Combining Corn (The BIG Debate!) 

Best farming show of all, Glad you doing longer video

If there’s one thing I’ve learned about Sydney, he knows what he’s talking about. And I think he would not talk if he did not know.

Beautiful Rhonda and family working hard. Bless you all. Thank you for farming. Have a good day.

Happy Wife, Happy Life.

Hi Kevin, I am an Overhead Door technician for over 15 years. You definitely need a spring conversion with high lift drums on each end for your cables to run properly on. If you don’t you run the risk of your door being too hot opening and too heavy closing. Wear out your operator without the proper kit or you’ll cause your door to come out the back of your top tracks if you don’t have pusher springs or stops installed at the back at the top track. I would never give you misguided information. I cannot stress enough. You need the proper springs and drums , also you need to make sure you wrap the proper amount of cable on your drum before you start winding all your stored in your spring. If you can give me the measurement from centreline of head shaft to floor, I can do the calculation of how much cable you need wrapped around the drum. From bottom bracket to notch on drum

Thanks Ronda, I'm with Kevin, lets try to use what We have !

Door solution Ethan is right on the math, but you could use a counter weight to lighten the weight, cable pulleys and counter weight.

Always a pleasure to hear Rhonda's soothing voice... That nearly constant smile on Kevin's face is very uplifting !

Hi I been married 46 years and I just do what my wife tells me is what goes. 😊

Great to see you and your family working together on your farm .thanks for sharing your stories with us.Looking forward to seeing you in your next adventure.God bless you all 🙏🏻✝️❤️😀🤗

Morning family, hope everyone is good and everything is going good 😊

Thank you, Ronda! I’m very happy for all of you for building a nice shop. You definitely all deserve it

Imagine a mouse catching a ride. They can certainly be a nuisance. We caught a number in our daughter's house in Calgary. . . . like close to 80 over a few months. They got into the house from the garage.

Glad to hear your having a great harvest. Look at the bright side.. at least your not mudding out harvest like in past times. Have a great and safe happy harvest. Great video

Always love seeing y’all working and sweating, lol. The beginning with cows playing “I Spy” was hilarious. I’m still laughing. Made my day a better day, Thanks!

You learn a lot more when you do something 2 or three times. 😉😂😂 That's my life story.

I got faith in Kevin. If he thinks he's got away let him try. if it don't work he will figure it out. Thanks to everyone and the editor for sharing with us

The tapered part of the drums is to allow for the vertical weight of the door. Once the door starts travelling into the top tracks, that’s when the cable starts running on the non-tapered part of the drum.

Those drone shots were really cool. Something satisfying about the geometry of the rows being mown down so neatly.

Best part was the discussion about the the garage door springs. Found it funny and just had to laugh.

Another great video - really liked the air video. Talking about how things work on a farm is the best. Seems like a funnel would help in unloading the corn, one that could be removed.

The barn would be would be ideal for music events

To Kevin the kids all friends and family, All church members, and everyone who watches this channel I mean no disrespect nothing naughty when I say this woman is so beautiful makes my heart skip a beat. ❤ to Rhonda!

Rhonda your beautiful, love your family and videos. One of my favorite channels.

Shop will be very nice.

Very interesting video, Rhonda !! Thank you for sharing !! Daddy & Son discussion, I love that !! I had many of those with my Dad , when " I had hair and Lassie was a pup " !!! Lol!!! My precious Dad was right !!!! You all be careful and God bless !!!! Eddy

I'm like dad, if I think it will work I have to try it to show me I'm wrong. 😂😂

As someone that has owned a hundred of those heaters on our poultry fan. Good luck with those heaters

God Bless from your Canadian Friend.

Great informative video with nice drone footage from 27:35 - 28:25

Another very interesting video Thank you 😊 🙏 😊😊😊😊

Around the 8:47-8:52 mark, it looked like a mouse was running back-and-forth on the top of the heater. But it turned out to be the very top of Sidney's head as he was walking back and forth behind the heater. Be careful with the overhead door springs and cable. I have seen springs and cables bust, and it can create a lot of damage, not to mention injury or death if a person is too close to the action.

Great music while flying your drone Rhonda 😊

This is what i got from the great door spring debate. The best part was everyone expressing and being able to express their own opinion. I would have sided with Kevin. See and try what may work with what you have and do not waste money when you have the time. If it does not work spend the money and do it right :). After seeing the comment by the door tech with 15 yrs experience I would have gone with that. You really need experience to work on doors. It is easy to get hurt if not extra carful. Looking forward to the next video showing the solution. Oh and Ronda, your videos are never boring and adding the danger aspect is just icing on the cake. Thanks

Great vid!

I really enjoy your videos

Good job Rhonda 😊

HI FROM NORWAY NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN YOU LOOK CUTE WITH GLASSES

Another great video!! Awesome Drone footage!

3rd time is always the charm!

Love Michigan! Was just there this past summer! Family reunion and my best buddy from college near Lansing! I agree I like to do things right the 1st. But sometimes it’s more important to get it done fast and then when there’s more time get it done right. Of course there’s never enough time so sometimes you get stuck with a permanent quick fix. It’s frustrating for sure. Good luck! And God bless AOClay!❤

Sorry Kevin as I have gone on I have learned to listen to my sons I used to be the same way but my boys usually know what they are talking about.

Great video good to see y'all

Kevin. I am like you, trial and error. You learn by your mistakes but in your case I think that you always luck out and everything you do comes out perfectly 😊

Great video what lovely corn you harvested

I had to chuckle when Ethan grabbed a handful of corn to snack on when he was unloading the combine. We've had 4 days of frost this week, with the first day getting down to 29. Will you be over wintering any root vegetables in the garden? I'm making a beef variation of your chicken noodle casserole today. My holiday baking is 3/4 of the way done, so I'll be slowing down a bit now. Blessings to the family, stay safe

I loved this video Rhonda, I learned that Michigan is shaped like a hand ✋️! I'm 73 years and I'm kinda embarrassed that I didn't know that! I'm from Washington state and I'm not much educated about the eastern part of the US! Thanks for lesson, and I just want to say I love your videos and I can't wait for the next one!

Love the Dish Cloths. We bought several on Etsy and they are Very Durable and they Don’t Hold the Smells of typical dish cloths. Would Highly Recommend. 👍🙏

thank you for always bringing inspiration and energy to everyone, i love your farm

RU-vid is your best friend for tasks you are not familiar with. Learn from the mistakes of others. Great work with the drone!!

thoroughly love the program. so much like a wonderful family to live next to. looking forward to the next one.

Ronda. I never knew you wore glasses you are so cute with them but you have always been cute in my opinion ❤😊

Good job! Re purposing stuff, good job!

I have said before good job on the done footage

A best system with a great family

Ceiling Fans are a Great Investment and can be used in Most Rooms. We Run four (4) fans year round. Buy the Best you can Afford and it will last longer. 🤔👍

3rd time is a charm. 😅

LB White good heater!

Lb whites are good heater we use them in are hog confinement’s easy to work on

Some times it takes 2-3 times to get it Exactly Right. If you do a particular job for a Living, then you know what to do. On a Farm, there are Many different Jobs🤔👍

Wow you guys actually argue on that farm 😅. Im curious to see whos right about the doors.

Thanks for sharing this, very interesting. God Bless your family.❤🙏🙏

Be sure & video the shop door installation, will be interesting. Thanks

Good evening Ronda

These machines make farming look effortless.

LB White are great heaters. We had 1 in the milk room and a bigger one in the parlor. Summer we would close off the gas and use it as fan in parlor.

Blessed Family!!!!!!!!!!!

I hope you know how blessed you are to raise your kids on a farm. I wish more kids had that are something like that to teach them hard work. I know what it did for me in my life.

The door sring you have now works on the fact that it is requiring less pound lift as the door goes onto the top rails, the rails lighten the required lift loed factored into the spring and number of winds. Takes alot of spring to go straight up 8 feet or so before turning. Thank for the time and fun and keep on pushing forward 💪!!

What a blessing to have good yields. Thank you Jesus. May God bless you guys. Who's way will prevail in the end???? TBD. On garage door

Any plumbing project requires three trips to Lowes at a minimum. !

Use the big swing on the little door and buy new springs for the big door.

Mills do pretty good on their shrinkage as well

Kevin please listen to Sydney and the comments about the spring conversion. SAFETY FIRST!!!! Ronda 2 years ago I a a tomato plant grow out of my mulch pile to 10 foot square. The last 2 years I have had cantaloupe do the same with an abundant harvest. I do put the table/kitchen scraps in the pile.

Bravo Rhonda Kevin and Sidney always great viewing blessings 🙏🏻

I have so many projects i want so it first

Great video guys . If at first you don't succeed...get it right the second time 😊

Great video, Rhonda! You have to love the look on "the lawnmower" when she knew she was busted, and then sauntering off like she hadn't been seen. Kevin would do well to pay attention to suggestions, especially when Sidney had researched the project. Dad isn't always right, and the kids aren't always wrong. It would be prudent for Kevin to step back on this one, and if it works it saves a redo. If it doesn't work, (I think it will) it's really not any different from other projects that have been redone.

Those garage doors made for some intense moments of fellowship.

I had two LB White heaters in my farrowing barn. They are very good heaters.

Awesome video. Kevin, I think your son is correct about needing a different spring for the overhead door. It makes perfect sense to me. But my question is about the music that was playing when the combine was in action. What was the name of the song and who was it made by?? It was very relaxing and very nice to listen to. I went back to that part of the video about 5 times. In fact when I am done sending this to y'all I will listen to it again! Thanks for your time and stay safe always!

Thanks for all your excellent videos.God bless

I would try it on the garage door springs, like Kevin said. Like him I have tried a lot of projects that may not always work, but hey if you can save some money then why not? Those stacks of chips look nice, wish I had some of those piles. Love the aerial views, enjoyed watching the corn harvest from that view. Good explanation on the corn drier and process. Thanks, I hope you all have a good week!

Good video as always!! Kevin and Rhonda, I wish you would’ve said how many bushels per acre acre. When the shop is open, you got a have a shop party your friend from Virginia.😊

Daughter (6yrs) came in the living room when the corn was on: popcorn daddy! Popcorn! Ran to the kitchen and came back with the "designated" popcorn pan and the bowl. "Guess somebody should've eaten her veggies" mama said to her... Daughter: head shaken no so much she got dizzy. 😅😅😅😅

Your building a nice shop. You have the money spent on the concrete, take some time and trowel it smooth.

Had a good laugh at the start with the curious cows, then topped it off with the one showing her head into the mulch pile 😆 I know nothing about that type of doors, but I hope you will keep us informed who was right in the end about them 🤪

Love the video guys thanks for keeping it real much love and respect thanks for sharing ❤

You could add cables on each side of the door with counter weights to offset the added weight of the door.

Have y'all considered making the doors swing outward,which gives you the opening and if modified can be used as awning/covering once opened out with legs that lock in place. Repelling snow and rain may come in handy and if some type of equipment juts out,you have it covered. Dual purpose doors ( Tarps attached as needed for closure). TOTB (Thinking outside the box). In southern Louisiana,the citizens call ourselves "Cajuns"- short for Canadian Acadians. We have a tendency to Cajunize projects to fit our needs . Oh,by the way,what ever is the length of door opened out & up gives you some extra length for projects,also comes in hand during the summer for shade purposes. What ever you do with those doors is a win - win in my book. Doyle * Study my suggestion if it will benefit you,if not that's ok too. Sometimes when you do something way different than the norm, you have created a new method/purpose. PS, that blows peoples minds, I didn't know you could do that. HERE IT IS ! God didn't just give us a head/brain just to hang a hat on it !

This time I am going with Sydney. I can’t stand to have to take something apart after I have researched a project only to find out it doesn’t work. Be Blessed. 💖💖🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Definitely need ceiling fans. No sense being 120° up there when you need the heat below. Learned that when I remodeled a building into a shop.

Green Acres of Clay, my money is with Sidney with the door springs. I'm really liking the longer episodes. I'm in a good mood, The Lions are a formable pride. I like the glasses, there almost criminal. God Bless Acres of Class...

I'm in Grand Haven for work. Originally from TX.

Great family and hard workers

That was a lot of good information!👍

I wonder if you feed cows wood chips you’d get 2x4 out the other end ?😮

At least they weren't rats

👋😊

Sure don't see many gravity wagons in use anymore. Brings back memories from the sixties and seventies.