I don't think non farmers including myself realize just how much work it takes to run a dairy farm. Thank you for feeding us. Also glad you didn't break any walls this time...
Nothing worse than poop all plugged up! Glad you figured it out and that the pump is fine. Will be nice for spring weather to fully pump out to the lagoon.
Don't know if you noticed but shortly after removing the pump a huge straw ball fell away from the impeller. That was likely the blockage causing the problem.
I worked at a AF Base as a career and we stripped the Air Craft and when the jet was done stripping, we used a pneumatic vacuum to pick up the solids. Suggestion that you guys could possibly purchase a vacuum like that and just pick up the solids and say once a year go down into the area and vacuum the solids out
I was just thankful I wasn't the one swinging that sledge hammer upwards like that. I don't think there's any muscle you can work out to make that task easy lol
Jan, just a suggestion: Set up your camera to record a cow or cows using the brushes for a few minutes. What may seem redundant and mundane to you could be very interesting and amusing to your viewers.
Good video as always ! Maybe a water pipe on the side of the pump that you open a minute or two once a week that would spray directly under the pump to make sure there is always a liquid pit under the pump ?
Hey Jan At work we have septic lift stations Every couple of years we have to use a hydrovac truck and long wand with a spinner end on the onboard pressure washer to clean up the solids That benefits are clean lift stations and you can do it from surface without entering the tanks
Great video Jan! Was it a new record time for getting the afternoon milking done? Great to see you all working through the pump problem. Enjoyed the video. Well done!
Hey there Kid, I hope you're all well and good! When you said you were going to turn the pooh pump on, while it was disconnected, I thought, what could possibly go wrong, but it wasn't to bad, like they say, "it's a crappy job, but somebody's gotta do it" I noticed that when your strawpack is cleaned out, you go right back with fresh straw, have you ever thought about spreading Barn Lime out on the floor before putting the new straw down, which would help control the ammonia thats produced from the cows waste, which can cause respiratory problems for them, as well as some other undesirable issues. I hope y'all have a good one, and that you'll get some Spring weather before long. "Nothing Runs Like A Deere" 🦌👍🇺🇸
@John Wayne What did you edit in your comment? I would hate to read your comment if it sounded even more unejumecated than it does "after you edited" lol
How do you deal with mastitis? I don't think I have seen any cows with dried off quarter in milking videos - do you dispose them if one of the quarters isn't salvageable?
Hello everyone, my name is Jeff, I'm a milker from east central Pennsylvania... I'm new to this channel! I've been watching these videos for about a week and enjoying it!!!
i wish the cows had to walk through a foot bath every time they walked to the milking parlor, there hooves are always caked with shit that looks so bad to me! just what I have noticed several times but I hope you understand its friendly constructive criticism! your Dairy is by far my favorite !
You can see these folks are at the top of diligent diary farmers for cleanliness and care of their animals. To me as a consumer: This means a LOT to me!! And I don't mind payng ~$5.26 Cdn for 4 litres of milk at the store.
Jan when you said several months ago as the build started that you were going to Scape the dung from the calves/dry cows into the channel at the end I did comment not a good idea because of the straw going down. That's not the end of your problem, it will happen again at some point,- I've had sand cubicles with a stirrer n pump to a separator and they don't like forgien objects like straw, stones, plastic off silage clamps if idiots scrape any stray bits down the slats. And it's always a sat or sun if the pump blocks lol
isn't it shredding blades on the pump wheel anyway for straw and debris, Jaan? Otherwise it good if you have the opportunity to press water backwards thru it (best is with a fire-pump if you have one). Rinses well! :)
Hey Jon how much do one of those pieces of equipment you put the bail of hay in and it shoots out I watch another guy in their birthing barn they change it out pretty quick because of birth and stuff just wondering if that would help
Sure you can spread that on the snow we have done it for years! Heats up the ground and absorbs the nitrogen with a tiny bit of run off to the rest of the field
@12:55. Can you add a 2" pipe off the top with an auto time switch that will send fluid down to the stir pit bottom. Or place a Propeller down to stir bottom the and get bottom stuff out by the pump?
Greetings from Florida, Jan! On a farm/ranch there is always something going awry at the wrong or inappropriate times, eh! As always...great vblog! Truly enjoy watching your efforts on the farm. Thanks much!
I have no idea what kinda camera you have over there in Canada , but if you can see me watching you it must be seriously state of the art ! Sometimes English is not the most precise language . Do you speak French much in your daily life?
You might want to consider installing a second pump which will use some of the liquid in the pit to blast all the solids at the bottom in order to keep the solids from settling - especially from around the main pump.
Hey guys, any tip on flies how can I get rid of flies, causing a lot of troubles to animals. Any significant medicines / spray with long lasting result? Thanks
"Little man so spic and span, where were you when the crap hit the fan?" . . . that is what I was thinking when you bumped the pump to see if it was working. WOW ! 🤔
Oh I was going to tell you to I watch another farm that just got used robots to clean the floors they scrap it into the slotted floors and put water down cool
