Everything About Irrigation Pivots (Farmers are Geniuses) - Smarter Every Day 278
Added 2022-10-30 22:19:18 +0000 UTCFirst of all, I'd like to direct your attention to the fact that there's no sponsor on this video. YOU made this video happen! Seriously, thank you so much for making this possible with your support as a Patron. This involved filming over several months, and as you can tell, was quite labor intensive!
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By the way, here's the extended cut! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTPnV7YfaGQ
Comments
I spent a lot of time with my grandfather on his farm when I was knee high before he died. Many of my fondest memories of him were out in the fields while he was working on his pivots. I'm sure it sound pretty dumb, but having just come across this video for the first time, as a 25 year old man, this video made me pretty emotional. I absolutely loved getting such an in depth video of something so cool and so under appreciated, thank you
Dain Walkup
2023-08-14 06:37:50 +0000 UTCFrom a 5th generation farmer in DRY western kansas, look up soil moisture probes and how they can interface with pivots, soil, weather forecasts, and crop information to best utilize every drop of water we put through sprinklers. Lots of variable rate technologies and applications used to maximize efficiency in all aspects of agriculture these days!
Marc Ramsey
2023-02-07 07:39:24 +0000 UTCi love these farmer episodes very interesting
Ben Oliver
2022-11-14 03:10:44 +0000 UTCCan't wait for the Holo Stickers 🥳🎄 I always overwhelmed what Destin do for us! give us opportunity to unwide and stimulate our curiousity on things that we don't even thought about it ! Farmers are truly Genius and Hardworking Humble person!!
2022-11-13 02:13:47 +0000 UTCWe have center-pivots all over here, and the speed control at the joints was always an unknown to me. Typical me, I would have guessed that they adjust the motor's speed in a linear fashion. I would never have thought that it was as simple as the bang-bang method. Thanks for showing that!
2022-11-09 04:15:21 +0000 UTCThanks a lot for putting in all the work. I always wanted to understand how this irrigation system works when ever I see them while driving or flying over them.
2022-11-03 09:33:13 +0000 UTCThis was a fun episode! Clearly a lot of labor is involved, but it's really quite simple in operation. The fast-motion video was PERFECT to show how the segments move. I had always wondered how something so long could be rigid enough, so it was interesting to learn that *it's not* one rigid section. Cool.
Brian Garrett
2022-11-02 14:02:07 +0000 UTCHe hasn’t mentioned KiwiCo in a while.
2022-11-01 23:06:28 +0000 UTCI’m sad you lost a big sponsor! Do you mind telling us supporters who it was?
Austin Burnham
2022-11-01 23:00:06 +0000 UTCSo much more complex than I'd realized. I'd always presumed they were powered by the water flow operating a geared drive system on the outermost segment. Love learning new things like this.
2022-11-01 01:29:23 +0000 UTCSo humbling to see the genius and effort that goes into that build. Times a zillion across this great country. Holy cow.
Lyn E Gerner
2022-10-31 23:14:46 +0000 UTCThank You, Destin! I look forward every week or two for what the next episode will reveal and your work is AWESOME!
Terry Moore
2022-10-31 22:13:35 +0000 UTC
