Good thing you had a clear day and didn’t have to make that emergency run to Lloyd in a blizzard. Will your production charts show a hiccup that reflects the delay in feeding?
Every mining operation in Canada would kill to get those tires for 70k each! Those looked like ones for the 320 Ton trucks at least 150K x 6! The ones for the 400ton Cat trucks are a cool 250kx6. I was a heavy equipment operator at an operation in SE B.C. for 25yrs. Huge 💰
Why do you use ovsync when you spent the money on a id system that can monitor natural hts for you we rely solely on natural heats with our tie stall ovsync has never worked here they dont respond to regular lutalyse shots either
The boss man seems very organized on the farm and I'm very surprised that he didn't have that part on hand to fix that feed cart and especially since they don't last very long. You said it before and another video that they just don't make things like they used to, that is so true on so many things that people use on a daily basis. Thank you for helping to feed the world.
I’ve found one the years. Either Supreme or the Jaylor. The raised extension cuts the chain life down. I look after several mixers with years on them with the flat floor that mix several loads daily. Keep up the great content
Thanks for your dedication into producing AWESOME VIDEOS even after a road trip for replacement parts then helping Brent fix the mixer wagon followed by feeding the cattle.
Cool picture of the Richardson-Pioneer Inland Grain Terminal on the south side of Highway 16 by Marshall Sk as you passed the semi with a load of tires. I drive that section of highway quite regularly. I know your schedule is tight but Lloydminster Alberta/Saskatchewan offers you a number of locations for a quick Tim Hortons coffee with a few being on Highway #17 N/S which is the border between the two provinces.
Hi Jan. Montreal is (-8c with snow coming later today Friday) YIKES that drive was brutal !!! But ya gotta do what ya gotta do, right !! From the far side of the Province to ALBERTA !!! 273 km's OY VEY Holy Moley Bat Man !! It looks cold out there. It says (-14c/-23 wc) right now out there. Stay warm !!!
I'm surprised there wasn't a dealer nearby that could have rented you a feed wagon, or another dairy farmer that you could have borrowed a feed wagon from.
Was it not possible for a dairyfarmer in your neighborhood, to feed your cows for one day, while you were getting the chain? At our dairyfarm in the Netherlands I made an agreement with another dairyfarmer, that we help each other for the few times this is needed.
The dairy farms in Manitoba, Saskatchewan & Alberta are generally spread out too far apart to make it practical to temporarily borrow equipment plus being winter doesn't help. Had the breakdown been worse and replacement parts a further distance away one can be certain their local dealership would have pulled out all the stops to get a replacement unit on site in a timely manner.
It’s cool you got things squared away. Lucky to find the part within only a couple hours drive. It’s good to have Brent on hand helping out to. They did a good job of clearing roads seems like. I hope production goes back up fairly quickly after the hiccup.
Jan , sorry to hear you had to travel to get the part you needed . On the plus side for us it was good to see Canada’s countryside and some of the oil fields. Certainly nice to see you get sunshine along with the low temperatures. Here in Scotland we get short days and definitely don’t get much sun in the winter months . Can I take this opportunity to wish you and all the family a Merry Christmas and best wishes for 2025 🎄Along with all your viewers from around the world also👍
Great video Jan! Sorry about the chain, but it added a little drama to your normal type of story. Keeping a second chain on-site seems like a good idea, even though it is an expensive insurance option. Best wishes from Ontario.
Better hungry than to have the milking parlor down! Years and years ago, our dairy parlor, milk storage/cooling room and holding area building all burnt down one night. We didn’t lose any livestock, but we had no way to milk cows other than by hand - which we really didn’t want to do (can you imagine milking all the ladies at the Kielstra Farm twice a day while you were rebuilding your facilities??! 😳) The poor cows were crying in pain by the time our equipment supplier got enough equipment to us so we could start milking. Plus, we had to build stanchions because we were temporarily set up in an old machine shed and we had to have some way of getting the ladies to “park” while they were being milked. As soon as we got four stanchions built we started letting the ladies in through the gate - only 9 hours late!! We ended up having 16 stanchions built by the time we milked the ladies again 9 hours after we started the first round. The loaner bulk tank was less then half the size of our tank that we lost so our dairy company had to pick up every day, which was a huge inconvenience for them but they were good about it. We did lose some production just from everything being so miscombobulated, plus we had to dump some milk every day because the temporary tank was too small by about 320 pounds a day (40 gallons), but as I said, it could have been so much worse than it was. We were very fortunate that 1) we didn’t loose any livestock, 2) nobody got hurt in the mad scramble to move cattle/attempt to fight the fire before the fire departments got there, 3) those three buildings were all that we lost, 4) we had available space (although not very ideal because we had to leave all of our equipment outside and it was only a 3-wall structure with a roof) to set-up a temporary milking area, and 4) our new dairy facilities were up and operational within two months … even though we had to get rid of all the burned materials, including all of the concrete floors because of heat damage. We literally re-started from the ground up, without having any time to sit down and plan. But it all worked out!
I’m sorry for the delay in feeding but it sure made for an interesting episode! From a Toronto perspective I had to chuckle to myself at what you thought was a lot of traffic😂!
Gotta love that farm/dairy mentality! A part that historically you have had to replace every 6 months and you don't have a spare on your shelf??? I don't understand! It must be awfully inconvenient being Dutch sometimes!
Jan, you said you had to clear the snow before adding to the feed wagon because it would add moisture. Don't you add water into the feed wagon? Isn't that "adding moisture" to the feed? 🤔
Your local dealer needs to keep them in stock at least 1 per farm mixer, especially if its 6 months they should automatically reorder them??? Or like you said you have a spare
Hello Jan , Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrr that is cold just looking at it . Wow never ending something always breaks down in the winter . Hope you didn’t loose any milk production just for two hours driving to and coming back and another one hour to put it together and mix feed about one hour more. Ouch cows our hungry and boy our they hungry wow.
Dairy cattle unlike beef cattle require very specific feed rations depending on what stage of their life & production they are at. The numerous different ingredients have to be mixed correctly or even further worse problems can arise in a short period of time. Delaying a feeding is far less harmful then feeding a temporary incorrect feed mix. Had the breakdown been worse and replacement parts a further distance away one can be certain their local dealership would have pulled out all the stops to get a replacement unit on site in a timely manner. Watching feeding videos from other You Tube channels like 10th Generation Dairyman, Farming Fixing & Fabricating or Piet van Bedaf - ND Dairy Farmer certainly gives an insight to how much planning & prep work goes into getting the proper feed ration for the specific group of dairy cattle.@@Well_I_am_just_saying
Thats why we run 2 older machines of everything that way we overhaul them both and it's still cheaper than buying 1 new ie. baler, loader etc. 122kmh eh lol
Your new intro is killer, great job. Look at the bright side if there is one, that broke before Christmas, would have really sucked if it had made it another week. The one piece of non redundant equipment you cannot afford to have out of commission. Much longer and you might have had a total mootiny on your hands.
We had at one time 2 mixer wagons but we sold smaller becouse we had no use and we need shed space and we had bigger and better mixer. After 5 years of use problems started and we feed a cauple of days with loader and streight from bunkers. Then i saw how faster is with feed mixer
How you love your ladies… I agree with your Dad, keep it simple… they don’t make products like they used to! Mother Nature rules and so many new employees at stores Results in bad management 😮
you are so cool, positive, optimistic, and an "up" kind of guy. i admire that a lot, and I find it infectious. So pleasant to see this each time you post. So many thanks. Blessings to you and the fam……Rob
So, you don't even have a link or two to do a temp fix to get running till ne chain is there? Cold stress everything. Also, great intro to the video 👍👍
Why couldn't you have your dealership bring out a mixer while you went for the part. You are a big enuf customer they should do about anything to keep your business.
The time required to actually get a trucking company to deliver a temporary replacement unit to the farm could easily exceed the actual downtime that took place. Had the breakdown been worse and replacement parts a further distance away one can be certain their local dealership would have pulled out all the stops to get a replacement unit on site in a timely manner. Brent has done numerous chain replacements in the past so had a good idea what work & timeline was involved as well as would have had the old chain torn out and checked the status of the various gears & bearings while Jan was on the road to pick up new replacement chain. It would be a fairly certain safe bet that a spare new chain is on order and will arrive at the farm sometime soon in January 2025. Having an additional tractor available possibly also comes into the equation since once chain is replaced they would need some method to verify the problem is completely fixed.
Posted speed limit on that highway is 110 KPH. Generally speaking with dry roads RCMP won't bother you at 120 KPM. That being said there certainly are numerous patrol vehicles on that section of highway & having a Ford Raptor can draw extra protection. If Jan was on the divided highway #2 between Edmonton & Calgary posted again at 110 KPH he would be pasted by just everyone for only doing 122 KPH.
@@Mike-tu7uw I can deal with it just fine. I really hope you appreciate your first prize participation trophy. I grew up in an era before they started handing out participation trophies. LOL.
Intro sequence is top tier, could rewatch it all day 👌
Agree
What a nice sister!
No doubt----the "Kid's" production quality is improved!
Next spring auction buy a old used feed wagon that will get you by in a pinch
EXACTLY! The production drop because of that event will cost maybe more
What a great comment!
Intro was phenomenal! Merry Christmas to the entire Kielstra family!
Have a Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year!!
Good thing you had a clear day and didn’t have to make that emergency run to Lloyd in a blizzard. Will your production charts show a hiccup that reflects the delay in feeding?
WOW. What an awesome intro. Great job
Awesome time lapse at the end, seeing all the ladies scrambling to go chow down!! 😊👍👍
Those heavy equipment tires are around $70 k each
Every mining operation in Canada would kill to get those tires for 70k each! Those looked like ones for the 320 Ton trucks at least 150K x 6! The ones for the 400ton Cat trucks are a cool 250kx6. I was a heavy equipment operator at an operation in SE B.C. for 25yrs. Huge 💰
Tires are too small for a 797, more likely for a gutless Komatsu 980. Just going by what my son says. Currently at the Mac
Why do you use ovsync when you spent the money on a id system that can monitor natural hts for you we rely solely on natural heats with our tie stall ovsync has never worked here they dont respond to regular lutalyse shots either
Nice hotshot run for that conveyor belt Jan. I know the ladies appreciated it 🐄👍🏻😁
Great video brother from the imperial county ca 🇺🇲🎄
The boss man seems very organized on the farm and I'm very surprised that he didn't have that part on hand to fix that feed cart and especially since they don't last very long. You said it before and another video that they just don't make things like they used to, that is so true on so many things that people use on a daily basis. Thank you for helping to feed the world.
Murphy's Law of course things breakdown around holiday season.
I’ve found one the years. Either Supreme or the Jaylor. The raised extension cuts the chain life down. I look after several mixers with years on them with the flat floor that mix several loads daily. Keep up the great content
Thanks for your dedication into producing AWESOME VIDEOS even after a road trip for replacement parts then helping Brent fix the mixer wagon followed by feeding the cattle.
Cool picture of the Richardson-Pioneer Inland Grain Terminal on the south side of Highway 16 by Marshall Sk as you passed the semi with a load of tires. I drive that section of highway quite regularly. I know your schedule is tight but Lloydminster Alberta/Saskatchewan offers you a number of locations for a quick Tim Hortons coffee with a few being on Highway #17 N/S which is the border between the two provinces.
Having spare parts on hand is a good idea. At the end when you fed the milk string one cow never got up , maybe look at the video and check that cow.
Hi Jan. Montreal is (-8c with snow coming later today Friday) YIKES that drive was brutal !!! But ya gotta do what ya gotta do, right !!
From the far side of the Province to ALBERTA !!! 273 km's OY VEY Holy Moley Bat Man !!
It looks cold out there. It says (-14c/-23 wc) right now out there. Stay warm !!!
The Mist
"Feed me, Seymour!"
I'm surprised there wasn't a dealer nearby that could have rented you a feed wagon, or another dairy farmer that you could have borrowed a feed wagon from.
Time to keep a spare chain on hand if you need one every 6 months or so. Happy Holidays to you and your family.
Love the opening Jan❤❤❤😊
Was it not possible for a dairyfarmer in your neighborhood, to feed your cows for one day, while you were getting the chain? At our dairyfarm in the Netherlands I made an agreement with another dairyfarmer, that we help each other for the few times this is needed.
The dairy farms in Manitoba, Saskatchewan & Alberta are generally spread out too far apart to make it practical to temporarily borrow equipment plus being winter doesn't help.
Had the breakdown been worse and replacement parts a further distance away one can be certain their local dealership would have pulled out all the stops to get a replacement unit on site in a timely manner.
It’s cool you got things squared away. Lucky to find the part within only a couple hours drive. It’s good to have Brent on hand helping out to.
They did a good job of clearing roads seems like. I hope production goes back up fairly quickly after the hiccup.
Jan , sorry to hear you had to travel to get the part you needed . On the plus side for us it was good to see Canada’s countryside and some of the oil fields. Certainly nice to see you get sunshine along with the low temperatures. Here in Scotland we get short days and definitely don’t get much sun in the winter months . Can I take this opportunity to wish you and all the family a Merry Christmas and best wishes for 2025 🎄Along with all your viewers from around the world also👍
Great video Jan! Sorry about the chain, but it added a little drama to your normal type of story. Keeping a second chain on-site seems like a good idea, even though it is an expensive insurance option. Best wishes from Ontario.
Better hungry than to have the milking parlor down! Years and years ago, our dairy parlor, milk storage/cooling room and holding area building all burnt down one night. We didn’t lose any livestock, but we had no way to milk cows other than by hand - which we really didn’t want to do (can you imagine milking all the ladies at the Kielstra Farm twice a day while you were rebuilding your facilities??! 😳)
The poor cows were crying in pain by the time our equipment supplier got enough equipment to us so we could start milking. Plus, we had to build stanchions because we were temporarily set up in an old machine shed and we had to have some way of getting the ladies to “park” while they were being milked. As soon as we got four stanchions built we started letting the ladies in through the gate - only 9 hours late!!
We ended up having 16 stanchions built by the time we milked the ladies again 9 hours after we started the first round. The loaner bulk tank was less then half the size of our tank that we lost so our dairy company had to pick up every day, which was a huge inconvenience for them but they were good about it. We did lose some production just from everything being so miscombobulated, plus we had to dump some milk every day because the temporary tank was too small by about 320 pounds a day (40 gallons), but as I said, it could have been so much worse than it was.
We were very fortunate that 1) we didn’t loose any livestock, 2) nobody got hurt in the mad scramble to move cattle/attempt to fight the fire before the fire departments got there, 3) those three buildings were all that we lost, 4) we had available space (although not very ideal because we had to leave all of our equipment outside and it was only a 3-wall structure with a roof) to set-up a temporary milking area, and 4) our new dairy facilities were up and operational within two months … even though we had to get rid of all the burned materials, including all of the concrete floors because of heat damage. We literally re-started from the ground up, without having any time to sit down and plan. But it all worked out!
SaskDutchkid and Diesel Creek have the best intros on UA-cam. Cheers
Keep that Raptors speed in check, the Mounties love pulling you guys over
I’m sorry for the delay in feeding but it sure made for an interesting episode! From a Toronto perspective I had to chuckle to myself at what you thought was a lot of traffic😂!
I cannot imagine having that many souls waiting, depending on me for their entire sustenance.... Good job. Good video, thank you!
Indeed not a bad idea to buy an old TMR mixer somewhere sometime - just for backup in the middle of a snowstorm. Just in case ............
At least it wasn"t snowing when the breakdown happened.
Happy Holidays! Love the new intro.
Gotta love that farm/dairy mentality! A part that historically you have had to replace every 6 months and you don't have a spare on your shelf??? I don't understand!
It must be awfully inconvenient being Dutch sometimes!
How fog enters the barn, looks cosy. 😉
Very cool under pressure. Fighting the clock is as stressful as farming gets.
You might need to keep a spare chain for the feed wagon
Conveyor belt is much beter than a chain. It doesn’t need much maintance and cost almost nothing.
Jan, you said you had to clear the snow before adding to the feed wagon because it would add moisture.
Don't you add water into the feed wagon? Isn't that "adding moisture" to the feed? 🤔
They add a measured amount of water for a specific moisture content. Adding an unknown amount of snow would throw that off.
@@gtt5691 Makes sense.
Your local dealer needs to keep them in stock at least 1 per farm mixer, especially if its 6 months they should automatically reorder them??? Or like you said you have a spare
Should have a spare mixer wagon on hand if can afford it
Happy Holidays BRoThEr 🇨🇦 🎄
Buy 2 at time if you have to make the trip every 6 months.
Dont worry Jan, the cows will get over it
Hello Jan , Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrr that is cold just looking at it . Wow never ending something always breaks down in the winter .
Hope you didn’t loose any milk production just for two hours driving to and coming back and another one hour to put it together and mix feed about one hour more. Ouch cows our hungry and boy our they hungry wow.
How many gallons of milk and how much money do you think you lost due to the cows going hungry for a few hours,?
Probably the equivalent to a spare old mixer wagon to backup during those unfortunate events
Next time maybe they will just throw a little bit of feed out there without mixing it just to get them by for a few more hours.
Dairy cattle unlike beef cattle require very specific feed rations depending on what stage of their life & production they are at. The numerous different ingredients have to be mixed correctly or even further worse problems can arise in a short period of time. Delaying a feeding is far less harmful then feeding a temporary incorrect feed mix.
Had the breakdown been worse and replacement parts a further distance away one can be certain their local dealership would have pulled out all the stops to get a replacement unit on site in a timely manner.
Watching feeding videos from other You Tube channels like 10th Generation Dairyman, Farming Fixing & Fabricating or Piet van Bedaf - ND Dairy Farmer certainly gives an insight to how much planning & prep work goes into getting the proper feed ration for the specific group of dairy cattle.@@Well_I_am_just_saying
I recognize that bridge! I was wondering what the heck you're doing so far up north.
What is the temperature over there
It was -22c overnight and its warmed up to -13c now
That being said, I just went outside and its frikin windy and cold with blowing snow!
That sucks sorry it was so stressful but it be like that sometimes! Way to haul ass and get it fixed 💪 love the new intro
Thats why we run 2 older machines of everything that way we overhaul them both and it's still cheaper than buying 1 new ie. baler, loader etc. 122kmh eh lol
That is an insane noise from your tires.
Beautiful drone into shot.
Your new intro is killer, great job. Look at the bright side if there is one, that broke before Christmas, would have really sucked if it had made it another week. The one piece of non redundant equipment you cannot afford to have out of commission. Much longer and you might have had a total mootiny on your hands.
Jan, that smirky smile is so cute and flipping funny 😂how you laugh at the worst times 🍁🇨🇦
that set of tires cost more than your combine, with a entire set of new tires on it.
Looks like chains working good.
We had at one time 2 mixer wagons but we sold smaller becouse we had no use and we need shed space and we had bigger and better mixer. After 5 years of use problems started and we feed a cauple of days with loader and streight from bunkers. Then i saw how faster is with feed mixer
Do you plan to keep a new chain in your spare parts inventory?
Ok, I guess I should have watched more of the video before asking my question.
How you love your ladies… I agree with your Dad, keep it simple… they don’t make products like they used to! Mother Nature rules and so many new employees at stores Results in bad management 😮
If it happens that often why not have a spare chain at the shop
Sometime"s ,it"s good to have a backup unit, of some sort.
Sometimes these things just happen. But it's how you handle it that matters.
At least it’s warm enough to snow
BBBBBBrrrrrrr! MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Have you ever considered a snow pusher to save time?
I asked that question a few videos ago, but never got a reply.
you are so cool, positive, optimistic, and an "up" kind of guy. i admire that a lot, and I find it infectious. So pleasant to see this each time you post. So many thanks. Blessings to you and the fam……Rob
So, you don't even have a link or two to do a temp fix to get running till ne chain is there? Cold stress everything. Also, great intro to the video 👍👍
About 4 months from now buy another chain to have it ready?
Everybody say great intro
but here my two cents
< Ultra great intro >
👍
Brents the man! Universal 😊
Why don’t you keep at least one essential part in stock especially as you say it’s every six months poor hungry cows 😊
Careful about recording speedometer, one thing to imply it another to show it. There are people with too much time on their hands!
122km /h speed demon,....lol
I like the new intro
Merry Christmas! Do you raise steers for meat? I don’t think you’ve ever shown them going to slaughter.
Yes they do. There are some earlier videos showing loading a number of cattle haulers being sent off to market.
Those tires are about 100 grand a tire
Redundancy is key!
Why don't you stock one on the farm if you replace one every 6 month
Awesome intro edit there Jan!
I agree.... awesome and necessary
What was your gas mileage like going there and back lol
Why don’t you keep a spare chain for times when you have a break down
Let’s be honest here Jan you stopped to take a pee 😊
Why couldn't you have your dealership bring out a mixer while you went for the part. You are a big enuf customer they should do about anything to keep your business.
The time required to actually get a trucking company to deliver a temporary replacement unit to the farm could easily exceed the actual downtime that took place.
Had the breakdown been worse and replacement parts a further distance away one can be certain their local dealership would have pulled out all the stops to get a replacement unit on site in a timely manner.
Brent has done numerous chain replacements in the past so had a good idea what work & timeline was involved as well as would have had the old chain torn out and checked the status of the various gears & bearings while Jan was on the road to pick up new replacement chain.
It would be a fairly certain safe bet that a spare new chain is on order and will arrive at the farm sometime soon in January 2025.
Having an additional tractor available possibly also comes into the equation since once chain is replaced they would need some method to verify the problem is completely fixed.
Maybe get a spare chain?
Buy 2 so u have in stock
Did you get a chance to go through Timmy’s
why not used the loader and shovel? I know it wont be as precise but they would have feed
Great Video!
Great new intro! Well done.
what ru doin 120
Posted speed limit on that highway is 110 KPH. Generally speaking with dry roads RCMP won't bother you at 120 KPM.
That being said there certainly are numerous patrol vehicles on that section of highway & having a Ford Raptor can draw extra protection.
If Jan was on the divided highway #2 between Edmonton & Calgary posted again at 110 KPH he would be pasted by just everyone for only doing 122 KPH.
Great intro
First!
Yes, but you were not the first person to post a comment that was relevant to the video.
@ First! 😂 deal with it
@@Mike-tu7uw
I can deal with it just fine. I really hope you appreciate your first prize participation trophy. I grew up in an era before they started handing out participation trophies. LOL.
@@Well_I_am_just_saying Will it make you feel better if I delete my comment? 😂. I didn’t mean to hurt your feelings.
@@Mike-tu7uw
No, please do not delete it.
Time cost lots of money there in the 🚜 🐄🐄🍼🥛🍼🥛🕚
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, Jan and family.
Bro that intro was sick!!!!❤❤
Love the new intro! 😁
❤ from Norway
first
No, you were actually third.