Incredible. I remember back in the 70s every once in a while we'd all go to my grandparents farm and stay. As kids this was a big adventure and we'd get up to pretty wild stuff. One of our games we'd play was to climb up onto the silo bin (It was a pretty tall climb) then one day my cousin Anse opened the bin which was full and dives straight in. My sister Becca and cousin Jasper jumped in also and lay about making snow angles ect we were all in there. I can still remember the dust and every time I blew my my nose for days it was brown. More dangerous yet was that same full silo became our retreat to hide, smoke cigarettes and drink grandpa's beer. Good God how we didn't get killed is beyond me.

Farmers have to know so much about everything from electricity to plumbing to operating heavy machinery. I respect the effort it takes to keep at it.

Great video I'm glade you told about the hazards of going into one. For the younger farmers

Thanks for posting this video and kudos to your safety advice. As a volunteer firefighter, we practice grain rescue once a year and hope to NEVER need to use it in real life. Keep the videos coming and always look forward to the next one!

Thanks for letting the members watch you edit this video, Ryan. Start to finish, it was quite the process. As for Travis, "Oh, the places you'll go and the things you'll do." Thanks for this and ALL your work to educate people about farming.

@MatthewHoag77

5 жыл бұрын

@@justwar76 I am a pharmacist; your comment was unnecessary. I am happy to let farmers farm.

Great video! There sure is a lot more to farming than just driving tractors. Thanks for being safe.This city guy appreciates what you all do.

I have never had to climb into a harvestor silo but i have been in the old concrete ones. We did corn silage and one of our silos did not have an auto unloader... I was that unloader. wasnt bad until the silage would freeze to the outside walls in the winter months. got kinda scary when they silage was a foot thick up 6 feet on the walls and you were diggin out the center that wasnt froze. Glad you are all safe. thanks for the video

@karlbrohammer9105

5 жыл бұрын

Always had to keep picking at the silage stuck to the concrete wall, threw chunks down the chute to thaw in the feed room. Scary work either from top or inside the Harvestore, Grain bins are bad news also. Cheers!

@MrDaChicken

5 жыл бұрын

Indeed, that was never a fun job. We tried real hard to keep the frozen exterior even with the feed layer so the the degree of suck per day was slightly less.

@OldTimerDave

5 жыл бұрын

yes we always tried as well but those cold Northern Wisconsin winter always caught up to us

I worked mining, forestry, construction, and trucking as a heavy equipment mechanic. It's so interesting to see the farming side and safety concerns. Glad to be retired and on the sidelines now but this window into your world is fascinating.

Very cool to see how you work! Great cinematography and editing!

Millerville, Minnesota RIP : ( 😢💔 Dec 2019

Great video. I found your channel how trying to figure out how a silo actually worked, and I'm still here.

@CatandMouse4

3 жыл бұрын

this is exactly why i’m here

I love your videos. I worked on a farm a long time ago. One of the scariest things was the silage blower, run by our John Deere Model A with a 20 foot long 8" wide belt. One of my jobs was shoveling 16" of silage twice a day from up in the silo for our 96 milk cows. None of our tractors was covered, you have it so easy. I think I have watched all of your videos and have enjoyed all of them. Keep them coming please.

From experience I hate harvester silos, nothing but respect for you gentlemen, evey single one I've ever been in, same problem always hanging up and someone (me) climbing into it to cleaning it out. God speed and God bless, because one false move and it turns into a bad day real quick.

So glad i found you folks it takes me back home to a fonder time when life was good

Love this video. Always nice to see the ways to keep safe, and how "farming channels" so to speak show the ups and downs and ins and outs of farming, and the safety that comes along with it!

I've worked at the same grain elevator since i was 19 and I'm 43 now. I've seen a lot of mishaps in my years. ✌God bless stay safe🚜🇺🇸🚜

Having worked up high quite a bit, make yourself a lanyard for that wrench, through the hole in the bottom, then run your hand through the lanyard loop and then hold it with your hand. 1. If it drops you don't accidentally kill someone, 2. You don't have to go back down to get it. Thanks for the video bud. Here's hoping for warmer (not hot) weather.

@dav1099

5 жыл бұрын

we always left a wrench tied up at the top, couldn't fall, or be forgotten. thanks for posting

@nzcyclone

5 жыл бұрын

as a qualified rigger,,, yeah everything on cords that cord either attached to your belt or around your wrist. That way nothing can fall further than its cord. It does not take height, It does not take size to kill someone. The right impact angel is all it takes and if speed is enough then even that does not matter. A small nail dropped is more than enough to seriously hurt someone.... when your feet are off the ground.... does not matter if 10 feet up or 200 feet up treat it the same

@l337pwnage

3 жыл бұрын

@@dav1099 Hopefully you didn't use some kind of fiber lanyard affected by UV or rot.

Great video Ron glad to see you and Travis got that fixed all right without any major issues that is awful dangerous be safe

Thanks for sharing! Glad everyone stayed safe!!

Good job men I am always a little anxious having to work in the silo or around our bins great job safe job 👍

The common sense of farming, being safe, and have communication to prevent accidental death. Applause to Travis on team work.

Glad it went smooth and safe for you guys

Thank you for an excellent video on the dangers of working in a silo. I have been in plenty of grain bins but never a silo.

Great video. Excellent explanation of the dangers of a silo and how to be safe when working around and inside one. Grain bins have some different safety issues hope you do not have to deal with them. If you do I am sure you will cover it with another excellent video. Many Thanks.

an atmosphere air monitor is priceless in that situation. it would be a good investment

Thanks for the lesson, Ryan!

Great video. Glad to see everything went well and up and working again. U can never be over safe in a silo u are so rite so many things could happen. Great way to explain to viewers that would have no idea just what could go wrong very fast. Thanks Ryan

Great video Ryan👌🏽

If there is any out there thinks that was easy,think again!Also when they say farming is stressful,there was a very stressful job.I sweated just watching it.Thankfully it went well. Outstanding video!!Thanks

Travis, and Ryan great video and teaching how to be safe.

This video is also a good refresher for us younger ones too! Good video

This is really cool watching the final edit. That was a great idea Ryan for HFW members, thanks!

Was great to see the three of you together.

Great video for people that don’t know the dangers in a silo , I know all to well about stave silos and harvestores , we had staves first then harvestores now

Excellent video! I remember all the dangers of filling silo. An hearing the deaths.

Great advice on safety in silo handling, I did confined space course n definitely recommend it, it made me think twice how operate in silo.

Great video! But I had cold chills when he was in the silo. Glad everyone is safe.

Glad to see you made the repair safely 👍

Yes we had that issue a couple years ago here and its not fun having to fix the sweep when u still got corn in silo but u got job done and hopefully u never have to be in silo again fixing things till it's empty

Nice job boys 👍🏼 Always remember safety first 🔨 Noticed it was very windy 🌬

Awesome video 👍🏻👍🏻

This is great to see, I hate going up heights so even bigger props to you

Great information! Thank y’all!!

Job well done and everyone got out safely!!

Looks like a sloppy mess down there 💧🌧. Enjoyed the video.

This was a amazing video Ryan and I love your videos

Awesome video, learned a lot.

Cool video. Very informative for us non farmers.

Great vid guys thanks..

Pretty tense, glad it all worked out

Great video. Very informative.

Farming is one of THE Most Dangerous jobs there is. Thanks for this video!

I have been waiting for this video. Knowing you had to get the Corn down to a safe level, this video showed the completed operation to fix the problem. Very informative to a non silo usage person, aka city slicker. Although, 20 years working as a County Deputy, I never had a call of a silo injury or death. In the city, near the railroads is many storage silos. There have been some dust issues or fire in the handlers, but no failure of the silos structure. Concrete and Steel construction (Con-Agra)

@Blazer02LS

5 жыл бұрын

Great to hear you never got that call. Unfortunately I have been on two recovery calls. One in a harvestore one in a concrete. Plus fires and smoldering calls. You need to watch them close after a barn fire as the heat will start them cooking inside.

Good information, be safe Travis

Ryan glad to see the silo ladder on that one is caged much safer. I used to climb up and down one like that 100 ft 4 to 6 times a day for a few years.

thats definetly my fav video from you ryan :)

Good video love your channel been here for a while

Thank you for let know when you start planning!🤠😍

Keep up those great videos Ryan! However, be careful and safe up there! #HowFarmsWorkRules!! :)

Glad everything went safely. This kind of thing scares me from a couple of bad experiences that happened even when doing what you talked about as far as safety goes. I mentioned this on Travis' video last night.

Ryan, that looks like a cold 🥶 place to be on top of that silo. Thanks for featuring the safety precautions. I knew a guy years ago who had to stay attached to an oxygen generator because of cleaning a silo and destroying his lungs. He didn’t last much longer. Take care, my friend.

A SCBA is the exact same thing Firefighters wear going into a burning buildings.

@donmcmannamy3409

3 жыл бұрын

The only thing a SCBA system has in common with Scott pack is the air tank and the regulator, a scot packs systems tank and regulator is inverted and it uses a full face mask not a mouth peace

Thanks for the great video

Hello from Alberta, great video!

Good video 👍

Good job guys👍👍

There's nothing better for storing high moisture corn. That said, one of the best days of my life was the day the Amish guys took mine down and put it up at their place. I hated being on top of it and I hated being in it. The stave silos never bothered me but there was just something about that Harvestore I did not trust. I do miss the US flag on the side of it though. Nice video showing true respect for the danger. Best regards from Indiana.

I am glad you thinking about safety

when I was younger on the farm , like 35 yrs ago we had the old cement tall silos 4 of them suckers with the foilage remover on top of pile moving around in a circle as it threw out the stuff.

This was a very good video.

Love farmin and ur channel

What a beautiful view >>>

Nice video be safe

Good job!

Good afternoon everybody happy Sunday

Very good job! What a pain in the butt! Why is it that such mundane jobs always have a catch.

Hi guys, great video once again, quick question, is the grey colour on the corn because it has gone mouldy and causing it not to run down nice for ya??

I work at a grain elevator. We don't go in bins if we don't have to. If we do have to climb in we need a full harness, life line, 2 other people, and an air quality monitor.

nice video. Is it not an option to empty it with a vacuumcleaner is you understand what I mean?

How often do you get that havestore pressure tested and how long do the air bags last?

Like the video Ryan and be safe guy's .

How old is the grain in this silo? i.e., how long does it take to cake together? ferment?

Ryan is your harveststore set up for dry or wet corn

Like I said to Travis this is why I like the cement top unload silos

What engages the sweep? I see the auger drives the gearbox but curious on how the sweep engages. Is there a lever or something. I wouldn’t think the sweep is on all the time

Great vid

What are the two tarps for at the top?

OMG suffering from vertigo/dizziness just watching. Gee it was windy up there. Have spent my time scraping out wheat, oats or barley from silos.

So many life hazardous tasks on a farm. Sadly, lives are usually lost in multiples in confined spaces (silos, manure pits, etc...) because the 2nd person (safety observer) runs in to rescue the #1 person who's collapsed, and #2 person then #3 person collapse after being overcome by the hazardous atmosphere (toxic gases). Very sad! You should consider investing in a handheld gas testing meter to test the air inside the silo to ensure it will support life. Be Safe!!!

Awesome video enjoy d seeing you guys get some work done on the silo it may be dangerous but someone has to do it

@pamelawalberg240

5 жыл бұрын

Prairie Creek Farm just because it is dangerous does not mean that people don have to do it

@cars5420

5 жыл бұрын

Enjoyed hereing your advice

@cars5682

5 жыл бұрын

Awesome video on safety is the number one thing

@owenandryanvlogs166

5 жыл бұрын

Safety is key but on a farm there our many dangerous things

What the brand of the new light on the bobcat?

Growing up around farms as a kid I always wondered why farmers did not worry too much about keeping the silo roof in good repair if the silo had a roof. As of 2006 the last time I saw it one silo still had the unloader in it but no roof on it.

Ryan, Excellent video, Your confined space safety talk could not have been better. When it comes to entering those silos, safety should be at the top of the list and you are well aware of the dangers involved. They are known to be called Blue coffins. I kringed when Travis entered that silo and saw him working on top of the bridged corn and around him everywhere. All went well and nothing happened but it still puts a lump in your throat. As For fall protection, (Sneakysnake109) has a great suggestion for equipment so you don't lose it or hurt someone on the way up, once you are on top, you should have fall protection equipment and be hook in once you are on top. It's not the fall that kills you, its the sudden stop at the bottom. Sorry, you know the safety for the inside, Think about the safety for the outside it is along ways up those ladders. Continue to stay safe in all you do. See you next time.

Do you check the oil level on the inside gear box Every year before I helped fill the silo for high moisture corn I made sure everything was good in there before we started filling

What size SCBA or how long was the SCBA tank

I would say , once you get the silo MT. Put new augers in, they are shot!!! Great video..

Ryan, you really could benefit from leaving a couple of Carabiners hanging on the bottom of that silo ladder all the time. That way you can clip your wrench or whatever else you need to bring up to the top of the silo with you to a belt loop. Having two free hands is a must my man...thats how we always did it on the farm back in the day. Just a thought.

Any update on frosty the snow calf

What happened to the video around 13:30 it has lines that go across it

Good video stay safe