5:14 "haven't plugged the blower pipe yet" 😅 Plus no risk of death from falling 70 feet.😀

Yup, time to get on with it for sure. Bagging time..... Your "new" silos.

I know you are in Michigan so a bit tough in the winter but no more silo's and a mixer wagon absolutely think your gonna love it Kip!!

I've been bagging haylage and corn silage for about 15 years now. No issues at all. I do however bag at 1500lbs pressure. Southern Ontario.

I worked for a farmer that had a 3970 jd chopper he switched the pulleys around on it so that the blower would spin faster to get the hay out of the chopper. Then switched it bad when we chopped corn. Good looking first crop hay. God bless

Super trucker in the farmall. Always love it.

Kip, that conveyor chain slapping had me lookin around for a 2 cylinder tractor somewhere. A nice G would really be neat to see there in the lineup.

Kip keep the great videos coming man I just love them. What I wouldn't give to be there helping with the rest of the lads.

I can't believe you're bagging already .. just seems it's going way too fast . Already almost July ......😮...the gravel looks really good!!! 🙏❤️🇺🇲

Thought it was "Let's Go"

Great Video Kip. Busy Days. Stay cool and safe 👍

Corn looks really good. Looks like you’re going to have a great hay crop!!

I grew up on a 65-89 size herd dairy farm, in New England, 'bout 33 years is all I seen. keep it up man, I wish I would help you! I used to yell at my bulls so that they would know to make it very clear to me as to whats up

Kip. I think you would love some Agri Speed Hitches. They even come in handy if some mistakenly unhooks on a grade. You can catch the wagon. Been there done that! Lol!

Quite a fleet of wagons. Your crew performs like a well-oiled machine.

GREAT VIDEO THANKS FOR YOUR TIME TO DO THE VIDEO KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK YOU DO ON YOUR FAMILY'S FARM

Interesting Video - I'm glad those Bags are and will be working out .

Bergman agri speed hitches will change your life

That's a nice haylage bag for your first one!

There is no doubt you have a good wife who takes care of your hunger L O L, but you can keep on doing what you’re doing. Love your videos as always thanks Kip you do a awesome job with your videos and obviously with your farm

Awesome

looking good you are so close to bunkers and dump trailers good job

You guys are amazing! Your videos are always an education! Thank you!

Great video Kip!

I watched another dairy farmer just put up 3 - 132 foot cement silos. They changing from bunkers to silos, I like silos, push buttons and you feed. I don’t think I would like cutting and cleaning up plastic. Thx for the video !!

Take some spray paint before bagging and run a dotted line down the gravel that way you can line your bagger tractor up with it and youll know its stays straight.

You might want to connect with 10th generation dairy in Pennsylvania. They had pit silos and upright. They are retiring some uprights and are stopping using the pits. They have built 3 132ft silos with 2 more planned. Going to robotic feeders. Hope this helps. If you can please acknowledge this comment. Take care.

Another great video but I couldn't help thinking that if you laid a sheet under the filling point of the bagger the spill could be cleaned up as you go and it would keep the gravel/stone base cleaner for longer.

Another great video!

I can see both sides here. I like Silos but I also understand limitations for all versions of feed storage to an extent. Not an expert by any stretch here. Just my observations to follow. And for the record, when we moved farms in '92, we did away with ALL forage, and just did round bales, Grain. Bought a 530 Hesston (4x4 500 pounds) which matched up to barn design . 10th Gen: appears to be Limitation on farm land, not expanding past current size of herd, hires in major harvesting and manure spreading (for the pits under barns). Harvester has a blower they bring, that can reach a 150' max height, and has the capacity to unload wagons quick. They believe the 24x132 silos will hold all the feed they need stored, and are going to a Lely Vector automated feed system. I have concerns on robot going between buildings outdoors. We'll see how it goes. Kip, has similar size, I think? But, appears to be room to expand. His stave silos are pretty old, staves decaying, and the unloaders, surface drive Van Dale Magnum types, are on the last leg. For his size, a poured silo is only way to go for endurance, and size he would need. I do not know how much he would need. But would venture it will be a few million in debt. This economy. Allot of risk. At this point, he has the equipment at harvest to match his temporary storage system. 1 less expense. He put a nice pad down. He thought it out. Both farmers did put thought into their choices. I don't think either farm made a bad choice. Kip has the room to go his route. And he is modernizing his feeding ration when he gets a TMR machine. Keep going Kip!! Silos, No Silos, I will be cheering for you to suceed, just like I want 10th Gen so suceed. It was all over for me, in October '96. Wasn't because of our feed either. F(BEEP) the Government

That looks like so much fun.

Nice looking first crop. Glad you had nice weather. We are getting 6-10 inches of rain here in MN this week. Definitely gonna like the TMR and bags. You will love the piles if you go that route. Keep up the great work.

Those "pack drive" unloaders are a pain in the lower region! They always dig in and hang up when you have 100 other things to do. Especially on Holidays or before Weddings!

i'm stuck in the city love the videos

Kip I love your videos, but if you’re going to start bagging that much silage and Haylage, you’re gonna need to get a new bagger those baggers aren’t built heavy enough to take the amount you guys are going to use it for

Why don’t you use your self propelled chopper for grass silage?

Hey Kip check out Farming Fixing and Fabricating Those boys get it done!

Thanks for another great video Kip. It was interesting and enjoyable. Your chopping of the hay ground is going good. It appears you have the bagger machine dialed in real good. Like the dial gauge you have on the bagger so you know the pressure. Good deal. Got the wagons going back and forth real good with the super trucker. Your process of filling the bags is going real good. Your feed for the cows is looking real good. Thanks for everything Kip. You all take care and be safe. The Iowa farm boy. Steve.

great video

Sure is a nice set up on the chopper the 8410

Hey Kip, were you planning on adding another chopper? Looks like you can buy faster than you can keep the wagons chopped coming in to the bag.

No more climbing silos. Have you looked at replacing or retro-fitting the feeding conveyor for the cows so you could off load from your silage wagons or is a mixer wagon the better route for the farm ?

At least you do not had a strong wind from behind you while your unloading.

Awesome job it was like I was back on farm .to bad the video didn't have the smells of fresh chop haulage with all action not mention meals on wheels delivery by beauty

Its chopping time.

Why not use the self propelled chopper and use speed hitches

Why do you run duals on your chopper tractor love your videos bud I am from Ontario Canada

Kip what would happen if you fluffed up the swaths before you chopped it, would it plug up the chopper taking in a big swath.

Lower your silos you still can use them

Kip, How often do you need to sharpen the knives on the field chopper?

At least super trucker knows a good tractor he doesn't need anything to learn how to drive his tractor that little jd sounds like its going to blowup

So when all done with all hay & corn, how many bags you figure you'll have?

Whill you still use the silo at the dry cow lot

What are you adjusting with the locking pliers on the back of the bagger tractor?

Curious to how many loads it took to fill a 9’ x 250’ bag.

How does the capacity of one of those bags compare to a silo?

Im curious, why not put a bunk silo instead of the bags.

I’m kind of curious how much tonnage each bag takes just curious no big deal

You guys ever think about getting a self propelled chopper?

Get it done with all that grae id bud a pit

Jst wondering why your farm spent all that money the last two years to redo the silos and now you are not going to use them anymore?

Why don't you use your self-propelled for hay

Come on now you only need to eat once a day that's all I eat while I waste the food

Have you ever dropped a cam in the bagger?

There is no doubt you have a good wife who takes care of your hunger L O L, but you can keep on doing what you’re doing. Love your videos as always thanks Kip you do a awesome job with your videos and obviously with your farm