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Driving the A with fall colors and up and down a grade
The fall colors are quite nice this year. Last Saturday I needed to go take and unhook the Number 5 mower from the Model A, so I thought it would be fun to take the tractor on the hill and take some photos as well. Unfortunately, it was overcast and not the best morning for…
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Mowing with the 38 and 5 Mowers and Model A Tractors
As I mentioned in a pervious video, I have two mowers that, just for fun, I wanted to use to do some cutting. In this video we cut about five acres with two different sickle mowers, a John Deere Number 5 on a 1938 John Deere Model A, and a John Deere Number 38 mower…
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Mowing Grain Hay with the Model A and Number 5 Sickle Mower
If you watched one of my recent YouTube videos on the Number 5 and 38 mowers, I mentioned that I had a little grain hay that I wanted to cut with the mowers. In this video I am using the 1947 John Deere Model A (48 model year) to cut some second-growth grain hay for…
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1951 and 1948 with John Deere Number 5 and Number 38 Mowers Side-By-Side
In this video I compare the John Deere Number 5 and Number 38 sickle mowers, as well as a few of the difference between a 1948 and 1951 John Deere Model A tractors. I reference the 48 as a 47, as this tractor was the first one that we got running, and at the time…
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Rolling Alfalfa with the Farmall F-30 N
Each spring we cultivate alfalfa fields. This is typically done with some sort of danish harrow (spring tooth), drag harrows, and a heavy liquid-filled roller. This is due to our long winters and the damage that is done to the alfalfa fields, as well as the large amounts of rocks that we have in our…
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Spring Update
Time sure flies, as oddly enough my last post was on the first ride of the year, and now we’ve most likely concluded the snowmobile season for 2021-2022. That being said, I was fortunate enough to be able to go out most every weekend this winter. It was a much needed break, as summer bring…
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First Snowmobile ride of 2021-2022 Winter Season
This year we are VERY low in snowfall (for late December). However, we had enough to go on the trail up Black and some up Baldy (a neighboring mountain). I took the opportunity to take my cousin Sam out, and we were able to get some throttle time, despite not having a lot of snow.…
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December 14th Update
It’s now December 14th, 2021, and there is still no snow on the ground (as of when I went and fed). I had to do that insert as when I started to write this it finally started to come down. But anyway, this year has been pretty unusual for it being nearly mid-December. The other…
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Feeding Beef Cattle Dec 1
Now that the cattle have eaten most of their fall pasture, it’s time to start feeding them again. Feeding the cattle at this time of year is nothing unusual, but having no snow on the ground and being able to wear a baseball cap is! In this video I’m using a John Deere 630 with…
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Putting Equipment Away for the Winter
I had to move the ’39 A out of where I had it currently being stored (it’s a long story), and since it’s not running great and is a hand start I most likely won’t be getting it out this winter, so I put it behind everything else in the side of the barn. I’ve…
