Our t800s cranked like that all the time. When starters started going out we put gear reduction starters in them and it helps so much. Very rarely have to jump them anymore to get them spinning
Do you only have 3 batteries like he does I’ve been driving truck for 14 years now and the only trucks I’ve ever seen with 3 batteries are farmer trucks we all run 4 batteries but up here in Canada we need more cold cranking amps than the southerner’s lol
Gear reduction starters take less power to get them to start turning but they use same amps and voltage afterwards as old style starter do. Have to be careful how many amps to feed gear reduction starters can't put four 1000amp batteries to them. Most trucks today have only 3 batteries in them now. Seen few with only 2 batteries that where from southern states. Peterbilt postal trucks in my area have 2 batteries. Junk battery cables to starter can make them crank slow at first too. Use to be ran 2 pos and 2 neg cables to starter but only they use bigger cables so it 1 of each going to starter now
Battery tip: To prevent battery discharge while stored or parked, clean the surface of dust and debris, thus preventing parasitic draw. Cover the battery to prevent rain /moisture and dust from gathering on the battery surface. Battery terminals and cables should be wire brushed for good electrical contact. ...........A battery disconnect switch will also eliminate battery drain.
I'm not a farmer anymore...but I am a homesteader with a bunch of equipment. I got tired of dead batteries, so, everything that doesn't move a lot gets parked near an electrical outlet and I hook a NOCO battery tender to it. For example, the following equipment has a tender on it: Skid steer, three wheeler, four wheeler, mower, F-250 and spare work van. What doesn't have tenders is stuff that moves at least twice a week. This has ended my battery misery, and batteries are lasting around 5 years now. Good luck to all, thanks for the great content Zach!
Hey Zach semi fleet owner here. We had the same issue with one of our the trucks. We put a multi meter on the truck during starting and found the starter, while it worked always, was dragging an insane amount of power. Put new starter on. Never had an issue since.
The Delco Remy 39MT’s would work great for this fix. Those older 42mt’s that used to come on the old Cats and Cummins were monsters, not only in power draw, but physical weight.
We're putting up a 100 by 200 shed this spring. Seeing how big yours looks is making me really excited to fill ours. Finally all the important equipment will be stored on the home farm instead of spread across 2 counties!
Zach and Becky do an excellent job at documenting the life of a farm family. The amount of time it takes to shot, reshoot and edit videos in the middle of your workday is an amazing task.Thank you for keeping us informed and for your enormous energy you put into this channel!
The safety on the hydraulic rams that you were referring to our called velocity fuses. We have them on forklifts also as a saftey so if a line fails the load will not come crashing down fast
Zach we have found generally if the truck is not real cold and has new batteries fully charged then usually the starter and starter solenoid need repair
Zach, I added some retractable cord drops around my shop and mounted battery maintainers on my equipment/trucks that I don't use everyday. It has saved me many batteries over the years.
@@JohnSmith-yv6eq they make band heaters for tanks of all sorts, but I'm sure they used low temp hydro fluid so if it's not much faster in the summer then no need.
Both sides of my family's history is farming. I'm first generation off the farm. Grew up in city and weekends and summer on both grandparents farms. Mom told me us kids were lucky to live both. I love your videos on the weekend. Blessing to your family!
I like what you said about having someone else do the trucking. It's not just trucking it's critical thinking. Instead of assuming something is cheaper, take a good look at it. Sometimes cheaper isn't cheaper.
Hey Zach, check the short battery cables, the ones that go between the batteries, they have a tendency to get corroded and you won't even see it. So it is a cheap easy fix.
@@MillennialFarmer Adding a battery helped me because I just needed a little more umf sometimes. However you are coming up with completely dead batteries which I don't understand: maybe like Jeff said it is the cables in between so that you are really only starting on one battery.....
Zack, I’m eighty years old and grew up on a cattle and small grains farm. My Dad always insisted that I wear gloves EVERY time we were working, particularly around equipment. We never left home without gloves. Cotton ones in summertime and leather ones in winter. Jus’ sayin.’ 😏
I worked in a starter shop for many years. A really common problem with trucks is the batteries ground to the frame, then frame to starter. The connections corrode/rust and the trucks won’t hardly turn over. If your trucks are set up this way, usually a 2/0 ground cable from batteries to the starter will help with slow starting issues.
Or drill a hole in skidsteer forks so you don't even need to mess with getting the hitch attachment. I made a ball with a longer threaded end and drilled a hole to pin it in fork to move ball hitches around.
@@jonfehr5950 I've seen that done way too many times with forklifts. In reality it does two thing: 1, significantly weakens the tip of the tine 2, gives you a really wobbly poorly placed hitch point that's a pain to use. AKA that hitch attachment is a way better and safer option, especially when it's so quick to change on the skid steer.
Zak, you need a butt load of auto battery tenders, we put all of our equipment on them in the cold storage building for the winter and when not necessarily, takes the guess work out of starting the tractors and equipment!
16:20 carpet also helps with noise dampening and vibration dampening. Also has some insulation property's for heat. All around it helps, isolates noise, vibration, and heat. Just gets dirty and its a pain to clean but since yours is removable just take the whole thing out and beat it on the ground.
Battery tip! We have a truck that it wouldn’t turn over very fast or start well until we added a 4th battery. It spins over really fast now! Starts right up.
The nails in the ice and dirt of the barn floor makes me want to invest in some serious neodymium magnets and stick them to a rototiller shield. And work my way thru the top 4 inches in the barn floor. Investing in a metal detector and a floor marking spray can and handle. So you metal detect and mark the floor before coming back and digging them out.
The hard cranking may be cables or battery terminals. Get a thermal imager and look for high resistance and hot cables and connections. And the gear reduction starters help too. 15:1315:1715:07
Zach, Not sure if you have done this or maybe it has been mentioned. Regarding your battery issues, it is VERY important to clean all the connections and grounds on your semis and tractors. You will want them to shine in order to work the best. Clean them with soap and water and a wire brush. This include the battery cables, wires on the firewall and the ground wires to the frame. If you don’t see any improvement, there could be corrosion inside your battery wires. Lastly, 3 batteries on a semi is pretty rare these days. Most have 4 especially for you in the cold temps of MN. My Dad and used to own a fleet of semis hauling throughout the Midwest and South. Clean grounds and connections is a common issue for us in the Northern climates. Hope this helps!
Just found your channel. Zach and Becky, you do a great job on making a very interesting channel. Love the interactions with your Dad. He seems to be so easy going and would be fun to interview and listen to some of his stories. Blessings to all of you fine folks.
Zach it's a good thing you didn't pour a concrete slab first. It wouldn't have cured in time for the winter. Glad that new shed will be big enough for all the equipment so nothing gets left outside this year.
Good idea to Buff and wax that Kenworth. She's really looking faded. Love the new shed you'll be able to get a lot of equipment in there out of the weather.
Nice Building!!!! Just a heads up you might want to get something around the bottom to keep the wind out this winter. If you do you will thank me later. If not you will find out why I suggested you might think about getting that done. I like the Door and the opening system.
Since you are having so many dead batteries have you considered adding master switches? They are put in ihe neutral cable which interups the electrical power when in the off position. Simple to use off equals no power on equals power on.
All your content is great! The office work would also be very interesting. Things like what average maintenance costs are for equipment. Yes, there are unexpected issues with breakdowns, but the scheduled maintaining you provide your investments ,( equipment and properties ), must be part of your balance sheets yearly. It would be an interesting segment. It also allows for insight to just how costly farming is and tells that story on how its not just for feeding America, but a real passion. You already demonstrate this with your work ethic. Just amazing.
How cool it is to learn that you were a lineman at the local airport. Did you get your pilots license? I am both a pilot in an air traffic controller. I love everything aviation.
Suggestions for the battery problem: 1] get a battery maintainer/charger; 2] find the parasitic drain and eliminate it; 3] disconnect the ground cable when you park the truck or install a kill switch from Summit Racing. Will much cash on new batteries.
On the trucks, you could get a voltage sensitive relay (or an ignition triggered relay) installed on the tarp cables. Then they won't be able to draw power when the truck isn't running. Edit: As others have said, also check the starters on both hard to start machines are good (not just working, while drawing too many amps) and check to see what is drawing the current from the batteries.
You`ve got acres of room now to store all your machinery,have to fill all the gaps along the bottom of the shed walls though or else all the local critters will be spending the winter in there too!
Seems like "Farming" is more about paperwork/planning, farm handyman, logistics, maintenance & repair, staying healthy and good physical shape......than it is putting seeds in the ground and getting them to grow to maturity so you have something to sell to pay for it all, and have something left to live on.....Cheers from SoCal......Ya, we appreciate all the work you farmers do so we can eat, even though the so called media, says otherwise - I think some of us actually live vicariously through you too :)
The big 2023 planner on your office wall would be a good little titbit of how you guys plan your year. Am guessing Nate would like the old fashioned wall planner rather than a program ona PC....lol.
14:50 check your grounds. I had hard slow starts on my sisters car and even with a charged battery and a jump box it just didn't wanna go. Its chassis to engine block ground strap corroded away. Higher resistance requires more amps and that means hard starts or no start. plus cold battery's have less volts and oil is thicker so the starter demands more from the battery's and everything is working against it.
Lots of work to be done, both inside the office and outside during the winter months. Saw the Victory Motorcycle, and was thrilled, because I was on the assembly line in Osceola, Wi, building the engines for them. The new building is a great addition to your needs for equipment storage. At least for now, it’s big enough to store what you need with ease. Take care Zack and Family, and Merry Christmas to you all.
Hey Zach, I'm with you for nervousness about that huge door. Though I've never experienced what you did with the airport door I look at how big the new door is and can't help think about it falling. Thanks for another fact pact 😉 video! P.S. them goofy dags and what water they will drink. I always have fresh water for mine in the house, but she'll ignore it and drink from puddles or a bucket of water on the outside step. This time of year she still would rather eat snow than drink inside. WTH!🤷
Hey Zach, I see a lot of good comments about your battery issues. A lot of good mechanics and ideas floating around. I’ll make this quick! Maintaining clean batteries and connections is best practice for preservation of batteries during long storage periods. Dirt, dust and debri can conduct electricity with easy and creates a “parasitic” draw, thus depleting your batteries. As mentioned by others, cables with corrosion on the inside can increase amperage pull and drain them faster when starting, having a starter that’s about to go bad, will pull to much power as well. My best guess for it is dirty batteries creating a parasitic draw. I hope you see this! Have a great rest of the year and thank you for the great content!
Yes, and installing manual disconnects on the negative post to the frame, of all your equipment will save them from discharging due to a parasitic draw. On the negative side because there is no path for the parasites to flow. (if you know what I mean) Try it on the pink truck. I'm betting you will have batteries for years, rather than months.
I know all about the JD shuffle use to be the yard guy at a Deere dealership and use to move the yard around depending on what came and went. We had a big battery on a cart to jump start equipment. And when not in use it was hooked to a charger then one could boost a unit without having to get a vehicale close or find jumper cables as the ones on the battery was bolted on.
My husband, Harold has been watching for a good while... Loves your TH-cam videos! Loves how he can talks nonstop & explains everything he does in a common sense matter! He never likes wasting time 👍🏻 & constantly thinks ahead
As a structural designer i cringe at that building. The lack of shear support is incredible, looks about as strong as a opened soda can. But it will probably stand for the next 20 years until the next big storm comes through. Glad they have a shed back though, love the videos.
I thought the same at first then after reading your comment I noticed braced frames along the back wall and each stud has over half a dozen cross members so its actually pretty solid build, just seems weird not seeing any large steel colums or steel braced frames. To build a massive storm proof building probably be too expensive for the insurance company.
Zach, there seems to be a big difference in tire technology when comparing the US to the UK or even Europe. I went to Michelin and took part in some field tests (filmed it and put up on my channel) What are your views regarding the new VF type of tires vs maybe tracks ?
Zach, I suggested years ago to you now. Installing retractable electric cord reels. So that you can plug in trickle charges chargers and keep these batteries charged that seem to give you tons and tons of trouble year after year.
Mr. Millenial Farmer Stuntman if you want to use your pickup to park trailers in your shed with precision, mount a hitch on the front of the truck. You'll be able to maneuver the trailers easily and speedily!
Battery maintainers are a relatively inexpensive way to keep your batteries full and to make them last a lot longer than it appears on your farm. Fully charged before planting season will make for many less headaches when you need to be running!
Lord Muck mentioned Zach in a video as one of the few TH-camrs he makes time to sit and watch. It would be great to see these two guys do a collab when Lord Muck goes back over to the USA next year !
We had our tractors act like the batteries were dead but we put bigger gauge wires on them and with the same batteries we have gone two years without having a problem
To clean up the magnet/hockey puck situation, since the puck has a larger diameter than the magnet, I would hollow out the center of the puck so the magnet sits flush with the puck so when it sticks, all you see is puck and no magnet!
Thanks for another great video. It was interesting and enjoyable. Moving equipment around take time and more time. Nice to have your new building. Great. Lots of busy jobs this time of year. Thanks for everything Zach. Like the new building. The Iowa Farm Boy.
I had a 3406 and a c15 and they spun over real good, but they both had four batteries. The c15 would start down into the single digits without problems.
Run a ground wire straight to starter from batteries. The truck manufacturers like to frame ground alot between starter n batteries. Lose amperage that way. The new gear reduction starters spin faster n take less "juice"🙂 to turn them. Denso makes a good one. They're much lighter too. Old truckers tip is to push clutch in on cold start while cranking.
You should tell Simply Safe feed the picture to your screen in your pick up. So when you back in you can look at your screen on your dash to see how much room you have between the header and the wall.
Looking good Zach. The new shed is nice. There should be a pilot operated check valve that keeps the door from coming down even if a hose were to blow. It takes pressure to release it.
I would actually like to see the behind the scenes during the winter to see what winter planning for the next year is like
Go watch Cole the Cornstar. He has a number of videos like that.
@@KevinBenecke we want to see Zach do it...
All he does in the winter is that stupid snowmobiling bull shit
while it would be interesting to follow, it would require it be fairly generic. Plus, it would be quite nosy into private business.
@@KevinBenecke His channel sux.
Add solar panels on your buildings keep all batteries charged up. No more dead starts. save money save time. Love your show, love your kids.
Truck mechanic here. Throw a 4th battery on that red truck and a newer starter. It’ll crank 25 below. I love a ole cat motor
I am new to your channel.. and I love that I feel like the majority of footage is watching you shuffle machinery around.. it cracks me up.
Zach we love you more than you will ever know. Your Grandma loves you beyond reason. She is so proud of you.
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Our t800s cranked like that all the time. When starters started going out we put gear reduction starters in them and it helps so much. Very rarely have to jump them anymore to get them spinning
Do you only have 3 batteries like he does I’ve been driving truck for 14 years now and the only trucks I’ve ever seen with 3 batteries are farmer trucks we all run 4 batteries but up here in Canada we need more cold cranking amps than the southerner’s lol
Gear reduction starters are a game changer.
@@joeynagy8657 ours have 4. Semis are such a nightmare though especially in the north
Gear reduction starters take less power to get them to start turning but they use same amps and voltage afterwards as old style starter do. Have to be careful how many amps to feed gear reduction starters can't put four 1000amp batteries to them. Most trucks today have only 3 batteries in them now. Seen few with only 2 batteries that where from southern states. Peterbilt postal trucks in my area have 2 batteries. Junk battery cables to starter can make them crank slow at first too. Use to be ran 2 pos and 2 neg cables to starter but only they use bigger cables so it 1 of each going to starter now
@@joeynagy8657 I had a 1996 T600 only three batteries, converted it to four and that fixed all the starting issues.
Battery tip: To prevent battery discharge while stored or parked, clean the surface of dust and debris, thus preventing parasitic draw. Cover the battery to prevent rain /moisture and dust from gathering on the battery surface. Battery terminals and cables should be wire brushed for good electrical contact. ...........A battery disconnect switch will also eliminate battery drain.
I dont think you ralise just how much of a difference you are making to peoples lives. Thank you for what you do. Keeping me sane right now
I'm not a farmer anymore...but I am a homesteader with a bunch of equipment. I got tired of dead batteries, so, everything that doesn't move a lot gets parked near an electrical outlet and I hook a NOCO battery tender to it. For example, the following equipment has a tender on it: Skid steer, three wheeler, four wheeler, mower, F-250 and spare work van. What doesn't have tenders is stuff that moves at least twice a week. This has ended my battery misery, and batteries are lasting around 5 years now. Good luck to all, thanks for the great content Zach!
That was great Zach enjoyed it and Becky you do the best job making the videos thank you so much you make the content worth watching.
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Hey Zach semi fleet owner here. We had the same issue with one of our the trucks. We put a multi meter on the truck during starting and found the starter, while it worked always, was dragging an insane amount of power. Put new starter on. Never had an issue since.
Good thought, check the ground path while your at it.
The Delco Remy 39MT’s would work great for this fix. Those older 42mt’s that used to come on the old Cats and Cummins were monsters, not only in power draw, but physical weight.
Or hook the meter up and start pulling fuses.
By my mechanic ear I would agree the starter on that truck is super weak. A nice gear reduction would make that thing start way better
Also check voltage drop on cables to batteries
Yes you're the smartest man in the Garage *I assumed that no one else is there, especially your kid*
We're putting up a 100 by 200 shed this spring. Seeing how big yours looks is making me really excited to fill ours. Finally all the important equipment will be stored on the home farm instead of spread across 2 counties!
Damn, that shed is massive. Awesome addition to the farm, you'll love that for many years!
yes, I was also impressed with his massive warehouse
Great video!!! Happy to see the new shed is being used!!
Zach and Becky do an excellent job at documenting the life of a farm family. The amount of time it takes to shot, reshoot and edit videos in the middle of your workday is an amazing task.Thank you for keeping us informed and for your enormous energy you put into this channel!
@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist4hey pal, I’d greatly appreciate if I didn’t see anymore of these “repent to god” messages, I love you, but stop.
The safety on the hydraulic rams that you were referring to our called velocity fuses. We have them on forklifts also as a saftey so if a line fails the load will not come crashing down fast
Zach we have found generally if the truck is not real cold and has new batteries fully charged then usually the starter and starter solenoid need repair
I grew up on a farm over 50 years ago. Things were so simple in comparison. You amaze me!
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Zach, I added some retractable cord drops around my shop and mounted battery maintainers on my equipment/trucks that I don't use everyday. It has saved me many batteries over the years.
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Watching you from Derry in Ireland
I think Chet had the right idea for putting in small heated room for the hydro pump on those big doors.
How about thermo tape as used in water pipes with an insulation blanket to retain the heat around the hydraulic reservoir???
@@JohnSmith-yv6eq they make band heaters for tanks of all sorts, but I'm sure they used low temp hydro fluid so if it's not much faster in the summer then no need.
Bad starter
That pump still opens the door in under a minute when the temp is in the single digits. I've done it!
@@MillennialFarmer ya, - keep it simple
I once watched my dad back up two tandem full hay wagons. He didn't go all that far and I'm sure there was some luck involved...but I was impressed.
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Both sides of my family's history is farming. I'm first generation off the farm. Grew up in city and weekends and summer on both grandparents farms. Mom told me us kids were lucky to live both. I love your videos on the weekend. Blessing to your family!
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Out of all the you tube channels that I follow, you are definitely the most entertaining. Keep it up.
Good job Zack, always enjoy watching you, your family, ypur Dogs and your comments, keep up the great videos, stay safe ! ( from Canada )
I like what you said about having someone else do the trucking. It's not just trucking it's critical thinking. Instead of assuming something is cheaper, take a good look at it. Sometimes cheaper isn't cheaper.
Hey Zach, check the short battery cables, the ones that go between the batteries, they have a tendency to get corroded and you won't even see it. So it is a cheap easy fix.
I probably need to replace them and add a 4th battery
@@MillennialFarmer Adding a battery helped me because I just needed a little more umf sometimes. However you are coming up with completely dead batteries which I don't understand: maybe like Jeff said it is the cables in between so that you are really only starting on one battery.....
Zack, I’m eighty years old and grew up on a cattle and small grains farm. My Dad always insisted that I wear gloves EVERY time we were working, particularly around equipment. We never left home without gloves. Cotton ones in summertime and leather ones in winter. Jus’ sayin.’ 😏
I worked in a starter shop for many years. A really common problem with trucks is the batteries ground to the frame, then frame to starter. The connections corrode/rust and the trucks won’t hardly turn over. If your trucks are set up this way, usually a 2/0 ground cable from batteries to the starter will help with slow starting issues.
Zack, consider putting a front facing hitch receiver on the truck. It was a game changer for me.
But be careful early on, the steering on the truck will trip you up trying to move stuff around hitched up to the front.
Or drill a hole in skidsteer forks so you don't even need to mess with getting the hitch attachment. I made a ball with a longer threaded end and drilled a hole to pin it in fork to move ball hitches around.
@@jonfehr5950 I've seen that done way too many times with forklifts. In reality it does two thing:
1, significantly weakens the tip of the tine
2, gives you a really wobbly poorly placed hitch point that's a pain to use.
AKA that hitch attachment is a way better and safer option, especially when it's so quick to change on the skid steer.
Zak, you need a butt load of auto battery tenders, we put all of our equipment on them in the cold storage building for the winter and when not necessarily, takes the guess work out of starting the tractors and equipment!
Those door cylinders have a velocity fuse in them. That is what keeps them from slamming down when or if they lose a pressure line.
I love the shuffling videos. And definitely see some behind the scenes stuff for 23’ planning.
That new door is a thing of beauty. I could understand how your have a healthy fear of those doors.
Had cranking issues on a tractor for years. Cleaned up where the ground cables hooks to the block and she spins like a dream now
I just watched a dude move stuff around for 30 minutes and had a fantastic TH-cam voyage…. 🍻 Zac…
16:20 carpet also helps with noise dampening and vibration dampening. Also has some insulation property's for heat. All around it helps, isolates noise, vibration, and heat. Just gets dirty and its a pain to clean but since yours is removable just take the whole thing out and beat it on the ground.
Great to see you Zach. I miss my dose of The Millennial Farmer when you are busy, anticipation.
There is a cube of nutritional drinks in the fridge!
It was in a green container also.
Have a great Christmas season.
Front hitch for my pickup is my favorite modification that I've done to it! I can see how it'd be good for a skid steer too
Battery tip! We have a truck that it wouldn’t turn over very fast or start well until we added a 4th battery. It spins over really fast now! Starts right up.
To hopefully prevent a nasty slip and fall on your icy yard, you might want to buy some "Yaktrax" slip on traction cleats.
I used these when I was pregnant. Life saver in the winter!
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The nails in the ice and dirt of the barn floor makes me want to invest in some serious neodymium magnets and stick them to a rototiller shield. And work my way thru the top 4 inches in the barn floor.
Investing in a metal detector and a floor marking spray can and handle. So you metal detect and mark the floor before coming back and digging them out.
Storage building looks good, once you get the floor and electric finished hopefully it will last a long time.
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The hard cranking may be cables or battery terminals. Get a thermal imager and look for high resistance and hot cables and connections. And the gear reduction starters help too. 15:13 15:17 15:07
Pro tip, take a polisher or buffer and put it against the carpet. It will agitate the dirt and you can easily vacuum it up.
I am always amazed at people who don't have a good quality jump box for dead batteries! I have a 12/24 volt that will start anything I hook it up to!
I was wondering about that giant door as well, I would be nervous walking under it. Nice to see there is safety stuff built into it.
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You've got it made. Some people have to sit in warm office all day.
Zach, Not sure if you have done this or maybe it has been mentioned. Regarding your battery issues, it is VERY important to clean all the connections and grounds on your semis and tractors. You will want them to shine in order to work the best. Clean them with soap and water and a wire brush. This include the battery cables, wires on the firewall and the ground wires to the frame. If you don’t see any improvement, there could be corrosion inside your battery wires. Lastly, 3 batteries on a semi is pretty rare these days. Most have 4 especially for you in the cold temps of MN. My Dad and used to own a fleet of semis hauling throughout the Midwest and South. Clean grounds and connections is a common issue for us in the Northern climates. Hope this helps!
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Just found your channel. Zach and Becky, you do a great job on making a very interesting channel. Love the interactions with your Dad. He seems to be so easy going and would be fun to interview and listen to some of his stories. Blessings to all of you fine folks.
A little ultimate compound, wax, and elbow grease would make that Kenworth look like new! In your spare time of course!😅
You ain’t diggin’ the pink?
thanks for watching, yep ! Thanks for sharing Zach.
Zach it's a good thing you didn't pour a concrete slab first. It wouldn't have cured in time for the winter. Glad that new shed will be big enough for all the equipment so nothing gets left outside this year.
Good idea to Buff and wax that Kenworth. She's really looking faded. Love the new shed you'll be able to get a lot of equipment in there out of the weather.
Nice Building!!!! Just a heads up you might want to get something around the bottom to keep the wind out this winter. If you do you will thank me later. If not you will find out why I suggested you might think about getting that done. I like the Door and the opening system.
That's going to have to wait we are frozen solid!
Since you are having so many dead batteries have you considered adding master switches? They are put in ihe neutral cable which interups the electrical power when in the off position. Simple to use off equals no power on equals power on.
Great video love your new barn But I always love your dogs they're always happy
Hey Zach since you got that new shed i would love to see an updated farm tour with all your equipment.
All your content is great! The office work would also be very interesting. Things like what average maintenance costs are for equipment. Yes, there are unexpected issues with breakdowns, but the scheduled maintaining you provide your investments ,( equipment and properties ), must be part of your balance sheets yearly. It would be an interesting segment. It also allows for insight to just how costly farming is and tells that story on how its not just for feeding America, but a real passion. You already demonstrate this with your work ethic. Just amazing.
I'm going to try to add some of that without making it too boring
Our JD 8335R starts very hard in the cold also.
How cool it is to learn that you were a lineman at the local airport. Did you get your pilots license? I am both a pilot in an air traffic controller. I love everything aviation.
Yes I am a private pilot but I'm not current at the moment
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Suggestions for the battery problem: 1] get a battery maintainer/charger; 2] find the parasitic drain and eliminate it; 3] disconnect the ground cable when you park the truck or install a kill switch from Summit Racing. Will much cash on new batteries.
On the trucks, you could get a voltage sensitive relay (or an ignition triggered relay) installed on the tarp cables. Then they won't be able to draw power when the truck isn't running.
Edit: As others have said, also check the starters on both hard to start machines are good (not just working, while drawing too many amps) and check to see what is drawing the current from the batteries.
Nice to see that the shed is finally built can’t wait too see all done an equipment in
Definitely properly wearing the hat. Super stoked for the new building.....God bless
Zack, make yourself a small sign on your new door, DO NOT PARK HERE, DOOR OPENS OUTWARD.
"OR YOU WILL BE SORRY "
LOL
Merry Christmas Zac to you and your whole family, have a blessed Christmas eve and Christmas Day 🎄❄️🚜
You`ve got acres of room now to store all your machinery,have to fill all the gaps along the bottom of the shed walls though or else all the local critters will be spending the winter in there too!
Nothing like mice in the tractor wiring.
Seems like "Farming" is more about paperwork/planning, farm handyman, logistics, maintenance & repair, staying healthy and good physical shape......than it is putting seeds in the ground and getting them to grow to maturity so you have something to sell to pay for it all, and have something left to live on.....Cheers from SoCal......Ya, we appreciate all the work you farmers do so we can eat, even though the so called media, says otherwise - I think some of us actually live vicariously through you too :)
The big 2023 planner on your office wall would be a good little titbit of how you guys plan your year.
Am guessing Nate would like the old fashioned wall planner rather than a program ona PC....lol.
14:50 check your grounds. I had hard slow starts on my sisters car and even with a charged battery and a jump box it just didn't wanna go. Its chassis to engine block ground strap corroded away. Higher resistance requires more amps and that means hard starts or no start. plus cold battery's have less volts and oil is thicker so the starter demands more from the battery's and everything is working against it.
Lots of work to be done, both inside the office and outside during the winter months. Saw the Victory Motorcycle, and was thrilled, because I was on the assembly line in Osceola, Wi, building the engines for them. The new building is a great addition to your needs for equipment storage. At least for now, it’s big enough to store what you need with ease. Take care Zack and Family, and Merry Christmas to you all.
hello steve how are you doing
I see lots of outlets and battery tenders for the new building. I’ve installed them on our vehicles so they can stay on. Definitely worth it
Hey Zach,
I'm with you for nervousness about that huge door. Though I've never experienced what you did with the airport door I look at how big the new door is and can't help think about it falling.
Thanks for another fact pact 😉 video!
P.S. them goofy dags and what water they will drink. I always have fresh water for mine in the house, but she'll ignore it and drink from puddles or a bucket of water on the outside step. This time of year she still would rather eat snow than drink inside. WTH!🤷
hello how are you doing
We finally got a bit more long video than the under 20mins ones ty very much
Hey Zach, I see a lot of good comments about your battery issues. A lot of good mechanics and ideas floating around. I’ll make this quick! Maintaining clean batteries and connections is best practice for preservation of batteries during long storage periods. Dirt, dust and debri can conduct electricity with easy and creates a “parasitic” draw, thus depleting your batteries. As mentioned by others, cables with corrosion on the inside can increase amperage pull and drain them faster when starting, having a starter that’s about to go bad, will pull to much power as well. My best guess for it is dirty batteries creating a parasitic draw. I hope you see this! Have a great rest of the year and thank you for the great content!
Yes, and installing manual disconnects on the negative post to the frame, of all your equipment will save them from discharging due to a parasitic draw. On the negative side because there is no path for the parasites to flow. (if you know what I mean) Try it on the pink truck. I'm betting you will have batteries for years, rather than months.
I know all about the JD shuffle use to be the yard guy at a Deere dealership and use to move the yard around depending on what came and went. We had a big battery on a cart to jump start equipment. And when not in use it was hooked to a charger then one could boost a unit without having to get a vehicale close or find jumper cables as the ones on the battery was bolted on.
I’m curious how those hydraulics on that door will function when it’s minus 35 out .
My husband, Harold has been watching for a good while... Loves your TH-cam videos! Loves how he can talks nonstop & explains everything he does in a common sense matter! He never likes wasting time 👍🏻 & constantly thinks ahead
As a structural designer i cringe at that building. The lack of shear support is incredible, looks about as strong as a opened soda can. But it will probably stand for the next 20 years until the next big storm comes through. Glad they have a shed back though, love the videos.
Yea I am sure the structural engineer's at Butler have zero clue about what they design.
I thought the same at first then after reading your comment I noticed braced frames along the back wall and each stud has over half a dozen cross members so its actually pretty solid build, just seems weird not seeing any large steel colums or steel braced frames. To build a massive storm proof building probably be too expensive for the insurance company.
The main shop is exactly like that building except it’s smaller and finished on the inside. Same brand and everything.
I kept falling asleep in book keeping class so I can imagine what would happen if U did a video on it.
Zach, there seems to be a big difference in tire technology when comparing the US to the UK or even Europe. I went to Michelin and took part in some field tests (filmed it and put up on my channel) What are your views regarding the new VF type of tires vs maybe tracks ?
Zach, I suggested years ago to you now. Installing retractable electric cord reels. So that you can plug in trickle charges chargers and keep these batteries charged that seem to give you tons and tons of trouble year after year.
Hey Zach you should see if you can install battery cut off switches on your machines
That's been brought up many times in the past.
Mr. Millenial Farmer Stuntman if you want to use your pickup to park trailers in your shed with precision, mount a hitch on the front of the truck. You'll be able to maneuver the trailers easily and speedily!
And soon you realize it's too small 😂
That's what she said...
I would just love the fact that with the door open it gives you a big 60 foot wide undercover work area as well
Battery maintainers are a relatively inexpensive way to keep your batteries full and to make them last a lot longer than it appears on your farm. Fully charged before planting season will make for many less headaches when you need to be running!
Lord Muck mentioned Zach in a video as one of the few TH-camrs he makes time to sit and watch. It would be great to see these two guys do a collab when Lord Muck goes back over to the USA next year !
We had our tractors act like the batteries were dead but we put bigger gauge wires on them and with the same batteries we have gone two years without having a problem
To clean up the magnet/hockey puck situation, since the puck has a larger diameter than the magnet, I would hollow out the center of the puck so the magnet sits flush with the puck so when it sticks, all you see is puck and no magnet!
Thanks for another great video.
It was interesting and enjoyable.
Moving equipment around take time and more time.
Nice to have your new building. Great.
Lots of busy jobs this time of year.
Thanks for everything Zach. Like the new building.
The Iowa Farm Boy.
hello how are you doing
I had a 3406 and a c15 and they spun over real good, but they both had four batteries. The c15 would start down into the single digits without problems.
Nice to have a shop of that size and with more than enough room.
Run a ground wire straight to starter from batteries. The truck manufacturers like to frame ground alot between starter n batteries. Lose amperage that way. The new gear reduction starters spin faster n take less "juice"🙂 to turn them. Denso makes a good one. They're much lighter too. Old truckers tip is to push clutch in on cold start while cranking.
Thanks for taking us along! That’s a lot of concrete, but it sure will be nice after you do!
You should tell Simply Safe feed the picture to your screen in your pick up. So when you back in you can look at your screen on your dash to see how much room you have between the header and the wall.
Looking good Zach. The new shed is nice. There should be a pilot operated check valve that keeps the door from coming down even if a hose were to blow. It takes pressure to release it.
hello ronald how are you doing
All the best from Ontario,Canada Zach to you all this holiday season, I see things are moving forward well. =))