You know Tom you not just need a threaded bolt but a quilting needle and thread... Love your energy about how you must get things done....Editing it top notch.....!!! can not wait to see the cows frolic in tall grass !!!!
Mr. Pemberton, you are indeed a character. But I also want to let you know how much I appreciate you and all you do. You’re such a hard worker dedicated to your farm and your herd. Bless your heart. ❤️
What you do best , being a farmer dealing with all the problems that come with it. Really looking forward to getting your book. Hope you have a better week ahead.
Unbelievably dangerous to go down into a slurry pit after sucking and mixing slurry due to slurry gases, get rid of that paddle system and use a pump agitator to mix when needed.
Interesting video. Not one of the fun jobs on the farm but necessary. So glad you mentioned the dangers of pit gases. Family farmers in Ohio, USA ,a father and 3 sons have huge dairy. They had a pit issue. The 3 sons were all overcome by the gas and all 3 died! It's a very dangerous situation. So glad you are aware!! Stay safe.
Same happened here near Hillsborough not far from Belfast father and two sons, first son went into the tank after a dog was over come with gas, then the father and other son all overcome with slurry gas. Extremely dangerous
@@scruftough Noxious gases are not just a farm problem a chemical company near where I live had an operative die in a tank when overcome by gases he was supposed to wear breathing apperatus nuf said.
I remember many years ago a similar situation in Michigan. Some tasks seem simple until it goes wrong. Please be careful and don't do these tasks without someone standing by.
Since everyone has the answer to this I’m going to offer mine as well. Raise the pump up higher so that the sheer bolt connection isn’t actually down in the pit. Then with the cover on it would be much easier to notice in your mirrors when moving around with the tractor. My other idea is a 90 degree gearbox so that the motor was under the floor but above the pit of muck.
I was going to suggest welding something on the blade shaft close to the shear bolt so you can lift the blade without havong to empty the pit, easy improvement, but your suggestion is a much better long term solution. Specially if you put the shear bolt on the horizontal axis before the gearbox, that way the blade does not fall if the bolt breaks, easy fix if the shear bolt has easy access from the top with a panel or something.
Hang in there Tom! Even working in some types of jobs, you have those types of days. (Those who have, will know what I'm discreetly referring to). Glad you show the good and the bad so people can truly understand what can go into running a farm.
For 20 years I was a hog farmer! Worked my way up on various farms from "shit shoveler" to farm manager and owner/operator! When I was the farm manager one of my jobs was to run the "honey wagon" ! My tractor and vacuum tank were about the same size as the one you are using! The neighboring land owner had a problem with alkali that killed the soil in part of his field, he had me spread loads of "liquid gold" all year in that one area (this was a weekly job). The following year, that dead spot produced a bumper crop of wheat!!
Oh my word I am still laughing, the cow made it more crazier! 😂😂 It is no doubt that you are down to earth! My goodness you are the funniest farmer! 🥰Thank you for keeping it real! 🥰🥰😎✌️
Remember the first video I watched on your channel was you lifting the paddle 3 years ago and just thinking this mans a lunatic 😂 Keep the great vids up Tom, top lad🤙🏻
Forgot it was Friday so delighted to see a video. Strange to watch a slurry video whilst icing a birthday cake 😊. Hi Tom from Northumberland, seems we must be neighbours love from Northumberland
@@trippinggauntlet4520 Truly the most beautiful county in England. Sandy beaches, Hills, Moors and oodles of castles and history. I'm in Cramlington, not the most wonderful of towns but certainly 'canny'.
@@tomrobins_aka_fartinafit Having lived in Dorset, and also in the Highlands, I'm in agreement with you, Northumberland is the best & absolutely stunning. We're close to the Harry Potter castle, the Cheviots 15 min one direction and the awesome coastline 15 mins, how lucky are we.
Ohh...such a crappy job, but someone has to do it!! Could NOT resist that!! Love your Vlogs, so informative and funny, I could not do what you do! Thanks for sharing!
Just a thought Tom, maybe get urself some gas masks or monitors to wear to protect urself and others just when working in those situations. Great video as always 👍
Tom your videos are awesome you always playing with Muk I try love watching your videos is everytime it's something different. I hope the family's all well pet moon for me. Stay safe stay warm God bless
Job done safely. That thing needs permanent fix though? You should be able to just lift slat and pump out liquid so I'm not entirely sure what the problem is now, or if in fact you have fixed it. Good note on pit safety though. Gases can kill.
But Tom it is Easter Saturday here in NZ and the cows were surpose to go out today - I hope you gave them a pre departure talk about not runniing or jumping and "don't bust ya foo foo valve" (a kiwi farmers saying meaning don't hurt yourself)
Good video Tom, safety first as usual. Interesting to see you travel so far to spread, a more powerful tractor would be better on the tanker job. Hope the release of the cows went well this morning, when will the video come out?
Hi Tom.Great video. That thing is a pain. Not that you could have done it since but did you ever look into extending the Dairypower system. Either that or just have an access for a standard tractor driven slurry pump as a back up.
The first pig farm I worked on (late '80's) was an international company, we had 3 people die when they went down into the pit to unclog one of the vacuum out pipes. Pit gas is SO scary. Please, please, PLEASE be careful. Many years later (and a different farm that I was working on as a farrowing tech, the owner wanted to "stir" up the pit and was blowing back the load he had just vacuumed out. He wasnt paying attention and was blowing air into the full pit. 6 of the 12 sows and their litters in that farrowing room were killed. I was screaming mad at him because I was suppose to be processing litters in that room but went for an early lunch break that day. The Lord saved me from certain death that day.
Good man Tom never go down into pit even with someone there,not far from us farmer went into pit started to pass out, worker went in to help him they both died🔺
Hey Tom shit hot video luv, gd to see you get mucky for a change 😉. Thanks for showing this and teaching me something else I didn't know about how cow muck is moved around and spread
Stupid question: Would it be possible/feasible to put some of the aeration stuff (like in the tower) into the pit and get rid of the paddle with its box?
An easier way would have been to install a macerator pump to empty the chamber into the slurry tank, then fill the spreadee tanker from the slurry tank. If it really is necessary to transfer from the slurry tank to the chamber a standpipe would have been a damn sight easier than opening the chamber access lid and creating a safety hazard every time.
@@Sarge084 I'm not a very handy person but those sound good to me! I dont want to tell Tom how to do stuff, he surely knows better than I , but it does give me the creeps when he goes in there every time.
I have a new respect for the women that take care of you and the other farmers. They send you out for a days work all nice and clean and come home looking like today probably 1/2 the time. I hope you have a shower room at the back door or the shop so it’s not brought all through the home. The washing machine company could visit the farm to try out all the new machines before they go to market you have a perfect training center for muck and dirt of all kinds. Wash powder company same thing too. Love the videos of course. Susan
We used to cut a straight notch across the bottom off the bolt so you have a way to remove from both ends. Course I am not saying it I had anything to do with bolt breaking or bending. No no I know nothing about it
Have you ever thought about putting some of your bubbler pipes in your tank in the shed? If you swapped your mixer for pipework for your bubbler system it may be easier to maintain. Not sure if this would have consequences with gasses in your shed but might be worth investigating. I’d also suggest some weld on hooks for your lift arms on the tractor and swap the fixed balls. That would drive me insane. Keep up the good work.
You agitated the slurry and then decided to climb in shortly after, it would have taken two strong men to lift you out if something went wrong and get a rope around you. What doesn't take a day off?
If you wanted to mix, you also could have grabbed a thin load from the slurry store, and blow it in with the thick stuff, suck half a load and blow it out again (not to much revs of course). Mght mix a bit better
I predict that pit getting a paddle system upgrade in the future. The new shed is all about 'ease' and 'efficiency', that's not fitting either of them categories and still bringing a reminder of how much harder jobs were in the old shed.
I reckon that you could tack that together with a welder [after ventilating the flammable gas out] or drill it and give it a much bigger non-shear bolt. Then add an electronic overload cut-out in its control panel for the unlikely event of something obstructing the paddle.
we have a tank also that has a lot of solids at the bottom another trick you can try when you've got solids covering the paddle, is let a bit of liquid in. suck as much into the tanker and then blow it back in from the tanker. we do it twice or three times and the volume of stuff going down the pipe is enough to stir it up and get the solids moving better. 👍👍
Gas prices are so high If they keep going up everyone is gonna be walking or riding a bike and good job Tom even though it was a pain in the butt some simple jobs just aren't that simple
Tom, seriously if this is going to be a regular issue, you’ll be wasting valuable time better spent elsewhere. Love to see a good professional slurry management consultant assess the situation and recommend/implement a good practical and affordable solution. The cows look comfortably happy.
If things like the shear bolt break on a regular basis, one questions the quality of the part that broke and wonder where else corners were cut on quality.
Love to see the slurry consultants bill not to mention the price of the solution. Viewers are good at spending Toms money. You lot any idea how much has just been spent on that new shed. Steel and slurry are not good bed fellows, system will get an upgrade when funds allow I am guessing as with most things in farming
Dude, the cow off to the right just peeking around the corner thinking "what's he up to NOW?" too funny.
You know Tom you not just need a threaded bolt but a quilting needle and thread... Love your energy about how you must get things done....Editing it top notch.....!!! can not wait to see the cows frolic in tall grass !!!!
The cow at the beginning, staring at Tom, has a look on its face that says ‘what is this human doing?’
My dog does the same when I'm picking up a poo bag... 😂
Glad you think of safety 🥰
Real life farming!! Not enough hours in the day! Can’t wait for the video of the animals coming out of the closets!!!
Mr. Pemberton, you are indeed a character. But I also want to let you know how much I appreciate you and all you do. You’re such a hard worker dedicated to your farm and your herd. Bless your heart. ❤️
What you do best , being a farmer dealing with all the problems that come with it. Really looking forward to getting your book. Hope you have a better week ahead.
Unbelievably dangerous to go down into a slurry pit after sucking and mixing slurry due to slurry gases, get rid of that paddle system and use a pump agitator to mix when needed.
Interesting video. Not one of the fun jobs on the farm but necessary. So glad you mentioned the dangers of pit gases. Family farmers in Ohio, USA ,a father and 3 sons have huge dairy. They had a pit issue. The 3 sons were all overcome by the gas and all 3 died! It's a very dangerous situation. So glad you are aware!! Stay safe.
Same happened here near Hillsborough not far from Belfast father and two sons, first son went into the tank after a dog was over come with gas, then the father and other son all overcome with slurry gas. Extremely dangerous
@@scruftough Noxious gases are not just a farm problem a chemical company near where I live had an operative die in a tank when overcome by gases he was supposed to wear breathing apperatus nuf said.
I remember many years ago a similar situation in Michigan. Some tasks seem simple until it goes wrong. Please be careful and don't do these tasks without someone standing by.
That was a terrible tragedy.
A very good Saturday morning to you all
Since everyone has the answer to this I’m going to offer mine as well. Raise the pump up higher so that the sheer bolt connection isn’t actually down in the pit. Then with the cover on it would be much easier to notice in your mirrors when moving around with the tractor. My other idea is a 90 degree gearbox so that the motor was under the floor but above the pit of muck.
I was going to suggest welding something on the blade shaft close to the shear bolt so you can lift the blade without havong to empty the pit, easy improvement, but your suggestion is a much better long term solution. Specially if you put the shear bolt on the horizontal axis before the gearbox, that way the blade does not fall if the bolt breaks, easy fix if the shear bolt has easy access from the top with a panel or something.
Hang in there Tom! Even working in some types of jobs, you have those types of days. (Those who have, will know what I'm discreetly referring to). Glad you show the good and the bad so people can truly understand what can go into running a farm.
Love the joy you bring too a “mud bath” thanks for just being Tom Pemberton! Love it
Thanks Tom for all the great content. You and your farm pull me out of the mental muck !! Thanks !
Glad I can help in any what way 😊
The reaction of the cow behind you is hilarious, she keeps checking you out.
Tom, you need to introduce your co-host. That cow is really curious about what you're doing.
The expression "Full of Shite" comes to mind - great vid TP.
For 20 years I was a hog farmer! Worked my way up on various farms from "shit shoveler" to farm manager and owner/operator! When I was the farm manager one of my jobs was to run the "honey wagon" ! My tractor and vacuum tank were about the same size as the one you are using! The neighboring land owner had a problem with alkali that killed the soil in part of his field, he had me spread loads of "liquid gold" all year in that one area (this was a weekly job). The following year, that dead spot produced a bumper crop of wheat!!
Tom you make it happen. Can’t say enough. Thank you for sharing.🐄🐂🐄🐂
Oh my word I am still laughing, the cow made it more crazier! 😂😂 It is no doubt that you are down to earth! My goodness you are the funniest farmer! 🥰Thank you for keeping it real! 🥰🥰😎✌️
Remember the first video I watched on your channel was you lifting the paddle 3 years ago and just thinking this mans a lunatic 😂
Keep the great vids up Tom, top lad🤙🏻
Goodness, and I thought that I had to deal with a lot of sh1t in my life . . . . . . Love your channel Tom. From retired Tom in Northumberland.
Forgot it was Friday so delighted to see a video. Strange to watch a slurry video whilst icing a birthday cake 😊.
Hi Tom from Northumberland, seems we must be neighbours love from Northumberland
@@trippinggauntlet4520 Truly the most beautiful county in England. Sandy beaches, Hills, Moors and oodles of castles and history. I'm in Cramlington, not the most wonderful of towns but certainly 'canny'.
@@tomrobins_aka_fartinafit Having lived in Dorset, and also in the Highlands, I'm in agreement with you, Northumberland is the best & absolutely stunning. We're close to the Harry Potter castle, the Cheviots 15 min one direction and the awesome coastline 15 mins, how lucky are we.
You need to fix the PTO cover on the tanker. Danger doesn't take a day off
Ohh...such a crappy job, but someone has to do it!!
Could NOT resist that!! Love your Vlogs, so informative and funny, I could not do what you do! Thanks for sharing!
I'm glad you're safe. Thanks for sharing the issues you're having. I'm waiting for the big video of you tidying up the farm ^_^
Great video again Tom. Why is the shear bolt down in the tank.??"The long draw" .🤣🤣🤣 Is that from evenflows channel??.🇮🇪🇮🇪
Just a thought Tom, maybe get urself some gas masks or monitors to wear to protect urself and others just when working in those situations. Great video as always 👍
Good video I liked the cow at the beginning looking at Tom like what did you do now lol
Tom your videos are awesome you always playing with Muk I try love watching your videos is everytime it's something different. I hope the family's all well pet moon for me. Stay safe stay warm God bless
Thanks mate 😊
Job done safely. That thing needs permanent fix though? You should be able to just lift slat and pump out liquid so I'm not entirely sure what the problem is now, or if in fact you have fixed it.
Good note on pit safety though. Gases can kill.
The expression "shit happens" seems appropriate here!
You didn’t stress which is good Tom. Happy Easter 🐣
As your revered father might say , the jobs no good without experience, and you got some today . The brown variety 😁
Great video 👍🇬🇧
Oh Tom I really felt for you going in the slurry pit. Thumbs up 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Idk how I found this channel but I'm happy I did
Lots of good ol poopy fun!! Enjoyed the vid Tom!
But Tom it is Easter Saturday here in NZ and the cows were surpose to go out today - I hope you gave them a pre departure talk about not runniing or jumping and "don't bust ya foo foo valve" (a kiwi farmers saying meaning don't hurt yourself)
Good video Tom, safety first as usual. Interesting to see you travel so far to spread, a more powerful tractor would be better on the tanker job. Hope the release of the cows went well this morning, when will the video come out?
The glamourous life of a farmer
You must smell lovely when you get home from days like today!!!
She knew what she married 😂
Hi Tom.Great video. That thing is a pain. Not that you could have done it since but did you ever look into extending the Dairypower system. Either that or just have an access for a standard tractor driven slurry pump as a back up.
Slurry Friday!!! Have a great weekend. Be well be you
The first pig farm I worked on (late '80's) was an international company, we had 3 people die when they went down into the pit to unclog one of the vacuum out pipes. Pit gas is SO scary. Please, please, PLEASE be careful. Many years later (and a different farm that I was working on as a farrowing tech, the owner wanted to "stir" up the pit and was blowing back the load he had just vacuumed out. He wasnt paying attention and was blowing air into the full pit. 6 of the 12 sows and their litters in that farrowing room were killed. I was screaming mad at him because I was suppose to be processing litters in that room but went for an early lunch break that day. The Lord saved me from certain death that day.
Great video tom, at least its repaired.
Slurry Jobs are Always entertaining... dunno if you seen me covered in it a couple weeks ago because of the tanker glass blowing out!!!
“Ray a drop of golden sun ☀️ “ your humor and wit is not lost on me 😁.
Glad we couldn’t smell this video, but it was another good one as always❤️🐄
Farming - Such a glamorous life
Tom please fix the PTO guard on your tanker , your vids are great and would like to keep watching them for a long time
Good man Tom never go down into pit even with someone there,not far from us farmer went into pit started to pass out, worker went in to help him they both died🔺
Hey Tom shit hot video luv, gd to see you get mucky for a change 😉. Thanks for showing this and teaching me something else I didn't know about how cow muck is moved around and spread
Stupid question: Would it be possible/feasible to put some of the aeration stuff (like in the tower) into the pit and get rid of the paddle with its box?
An easier way would have been to install a macerator pump to empty the chamber into the slurry tank, then fill the spreadee tanker from the slurry tank.
If it really is necessary to transfer from the slurry tank to the chamber a standpipe would have been a damn sight easier than opening the chamber access lid and creating a safety hazard every time.
@@Sarge084 I'm not a very handy person but those sound good to me! I dont want to tell Tom how to do stuff, he surely knows better than I , but it does give me the creeps when he goes in there every time.
I came to the comments to type the very same thing great minds think alike
Any videos where you get covered in POO is a good video! hahaha
Another day on the farm always something to fix.
I have a new respect for the women that take care of you and the other farmers. They send you out for a days work all nice and clean and come home looking like today probably 1/2 the time. I hope you have a shower room at the back door or the shop so it’s not brought all through the home. The washing machine company could visit the farm to try out all the new machines before they go to market you have a perfect training center for muck and dirt of all kinds. Wash powder company same thing too. Love the videos of course. Susan
Love your vids🚜
Great content again
The universal standard unit of distance..... " Up a tad, down a tad...." 😉👍
Top job Tom
Tom get that PTO cover sorted on the bowser!!!
I really wish we had smell-o-vision®. I bet it was a “special” experience. Maybe you could drop a lit match down there to get rid of the gases???😂
Keep it up good work
The cow watching him at the beginning of this video is killing me 😂😂😂😂
I drive a diesel pickup and fuel today is $5.19/gallon. I have paid $6.00/gallon earlier this year.
We used to cut a straight notch across the bottom off the bolt so you have a way to remove from both ends. Course I am not saying it I had anything to do with bolt breaking or bending. No no I know nothing about it
That paddle really is in a bad place, but you already know so I’ll say no more. Glad it’s not smelly vision 😁, Happy Easter to you all.
Great video Tom
Great video Tom you get into some ness 👍👍👍
Great to see you’ve got the PTO guard secure 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔😵
Today was just mucked but you got it sorted.
At least you were covered in sheep. Good farmer. Non bleepable word.
Enjoyed 👌
Tom would you ever consider your own umbilical set up even a second hand one? Cracking video as usual 👌
Amazing 👍👍👍👍
Tom wesołych świąt
Great videos keep it up 👍
So you go into the slurry pit as Tom Pemberton but you emerge as.... wait for it...... Tom Pooo-mberton! Lol!
Cheers from Georgia, USA
Have you ever thought about putting some of your bubbler pipes in your tank in the shed? If you swapped your mixer for pipework for your bubbler system it may be easier to maintain. Not sure if this would have consequences with gasses in your shed but might be worth investigating.
I’d also suggest some weld on hooks for your lift arms on the tractor and swap the fixed balls. That would drive me insane.
Keep up the good work.
Great job!
Dora just wanted to inspect your work! Hahahaha 🤣😂🤣😂
You agitated the slurry and then decided to climb in shortly after, it would have taken two strong men to lift you out if something went wrong and get a rope around you. What doesn't take a day off?
Love the videos Tom 🐮
If you wanted to mix, you also could have grabbed a thin load from the slurry store, and blow it in with the thick stuff, suck half a load and blow it out again (not to much revs of course). Mght mix a bit better
I predict that pit getting a paddle system upgrade in the future. The new shed is all about 'ease' and 'efficiency', that's not fitting either of them categories and still bringing a reminder of how much harder jobs were in the old shed.
I reckon that you could tack that together with a welder [after ventilating the flammable gas out] or drill it and give it a much bigger non-shear bolt. Then add an electronic overload cut-out in its control panel for the unlikely event of something obstructing the paddle.
Please dont do that
@@jamesmccabe1702
Why not. Electronic overload protection is well established.
@@hedydd2 Again, please dont do that.
Would a few aeration lines not be able to replace the paddle
Great video Tom I have to say it poo happens keep them coming 👏👏👍👍
In Australia we’d say “you were up shit creek without a paddle” Tom 😖🍻
What a blumin nuisance as I would say. Nice vid man
Your a brave man Tom.I think.?
There was a lot of moos in this video 🤣
we have a tank also that has a lot of solids at the bottom another trick you can try when you've got solids covering the paddle, is let a bit of liquid in. suck as much into the tanker and then blow it back in from the tanker. we do it twice or three times and the volume of stuff going down the pipe is enough to stir it up and get the solids moving better. 👍👍
Gas prices are so high If they keep going up everyone is gonna be walking or riding a bike and good job Tom even though it was a pain in the butt some simple jobs just aren't that simple
MM77 Approved 👍🏼👍🏼
I never thought poop could be so entertaining
Tom, seriously if this is going to be a regular issue, you’ll be wasting valuable time better spent elsewhere. Love to see a good professional slurry management consultant assess the situation and recommend/implement a good practical and affordable solution. The cows look comfortably happy.
Not sure what your issue is here. He simply broke his shear bolt and needed to replace it.
If things like the shear bolt break on a regular basis, one questions the quality of the part that broke and wonder where else corners were cut on quality.
Love to see the slurry consultants bill not to mention the price of the solution. Viewers are good at spending Toms money. You lot any idea how much has just been spent on that new shed. Steel and slurry are not good bed fellows, system will get an upgrade when funds allow I am guessing as with most things in farming
This was a "shit"film ... wear and tear on working things and somtimes Shit happen. A nice film on daily life :-) Keep up the spirit :-)
Crack on! Happy Easter !
Is that an evenflow reference with the long draw?
Hi 👋 daft question do you know when the coo going out vlog will be ready 💞
Hopefully in a week
@@TomPembertonFarmLife thanks so much can't wait was the best day thank you so much xxx