Today I’m cutting hay the old fashioned way! There’s nothing better than spending an afternoon on the Farmall H cutting hay with the International 120 sickle bar mower.
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Excellent video
I watch these while I cut hay in my 2023 air conditioned new Holland power star's Bluetooth just for the sound effects
i've been looking at the sickle bar ads from back in the day and shouldn't it be painted blue?
I'm definitely one of your machinery fans! And the Farmall H is the tractor on which I made hay from about age 12 up until I finished college, coming home to help at haying and harvest. Then I went off to grad school to become a professor or, as my Dad would say, a "human manure spreader!" I laughed long and loud when you yelled, "Die you burdock!" I enjoy your kind and clever animal husbandry, but the field work is special. Thank you Pete, for giving an elderly ex-farm boy a few minutes of happy dreamy nostalgia!
So hay can not have weeds in it, just grass? City girl, here!
Growing up in the 1960's we had a Farmall H, but our sickle bar mower was a side mount. Dad put it on at the start of hay season, and it stayed on all summer. Had to put it vertical by hand and attach the steel rod that held it up. Then you could bale and haul hay with it on no problem.
Is that mower a 120 ? I have a 120 and a 1000
What is the brand of the mower you’re using ? I’d like to get me one for my H
also the sickle bar looks as dangerous as can be and that is AWESOME!
thanks for explaining how things work, I did not know how these old machines work and your vids are often helpful and interesting
So awesome 👏
Those narrow front tractors really turn good
My neighbor had a late model ford tractor and disk mower he. Run ruined with with no oil in it .I took the H farm all and John Deere 38 mower cut his hay in 4 gear it was dry he couldn't believe it
I love this content
Thanks Pete. I had no idea what model sickle I had till it saw your video. I'm in east Texas and have an old 130. Hope to get mine up to speed like yours.
The model H was the first tractor I drove as a kid working at a horse stable. I used it to spread the manure on the hay field, cut, rake and bale. It was a reliable piece of equipment. This brings back so many good memories. Thank you for sharing.
That is great. How often to grease the sickle bar?
Hey Pete what is the hole above where the gas cap is I never noticed it till now the H I'm looking at has it too my old one didn't
Drone shots are great! Well produced video!
Hi all. Yes the old equipment is still great .
New subscriber here from Louisiana where is your farm located what state?
I do love the sound of the H. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
I passed you in a case magnum with a disc and culapacker when you were recording this
Love the shirt!! Hail to Pitt!!! Great channel. Hello from Pennsylvania
That high drone shot was magnificent.
Love your show Peter , watch every episode, very different from what we do in Australia but love to watch, how do I get a cap
Hi love the videos , im trying to make mine videos natural as possible, less to edit lol
That makes for a pretty relaxing day mowing hay! Nice running H
Thanks Pete! After all these years I can still recognize the sound of the H.
I wish i could afford an H but my 49 Cub is still very fun to mow with
I love your show. Particularly your Farmall H episodes. I was a pain in the butt kid and my parents sent me up to my maternal German grand parents who taught me to drive a Farmall H .I drove at the age of eight, while my Dad and my grandpa picked up square bales. My granddad had an operation much like yours 13 miles East of Lincoln, NE .Cattle,Hogs, chickens, and he raised hay, milo, corn, winter wheat, soy Beans and milked. My favorite memory was the slop bucket where my Grandma dumped sour milk and any thing else that spoiled.
When it got too rank my Grand dad would haul it down to the hogs to the hog’s trawf I would love to watch them fight to gobble up all
of the slop as if it were nectar ! Keep up the good work.!
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Tractor vids are the best. Very therapeutic 💙
Pete, Congrats on making 300K subscribers! Thanks for sharing great videos, especially partial to H, we have a 1940 also and it is still going strong. The last overhaul was done when I was 10 years old… 50 years ago:)
Man I sure love your stuff, I only wish I could watch you on that other video channel! I hate supporting the people and companies that despise our way of life.
I really appreciate you filming that I love them old farmalls I would love to own one I grew up using one it was a h I loved that tractor
There is something immensely satisfying about a freshly mown field. The look, the smell are just heaven on earth
What do you prefer in a narrow front tractor vs a wide front tractor? Is it the turning radius or is it just one of those things that's cooler just because it is? Love the videos!
We are just beginning our homesteading journey; thanks for sharing your knowledge and encouragement!
Started raking hay with this tractor and a New Holland rake when I was 11 yrs. old. That was 1968. Dad made me wait till I was 11 as I started mowing when I was 9 yrs old (that was with a John Deer B ),and was eager to begin raking. Raking takes a little more skill than mowing in order to keep the windrow right for the baler.
The weeds only need the morning dew to survive and grow during dry periods
I’m a huge tractor fan. I admit it. And so, this one is my current favorite of all of your clips so far because I can imagine myself in the driver’s seat, enjoying it just like you do. The smell of cut grass, the joy of being out in the fields. Thanks for this. I hope to get some tractor time myself someday soon.
Next-best thing to being there. Thanks for the memories.