Never Climb in Grain Bins

[@fraleyfarms978]

As the son of a fellow farmer I love how your videos are strait forward and show what real American farmers deal with dangers everyday

[@llanman81]

You are one busy fella! Thank you for all you do on the farm and taking the time to film it all for us!!

[@Felix_666]

I use to build, service, and repair grain bins and their equipment for GSI. I can't tell you how many times I've had to replace/repair unload augers because the farmer didn't check for those crusted clumps. They don't always just plug up the basket. I've also had to climb into countless grain bins, some full, some not so full, and I have this to say... Thank you! Thank you for using your head and knowing when it's safe to climb in,and thank you for taking care of your bins. Unfortunately I rarely had the luxury of climbing into a full bin that hasn't been unloaded any yet, just to do some vital service work or repairs so the farmer could get back to it. Scary as hell not knowing the conditions below the surface. Safety couldn't be more important.

[@cntslesfabrication]

I'm glad you finally found your restroom I was worried someone stole it during the winter months

[@joesully9111]

It's weird to think that without KZbin I would have never met you and now I know so much more about farming.... HAPPY FARMING MR JOHNSON!!

[@damianmcdaniel8621]

Hey Mr millennial, I'm from eastern part of North Carolina, and I'm a machine operator around the farm. We runs such a large operation and grows alot of crops from tobacco to beans! And I enjoy every moment of being out in the fields working. Right now I'm in the process of cutting winter wheat! I've been following you on KZbin for the past year or so and you seem be such fun guy to work. If I was out in the midwest, I show would like to come work for you. You have some good fancy equipment to work with and that makes a difference on the farm. And such a huge and nice updated shop to work in doing winter months. Keep up the good work! I'm about to get my day started and I'll get back with you a little later on.

[@rcorn8114]

You did what you had to do and did it the safest possible way. Glad to see your accepting your corn stand and condition, we here in west central Indiana only have maybe 20% of corn in ground.

[@gerryheckmann3167]

Love how folks from around the world are tuning in, Zack

[@tf7274]

Our bin has a cheese grader on top of the gear box. Downward pressure breaks up the dry chunks. Frozen chunks...we built a box that clips into the spout of the unload auger. It has a hole the same size as a small aeration fan...add a diesel heater....15 min and your in business.

[@johnrichardson3958]

These videos are the reason I want to be a farmer when I grow up . Love your work keep it up

[@JaredHurst02100616]

Glad to hear your son plays baseball. Best sport in the world. My son started legion ball this year.

[@Fire-zs1vd]

Watching you from Maine . I'm a dairy Farmer and love your videos. Keep up the good work

[@Quarton]

Great video, as always! Work on the farm is full of dangers - and we always do our best to stay safe! Best wishes!

[@mikebonge7206]

Young mans game. Love all your equipment. Never thought of tires getting puncture. So you run track

[@williamrullman7063]

Im 46 years old when i grow up i want to be a farmer. I would love to be able to run tractors be a jack of all trades like you fellars are.

[@tyronneshoelaces8843]

Yep, I still bang my head getting into my truck also. We never learn.

[@Greg_Gatsby]

I noticed there was someone outside the bin that knew you were inside. 👍

[@Zeffy55]

Greg O yeah that will do a lot if he sinks in there lol..

[@billy-zx10r]

crashingkid just about to say the same thing lol

[@freisdairyllc6898]

When someone is on the outside typically they know what your doing and how long it will take. Buddy system saves lives.

[@waswestkan]

Not much the person out side could do, if things went wrong inside the bin, other than alert the body recovery crew. Not even wearing a harness to make sure the body doesn't make it the auger. I'm pretty sure a load of grain with mince meat would be rejected by a buyer. Yea I get there are potentially dangerous things that need to be done. I live in Ag. country, and worked in the oilfield. I'm aware of plenty of it's got to be done, that went wrong. Unfortunate, but it's a part of life.

[@waswestkan]

In the event the person inside the finds themselves surrounded by grain will have a slow death. The first time they exhale more grain pack around the, preventing them from inhaling again, even if their head is above the grain. In general three minutes without are we are dead. Their are situations where the buddy system isn't effective. There are cases where six buddies dying, trying to rescue a succession, of victims. Buddies are great, but they need to understand when they may be putting themselves at risk, and have the resolve, not to endanger themselves and others.

[@bruceh6878]

Cant stand when people comment on something they know nothing about. Good job guys. I'm a dairy farmer in BC

[@rawhideadventures9515]

Similar conditions in Arkansas. Dad and I planted 118 tomato plants last weekend which was the first dry weekend this year. We've had 2 rains since then so we can weed the garden. Keep up the good work.

[@Buchnell]

Rocks are growing well polished and solid.

[@benpadilla157]

Another awesome video zack keep them coming very informative be safe an keep up the good work

[@toddbehrends1373]

Love your sense of humor. Thanks for all that you do at showing the rest of world just what farming is all about. Love the channel.

[@billcarlson8615]

Lost my good friend Dave, our trucker inside a grain bin when the unload auger was running. Was not good. Don't ever go in a bin when the unload is running!

[@andyc280081973]

Working back on our farm years ago I found grain bins weren't so bad - so long as augers not running. But grain sheds.... yeah, never walk out on grain heaped in a shed. I found out the hard way, up to my waste and drifting down, used the grain shovel I was using to shift grain about to sort of spread my weight across the grain until I managed to squirm my way back on top. Looking back, proper dumb world thing to do, but a valuable lesson for sure!

[@two-strokesmoke7289]

Your farm always has a lot going on, busy, busy....

[@mrpiggyjondon8380]

In my hometown (Germany) the corn plants are already 40-50 cm high! So it's very interesting to see how difrent the plants grow

[@stijill]

It's like watching an art painting tutorial. very satisfying and therapeutic. Maybe mowing grass is closes thing I'be done to running a combine. I live just 30 min from SF

[@aaronv1559]

Nice catch on that twine, will eat a bearing seal up quick!!! 👍🤘🏻

[@JT-1969]

Hey Zach, glad to see you can get into some of your fields. I live in Central Indiana, right now only 24 percent of the crops are in, at this time of year it should be 96 percent. We’ve had so much rain it’s a muddy nightmare. Glad you make these videos, shows non farmers like me the struggles farmers have to deal with. Keep up the great work, looking forward to your next video!

[@Bartalosko]

@MN millennial farmer I'm just amazed of your knowledge!! Wish you all the best

[@robbycompart6906]

Never climb in a grain bin! Especially after your flakey first season employee runs over the unload auger, and then overfills your stirrator bin. Jokes aside I had to shovel that bin 3x daily to keep the stirrator going a few years back until I got parts. Keep the videos coming, you do a great job Zach!

[@jmurphy1973]

I'll never forget when I was 8 or 9 and I told my dad that a friend and I were playing in a nearly full corn bin. I still remember the uh...scolding (that's putting it very mildly) that I got. Haven't been in one since.

[@SteveHolsten]

Thanks Zach. We need a longer video

[@Jackc8201]

Great video Zach, thank you for being friendly to the planet :)

[@CAdidas333]

"Look at this sweet jump!!" HAHAHA!! You were flying man, Id say 6 maybe 7 mph.... bookin!!

[@MillennialFarmer]

#launchedit

[@Fire-zs1vd]

Just finished planting our corn . Long hours no days off ik how you must feel . Now on to chopping alfalfa

[@markreetz1001]

You're right about grain bins being dangerous, but it was safer to breakup the crust before you start than having to go in and find the clumps later on. Glad see the cultivator kicking up dust instead of mud. (I told Mike Less the same thing.) Keep up the good work and the good videos!

[@linusrhein8262]

You guys are figuring out planting, While we Herr in Germany Start to think about harvest in 4 weeks...

[@georgenetroe2670]

So much material from you. Trying to catch up to your Pod Cast. Thank You George Deltaville, Va

[@84CSUn]

Meanwhile in South Carolina the corn is up to almost tassling size but it's burning up in the field due to lack of rain.

[@johnny22single99]

Just want to let you know that your doing great!!!!.----> More than anything!!!----> Peace&Love to you and to all of your wonderful family friend's and loved one's.

[@claypfeifer2052]

Glad to see didge getting around good!

[@georgenetroe2670]

Can't thank you enough for you And your family for the work and the videos. Tell your Dad I said hello. Your fan from Va George Deltaville, Va

[@larryhemmelgarn3031]

After spending the day cleaning up debris from a tornado in area we were fortunate enough to finally get into the fields today!!!

[@MrKaba1985]

America is mudy like hell for 2 years and in Germany we would like looking for your rain and snow. That year rain in May was better but not enough for the loose from the last year we got.

[@mathbrown9099]

Zach, your soil looks a volcanic and rich as our Puyallup Valley. I’m sorry about the moisture content in the ground, though. I’ve got my fingers crossed that the Texas Sky Ball does its work. Love the vids.

[@tonym109]

😅😅🤣 You gonna write your self a confined space permit and JSA👍🏾

[@tristanpeyron4383]

If you still need to fix your tile plug up problem then you should put good size gravel around the tile inlet. That should help.

[@uTubed007]

You could wear a belt and have a cable strapped to you. The straps could be mounted with spring loaded spoolers or have a winch line with a wireless remote. A person outside is always advisable and the minimun safety pre-requisite and the first precaution to take

[@brianhubbard6423]

Yeah, wet everywhere in Ohio. Keep up the great videos and God bless you and your family.

[@dhansel4835]

I remember up North you had more rain than you needed. Down here in Central Texas it wasn't that wet. A friend of mine has about 6,000 acres of winter wheat every year. No telling what this winter will bring.

[@banjobenson9348]

And the Twins are really kicking butt this year too

[@MillennialFarmer]

Sure are!!

[@Ancalim]

My corn over here on old continent, southern Poland specificly, is coming out really slow, even tho its already a month in ground, theres some spots where corn has rotten out.. sigh, we had since late april to 25th may over 207 milimeters per square meter (thats around 8.1 inches)of rain where usual monthly rain should be around 50 to 60 milimeters, and on top of that its been coldest may since ages, as You said corn doesn't like such conditions. Keep up the good work, Zach, love Your videos.

[@garlandhenry6792]

Entertaining as always !!!! Really enjoy your work, with your wife’s help of course 👍

[@blossomquisno9187]

Zack your a great farmer, great vlog

[@therealRustyShackleford]

Even though you said you guys hadn’t pulled anything out of that bin, I was still nervous just watching you walk across it. Just had it pounded in my head about walking in grain bins. And I still tuck my shoe strings in and cut my hoodie strings off as well and am not even around a farm anymore.

[@huntershaull3770]

I literally get sad when the videos are over and I have to wait for another one lol

[@JerridNDebbie]

This is the best channel I have ever watched

[@SmallMartingale]

Hey Zach, have you considered implementing any of the conservation practices that you discussed on your field work podcast such as strip till? Love the podcast btw. Thanks

[@treytonzoss1853]

Great video! I'm glad that you guys are able to get back in the field!

[@mistergamerguy]

Absolutely love your vids! I play a farm sim game and your vids are giving me a whole new fresh look at the reality of farming and such.

[@jamesbushman801]

CBS Sunday Morning, I believe is what you're referring to. Awesome program if you're up that early

[@greatwhitegringod1160]

I knew a man who sunk in the grain. Couldn't find him so we just hit the side of the grain tank with front end loader and let the grain just run out on ground but it was to late he suffocated thought of it every time I climbed in to a bin since

[@martinjeffery3590]

We just had that this year ,the old chap got into the grain bin and sank ,they ripped it to bits but it was also too late

[@Bartalosko]

May they rest in peace

[@coreybaker6305]

My dad had a cousin had the same thing happen to him... We he came out my dad being a pre teen happen to be standing at the hole he came out 🙁

[@thekanuck2778]

happens every year.

[@ronhenderson1690]

Safety lanyards - no?

[@wipatriot510]

Been there, done that...not ideal, but you do what you gotta do to get it done... If it were easy, everyone would be doin' it...

[@farmerjohnson8121]

Great video Zach. We need some of your rain, down here in East Tennessee..

[@rustyschackelford9645]

Man... here in southeast Indiana around me still very little in the field. 2 or 3 days a week ago were dry enough to get in the field then more rain. But at least a record number of tornados came with the rain.

[@edwardmartin4130]

Did you have a little moment of relaxation at 2:00? I heard it

[@dougneufeld2799]

The Batco plant is in my home town of Swift Current Saskatchewan. Our farming environment is much different than yours. Interesting watching different stresses that you face. The only similarity is that there is timed weather stresses aside from how the government stresses add to the picture. Good channel dude.

[@4BlessingsFarm]

Love the video, gonna be sitting this evening with my son and watch a few more. Thanks for sharing

[@likeitornotbut616]

It's good to see "the real world" in action.

[@14Marathons]

Great video, as always. Thanks for all you do.

[@DRIFTLESSTECH]

Quote of the year: “this isn’t a google article, this is real life”.

[@lhs112]

Would a harness in a line via the top not be a solution?

[@michaelvangundy226]

Just give it a few days and plant winter wheat instead of corn.

[@Thanatos370]

Corn seems like... so much more work than wheat. Granted, never farmed corn, and I'm grateful for those who do, but I'm not sure I'd be very patient with it. Wheat was always our go to (it's TOTALLY not because nothing else grew well enough or anything!!! 😂)

[@billbooth4147]

Planted my first corn today in southern West Virginia been warm n wet got sprayer stuck too,least ain’t dusty

[@koolman2021]

Awesome video have a great evening

[@GreaterAntilles-wn2ts]

You got to make a homemade crust buster to set over that center sump hole you won't have to worry about chunks.

[@WBOS72]

Thanks for the vid Zack - always learn something in your vids.

[@gmanfatman]

the new dog is getting big and is looking very good as well

[@JFIllinois]

That “sweet jump” scene was fucking hilarious 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@Claymore927]

Anna is growing fast!

[@franksuddeth1019]

For the farm sounds on the radio, you need to have a John Deere “B” pulling under load. Bring a tear to an ole Man’s eye.

[@bradolsen9981]

Hello from Southeastern Minnesota

[@michaelcook768]

You do what you have to do sometimes....but just be extra careful.

[@TheSuperHybrid80]

Gretings from Finland, Great Channel

[@rc3140]

Oooo the pup got ya right in the goads.....ouch!!!

[@gofish1468]

Mighty stuff as usual Zach!!!!

[@uTubed007]

Good work on those catch-bassins

[@martinfidel7086]

when one field is bigger than a lot of farms in the UK :D

[@Sawbonespc]

Lock out tag out, disconnect the auger from power and get to cleaning. I wish i was still farming, grew up farming and yea its just one of those things that needs to be done.

[@nikolajhegnetpoulsen7751]

Anna grew big fast 😂 love the videos

[@fmachine86]

Just had a buddy get killed in one of these a few years back; really worries me seeing you in there without a lanyard. Dirt nap or corn nap, it's all the same.

[@victorrodriguez4470]

Why am I following this gentleman, guess I wanted to go back to school and learn how to farm

[@pwhsbuild]

My grandfathers used to farm. Love riding on the tractor. Unbelievable the amount of knowledge and skill required and how many diff hats you have to wear. The sacrifice made by the farmers in their time is so underappreciated.

[@gmoney27000]

I wish I could climb in grain bins in fs19 to see what would happen

[@LaHaSi4208]

😂👍

[@matijaekart9997]

Me too

[@adinfinitum520]

Same bro

[@ReeForLife]

You can just get a vehicle and make the driver side next to it and exit the car

[@grantneverstrucking568]

same bro

[@lloydmay2687]

Finally a new video ive been waiting for days love yer vidz

[@eliinman5731]

Zack, I am an Agronomist from Wisconsin and the Farmers are also have that same problem.

[@danfinley3690]

Great catch basins always Looking out for future plantings awesome

[@johnharrar5374]

Zac, how about a body harness like the roofers use and a rope hooked to a point at the ladder or entrance hatch just in case and for your safety and your families. would take you five minutes to hook up with no help!

[@lchope573]

Worked in a grain elevator for 7 years back in the 80's. We didn't have side options. We all went to the top and crawled in. I know they say it's a no no now but we were in with the aurger going. We had safety rules for that but it was mostly common sense. Didn't always climb without a harness either. Different times so I know what you're talking about.

[@burtbrooks7731]

Glad to see y’all have managed to tame the giant fire ball🤣🤣🤣🤣we are still trying here n indiana lol!!👊

[@catwood995]

Burt Brooks I live in Indiana

[@black07rr]

As a ehs specialist , spend $80 on a harness, get a lifeline, aka a decent piece of rope, hook it to the back D-ring on the harness, put harness on, take other end of rope and tie it off outside hatch , so if you start becoming engulfed, lay out flat and pull yourself out

[@michaelcummings1862]

There have been many demonstrations at the farm machinery show in Louisville, and our state fair showing the problems of trying to pull yourself or someone else out of a bin thats engulfing you. It is almost impossible to pull yourself out. Most grain bin engulfments happen after you start taking grain out then getting in it. As he showed, they hadn't started taking any grain out yet. Being aware of conditions is the first step in being safe.

[@southjerseysound7340]

@@michaelcummings1862 While I don't disagree we lost a friend in a bin and ever since we strung a cable across the top of the bin. A simple harness and rope brake allows us to keep a short line to the harness. If you start to sink and don't have slack in the rope you wont be going far. It only takes a second to clip in and as a bonus its also added safety for climbing the ladder outside.