At My Breaking Point-Time to Walk Away!

Our manure-hauling operation hit a major snag when we blew up the engine in one of our trucks. But farm life doesn't slow down, so we're back at it with the Case loader, filling up truck after truck to spread manure across the fields for fertilizer. In this video, you'll get a behind-the-scenes look at just how messy and intense this job can be-watch us battle through tons of sloppy manure at the dairy! I'll take you up close to the action, showing the gritty reality of moving so much material around. And that's not all-after a lot of consideration, I've decided it's time to shut down our Shopify store. I'll be sharing more about why we're making this change and what's next on the horizon for our operation. Join me for the full story, the highs and lows, and an unfiltered look at life on the farm. If you're ready to see the ups and downs, the real work, and some heavy-duty machinery in action, this one's for you!

[@mindless7788]

I believe you have more european watchers than you think, greetings from Denmark!

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

I know there are quite a few. I’m glad you enjoy it

[@hastingshayandtreefarm4402]

Gotta love when the government gets their hands in everything love the videos.

[@tuberNunya]

It's the way of Marx, lazy bastard refused to work, and he lived and drank off of his children while he wrote ridiculous books suggesting that those who refuse to work get free money from socialist rulers.

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Yeah they ruin everything. Glad you like the videos

[@rosshall641]

That's a good comment you made I would have shut the damn thing down ASAP but I guess some people get away with a lot more than I do. I'm still shaking my head

[@johnbuchholz313]

I cleaned out my cousin’s feedlot twice and hauled it to an area where an artisan well water flowed out into a field. It made quite a difference in bringing back the productivity of the soil Glad we can’t smell the manure in your videos.!! Thanks

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

It definitely improves the soil. Glad you enjoyed it

[@peteacher52]

Farmer friend told me that a dairy cow takes a crap every 40 minutes. It explains the quantities of bovine guano being dealt with here! The best compost we were ever able to get was from the truck wash-down at a freezing works. The slurry went into a big settling tank; liquid pumped off and remaining solids heaped up to dry off. Most of it was taken by employees for their gardens as it was full of earthworms, grade A1+ stuff! Col, NZ

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

I believe it there is a ton of manure very quickly. Hope you enjoyed it.

[@ileenmcminn2062]

@@RockyMountainFarmer I would bet it's more often than that!

[@bertbinsbergen7549]

Thanks for the info. You guys are so busy, you do not have time to fix machinery. Stay safe. Greetings from Arnhem. A bridge to far.

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

We tried to patch everything up as good as we can until winter then we fix it for good. I’m glad you enjoyed the video.

[@Cublaus.]

Cheers from Finland, thanks for posting these nice videos.

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Glad you like them!

[@susanl3702]

Thanks for keeping it clean. Kids love big equipment.

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

I always try. I’m glad they enjoy it.

[@Storiesofourliveschannel]

Love this content!

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

I’m so glad

[@alfredmcintosh16]

I enjoy watching about manure. Makes me want some to add to my garden.

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@clintbrainard-w2o]

im sure the maintenance on that truck was exceptional

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

They do get serviced pretty well. But they have a hard life

[@video4sissies]

Love the vids. Keep up the hard work. Just pointing out for production purposes, the audio/video was out of sync around 27min for me - assuming this issue wasn't on my end. Cheers

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

I noticed that to but I could not figure out what the problem was. This was the only time that has happened. I’m glad you enjoyed the video.

[@nicholaschambers9704]

Cheers and Beers From Australia ! I really enjoy yor videos ! Especially your Spud videos, Nicholas

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

I'm glad you're enjoying the videos!

[@TheOriginalZetsumei]

Awww man. When it rains it pours. Stinks to see so many problems back to back.

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

It seems like that’s what usually happens.

[@Yogi_Bear69]

I drive a salt truck over the winter and I love all wheel loader content. Good to know about case loaders, I've heard some things before what you said as well. I drive a cat 924K and my truck and that loader is great handles a lot of salt really well. I'm glad I don't have to mix the salt and the smell...

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Well, I’m glad you’re enjoying the loader videos. I have heard that the cat loaders are really good.

[@Yogi_Bear69]

@@RockyMountainFarmer Our rental never went down all season. Then again it wasn't a long winter here in Canada and wasn't every day all day work either. Municipal worker might know better than I do.

[@ronsmithelk1]

Awesome video loved the info

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Glad you liked it.

[@bradansirek221]

I work on a dairy farm we use knight side slinger manure spreader it can handle anything from dry to straight. liquid manure

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

I have seen those. They look like they work good

[@ileenmcminn2062]

Talking to my son who works for JD he thought there should be a breather in the front axle of that loader and the oil should have come out of it rather than blowing the seal. Maybe check on that to keep it from happening again or to the other loader.

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

That is good to know thanks for the heads up. Odds are it’s plugged with manure.

[@garyrawlings3209]

Just seeing this I can smell it. Too many years growing up on a dairy farm in IDAHO.

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

It definitely has a strong smell

[@JohnSmith-vo9zc]

Surprisingly the video didn't smell at at all and was actually quite enjoyable.

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Well, I’m glad you enjoyed it

[@OhRonaldo]

Tehren, what if you put one full loader scoop of the driest at the bottom rear, would that try to seal the back of the truck, or does the entire bed leak? Great content as usual ❤️

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

That would work. And we use to do that but now there just isn’t enough solid to be able to do that. Glad you like it

[@edic2619]

Sounds like a keeper.

[@saqibnawaz5139]

Rocky Mountain Farm is phenomenon where wid great courage water added manure surge is managed by adding dry stuff manure great piece of mind for manure management on inclement day especially wen multiple machinery breakage happen navigating through b productive is vry thoughtful creative handling of manure at vry Great Rocky Mountain Farm

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@Patrickreillyjames]

Good two see your getting the manure out.when you got allot off machinery your going to have break down.Im wondering if you keep allot off livestock.Good luck and God bless you and your family from across the pond in England

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Yeah breakdowns are a part of farming for sure.

[@eddygoodwin7089]

It would be cool to try laying a small layer of straw on the cement to see if it would drain the water out better

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

That might work but for all the scraping

[@eddygoodwin7089]

@ haha just try it for an experiment in a section with a couple big bales. Thanks for sharing the manure videos I enjoy them

[@securitydinosaur]

Not only Norway... Sweden too! Greetings from Sweden! :-)

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Awesome thank for watching.

[@stuartnash3529]

Hi there from Australia How many cows at that dairy It must be huge

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

They milk about 1200. I think they have about 4 to 5000 cows.

[@linebattie6005]

It would be nice to look at the dairy barn sometime.

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

I haven’t asked them if we could since it’s not our dairy

[@Legendary1980]

all you have to do is find another chassis with old equipment like that never scrap the beds if you can replace the chassis save you 20 or 30 grand most of the time but i do recommend have the beds updated when you do sandblasted and painted and everything gone over and replaced to as new as possible so your starting out with an almost new vehicles after your done!

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

We may try to save the bed the problem is these old yellow beds are so rusty that they have holes everywhere.

[@TymonMasa]

​​@@RockyMountainFarmersorry for asking, but do you use manure spreaders on trucks because of the long distances, or are manure spreaders for tractors simply not popular? And what is the approximate load capacity of such a truck? Great videos, greetings from Poland, hang in there and look at European solutions 😁

[@PgP736]

❤ from Norway

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Thanks for watching

[@dnawormcastings]

That’s a lot of great manure. 🇳🇿

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Yeah, it’s definitely enough to cover all of our ground

[@scottgorman6738]

Keep that manure mooovin' 😉

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

We will try

[@gregdhart4650]

I may have missed what you said but how many acres will a truck cover?

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

We estimate about half an acre

[@LeoKrijgsman]

You don`t have air a air dryer on your compressor ? And i see that Jilles Boer on your site, do you like his farm ?

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Some of our trucks have dryers, but they don’t always work and I’m not sure who jilles Boer is. Hope you enjoyed the video.

[@LeoKrijgsman]

@@RockyMountainFarmer Yes i see your videos and i enjoi them. Jilles Boer is also on youtube he has a small farm with patatoos in the Netherlands, maybe you see some things that you can use.

[@RJJ6129]

How many cattle do a that dairy have ? I always wondered if the manure when it breaks down made any difference to the soil composition since your soil is sandy. Thank you

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

The milk 1200 but I think they have about 4000. And the manure definitely helps change the sandy soil because one of the fields I guess used to be really sandy, but we’ve been hauling Manure on it for so long that it is no longer Sandy.

[@eastar5120]

Also from Denmark..

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Thanks for watching

[@falenone]

Hi from Estonia. Not a farmer, closest i've ever been was the farming simulator game and even that was hard

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

It is difficult. Thanks for watching.

[@michaellebednik6973]

Try the "store" that Millenial farmer, Welker Farms and FastAG use. Im sure if you reach out to any of those farmers they will help you.

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

I’ll have to look into that

[@michaellebednik6973]

@RockyMountainFarmer Farm Focused is the company they use.

[@josephzickert4051]

Hey have you looked at farm focused for selling your merch?

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

I haven’t looked into that I will have to

[@brysonhaggard]

For the real sloppy stuff ive found that the slinger type spreaders work the best and every case loader ive been around turn to just junk fast i like the cat and deere loaders way better

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Yeah, I know the Slinger ones work better we just don’t have one. I don’t think we will be buying another case loader

[@DonaldLade]

Pre trip check fluids

[@ArthurFagan]

What happens to the manure over winter? Do you haul it over the winter? From the dairy

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

We used to haul it in the winter, but it’s just too hard on the trucks, so they just stack it up when it’s cold and freezes and we haul it out in the spring

[@ileenmcminn2062]

Have you looked a "Farm Focused" ? Many of the other You Tubers us them for their Merch.

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

I will have to check it out

[@jamieraupp3453]

This is what I was going to suggest.

[@jillesboer]

greeting from the Nederlands

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Thanks for watching

[@joebufford2972]

We just want to watch how your farm operates on the off time and how you have to deal with stuff along the way

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Well, there will be plenty of that coming along this winter. I’m glad you enjoyed it

[@craigstitzlein1148]

Grew up on a dairy farm. I can smell this video. 😂

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

It definitely stinks.

[@tombrockwell6961]

To a new watcher to your channel, do you own the dairy also, thanks for all the information especially about potato production….& storage

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

We don’t own the dairy just haul the manure and grow hay. I’m glad you are enjoying it

[@jeffcatey7457]

Is there any economic benefit from investing in a tunnel mixer to agitate your manure storage? Have you had issues with your processor spuds and elephant hide or scab from applying manure to your tater ground? What I mean with a "tunnel mixer," is a machine used for composting that takes a manure windrow and mixes the manure and puts some oxygen back in to help get things cooking before applying.

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

A tunnel mixer would work to dry it out I just don’t think the dairy wants to invest in one. We haven’t had problems with our potatoes.

[@lordcrustulam6957]

hello I was thinking if u did a live streem and add the murtch as a bonus for someone that give u and set it up so it's give "Thanks" or the other thing idk what it's calld but i can be easyer as it count on the same as yt dos I wood think, anyways GL keep on farming !

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

That’s a pretty good idea. I hope you enjoyed the video. Thanks for watching.

[@northwoodsguy1538]

Manure adds nice organic material to the soil. Too bad you/dairy farm don't have good access to cheap sawdust or wood shavings to soak up that water and bulk up the manure. 😎👍

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Yeah, it definitely helps out the soil. We do not have access to sawdust around here though.

[@donald-w9y]

What kind of agreement do you have with the dairy concerning the cost . Or do they just pay you top haul it.

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

We pay them for the manure

[@Skunky281]

I never thought I would like to see a person hauling poo but here I am and I’m liking it😅

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Well I’m glad you like it.

[@codyleuthauser2964]

A few other farm channels i watch do their merch through farm focused

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

I’ll have to look into that

[@GhostSniper67]

For viewers to FULLY APPRECIATE this video and what your day was like. We really need SMELL-A-VISION because the aroma you are enjoying is a large part of this experience...😂

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Very true.

[@justinmills8084]

How many milk cows do they have?

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

They are milking 1200 I believe

[@cliff4695]

Is the dairy part of your family's operation or is it completely separate?

[@JamesWest-iu4jx]

On another video , he said it was his uncle's ... possibly might be able to video on it someday but wasn't sure.

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

It’s my uncle’s dairy. We just haul the manure and grow some hay.

[@cmc7106]

All that manure for a glass off cold milk!

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Milk, cheese, yogurt, ice cream butter there’s a lot of products that come from milk

[@jaythomas4695]

Why not have a vac tanker spreader an just suck up most of the liquid a 8000 gal would make short work

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

They do have one at the dairy but it’s a little bit too solid for that.

[@johnhatt1219]

Does you’re uncle own the dairy farm

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Yes he does

[@amossnowdaharleyman9179]

Do you pay for the manure? If not and the only cost is handling it it's a heck of a deal for fertilizer. Adds biomass to the soil too.

[@JamesWest-iu4jx]

He said on another video that the dairy operation was his uncle's and the move the manure for their fields.

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

We do pay a little bit for it. It’s definitely good for the soil.

[@Erikeli2006]

Could you use a pump to pump the water out to the lagoon area? Run it at night and try to dry it up.

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

You could if you could get to the water. Most of the slop is to solid to pump

[@rigger4695]

easy fix.

[@JonIsaak1]

I got a nice little freightliner for sale I farm about 45 minutes away from ya

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Send me an email with a few pictures [e-mail]

[@nativeindian8672]

You can see the nitrate in that liquid gold

[@tuberNunya]

Manure, especially chicken, is so much better than the manmade stuff. Makes everything grow huge.

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

It’s good stuff

[@Farmerdaddy]

Only cracked the head? Dont yall have Vegemite?

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

We don’t have vegemite.

[@mp45code]

Have you tried Farmfocused as Welker an MN-Farmer are doing?

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

I haven’t I’ll have to look into that

[@bette-annflood835]

Out of country merch gets real expensive. As you found out!! Sorry the truck blew hervtop. Shes had enough crap!! Lol

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

She has hauled a lot of crap in her life.

[@alfredomarotta6604]

Well that's s**tty. Sorry to hear about the breakdowns.

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Breakdowns are a part of farming. It’s just how you handle them.

[@alfredomarotta6604]

@RockyMountainFarmer well said.

[@1981FlyingV]

Does the dairy do composting?

[@slim2724]

I heard someone say CASE stands for Can’t Afford Something Else. Your loader issue is a big headache

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Yeah I don’t think we will be buying another one

[@jeffsmystic]

That's some bad chit man..😮

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Yes it is

[@garymork1380]

The way I see it you give the diary hay and they give you shiiiit of which you have to haul

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Kinda. We do get paid a little more for the hay though

[@tuberNunya]

Not quite. Someone has to pay to repair the machinery and thousands of gallons of fuel.

[@garymork1380]

I kinda meant that to be funny. Love your channel your family is wonderful people keep up the good work

[@toddatglencovewoodworks]

Do you have industrial sized air fresheners in your vehicles? 😅. As some folks would say, that’s the smell of money!

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

We used to but now we just deal with it.

[@lilpony001]

they have to tax tax & tax everything. but wait she has promised to change all that if you believe that well lol

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Yeah we are taxed to pieces

[@Raseanger]

This is how another farmer does it, about 1,000 cows and about 1,500 acres of arable land: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r2GahXR7nL2ee6s. from time 1:03:33. Have fun with my food for thought

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Thanks I will check that out

[@jetegtmeier71]

former trucker here... the worst thing about trucking is, now I get that operators don't want or even has space for more than 2 trucks at once a LOT of times, but they have to realize that even though we all left you at staggered times we'll end up coming back in bunches an you don't understand why... well we deal with City Traffic which includes Stop signs, Stop lights, Yields, jams, Idiots with a license, and different driving styles. All of which can result in a "Bunching" effect resulting in trucks coming back to you in 2's and 3's or 4 at a time, that's just the way it works, not like we're stopping at the station every round having a 10 minute B.S. break

[@tuberNunya]

Exactly why I don't drive anymore. That and the low low low pay.

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Luckily we don’t really have that problem out here in the country. Just when we are trying to cross the highway.

[@jetegtmeier71]

@@RockyMountainFarmer I understand and that comment wasn't directed at you. something in me triggered and I felt the need to go on a RANT LOL. Love your content and the chance to learn from ya :)

[@tucobenedicto109]

Whne you use your finger to point we loose focus and don't know what your pointing too. 5 seconds later you pan away when it becomes clear and we have no clue!

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Sorry about that I’ll do better next time

[@tucobenedicto109]

@RockyMountainFarmer Thanks.

[@joshualeffler6739]

You're supposed to have covered manure bunkers so the rain doesn't create these problems. This is a farm that doesn't invest in the farm. Yall are making a ton of money but not buying what you need to buy.

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Well, it cost a lot of money to do that but also we don’t own the dairy. We just hauled the manure.

[@hanshans9080]

😀hi

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Hello

[@michaeldrussel2216]

Come on man you had to see this coming after such a successful harvest!

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

We do work our stuff pretty hard

[@FroggyTWrite]

gotta love governments and their red tape... i think places like bunker branding will take care of all the taxes and fees for you. you might make a bit less, but have a lot less overhead

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

I think we will probably use them or something like that in the future.

[@maineman11]

Now the truck that blew its engine in the field, why didn't you have him activate the body to fling the poo out before driving the truck back? I get that all the people replying to my comment will have excuses and reasons why it can't be done in their opinion. But I can promise you it can be done whether you're flinging poo or pumping oil for raising a dump body on a dump truck. I can personally speak to the pumping oil and the raising the dump body from experience. Both motors were worn out Cummins .

[@TimothyAmiot-zr8ec]

It barely had enough power to make it back to the shop.. never mind powering the pto

[@vfromid2186]

Likely not enough engine life left to get that done and back to the shop.

[@tuberNunya]

No engine means no PTO, means no hydraulics, thus no workie.

[@maineman11]

@tuberNunya the motor was still turning their for the PTO still turns therefore the hydraulics still flow therefore it does workie workie.. It would just workie slow.

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

He did try to run the beaters before I started filming and the pressure against the beaters killed the engine so I told him to turn it off and just take it back to the shop.

[@Raseanger]

Thank you for the interesting videos, which I enjoy watching. This video is definitely interesting on the subject of manure and liquid manure: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZKwm4Kcga-hrck. The solids are separated from the liquid manure and then used as bedding material. The liquid part can then be transported to the liquid manure lagoon. I come from Germany and look forward to every video you make.

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

If we owned the dairy we would definitely do something like that. I’m glad you are enjoying the channel.

[@EdwardNY8]

Well poop 💩 hope nothing else brakes on ya. The steam coming off the manure reminds me when I worked in Amarillo TX. Millions of cattle and cold nights would put a fog of the whole city. Locals called it "the smell of money"

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

I hope nothing breaks either we don’t need any more setbacks.

[@christopherleblanc9599]

case seems to suck across all their lineup , sad that they made so much junk

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

I’ve heard their tractors are pretty good but have never actually tried one.

[@christopherleblanc9599]

@@RockyMountainFarmer ya some what, it more their heavy line up ,

[@tuberNunya]

Sounds like a pain. I have an Idaho resale , it wasn't difficult, but every state? WTF? Damn communist governments. They want a cut of every little pie. I don't blame you. Better to do it yourself and not tell the commies. ;) We do like your channel tho, really!

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

It is a pain. We will bring it back some day. I’m glad you are enjoying the channel.

[@alistairholroyd4071]

That is some shit spreading operation

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Yes it is

[@davidwpinkston4226]

shit happens

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Sure does

[@joebufford2972]

I'm sorry to say that KZbin is a monster and they're going to suck your blood as long as they can. It's just how it goes when you're a KZbinr content creator

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

I like making videos it’s just the merchandise is a pain

[@bobhume9447]

Did anybody else snarl their nose through almost all this video? I could almost smell that stuff. I could never be a farmer.lol

[@tuberNunya]

Farmers are stronger than the citified.

[@bobhume9447]

I’m countrified but never could handle that smell. Farmers are strong, they’ve got to be or things would never get done.

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

It definitely stinks.

[@kevinglanzer9388]

tell them all your proceeds go to the church then it should be tax-free the government is like what your putting on the back of the truck

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Haha right

[@electricitysucks5]

Put a 8V92T Detroit 2 stroke in it!

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Problem is it’s not even worth fixing. It’s been really hard just to find parts for these old GMC‘s.