Been there done that with pulling gear up. Best thing I ever did was mount a pulley at the top and a decent somewhat thick UV rope (twice the height) we did that on install and left them. For the money, they are a handy to have for maintenance. For example, climber goes up empty handed, other person on ground raises up a bucket of tools.
We have 5 staves all in a row 70, (3) 80 and a 90 a rope hangs in all of the chutes. We have virtually the same system. Jamesway/valmetal distributor ring drive unloaders, cord loops and swinging self storing doors. Dont have the robot feeder but can feed 350 head in 2 hrs.
Attach a weight to the slack end of the rope, large washes work great. This will keep tension on the line as it goes back down and will keep it from tangling/knotting. We do that with our silos and it works great! Keep up the good work!
How you manage to take your camera along with you while juggling tools, pipe, harness, etc. And still end up making a good video for all of us to enjoy just amazing to me. And thank you! Back when I was dairying. I would cut the Triticale right when it started to head out. That was supposed to result in the highest protein level. My cows seemed to love it just as much as alfalfa. So I think you have a good feeding plan. Excited to see the new silo unloader installed. Have a blessed weekend!
I milked purebred Holsteins for many years and even exported some to Brazil & Japan and I want to compliment you and your family on what good looking cattle you have. Your cows, heifers and calves all look really good. I always figured that if I was going to milk cows then they might as well be good purebred cattle or Holsteins in my case, although I started with purebred Ayrshires since that’s what we had on our home farm in Quebec, Canada when I graduated from Ag College. As well as the fact that you can usually sell a good bred first calf for a pretty good profit too. I never miss a show and really enjoy watching you grow. Keep up the good work.
Really enjoying the work you put into the videos Eric. Lots of upgrades to your operation the past several months - a tremendous effort by your family !!!
As always Eric, appreciate you letting us Fans tag along with you and your Dad! Crazy watching you work up the side of that new silo and feel "the height"🤣 Love Roller Coasters but that seems to me to be a more controlled height as opposed to the silo stillness! I really enjoy your cool, calm, "no need to rush" type of work ethic! My Dad was big on us boys to take our time and do it right the first time. You all really put the time and research into your plans on planting and harvesting and interchanging crops from year to year. Being next door in Ohio, we too had similar conditions for The Eclipse. Seemed to me the animals were more aware than given credit too! Thank you for my seat on this ride! Blessings From COW-lumbus MOO 👋
The view from the top of the new silo is fantastic. I thought your Dad would send you up a clover farms chocolate milk on the rope but nope. Cheers all 🇨🇦
I love watching you while you are working and love the way you explain what you are doing. At 71 years old, you can never stop learning. Thank you very much.❤❤
Great to see you working safely. Except for the safety glasses. Looking like a real professional electrician. Expansion joints are essential as that pipe will expand a lot when it gets warm out.Hoping your crops get all they need to make for a bumper yield. Great video as always. Thanks till the next one.
You are doing a great job running the conduit up the silo. I am a retired electrician. Reminded me of wiring up a concrete plant back in the 80’s. Had to climb up a silo and hang overhead lights for the parking lot
Hi Eric! That silo is so amazing and nice to see. It just dwarfs everything round it. Running that conduit didn't look easy, nice job and glad to see the safety harness. Stay safe, healthy and thanks for the great videos!
My feet tingle when I watch you! I did a lot of silo climbing in my high school in college years but never 130+ feet. Good to see you using safety practices there.
Hey Eric, great job on the conduit. Couple ideas on the conduit on the next silo.... glue the box and say 1/2 the pipe length all togeather on the ground then run a rope and pulley system up the outside so you can have someone pull it up to you so all you have to do starting at the top is anchor box and pipe on your way down. worked quite well when I used to wire grain bins. I also on long runs like that I usually would cut in the expansion fittings in after all the pipe was hung using the expandable fittings....hope it helps!!
awesome work.. I never ran line up a silo but did climb towers for antennas..and the way we raised components that were needed was to climb the tower and install a pully with a rope, then the ground operator can pull up what you need and saves your energy
I’m very anxious to see this all come together with the new robot feeder! I’d like to see you have another farmer/TH-camr visit and check it out. Perhaps Andy from FFF or Cole Sonne are some of my favourites
All good! You might consider using a RV Water Filter. Does pretty good filtering hard water. I filter all the water I use on plants and garden. I use for car washing as well. All but eliminates hard water spotting before you get it dried off. Not very expensive either. You can get a 2 pack for less than $20. Just a thought
Those lanyards and harnesses are a must in those situations, it's good that you used them. I use to climb 60 to 80 foot silo's back in the 2000's, I wasn't crazy about it but it was part of my job. I can't imagine climbing a 130 foot one, no thank you. Good luck on the other one. Take care, thanks for sharing. I hope you all have a great weekend!
Eric, you are absolutely incredible climbing up 130 feet to install the conduit. I could never be comfortable at that height. Glad you used the safety harness. That silo really stands out when viewing it from the fields. Looking forward to you filling it ! 🤪 Man of steel...
You need to have 2 lines attached to your belt if your hands holding tools. Currently you have 1 work line and no backup line. Also belt only isn't best option. Better to have belt + upper part over shoulders. Full body harness is way better. Petzl is industry standard for heigth work and it makes sense to buy one with quick locking so you can put on and take off quickly
Farming happens. I went up 60' & 65' silo's for many years without even a cage around the ladders. OSHA rules don't apply to farms with less than 50 employees. Not saying it is good, but there are exemptions.
If the cover crop gets ahead of your sprayer, don't worry about it. 3' rye actually isn't that hard to plant in, and it really breaks down fast after the chem hits it. Great video!
Great Video Eric. As mentioned by others. Good to see you continuing to think safety. Harness & Ear Protection this go around. Wishing you & your family a nice weekend.
I don't have a farm, but I find your operations fascinating. Strangely, I have watched The Hoof GP and Nate The Hoof Guy do their hoof trims for years. I can usually spot a sole ulcer, white-line defect, or digital dermatitis pretty quickly. The things you learn on TH-cam. lol.
Great video, a standard water softener can only soften so many gallons of water, make sure you are not running too many gallons per day or per cycle depending on settings
A possible solution to your pull string tangling. If you run the rope through a single pull and have a small weight on the end it will run down the silo as the conduit comes up. And the weight of the self grip pliers will pull the weight back up as you return it to ground
For the next silo, put a small pulley at the top of the silo to run the string through. Then the person at the bottom can pull it up instead of you having to awkwardly try to pull it up from the ladder. Then they can even hold it elevated at the right level while you apply glue, and then lower it down to the joint.
Awesome video - except for the part where you were up the side of the silo. My stomach flops and my knees get weak just watching you. Haha, glad you can do it and glad you have enough sense to wear the harness.
Awesome job,your a lot braver on heights than l am, I have climbed many silos on many area farm here in Vermont but none as high as that silo your climbing,Ed from Vermont,keep th awesome vids coming
I would say glue enough pieces together on the ground to get to each platform. Then pull them up and go through and attach them. May help may not just thinking how I would do it to save pulling each stick up individually. Keep up the good videos
May I ask a few noob questions? 1) How much time must elapse between spraying a field with RoundUp and then planting? 2) Are cover crops simply meant to slow erosion, or can specific crops change the chemical makeup of the soil with the intent to grow better product? IE our field is a bit high in X so we should cover with Y this year… I appreciate any insight.
Glad to see the harness. You can never be too safe.
Same! Happy to see Eric tying off while on the ladder.
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I was going to say the same thing. I’m sure he will have 50 moms basement electricians tell him how to run conduit.
and the impromptu tool lanyards. Good job staying safe Eric.
I bet he put it for all of us who were ready to "complain" in the comments :)
Farmers jack of all trades😊and clearly not afraid of heights, harness is a smart investment, stay safe young man!
Been there done that with pulling gear up. Best thing I ever did was mount a pulley at the top and a decent somewhat thick UV rope (twice the height) we did that on install and left them. For the money, they are a handy to have for maintenance. For example, climber goes up empty handed, other person on ground raises up a bucket of tools.
We have 5 staves all in a row 70, (3) 80 and a 90 a rope hangs in all of the chutes. We have virtually the same system. Jamesway/valmetal distributor ring drive unloaders, cord loops and swinging self storing doors. Dont have the robot feeder but can feed 350 head in 2 hrs.
First year with no Alfalfa since you've been alive. That's kind of huge. I loved growing and cutting it. One of the best smells ever.
Most interesting,, I have never seen a silo built, looking forward to seeing to completion ...👍👍
Attach a weight to the slack end of the rope, large washes work great. This will keep tension on the line as it goes back down and will keep it from tangling/knotting. We do that with our silos and it works great! Keep up the good work!
How you manage to take your camera along with you while juggling tools, pipe, harness, etc. And still end up making a good video for all of us to enjoy just amazing to me. And thank you! Back when I was dairying. I would cut the Triticale right when it started to head out. That was supposed to result in the highest protein level.
My cows seemed to love it just as much as alfalfa. So I think you have a good feeding plan. Excited to see the new silo unloader installed. Have a blessed weekend!
I milked purebred Holsteins for many years and even exported some to Brazil & Japan and I want to compliment you and your family on what good looking cattle you have. Your cows, heifers and calves all look really good. I always figured that if I was going to milk cows then they might as well be good purebred cattle or Holsteins in my case, although I started with purebred Ayrshires since that’s what we had on our home farm in Quebec, Canada when I graduated from Ag College. As well as the fact that you can usually sell a good bred first calf for a pretty good profit too. I never miss a show and really enjoy watching you grow. Keep up the good work.
Really enjoying the work you put into the videos Eric. Lots of upgrades to your operation the past several months - a tremendous effort by your family !!!
Thanks for the video. Great idea getting the harness!! Really enjoy watching the growth of your farm.
As always Eric, appreciate you letting us Fans tag along with you and your Dad! Crazy watching you work up the side of that new silo and feel "the height"🤣 Love Roller Coasters but that seems to me to be a more controlled height as opposed to the silo stillness! I really enjoy your cool, calm, "no need to rush" type of work ethic! My Dad was big on us boys to take our time and do it right the first time. You all really put the time and research into your plans on planting and harvesting and interchanging crops from year to year. Being next door in Ohio, we too had similar conditions for The Eclipse. Seemed to me the animals were more aware than given credit too! Thank you for my seat on this ride! Blessings From COW-lumbus MOO 👋
Yes, there seems to be no "We do it nice because we do it twice!" on this farm. Amazing efficiency combined with complexity!
Very happy to see you climbing with a safety strap. Bright idea and a great way to promote workplace safety. 👍
I was very impressed with your conduit installation. You and your dad make a good team!
Definitely a money saving, when you can do a lot of work yourself.
The view from the top of the new silo is fantastic. I thought your Dad would send you up a clover farms chocolate milk on the rope but nope. Cheers all 🇨🇦
I love watching you while you are working and love the way you explain what you are doing. At 71 years old, you can never stop learning. Thank you very much.❤❤
Great to see you working safely. Except for the safety glasses. Looking like a real professional electrician. Expansion joints are essential as that pipe will expand a lot when it gets warm out.Hoping your crops get all they need to make for a bumper yield. Great video as always. Thanks till the next one.
You are doing a great job running the conduit up the silo. I am a retired electrician. Reminded me of wiring up a concrete plant back in the 80’s. Had to climb up a silo and hang overhead lights for the parking lot
My hats off to you climbing that thing. My head would be swimming way up there.
I just can't get over how clean your cow's are!! Great job of keeping them clean!!!
Glad the weather held so you could get some spraying done.
Hi Eric! That silo is so amazing and nice to see. It just dwarfs everything round it. Running that conduit didn't look easy, nice job and glad to see the safety harness. Stay safe, healthy and thanks for the great videos!
Total RESPECT. Farming definitely isn't an easy job and something we need
Kudos on the conduit work
You are so brave working up there with just that harness on. Glad to see all the improvements you are making
My feet tingle when I watch you! I did a lot of silo climbing in my high school in college years but never 130+ feet. Good to see you using safety practices there.
So happy to see the harness and so is your wife and kids. Keep up the great work and video's. Thank you!
Actually, his wife probably bought it for him and "encouraged" him to wear it....
Hey Eric, great job on the conduit. Couple ideas on the conduit on the next silo.... glue the box and say 1/2 the pipe length all togeather on the ground then run a rope and pulley system up the outside so you can have someone pull it up to you so all you have to do starting at the top is anchor box and pipe on your way down. worked quite well when I used to wire grain bins. I also on long runs like that I usually would cut in the expansion fittings in after all the pipe was hung using the expandable fittings....hope it helps!!
Glad to see the use of the harness. Good job on the pipe and box.
Eric, don't you love how everyone is an expert on everything you do in the comments?! Especially from their couches! LOL
awesome work.. I never ran line up a silo but did climb towers for antennas..and the way we raised components that were needed was to climb the tower and install a pully with a rope, then the ground operator can pull up what you need and saves your energy
Good job on th conduit. The belt was a great idea. And yes the pull stings are always an issue.
I’m very anxious to see this all come together with the new robot feeder!
I’d like to see you have another farmer/TH-camr visit and check it out.
Perhaps Andy from FFF or Cole Sonne are some of my favourites
All good! You might consider using a RV Water Filter. Does pretty good filtering hard water. I filter all the water I use on plants and garden. I use for car washing as well. All but eliminates hard water spotting before you get it dried off. Not very expensive either. You can get a 2 pack for less than $20. Just a thought
I love the RV water filters. I started using them to water my organic blueberries last year, and the plants LOVE it!!
Nice work! Expansion joints keep the pipe from looking like spaghetti when it gets hot.
A hose clamp at the black line would hold the upper joints in position and could be collected on the way back down TO EARTH.
Can't wait to see you start filling the new silo.
Those lanyards and harnesses are a must in those situations, it's good that you used them. I use to climb 60 to 80 foot silo's back in the 2000's, I wasn't crazy about it but it was part of my job. I can't imagine climbing a 130 foot one, no thank you. Good luck on the other one. Take care, thanks for sharing. I hope you all have a great weekend!
That's one heck of a view from way up there.
Huge respect for what you do farming. It's definitely a lifestyle that most couldn't handle. 🚜🚜🚜
Eric, you are absolutely incredible climbing up 130 feet to install the conduit. I could never be comfortable at that height. Glad you used the safety harness. That silo really stands out when viewing it from the fields. Looking forward to you filling it !
🤪 Man of steel...
You are one brave dude Eric. My knees would be shaking at the 50’ mark. Love the channel, continued success
Sure, a lot of work getting things ready. But a time saver in the end.
May God keep you safe climbing those towers bless you and your family love your channel
Happy to see you tied off with a harness on!
Beautiful country there. I'm terrified of heights but for some reason like watching people climb lol
Yes, very glad to see a harness. The simple things mean alot.
Farmer strength is a real thing. Nice sledge hammer swing and climbing the silo good for the quads glutes and core.
Another great video! Can you imagine how your 1st generation dairy farmers did what you do now? Approximately 250 years ago maybe longer!
You need to have 2 lines attached to your belt if your hands holding tools. Currently you have 1 work line and no backup line. Also belt only isn't best option. Better to have belt + upper part over shoulders. Full body harness is way better. Petzl is industry standard for heigth work and it makes sense to buy one with quick locking so you can put on and take off quickly
Farming happens. I went up 60' & 65' silo's for many years without even a cage around the ladders. OSHA rules don't apply to farms with less than 50 employees. Not saying it is good, but there are exemptions.
If the cover crop gets ahead of your sprayer, don't worry about it. 3' rye actually isn't that hard to plant in, and it really breaks down fast after the chem hits it. Great video!
awesome video Eric. Thank you and your dad so much. Great job guys
Awesome to see you wearing fall protection while doing that.
Good for the harness. Gotta think of the kids every now and then. That's really high!
Great Video Eric. As mentioned by others. Good to see you continuing to think safety. Harness & Ear Protection this go around. Wishing you & your family a nice weekend.
I don't have a farm, but I find your operations fascinating. Strangely, I have watched The Hoof GP and Nate The Hoof Guy do their hoof trims for years. I can usually spot a sole ulcer, white-line defect, or digital dermatitis pretty quickly. The things you learn on TH-cam. lol.
I'm glad it's you and not me up that high, good job!!
nice video Eric, nice operation and excellent cattle!
The corn should grow really nice on that alfalfa ground, great video
I am SO glad you got a harness!! You can’t ever be too safe - especially when you have a young family.
The farm and girls look AMAZING.. God Bless
Great video, a standard water softener can only soften so many gallons of water, make sure you are not running too many gallons per day or per cycle depending on settings
Smart use of pesticide and any other chemical is wise .. I hope the soft water pans out !
That looks very high to me brother from the imperial county California 👍🇺🇲
Excellent! I'm excited to see what this automation will do for your farm!
How are the motorized cow brushes holding up? Haven't seen those in any videos for a while. Hope the cows are still enjoying them.
Maybe just a single pulley setup to hoist up pipe ,with just enough weight at the connection point to bring the rope back down . Awesome vids as usual
The girls are getting their pedicures!
Always interesting videos from around your farm. Great to see what goes into producing milk!
It’s funny that you have work to do and you don’t care about no eclipse lol. it’s good to see that sometimes she’s gotta get the work done
I like it when you go fast (speed up the film with tractor footage)
A possible solution to your pull string tangling. If you run the rope through a single pull and have a small weight on the end it will run down the silo as the conduit comes up. And the weight of the self grip pliers will pull the weight back up as you return it to ground
Dude that's crazy going up there,!!!!
So glad. U got a harness!!!!!👍 makes ne feel better! Seems like your cows have gotten bigger!?! U have the cleanest cows on u tube!! God bless..❤️🙏🇺🇲
Nice work Eric! Have you thought about placing a camera in the top of the silo looking down at the unloader so you can check it on your phone.
You guys have a beautiful farm!! My boys and I love the videos
Looking good
Really enjoy your new silo videos, great investment 😊 nice size also!!
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The fields look beautiful. Great conduit work.
Progress...lol. Your place looks great. Your doing good. Thanks for sharing with us. Be safe. Stay well.
That’s a crazy silo
My legs are going to jelly just sitting here watching this in country Victoria Australia !!
"If you listen really closely you can almost hear it growing!". lol
For the next silo, put a small pulley at the top of the silo to run the string through. Then the person at the bottom can pull it up instead of you having to awkwardly try to pull it up from the ladder. Then they can even hold it elevated at the right level while you apply glue, and then lower it down to the joint.
Good morning to you, Eric.
You look great at work, and I am proud of you. God bless you in everytng you do. Claude
👍 Nice work! 🥛
Very good job, BUT KEEP THE HARNESS ON YOU WHENEVER YOU ARE UP THERE, even on the platform! Always be safe just like tree work!😊
Hello @10th Generation Dairyman. What brand of liquid fertilizer do you use in forage plantations? Thank you!
Stage the conduit on the steps going up and pull them down as needed 😊
Love your videos
Awesome video - except for the part where you were up the side of the silo. My stomach flops and my knees get weak just watching you. Haha, glad you can do it and glad you have enough sense to wear the harness.
Hopefully the rain lets up so you can plant corn. The rain has been relentless for weeks.
I Always enjoy your videos Eric! Great progress on the Silo!
Safety harness! 👍🏻
Make sure ice and snow falling from the eave dosen't take out the wire.........Be damn careful !! Nice video
Thanks, another good one! 🙏🇺🇸
Every time I see naked rebar sticking up from the concrete like that it gives me the heebie-jeebies.
I'm glad to see you bought a harness at least.
Boy that tall, how can dill with that high up, do it really bother you for being that high up, and thank you for showing us a part of your day.
You & dad Keep a nice Barn clean. healthy and with Labor, Nice job Guys,
Awesome job,your a lot braver on heights than l am, I have climbed many silos on many area farm here in Vermont but none as high as that silo your climbing,Ed from Vermont,keep th awesome vids coming
That solar eclipse was awesome,watch it from my home in Northern Vermont
I would say glue enough pieces together on the ground to get to each platform. Then pull them up and go through and attach them. May help may not just thinking how I would do it to save pulling each stick up individually. Keep up the good videos
May I ask a few noob questions?
1) How much time must elapse between spraying a field with RoundUp and then planting?
2) Are cover crops simply meant to slow erosion, or can specific crops change the chemical makeup of the soil with the intent to grow better product? IE our field is a bit high in X so we should cover with Y this year…
I appreciate any insight.