No need to apologize about "more exciting stuff". I found it to be very interesting and informative.

Kudos, first KZfaq farm video that has explained drying process in detail, that I have viewed. Thank you! Great videos

More information is fine with me. I love to learn new things like the drier.

It’s hard for me to imagine how much technology there is in farming today. Our family farm went bust in 1970. Keep up the great videos you and Sandy both do a great job.

Thank you, first time seeing a top dry/store more. Did not know this was out there. Cool stuff for sure

Good to see another video up! Hope the new system works well for use and the weather improves! Always good to see farmers investing in new technology for the farm! Your son will have a great place to come home to!

Thanks Mark! Currently running 2 separate 27ft top drys stor-mores separate farms. One getting tired, will have to upgrade down the road. Keep hearing same thing about being the cheapest cost per bu to dry with. We are happy with current ones. Be nice to put up single one. Great videos always!

This is fascinating. It's after midnight in the PNW, I can't draw myself away to go to bed. This is great!

Cool Beans! I never seen that type of grain drying system before. Thanks for sharing!

Awesome video. Really interesting, I know we've talked about a top dry but I never knew how they functioned. Now I do. Looking forward to updates on how it works for you.

Sounds like a great system and much needed. Nice to have an explanation of how it all works! Thank you!

Excellent description! Very, very informative!

Great video. The new dryer looks neat. Your video content is excellent. We are not bored.

Hello Mark, thank you for sharing it’s very interesting how your dryer works, I’m more used to the Old stile corn dryer 👍👍👍🇬🇧

Nice! Anxious to see the new dryer in operation.

Incredibly interesting! Thanks Mark

Very impressive system Mark, thank you for sharing

Awesome video Mark, thanks again >>>

Awesome grain drying system and very well explained...looking forward seeing it operating.

Sounds like it's going to work great.

Great video mark! Your explanation of the dryer was very informative thanks!

Good job explaining the system Mark. Really enjoyed it.

Loved the video. Lot of great information

Looking good.Now lets get that sun ☀️ to shine!Really wet here in Wisconsin too!!

Hey Mark, your explanation of the dryer was really good. Thanks!

Nice video, looking forward to your next one Mark

Great job of explaining the dryer

Very informative!! Nice system.....

Hi Mark, how are you going? Thank you for sharing this information. I found it very interesting and all the while as you are explaining the new technology I keep thinking of my Grandfather and Great Grandfather, and so on back in time, and I think of how hard and physically strenuous it was for them to work their farms by hand. Now that would have been terribly hard going, but when I see the latest in machinery for all kinds of purposes I am in awe of the technological brains that invented these things. Machinery for farms, hospitals, forestry, space, travel, and so on. Just amazing. Love to the Brock family, from Queensland, Australia. 😊❤️🙏🇦🇺🐨🐑🍼🌽

Excellent video.Thank you.

Nice setup, Mark

Nice video. Never knew what can go on inside these storage bins. Very interresting.

Very interesting. Learning a lot watching different farmers with different systems. Hopefully soon I will be able to get my KZfaq certified patch. Then I'll feel comfortable handing out my advice to you veterans farmers. Give me a call and I'll help you out. Lol really I'm about 75% lost, but it does look like a very simple system. Really wish I could spend a day or three following your routine and actually learn something. Impressive system you have installed, by the sound of it she's really gonna be set it and forget it. I'm just a noob from the south who has an interest in how things work. Thanks for sharing your videos and story of your way of life . See ya on the next one.

Never considered one looking forward to your experience vlogs good infomativ vid.

thanks mark, very imformative . i didnt know they made a vertical drier. as we dont need them here in western australia.

Mark All very fascinating to me. This is all very far from what I do for a living but it is interesting to see what goes into providing our food supply .

Mark. Thank You very much for the show and tell of the top dry grain dryer that is very neat to see the us of the PLC controler system. Just a side note in general the PLC controler systems are very durable and dependale. I Spent 10 years using PLC controler system on( Niles Stand Ray Wheel Truing Machine ) train wheel truing

As I told Sandi you guys have amazing equipment a clean set up and love the videos I

It’s informative thanks Mark

Neat system! Not being a farmer, looks like you could do some partial drying and then recycle the storage part or any other bin back through the top if needed!

Super informative and interesting, Mark.

Show the light system for loading sometime Mark.Everybody should have that keeps the red dog out!

Good video Mark ! I watch 60 minutes and it had a part on farming and listening to you and other KZfaq farmers it is a high technology involved to be able to farm to make a profit . They was saying on 60 minutes 10 or 11 $ bushel soybeans yal are losing money .farmers has some high tech equipment . T hff eye was saying it's more and more women farmers owning & running them . Be safe mark tell Sandi hi

Very interesting, I was not familiar with this style of dryer.

Heights scare me. Even your awesome tractors are too high. I never thought of farming as dangerous, but I grew up in Florida market gardens. Most danger on the farm would be a bull. If he seemed the slightest bit aggressive he went to freezer camp. I love watching you farm and teaching me what I missed.

Great video! Let’s see some cattle videos!

very informative never saw that before . cant wait to see it work. you think your wet come to so central mn just got over three inches again very wet. Stay safe during harvest. Bob

It’s been a rough harvest here the guys in Manitoba are starting to wonder if some of the grains won’t be spending the winter in the field. There’s still a bunch of cereals out there and the last time I checked there’s half a foot of snow on the way on wensday. Suppose if it was easy everyone would be doing it.

We run the same system where I work, it works great. I assume you have the same size capacity wet bin to feed it? It takes a little over 2 hours the next morning to transfer grain out of the dryer, so not bad. We take samples out of the leg every 15 minutes while transferring to check moisture levels. Good luck with harvest this year!

We’ve had a 27’ TopDry since 2004. It’s time to increase our drying capacity. We are leaning toward another TopDry, but a 36’ dual burner this time.

Interesting. I never seen a dryer like that. Mostly free standing mix flow out here

PLCs are programmable logic controllers. Factoid: they used to be known as PCs until the personal computer became overpowering and took their acronym.

Wow Mark, that looks like a awesome setup. Here in the UK I have never seen the round bin type systems, ours tend to be in custom buildings with bays so its really interesting to see how you guys do it. Looking forward to seeing it in action (hope you dont need it too much though)

Pretty awesome system! Hate to see the fuel bill. Too bad pure ethanol burns too cold. Could use corn fuel burner to dry the corn for the burner. Lol

That looks like a gigantic pop corn maker!

WOW!!! Way too much technology for me, lol...but very interesting. Never seen a dryer set up like that

Very interesting drying system! I like the simplicity. Here in northeast iowa and southeast minnesota i'v seen a few 6,000 bushel top dry but never one that held 19,000 bushels. How many bushels for the season do you approxiamtely run through it?

Nice. You did a great job explaining how it works. But just thinking what that cost makes my head hurt.lol

Very clear explanation thanks. For best efficiency the exhaust air temperature should be very close to grain temp being introduced to the top. When it is operating is there any way of checking that? Of course the bottom floor fan will by virtue of cooling the dried grain transfer that energy to the grain being dried. Looks like a well thought out system. Hope you don't have to use it too much.

Très très interessant

That is real nice to have natural gas on you road saves a lot. P.s. pretty fancy

Mark, we have a top dry that we’re operating as a batch dryer but want to make some changes to increase capacity. My question is- how are you using it as an auto flow with only one leg to keep the dryer full and still unload trucks/transfer dry grain out?

The dryer sounds great plus the storage capacity will be good at the end of harvest my other question is on alot of farms you might cut beans for a day or two then go to corn and back and forth.won't it take awhile to clean everything out between each crop

Another great video I take its cheaper for you to dry than the where you were charges. How much storage do you have on your farm? You and Sandy make a great team

Thank you for sharing your set up, since agriculture in my area doesn’t include grains I find all the different bin set ups and options very interesting. When you guys made they improvements to your bin site was it planned with future expansion yet again or do you have all the capacity for the land your farm now?

Any chance of a machinery/ implement tour? And also an explanation of how many acres you farm, and the type of crops.

PLC is Programmable Logic Control.

How do the silobins work? I've not seen a tower/pipe in the middle before. Only seen augers and filling one by one. Do you unload your trucks on one place to fill all the bins? And does unloading also work the same (on one place)? I'm not a farmer, so i don't know all of it and these systems are new to me. Lol

4 years later. How do you like it?

Great job describing the system. Very interesting. I'm curious how many bushels of corn per year you plan to dry with this dryer? I'm working with folks drying up to 60,000 bushels per year with a cross flow dryer and I'm wondering if the top dry would make economic sense for them for their farm size.

You'll want to remove those grates over the floor auger holes, trash will collect on them, plugging them.

How much storage bu. is there for the drying chamber? Thanks and great video

Hi Mark quick question for you, are the two plenums the direct the hot air to the top insulated? I would think there would be significant heat loss if they are not insulated.

Wow! Great explanation!!!! So (God forbid) something happens and its not working properly, does the manufacture or a third party come out to fix it, or do you have to do it? What kind of warranty do these things have?

whats the difference between your normal dryer ?

Not trying to ask for particular numbers, but how did that compare in price to a tower dryer?? Did you price other dryers also???

Do you use your overhead bin as wet grain storage as well?

Why is the dryer unload out not continuous flow?

How does it work does they bin has to be completely full or it doesn't matter how much is in it 👍

Mark, the top vents of the heater appeared to have generous gaps around them. Is snow blowing into the bin an issue?

When you talk about wet corn what % moisture are you taking it off at?

It’s also more efficient

Curious as to how quickly do you have to get the crop dried after harvesting?

I bet you can run it in the rain too. Not like most of the other dryers are un efficient

Has your corn black layered yet? Natural gas and 3 phase you lucky guys. We're all single phase with VFDs for the bigger motors but still pretty limited on power, we do buy LP by the transport though big cost savings doing that.

What are your costs per acre when doing custom work? What do you charge, or where would be a good place to start for charging for custom work?

a 3 second dump time seems really short. Is that right time for corn

How much wet corn storage do you have.?

Looking at 150 aces. Can it make money.

you wouldn't walk over and glass floor of the CN Tower then like we did when we visited canada from uk

How do you make a profit with all that expensive equiptment

What's the ROI on something like that?

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Seems like your dryer is trying to defy science. Hot air rises so why pump it to the top ? N cold air sinks so why try n force it up ? It’s going to take a lot of energy to push heat down into a solid mass rather than letting it drift up. Plus your wettest corn will be the first put in so your days of storage quickly disappear awaiting the heat from the top to get to the bottom ( wettest) crop. On cold days those ducts will be a huge heat loss til they warm up then condensation will be blown along with air from the drastic change.