Time to Haul Manure!
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- Опубліковано 15 кві 2024
- Discover the transformative power of hauling cow manure across all our fields in this comprehensive UA-cam video! Join us as we delve into the myriad benefits of utilizing cow manure as a natural fertilizer, enriching our soil and enhancing crop yields. With the precision and efficiency of the Lemken Karat 10 Chisel Plow, witness firsthand how we work the manure into the earth, maximizing its nutrient content and optimizing soil health. From increased organic matter to improved soil structure and water retention, learn how this eco-friendly practice promotes sustainable agriculture while reducing our environmental footprint. Join us on this enlightening journey as we cultivate healthier, more productive fields for generations to come!
Get the boys in the barns to clean the twine out of the beaters a couple of times then they will start picking the twine out of the straw
I wish we could
Get a slurry wagon /tank to suck up the most liquid part and spread it from that. I grew up on a dairy gram in western Idaho and we called it a "honey wagon "
That’s a good idea
Reminds me of what I've seen in 10th Generation Dairyman's videos. They add water and mix it into the solids in the manure pits under their barns, to loosen it up enough so that they can pump it into a tanker (not sure of terminology?) spreader truck, then spray the liquid onto their fields.
In the uk there are quite a few slurry separators, squeeze the slurry to leave a semi dry manure and liquid that can be pumped.
I think that’s what we need
When I moved to the countryside, I had to sign a waiver by the county concerning the manure’s smell.
That is a well run county. City folks just don't understand real life, and they whine about it.
That’s funny I wish they did something like that around here so people knew it was gonna stink sometimes and not to complain
You could buy tankers trailers for a couple of semis. Install a pump system on it a some flood flans on the back to spread it out over the field. You’d need a good pump but with 2 or 3 semis you could move a lot of liquid pretty quick. The 2 big dairies in Marsing do that and it seems to work. Also wouldn’t be bad to buy a little road sweeper at an auction to clean roads if it gets bad
It would be nice to have some of those tanker trailers and we have been looking at a sweep so hopefully we can at least get that in the future
Wondering if slurry injectors on lee side of the 10's chisels might save passes over the field
I’m not sure how we would set that up
@@RockyMountainFarmer if you rigged a pump like the one that fertilizes the seed potatoes, with the tube tack welded to the backside of one of the plows/chisels?
Great video!
Glad you enjoyed it
Great video, i really enjoy your channel.
Thanks I’m glad you enjoy it
A couple large vacuum tanks would be handy, Or empty a lagoon first, so liquids can run away
We can’t empty the lagoon in the spring. There isn’t anywhere to pump it legally.
He is correct about how he works, thanks rnf
Glad you like the videos
A suggestion might be to include a couple of vacuum trucks to suck up the slop and spray it on your fields until most of the liquid is away from the manure piles. Might be possible to contract with a vac truck company for first few days until its dried out.
Part of the problem may be that the dairy hands over use the water to wash down instead of push it out with a small loader.
They have a pump tank but it’s not very fast.
@@RockyMountainFarmer Betcha there are a number of Septic Tank Cleaners that could help and get the wettest removed.
Had local egg farm that used a septic cleaner type vacuum truck and took it to nearby pastures, put on a spray deflector to the pump out line and it worked very well.
I can’t think of a way to make it more solid… when it’s sloppy like that, we add water so we can pump it into tankers. Hope it goes better this fall. Enjoyed the video
Yeah, fall is usually better after it’s dried all summer long
Not sure how far your hauling it but looks like it might be worth getting a couple big Knight spreaders for the slop. Don't mix it together. Just get the slop out with tub type spreaders then haul solids with the trucks. I worked for a guy in Michigan for 4 years doing custom manure application and we found that worked the best. We used knights for the entire job but once the slop was gone you'd make really good time not having to worry about slop splashing over the top.
All but 2 of our spreaders are knight but probably not the style you’re talking about.
@@RockyMountainFarmer Yes I'm talking side discharge. I've seen them truck mounted as well. We used trailer type with tractors.
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You would speed up the load process if you have the truck about 45' to the manure pile. It would halve you loading time. Also reduce wear on your loading shovel
Yeah, you’re probably right but it’s hard to turn around if you’re at that angle until you get the corals, half empty
Love the video! Is the dairy also owned by the family?
It’s owned by my uncle it is separate from the farm. We just manage the manure and grow some hay for them.
I’m glad you loved the video
How many cows do youre uncle have ?
Surprised the farm doesn’t run big 5th wheel trailers
We would have to buy all new trucks that would be about $1 million expense if not more
The other hard thing would be finding people who know how to drive them. Most people can drive ours because it’s like driving a big suv.
The dairy must not have too much room I’m guessing. A pretty basic trash pump and some tanks would help a bunch
Tanks would not help when there is millions of gallons in the lagoon
@@RockyMountainFarmer I didn’t realize it was coming from the lagoon, are the lagoons overflowing?
They were now we are starting to pump onto our hayfield
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You wanna raise the temperature of the slop so the water vaporizes. Light it up. 🔥
I don’t know how we would do that
Thermite.
Alot of farms in NY use sand bedding then use tankers to spread
That would be nice
Love to put manure on our fields bur it is sure hard on trucks. We have 5 trucks and 3 tractor pulled spreaders seems like 1 is c always broke down
Yes it’s quite a job to keep everything running.
What size of Karat 10 did you get? Does it pull any different than your previous karat?
We got the 6 meter or 20 foot our old one was a 5 meter but they only added 3 shanks because they spaced them out a little bit to let more material flow through. It actually pulls about the same.
Need to put a drain in the yard ,, to spilt it up and clean those dam trucks up , it to dirty for those beaters ,,
There is a drain but it’s full and we clean the trucks when we are done hauling
They got spreaders out there that’ll work for that they got behind tractor they’re sealed up that they can call that liquid stuff I think you rent them out😮😮
I know some of the tractor pulled ones are a little more sealed. The problem is we wouldn’t be able to haul it fast enough.
I used to work on a dairy farm and hauled solid manure what I did with sloppy manure is load the back up and the floor and then it didn't leak out really
Yeah we try to put solid in the back and slop in the front. That works sometimes
@RockyMountainFarmer ya we did couple scoops of solid manure in the front as well to prevent it from seeping out of the front as well if it got to sloppy sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't just the way it is with farming sometimes
Is it bad for the cattle's hooves and lower legs to stand in very wet manure all the time?
I agree
It can be hard on their feet.
How many head are you dealing with ??
We luckily don’t have to deal with the dairy. We just haul the manure. I think they have around 4000 cows though.
No pig damage.
There aren’t any pigs
Who gets to use the high pressure hose to clean all the equipment off ?
We usually all end up, washing off something.
I would suggest sawdust. but judging by the scenery, it seems that there are no sawmills in your area. another could be chopped hay
Yeah, sawdust probably would work pretty well but you’re right there are no sawmills around. the hay would probably work pretty well too. If they weren’t using it for feed. we did end up using the straw bales and that worked pretty well.
Do you have pump trucks are trailers to haul manure?
We don’t have pump trucks or trailers. We just have these manure spreader beds.
If the land wasn't so flat, the water would just flow down hill and out of the manure.
That would be nice
I Think you should get some pumps for all the slurry thats In the manure pits
They have one at the dairy
Oh alright 👍🏽
Why don't you have slotted holes on the bucket
Pretty good loader guy to keep from bouncing you whike you video.
Yeah, you can. It’s called a separator.
I think we need one
It's called sales,, sale the manuare in bags for lawns and other hay fields,,,,,,,,
In order to do that we would have to compost it for about 3 to 5 years before we would have a product and just the equipment and time to get into that is over $1 million
reclaim it
Shame it cant be ground down into a fine liquid and you can just run the pivot to get it done.
We do pump the lagoon water through some pivots.
Ok I'll say it, cause someone has to. It's a shitty job, but someone's got to do it. 😂
That’s right
I think you need a manurespreader Like a tebbe or what Like this
Ever thought of a anorobic digester, separate the solids from the liquids, put the methane through a steam generator and just put the electricity on the grid, and run the farm off it.
That would be great but it’s to expensive.
Bro, I raised hogs for 35 years, they didnt make that much sht in 35 years you get in 6 months... OMG!!!! Watch Sonne Farms also,,, holy crap cattle are 10x labor intensive as hogs... Power to you guys and gals out there busting your butts every day,,, love me some bovines... Lots of traffic on that soil, what do you do for compaction???
We rip it deep with a chisel plow. About 14”
Pile it higher and tarp it?
I think they’re going to have to do some of that this year because we couldn’t get it all
How many cows does it take to get that much manure
There are 1200 being milked but total is around 4000
The dairy needs a better manure contrainment cause here we have to have manure management plans and all that crap when we build cattle sites
Yeah, I agree it was not built properly
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Glad you liked it
Looks like you need a better containment system
Well, we don’t own the dairy if we did it would be done very different, but I agree they need a better system
Those poor cows
Why doesn’t the dairy farm convert the manure to methane to power generators to power the farm and sell back to the grid. Part of the manure is dried that you can use on your fields. Cut way back on broken machinery and a load of labor? Just wondering?
The main reason they haven’t done something like that is because of the cost
It’s a good idea though
You must have some understanding and tolerant neighbours,
That’s the price they pay to live in the country side
It's true that they are conservative republicans, yes.
@@tuberNunya we’ve got some of those here in the U.K., not so many as there was now,in fact ,predictions are saying they are going to be extinct at the next election,
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We thought about that it’s just so expensive
Why are you hauling manure to the field
We haul it out as fertilizer. It really helps build up the soil and adds a lot of nitrogen to the ground So we get really good crops
your muck spreaders are way behind the models we have in the uk and europe, spreaders over here would handle that manure with no problem,
I’m guessing you’re talking about the ones you pull behind a tractor. yes, those are more sealed but you will not be able to haul as much especially when we have to drive miles to the field
@@RockyMountainFarmer Yes they are the ones, You will be suprised how far we have been on some trips. Most modern spreaders we have carry 17 to 20 tons,
The stupid damn music
Just curious, is there a problem with the music that I can fix?
Why don't you have slotted holes on the bucket
Because we use these loaders for lots of things, and we don’t have any other buckets