Farming Youtubers

You are right on both counts. Dairy farmers are cleaning up and YouTube is a gold mine. Throw the children's allowance on top of that and you have a major accumulation issue...

Maybe it's the merch. I heard he has his children doing the embroidery like slaves....

Gerry 6420 will have a field day with that.

It has to be for you tube if he changes.

After all the work and money he put into that case. New tyres, loader, fixing electrics , clutch and whatever else he has done . If it was me id be thinking of something a little bigger, tgat could take 2 bales on the back and one on the front. As it stands, eithre of his 2 tractors will carry 2

I got the cheapest wired ones I could find and they have been great. Only the screen needs to be wired into power, the cameras came with pre-wired cables and provide power and video through 4 pin plugs. Can't remember how long cables are but long enough for an 18ft trailer with plenty to spare.

I avoided anything wireless as interference can be an issue especially with cheap stuff.

The only issues with mine are:

The built in IR is no use but could easily be solved with some reverse lights,

Reversing towards a low Autumn sun can make image unusable, wing mirrors can be pretty useless then too.

I’d say the majority of lorry men would have them fitted by now, especially walking floor or tipper trailers where you will nearly always have to reverse before unloading. A bit different with a curtain sider or flat bed trailer that would generally be unloaded from the side although you would see them with reverse lights fitted too.

It’s not really possible with jeep trailers as majority of jeep’s/cars/vans aren’t wired for reversing lights although this is changing now with the slow move to the 13 pin plug instead of the 7 pin. It is possible to have reverse lights with the 13 pin plug.

Something I have considered that might work, although I never got the time to try it out yet, is to fit an led spot light to the back of a jeep trailer and wire it to the blue wire for fog lights. When reversing turn on the fog lights on the jeep and the spot light should light up behind. I know with a cattle trailer you would have the glare of the fog lights on the jeep shining on the front of the trailer and maybe reflecting back in the mirror so I don’t know if it would block your vision or not but I must try it some day!

If you were doing any bucket work in a field you wouldn't be able to see if the edge was digging into the sod. He probably cut out showing the forks on the screen going into the pallet for a reason.

Makes no sense unless someone is making him a silly offer. The money gone in to it of late; New tyres/dash repair/loader/radiator(?)/exhaust etc.

I’d bet a small loader/telehander

Dairy farmers are minted lads, milk at 40c a litre - it's been years since prices were this good. They don't where to spend all the money and I'd say that Youtuber is no different.

I would reckon his better half has a decent job so there’s probably no requirement for money from the farm aswell as maybe low - no borrowings for land or facilities

but with his production model of calving cows in December and not out till late March and silage quality av enough I couldn’t see his figures being to stellar tbh

in a previous life my parents had 50 cows and my mother an off farm job and they had a very good standard of living

Keep the head down Phil and keep at it

yourself and Tom pemberton would be my 2 favourite youtubers

down to earth and hard working, it’s starting to pay off for Tom now

I’ll bet a mf 5455 with a modern loader - probably way off :D

In fairness he has a lovely set-up and shed built recently for his incalf/weanling heifers, you have to remember at his numbers he doesn't need big sheds/parlours/calf sheds etc, compared to expanding farms where existing facilities are always coming under pressure with extra numbers

Giddy is the right word! Could never put my finger on it. Find his editing poor, he keeps cutting sequences and find it hard to watch. I haven’t watched him in a while to be fair so mightn’t be as bad now. But also, he’s doing a lot right, just look at his followers and all the work he’s doing! Just not for me.

i like your style Phil, you seem more in common to me and farmers I’d know.

I really like ifarm too though. It’d be the dream to be in his situation, and there is a lot to take from him too

About 10 years they were nearly the price of 2 new 100HP tractors.

Ever try drive a telehandler on the road?

Some of it is necessary. Contractors are a bit of a pain at times. Tractors seem to be a better investment than money in the bank over the past 10 years. I don't really consider farming in general as a good investment. More of a drain than anything else.