Farming Youtubers

Found it interesting that he cut out the bit where the camera showed the forks going into the pallet, camera needs to be mounted three feet above the headstock to have a proper view. Would it be big job to mount one of those cameras onto the back of a slurry tank where it could be plugged out?

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

Maybe that’s what he wants you to think, building up the hype and then he might decide to keep it.

also put an extension on the house too.

only dairy man I’ve seen to spend all their money on machinery and none on improving animal facilities.

He's built a fine set up on the out farm. Home farm is all built. I have to laugh at all these guys wondering where does the money come from. My family and also myself worked hard and made plenty sacrifices. Every time we bought land, did building work or bought machinery you'd get all the comments. It was always presumed to be inheritance, wife's earnings, big borrowings, the list goes on. My advice is keep the head down, work hard and don't throw your money away on stupid sh1t.

Would you say depreciating machinery is a wise investment, I wouldn’t

his silage quality wouldn’t be fantastic either for the amount of time he has cows housed

My advice to IFarmWefarm, keep the head down, work hard and take a break every now and then. He remarked in a video there was no family holiday in 7 years.

We had little money growing up, but we had our few days away every year and I still remember them all

The land will be sold quick enough after this generation

Yep. Life is for living. Dairy farming borders on slavery. Wife kills me here every year trying to drag me away from the place. I dry off the cows for about 6 weeks during winter and get away as much as I can then.

To be fair to him , he has changed a lot in his videos. For some reason i started watching some of his 3 and 4 year old videos . Giddy is what i would have called those.

I find the new ones very good. Easy to watch in comparison .

I have an aweful lot of respect for himself and the father. Both great workers .

He is playing youtube to a tee between the money from you tube, the sponsored videos like cramp and the extras like having new case tractors on trial for nearly a year, there has to be discounts too like the malone mower and tedder, machale straw chopped, even with the boys putting up the shed.

A lot done in 4 or 5 years