 2 жыл бұрын

I have really enjoyed your videos, Tracey. We had a New Holland TR 80, that I liked, that's why I started watching your videos. But the last 3 videos was where my heart really was. Massey Furgeson was our go to combine. Dad had an 80 self propelled, we had two 410's, and then traded on 410, for a 510. When they brought out the 750's we owned one of them, really liked it. Then we had an 850, and an 860, then got soft in the head bought a 9500 JD, now the farm has had two rotary Massey's. So again thanks for the memories!!

@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking 2 жыл бұрын

Glad the videos helped spur them on again! ❤️

@ctfarmtrucking6934 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing these videos. Me and my boys enjoyed them. They asked me so many questions about the old equipment. It can sure make you appreciate days gone by. Thanks again, God bless.

@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking 2 жыл бұрын

Well, this is fun!! I’m excited to hear they promoted good conversation with the younger generation! ❤️

@michaelmarion5738 2 жыл бұрын

Was that long time ago and when I was little my grandpa was farming otherwise I still got lot memories and stay safe from Rensselaer Indiana

@countryflyer4536 2 жыл бұрын

As much as I like todays videos...these are the best!!!!!!!!

@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!! ❤️

@nigelbull6047 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much tracy for these videos from the past brilliant to watch have only found your channel this last harvest (21) but cant wait for 2022 keep up the good work,watching from the uk thanks again

@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you found us and are now a part of the journey!

@pete359r5 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tracy it sure brings a smile to my face on this cold snowy day I can smell the diesel fumes from those Perkins and the gas from the f600's and the smell of off hot air blowing across the wheat I sure do like these old video's keep them coming always a great video Tracy

@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking 2 жыл бұрын

❤️ I’m so glad you’re enjoying them! Your descriptive words are wonderful!

@kennethcarlton2860 2 жыл бұрын

I really loved the old videos . They bring back so many memories . My boss was just harvesting around the area until 1990 when we started to do custom harvesting for 5 years . The largest header we took on harvest was 25 feet we built a double trailer just for them - they were a little earlier to get around with than taking off every move . My grandfather's used the old pull type equipment you were looking at.. Thanks for sharing all your videos of harvest and the older equipment . Sorry not sorry for my long story/comment.please take care of Your you and your wonderful family

@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing your memories!!!

@grahamcull4077 2 жыл бұрын

Enjoy watching. I am from Australia and grew wheat in the 60’s and 70’s

@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking 2 жыл бұрын

I’m glad you’re here!

@georgeketchmark3087 2 жыл бұрын

Another great video lots of great footage of the combines running and Jim looks good on the 21 Massey they were the best in the day and were the start of a long run for Massey not much fun to run the reel would blow the dust from the feeder house in your face all day long. I started my combining career in 1976 on a 26 Massey I built a cab on it in 77. In 78 I fixed up a 27 ran the two of them and cut a thousand acres had a 14’ head on the 26 and a 16’ head on the 27

@1songdog1 2 жыл бұрын

What a treasure!!

@chrisdixon5725 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Tracy great work really appreciate it seeing your family at work thirty odd years ago,also Jhan LaRosh's son inlaw has provided similar family scenes from the present day, marvellous to see it all!

@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking 2 жыл бұрын

Those LaRosh harvest videos are amazing! They bring tears to my eyes every time.

@rodluft5737 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks again for a great video. Holy cow those storm clouds bring back memories, we survived a tornado just a few miles north of Lodgepole in the early nineties.

@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking 2 жыл бұрын

Seems like Lodgepole was always the place for good storms. Sometimes, daily. We also cut north of Lodgepole.

@rodluft5737 2 жыл бұрын

@@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking yes, nasty hail country it seemed!

@fielddaves2279 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic loved it. Field in Michigan

@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking 2 жыл бұрын

❤️

@timmywarren2349 2 жыл бұрын

Very good video

@Husker3435 2 жыл бұрын

G’job “Z” crew enjoying the series... growing up we ran F-600 and F700’s also... funny, I think the cabs all have the same ole familiar smell. Brings back a lot of memories. Jim’s Chevy tandem was a nice rig😎 take care# GBR.

@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking 2 жыл бұрын

We bought one of those Ford trucks from grandpa and it was used in our earlier years when we started on our own. We nicknamed it “Henry”. Henry went with us for quite a few years. A friend of ours in Montana bought it from us so it lives there now. Every time I get in the cab, it smells the same and brings back the weirdest feelings! I learned how to drive truck in one of those. It was part of the family. So silly. Here’s some reading when you have nothing else to do. 😂 www.nebraskawheatie.com/color-green/

@Husker3435 2 жыл бұрын

@@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking thx for the read...smells are a big part of memories and only a few of us know what it means to smell the inside of a grain or harvest truck...I grew up about an hour and a half northwest of lodgepole right along the north platte river...god bless

@gmurrayf 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic trilogy. I love New Hollands and its probably why I started watching your videos. But we also used to have Massey Fergusons and the ones in the videos are so iconic of the era. They look absolutely stunning. I wouldn't be surprised though if your current combine had the same capacity as those 3 combined! If you have any more videos, you should put them up too.

@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking 2 жыл бұрын

Well, it most definitely does. Jim thought the Massey’s held 150 bushels. Our NH holds 400 bushels completely full. More videos on the way!

@onealfarms9967 2 жыл бұрын

Love the old footage so interesting how farming has changed I just got married in 88 farming with my dad my family was to poor to own a video camera but we did get pitchers there really precious to go back and see them we still have the farm just me and my brother framing it thanks for showing your memory’s p

@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking 2 жыл бұрын

Anything that documents your history is so much fun to go back and look at.

@zfactortedzabel9267 2 жыл бұрын

Differences of the decades...narrower platforms on the combines, straight trucks-no semi's and not a grain cart in sight. Time passes by so many different markers! I won't comment on the ages and appearances of the adults...lol. Your little girls are precious!

@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking 2 жыл бұрын

Lots and lots of changes in 33 years!

@charlesdow4802 2 жыл бұрын

Great video we all hope you share more

@haltreeby925 2 жыл бұрын

Brings back a lot of memories we ran 760s an 750, 510s my dad started with a 44 I believe? I wasn't very old when he would let me steer the super 92 and he would get off an catch a sample of the chaff!

@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking 2 жыл бұрын

Oh…there’s lots more. 😂

@bosseliminator 2 жыл бұрын

1988 was the year I decided farming full time wasn’t for me. After the terrible 80’s farm economy I got a new career and still at that same company 33 years, and farmed part time. That was a good decision, I was 23 yrs old.

@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking 2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like it was a good move!!

@jimolzewski7341 2 жыл бұрын

Enjoyed the old videos I myself put a lot of hours on our old 750 Massey Now we are running 680 John Deere with auto steer and 45 foot headers what a change Love grandpa’s coveralls everyday was a different Colour lol

@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking 2 жыл бұрын

The only time I ever saw my grandpa in anything other than those coveralls was for special occasions. Not very often!

@chuckguyitt4017 2 жыл бұрын

Jee!! that old Perkins not working too hard, it’s hardly smoking.

@darrenkayes7911 2 жыл бұрын

Really liking the footage from the early days Tracy 👌, must seem like it's yesterday to look back, thanks again, watching from New Zealand 🇳🇿.

@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking 2 жыл бұрын

It does! You know…you never feel as old on the inside as you look on the outside!!

@darrenkayes7911 2 жыл бұрын

Haha absolutely true.

@georgeketchmark3087 2 жыл бұрын

@@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking you got that right and look what the sun did to your hair colour

@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking 2 жыл бұрын

@@georgeketchmark3087 😂

@douglasfarrell83 Жыл бұрын

All the good old days. " AMER1CA "

@waynefiebiger3202 2 жыл бұрын

Combing. Was expensive, putting gas in all the trucks and pickups. Your videos are very good

@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking 2 жыл бұрын

Yes!!

@jeremyswindell2330 2 жыл бұрын

awsome video tracy! I run a 850 massey!

@davidgahm4703 2 жыл бұрын

The Perkins diesel's would really lay a cloud of smoke up in the air . They were a good solid engine .Thanks for the memories Tracey . I found my grandfathers ledger starting in 26 . Depression years they grew pickles and tomatoes , along with a lot of hogs . Was interesting to see what gas costs .14 a gallon ,lumber was so cheap along with everything else , but it took more to get a dollar too . we had the same style straight truck and iI broke a axle in the field , was it a weak link ?

@sidewinder7371 2 жыл бұрын

Guess good help was hard to find even back then.

@randydutka9302 2 жыл бұрын

Hello im retired farmer in eastern sask found these three video on the olden days and enjoyed them Been bing watching 21 season and they are great I had some friends from here in sask use to do harvest a few years back wondering by chance if you knew them Al and Maylin Kuntz kuntz Harvesting Thks again for time making videos

@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking 2 жыл бұрын

Yes! We absolutely do know them. Good people!! So glad you’re enjoying the videos and you’re now along for the journey! Thanks for taking the time to leave your note, Randy! (Tell Al and Marilyn hello for us!

@richardradawetz8788 2 жыл бұрын

Big al Kuntz does my income tax every year. Really good accountant. Lots of harvest stories from him and Marilyn

@bigrigger5617 2 жыл бұрын

These 3 old films were great. Hoping you have more to share

@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking 2 жыл бұрын

Ohhhhhh so much more!

@ccclc6159 2 жыл бұрын

@@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking the videos are extra special love seeing the combines cutting, pics are great too, hope you can put together a slide show some time and Thanks for posting

@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking 2 жыл бұрын

@@ccclc6159 I don’t have many of the old harvest pictures except those I took when we were on our own.

@halwilliams1682 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the videos. Brought back memories when I was picking corn with 750 Massey. Little neighbor boy would ride with me. He would sleep on that place behind the seat. He told me when he grew up he wanted to be a truck driver. He did both. He is 6' 3" and was as trucker for many years! By the way, I wonder if farmers back then ever traded off old machinery or just pushed it into the trees?

@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking 2 жыл бұрын

I’m guessing we did - beat the storm. Thanks for sharing your memories, Hal!

@shanevondrak2790 2 жыл бұрын

Can't help but feel sorry for the kid who got sent home.

@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe a little. But you’ve got to have your head in the game!

@shanevondrak2790 2 жыл бұрын

@@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking I agree I seen a combine back into pickup it was at night guess they didn't see it. Allen Funk harvested for my dad back in the 80s

@ccclc6159 2 жыл бұрын

@@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking my dad had a guy running one of his 55 combines wooden bat reel, guy wanted off early to go to a town dance, rain was coming dad said no, about 30 minutes later the hired guy ran the header into a fence post and broke every bat on the reel, dad fired him, about 30 years later dad opened a barbwire gate into a field cut a circle around and ran the gate right into the header, I said can you imagine if a hired hand had done that he said yeah I would never believe it was an accident;)

@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking 2 жыл бұрын

@@ccclc6159 😂

@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking 2 жыл бұрын

@@shanevondrak2790 - I know Allan.

@BabyVapor 2 жыл бұрын

Ahh Lawn Darts the greatest toy to be taken from us. How new was that guy to farming. How did he break the light? I drove better than that at 10.

@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking 2 жыл бұрын

He broke the axle. Not a light.

@robwar2288 2 жыл бұрын

I guess 1988 weather in Montana was like 2021!

@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, it was! www.agupdate.com/theprairiestar/news/state-and-regional/a-look-at-the-2021-drought-in-comparison-to-previous-droughts/article_da55ca56-eb3a-11eb-b5cc-c7ef7f16911f.html

@dlfishel 2 жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed these videos. How many seasons or hours were the combines kept before replacing them?

@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking 2 жыл бұрын

I can’t answer that question. However, Jim and I have traded at least every other year - except there were a couple of times we did run them three years. The third year starts to cost money in repairs.

@farmerbill6855 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this. Must be good memories for you. I forgot to ask. There is a crane looking doodad on the feeder house of one of the combines when they are in transit. What was it used for? Best regards from Indiana.

@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking 2 жыл бұрын

That was called a boom and it was used to put the headers inside the box of the trucks.

@timgear9892 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent videos of a harvest time long past. Notice how the men don't have big belly's, and all wear muscle shirts, not exposing fat,,, but the real muscle deal. Lots of hard work then. Did the older gentleman with the tan overalls operate a combine? Or was he there to mainly assist when needed. I like how you gave the idiot truck driver a bus ticket home. He really couldn't complain about that after the stupid trick he did. Again, great series of videos of the old days!! Two thumbs up.

@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking 2 жыл бұрын

That was my grandpa. He did run his combine. But had someone there to relieve him if and when he got tired. He was the reason we were all out there. If you haven’t watched the first video in 1988, you should. It has a little more history tacked onto the front of it and talks about how this all came to happen. Thanks for your note, Tim!

@timgear9892 2 жыл бұрын

@@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking Thank you for the reply and answer. I will go back and watch em all again and again. By the way, you need to get Jim to push away from the dinner plate sooner! Ha. I would not recognize him from those older videos. Betchya he wouldn't wear a muscle shirt now! :) :)

@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking 2 жыл бұрын

@@timgear9892 - he never did wear a muscle shirt. 😉

@mikemontgomery7337 2 жыл бұрын

Was that Jim that went ditch jumping ?? If it was show him that video if he ever questions your decisions !!! 😂

@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking 2 жыл бұрын

No. It was one of the hired guys.

@mekanikbob 2 жыл бұрын

Those perkins had to be smoking if they were running right

@georgeketchmark3087 2 жыл бұрын

Depends on how the injection pump timing is set there should be a little smoke at full load if you’re getting a lot of smoke advancing the timing a little bit will clear it up

@haraldlenz7263 2 жыл бұрын

Uuh, he did not wave goodbye... ;) They were running relatively small trucks for 3 combines... - where the yields much lower at that times or the distances to the elevators/farms shorter?

@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking 2 жыл бұрын

It was just the way it was done then.

@kerrygleeson4409 2 жыл бұрын

👀😃👍

@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking 2 жыл бұрын

😉

@johnsimms6778 2 жыл бұрын

Was that a Wisconsin brand engine on that auger? Makes me think of the ones on Dad's baler and silage cutter.

@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking 2 жыл бұрын

Per Jim - I can’t answer that. It was before my time.

@gilby1795 2 жыл бұрын

i really enjoyed the old videos, the year 1988 brought back some good memories for me. I would of been 25 years old, i always wanted to be on a crew for custom harvesting. came across a video of you being interviewed by a radio station today, could you tell me the name of the documentary.

@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking 2 жыл бұрын

The documentary is “The Great American Wheat Harvest”. If you have a way to play a DVD, I would be more than happy to send you a copy. Send me your address as zcrew82@gmail.com.

@hughperkins707 2 жыл бұрын

Remember When, Allan Jackson

@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking 2 жыл бұрын

Makes me cry every time I hear it!

@hughperkins707 2 жыл бұрын

@@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking I had it played at my wife’s funeral. It was us to a T

@billsauberlich7337 2 жыл бұрын

Great videos from the past.I have farmed all my life in Wisconsin, 1988 was the driest I ever saw. I'm 73 now. My dad bought a Massey Harris 82 new early 60s maybe late 50s. I noticed one in one of the videos on the back of a truck.I think I might have the manual for it yet.I know the reel for it is laying in the upstairs of a shed. On a normal year how many acers did you combine and did you only do wheat?

@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking 2 жыл бұрын

Are you wondering about 1988 & 1989? Or now?

@billsauberlich7337 2 жыл бұрын

Back in 80s with the Massey combines

@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking 2 жыл бұрын

@@billsauberlich7337 I’m not sure about 1989. I know they cut 2250 in 1988 because it was written in the DVD.

@drdulas5055 2 жыл бұрын

Were your trucks all identical and how far did you have to haul the grain then? Did and are you combining any small grains other than wheat? Did you ever lose a combine to a fire? Thanks for the memories.

@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking 2 жыл бұрын

In those years, the trucks were the same. They were two 1973 models and one 1974. My grandpa bought those new. The GMC was ours (me and Jim). We bought it used. As far as how far did they haul? Just depends on whether or not there was on-farm storage (grain bins) or not. And where the fields were located. Sort of a hard question to answer. No, we never lost a combine to fire. I believe Grandpa had one that got wrecked once. But that was way before my time.

@georgeketchmark3087 2 жыл бұрын

@@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking I saw the picture of the 92 Massey on the grain truck that looked like a disaster waiting to happen would be a great challenge to drive it a few hundred miles every year and not have a wreck

@jacobcheney3987 2 жыл бұрын

Whatever happened to the guy that got the bus ticket home

@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking 2 жыл бұрын

I have no idea.

@mikemontgomery7337 2 жыл бұрын

Did you ever run the Massey ??

@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! I learned how to drive combine in a Massey in 1974. And how to drive truck in one of the Fords.

@steigerpower 2 жыл бұрын

The young fellow look fairly useless by he's lack of skills how to exit the field a real chassis twister, and later looks to had rear ended another of you Ford trucks lined up, fortunately your Dad's mild words as some men wouldn't had been so easy on him.

@ZeorianHarvestingTrucking 2 жыл бұрын

Yep, you get it!