Such a hardworking young business owner wish more people had his work ethic nothing but respect for him and people like him the country would be a better place if everyone had this attitude
The scrapers are doing a really nice job, makes your work a lot easier and less of a potential for accidents. The mold can be a real problem, I'm glad to see you've gotten under control. Thanks for sharing, take care and I hope all of your family have a great weekend.
Didn't see this mentioned, but that "grease block" with a group of zerks is GREAT! No more crawling around to get to all of them, or even a few of them. Been almost 50 years since I was on the farm and things have sure changed.....for the good!
Eric grab the filter with a 1 gal Ziploc bag. Once it's loose finish spinning the filter off in the plastic bag. You won't spill and if you do, just toss the bag...I did not see any chocolate milk containers in the trash either...chocolate milk is a great energy drink. Learned that from you.
These videos never get old. Style, length, humor, everything about it. Props to you. Keep up the good work. Your definitely gonna be a great next generation for your family farm. Much love from Quebec :)
You know what Eric, I was just thinking about it and I would have to say that you are hands down living the dream. You may not make millions, but I'd say that you are far wealthier than people that do (I realize this is a cliche to say, so I apologize. It just truthfully fits the situation so I used it) I obviously mean that in the sense that you've got such a loving family and you are able to be so close to them while working, your "job" which is something you love and enjoy so much, as well as you are able to work with your dad every day, and spend so much time with him. However, I'm sure that you both have moments where you don't want to be in the same room with each other, LOL. Anyway, the bottom line is that you are able to do something that so many of us, myself included, would absolutely love to be in some kind of similar circumstances. You're doing a darn good job sir, as well as your dad and your whole entire family. Thank you so much for sharing so much about your work day with us, as well as educating those outside of the agricultural community about how things actually work, in your case, on a family owned dairy farm. It's a beautiful thing! 🙏
I was a Vet Med student (CSU) for a while, but moved to electrical engineering after it was obvious it wasn’t for me. Shoot, you are doing so many tasks that a DVM would do that you might as well have the degree! Props to you and your pop Eric.
When changing oil on any engine, I hook a shop vac to the oil fill port, turn vacuum on, drop the oil plug from the pan, scoot catch pan(bucket) under drain then shut off the vacuum. No oil slopped hands. As for the filters, a nice sharp punch to the bottom and drain out to catch pan. Filter punch may be messy on tractors, works great on 7.3 powerstroke.
As for looking inward brother , don't change a thing, ! Your doing a great job and so many people admire you and your life and you are a good roll model for many young people, hey I'm one of them ! I'm I'm my 60s,, More time with the family always is a good thing to remember ! May Peace and well being be your path !
And with that another day done. Have similar tractors with interchangeable parts means you only have to remember one set of numbers and get 2 of everything you need....efficiency. There's nothing like a little family time on a wet day or just plain old catching up on a few zzzzzz looking at the inside of the eyelids
Your going to love that door opener, we have them on all of our machine shed doors. On the shop door we run an extension cord down to a wall outlet that we unplug when there is something underneath the door so it doesn’t accidentally get engaged. Keep the videos coming!
This was a great vid! Even tho I had an idea of what the teat dip was for I didn’t know for sure. My only question, what is ‘emollient’? I think you can honestly add the label of ‘cow phlebotomist’ to your humongo list of skills!!
Eric: I'm just loving these clean floors, look at that! Cow: Floor's too clean. Time to deposit. 0:52 When you look inward next time, I hope you'll find more milk and water bottles than the sugar drinks.
A little dry humour “ look inward at dietary choices” I think if you have a sedentary lifestyle and don’t move much the sugar in the soft drinks add up, but Eric is the Total exact opposite. He is always on the move. Some of the dairy protein drinks are not bad. Fairlife I think has good ones
Was great to hear that you got to spend a bit extra time with your family Eric which is difficult for farmers. Make the most of these moments as I lost my wife at a young age and always regretted not spending enough time with my wife & son! Great video as always thanks.
They make alot for sure. I think he said in his new barn the pit holds 1 million gallons and he cleans it out 2 times a year. That is only a small portion of the manure on the farm. Free fertilizer. :)
Eric, loved the update on the new robots. Looking forward to the day you have all you need to keep all the "allies" clean. It makes the area much neater and I really believe the cows appreciate it! I have gone back and watched all of your videos and you, the videos and the farm have all come a long way! Thank you!
Was working with a mad man of a contractor one year doing grass silage. Came back to his yard one evening after finishing for the day and he was underneath a 7810 John deere with a hammer and chisel trying to open the stump stud. Half of the head was missing... couldn't open it with a wrench so he went straight for the chisel and hammer. Ended up having to weld a bar on to the stud to open it.
Thank you Eric for the great video's. Always look forward to watching your videos. Glad the robots are working out for you!!! With all your hard work makes happy to see the robots working good for you. You and your family do such a great job with your animals and farm. Glad to see you could go in and enjoy some family time!! God bless all our nation's farmers and dairy farmers!!!! Great job and keep up the great work. Thank you Bud and Deb from western Pennsylvania ❤️
That's hilarious! "It's always a good time to look inward and consider my diet and choices I'm making" as you stare into the garbage can. I'm still laughing!
On our farm we spray all of our used oil in a fine mist on our dirt roads and driveways, we never have dust, makes a great base....Six miles of dirt roads.
Electric door will be a Life saver in the winter and spring especially when its snowing or raining.. Now you need a robotic rototiller for the new building to go from pen to pen and go under the gates. So you don't have to move cows when you use the tractor to rototill
Thank you Eric, for another great video. I sure do appreciate the time and effort you put in to bring your activities to us. It's almost like being there beside you as you work. You are certainly a great role model for young farmers everywhere.
Eric, your video are awesome. Great job on filming and editing them. Thank you for all of your hard work. Very glad the robots are working good. Floors looks great. thank you. by the way , how is your family
I saw a random video in my feed of a dairy that had a robotic "dipper". Really just a sprayer that the cows walked over. Had a laser that made sure that it was "dipping" in the right place. Once the cows got to the milking station they just wiped them off and milked. They had over 5,000 cows so maybe they aren't as concerned about every cow being as healthy as possible?
A little trick to stop getting the oil from the filter all over the place is the punch a small hole in the side of It with a nail and collect that with a small cup then take the filter off.
As a dairy farmer i ask Eric questions regularly about things of interest to other dairy farmers, he’s never replied to one of my comments yet likes all the comment giving him praise yet not actually willing to engage in conversation about what he says he so passionate about
I can't say enough good about your videos. You have more knowledge that some people with several degrees. You just go about your work steadily and confidently...then you record it all for us to enjoy. Thanks for sharing about family. About time for another Q & A..maybe when you reach 300K subscribers! God's peace be with you all.
