I was just thinking how we haven't seen a Pepsi, Mountain Dew, or chocolate milk cameo in some time.

Other youtubers may have made a crazy thumbnail and clickbait-ish title out of the fact that the barn truss was hit. There's definitely something to be said for Erik's low key video style. And the occasional surprise cold drink gets me every time!

I’m so dang happy for you and your dad. It looks like heifer raising got so much easier for you. Really appreciate the way you take care of your livestock.

High speed time lapse moos are hilarious.

Just goes to show ya, you never know where you’ll find a chocolate milk.

First thing I thought when you parked the spreader inside was "hope he dont hit the rafter with the bucket" Glad it was lightly

That looked like it went pretty well. Nicely designed barn - looks to be quite the efficient layout.

There’s something satisfying about cleaning out manure and spreading on a field. Some of my favorite videos.

Impressive backing skills.

Too bad they didn't recess the one side of gates there from the concrete wall, as it would have made it much easier to use the cleanup bucket along the wall, not having to worry about hitting the gates. Overall nice gate system though.

Excellent job backing the tractor and spreader into the barn. Phenomenal barn design. God bless.

If you can get some corn stalk bales they are the best bedding. I usually went thru about 200 in a winter that was 4x5 rounds. Absorbent and keeps the animals clean

Eric, you are a master videographer! Those were some amazing shots. I love watching your channel for all the information on running a large dairy farm and the videos. Sometimes I can almost smell the farm life!

Your family works so hard. An absolute pleasure to watch. I love seeing the cows watching you work. It's great.

So satisfying to watch you clean out the barn with the skid loader

Never thought I would like to watch someone cleaning up crap but I love this stuff

I love those little honks the cows were making when you were in fast forward.

I did something similar with a forklift at my old job. The building was really old and had exposed wooden trusses and beams. I was getting a pallet down off of the top of a rack and didn't realize that my mast was that high(yes, I know... Rookie mistake), so as I backed up it slammed into the bottom of the old, super dry beam of wood. I was barely moving, but it still took a decent sized chunk of it and exploded little shards of wood down onto me. The building wasn't that big, and was essentially an "open" floorplan, so production, finishing, etc all heard it. Not to mention, it also shook the building and made enough noise that everyone came running over to see what I did, including the big boss from inside the office. Talk about embarrassing, LOL. Let's just say I had to go home and change my pants after that, haha. But, that's one of those things that you only do once, as you've learned your lesson pretty quickly. Luckily my employers were really cool and weren't upset at me over it. Even though I just happened to also hit an electrical line that powered the only lamp in that isle. 🤷‍♂️😂 Thankfully, that was tame compared to the damage a couple other people managed to do with that forklift. 😂

You gotta love your new heifer barn. A little more concrete and raising your gates, things will be perfect!

I love how the cows were watching you work so intently. Chewing their cud and just watching.

I always enjoy hearing the heifer calves on the video especially when the video is sped up a little bit.

The new barn had to be initiated somehow lol. A nick in the truss is a good start. It adds character to the structure. It is amazing how nimble you are with the skid steer. You seem to have a lot of inspectors as you were cleaning up. Hope they were impressed. Great video as always, thanks Eric. See you on the next one.

Thank you. A cap that actually fits right out of the bag!!! ( okay, had to adjust the strap) THANK YOU

Was thinking the same thing as you. Need those gates up higher for deeper manure. Nice set up when you don't need a pitchfork.

I jumped on that first scoop, too! Thanks for the video, Eric!

The new heifer barn has been broken in! Very nice design!

Skid steers make life so much easier. When I was little i had to do that with a pitch fork.

I’m all for hidden drink cameos but in the manure? 😂

As stated on an earlier post, the wood shavings/sawdust need an awful lot of nitrogen to break down. Buy spreading it directly onto your fields you will be using up any available nitrogen near the surface of the soil. We use course sawdust for bedding but by composting it for almost a year, adding urea regularly and turning the pile weekly until if freezes, by the time we spread it on the fields it is hard to tell from top soil.

"bean stubble" I like that...😂

Because of your videos, I have come to appreciate every glass of milk I drink so much more. Love your videos and especially your 'low-key' sense of humor.

This stable is very well thought out, mucking out is quick and the animals don't seem to be stressed 👍👍

I would say the barn design is 99.9% efficient. There’s always is a tweak here and there..

Cows be thinking, “hey Eric, where you taking our soft and stinky bed?”

I was impressed at how easy it seemed to move the cows, clean up, lay out bedding and, let the cows back in. Also, it looks like a dry and healthy environment for the cows. Best barn setup on KZfaq!

You got me with the chocolate milk gag, after all this time I go " what the heck is that doing....oh duh..."

So efficient on running the equipment really nice job.

Now that is one heck of a heifer. Not only does she produce chocolate milk but she bottles it for you to. All before she has calved.

Never thought watching a guy shovel cow flop would be so interesting. Love these vids!

I like your camera placements, perspectives and angles. You do a great job with your vids! Thank You!

Nice job, I loved the camera angles when you put it on the spreader facing the tractor. Nicely done.

Funny how the heifers can't wait to get back to their clean bed. Also funny how they watch. Use to love working on the dairy farm. Loved being outside

I like it when the heifers' get clean sheets for their bed, they get so excited :)

Thanks for the video. Very nice barn setup. Wish I could find chocolate milk like that!

Great job on the clean up, I would say the new barn is a keeper, be safe out there

Love how you keep the barns so clean !! 🙋‍♀️😊

LOVE ALL YOUR VIDEOS ERIC HAVE A GREAT DAY

Having the room in the barn for the Pik-Rite really cuts down the transit time between bucket loads.

This city slicker is learning a lot

Day in -day out I admire your level of effort put forth to make your operation successful, very impressive. The new heifer bar is a nice addition to your farm operation.

That's fantastic at how easily the new barn cleaned out!

Good fast job cleaning and spreading in and afternoon. Cows look good and they do give Chocolate milk.

Eric, You are an awesome young man. I know your mom and dad are very proud of you. The way you work , the way you help your dad on the farm. The new barn really looks nice. Love you guy. Stay safe and be careful. Bless y'all

I just watched a dude clean up cow shit for 14 minutes and liked it.

So THAT'S how chocolate milk is made! 😅🤣 Crazy that one guy with the right experience and equipment can clean a barn that size AND compost a field in just a few hours. Good work man!

Great nice informative video.. Nice to see a clean stalls and much dryer for the ladies..

Thanks for the video. We were wondering how efficiently it would clean out. Pretty impressive building for sure. Eric at his educational best.

Recipe for chocolate milk: Take a bottle of milk, leave standing in bedding for three days and voila chocolate milk. Make sure the top half of bottle is above grade of bedding because daylight set the process in motion. Also bedding has to be at least one and a half week old.

whenever you got higher the bucket, I said "ohh no, its so close" and we heard that ding sound :D

You need a rig that scoops it up and conveyors it into a follow behind trailer. Maybe a sweeper so you can get the edges. Project time.

I'm impressed with the job that spreader did. I may have to look into one.

Was thinking, you could probably use the spreader for bedding the barn with sawdust. Load it up at the commodity barn, back er in spread and done.

Used to do this for a living. Used to work for a farmer who had up to 4 tandem spreader trucks, articulated loader and sometimes we had to use a skid steer for inside shelters. I ran every single piece of equipment he had at some point in time. We cleaned corrals for farmers in a pretty good sized area around home.

Never know just where you'll find an ice cold chocolate milk just when you need it.

Obviously some well thought out ideas went into the new barn. Great job.

Ever consider digging up that pack? Tiller or ripper? Something to stir it up.

The magic refreshing beverage returns!!!! Nice video Eric, thanks.

7:30 What a shot! Creative!

Just a suggestion in your next heifer building is to have a curbing of concrete running along both walls away from the fence so you can avoid hitting the fencing while plowing. Keep family farming alive. Thanks from New England

Had me worried when you made the sudden stop. Interesting how the spreader was loaded & spread. Thanks

With the height of the gates, you just have to scoop sooner than later.😎

Yep scary moment there with the chocolate milk. This new barn is easier and faster to clean. Nice to see it working well. Glad about the rafter too. Whew. Thank you for sharing

New barn looks awesome. Happy cows.

That manure looks very field ready!

I think you should get up in those rafters and write the date you hit it on the side! 😉

I think your way of working is really cool and very effective

Looks like it went pretty good and ya got some manure on the fields thanks for al you guys do

The new barn looks a lot easier than the old one !

Watch out for those rafters. You can always add to the outside pad. Looks good

Gate set up looks great!

Right on the surprise drink makes an appearance!! Looks like the new barn is working out well & yeah more concrete out front would help with turning. Great vid bud. Take care & stay safe. Cheers

never skip the grease!

Good job young man. That was also some mighty fine backing also. 👍

8:57 Eric working on his gut microbiome diversity.

Great Job. You Have Some Happy Cows Blessings To You All

Very nice vid Eric! Love it. Detail … you’ve changed your shoes. 🥾 😁 Greetz from The Netherlands 🇳🇱 ✊

أطلق الترجمه الى اللغة العربية في مقاطع الفيديو داخل قناتك💚💚

Love it when he finds the drinks 😂

You are THE best backerer-upper this side of the black stump !! Greetings from Australia

Great content Eric that design really made it easy to clean up gotta like that.

so are you the first one to initiate the barn with a dent in the rafters?

Just sitting here eating ice cream and watching you haul manure. Life is good.

Couple things I’d do if it were my barn to keep that pack drier. Open those curtains all the time no such thing as too much air, chop the bean stubble up it’ll absorb more and maybe add some fans facing the pack heifers will appreciate them keep bedding way drier even in the winter moving air doesn’t hurt

I've broke a rafter in our free stall barn carrying 2 3x3 square bales ontop eachother and boy the loud crack that made really scared me, was not ontop my game that day

Man U guys put the skid loader to good use ,those tires are almost shot.

Always love to see the cows come in on new bedding!

Looks like you figured out the pack and looked nice! I still think you'd be happier with the pack if you opened the curtains more, you'd be amazed of how much drier it will be. We built one barn 12 ft, not my choice. I will not build one less than 16ft, when your on 3+ ft of pack, head room gets short

Great shed. Easy to clean out.

Sonho de qualquer fazendeiro é uma estrutura dessas parabéns

Love these timelapse!