17 Years Old and Bought a Welder: Fair Project Welding Day on the Ranch

Happy New Year and welcome to 2026, y’all. We skipped the Christmas video on purpose (family time stays family time), but we’re back with a real-life ranch day. Erika’s burning beef boxes and shop cleanup trash while the boys are in the shop deep in fair project mode, building a flatbed for the Can-Am. Clancy also bought his first welder at 17 (a Miller Bobcat 230) and gives y’all a quick tour of his welding setup. We wrap it up talking goals for 2026, finding contentment, and keeping our focus on what the Lord’s already blessed us with. Drop a comment: Do you set New Year goals or resolutions, or do you just roll into January and hope for the best? Thanks for watching and supporting Bar 7 Ranch. Keep wrenching, ranching, and praying. Chapters 0:00 Happy New Year 2026 (real life update) 0:45 Why we don’t film Christmas (family time) 2:32 Burning beef boxes + cleaning up shop trash 2:58 Fair project time in the shop (Can-Am flatbed build) 4:39 Clancy bought his first welder at 17 5:02 New Year’s recap: working on Danny in the shop 6:31 Kylie at TJ’s, Clancy at Doug’s, everybody doing New Year things 7:22 Back to burning boxes + shop “heating and beating” 9:03 Do you make New Year resolutions? (comment question) 9:41 Erika’s 2026 goal: more downtime and better workflow 10:47 What are you most thankful for in 2025? 13:00 Erika’s weekly organization plan (church day, business day, budgets) 14:07 Welder talk: Miller Bobcat 230 + welding rig plans 16:43 Flatbed progress update (what they built today) 18:00 Boots exchange + shop plans + car parts 19:06 The “black car” story: deer hit, gifting it, and the chaos 22:36 Cody’s goals: Sunday school prep + contentment 24:44 Keep wrenching, wrenching, and praying Subscribe to Bar 7 Ranch: https://bit.ly/3Xjjcv1 📩 Business Inquiries: [email protected] ✨ Watch Our Latest Videos Here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlQd6-LRXC0QiSJMboeixoD_YeQkn6R3U&playnext=1&index=2 🙏 Faith & Family Sermons & Devotionals: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJFxo_GG5mToxi1A6SBvbXw 🌾 Follow Bar 7 Ranch Daily Life: Facebook → https://facebook.com/bar7ranch Instagram → https://instagram.com/bar7ranch/ TikTok → https://tiktok.com/@bar7ranch X (Twitter) → https://twitter.com/bar7ranch Website → https://bar7ranch.com/ 🛒 Shop & Support the Ranch: 🔹 Amazon Favorites: https://www.amazon.com/shop/codyanderikaarchie 🔹 Official Bar 7 Ranch Merch: https://www.bar7ranch.com/category/all-products 🔹 Personalized Cameo Shoutouts: https://v.cameo.com/H6Ej9WIV5Ab 📺 Watch More Bar 7 Ranch: 🚜 Ranching & Farming: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlQd6-LRXC0RXocN3qCT99xUAli70mp0L 🔧 How-To & Fix-It Projects: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlQd6-LRXC0QTmJXfgFnKWuX3-p5Wexkw 📹 Family Vlogs & Adventures: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlQd6-LRXC0QJkKrP0Orm0kZeoPduNdFz 🔥 Most Popular Videos: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlQd6-LRXC0TjSjSjyBX5tjx4_18adL4y&playnext=1&index=2 🤠 About Bar 7 Ranch: Welcome to Bar 7 Ranch — where ranch life, family, and entrepreneurship collide. From cattle ranching, feedlots, and daily chores to fixing up classic trucks, land management, and family vlogs, we share the real, unfiltered life of a working ranch in Texas. Here you’ll find: 🌾 Ranching & Farming Tips 🚜 Heavy Equipment & Land Clearing 🐮 Cattle, Sheep, & Goat Herd Care 🔧 DIY Repairs, Truck Restorations, & How-To’s 🙏 Faith, Family, and Community Life At Bar 7, it’s about more than ranching — it’s about building community, preserving traditions, and inspiring the next generation of farmers, ranchers, and entrepreneurs. #ranchlife #texasranch #welding #canam #familyvlog