I Found An Abandoned Cabin In The Woods (And Fixed It Up) 

You should do a video of the different cultures and people who traveled to live at Cerro gordo

Cerro Gordo was/is a hang gliding and paragliding destination in the Owens Valley. Rick Masters has footage of the launch there in the 80’s. Sure would like to see this included. Anything you report on I am grateful and excited about. Thank you.

Looking forward to today's video!

@@devilsden1592 he already did that...

I’m new subscriber & ❤️ your channel. Wouldn’t miss this for the 🌎

Agreed, when I found it a few months back I went all through the back catalogue. It's hard to come up with another channel that's half as inspiring, relaxing and interesting. It makes one long for a simpler life away from all of the bullshit of modern day, societal living.

Agreed!!

Yes, so happy to find this channel. Your right it’s great 👍

Great little outing there .Made a nice video today. You seem to find things that just makes it worth you time. Thanks for sharing and have a great week 👍

@@ceke I find that my viewing pleasure is around Brent. Maybe if I watch it twice, I'll enjoy it more.

Close up panning PLEASE

Yes.

The drill, Sandvik Coromant, really isn’t that old. Sandvik started in the early ‘40s making indexable carbide inserts. They didn’t really get into the drilling type attachments until the ‘70s.

100%

I was thinking water pump at first but I agree it looks like it. It looks like a model a engine

Wait till you like me are 76!!!!

I'm 62 and I am planning a trip there in Feb. never too late just takes us longer with more rest stops.

you're saying, you're regretting the office work ?

@@ThomWalbranA1 Good man!

I agree with you 100%. I'm a year or so older than you but feel exactly what your'e feeling.

Also thought that with the broken ventilation pipes leading up the mountain. Brent should follow those pipes maybe?

Amazing! Thank you for that info. Insane to think of them getting all that up there.

i wish he'd tinker with them a bit too

@@ToddKnauerMusic The vehicle by the cabin is a 1936/1937 dodge, the one up the mountain looks to be possibly an international tractor with flathead 4

That air compressor was made by Ingersoll Randair which are still in business today.

That's Amazing...Sandvik still produces high quality tooling to this day. That drill and those drill heads are still very useable no doubt.

the area reminds me of something out of fallout new vegas

If you had listen Mr Ballen you know this kind of things never end in the best way. Butt still impressing, and a great work

Agreed! Love it.

Me too. This is literally the only show I set my watch for.

Wow what a great memory! Thanks to share it here and complete Brent's exploration!!

That’s totally cool thanks for sharing it

Wow

Thank you for your comment!

Crazy how things come together like that, thanks for sharing this!

Hideaways from the hideaways. One of the original owners of Cerro Gordo, Mortimer Belshaw, had a secret mine entrance at the back of his house. So if he wanted to avoid people, he could take his personal getaway. They've been hiding out here for a long time!

​@@GhostTownLiving I can totally relate to that! All I have is a shed, but it does have a lock on the inside of the door!

LOL , true story

“I’m in the middle of nowhere”. You’ve been in the middle of nowhere for a year now. Lol.

@@beechFPV after a year, the middle of nowhere becomes somewhere!

Thanks mommy.

Not all Mothers worry, Some mothers abandon their children in the alleys to be eaten by rats!

Lol!

The guy litteratly has the time of his life and you worry for him? What a sad clown world we live in nowadays

@@antonvana3591 ofc they worry, you never know what could go wrong

that made me giggle so hard as well. i love the way he talks to things.

@@MiauxCatterie Things talk back sometimes.

This is so true! Brent absolutely makes my day every time he posts a new video.

I came here to look for this comment, Brent's enthusiasm is contagious! I absolutely love how sincere he is while exploring and storytelling.

Remember Myst?

Hahahahaha spot on

no.... he's living real life

The dream

@@bobrobert6277 thanks Kapital obvious

Seriously he uses all of his free time on joyful creativity and productivity unfettered by capitalist coercion.

Maybe you can make a plan to "get out of the rat race". There are a lot of books or even yt films how to do that. Use energy wisely. Use it to really live.

@@durrutibakunin4004 he still needs to make money though, that town ownership didnt go for free, or even cheap

He is a restoration and a story teller. He is the heart of Cerra Gordo it's life line to tell her US history of a forgotten town and mining life. The who, what, where,and why. The treasures of the past being brought foward with his intriguing sence of conviction. Thank you for taking on this town/life for what must a daily basis feel like a enormous undetaking.🥰

Its never too late. All it takes is planning and a leap of faith. Brent worked and saved his money up over time which he used as a down payment on his town. He bought the town for over a million dollars. His hope is for tourism to start there. Make a plan for yourself and go for whatever u desire. Life is too short not to enjoy every day of it. As a young man Brent is a very positive person and refuses to be deterred even when he lost his hotel. Qualities to be admired. He will succeed and will continue til he feels he found his end. Good luck

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Thank you! I appreciate that.

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Me too 🇬🇧

Needs furniture and a door.

Why did you steal someone’s clothes?

@@B82828 'Cuz I'm BAD!

Line from Billy Joel's Piano Man.

You sound kewl, are you single?

Yes that is a great idea

@@cybco down bad

Wow! That is a fantastic idea! What a find that would be years from now. I second that motion 😁

@@cybco lol no, very happily married. :)

@The Trashman neither can you

One of those quotes that could easily float by if you aren't ready or willing to hear it. If all of society lived by it, the world would be a much better place.

William that was a brilliant comment and I totally agree.

Everything tends to evolve man

@@jacky-boygrooves7510 yeah eventually. There's a vice video where one of Brent's partners appears and the dude has 0 charisma or presence on camera. I guess I want Brent only on Brent's channel.

-1 drone RIP

+1 kittens! Oh and the goats!

I second that. Perfectly put 👌

Sandvik steel is still in business. In sandviken, sveden. They make drilling pipes and tools and tool holders for metal working. Still some of the best stuff you can get! Maybe contact them and maybevthey can tell you more about that drill? By the way, back than, those drills only had a pneumatic hammer attached, the turning had to be done by hand. I'm not sure when they started to use tools that also turned mechanically.

@@MarcoTedaldi 😆 my ears perked up when I heard Sandvik. coromant Swede. I also commented before I saw yours that they are very much still a top -of -the-line company. 👍👍

My dad's Sears electric drill is the one my grandfather bought in the 1970s. Things were simply built to last back then.

@@nealhead7673 yeah. I'm swiss, but I have fond memories of that company. They are a customer of a customer of a company I used to work for. We produced controlers for the big machineds used in metal working plants. And one day, the tuesday after easter, 2 guys from sweden flew in, bringing one of our controlers with them. There had been an over voltage event that had fried a lot of electronics (unfortunately on an encoder input which was not isolated). They needed to have the controller fixed the same day... We did what we could and fixed everything we found. Next day, I flew to sweden to fix the rest. Stayed there 3 days to make sure everything run smoothly. And could take a close look at how they produce octagonal, 30mm diameter, 32m long, seamless drilling pipes with a 10mm hole inside... Mighty impressive stuff!

Nice

Yo, good tip

@@emptysymbol what really "got" me is that it is opposite to instinct of how I'd attach corrugated. But I can't argue with the truth handed to my neighbor Alex, who just bought the rundown house. It literally rotted from the inside and everything is falling down on the inside. Just in the kitchen, he removed the ceiling, the subfloor, the joists on the subfloor ... it's 20 feet from the roof to the dirt. :( It is beyond "fixer upper" and he's a bit despondent.

I will surely use this great tip! Thanks 👍

Good tip!

Yeah, problem is that this is one hell of a expensive livestyle :(

@@yaykruser Priceless!

Someones after a love heart hahah

@@weaversarms a what?

@@henrikarvedsen9563 A love heart

This channel became such a success because many of us were confined in our homes this year. This channel gives us an outlet to let our minds live free. I live vicariously through these videos.

Wow, thank you! That is very kind of you. I really enjoy making the videos and am happy people enjoy watching them. I'll keep doing my best to put them out.

A sophisticated mask that filters out lots of dust (particularly rat/mouse droppings dust) would be a good investment!

look at this soviet cabin

@@Yertz1 woooow and the ✨mosaics✨

I love them both aswell

Same, plus Nfkrz and Shiey

Fax this last month my whole watch history is this, bald and bankrupt and Haraldbaldr

You’re lucky to find those. Forestry service used to burn all those old buildings down so nobody could enjoy them.

Where at in Oregon? I live in Oregon born and raised. I live off grid now

@@MrPsh-xs7ul we bought 4 acres on the Rogue River near Merlin. I have been told this may have had hydraulic mining on it 100 years ago or so but I haven’t been able to confirm it. It’s all coming along though and I love it!

@@shewho333 that is so sad! I know that even now they won’t protect old buildings during forest fires and it confounds me!!

@@MrPsh-xs7ul off grid with internet ?

swedish pog xd

coolt ju

Swedish sandvik drill 😱😱😱

Lurigt

Is that the thing he asks about 20 mins in

Hang in there buddy

It's a nice break from Covid and politics for sure anyway.

Please hang on, things will get better. I wish you peace and happiness. I lost someone very special to me quite recently as well. God Bless you and yours.

Thank you all for the kind words.

So sorry for your loss.

Wow, thank you! I enjoy learning those skills more each week and trying to put them to use.

So true, I have my laptop plunged into a big flat screen TV. And it has an effect of being right there in person. Brent could make a living at a Movie Director. Born to do what hes doing.

What's equally amazing is the narration. No need for fancy transitions and background audio all time, just his voice and narration style that have us all intrigued.

@@HeatherStM i had a flash of him slipping off that mattress 'ladder' and grabbing or hitting the edge of the sheet metal, slicing himself open... i tend to overthink things... but I'm also always prepared for the worst!

@@HeatherStM He could have fashioned a real ladder using the wood all over the place. That's what I figured he'd do, that's what I'd do!

Safety 3rd!

@@HeatherStM ....I respect you as a nurse and woman however.....the world needs men that just get stuff done without little fears or concerns stopping us.

With any luck he'll find an aged bottle of whiskey.

Awesome! Thank you for checking them out and the support! Hope you enjoy.

I found this channel about five days ago (April 29, 2022) after Dr. Matt on OffTheRanch mentioned it.

I enjoy these videos too I know how you feel I'm 70 years old. I wish I was a young man again. The ghost town looks like a good place to live to get away from this world and explore

Thanks for clearing that up. I'm a car expert and I was sitting there thinking that it doesn't look familiar.

yes they stripped the frames and used the vehicle engines as power units to drive the Air compressors. You never know soak the cyls with your favorite concoction and they might free up. I freed up a old 30,s chevy 194 six cyl engine. However it had a updraft carb and a downward exhaust so it did not get rain water in the cyls.

It's not uncommon to find the remains of cars or trucks that were driven to a mine and then dismantled to power compressors. In some places like Colorado, this was also common practice with steam locomotives. The boilers would get transferred to stone foundations where they provided steam and then air which drove everything from drills to trams. Once the mines were stripped for their materials the boilers disappeared, but the stone foundations remain.

I was definitely going to say a pump of sorts

A vintage automotive shop/store in Sacramento, California, has a relatively intact air compressor that was made from an old 1920s(?) Ford engine and partial vehicle frame. They acquired it from a private source and now have it on display in their main showroom. These old vehicles were a dime a dozen, back in the day, and easy to convert after they became unroadworthy.

I was addicted before episode 2.

It's addictive, ain't it?

slowly?

Same here LOL

He’s gonna make his money back on the town with this series

There are quite some places one can buy, in centre France or elsewhere, where everything falls apart, that are screaming for some love and restoration, sure no mines but old mills and farms aplenty ... I might do this later on in my life, revive a remote place to give a hideout to my kids and some campers...

I've seen some other channels about abandoned towns in Italy that are very cheap. You could raise a family there or just bring some close friends - Città di Radek Seky! Make sure you make a yt channel and invite me for some vino 👌

I guess us got tighter biocracy than Europe, they've even invented SOX Accounting

Yes I heard him say Swede when he described it 😊

You are a WISE MAN.

@@goodfriend6428 nah just a person of reality

I wouldn't lay on the floor of that cabin with ten layers of plastic on top.

He mentioned taking his shoes off at the end of a long day. There's no way I'd be taking my shoes off out there until I was safe in my sleeping bag.

Yep...rat feces and urine carry diseases, viruses and bacteria. If it's disturbed in its dry state it can be inhaled. If it is touched the diseases/viruses can be transmitted. DANGEROUS! Hantavirus, bubonic plague (yes! There are still cases in the USA), salmonellosis, rat bite fever. Best to avoid it or wear protective gear (including eye covering) that you dispose of afterwards. Washing hands and surfaces with bleach is VERY important.

Your my spirit animal Lori.

yeah as soon as he put the tarp down I couldn't enjoy the rest of this video. Disgusting that he chose to HIKE AROUND instead of clean that up if he wanted to use it right away!!

One of the Main reasons is because............. It was all made with "Virgin Ore"............ Unlike all the recycled crap metal we have today !!!!!!!! I collected old machinery for years........ gets a light coating of surface rust and thats it...... 100 yr old sawmills and horsedrawn machinery were my favorite

@@wilburshuman So would you say that the cast iron skillets of yesteryear also more rust resistant?

They weren't made in China.

@@MuddyBootsOutdoors Since I have 6 or 7 Griswalds that are older Than you And I put together.......... Yes I would........... God only knows what are in the new ones today !!

We don’t find nearly as much old stuff here in the Pacific Northwest. It just about never rains there in California/ the southern west, so iron doesn’t oxidize at nearly the rate

People with no life

Good Point. Obviously you have a great sense of admiration. These adventures are entertainment for some and a way of life for others. Meaning, a handful are out there/here 24/7. Me included. Do you give 'readings'???

a lot more things will be more beautiful for you if you do that challenge

This is the perfect description! Taking our minds and hearts on adventures from our beds/couches. My favorite part of the week. 😊

That's a scary observation

Same for me, except it slammed once and that was enough 😁

@@tinamd2183 a.k.a. 'Surveillance capitalism - Shoshana Zuboff which is most likely, taking your comment into consideration, not new to you.

@@tinamd2183 be

Not to be that paranoid guy or anything. But they gather tons of material and info about each user in order to market things to them. If you watch other outdoors stuff and exploration videos that likely led to this.

Not just around, but big af. They make all kinds of machining tools etc. Including drills.

He found an Ingersoll Rand item in another video, also a big company still going.

Amazing! I really hope you restore it. To me, it's always worth it. So much character in there and the fact that your family built it, it deserves to stay standing!

@@GhostTownLiving Indeed! My great grand father was a jaeger with assigned territory, he took care of the wildlife in the area. This cabin was his hiding place, even the guys who currently take care of the territory had no idea the cabin was there. Last week, I went on an "expedition" and found the cabin in quite a solid shape (by which I mean it's still standing :) One wall has been pushed inside by one of the overgrowing fir trees that shelter the cabin and the roofing has been damaged by snow, but the damage has not affected the structural integrity of the cabin. The sheet metal roofing that has been cured with a thin layer of asphalt is now overgrown with a green moss and it looks so gorgeous. The only artifact I found inside was an old brush and it's the brush that was used for coating the roof with hot asphalt. So unusual, I've never seen this kind of roofing anywhere. As a rather slim woman, I wouldn't be physically capable of building a cabin by myself, but I want to honor the legacy of the stronger branch of our family tree and preserve what has been created by the hands of the father of my father's mother. The way you're preserving the history in the Cerro Gordo, as well as the blood sweat and tears poured into the craft and appreciation of every piece of material that you find, be it a wood, or old nails, has just reminded me that it's the state of mind that matters. You can be on your own, or you can have a crowd of people on your side, but at the end of the day, it is the right attitude, that will take you through the journey, and towards adventure.

How many drones has he repaired or replaced since he started in Cerro Gordo? There should be a counter on one of his videos.

@@Sarafimm2 They should have names.

Cabin, built: 1874. Located comfortably miles from civilization, adjacent to Cerro Gordo. Spacious yard! Incredible views! No central air, running water, or walls. $5300/m

@@cast8919 lol

yep, gotta know all your secret alley ways in town.

GPS pins.