The 3 dry washes you crossed all have great potential for porous rock dams upstream of your roadway. Your best bet is to build several porous rock dams uat intervals upstream of the road so no one dam has to take the full load. The porous rock dams will slow the velocity of the water and spread out the volume - both of which will protect your roadway.
It's beautiful out here, in my opinion. There is a saying out here that you either love the desert or you hate it. I guess you know what category I'm in. Thanks for watching.
Thanks for watching, the ranch will make a great mountain biking location in the future and retirement plan should be very inexpensive living out there. The truck has definitely earned it's money probably most people will never use it as much I have. The best part about diesel trucks are they hold their value it will cost me about six thousand dollars to have it for five years.
native texan here. i really want to do this. i’ve been collecting tools, skills, and knowledge for over 20 years. we could end up being neighbors. i’m a bit concerned about water though.
Welcome to the channel, I believe if you put enough time into building your water security it should not be a problem. During the monsoon season the desert gets plenty of rain even one inch is enough if you are able to trap it properly.
@@TimelineRanch thanks for warm welcome! i can cooper water tight containers from wood. my research says it rains about two inches per year there. correct me if i’m wrong? i assure you i’m worth the time, should we become neighbors. i’m a genius who understands mathematics, physics, engineering, biology, chemistry, and i can make machines/electronics. a big reason i want move off grid is so that i can build full scale ideas and prove they work, then give ideas away to farmers. i can build zero electricity air conditioning. i can make electricity from biological processes. read that again. really, truly. ultimately, i want to regreen the desert using my ideas about electricity into a system that combines regreening with garden/animals/electricity in elegant simplicity. all of the above is dependent on having wood to make things from. what is a ballpark idea of how much it would cost to truck in an entire load of logs to that area? thank ya’ kindly! -j
@@youarenotme01 The average rainfall is 10" I personally have seen as little as 3" and as much as 16". Sounds like you will keep your self busy with all the projects you have planned. The price to haul wood would depend on where it is coming from. It costs me around $1,000 in diesel to drive 1,400 miles with a fully loaded trailer for an example of course to pay someone would be considerably higher.
Or the elevation goes down, you should build a bunch of Permaculture swales and water catchments and you will have all kinds of vegetation if you want to be perfect you could start your own forest around these areas
@White_Rabbit63 No problem. I have a bunch of plans as far as water retention and the likes. My problem is not enough time at the ranch to implement it yet.
Nice tour. Im lucky enough to have over 100 acres in central Texas where it's dry but probably twice the rainfall of there. I still want to buy some acreage in south Brewster county though as i almost bought some over 15 years ago out there. My biggest reason not to then was getting a road cut and draling with vandals from border crossers. I really wish i had though, i haven't checked prices in a while, but it was $2000 for 20 acres on Terlingua Ranch then.
The price of property has definitely gone up I couldn't tell you what it goes for out by Terlingua but it's around 34,000 for 40 acres by El Paso as of three years ago.
I am thinking the same thing it will just take time but it will happen. I will focus on the large pond by the building first then start expanding the catchment from there.
I think it is beautiful out here, and the price of land is not too high so far. I would like to buy another 40 acres when I can afford it. Thanks for watching.
@@TimelineRanch thank you for posting this. Im currently looking in the hills of fort Hancock Texas. Land looks similar. And with wind like that, must be good for wind power.
The old ranch road, is it a public road, what where I live woud be considered a county or government owned road or a private road with several private properties that it connects to? On the "jeep road that leads into your property" does it just go a little way in then ends or does it go down to or close to your building & pond? How did you build your road, with your excavator, & dump trailer bed? How long did it take you to build the road to it's condition in this video?
The ranch road is part of the property, but the county maintains it kinda. The old Jeep Road did go to the house, but I blocked it off years back. I worked on the new road off and on for six years at the point of the video. I had a backhoe when I did the first cut of the road, but most of the improvements were done with the excavator and dump trailer. Thanks for watching and some good questions.
Good question, it will be sometime until I get to live here all the time. With my current work, if something changes I would move as soon as possible. For now I will just work on getting the place as far as possible with the time I have.
@@TimelineRanch Something is going to change, United Nations Rewilding Project to protect Biodiversity, and US to be divided into 10 FEMA regions. See maps on both of these.
The jeep road that you said can't be blocked off, is it totaly contained in your property or does go through your property & connects with another property? If it does'nt connect to another property, but is confined to your property, why build another access to it. I really just don't understand rules relating to roads & private propery in TX, don' t know if they are like that in other areas of the country. I've never heard of those kind of rules where I live in NC if they exist here.. Lot of questions, but. I'm interested & facinated by what you are doing with your property.
So that part of the jeep road does keep going onto other people's property, but there is a branch that went to the house and pond that part I blocked off.
I do not know how expensive it would be to pay someone for that type of work. I did all the work myself, and 8 years later I'm still working on it a little at a time. Thanks for watching.
I'm working on that myself. Currently, I live in south Texas by Houston, but the goal is to live at the ranch permanently. A little at a time, I'll make it happen. There is plenty of land available out west for anyone interested. Thanks for watching.
@TimelineRanch Lucky you are living so close to heaven on earth. Good luck. I hope it will all work out for you. As for me, I live in hell on earth (United Kingdom), and I have had thoughts of moving somewhere with a bit of sun and freedom. Any help and advice would be appreciated. If it's ok where can I inbox you ?
