Three 132' Silos Complete & Answering Common Questions
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The drone shots in the beginning really show how huge these new silos are, compared to your old setup. Really enjoyed your explanations as to why you did things the way you did. I don’t think most people realize how much work, and planning goes into running a farm. Always enjoy your videos.
Furthermore, it gave an excellent bird’s eye view of the entire operation. The drone in the past has given us view of planting and harvesting, but this one was great because it took in everything.
Growing up in suburbs of NJ watching ur channel has helpd me think like a farmer. Thats it though..workng,planting , and organizing like a farmer with all the variabiles is little stressful. Its really incredibile thnks what u do
What did you think a silo would be small?
Yes that’s a really big diff
I really respect the way you address comment section experts. No pushback, no defensiveness. "I know other people are doing it this way and it's working really well for them, but we've considered our situation and our needs and we're comfortable with the choice we made."
I am most impressed with your thought process on this expansion.
It's not just him, his dad has more say.
Big investments means big rewards. You still have to work hard at it but this will not be an issue as far as I can see.
@@christianterrill3503 the master is observing (and assisting) his commander, I think. :)
Thanks Eric. Really interesting to hear some of the thoughts behind your decisions. I look forward to seeing the robot feeders and how that works. Good luck.
Your farm now has "Tallest Silos in the Area" bragging rights! :)
I see no benefit to that. What good in the end does bragging do? You could have all kinds of problems with getting the forage to the top. But hey, “I got the tallest silos around”
@@MrMagnum7220Chill out Karen.
Those silos look so good in your drone shots, I think Sollenberger should put a nice hi-res photo of them on their website!
Thanks for all the great info, looking forward to hearing your thoughts in a few years when everything has been up and running for a while.
Intro music made me think I'd opened the wrong video but it actually really worked for the really nice drone shots and showing just how much bigger the new silos are compared to everything close by
Same used to the bluegrass 😅
Hvacr videos?
andrew camarata?
That’s what I thought. I thought I opened a video on the Doom games with how the music was. Loved the shots Eric it was maxing to see how massive the silos are great music choice as well
You have one of the most impressive dairy farms on you tube, I am truly impressed with your ability to manage your operation. Many blessings to you and your family.
This feeder system is really interesting. Come winter I assume keeping the paths plowed will be important. Cheers all. 🇨🇦
It doesn’t matter what the Monday morning wanna bees think. Your farm is impressive for its size. It works for future. Keep it rolling my friend you have a beautiful operation in a beautiful area. Nice job!!!!
Hi Eric. If you are familiar with Tom Pemberton, over in the UK. He put up a roof on his outdoor double bunk, just recently. In his case, he raised the outer walls, to get more silage in and the extra height makes it easy for his machinery to get in/out. It came out really nice, I say this because of your hope to get the bunks there covered. Just as a reference point. I agree, the opening drone shots were amazing. Those silo's are the tallest standing structures for miles. And the view from up there is unmatched.
I've heard it said, that "The best laid plans, are JUST best laid plans." Be prepared for any scenario, "just in case." I'm sure the farm will be ready to go.
Very interesting, i can't wait to see all of this come together. Eric you and your family have the best dairy farm you tube chanel. You explain everything to such detail. Thank you for taking your time to make these videos for us to watch. I grew up milking cows and boy have things changed over the year's. Thanks again !!
Sollenberger really is a fantastic builder, and great people to work with.
Eric those silos look like landmarks. Very impressive. What is also super impressive is your vision and knowledge of your farm. Thank you for taking the time to give us this educational video. The silos seem to be a better and more economical way to go. Really looking forward to seeing the robotic feeding system working. I really was curious about the cost of the silos but would have never asked such a personal question. Thank you for sharing that. Thanks again till the next one.
I don’t know much about silos but it looks 👀 like the men in your family are very blessed to have them. That’s very Righteous! 💚
I am pumped for this project! Can't wait to see the robot system get built! I enjoy when you give us some details on how you arrive at these decisions. I am curious how it all works out over time. Everything you have described so far sounds like it would be a huge improvement if it can be implemented as described. Its easy to have sticker shock because of big numbers... but when you pencil it out over 10 years and you factor in labor/time savings, improved feed quality and all the other variables... those numbers can make way more sense all of a sudden. Thanks for taking us along, Eric!
You’ve put lots of thought into your decision for what you believe works best for you. You’re not driven by what looks the best, & over building to impress others. Your thoughtful management will keep you in business for generations to come. Wishing you & your family well.
Running beef cattle sounds like the most reasonable idea. Yes not having enough feed but also ur able to make extra profit feeding out beef cattle
Really looking forward to following this the next few years to see how this all works out! You all did your research for sure before deciding to move forward with it!
Lots of options,,,, beef cattle I like ,,,, you got all you need.i like your thoughts…
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Your channel is so educational. I was reading the ingredients of my breakfast cereal yesterday, and one ingredient was Triticale! So I now know I am eating dairy cow feed!
Thanks for the update Eric. You guys have a lot of things going on this year. It will be great when all the pieces of the puzzle come together. 👍
Thanks for all that info. Always enjoy watching your videos and am truly excited for you and yours on this giant project.
Very cool stuff and great explanation of everything. Been a fan of your channel for a long time. Love seeing the growth of your farm.
Great progress report and thoughts. I look forward to watching it come together.
Started a marine storage business in our old barns, eventually building large storage barns due to success. We built a swimming pool with the harvestore sheets, when we dismantled. thanks for great videos!
Great opening Eric love the video. Great info also. Happy Summer
Awesome video. Everything is looking great Eric. Thank you
I’m really impressed with this project that have you been working on, it’s just so awesome, good luck with it🙏🏻
Thanks for the explanation of all the surrounding details with silo and feed conversion.
16:45 Well... I've been watching y'all for at least 4 years now. So, I guess y'all are doing a great job! When I was driving trucks OTR, when I would shut down for the day, I was always looking forward to an upload lol Don't know what it is (maybe it's just watching another interesting job) but I do enjoy your videos. Thanks!
I would still recommend spraying the inside of the silos with a protective liner. We have a spray-on liner in a steel mill coolant pit, the coolant will eat rubber and concrete over time, but the liner is holding up very well.
Thanks young man!! Wish you guys the best of luck getting this project done!!!
Thanks again for another great explanation video. Good luck with all of your improvements. Stay safe.
Your farm is immaculate and beautiful. You and.Dad.show awesome pride!!!! Great video.
I had a beer and turned my brightness all the way up for this one, your growth is tremendous Eric keep goin
Ingenious idea for making big silos and the idea of storing manure in the older are is smart. Thank you for giving us an update. Y’all put a lot of thinking into the farm
Cool, intro, great video has always keep it up Eric
Hey man. Big fan. I’m a farmer here in Georgia. Keep up the good work my man
Sounds like you guys have a nice plan for the future, lots of changes but they made sense to me. Every farm is different based on all the factors that impact it and the folks that run or work it. You guys do good working the farm and it's good that you have the family working together. Good luck for the future and have a great weekend!
Opening drone shots were nice touch. Very well explained, thanks for sharing. 👍
Great planning, thank you for sharing your upgrades.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts and insights. Good luck with the new system 😊
Was in the area of your farm a couple weeks ago, and boy, it's not hard to spot the new silos! Impressive to say the least! Best of luck getting the new system up and functioning!
Good to see you guys growing with all the new technology that will free you up to focus on our things on your Farm.
Wow sounds amazing can’t wait to see it in action thanks for all of the details about the system it will be cool to watch for sure
Best intro to date😂 awesome drone shots with the music!
Thanks Eric and family. From one dairyman to another, it’s great to have weekly open houses at your place. Wishing you well with your project. It was great to hear your reasoning and thought process. As I work each day it gives time to consider how to do better with what God has blessed us with. Take care climbing those monsters
ALL IN with the new silos! im super excited to see you all fill em in Sept! 🎉
Sounds like a great plan taking shape, stay positive always 😎
Great video Eric! Wow, yall have a lot going on this summer and i cant wait to see the progress.
Very informative video Eric! I love you always looking at ways to improve your operation & cow comfort. I'm excited for you & your family! Thx for sharing!💙
Love your content! Thank you for sharing your thought process. Just amazing, thank you
another great video! Thanks for sharing!
Awesome Tengen
Love your channel
You’ve done your due diligence it seems, impressive.
I hate to see you lose your office I watched you build
This was very educational and entertaining. Those new silos are impressive!!
I am so excited to see the new operating systems on the farm and praying 🙏🏼 everything works out how you will like congratulations 🎉 on the new silos 😊😊😊
Thank you for the silo tour and detailed update on the installation schedule for the new robot feeding system. It is very apparent that you and your family put a lot of thought and planning into making these large decisions for your dairy operation. I liked your comment about “the land of opportunity” But instead of a McDonalds franchise. Maybe a “Dairy Queen” would be more appropriate🤣 Outstanding video work as always. Have a blessed weekend!
Take down the old bunker silos and put a shop there and be a great size. Drone shots are awesome and breath taking.
Thank you for all the information Eric. It was very interesting. I enjoy all of your vids. God Bless
This is cool, excited to see this come together!
Eric, sounds like a plan! Can't wait to see everything runningblasting! blessing!
Great video sharing answering so many questions. Thank you!
Your farm is so neat . Shows how much you care.
Congrats Eric, thanks for sharing your plans. To a none farmer, your plans are very impressive. With the amount of concrete the cost seems reasonable. I can’t wait to see it all come together. You and your dad always put the health and wellbeing of the animals first which is nice to see. I’m hate seeing all these massive corporate farms taking over. Good luck and Gods speed.
Awesome Video and Much Love as Always 🐄 Man!!!
1:09 You: ** Pans over ** The Silo she told you not to worry about:
Great video; production quality continues to improve
This is so exciting! Looking toward the future is a good thing.
I hope YOU have all the success in the world with the new system.
A quonset type roof might be a cost effective method of covering those bunks. You've put a lot of thought and planning into this expansion. Best to you all!
Excellent review of your project and reasoning pros and cons. Future plans and backups with 2 robot feeders and sounds like they have the capacity to cope with more cows.
Good luck with the new set up, looks great.
Uk dairy farmer running a low input grazing system so always enjoy viewing your system 👍
Great to hear your honesty about the cost. Really hope everything works out for you
Great video! always enjoy the insight about why decisions are made.
Entertaining. Like to see what you people make out of it & best of luck.
Fantastic work explaining things. Must have felt daunting going into it but hope it all works out and you overcome any hurdles.
Thanks for Explaining everything. I looking forward to seeing how this thing works,
Thanks for your thorough explanation. Good luck!
Thanks for your excellent comments about your operation, very interesting; thanks!
You won’t be buying sheets of plastic anymore - big savings. Plus, you don’t have to get rid of the used plastic. The earth thanks you for that!!!!! 🌎
If you’re going to talk about the environmental aspect - concrete is incredibly environmentally unfriendly.
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Really? Can you break that information like that down, so we can see how concrete is or will be detrimental throughout the course of life of those gigantic pr
Super excited to hear more about the financials of the new setup.
Absolutely fantastic!!!! 6 degrees of YT. Someone mentioned in the comments of a train hopping video about your silos. The train hopping content creator was lamenting the destruction of silos at now abandoned grain elevators. Both of them were curious why you built silos vs bunks. I commented back about your plans for robotic feeding and they were both impressed. Small world for big silos. Interested in the question about FAA navigation/ warning lighting.. again congrats 🎉
Farm looks really impressive. You guys did a great job.
Another Great Video 👍 Great content, keep up the great work!
Thank you for the explanation and your thoughts. I hope everything goes as planned for you. 👍👍👍✌️
Wow, that intro music! I'm super excited to see the robots in action. Should surely save heaps of man hours, I'm thrilled for you!
Good job you guys are really doing a good job with your farm. I really like your channel. I watch it all the time.
Great plans Eric. Those three new silos are huge!
Very interesting discussion of the planning involved and $ involved. Thank you. In the south we have dozens and dozens of the hoop bound precast silos that were abandoned in decades past
as farming diminished especially animal farming and land has been taken over by forests. We are still an agricultural state but mostly wheat. feed corn, soy and cotton.
The cinematic shots are soo cool thsnks
If you're gonna take down the oldie silos, maybe you can turn that free plot into some kind of home farm where you'd grown your own veggies or something. Sounds like something that can pay for itself in the long run in food costs for your family! Much love.
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I think the "make the best of what we have" philosophy is really wise. I was wondering while I watched the silos go up how you'd maintain enough land for crops to fill them. The East Coast is gradually turning in to one huge suburban housing development, and even your area is likely to be impacted at some point. I would think buying more land as opposed to renting it (and sooner rather than later) would be a bigger safety net against development, but that is a prohibitive expense. But in any case maximizing what you have to the absolute nth is very key.
The only other thing I was thinking was that as the buildings age out and are replaced maybe coming up with a comprehensive super efficient plan for building placement. Seems like now there is a long drive to anywhere to get a task done. (But hard to tell with just 20 minute videos and not being there.)
Boy are you going to have a busy summer, love your videos, ex dairy man from Michigan.
Very impressive Eric, top to bottom! I like that you researched in depth in what would be the most efficient way to store & feed your herd and then following through with a well thought out game plan. I am excited for your operation and look forward to your next video. I was wondering how your solar panels were doing in the grand scheme of your operation with electrical costs? Thanks for sharing all of your projects and endeavors with us!
so close to 500k. keep up the great work.
absolutely love your videos. lots of great info.thank you so much
Hope you do get to expand the herd in the future. You answered one of the questions I had about the grain and liquid you add to the feed.
TY for explaining everything!
Love this video - all rationale. Pumped to see this new feeding system.