Not your Grandpa's Rock Picker!

You're right. Grand pa's rock picker was us grand kids.

My grandpa had a very good rock picker: me. And 30 other 11 year old kids. We would walk a line about 10 feet apart and start at one end. Each of us had a bucket that when full we dumped it into the front end loader tractor that followed behind. We each got $1.25/hour. May not seem like much, but when you're 11 in 1975, that was big money. My mom made me open a savings account and put half of it away. At the time it sucked, but now I am grateful my parents were sticklers on saving. I stress it to my boys all the time.

Walking behind a wagon all 4 of my brothers from 8 yrs old to 18 .oh what memories .

No telling how many sweet artifacts would be in there. Arrowheads would probably fall through but it would pick up some axe heads or stone tools.

Those mischievous calves are just wanting that one piece of handful of feed or grass, whatever it is on the other side. Looks like the rock picker does a real nice job! Nice job Cole, thanks for sharing, I hope everyone is having a great weekend.

MY father and Grandpa, invented a stonepicker in the late 40's. They sold them to farmers in the Thumb area of Michigan. During the 50's and 60's he did Custom Stone Picking for farmers thruout Michigan. In the 70's we traveled the East Coast and picked stones on Golf courses. One of his first machines in the 50's looked like this but the chain ran faster with a direct PTO. It led to a conveyor that directed the stones into a truck running next to the picker . Worked great! My dad's nickname was Stoney Bergman

The rock picker seems very functional. It certainly leaves the ground without ridges. Beats the heck out of picking by hand or fixing equipment. Blessings. Stay warm.

I do really enjoy these equipment demos - getting to see the why's and how's is just darn fascinating. Thanks for this one!

I like the way you talk to the cows like they understand what you say!

Can't tell you the amount of times we picked up rocks in the fields growing up, DANG this would've been nice back then. My Great Uncle would put the tractor in gear hauling a wood trailer behind and say just keep up!! Crack me up... they use to say, "If you don't pick them up this year they will be bigger next year"🤣🤣

When I first saw that thing I thought that looks like a peanut digger. Looks like it worked good. We run hay buster rock pickers. Love em. Rocks in a cotton stripper equals great balls of fire.

Just a suggestion ,Put your round hay bales around your pump house , it will keep the wind & cold from blasting it!!

Kinda reminds me of my grandfather's potato harvester, lol. Back in the day, WE were the rock pickers. Lots of bending over, tossing (or lugging big rocks) into back of pickup. Every spring we had a new crop of rocks! This machine sure makes the job easier! Good video. Thanks for posting

I asked my father what crops Grandpa grew. His answer, “Rocks.”

Poor Cole has to drive to work now. Good to see some moisture this fall winter. Hope that load of claves are doing well.

My dad's rock pickers were us 12 kids!

Ellie is such a little sweetheart! I’m sure she is confused about your not being at your parents house now. I wouldn’t be surprised if she popped up on your and Tiff’s porch one day. I know your Mom and Dad love and spoil her too. I saw her in dated pictures on one of the sites all the time and I didn’t realize she is older than I thought. How old is she by the way? Here in Texas we have finally started into winter. In West Texas we have summer, summer, summer and then WINTER !! We completely skip fall. We have light jackets but no real winter gear. It’s weird for newcomers!!

Dump the heater and get heat tape for those pipes along with a 75 watt incandescent bulb.

Haha works just like a older model potatoe digger 👍

Gents, that GFI outlet in the pump house is just a fire looking for a time to start. Don’t insert or removed the plug with the heater switched ON. The plug and outlet will get the arc then.