Finishing the Dam @ the Off Grid Cabin - Part 2 / EP #23

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@redantix_ 3 года назад

Child memories are flowing back I love making dams

@billrandell4641 3 года назад

I have NEVER seen a spring like that!!!...How lucky y'all are!.👍👍👍🗽🇺🇸

@BenNstyle 4 года назад

As a retired civil engineer, I'm very impressed with your design and construction practice used for your hydro-electric waterwheel system.

@LoftisPartyofSix 4 года назад

Thanks 😊

@ToddKesler 4 года назад

Except for no rebar in the damn...

@BenNstyle 4 года назад

Todd Kesler I doubt the pressure will effect the reinforcement rebar would have added. I’ve seen beaver dams hold back much greater water.

@LoftisPartyofSix 4 года назад

Todd Kesler we added rebar in the dam! Maybe you missed that part!

@BenNstyle 4 года назад

@Gene Hasenbuhler At some point, most man-made structures will fail and that is why constant rehab is preformed on dams, bridges, roadways and so on... However, the only element I would incorporate is riprap to both sides of the dam since this structure was not of the typical dam design [core width at bottom > top] to help prevent erosion/+stabilization.

@OurNationalAdventure 4 года назад

That spring is gold! ♡

@Monuments_to_Good_Intentions 3 года назад

Our National Adventure uhm, no, its water..

@charleschidester6767 3 года назад

Having that much water. Is more important than the cabin, or even your source of food. Amazing.

@alabastardmasterson 3 года назад

How does that make sense to you?

@cliffcampbell8827 3 года назад

Have you thought about diverting the water flowing over the spillway into a small reservoir? You know, a little insurance policy for the dry season.

@debbye243 4 года назад

Totally enjoying this build. Talk about hard work and you guys make it look easy. But we all know it is back breaking hard work. So so worth it.

@LoftisPartyofSix 4 года назад

Thanks 😊

@mariatheresacudia2388 4 года назад

My favorite 😍, building the dam, not all cabins have a dam within the property. Fascinating

@LoftisPartyofSix 4 года назад

Thank you

@bmaccrypto 3 года назад

I'm so happy this video was recommended, definately subscribed.

@LoftisPartyofSix 3 года назад

thank you

@JimJones-mm7qn 3 года назад

You are blessed to have a spring that strong.

@user-ry5eb8ti9v 3 года назад

INNOVATION OVERLOADED !

@brad349miller 3 года назад

Man you guys like it sun surface bright!

@sammarino9063 4 года назад

This is so impressive. Also, seems like the perfect thing to do right now, getting off grid completely. 🇺🇲

@LoftisPartyofSix 4 года назад

Yep it could quickly become our when “SHTF” cabin 😉

@s.leemccauley7302 3 года назад

Don't forget to stock up on food and other necessities. Have heirloom open pollinated vegetable seeds on hand as well. And supplies and equipment to preserve your harvest winter.

@janecaccioppo1050 4 года назад

So interesting! Can’t wait to see the final wheel! Jerry has all the fun toys. Lol.

@LoftisPartyofSix 4 года назад

Thank you

@sharongeis5848 4 года назад

Love the cabin it's awesome. Can't wait to see when it's all finished. Beautiful

@LoftisPartyofSix 4 года назад

Thanks 😊

@suenorton873 4 года назад

Jerry sure is doing a hell of alot of work. I think i know who should get the first free week at the cabin.... i cant wait to see how the water wheel is going to look... be safe

@LoftisPartyofSix 4 года назад

Yep he can stay anytime

@andrewsteele7663 4 года назад

I just found your channel, I am loving it, my coffee went cold, I couldn't finish the report I was writing, and I love concreting, I grew up with a father that could make concrete into anything, love your channel, cheers from Australia

@LoftisPartyofSix 4 года назад

Thanks

@larrymbs 2 года назад

That's one hell of a spring!!!

@OurNationalAdventure 3 года назад

This is just SO impressive on so many levels friends.

@BldyKnuckles 3 года назад

This is awesome!

@czibu 3 года назад

... and the roof is waterproof too.

@mattminahan7376 4 года назад

Looks AWESOME guys.

@LoftisPartyofSix 4 года назад

Thanks 😊

@eddiejohnson3458 3 года назад

i personaly love those old stoves they just have alot of class the loks of them and some even had a wamer section

@carlameen7239 3 года назад

Nice work guys, that place is looking great. Being a city dweller anything country looks great. Your crew is amazing !

@donbraden8533 4 года назад

Cant wait to see the finished project 😎👍🇺🇸

@tkilg7169 4 года назад

I am impressed.

@LoftisPartyofSix 4 года назад

Thanks 😊

@rebeccapettifer6553 4 года назад

Holy Cow! That is just awesome! Yes! Put fish in there!

@LoftisPartyofSix 4 года назад

Thank you 😊

@leoniewellesley6684 4 года назад

It's all looking awesome!

@LoftisPartyofSix 4 года назад

Thanks

@bwyyy7306 4 года назад

The power is strong in this one called Jerry

@LoftisPartyofSix 4 года назад

😆 👍

@adrianlee4067 3 года назад

Great spot to build, absolutely love natural springs and this this is a beautiful one. Good luck , I’m sure you will get it figured out soon

@nathenabshire715 3 года назад

You all should make a swimming pond with fish somewhere along the stream and once you got the dirt build up have the stream fill it up.Love the vids keep up the good work

@CodeMonkey66 3 года назад

Great water source!!

@kristofferhellstrom 2 года назад

What a beautiful place

@crdorado1195 3 года назад

As an engineer, I have designed, built, and certified( for water consumption both state and national) 3 springs. I can tell you it's close to 1k+ gpm. Plenty for power production.

@LoftisPartyofSix 3 года назад

Awesome!! Thanks

@Veritas-invenitur 3 года назад

This is really awesome! I love these types of projects.

@sammarino9063 4 года назад

Oh and your cabin is beautiful

@LoftisPartyofSix 4 года назад

Thanks 😊

@user-pe2ep9tq9v 4 месяца назад

Position the bucket to catch a quarter of the flow, time it and multiply the answer by four.

@yasminghani2073 4 года назад

W O W lot’s of water great for your farm

@clintandbecky7198 3 года назад

Fascinating video. If I was in charge of progressing humanity, we’d still be living in caves using two sticks to make fire. My mind can’t fathom amazing engineering like this.

@LivingTheRVLocaLife 4 года назад

wow thats alot of work but wow it looks awesome so happy for you guys having your dream come true Im praying we will get there soon :) cant wait to see the water wheel in action great job!!!!!

@LoftisPartyofSix 4 года назад

Thank you

@uality 4 года назад

Contrary to most of the dams built for small creeks, streams, the building of Hoover Dam should be a lesson, but many seem to ignore it. By making a concave, there isn't as much pressure put on the integrity of the structure to hold back water, puls digging to hard pan secures the dam for ages.

@danburch9989 2 года назад

There's a dam across the Mississippi River at Keokuk, IA. It's over a mile long, straight as an arrow and about 60ft tall. It holds back a huge reseervoir of water for the lock that barges use. I don't think his dam will have an issue.

@xw6968 3 года назад

Its landscaping and making a theme park thing. But then im not an American off grid person maybe.;) hope all works well, you work hard.

@andyteohockguan7243 4 года назад

Awesome idea and God bless

@LoftisPartyofSix 4 года назад

Thanks 😊

@davidhamilton8041 3 года назад

That's a beautiful piece of property!

@GaryNichols50 4 года назад

Love the way this is coming along. This is so close to my vision of how I'd want to do it. Great job.

@LoftisPartyofSix 4 года назад

Thanks 😊

@donaldk.macbaird5248 4 года назад

I suggest that you paint the ceiling between the joist's and that will lighten it up a lot.

@LoftisPartyofSix 4 года назад

Don’t want to cover up that pretty barn wood

@donaldk.macbaird5248 4 года назад

@@LoftisPartyofSix I understand, it was just a suggestion for making use of the lights you had.

@leroybrown7757 4 года назад

.been with your families adventures ever since y'all sold your house.. ....this whole off grid cabin/tiny house has been a joy to watch...but SERIOUSLY watching these last couple videos of the hydroelectric dam.. water wheel conception/construction...has been aMazeballs..jerry sir you ARE absolutely chalk full of talent.. ☮️&🌱's

@LoftisPartyofSix 4 года назад

Jerry is amazing for sure!! Thanks

@daniellecornell5267 4 года назад

Amazing job.

@LoftisPartyofSix 4 года назад

Thanks 😊

@cshevlin 3 года назад

This is so cool!!!

@ANJA-mj1to 8 месяцев назад

As a civil engineer I can only say AMAZING 👌! Your design will ( for me) be in big function only always be aware of downstream channel, new downstream development and how these development may impact the hazard chass of your dam and outlet condut observing all accessible features - only for monitoring data

@happychimtedza3873 Год назад

Good job 😊

@14tralfaz 3 года назад

Where do I find a Jerry? That dude's a rockstar!

@calebmyers1442 2 года назад

Jerry's the guy making all this possible. Seems more like a story of some dude that hired a contractor and then claims his family built a cabin in the woods.

@stephenshort4281 3 года назад

What a fantastic project. Love your work

@LoftisPartyofSix 3 года назад

Thanks 😊

@sonnygarcia8898 4 года назад

I am following all of your videos on off grid living.more episodes.

@LoftisPartyofSix 4 года назад

Thank you

@Otto505 2 года назад

Every mans dream, live in an off grid cabin and generate your own power

@hiromi991 4 года назад

What a nice interior ✨Really nice !

@LoftisPartyofSix 4 года назад

Thanks 😊

@donbruder6838 4 года назад

It’s definitely looking good,glad to see you can finally get your rode put in too !

@LoftisPartyofSix 4 года назад

Thank you

@1MillionMileRoadTrip 4 года назад

Amazing cabin, yall did a great job.

@LoftisPartyofSix 4 года назад

Thanks 😊

@back2basics597 8 месяцев назад

You are blessed beyond imagination. Land with a large spring reservoir? Dear Lord. It's yours to loose if your are careless about it. You should construct a lot of holding ponds, as much as you can construct in a 50 acre land. Wow. I am crying just watching how bountiful your water is.

@LoftisPartyofSix 6 месяцев назад

Thanks!

@buildingstore8714 3 года назад

wow beautiful house

@jase5415 4 года назад

Wow that's really interesting...great place to cool off!

@LoftisPartyofSix 4 года назад

Thanks

@ashleylamoureux5652 3 года назад

That cabin is so cool im going to build a hut and have a well then dam then the water wheel and then all the electrical stuff

@MrFunnypeople2010 3 года назад

From Branson! Love what you’re doing. First video I’ve seen and can’t wait to see more!

@LoftisPartyofSix 3 года назад

Howdy neighbor! Thanks

@debbiecarter4558 4 года назад

Can't wait to see it finished, I can't Invision what it will look like, seems complicated..lol

@cabinman 4 года назад

So impressive! Enjoying this project! I wish I could do this but my creek dries up in the heat of the summer. But the wet season i get about that much flow so maybe...one day

@LoftisPartyofSix 4 года назад

Thanks 😊

@estellaknox4488 4 года назад

Very impressed, I have a spring around my house we was try to figure out how to get water to our house, you project it's unique we giving it a try not like your do not have the money but we hoist g to put the pump into it thank you God Bless

@LoftisPartyofSix 4 года назад

Thanks 😊

@JGsbackyardlettuceKagulay1 Месяц назад

Oh nice farm brother

@displacedyooper9987 4 года назад

Awesome looking projects, you guys are doing awesome work. I REALLY wish I had a friend like Jerry. He’s awesome!!!

@LoftisPartyofSix 4 года назад

Thanks

@randallphilipps1307 2 года назад

Curious what part of the up you were from. Still live up there would love to know where you grew up

@yasminghani2073 4 года назад

Love your cabin

@LoftisPartyofSix 4 года назад

Thanks

@pwengert1 4 года назад

You have such a plentiful supply of water. You’re truly blessed with that. We live up by Kansas City so feel we’re almost neighbors!

@LoftisPartyofSix 4 года назад

Thank you! Y’all will have to come down and stay in the cabin sometime!

@pwengert1 4 года назад

Loftis Party of Six - weROAM Maybe next spring. (Will your cabin be done by then?) Hubby is having a replacement knee replaced the end of the month. Hopefully the Covid will be gone by spring!

@Andluth 4 года назад

With that volume of water and drop you could put a ram pump and cycle the water back up to add to the flow

@sailingsolar2371 4 года назад

Hell or an idea.

@glowingsme7943 4 года назад

Just think about making this type of system back in the day without all the trucks and heavy equipment. Like the types that ran the mills in the North East. And those are big, large wheels/ damming types of set ups. I love watching this occur in the modern day. Super cool

@LoftisPartyofSix 4 года назад

Yep even more challenging back then. Thanks

@UberManTampa 4 года назад

Love the stove

@LoftisPartyofSix 4 года назад

Thanks

@leevy6753 3 года назад

I'm going to need exact coordinates to the location to see this for myself. Haha

@ChristianNorling 4 года назад

Worth a sub for sure, great content 😊

@LoftisPartyofSix 4 года назад

Thanks 😊

@xSpiritAWx 3 года назад

Go hydro power

@tonylove1261 4 года назад

Living my dream👍🏼 Great idea to start your video with a quick intro “if your new”. Subscribed.

@LoftisPartyofSix 4 года назад

Thanks 😊

@mauricemnich984 9 месяцев назад

Nice work. If no one has mentioned it---you should install a hydraulic ram pump for your water needs. No power required. Lots of you tube video's

@kevinmitnick1913 Год назад

He never explains how they went about plugging the 10inch pipe such that it does not leak. I'm part of a group building a dam half this size in Haiti. Our current plan is to divert the creek with sand bags while we pour 1/2 of the dam then reroute the creek over the completed half to pour the second half. Our dam/weir will only be 2' tall at the overflow point and 3.5' at the crest height. Our problem is that the creek has a 30-40x flow factor variation during the year. i.e. it can vary from 1gallon/second in dry season to 40gallons per second on the rainiest of days.

@harleychensh 3 года назад

if you build like this without embankment treatment, surface soil will soon be eroded, after rain the mud will be washed down and accumlate along side the dam cause more leakage underneath the cement. the proper way to build is to lay down pebble in the whole reservoir area and add reinforcement like log beneath flood line. use the trees u fall to make some mulch and put em around the trees root near the pond.

@randallbevington8466 4 года назад

Newb here, nice job. I was coerced into studying biology, long story. Seen a few documentaries about Beavers. What you're up to is right up there on the cool scale. I have a small natural stream in a gully behind my house. And room for a small one room cabin overlooking it. If I build a dam it will be much smaller............wood (and a bridge) and for erosion control.....water and electricity for my bug out shelter...lol I am looking forward to seeing the rest of your build!

@LoftisPartyofSix 4 года назад

Thank you Randall! Good luck on your future project too!

@alasdairhicks6731 3 года назад

Dont tell the Army Corps of Engineers, theyll show you the wrath of government intervention for messing with the precious streams lol

@bibleandbibs6407 4 года назад

Greetings from NorthWest Missouri! Found your channel today.Look forward to your videos

@LoftisPartyofSix 4 года назад

Thank you 😊

@ILoveJesus1717 3 года назад

I have to say I truly look forward to watching your videos I'm new to your youtube channel I subscribed a couple days ago, now I'm hooked lol I'm living vicariously through all of you. I must say Jerry's pretty smart 😊👍. Both cabin life and the having a class A mobile home is my dream and on my bucket list so great job everyone your awesome! 🙌👍😁

@LoftisPartyofSix 3 года назад

Thank you so much 😊

@ILoveJesus1717 3 года назад

You are very welcome! God Bless you all

@jamesarnold6059 7 месяцев назад

New subscriber. Thank you for sharing your badassery

@donwright3427 3 года назад

Looks like it will last longer and built better than the 3 gorges dam

@inh92 3 года назад

New Sub! Great content Rain through the trees reminds me of my home in Ireland 🇮🇪

@LoftisPartyofSix 3 года назад

Thanks

@davemetz7368 3 года назад

Back in the late 50's my Dad built a inground swimming pool. All his friends built their's with straight walls ( like your dam ) The ones who left water in the pool over the winter, well, the walls cracked. The other half drained the water from the pool for the winter, and the walls still cracked. So.....my Dad built his walls 2 1/2 to 3 feet thick on the bottom and tapered the wall ( going towards the top ) to 1 foot thick. Actually like all dams are built nowadays. Our pool has always had water in it over all these years, up to today. Without ever cracking.

@johnnelson8956 4 года назад

Bank erosion and scour can be your worst enemies with this type of weir dam. I dont know how much water flow you might see during peak seasons, but you might consider reinforcing the base of the dam and the high side banks with riprap. It would be much easier now than later.

@LoftisPartyofSix 4 года назад

Check out our next video

@echovalleyminifarm9140 3 года назад

i love what yall are doin! we live in southern Missouri also over by the current river. we also have a large spring and are trying to do hydro power. exited to see yall build all this!

@LoftisPartyofSix 3 года назад

Howdy neighbor! Thanks

@echovalleyminifarm9140 3 года назад

we actually just left Silverton couple days ago. my grandfather lives out there. beautiful place and excellent off roading.... if u get a chance head up north an hour and there is a little town called tincup. there is several passes u can take your jeep over

@LoftisPartyofSix 3 года назад

Thanks 😊

@bslturtle 4 года назад

You all are so going to hate me for this. As a kid always wanted to build a dam. Became a hydrologist, learned there is a lot to building a dam. This is cool, yet scares the heck out of me, but I will not be a bummer. One thing I do want to say is that you are not accounting for the energy of the water after it tops your dam. This energy will erode the creek if not dissipated. Short solution would be to add many small to large rocks in the spillway to add friction, dissipating the energy of the water as it flows down the flume. Do that and you will be happy. otherwise the downstream neighbors will get washed out over time. Sorry. Physics.

@LoftisPartyofSix 4 года назад

We did it right. Stay tuned. Plus we have no downstream neighbors

@patricksanders858 3 года назад

Dont remove those trees. All that rain will wash away the soil without the live roots.

@harleychensh 3 года назад

pls replant em

@xxuniquexx1000 3 года назад

They will learn the hard way

@TheBeaker59 3 года назад

The tree will die as it will be in a pond once the dam fills probably best to remove now while base is above water line.

@stevebonczyk3795 4 года назад

Great place you have there. Really like the dam build and looking forward to more updates in the future. Not sure how big your generator is going to be but you might want to look into installing a step up transformer to boost the voltage right at the water wheel and the a step down one at the house. This will cut down on the voltage drop. Does look like a long run.

@LoftisPartyofSix 4 года назад

Great idea! Thanks

@leonardboudreau8495 3 года назад

Hurricane generators are #1 sorry you didn't see Mr. Daniels reviews before buying .

@tommyrodriguez9683 8 месяцев назад

One day i wish i can have 5 acre and do and live the way you do

@muddy6932 3 года назад

What I would do to have your kind of lifestyle, one day... hopefully 👌

@domdegood5376 3 года назад

If the steel is too thick it will crack the concrete if it gets hot.

@lakeside57 3 года назад

FYI- just wondering if you have seen the small vertical drop turbine to generate power. saw it on a Japanese engineering project, about 2-3' across, the chute enters on one side of a round circular concrete structure, swirling the water before dropping down to the turbine blades mounted in the round structure, and exiting out a short concrete flume to the natural ground. the engineers placed a cover over it to protect it from the elements, and access for clean out. will you have some type of screen to filter out the pond debris??