Dually To SRW Conversion (87 K30 4x4) Off Grid Internet Q&A 

i have a buddy that got his starlink package. we live in north idaho in BFE. His speeds are amazing. im sure youll love it once you get it

Wheeling and dealing is an art: parents should teach their children how to do it. Thank you for the video today~

Starlink is coming for your internet! Stay strong!

I admire Cedar’s heart’s attitude and her appreciation for your labor. God bless your marriage and family!

It’s a good thing you had a video tonight. We needed some thing entertaining and uplifting. Today was a bad day.

You are a die hard working on the truck, outside, on the snow. You will need a storage building someday to get all the crap outta the shop. I love my woodstove in the shop, sitting by it now, hoping you stay warm. Cheers to a new year for you guys!

omg, you are going to love starlink! Much higher bandwith, much better latency, much more robust(snow and rain), and cost. Heck, it even has a heater that will melt the snow off of it! Perhaps see if you can cash in on your channel size to see if they will move you up in line. Great video, can't wait to see more truck stuff.

Heath, you remind me so much of myself in always needing projects to ease my mind and function. Although, on my best day, I couldn't keep up with you on your worst day, at almost 75 and a partial paraplegic I have built my shop and am building my home by myself while I still farm my 40 acres. I get more inspired each video you make so, thank you for the inspiration.

I absolutely love how every video, every chat Cedar just stares at you. As if you just hung the moon. She has such a proud glimmer in her eyes, as you talk about anything. It's as if her love for you grows with each story you tells... Its absolutely beautiful.

Glad to see that you are back on the 87. Brother may the good Lord be with you and your family.

Watched this late last night, but making my comments this morning. i am really impressed with your auto skills. I am also impressed that you honor your wife by getting stuff done when she askes. (get rid of the trucks, lol) i am really finding i enjoy the few moments with the two of you at the end. i had no idea that your internet, that we all take for granted, was such a struggle. I have always assumed you went into town and uploaded from there. Your family adventure has become a very much anticipated and enjoyed moment every week. God bless, keep on keeping on. thanks for letting us in.

I relate so much to your mindset - I have an overactive mind and am constantly working on projects while thinking about other projects or cool ideas in my head, and often get one done almost all the way and find myself working on another, then look back and I have about 9 or 10 projects going on at the same time. Looks like a mess to other people, but it's very much organized chaos in my head. I love watching your content and seeing such a good-hearted, hard-working family doing things the right way. Thanks for posting these, you inspire people like me to keep being myself and to keep working hard.

Don’t be hard on yourself. You can’t watch everything while doing everything else. 🙏🏻

Great video! Those square bodies sell quick, great trucks, I had a 79, wish I still had it! John 😎👍

I've been watching since 5k subs back all the way before the house was finished. I can't wait for your family to have Starlink!

We had hughsnet for just over 4 years, pain !!!! We just got Nomad, which works off cellphone signal . WOW so happy. $130. amonth . 4 device's going at the same time and no problem !! We're less then 1 1/2 miles from a cell tower. Love the crew cab. Wish we could fine one in that good of condition for my hubby. Thanks for sharing. Stay safe, warm and healthy. God bless

After yesterday, it sure felt good to watch your video, and the family!! I have to say your videos are my video happy place!! Oh and thank you for introducing us to Ariat Boots!! I surprised my very hard working railroad husband with a pair of the boots and he instantly feel in love with them!! It only took a couple steps and said, this is the first time in his 60+ years that he got a pair of boots he didn’t have to break in! He walked around in them with the tags still on for hours!! They earned their 5 star rating!! Thanks again for introducing us to a great company!!

Love the cummings swap into the square body great trucks .

How about adding a door next to or near your garage door, so you can go in and out without opening the garage door and letting out all the heat?

Hey Brother, you inspire me and I stand in awe at what you have accomplished. Amazing man

I've got 4 project cars here that were put on hold as I had to prioritize family. good thing my eldest daughter looks to be interested in cars too. hopefully she'll continue these projects later on.

We are also waiting for Starlink. Our property is in the Idaho Panhandle. We retired 3 years ago and will build a home. Stay well.

I am Glad that you have your shop to work in!!! Y'all Take Care & Stay Safe. ~ Carl & Judy Lamar County, ALABAMA. ~

When you get around to choosing window coverings, take a look at cellular blinds. They trap the cold air from outside in the winter and the hot air in the summer, amazingly insulating. They aren't the least expensive option but not the most expensive either. If you 'special order' them, you can choose from different colours to go with each room while every one of them will match from the outside. I call them "self-dusting" because nothing "sticks" when opening and closing them. That's a bonus, eh?! With love from Canada

Great video, thanks. You are one wheelin, dealin, working guy. Then you learned how to juggle family, weather, and all that stuff in with it.

I love to watch your videos and your wonderful family.

Love the King Ropes hat, I lived in Sheridan for a bit in my teens, quite the shock coming from Socal with a mohawk and skateboard :) Now many decades later I have grown to appreciate that time in my life and the adversity it brought. Thank you for all you do, your work ethic is second to none! PS I love my RPR hat and it has become my go to, Cheers Mate!

you would pick up painting fast. I'm like you, love to see what I can do to save a truck or car. I've always been like you and am doing it again ( I'm 82 ) building a 1963 Honda road racer ground up. Started the project over 5 years ago searching for rare parts for the 350 around the globe, getting the engine together and having to find racing parts on line and from old friends to help finish my project. Today I finished the 4.5 gallon racing gas tank so now I can get it ready to start up. The engine is new in every respect except for the original castings for the head and cases. Pistons, valves valve springs with titanium retainers, cam regrind by Delta cams, Amal 30mm carbs all new and ready to fire up.

I have been watching for over an year now. Just been waiting for you guys to mention starlink. I believe it might be a game changer or I hope so.

My nephew lives in northern Washington State and has had Starlink for a few weeks. It's just what you have heard. He is getting an average of 140 down and 30 to 40 up. He loves it.

You are what you are. You are a man with so many experiences and skills. I feel your pain and frustration with poor internet service. This past early fall I had fiber cabling installed to my home. in a rural area. We don't have the mountains to contend with but I can remember when I had to use a modem over a phone line to access broadband service. at my current residence.

Love and Peace from Sweden 🇸🇪. Go fore it!!

OMG I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO say BECAUSE YOU know how TO fix JUST about everything it SEEMS there NOTHING you can't fix I AM SO HAPPY JUST to watch YOUR VIDEOS BECAUSE YOU ALWAYS doing something different STAY SAFE OUTTHERE AND BLESSED 🤗🤗🤗✌✌✌✌

the last parts are just special, thank you.

Trust me Cedar he enjoys the fruits of your labor as well . Anyone can work on trucks, it takes a special person to make a home, it takes hard work. This project is a labor of 2 loves for him, the joy of doing it, and it is for you. For him it is Win Win !

Enjoying the fireside chats!

I've been working on my 82 crewcab squarebody for a few years i cummins swapped myself and pretty much done all the work on it myself and im the other way i actually have gotten attached to it the more i work on it and i dont see myself selling it ever unless i absolutely have to. Keep up the great work i cant can't wait to see the progress on your squarebody

I’ve been enjoying your adventure on your channel for quite a while now. I’m not much of commenter but always watch. I hope you have a lot of young subscribers because they can see what honest hard work can accomplish. I want to thank you for enlightening me about Starlink. I signed up for their Beta program. I have Hughes and costs keep rising notwithstanding the interruptions and latency. I live near Hells Canyon so I’m looking forward to a better service. Thanks again!

We sound so similar with project vehicles. I have somehow gotten sentimental with the last few though and think it's going to cost me vs. the usual fix and flip. Great video as usual.

Thanks for your videos. I watch them from Japan. Watching your kids snowboarding, I think a good project for the future would be a rope lift that goes up the hill a bit.

So glad you are going to Starlink. You will not be disappointed. :)

Shops built time for truck builds. Love to see how you build your style pickup like what works for you your needs the road the property ect.

I cracked up when Heath was talking trucks and Cedar had the same look on her face that I did! 😂 Love you guys 🙏❤️🇺🇸

"The Earth has shifted" there's a slogan for 2021.

I like the way you do your videos. Have enjoyed watcing you build house and barn. I will continue to catch up on your site. I encorge others to watch.

Heath I can't believe your out there on that cold ground again my friend and I'll call you resourceful .They say if you rub something that's dull long enough you can put a shine on it. Well if you put a little effort in anything it sometimes pays off. Of course sometimes you don't ..been there done that. I like the fireside chats with Cedar and you even without the fire ...saves the wood..glad your getting the cold and the snow. Be careful and stay safe my friend.

Just watching you working on the trucks, one inside and the other on pavement has to be really good for you. Trying to jack things up on stones isn't easy and even dangerous. Good to see things slowly improving for you all. When you ran out of water did you pump water out of your well up to the tank(s)? I can remember in a really early video that you might have secured some water source up hill from you. Is that still a viable source of water? Stay warm!

Midweek #redpoppyranch fix!

I'll be looking forward to the cummins build. It's a special truck, glad you're gonna take your time with it

SO cool that you're getting starlink! :D

I'm also in love with the older Chevy's, My first was a 1973 Chevrolet Suburban that had been an ambulance. Those trucks are super nice and fun to drive. Today I'm more looking to find a Studebaker from the 50's. Commander Sedan or something like that. In Sweden there are many people buying American cars from the 50's & 60's because they have the aura of luxury and the "America dream".

Love❤🏚the fire side chats it validates what you do and confirms how you are progressing and opens the door wide on higher levels of communication.🤗

When i watch red poppy ranch I feel very fluent in English, but this video is where i traced my limit. Couldnt understand half of the terms about those cars. Just got it: you buy crap, you fix it, you sell it good. Thats it. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Another video from my happy place....have a good week....

Thank goodness Cedar put her foot down, with the trucks.👍..it was getting to be a little cluttered in your yard.☺️Nice work there on the trucks.👍

LIke so many young men today your oldest son is missing out on learning from his dad. I don't see much of him helping you.

Love the old square body chevs

Number 1 thing about auto-mechanics is if it is not broken, don't fix it. And I love my dually and it can damn near haul anything.

A brain surgeon calls a plumber and askes him how much to do an emergency call on a public holiday. The plumber says " aw about $400 per hour". The brain surgeon says " that's ridiculous, I don't charge that much, and I am a brain surgeon". The plumber replied, "yea, I didn't charge $400.00 per hour when I was a brain surgeon either".

I hope you have not even crossed the 1/2 way mark so we can continue to follow along for the ride! :)

Cedar the fruits of Heath's labour's sounds like a win win for you.lol

Those PT devices level monitors gives you the ability to have a low level notification. It takes seconds to set up and then it sends you an alert when the water gets to that level. I watched the video where you set yours up and went out and ordered one. Pity you didn't have an affiliate link for it but I nonetheless told them that I saw it on your channel and ordered it on the basis of your review.

That "apostrophe S" on the thumbnail is fun!

Starlink is going to be a game changer for people who work remotely/want to work remotely and live or want to live in a rural area. I’ve been waiting for it and once it’s here, I plan to leave the city and move somewhere quiet.

What's normal? Isn't that a setting on your washing machine?

Will be great to see how Starlink works for you guys, been following their progress for some time and all of the early feedback I’ve seen so far has been extremely positive. 👍🏻👍🏻

Apparently the only thing that’s gotten better since 2004(?) with Hughes Net is price. Speed was lousy out on Nantucket, but back then was about $1200/month. And I think I had to pay a few grand for the insult of that dish. Great work you two.

I just got rid of highs, absolutely hated it. I have an old 18 acre farm in rural country. Spectrum invested in the area and know we have really good internet at half the cost. Only been waiting years for it

I don't know about you, but the upgrade for Android that came out in December screwed up my and many other people's wifi settings causing devices to keep dropping the internet. I have fiber optic (FIOS) which can handle many devices all at high speeds with no problem when working right, but whatever was in this "upgrade" screwed up all our Android devices, we'd have good a connection, but the internet would "disconnect," anyhow I found out it was a simple fix to reset the WiFi and Bluetooth to original settings, re-entering passwords and we were back to normal. Don't know if this helps, but I hope you have success in getting an internet connection that suits your family's needs. Alway, I always enjoy watching y'all at Red Poppy Ranch, God Bless your family and may we all find peace in these very crazy times we live in.. IMHO you made a great decision in moving to where you live, I wish I could do the same. 👍✌😘🇺🇸

Gee Whiz!!!!!! Where's ole Rhett? Still on the couch? Amazingly typical 21st century story.

Same story in East Texas.. we have the slowest internet service (4mb max) with no other companies around... On the list for Starlink... can't wait...

A mini wood stove? That be perfect for your cabin! I took a guess as to why was still needed an this is all I could come with was a way to heat the place. Waiting (not so) patiently! :) to see what it is!

Hi Heath, I'm a long time viewer, and the former CTO of a satellite Internet service provider in the Middle East. Leaves growing in the trees are an actual problem for maintaining line of sight to a satellite. Given you are on a North facing, your line of site must run close to the earth for any geosynchronous satellite (Viasat, Hughes, but not Starlink). Not saying he was correct, but it is reasonable.

Great video 👍🏻 Greetings from Sweden!

I would have liked to see you put the Bucket from the backhoe to hold the bed up as you worked on it. Be safe.

The more I see this project the less and less I think this truck is actually for Cedar lol

Add a Chamberlain garage door opener you can open and close via app. Save your heat !

If you're doing a cummins swap right now The Skid Factory and Deboss Garage are doing a 24 valve P-Pump conversion for The Skid Factory here on RU-vid. The Skid Factory is in Aussie land and DeBoss Garage is in Canada and has been a really great series, they are slipping the show between their two channels. And the school I think you were looking at was WyoTech which is in Laramie WY, I when through in 02-03 and got the degree in Chassis Fab/High Performance Engines and Paint and Body. It's still up and running with the old owners, and they have better refined their classes.

poor, poor Cedar. I'm thinking you are going to need to build her her an attached (or detached) garage in the Spring for the nicer vehicles. Plus, I just want to watch you build something else, lol. 😁 Thanks for the video, I love the old trucks...

It is always "WE" in marriage...lol

Heath, the tech guy with regards to a strong Sat Signal will down grade the signal with any obstruction in the path of line of sight. The main point is the actual location of the satellite will mane a huge difference.🙏🙏🙏🙏

I love rat rods....you need to find a lathe to turn brake drums and calipers and flywheels, my husband is always tinkering on some old mopar,he used to be a Chevy man chevell ss,nova ss, impala ss,etc.until a stock 340 6pak demon blew his built to the hilt 350 4bolt main mouse motor into the weeds,he said it's time to switch sides

I also own a 5.9 Cummins and it’s the best truck I’ve ever owned

Make sure that water gauge thing is setup to monitor and send an alarm below, say, 20%

As you continue to grow your car dealership, you should consider getting a lift for that shop!

you may laugh about the foliage on the trees retaining water to act like a shield for your satellite internet . The Tech gave you the honest truth Sir.

My Dad was a A grade motor mechanic after 12 in service after WWII. So he never had a new car. He’d say “Once a car is off the showroom floor they all are 2nd hand anyway. When I was 19 my car was a 1059 Morris Minor. It didn’t look anything special but she purée like a kitten. We, as a family went out to Roma, 350 miles west of Brisbane. Dad was raised out that way. A heap of my male cousins stole the car one night, by morning it was masked, sanded, undercoated and one coat of a dark green. We went out there with a ratty car and came back with a really nice one. I think in the ‘50’s it was an old great Cherie ? Spelling. I know Dad taught me to crawl under it, he would fit the spammer on them I’d get in and undo the last of the sump. First time , Mum was furious, I got all the sump oil in my hair. Never again. I learned to know when to such and pull the tray in. The car was so low to the ground Dad couldn’t get under it without jacking it up and that of cause put the sump on the wrong angle to drain. So that’s when little 5-6 children learn to do what dad can’t do. My old Morris ran on the smell of a greasy rag. I’d better go it’s late ere. But old cars -- to me can be worked on and have character all of their own. Love you guys. Ellen. Queensland, Australia.

I think you were meant to work with vehicles. I think you going into plumbing was just some serendipitous step to be able to learn the building trades for homes.haha. such is life. and Lastly, please do give us feedback on StarLink when you get it. i am personally very interested. thanks guys!

Wheeling and dealing is and art same as what a salesman does. As for your satelite problem perhaps install a tower on your property ot make a deal with the service in your area to lease a area for them too install there own tower. For the area sorta like a REPEATER station. God bless be safe. Jim

Great video this is my favorite channel I've been watching from day 1 just starting to leave messages lol .... Love the flag on your coat

"check the batteries on the internet....." That reminds me, did I miss the update on the solar system?

When you get Starlink, please do a video on setup.

Well done it will be brilliant when its finished.

How’s completing the interior of the house going for Cedar? Spring will be here in a few months and you won’t want to be inside then. You have a lot on your plate but the best way to finish is to stick to your list. I love the content and all you are working on outside but I’m sure it has to be weighing on you to close that out.

We went from hughs net to fiber optics and the difference is astronomical

I would add a lift for the workshop to your wish list and consider flipping vehicles

Agree, agree, agree on viasat. It’s either that or Hughes. I want to get rid of it but do not have options.

Heath, the Earth’s magnetic pole is always shifting. This does not change the rotational North Pole. The rotational does also shift (precession).

good video, i applaud your efforts, I am used to doing everything by myself also. thanks

We are off grid and have viasat. In a year we have had no issues. It is exspensive and slow though