I love Tyler's relaxed demeanor, everything is so chill at the ranch. It was interesting to see a miniature cement mixer (street legal) on a trailer, never seen one before.

Baby #17 is looking so much stronger. I look forward to your updates on him everyday. His mom is a good cow mama. Very protective. Thank you for taking special care with these two.❤

You will be so happy that you took the time and effort to pour this concrete slab for the chute. This was a project that you did want to “over-engineer”. Glad Dad was able to lend a hand.

We all need a little farmer T vibes in our lives. No bulls**t just chores.

Continue to cherish your Dad all the days of his life. ❤

Thanks Dad. Give your dad a hug of thanks. He'll probably appreciate it. You are his little boy after all.

Glad your Dad was available to help pour the concrete. Good job guys! Yes the new chute was a major undertaking but what an exponential improvement in quality and safety! All your efforts will pay you back ten fold! Good update FTR!

The little guy looks so much better, but you are right, he isn't getting enough from that front quarter. You are doing a great job with him. It was really nice seeing your dad helping you with the cement job. Can't wait to see the finished product.

Watching you work with your Dad brought back memories of working with my dad on the farm. We had a dairy farm when I was growing up and I enjoyed being along side my dad- even though I'm a girl. My dad passed away at 62, I am now 61 and I'm forever grateful for the memories of working with him. Thanks for sharing your dad today. The concrete looks great!

Thanks dad! I liked working with my dad anytime I had the chance. God job FTR. The Arrowquip will be worth it.

I can knlyvreiterate my previous advice frkm a life long dairy farmer experience and that is to teach the calfcto dropbto its knees to feed off those low hanging back teats. At its height he won't feed off those teats standing up as the angle required will cut offcthe milk supply. He needs to be lower to draw the milk down. This was taughtgto me by my Dad who dairy farmed as a Town Milk Supplier till he was 80 !!! Sure hope you read this and it helps. 🇦🇺🤗💞🙏👌👍✌️👏🇺🇸

Here's a quick lesson in concrete curing info. I am a retired as a civil engineer with a specialty in concrete High rise construction. The concrete you poured most likely had a design compressive strength about 3000 psi. Unless you ordered something stronger. The design compressive strength is given as concrete poured and cured for 28 days. Industry standards will allow for 75% of that at 7 days. During the curing process the concrete should be kept wet. Your plastic covering helps by preventing water from evaporating. I would suggest at least 7 days of curing before you start using it or expecting drilled in anchors to hold tight. If you put in load cells or set the chute you can still keep it wet for the full 28 days. Hope that helps. I love your videos keep them coming.

Father / Son videos are the best, cherish those time with your Dad, I dearly miss my Father and wish I had spent more time with him in my adult years......

I love it when people still work with their parents! So perfect and sweet!

I am pleased about a new video of yours. Thank you again, I enjoy! So happy the calf is not blind as I thought!!

I've been looking forward to this one. FTR never disappoints. Love your delivery, filming and editing.

Always good to have dad for help

It's a special time in life when your children are young and your parents are still alive.

It all comes a little at a time. Calf is looking stronger. Slab looks good, glad to meet Dad. Good on ya FTR

Nice watching u out and your Dad working together.

Glad to see your Dad in the video.

Tyler , you n dad work well together. You make everything you do look so easy. I just want to clone you. Lol cherish these times working with dad. Love seeing all the babies especially the bottle calves.

Thanks for the help Dad! The slab looks great. Hopefully the calf does better. I'm rooting for him. 💯❤️

Cool to see your dad! It’s always nice having family or friends willing to help with those bigger projects.

I always look forward to your videos. Can't get enough of them 😊

Yeah it's so cool to see you and your dad working together I missed those days thank you for the video

Brings back memories this girl helped her dad pour concrete. He added on to the driveway to park his truck.

The calf probably wouldn’t do it, but it would help him if he’d get down on his knees, (like baby goats often do) to nurse. Glad there’s progress at least!👏👍

Those were some of my most favorite times doing farm work with my dad. I miss them. Good to see y’all working together

Looks like Dad must be camera shy!!

I've never seen a towable concrete mixer like that. That's pretty cool.

Always look forward to seeing your videos

That cement job looks like professionals did it. Great job Tyler and your dad.

Nico Tumelo Rampedi from South Africa. Never in my whole life have I met anyone doing farming alone. Keep up the good work Tyler 🤝

Any improvement on the Farm, always is an improvement for the future, whatever that holds. Great work mate!

GREAT JOB TYLER DAD

I have to giggle because as that cement was being put into your site for it, it sounded like a cow pooping on the feeding floor. Yes, I grew up on a farm.

Glad you and your dad were able to get the concrete poured! Thanks to your dad for helping out!👍 The calf in the bull pen is definitely a pretty color. Rivet makes pretty babies! I do hope the little feller starts eating more groceries to help him grow and fill out. It's certainly not from a lack of milk from mom cause she is loaded in groceries!!! Bellie sure does mind good. They both stayed in the truck bed right where you told them to stay! You're an excellent dog trainer.👍

Concrete cures to 70% of it's strength in 7 days, and to approximately 100% of it's strength in 28 days. The longer you can keep it wet and covered, the better off it will be for it's strength. Concrete strength is greatest in compression, so you could place your chute on it after a few days, but I wouldn't go drilling any anchors into it until at least the 5-7 day mark, and its possible that even after 7 days, running cattle through the chute after 7 days would probably put too much stress on the anchors if the cattle were to crunch the side of the chute with any kind of force. If it was me I would wait until the 25-28 day mark to install anchors and you don't want to do that, so your only other option is to use the old chute until you get the cattle moved, and use the new chute down the road some time !! Just the opinion of a former construction inspector.

Neat little set up with the concrete mixer! Never seen one of that size here in Kentucky. Very handy not having to get the big mixer truck involved. Nice job guys! Thanks for sharing! Stay safe!🙏❤

Whoever come up with that concrete buggy is a genius used to pour a lot of concrete in Cincinnati Ohio farmer Tyler Ranch you need to get rid of that steel trowel in by IU a magnesium aluminum float for finishing your concrete you will get a much better looking slab when you cover a slab burlap works the best

Thx for sharing the pheasant as well

Mama with a very subtle, “get back”

NICE JOB ON THE CONCRETE 👍

Good job on the slab always good to have your dad with you to give u a hand it will be well worth the extra effort to get everything right have a great day .

Wow! What a great job! This shoot will be such a blessing when its all finished. It absolutely will be worth the effort. I love the effort you put into your animals. I wish everyone would take as much care as you and Pete from Just a few acres took. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for the video Tyler...

Good job Dad.

Nice! Beware, your skin will peel off and takes months to get out of the effect of contact with cement...... my feet skin took more then 6-months to become normal...... constant peeling and dryness. Good to watch your enterprising episodes managing your cattle.

Yep Ornery Mom ❤❤😂😊

It's definitely worth the investment. Especially going forward, being that you're a one man operation! You're not getting younger. You make it all seem so easy! Patience pays off. Your concerns for your animals in the process of your thinking are priceless! You have a 6th sense & that's a blessing. It also will be easier for your family to be able to get involved as they get older and more comfortable with your new set up.Good job❤

FTR Dad, yeah!! Helping his boy.....

Good job jobbed….lovely to meet your dad 🥰

Great to see FTR senior.

The cows look so cute

I’ve never seen one of those concrete buggies before. That’s a heck of an idea for small pours. Just a tip, get a magnesium hand float. After you screed the concrete, use the float to help bring the cream to the top. When it starts to set then use the trowel to finish it. You can make it slick as glass if you want.

A magnesium float works better to start with, then use a steel trowel to finish the concrete slab. Wait at least a week before you set your shoot on the slab. It takes 30 days to get the designed strength. Concrete continues to cure for years !

Looks like a very productive few days on the ranch. That new squeeze chute is going to be so NICE! Worth all the work it has taken to swap the old with the new.

Had never seen a cement mixer like that before. Pretty handy. There is no doubt in my mind that the new chute is gonna be so much better and make your job much easier. Thanks for the update on 2617s eye so curious about that.

First time I have seen a portable mixer that big.

That slab looks great. It's nice that your father liiives so close and is fit enough to do the hard stuff. If the calf sees anything out of that eye, it's probably just light and maybe different colors.

Concedering the thiknes of the concrete and that is not blanket in the “air” but at ground the lower layers will cure much slower,for working on it is fine fiew days,for drilling or any force puting on concrete which is having soft ground under you need at least 2 days per inch,and I’m serious about that.

We got a rare glimpse of your dad and now my kids are convinced your dad is Pete from just a few acres farm. 😂

Nice pheasant ! Every Thanksgiving went pheasant hunting in Turlock at our friends dairy in the 80s. Good memories!

I ENJOYED WATCHING THE VIDEO TYLER 😊

Could definitely hear the bubbles in the bottle today!

The slab looks great. I’m no expert by any means but I thought you should wait a week at least before working on the slab. But I don’t really know for sure. They would know where you bought your concert and mixer. Lol, had to laugh when you were talking about if it’s worth switching out the chute, and you said, “I wouldn’t be doing it if I didn’t think it was”. EXACTLY! Lol. Thanks for including the calf and whether he’s got a problem with his eyesight, I was wondering and hoping you would say something. We could see that he can see you at least with one eye because he did walk up to you when you were there with the bottle. I hope he learns to nurse from the other rear quarters. Thanks for sharing! Always good to see that you’re still growing in viewers up to 123K. Very nice! And I’m glad this was just a regular video. Thanks!

Going by YT farmers that have invested in an Arrowquip chute: they think they're the best thing since sliced bread.

Nice to meet your dad.

Hi FTR if you produced a video everyday which I know that’s not possible I enjoy you videos so much I stop what I’m doing to see what is happening on the farm I don’t ever think that beef farming on small farms would ever stop anymore than it would ever stop in Canada people love to always think the worst! Keep up the great farming as always look forward to next video!

Love the videos Tyler. Agree with other comments about the calf needing to get on its knees. Hard to teach but makes the angle of attack better. Also no bottle babies update? Hope you catch that slippery bugger out in the pasture!

It was so smart to setup the old chute in a temporary configuration- well worth the time it took to do The new chute is going to be so great FTR will wonder how he ever got by with out it !

Thank you Dad. I think the updates on your area for the Eroquip is what you want so do what you need. Glad calves doing good. Enjoyed.

The little bull calf's eye are so cute

I believe the horizontal lines in your shoot exit ramp appear to be a cattle guard to your cows. I've wanted to mention this since I first saw them jumping over it. True story, bra. Maybe fill in the lines with something non-skid and paint the entire exit ramp green? Good luck.

It is si true that everyone learns something new daily. I never knew you can rent just pull mixer!!!!!

I enjoy learning about raising cattle. Wish I could work on a ranch part time, just to help and learn. spent my career in an office for the Space Force.

Mama cow at the start of video was like F around and find out

Looks great Farmer Tyler &Dad 😂🎉🎉🎉❤❤

The slab looks great and it was a real treat to get to see your Dad. Glad that he could help you.

For some reason I’ve been thinking about you pouring that slab since you first started that project..!!! Sittin in traffic in Dallas.. “wonder if he’s poured that slab yet?!”” Thinks for sharing your amazing journey with us!! Amazing channel!

I worked for a concrete farm products company in my past - cattleguards, freeze-proof waterers, and bunk feeders. We used a 3000 psi concrete mix and allowed that to cure for 30 days for the cattleguard and 15 days for the waterer and feeder. Not sure the weight of the new chute so I would lean toward a longer cure before putting that weight and then the combined weight of the cattle. FTR all the way.

Rule of thumb is concreat reaches its full strength at 21 days unless you add "early high strength "chemical. . First time i had seen a "Rental cement mixer". Neat idea.

Great job on the concrete!

You've mentioned being in the market for a Dairy Cow. Would a portable milking rig be a decent investment for cases like this? I've seen them on Amazon for $150ish. Seems like that would relieve that cow faster and produce a bigger surplus you could use for the bottle calves -- as well as being a resource if you get a real milker.

I like red head anchors too. Use to use them all the time

I didn't know that they made a small portable cement mixers. Nice cement slab, good job.

Good idea helps the concrete cure covered !!

Cute 5 days be safe

Tyler, that Ready Mix sure beats sack mix, doesn't it? I would recommend a seven day cure on the concrete. That would probably limit the amount of potential cracking. You did a great job on the foundation.

That was fun watching the cement pour etc. Practical improvement for sure. Glad the little red is improving . Hes got so many choices at the milk bar but he'll get it after awhile, with your input. Hes a character 💛🐂

Thanks for the Pheasant, nice job on pad , nobody understands thats the Cadillac of chutes, let it cure

It’s possible your calf has new Forrest disease, treatable with cream from a tube . Can’t remember if it can be passed on to others

That concrete mixer is a great idea for a job like yours. Otherwise you would be spending days using a small mixer. Someone had a brilliant idea here! I would have been inclined to leave those ridges to give a better grip for the cattle, but I assume you know better than me.

That is a nice little rig

I just love your videos ! We've been watching for years. Reminds me as a kid having calves, bulls and cows...Glad to have seen your dad in your video.

Very Good Audio (trowel) on the concrete.

I live in Tulare county ,a few hours from where you live and I see pheasants pretty often. They get released for hunting and the ones that manage to get away end up breeding and sometimes we see hens with the chicks

It will be Well worth it !! ❤😊 silly spectator 😂😂

What a great Dad! Charish him.