Loved your dad's statement... "I think it's now re-negotiating time for your wages Jan". He obviously has a great sense of humour. Really do wish you would interview him some time about the farm and the great family he and your mother are raising. Great stuff as always.
agreed....our elders are priceless, and when they die, they take so much wisdom/information/history with them. VERY important to try and document what they have to say. My mother hand-drew a family tree before she died and she went much further than I could even dream about. Glad I have it.
I grew up on a grain, cattle and hog farm. Stopped milking when I was 12 (1971). We were still milking by hand. I have learned so much about dairy farming from your videos! Thank you so much! Keep up the good work.
I'm a milk truck driver in Ontario. We use the sight glass (tube) to measure. Most bulk tanks have a dipstick but the larger ones usually have a sight glass. It's rare for tanks to have both
I am continually impressed with your operation and the high level of attention to detail from today= sanitation, to nutrition, animal husbandry, reproduction, and product quality. Your farm would be an excellent example for a dairy management class at any university in the states. Not that we don't have some fine dairies in the US, but I am so grateful for the time and effort you put into producing these high quality videos. Thank you for educating so many viewers.
Maybe you should do a channel?! I saw a few video's by a chap in the UK who trims cattle hooves and doctors them. I had to stop because of the truly horrendous condition his dairy farmer customers cattle feet were in when they called him. It was shocking how bad their hooves got before they called him. IMO, it was criminal but whatever. This channel's dairy herd is taken care of like they are literally Royalty compared to the dairy cows I saw in the UK. So yeah, things are done different there.
I CAN NOT COUNT HOW MANY TIMES I HAVE GONE INSIDE OUR TANK IT GETS TO BE ROUTINE AFTER A WHILE I AM SURE OTHERS WATCHING THAT HAVE ARE SAYING THE SAMETHING WHAT A PAIN HOWEVER IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE DONE THANK YOU FOR SHOWING WHAT IT TAKES TO PROVIDE THE PEOPLE WITH A FRESH SAFE PRODUCT
Great video Jan! It’s awesome to see how much pride you take in the quality of care of your milk tanks. These are things that folks who are not farmers just take for granted...very educational! Glad you made it to the grain processor and back safely! I’m from Texas and folks down here don’t drive on roads like that for a reason!!!😂....we don’t have it in our DNA! 😂. Keep up the great videos and stay safe!❤️. God Bless ❤️!
Yep, as a route driver once, I too went inside a milk tank for 'inspection'! I went in barefoot though, I didn't want to go in with my work boots! And to calibrate the tank, yes, it is a 5-gallon pail with a vial so accurate that you can dip your fingers in to take out too much water. Literally accurate to drops of water! Thanks for bringing back memories!
I love the relationship that you appear to have with your Dad. As a fellow Canadian who grew up with a modern dairy farmer in the family, it is nice to see someone showing non farming families the work that goes into providing that jug of milk at the grocery store etc.
I was working harvest one summer in Eastern Washington (we farm really steep hills) and my load shifted. It tipped me over. Scary stuff. Ice and wheat fields could probably compare on the slick scale. Almost everyone, in my area, uses sky buggies to prevent truck accidents these days.
I think its benefit to the industry is priceless. Jan, Chet, 'Hollywood', Ryan, etc are the best ambassadors and deserve our greatest thanks. You guys are 'the greatest thing since sliced bread'!
@@TheJimbob1603 I am very, very, happy for you, your family farm, and your industry. No entertainment giant would ever put money into you. But what you're making, is something that the entertainment industry could only dream of. I grew up around this in Wisconsin, and I had no clue what went into running a farm like yours. I worry that guys like you, Larson Farms, the MN Farmer, and the Welker Farms just to name a few, would end up leaving the farm just to chase Hollywood. As far as I'm concerned, you people can never have enough success. But please, remain true to your farm and the effort your predecessors went through to get you to where you are today. Take care my friend. I will always be here to help if needed.
Great Video! In Pennsylvania we use the vile to measure the amount of milk in the tank. We hook a pipe to the valve on the bottom of the tank to read it. The technology in many dairy farms is pretty cool!
When I was a teenager scrubbing out our tank, my dad took that time to “renegotiate” my curfew... a good dad joke is a good dad joke. 👍Respect from a former dairy kid in Michigan. Love the channel.
It’s a huge amount work for a dairy farm. Jan like to see the trouble you go through to assure good quality. I am a little disappointed Jan you didn’t sing us a song from inside the tank. Good acoustics! I like Dad negotiating your pay! I like him!!! HAPPY NEW YEAR!😃😃😃😃👍 Does the feed taste like a power bar!
Thanks for the great video mate ,everyone that has ever worked with family knows that one dollar an hour is the standard pay ,or as we say in Australia ,mates rates .And if your dad sees this video ,he might deduct some pay for eating into the farms profit with the pea starch .Cheers from down under.
Very nice video, it's better you find and clean the tank, instead of the inspector finding it and shutting you down. Thanks for sharing your work with us. Have a Great new year!
Most people don't know that they do climb in the tanks to clean them and inspect the, even the semi tanks are cleaned and power washed the inside from time to time. With food grade stuff like milk you never want to stop quick in front of them there is no baffles so slow the liquid in the tank and the truck will slide all around.
Besides being a good cleaner, you are an awesome truck driver on that slippery road with that big load. happy 2021 to you and family. Bert Busscher Melbourne Australia
Those things are huge aren't they? I live at the parlor of a dairy farm that closed about 8-9yrs ago. The owner sold the 2 tanks we had here. Each were 6000 gallons. It was unbelieveable the strategy planning to get them out of the building and on to the truck trailers.
I think the sight glass is not authorized because it's a place where there could be an accumulation of hard to clean deposits and thus harbor bacteria. One thing also: I worked in health and safety for many years and there are strict safety measures to be followed before entering a confined space. One should be thetered with a safety harness and a mechanical means of pulling an unconscious person out of that tank. Your father would be incapable of helping you if, for some unforseen situation, you would lose consciousness there. The risk level in a tank like this is lower than in many others like sump tanks or manure pits. The thing you have to think of is there is little chance of coming out alive. Oxygen is displaced by steam, you mentioned it was hot in there, there could be fumes remaining from detergents and disinfecting solutions, scalding water could be sprayed from the machinery and so on, nowhere to escape, no energy to pull yourself out. Just safety considerations I like to bring up. Also, wear a dust mask when shoveling dusty material, your lungs will thank you in twenty years. Stay safe.
Brings back memories. I remember having to clean out the milk vats when I was a kid. My dad pasteurized and bottled the milk at the dairy we lived on. Much smaller dairy.
I always forget just how immensely flat the plains are out there. Even in ontario which doesn't have any real huge hills there are some steep incline roads out in the country, like 25% grade or more sometimes. Nightmare in the winter
Great job on the video and sharing of information. I am impressed at the level of safety you use throughout the farm, including wearing your seat belt! My grandfather milked cows for many years and I remember the work they did to ensure cleanliness for much smaller herd. The public may not appreciate how these steps, such as the extra cleaning of the tank, ensure that the milk for the consumer is safe and clean. As I get older, I recall many of my labor activities that would not be possible today. I think you will soon need another method to elevate yourself from the tank. Again, great job and keep up the hard work.
6:02 proof that you're DILIGENT! As a Sask milk drinker, I'm thankful knowing you guys don't take shortcuts when it comes to safety of your product and your cows. Thank you!
I have binge watched all of your previous videos and this is the first brand new one for me. It is wonderful to learn how things are done. Your farm is very clean. Personally I could not handle all those cows pooping. I had to scroll ahead when you were in the tank. Claustrophobia is real.
Thanks Jan. Today you have drenched me in information about the milk end of the farm - beyond the cows. Loved it! I can't not sing when in such an acoustically alive space. 😁 Couldn't help hoping you'd blast one out! And thanks for taking us along to see your Canadian country-side. You call them hills?? Come visit us in Virginia and West Virginia. We can find you some real hills. They're everywhere! Happy New Year to you and yours, Jan!
I used to do the same thing when I was still back on the farm. Your descriptions were great and totally understandable . Always look forward to your next video!
Hey ..I pick up milk in Ontario and all of the newer tanks installed in the last 7 or 8 years that are 24000 l and up only have sight tube for reading. They don't even have an inside dipstick :( Even have a few 7 or 800 gallon tanks with sight tube. I wish we had dipsticks as the tubes can be a bit of a time consuming pain lol. Enjoy your videos and keep up the good work!
This really was a good video. I sweated claustrophobic buckets till you got out of the tank. Those blades would make boyburger of you. When the Hutterites make it you can trust the quality of the feed I bet. Two tons a day is a lot. I never would have guessed that. I hope 2021 is a good year for you. You guys always come up with new ideas for videos that are interesting and educational. Thanks for that SDK. Peace.
If you stay in the milk-tank Jan, then you can see how the cleaning works and don't have to do the morning shower either! Haha Nice to see outside the farm in Sask also!
Was impressed with the cleanliness of the milk tank. I liked your comment about the dipstick, Canada, and the US. I think. I really like the drive to get the pellets. Driving in ice and snow is a tricky business. Stay safe.
"I'm pretty sure it's all human food grade quality" - Famous last words Good to see that you take good care of your milk storage tank, and think about safety when doing so. Don't wanna waste some very nice quality milk or any other product by not taking care of it when in storage.
I'm so glad you did this video. I've wondered for a while what it look like inside and you had said it always stirred the product. Now we know thanks a lot for your hard work.
Love the channel man your family and you. Youur good people. Down to earth glad to see your family getting more involved in your TH-cam channel. Keep up the great work🤙🤙🤙
Great job on the video always so informative on how ya walk us through what you guys do I have to say had a good laugh when your dad had ya cornered in the tank negotiating 🤣 good stuff
Our tank was about half the size of yours - it was about as big as you could get in the UK in 1993 ( a 10,000 ltr model specially extended to 12,000 lt and could hold 13,000 lt) It came with a wee stainless steel ladder that could be placed temporarily inside the tank to get you in and out for cleaning purposes. However the tighter radius on ours meant it was hard to keep your balance when moving up and down the sides of the tank while inside.
I can't believe you can fill up that tank in just two days or four milkings. That is like a lifetime of milk in one tank. Keep up the hard work and great content.
May I suggest a relatively inexpensive step stool that you only ever use inside the tank you can always disinfect it before you put it in.... Attached to a rope... This would allow you to exit the tank without risking injury or damaging the inside of the tank and then you can use the rope to pull the step stool out of the inside of the tank.. Just an idea.. Ps, I love your videos, and I bought milk last week for the first time in five years.... I forgot how great it tastes...
I'm going to assume it's the same in Canada, here, milking farms are the most regulated of all farming practices. As a youth in the very early 60's to the mid 70's we raised Angus cattle but also had a small herd of about 15 or so Holsteins (free ranged), that we milked by hand, gave us 2 milk barrels each day picked up every morning for a small cash supplement between cattle sales. Not sure but was somewhere around 20/30 gallons each (?). If the milk cows got into the very early springtime wild pungent Garlic it would considerably down grade our milk.
I think is was a great idea to show us how careful you are to provide top shelf milk. Great job and really liked your Dad kidding you about your wages lol. Enjoyed the road trip and hope you and your family have a very happy and successful New Year.
Keep up the good videos you do. Awesome when I get a notification that another video is up. Good to see your father join in and show a bit of humour (Jan time to negotiate your wages lol) All the best for 2021 to you and all your family. I am always impressed when you show your ladies how clean and healthy they are. Cheers
We Saskatchewanians make good tourists cuz literally anything besides flat prairie is interesting to us. 'Look a hill'.."Wow! a mountain" ... "Cool...a tree"... "An ocean? ... get the camera Martha!"
If you ever have a chance take a jet boat ride on Diefenbaker Lake, situated about an hour or so south of their Dairy. That Lake is about 100 miles long and 1-5 miles across, and probably has the least amount of shoreline deveolopment imaginable. It's up to 300' deep in some areas, and fantastic fishing (huge fish at that depth) and fantastic recreational area!
Jan that milklevel outside clear hoses are forbidden in Europe too, and for a reason, you would need an seperate wash cycle for that, since the normal washcycle wont reach it. And an unwashed hose can have really a bacteria problem since the surface of the hose is much rougher as metal. If you guys want to really know how much milk is delivered, get an calibrated fluid counter between the tank and the milktanker, but this has to be cleaned every pickup date too. And truckingrule for going downhill. Same gear down the Hill as up the hill... and if its slipper shift one down for saefty..
Happy New Year to you and the dairy. Jan, you make the best videos. I look forward to your videos every week.btw... I drove OTR trucks for only 5 to 6 years and I wanted to say, nice job going downhill with a full load on what could have been a slippery situation.
Funny, when you jumped in with your street shoes on I rather cringed. LOL! I knew you would run a wash cycle right after getting out, but for some reason it was a little gross still. haha no good reason whatsoever. Thank you for sharing this. I believe I watch all of your videos and to the end. So thank you for sharing this and entertaining us all!
Happy New Year! I can see why the two-person job on the milk tank. BTW, did your Dad give you a raise when renegotiating your salary? LOL Excellent view of the drive through the countryside. Keep 'em comin', Mate!
They used to have sight glasses on the outside of our vats about a decade ago but they got rid of them, they used to cause some trouble with milk quality and they weren't always accurate
Loved your dad's statement... "I think it's now re-negotiating time for your wages Jan". He obviously has a great sense of humour. Really do wish you would interview him some time about the farm and the great family he and your mother are raising. Great stuff as always.
Send in his sister to clean tank.
Jan did a Q&A 4-5 months back and the parents were also interviewed.
Jan's lucky his father didn't think of charging him extra for the sauna bath inside that tank!
agreed....our elders are priceless, and when they die, they take so much wisdom/information/history with them. VERY important to try and document what they have to say. My mother hand-drew a family tree before she died and she went much further than I could even dream about. Glad I have it.
Happy New Years
I grew up on a grain, cattle and hog farm. Stopped milking when I was 12 (1971). We were still milking by hand. I have learned so much about dairy farming from your videos! Thank you so much! Keep up the good work.
I'm a milk truck driver in Ontario. We use the sight glass (tube) to measure. Most bulk tanks have a dipstick but the larger ones usually have a sight glass. It's rare for tanks to have both
I am continually impressed with your operation and the high level of attention to detail from today= sanitation, to nutrition, animal husbandry, reproduction, and product quality. Your farm would be an excellent example for a dairy management class at any university in the states. Not that we don't have some fine dairies in the US, but I am so grateful for the time and effort you put into producing these high quality videos. Thank you for educating so many viewers.
Thank you for showing us how well you and your family take care of your milk production and your cows.
I’m a farmer myself in wales in the uk and we do farming very differently to you but I have to say, I really respect you and what you do !
Maybe you should do a channel?!
I saw a few video's by a chap in the UK who trims cattle hooves and doctors them. I had to stop because of the truly horrendous condition his dairy farmer customers cattle feet were in when they called him. It was shocking how bad their hooves got before they called him. IMO, it was criminal but whatever. This channel's dairy herd is taken care of like they are literally Royalty compared to the dairy cows I saw in the UK. So yeah, things are done different there.
Do a channel of your farming !
what's different in your eyes?
@@shopshop144 American farms are different than UK
@@misbeautifulable ya, but how!
I CAN NOT COUNT HOW MANY TIMES I HAVE GONE INSIDE OUR TANK IT GETS TO BE ROUTINE AFTER A WHILE
I AM SURE OTHERS WATCHING THAT HAVE ARE SAYING THE SAMETHING WHAT A PAIN HOWEVER IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE DONE
THANK YOU FOR SHOWING WHAT IT TAKES TO PROVIDE THE PEOPLE WITH A FRESH SAFE PRODUCT
Glad you showed the safety aspects of working in a confined space. Good job young man. God bless you all and Happy New Year.
Love your so informative videos. May God Bless you and your loved ones in 2021
I appreciate the statement on your ball cap!! Especially since I love me lots of milk! Great job Jan.....
Great video Jan! It’s awesome to see how much pride you take in the quality of care of your milk tanks. These are things that folks who are not farmers just take for granted...very educational! Glad you made it to the grain processor and back safely! I’m from Texas and folks down here don’t drive on roads like that for a reason!!!😂....we don’t have it in our DNA! 😂. Keep up the great videos and stay safe!❤️. God Bless ❤️!
Yep, as a route driver once, I too went inside a milk tank for 'inspection'! I went in barefoot though, I didn't want to go in with my work boots! And to calibrate the tank, yes, it is a 5-gallon pail with a vial so accurate that you can dip your fingers in to take out too much water. Literally accurate to drops of water! Thanks for bringing back memories!
I didn’t realize how sparsely populated it was near your farm. Watching the scenery from the truck shows how remote your location is
I love the relationship that you appear to have with your Dad. As a fellow Canadian who grew up with a modern dairy farmer in the family, it is nice to see someone showing non farming families the work that goes into providing that jug of milk at the grocery store etc.
Great video! I think it's really fun to see what your landscape looks like! Dairy farmer from Sweden 🇸🇪
Thanks for the ride along! Yes we all think Saskatchewan is flat! Nice scenery!
I was working harvest one summer in Eastern Washington (we farm really steep hills) and my load shifted. It tipped me over. Scary stuff. Ice and wheat fields could probably compare on the slick scale. Almost everyone, in my area, uses sky buggies to prevent truck accidents these days.
Are your parents starting to realize how much good your TH-cam Channel is doing for your farm and the farming industry?
I think its benefit to the industry is priceless. Jan, Chet, 'Hollywood', Ryan, etc are the best ambassadors and deserve our greatest thanks.
You guys are 'the greatest thing since sliced bread'!
@@TheJimbob1603 I am very, very, happy for you, your family farm, and your industry. No entertainment giant would ever put money into you. But what you're making, is something that the entertainment industry could only dream of. I grew up around this in Wisconsin, and I had no clue what went into running a farm like yours. I worry that guys like you, Larson Farms, the MN Farmer, and the Welker Farms just to name a few, would end up leaving the farm just to chase Hollywood. As far as I'm concerned, you people can never have enough success. But please, remain true to your farm and the effort your predecessors went through to get you to where you are today. Take care my friend. I will always be here to help if needed.
Hope you and family had a good Christmas and wishing you all the very best for the New Year. Looking forward to your regular updates from the dairy.
@@TheJimbob1603 Sliced bread or bottled milk.
Great Q.
Certainly brings insight to ppl like me.
Great Video! In Pennsylvania we use the vile to measure the amount of milk in the tank. We hook a pipe to the valve on the bottom of the tank to read it. The technology in many dairy farms is pretty cool!
Good to see you comparing technologies used in different regions Landon. Blessings
When I was a teenager scrubbing out our tank, my dad took that time to “renegotiate” my curfew... a good dad joke is a good dad joke. 👍Respect from a former dairy kid in Michigan. Love the channel.
It’s a huge amount work for a dairy farm. Jan like to see the trouble you go through to assure good quality. I am a little disappointed Jan you didn’t sing us a song from inside the tank. Good acoustics! I like Dad negotiating your pay! I like him!!! HAPPY NEW YEAR!😃😃😃😃👍 Does the feed taste like a power bar!
Jan, thank you for your vlogs. I'm an American that lives in Indiana. I do enjoy all the effort you put in your videos.
Another great educational video. You do great service to the dairy industry.
Thanks for the great video mate ,everyone that has ever worked with family knows that one dollar an hour is the standard pay ,or as we say in Australia ,mates rates .And if your dad sees this video ,he might deduct some pay for eating into the farms profit with the pea starch .Cheers from down under.
Thanks for taking us for the ride in that truck! Happy New Year from a fellow eastern ontario canadian.
I love your dad, a man after my own heart. That was really slick on his part.
Very nice video, it's better you find and clean the tank, instead of the inspector finding it and shutting you down. Thanks for sharing your work with us. Have a Great new year!
A super video! Cleanliness is next to Godliness!!! Thanks for sharing. Peace from SW Florida 🤗!! And a successful New Year to you and your family!!!!
Here in the states we use the hose on the outside of the tank only for measuring the milk when the milkman comes, the rest of the time it is empty.
Most people don't know that they do climb in the tanks to clean them and inspect the, even the semi tanks are cleaned and power washed the inside from time to time. With food grade stuff like milk you never want to stop quick in front of them there is no baffles so slow the liquid in the tank and the truck will slide all around.
Besides being a good cleaner, you are an awesome truck driver on that slippery road with that big load. happy 2021 to you and family. Bert Busscher Melbourne Australia
I really like what you are showing us about what goes on on your farm. Show more please!
Those things are huge aren't they? I live at the parlor of a dairy farm that closed about 8-9yrs ago. The owner sold the 2 tanks we had here. Each were 6000 gallons. It was unbelieveable the strategy planning to get them out of the building and on to the truck trailers.
I think the sight glass is not authorized because it's a place where there could be an accumulation of hard to clean deposits and thus harbor bacteria. One thing also: I worked in health and safety for many years and there are strict safety measures to be followed before entering a confined space. One should be thetered with a safety harness and a mechanical means of pulling an unconscious person out of that tank. Your father would be incapable of helping you if, for some unforseen situation, you would lose consciousness there. The risk level in a tank like this is lower than in many others like sump tanks or manure pits. The thing you have to think of is there is little chance of coming out alive. Oxygen is displaced by steam, you mentioned it was hot in there, there could be fumes remaining from detergents and disinfecting solutions, scalding water could be sprayed from the machinery and so on, nowhere to escape, no energy to pull yourself out. Just safety considerations I like to bring up. Also, wear a dust mask when shoveling dusty material, your lungs will thank you in twenty years. Stay safe.
Love the Hat!!!! So truthful!!!Thank you for all your hard work!!!!
Brings back memories. I remember having to clean out the milk vats when I was a kid. My dad pasteurized and bottled the milk at the dairy we lived on. Much smaller dairy.
Enjoyed the video. Interesting to see the milk tank and how it is cleaned. You always do a great job. Thanks
I always forget just how immensely flat the plains are out there. Even in ontario which doesn't have any real huge hills there are some steep incline roads out in the country, like 25% grade or more sometimes. Nightmare in the winter
Great job on the video and sharing of information. I am impressed at the level of safety you use throughout the farm, including wearing your seat belt! My grandfather milked cows for many years and I remember the work they did to ensure cleanliness for much smaller herd. The public may not appreciate how these steps, such as the extra cleaning of the tank, ensure that the milk for the consumer is safe and clean.
As I get older, I recall many of my labor activities that would not be possible today. I think you will soon need another method to elevate yourself from the tank.
Again, great job and keep up the hard work.
Interesting to take a closer look at a milk tank in Canada.
My job is to repair and service milk tanks in Norway.
The truck trip is also cool. A chance to see the surrounding terrain
You folks are very thorough, i am glad! Happiness, Peace and Prosperity for you and your family for the New Year! Thanks for all your hard work.
6:02 proof that you're DILIGENT! As a Sask milk drinker, I'm thankful knowing you guys don't take shortcuts when it comes to safety of your product and your cows. Thank you!
Thanks for bringing us along Jan. Happy New Year
We just had our milk tank calibrated and it's actually a neat process of how they do it.
Jan, you are a fine young man with a wonderful family! Really enjoy your videos. Have a safe and blessed New Year!
Glad you showed us the milk tank. Hope you have a profitable and safe 2021, Jan.
I have binge watched all of your previous videos and this is the first brand new one for me. It is wonderful to learn how things are done. Your farm is very clean. Personally I could not handle all those cows pooping. I had to scroll ahead when you were in the tank. Claustrophobia is real.
I always enjoy your videos! I’ve learn more about cows than I ever thought I would. I find it really interesting!
Thanks Jan. Today you have drenched me in information about the milk end of the farm - beyond the cows. Loved it! I can't not sing when in such an acoustically alive space. 😁 Couldn't help hoping you'd blast one out! And thanks for taking us along to see your Canadian country-side. You call them hills?? Come visit us in Virginia and West Virginia. We can find you some real hills. They're everywhere! Happy New Year to you and yours, Jan!
I used to do the same thing when I was still back on the farm. Your descriptions were great and totally understandable . Always look forward to your next video!
Love your ball cap!! I really appreciate all you show in the videos. Excellent information, excellent presentation,.
Have a great 2021, Kid. I hope your Boss/Dad sees fit to give you a raise for climbing into the stainless and such.
the descriptions of what you do on your farm are awesome great job and a very happy new year to you and your family
Awesome footage while driving the truck!
Hey ..I pick up milk in Ontario and all of the newer tanks installed in the last 7 or 8 years that are 24000 l and up only have sight tube for reading. They don't even have an inside dipstick :(
Even have a few 7 or 800 gallon tanks with sight tube. I wish we had dipsticks as the tubes can be a bit of a time consuming pain lol.
Enjoy your videos and keep up the good work!
Boy I don't miss doing that at all.yep done that a many of times.good job on keeping on top of the cleaning of the washer.👍👍👍👏👏👏👏
This really was a good video. I sweated claustrophobic buckets till you got out of the tank. Those blades would make boyburger of you. When the Hutterites make it you can trust the quality of the feed I bet. Two tons a day is a lot. I never would have guessed that. I hope 2021 is a good year for you. You guys always come up with new ideas for videos that are interesting and educational. Thanks for that SDK. Peace.
Awesome video!!! Always learn something new. Beautiful countryside.
Happy New Year !!! Glad to see you guys caring that much about the quality of milk you send out . Thanks for showing that .
Come to Scotland and you will know what hills are Jan. Interesting video and great to show people how way make sure the tank is clean.
If you stay in the milk-tank Jan, then you can see how the cleaning works and don't have to do the morning shower either! Haha
Nice to see outside the farm in Sask also!
U would bit want to be inside the tank while the tank is in its wash Cycle.
@@polestar1265 and how do u know that?
@@polestar1265 sounds like u r!
Nice to see the country side
Another good one, Jan. Nice hearing your dad comment. HappyNew Year, men. Stay safe.
Was impressed with the cleanliness of the milk tank. I liked your comment about the dipstick, Canada, and the US. I think. I really like the drive to get the pellets. Driving in ice and snow is a tricky business. Stay safe.
"I'm pretty sure it's all human food grade quality" - Famous last words
Good to see that you take good care of your milk storage tank, and think about safety when doing so. Don't wanna waste some very nice quality milk or any other product by not taking care of it when in storage.
Love your Dad's sense of humor 👍
I'm so glad you did this video. I've wondered for a while what it look like inside and you had said it always stirred the product. Now we know thanks a lot for your hard work.
Love the channel man your family and you. Youur good people. Down to earth glad to see your family getting more involved in your TH-cam channel. Keep up the great work🤙🤙🤙
Hi Jan, here in Ontario we use the sight glass for measuring the milk.
Milk stone build up can be a real pain puts the bacteria count up as well . A lot dont realize the amount of work that is involved in cleaning
Great job on the video always so informative on how ya walk us through what you guys do I have to say had a good laugh when your dad had ya cornered in the tank negotiating 🤣 good stuff
Love to hear a little bit of your dad's accent even though it makes me homesick.
Our tank was about half the size of yours - it was about as big as you could get in the UK in 1993 ( a 10,000 ltr model specially extended to 12,000 lt and could hold 13,000 lt) It came with a wee stainless steel ladder that could be placed temporarily inside the tank to get you in and out for cleaning purposes. However the tighter radius on ours meant it was hard to keep your balance when moving up and down the sides of the tank while inside.
Bravo to you Jan, I’m claustrophobic could never ever have done that.
I can't believe you can fill up that tank in just two days or four milkings. That is like a lifetime of milk in one tank. Keep up the hard work and great content.
Running with the Devil!!! In the background as your trucking!!! Lol Have a great New Year!!! Thank you
May I suggest a relatively inexpensive step stool that you only ever use inside the tank you can always disinfect it before you put it in....
Attached to a rope... This would allow you to exit the tank without risking injury or damaging the inside of the tank and then you can use the rope to pull the step stool out of the inside of the tank..
Just an idea..
Ps, I love your videos, and I bought milk last week for the first time in five years.... I forgot how great it tastes...
I can say the tanks are pretty strong but most farms i have been to too pick up milk do have steep stools to get in and out of the tank.
I'm going to assume it's the same in Canada, here, milking farms are the most regulated of all farming practices. As a youth in the very early 60's to the mid 70's we raised Angus cattle but also had a small herd of about 15 or so Holsteins (free ranged), that we milked by hand, gave us 2 milk barrels each day picked up every morning for a small cash supplement between cattle sales. Not sure but was somewhere around 20/30 gallons each (?). If the milk cows got into the very early springtime wild pungent Garlic it would considerably down grade our milk.
I love to see how thorough you guys are! Very impressive!
I think is was a great idea to show us how careful you are to provide top shelf milk. Great job and really liked your Dad kidding you about your wages lol. Enjoyed the road trip and hope you and your family have a very happy and successful New Year.
I enjoy that you put so much effort into quality even in making your videos! Keep them up!
Awesome video Jan always good to know where and how our food comes to us here in Canada!!
Thank you and Happy New Year! Thank you for everything you have shared! It's a great education!
Happy New Year to you and your family. Thank you for sharing. Cheers
You have MORE UPPER BODY STRENGTH then most people
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I had to rig a winch system with harness to safely get me out of a large water tank.
Keep up the good videos you do. Awesome when I get a notification that another video is up. Good to see your father join in and show a bit of humour (Jan time to negotiate your wages lol) All the best for 2021 to you and all your family. I am always impressed when you show your ladies how clean and healthy they are. Cheers
We Saskatchewanians make good tourists cuz literally anything besides flat prairie is interesting to us. 'Look a hill'.."Wow! a mountain" ... "Cool...a tree"... "An ocean? ... get the camera Martha!"
If you ever have a chance take a jet boat ride on Diefenbaker Lake, situated about an hour or so south of their Dairy. That Lake is about 100 miles long and 1-5 miles across, and probably has the least amount of shoreline deveolopment imaginable. It's up to 300' deep in some areas, and fantastic fishing (huge fish at that depth) and fantastic recreational area!
Jan that milklevel outside clear hoses are forbidden in Europe too, and for a reason,
you would need an seperate wash cycle for that, since the normal washcycle wont reach it.
And an unwashed hose can have really a bacteria problem since the surface of the hose is much rougher as metal.
If you guys want to really know how much milk is delivered,
get an calibrated fluid counter between the tank and the milktanker,
but this has to be cleaned every pickup date too.
And truckingrule for going downhill. Same gear down the Hill as up the hill... and if its slipper shift one down for saefty..
Excellent video , i have seen your first video on milk tank cleaning from inside .👏
Happy New Year to you and the dairy. Jan, you make the best videos. I look forward to your videos every week.btw... I drove OTR trucks for only 5 to 6 years and I wanted to say, nice job going downhill with a full load on what could have been a slippery situation.
Your dad is quite the negotiator! Good luck!
Funny, when you jumped in with your street shoes on I rather cringed. LOL! I knew you would run a wash cycle right after getting out, but for some reason it was a little gross still. haha no good reason whatsoever.
Thank you for sharing this. I believe I watch all of your videos and to the end. So thank you for sharing this and entertaining us all!
And glad to see you drive so carefully
Happy New Year! I can see why the two-person job on the milk tank. BTW, did your Dad give you a raise when renegotiating your salary? LOL Excellent view of the drive through the countryside. Keep 'em comin', Mate!
Awesome video. So great that you go the extra mile to keep your milk clean
Great Video Jan. That cow food looks like it would be good breakfast cereal. Does it taste like peas? Interesting milk tank process!
Happy New Year young man you are doing an awesome job. Bless through this coming year
Yes that milk stone can be a bugger. Good job getting it removed.
Nice to see all the delaval gear , I work for a delaval dealer in Nova Scotia
They used to have sight glasses on the outside of our vats about a decade ago but they got rid of them, they used to cause some trouble with milk quality and they weren't always accurate
Looks like keeping them clean is what got them removed.