Too bad they didn't recess the one side of gates there from the concrete wall, as it would have made it much easier to use the cleanup bucket along the wall, not having to worry about hitting the gates. Overall nice gate system though.
Because of your videos, I have come to appreciate every glass of milk I drink so much more. Love your videos and especially your 'low-key' sense of humor.
Idea for u when for this barn use the skid steer to pile it up into a pile inside so when u come to load the spreader up u don’t have to pull it off the concrete
Since there are doors on either end, I wondered why he didn't just pull straight through with the spreader? Maybe his backup skills are better than mine.
@@lt1nut have you ever backed a trailer either a hitch or goose neck. Doubt it, I'm glad you're impressed with his skills, but I do enjoy watching city folk getting frustrated over trying to do something that is actually fairly easy. LOL
Yes. Those hatrs would have been good to have higher up, or possibility tonadjust higher as the pack grows.. But. Now you know for the next heifer barn.. 😏
Yep scary moment there with the chocolate milk. This new barn is easier and faster to clean. Nice to see it working well. Glad about the rafter too. Whew. Thank you for sharing
If you had one feet tall concrete walls at both ends of the barn you had a possibility to push the dry manure there it would be easier to load the rests.
Recipe for chocolate milk: Take a bottle of milk, leave standing in bedding for three days and voila chocolate milk. Make sure the top half of bottle is above grade of bedding because daylight set the process in motion. Also bedding has to be at least one and a half week old.
I made a comment about them hitting the rafters with that crazy bale mulcher gadget they tried out when they put down the first bedding. Eric's dad came pretty close a couple times.
Other youtubers may have made a crazy thumbnail and clickbait-ish title out of the fact that the barn truss was hit. There's definitely something to be said for Erik's low key video style. And the occasional surprise cold drink gets me every time!
You will only have to clean the manure, wood shavings and hay out 3 or 4 times a year. Seems like you would have to do it at least 3 times a month. The cows apparently don't create that much manure.
Eric, you are a master videographer! Those were some amazing shots. I love watching your channel for all the information on running a large dairy farm and the videos. Sometimes I can almost smell the farm life!
Hey Eric, have you thought about putting the bedding bales through your Pikrite spreader to spread them out in the barn? The vertical beaters would probably tear them up and spread it nice? I don’t know just a thought. -Alex
I feel your pain, Eric. If I had a nickel for every time i snagged a fence or door jamb I could have retired decades ago! Funny, though, I never came across any chocolate beverages when I did that!
If you can get some corn stalk bales they are the best bedding. I usually went thru about 200 in a winter that was 4x5 rounds. Absorbent and keeps the animals clean
I’m so dang happy for you and your dad. It looks like heifer raising got so much easier for you. Really appreciate the way you take care of your livestock.
Seemed like it was done with lest stress for both animals and you, and less time unlike the old shed. And good idea for winter they will stay warm i watch Farmer p he uses it as he has a tree company and from the shavings he uses it in his yards and when he cleans them can see the steam come of them.And great job on the milk AD been missing, you missed ya chance when doing silage with everyone around.
Eric, You are an awesome young man. I know your mom and dad are very proud of you. The way you work , the way you help your dad on the farm. The new barn really looks nice. Love you guy. Stay safe and be careful. Bless y'all
So glad i watched this video, i used to think skid loaders were a pointless invention but after watching this video my god theyre so useful in low tight places like your cattle shed. Probbaly much easier than manoeuvring around in a telehandler or similar
Yes a tele or compact wheel loader could not keep up with a skid steer in tight spaces. Every machine has its advantages but skid steers are awesome on a dairy farm.
The new barn had to be initiated somehow lol. A nick in the truss is a good start. It adds character to the structure. It is amazing how nimble you are with the skid steer. You seem to have a lot of inspectors as you were cleaning up. Hope they were impressed. Great video as always, thanks Eric. See you on the next one.
You never know where those beverages are hiding, they sneak up on you. Had one the other day sneak into the shower with me! Didn't they ever learn about manners?
I didn’t catch you hitting it the first time so I went back and watched it. Idk how I didn’t see it because I think it shook the camera. It would’ve scared me too I don’t blame ya there.
Hi Eric, I wrote you once while I was working at Boeing, I've retired last yeaar. Love your channel, especially enjoy the normal work of the farm. Don't worry about it being repetitive - that's what I like about it - the world is kind of crazy so it's nice watching something normal. I like the details. Blessings, John
My limited experience with wood chips, is that they eat up nitrogen as they decompose. So, they may end up affecting the nutrient value of the manure. Have you talked to an expert about this?
Thats the idea of using wood products, to get a good compost, you need to get the the carbon to nitrogen ratio correct. Wood is way higher on carbon than any other bedding source. Fully composted, it will help raise ph. What he is spreading may be lower ph and tieing up nitrogen due to not being completely composted.
@@10thgenerationdairyman61 ideally you would windrow it outside for several months turning it regularly with the skid steer and spread it once completely composted. Looking forward to seeing the heifers having access to grass 😊👍
@@10thgenerationdairyman61 find out from the ag extension office about your use / sq yd of barn space - those cows are urinating in there too and some of the wood will absorb it - Urine has nitrogen in it too, so by the time you mix the solids with the wood soaked in urine, maybe there are tables that will tell you optimal amount of bedding that can be wood chip/dust and not have a negative soil nitrogen tie-up impact after being spread... also probably depends on what crops you're putting onto that land and the time between spreading and planting of crop as the biota will have cycled it some...
I've broke a rafter in our free stall barn carrying 2 3x3 square bales ontop eachother and boy the loud crack that made really scared me, was not ontop my game that day
As stated on an earlier post, the wood shavings/sawdust need an awful lot of nitrogen to break down. Buy spreading it directly onto your fields you will be using up any available nitrogen near the surface of the soil. We use course sawdust for bedding but by composting it for almost a year, adding urea regularly and turning the pile weekly until if freezes, by the time we spread it on the fields it is hard to tell from top soil.
They did have a huge harvest this year so what ever they are doing it working well, plus they add chemicals and fertilizer to their crops anyways. Probly already a excess of nitrogen compounds
If the bedding has urine in it then that should be enough nitrogen. It is thinly spread on the paddock so should break down quickly also. Sawdust in itself is a soil conditioner. It also has natural antibacterial properties so a great bedding choice.
I was thinking about this black gold also. What just one scoop of that would do for my little garden. Would be nice if they could market this for an extra source of income. A roadside stand sort of thing.
If I am a girl, I will try to get the attention of this hard-working millionaire young man. He seems very comfortable with what he is doing. Well done, young man.
I did something similar with a forklift at my old job. The building was really old and had exposed wooden trusses and beams. I was getting a pallet down off of the top of a rack and didn't realize that my mast was that high(yes, I know... Rookie mistake), so as I backed up it slammed into the bottom of the old, super dry beam of wood. I was barely moving, but it still took a decent sized chunk of it and exploded little shards of wood down onto me. The building wasn't that big, and was essentially an "open" floorplan, so production, finishing, etc all heard it. Not to mention, it also shook the building and made enough noise that everyone came running over to see what I did, including the big boss from inside the office. Talk about embarrassing, LOL. Let's just say I had to go home and change my pants after that, haha. But, that's one of those things that you only do once, as you've learned your lesson pretty quickly. Luckily my employers were really cool and weren't upset at me over it. Even though I just happened to also hit an electrical line that powered the only lamp in that isle. 🤷♂️😂 Thankfully, that was tame compared to the damage a couple other people managed to do with that forklift. 😂
I was just thinking how we haven't seen a Pepsi, Mountain Dew, or chocolate milk cameo in some time.
Teaches me for reading comments really quick. The suprise got ruined D:
High speed time lapse moos are hilarious.
my thoughts exactly
They are!!
Haha ur right
Also fun: high speed reverse.
More of a mah than moo .lol
There’s something satisfying about cleaning out manure and spreading on a field. Some of my favorite videos.
Thank you. A cap that actually fits right out of the bag!!! ( okay, had to adjust the strap) THANK YOU
Just goes to show ya, you never know where you’ll find a chocolate milk.
Never thought I would like to watch someone cleaning up crap but I love this stuff
Too bad they didn't recess the one side of gates there from the concrete wall, as it would have made it much easier to use the cleanup bucket along the wall, not having to worry about hitting the gates. Overall nice gate system though.
Good fast job cleaning and spreading in and afternoon. Cows look good and they do give Chocolate milk.
how haven't they implemented this system in farming simulator 19 yet? hope you're on farming simulator 22
Because of your videos, I have come to appreciate every glass of milk I drink so much more. Love your videos and especially your 'low-key' sense of humor.
Idea for u when for this barn use the skid steer to pile it up into a pile inside so when u come to load the spreader up u don’t have to pull it off the concrete
That manure looks very field ready!
Nice job, I loved the camera angles when you put it on the spreader facing the tractor. Nicely done.
I’m all for hidden drink cameos but in the manure? 😂
Love how you keep the barns so clean !! 🙋♀️😊
Impressive backing skills.
Yes that right to left and left to right in backing, really mess' with city folk.
Since there are doors on either end, I wondered why he didn't just pull straight through with the spreader?
Maybe his backup skills are better than mine.
@@lt1nut have you ever backed a trailer either a hitch or goose neck. Doubt it, I'm glad you're impressed with his skills, but I do enjoy watching city folk getting frustrated over trying to do something that is actually fairly easy. LOL
@@timothymbonham4453 watch previous videos of the barn build then you would know the layout.
Yes. Those hatrs would have been good to have higher up, or possibility tonadjust higher as the pack grows.. But. Now you know for the next heifer barn.. 😏
Yep scary moment there with the chocolate milk. This new barn is easier and faster to clean. Nice to see it working well. Glad about the rafter too. Whew. Thank you for sharing
Very nice vid Eric! Love it. Detail … you’ve changed your shoes. 🥾 😁 Greetz from The Netherlands 🇳🇱 ✊
If you had one feet tall concrete walls at both ends of the barn you had a possibility to push the dry manure there it would be easier to load the rests.
Recipe for chocolate milk: Take a bottle of milk, leave standing in bedding for three days and voila chocolate milk. Make sure the top half of bottle is above grade of bedding because daylight set the process in motion. Also bedding has to be at least one and a half week old.
Lol, I prefer mine to come from brown cows.
Question: are there going to be any brushes in the new barn? The cows would love that
First thing I thought when you parked the spreader inside was "hope he dont hit the rafter with the bucket"
Glad it was lightly
I made a comment about them hitting the rafters with that crazy bale mulcher gadget they tried out when they put down the first bedding. Eric's dad came pretty close a couple times.
SAME!
Freaked me out!!! I thought those tarps were dead cows!!
Love it when he finds the drinks 😂
8:57 Eric working on his gut microbiome diversity.
Nice barn good setup well done brother
Other youtubers may have made a crazy thumbnail and clickbait-ish title out of the fact that the barn truss was hit. There's definitely something to be said for Erik's low key video style. And the occasional surprise cold drink gets me every time!
New barn is really nice. Love the chocolate milk!!!!
This city slicker is learning a lot
I would say the barn design is 99.9% efficient. There’s always is a tweak here and there..
They definitely did an amazing design!
Great video. The barn is new you will get it figured out.
Looks like it went pretty good and ya got some manure on the fields thanks for al you guys do
I love watching you find drinks.😂😅
Crazy the things a man can find in cow manure😜
Always love to see the cows come in on new bedding!
Bag that stuff. People at Home Depot and Lowe’s will pay top dollar.
You will only have to clean the manure, wood shavings and hay out 3 or 4 times a year. Seems like you would have to do it at least 3 times a month. The cows apparently don't create that much manure.
Eric, you are a master videographer! Those were some amazing shots. I love watching your channel for all the information on running a large dairy farm and the videos. Sometimes I can almost smell the farm life!
that dry, slatted floor looks better and safer than wet concrete
Hey Eric, have you thought about putting the bedding bales through your Pikrite spreader to spread them out in the barn? The vertical beaters would probably tear them up and spread it nice? I don’t know just a thought.
-Alex
Use wood chips for bedding they soak up more carbon.
I feel your pain, Eric. If I had a nickel for every time i snagged a fence or door jamb I could have retired decades ago! Funny, though, I never came across any chocolate beverages when I did that!
so are you the first one to initiate the barn with a dent in the rafters?
If you can get some corn stalk bales they are the best bedding. I usually went thru about 200 in a winter that was 4x5 rounds. Absorbent and keeps the animals clean
Never thought watching a guy shovel cow flop would be so interesting. Love these vids!
Being a city boy, that Chocolate Milk was a bit too close to poo for my liking. Not saying I wouldn't drink it tho
Cool spreader not seen a spreader where the whole floor moves and I thought yall had a bale shredder?
That looked like it went pretty well. Nicely designed barn - looks to be quite the efficient layout.
I always enjoy hearing the heifer calves on the video especially when the video is sped up a little bit.
You should always grease your equipment every day before using it that’s what my father always told me
Your family works so hard. An absolute pleasure to watch. I love seeing the cows watching you work. It's great.
Lol they do seem really interested huh in what he is doing in there
@@billfromkcmo1 ty ty
I’m so dang happy for you and your dad. It looks like heifer raising got so much easier for you. Really appreciate the way you take care of your livestock.
Love these timelapse!
So efficient on running the equipment really nice job.
LOVE ALL YOUR VIDEOS ERIC HAVE A GREAT DAY
Great video eric, thanks for being a farming family
Seemed like it was done with lest stress for both animals and you, and less time unlike the old shed. And good idea for winter they will stay warm i watch Farmer p he uses it as he has a tree company and from the shavings he uses it in his yards and when he cleans them can see the steam come of them.And great job on the milk AD been missing, you missed ya chance when doing silage with everyone around.
Hello my friend, I am a skilled driver. I hope to work with you and you on the farm. I love animals. My only dream will be to work for you 💞💞💞
Eric, You are an awesome young man. I know your mom and dad are very proud of you. The way you work , the way you help your dad on the farm. The new barn really looks nice. Love you guy. Stay safe and be careful. Bless y'all
I just watched a dude clean up cow shit for 14 minutes and liked it.
Was thinking the same thing as you. Need those gates up higher for deeper manure. Nice set up when you don't need a pitchfork.
So glad i watched this video, i used to think skid loaders were a pointless invention but after watching this video my god theyre so useful in low tight places like your cattle shed. Probbaly much easier than manoeuvring around in a telehandler or similar
Yes a tele or compact wheel loader could not keep up with a skid steer in tight spaces. Every machine has its advantages but skid steers are awesome on a dairy farm.
The barn was so clean before the cows. Never again lol
The new barn had to be initiated somehow lol. A nick in the truss is a good start. It adds character to the structure. It is amazing how nimble you are with the skid steer. You seem to have a lot of inspectors as you were cleaning up. Hope they were impressed. Great video as always, thanks Eric. See you on the next one.
Skid steers make life so much easier. When I was little i had to do that with a pitch fork.
أطلق الترجمه الى اللغة العربية في مقاطع الفيديو داخل قناتك💚💚
This stable is very well thought out, mucking out is quick and the animals don't seem to be stressed 👍👍
You never know where those beverages are hiding, they sneak up on you. Had one the other day sneak into the shower with me! Didn't they ever learn about manners?
Cqn you do a New Farm Equipment Tour?
I wanna come work there with you for a day!
Awesome video, been watching your videos for a few weeks now and I'm impressed.
Design of the barn seems to work good, did you & dad design what u wanted?
I didn’t catch you hitting it the first time so I went back and watched it. Idk how I didn’t see it because I think it shook the camera.
It would’ve scared me too I don’t blame ya there.
Hi Eric, I wrote you once while I was working at Boeing, I've retired last yeaar. Love your channel, especially enjoy the normal work of the farm. Don't worry about it being repetitive - that's what I like about it - the world is kind of crazy so it's nice watching something normal. I like the details.
Blessings, John
My limited experience with wood chips, is that they eat up nitrogen as they decompose. So, they may end up affecting the nutrient value of the manure. Have you talked to an expert about this?
That's interesting, haven't heard of that before.
Thats the idea of using wood products, to get a good compost, you need to get the the carbon to nitrogen ratio correct. Wood is way higher on carbon than any other bedding source. Fully composted, it will help raise ph. What he is spreading may be lower ph and tieing up nitrogen due to not being completely composted.
@@10thgenerationdairyman61 ideally you would windrow it outside for several months turning it regularly with the skid steer and spread it once completely composted. Looking forward to seeing the heifers having access to grass 😊👍
@@10thgenerationdairyman61 find out from the ag extension office about your use / sq yd of barn space - those cows are urinating in there too and some of the wood will absorb it - Urine has nitrogen in it too, so by the time you mix the solids with the wood soaked in urine, maybe there are tables that will tell you optimal amount of bedding that can be wood chip/dust and not have a negative soil nitrogen tie-up impact after being spread... also probably depends on what crops you're putting onto that land and the time between spreading and planting of crop as the biota will have cycled it some...
Agree with adding an extra windrow step before spreading, just to make sure the composting process is complete.
Chocolate milk for the win!! 🐮🐄
whenever you got higher the bucket, I said "ohh no, its so close" and we heard that ding sound :D
Do another review of the skidder now that you have ran it for a few months. Include your dad's thoughts to.
Want a full day chores video..
Would it be possible to drive the tractor and spreader as a pull through instead of backing it in?
I've broke a rafter in our free stall barn carrying 2 3x3 square bales ontop eachother and boy the loud crack that made really scared me, was not ontop my game that day
As stated on an earlier post, the wood shavings/sawdust need an awful lot of nitrogen to break down. Buy spreading it directly onto your fields you will be using up any available nitrogen near the surface of the soil. We use course sawdust for bedding but by composting it for almost a year, adding urea regularly and turning the pile weekly until if freezes, by the time we spread it on the fields it is hard to tell from top soil.
That's what I was thinking. His corn looked pretty good though, judging by the harvesting videos
They did have a huge harvest this year so what ever they are doing it working well, plus they add chemicals and fertilizer to their crops anyways. Probly already a excess of nitrogen compounds
If the bedding has urine in it then that should be enough nitrogen. It is thinly spread on the paddock so should break down quickly also. Sawdust in itself is a soil conditioner. It also has natural antibacterial properties so a great bedding choice.
I was thinking about this black gold also. What just one scoop of that would do for my little garden. Would be nice if they could market this for an extra source of income. A roadside stand sort of thing.
Nice to see chocolate milk making an appearance!
3:45 is inconvenient but you can poor 5 yards of concrete there…
I think your way of working is really cool and very effective
You gotta love your new heifer barn. A little more concrete and raising your gates, things will be perfect!
never skip the grease!
Never know just where you'll find an ice cold chocolate milk just when you need it.
Just heard about your channel and I've been watching as much as I could. You are amazing.
If I am a girl, I will try to get the attention of this hard-working millionaire young man. He seems very comfortable with what he is doing. Well done, young man.
Would you ever try planting barley ? It has the best straw and has really good soakage the could feed or sell the seed
I jumped on that first scoop, too! Thanks for the video, Eric!
I love those little honks the cows were making when you were in fast forward.
I did something similar with a forklift at my old job. The building was really old and had exposed wooden trusses and beams. I was getting a pallet down off of the top of a rack and didn't realize that my mast was that high(yes, I know... Rookie mistake), so as I backed up it slammed into the bottom of the old, super dry beam of wood. I was barely moving, but it still took a decent sized chunk of it and exploded little shards of wood down onto me. The building wasn't that big, and was essentially an "open" floorplan, so production, finishing, etc all heard it. Not to mention, it also shook the building and made enough noise that everyone came running over to see what I did, including the big boss from inside the office. Talk about embarrassing, LOL. Let's just say I had to go home and change my pants after that, haha. But, that's one of those things that you only do once, as you've learned your lesson pretty quickly. Luckily my employers were really cool and weren't upset at me over it. Even though I just happened to also hit an electrical line that powered the only lamp in that isle. 🤷♂️😂 Thankfully, that was tame compared to the damage a couple other people managed to do with that forklift. 😂
I think you should play a game with your video's, spot the product placement of the C-milk. :P
Love you Channel I’m subscribed looking forward to more videos
The new heifer barn has been broken in! Very nice design!
You got me with the chocolate milk gag, after all this time I go " what the heck is that doing....oh duh..."
Watching your videos I now understand the price of milk products. Thxs for the vids!
Love you Eric all time favorite😍