Been watching you for a long time Chris, I really appreciate your work and the way you explain yourself! Keep going and doing what you believe is right,you really are a great farmer!
I'm starting livestock farming at 46. But I get a lot less accomplished daily compared to my 20s and 30s (took 20 years of military service to get me where I could afford to farm and raise a family) but if you can do it I agree Don't wait.
I’m in my 50’s and I move slower but I still go like hell. My dad is 85 and is non stop. We all farm together, run 5000 yearlings on wheat every year. Never stops! My brother, Dad and two of my sons. You stop movin and goin it’s all down hill from there.
I dont think anyone is arguing that it's slightly cheaper to use the used stuff and reassemble, but new bins do come with new floors, supports, bolts, doors, roofs, and the floor and bolt kits will cost a fortune plus concrete. But I hope it all works out, i just am pretty sure from personal experience that it'll cost you pretty close to dollar for dollar what new would cost.
Chris, the bare minimum I think you need is one bin the wet tank the dryer and an auger that will get you by and you can build more as you go. That’s my thoughts not trying to tell you what to do just give you some more ideas love your videos And I’m rooting for ya big boy 😊
Elevation change can be an advantage to a bin site 1 plus is a pit could be easily tiled out to never hold water in the first place. Just have to think outside the box. You're on the right track...just try to build in such a way as to think ahead for the additions which you are doing. Amazing what you can accomplish when you're not fighting opposing viewpoints along the way!
We have some older bins and seem to have issues every year with a new small leak around doors on top and the side doors. You may want to just caulk everything before you put grain in for the first time. Good luck!!
As a subscriber I know that you will succeed in your dream because you definitely have the drive and work ethic! The only thing that concerns me, i just hope and pray for you and your family, and most of all your health! Take care of yourself!
Chris, it's your dream make it happen. There's always gonna be doubters make it happen. Do it your way happy new year. And I'll be watching daily. Thanks 1 million Mike F.
From old white haired farmer. I have held off sending this that you would think I was nutcase. But I felt I should share this. I was little older than you when I was going through same health issues you are going through Dr's ran a lot of tests along with heart cath.. finally found I have prinzmetal angina it is coronary artery spasms. Please look this up it will answer a lot. I take medicine for this and get along well for decades. Please look into this. Really like your channel thanks for listening to old farmer.
I agree with Isaih ,If you're going to make a turnaround spot in front of the house where that little shed was that you tore down fill that up and put your bin site right off the side of that, then trucks don't have to try to get way back in behind all your buildings in the winter to move grain. You got to haul Rock in any way to put the bin bases on or they're going to sink in the ground.
@@willianvos3521😂😂😂 you know nothing about this anymore than I do he's never talked about their being springs there it's wet down in the bottom of course, you fill it with Rock and the water will flow right around behind it if he doesn't put at least 3 ft of shot Rock underneath this bin site anywhere on his swamp land it will just sink in the ground. Putting it back where he's talking about maybe okay but he better be prepared to spend a lot of money widening and gravelling the road up properly to be able to get in and out to it in the fall when he's harvesting. Let alone for in the spring when the grain is moving out to market. Trucks don't fair that well in the mud. Lmao
@@willianvos3521and the other thing is the whole project is ridiculous when you produce 35,000 bushels of corn and even if he can add another hundred acres his bushel volume won't go up a lot because it should all be in soybeans. He needed a couple of 10,000 bushel bins is all he needed for now and just fill and unload them with augers. Sure he got a pretty good deal on the stuff he bought but that's only a fraction of the cost of getting it up and running. Hopefully he sticks with his original plan of just putting a couple bins and that's it for now because by the time he gets the gravel and concrete in for thar whole setup there goes any potential profit he could be making off of growing corn and soybeans for the next 5+ years unless he can find another 300 acres to farm for free. There's absolutely no profit in corn right now so he's literally busting his ass getting up at 4:00 in the morning day after day from Spring to Fall to truck shit so he can donate the money to a money losing proposition of row crops. I'm rooting for the guy and I hope this all works out for him in the end and he's successful but at the end of the day he's way too invested in just wanting to drive big John deere's growing corn and he can't compete with the guys that have been doing that for five generations on 5000 acres.
Chris just keep on planning and making those plans come true. You have a great support team and I know you can do anything you put your mind to. Use the good advise and ignore the scoffers.
I think you have made a good move buying the bin system. Work closely with a pro grain system person to get it laid out so you can replace a tank as needed or expand. You are in it cheap enough it will work. But don't be afraid to spend money on the parts that will be near impossible to change out in a few years. If you are not sure the pros locally are leading you right, I know a guy in Missouri that would be able to take your ideas and work thru to a good plan.
Chris, great to see how you are working to expand and optimize your farm! I have made several big steps as a dairy farmer and I can only give you two pieces of advice, do how you think self you can do it well and think ahead to future expansion, placement of bins and the leg, enough power for future capacity, with possible new augers always a size larger than currently needed. It may cost a little extra now, but much less than adjustments in the future, and that makes the choice for expansion easier because the basis for it is already there! good luck with all developments and take good care of your health (you have already had a warning!). greetings from the Netherlands
Love you videos. Ever since you told us about your lucky shirt, when I watch you intro and you say “I also own a farm” I laugh and say “and a purple shirt” 😂
It may hurt the wallet but I’d say do it all at once. Even if a bin or 2 sit empty it’s still flexible storage. Could even rent out a bin or 2 as well.
Good job getting the permits. I've always said that if you do everything by the book, when the shit hits the fan you're not the one with a face full. Love your plan and love watching you succeed.
I will share my thoughts. First off, I am 55 and still have motivation, you will too. Keep the leg above grade. Use a drag or auger to feed the leg with. Whatever you do, build the feed part above the existing ground and build ramp up to it. It keeps the water out of the leg and the drag or shallow auger pit. Build the leg, you won't regret it. Have the motor for the leg checked by GOOD shop and go through the gear box too. Once it's up a 100' it's a crane to work on it. Do it now when on the ground. If the hopper bin has a bad cone, don't bother putting it up. Build the 3500 BU flat bottom bin you have, put a new air floor in it and use it as a wet bin. Once you are done drying you can fill it with dry corn or another crop and still have a fan to control. Fill the wet bin with transport auger for now. Set dryer up so it can dump into leg. From what you showed on the video, bring the augers back, but reality is Martin can do new ones for cheap, ask me how I know. Generator all the way. For now, you can put small single-phase motors on the bin unloads and tie them to your barn. they don't use much power. Use a short transport auger to load out with. You can connect to leg later when funds allow. Last thing, keep bin foundations up in the air so you do not need to dig holes to get under the unload augers. Ok one more thing, put the bins on 12" base of crushed COMPACTED stone. They won't settle.
You're diversified, that's good. On farm storage and drying is very profitable. They'll pay for themselves in a few short years. Harvest fast in the fall & forward contract to sell high in the summer. Throw up a bin or two and set up a cheap dryer by fall '25. Apply for a 50% REAP grant to replace original dryer and put up a 30' Top Dry batch dryer with Horst chutes and a wet bin by fall of '26. Use 10" PTO augers. Forget the leg for now. Work like crazy and add bins to avoid income tax. When you hit 100,000 bushels, put Autoflow controls on the dryer and your set for 200,000 bushels. Retire.
We have a bin site. But here's what I'd do differently. If you cannot go 12 months without selling...consider a building instead. 4ft walls on a slab. Your bins most likely will be emptied before the next crop is even knee high. An open ended building is not taxed the way a shed or shop is, even if it is large. Transparent roof sheets instead of needing lights. Plus for most of the year every piece of equipment is under the roof.
@jdcatskinner If you're a legacy farm(100+ years) and you're diversified...we have farms that keep corn for 3+ years. Will not sell under a certain amount. In that case you need lots of bins and with great aeration.
Only farms with old money can do that or have been around in the same family farm for generations. Nothing beats old money and you can sit on your crop for a timely period and still survive plus putting in another crop. Not many of those farms around where i live..
As always enjoy your videos . The only recommendation I can make for your grain bin site is get the dirt work done early dirt work and drainage is going to be a big thing . Also in your concrete lots of reinforcing cuz you don't want cracks or collapsing bin floors . Good luck and Godspeed I'll be cheering for you and I'll keep liking and commenting .
Let me say from Carlisle to Sharon Springs - you made the right choice - keep it up - I think you're doing it right - If the opportunity is there - take it - it might not come around for another ten years
The grain bin sight is going to be a huge game changer, that will allow you to flourish. Plan out everything twice before you make a move and remember that you are growing but Rome wasn't built in a day as to lay it out properly and within your means so you can keep moving forward. Great job young man, your gonna succeed as long as you stay true and bust your ass .
Chris for sure do it all when your young, when you get old the eagerness goes away and when it come to doing large projects when you get old just makes you very nervous. I remember i was about the same age actually 36 i build a 70’X100’ shop to hold my trucks for my trucking company. I had shops rented and trucks plugged in shop because they were the same temperature inside shop as the outside. He it get to -40 so things needed to stay warm. Heated shop with floor heat, without a doubt would do it in a heart beat again.. shop was a huge expense and may thought what so large but when you can park a truck and trailer completely inside and thaw out nothing beats it. Shop floor was always dry in the morning.. my point is do it now because when you’re older you won’t.. enjoy your explanation and think the idea is great. Just get lots of ideas and don’t rush think it through…
The generator for power is a great idea. Get a multi-fuel one so you can use the same propane to run the generator that you dry the corn / soybeans. Are you going to terrace the bin site and put the larger / taller bins down low, and the shorter bins up a little higher. With that 100' leg, you should be able to easily feed them in that kind of arrangement. If you end up with more bin space then you need, you could still set them all up, and store other farmer's crops for some additional income streams. If you are near a railroad or shortline, may be worth looking at doing a possible grain to train load out if you have interest and enough farmers in the area who would use it, and are far from a grain elevator. Even a simple auger to railcar load out might be worth it at first if you and your neighbors could generate enough volume to fill railcars. They you would have more selling options as well.
Great idea, getting permits (since technically they aren't really required) pretty much guarantees you will NEVER have any issues. And (I've never seen it done) what if you put your bins 10-12 feet higher than the roadbed so you could gravity feed your trucks from the bins? And put a road above your bins to make filling the bins easier? (since you're already on a sidehill).
Awesome Duff ! You have it all figured out ! Try not to overthink it/. You would be surprised what you can do taking down the leg and bins with a chain fall and some chokers, even a block and fall. Any mish in that area looking for work this winter.
I’m sure you heard this but even if you put up one of the big bins in the small bin, I think you’ll be way ahead next year because you’ll have some sort of storage and then you’re doing the right thing doing a little at a time, but I think you did bye-bye that beenand you on the right path wish the best of luck and I’m gonna keep watching like always
Sounds like a plan Farming Fixing Fabricating uses big generators. You gotta hammer down on manure and trucking to keep cash flowing that's a good plan
And that's where he's making his money to dump into his farming habit. So I don't get why he's wanting to do this with the farming it's literally eroding out of the income he's making trucking.
With the elevation change (if possible) look at the possibility of a tiered bin site, wet bin(s) and dryer(s) on the top tier, bins and leg on second tier, load out on the third. Take a third of one large bin add to the first Happy to see your farm growing leaps and bounds Cold storage idea two high cube (9ft 6inch X 40 foot long) conex boxes and put a roof spanning the between the boxes length wise (40 X 40 X 15.5 high to the base of the rafters would be a 6foot knee wall)
if all your amazing friends are going to help it will keep the costs down and you and your friends should be able to pull this off, just take your time ...
Realise your plan! Don`t listen to jealosy people! And what have we whit your finances to do? Nothing i say,only you have to do what You want,exciting to follow your plans. And i wisch you a happy new year from NW of Sweden.
I think your ideas make good sense. I would suggest that you ask the power utility to do a site visit and consultation to find out where they will want to run new primary lines. Most charge a price per foot and you'll likely need to give them an easement for access. Make sure that you tell them that you might build a shop nearby.
Hey, 802 Farmers visited a gain facility in a video about a month ago. You should see if you could check out that guys place. His grain facility is off grid. Even the exhaust from the generator is used for drying grain.
Been down this road…. Think and rethink. Plan… draw out, and plan plan plan. Don’t overlook diesel genset… don’t overlook skipping pits… don’t overlook expansion and future expansion. Good luck.
Hey Chris fair play to you, always moving forward. I'd say try to put up two bins for next year and move forward from there in Ur own time and when finances allow you. Think the bin site Ur using is spot on, it's sheltered and kinda hidden as well. Best of luck, I'll be watching with interest. From Ireland.
Hey Chris. Use the leg for anything after the dryer. Use the auger to fill the wet bin and in the future you could put in a pit and short leg to fill the wet bin. That way you don't have to keep switching between the wet bin and dryer. Definitely keep the leg out of a pit to avoid water issues.
Hey Chris it sound like you have a good start on getting your bins down and getting them home. To be successful baby steps is were it's at. Get the bins home is a great start. Like you said you don't want to be doing this when your 50 years old. When your 50 you just want to make money and be laon free. Just remember baby steps Love watch all your videos.
This all sounding very promising Chris, Bin site looks to be ok, a couple ofweeks or so with a 20 ton 360 and a roller and a laser level would sort that out. Only thing I would do is prepare as much of the ground area as you can before you start. The bigger level pad you have will make a huge difference for you when building, Other than that I cant add anything of value as I wouldn't have a clue.But exciting times coming and will follow your progress as and when.
I would watch Coles videos about building his ans the mistakes made and also 6th gen farmer just did a video about two weeks ago on his bin site he plays on using. Go drive around or talk to some locals with bin sites and their pros and cons on wish they had done this or hadn't done. Those are the ones you want to talk to in your area. An advisor like your local bin builder as well. I think you're spot on with planning for expansion early and also possible storage for other farmers. But that will require a scale down the road.
Sell the leg, pay for the dismantle. Then look into a blower vac with pipe to fill bins from dryer. Less maintenance than leg, less climbing,less overall cost down the road
Gust make shure to set them were you can still drive all the way around the hole site with a truck and trailer even after you add on to it and try and set the leg between the bins and woods to help slow the wind do off of the leg as much as possible
You cant go wrong really. We have worked like this for years buying up used stuff as long as you have a plan and help you can get your self set up for a quarter of new price. The only thing you need is a good plan even more so with a project like this been as you are going be doing it over multiple years and i am sure you will add on at some point. I would would be looking at my target acrage i want to farm and plan it so that you have room for may be going a thired bigger you never know where you will be in the future. Am not saying build something that much bigger just put in place the things that will make it easy to do any expansion in the future.
Chris, I'm rooting for you! If either of my ex step sons had your drive and ambition, I would have been proud! You go dude, reach for the stars! Prayers for your health. Looks like you and the Lil lady are doing well! Live your dreams and ignore the keyboard Kevin's! ✌️❤️🤟🙏🇺🇲🌽😊
I’d still remove the hey and storage shed by the silage silos and place the dry silos there. The shed there serves no purpose and could be dismantled and moved across the road. Making the build closer with a round about IS cheaper. Especially moving feed to feeders or transport truck.
Looks like you are thinking it out, when you get done will it be perfect? You will always see where you could have done different but don't let that stop you . Good luck and stay flexible! A 3 phase generator is a good option Border View uses them a lot.
Chris to me it sounds like ur going at this very rationally doing what u can comfortably afford at that time then when u can afford to finish it you do case in point is the mack you took u time and dint throw urself in a hole to get it up and running agian
Good idea putting up maybe one bin and use auger or even the two big ones until you expand more. I spent a sack full on getting 3 phase electric to my bin and gravel in our area has gone out of sight
Just remember when you get your bins up selling and movement are two different things you can sell crop early and usually get paid more to store for a while As for taking the bins down. If you want to save money you can take 3/4 of the bolts out of the bins with two guys before the bin crew comes to save time. A good crew should have the bins down in a day at least to one ring and the roof especially if you take the floors and most of the bolts out of the side sheets ahead of time
What about putting it in the area you made an access point at earlier in the year? It’s a narrow strip of land that doesn’t grow much. Right on a road that will be maintained and it’s kind of a worthless farming spot that you could easily take up with a bin site. Power is close by and I bet the terrain is a lot flatter there. Millennial farmer hated having the bin site close to home because the fans are loud, the dryer is loud and messy, constant truck traffic by the home. Having it further away creates issues of its own but I really think you have better places to put it. Trying to get trucks in and out of there will be tough, it already has been. I wouldn’t worry about side draws, the bins aren’t tall enough to get a lot out of them before going dry. I think you also mentioned about having a possible gravel pit on the property? Maybe a way to save money? Keep up the good work!
Dig a borrow pit in your low spot to build the site up if it's good dirt and build the leg, one big bin and the wet bin with the dryer right away to get you by for a few years before you set up more. Good luck
Elevation change is good. You can keep the leg out of a hole in the ground without having to ramp up to the pit. You need to plan 2-3 expansions ahead with a your millwright before you build anything. Your plan should include 3500 bu loadout bin at some point.
I would try to set your bins up so that you don’t have to run a generator to load corn if your not drying corn. The less engines to start in the cold the better. Side draw on those bins will only pull 5-7000 bushels of your lucky. For the price you paid there is a lot of room for success with the project
Duff your doing exactly what you need to do! Most important stuff if your cash cropping is being self sufficient in as many aspects as possible! Keep on keeping on!
Every grain farmer I watch or know saying having your own storage will save you more money than anything. Can't wait to see you do bin site. Welker farms just moved bins recently
I would hope that most people would be cheering you on. 😊. The other spot would be where you cleared out the trees and Robert put the culvert in. It’s protected by the trees and it’s a gravel road leading to the site. I like the idea about the generator but would it be possible to have electricity running up the gravel road site ? Someone else mentioned tagging the sheets which is a good idea when it comes to reassembling them. The dryer is the key and I hope it’s able to be used. From the video, it looked like someone robbed some of the parts off of it.
I have put up grain bins helped put up new used grain leg for man that farms my gpas his leg was in ground with building over it drive over pit with gravity feed to leg all his 5 bins were for corn only on bin was a wet bin with huge gsi fan and dryer in front of fan it ran on natural gas he also had nice gsi grain dryer that rest of bins could go to or comebout of his leg was 90 feet tall he had an over head loadout to load truck went very good his son at his grain bin set up he had a shallower in ground pit with auger that fed into leg but they used his bins for corn ,wheat and soybeans they farmed together he also has overhead bin that holds a truck load so you dont need to wait you have a shut off on bin so it shuts off filling when full you pull truck under fill and slowly pull truck foward till bin empty then tarp tuck and off you go to elevator to sell grain they also have a roller mill off of bin set up to grind corn last year they started using it again and started selling ground corn for dairy feed bought a straight truck with feed body with auger now sell to bunch of dairy farms and have a semi and feed trailer with auger and use both beside grain farming and having hog buildings they own they manage them and spread they manure they hord hog farm and feed mill ships hogs there and hauls them away and brings the feed i have used a leg in pit at feed mill my bosses dad has the corn reciving pit is huge in ground with auger at bottom they tarp it at night to keep rain out if it does get water in it they have an open hole on distributor at top of leg move to that hole with no pipe and run pit and leg for few min to umpty water out and then good to go so underground pit is not super hateful yes you can get water by leg underground just have a good sump pump oh and they use K&S millwrights out of ohio to put up all of thier grain bins or work on bins that hold ingredients for making feed or loading out feed into trucks
The worst thing about not putting it all up is, speaking from experience, you'll kick yourself for not going ahead and doing it, every year you put it off, prices will more than likely be higher
One thing you may want to get an estimate on is how much it will cost to extend your power lines to that area you want to build to. National Grid charges outrageous prices to add T poles and expand lines. Just give them the footage from and to and they can give you an estimate, which will need to include small conductor units also. My guess $20,000 just to extend the electric. No joke! It's that expensive.
I would personally build it right where the corn planter is sitting . But you should definitely drill some core holes to see if the dirt is suitable to build on and double the rebar on the bin floor . Definitely talk to the engineer at your electric company . It's 1 dollar a bushel to take them down and put the bin up around me for used bins minus new bolts and pad
I've always heard the bigger the bin the cheaper per bushel,if he could make the 2 24000 bushel bins into one larger bin should be more cost effective,I believe he said he paid $7600.00 for 60,000 bushel bin space,thats about .12 cents a bushel and he got the leg free
@billsauberlich7337 yes but to have a bin builder take down the bin and put the bin up at a new location costs . Around me some guys will do it for 1 dollar a bushel . Doesn't matter if it's a 5,000 bushel bin or 50,000 bushel bin . So Duffy could get a 24,000 bushel bin moved and put back up for 4,800 bucks just for labor . Concrete and electric is the expensive now
I love sweat equity projects. You don’t have lots of extra time but you could make a scale cardboard model on your back porch. Buy 1/64 trucks and you can make some bins from cans and then you can shuffle pieces around at scale before you pour any concrete. We have done that with projects to see what things would look like from overhead for $100. That’s quite a project but as you say at your age it will work. Good luck. Plus we can help pay for it with exciting content!😂
Been watching you for a long time Chris, I really appreciate your work and the way you explain yourself! Keep going and doing what you believe is right,you really are a great farmer!
You have the right attitude, I am betting you will be successful at this project! It's exciting to watch the process.
You’re spot on with the do it now mentality. I’m 43 and losing ambition for projects day by day. I built my own parlor and barn in my 30’s.
I got 15 years on you and my tank of ambition running dry hammer on it when you're young. Juskeep plugging away
I'm starting livestock farming at 46. But I get a lot less accomplished daily compared to my 20s and 30s (took 20 years of military service to get me where I could afford to farm and raise a family) but if you can do it I agree Don't wait.
I’m in my 50’s and I move slower but I still go like hell. My dad is 85 and is non stop. We all farm together, run 5000 yearlings on wheat every year. Never stops! My brother, Dad and two of my sons. You stop movin and goin it’s all down hill from there.
I am 42 and really starting to lose the ambition of my late teens and twenty.
I dont think anyone is arguing that it's slightly cheaper to use the used stuff and reassemble, but new bins do come with new floors, supports, bolts, doors, roofs, and the floor and bolt kits will cost a fortune plus concrete. But I hope it all works out, i just am pretty sure from personal experience that it'll cost you pretty close to dollar for dollar what new would cost.
Looking forward to see the bin site coming together
Chris, the bare minimum I think you need is one bin the wet tank the dryer and an auger that will get you by and you can build more as you go. That’s my thoughts not trying to tell you what to do just give you some more ideas love your videos And I’m rooting for ya big boy 😊
Elevation change can be an advantage to a bin site
1 plus is a pit could be easily tiled out to never hold water in the first place. Just have to think outside the box. You're on the right track...just try to build in such a way as to think ahead for the additions which you are doing. Amazing what you can accomplish when you're not fighting opposing viewpoints along the way!
It's awesome to see how far you have come along since you first bought the farm
We have some older bins and seem to have issues every year with a new small leak around doors on top and the side doors. You may want to just caulk everything before you put grain in for the first time. Good luck!!
Just do it 😊 never let anyone ruin your dreams.
Absolutely,they are your dreams,ruin them yourself.
As a subscriber I know that you will succeed in your dream because you definitely have the drive and work ethic! The only thing that concerns me, i just hope and pray for you and your family, and most of all your health! Take care of yourself!
Chris, it's your dream make it happen. There's always gonna be doubters make it happen. Do it your way happy new year. And I'll be watching daily. Thanks 1 million Mike F.
I'm 47 and just getting started doing more. Helps keep you young.
Great video telling us how it is. I'm not a farmer but I have always loved it . Keep it up Chris
Your one it. I would go 3 phase the motors are a lot cheaper than single phase. All ways put more power than required for expansion . Hats off to ya
Chris i am glad to see your doing good. Keep up the great work.
From old white haired farmer. I have held off sending this that you would think I was nutcase. But I felt I should share this. I was little older than you when I was going through same health issues you are going through Dr's ran a lot of tests along with heart cath.. finally found I have prinzmetal angina it is coronary artery spasms. Please look this up it will answer a lot. I take medicine for this and get along well for decades. Please look into this. Really like your channel thanks for listening to old farmer.
I think you got a great plan . I like your site for further expansion. Make it the way you like and want it
I agree with Isaih ,If you're going to make a turnaround spot in front of the house where that little shed was that you tore down fill that up and put your bin site right off the side of that, then trucks don't have to try to get way back in behind all your buildings in the winter to move grain. You got to haul Rock in any way to put the bin bases on or they're going to sink in the ground.
There are springs in that small field so its not a option
@@willianvos3521😂😂😂 you know nothing about this anymore than I do he's never talked about their being springs there it's wet down in the bottom of course, you fill it with Rock and the water will flow right around behind it if he doesn't put at least 3 ft of shot Rock underneath this bin site anywhere on his swamp land it will just sink in the ground. Putting it back where he's talking about maybe okay but he better be prepared to spend a lot of money widening and gravelling the road up properly to be able to get in and out to it in the fall when he's harvesting. Let alone for in the spring when the grain is moving out to market. Trucks don't fair that well in the mud. Lmao
@@willianvos3521and the other thing is the whole project is ridiculous when you produce 35,000 bushels of corn and even if he can add another hundred acres his bushel volume won't go up a lot because it should all be in soybeans. He needed a couple of 10,000 bushel bins is all he needed for now and just fill and unload them with augers. Sure he got a pretty good deal on the stuff he bought but that's only a fraction of the cost of getting it up and running. Hopefully he sticks with his original plan of just putting a couple bins and that's it for now because by the time he gets the gravel and concrete in for thar whole setup there goes any potential profit he could be making off of growing corn and soybeans for the next 5+ years unless he can find another 300 acres to farm for free. There's absolutely no profit in corn right now so he's literally busting his ass getting up at 4:00 in the morning day after day from Spring to Fall to truck shit so he can donate the money to a money losing proposition of row crops. I'm rooting for the guy and I hope this all works out for him in the end and he's successful but at the end of the day he's way too invested in just wanting to drive big John deere's growing corn and he can't compete with the guys that have been doing that for five generations on 5000 acres.
Excited to see the new bin disassembly and reassembling. Love the videos!
Chris....you are on track...
excited to see the progress.
Chris just keep on planning and making those plans come true. You have a great support team and I know you can do anything you put your mind to. Use the good advise and ignore the scoffers.
I think you have made a good move buying the bin system. Work closely with a pro grain system person to get it laid out so you can replace a tank as needed or expand. You are in it cheap enough it will work. But don't be afraid to spend money on the parts that will be near impossible to change out in a few years. If you are not sure the pros locally are leading you right, I know a guy in Missouri that would be able to take your ideas and work thru to a good plan.
Chris, great to see how you are working to expand and optimize your farm! I have made several big steps as a dairy farmer and I can only give you two pieces of advice, do how you think self you can do it well and think ahead to future expansion, placement of bins and the leg, enough power for future capacity, with possible new augers always a size larger than currently needed. It may cost a little extra now, but much less than adjustments in the future, and that makes the choice for expansion easier because the basis for it is already there! good luck with all developments and take good care of your health (you have already had a warning!). greetings from the Netherlands
Love you videos. Ever since you told us about your lucky shirt, when I watch you intro and you say “I also own a farm” I laugh and say “and a purple shirt” 😂
😂 And here I thought I was the only one who did that! 😂 Rumor has it, that intro and the purple shirt is how he got his other half 😉
It may hurt the wallet but I’d say do it all at once. Even if a bin or 2 sit empty it’s still flexible storage. Could even rent out a bin or 2 as well.
Good job getting the permits. I've always said that if you do everything by the book, when the shit hits the fan you're not the one with a face full. Love your plan and love watching you succeed.
Awesome buy have a great day.
I love your drive keep it up your some man for one man
I will share my thoughts. First off, I am 55 and still have motivation, you will too. Keep the leg above grade. Use a drag or auger to feed the leg with. Whatever you do, build the feed part above the existing ground and build ramp up to it. It keeps the water out of the leg and the drag or shallow auger pit. Build the leg, you won't regret it. Have the motor for the leg checked by GOOD shop and go through the gear box too. Once it's up a 100' it's a crane to work on it. Do it now when on the ground. If the hopper bin has a bad cone, don't bother putting it up. Build the 3500 BU flat bottom bin you have, put a new air floor in it and use it as a wet bin. Once you are done drying you can fill it with dry corn or another crop and still have a fan to control. Fill the wet bin with transport auger for now. Set dryer up so it can dump into leg. From what you showed on the video, bring the augers back, but reality is Martin can do new ones for cheap, ask me how I know. Generator all the way. For now, you can put small single-phase motors on the bin unloads and tie them to your barn. they don't use much power. Use a short transport auger to load out with. You can connect to leg later when funds allow. Last thing, keep bin foundations up in the air so you do not need to dig holes to get under the unload augers. Ok one more thing, put the bins on 12" base of crushed COMPACTED stone. They won't settle.
Nice explanation and fantastic plan.
You're diversified, that's good. On farm storage and drying is very profitable. They'll pay for themselves in a few short years. Harvest fast in the fall & forward contract to sell high in the summer. Throw up a bin or two and set up a cheap dryer by fall '25. Apply for a 50% REAP grant to replace original dryer and put up a 30' Top Dry batch dryer with Horst chutes and a wet bin by fall of '26. Use 10" PTO augers. Forget the leg for now. Work like crazy and add bins to avoid income tax. When you hit 100,000 bushels, put Autoflow controls on the dryer and your set for 200,000 bushels. Retire.
We have a bin site. But here's what I'd do differently. If you cannot go 12 months without selling...consider a building instead. 4ft walls on a slab. Your bins most likely will be emptied before the next crop is even knee high. An open ended building is not taxed the way a shed or shop is, even if it is large. Transparent roof sheets instead of needing lights. Plus for most of the year every piece of equipment is under the roof.
Who keeps their grain for 12 months before selling it
@jdcatskinner If you're a legacy farm(100+ years) and you're diversified...we have farms that keep corn for 3+ years. Will not sell under a certain amount. In that case you need lots of bins and with great aeration.
Only farms with old money can do that or have been around in the same family farm for generations. Nothing beats old money and you can sit on your crop for a timely period and still survive plus putting in another crop. Not many of those farms around where i live..
@@tf7274 I have farms around me that farm 10,000 acres+ and none of keep grain for 12 months
Doing good, keep it up,
Keep up the awsome content chris your on your way to have in what you want .... Keep up the great content happy New Year. To you and yanko
Looks like a Great spot!! Just get it down and Home. Then go from there. U got this!!!
As always enjoy your videos . The only recommendation I can make for your grain bin site is get the dirt work done early dirt work and drainage is going to be a big thing . Also in your concrete lots of reinforcing cuz you don't want cracks or collapsing bin floors . Good luck and Godspeed I'll be cheering for you and I'll keep liking and commenting .
Let me say from Carlisle to Sharon Springs - you made the right choice - keep it up - I think you're doing it right - If the opportunity is there - take it - it might not come around for another ten years
The grain bin sight is going to be a huge game changer, that will allow you to flourish. Plan out everything twice before you make a move and remember that you are growing but Rome wasn't built in a day as to lay it out properly and within your means so you can keep moving forward. Great job young man, your gonna succeed as long as you stay true and bust your ass .
Chris for sure do it all when your young, when you get old the eagerness goes away and when it come to doing large projects when you get old just makes you very nervous. I remember i was about the same age actually 36 i build a 70’X100’ shop to hold my trucks for my trucking company. I had shops rented and trucks plugged in shop because they were the same temperature inside shop as the outside. He it get to -40 so things needed to stay warm. Heated shop with floor heat, without a doubt would do it in a heart beat again.. shop was a huge expense and may thought what so large but when you can park a truck and trailer completely inside and thaw out nothing beats it. Shop floor was always dry in the morning.. my point is do it now because when you’re older you won’t.. enjoy your explanation and think the idea is great. Just get lots of ideas and don’t rush think it through…
The generator for power is a great idea. Get a multi-fuel one so you can use the same propane to run the generator that you dry the corn / soybeans.
Are you going to terrace the bin site and put the larger / taller bins down low, and the shorter bins up a little higher. With that 100' leg, you should be able to easily feed them in that kind of arrangement. If you end up with more bin space then you need, you could still set them all up, and store other farmer's crops for some additional income streams. If you are near a railroad or shortline, may be worth looking at doing a possible grain to train load out if you have interest and enough farmers in the area who would use it, and are far from a grain elevator. Even a simple auger to railcar load out might be worth it at first if you and your neighbors could generate enough volume to fill railcars. They you would have more selling options as well.
Great idea, getting permits (since technically they aren't really required) pretty much guarantees you will NEVER have any issues. And (I've never seen it done) what if you put your bins 10-12 feet higher than the roadbed so you could gravity feed your trucks from the bins? And put a road above your bins to make filling the bins easier? (since you're already on a sidehill).
Awesome Duff ! You have it all figured out ! Try not to overthink it/. You would be surprised what you can do taking down the leg and bins with a chain fall and some chokers, even a block and fall. Any mish in that area looking for work this winter.
I’m sure you heard this but even if you put up one of the big bins in the small bin, I think you’ll be way ahead next year because you’ll have some sort of storage and then you’re doing the right thing doing a little at a time, but I think you did bye-bye that beenand you on the right path wish the best of luck and I’m gonna keep watching like always
Sounds like a plan Farming Fixing Fabricating uses big generators. You gotta hammer down on manure and trucking to keep cash flowing that's a good plan
And that's where he's making his money to dump into his farming habit. So I don't get why he's wanting to do this with the farming it's literally eroding out of the income he's making trucking.
@@Otherrandomguy42 its so that he can get more money from his crops
With the elevation change (if possible) look at the possibility of a tiered bin site, wet bin(s) and dryer(s) on the top tier, bins and leg on second tier, load out on the third.
Take a third of one large bin add to the first
Happy to see your farm growing leaps and bounds
Cold storage idea
two high cube (9ft 6inch X 40 foot long) conex boxes and put a roof spanning the between the boxes length wise (40 X 40 X 15.5 high to the base of the rafters would be a 6foot knee wall)
Best of luck with whatever you decide to do.
if all your amazing friends are going to help it will keep the costs down and you and your friends should be able to pull this off, just take your time ...
you have to expand to grow the farm, keep pushing forward. Get your health in order
That was a great deal on the bins . You will get it all done in time .
The grain bins are going to be a BIG undertaking BUT an opportunity of a life time !! Praying favor health and a great new year 🎉😊😊
Realise your plan! Don`t listen to jealosy people!
And what have we whit your finances to do? Nothing i say,only you have to do what You want,exciting to follow your plans.
And i wisch you a happy new year from NW of Sweden.
I think your ideas make good sense.
I would suggest that you ask the power utility to do a site visit and consultation to find out where they will want to run new primary lines. Most charge a price per foot and you'll likely need to give them an easement for access. Make sure that you tell them that you might build a shop nearby.
Hey, 802 Farmers visited a gain facility in a video about a month ago. You should see if you could check out that guys place. His grain facility is off grid. Even the exhaust from the generator is used for drying grain.
Great update thank you
Been down this road…. Think and rethink. Plan… draw out, and plan plan plan. Don’t overlook diesel genset… don’t overlook skipping pits… don’t overlook expansion and future expansion. Good luck.
Hey Chris fair play to you, always moving forward. I'd say try to put up two bins for next year and move forward from there in Ur own time and when finances allow you. Think the bin site Ur using is spot on, it's sheltered and kinda hidden as well. Best of luck, I'll be watching with interest. From Ireland.
Hey Chris. Use the leg for anything after the dryer. Use the auger to fill the wet bin and in the future you could put in a pit and short leg to fill the wet bin. That way you don't have to keep switching between the wet bin and dryer. Definitely keep the leg out of a pit to avoid water issues.
Hey Chris it sound like you have a good start on getting your bins down and getting them home. To be successful baby steps is were it's at. Get the bins home is a great start. Like you said you don't want to be doing this when your 50 years old. When your 50 you just want to make money and be laon free. Just remember baby steps
Love watch all your videos.
This all sounding very promising Chris, Bin site looks to be ok, a couple ofweeks or so with a 20 ton 360 and a roller and a laser level would sort that out. Only thing I would do is prepare as much of the ground area as you can before you start. The bigger level pad you have will make a huge difference for you when building, Other than that I cant add anything of value as I wouldn't have a clue.But exciting times coming and will follow your progress as and when.
I would watch Coles videos about building his ans the mistakes made and also 6th gen farmer just did a video about two weeks ago on his bin site he plays on using. Go drive around or talk to some locals with bin sites and their pros and cons on wish they had done this or hadn't done. Those are the ones you want to talk to in your area. An advisor like your local bin builder as well.
I think you're spot on with planning for expansion early and also possible storage for other farmers. But that will require a scale down the road.
When you build it make sure you have atleast one more bin than you need so you will be good for a couple years
Sell the leg, pay for the dismantle. Then look into a blower vac with pipe to fill bins from dryer. Less maintenance than leg, less climbing,less overall cost down the road
Gust make shure to set them were you can still drive all the way around the hole site with a truck and trailer even after you add on to it and try and set the leg between the bins and woods to help slow the wind do off of the leg as much as possible
Here in Michigan we have frost laws so if you can build
It on a main road it gives a little advantage when moving grain in the spring.
Even if you build one out the best pieces of the two 24k bins plus the leg that is a lot of stuff there for not that much money you made a good buy
You cant go wrong really. We have worked like this for years buying up used stuff as long as you have a plan and help you can get your self set up for a quarter of new price. The only thing you need is a good plan even more so with a project like this been as you are going be doing it over multiple years and i am sure you will add on at some point. I would would be looking at my target acrage i want to farm and plan it so that you have room for may be going a thired bigger you never know where you will be in the future. Am not saying build something that much bigger just put in place the things that will make it easy to do any expansion in the future.
Looks like a good spot for a bin site
Thats a steal for the bin site. Excited for you.
❤ great job and thoughts
Chris, I'm rooting for you! If either of my ex step sons had your drive and ambition, I would have been proud! You go dude, reach for the stars! Prayers for your health. Looks like you and the Lil lady are doing well! Live your dreams and ignore the keyboard Kevin's! ✌️❤️🤟🙏🇺🇲🌽😊
Great video once again do you keep thinking positive do listen to the people talking negative
I’d still remove the hey and storage shed by the silage silos and place the dry silos there. The shed there serves no purpose and could be dismantled and moved across the road. Making the build closer with a round about IS cheaper. Especially moving feed to feeders or transport truck.
Looks like you are thinking it out, when you get done will it be perfect? You will always see where you could have done different but don't let that stop you . Good luck and stay flexible! A 3 phase generator is a good option Border View uses them a lot.
more stuff to break... i am excited
Damnit brother. We worry about your ass. Your a good man and I believe in you sir
Chris to me it sounds like ur going at this very rationally doing what u can comfortably afford at that time then when u can afford to finish it you do case in point is the mack you took u time and dint throw urself in a hole to get it up and running agian
Good idea putting up maybe one bin and use auger or even the two big ones until you expand more. I spent a sack full on getting 3 phase electric to my bin and gravel in our area has gone out of sight
Just remember when you get your bins up selling and movement are two different things you can sell crop early and usually get paid more to store for a while
As for taking the bins down. If you want to save money you can take 3/4 of the bolts out of the bins with two guys before the bin crew comes to save time. A good crew should have the bins down in a day at least to one ring and the roof especially if you take the floors and most of the bolts out of the side sheets ahead of time
What about putting it in the area you made an access point at earlier in the year? It’s a narrow strip of land that doesn’t grow much. Right on a road that will be maintained and it’s kind of a worthless farming spot that you could easily take up with a bin site. Power is close by and I bet the terrain is a lot flatter there. Millennial farmer hated having the bin site close to home because the fans are loud, the dryer is loud and messy, constant truck traffic by the home. Having it further away creates issues of its own but I really think you have better places to put it. Trying to get trucks in and out of there will be tough, it already has been. I wouldn’t worry about side draws, the bins aren’t tall enough to get a lot out of them before going dry. I think you also mentioned about having a possible gravel pit on the property? Maybe a way to save money? Keep up the good work!
Keep in mind the power to get where you are going that can get expensive fast. Power is done by the foot my friend
You're doing a good job of thinking into the future my friend ,keep up the good work and you will get to where you want to be.
Did you miss that part where he mentioned a power generator?
@@robreesor5011 they just comment to comment! They never listen or even care to listen
@@robreesor5011yeah there's no question he could never justify running power back there
Dig a borrow pit in your low spot to build the site up if it's good dirt and build the leg, one big bin and the wet bin with the dryer right away to get you by for a few years before you set up more. Good luck
Elevation change is good. You can keep the leg out of a hole in the ground without having to ramp up to the pit. You need to plan 2-3 expansions ahead with a your millwright before you build anything. Your plan should include 3500 bu loadout bin at some point.
I would try to set your bins up so that you don’t have to run a generator to load corn if your not drying corn. The less engines to start in the cold the better. Side draw on those bins will only pull 5-7000 bushels of your lucky. For the price you paid there is a lot of room for success with the project
Chis you jot a good deal we put up used bins are self you can do it by yourself
Duff your doing exactly what you need to do! Most important stuff if your cash cropping is being self sufficient in as many aspects as possible! Keep on keeping on!
Every grain farmer I watch or know saying having your own storage will save you more money than anything. Can't wait to see you do bin site. Welker farms just moved bins recently
I would hope that most people would be cheering you on. 😊. The other spot would be where you cleared out the trees and Robert put the culvert in. It’s protected by the trees and it’s a gravel road leading to the site. I like the idea about the generator but would it be possible to have electricity running up the gravel road site ? Someone else mentioned tagging the sheets which is a good idea when it comes to reassembling them. The dryer is the key and I hope it’s able to be used. From the video, it looked like someone robbed some of the parts off of it.
I have put up grain bins helped put up new used grain leg for man that farms my gpas his leg was in ground with building over it drive over pit with gravity feed to leg all his 5 bins were for corn only on bin was a wet bin with huge gsi fan and dryer in front of fan it ran on natural gas he also had nice gsi grain dryer that rest of bins could go to or comebout of his leg was 90 feet tall he had an over head loadout to load truck went very good his son at his grain bin set up he had a shallower in ground pit with auger that fed into leg but they used his bins for corn ,wheat and soybeans they farmed together he also has overhead bin that holds a truck load so you dont need to wait you have a shut off on bin so it shuts off filling when full you pull truck under fill and slowly pull truck foward till bin empty then tarp tuck and off you go to elevator to sell grain they also have a roller mill off of bin set up to grind corn last year they started using it again and started selling ground corn for dairy feed bought a straight truck with feed body with auger now sell to bunch of dairy farms and have a semi and feed trailer with auger and use both beside grain farming and having hog buildings they own they manage them and spread they manure they hord hog farm and feed mill ships hogs there and hauls them away and brings the feed i have used a leg in pit at feed mill my bosses dad has the corn reciving pit is huge in ground with auger at bottom they tarp it at night to keep rain out if it does get water in it they have an open hole on distributor at top of leg move to that hole with no pipe and run pit and leg for few min to umpty water out and then good to go so underground pit is not super hateful yes you can get water by leg underground just have a good sump pump oh and they use K&S millwrights out of ohio to put up all of thier grain bins or work on bins that hold ingredients for making feed or loading out feed into trucks
Thanks!
The worst thing about not putting it all up is, speaking from experience, you'll kick yourself for not going ahead and doing it, every year you put it off, prices will more than likely be higher
Are the 2 bigger bins the same diameter? Possibly make one big bin for corn? Smaller bins for beans. Generator is a good idea for the 3 phase
One thing you may want to get an estimate on is how much it will cost to extend your power lines to that area you want to build to. National Grid charges outrageous prices to add T poles and expand lines. Just give them the footage from and to and they can give you an estimate, which will need to include small conductor units also. My guess $20,000 just to extend the electric. No joke! It's that expensive.
Great opportunity for you and I am excited to follow along and see your dream and business grow. Keep up the great work.
I would personally build it right where the corn planter is sitting . But you should definitely drill some core holes to see if the dirt is suitable to build on and double the rebar on the bin floor . Definitely talk to the engineer at your electric company . It's 1 dollar a bushel to take them down and put the bin up around me for used bins minus new bolts and pad
Sorry 1 dollar to take down and 1 dollar to put a used bin back up
I've always heard the bigger the bin the cheaper per bushel,if he could make the 2 24000 bushel bins into one larger bin should be more cost effective,I believe he said he paid $7600.00 for 60,000 bushel bin space,thats about .12 cents a bushel and he got the leg free
@billsauberlich7337 yes but to have a bin builder take down the bin and put the bin up at a new location costs . Around me some guys will do it for 1 dollar a bushel . Doesn't matter if it's a 5,000 bushel bin or 50,000 bushel bin . So Duffy could get a 24,000 bushel bin moved and put back up for 4,800 bucks just for labor . Concrete and electric is the expensive now
I agree concrete ,electric and bin site prep is the same ,new or used bins@@zcole6612
Lots of ny state has shale out cropping that would be a cheap road surface for your bin site .
I love sweat equity projects. You don’t have lots of extra time but you could make a scale cardboard model on your back porch. Buy 1/64 trucks and you can make some bins from cans and then you can shuffle pieces around at scale before you pour any concrete.
We have done that with projects to see what things would look like from overhead for $100.
That’s quite a project but as you say at your age it will work. Good luck. Plus we can help pay for it with exciting content!😂
He has some models so he can plan that out
Great plans
Build by the road ,that way if ever you can sell the site off if ever needed