The Dangerous Job We All Dread
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- The Dangerous Job We All Dread- Our grain bin is clogged so I'm harnessing up and going in. I'll be the first to admit our farm never used or even owned a harness before this year. Every farmer should have one on hand. #safetyfirst
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Zach Johnson, the “Millennial Farmer” is a 5th-generation farmer who’s spent his life growing, working, and learning on his family’s farm. His wit and dry sense of humor appeal to children and adults alike. A product of the millennial generation, his appreciation of new technology blends with his old-fashioned work ethic, and he offers a unique ability to deliver his message in a way that resonates with lifelong farmers as well as those with no knowledge of agriculture. With growing consumer awareness about where their food comes from, Zach has identified the need for an independent voice from the front lines of agriculture. Zach actively promotes agriculture by sharing his day-to-day experiences in the agriculture world while providing farmer-to-farmer education to help facilitate a collaborative conversation between farmers and the public.
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How's the harvest going where you're at?!
Our graincart tractor broke down so not good.
Fields are getting harvested, not a farmer myself but love to see it happen around me, corn, wheat, soybeans everything is going at the moment
How about there?
We have yet to start corn harvest but hoping we can get out there soon!!
I saw a guy harvesting soybeans he got the field kicked out in one day and and few other people around me are getting there
We just started last night on the beans and have all the corn left
The camera slowly falling out of frame while Zach complains about his little cut was pretty funny.
Maybe for you!! 😂
I had to chuckle a little at how itonically well that worked out
You should have used your stunt double zach!
I bet your Editor yelled Emmy when you did the secret cut scene
@@MillennialFarmer The actor playing MF needs to work on the 'salt in wounds' reaction bit. Some Method practice could help. BW for a boring corn harvest.
Shout out to Becky for pumping out all these videos during harvest!
I agree. Her work is often taken for granted. Video editing takes time and work. Thanks again.
I often think about this.... I can't imagine the work involved.
😊😊😊😊😊
The view showing the tractor tire while you are "salting your wounds" was cinematic genius! Fellini couldn't have done it better!
I was laughing my head off!
Go Pro Cam: $150. Strip Tiller: $50k. Becky's editing when Zach nearly cries: Priceless
you missed a 0 in that strip tiller guess.
@@Drew-in-NoDak Yeah that's fair, that whole rig is so expensive, its why poor Zach is nearly in tears, that's gotta hurt lol
Hey Zach, you’ve probably had all kings of advise on the strip tiller, but here’s some from western Canada where we seed and put fertilizer through 1910’s all the time. It may be a good idea to screen your fert products through a much finer screen when loading to avoid chunks or debree plugging off your meter rollers. We use a 1/2” by 1/2” size screen. It may slow your loading time down but save you grief when applying. Keep your rubber hammer handy to bang on the sides of the potash tank every so often. It loves to bridge off. You can sometimes fix the problem that way rather than pulling the meter out. Also make sure your meter agitator is running on high setting. There is a linkage on the back side of the meter that can be moved from low setting to high. All that aftermarket stuff can be tricky. Your tank pressurization looks completely different than what would have been original from Deere. If the tank is under pressurized it will under apply. If it is over pressurized it will over apply. Your blockage system “should” show you a relative flow to the other runs. The Deere system I find much simpler to understand but I don’t think you could add it to that age of cart. Hope some of this helps.
Screening the material better certainly seems like a good idea.
We use to have a morris cart and we used a 10mm mesh screen, definitely slowed filling but never blocked up with it in
Here in western Canada (alberta) a lot of people love using John Deere tool bars but dislike the tanks ,most change the tank to a fleixicoil tank and they pair up with the jd tool very well , but I don't know how well the technology part pairs? And a way fine screen is highly recommended...... 10mm sounds about right ?
Zack, what as t happens if you just set it up as bet you can and run it? Every row isn't going to yield the same anyway, If you get 75% of the product on the field, what is the yield? Sometimes it just has to be good enough.
This entire video is the most accurate "day in the life" of a farmer you've put out.
Fact!
Glad to see you adopting safety measures. Hopefully more farmers follow in your footsteps.
PITA but yeah, good point! 😊
@@lesmorgan5865 They Spenser a fall arrest program for fire fighters
Was going to mention we had a local farmer that made triangle base pointed to a point above the main sump out of concrete rods welded together so any chunks coming toward the sump would break up or go to one side they were about 2 to 3 ft tall.
Agreed. I am a big believer in personal protective equipment and safe procedures.
I'm wondering about the design of the grain bin. A clog on an augur seems like an easily predictible occurence. There ought to be some means by which it could be unclogged automatically. I don't know much about such equipment. But maybe something as simple as being able to turn it backward for a couple revolutions. Or maybe being able to move the augur along its axis some short distance. Being able to do this sort of thing from outside the bin would be quite a comfort.
Yes! Safety glasses, Respirators and ear plugs/ muffs!
Oh man! Not the easiest day. As fireman I can appreciate how uncomfortable it is working in the bins. Fantastic job looking after yourself and remember you are still lucky! You have an amazing family and business. Tomorrow will be better 😉
Maybe after harvest you could explain all your implements and what their function is (or what you are trying to achieve using said implement). I'm so confused talking about strip tiller, deep bander, chisel plow, ripper, the Mandako, etc...
Not a bad idea!
Fertilizer machine - Zacks nemesis......😅
interesting your equipment vs here in Sacramento area. tri fold disc, lot of transplant here too. corn, wheat and sunflowers seed, maters, bellpeppers and a few others transplant. losing a lot of rowcrop to orchards.
I'd also be interested in how the grain markets work. I don't understand some of the terms you use....hedging, shares, etc. Maybe you can give an overview of how you sell grain and theory behind it.
@@MillennialFarmer do a equipment tour like south sask farmer did.
Laughing at Zach singing along to Ratt in the tractor! Glad you could keep that short clip in without a copyright strike. Too funny.
A set of weigh scales on the tanks would be handy. That way if you cover say 10ac, you'll know how much product you should have used, and you'd be able to see it gradually going down as you go to ensure you're applying it.
The tanks have weigh containers and cranks to mimic fertilizer applying
The camera just slowly dropping down was hilarious 😂
And the whining.
It's awesome to see you practicing bin safety. There are just to many stories of farmers getting trapped in bins and not being missed for several hours,
Thank You for being careful. Having lost a fellow farmer in a non years ago. Brings back sad memories. Please be very careful. All of you.
Thank God you are using a harness, I had just about written your show off from seeing you crawl into that bin with out safety line. U have a family to raise.
Getting into that giant bin and working inside of it for an hour plus is beyond amazing. Your parents did a great job raising you Zach. It's cool to see how you and your dad work so well together. My dad and I bumped heads a lot when I was coming up. I followed into the same biz as him, but took my own path and did well. As I got older, we became best friends and not a day went by that we didn't talk for the last 10 years he was alive. i miss him every single day. It's great to see you two, along with you and your kids all making this business work. Love the channel, and you already know who my favorite interweb pups are. :)
Thanks for another great video. It was interesting and enjoyable.
Before I ramble on would like to thank Becky for keeping the videos flowing during harvest season. Know she is busy so a big thanks to Becky!!!!!!
Thanks for doing the bin thing. Know that it is not a fun job. Thanks for wearing the safety equipment when getting in there. Glad you got it going finally. Bins can work good and then not so good other times. Farming for you.
Agree you are right about the tillage equipment breaking off those pieces. Ground is just too hard. Wise decision to switch machines. Always something.
Sorry your tillage and fertilizer setup is not operating to your satisfaction. But it could just be the Fertilizer is too damp or in big pieces. If it was me I would not use it. Causes too many problems YOU do not need.
About it I guess. You take care and be safe.
Great teamwork by everyone.
Looking forward to the next video.
Thanks for everything.
The Iowa farm boy.
My cousin died in a grain bin some years back. I'm so glad you are being very careful. God bless you and your sweet family.
Thank you for the flashback to my youth. Hearing "Round and Round" brought me back to the summer of '85 and the first rock concert I ever attended at Red Rocks amphitheater in Colorado. There was so many people smoking pot that even the security guards and the police were stoned. Good times. Great vid, keep 'em coming.
It's an emotional rollercoaster being with you running this thing. I don't think I can handle the stress anymore. Glad it seems to be working this time around. God bless.
Completely agree!
I like the safety harness. I'm sure it sucks to wear. If it keeps you safe so you can keep petting the kitty cat, it has to be worth it. I’m hoping you have your strip tiller fixed. Great video.
If you feed the cat n dogs brewer's yeast they won't be bothered by the fleas as much. And that's not toxic.
When grain less then 4’ deep in center. Yes @7’ by walls.. If you have someone there. The risk is minimal.
Catch the cat after the morning feed and it would scratch them bean pods loose!
Thank you for doing what you do and dealing with crap jobs and machines all day. You are very tolerant.
The joy never ends:). Some troubleshooting ideas that drifted through my mind while watching you struggle 1) Swap tanks for the products; potash --> rear tank and phosphorus --> front tank. 2) A dose of graphite/talc at bottom of whatever tank has the potash and then the potash with more graphite/talc added as it is filled.
Hey Zack! Thanks for sharing your gain bin adventures. Last week in Mississippi we had 3 men trapped and one of them died. We all need reminded to be safe in what we do. Blessings to you and your great family.
It's Zach, not Zack.
Does it really matter?
@@beckyumphrey2626 read the descriptions, it said Zach at the bottom.
So glad you practice "Safety First". Your videos are always informative and entertaining.
We have bins that hold sand and rock at work and we installed a 110 volt vibrator on the outside. If the material bridges up we kick on the vib and it starts to feed immediately. It saves a ton of work/time and we don't have to use a 12' closet rod and poke at it anymore. Keep the videos coming!
In 88 the year of the eorst drought we ever had at our farm we used 2 inch points instead of shovels to break up the ground. We did not break any shanks but the frame of the field cultivator took a beating. Cracked it up pretty good. My father had it welded professionally and you could not tell the difference. The next year he traded it in and bought a new one!!
More strip tillage videos please, I wait for these videos every fall! Sad day when you finally give up and sell it. If you decide to try it again next year please film your Dad's reaction when you tell him. Sorry Zach they're just the best videos ever!
We used to cover the fan intake at night during fertilizer application in the fall. Fertilizer likes to draw moisture out of the air, especially on nights with heavy dew.
Zach, especially on a tough day when things can be incredibly frustrating you continue to persevere and not let it get the best of you in the long haul. Tough days are just that, tough days, not something to spoil the whole week, or month, or longer. Keep on keeping on,,,,,
We have fert issues with our seeder as well. The issue isn't really the tank or the tool its the fertilizer clumps, we used a much smaller screen when filling the tank to eliminate anything larger than a dime and it worked like magic. Our fertilizer is sometimes really nice, but some years its very dusty or clumpy and both wreak havoc in meter roller and in the towers on the tool. The smaller screen keeps the clumps out and we blow the meter rollers and housing out at the end of every day which helps with the dust.
Hey Zach, I’m sure you’ve had plenty of advise on the cart already but just another opinion from western Canada. Have you tried switching your products from one tank to the other and see if the problem moves from the front tank to the back. In the event it doesn’t solve anything then you definitely know it is a tank issue and not a product issue. However if the problem moves to the back tank then it’s definitely a product issue. From what I’ve seen you have addressed all that needs to be looked at. The only other thing I can think of would be a snorkel/drier kit that would take the moisture out of your airstream that may be messing with the potash. I don’t have high hopes that is the issue but it possibly could be.
If your a farmer, ain't no such thing as 9 to 5 hours planting and harvest seasons.
You guys up in Minnesota are doing a bang up job of feeding America.
I hope America's farmers have a very profitable year.
Not sure if it works for your application, but we built a jig for our unload auger so we can put a 5hp blower on it...I'm assuming if a vac worked you would have tried that too...stay safe.
I have a 1910 cart and had that problem this spring as well... pressurization air to equalize the tanks runs up through the ladder in the tank and fertilizer dust / corrosion plugs it... Fertilzer will run out when you do calibration / line checks but as soon as openers are in the ground backpressure keeps it from feeding correctly. if you tee into the the pressure equalization lines and run a hose to top of tank air pressurize will equalize and product will feed right.
Great job Zach..... still working on beans....most of the corn isn't ready yet
Even from here I was sweating you going IN the grain bin. Lost thee Amish farmers in Pennsylvania in a silo. One got in trouble and other two were in a rescue attempt!! I was thinking of you and your crusade to prevent and educate on the hazards of all that. Terrible. And fate has a way of overcoming ALL our precautions and preparations, sometimes. I am happy you did it right, I knew you would. But there is always a chance.. Then the frustrations of that dang fertilizer machine. But MOST aggravating, was constant interruptions for commercials for the crooked politicians running for office here. THAT is really frustrating. I'd gladly vote for Anna or Didge if I could. I just KNOW they are better qualified and more honest!! Thanks Zack, another great video. I appreciate it.
Said it many times, I really appreciate your humor!! God you make me chuckle!!
Aww, Zach, you blew us a little kiss in the grain bin, how sweet! We love you too! 😘😂😂 Loved the video, keep up the great work. Praying you get to 1 Mil soon so Anna can finally get a tractor ride
THAT was only for his tic tok "fanz"...we're a bit more ...rough hewn here on YT...😉👀🤣🙂🙃😂🙃🙂👍💪👏👏👏👏‼️
Thought Zach was going to go pro that 6 foot 3 climb out on that skinny ladder and then yard it out with that fertilizer string!!
Yep I know exactly what you mean on not knowing if product is moving. This is my first year with an air seeder and I was paranoid about the seed and fertilizer for several hundred acres. Finally get it figured out and was pretty confident on everything was working as it should.
We invested in a sump saver this year so hopefully next year when we empty our bin it helps with pods.
We ran a flexicoil tank and ran fertilizer out of both tanks. Work well for us.
Thank you for taking the extra time and pain of harnessing up and safety personnel.
It's amazing how technical some aspects of the equipment are. And when it works it's awesome
We ran a cart like yours had nothing but problems. We switched to a valmar sts10 and hardly ever have problems. Night and day difference
Thanks for growing my diner, no bugs for me.
I run a John Deere seeder like that in the spring and I had to put a 1/2" hole screen in the tank to prevent it from plugging the row meters in the tank.
Hey, nice to see taking safety precautions, here in NS, Canada I work at a small feed mill, I’ve always cut a hole in the side just above drag and shove a 20ft auger in(half width of whatever bin size is), will empty bin enough to get top two doors open/may even clean out the stuck corn, our tanks don’t even have ladders on the inside so there isn’t much else we can do
We’ve had issues with urea rocks/clumps plugging individual runs on our 1910 cart. I feel your frustration!
You need to get yourself a Soil Warrior. We've had a lot of good luck with them in NY and NC the last couple years.
Confined spaces suck period. I fell off a impoverished ladder inside of a 50k gallon fiberglass heating oil tank right after hanging a shut off float for the tank vent . The crew had to pull out the fiberglass from my butt and sides on site wasn't amusing . Pea gravel was always a threat like your grain. But the grain I would think is like quicksand and the dust is another super dangerous issue. Yes i'm not a farmer be safe, I do enjoy the channel .
TMI on the beans in your draws, Becky edited that in lol. G-d bless, and stay safe.
Glad to see someone there with you in confined space. Way too many trolls on TT anyway fully enjoy here on Utube. Can’t help but laugh used to get sugar everywhere when we had to unclog auger. Enjoying videos will continue to watch & learn. Appreciate the farmers.
Been on a couple grain silo rescues in my 26 years in the fire service, both sucked and both ended bad. Be safe and think guys.
Good afternoon Zack just thought I would give you a little tip that's why our ground here in lemoore California you came out here to Tulare that's why our ground is so soft because we chisel the ground here so anyway on that note be safe be careful with the the grain bins can't have nothing happened to you because you're the show keep it between the rows LoL
I have a feeling Zack that this might be the last season we see that air fertilizer system. What a headache. Bye…waving. You are a patient man 👍🏻😃 thanks for the videos. Be safe the rest of y’all’s harvesting season. 😃 thanks Becky for the editing 😃
Better you then me running that machine. Glad it was some what better then last year. Yes always harness up in a grain bin. After losing 2 teens in the Mt Carroll Consolidated Grain and Barge Co. bins in 2014. I hate to hear about more of lives being lost in bins. Hope the crew / pets / family and you are doing well. Be safe and alwasy God Bless. Thank you for the video's.
Hey @MilliennialFarmer I work in a dry fertilizer shed and I go through the seasonal reminder of cuts, and I always say, "The burn means it's working!"
The chemicals and rubbing alcohol always shows where the cuts are that you don't realize you have. :D Great video.
I worked at a school in Fort Worth Texas and we tried to use a broadcast spreader to put out a fertilizer/potash mix. The potash absorbed so much water from the humidity that I couldn't make it from the shed to the football field without the potash turning to a clay like substance. Once that happened I had to manually dig out the spreader tank.
Yep. I had a bad experience in a silo bin one time years ago. But you have a safety harness I didn't even know about then. Keep up the good work!!!
Getting angry during the day and then once night falls, blasting music and singing is definitely relatable lol. You get to a point like 14 or 15 hours into your day where you just lose it lol
I knew someone who drowned in the bean grain ben.
Use a powered retractable, attached to your harness with operator, stationed at the entrance, because it takes two men to crank your deadweight out of there. We have practiced this scenario. Did you use an air monitor to check for oxygen?
" I'm not going to flip out".....
Jerry Maguire I'm guessing is what you were thinking of Zack when you said that LOL
Sounds like you may need a stur augor at the bottom of the tank just above the outlet or a different potash supplier the screeds their product better
We do a lot of deep banding on our farm with that same model cart and we use green and black meters and we haven’t had any problems with plugging
Zack I know it is hard to be patient and that is something I don’t have when something isn’t quiet right. Good luck with your harvest.
Great video Zach. It's amazing the number of issues you've had with things not working like they should.
the camera looking away as you screamed in the background 🤣, "I'm totally not going to record this"
Potash, you need to introduce air into tank just above exit holes for potash to stop compaction this is known as air intrainment, I’ve driven pneumatic dry bulk tankers for years , hope it helps Bob
The size of the bin and entry point makes the job tough having a third person involved is recommended. In my old job we had Entrant, Observer,another as a gofer along with a entry supervisor . We had to be extra Diligent in our tank entries because Chemicals involved
So, there's a thing I have seen on dump trucks that I think may work on your pot ash tank. It's an electric vibratory shaker. It's basically a motor that mounts on the box of a truck (in your case the tank) with an off balance weight on the shaft. When activated it rattles the box (tank) and would assist in freeing bridged or stuck product. It's not massive and you would of course have to mount it in a way that it wouldn't crack the tank over time but mounted low in there a box shaker would absolutely help with your tank not feeding and they're usually on a switch so you just turn it on every so often to keep everything moving.
God bless you and keep you safe! THank you for showing what it is like out there farming!
Harvest is going good here. We have 3 or 4 days of combining left. The hardest part for us here has been tillage. The ground is so hard that we spent quite a bit of time searching for lost shanks & replacing them. We tried to rip a corn field & it was not good. It was so chunky it was a disaster. We are hoping it rains to make tillage easier. Good luck with harvest & tillage.
ND along the Canadian line Wheat done beans pretty much done, Some canola still being cut and Corn harvest just starting.
Climbing in that grain bin reminds me of when I had to clean out from under the log deck at grandpas sawmill. All the mud and bark off the logs fell down there and the only way to clean it out was with a scoop shovel on your knees. That took most of an afternoon with the logs traveling along about 6 inches above your head getting hosed off. It wasn’t until years later I saw a solution where you bolted a 6 foot long section of 12” channel iron to the bucket of a skid loader for cleaning out from under conveyors.
Can you put some smaller hardware cloth (1/2" maybe) inside that sump screen on your K tank to filter out more of those chunks? That's what we use on our Hiniker seeder as insurance to keep row plugging material out of it for cover crop seeding.
I'm having flashbacks of the previous video with this debacle!!! You have wayyyy more patience than most people! How you haven't destroyed this thing yet is very impressive! LOLOLOL!
I dont know If its posible for your tanks, but you could but a scale on them so you have a better indikation of It is moving.
Well done for showing the safe way to farm
I think the trouble you have is inconsistent granule size and trash in your fertilizer. If you could run a test batch through a classifier screen to insure it's clean and a consistent size it would most likely solve your feeding issues. Those expanded metal screens in the tanks are too coarse and will let clumps the size of quarters through. For what you are attempting you would need a granule size between 316" and 1/16". Too coarse and it won't feed, too fine and it won't flow.
So I have worked for a couple different fertilizer companies and have some thoughts and tips. First is that potash is much more dense than most other fertilizers it's applied by weight so it will drop in slower.
Secondly you need to screen it. The expanded metal grating in your tank is helpful but not enough. Cut the base off a 5 gallon bucket and get some chicken wire and make a basket that fits tight that out of a 3/8 square hole chicken wire. This can be attached to the end of the fertilizer truck auger and gets only fine fertilizer in the tank. It takes 2-3 times as long to load this way but that's nothing compared to your system getting plugged up. There's always some clumps and sometimes there are lots of clumps.
I work at a potash mine. I also worked at a John Deere dealership. I feel all your pain.
Zach, that's some serious work getting in those bins man. Glad to see you harness up. The crop of beans right behind out house is lookin almost too dry at this point. i haven't seen any sign of the guy who farms the land at all. Kinda weird given the price of beans right now. Have a good week and thanks for another very interesting video.
Get smaller diamond hole screens for your fertilizer we use 4X4 foot framed screens above auger intake tubs at the bottom of the big fertilizer bins. So much better to catch the lumps and foreign objects before it hits the truck or the drill tank and walla no more plugs!
Awesome safety measures. To many farmers and other workers get frustrated and forget about being safe first.
ZACH, your Dad is so PROUD OF YOU....
Air seeders, we plant 10k acres a year with one, I do know John deere bins are very fussy and much more likely to fail in some way, (your not the first person to threaten to torch one haha)
A Borgoult bin would suit this job perfect being a very simple and rough setup, they very rarely if ever block the bin, we run Morris but they're more aligned to precision and would prob Also suffer with high fert rates
As your aware any foreign material and lumps are a serious no go, your product needs to be perfectly clean and dry, we filter the product 3 times before it gets to the Meter rollers
The last method is though mesh with holes no more than 1/2 in
The tank is not the problem with your strip tilling setup. The problem is your fertilize supplier. You are getting damp product. We run those tanks in Canada doing exactly what you are doing but behind an airseeding tool. We run 11-52-0 and 46-0-0, and various blends problem free through them. I'd try a different fertilizer supplier before axing that setup. Also, you need to run a finer screen when filling, it will slow down fill times but you gain that back by not dealing with plugged meters all day. But the bridging is textbook wet product.
If the Millenial Farmer TikTok always is like that, I just might be tempted into installing it after all. Getting spied on by the chinese be damned, seeing Zach curse like that is warming my soul.
Man, now I feel bad for getting a kick out of Zachs suffering.
Oh I been following him for awhile it’s COMPLETELY different from TH-cam. If your not a fan a swearing than it’s not for you but I find it much more authentic.
Those tanks have little agitator fingers that are driven from the right side( opposite side you pull the meters from) See if you can turn up how fast they move to keep the stuff flowing. Or if they're working at all. I've had issues in the past where stuff would settle overnight and clump, then the fingers wouldn't wag back and forth enough to break then up.
One thing that would help your bander experience... run the auger on the ground before you fill the tank. If there is any moist fertilizer left in the auger, then it won't plug your meter roll thing. I spread fertilizer for 9 years.
Thanks for the video. Entertaining me whilst I am fix my building at 8pm before my cows come in for the winter.
Zach, I'm really glad you are doing more video's. Great job
It appears your getting fertilizer thats contaminated from your supplier. Are the trucks cleaned out and dry?
Might install a finer external screen on it to catch foreign material and break it down finer as you fill tank.
Last I knew string isn't fertilizer
Maybe you should install some type of heater inside yellow tank to keep the inside of it dry.
Even a regular light inside tank might keep it dry.
Condensation inside tank from dew in mornings? Any moisture would cause clumping issues.
Also maybe install a agitator inside the tank to slowly keep it powderized.
Just some thoughts
Hey, just 1 Opportunity i thought about. What if you just put a roll That turns, with little stingers on it in the first tank to crush the fertilizer blocks. BEFORE they even have a Chance to Plug up the Black roli thingi🤷🏼♂️👍i mean the roll to crush the fertilizar blocks in the tank, just above the Other Black roli thingi
Greetings from Germany 🙋🏼♂️
Harvest is done here inSW Saskatchewan. Went fine but yields sucked. Nothing over 10 bu. per acre. Just too dry.
"inSW"?
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Hey Zach I understand your frustration with strip till bar I fought a dual place bar myself I was loadin the dry fert which was just in one tank on 2510 h an which was slow process to go through finer screen that was in top of tank at first I didn’t dump the screens that was full of chunks of fert gravel an junk from fert after started dumping the screens after filling had no trouble maybe finer dumpable screens in top of your tanks may help? Hope it helps ya have a good safe harvest an thanks for great entertainment! Bout died when u got fert in your cut lol good luck out there sincerely Brandon.
what a life, problems you can fix and problems you know and understand are just out of your hands and the work you are given is just the right amount you can handle