Snowy First Silage Forking 2022

Silage chopping wasn't early this year at all, and winter started early with some snow in November. So far, I am tickled to death with the silage and the neighbor's chopping job. Forking silage is a good winter workout to keep me in shape for summer hay baling. The only nuisance to all the hand work is that it's hard for dad to feed alone when I want a vacation.

[TimothyTravis-wsnu]

Loved the intro music. I’ve farmed for years, but I know absolutely nothing about loading/unloading a silo. Keep the content coming.😀😀😀

[rogercarrico]

Jacob my friend, I hate to be a safety Sally. But if that stuff has mold on it. You might want to wear a respirator. I sold some hay to a guy one time. Had all kinds of health problems. That stemmed from a episode he had shoveling molded gain as a teenager. In a gain bin. His buddy that was helping him actually died!

[makingithappen]

Hello there Mr. Boehm❄☔. This keeps you in good spirits
and lets you stay warm in the cold snowy landscape.

[glenshepard]

We had a couple ribstone silos brother still has one of them. I remember climbing up to fork silage the steps would be wet when the wind was blowing had silage coming back uo the chute. Always happy when we put the unloadsd down. Got up change doors. There was a time when we just forked the entire silo empty. Happy when we got unloaders. Until a raccoon got wrapped up in them. Met them a few times going down as I was going up. Glad those days are behind me.

[greghamann]

I am a Boehm Farm fan so keep it coming. We had a 55-foot silo that I never had to climb thankfully.

[wumzat]

Dad had two 12 X 40 silos unloaded by hand.They had no roof so we didn't have to run the blower for ventilation . In winter the top 4 inches
of sileage would be frozen daily but un frozen under that. Then around 1970 he bought a Harvestore and a second one ten years later.

[farmerpete]

Almost all the upright silos around me are empty. Extremely few small herds left, the big guys use bunks. Any small guys left are too old to climb a silo.

[patrickmorgan]

I always hated going into the silo. In fact, i was thankful when hurricane Carol wrecked it in 1953 and my Dad never rebuilt it.

[train]

With that intro music I was getting ready for a parade or a war.

[lukestrawwalker]

Be glad you don't have the extra insulation... it comes with age pretty much on its own. When you get old and fat like me, you'll be done with stuff like that silo, and be ready to go to a bunker silo system where you can just scoop it out with the tractor fork bucket and then feed... no more climbing and shinnying through tiny doors sixty feet up...

Later! OL J R :)

[dehavenfamilyfarm]

I remember that job when I was younger working on my neighbors dairy farm. Don't think there are too many guys left that have silos in use able condition around here...

[skipruckert]

Boehm farm fan. I like all the videos, you tell a good story with each one. I was wondering how your dad is? And could you give a current inventory of machines? What ever happened to the chopper that took on metal? I think it was a unisystem? You give the date could you also give the year in your videos. Good job, Skip, Western PA

[ghorner]

You should just keep a nylon rope hung from top to bottom in the chute to use to pull forks up and lower doors down. So much easier (and safer) than tying them to yourself and then trying to get up and down the chute while carrying their weight.

[BarnyardEngineering]

Ah I see how it works. Cut off your air supply so you'll stop pitching silage lol.

[adamwagner]

1-11-23 Diesel $5.32 in Western NY still high as ever.. no end in sight.. still hurting us

[jankotze]

Never seen an operation like that, thought you will use from the bottom silage first

[ethanlee]

There is a patz dealer in Green Bay Wisconsin that might have the part you need.

[GICK]

Huh, November 12th? I guess thats when diesel got real stupid. My family in California are paying over 6 bucks a gallon for diesel. Friken politicians.
December 7th where I live. Thanks for the fun videos. You're a crack up to watch and listen to.

[waynejones]

Should keep that tractor at high rpm when up in the silo

[mnfirefighter]

How many days after opening up the silo do you run the blower?