A cracked tractor shaft earns mantelpiece status on IFarm WeFarm
Adrian's only new upload pairs Massey Ferguson repairs with growing heifers that need their monitoring collars loosened.
Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.
First Time I've EVER Seen Anything Like this Happen
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Video summary
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- 0:54Adrian replaces a corroded front light housing while investigating a fuse that keeps blowing.
- 3:22A direct chassis earth resolves the replacement indicator's fast flashing.
- 7:03He reveals the twisted, cracked PTO stub damaged while running a heavy log processor.
- 9:54Heat softens threadlocker before an impact wrench removes the stubborn mounting bolts.
- 14:05A replacement PTO stub goes in with new studs and the protective bracket.
- 16:25Young heifers pass through the handling crush so their monitoring collars can be loosened.
The broken part isn't going straight into the scrap pile. Adrian has another destination in mind for the twisted, cracked PTO stub from his Massey Ferguson: the mantelpiece, as a reminder to future generations of what he calls his own "brute ignorance".
"First Time I've EVER Seen Anything Like this Happen" is IFarm WeFarm's sole new upload, drawing about 89,000 views. The title's surprise is a shaft damaged while powering a heavy log processor, something Adrian says he had never imagined could break that way. He examines the processor's slip clutch to work out why it failed to slip, then uses heat and an impact wrench to free the stubborn mounting bolts.
That substantial repair starts with a smaller electrical nuisance: a fuse keeps blowing and taking the tractor's side lights with it. A replacement light housing and a direct chassis earth sort out the fault and a fast-flashing indicator. By the end, workshop work has given way to livestock care, with young heifers coming through the crush for collar adjustments as they grow.
The new vlog is comfortably the busiest of the channel's highlighted uploads right now. Behind it, "And Just Like That ''IT HAPPENED''" continues drawing viewers to shed-door repairs and cows coming indoors for winter.
Subscribers held steady, while the current daily viewing pace is below Adrian's usual level. Among similarly sized outdoors channels, Brute Mode Collective had a particularly busy week; IFarm WeFarm's weekly views sat closer to Ollie Craig - Primal Pursuit. Here, the week's most memorable souvenir is a piece of damaged tractor metal with a place reserved indoors.
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The videos drawing views on IFarm WeFarm right now
- Channel
- IFarm WeFarm
- Subscribers
- 119,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 154,917
- Videos published this week
- 1
- Video published
- November 8, 2026
- Video views so far
- 89,063
- Views on its first day
- 67,362
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Which tractor make does Adrian repair in this week's vlog?
Adrian repairs the lighting and replaces the PTO stub on his Massey Ferguson 5460.


