You have a very beautiful farm. We can tell you have happy cows. Your farm is wonderful. Your farm is much more beautiful than the huge industrial fancy dancy farms created by huge corp America. Your farm reminds me of my grandpa's farm and uncle's farms. Best to you and your family.
Most farmers, with years of experience... Can do much of their own fabrication safely, saving $, but, SAFETY MUST BE A #1 PRIORTY because an INJURY CAN BE INSTANTLY MASSIVE on all equipment that has MASSIVE TORQUE and huge power.
Easy peasy... In rural areas, the cost is usually very cheap to get a professional company with insurance to demo it to the ground. After it is 100% to the ground, your family could save $ by hauling it away yourself. The rubble is very valuable free road base. Save it, overtime, use it in other construction projects in your farm.
Easy peasy... If every silo was taken down, everyday in the future wouldn't you say to yourself: "thank god, that was the best $ I spent in my life, I wish I did it 10 yrs earlier."
CONCRETE SILOS... Concrete absorbs water. When the temp drops it freezes and thaws. Water in concrete freezing EXPANDS and SPAWLS. This often deteriorates the concrete. If their are 10,000 blocks, maybe 1000 are past the safe level.
Easy peasy... look at the Florida Condo Crisis... All condos now need to be inspected if they are 30 YEARS AND OLDER... Many are concrete, many will be condemed or need extreme $ upgrades needed. Concrete is inferior in many building applications.
Concrete silios... if a trained engineer were to come out and inspect them. What would he say. Would his expert advice give you peace of mind or would it be worth saving a life.
EASY PEASY... the style of how the silo concrete blocks are placed together looks very very inferior to how a coated steel silo is put together with bolts. Also, each seam on a steel silo over laps making it much stronger.
Easy peasy... Do it yourself silo demo... If silo is 100ft tall... Place a massive steel beam inside silo on floor... Get a 200 foot cable... attach cable to the steel beam... Attach tractor to cable... Drive. Watch out... The silo comes down. I am not recommending this. It is a creative thought you and your friends could think about, get details from your friends. Watch ytube for others that have done this.
Concrete VS steel coated material... It seems like the way your concrete silos were built, they are 1000 X inferior compared to a great steel coated material.
Concrete silo campared to rubber tires... When would a guy replace tire in his daily driver car for his wife. Wait for 80 years when they are all weather cracked? Wait until every thread breaks? Wait until there is a blow out at 55mph?
EASY PEASY... Professionally, I and other professionals, probably would state that your silios are a massive risk. Myself, I have been educated in material sciences.
$10,000... Some demo construction companies work for peanuts. Seems to me... 10k is pretty cheap to have an expert concrete contractor do it professionaly.
YTube community: only recently in the last 5 years... The ytube vlogger farmers have uploaded 1000's of videos... Do your research and watch a ton of videos... If you are trying to save $ on the demo of your silos... There are many other farmers, in your similar situation, that have done it... watching their vids helps.
ALL ELECTRIC CONTACT SWITCH BOXES / PANELS... A smart farmer would build wood boxes, aprox. cost $2, recycled wood, directly under each switch box to stand on before SWITCHING EXTREME HIGH VOLTAGE MANUALLY. MANUALLY MANUALLY. If the farmer is not smart or cheap, the farmer could get a wood pallet to put under the electric switch to stand on. A smart guy would always be concerned about isolating their switching hand and body from EARTH. Basic 101 electric teaches us... Electricity wants to take the shortest path to ground. If there ever is a problem at any switching box, where a human touches it, electrcity could go thru the hand, thru the body, thru feet, thru boots, to earth... resulting in possible massive electrical injury. Other solutions, professional grade rubber mats to stand on, never ever touch the switching box, consult a pro electrician. Basic 101 electric... isolate the body 1000% from earth and earth ground. Never touch box if it is raining.
Easy peasy... You have 40 years skill of farming. Would you rather be the man that decides on your silos. Or, your children, if they run your farm, at their age of 25 or 30 and one eventually falls.
Are you hugging that conveyor as it’s going by. If so stop it! That’s absolutely dangerous. Don’t do it. I don’t want to be reading your obituary or your wife posting a video stating you’re not with us anymore. That moving conveyor being straight is not that important. Please don’t.
You have a very beautiful farm. We can tell you have happy cows. Your farm is wonderful. Your farm is much more beautiful than the huge industrial fancy dancy farms created by huge corp America. Your farm reminds me of my grandpa's farm and uncle's farms. Best to you and your family.
Kip, you are on the ground, the cows are milking better, sounds like a win!
Great Video. Been a cold week Kip but nice having it frozen instead of Mud. Stay safe and warm. Have a good week.
Bob Schapman is a legend. Hauled milk over 50 years. U hang in there
THANKS FOR YOUR FAMILIES HARD WORK
It looks cold out by those bags. I fed at 15 degrees this morning in NY. I had a cab
Most farmers, with years of experience... Can do much of their own fabrication safely, saving $, but, SAFETY MUST BE A #1 PRIORTY because an INJURY CAN BE INSTANTLY MASSIVE on all equipment that has MASSIVE TORQUE and huge power.
Easy peasy... In rural areas, the cost is usually very cheap to get a professional company with insurance to demo it to the ground. After it is 100% to the ground, your family could save $ by hauling it away yourself. The rubble is very valuable free road base. Save it, overtime, use it in other construction projects in your farm.
Hi good evening kip from Indiana, keep warm
Easy peasy... If every silo was taken down, everyday in the future wouldn't you say to yourself: "thank god, that was the best $ I spent in my life, I wish I did it 10 yrs earlier."
Also need to think about the required feed bunk space per cow
My tought also, good point
Easy peasy... old the old concrete would maje an excellent foundation for a road or a brand new building or brand new concrete pad.
Have you thought about a different way to add corn to your tmr?? Having a consistent tmr is key to milk production
Kip, we got 14" of snow so far in southern Indiana so far
CONCRETE SILOS... Concrete absorbs water. When the temp drops it freezes and thaws. Water in concrete freezing EXPANDS and SPAWLS. This often deteriorates the concrete. If their are 10,000 blocks, maybe 1000 are past the safe level.
Hey kip i am asking for prayers for California
🙏🙏🙏
I would pour new silos easier to keep feed
Once you go to feeding once a day you’ll never go back we do it on our 500 cow dairy never have issues
It looks real cold there
Easy peasy... look at the Florida Condo Crisis... All condos now need to be inspected if they are 30 YEARS AND OLDER... Many are concrete, many will be condemed or need extreme $ upgrades needed. Concrete is inferior in many building applications.
Should put the white on the mixer
Old school hammer no screws
Concrete silios... if a trained engineer were to come out and inspect them. What would he say. Would his expert advice give you peace of mind or would it be worth saving a life.
I watched a video today and I’m not sure I think it was Illinois of a dairy farmer and he’s got his stalls the height that you’re putting yours too
So the White 2-105 isn't going on the tmr for the winter?
Easy peasy... if one silo fell and destroyed your barn, would that campare to the cost for demo of the silo.
Easy peasy... One silo will 100% fall by nature causes. It will happen 100% for sure... BUT, is it tomarrow at 9am or when?
EASY PEASY... the style of how the silo concrete blocks are placed together looks very very inferior to how a coated steel silo is put together with bolts. Also, each seam on a steel silo over laps making it much stronger.
I'm curious? Once a day feeding. Wouldn't this effect milk production?
😁LOL...that's a lot of fertilizer!
Easy peasy... Do it yourself silo demo... If silo is 100ft tall... Place a massive steel beam inside silo on floor... Get a 200 foot cable... attach cable to the steel beam... Attach tractor to cable... Drive. Watch out... The silo comes down. I am not recommending this. It is a creative thought you and your friends could think about, get details from your friends. Watch ytube for others that have done this.
Concrete VS steel coated material... It seems like the way your concrete silos were built, they are 1000 X inferior compared to a great steel coated material.
Why don't you fill upper your feeder Wagon as soon as you empty it for your 2nd feeding.
Because then the feed starts to heat as it get’s exposed to oxygen, even on cold days.
Concrete silo campared to rubber tires... When would a guy replace tire in his daily driver car for his wife. Wait for 80 years when they are all weather cracked? Wait until every thread breaks? Wait until there is a blow out at 55mph?
Silos... A new technolgy was invented (the plastic bag system). The new system made CONCRETE SILOS obsolete forever.
EASY PEASY... Professionally, I and other professionals, probably would state that your silios are a massive risk. Myself, I have been educated in material sciences.
$10,000... Some demo construction companies work for peanuts. Seems to me... 10k is pretty cheap to have an expert concrete contractor do it professionaly.
YTube community: only recently in the last 5 years... The ytube vlogger farmers have uploaded 1000's of videos... Do your research and watch a ton of videos... If you are trying to save $ on the demo of your silos... There are many other farmers, in your similar situation, that have done it... watching their vids helps.
ALL ELECTRIC CONTACT SWITCH BOXES / PANELS... A smart farmer would build wood boxes, aprox. cost $2, recycled wood, directly under each switch box to stand on before SWITCHING EXTREME HIGH VOLTAGE MANUALLY. MANUALLY MANUALLY. If the farmer is not smart or cheap, the farmer could get a wood pallet to put under the electric switch to stand on. A smart guy would always be concerned about isolating their switching hand and body from EARTH. Basic 101 electric teaches us... Electricity wants to take the shortest path to ground. If there ever is a problem at any switching box, where a human touches it, electrcity could go thru the hand, thru the body, thru feet, thru boots, to earth... resulting in possible massive electrical injury. Other solutions, professional grade rubber mats to stand on, never ever touch the switching box, consult a pro electrician. Basic 101 electric... isolate the body 1000% from earth and earth ground. Never touch box if it is raining.
Easy peasy... maybe your favorite pet cow could get hurt badly if a 100ft silo fell on her at 2:07 am?
Easy peasy... You have 40 years skill of farming. Would you rather be the man that decides on your silos. Or, your children, if they run your farm, at their age of 25 or 30 and one eventually falls.
Why don’t you us a tractor with a cab actually on it during the cold weather and you can stay warm
Are you hugging that conveyor as it’s going by. If so stop it! That’s absolutely dangerous. Don’t do it. I don’t want to be reading your obituary or your wife posting a video stating you’re not with us anymore. That moving conveyor being straight is not that important. Please don’t.
Silos... Why does everyone buy insurance? Answer. Because, something very very bad could happen.
Good lord man, take a breath. The man don’t need 50 comments from you, about things he already knows.