Opening up the Silo/Van Dale Silo Unloader/Fixing the Loose Wheel on the International 1066

We are very thankful for the great corn harvest we had last fall because with the dry weather we are opening up the silo to help our pastures have some time to grow back. We have a Van Dale Silo Unloader, but before we can use it, we have to get rid of any moldy corn silage.
Next we are back to fixing the loose wheel on the 1066. We thank all the commenters that helped us figure out we hadn't lost a piece of the rim. We got the wedges cleaned up and Paul helped us get it tightened back up
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[@jons7677]

Love PB Blaster, just had to replace wheel bearing hubs on my pickup truck, couldn't of done it without PB Blaster, I guess maybe if I had a heat wrench but I don't. One thing about farming, you never run out of things to fix. 😂 Thanks for sharing.

[@irishlad8797]

Your brother is much better than the Dewalt impact driver once he puts his weight behind things

[@philipjohnston5997]

I like watching how you do things, im from Australia an grow hay

[@ronmetz9172]

Good to see you using real penetrating oil instead of worthless WD40. I was the Armstrong silage unloader at my grandpa’s dairy. Had an old wooden stave silo with no top about the size of your pasture silo. Maybe 30ft instead of 25. Always fun in the winter time to move the snow first then dig through the frozen top crust. Once you got through that the aroma of fresh silage was pretty good. Thanks for stirring up another memory

[@timothycodling5022]

Growing up on the home farm I can remember forking silage out of the silo by hand. No unloader. Prolly in the mid sixties. Gramp sold out when Vermont mandated bulk tanks. No more shipping milk in cans, A lot of farmers threw in the towel at that time. We went to beef cows, and ran about seventy five Herefords. all square bales then (idiot cubes). You guys do a nice job, especially with your cows. Any farmer that can walk up to his cows out in the pasture is doing things right.

[@John-xg2vj]

I had a wheel that kept loosening on my 1066 too. What I found was the wedges were up against each other. No matter how much you tighten they won't lock on the axle. I put two layers of flashing between the wedges and the rim and the wheel never loosens now. Also, use a small air hammer to knock the wedges loose. Works like magic. I got one for like $25 at Harbor Freight.

[@brittblanton8342]

Hey Allan thanks for the update, it won’t move any more after Paul but those Big Guns 💪 on it. Take care guys hope you have a great rest of the week 👍

[@Dusty47]

Always love to see your helper kids hanging out with you👍

[@jimseem1192]

Boy talk about memories had to do the same thing when was younger thanks for doing that Sure do miss farm work and dairy work 😊❤️❤️

[@alanpranke3299]

Yeeouch, this triggered a memory: One type of silo has the chute doors designed so that they sit on the lap lip of the door below - all the doors are off and hanging in the chute when empty, and then you stack them from the bottom to close the chute off for silo filling. It was a two man job - the guy on top holding the door while the 2nd guy, below at the top man's feet, locked 'er in. After completion, somehow we noted the the pattern had flipped - meaning that one of the door junctions did not have the proper lap type fit. We found the culprit about half way down this 45 ft silo. Ethical dilemma confronted those two 18 yr olds: leave it or take the entire top half of doors off, flip them and then place them in the correct orientation. We were fairly certain that this orientation had been in place a number of years. Yeeeup, you betchya we corrected it. That was 50 years ago. Yeeup, there be one way to do things down on the farm.

[@joshk.6246]

I have a love hate relationship with upright silo's but overall they do a good job. My favorite part of going up was sending things down. Like the plastic you sent down, wooosh it's down. Wish a guy could smell that silage, bet it's great. Congrats on getting the wheel back attached correctly.

[@trinitydairy]

Yes definitely a love/hate relationship!

[@humanoverlord6708]

Trench bunks became a thing how many years ago?

[@michaelcamacho2741]

God bless Trinity Dairy 🙏

[@kevinhelgerson982]

Remember pitching silage in the summer. Hot job. Always asked him to get a unloader. I guess that’s what I was for. Lol

[@MUFFLERDELETE101]

Oh man! Old J.I. sounds awesome now!!

[@karencary3312]

Kiddos always wanting to know what's going on. That's the way they learn. Paul and you work well together. Great job.

[@ileenmcminn2062]

The farm I worked on as a young man we had several IH tractors with wheals like that. We were changing spacing several times a year as we changed from potatoes to Sugar beet and back. We made a tool to pull the tire and wheel out on the axel. It was a piece of pipe with a coupler on the end, the coupler would slid over the axel but the pipe would not. we put a small chain through a set of holes in the pipe and around the wheel. A bar was inserted through another set of holes and when turned it twisted the chain and pulled the wheel out.

[@naturegirlmia]

Had racoons get in my 14 50 once, they climbed up the wooden doors, o what a mess!! Tore the black plastic cover to ribbons. Once again GREAT VIDEO!!! Kevin

[@trinitydairy]

Oh I can only Imagine!

[@lesterhertel2945]

Got some really good help they

[@richardbailey7472]

Paul making you do all the hard work

[@bryanginder5903]

That unloader looks in really nice shape, should have plenty of years left in her!! I just replaced my old P&D unloader with a patz chain unloader!

[@hartungdairyfarm0713]

Good to see the wheel fixed up, didn't look like too difficult of a job. Good ol 5 gallon bucket silo chute extension, had the same setup when we used silos 👍

[@ethanlee9441]

A portable feed conveyor a small one could work

[@paulwelsh2179]

Neversiese the wedge I thought the guy was crazy but it staied perfect

[@jimoakley3436]

I remember those wedges,once you learned them they weren't that bad.But sure don't miss them.

[@mattutke4704]

I've seen some of those 66 series with both hub duals and band duals, most of them with hubs, thanks for sharing the video

[@lesterhertel2945]

Got some really good help they

[@larryanglea3458]

Allen, you remind my of myself I dairying in 70's, 80's and 90's putting up hay and silage,something broke ,being born or dying everyday. It was the best job I ever had and least amount of money. I call what I see you doing all the time southern engineering hear in Arkansas. How many cows do you all milk? Good luck.

[@trinitydairy]

We're milking 35 right now.

[@jasonstone1931]

I just found your channel yesterday and I am enjoying it very much. Keep up the good work. I also like all the old farm equipment. Will check to see if you have a building/equipment tour video later.

[@Pennies_on_the_dollar]

Well late again, I have to wait till I can watch it completly 😁 I been waiting for you to get on the silo, anxiously waiting to see how it looked!! Straight pipes , you know I love those! Interesting on the wheel spacer, I wish I could find some duals for the 1086. I really enjoy everything yall do, I apologize for being so late! Look fwd to more!!!

[@edreisinger5757]

Hopefully you caught that wheel before the keyway or wedges got worn. We had a wheel get worn on a 1066 that had axle duals on it that we were pulling a 4000 gallon manure tank with. It turned into what we call a make work program.

[@TomSmith-me7ph]

Good video and God Bless.

[@ralphriddle8864]

Good job and God bless yall 🙏

[@brianhansen826]

We fought the same problem with our 1066

[@lindadanielson7849]

Great video.

[@duaneschmitz2694]

How is your hay field and corn field looking like. Now I see why you save feed in silo to feed in summer I bet cow like it should get little bit extra milk from them lol how kids show heifer doing 😅

[@trinitydairy]

Corn is looking good, hay fields are green, but not growing, it's been too hot, I think, we need some rain again, but looks like hot and dry for the next week. kids show heifers are doing good.

[@kathrynhelm4176]

Progress! Blessings!❤️

[@karljacobson1575]

Also if wedge won’t stay tight, get a new wedge set. Main thing is clean threads and put never sneeze on threads, my 2 cents!! Good luck from a farmer in Kansas.... enjoy your videos..

[@Blazefork]

When you go back to tightening the wedges, get it as tight as you can and smack the axle with a sledge and repeat the process till it won't tighten anymore, seems to keep em snug....guess I should have watched the whole show lol

[@karljacobson1575]

Those wedges have to b tight as hell . Tighten , tighten then do some more , hit end of axle and tighten more!! I have A 1066 also. So talking from experience..

[@richardbailey7472]

I can smell the silage all the way down here

[@joeullrich2767]

A clothes pin on the silo cable is a easy way to tell when to change doors.

[@kimculver1038]

We have an 886 and the right wheel. Seems to be a problem also. We ha e lost a bolt and later broke a bolt and had it loose a few times .. All the tea for does I cut a few acres of hay and square bale the same amount. . torqued with a long pipe two years good so far. Good luck

[@markpigman209]

A old barn cleaner chain works good for that feed bunk, you might of thought of that already

[@red_power79]

Just fought one of those myself this summer. Then the casting broke. Same thing 3/4 drive and a long pipe.

[@canvids1]

Here is my memories as a young lad I would say around 10 when the corn was coming in to be blown up in the silo they were in whole stocks bundled with twine. On wagons and would be fed into the the blower to the top of the silo. My job was a tramper all I did was walked around inside the silo trapping it down. I remember the wooden doors being put in as well. Never was around to see how the silage was put down for feed for the cows. I was in school LOL. I don't remember how it was done but I would say by someone climbing up to the top and pitching it down through the doors. Would I be Right???

[@trinitydairy]

Yep, my grandpa talked about filling silo like that, and the fork was the unloader.

[@paulnewman2115]

👌

[@farmerfarmer2801]

Lol one arm lol breakin those bolts loose lol

[@ssmith1931]

👍👍

[@chuckwilliams8015]

👋

[@richardbailey7472]

Hook the silage chopper to this year

[@anthonyhengst2908]

That silage looks pretty good. About how long does it take you to feed that out?? Also that Case sounds pretty good with a straight pipe. We used to use our 630 on the blower filling 18×60 silos. That was straight piped underneath. Sounded great when it bellered. Great video!!

[@trinitydairy]

I'm not sure how long it will take to empty it, I'm hoping it will be empty, by the time we start chopping.

[@anthonyhengst2908]

@@trinitydairy I was trying to figure. We have 100 head. We open our 18×60 about November 1st and usually is empty by the end of March. It makes sense to me your silo will be empty by the time you chop corn. Good deal.

[@tonyhester9262]

Use a bottle jack from the inside.

[@trinitydairy]

I was thinking about that, but there wasn't much room behind it.

[@ronaldfeuerstein435]

Thanks for the video... Hope you got alittle of that rain. But aint that always seems to work out? The John Deere on the mower trimming or making hay.. And the international in for repairs. Umm. LOL sorry Alan... Your welcome Miss Jennifer... LOL.. Just kidding.

[@ronaldfeuerstein435]

Aww tks for the Heart... Does that mean You didnt tell Alan that joke about the international??? Thank you...

[@trinitydairy]

Alan gave the heart lol!!!

[@ronaldfeuerstein435]

@@trinitydairy oh he did? Good then iam safe then? Lol Thanks Alan..

[@thebaldmechanichardatheari1124]

Get a longer cheater pipe!!!! Good video 🇨🇦

[@woodsgremlin9995]

It's not a cheater pipe, it's a leverage compensator

[@thebaldmechanichardatheari1124]

@@woodsgremlin9995 you get my drift

[@woodsgremlin9995]

No offense to you. That's just what we called it in Ag school

[@redironfarms]

Okay little tips on the axle do NOT hit the end of it that will take out some bearings and seals internal stuff in the rear end and the best thing to do is beat on the top of the axles down towards the ground to break things loose and

[@trinitydairy]

Thanks for the info. Hopefully I didn't damage anything, I wasn't hitting it real hard.

[@redironfarms]

@@trinitydairy I’m sure you didn’t just some info for next time

[@joshk.6246]

@@redironfarms the for next time made me laugh. Ain't that the truth though. Get done with a job like that and expect you got it fixed this time for sure, then it creeps back into your life a while later.

[@stevebrooking4506]

It certainly pays to ask around for tips on new jobs. How much silage do you have to use to stay ahead of spoilage in the silage bins?

[@trinitydairy]

We are using about 5 skid steer buckets of silage a day, and that seems to be keeping up good.

[@danaedwards5464]

you must have a good socket set to torque that wheel so tight and not break the socket

[@trinitydairy]

It's a 3/4 inch drive, so they are pretty stout.

[@leightonfarms4962]

1👍👍👍

[@markpigman209]

The peas you planted ,are they the same as peas out of a can for the table

[@trinitydairy]

I think they are different.

[@richardhawks4684]

Is that farm all tractor tire ring?

[@pocketchange1951]

👍👌🇨🇦❤,

[@richmaniscalco201]

Why was the silo built in the pasture? Did grandpa used to have a barn there?

[@trinitydairy]

I'm not sure exactly what it was built for, but there was never a barn there, it always had that bunk. I think it was used for summer feeding, like we're doing now, or for beef cattle, because I think my great grandpa had beef and dairy at the same time.

[@richmaniscalco201]

@@trinitydairy Thanks for getting back to me Alan. I appreciate that. Could you guys use a printer? Or do you need a printer? I have a Epson ET4750 the automatic scanner (ADF) doesn’t work. And it can’t be fixed. It does scan but you have to feed it manually into the ADF.

[@trinitydairy]

No thanks, we have a printer.

[@richmaniscalco201]

@@trinitydairy OK thank you I just hate to throw it out and thought I would ask. Glad you don’t need it LOL. It does work fine it’s just a scanner. And he can’t be repaired😫

[@tederdmann2993]

How much spoilage did you have?

[@trinitydairy]

We took out about 2.5 manure spreader loads, it's a 135bu spreader.

[@tederdmann2993]

@@trinitydairyplenty of spoilage then.

[@trinitydairy]

@@tederdmann2993 it's more than I would like, but it's about half of what I used to get, when the silo was open top. It would be a lot better if I had a distributor in it, it's hard to get the edges packed.

[@ronzezulka6646]

Hey Alan and Jen,,,,my wife and I own a restaurant/ bar in a small town about 2 hours from you. Wanna trade merchandise?

[@rebelgaming7718]

Is that all mold?

[@trinitydairy]

You'll get mold on the top because it's not airtight. I always get a bit more mold with this silo not being as tall and not having a distributor. You just fork it off and get rid of it.

[@rebelgaming7718]

@@trinitydairy you got a point there and muse the old moldy stuff as fertalizer in the trees just to get rid of the shit

[@rickjames4672]

Great video