My Farm Has A $140,000 Problem
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- On today’s episode, we started our adventure at the main farm for day 18 of harvest, for a full day of combining corn at the North Farm. I started the day by emptying the grain carts that were full from the night before, driving semis, and assessing our Champion 66A22 corn hybrid. We got into a new part of the North Farm so we ran new grain through the moisture tester so we could calibrate the grain dryer, we ate lunch with our bankers (Shane & Les) in the field, Cooper, Zach, and Cody figured out why our combine has been spilling grain all over the ground, and Dad burned more belts off the pit auger - which fuels the fire on the farm's $140,000 problem. Today was a great day!
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My hope is this bin law suit is settled quickly because I remember how enthusiastic Cole was about adding “million dollar bin site” to the operation. He deserves that enthusiasm back!
Cole. Not Coke the drug.
Even if the get law suit settle then they got to redo the bin site.
@@geraldmiller5260 he means that Cole was high on coke when he built it
They will ware a person down those big companies and the lawyers keep it going to and in the end a judge will decide that doesn’t even know about farming or the stress you went through . Stress will take time and days of your life and income .
Hopefully the find ALL the problems before it's settled or have a clause in the settlement for future issues. It seems they are constantly finding more issues as time goes.
“Service call is $600, so I’m gonna load up on these Snapon tools” literally laughed out loud! Great work guys. Love your channel.
😂 sad thing you don’t get many tools for $600 when it’s snap-on 😅😂
Do you all accept me as A subscriber
Just take the truck and even trade for his work lol
@@kevink4914I was gonna say something like don’t take more then 5 or 6 of them. There prices are crazy. Even crazier are the interest rates some of the guys I work with are paying snapon. Paying 146$ over years to buy a wrench their selling for 36)
@@benbusfield6498 I would love too slap her taco
The transmission in the red freightliner is called a super 10 speed. Ps usually if you only pull one brake , you pull the tractor because it takes less time and less air then the trailor brakes.
On the red trailer knob, it says not for parking, take to good truck shop , they should be able to take that shut off system out of the computer!!
@@kevinsiedschlag429that or bump the cruise up a little while in park
It just drives me mad to see what u have to deal with this new grain bin set up
If you are allowed to modify the wet bin legs, could you add square tubing from leg to leg around the perimeter of the support legs? It would spread the load to the entire pad perimeter instead of just where the legs set. Maybe run some iron across the pad as well ?Just curious does the pit lift auger start before the bottom cross auger on start up and the opposite when shut down to let the lift auger empty? Kind of like the grain cart auger unload procedure. And you are right, you need a larger capacity dryer.
I didn’t understand a word you said but I love hearing your enthusiasm.
You know it's aggravating when you see DC worked up like that. Hang in there!
Cole if you read the Transmission placard it tells you to "pre select " the high/low shifts. That means move the grey switch before you move the shift lever into neutral.
Thanks for educating, entertaining and encouraging. You are indeed inspiring.
Thank you for sharing during this extremely challenging time of the season; I look forward to your videos.
Those grade 5 bolts are what you want in the auger ,the grade 8 will tear up your shaft .you will need to replace them once a year as maintenance. The visual diagram of the combine in operation reminds one of a gold mining operation , i guess in a way it is . I hope you get your bins fixed soon
Check the distribution valve on trailer
if you can find it, check what grade bolts both the auger is spec'd to hae, and what grade you were CHARGED for at time of purchase. if it's spec'd for grade 5, the the bolt did it's job and sheared without absolutely wrecking the auger. if it's spec'd for grade 8 and you were charged for grade 8...
Cole depending on how old that trailer is that your pulling with the Volvo the brake problem could be the regulator valve under the trailer or you have a leaking diaphram on one of the air chambers on the brakes. More times than not its that 40/60 valve on that regulator thats failing...Enjoy so much your videos about the farm and especially harvest its a lot of work. Although it has its rewards you work outside you work with your family and friends...It doesnt get better than that...Blessings to you and your family ....🌄
Two things to check. Is your elevator in high speed? And some guys open the pre seive too far open. Lay a corn kernal on it and open it until it falls through. On the pit auger. My neighbor was constantly plugging his new auger. Turns out the flighting didn"t go all the way to the top. It was trying to push it just to far and plugged the auger all the time
The reason your belts keep burning out is because you have a monsterous (10HP?) motor with a TINY drive pulley. All that force is being concentrated in an extremely tiny area, and even if the belt doesn't slip, the shear force on the belt (shear is a direction of force, not an adjective) will cause them to fail every time. The fix? Use a bigger drive pulley. The problem with just going from a 3" drive pulley to a 10" drive pulley is:
1. Your auger would spin faster.
2. Your auger would have less torque, meaning grain could stall it out.
The best fix I can think of is this:
1. Measure the drive and driven pulley diameters.
2. Figure out the ratio (say drive is 3", driven is 18". That's a 1:9 ratio)
3. Create 2 or more stages of pulley that sum to that 1:9 ratio. Meaning, say we use 4 pulleys: 1) 10" drive Pulley connects to 2) 24" driven pull connected to 3) 10" secondary pulley which belts to a 4) 24" driven pulley attached to the auger shaft.
For the math to be prefect it'd need to be like a 25 1/8" driven pulley, but 24" is close enough. The bigger the driven pulleys are, the more torque and less rotation speed the auger will have.
Note: High school students and freshman engineers in college learn about gear/pulley ratios. Anyone with a professional engineering license or credential should be able to do this. Meaning your lawsuit should make mincemeat of whatever fool failed to do BASIC BLOOD MATH on the pulleys!
You could also check the screen where the red air line feeds the valve. Could have dirt built up
So many things to take care of but it looks like you're keeping up with it okay. 👍
Great vids, you explain so much!! But I would be wary of the grade 8 bolts. Although they are stronger they are more brittle. Something to put on your checklist to look at every year. I wonder if the grade 5 bolts had a lock washer on the nut, they are built for the wear and shock. I assume there is a soft starter for such a powerful auger. Keep up the awesome videos, you and your family are my favs, I follow a few farmers, but yours is the best!
The timed idle duration can be turned off through the ECM and no more idle time out shutdowns!
The transmission in the red freightliner is commonly called the super 10. A lot of town driving trucks have these transmissions because it’s easier to shift without actually moving the shifter.
Combine machine works similar to a gold processing plant.
Yup
I would be wary of changing to grade 8 from 5, it probably was designed to be the shear part in that system. That said it likely would need orange thread locker for it.
Zero lock washers.... Of course they came out. Put it back together without lock washers... > and no locktitie.
Can you switch to a double-chain drive and gears instead of burning belts?
It’s probably burning belts due to misalignment. Could be better to fix the misalignment issue first.
Belts are a safety item on the augers. They break before you tear other things up. Chain if something happens you tear a lot of things up.
@@johnunsicker7440the motors have overloads on that system…if there is too much of a draw they will get shut off. Chain is the way to go
@@johnunsicker7440 Not in my experience . a correctly adjusted Motor Protection switch cuts the power before it tears itself apart
I would also study the pit auger where the hanger bearing is. I wonder if there is too much a gap and that causes the corn to slow down in the middle causing a bottle neck. it hesitates and the upper doesn't grab it soon enough tp keep it moving.
21:40 how are all those safety lights synced? Amazing.
Call that transmission a super ten. I like that transmission. Just split every gear less shifting
1st time ive ever heard dad cornstar sound really pissed off on the channel.😂😂😂 he hides it well like my dad did but the look in the eyes tells the real story 😂😂😂😂
He's pissed at his wife
He was exhausted!
@@clicker7019 he forgot too kiss her at the right place he hit in The middle
Grade 5 is likely used because the are designed to shear if they hit too much of a load, or if the bearings lock up.?
Interesting explanation on how a Combine works. It's kind of like a gold miners Trommel. 😊🇺🇸👍
Not that I think you were negative in the past, but your positive outlook on harvest is refreshing. Especially for someone like me who is working on having more of a glass half full mentality. Thankyou!
The light is blinkin because its led the blinking is the driver or in a non led fixture the ballast is trying to make the led light up
another way around the idle shut down is to bump up the high idle a few hundred RPM with the cruise control switches
Had a trailer with slow brakes, it had water in the air system.
Cole I hope you guys can get some resolution on your grain bin sight issues. I can only imagine how frustrated you guys are having spent all that money and it not being able to perform to the promised specs.
Convert that dryer from a v-belt to a serpentine with a tensioner. It will slip much much less and last a lot longer. Or you could convert it to a chain drive or even a direct drive.
Super10 transmission in Elmer.
That one cornstalk should be the start of the next super corn field
You could add more to that hopper bin it has a ton of legs and could just sit on hard ground.
No not with the broken concrete and do you know how much weight that bin can hold? Your talking over a million pounds of just corn weight not including the bin.
@@johnunsicker7440 I build big heavy buildings. foundations move some times and if you watch that it doesn’t go out of plumb and add some shims if needed. It is not like it has anywhere to go other than to settle some more. You know sky scrapers have to be jacked back plum sometimes. Kind of mind boggling but not much different to leveling up an old shed with a bottle jack.
I made a mistake of putting grade 8 bolts in an auger. It over loaded and the bolt didn’t shear. Spun the flighting off
that feature that shuts the truck down can be turned off if your mechanic has the laptop with the program to access the truck computer
Hi Cole if your red truck has a cruise control if you turn it on when you are parked and hit the set switch up it should speed up the idle speed and it will cancel the fire minute shutdown and also the shift pattern you showed appears to be a super 10 speed so basically it is a 10 speed but instead of running through the five gears and then going to the high side of the transmission you go to the high and low side in each gear and only do it once I have seen them driven but never drove one myself one thing you can try when you are going from the high side like second gear and you go into neutral and then switch to the low side and then put it in too third try leaving it on the high side and go into fourth gear it should go in easier because you are jumping two gears and then before you step on the throttle again switch it to the low side and when you step down on the throttle it should shift automatically just like you can do with a 13 speed when you are splitting the high side
If you’re still trying to bulk up, I’d cut back on the rice and increase the meat/eggs amounts.
Meat pies and gravy, rice is crap imo
@@napsac4816 If you need to feed a billion people in a tropic zone it has its place. But sure not very helpful for building muscle. He could probably increase his daily protein intake if he didn't fill up on the rice.
What brand is your bin site? Need to make a note.
It's extremely difficult to see DC upset like that when you spend most of your life doing things a way that works then newer things come along that don't I truly feel your pain
I guess your auger is working better this year…I’ve not heard of any broken belt issues.
That’s a super 10 transmission
Can't Cooper make a small handle for the truck dump opener? There has to be an easier way.
If you idle the truck up to 8-900 then it won’t stop
Very rare we see your dad frustrated. Could really see it with those belts. Idk how things are going with that and I know you all are working on that case but I hope all is going well.
When are you guys upgrading on you Drying system
Cole has said they can't upgrade drying facilities until the bin site issues have been resolved. Most likely the entire set up is going to have to be torn down and re built from the ground up.
Sooo storing corn in Work Shop in old days NOT looking that bad??
That’s called a super 10 transmission
Looking at the pulley sizes on that auger you need some different pulleys. Not an expert but that’s your problem. RPMs of motor and auger and torque. Looks like your motor is spinning to fast and they stepped it down to far with your pulleys to compensate???
Do you understand that the auger needs to be spinning at x amount of rpm to move the 8000 bushel a hour it is spec at? So different pullet=ys might help but will not help moving more grain. Pit is junk design. trying to push to much through it.
The belts are slipping burning belts. Maybe a bigger pulley on the motor would not slip and move more. Would also need to ramp up the speed not to slip the belt. When you get belts you have to have them matched. Belts very in length so they have to find four that are matching.
Would that be 2 exhumations?
You all are handling the bin site screw up much better than I would. Good luck going the legal way. It bothers me the most the way they don't shotty welding on those safety rails that people wouldn't depend on for keeping out of the harms way, not counting using low grade hardware on something with do much stress on bolts.
I wonder how well a casket would hold up underground that long… 🤷🏻♂️
They are in cement vaults so they do hold up very well
@@lesleyboeder1798 Ahh gotcha! Thanks 😎
What’s crazy is this company knew they were being filmed and knew they would be under a microscope. Regardless of any other details you would think they would want to stand behind the work. It’s such a shame.
the company did what they had to do in order to get the job done they build this in the middle of the plandemic when all the skilled labor was home iv been dealing with this foer the past two years no one wanted to wait so they hired what was there guys that had to be working that didnt know what they where doing
Me learning about corn from Cole so my 4 little rows will thrive next year!
Seeing your dad frustrated is hartbreaking man, good luck to you all and go get them bastards in court!!!!
Hey, I hope you guys see this, with the belts, you have 2 massively different pulley sizes. Try using an AX belt, basically it is a belt that instead of being continuous it has a little more flexibility to allow the difference in pulley size, another thing, feel the inside of those pulleys, see if they are worn. Due to the amount of belts it has run through. And one last thing, if it is wearing through them that fast, check the tightness and alignment of the belts. Use a long straight edge and put it the long pulley, the gap between the belt and the straight edge should be equal throughout the whole travel of the belt. Make adjustments as needed. The angle of the motor can also play a factor in eating up belts.
I'm in commercial Hvac, I have deal with motor replacements all the time and have to do this.
Nice diagrams about how the combine works for those of us city folks. 👍
It was fascinating. Damn, a lot goes on inside that machine!
And aa lot of components to fail. That is why it seems something always breaks on. Well, yep lots of pieces in action.
Youll want to put grade 5 bolts in the augers again. What they're doing is being "sheer bolts" meaning the bolts break instead of destroying the auger bore it goes into when somerhing plugs the auger.
That was my thaughts as well
Or the fail safe could just be burning more belts.
I was amazed the wear in just a few years. Plus one broken, 2nd lost? *possibly broken?* If tight they should not. But there is a lot not right with that site.
@@larrythompson8630the bolts are probably supposed to be checked every season but the contractor didn’t give them any maintenance plan.
That or a contractor used inferior parts because they were cheaper. A 3/4" diameter bolt is a hell of a shear bolt.
Just a note on the auger bolt. That was a special bolt, long shank with a short threaded end. Putting in standard hardware bolts will most likely move the rotating force from the shank to the threads, a much small and weaker part of the bolt. They will fail prematurely. Order the correct bolts. If the correct bolts are grade 5 so be it. Use red thread locker on them. Yes, you will need to heat them with a torch to remove the nuts when you want to.
Does everyone forget Cole chose the lowest bid. Most large contractors throw out the lowest bid for these types of reasons.
After all he chose those contractors, buy once cry once. Or in Cole's case buy twice cry thrice ( moaning every video) 🤔
If he did choose the lowest bid it's still not right that they have so many of these problems though , usually a company would want to prove that they can do a good job and such for a bit of a Lowe cost, but also cheaper unfortunately usually means crappy work or sub par work...so who knows
Just a though.
But your motors are being driven by drives. That means you can adjust the properties of the motors almost infinitely. Biased on what your saying it’s possible you could increase the torque of your motors and also have them do soft starts. Basically, rather then the motor going full force and burning the belts it will start off really slow and work up to the speed.
Saving your belts and giving you a chance to catch issues before they burn up.
DC was about to loose his temper, Can’t friggin blame him. 👍🏻🇨🇦🤟🏻
To fixs your v belts burning out all the time you need a pretension idler pulley it will give more belt circumference on the small motor pulleys, less slipping and will make it easier to change belts with a bar . Hope this helps.
Nice call Matt. I was wondering about a third belt too.
Seems like nothing is made right these days. So many simple errors. It's like the chain of assembly is broken and no one cares about the whole thing. Seems to apply to combines to security lights to vacuum cleaner to cars.....
Thanks again for the great videos, how you harvest and film at the same time is a skill!
The correct term for digging up a grave is "Exhumation" or "Exhume". "We have to exhume a grave tomorrow." or "We have never performed an Exhumation before but tomorrow we will figure it out." Hopefully it is simply for relocation purposes, not so the coroner can look for more clues.
Use a high temp automobile belt. Equipment belts are not as heat and rpm tolerant. I had a belt that would burn threw in 3-5 hrs, switched out to a truck belt last year and no issues
I'm surprised all the windmill lights are synchronized flashing, how the heck?
According to what our millwrights told me on our fertilizer leg/conveyors. You need to switch to cogged v-belts not smooth side v-belts and you won’t burn beats as fast on the grain system.
Can you put a double pulley on the auger and electric motor? If it doesn't you will burn two belts at same time 😢
I hope you prevail in your lawsuit. That bin is an integral piece of equipment on your farm and there is certainly no excuse for the shoddy workmanship that has cause so many problems and cost you additional time and money. Good luck.
Agreed. Document document document all the extra loss of money to include in the lawsuit!
As a driver of 30 years your brake valve is going bad that's why the brakes won't release
The bin site is like buying a new Ford F350 and only 1st gear works. We call that a lemon.
As far as Grade of Bolts, you want a bolt that’s softer than the shafts you’re connecting - it’s easier to replace bolts as they wear than it is to replace shafts. The softer metal gets the vast majority of the wear, so harder bolts will just wear your round holes into ovals.
Nooo a softer metal bolt will wear thin. Allowing the hole to oblongate due to the play between the hole and soft bolt.
Are you talking"shear bolts" or regular vs grade 8?
I know you guys are in the middle of a lawsuit. Once that’s over I’d check into upgrading the belts system(s) on your augers. Maybe 3 or 4 belt shives or cogged belts and pulleys?
Do NOT put grade 8 bolts as your shear pin!
Those are intended to be soft and a sacrificial bolt! @colethecornstar
The reason your belts keep burning off is due to pulley size ... small diam will ruin belts ..resiz, and pissible upsize the belt or additional belts - then you wont have anymore problems...
Sale the farm. Move out of the country. No reason to live in this country anymore
Red freightliner has a super 10 transmission. Luckily that transmission didn’t last too many years in the trucking industry.
I really hope that lawsuit includes damages such as grain management issues
Our pit augers have a heavy duty gear box for gear reduction. We still burn off belts but it’s usually because of grain leg problems, plugging. Your motor needs more torque. Will run a little slower but will not fail as much.
Those grade 5 bolts are probably a wear part or sacrificial part to save the screw
Secret is, don’t set the trailer brakes. Unless I was hooking from the trailer I never set my trailer brakes
Another good video Cole, thanks for sharing them with us
I absolutely love a super 10 transmission. Alot guys didnt but its my personal favorite
You talk way too fast sometimes. It's annoying
Cole, One of your best videos ! Sure be glad when you guys get the law suit settled and get what you paid for. Sad the kind of job they did, for all the effort you and family put into project. Good luck.
You are getting just as whinny as your dad. You are using both the pit and the holding bin. They are keeping up with your old dryer just fine. You are not helping yourself in your lawsuit one bit. Just stop the complaining.
Bin contractor right here^^^^^^^
@@CB.5 Negative. Just a farmer that would never do what these guys did.
My dad would have killed me if I didn't stop the combine immediately as soon as that much corn was coming out the back end. It was bad enough that he made my and my brothers memorize our tractors', combine's, and cotton pickers' manuals and specs, but he volunteered us to work at our local John Deere dealership's repair shop during our Christmas break and spring break. What he didn't count on was that our old machinery wasn't what we mostly worked on, but newer machinery instead.
Keep up the great work, and tell your parents that they did a great job raising their family. All of you should be very proud of yourselves.
Hey Cole, why don’t you put differently pulleys on the pit auger ie pulleys with more slots for belts that way there’s more belts taking the strain making it less likely to burn them
ding Ding. These guys are machinery clueless. Put auger back together without lock washers or cotter pins... of course it falls apart. Saved $1 but spending $1000's "fixing" continuously instead of addressing base problem.
@@w8stral yeah I know it’s sad to see, embarrassed for them too that they couldn’t figure out the problem with the combine either, just basic stuff
Those bolts go into the semi-annual maintenance and upkeep program. Self-locking/nylock nuts should be sufficient when tightened down.
Nylocks are garbage in vibration environment. NEVER use them. In non vibration use they are ok, still not great, but at least they work. Lock washers or cotter pinned only in vibration rotational environment. @@guzzimon61
You couldn’t tell there was two different sieves unbelievable!
That transmission is called a super 10 it splits every gear, if u get used to it it’s really easy to drive!
I feel for you all, dealing with shotty workmanship.
That bin site is 35.2% effective, and I am being generous.
A can of belt dressing goes a long way even if you use it 2 3 times a day
your problem burning belts is drive pulley is to small for the horsepower of your electric motor increase pulley size on both or use a shaft mounted gear box reducer
LOL adding a gear box will reduce auger output. SO that means longer unload time. The auger system is just plan outright to small for the system.
the goal is to keep the auger speed the same use a 15/1 reducer and bigger pulley on the engine and smaller pulley on the gearbox to get the same overall reduction it will take a little math to get the the right pulleys with a bigger drive pulley you should only need two belts
I really enjoy your videos because honest thoughts, ideas, struggles, victories and defeats. Your organized, motivated and working hard.