A Day in the Life of a Grain Cart Operator (Soybean Harvest 2019): VLOG 169

A Day in the Life of a Grain Cart Operator (Soybean Harvest 2019)
After weeks of on and off windows for harvesting this year’s soybeans, we are finally down to our last days. We’ve been blessed with some sunshine and breeze to bring down the moistures enough for us to get the remaining 80 acres of beans off the fields before a soaker due to come in Monday night.
This field was freshly tiled this spring, and let me tell you... it was a BUMPY RIDE!🤢
Question…
How do all my fellow buggy operators (grain cart operators) fill their wagons??
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[@lawrencekieffer6770]

Thanks for the video. I would like to point one thing out you take for granted as all farmers do factory workers on Saturday morning if there in a truck with the wife are usually headed out for some fun you and your husband are headed out to go to work. A lot of people don't realize that farming is 7 days a week .There was an interesting story once in a classroom the kids were asked if a cow gives 40 lbs of milk a day how much milk does she give in a week the answer was 200 lbs they assume its only 5 days. people don't realize what it takes to put food on the table your videos are so important to educate people and realize the dedication and effort it takes so that can eat Thanks

[@SandiBrock]

Wow Lawrence! thanks for that... We definitely have our busy seasons for sure...

[@lawrencekieffer6770]

@@SandiBrock I've been thinking on this today i remember your Christmas video and you going to do chores it was the same way with me you can take time off after you got chores done and it's funny we never think about it . Sometimes the ones that best understand it is women with kids they also get very few days off but they do the job of raising kids without a thought and for some reason men aren't that good at understanding that kind of concept.

[@-microfarmelhaj6958]

Thank you very much for the videos that you make in KZbin. As a noob farmer, I really appreciate your tips and advices about farming. Greeting from Morocco

[@SandiBrock]

So kind, thank you!

[@Arcadia_Olive-Oil_Farms]

I am asking the person who disliked the video, if you can, please make a comment about what was the thing you didn't like!! Thank you!!! It was very informarive and to the point, without unnecessary info just to fill a 20 min video, had everything for us to understand how they think, and do their job!!

[@SandiBrock]

Awe! thanks so much George! That means alot!

[@lawrencekieffer6770]

Just a thought maybe he's got fat clumsy thumbs. How do i know please don't ask .

[@jasminlicaron2366]

Can you make 7 days lambing again please? I love watching 7 days lambing and i love you so much good lucke for you😇

[@SandiBrock]

Next lambing is in December, so I will hopefully get lots of footage then!

[@teriterrytarryttt537]

Another great video Sandi. I'm always so impressed with the breadth of your knowledge about running a 21st-century farm, not to mention producing these fantastic videos. I hope the rest of the harvest goes well. Cheers! :-)

[@SandiBrock]

Thanks so much!!!

[@stephenkennedy9322]

Sandi 😂😂😂 Sign Language When Mark is Waving His Hands and pounding on the Steering Wheel to signal for the Grain Buggy ? Is That where you Sign Back You're # 1 lol

[@SandiBrock]

EXACTLY!

[@Calla-sl8gd]

Hi Sandi! Seeing you and Mark all bundled up reminded me of something I've been meaning to tell you. You've commented in the past about your small hot water heater in the sheep barn shed and how often you run out of hot water in winter. Have you considered getting an electric kettle? I bought mine from Amazon and only spent about $20.00 (American), and it heats up a full kettle in under five minutes. I know it isn't ideal, but when you need hot water, a kettle might come in handy. Hope this helps!

[@terribonham7542]

your hair is absolutely beautiful today I don't comment much but when I do it's important like your hair is beautiful just want to let you know I am Terrifrom West Virginia

[@nicholasfry8695]

Those beans were a little short but lined with pods, did they yeild about 50-60 bu/acre thats about the average in my area

[@phyreacid]

For someone who has never had to do this kind of work I find it oddly cathartic

[@susanmiller7472]

"OH! THEY'RE DOING CORN SILAGE! 💕" 😀 😂😂

[@aaronbrown07]

Always go front to back, no infections that way.

[@SandiBrock]

LOL!!!!!!!!

[@adhikurniawan8575]

Hi Sandi.. I'm your subscriber and i always watching your latest video... Thanks for sharing experience you did... i'm very interest about your system,,management and your concern with lamb...i hope you always sucssesful... But may i ask a question to you about a soybean...you planting a soybean for a lamb feed...whether the soybean needs to be processed before or feeds to the lambs directly.??

[@SandiBrock]

We don't actually grow the soybeans for lamb feed directly... We sell the off farm to grain elevators. Some may eventually get made into soybean meal that we would purchase for extra protein...

[@adhikurniawan8575]

@@SandiBrock so, you only grow corn and grass for lamb feed.? And for extra protein and extra carbohydrate you buy it, right.??

[@vofdesprong5190]

If you turn around your buggy’s you can load frond to back whit out driving backwards 😉

[@MrBlueflame50]

My first tractor when I graduated High School was a used 1972 4020. I LOVED IT. The most all around tractor JD ever built. I showed my grandson the video and he said the combine was Frank on the Pixar movie "Cars" LOL.

[@C0nstance1]

Love your vids, you are a great example to what good farmers ought to be1. But, Sandi, please, please get some lip salve!! In the uk, if we have crops on the ground, we fit 'lifters underneath and just in front of the header that lift up the low stuff so the knife still cuts it. It means your knife is at least 4 inches off the ground. If I talk crap that you already know, do tell me!

[@farmingforfunandprofit940]

I guess rocks are the price you pay for having really good soil.......

[@SandiBrock]

LOL. I think you're right!

[@racer7954]

Love your videos and the way you explain things. Yes practice backing all the time. It will help you in the future.

[@SandiBrock]

Thanks!

[@larryshedd5734]

Sandi forgot to tell you I like your new intro

[@SandiBrock]

Thanks Larry!

[@larryshedd5734]

@@SandiBrock you are welcome

[@kathyvelasquez3682]

Loved the last..looked like the combine was not getting it all but as it got closer you could see he was spot on. Scary coming so close to the camera though. Bless you guys. Be safe.

[@SandiBrock]

Thanks Kathy!

[@Krystal907]

The outlet from the combine is angled, so if you fill front to back, the crop has something to "hit" against. It piles up on the front wall of the buggy, then the piles of crop themselves.

[@SandiBrock]

Right! Makes sense!! thanks!

[@richwielechowski5191]

Sandi, I see you folks grow those porcupine egg plants in Canada also.

[@ronaldspruill2247]

In Canada do you use metric crescent wrenchs?

[@SandiBrock]

We use both metric and imperial

[@oldfarmer3001]

What happened to the John Deere 4960 that is shown at the beginning of this film ? Its not your tractor ?

[@SandiBrock]

No, that was our friend Geoff's. Love that tractor though.

[@karstenhj]

What if you park the trailers the other way around. Then you can fill the front one first, and no need to back up 😊

[@SandiBrock]

We do where we can, but unfortunately we want the tractor facing the exit and this was the only position in this field...

[@ppshale7223]

Oh Sandi popping and dropping was right !!!! So many lambs!!! Thanks for sharing this with us!!!! You are so appreciated!!!

[@DiscoveryofRajasthan]

I think due to low temperatures your lips got crack. Use a lot of drinking water. I enjoy your video love from Rajasthan, India.

[@valtur25]

There is since behind it indeed - momentum of loose materials caused by rotary movement of auger.

[@SandiBrock]

Thank YOU!!!

[@FarmFreshIB]

So... why not fill your wagons from the other side? Then you could drive forward and still fill the front wagon first.

[@SandiBrock]

For sure! I will do that if I can access on both sides... In this particular field we parked right beside a ditch and hydro poles... So one side access only...

[@Lwah0812]

I just looked what IP beans meant, wow that must be a lot of stress for the farmer having that much oversight. So many people who assess your operation and who could potentially cause problems for you if they happen to be in a bad mood or something. It’s wonderful for the customer and I am sure they pay premium for it so hopefully the farmers see an increase in their pay for all of their diligence and the middleman doesn’t take it all. Very interesting learning about everything you go through. I grew up in a farming community but wasn’t part of that industry so I know some but just the tip of 5he iceberg. I know enough to have respect for all of them. Thank you for feeding us!

[@raygeffre8911]

Correct always fill from front ! Why not fill wagons from other side ? You can start in front and don't have to back up ! Also can see better what you're doing because the tarp is not in the way . For a beginner they will not hit tarp stops with auger . Also can see so you don't run over low side ! As far as how it piles . Should be able to control that with the spout .

[@lynwessel2471]

We usually fill our trucks front to back from the side opposite the rolled up tarp .If you over fill by accident there's a little more height on the side with the rolled up tarp,less likely to spill.Its the cart operator's responsibility to reduce compaction/be efficient by figuring out what point in the field to start unloading the combine so it gets empty just before getting back to the end at the trucks.We try to never back up when forward will do.,"R" is for wreck! But practicing backing skills is always a good thing.

[@SandiBrock]

LOL! Love that!! That is great advise!! thanks!

[@jessieblanton9875]

How is farming to day ok I hope light snow in North Carolina.

[@candicechristensen1753]

Pod casts and audible are so awesome! We have some many fantastic options these days👍👍

[@SandiBrock]

So true!!

[@ecklecticgal7009]

I grew up on a farm in the 30s to 50s and watching these videos is a nostalgia trip for me. When I was there I couldn't wait to get away. Now I realize how blessed I was to grow up the way that I did. I could have married a farmer but threw the chance away. I lived to bitterly regret it. But thank you for filling a little corner of my heart with sweetness. One small thing I'd like to point out. You mentioned "tiling" the field. I don't think anyone not acquainted with farming would know what that means; a city slicker would envision laying tile as meaning the tile one would use to lay a kitchen or bathroom floor. Growing up as I did I know that it means using pipes--they are hollow, of course--which you bury underground to drain off wet spots in the fields. Thank you for the videos. Hope the soybeans are okay.

[@SandiBrock]

OH excellent point! Yes... the tiles we plow into the ground for drainage. Thanks for the catch!!

[@thedonleroy]

Same way for bean harvest for us in west central Minnesota. It's been 2 or 3 days of combining & then rain. We got rained out around 11 last night & it rained all day today. Thanks for another great video.

[@SandiBrock]

The weather has been frustrating for sure! Thanks for watching!

[@DutchTargaryen]

Would love to help you guys one summer. Growed up on a farm in the Netherlands, love the content tho.

[@SandiBrock]

Thanks!!

[@kevinpotter9947]

I love farming I am a corn and potato farmer may I ask what you use to record your videos a cellphone or camera

[@SandiBrock]

Most of the footage is done with my camera... just takes up too much room on my phone...

[@kevinpotter9947]

@@SandiBrock may I ask what kind of cellphone you have

[@donmathias1705]

Yes Sandi, figuring out where you will be needed by the combine next can be so frustrating as a chaser. Combine drivers are gods of course too! I find it hardest when you have a long run back to the silos and they don't get that you need to top off near the good roadways. You loose so much time hammering over a rough field and then its tough to get back on time. All part of the deal I guess. We all trying to get the money in the bin.

[@SandiBrock]

Totally!

[@raincoast9010]

I have only ever driven catch buggy for silage, I know it's not the same as loading grains. Thanks for your videos and yes i saw Mark's nice pink rock that the combine found. Ouch!

[@SandiBrock]

Glad I wasn't around for that one!!

[@jimmyjohnstone7258]

Has the change to the regulations on the prescribing of antibiotics affected how you medicate your sheep? I read that Canada introduced a law that farmers cannot self medicate their sheep - it needs a vet to prescribe the dose each time.

[@SandiBrock]

Honestly, not too much in my case. I had always purchased my antibiotics through the vet clinic and I work closely with my vet. I'd rather text him, get a proper diagnosis and treatment plan, and let him recommend the right drugs. But I'm sure in more remote areas where vet clinics aren't as close, this could pose a problem...

[@boomersudden6257]

We always try and put the wagon so you fill with the wagon door towards the buggy or combine so you can see the door. After filling a wagon and you find out the door is open a bit or a lot lol makes for a lot of extra work.. Yea we try and make sure the doors are all closed before hand but things get hectic and then mistakes are made. Then if the doors are facing you you can fill the front wagon and drive forward towards the rear. But we have done it like you too.

[@SandiBrock]

Great tip! I know I've learned the hard way that not everyone remembers to shut the doors! LOL

[@حكيممحمد-ج9ض]

Thanks for video ..I am happy and interested in everything you offer dear Sandy and I learn from you my greetings to all your team .. I am Hakim Mohammed from Libya

[@SandiBrock]

Thank you!

[@kopenhagenkid]

Great video

[@SandiBrock]

Thanks Kevin!

[@colonialroofingofnorthcaro441]

Canadians, got to love ya, and we do, to have a 60,000 dollar bobcat and use a shovel and not the bucket to scoop it up, then clean the little hard to get up pieces with the shovel, lol, funny I would've done the same thing, nope to lazy, I'd tried the bucket first, 😜👅💪👊💪

[@SandiBrock]

LOL. I've learned the hard way that my hubs doesn't appreciate the accompanied half a bucket of gravel that would see the manure spreader...

[@markterrell1956]

Just wondering why do you even use the cart when all you do is dump the grain in the wagons just fill the wagons with the combine just wondering.

[@SandiBrock]

Just keeps the combine rolling with no stopping... especially if he fills half way up the farm... Its a bit excessive for soybeans that don't yield... thats for sure. But never big enough when harvesting corn.

[@markniemann4493]

Thanks for all your videos. I have two brothers and a sister now watching you. We are considering raising sheep because of you.

[@SandiBrock]

WOW! thats amazing! Thanks for watching!!

[@finbarrdinneen3430]

Use manure or earth to seal the bag of silage and save the bales for bedding

[@ahmetcin6573]

I admire your desire to work and perseverance wish you to always succeed :)

[@SandiBrock]

Thanks!

[@Tatersalade]

Wife: He will properly explain this in a video. Husband: Wheat is good. Funny and true.

[@SandiBrock]

LOL!

[@fahadalajmi5601]

Good content Happy to watch your videos

[@SandiBrock]

Thanks so much!

[@miriambertram2448]

Historical question. Why do Canadians drive on right when Aussies and Hong Kong on left

[@SandiBrock]

Great question! Not sure!

[@danielleschnoberger4670]

I loved watching the farming videos. I'm watching this 4-10-21. I loved the drone views!!!!!!

[@vickiburt2676]

Honey, you need to drink something's you like during g the day, your dehydrated! You can wear it on your back like a sling. Whatever makes you feel good b4 u get out there, while you're working & a good warm drink when your on break in cooler weather. Si it seems you don't have too many breaks so that's why I suggest wearing a sling with a good drink, like green tea or Dandelion or your choice. Best health to you , Mrs. Mommy to Sheep!

[@Benelli-ex7oq]

Great job guys you deserve cold one's the mountains are calling that's they sign language of they day 👍👍👍

[@SandiBrock]

Very soon!!!

[@southerngrits920]

In SC, my grandfather who died Christmas day 1959. He was a sharecropper on 40 acres. He did it with mule and plow. Tobacco.cotton and corn. Now I see soybeans where tobacco was before.

[@afarmerslife2092]

I someday hope to have as many subscribers as you do. I live on a farm and we have sheep and chickens.

[@SandiBrock]

Awesome!! Just keep at it... It took me a LONG time to get any subscribers! You can do it!

[@apuuc]

Love the videos..I drive a cart(buggy)..we just finished harvest (SW Kansas) and I always load the trucks from the opposite side from where you are. So I was kinda wondering why you do it from the "far" side of the grain truck we have semi's, are your tarps on the other side? .I go front to back unless I screw up and misjudge my offload, then I panic while I aggressively try to back up to keep from spilling. ..

[@baza33]

I know its a different material and all, put when a load trucks with a loading shovel at work, I always put the first bucket on the front and it seems to load better

[@SandiBrock]

Great!!

[@benchesworth9394]

Hi Sandi, when I’m running the chaser bin and tractor I get the truck drivers to park somewhere where I can access them from both sides so that I can drive from the front and fill towards the rear. Also do the same when I’m dumping straight from the header into the truck when we can’t get a chaser bin into the paddock as well yet. I also have a couple of questions why do you use wagons instead of trucks and trailers? Also when you’re finished harvest or have time (I understand that is a hard thing to find being a fellow farmer) could you do a machinery tour video. I really enjoy seeing what different machines and practises you Americans and Canadian use compared to us Aussies. Thanks for always producing these awesome videos keep up the good work. Thanks from Australia P.S. I appreciate the cleanliness of all your machinery, Farm and yourselves really displays what farming is and makes it look really good for people who have no idea about farming. 😁

[@Callsign_RIP]

If you don’t mind my asking, what’s the difference in the quick hitch vs. the normal 3 point hitch?

[@thr8061]

We don't fill grain wagons with our grain cart. We fill semi-trailers. We usually fill front to back and the semi is pointed opposite direction as we are driving the cart.

[@iafarm5686]

We have semis anymore. But we have dual hopper trailers 42' timptes. But we always load on the drivers side. We put 2 piles in the front tub. Then put a pile over the axles on the back tub then finish the second pipe on the back tub. so that we can move forward or backward if we have more grain. Plus it puts weight on the drive axes of the semi first so we have traction no matter the condition. The wetter the feild the more e it on the drives.

[@canadianlady777]

Very good video and explanation. Good luck for next year...

[@SandiBrock]

Thanks so much!

[@russellpetrie119]

why not go forwards from the other side of the grain trailors and fill the front trailor first save backing up

[@SandiBrock]

We do in fields I can access both sides... Great point!

[@salmonhunter7414]

That is some clean looking beans.

[@SandiBrock]

Thanks! I'll be sure to let Mark know!

[@charlesbaker8543]

we were getting 430 bu ever 40 min with a 30ft head

[@lorisabor6251]

You have the cow vet hat on

[@SandiBrock]

I do!

[@bobsmiley6255]

Love your channel, thank you!

[@SandiBrock]

Thanks Jim!!

[@JasonGudde]

We fill semis front to rear driving forward, if we know we will be short on filling them then just even up the weight between each hopper

[@johnbennett9567]

come on you cant rock pick and harvest at the same time multitask.

[@SandiBrock]

LOL! true...

[@yoperationy4390]

Thank you Sandi.

[@riannmoon6476]

Look at that palpation nation hat!!

[@SandiBrock]

You got it!!

[@maryannward7771]

Awesome video, never saw soybeans being harvested.. hope u do more of these videos.

[@tonyburelle6633]

Very good video, love watching you both, thanks

[@FarmTucker1]

We use a semi truck and we load from back to front

[@nicholasfry8695]

are you backing up or pulling ahead because there is no reason to back uo

[@FarmTucker1]

We start loading at the back of the truck and move forward when it starts to pile up

[@billsexton4811]

I bet you are glad that the soybean harvest is almost over ?

[@SandiBrock]

SO HAPPY!

[@mavriksbt]

Ok, I’ve only just started watching this vlog and I have to say... YOUR BEANIE IS A HOOT!!!!!

[@samanthaflynn6140]

I think it a friends YT merch

[@matthewbianchini3260]

Love your videos. I like your Cody Creelmen hat!

[@GenDiesel]

Front to back

[@SandiBrock]

Awesome!

[@slavkopopin8677]

How many pounds you have peracre?Thank you

[@JudasBytes]

new to your vlog. what does it mean "tiled"?

[@cd4068]

can you haul more than 2 wagons at a time or the law says something

[@d.t.4523]

Keep working! Good luck.

[@SandiBrock]

Will do! thanks!

[@parameshwaragoudapatil4934]

How do you irrigate such large areas of maize

[@buddhaboy10]

Hearing you say Buggy drivers makes me laugh.😀

[@pamelajeruzal283]

Love your Cody Creelman hat!

[@SandiBrock]

Thanks!!!

[@kathyhermann2386]

What rong with the dist

[@timothybryant8317]

I haven’t heard your use of “eh” as much as the guys.

[@jerryforeman4543]

Quite an operation!

[@farmerluke4660]

Great new video sandi I love it

[@SandiBrock]

Thanks so much!

[@lelandhummel3680]

thats the way idd do it

[@mikebonge7206]

Nice video. What is mark vlog

[@SandiBrock]

link is in my description

[@mikebonge7206]

Found it. Thanks

[@bobmottau7668]

Where are you operating in Ontario?my wife’s fam is in London.

[@shammydammy2610]

facebook.com/pages/Shepherd-Creek-Farms-Ltd/102644907788172

[@johnbennett9567]

what are they making ?

[@SandiBrock]

What are we making?

[@mattlanzendorfer8440]

Absolutely love the videos

[@SandiBrock]

Thanks Matt!

[@BrianBriCurInTheOC]

Reping Doc Creelman

[@SandiBrock]

Always!!!

[@ozz5350]

👍👏👏👏

[@johnbennett9567]

nothing smells as bad as rotten beans.

[@SandiBrock]

LOL. its pretty bad.

[@samson1200]

Try rotting picked Broccoli fields that do not get worked up! lol

[@ericdaniel7069]

Sandy you have nice teeth!