That edging strip is sold as "grommet strip" for edging cutouts in electrical cabinets etc. if anyone needs to get any (without having to buy a bandsaw blade! 🙂).
In Australia, you can get strips from Clark Rubber. I used it on a circular water tank, with a steel corrugated top, that had been replaced and cut with tin ships… razor sharp. The company that did the job had no idea of the potential danger they left us with. I did inform them, but preferred to make it safe myself, as I was not confident they could get it right.
I had to laugh as I watched you build the cover. My late wife would always say to me any time I did something for the house . . . Anything worth doing is worth vastly over-enginering. That cover should last many decades.
Been out camping with wind chill in the minus 20's and realize whats it's like especially now that I'm in my mid 70's it's much better sitting in the house when the temp matches my age.
After I retired from the Navy we moved to Cheyenne... that was the first time I lived where icesicles grew 90 degrees to the ground on just about every fence post and the porches. Stay warm old man!
Eastern Wyoming here. Hearing the wind and seeing the blowing snow really makes me feel the cold. Thawing frozen livestock waterers or busting ice out of tanks is one of the joys of winter. Makes my hands hurt just thinking about it.
That's the preetiest tank house I ever did see. The flat and trim colors work well. Them some tough hands to run along the fresh cut edge of plywood. I've used Bag Balm for two centuries now. Can't find the anti-septic any more. That is a fine, well thought out design for those boxes. I'd have oiled inside and out on that wood. Ya spose that plywood last even two years? I sure do appreciate the scenes of the landscape. Thank you.
Man and weather.. we have to take it as it comes...i find these segments just as fascinating. Living in sunny southern California we never have to deal with such harsh conditions and its nice to be reminded of the rest of what the country has to work with.
No apologies needed for the ending. Life is not always, perfect fit, perfect end; it is life. Sometimes you just need to wait and not push. One reason I love this channel. You do what you think is right. not what a view count does.
Great video! I didn't pay attention in college and I didn't learn very much but two things I have always remembered is that windchill only affects living things and that insulation requires a heat source to be effective. You are only doing what every rancher in the northern plains does to one extent or another. I realize you don't have electricity at that location but a heat lamp would do wonders for your targeted R value. More cows would create more usage and would also help with freezing. I would gladly buy some bred cows/heifers to run on shares to help increase your herd size. I enjoy all your videos!!!
@@robt2151 more livestock equates to more water usage not green new deal foolishness. A water tank and plumbing system with constant use is less apt to freeze .
Hi Dave and Diane ☺ season's greetings from over the pond, it looks a bit bleak out there today, but alot better back in the shop whith the stove going, I look forward to seeing your next video, stay safe, best wishe's to all, Stuart and Megan UK.
*- Wonderful warm hats you made, Dave.* *- You are smart not to open up the protected water area.* *- You would have trapped the frigid air where there had been precious 'warmth'.* *- On a still air and bright sun day, put on the 'fur-hat' tops.* *- Three straw bails width out on all sides will prevent the cold from penetrating the ground.* *- The snow drifting will help insulate everything.*
Probably a good decision. You will loose any warmth that is in the hole very quickly as heat rises and cold settles. We are all at the mercy of the weather. Thanks for sharing.
Dave. We have faith in that you know when to expose the pipe and water. Maybe construct a quick bisquine shelter around the area, to eliminate the harsh cold, just long enough to get the covers installed. Winter is here and it’s probably not going to get much easier.
Glad to see more on this project, was afraid we'd see little more. I am wondering how the insulated stock tank is doing minimizing ice formation. Also wondering what the temperature of the water coming out of the spigot is, when you first start drawing water and just before you stop. Hopefully the ground is warming the water a bit between the storage tank and the stock tank and the temperature in the storage tank is holding up. Another enjoyable episode, like all the others you've put up. Thanks for the time and effort you put into creating them.
Good Idea, I was thinking along the lines of an insulated storm cellar door affair that would cover the hole and water tank inlet. But still be easy to open and access.
I just can't imagine that kind of cold and snow. I live in middle Georgia where it NEVER snows. Sometimes the northern part of the state will get a good snowfall but not often. We are more prone to ice storms. Wish I could send some warmth your way. It was 76 degrees today...
Maybe hurricanes aren't such a problem after all. I'm well inland of the gulf coast, so the flooding isn't a problem. Never had a frozen pipe problem. Can't make snow angels in wind like that. But the summers just might be worth it.
Brrrr. I get frost bite just looking at that. When I was a kid they had to chase me into the house when it was cold. Now, they'd have to drag me outside. LOL.
One or two (used?) solar panels and a suitable water heater element placed in a metal pail full of rocks or sand could put a lot of heat most winter days in the bottom of that hole. You would get 3.41 BTUH of free heat per watt hour of energy collected. The rocks or sand would act as a thermal battery dissipating the heat overnight. With proper component selection there would be no need for any controls except for a simple disconnect to turn it off in the spring or for the unlikely need for maintenance. With the low winter sun angle the panels could be placed near vertical on the tank shed wall to facilitate self-cleaning of blowing snow.
Good decision , wait for a calm and warmer day. The hawk sure takes the temperature down real fast and makes it harder to warm back up slower. Like the way it's looking though Dave. Stay safe and warm when you can. Fred.
Railroad Switch Broom: better than what you have here. Used to clean out ice/snow from railroad track switches. Has a heavy duty construction and is topped bu a 1 ½" metal ice scraper.
Dave: I bet that shop wood stove sure feels good. After you have been out in that wind. Nothing like a nice hot wood stove to take the chill out of your bones!!
I would have quit long before you. It will be perfect when you get that last little bit finished. Thank you for sharing. Have a great day and stay safe.🙂🙂
Can’t blame you for holding off and not risking freezing the water lines. A truly wise builder knows not to drop the ball at the 11th hour of a project, and speed the work because of the work conditions and / or nearing the end / completion of the work. You know people that never toiled or know the trouble surrounding one’s work really can’t appreciate what it took to build a thing without knowing the conditions in which the work was Created. Was it an ideal fair weather day or a harsh winter’s day. No doubt many of us would like to leave a message to the future observer of one’s work … For example: This thing was created and built during a pandemic while shortages on supplies was the norm. At this point we may hear our father’s voice: “Leave well enough alone.” The water is doing it job … it can wait until the wind dies down.
The warm air can be a pain, it turns everything into a sheet of ice, that then gets covered with the next snow. It’s almost better to not have the mild warmups.
I feel you, I've had a semi trailer at my shop for over a week that I need to put graphics on. And every darn time I think I can go work on it, either it's too windy, it's raining, or too dang cold to apply. It's frustrating as all get out
Well Dave I can relate to your problem, and don't blame you. better to be safe than sorry as the old saying goes. I think eveyone watching has been in your shoes with similar situations. Nice job on the project came out nice as all your work does. so we'll wait just like you for a better day. Thanks for sharing. ECF
At 8:54 I was like, oh crap, the gable trim isn't going to work on the right side. Then at 11:46 I was like wow, That's the most interesting thing I've ever seen, who woulda thought.
Your video came up in my feed your old school that’s great would love to live in Montana.not sure if you new but they make a self watering device for animals for the cold you just have to train the animals to use it .I live in Pennsylvania the Amish use them for there animals It works like a frost proof hydrant it drains back so it’s do not freeze maybe look into one ! Good luck if I ever get to Montana I will stop bye I love old time tools .you seem like a down to earth guy we need more people like you ! Technology has ruined us in my opinion! Happy holidays from Pennsylvania
I keep my small nails in an old instant cappachino tin too. That wind & temp sound brutal. I feel for livestock (people too) that have to live in that kind of weather. I guess you can get used to it but it would be real hard for me seeing as I'm in Florida.
Looks like about R55 insulation inside that cap. I’ll be interested to hear how effective that is in keeping the cold out of your plumbing. Sure enjoy watching your builds.
35, 22 I’m afraid I don’t understand at all being from the UK where we use Celcius! I know that 77 is hot and 90 very hot from when I was a child many years ago. I know anything less than 32 is freezing and -40 is extremely cold and I get -40 as it’s the same in Celcius and Farenheit my freezer is -20C so I get cold -40, -20, 0C but Fahrenheit between -40 and 32 is a mystery to me!! Great video as always I love these after hours ones as well as the wheelwrighting and coach building.
Curious, when you are doing some of your home improvement type projects, are you using a Phillips head screw or Torx? Or is it just what you have on hand. You are such a meticulous skilled craftsman! Be very jealous!! Thank you for the videos
Hi, seeing have a lit of wind. Maybe u can make a wind heater to help u keep greater warmer using a old washing machine as a generator or a truck a alternator to give u power to a heart installed in the tank lid??? Many options for that
Sorry, what I meant by the sheet of material, was the black piece with white sploshes that Dave uses to cover the table and then use it as a workbench. As I said, i remember that stuff from years ago. It had quite a hard surface, just don't remember what that material was called.
