😂. I agree. I hate frozen electricity

@budprine1591

Ай бұрын

It's so hard to break up the chunks in 'lectric motors. LOL.

@Warcity777

Ай бұрын

Yeah it just doesn't like to work if its frozen 🤣

@thomaslapp6029

Ай бұрын

Frozen electricity. Lol😂 can’t have the farm shut down because of the cold weather.

@michaelc.3812

Ай бұрын

😂 Cracking me up!

@joeykuiperij4806

Ай бұрын

Make sure you have pitch to you dont want it to run back to where it came from 😂😂😂

Nothing worse than having your electric freeze on a cold and windy day and all of the lights go out. Love your humor Eric. I was wondering if you ever had the time could you take the drone up to the top of the new silo so we can see the roof and skylight? Love to see the gravel put on top of the conduit to protect it from the rocky back fill. Great video, thanks.

One rule my father always lived by and I continue to believe is never bury any service without a detailed mapping of the service. I have also begun adding a locating wire to all my services as a cheap measure for finding them at any time..

I like how you think. Out of an abundance of caution, I always trickle my internet to keep it from freezing. I just put on a low-resolution ten-hour fireplace and that keeps everything running smoothly. You are definitely below the electricity frost line in those trenches. Good job.

@birdseyeview1543

Ай бұрын

As a professional electrician of twenty years...blah blah, blah blah blah, blah. Nice Job.

Most electrical systems have a hot wire so they don’t usually freeze unless the power goes out.

@Lukelins1

Ай бұрын

It was a joke

The big problem with frozen electricity is when it thaws and it all comes flying out at once. Gonna need a really big surge protector!

In upstate NY we bury our electric lines at least 4 feet deep to prevent freezing. We leave water lines on top of ground so leaks are easy to find.

@shopshop144

Ай бұрын

Good one. Gave me a laugh that I needed.

Wonder how many people caught that..... electric line freezing.....😂😂😂

@Yourplumbingsolution

Ай бұрын

i am a plumber so ofcourse i caught it

I like having frozen electricity feeding my air conditioner in summer. Makes it cooler.😊

good afternoon Eric, I wanted to let you know that those PVC elbow can be purchased with a much higher radias, and that makes pulling large conductors a breeze. You can’t get them at a big box store but you can get them at a supply house. Love this project!

@billnowlin9148

Ай бұрын

What he said!!!!

By gosh he does have a sense of humor!!😊

This Video was a happy surprise to see progress taking place on your second Silo; congratulations to you. Be wel, Love you.

Well done on getting the lines sorted. The base for the silo looks great. You are flying through this project. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Excellent video! Great thinking, burying the line deep enough to prevent freezing!

You should definitely Bury electrical warning tape about a foot above the electrical conduit.

@gardenman3

Ай бұрын

I would also have laid an extra conduit to each bulding - just in case.

@trendinvestor2893

Ай бұрын

​@@gardenman3 That's okay if you don't mind spending the money, but I would have at least made sure that I had an extra string running through the conduit so that I could run another line through the same conduit at a later date. I probably would have also used primer before gluing the conduit together, but I understand that using primer is not as common on conduit as on PVC for water and sewer.

@dhenschel4

Ай бұрын

Yes, where is the inspector!

@gardenman3

Ай бұрын

@@trendinvestor2893 I agree about the extra string

@shopshop144

Ай бұрын

@@gardenman3 Plus its very easy to do.

Great to see the silo starting - looking forward to seeing it being built

Great channel! Love watching how you guys manage the farm. Have you ever considered showing the milk being picked up from your place? Or maybe even going to the production facility and giving more information on what happens to what you produce?

Love watching your progress, thank you for sharing.

Thanks for another great video. I enjoy your way of cutting and pasting and the way you blend from one seen to another and just doing the right amount of explaining and talking in the video.

Amazing to me that you can full time farm and do all this construction. But I can hear it in your voice how much you love it. Blessings..

Nice you got some spraying done! Can't wait to see the new feed system working!

Great camera placement on sprayer!

8:55 - Pro tips with Eric: Be sure to bury your electric below the frost line to avoid frozen lines during the winter months. LMAO Lots of progress on the farm, looks great!!!! Thanks for sharing with us!

Great video like the silo build 😎

Always fun to see the concrete pouring in action.

I view quite a few sites, and i'll tell you yours is about the best. I really enjoy seeing one of you posts come up. Thanks

And you've got a sense of humor, I'm a retired plumber and I had to worry about that freeze stuff too.

Freezing your electricity is very proactive, you never have to worry about it spoiling under adverse conditions!🥶

Another excellent video. You got lots of work done!!

That sure is a lot of concrete for those silo's. It's sometimes a bit of a guess with cows when it comes to their reactions to what they will like or not like, i.e. the water mats. Good luck with the up and coming crops, hope it all works out good for you. Thanks for sharing, have a great weekend.

Dairy Farmer From Canada - Great Videos, love hearing/learning about your choice in Livestock feed. Have you touched base on ROI on tricale silage in a previous video? You guys have been planting that for a number of years now right? Appreciate the content! Take care

You and Jan from Canada show farming are doing well

Thanks for the video as always!🙏🇺🇸

Loved the electricity freezing comment. Expected to see a can of pop come sliding out of one of those pipes.

It's surprising that there is no horizontal rebar placed in the silo foundation except at the very bottom of the footing.

@dedrakuhn6103

Ай бұрын

Oh, my! I just noticed that. You're right that's a major future issue. Cole the cornstar had foundation issues with a NEW Holding Bin. Make sure the silos are properly built. Foundation prep is critical to the longevity of the silo

@dhenschel4

Ай бұрын

Eric went over that in the building of the first silo

Another great video. Thanks you Eric for posting!

Awesome video Eric. Glad it's finally getting nicer out.

I lived in Canada where the permafrost layer was too high to bury the electric lines. We had to constantly leave a light on so the electricity would flow to keep the line from freezing up.

With the left over concrete for the new silos you could use it to make a pad around load and unload area of the first one. Won’t be the nicest concrete but will be nicer to shovel anyway.

Good job digging.

In Canada we have to heat our electrical lines

@christianterrill3503

Ай бұрын

Your joking right?

@dhenschel4

Ай бұрын

@@christianterrill3503 This is the first time I can remember when information from one of Eric's video's is questionable...

Nice to sèe the second silo going up

I saw a different solenberger getting built yesterday

Make sure to wrap the conduit where it exits the ground and goes into the building with heat tape. It will prevent the electricity from freezing.

Ya you've read the new study by the IBEW on electron freezing & leaks below 32F I take it. Gotta keep everyone safe in the winter as stray electrons can cause a lot of issues. Way to think ahead!

U gonna have an open house when silos and feeding system is all done

What you need is a hot water trickle line running along the electrical wiring. Easy "unfreeze" zone.

totally love and appreciate you content. im an agricuturalist at heart. ive watched dairy operations for years but dont understand the business side. can you suggest a reading source that explains the business side of a dairy operation. thx

Seems pretty slick how quickly the new silos go up ! Amazing! How soon can you use them?

Excellent video

I live in the northeast and it’s a huge problem. We have to reverse the wires so everything runs backwards and heats the lines up.

Lots of projects. Busy, busy! Looking good, though.

Was waiting for that pepsi can or clover farm chocolate milk to pop up in that No freeze electrical conduit. ;). Keep up the good work. really love your channel.

I have always put galvanized sweeps In

Another very interesting video Hope you have good knees climbing all them 😊😊😊😊

Great video!

When I was in the Army in the 80's, I was a communications specialist, new soldiers right out of training were often overwhelmed by the amount of info coming into their headsets. So we would tell them to put their headsets in the shop freezer because it would slow down the signals. We also told them to tie knots in their cords because the current would have to slow down to go around through the knots.

long sweep 45's are easier to pull through than a 90 degree elbow 👍🛠👍

They make flex conduit too, can run any angle then

Tip, take an old rope lay it down along the way you want it. it’s easier to manipulate you can paint right along side it

No one needs frozen wires.... The triticale is looking great. Man I bet that stuff is gonna ton put well if the weather cooperates for yall.

Looks Good

Great video brother from the imperial county California 👍🇺🇲🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜

Like that you are putting all electric in conduit. Smart 😊

I hope you have enough sloop on the electric pipe so it will drain good.lol.. Once again Eric, great job. Place is looking better and better every video

Another Great Video 👍 Great content, keep up the great work!

Preventing frozen electricity..why not have a drain , low spots with an ohm drain..or a capacitor vent....?

🥶 It's never fun when the electricity freezes! 🤣

Thank you for showing us a part of your day, hope the electrician lights what you did on the run run the pipes around.

CANT WAIT TO SEE IT IN OPERATION, but I will 😮 love these videos, BTW. sask dutch is back on line, praise GOD

Great content and entertainment while rehabbing a hip replacement!

Don't want our electric lines to freeze. Good dad joke

I like how you are think of the future of the farm.

In the UK that foundation would be at least 7 foot deep at it's shallowist point and would have twice as much steel.

Like the sprayer can you do a samll talk on sprayer tanks? Thank you

Really appreciate your videos. Your feeding system has peeked my curiosity. I'm was wondering, though, if you're feeding strictly out of your 3 new silos and one piece fails in the system, how will you be able to get your feed out with the silos facing the tool shed?

@mmurphy2317

Ай бұрын

This was explained two or three videos ago....just watch...

Make sure you don’t put too many 90s in your conduit, it will make it very difficult to pull the wire through lol

Glad to see that you're taking electric line freezing seriously. 😆

@budprine1591

Ай бұрын

Doesn't the juice flow when frozen or was this an April 1st. video? LOL.

Great video

How come you diden’t use the Gigant loader for some of the dirt work? Great video.

Great to see you do your own electric work, I am sure you are saving a lot on this part as the quote for installing the electric in my house was $85k back in 2018. 9:00 'the electric lines are low because we don't want them to freeze' - who recommended that the electric lines shouldn't freeze and what is the drawback to frozen electric lines? Your current (no pun intended) lines are above ground and those must freeze.

Another busy day for Eric and crew. Thanks Eric!

You made me laugh out loud! Thanks! I'll make sure to dig mine deeper too! That's deep enough! LOL

Good stuff Eric

Moving that broken concrete reminds me of a couple years ago when you filled that big sink hole out in your field. Have you had any more sink holes?

Hi from a very wet uk,are you planning to remove your old tower silos and are the new silos going to replace you clamp maize pits,your good on them skid steers mate

what do you plan on doing for a shop if your current shop is gonna be your feed room?

Tracer wireis a good idea also after a foot of fill put red burried cable ribbon on top of it then if you dig and hit ribbon you know something there

are you going to set up empty forms for the extra concrete when they pour each ring?

Do you put any stabilizer in fertilizer to prevent leaching away

I caught that! I climbed a 16x60 twice a day but I'm not climbing those things! I was always the guy that had to climb the silo to put the rope thru the pully to put the blower pipe up!

I had to rewind to make sure I was hearing right about the electric line. 😂😂😂

Do you not use a primer before gluing those joints

Concrete!$$$$$$$$ 🤫😂. Thanks good man!!

Normally you encase the conduit in concrete and put red dye on top. At the least lay foil warning tape a foot above the conduit.

do you need a red/white light on top of the siloes for FAA regulations?

While you buried the wires fairly deep to keep the electricity from freezing but would it have been a good idea to put in some frost plugs to keep the wires from blowing out the plastic tubes in case the electricity did freeze?

Hey try the Dewalt 20 VT grease gun . You'll love it . Saves so much time.

Eric, how long were you vibrating for after using the tamper, lol.

Can you please try and video the process of running the wires through the new conduit.