Farming Youtubers

I like watching his videos but I’ve come to the conclusion he’s a Wally. Listens to his father far too much. Tom wanted to paddock the place, his dad won’t agree, Tom wanted to pick the silage up after the mowers, his father didn’t agree

You have to drive through the feed passage on the new shed to get to the yard, the meal lorry has to drive through a dirty yard to bring in the meal, pitted maize in the dung pit and lost a pile of it from spoilage after it got contaminated with the dung

He’s a nice guy but without YouTube he’d have nothing done on the yard. Which is mad considering they sell a lot if the milk direct at a premium and they have what looks like a very successful farm shop

I've watched a lot more of Tom P over the past year and have learned several things that have been reinforced for me:

Family Partnerships are Challenging

Tom has ideas that he struggles to implement because his father disagrees. Whether his father is right or wrong is beside the point; the key is to test, evaluate, and move forward. Otherwise, unresolved issues can linger and turn sour. It’s essential to remember that in a partnership, even with family, you must separate personal feelings from business decisions.

Dedication and Hard Work

A significant amount of work goes into Tom's videos. Between managing the farm, the shop, merchandise, and YouTube, they seem to be doing quite well. In a recent video, Tom mentioned getting up three hours before milking just to edit a video. This shows his tremendous work ethic, and credit must be given where it's due.

Negotiation Skills

Tom is not afraid to ask for big discounts or leverage his following to get the best prices on equipment. Companies recognize the value of his influence and are willing to supply and leave equipment with him. For instance, the Malone front mower costs over 17k plus VAT, and the Trimble guidance and auto-steer system is 10k plus VAT. If Tom buys that mower, he will likely pay much less than the retail price. I'm curious to see how long he keeps the Trimble or if he decides to buy it. Considering all the equipment he has, like the slurry separator, the DairyPower system, the Case tractor, the mini tractor for scraping, and the telehandler, it’s clear he’s adept at negotiating good deals.

Utilizing Buying Power

If I had that kind of buying power, I would use it too. I think most of us would take advantage of such opportunities if we had them.

he seems a thick man for some reason. I like her work ethic but he seems to speak to her terribly.

He comes across as a dog of a man..I get the impression he thinks he is funny too but I would not agree..he says some things to her that she tries to laugh off but you can nearly feel the tension off him at times

Lovely part of world that they live in.

The oul lad always struck me as a fella who'd hold up a bar alright. Grand to listen to but do you head in after a while. Not mad on T just too fash too fast. I like to see farmer phil and adrian do a bit of grind instead.

I skip him as soon he starts waffling

I am still trying to work out how he got out of the tractor with the PTO going, dont all the new tractors have the saftey feature in the seat where if your off the seat more than like 10 seconds it cuts outs, surely that's on the 8s. I know there is a button to override that, but why would you when getting out to do a job nearly there.

Once you get off the seat it flashes up on the dash asking if you want the pto left on or not. If you don’t press yes it turns off

If you turn the pto on from the mudguard outside the pto will come on with no one in the seat

I think it is crazy having that button on the outside of the tractor, I taught the whole H&S thing was to have the PTO stopped while you got out of the cab! - Yes understand you need it on for powerwasher or cement mixer, so an override must exist but putting it on the outside which will start up the min u press it seems to be going against the H&S rules i was taught as a young lad! - I view the PTO more dangerous than a bull, quad or slurry pit.

Agree to disagree but for the love of god be carefull please!!

Is why they put the sight Glasses in front of the Tank, so you hook up fill pipe, get back in seat, run PTO till full, stop PTO lower rev's, get out remove filling pipe, get back in, and go. While long winded this is the safest you can possible be loading a tank

Lads starting the tractor from a standing position outside the tractor, is a real bugbear of mine.

That sounds like something a person in an office with little knowledge of the reality would come up with alright.

jeez Tom prembeton is very dragging the arse out of that silage video. This must be the third week now and it’s still not shown the end result of the field. Just loads of stupid thump nails and social media hysteria

What are you on about. Who said anything about saving time and cutting corners.

You close the filling valve before you turn off the pump. That's what I meant. As the lads above said PTOs are very safe with chains and covers intact as are all of mine.

Nobody knows better than the man on the ground doing the job every day believe it or not.