Mike, thank you for saying the date. Your north farm is looking good. I know it is not finished yet. I enjoy that you take the time to show us your farm. Stay safe, my friend. Happy harvest.
For some reason I thoroughly enjoy watching farmers spend money, probably because they are so darned good at it. Always in full tilt progress mode making the world turn. Thanks for all the vids Mike! From an old S. East Iowa farm boy.
Glad to see the new is coming along . Slowly get it set up the way you want it. Can't wait to see what it looks like in five years. Keep up the great work and thank you for being a farmer.
Be careful turning fans on false floor , with no grain , we unfortunately blew the floor up and did not notice till we unloaded it, what a mess. Enjoy your channel
Man , watching your 3 points of contact climb??? We need you for future videos, please be careful!!! It only takes one miss, then we be missing you. Take care, thank you for sharing
It's always best practice to turn the main breaker off before idling down or shutting a generator off. You can burn the generator or motors out otherwise since the voltage drops as it slows down, and so any loads are getting under voltage now.
165kva, wow that's a lot of power. Makes sense that its cheaper to build a power line in the long run. Also nice that the Generator blows hot air directly at the fuel tank lol. Preheated fuel. Also if there is no load Amperes should be at 0, so not necessarily broken
@@johnwarwick4105 IDK. Generators usually push the air outside to get cool air inside the container, but if thats just a converted truck/Tractor engine it may actually be the other way round
I was told to never run the fans with empty bins. The cheaper air floor support can be blown over when there is no grain weight on them. Is it true? I don’t know.
Too bad it wasn’t a Cummins Generator.. that is what my nephew does in the Army, he does maintenance for the Generators, he was a Tank driver before that and then it was getting more and more toxic at work so he switched and now it’s getting toxic there too, he’s looking for a Private Sector job, but he would probably know how to fix yours if it ever went down, he lives in Wainwright.. so just across if you ever have issues I can give you his number 👍🏻
It looks like the intercooler is the outermost in the rad stack so it could be a hole in that and a turbo seal or a crankcase vent (if that’s routed back into the intake on this unit) letting a bit of oil into the intercooler then leaking out
@@jamesmccabe1702 Depends on the engine and the JD 6,8 *can* leak oil through the head gasket although I've been told it's not super common. What is common however is the head gasket going bad, the John Deere 6,8 litre engine is *notorious* for head gasket failures to the point where other manufacturers using it in their machinery often replaces the JD gasket/head bolts with their own.
Nice looking generator I was wondering did you consider a C H P unit ( combined heat and power ) as you need heat and you only need gas or diesel Great video keep up the good work
it is far better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it and in the times we are in right now makes for the planning the way you have done here
You guys don’t own a ditch witch? Colour me surprised, you own everything else 😂 you should of set it up with a drive through and a false pit since you have all super-B’s just put a Cement driveway with 2 pads with a lower middle track to slide out the Auger loading section with ramps (or grate) to drive across since it only needs to be slightly lower than the actual driveway so the trucks can just drive over, unload, have the product go into a temporary holding Bin with legs going up to the Main Bins. Perhaps a Scale if you want to get fancy, kinda like how they did it at Saskdutchkids place, it’s kinda setup like there’s a pit there, but just the loading section of the Auger slides into place when the Super-B is on the Pad. It’s a nice setup for not having an actual in ground pit.
I almost unsubscribe when you banged on them walls, I was sitting in my living room watching you on the big Roku TV with the surroundsound going and the dogs started freaking out because they thought somebody was at the door or something it was actually pretty funny.
@@jamesmccabe1702 Your "Duhhhhhh" response is interesting. 3 Phase power is great to have when high demand is required like for high HP motors on bins & grain dryers however if the closest 3 Phase Sask Power Line is a considerable distance from the bin site then possibly the initial capital investment is too step a price to pay for the potential benefits. Am I missing something ??? I have worked for years using equipment that required 3 phase power and in large operations the savings were significant in the long run subject to the type of equipment used. Certainly there are work arounds by using single phase to 3 phase convertors however each option has its pros & cons. Kind of curious why you thought my question was "Out In Left Field" in the first place. My current yard site has a 3 Phase Overhead Line running nearby so the cost to obtain "Pure 3 Phase Power" was indeed expensive but nothing compared to the cost of new farm machinery.
@@freebooter247 Your "Duhhhhhh" response is interesting. 3 Phase power is great to have when high demand is required like for high HP motors on bins & grain dryers however if the closest 3 Phase Sask Power Line is a considerable distance from the bin site then possibly the initial capital investment is too step a price to pay for the potential benefits. Am I missing something ??? I have worked for years using equipment that required 3 phase power and in large operations the savings were significant in the long run subject to the type of equipment used. Certainly there are work arounds by using single phase to 3 phase convertors however each option has its pros & cons. Kind of curious why you thought my question was "Out In Left Field" in the first place. My current yard site has a 3 Phase Overhead Line running nearby so the cost to obtain "Pure 3 Phase Power" was indeed expensive but nothing compared to the cost of new farm machinery.
@@freebooter247 True 3 Phase Power from the local "Power Provider" certainly is great to have but there are grain dryers & bin fans on the market that can work with either other voltage or with converters. This whole "SHIT SHOW" of throwing out insults came about with a simple question as to was Mike going to use True 3 phase or a work around to save on capital investment. Until Mike actually responds as to what means of power supply is available and affordable being a "Smart Ass" and tossing out insults is counter productive to the original questioned asked.
Cummins Makes the Best Generators IMHO, it’s what the Army and the Oilfield use because downtime can cost A LOT of Money and neither want to have any if possible.
@Jason It's on a ship that is build in late 2006 and soon after installation they stopped making this model. We also have a other John Deere of same age. Now at 22000 hours and that was a new type of engine and is still produced today. Never had any repair, not even a waterpump. Just oil and filters every 500 hours. The replacement for the old John Deere is a JCB. We will see how long this engine runs.
Those two smaller analog gauges might not work anymore because of the Murphy Gauge/Display that is on the panel. It isn’t square on the panel so it was probably added later and with that you can scroll through the display and view different gauges as well as hours.
