Wet Winter Wreaks Havoc on Feeding System! 

I can’t even imagine how tired you are at night. Stay safe.

That's Michigan for you. Don't like the weather, stick around it will change. Have seen it sunny and 50 at noon, and below freezing and a couple of inches of snow by dinner.

Kip, if you would run your unloader more level in the silo it would keep the walls clean..crowning the center pulls it away from the edge of the silo and causes the wall build up

Hi mr kip you have nice cows and calefs and bulls

Every year you get older the more you’re going to hate that feeding system. Hopefully the weather changes for the better.

It seems like bunk silo"s are the way to go. Upright silo"s are a young man"s thing. Feeding the milking cows may have to be redesigned. If a mixer wagon could unload onto the silo conveyor, with some alteration, that may, still be used.

Those silos seem to be a real pain for you ! I feel for you ! Stay safe climbing those things !!

wraped silage bales is working good all year

I TOTALLY ENJOYED WATCHING THE VIDEO KIP 😊

50 years ago they had a tool to hold the chain while you hammer the links apart because the old manure spreader s used that type chain for the apron chain

I Don't miss them cement silos, keep err going Kip, let's go!

Another very interesting video Thank you 😊😊😊

Pendal chain yes they make a wrench

The sooner you get rid of the silos the better... Seems you're the only who works on them. Not getting any younger😊❤. Good luck and God look after you and keep you safe.❤🙏

Another great video!

Every farm in America could use another 2 or 3 farm hands working at everything that never gets done.

I run 17 silos on 5. Farms and the only one that climb them the Last 40 years and still like them

Manure spreader stamped apron chain

Suggestion, build awning above stall fasteners out long enough to get water far enough out from building if possible. No need to reburm soil and have to remove to r&r stalls.

Back when I worked on the farm in the 70s and 80s, we called it roller chain.Stay safe, and God bless .

Hang in there buddy!!! The weather can test a guys mental health

Man those little cat front end loaders you clean barns and haul sand with are little work horses aren't they!

Great video Kip. Thanks!

OUR BACK BARN WOULD FLOOD BECAUSE THE WALL WOULD LEAK WATER THROUGH IT'S ALWAYS WAS A NIGHTMARE KIP SIEGLER. HOPE EVERYTHING IS GOING OK

Brrrrrrrrrr , I'm cold just watching you from my Southern Florida Home Office, phew !!! I'm from Michigan ( Frozen North ) while trying to cope with not going swimming because it's only 73F here .

They make a tool for taking those links apart, you probably have the same chains on your chopper boxs

I was so glad when I got Patz unloaders so that the silage wouldn't freeze on the walls.

It's not the wet weather thats the problem it's the extreme cold that is our problem with unloaders! That chain is a Flat chain!

My Dad taught us that tool is called a Banging thing. lol, Actually called a chain detacher, and they are only about $30 to buy the tool, Started using one when I was about 12 to take apart the chains on the old Big Dutchman poultry feeder chains. Little bit of maintenance to the wear items keeps them running!

Love your channel from farming to dairy content and I respect how hard you work keep up the good work and God bless

Looks like no.55 chain.

I just watched the 10th generation dairy video on utube . They are redoing there feeding systems. It might be worth watching. I saw it and thought of your operation.

My dad had one of those chain detacher tools.Used it on corn picker and bale elevator.Worked great!

I did the silos for thirty years when they work all goes well frozen feed is part of the process just takes more time with the upright silos very little waste always be safe working

There are problems with all systems for storing but I think silos are the most dangerous. When I was young and lived on a farm we had no silos. My dad always warned me to never go in one. Too many people die either repairing or just using them. They were all we knew for so many years and now we know how unsafe they are. I see you taking the lead and being in charge of those silos and I don’t see you teaching the next generation. It just goes to show your character and wisdom. Better they don’t know and then you can make plans for a less dangerous system. You are such a good man in all you do. Please be careful and get the farm moving toward a safer system. Love your channel from an old farm girl.

You have tim hortons down there? Thought that was a Canadian thing

Back in the seventies winters were a lot colder Remember chipping frozen corn silage on north and east side silo Cold weather for 4 to 6 weeks of cold Some spots up 6 inches got to a point unloader wouldn't go around in Ontario Canada near Lake Huron

Good job guys

I definitely wouldn’t want to be the one to replace all that chain when it needs to be replaced

Thanks for another great video Kip. It was most interesting. Wow. The wet moist weather is not helping you Kip. Do not know at your age how you keep up with it Kip. My compliments for how you keep it all going. The silo is a hard manual labor intensive item to keep going in this weather. Hang in there. Your long belt feeding system does not like the weather either. Getting the chain adjusted on the feeding belt takes time and labor also. The wet weather is not helping you Kip. You take care of yourself in this wet Weather also. The silo work is hard also where the unloading equipment has trouble getting it off the silo walls. You have it mastered but I worry about you the older you get. Take care of yourself. How did you come out on the number of cows that were pregnant or not pregnant??????? Got a lot of calves coming??????? Busy time for all of you. Winter weather doubled your work it seems. Hang in there all of you. Thinking of you. Been there done that myself many years ago. Not easy the older you get. Thanks for everything Kip. You all take care and be safe. Worry about all of you in this weather. The Iowa farm boy. Steve. 😊👋👍🙏🙏🇺🇸

just tap it in just tap it in he said, just tap-tap-tapperooo.....Happy Gilmore...lol

You ever using clean chute

My reason for installing ring drive silo unloaders! I really disliked the extra maintenance with ground drive unloaders.

God you don't wear a hat even in the winter time wow !!

Silo unloaders have been just as bad too.

you needed a hammer to take that chain apart......... its the healthiest ive seen of those lol..... they usually just fall apart on the farms I've worked at

Is there cement or gravel under the sand? Our old barn had cement under the stalls because it had been renovated into a freestall barn. Always full of water after a heavy rain. Gravel underneath lets the water drain away

Sometime using the right tools make all the difference in the world. Tractor Supply Sku 1159763 Countryline 2/3 ft Cast -Iron Steel roller chain detacher. $19.99 is to correct tool to use on thiis type of Chain. Hope that helps.

Been there did that

You need a sweap to feed your cow

Kip.. Do you and your brothers have any plans to expand the dairy in the future?

Shearing that bolt up in The silo makes me think to ask do you have a magnetic plate the silage runs over?

Did dad ever finish harvest?

Please tell me you shut off the power before working on that conveyor chain

should have a chain tool by now instead of channel locks with all that machinery, read your comments from people who have been there, done that and you might learn something.

You guys need to think seriously about getting a TMR mixer

Where I s your w d 40 😅

That type of chain is a pain in the buttocks to get apart and put back together especially if it’s on a manure spreader

Kip months from now you mit not want to says it's to wet like June july

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With all due respect, safety first. Running any machine is dangerous and possible disaster can follow by tripping. A loose shoelace or a herat attack can get one ate up by any machine with no one around to shut it down. Eaglegards...

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