Wrestling the Sweep into the Big Grain Bin

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7 жыл бұрын

The sweep and motor is crazy heavy and awkward to carry through the corn. Here I show how much of a battle it is to wrestle it into the bin.

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@sunsetviewfarms9529 7 жыл бұрын

I like seeing the bin cleaning videos with the power sweep, so keep up the good videos

@BornToFarm101MN 7 жыл бұрын

right on! glad you liked it

@danielfringer4542 2 жыл бұрын

You can seed sack over the motor and wrap wire around it to protect the motor from grain getting in it and leave the power sweep in it

@howardyounger5456 7 жыл бұрын

moving grain is always been hard work. that is a big bin. made my back hurt just watching. that was great.

@BornToFarm101MN 7 жыл бұрын

ya its always a blast but you gotta do it. glad you liked it

@thedonleroy 7 жыл бұрын

We got to old to wrestle with the sweeps so we put in the power sweeps that we just engage a lever a turn it on & we are in business.

@BornToFarm101MN 7 жыл бұрын

that'd be the cat's meow. if he ever builds another bin im sure thats the route he wil l go

@Derek_00Mustang83 7 жыл бұрын

We make a heck of a powersweep at work (GSI) Its called the x series. The gear that drives it around the track is made out of 3/4 hr and ive cut a ton of them.

@BornToFarm101MN 7 жыл бұрын

sweet! i gotta imagine those things are beasts! i can't even imagine the power sweeps in those 500,000 bushel bins.

@joshjansen8429 7 жыл бұрын

900 bushel is light compared to what we have been putting on our truck's. We are in the middle of wheat harvest and the farm owner said to put 6 combine dumps on a truck. At 8 ton a dump that works out to well overweight.

@BornToFarm101MN 7 жыл бұрын

holy smokes! is that a state that gives leway during harvest? ya, i havent looked at the slips---it was about 905 bushels of soybeans a load; probably a little more for corn but not much more.

@joshjansen8429 7 жыл бұрын

BornToFarm101 there are no leways here in Ontario. I hate to imagine the fine he would get if he got caught

@lesterchase6138 5 жыл бұрын

I did some farm work in my younger days scooping grain was the worst

@sam_kiefer1652 7 жыл бұрын

I just finished today sweeping the last two bean bins

@BornToFarm101MN 7 жыл бұрын

fun fun, we got some more beans to haul before we sweep. im sure it was hotter than hot for you too when you did that?

@sam_kiefer1652 7 жыл бұрын

BornToFarm101 yea my shirt was dry before I started at the end it seemed like I was giving myself a shower

@nicholasfry8695 3 жыл бұрын

Does that bin not have smaller sumps where the sweep goes

@BornToFarm101MN 3 жыл бұрын

it does, theres two intermediate. sometimes if they aren't working 100% we just wrestle the sweep in

@joedoak3478 7 жыл бұрын

just changed my mind about a bin I'm to old for that I. hope you have an escape plan if you get a collapse

@BornToFarm101MN 7 жыл бұрын

ya when it's coned down like this you can see pretty well how the corn is gonna act; you can see the hold ups if theres moldy spots and we try and knock them down before we go in there. i get nervous when we have to go in bins from the top---we really dont at all

@minnesotaoliveranddeere5919 7 жыл бұрын

Borntofarm101 1 sweep 0

@MrMarkar1959 6 жыл бұрын

lol,,there's too much corn for the damn sweep anyway,,that motor doesn't weigh 200 lbs,both together,sure,,and I agree getting the sweep thru any door sucks,esp. half doors,,ever seen the "submarine doors??damn round,way up there,,sux royal,what's up with the centerwell not working?maybe broken splice pin? be glad some corn was dumping. Good Luck Man,,it DOES get a bit warm!!lol,or humid as hades!!

@BornToFarm101MN 6 жыл бұрын

its way heavier than you think . motor is at least 125-150. sweep is at least 150-250.

@nicholasfry8695 3 жыл бұрын

i can agree with the heat and humidity, i may start off in a heavy coat, coveralls, and a hoodie, and end up just wih the hoodie,