Mensch Vac Truck Repairs & Operation

[@robertsimpson772]

I love the "Louder then your girlfriend" sticker. Nobody can say your cows aren't loved when the help is locking lips with them. Haha That was a great video Andy.

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

Lol

[@johngraham4891]

Ubbb

[@hedge685]

The opening brings to mind Cousin Eddie in front of Clark's house....'Shitters full..'

[@normanzywicki2496]

Just need the cigar and a polka playing!

[@loteknomad5032]

Amazing to see. Thank you to you, your family, and your team for doing the hard, messy work thats needed to keep our grocery stores stocked and our loved ones fed.

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

You are welcome

[@rollinlowford]

When that things dumping sort of looks like what comes out of a politicians yap haha

[@augustreil]

It's exactly what comes out of a Demoncraps mouth !

[@rollinlowford]

@@augustreil with whats going on these days the craps on both sides.. and its being cleaned up... the swamps deaper then we thought.

[@adamdelong1116]

😆 love the bumper sticker.

[@Longeno55]

Hahaha! I guess it’s pretty loud!

[@cubcadetsteve4148]

Enjoy the Videos Andy.. Thank you, taking the time to share with us..👍🇺🇸

[@jamespetty9545]

You were right the sand is hard on the equipment. The milking station looked nice 👍

[@Erated78]

Great video Andy. Nice to see how things work inside the barns. One thing always stands out, there is never a shortage of work to be done on a farm. Cheers.... looking forward to the brake change video too.

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

Thanks Ed

[@billbray5995]

Great video as always. Most people don't realize all the equipment repairs that occur daily to keep a farm operation going and the cost.

[@kridder6268]

I never realized how big an operation you have. That’s a lot of manure!

[@mrdfarms9373]

Andy, Kubota SSV 65 has 3 different part numbers for the fuel cap. They don’t sell the gasket separate, you probably have a gasket in the shop that would fit. If you want new, $14 and some change. 68701-51120 $14.08 V1311-51120 $14.45 V1311-51122 $14.08

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

Thanks

[@steveleverett2644]

Andy y’all have some wonderful employees.

[@jeffsmith9328]

Gotta say Andy the bedding and vacuum trucks are pretty dam handy

[@Colevdbrink724]

i have seen them vac trucks on those progressive dairy man books and we have a kubota skid steer has 1600 hours on it

[@markreetz1001]

I'm kind of surprised how full the vac was. Those are long aisles in that barn. Great to see other sides of your operation.

[@lindadanielson7849]

Now I've seen everything a vacuum for manure. Pretty slick

[@mrdfarms9373]

Thanks for the ride along Andy, that manure vac beats the hell out of using a skid steer. LOL on the bumper sticker. Jason working on 💩 pump 🚬 , doing the job 👍

[@fleminj2pa]

This is a job for Mike Rowe and “Dirtiest Jobs”.

[@roldac]

especially if he had to climb into the inside of the tank

[@wymershandymanservice9965]

Always enjoy watching , have a large Dairy in our neck of the Woods it’s just South of Alger , Ohio. They use a 100 position Wheel to do the milking they were around 4600 head. But I believe from what I heard at the local coffee shop that the milking wheel is due to be rebuilt. So they are installing a new 50 Place wheel to run the operation while they get the 100 rebuild then once that’s done they say they are looking at increasing to 5500 head . Great content as always.

[@PA_Wilds_Coyote]

That vac truck works pretty good. That bumper sticker looks good also!! Lol. Better than that fork I have to use on the pen pack calf pen we have!!!!

[@jameswalz9533]

Thank you and the fells for making great video. Really enjoy watching them.

[@rogerharper6060]

Love your videos never know what to expect from one to the other

[@heotechniques5065]

“Louder than your girlfriend “ how dare you lol 🇨🇦

[@cleenlivin]

This is so cool to watch. I know it hard, dirty work but has to be so satisfying to do what you guys do. That vacuum machine is slick.

[@braderrick]

“Hey chucko, that doesn’t smell like mud”...

[@harveystephens6115]

Liquid gold!

[@peteschiavoni]

Great bumper sticker. That Mensch is really cool. Thanks for sharing!!

[@stanleyjones4180]

great video andy and crew i could watch your videos all day, thanks for the video andy

[@mitsnevets]

just when i think i have seen every piece of equip under the sun on your place POW ! you come out with a cool video of something else , never seen a Mersch before , great vid Andy keep em coming

[@ginggur17]

That vacuum saves a hell of a lot of work.

[@RockBrigadeCommunityForum]

I don't know how the farm keeps up with the volume of crap, but dang. Thanks for the great video Andy.

[@TheJf5432112345]

SIX GRAND for that. Isane. I'd be putting that in so you know it's for sure done and done.

[@dennisbeheler5466]

Ok , no food or drink when watching your videos. Lost my drink laughing at "Louder than your girlfriend last night "

[@robj2704]

The Smell of Prosperity.

[@dickhansen8594]

Good video boss. Always lots of irons in the fire. Thank you for sharing with us

[@jwhitley101whitleyfarms9]

Andy we have had great luck with the kubota stuff so far we are on our 3rd kubota skidsteer and none have given us any trouble other then the fuel cap and neck started rusting and we replaced that

[@hfff1]

I never realized how much of a dairy operation revolved around manure management. Talk about "Shit Happens"!

[@farmingfishingfamilyontari2814]

It never ends. I don’t know how many guys are on the staff but you guys look after a pile ok work.

[@ronnieseagraves3385]

We are glad to hear some of the prices of your fixing.

[@ginggur17]

Love that RAM in the shop.

[@timothygeorge1191]

Great Video 👍. Tim from Wisconsin Dairyland

[@billupstateny9151]

That Skid steer is an unusual shade of green/yellow. Perhaps it got too close to the lagoon, fell in & when it was fished out, the color was altered?

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

Lol

[@JohnSmith-lw2bm]

Do you try to clean it first or just grab sockets and jump in???

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

Depends

[@ReverseProof]

Very interesting, Andy. Well done, great video!

[@toddmatson4179]

That vac truck emptying out reminds me of my younger days of drinking a bunch of Budweiser and eating Taco Bell the morning after...

[@tomwainwright7102]

the bit with the cowman was hilarious

[@kennethorton3661]

Awesome machine thanks for the video

[@ronniejenkins2056]

It is good to see the boss get to do boss stuff walk around the shop and keep things in order lol Andy I believe that you have taught them well I think that you have a good crew that machine sure pushes a lot of crap have a good one.

[@j_ll7]

That manure truck would be great in Portland.

[@YouTube_Professor]

You should advertise for pool filling with that vac truck.

[@MrRobert1603]

The circle of farming... ice cream , milk, cheese , yogurt... it’s all poop in the end..... need smell o vision...... I like it.... the work continues ! Now drain the lagoons...

[@paulcrocker2837]

Something I love about your video's is fixing things or clearing Shit , I feel that I'm with you doing it ,

[@m.j.l.abulle9107]

( Tim ? ) and the coarse sandpaper tongue , that was good !

[@stevenrud6593]

I don't dairy farm any more ,but I never liked sand for beding. Very hard on equipment and bearings. We had cemented free stalls and used chopped corn stalks. Would run them through the forage harvester.

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

Yeah sand doesn't work well on concrete beds

[@leighcowley9869]

On our irrigation pump it uses the same coupler. On our pump it I s for the alignment. You can get it perfect and the coupler allows it flex enough without vibration

[@davidfarrish9000]

Great video. Very educational about your operation. Thanks.

[@Wainfleetkx450f]

I like that you tell us how much parts are for machines.. most people don’t know the cost of farming

[@carsonhucks9229]

We need to start calling you Mr Fix it.

[@daleolson3506]

Look in to the different types of pumps available in the septic pumping world. They have a rotoryvane type that may last longer.

[@spencermoss5528]

You need a very high output vacuum pump for them because you’re sucking off the surface. vane pumps don’t keep up like the rotary lobe pumps do.

[@pfpdlt]

I just found your channel about 2 weeks ago really enjoying it so far. Looks like you got pretty big operation going and I'm guessing you're pretty good to work for cause you actually have a sense of humor

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

Most days

[@lindadanielson7849]

Yes Andy there is suppose to be an o ring there

[@Oliver-kv2mm]

I believe that is a Duraflex coupler on the vac truck.

[@robertquast9684]

Nice bumper sticker on the vac truck. What is your thoughts on handling manure that way vs alley scrapers or even tire scraper to a collection pit?

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

Alley scrappers are a lot handier

[@brandoncreech8810]

Wow I’m surprised it runs a roots style pump like that. They run such tight tolerances, I would think any manure that got into it would stop it. They will move some serious cfms with pressure too.

[@ejharrop1416]

What a machine! maybe you can rename that pit "US Congress"..... would be an incentive to fill it as fast as possible. Thanks for sharing.

[@stevewesley8187]

Looks like a roots-type blower

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

Yes

[@johnneal1102]

Andy how about a milking parlour tour some day

[@billupstateny9151]

Wasn't that dodge P/U in the shop the same truck that belongs to Andrew's Mom? Is it in for repairs? & how is it Andrew did not get himself included in the video?

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

Needs a crank

[@jwhitley101whitleyfarms9]

Great video like your pens we need more barns pens and feedlots badly

[@ron827]

Holy crapola, that squeegee and vac truck works a whole lot better than the scoop shovel and wheelbarrow I used as a kid on the farm. It appears you produce a lot of manure and milk is a byproduct.

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

Yes

[@robhakeman5873]

Andy I saw a video awhile back and they had a attachment like a vplow for the skidloader for pushing hay or feed closer to the cows in the alleyways. Heck you could probably make one !

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

We have one ,they we bucketing feed deviding it up

[@komatsuguru]

Looks like the goat has been in the shop for a while based on how much dust is on the windshield

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

Ee

[@hanksfarmvideos]

The vac truck would definitely save time as opposed to tire scraping

[@nickpersenaire4443]

Great work Andy Now the shit is taken care of.

[@troyplocinski8401]

Nice video, how many water wells are on your guys farm? Neighbor bellow me has 3, if I remember 200 feet deep. They used to milk 60 head. I could not imagine how many gallons they all drink in one day. Especially how hot it’s been we need rain bad in central PA!!!

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

3 springs and a couple wells

[@wcneuman]

thanks for all the hard work,i just walk into byrne dairy for my milk wcn

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

Awesome

[@eoghanhayes7699]

What’s the advantage to the vac truck over alley scrapers is it not more expensive to run?

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

No advantage, other than we have no way of getting manure to a storage yet on that barn

[@geraldfrench3287]

Do you have a backup Plan B if this machine is out of action for along time?

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

Buckets and shovels

[@geraldfrench3287]

@@FarmingFixingFabricating Ha Ha Been a pasture based dairy farmer all my life Retired now. Enjoy your videos.

[@jimclary7309]

Andy, you got an awesome facility. A lot of money slipping through your figures in your shop. That's what you have to do to keep your equipment in top condition. That vack truck is pretty slick. Opproximently how much will the tank carry? Great vid as always keep them coming. Be safe!!

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

3400 gallon

[@RockBrigadeCommunityForum]

Thant Bumper sticker... classic lol

[@mikejankoviak8542]

Please let me know what you find out on the fuel leak issue on the skidsteer. My boss has a 65 and a 75 and the 65 always has fuel everywhere. I thought it was just someone spilled it when filling but idk. Very good machines but the only thing my boss doesn't like is availability for parts. Lucky enough the 75 has just needed a hydraulic hose or 2 for the attachment connect and disconnect. Otherwise just maintenance and the 75 has almost 3000 hours the 65 only about 1000

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

Will do

[@mikejankoviak8542]

@@FarmingFixingFabricating I appreciate it. Awesome videos by the way

[@davidbroad4834]

The Vac truck is very interesting.

[@mattyx3x]

The bumper sticker is classic.

[@deernutOO]

Barn cleaning looks disgusting, but when I think back to my youth when I had to shovel it all up twice a day for 60 milk cows, this is just a heck of a lot better. Sit and ride, (although fixing that Vac truck didn't look like fun). Good video to see more work methods on the farm. tks

[@JonDingle]

That is a different way of cleaning muck from cow shed, not seen one like that before. In farming there are all kinds of weird and wonderful machines to do jobs around the place. Those engineers have some creative ideas!

[@shoresharp8349]

Mr Andy have you guys tried to bed your cows with sawdust? Just asking if it would be easier to deal with beside sand?

[@spencermoss5528]

Saw dust is easier to handle but tends to be more expensive. sand is the best bedding for cows because it’s non organic and therefore completely inert so you don’t get bugs like you do in organic bedding like sawdust of straw.

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

No we haven’t

[@cletaspratt9162]

Seems like some sand would sure be good in the fields I see around here. Lots of clay. Put stuff in a garden for years, perlite, sawdust, peatmoss, woodchips, manure, fish heads and guts, way too much groceries. Don't know if our manure has sand in it. Some of the fields sure look better than others. Taking hay off what used to be a race track, have to take a look and see if they mixed sand in there, seems like it produces great alfalfa.

[@ihguy2113]

great video Andy do you flush the vac truck with water after the barn clean or no ?

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

No

[@lennymiller9308]

And I thought I had a crappy day!!!

[@bradolsen9981]

You have a seriously massive operation there how many head of cattle do you have total??

[@mikebonge7206]

Hell of a machine. Thanks

[@jerrythegaffer]

Cheers Andy. Looks like a load of B.S. to me🙈 catch the next

[@frankeem3820]

Whew! I can smell that stuff all the way from here! I used to work on a farm when I was younger and I know what regular manure is but that stuff is deeeeeeescusting! ..I'm curious about something. Pardon me if I sound stupid but has anyone ever considered using a vacuum evaporator to turn that manure into a dry solid form? Have a great day and thanks for the great video.

[@spencermoss5528]

You can get slurry separators which squeeze the liquid out of the slurry leaving a semi dry solid.

[@dukefarms9155]

Cool how it unloads!

[@mikeames440]

Do you milk 2 or 3 times a day? Do they make more milk, or is it just better for the cows to do it 3 times vs 2?

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

3 times a day, more milk and better for the cows

[@Delbert127]

That is a Great Video about how that shit works. If I had a quarter for every time I had manure splash on me we'd be in Vegas living large.

[@benb7272]

great video. do you have seperate staff that handle the barn chores besides the guys that help with fieldwork?

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

Field work guys do the barn cleaning

[@dphillips705]

Rag joint if I remember right

[@chrisstanding4181]

It's a dirty job but some one's got a do it just glued it's not me. We got a glimpse in the inner sanctum there to.

[@jentpostma337]

Neat 👍 alway wondered how you run the vac truck in the barn. Curious why you have different manure systems in different barns?

[@FarmingFixingFabricating]

It's just the way it is

[@robj2704]

Definitely getting your money's worth out of that equipment. 40 hours a week on that new Kubota is a lot of usage.

[@geoffhirsh2402]

Happy cows🐄🐄🐄