Hidden deep in the Appalachian Mountains, adventures await... Steep in the Woods. Off grid projects, small cabins, pallet wood and recycled products, mountain spring water, hunting, fishing, bushcraft, survival, prepping, outdoor skills, and more!
Awesome job! I am also afraid of heights and even I got a bit dizzy from watching you on RU-vid lol. I've been considering building a 1 maybe 1 and a half story shop to do my woodworking in. I really like the way you put your home or tower together and I think I'm going to go ahead and build it. First I need to get some money together for supplies but I am going to build it from pallets. I also want to produce videos for RU-vid so hopefully soon you will see me on here, at least that's the plan. Keep up the great work and stay safe. I hope you and your family are successful and good luck with future endeavors. Happy Building and I will see you on the next one!😁
That is correct! Even with pallets you need some amount of money.. Screws, insulation, roofing, house wrap etc. Some advice for your RU-vid, just use your phone because it'll take as good a video as anything, and download kind master for your editing. We still use that ourselves! Also be sure to drop me a line once you start making videos, if they're similar to what we do here I can help you once you get around 35 or 40 posted. Welcome to the journey!
@@SteepintheWoods awesome, thank you! It's going to be a bit but I will get there. I appreciate the advice and I will definitely drop a line when I make it that far. I hope things go great for you and your family, talk to you then. Stay safe 💯😁
This isn't meant to hold any water. You want your main collection a certain amount off the bottom of the dam otherwise sediment will build up and clog it too quickly, and you want some amount of distance between the main feed and the overflow as well as the overflow on the top.
I am currently replacing my brake bands on my Oliver 60, and was trying to figure out a good way to cut them. Excellent idea about using the saw. Thanks a ton!
Just got thru building a goat shed 18 pallets and ol'ten ,repurpes and reuse, y'all are doing awesome been watching from the beginning ,Sisco from south Texas.
The thing that's doing the sensing in dowsing is you, not the rods. All the rods are doing is making it obvious what you are sensing; that's why pretty much anything will do for rods.
We cut the stalks on the young plants into like button slices, rolled it in a flour, corn meal, pepper mix and then you can bake it or fry it.. It's similar to yellow squash.. It's a good addition to the salad as well.
I’m hoping you went through them and identified them before You could have one penny that could bring lots of washers. There’s RU-vidrs that have this knowledge.
It all depends on how you value your time, it takes time. But yeah I've definitely used pennies for washers in a pinch, they work really good and they look neat.
These washers are legal because they are not intended to be used as legal tender or to defraud or counterfeit. They are similar to souvenir penny stretchers, which are machines that turn coins into objects other than currency.
So it goes like this, it's illegal to make a nickel into a dime. Or a 5$ bill into a 50$ bill. You can't change the face value. I made coin rings and wondered the same thing.
I put a pond liner on my primitive hut - and then a poly-canvas tarp over that. Glad to see you using it for a living roof. I've been wondering what to do after the UV destroys the polycanvas tarp - but probably just throw some soil up there. hahahaha. Great idea. Also you are the master pallet builder!! I just started watching your channel. I dated a Kentucky woman way back when I was in my 20s - but otherwise I'm a northern Midwest person. That's very impressive that you're raising a family offgrid. Thanks for your channel and congratulations. I can access pallets so I've been pondering using them - but I need now to double check - I don't think they're up to the same standards of your 2 x 4 pallets. I built the primitive hut as a double wattle and daub wall - so it's very well insulated with hay-clay. hahahhaa. Then I added rock wool for roof insulation. We need serious insulation - the winter gets 30 below Zero f. sometimes - I don't live there because the whole permit thing applies to any structure that is lived in. Building code is not enforced except on the state level - so I could technically live in a primitive dwelling offgrid. The sewage permit is the kicker and so I called the planner about getting a year-round composting toilet permit. They don't understand composting since septics don't do aerobic composting unless you get a "sludge-hammer" installed. hahahahaha. That's a cool device but requires 60 watts continuous - plus I have high water table swampy land - so also I want to save the precious trees for the birds. I only have like 3 acres of trees and then seasonal wetlands for a couple acres. hahahahaha. Just got flash flooding up there - I grow mushrooms in the woods as my farm business but this year I have had hardly any to harvest. It's gonna be interesting to see how you finish the interior of your 28 foot tall pallet tower. hahahaha. That's awesome. I like how you explained your inner ear messing with you - yes - and how that was tied to your vision. It seems common sense to be afraid of heights - good safety reaction by the body. What else? Having your savings in change is a very creative solution! You can try a certificate of deposit to earn unearned income as long as the U.S. military empire doesn't collapse as the petro-dollar - 4 to 5 percent returns is the highest we've had in a long time. hahahahaha.
Welcome to the journey!! This pallet House has evolved quite a bit over the past year, our original plan (which is what we're going to do for our final house) was to do in Earth sheltered home. But you can't dig where we wanted to put this one! We're right on top of bedrock. Which also made gardening difficult but we will push through! Once we figured out Earth sheltered wouldn't work for this particular location we decided to go with pallets and straw slip insulation. However the pallets that we got didn't have enough air flow to dry the straw efficiently. So that left only one option in our budget, the thinnest foam board they sell LOL Technically the inside of the pallet house is finished once I put flooring down. From here all our work is going to be done on the exterior of the house. Yeah, we're one of those few people who knew exactly what we wanted to do from the beginning it was just getting there was the difficulty.. So that's where the change came into play LOL The secret is.. there is no secret! If you want to get land you're going to have to have some kind of credit and some kind of down payment. And change was the only way we could get that much money together. Now that we're happy with where we live I put a lot of my money into silver. (Off-grid 401K LOL) I'm glad to hear you're putting your land to use growing something! We will be doing the exact same thing with native plants! But unlike most people who dig them up and sell their parts we're going to go on the opposite end of the spectrum and sell live plants for those people like ourselves who want to start their own patch. That way we're still making profit but we're encouraging the growth of these amazing plants instead of harvesting them. Either way, I'm glad to have you along for the ride! Best of luck today and everyday!
Everyone needs to understand that all pallets are made out of #3 lumber. So everyone knows some pt like me worked on lumber mills and I did some grading.
