I'm probably a little older than your dad, so I remember chopping corn with a 2 row and 4 wagons to haul. We did a lot of climbing on and off the tractor - they were full days as we had 3 of those silos to fill. We also had a side business working on CLAY silo unloaders, so I've climbed more silos than I care to remember - I feel your pain! Thanks for sharing this with everyone. I think your doing a great service to the dairy industry by showing daily life on the farm and the humane way most farms treat their animals. Thanks again Eric and just so you know, you young dairy farmers are much smarter than we were. Great job.
Sam, I disagree with your last sentence. I'm sure you did your job very smartly with the technical possibilities of your time. And the generation after Eric will again have new technical possibilities that we may not even dream of today. I hope that this generation will be very smart too!
Was that a Mennonite farmer you hired to chop Corn? Cool tractor on steel. You should have shown some closeups Keep up the good work! Hard work never hurt anybody JIM
Your filming expertise amongst all those places to DROP your GoPro is astounding. Your ability to get the shot with all the stuff flying around is awesome! Thanks for all the hard work and videos.
That rig you have for blowing the silage into the silo is pretty cool. Seeing the old school chopper, wagons, and blower brings back a lot of great memories. We had a neighbor who had all the equipment that we hired to fill silo for us. My uncle would usually come drive a tractor too. Mom always made huge meals to feed everyone lunch. Good times.
interesting to see the contrast between the corn choppers. modern automation has made the job easier but as you point out there is still a lot of hand work needed to get the job done. thanks for taking us along
I totally agree with the comments on the great job you did on filming and the admiration of the old school method of chopping and filling of the silo's. You and your dad work hard and like all of the farmers out there, we want to do the best for our livestock, and that shows in what you do. Great job to you, your dad and all the help you get from friends and neighbors. Have a great weekend and, "Thanks again for sharing your experiences with us"!
Eric, I love this channel. Your sharing of insightful knowledge, exemplifies how we should live as a society. Knowledge is power, and the more that people know, the better things will be. When I watched this video, one thing stood out to me, only because I was speaking about it recently how my uncle reprimanded me as a young boy when I did something unsafe. When working so close to PTO shafts, they really should have safety guards over them. We take it for granted that nothing will happen when we work beside them so often but in reality, one wrong move and your life could be kaput. Whether it’s your machine of not, safety should be paramount. Even changing the end closest to where your working and making that safe, blocking off access to the rear of the tractor, sometimes unique situations require creative planning solutions. I only say this from experience as my neighbour died this way. PTO guards are in expensive when compared to the loss of a limb or life. Just want you to be safe. Keep up the awesome videos👍
There are thousands of people who think you are a outstanding young man..a person with honor an integrity...something your generation is sadly lacking... your family must be very proud of you , i know as viewer's we are ..thank you for your dedication and hard work to bring us along with you ..
I one fall we were filling our 20 by 70 upright silo In the 70s I was climbing on the outside Just as my head was coming into the basket the plate came down on my head I was about 15 at the time Love all your video Keep up the great work
Watching here from Brazil. I'm in love with your channel, Eric. I'm impressed with the innovations and technology that surrounds this farm. A hug, and congratulations for your work and dissemination!
It took me awhile to watch all prior years. Now the videos are few and far between. I am a transplanted city boy. I enjoy seeing what it takes to run a dairy farm.. Thanks for the lessons. Great watching.
Brought back a bunch of memories inside the silo. Winter time scraping the frozen silage off the wall of the silo cause that Patz unloader was something to be desired.
First, I ❤️ the 🎶. Second, those silos are awesome and scary. The shots you take from 70➕ in the air……W😳W. You consistently produced top videos. Thanks for sharing the variety of life on a working dairy farm.
I've been watching your videos for about a yr now & I can't wait for you guys to hit 500k subscribers. Your a hard working family with morals & good ethics we need more people like u guys in this country. Keep up the good hard work wish you all the best.🇺🇸🖒🇺🇸🖒
I am always impressed with your honesty showing the goofs and 2nd attempts to make stuff work. Makes it more interesting. Looks like you are set for winter feeding. Glad you had help and glad you and your Dad wear ear protection around equipment. Hearing loss is no fun!
I remember a time years ago when I thought I wanted to be a farmer. Now I see how much work there is, I realize I never could have done it. Congratulations on a successful harvest. A friend of mine milks 110 cows and pastors a small local church. He's a glutton for punishment.
You are a very good example to your generation and younger. I'm sure your family is proud of how you show real farm life! Cmon people share these videos! Eric and family deserve to hit 500,000!
Nice to see your cousin Cody helping out on the farm! Look forward to seeing him when he can help out. Great video Eric! So much hard work around the farm. Thanks for sharing with us through your awesome videos! I'm sure they take a lot of hard work too! Stay safe out there guys!
Back when I was farming with my Dad, we had the regular IH version of that blower. I know you were using neighbors stuff etc. but we ran our wagons off at 540PTO speed and unloaded them in no time. That was a long time ago now. That is the best design blower they ever made, you won't plug it unless yours is getting worn out. The unloader looks like a Patz and they still make them you can buy one brand new. Your Dad probably was not so much rusty as used to doing that back in the day with a smaller tractor.
Haven't been on much lately and this really made me miss all the things you show and teach us. Appreciate that it isn't just mindless watching but learning how things get and got accomplished. Thanks for the video, stay safe.
Yeah, brings back a lot of memories. That was our job since we were old enough to drive our old farmall M, bringing up silage wagons to the blower. Use to hate going up in the silo, always dark and noisy, when your 10 and dad says go up there and fix it, you go!
Great video Eric.; It was nice to meet Cody. You sure know how to film your work and it is so relaxing to watch. thanks so much and see you on the next one.
Every time you cut to the straight down view from the top of the silo, my head spins and I fall out of my recliner😜 go easy with that man! Great video tengen!
That's why I always liked hauling wagons with a smaller tractor, better maneuverability. But sometimes no matter how many times you back up and pull forward it just won't get close enough to the blower. Another pass around usually will do the trick. Loved the steel wheels on the tractor. Any chance we see a team of mules next?
going old school can't beat anything like it. You just have to imagine what it was like back in the days with all the old stuff but you still would've got the job done. great video.
I don’t think people in the city’s have a clue just how much you guy’s work an a farm like that. Thank you for all that you do to keep our food on the table.
I was really interested in how much the silo settled. To see an overnight montage (if I'm using that word right) would have been cool. Also, I was interested in the choice of wheels on the JD pulling the 2 row chopper. I'm not a farmer but I'm a subscriber that watches everything you post and hits 👍 every time! Keep up the good work!
What an operation. I did some of the same things helping out on my Grandfathers farm in McConnellsburg PA back in the 60's. Of course many things have changed since then.
You didnt have your brother as your best man?! KIDDING. Great work you and your family do. Im envious as I want to start working more with mother earth to produce for the future.
Here in Southern Ontario I haven't seen a farmer put up a silo in many years. Small bins and pits like yours are being built all the time and I can see why now. The cost, maintenance and difficult labour involved with a silo is much more than this old carpenter knew where the pits are pretty much straightforward with next to no maintenance. I wonder which stores feed the best? Ups and downs to both types? Cheers all. 🇨🇦
Dear Eric, I'm praying for you to be fully engaged in life to your satisfaction. After watching you for a couple seasons, you never cease the hard labor. I just want you to know, I am thankful for America's farmers. Its gotten much easier with advances in technology, but I'm watching you do things I am no longer able to accomplish. Good speed.
Great awesome video Eric, love the chopping silage , love it when the pull type comes in too , that’s how we do it , ours is a 790 new Holland with a dion rotary two row head . We use the same blower that your custom guys use , best silage blower ever , we used gehl blowers and new Holland whirl a feed blowers and dion , I see that they use steel rims on the tractor , that’s meninite thing , Jam all the silage in make it fit
Eric, if you had a small guest house you could get us to come stay and work and pay you!!! I love the drone shots, not much on the milking part but I love the fields. Bob
I despise that type of unloader. So much maintenance... I had 3 of them to deal with. When I worked on a big dairy.. I'd take ring drives all day long with. Augers pulling in the feed to the blower.
Great information, glad your getting the harvest done. Did you ever find out why your "newest, used" JD tractor, the 7220 that you guys bought was running hot?
it’s amazing to see how much work it takes so that customer can buy milk in store . many people are not even aware of it. we also have a small farm with 15 cows and it is really amazing to see such a big farm.
Sous chef...and server...and busboy ....and sponge patrol, bib wiper for A LOT OF COW CUSTOMERS.... and the customers always leave a tip...! Nice little roadside enterprise...you got yer cement pond with cow motels and amusement park rides, too.... free shower and restroom ALWAYS OPEN....LOL
I'm probably a little older than your dad, so I remember chopping corn with a 2 row and 4 wagons to haul. We did a lot of climbing on and off the tractor - they were full days as we had 3 of those silos to fill. We also had a side business working on CLAY silo unloaders, so I've climbed more silos than I care to remember - I feel your pain! Thanks for sharing this with everyone. I think your doing a great service to the dairy industry by showing daily life on the farm and the humane way most farms treat their animals. Thanks again Eric and just so you know, you young dairy farmers are much smarter than we were. Great job.
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Sam, I disagree with your last sentence. I'm sure you did your job very smartly with the technical possibilities of your time. And the generation after Eric will again have new technical possibilities that we may not even dream of today. I hope that this generation will be very smart too!
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Love the old school tractor and the 2 row chopper. Brings back great memories on the neighbors farm. One of the best videos to date.
Was that a Mennonite farmer you hired to chop Corn?
Cool tractor on steel. You should have shown some closeups
Keep up the good work!
Hard work never hurt anybody
JIM
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Your filming expertise amongst all those places to DROP your GoPro is astounding. Your ability to get the shot with all the stuff flying around is awesome! Thanks for all the hard work and videos.
Just think, we could repay him for all of his hard work with a simple like.
That rig you have for blowing the silage into the silo is pretty cool. Seeing the old school chopper, wagons, and blower brings back a lot of great memories. We had a neighbor who had all the equipment that we hired to fill silo for us. My uncle would usually come drive a tractor too. Mom always made huge meals to feed everyone lunch. Good times.
interesting to see the contrast between the corn choppers. modern automation has made the job easier but as you point out there is still a lot of hand work needed to get the job done. thanks for taking us along
Love love the harvest and filling the silos. Awesome video thanks 🙋♀️😊
I totally agree with the comments on the great job you did on filming and the admiration of the old school method of chopping and filling of the silo's. You and your dad work hard and like all of the farmers out there, we want to do the best for our livestock, and that shows in what you do. Great job to you, your dad and all the help you get from friends and neighbors. Have a great weekend and, "Thanks again for sharing your experiences with us"!
Eric, I love this channel. Your sharing of insightful knowledge, exemplifies how we should live as a society. Knowledge is power, and the more that people know, the better things will be. When I watched this video, one thing stood out to me, only because I was speaking about it recently how my uncle reprimanded me as a young boy when I did something unsafe. When working so close to PTO shafts, they really should have safety guards over them. We take it for granted that nothing will happen when we work beside them so often but in reality, one wrong move and your life could be kaput. Whether it’s your machine of not, safety should be paramount. Even changing the end closest to where your working and making that safe, blocking off access to the rear of the tractor, sometimes unique situations require creative planning solutions. I only say this from experience as my neighbour died this way. PTO guards are in expensive when compared to the loss of a limb or life. Just want you to be safe. Keep up the awesome videos👍
There are thousands of people who think you are a outstanding young man..a person with honor an integrity...something your generation is sadly lacking... your family must be very proud of you , i know as viewer's we are ..thank you for your dedication and hard work to bring us along with you ..
Great job Eric. Good to have full silos I bet. You are one hard working man. I know your Mom & Dad are proud of you. God bless.
I one fall we were filling our 20 by 70 upright silo In the 70s I was climbing on the outside Just as my head was coming into the basket the plate came down on my head I was about 15 at the time Love all your video Keep up the great work
Watching here from Brazil. I'm in love with your channel, Eric. I'm impressed with the innovations and technology that surrounds this farm. A hug, and congratulations for your work and dissemination!
It took me awhile to watch all prior years. Now the videos are few and far between. I am a transplanted city boy. I enjoy seeing what it takes to run a dairy farm.. Thanks for the lessons. Great watching.
Still fascinating work!! God bless you and your family!!! Peace from SW Florida 🤗🤗🤗!!!
After watching you climb up and down as many times as you did in this video...I had to go take a nap..lol! Thank you,as always,for sharing. Take care.
Brought back a bunch of memories inside the silo. Winter time scraping the frozen silage off the wall of the silo cause that Patz unloader was something to be desired.
Awesome video, Eric. Thank you. your farm is beautiful
First, I ❤️ the 🎶. Second, those silos are awesome and scary. The shots you take from 70➕ in the air……W😳W. You consistently produced top videos. Thanks for sharing the variety of life on a working dairy farm.
I've been watching your videos for about a yr now & I can't wait for you guys to hit 500k subscribers. Your a hard working family with morals & good ethics we need more people like u guys in this country. Keep up the good hard work wish you all the best.🇺🇸🖒🇺🇸🖒
I am always impressed with your honesty showing the goofs and 2nd attempts to make stuff work. Makes it more interesting. Looks like you are set for winter feeding. Glad you had help and glad you and your Dad wear ear protection around equipment. Hearing loss is no fun!
Thanks for your hard work to get the great shots. Along with your editing skills, your videos are always captivating. Great job and God bless!
Love the way neighbors help neighbors! Was nice seeing the dairy cows again
Great job boys. Your work ethic and tidyness on the farm is impeccable. All the best from Australia
I remember a time years ago when I thought I wanted to be a farmer. Now I see how much work there is, I realize I never could have done it. Congratulations on a successful harvest. A friend of mine milks 110 cows and pastors a small local church. He's a glutton for punishment.
You are a very good example to your generation and younger. I'm sure your family is proud of how you show real farm life! Cmon people share these videos! Eric and family deserve to hit 500,000!
Nice to see your cousin Cody helping out on the farm! Look forward to seeing him when he can help out. Great video Eric! So much hard work around the farm. Thanks for sharing with us through your awesome videos! I'm sure they take a lot of hard work too! Stay safe out there guys!
Thanks Eric!
As always great video!
Blessings from the Netherlands!
Hey Eric I just want to say that your videos have helped me through a rough time in my life. Hope you and dad stay well
Hope all is Well brother, keep your head up!!!
Is there anything I can do to help you?
Keep your chin up mate, from another Charlie in Aus 🇦🇺
Hold your head high and keep pushing. Prayers your way.
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Back when I was farming with my Dad, we had the regular IH version of that blower. I know you were using neighbors stuff etc. but we ran our wagons off at 540PTO speed and unloaded them in no time. That was a long time ago now.
That is the best design blower they ever made, you won't plug it unless yours is getting worn out.
The unloader looks like a Patz and they still make them you can buy one brand new.
Your Dad probably was not so much rusty as used to doing that back in the day with a smaller tractor.
Haven't been on much lately and this really made me miss all the things you show and teach us. Appreciate that it isn't just mindless watching but learning how things get and got accomplished. Thanks for the video, stay safe.
You know what would be cool? A time lapse of the feed settling down in the silo. Sped up of course, but that would be very satisfying to watch!
Beautiful drone footage. Awesome channel.
Yeah, brings back a lot of memories. That was our job since we were old enough to drive our old farmall M, bringing up silage wagons to the blower. Use to hate going up in the silo, always dark and noisy, when your 10 and dad says go up there and fix it, you go!
Watching them work, it's like a ballet. Fun to see the machines and people in sync
Great video Eric.; It was nice to meet Cody. You sure know how to film your work and it is so relaxing to watch. thanks so much and see you on the next one.
Another great video Eric! TY for your documentary efforts. I now see why y'all contact out the cutting, quite a job and that crew is fast!
Vey cool to see the unloaded at work and the smaller equipment, thanks for the videos
Iron wheels on that tractor that's interesting. Great explanations like always. Thanks and be save with all those moving parts
Every time you cut to the straight down view from the top of the silo, my head spins and I fall out of my recliner😜 go easy with that man!
Great video tengen!
Great video ERIC ... most informative ... thankyou for making the time and effort to make it ... Hi to CODY too
Everything you film from the top of the silo and filming down my stomach turns. Terrified of heights. Your such a brave man
Amazing what all goes into running a farm. Thanks for the extra work you do to put out videos.🐮
That's why I always liked hauling wagons with a smaller tractor, better maneuverability. But sometimes no matter how many times you back up and pull forward it just won't get close enough to the blower. Another pass around usually will do the trick. Loved the steel wheels on the tractor. Any chance we see a team of mules next?
going old school can't beat anything like it. You just have to imagine what it was like back in the days with all the old stuff but you still would've got the job done. great video.
LOVE ALL YOUR VIDEOS ERIC AND HAVE A GREAT DAY
Thx for the interesting and different shots. Those top of the silo shots are crazy scary!!!
Rookie wagon puller😃😃. Hehe. Enjoyed video. Any more corn. You would have had to bag it.
Beautiful video and great background music.
I know it wasn't easy thanks for taking the time to record all that, really cool to see.
Drone footage is amazing, great job.
Awesome 'first-time' footage and angles. I appreciate it!
I don’t think people in the city’s have a clue just how much you guy’s work an a farm like that. Thank you for all that you do to keep our food on the table.
Thanks for sharing your very interesting farm-life with us!
The pitchfork in your hand was the silo unloader of the 1930s.😉
Looks like your cows will be happy this winter
I was really interested in how much the silo settled. To see an overnight montage (if I'm using that word right) would have been cool. Also, I was interested in the choice of wheels on the JD pulling the 2 row chopper. I'm not a farmer but I'm a subscriber that watches everything you post and hits 👍 every time! Keep up the good work!
Nice video Eric. Tractor and silo points of view very cool.
What an operation. I did some of the same things helping out on my Grandfathers farm in McConnellsburg PA back in the 60's. Of course many things have changed since then.
You didnt have your brother as your best man?! KIDDING. Great work you and your family do. Im envious as I want to start working more with mother earth to produce for the future.
Always interesting to see the farm prepare for another season.
Love the family aspect, Cousin Cody.
Here in Southern Ontario I haven't seen a farmer put up a silo in many years. Small bins and pits like yours are being built all the time and I can see why now. The cost, maintenance and difficult labour involved with a silo is much more than this old carpenter knew where the pits are pretty much straightforward with next to no maintenance.
I wonder which stores feed the best?
Ups and downs to both types?
Cheers all. 🇨🇦
Dear Eric, I'm praying for you to be fully engaged in life to your satisfaction. After watching you for a couple seasons, you never cease the hard labor. I just want you to know, I am thankful for America's farmers. Its gotten much easier with advances in technology, but I'm watching you do things I am no longer able to accomplish. Good speed.
Great job guys and thanks for sharing. Have a nice safe day!! PS: I enjoyed watching this!!!
Wow, you had a really good crop this year. Silo’s are full.👍
I didn't want this video to end, can't wait to see the next one.
Love seeing how all of this stuff works... especially the old stuff.
Bmr seems to be the best for the cows. 2nd year with it. Thanks for your videos
Great video as always love seeing the inside of those silos there pretty dang neat
Great video. Thanks for sharing. Haven’t seen a two row like that in use for quite some time.
So encouraging to see you 'going around again'. I cannot reverse an articulated trailer for toffee!
great video, very interesting to see how the silos work
I know from my FS19 experience, you have the best forage harvester out there available
Great awesome video Eric, love the chopping silage , love it when the pull type comes in too , that’s how we do it , ours is a 790 new Holland with a dion rotary two row head . We use the same blower that your custom guys use , best silage blower ever , we used gehl blowers and new Holland whirl a feed blowers and dion ,
I see that they use steel rims on the tractor , that’s meninite thing ,
Jam all the silage in make it fit
Like the music 🎶 during the drone footage
Absolutely love your videos, great job
Thanks Eric for the silo tutorial! Interesting. Have yourself a great day! (Robin)
Eric, if you had a small guest house you could get us to come stay and work and pay you!!! I love the drone shots, not much on the milking part but I love the fields. Bob
My heart goes into my stomach when you are up so high please be careful. Another good video
Those are some very interesting looking wheels on the neighbors tractor. I don't think i have seen anything like that on newer style equipment.
For menenite farmmers
Some of the Amish aren’t allowed to have rubber tires
That is a very interestingly looking unloader. Never seen one like it. All of ours are ring driven
I despise that type of unloader. So much maintenance... I had 3 of them to deal with. When I worked on a big dairy.. I'd take ring drives all day long with. Augers pulling in the feed to the blower.
Great information, glad your getting the harvest done.
Did you ever find out why your "newest, used" JD tractor, the 7220 that you guys bought was running hot?
Great views inside the silo! I've always wondered how it worked.
Loved the banjos in the back ground music.
That is a beautiful sight. A full silo
Awesome Video and Much Love as Always 🐄 Man!!!!
Glad you got all of your silage in!
Gettin er done any way possible, thanks for another great video.
Love the drone shots
it’s amazing to see how much work it takes so that customer can buy milk in store . many people are not even aware of it.
we also have a small farm with 15 cows and it is really amazing to see such a big farm.
Nice video keep up the great work
That is really interesting. I love in Philly drive thru Lancaster allot now i kinda know what's going on in this silos
Amazing bit of kit your neighbour had! Brilliant video 💪🏻 🏴
Eric suspected that questions would instantly arise about the cute cousin, so he was quick to mention he's married. 🤣🤣
LOVE seeing the older way of chopping sileage!
You are better at the art than some of the producers in Hollywood!
Whish you prosperity , great video !
Wow, thew grass by the new barn really came in nice.
Sous chef...and server...and busboy ....and sponge patrol, bib wiper for A LOT OF COW CUSTOMERS.... and the customers always leave a tip...! Nice little roadside enterprise...you got yer cement pond with cow motels and amusement park rides, too.... free shower and restroom ALWAYS OPEN....LOL