Everything About Irrigation Pivots (Farmers are Geniuses) - Smarter Every Day 278

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[jortand]

Shoutout to all the mentors that tolerate and teach the new guy, you guys are legends.

[Sam-vyye]

What I love about Destin is how humble he is when talking about the roles and jobs of others. Whether they’re NASA engineers or a couple of guys who assemble grain bins he always emphasises how important they’re roll is and how they know much more about their role than he does and views every single one as an expert in their own field, regardless of what they do.

[DankPods]

So wholesome seeing Destin slowly earning their trust and eventually getting jobs to do, love your vids mate!

[Acusumano]

My man's Jose is out here in a long sleeve in 90 degree weather. he mentioned hes done 4 or 5 hundred CPI systems in alabama - dude has probably seen 110 degree summers elsewhere. respect to the man

[thetheflyinghawaiian]

I am a Hydrogeologist at the Wisc dept of agriculture, and I constantly think of Destin's farming videos as a useful oppurtunity to better understand the sort of things people I work for deal with. I'm very excited for this center pivot irrigation episode in particular, as my job revolves around the wells they draw from.

[adambarber]

You talk like a pilot. When someone gives you a direction, you loudly and clearly repeat it back to them so they know you know. What an absolutely great communication style, and always well adapted to your audience. I think watching you empathetically connect with people who usually don’t get a lot of appreciation is my favorite part of your videos.

[rieskimo]

Huge shoutout to José and his crew for having you on(tolerating a new guy is an exercise). Also shoutout to you Destin for putting yourself, time and time again, in the "new guy" position for your audience. Being the constant new guy takes a level of bravery and I tha k you for sharing.

[TCBubba]

I grew up around these systems; even did some IT contracting for one of the largest center-pivot manufacturers, but I never realized how fantastic the systems were. Thanks for the video and your way of telling the story.

[seekingthestokewithneeks]

I love how willing Destin is to get his hands dirty in order to teach the audience, rather than sit by and just record. You really proved yourself out there to them while providing solid content

[TimeBucks]

It’s amazing how much technology and science work together to fit every little aspect of crop yields.

[fatdewd]

Those colored graphical aids when you're talking about how things move, what they affect, and their consequence is so enormously helpful!! Sometimes I feel a helpless when I lose track of what's going on which makes it difficult to get through a learning video, but your enthusiasm and helpfulness really teach me so much. Thanks Destin!

[mjk]

@SmarterEveryDay - Thank you for putting this together...I'm not a farmer, but I've seen and been around these pivots my whole life and always wanted an in-depth explanation of how they work. You've provided that in spades and I just want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for putting all the work into this video. You explained everything beautifully.

[zollotech]

Thanks for sharing. Had no idea it was that complex, but also simple at the same time.

[MrRocketdog]

Destin, you don't know how excited it made me to see a pivot on a Smarter Every Day thumbnail. Sometimes I watch your videos with my dad, especially the ones that are farming related. He's a civil engineer by education, a farmer, and started his center pivot irrigation business a few decades ago, which he still runs today. I grew up around these machines and have helped put them together, calculate bridge lengths for crossing ditches, etc. You document the construction process beautifully and show so much respect toward people in agriculture. From the bottom of my heart, thank you for making this video. I look forward to watching the long cut!

[Jeremy_Fielding]

Having seen many of these moving along the fields as I drive by...I have always wanted to see one of these up close. Thank you for sharing this experience with us. I learned a lot.

[epicemmalee]

Smarter Everyday is so wholesome and earnest while asking great questions and engaging my curiosity. Some other STEM YouTubers could learn a lot from your humility. Curiosity about really cool science stuff brought me to this channel, but the down-to-earth personality and love of learning keep bringing me back.

[Stanley.]

I absolutely love how giddy and excited Destin gets every time he learns how something works or learns a new skill! I'm 45 and I, myself *still* get that "child-like" giddy, excited feeling (like a kid opening Christmas presents), any time I learn something new!
Keep doing your thing, Destin!

[cliff]

THANK YOU! 28 years ago this guy who grew up on Florida’s beaches married a Minnesota farm girl and EVERY trip to the farm we’d drive past these things and I could never figure out how something so flimsy looking, that’s full of water, has the power to MOVE through farm fields. You’ve just made my day by explaining it to me from start to finish. THANKS VERY MUCH! Love your stuff Destin…

[wangchi]

I love how quickly he swatted your hand away at 7:06 when you grabbed the back of that piece.
That's the mark of someone who works with their hands every day, and is around others who also work with their hands.
it's easy to quickly get pinched between two heavy pieces of steel banging around with a lot of momentum behind them.

Edited to correct the timestamp.

[cpfarms]

I'll tell you what. I stumbled across this video and I've been irrigating with pivots for 22 years. I get lots of visitors and they ask all the same questions you had and you explained it great! I'm gonna use this video for the next group that asks me questions about pivots! great job!