so
and we are back oh my goodness there's a lot going on today actually a lot going on this whole month
it's been busy but it's good it's a good busy so here's the thing you remember when we had that
big concrete slab poured for that bin that 3609 is what they call it that west steel bin well here's
the thing we didn't think we're gonna get that bin put up until maybe july or so well the bin
building guys he's like hey i'm available i can put it up tomorrow start working on it at least
oh okay sounds good so i'm going to take this thing beautiful case steer run it over the quonset
because we got a lot of bin sheets and parts and pieces inside the building and i got to remove all
that stuff bring it outside put it next to the location and then it's ready for him to start
assembling the bin so yeah take this case deer and run over to the quonset and get it ready for him
now all this right here
is the grain bit and there's a little bit on the other side too so gotta take all this out
and these sheets here are very heavy there's a lot of weight to those things so pull those out
but i gotta get the truck out of here and then there's a couple items here that i need to go
those sheets are for different bins but all that's got to be moved out to over there so let's move it
and just like that it's all moved out of the building and it is piled out here
for the wind to take it all they're talking wind this week so
don't know how that's going to work with uh them putting a bin and a bunch of wind
blowing but he said he's going to do what he can to work around it and he's actually
here in montana he's uh see how far maybe 40 minutes away is where he lives
so he knows this area he understands what uh what the conditions can be like
but he's gonna try monday which is tomorrow and uh yeah you got a couple sheets here i'll have
to rearrange these depending on how he wants these because there's going to be the bottom sheets the
top sheets and he has to figure out which one goes where but i figured last time we did these bins
the other guys wanted the sheets more towards the center so then that way they can just
work around the edge and they're not in the way so once he figures out what he wants
i can use this little ramp that i designed fabricated engineered made sure it's up to code
a little off but anyways and then we'll start stacking the sheets around on where
he wants them and then they can start assembling it but until then
i'm gonna go do a couple other things and then tomorrow we might see another
bin starting to erect it's gonna be awesome okay good deal all right ah i smell something
anyway uh what got going here is a badger that the dogs found on our walk this morning and of course
they're uh they're trying to find out what it's all about so let's take a look
i think the dogs were badgering him what do you guys think hey how's your morning huh
okay he's just holing up
they're fun creatures friendly i think only when they're sleeping
all right they had their fun all right we'll continue on our walk have our fun
so that's what you're actually called wildlife you're probably wondering
why in the world do i have that up there you gotta have a stand for a camera
time lapse the guys are here and guess what they're doing they're starting to put the
bin together at least getting things rounded up figured out what pieces go where marking things
off so they can start assembling this beast and it's gonna go up fast although there's a problem
it's gonna be really cold today that's kind of a problem hands don't work very well and they're
talking wind like a lot of wind so you're probably wondering well why would you want to put a bin up
while it's windy it's a good question because you can no here's the thing they're gonna work till
probably about noon maybe three o'clock today and then the wind's gonna pick up
when they get the bin kind of somewhat together all these jacks that lift the bin they'll actually
anchor them to the concrete so it ain't going nowhere so they can work on our ways and then stop
and then they can walk away at least that's the theory now it depends on how bad a wind we get and
if that tears that part we got other issues in the farm so anyways me stop talking you start watching
i think it's the right way to put it yeah let's go with that okay let's go see what they're doing
now this bin was in the works last spring before it was a drought last year we already had it all
figured out but uh it arrived a little late last year and we actually didn't need it surprisingly
can't say that but we have all the pieces the pad's been poured and it is time to get it up
and it's nice to get it done now instead of during harvest so hopefully keyword hopefully we fill all
of it that'd be awesome isn't that just crazy there's a bin right there don't look very big
just wait it'll look bigger it's deceiving to the eye let's put it that way
now
we have a problem and i'm not going to point fingers we asked for a bin
and the exact same that we have here whoever looked it up didn't look it up correctly and
they said is this the bin you want we looked at the sheet we said yep that should be the one
and we made the mistake of not seeing something on that sheet that makes a very big difference
here's the thing these are stiffened bins the bin that showed up is an unstiffened bin
not the end of the world but we really really want the stiffened bin because we have really
high winds and these are going to make sure that the wind does not crease the sheets does not
hurt the bin and i think we really need to have the stiffen bins now the bin that we have now
that they just arrived or that's here that they're putting together is unstiffened it's possible in
the future you might have issues of it creasing maybe not ever have a problem but we don't want
to chance it after making a bunch of phone calls we finally figured out what we're going to do
and it's awesome that agi was able to work with us they were able to basically track down
sheets and they're going to get them shipped here uh probably end of this week to next week
and so we'll have the stiffeners and sheets to fix this bin now they're going to go ahead and
keep putting this top together and the top ring when we get the other bend parts we're
going to just have to drill holes and these rings are here to match those stiffeners
and everything will be fine so all worked out it's just kind of a major inconvenience so the
guys will just have to build this part put it on hold go do something else for a while and
then when the sheets come here then they can start building on it so anyways that's what's happening
well the bin guys are back so they're going to start putting this roof together but here's the
thing we got all those old sheets inside the bin when you put the roof on you got to pull them all
out one by one so what we're going to do is use the big bud crane lift all those sheets
out and then they can put the roof on when the new sheets get here when they jack it up they'll
just have to slide them in and put them on that way so anyways let's take those old sheets out
so
well we're going to do as you can see there's no air drill attached to this big bud it's over there
that oil leak in the front front front crank shaft seal is going out and there's another cover that's
leaking oil really bad and we are sick and tired of it and we got some time because weather's gonna
turn cold in a couple days we got all the peas in the ground and we're gonna probably start
our spring wind next week maybe a couple acres later this week if we get on it with all that
said we're gonna get this in the building to do all that work change those seals out to clean it
up dad's washing down so well you can work around it but not oily mess and then i'm gonna go through
and i'm going to pull all the plugs on all the planetaries and drop all the oil
and then on the center sections too the differentials drop oil them too
put all the way on this thing because it hasn't changed long enough let's do
all right let's see who the differential looks like
i would need two hands for this one
i grabbed two five gallon buckets but uh oh boy there we go i'm amazed those are bigger your ends
i'm gonna take 12 15 gallons of oil that's amazing all my right
is sore
you guys try doing this with a camera in your hand it's not easy there we go
wow
she's not bad looking but and it's time just putting oil in it all right i'm 99 done
uh i had a mess there's oil spilled all over this floor there's lines everywhere
i've tried i tried i tried i had a hose with the threads that you would attach into the planetaries
let it run out in a bucket but no matter what you do just oil gets everywhere it's all over
the bucket it's all over the ground and i already put 30 gallons in this thing between 15 in the
back and 15 in the front axle and i'm still low in the back because i didn't quite get enough
in there so i got to get more in it so we'll get some more going tomorrow and finish this up and
then the oil leak the leg arms is going to tackle here when it gets the seals in will hopefully fix
a massive oil mess that just appears right here from the front main seal we've changed in the past
it's probably he's a new speedy sleeve we'll get it done so anyways it's kind of weird it
was like push hard seating and also hey we're back in the shop kind of just doing stuff
you