GRIT magazine and Tractor Supply present the only television show in which two rural neighbors compete for honors and prizes using their country skills. Hosted by GRIT Managing Editor Caleb Regan and Topeka Civic Theatre Artistic Director Shannon Reilly, with appearances by GRIT Editor in Chief Hank Will, Tough GRIT is a 30-minute show that combines expert information with humor to help viewers complete common rural-based DIY projects correctly and safely. To demonstrate the projects, contestants from Team GRIT and Team Tractor Supply compete in hands-on challenges to win up to $1,000 in Tractor Supply gift cards. Don’t miss our collection of full episodes and hints from Hank below.
Hank’s Hints
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1. Grass Growing Hints
2. Choosing the Best Wood for Burning
3. Tips for Seasoning Wood
4. The Kiwi Brace
5. Safe Towing: Trailer Load Security
6. Avoiding Creosote Buildup
7. An Introduction to Welding
8. Tractor Attachments
9. Tips for the New Horse Owner
10. Inspect and Mend Farm Fencing
11. How to Exercise Your Dog
12. Tractor Maintenance Tips
13. How to Attract Birds with Birdbaths
14. Understand Your Cattle’s Flight Zone
15. Starting Seeds Indoors
16. Adjusting the Brooder Temperature
17. Soil Contact When Transplanting
18. Read the Label on Pesticides
19. Prepare a Space for a Deer Feeder
20. Sheep Herding Tips
21. How to Make Hay Into Winter Feed
22. How to Keep Farm Dogs Safe
23. What to Do with Grass Clippings
24. Good Fences Make Good Neighbors
25. Benefits of Shelterbelts
26. Grilling with Wood Chunks
Full Episodes
1. The Grass is Always Greener |
2. If a Tree Falls in the Forest A pair of would be lumberjacks compete to see who can bring down a tree on target. |
3. The Buck Stops Here See who can split more firewood and win the cash on this episode. |
4. Good Fences Make Good Neighbors Two strong women battle to build beefy braces and hang level gates. |
5. Got a Hitch in Your Get Along? Who can hitch their trailer and back up straightest, a husband or his wife? |
6. Where There’s Smoke… Two DIYers tackle each other in a “heated” battle as they see who can install a wood- burning stove the quickest. |
7. Men of Steel Armed with flames, a dynamic duo dual to see who can weld the best. |
8. Leveling the Playing Field A pair of country contestants climb aboard Kubota tractors and race to fix roads and mow pastures. |
9. Back in the Saddle Again Which woman will muck her stall and saddle up her horse the speediest? |
10. You’d Best Mend Your Ways Watch and learn as contestants see who can mend fences faster and install an automated gate fastest. |
11. Man’s Best Friend Who builds the best doghouse and kennel and wins the cash? |
12. Reach for the Sky! Two rural neighbors compete against each other to see who can best clean and grease their tractor first. |
13. The Birds and the Trees Learn which bird loving lady will wing their way to a victory in our bird habitat challenge. |
14. Rawhide See which cowpoke can wrangle their dogies through the chute and into the trailer to take home the top prize. |
15. Green Thumbs Contestants till their gardens and set up perimeter fence in a race to see who can take home the $1000 gift card from Tractor Supply. |
16. Don’t Count Your Chickens Two 4-H Youth determine the pecking order by building a brooder for their chicks and a hutch for their rabbits. |
17. You Reap What You Sow A husband and wife get down and dirty planting and watering their garden in this episode. |
18. Lowering the Boom See who sprays their way to a victory when two contestants use hand and boom sprayers to eradicate weeds from their lawn and field. |
19. Over the River and Through the Woods It’s “mulch” ado about nothing as these bro- in-laws clear a food plot and use the brush to create beneficial mulch. |
20. Baa, Baa Black Sheep Find out which FFA member can bag a victory by herding and sheering their sheep. |
21. Hay Fever There’s nothing to sneeze at when two strapping lads buck some bales and battle to see who can get their hay to the barn. |
22. Red Rover, Red Rover The dog days are upon these two contestants who have to install a pet door and underground pet barrier. With special guest Rolo the Wonder Dog. |
23. Cutting Corners A couple of turf guys experience “mowing pains” as they chop it up and maneuver their Cub Cadet zero turn mowers to a dramatic finale. |
24. Suits You to a ‘T’ A couple of country boys are put to the test pounding T-posts and stringing barbed wire. |
25. Hedging Your Bets Prepare to be blown away watching these contestants rip through yard chore challenges of leaf cleanup, hedge trimming and tree pruning. |
26. Do-Si-Do It’s a showdown at the hoedown! These gutsy contestants battle it out by roasting a hog over an open pit and churning out delicious homemade ice cream. Special musical guests County Road 5. |
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