7,000,000+ Gallons-Per-Day Farm Drainage Project (Ep.154)

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aTrippyFarmer and the crew are back to bring you more farming adventures. In this episode, Andy tags along with Dean Drainage, a local drainage tile contractor, to spectate the installation of a massive farm drainage project on one of their fields. With the help of some heavy dirt moving equipment, the contractors are laying 1800 foot of 24 inch drain tile to help lessen the ponding on one particular field. This new farm drainage project will raise the total capacity to over 7,000,000 gallons of water each day. Andy is optimistic that this upgrade will greatly improve their yields on the target field. Tile drainage, especially projects of this scale, can be extremely beneficial to farms in Central Illinois to help alleviate water pressure from excessive rainfall, which has become increasingly common on Andy's farm. After dealing with a few hiccups from the start, the tile crew really picks up speed over the course of three days. By the time it is all done, the wheel trencher has moved a lot of dirt, and the employees have laid a lot of pipe. Thanks for watching!
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Andy "aTrippyFarmer" Dole is a 6th generation farmer from Central Illinois. On this farm, Andy works alongside his father, Marty, his uncles, Chris and Jeff, and his sister, Katie, to grow corn and soybeans on some of the finest dirt in the world. Andy and his family are deeply rooted in the area, operating a large farm that traces it origins back into the 1800s. Although some tracts did not stand the test of time, Andy and his family still grow corn and soybeans on fields that have been in the family for longer than even the oldest members of the farm have been alive. We do, we have, and we always will take tremendous pride in calling this piece of paradise our home. Andy was a Bronze Tablet graduate of the University of Illinois in the field of Crop Sciences, following the same path as his father and late grandfather.
It would be misleading for Andy to claim that this life is one that came by chance; rather, as a member of two multi-generational farm families, it was simply in his blood. His passion for agriculture traces back to his early youth--some of his fondest, earliest memories being of days spent riding in the combine with his father and grandfather. Although his understanding of the lifestyle was much less complex in the beginning, the love he has for farming, and its industry has only appreciated through time. As this dream blossomed into adulthood, Andy now works relentlessly, and tirelessly, to chase his own dreams and to build a farming operation of his own alongside his family.
We, as a whole operation, are handymen, electricians, mechanics, landscapers, accountants, economists, caretakers, stewards, and, most importantly, farmers, and we take an incredible amount of pride in our work. There is no challenge too overwhelming, no situation too stressful, and no problem too difficult for us to take on, and we want to take you along with us. Welcome to our farm and welcome to our lives. You have the best seat in the house to watch the everyday chaos of farming unfold--we usually only get concerned when things aren't going wrong!
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[@billsauberlich7337]

Nice video,tiling always pays, $50,000.00 sounds and is alot of money, but your hoping to gain maybe 900 bushel of beans on that farm,at 80 bushel of beans per acer you would have to buy about 11 acers of land to gain that same 900 bushel of beans, where improving this land you don't pay for the land, seed ,fertilizer,weed control ,machinery cost ,or taxes on another 11 acers ,you already pay it on this land every year ,when you put that into prospective the 50K is a good investment

[@paulprigge1209]

Yes cornGot Above seven dollars a few weeks ago.

[@aTrippyFarmer]

Yep that's a great way to look at it. 50,000 probably wouldn't even get you 3 acres in our area right now. This tile should gain us much more!

[@discoverykai1547]

Nice video keep it up! *Greetings from Discovery KAI Channel*

[@aTrippyFarmer]

Hey, thanks!

[@SmeetCoProductions]

I work in an office most of the day, far removed from anything agricultural, but somehow i find this fascinating, just watched 50 minutes of enjoyable pipe laying !

[@aTrippyFarmer]

I make these videos for people just like you. It's a whole different world out here in flyover country!

[@stedmanwheless5372]

Perhaps it may be easier to derive a sense of accomplishment from something immediately tangable as opposed to (making an assumption of you here, forgive me) something like a report or spreadsheet.

[@fmar.8311]

@@stedmanwheless5372 I would agree with that. I work as a portfolio manager trading on the stock market. While our work gets done very well, it's not the same as seeing something physical getting done as opposed to just some numbers on a screen.

[@SmeetCoProductions]

@@stedmanwheless5372 Absolutely! There is also something really wholesome and rewarding about working with soil/plants/nature. Most of the farmers i have met have been well-grounded, well-adjusted individuals. Then again, i have not met that many...

[@Masa-vc8hk]

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[@jf5336]

I'm an engineer and a wannabe farmer and I loved this video. Very cool. Thank you.

[@aTrippyFarmer]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@rosewhite---]

I hope you can get a good return for all the expense! I live in East Yorkshire, UK, and the whole area was marshland until 1700 then a series of drainage plans were put in place and landowners dug ten foot deep and ten foot wide ditches to drain all the land. As the land dried out the ditches were filled in and built or farmed over.

[@aTrippyFarmer]

Large drainage projects have been one of the most important feats of modern agriculture. Often times, the drained land is some of the most productive. I hope this is the case here!

[@rosewhite---]

@@aTrippyFarmer I hope so too but I can't imagine the total cost for you. My local ten foot drains were all dug by starving peasants paid with a bowl of porridge a day! I planted a delphinium plant two days ago and top soil is super black stuff full of worms but only about 5 inches deep over solid sand. Worms won't tunnel into sand.

[@richardgatchell2523]

Mate I'm a skipper by trade drive charter boats and I find this so fascinating great video keep them up. From sunny Nelson New Zealand 🇳🇿

[@aTrippyFarmer]

I appreciate the comment! Best wishes!

[@bobm7275]

It's been a while since I've been on the farm but it looked to me like you have 12 to 16 inches of top soil, that is really good land and you are right to do whatever is needed to keep it producing.

[@aTrippyFarmer]

We are very fortunate to have areas with highly productive soils. There is a lot of variability with our location on a glacial moraine... thanks for watching!

[@tibsie]

I'm from the UK, and seeing miles and miles of completely flat land like that, with nothing on the horizon messes with my head! It just doesn't look real to me. Nothing where I live is flat, everything has some slope, unless someone went to the trouble and expense to flatten their lot.

[@aTrippyFarmer]

Almost completely different worlds! It can be flat and wide open for mile after mile around here. Thanks for watching!

[@realrayra]

Lesseee, UK is about a quarter million square km. Just one of the major agricultural states in the USA, Kansas, is 211k sq km. Nebraska is 198k. Iowa 145k, Ohio 105k. CA's central valley is nearly 200k. Just flying over the USA shows vast expanses of every type of terrain.

[@ronlowenstein9489]

i with you really enjoy seeing this ,and i hope the generations forward appreciate all the effort and pride that was put into this project!!

[@aTrippyFarmer]

Well said! Thanks for watching!

[@AttilatheHun576]

I helped my brothers and Dad tile a couple of hundred acres in the early 50's. I was ten or 12 at the time. My job was to set tiles from the flatbed truck onto the wooden chute as the truck drove down the ditch.

[@aTrippyFarmer]

That sounds like a lot of hard work. I am sure you earned your pay... or maybe just food... that day! Things sure have changed since then. Thanks for sharing!

[@bfd1565]

I'm looking forward in seeing future water discharge updates as the season progresses. Best wishes this planting season...

[@aTrippyFarmer]

I am excited, too. Of course, that would involved some big rains... 😒

[@jonrichardson1559]

Out standing and informative as always 👍 can always tell when area farmer's have a good year...lots of tile work being done👌 improve the farm and don't pay as much to Uncle Sam😁

[@aTrippyFarmer]

If you think the tile work is a good sign, you should see the lots at the John Deere dealerships...nothing left for sale! I am a big believer in drainage, so I'd like to start budgeting in 100 acres of patterns a year to help improve our yields.

[@maxium4x4]

@@aTrippyFarmer That shiny new Combine doesn't make you money, tile does even in dry year. Put your drone to work during the season on the fields, you will see the tile lines as crops grow if you have no information or tile maps to help. We used to fly fields with an airplane on unknown ground about 12 noon on a Sunny day and take pictures.

[@paf950]

Um...not going to lie...I think I nodded off for about ten minutes in the middle! Otherwise it was quite interesting. 😊

[@aTrippyFarmer]

Fair enough... it was a long one!

[@davidobrien4270]

Did that work 50 yes a go back then it was Clay title brought back some great memory's

[@brandonm6052]

A 24" boot on that hydramaxx, sweet baby Jesus. My contractor in southeast Nebraska is the only other guy I've seen with the same machine. I've only needed 6-12" in terrace work. Even though you have a substantial cost to run across the neighbors, anyone seeing your farm in that overhead image can see it will be a good investment

[@aTrippyFarmer]

It is an impressive machine. They don't run a lot of 24" tile, but they do need to from time-to-time. I'd say about every full-time farm drainage outfit in this area has a big wheel trencher for running mains!

[@jimoakley3436]

You pay for tile whether you have it or not.Old farm drainage contracter told me that,after a lot of tile was installed on my farm he was correct !

[@keith4make19]

Coming from a country like Ireland I’m ever amused by your use of the word “hill”. That’s the latest plain of land I’ve seen in my life

[@aTrippyFarmer]

Life is relative!

[@rwodka21]

This was a great video. It's very interesting to see the tile actually being laid.

[@aTrippyFarmer]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@MatthiasSchulenburg]

Wow, that was very interesting. I have only seen 6" and 8" lines put in with a plow, but this operation for 24" is a whole different story !

[@Brian-ov1rj]

Marty had to write a big check for this one!💰💰

[@aTrippyFarmer]

It was an expensive project, but it should pay quickly!

[@dave-in-nj9393]

adding a simple wire on the pipe allows for a locator to be used. I would suspect the gas lines have such a feature. we use a simple sewer snake in a water line when under parking lots to add the metal antenna . a few hours of work saves a LOT of problems !

[@aTrippyFarmer]

I agree. Ultimately, it wasn’t a big issue-just caused some lost time and water!

[@MCP647]

Ugh barf... the aerial timelaps spinning in circles.... try to avoid that in the future!

[@aTrippyFarmer]

Yeah I had reservations about putting it in... thanks for the feedback!

[@Brian-StarGazer-77]

How far are you from Lake County? I’m located on the IL/WIS border

[@aTrippyFarmer]

I’m about 4 hours south of Lake County.

[@swagzoneus]

I work in an office most of the day, far removed from anything agricultural, but somehow i find this fascinating, just watched 50 minutes of enjoyable pipe laying !

[@aTrippyFarmer]

It is neat to see what goes on beyond what the eye normally sees. Your channel looks like a prime example of that!

[@mikemclawhorn2699]

Really enjoyed this video. As always they get a thumbs up before even watching. Keep up the good work and thanks.

[@aTrippyFarmer]

I appreciate that! Thanks for watching.

[@ravenjackson1495]

I come to the internet to watch grown men lay pipe.

[@lllllRBlllll]

It's always either too wet or too dry to farm optimally.

[@aTrippyFarmer]

Perfection is fleeting

[@blaablaahi]

That wheel trencher looks like a logging skidder converted. The cab reminds me of a Tigercat. Very cool video.

[@aTrippyFarmer]

I am sure there are some similarities! Thanks for watching!

[@sterlingspencer2934]

Sad part is that good rich fantastic farmland here in eastern NC is being covered with solar panels due to these idiots in the government.

[@aTrippyFarmer]

You’ll see that everywhere. More and more of those renewable projects are going up around here!

[@IWANASLAPTHAT]

WOW What a great video, Amazing info and what a great job the boys done for you all. Stay safe family.

[@aTrippyFarmer]

They did great work. Their shop is actually just a mile away from that farm, so it was convenient for everyone!

[@philreichart1724]

Very interesting to me. I' waiting to get 80 acres tiled in Sangamon County. Hopefully, before the crops are planted this spring. If not, early this fall.

[@aTrippyFarmer]

There’s always someone waiting on the tile guy to show up. That Sangamon County ground is probably world-class once you get it drained. Good luck!

[@marv1405]

Watched this some months ago but found it so interesting that I came back again today. Found your place on google earth and looking at the past 30+ years I can see why you really needed to do this. Lots of water/wet areas in some years. I grew up in western Nebraska and worked on farms there in the summers but it was so dry there and not as flat as you are so tile wasn't something people needed to do. We were lucky to get 15 inches of precipitation a year and 7 or 8 was all we got some years. Thanks for taking the time to put this up. Best wishes for the new year.

[@aTrippyFarmer]

Thanks for the nice comment, Marv. I am glad that you enjoyed the video. It is really neat to see how different the farming conditions are across the country, even if we grow some of the same crops. Best wishes!

[@marv1405]

@@aTrippyFarmer One of my hobbies is genealogy. Appears your family homesteaded there in the mid 1800s. Great that the farm is still in the family. Both my grandparents were farmers in Western Nebraska, but they lost out in the dust bowl days of the 1930s. One of my cousins still farms the place our great great grandparents homesteaded in Eastern Nebraska but none of his children are interested in farming, so the farm won't likely remain in the family very long after he passes. It appears love of farming is an inherited trait. When we get back to Nebraska, we still visit the farm family I worked for 60 years ago. Sadly, he passed recently. And none of his kids are interested in farming so that tradition will end with him.

[@aTrippyFarmer]

@@marv1405 it is fun to think about the history of the farm, but it only takes one series of bad luck or distinerest from the next generation to end the lineage of a farm. That seems to just be the nature of life. There are many farms that grow stronger by the day, and others that continuously decay away. It is very hard for outsiders to grasp how farming is much more than an occupation-it is a way of life. You are correct about our history. We actually have deep roots. If you go to the Illinois sesquicentennial farm lookup, you can see that the dole family is one of 9 that have deep roots. We actually had 2 seperate sides of the family from the same generation, but we sold that farm for a development that never came to fruition.

[@iceroad416]

that 24 inch stuff is quality pipe last a long time some of our large double walled pipe is 22 years old and still good and round unlike the 4 and 6 inch pipe that collapses over time

[@aTrippyFarmer]

I hope so! These pipes are built extremely sturdy. Thanks for sharing!

[@maksmaso4741]

about 40-60 years ago, great communist minds decided to drain a lot of fieds in our country like this to create massive agriculture lands, they just put all the streams and springs and marshes into pipes, which leads to rivers and straightened river flows. Now, we have huge problem with droughts although we get a lot of rain in central europe. the land is just not able to hold any water, because every water droped just flows away... and we are massively canceling these drainage projects to get the water back on the ground.. lets just hope you know better on the aother side of the great puddle called atlantic ocean ;)

[@aTrippyFarmer]

No issue with droughts here!

[@maksmaso4741]

@@aTrippyFarmer hopefully no issues with ,,great,, communist brains neither...:D

[@jesmarkmikesell1957]

Those trench excavators are something else, incredible! (I don't know what they're called)

[@aTrippyFarmer]

I've always called them wheel trenchers. They trench with a digging wheel. They are impressive!

[@michaeldouglas1243]

Great informative vid Andy. Amazing how different things are done in different areas of the country. I always love seeing things done different than what happens in our area.

[@aTrippyFarmer]

Glad you enjoyed it! You all probably do it quite different out to the east.

[@nathandean1687]

stupid water company didnt follow fed regs when they put in that water line.

[@aTrippyFarmer]

It would've been nice to have an exact location!

[@davidjohannson4364]

Thankst for the video. If you ever get to Geneva, NY there is a field tile museum that might be interested in the progress seen here. Here in Ohio some years ago the boom on a trencher hit a power line that melted tires.

[@aTrippyFarmer]

Thanks for the comment!

[@johnperry5102]

are you going to have enough fertilizer this year to run your farm, europe is starting to have a rough time of it right now and they don't see it getting any better, what about in this country

[@aTrippyFarmer]

Our farm is fully fertilized with the exception of 1/2 of our corn's nitrogen, which is sitting in a storage tank at our local retailer. We are in great shape for this season in terms of finances, but input pricing could create some major issues for the crop after this upcoming one. I am not worried too much about supply, just price!

[@drubradley8821]

What would be cool, likely very pointless, but, mount some flash lights to an RC car, and mount a GOPRO camera also to the RC car, and run the full length of the tile... The maybe once a year, run the same process, and then be able to compare how much soil settles in the tile each year... ? let alone, you would be the only one on KZbin to have that video .... either way, this was a neat video on its own, I had no clue of this machine.. it was pretty neat. Me and my son are currently playing with our LEGO's, as he wants to try and build one of those machine... Thank you for the inspiration.. I love my father & son time.

[@aTrippyFarmer]

That is actually a neat idea. I am glad to provide some entertainment and inspiration for you and your son. Legos are an ageless gift. Take care!

[@ChrisPBacon-yz6nk]

How dare you assume the gender of those tile ends. 😂😂😂😂😂

[@aTrippyFarmer]

#CANCELLED!

[@maxium4x4]

My Grandfather had 2 Buckeye ditchers and ran Grade targets installing Clay Tile 😁 In 1976 we ran tile plows with Spectra physics lasers, 1.5 Million feet on average and now everyone is up to GPS grade controls. You had to live it to appreciate how far drainage has advanced.

[@aTrippyFarmer]

I bet that was a sight to see. Technology sure has made things easier, but those old-timers earned their pay. Thanks for sharing!

[@maik00979]

Question from a non native english speaker. Why are those pipes called tiles? I thought tiles are the flat things on the walls of kitchens and bathrooms ;)

[@bjhunt4909]

Iv been doing drainage in north central Indiana for 40 yrs and for a farmer, you nailed everything you said on the head !!! Not to many farmers take the time to understand how tile works or how much time and labor it takes. And with the old tile , you said it correctly for if it's worth hooking back up or not. Keep up the great work and keep learning and passing on knowledge. 👍

[@aTrippyFarmer]

Appreciate that. Drainage is becoming an important part of every farm. It’s one of the best places to spend money!

[@ChrisPBacon-yz6nk]

@@aTrippyFarmer have you done a follow up video showing this tile in action?

[@aTrippyFarmer]

@@ChrisPBacon-yz6nk a few videos after this there was a really big rain that I showed, but it wasn’t the focus of the video. If we get a huge rain this year, I’ll probably make a video focusing on the performance of the new system!

[@ChrisPBacon-yz6nk]

@@aTrippyFarmer I found it. I had to watch 4 videos though which is great for the algorithm. 😂😂 Great work. My wife asked why I was watching people dig in the dirt. 😂😂😂 She just doesn’t understand a boy, a mud puddle and some Tonka toys.

[@GlobalistJuice]

That nausea inducing drone spinning shot really lets your viewers know how much you hate them. 👍

[@aTrippyFarmer]

Maybe you shouldn’t have the phone screen an inch away from your face 🤔

[@GlobalistJuice]

@@aTrippyFarmer Just giving you shit, don't worry. ... but nah, I'm on a 27" computer screen which the larger than 2" size probably made it much worse! haha ha

[@aTrippyFarmer]

@@GlobalistJuice I questioned including it… I guess I know now!

[@dakotareid1566]

@@aTrippyFarmer watching on iPad sucked as well lol sorry

[@steveadams4009]

Oh, my friend are you ever mistaken the stupidity of some drivers would amaze you. I'm from Oklahoma and we were cutting hay and hauling hay out of the field at the same time that the state was re-asphalting the road so my brother was leaving the field with a load of hay on his one-ton and when he hit the edge where they put the 6 inches of asphalt now the truck rocked and he lost the entire load scattered out across the highway. This is Highway 51 which is a major highway and so my brother takes his pickup and goes up several hundred yards and turned on his emergency flashers and sets in the road. We are dragging hay off the road into the ditch trying to clear the highway and here comes a guy pulling a pontoon boat I'm sure is coming from the lake and so he had had a few adult beverages and he gets his pile hay running about 70 miles in their the pontoon boat comes off the trailer and turned sideways when he finally gets stopped down the road little ways he and his buddies get out and start bouncing the pontoon boat to get it back on the trailer straight. Gets back in his truck and they just drive off. We're still out here get this big load of hay off the highway and here comes another car must have been running 70 mph to 80 mph and hits a pile of pay about four bales high and goes airborne. So I have had experience with the drivers not paying attention to what is on the road.

[@aTrippyFarmer]

That sounds like a long day of headaches... you can never count on people to pay attention. Thanks for sharing!

[@twochuktommy8432]

Everything in this video is an OSHA violation..

[@aTrippyFarmer]

There’s no OSHA on the farm

[@yellowboy1866]

As a kid i always enjoyed seeing dirt and rock being moved in some fashion by a yellow earth mover. From a retired marine engineer in nz.☺

[@aTrippyFarmer]

It sure is neat! Thanks for watching.

[@rogerdudra178]

Good looking dirt in places. It is an interesting process. Looks like a good idea. I say get out of the rain.

[@aTrippyFarmer]

Thanks!

[@stevepatterson2290]

im glad we don't have the problem here with water. you flat landers

[@aTrippyFarmer]

It is a blessing and a curse!!

[@DougHanchard]

Over the past 45 days there has been an increase in solar EMP (sun) activity and the likely cause of Trimble's GPS technical issues. Some cellular networks have experienced minor outages.

[@aTrippyFarmer]

Sounds legitimate. Thanks!

[@davidstewart9370]

Hay dude, this is a great video man, I always wanted to know and see how it done, so thanks for sharing,

[@aTrippyFarmer]

No problem 👍

[@jaythomas4695]

7 million gal That only if the outlet is lower

[@aTrippyFarmer]

I sure hope its lower

[@PhilipSlinden]

Pipeline companies have been doing this for years!

[@aTrippyFarmer]

I always thought that they used an excavator to dig those. Our pipelines ran through this area long before I was born!

[@grabir01]

What part of this is considered "Laying Tile" ?

[@aTrippyFarmer]

It's a euphemism that is almost universally adopted in modern drainage work in farm country. If you asked these drainage guys what they do, they wouldn't say they install "perforated drainage pipe." They'd probably say that they "lay tile." It is an adage to the old timers that actually laid clay tile. It is just the terminology that people use because of the origin of these systems. Most farmers even refer to install plastic pipe as "tiling a field."

[@grabir01]

@@aTrippyFarmer Understood. Thx. euphemism is a translation of a harsh or adult term translated for those with more tender ears. EG for a child.

[@grabir01]

You would think that the water company would place a micro robot into the water line and then map it precisely.

[@aTrippyFarmer]

Yeah probably not something they're even remotely concerned about. Most of the pipe has locating wire.

[@NTMDTR205605]

How does drainage tile affect aquifer recharge?

[@aTrippyFarmer]

I am unsure. No one around here is pulling any water from the aquifers. This is entirely rainfed.

[@toysoldier8947]

Meanwhile in KY ... farmers sans an active brain cell ... deep ripping fiber optic cables installed literally the week before, violating every easement law in sight. Tilling up 3 foot from roads. Wonder if ripping some drainage tiles out would make a synapse fire... doubtful... gotsa git da fert in gud n deep y'all

[@aTrippyFarmer]

It’s a two-way street. We’ve had tiles all across the county carelessly cut by lazy fiber installers. Of course, we have no financial recourse for them cutting us, but, if we cut them, it’s lost time and service on our bill.

[@davidquinn9676]

Around 18:00 you say the whole project is about $50,000. At 20:00 you say 30% of the tile cost alone is 15,000, so the tile cost is 50,000 (either before or after depending on 30% of what, so your current tile cost is either 50,000 or 65,000). And then there's labor of several men, machinery cost, road fixing, etc. Could you clarify? I am trying to understand the size of the other costs.

[@aTrippyFarmer]

Yes of course. I apologize for the confusion. None of that was hard math, just numbers I came up with while talking. The project cost $32 per foot plus road crossing and inlet+outlet hardware. It was a little over 1700’ of a project, so it’s around $60,000.

[@welwyfm33]

Where there no tile in neighbours property (6” or 4”??)

[@aTrippyFarmer]

No newer laterals. We crossed a few older clay tiles. They were all basically junk--filled full of dirt. His farm would probably benefit from some more subsurface drainage, but that is the case for about every farm!

[@richardpratt3480]

Andy. I watch you all the time on my main 50 inch TV at home. I rarely comment but watch every video...

[@aTrippyFarmer]

I appreciate that! I hope that you can watch in 4K on that big TV, so long as your internet can handle it. 4K looks GOOOOOD on TVs!

[@geroldherrick2159]

I HAVE ONE 80 THAT WE BOUGHT IN 1957 FOR 400 DOLLARS PER ACRE THAT HAS A 19 ACRE POND WHEN GET 5-6 RAIN. TWO YEARS AGO PUT IN 4100 FEET OF 15 DUAL WALL TILE to a newer 30 main. had to cross road also. this is also for surface water from the pond. it runs beside 100 year old county main except is about a foot deeper. Two 15 intakes in the pond. on new tile The county came out and installed and bedded tile across road yields on corn went from 159 to 275 The cost 3 years ago was 66000 dollars before the price hike. Been offered 130000 per acre but will never sell, leave it to my boys. I love the good old black dirt.. This was put in with a big track hoe from 3 to 12 foot deep thru a hill Loved the video By they way, I am 81years old and still work with my bees out on the farm Keep up the good work.

[@aTrippyFarmer]

I appreciate the comment. That story is somewhat similar to this tile project. There are two older 15" (possibly bigger) clay tiles that were laid in the bottom of a ditch then it was filled it. My dad added a 24" concrete about 20 years ago to help drain the farm, and we added another in this video. They are expensive, but it should return nicely. That being said, it is neat to hear of what farmers paid for their land. My family also has many swaths that were purchased for a fraction of today's value. Most of those farms grossed at or above what they were bought for this season. You might be even better off! Thanks for sharing.

[@minnesotarc7964]

27:11 As a land survey technician - I'm very aware of Trimble RTK, not knowing if they have access to some of the survey tools and depending on their internet access, a mount point (if using GPS corrections), and yes, depending on the day and the horizonal angle of the horizon, if satellites most satellites are near the 15-20 degree area and disappear, then you'd have to wait until other satellites come within signal range and yes, it can take 30 to at times 90 minutes to get going again. We just tell the client the Russians turn their satellites off temporary.

[@aTrippyFarmer]

Haha so it was just a timing issue. That’s a great excuse!

[@catchulater7483]

Just in case no one has told ya yet,…. Thank you! Thank you for the foods you work so hard to produce for me to eat! Again, Thank you farmer. W/o ya we would all starve.

[@aTrippyFarmer]

I appreciate the kind words. There is a lot to be gained financially by farming, so don’t think that farmers aren’t doing it solely because they are great people!

[@catchulater7483]

@@aTrippyFarmer 🤣👍🏻

[@MustangsTrainsMowers]

I can see that land is really flat which makes it harder to drain. A wet fall can be a nightmare costing lots and lots of $$$ in lost crops, time, fuel etc. Our 2nd farm got plastic tile installed in the 1970’s draining to a V shaped drainage ditch that some neighbor farmers got together and had dug.

[@aTrippyFarmer]

Yes it really needs drained to grow large crops. Tile drainage is one of the largest factors contributing to the expansion of US farmland. People can farm things that were once swamps.

[@robertreznik9330]

You are lucky to be removing water. In the Texas Panhandle area there are thousands of miles of tile. Millions of acres are irrigated. A good sprinkler system needs 4,000,000 gallons/day and 500 hp for just one sprinkler that is half mile long.

[@aTrippyFarmer]

Different world!

[@albertod4161]

So much water wow is this from the snow?

[@aTrippyFarmer]

Nope it just handles the water from huge rainfall events. It’s not uncommon anymore for us to get over 4” of rain in less than 24 hours. Snow melt is not an issue here because we are too south to accumulate large amounts of snow.

[@albertod4161]

@@aTrippyFarmer thats interesting still im located in California I believe we're going to be dry as a bone this summer

[@aTrippyFarmer]

@@albertod4161 I’ve heard the west coast is pretty dry. You guys need all of the rain that you can get!

[@davidvik1451]

So much for a trench box or shoring when work in a trench over five feet deep. Oh right, it only happens to guys that don't realize the risk, but that's what most people dug out of a trench wall collapse thought. At least the ones still alive.

[@aTrippyFarmer]

Just a spectator...

[@landtechnik4k]

Hi, awesome Video scenes as always! love the Slow-Mo! Just wanted to ask a short question: where u got that License for the Music u use? cant find any Place where this Song (vlasov, big man) is registered... or is it free to use? Also no Description on the notations below the Video. Thats confusing.. Im a bit New on KZbin.. so would be nice to get a little advice of you. Thanks in Advance

[@aTrippyFarmer]

I am happy to help. As you clearly can tell, it is important to not use copyrighted work in your videos. I have a subscription to two license services: artlist and epidemic sound. I have both because I use a lot of different music for my videos, and I like having a big selection. Artlist is definitely my favorite of the two. With these services, there is no requirement to mention them in the description or anything like that. It beats trying to find free stuff online!

[@landtechnik4k]

@@aTrippyFarmer AAHHH okay good to know. Well for small channel like me maybe a bit Pricey but ill see what is in my budget to get good Tracks like urs in my Videos. These Tracks spice things up Quite a bit! BTW thanks for the Quick Answer! Farming fulltime, doing KZbin and also care for Communitys Questions.. What a Beast ;). Have a good Day Sir. greetings Fabian

[@jeffjones9792]

Interesting. Talk of big numbers of moving water per twenty four hours. Surprised that near the low end, a turbine wasn't part of the build. Unwanted water into electricity. Would have helped to negate the cost a little over time.

[@aTrippyFarmer]

That is an interesting concept, but I am not sure if something like that is ever installed.

[@LtColDaddy71]

Too bad we can’t pipeline that water out west. In 2019 we received 16 inches of water over 6 days. The original farm took it no problem. 22 years of no till and cover crops, not one inch of tile. Not even a puddle. The newer ground, we were planting in June, and it’s tiled. I hope I never have to dig like that. We have 22 windmills and they put in a lot of subterranean infrastructure. The level of detail you give is amazing. VERY well done. I’m probably looking at different things than most. Love seeing those stalks and stubble. Chalk up another one for good neighbors.

[@aTrippyFarmer]

One of the biggest hurdles around here with the renewable energy projects is the excavation and destruction of previous drainage infrastructure... and the roads. I have mixed feelings about both wind and solar, but they sure do offer a lot of money for it. I'd happily send you some of our water. We got 3.5" last week. It hasn't stopped since September!

[@oxboustrophe1392]

No "call before you dig" 811 number? Thought that was national. Will you have a prescriptive easement on your neighbors land from the tube? Can he prevent you from digging to repair for example? Or can he remove your tube? If he decides to install wind towers, cell towers, or solar panels there could be some interesting issues.

[@aTrippyFarmer]

Good questions. Yes there is a locating number, but the water company wasn't sure exactly where their line was. Everything else was cleared. There is no legal easement filed. This is mutually beneficial; although the bulk of the water is from us, the neighbor gains the perforated pipe to help with subsurface drainage. No sane person would remove the pipe, and I would bet there is legal recourse for something of that nature. If he install wind towers, it is almost standard to repair, replace, or relocate all drainage infrastructure.

[@TheSoloAsylum]

FJB!

[@aTrippyFarmer]

🏁

[@shopshop144]

Any idea why your field is so 'wet' when then the field you are crossing apparently isn't that wet? Does anyone complain about farmers adding millions of gallons of new water into the local streams? Very interesting, and you did a good job talking about what was going on.

[@aTrippyFarmer]

It is purely a matter of topography and soil type. Two farms right next to each other can be composed of different soils with different properties. There are no local complaints of farm drainage issues, but there are concerns with the downstream effects of these runoff waters.

[@dexterjsullen]

why didnt you just have a collector and reuse that water

[@aTrippyFarmer]

You’re more than welcome to come carry it off by the bucket!

[@dexterjsullen]

@@aTrippyFarmer lol, a drain will run (or pumped) into a set reservoir in on the lot. And then reuse that water substantially to save on water bill. But yeah I Don t know your situation more than you. You can be in a valley between mountains receiving all the water flow or very often rain.

[@seansysig]

24” dual wall tile is crazy especially when your outlet was only open 1/8th. You probably could’ve gotten by with 8” I guess huge insurance policy going big.

[@aTrippyFarmer]

You are attempting to sound like an expert, but I can clearly tell that you know very little. Thanks for watching!

[@98_ksxj]

"Don't have that much faith in humanity" - Agreed!

[@aTrippyFarmer]

You never know what you're going to witness in this world...

[@bradolsen8629]

There are parts of the video where the sound isn’t the best just thought I would tell you

[@aTrippyFarmer]

I haven't heard that complain yet but I do appreciate your comment!

[@bradolsen8629]

I just wanted to be helpful

[@thrasheraustin9797]

Please with the rotating. I was begging it too stop

[@aTrippyFarmer]

Bad choice on my part!

[@roberta6641]

"financial journey" is a very professional way of saying "im about to haemorrhage money start to finish". also im not going mad am i? that bucket was on the wrong way round and in the next clip was right. lol

[@aTrippyFarmer]

You aren't crazy... editing can make things look weird! It is a hemorrhage upfront, but it will be profitable within the first 5 years, if I had to guess...

[@floridamancomedy3151]

do you decide how many ad's are in your videos? im half way through and ive counted 4 ad's

[@aTrippyFarmer]

KZbin is in charge

[@Petesqwad]

You mentioned a 0.05% grade on the tile, I'm curious how close they actually got. Did you mean to put 0.5%? What was the total fall from one end to the other? I'm a surveyor by trade and use Trimble products for my line of work and Trimble GPS using RTK usually has a vertical variance of 0.013-0.040m (1/2 to 1 7/8inch) up or down at any time especially with how much that receiver is bouncing with the machine moving. 0.5% sounds much more reasonable to me but I'm unsure as I mostly do sewer works rather than agricultural drainage. At a 0.05% fall on that tile your laying it to 1mm fall on each pipe which I find hard to believe that the GPS is is giving them grade to that level of accuracy. 0.5% on the other hand, would be 0.015m (1/2 inch) per pipe which is still tight on tolerance with GPS but sounds slightly closer to something I could see getting done. I lay pipe at 0.5% fairly often but even that I use a rod and level or a total station for that tight of a tolerance in fall. Super interesting video, never see that kinda machinery working in the city. Keep it up the great content this is super cool to watch.

[@astroturf9367]

I'm a pipe layer/grade engineer in the puget sound WA, we have laid long-running 24 inch at as little as 0.1% over 500' but only on large diameter pipe like this when the goal is not necessarily to achieve a high flow-rate, but simply to bridge a connection between bodies of water/ditches so that, when they rise above the IE of the pipe, they will drain all the way down. We are not worried about standing water in the pipe as much, should there be an issue, its large enough to easily unblock. Also on these really long runs (over 200ft. from instrument) you really have to be dialed in/move with your rod/pipe laser since the variance out at those distances can skew your grade out of tolerance! Sanitary Sewer however (or storm drain, w/e) we cant run less than half a percent and very rarely do we go below 1% and from my experience its just to have enough flow to keep *most* things from clumping and creating a blockage in a pipe between CBs. Nice seeing another person into grade!

[@astroturf9367]

0.5% would be about 85 feet of fall over the ~1700'!!

[@Petesqwad]

@@astroturf9367 I’ve set plenty of pipe at 0.1% when the head pressure allows it. I’m certain what was done here will work I was just interested in how accurately their equipment can lay pipe at that low of a grade. That’s a good point I hadn’t considered, doing mostly storm and sanitary for city works standing water is a no no but I guess for this application having standing water in the pipe isn’t an issue because it’s only for getting that same standing water out of the soil so not to drown crop. Water likes going down so even truly flat pipe will carry if the water has some current to it from the inlet. The crux of my interest is just wether the company doing this tile can actually lay to that low of a fall using RTK because in my experience his worry about the pipe going in to the right grade is wasted worry because the equipment they’re using can’t even set to that accuracy but I’d love to hear otherwise. Just an interesting job for another grade guy to be watching!

[@antolepage26]

As a civil technician (and civil engineer to be), I've done plenty of project where the min. slope was 0.05% (0.005m/m or 12.5mm of slope difference for a 2.5m standard concrete pipe) for rainwater as small as 300mm in diameter (and personally up to 1.2m) . You wouldn't use a gps system for that slope and pretty much every surveyor I've worked with switched to the prism when came to time to lay those pipe. Those who didn't switch didn't make a good job. Also, good workers always double-checked them-self with a 6' level to be sure there was some slope. I'm also the one who checks the "as-built" and I'm happy to say pretty much all the jobs I've done went from 0.35% to 0.65% slope for every 10m sections and also the entire length. Pretty much everybody hates that min. slope but it is what it is. As for the design part, there wouldn't be much water speed, but the sheer amount of water would probably be sufficient to be self-cleaning. The only thing I'm hoping is that they splurged a bit more and bought the pipe with the smooth interior.

[@astroturf9367]

@@antolepage26 I believe he stated it was double walled which is smooth on the inside, so definitely

[@tucobenedicto109]

When you bring in the wonder wheel you wonder what it will hit. For you a fake a artesian well. On the railroad a bigger version is used and it eats switch machines and cables for breakfast. Good idea the put in a 6' pipe by me for storm drainage and it ovefilled and flodded the service road, next to the highway which cut off the drainage. They replaced that with a 9' by 9' storm drain which they are in phase two to connect the rest of the hill. Nice job and nice soil. Tichincally the trencher broke the hard pan and rototated the soil. So maybee better yields for your neighbors and you.

[@aTrippyFarmer]

Those trenchers can cause a lot of damage if things aren't scouted properly... I have heard of a tile plow causing a yield-bump from the deep rip, but I have not heard the same of a trencher. Thanks for the comment!

[@kenactofkindness4017]

i am the 3rd person lol, iinspector retired lol always fun to C

[@aTrippyFarmer]

Glad to have you!

[@donnapolizzia8553]

amazing! coming from coastal Massachusetts, I can't believe the amount of topsoil you have

[@aTrippyFarmer]

Thanks for watching! Central Illinois is home to some of the best farmland in the world. We are very lucky to farm here.

[@GaryPClark]

I graduated in 1962, first job as a 98 pound weakling working for my uncle as the boy who brought the cement tile to the ditch where the guy in the shoe hooked it and dropped it into the trench. Mud, sand, caved walls, rocks, stuck machines, then long commutes to and from jobs, lunch pails, old cars, pickups, job ended with the frost, off to the navy after Thanksgiving. Barely made the minimum weight in spite of all the work. I had fun and wore out my hands, cement is like sand paper, thousands of tiles carried to the ditch. Seeing the modern equipment in action is always interesting to me. My cousins still do ditch tiling in South Dakota, Iowa and Minnesota.

[@aTrippyFarmer]

Wow that sounds like a lot of work. There are so many jobs in the modern day that have been made substantially easier by machines and technology. Thanks for sharing!

[@gabrielruvalcaba2310]

I owned a drainage company.. LLC Sundance excavation and drainage... Yes always when you build consider drainage.. and a good foundation.. that is the key..

[@aTrippyFarmer]

You're only as successful as your weakest link, and drainage was a major flaw on this farm!

[@BilltheTulaneGuy]

“Unfortunately I don’t have that much faith in humanity.” Thanks Algorithm!

[@aTrippyFarmer]

Thanks for watching!!!

[@hfff1]

Fascinating! First time seeing a soil snow blowerish thingy.

[@aTrippyFarmer]

It does kind of look like a snow-blower with how it throws that dirt!

[@nebkas2306]

Who else was thinking he has the voice of Andrew Camarata? :D

[@aTrippyFarmer]

😎

[@mitchellbliss3828]

What's crazy is the gut that's working the hardest down there in the boot probably gets paid the least.. I'd hope it's at least 20 an hour

[@aTrippyFarmer]

I am sure that he is paid fairly!

[@bretthess6376]

And in other places they have to irrigate. If only water could be easily moved from one place to another.

[@aTrippyFarmer]

Agreed!

[@obfuscateidentity2329]

Just found your channel don't know where you're located is there a better use of the water it seems like you're just letting it drain away?

[@aTrippyFarmer]

This is what the water would do eventually. As opposed to 10 days, it drains in 5.

[@xaar9876]

39:50 "I hope 1 or 2 or 3 people will find in enjoyable"... 500,000 views in 3 weeks.

[@aTrippyFarmer]

Yeah not too shabby!

[@jimmyharper707]

you need to be a car salesman or insurance

[@aTrippyFarmer]

There's already enough of those to go around 😉

[@chunkmen]

I unironically just came from watching a video about how the Underdeveloped parts of the world that have been historically too dry (and getting worse with the weather patterns) to support agriculture and then this came up as my first reccommended video for getting rid of it haha

[@aTrippyFarmer]

A tale of two worlds. The fertile American prairie is home to soil that tends to remain swampy, especially with its naturally wet climate. We grow great crops, but the regular rains can cause ponding issues.

[@watahyahknow]

in the netherlands we have a loose clay soil mostly , to get across the road they use hydrau lic and ju st push the pipe through the soil underground then dig the soil out of the pipe or mount a spearhead to the tip of it and just push the soil aside kzbin.info/www/bejne/bma5d2ubpKyfd9k

[@aTrippyFarmer]

That is something that you would have to do to cross a major roadway, especially made of asphalt.

[@chrisstaylor8377]

We’re is this water coming from

[@aTrippyFarmer]

Heavy Spring and Summer rainfalls. It is dry right now, but we have been getting 3 or 4 4-5" rainfalls each season for the last few years. That generates a substantial amount of water.

[@anth956]

I’m not trying to be a know it all but whenever you out by any highway you should call 811 before you dig. You got lucky with the water main. If it would have been a fiber optic that would have been big money. Now ask how do I know! We do directional drilling we know a thing or two because we seen a thing or two.

[@aTrippyFarmer]

They did have it located. A tile contractor like that can literally kill their entire crew if they hit a natural gas line. The water company wasn’t sure exactly where their line was. I do appreciate your comment, though. It is so important to locate before you dig anywhere. It can save you money and even lives!

[@mobilmag864]

People are still building drainage in 2022 ?! 😱 7 milion+ gallons, thats like 27 thousand cubic meters of water per day. Water which will not get soaked to underwater tables and which will cause droughts in the end. I guess americans does not care about the long game. Just make some buck in the short run and transform farm land to desert 😂 Then they will truck all the water needed from desalination plants or something after a 50 years to fight with desertification of land 😂