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Iowa Flying Farmer
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Добавлен 6 июн 2009
Just an Iowa farm boy who owns and operates an aerial application (cropdusting) company. Farming for my sister in law's family and flying for my wife and I. Thanks for stopping by! Please subscribe if you like what you see.
Come and Ride ALONG with a Cropduster. Aerial Applicator.
Come along on this video as we go and spray fungicide on a field to help prevent the diseases from damaging the crop. Diseases like Northern Corn Leaf Blight and Tar Spot can have a negative impact on yields if they are left untreated.
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Iowa Flying Farmer
PO Box 148
Vinton, Iowa 52349
Intro Music: DriftMaster by Shane Ivers - www.silvermansound.com
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John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believes in him shall not perish but have everlasting life!
Support this channel on Patreon.
www.patreon.com/iowaflyingfarmer
Iowa Flying Farmer
PO Box 148
Vinton, Iowa 52349
Intro Music: DriftMaster by Shane Ivers - www.silvermansound.com
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Working on the Pawnee. Will we get it ready in time?
Просмотров 41616 часов назад
Trying to get the Pawnee spray plane ready for the season. A few delays which could have been prevented make us run right up to the start of spray season before we get this thing ready to go. As always, we truly appreciate your subscriptions, views, likes and comments. Thanks for watching! John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believes in him s...
Doing this STINKY job over AGAIN!
Просмотров 296День назад
In this video, we attempt to reseal the hopper on our Thrush aircraft AGAIN. The last attempt did not hard set so the cover crop seed stuck to it last fall. Now we get to scrape it all out and start over. At one point, Kimberly and I were both in the hopper st the same time. As always, we truly appreciate your subscriptions, views, likes and comments. Thanks for watching! John 3:16 For God so l...
Working on the AIRPLANE. Getting ready for Fungicide season.
Просмотров 313Месяц назад
In this video, we remove the spreader and start installing the new spray booms. As always, we truly appreciate your subscriptions, views, likes and comments. Thanks for watching! John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believes in him shall not perish but have everlasting life! Support this channel on Patreon. www.patreon.com/iowaflyingfarmer Iow...
Steering BROKE again! Wait until the end!
Просмотров 114Месяц назад
In this video, we finish hauling some grain to the local elevator and then we need to take the trailer over to the other farm and recover the 1066 since the steering broke again! It was pretty sketchy getting the tractor on and then back off of the trailer. As always, we truly appreciate your subscriptions, views, likes and comments. Thanks for watching! John 3:16 For God so loved the world, th...
I BROKE the SEMI.
Просмотров 87Месяц назад
In this video, we go back a couple of months to use up some older footage of us hauling some grain and then fixing a fender bracket on the Peterbilt. We start our cropdusting season tomorrow so we will see just how often we can get videos out during this chaotic time! As always, we truly appreciate your subscriptions, views, likes and comments. Thanks for watching! John 3:16 For God so loved th...
I'm NEVER showering again! Also, heavy rains.
Просмотров 1092 месяца назад
In this video, we begin to clean the JD planter to get it ready for storage. Heavy rains arrive so an inside job is much appreciated. As always, we truly appreciate your subscriptions, views, likes and comments. Thanks for watching! John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believes in him shall not perish but have everlasting life! Support this ch...
Camping Getaway and Diamond Back Truck bed Cover
Просмотров 1372 месяца назад
Camping Getaway and Diamond Back Truck bed Cover
Rained out again | Will we ever get DONE!
Просмотров 802 месяца назад
Rained out again | Will we ever get DONE!
Finish Planting CORN on Mothers Day | FLAT tire
Просмотров 692 месяца назад
Finish Planting CORN on Mothers Day | FLAT tire
It's time to get some FIELD work done. PLUS aerial drone footage.
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It's time to get some FIELD work done. PLUS aerial drone footage.
Changing out the CONVEYOR belt in the seed tender by myself.
Просмотров 1283 месяца назад
Changing out the CONVEYOR belt in the seed tender by myself.
Sunday Bonanza Flight | Will Kimberly THROW up from the turbulence?
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Sunday Bonanza Flight | Will Kimberly THROW up from the turbulence?
Working on the AIRPLANE. Wrong parts were ordered.
Просмотров 1,5 тыс.3 месяца назад
Working on the AIRPLANE. Wrong parts were ordered.
Will we get the KINZE planter ready in TIME?
Просмотров 1593 месяца назад
Will we get the KINZE planter ready in TIME?
Using the Set N Seed to get PRECISE planting depth.
Просмотров 2474 месяца назад
Using the Set N Seed to get PRECISE planting depth.
John Deere versus Case IH. Who will WIN?
Просмотров 2214 месяца назад
John Deere versus Case IH. Who will WIN?
Steering cylinder FAILED on 1066 | Then the chain broke trying to get it in the shop.
Просмотров 744 месяца назад
Steering cylinder FAILED on 1066 | Then the chain broke trying to get it in the shop.
Driving the POWERHOUSE V-A-C tractor.
Просмотров 854 месяца назад
Driving the POWERHOUSE V-A-C tractor.
Fire at the AIRPORT after a long day at the FARM.
Просмотров 1264 месяца назад
Fire at the AIRPORT after a long day at the FARM.
Flat TIRE on the SEMI | Cheetah EXPLODES
Просмотров 845 месяцев назад
Flat TIRE on the SEMI | Cheetah EXPLODES
Fixing the COAX CABLE in the Volvo SEMI
Просмотров 2955 месяцев назад
Fixing the COAX CABLE in the Volvo SEMI
Unseen HARVEST Footage | Nighttime Drone Footage
Просмотров 8565 месяцев назад
Unseen HARVEST Footage | Nighttime Drone Footage
Date with my GRANDDAUGHTER & planter generator install
Просмотров 2925 месяцев назад
Date with my GRANDDAUGHTER & planter generator install
Airplane GPS install with bonus Sourdough homemade crackers
Просмотров 2115 месяцев назад
Airplane GPS install with bonus Sourdough homemade crackers
I appreciate the ride along. Nice video. I also appreciate your waiting until you were comfortable enough to do it. There’s already a lot happening in the cockpit without talking to us. Stay safe.
It's been a while since I did those cowling mods, but is that a Record scoop?
@@michaelsamson3276 It is a Cascade conversion. That’s all I know. 😁
It's good to see you enjoying the new Thrush Mark. It looks good and would be quite handy with the 140 and the right boom shutoff. I remember that rain event. We got going at around the same time that day. I'm back home in Australia again but I really enjoy heading back to Iowa for the Corn/bean season each year. I'm enjoying your videos and I'm glad you're doing them. Say hi to everyone for me. Rohan.
@@Lucerne12 hey Rohan. It’s good to hear from you! Glad you made it home safe and I hope that you had a good season as well!
My "IFs" for this video: 1. IF I was there and 2. IF your Thrush was a dual cockpit and 3. IF you were willing and didn't mind slightly bending an F.A.R. (I wouldn't ask you to break a rule; just fracture it the tiniest bit 🙂) I would beg to literally go on a ride-along. That's been on my bucket list since I was 5 years old and saw my very first ag plane (old 450 Ag-Cat). Yeah, I know part 137 says "pilot only". Dang laws that protect me from myself. I would make sure to sign a hold harmless so there's no liability to you or the company. If all those ifs fell into place, I would absolutely want you and your company to be free from any liability because deciding to take the risk would be my informed, free-will choice. I just cannot be convinced that even though there are some inherent dangers in the profession that doing liquid work, flying low altitude, climbing over irrigation rigs and pulling up just in time to clear a tree line all have to combine to make one heck of a fun ride. I would hope your model has A/C so you can keep cool on these miserably hot, scorching days. Well, If I was there since you fly a single-seat, I'd be the one on the ground at field's edge watching from first swath until you're out of sight ferrying back to home base. After hearing you asking people not to get too close, I might have to back off a bit, but I would be on foot and not in any vehicle that would present a hazard to you. I have too much respect to ever be a pest. I gotta rib ya just a teeny bit here...ol' feller forgot to turn the booms on. I guess it happens at that age.... J/K. This is really a job where you don't need ANY DiSTRACTIONS. This is a mentally intensive job. You're flying fast which means crap happens much, much more quickly. You have to be 2 or 3 swaths ahead of the plane. THAT BABY GIRL MUST BE A GRAND BABY. PAW-PAW HAS TO SMOKE AND SAY HELLO TO THE FAMILY. AWESOME YOU DO THAT FOR THEM!! I can't believe someone said, "All you do is sit on your rear all day." At 155+ MPH your mental facilities are all taxed. You're keeping up with several things at once, not the least of which is trying your best to avoid everything that can bring you out of the air and end your career, if not your very life. Doing that ALL DAY LONG DAY IN AND DAY OUT SEVEN DAYS PER WEEK DURING PEAK SEASON will wear the best man down.
We had an A model agcat for a while to try out and one day my older brother and dad were in the office and my brother noticed the Grumman symbol from the rudder pedal melted into the bottom of Dad's right shoe. He asked dad if it got hot in the plane and dad said, it gets a bit warm...... The exhaust went down the right side on the 1340 so only his right shoe had that emblem melted in it. I remember that plane as I was just old enough to play in it!!!!!!!
@@ces188charles6 those were the good old days right? 🤣. I think I spent 6 seasons without A/C and hope to never go back! The seasons behind a 1340 with no A/C! 🥵🔥🔥
I have always hated it when people call ag pilots "crazy". They are the farthest thing from that. And to think my dad flew in south Texas during the summer with no AC in his plane... That ole man was tough..... I sure miss him.....
@@ces188charles6 I agree. Those veteran ag pilots were sure a tough bunch!
Back in the day when I was farming rice and soybeans we had flaggers instead of gps
Oddly enough, when I worked for a retailer back in the day out of high school, I was one of those flaggers for an aerial applicator. 😉
Nice looking Pawnee, is it a D model?
It is a C model actually.
I loved seeing that old Pawnee. She's a nice-lookin' little bird. When you live out in the country and you hear an unusually loud airplane, you just know it's a crop duster. At 55, I still have to drop whatever I'm doing and go to the field's edge and watch. Drift? Not worried. Sadly, all the ag aviation action I get anymore is at the end of the season when an 802 comes to town to seed cover crops. Problem with a turbine is that by the time you hear it and get outside, he's almost gone already. That old recip engine in a Pawnee, an Ag-Wagon or the round engine in an old Cat, Air Tractor, Thrush, or Weatherly is heard a good several seconds before it breaks the horizon, so you have plenty of time to get outside. The Pawnee is the plane many an ag-pilot cut their teeth on over the decades. I wish I lived up there close to your strip. I'd be out there every chance I had VOLUNTEERING to help out any way I could. I love working ground crew and being a part of the team that keeps everything working. I like being right there with the plane and being a friend to the pilot. I never feel like I'm working when it comes to ag planes. AS A CHRISTIAN, I GIVE YOU MAXIMUM RESPECT FOR POSTING VERSES OF SCRIPTURE IN YOUR VIDEO DESCRIPTION. WHAT GREATER TRUTH IS THERE THAN THE FACT GOD SENT THE BEST OF HEAVEN TO DIE ON THE CROSS FOR UNDESERVING SINNERS LIKE US?!?! I always thought it would be cool to fly an Ag-Cat, but after what I see in my flight sim (which I know pales in comparison to the real thing) I'd hate that plane because the wings get in the way of your view! Top wing can obscure wires. It's like either way you look-up or down-a wing is in the way of what you need to see. I don't see how pilots deal with that and overcome it. That round engine is like a lead weight on the front. No matter how I turn that thing I always end up dangerously low (too low) coming around out of the turn. I guess that may be due to the fact I ain't a real pilot of any sort. PLEASE DON'T ASK HOW MANY TIMES I'VE WENT IN THE GROUND ON MY SIDE FROM FALLING OUT OF A TURN....I TAKE THE 5th ON THAT.
@@user-gu4dh3du2x the old Pawnee still gets it done. There is definitely something special about the old reciprocating engines.
@@IowaFlyingFarmer Absolutely! Just because turbines dominate the market, that doesn't mean that there aren't still smaller fields that the old Pawnees, Ag-Wagons, Weatherlys, and 450 Ag-Cats are just the right size to efficiently handle with ease. I love the doppler effect of the engine that makes it sound like it's being given more power as it comes around out of a turn and then the sound of diving into the field for the next swath.
@@user-gu4dh3du2x As a Surveyor, great to see someone who knows what "Doppler Effect" means. Back in the day (1960's/70's) as a Land Surveyor ( Australia) we used The "Doppler Effect" system gaining access to the Orbiting Satellite constellation RA Svy to fix co-ordinate ground positions.) Later we used other constelations - NAVSAT, NAVSTAR & Glonas.
Would you also please consider posting one of your bigger spray jobs from the viewpoint of a ground observer? I love to watch you guys spray a field. It just never gets old! I love seeing the plane at spray altitude and the chem trails stretching out from the nozzles.
Sewerish is polite for "this smells like the brown stuff you don't want to step in out in the cow pasture."
I hate that you had this happen. That has to be a total gripe to get that big auger out of the hopper. It doesn't look light and when you're middle-aged and above, it ain't easy. Neither is having to climb over into the hopper, stay in a cramped position, and then have to climb back out again. As a 55-year-old man, I can tell this job would tell on you quick.
I had a pilot to tell me that when flying an 802, it costs about 2 grand/flight hour plus the pilot's cut for that plane to turn a profit. What does it cost per hour to put that Thrush in the air and make a decent profit? What would it cost a farmer with say 300 acres of cotton that needs methyl parathion ULV (approx. a pint per acre)?
Epoxy reminded me of wet dog smell
@@leonardsnow8118 yes. Very nasty!
That does not look fun.
@@FailureatRetirement it definitely was not!!!
You showed real diligence in a tedious job. I’m glad our boys get to see your example! Oh and they laughed again at the rerun clip of you scaring Gracie😂
@@jennysmid8427 Thanks Jenny. I’m glad that you guys enjoyed it! You could definitely tell that I was dragging my feet and did not want to do it over again but it had to be done! Thanks for watching!
Thank you for sharing your faith. You are using the right instruction book for turning lemons into lemonade!
@@jameszehr4854 thank you. Our faith is very important to us and we are hoping that we are planting seeds through these videos!
There is always something......!
love the sound of that engine
@@theiowarailfan7077 me too.
So very sorry this happened to you. Mother Nature has awesome power. Things like this seem to happen at the worst possible times. Thank God the plane didn't get wrecked in flight. I'll bet Gracy thinks she's people. Cute doggie. What plane did you end up renting? Another Air Tractor, a Thrush??
@@user-gu4dh3du2x thank you for the kind words. We rented another radial engine Thrush which ended up being a lemon so we found a turbine Thrush and finished the season with that!
@@IowaFlyingFarmer Dang! Did the lessor know the plane had problems? That's horrible. You just DON'T rent out a plane with known issues.
@@user-gu4dh3du2x not sure! 🤔
This in CR? That the plant I work at currently
@@PookieBuilt yes it is.
What part of Iowa are you located? I’m in east central Iowa near Davenport
@@loganwarren1125 we are near Cedar Rapids.
Back when times were tough and had to run a round engine haha. Nice loading set up and efficient looking crew.
@@Rip301a yes. Glad I ran them but I am so glad that I sit behind a PT6 now.
Great video💯
@@kevinsimmons thank you!
The boys like your dollie carts Are you sure there is never a good time to buy a Ferrari 😅
@@jennysmid8427 lol. I knew that I had made that comment but couldn’t remember which video it was going to be in. It finally made the Final Cut!!! 😂
@@IowaFlyingFarmer 😆 🤣
Walked around a new 802 the other day and noticed it too had hose clamps holding the boom on. Kinda comical for a 2 million dollar airplane, but it’s probably what works best.
@@ryanhostetler9437 that’s for sure. You would think that they would put an actual boom clamp on them! 😀
We would switch multiple times in a day when really busy during rice season. And yes, we could swap over really fast!!!! Also we could swap booms (dad had a set of booms for each application rate) from 1,3 or 10 gallons within a few minutes. Our dad had a neat hookup that Cessna adopted.
@@ces188charles6 I’m very glad that I don’t have to switch out every day! 😀
That's service 👍💪🇺🇸
@@user-HILINAH for sure!
not bad for 50 years old
Nice 👍🏼
26:35.... that looked a little "sketchy!", but you got away with it!
Where in iowa are you at? I'm in grinnell and interested in a career change and becoming a pilot is sounding reslly interesting to me.
@@jakebarney7766 we operate out of the Vinton airport. I’m pretty sure that there is an operator running out of the Grinell airport as well.
Pretty good helper. How is she on beverages? 🤣😂
@@FailureatRetirement great! 🤣
I’m here because the billboard on 30
@@Michael-xd9sb thank you!
Nice I see some crop dusters here in central Iowa. I seen an AT502 i think. In June. Then my dad yesterday seen a crop duster helicopter. Glad the season is back
@@theiowarailfan7077 me too! 😁👍🏻
@@IowaFlyingFarmerbtw love the color of your thrush plane. Where I’m at I get White and red thrush planes and they fly out of Grinnell Iowa, idk if you know where that is. And the air tractors are all yellow and blue. We got on bi plane right next to my town from Vintion according to the tail number
@@theiowarailfan7077 Thank you. We like the color too! I used to have a turbine AgCat before this one.
@@IowaFlyingFarmer yeah they are some awesome planes. Where did u usually fly out of with your agcat cuz I thought I seen one but idk
@@theiowarailfan7077 I fly out of the Vinton airport. There is a company that flies out of Amana that has several ag cats too.
Videos can wait!
Probably preaching to the choir, but………..make certain you get plenty and proper rest!!!!!
been years sinc ei have flown a duster, i miss it, i like it because it is real flying. get low and go ,i did a lot of flying in the central valley in calif.loved it.after the owner died i bought the company we used all ag cats back in the 80.s too old now but it is still fun.
@@pirateatfourty it is definitely a fun job. I can see why you miss it!!! Thanks for watching.
As much as I love the pt6, nothing sounds cooler than a radial!
@@jimtheedcguy4313 I agree!!!☝🏻
Y'all ready for harvest 2025
Definitely not! 😆
It's so good to have farmers working
Yes it is. Thanks for watching.
Dang
I love the John Deere 8370R
@@Mrmadness-lo4us us too.
Bro that was unlucky
I don’t think I’ve ever seen one of those before. We may not have them in this part of the world.
They don’t really cause any issues. I put it back outside but it seemed like his days were numbered.
Country music is da best
It does go well with farming videos!!!😃
Yes sir it does
Sounds like a 210
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Nice 210?
Yup
I heard it was wet back there. I hope everything turns out okay.
We are doing pretty good in East central Iowa. NW Iowa and SW Minnesota got hit hard.