Emptying The Old Grain Silos During A Wind Storm

[@randybedker1584]

The older generation talking about the history of the farm would be a good series.

[@chrisp7908]

Yeah! Like a subsection called, "I remember when!" Small 5 minute or so section of memories from the "good ole' days"

[@phattymatty4u]

Good idea!

[@aTrippyFarmer]

Definitely a good idea!

[@danlowery3235]

I look forward to hearing Marty and his brothers talk about the history of Dole Farms!

[@kopenhagenkid]

Great video Andy

[@aTrippyFarmer]

Glad you enjoyed it!!!

[@louGriggs1944]

Love your videos. Looking forward to planting season getting started, as is about everybody else following you. Realizing that time can often be precious but as my family historian, I would really urge you to have that talk with your dad, uncles and other older family members while you can. Once they are gone, if it's not written down or in your head, the stories are gone too. And there are just so many great family stories that are floating around every family. The fact that you are curious about them is great. Keep up the good work.

[@tomnugent845]

Andy, we put 4x4 strips 16” apart parallel to the auger trough with a trimmed 20’ bin floor cross ways in our harvestore. Flashed and a homemade cover over the opening up to the floor level with a side fan mount. Use a center well and another next to the door, works great and can air the grain, just not enough bushels. Have a great spring.

[@aTrippyFarmer]

That would be an easy way to convert them. We have another set of harvestores elsewhere that have the aerated floor, but we don’t use them anymore. They are nice to have, though they aren’t really that much storage for the trouble.

[@lostsheepfarms3312]

I would say you have a great grasp of the markets, your education has served you well. Thanks for the train footage :)

[@aTrippyFarmer]

Many thanks!

[@danielanddeannagoodman2825]

You can put drying floors in the silos. We converted a 20x30 and a 20x80 to dry corn with a kit from Sukup

[@aTrippyFarmer]

Truth be told, we have another set of harvestores that have aerated floors. They are far enough away from home that we don’t mess with them.

[@randywilliams787]

Do you just blow the dry grain up there or do you have a elevator for the 80 footer?

[@kopenhagenkid]

Good luck hauling your corn 🌽 Andy

[@aTrippyFarmer]

Thanks 👍

[@jasonprocai1020]

Can you find some old photos from back when the farm had cattle and share with us.

[@aTrippyFarmer]

That’s a good idea!!

[@derrickpettit86]

Andy when you can see the floor an the corn needs push broomed, use the Milwaukee sweep then, that's where it shines, thanks for sharing an god bless

[@davedammitt7691]

Some people will defend their preferred color of power tool to the death, like they will defend their preferred color of tractor. From what I've seen with commercial contractors and full time trasesmen, there are a lot more DeWalt power tools on site than there are Milwaukee. I actually prefer Makita, but it seems that DeWalt and Milwaukee are the Ford and GMC pickups of power tools, and Makita is the Toyota. I suppose that wanting to stay with the same battery platform as their other tools is a consideration for many. And I love that you're getting sponsors. Rock on.

[@aTrippyFarmer]

Thanks, Dave! I agree. It is really more of a battery game at the end of the day. You’re going to stick with what you’ve got unless there is a major reason to transition. I like Milwaukee and dewalt both!

[@JackFrost-mt5dh]

Love your selection for something to stand on for a insulator to plug in the electric cord. A wet piece of!😅

[@davidkimmel4216]

Thank you

[@bfd1565]

Idea Andy: fabricate a slide door like what's on the back of a dump truck. Bolt the slide door on like the fan. You would be able to to control the flow of the corn 🌽

[@michaelsurratt9593]

Love the kitties!

[@johnbaumiller6049]

Good Lord Andy. Those Blue Silos.........and they are blocking your "Barn" doors.......🙂 May the force be with you!!! John from SD.

[@aTrippyFarmer]

Haha they are a blessing and a curse!

[@howardyounger5456]

it was a lot of work to have cattle. think o feeding them in a blizzard. farming was a dirty job buy its self. i remember sitting on a John Deere A. when dad got the 720 wow power steering. you could work 20 acres a day. big day. love your videos .farming has come a long way.

[@dougblasberg8244]

Piece my man! Keep putting in that good fight. I've gained over thirty pounds the last few years too. I watch what I eat. It looks good.

[@DDA40Xman]

One of the Train Guys says Thanks!

[@thomasr8652]

Watching you get in the Harvey is exactly why farmers have kids

[@cowchowexpress1307]

Just remember that in the bin to use a brushless tool. A brush tool can cause a fire from commodity dust. Be safe.

[@aTrippyFarmer]

If the sparks from the sweep auger aren't enough to ignite the bin, the motor in the tools shouldn't be much more added risk... I do agree, though!

[@bryangrimes5043]

That hoist is known as a come-a-long, a coffin hoist looks like a bicycle chain, chain hoist looks like logging chain and a strap hoist looks just like it sounds. Have a great day and keep up the good work!

[@bryangrimes5043]

Edit: coffing may actually be a brand but the above is how they usually get called at work

[@davisfarmandorchard6160]

Next time you visit the cats 🐈 bring along some Temptations cat treats- you will become their best friend 😊

[@aTrippyFarmer]

I have cats of my own… we had to ween them off of those damn things like they were some kind of drug🤣

[@arthura.applegatejr.7145]

The aren’t designed to store grain long term like grain bins. They are great for Ensilage though.

[@aTrippyFarmer]

Agreed. They can store dry corn fairly decent!

[@morthim]

you are posting these videos letting us see a world that we wouldnt otherwise be able to see, and because of that i feel like i need to give a suggestion. in this video you have a bunch of waste from corn spillage, the way to fix that is to have the auger moving corn up into the truck further away, and also to have a funnel you connect from the silo 'gate' whatever it is called, to the auger or belt. seccond is something wihch will sound gross, but would help. in this video you have to get into the silo because there isnt enough of an angle on the inner platform. the corn initially pours out due to sheer level, and head pressure. the head pressure is just like in plumbing, and as long as you have grain all the way above the window it will pour out. this is cause the grains above are pushing the grains below. the last bit of grain you have to manually shovel out is where the natural sheer line occurs. if you match that angle with concrete, your silo will lose a bit of vollume, but also it will fully pour itself empty. here is the gross thing. in sewer design you need the mix of solids and liquids to continuously move. this means that there is a specific angle of incidence necessary to maintain flow. the less agressive the angle, the further it will reach, but also the easier it is for clogs to develop. the natural angle created by the corn not pouring itself out isnt the best angle, but it is the easiest angle to implement. you could be more aggressive, but being too aggressive will cause failure. and if you do a redesign, you will want to not have to climb in the thing at all. it is about climbing in, not about how long you are in there. if i was in your shoes, id pour a new slab with slight worse angles than the grain seems to need- to have more storage than necessary. and if there is a shop class in a local highschool, id see if anyone wants to retrofit the silos like this.

[@themerrigans2734]

Interesting, learned a lot.

[@Brian-mp6bg]

I was just wondering in the beginning if you had send the louver up the belt lol

[@aTrippyFarmer]

I was amazed that it didn’t get jammed up at the top!

[@nmwelder6994]

I have had trouble with both big brand impacts, the harbor freight one I currently use has fairly good power and takes the beating of the work that the truck and tool goes through

[@aTrippyFarmer]

You probably get the best value out of the harbor freight one. It’s hard to argue that!!!

[@nmwelder6994]

It’s a good price and a very good amount of power. The batteries for my toolset seems to last longer than either big brand. I charged my 1/2 inch impact battery a few weeks ago and since I have done a dozen or so tires with it and it still shows 2 out of 3 lights on the battery

[@levikelley5436]

Hard pass on this advice. Harbor freight tools will work in a pinch, but when you need quality they are not the answer. May work decent for hobbies and odd jobs but when time is money… spend the money

[@gregorygilmont304]

I was thinking ski goggles for corn dust...😊

[@aTrippyFarmer]

I need to upgrade to a full-face respirator. You can really feel the dust in your eyes in the evening… it’s no fun!

[@shealy265]

Have you ever tried letting grain out of the bottom slat? Seems you would get less bounce effect of corn off the lower slats as pours out and less corn on the ground. Just curious.

[@aTrippyFarmer]

You probably could, but it just makes more sense to work your way from top to bottom!

[@kameronbrock5461]

Does the scale next to the light white building still work?

[@aTrippyFarmer]

Yes. It could probably use a proper calibration.

[@maxfender6886]

Good morning

[@jameswimbush5090]

Great video Andy ,when you going on vacation?✌️

[@aTrippyFarmer]

No vacations for me until late summer!

[@arthura.applegatejr.7145]

I learned about 220 one rainy day plugging in the bin loader to load wise potato chip trucks. With no fear I was knocked on my ass. I quickly got up and went to try again when the old man I farmed on shares with stopped me and threw down a piece of plywood. I was 17.

[@aTrippyFarmer]

You learn some lessons the hard way!

[@richardtoso4132]

Buy some bin doors cut holes in the harvest store and cut out a spot for a slide gate

[@pnuttheclownh2254]

why not cut a hole in the side of the 50 ft Harvestore's to load them instead of using the top fill point?

[@aTrippyFarmer]

That is what some people do!

[@BruceBergman]

Wonder who is going to buy burnt corn now? anyone around with cattle feeding needs? Use it for fertilizer for planting this year? Hogs or chicken feed? Will need grinding.

[@pnuttheclownh2254]

@@BruceBergman compost ingredient?

[@soybeansforlife]

I have the paddle wheel on my milwaukee and never put the guard on it and just flip it over and pull the grain to me. Works great

[@aTrippyFarmer]

Wow that is a great idea. I’ll try it again without the paddle!

[@downfour47304]

Is that the high torque Milwaukee impact? Pretty sure they have two styles. I have a few high torques and they get after it.

[@aTrippyFarmer]

It is a the highest torque 1/2”… I think.

[@downfour47304]

@@aTrippyFarmer maybe you have a lemon! Hell who knows. Could take it to a dealer and have them rebuild it. I’ve take several Milwaukee tools into get rebuilt and they have just replaced them. From grinders to drills.

[@dustinsherlock2882]

Is the impact ser on the highest torque setting? I have yet to find something mine won't take off. And at work we use them in a industrial production plant and have never had a problem with there not getting something apart.

[@chrisgrrrrrrrrrrrrrr]

Were you using the hard rubber wheel, or the bristle broom head?

[@aTrippyFarmer]

I had the bristle broom head

[@chrisgrrrrrrrrrrrrrr]

@@aTrippyFarmer I was considering getting the rubber one to see how well that worked..

[@aTrippyFarmer]

@@chrisgrrrrrrrrrrrrrr someone else suggested using the bristle brush but completely removing the back guard. It might be worth trying!

[@chrisgrrrrrrrrrrrrrr]

@@aTrippyFarmer Thanks for the suggestion.

[@sales21stcentry]

It is called a come along

[@phillipwhite2615]

Let's pop that sealed harvest door and see what's inside!

[@JoshuaSmith-xw6jp]

That sounds like the guy from PAmining channel lol

[@aTrippyFarmer]

If the door is still sealed, it may have more stuff inside than I’d want to deal with!

[@phillipwhite2615]

Fair enough, and you don't have a manuer spreader to add nutrients from the old silos to the soil

[@aTrippyFarmer]

@@phillipwhite2615 there’s probably a junk one sitting around somewhere!

[@phillipwhite2615]

@aTrippyFarmer that's true, you briefly talk about it every now and then. Burnt corn, plus time, and no real ventilation. It's got to be dirt by now

[@brettadams9826]

im in West aussie very difereent most farmers (we call them cockys {parrots are cookys here they make a lot of noise and do silly things } most grow wheat and canoliawith sheep to clean up the residue mostly no till direct seeding so no on farm storage straight to the the bins (grain bins lol)

[@brentjurista4595]

Is the Katie Kam ready for Spring?

[@tugboat2739]

Howdy Trippy

[@lukesullivan4004]

Hey what about the old auger graveyard in the background there?

[@aTrippyFarmer]

Those are a winter project in the making for a few decades… 🤣🤣🤣

[@lukesullivan4004]

@aTrippyFarmer Ah, thats Marty for ya, I assume.

[@BruceBergman]

Shop auctions for a Grain Vacuum, everyone ive seen loves them. millennial farmer and others. Try for a Test unit evaluation.

[@aTrippyFarmer]

That’s not a bad idea!

[@kirara4953]

Not windy at all.

[@aTrippyFarmer]

You can't even tell!

[@richardpeter1935]

If I wanted to watch commercials I will watch tv

[@billsauberlich7337]

Fyi each sheet on a harvestor is 5 feet high,

[@aTrippyFarmer]

That is nice to know! I was off on my estimation of height on the tall ones.

[@BruceBergman]

If you can't sell the burnt corn as feed, grind it as fertilizer or soil amendment. Get it gone.

[@billuphoff1021]

Making use of what you have already makes sense to me. New equipment is nearing the "ridiculous price" category.

[@burtzorn4059]

Why not put a false air floor in the old harvest store.

[@bigt2871]

Speaking of body aches and age, how old is ole captain red shirt and his brothers?

[@aTrippyFarmer]

Dad is the oldest of the 3 that work on the farm. He will be 69 in December. I believe Chris and Jeff are a few years younger, consecutively speaking.

[@bigt2871]

@@aTrippyFarmer wowzer, won’t be long and that red sweatshirt will be passed down to you! Boss Andy………😎

[@brandonhickman6658]

It’s not just weight you gain from having children, wait for the grey hair. It’s all worth it though buddy!

[@aTrippyFarmer]

Haha I started getting grey hairs long before that… thanks for the comment!

[@ryangroen1697]

👍👍

[@BruceBergman]

Getthe burnt corn out and find a use.for it. 46:49

[@richardtoso4132]

I'm on a 80 lbs weight loss journey

[@cozdiver]

Was the audio a bit off, or is it just me?

[@phattymatty4u]

I was wondering also! 🤔

[@phattymatty4u]

Maybe the wind? 🤔

[@aTrippyFarmer]

The wind messes with the audio quite a bit. There’s really nothing that I can do about that, unless there was some other issue?!

[@richardpratt3480]

Don't get like Zach Johnson and move stuff around just to get content.😂😂😂😂

[@aTrippyFarmer]

Some people really stretch the idea of what deserves to be content at times… haha

[@Kridder62]

Is Chris your uncle?

[@aTrippyFarmer]

Yes!

[@arthurbass1191]

Wait till your 63 then try keeping up

[@aTrippyFarmer]

Haha that’s what I was saying about my dad!

[@husnid7081]

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[@aTrippyFarmer]

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[@hvacmangoodman4]

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[@stephenmarshall2261]

Needless to say needless to say

[@metalmagic9845]

This channel should be named the knockoff youtube farmer

[@aTrippyFarmer]

What does that even mean? 🤣