Can we Farm 5 ACRES with an ABANDONED Tractor??

Today we bring an abandoned Oliver 77 back to life, and use it to put the corn in!

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[JunkyardDigs]

To celebrate 1, 000 shirts sold, we're leaving the "I hate head gaskets" t-shirt open for one last weekend! On top of that everyone gets a freak Koozie with their order 🤘

[kathylondon-anthony]

my grandfather never had a license. drove an old oliver as a car all over the back roads of nova scotia. usually drunk back in the day apparently.

[swunt]

To be honest, the old farm stuff is why I subscribed. I just love it for some reason. Everything about it. The machinery, the jokes, how simple it is, learning a bit about fixing stuff. Everything.

[MakeAmericaGreatAgain-sd]

YES THE FARMING SERIES IS BACK, the rains a comin’ and we gotta get the corn in

[goosecreeknative]

You guys are awesome, keep up the good work. Side note, if you haven’t crank started a tractor before, NEVER NEVER NEVER HOLD ON TO THE CRANK, flat palms with thumb on top and push the crank down. If the spring doesn’t kick the crank out when the tractor fires it will break your arms or pull you into the crank.

[wumfflesnuff]

never clicked a video faster, my grandpa was an old farmer and loved his old john deeres, its nice to think of those memories again in the shop with him

[berniemarkley]

Having had to change planter plates when I was a kid, the invention of the JD Plateless Planter in 1966 was revolutionary. It saved soooo much time, especially when time was of the essence in the spring. Take care of that old "jewel" of a planter!

[robertheinkel]

I grew up on a 66 and 77 Oliver tractor. The 77 was a diesel and was my favorite. When dad quit farming, the 77 went to a collector, while the 66 went to my brothers, and is still used today.
Those side skirts over the engine were frequently removed and lost. Trying to find replacement ones are a big challenge

[brandonzilka]

I operated a 1978 Ford 231 gasoline tractor for non-farming purposes back in 1996-1997. It always started easily, ran smooth, and pulled strong. It was well maintained. The starter went bad on it, so I removed it and had it rebuilt in a few days at a local shop for a ridiculously low cost at the time, and reinstalled it with no issues except that the one starter bolt was a bear to reach. It ran very well year round here in western PA and I've often wondered what ever happened to it for many years. I hope she's still running and pulling strong somewhere.

[yknott]

Two items -
1) Oliver - the OTHER green tractor!
2) Y'all really need to learn how to use a crank. If that engine had backfired while the crank was turning downwards, it would spin the crank backwards REAL fast - and break whatever part of your body was pushing down on it at the moment. An apocryphal story (meaning, I heard it but can't find it in print) suggested that John Mack (of "Mack Trucks" fame) was killed by a crank; the engine backfired, the crank broke his arm and threw him on the ground under the crank, which then completed a second rotation and pegged him in the back of the head. Traditionally you only pull the crank upward, so if it backfires it yanks the crank out of your hand - and you cup your hand around it rather than putting your thumb around it, as then a backfiring crank will throw itself out of your hand instead of catching your thumb and mangling it. Sorta' like driving big old trucks across fields, you wrap your hands around the outside of the steering wheel and don't put your thumbs inside the spokes, as if you hit a rock the tire will wow to the side, the steering box will instantly spin the steering wheel at 45, 000 rpm and the spokes will ruin whatever of your body parts they hit.
3) LOVE your stuff - MORE JUNKYARD MOOK!

[Northernstar]

Yes, please clean out and oil up that planter! Old equipment doesn't stand up to abuse too well. Love the farming series guys, keep it up!

[leedsinshetland]

50:03 Mook Spottage
Good luck on the cornage, guys.

[billking]

I spent many hours raking hay every summer with a Oliver Super 77 when I was a kid. Love to hear the whine of an old Ollie, it brings back those memories!

[christopherweise]

I love that you make this so much harder on yourselves than it needs to be just for our entertainment.

I appreciate that.

[vhfgamer]

"They no longer make zinc in oil."

Yes they do. Shell Rotella. It's got all the vitamins and dinosaurs that a growing flat tappet cam needs. I use 15w40 in all my stuff. If I lived somewhere cold, I'd use their 10w30.

[gavinbarnes]

Hey JYD witching your first farming venture made me want to do farming ive just been made medically Discharged from the British army and im now a farmer and its the best decision ive ever made so thank you to everyone over at junk yard digs for helping me make the best move of my life love you all

[mikenelainetrimpey]

A planting project well done!
We in SoCal. don’t get to see much of the details about discing fields, cultivating & planting. Thank you for sharing the process. A huge thanks to all farmers that do this type of work every season!

[jvin]

Hey, you guys need to understand not to fiddle with that crank-start like it's a wind up toy! Those cranks stick, especially rusty sitting tractors, and you're in the hospital with broken arms, jaws, ribs, or dead as the handle knocks around at engine rpm like a plane propeller. Proper cranking technique involves lifting while keeping all of your body out of the way. Charles Kettering invented the electric starter because of all the death and mayhem he saw from improper hand cranking.

[lstone.]

My grandparents farmed with 2 old Oliver tractors. The shocking part was they did upgrade to a John Deer combine a couple yrs before they retired from farming full time. Grandpa still played with the old equipment in a smaller field for several yrs after retiring, it kept him outta trouble.

Awesome video guys. 🚜🚜🚜

[tds-dq]

Kevin, check at 20:33, your hydraulic hose is blowing fluid at the tractor connection.