Installing a 2-Post Vehicle Lift And Other Big Shop Improvements. 

Pulleys: amzn.to/3UyF82j, Hooks: amzn.to/3UtTwIV, Paracord: amzn.to/3XYr8l3 Lift: amzn.to/3UzWzzn I'm impressed with the lift. Well worth the money. Can't believe it's price is so low given the build quality. Have an awesome weekend everybody!

One thing you can say about your viewers: 'They're not going anywhere'! This is a great channel.

I don't understand why this channel doesn't have over a million subs already. You are the man when it comes to DIY fixes.

It’s very rare I find a channel that I actually enjoy and I must say yours is one of them, always look forward to your new videos and I don’t usually comment but I love the kind of lifestyle you live, it’s real, raw,natural and hard work something I’d love and something most people would hate, love what your doing, great content wish you all the best and success, keep them coming John, much love all the way from Scotland, Darren.

“ overbuilding things for no reason is really a waste of time and resources “ says he as he prepares to install a 1 inch solid stainless steel plate as a Shim!!. well done man, great video and great work done. Good luck. 👍👍

COMPLAINT: These videos aren't coming often enough. More please. Don't even think about taking a holiday (Farmcraftdude = not going anywhere) 😝

It still surprises me that one man and his camera can put together an almost one hour moo-vie that gives me more viewing pleasure than most things on TV. Fantastic stuff, thank you!

Sheer luxury with a 2 post lift, sheer luxury. I am very envious. Your Angus cows look well feed and very quiet so I assume hand raised or just used to being around people. One tip from when I was dairy farming. When strip grazing we would back fence the already grazed part so they did not go back over that area nipping off new shoots, made a surprising difference to how much available feed we had. Of course you need to be able to arrange the backing fence so they can still get to water.

Little advice to the air line outside, make a bleeder valve. The outside air temperature range low/high mite create moisture in the supply line. Bleeding a short burst the supply before hooking up /using the real will make your tools stay “happy”

I just found your channel a couple of days ago and have been on a quarantine binge the last couple of days. Just are like a wiser, educational, more patient version of Camarata. I love it

That stainless base plate is impressive! If you're ever in a similar situation and looking for a more cost-effective solution, it's common to epoxy anchor pieces of all-thread (rather than expansion bolts) into the concrete, then thread on a nut and large washer to set the base plate on. You get precision leveling and adjustability on-the-fly -- no machining and no stainless base plate necessary! Then, pack with non-shrink grout as you did. Voila! That said, yours is a great solution that uses what you've got. Run whatcha brung, right?

Oh boy !!!! 54 min video from Farmcraft !!!! I cant wait to get home and watch this

I SECOND THAT: One thing you can say about your viewers: 'They're not going anywhere'! This is a great channel.

I have two more quotes that came to mind as you spoke: Voltaire said better is the enemy of good, and UNKNOWN said that an elephant is a mouse built to military specifications. I build a lot of military mice. Thanks for the video.

FarmCraft is without question one of my favorite channels. Always entertaining, interesting, and informative.

This youtube channel is my spirit animal.

Have been enjoying your channel for a while, but the pex idea is worth the whole price of admission,

Since your lift is not in a heated building, get a lizard tank heating pad and stick it on the outside of the lift's hydraulic tank. This will keep the oil fluid if you have to use it when it is below freezing. The heating pads usually have an adhesive on the one side or you can just zip tie it to the tank. I only plugged mine in a couple of times, but things usually need serviced at the coldest of times.

you single handedly made me not afraid to work (sensibly) in my own breaker box. This single video has saved me thousands of dollars in future labor. THANK YOU!

Straightening that angle iron reminds me of straightening the bumper on a 1975 nova. Set the bumper on the ground. Laid down the jack. Then a bunch of 6x6 pieces of wood. Wrapped 2 chains around the bumper and the wood. I seriously thought the wood was going to explode into shrapnel as I pumped the jack. And I was standing right above it. It’s actually amazing how much large pieces of wood can bend. It got the job done.

your editing is top notch.....Yes, Rick I am not going anywhere...what a MOOOOOvie....always a bit of levity

Nice to see the wife unit and the pooch make an appearance. Another great episode of FarmCraft.

This is the first time since watching this channel that I've caught a brand new video. I'd just like to say the amount of wisdom I've already gained from this channel is astounding! You seem to know a little (maybe more than a little) about just about everything

Best channel on RU-vid ! Always thrilled for a new episode. Bravo

I aspire to this level of self reliance someday when I grow up

This channel is without a doubt the best I have ever watch, you have shown me so much. Your explanations are perfect. Very educational. You are the kind of guy who knows what he wants, and you make it happen. More video's please.

A few things you may want to be aware of: 1) The bushings that you put under the lift are not something I would have done: you're relying on a much smaller area on the bottom plate of the lift to carry all the weight - and the problem is not the static weight, it's what may happen when, not if, the load on the lift is not balanced. Also, the bottom plate is not big enough, the bushings are actually OUTSIDE of the plate's perimeter. Because of reasons, load should not be on the edge of the plate, best practice is to have an unloaded edge that is at least equal to the thickness of the plate itself. I personally would have scuffed the concrete 2" wider than the base plate of the lift or so and poured concrete to have a level surface, possibly with a little mesh in it. I saw that you added the concrete after the fact, but the problem with that is - concrete sets [yes, even the non-shrink, in applications such as these I would not rely on it] and you will not get the same level of support, plus you don't know whether you have voids in there - rather, you're almost guaranteed to have some. If you wanted to do it the way you did it... scuff the concrete, put the steel down, box it up, put the concrete in a LITTLE too tall, let it set, skim the top THEN install the lift. Or, if you wanted to do the steel plate thing, I would have done two plates with the bushings in the middle - preferably welded. 2) Please be advised - you have a SINGLE hydraulic circuit with a T - so if ONE of the hydraulic cylinders or any join fails.. yes, you're out of pressure and relying on the safety locks. 3) As to the electrical installation, please please please leave the panel end of the wire disconnected and OUTSIDE the panel while doing the work. Once you're done with everything and have checked your connections, THEN open the panel and connect the wire end. Also, it's a pretty good idea, given that you're outside, to use a GFIC breaker - yes, they're more expensive, but they can save you from all sorts of unpleasentness. As a matter of fact, no circuit should be without a GFIC breaker in 2022. 4) As to the 120VAC outlet on the 220V run, it will work, it will even work with the GFIC breaker (it 'does the math' on the two phases PLUS the neutral) but I am willing to bet that that box doesn't have the cubic inches to be NEC compliant. Please double check. 5) Please put red tape (red shrink tube even better) on the white you're wirenutting to the red wire to indicate that that is not a misconnection but an intentional usage of white-for-phase-2. 6) The connection between the outlet box and the lift is really scary. Open the lift panel and run a looped (to the floor, so nothing can fall between the column and the lift and hang on the wire) continuous run of MC between the lift box and the outlet box. Yes, you will have to change the liftside bushing. No, those soldered connections in the middle are really not best practice. Warranty you say? Least of my worries TBH. If you're really going to use soldered connections like that, use a rinse for the flux (there exist non acid fluxes, but you can't be sure of what is in a fluxcore commercial solder spool), use hotmelt lined shrink tubing on the individual connections (minding stray wires...), THEN run something like the Tesa loom tape over them THEN put more hot melt heat shrink on top, it won't be perfect but it will last a lot longer than what you have there. Yes, I'm a pain in the rear, can you tell? I do not, OTOH, know anything about cattle other than liking it on the grill :D

You took the word out of my mouth. I'd be hollerin about that sunset.

great Moooovie. I think it might go somewhere. Enjoyed the humor and just enough other people to make it human.... Cows and geese are a bonus. Thanks and great job.

It must have been a warm day when you filmed the Cattle, they enjoyed sitting in the shade of the tree! The two-post lift fits perfectly under the roof, anyone would think you planned for it!

"Perfect is the enemy of good." -something I read by someone somewhere. I think I learn more practical things from this channel than any other one I watch. Pex for air is amazing. I don't have a shop compressor (or a shop) but I love PEX and when I get to that point I know what I will use to plumb it. Really appreciate this and the chainsaw tips.

Shop improvements from a true handyman and those sunsets...!!

Ok who in the world would not want to watch the whole thing?! Love your channel

All of your videos are so informative, and enjoyable to watch. They are realistic, educational and well edited. Your skill is amazing. A jack of all trades, and still a Master of most. L OL. I'm moving you to the top of my most watched list

I found your channel a few months back and it is by far one of the best! Thank you for your explanation of complex systems, from a mechanically minded guy, I really appreciate seeing things I haven't had personal experience with. One tip on non shrink grout, Ive found that a sausage gun and a piece of tubing allows application in those hard to reach places. Cheers!

My school used a similar system for a divider in the gym. Their system had a long shaft at the top that spun off a motor and pulled on all straps at once.

Your channel is good enough that I'm not going anywhere! Love what you're doing.

Love your videos. As for electrical, I totally agree with you and I would have done things the same way. The only thing I would change is @35:15, I would have broken the bridge tap on the receptacle hot side, and fed both of the 120 legs to each side of the receptacle. That way you could have 2x 120v 20a out of that plug, if you ever need to run 2 power-hungry tools, or if you ever get someone that visits you and wants to help out. You literally already have everything there, so no extra money or effort is required.

Getting help from the wife and her saying it needs to go "that way" while pointing with her hand in a place that's hard to see, rather than "in" or "toward you", was a great bit of relatable youtube. Wouldn't ever give her up though!

I love the way you do things and keep the videos interesting. I have never sat and watched cows mow the lawn, thanks for that! It was interesting to watch. I would have split the receptacle and used the red on one and the black on the other, like kitchen counter plugs.

I was glad some seals made it into this one 😂

This is one of the rare channels where a thumbs up is practically guaranteed.

As long as you keep putting out stuff like this, I'm not going anywhere! Thanks for the video, always enjoy watching!😁

A really beautiful sunset you had the day you were doing the tarps.

You’re correct, you are not an electrician 😋 I am an electrician. That’s not up to NEC code standards. However, I also grew up farming. That’s definitely up to farmer standards 😂 Good job bud! Always looking forward to your weekly content

Didn't use a ladder... I think you'll take any excuse to play with your lift.

And there was me thinking "CRIKEY" No seals !! LOL !!! THUMBS UP !

Love your channel. Pro Tip on electrical wire. Don’t pull it out. It coils and makes it difficult to look flat stapling it up. If you take it out of the package, take the top end of the wire, wrap it around something sturdy and spool the wire off, walking away from the stationary point. Makes it a lot easier and neater to pull and staple. Love the lift!!

Hi there. We love watching you tackle all kinds of challenges in repair or around the house improvements.

6:25 damn thats a beautiful sunset. things like this makes me miss living in the countryside

Some commercial quality drill bits are extraordinary. I have bits for my Bosch roto hammer that are 20 years old and still cut masonry like butter.

Came across this Channel recently, can't Stop watching now!

Another great video! Also, 8 "That's not going Anywhere!"s, that's pretty good, still need to give each one a good slap to fully complete them.

I recently found your channel and have gone back to some. I have enjoyed all I have watched and enjoy every one. I am amazed with your talents.

You've got all the fun tools thanks for sharing

Tis the season to install 2-post vehicle lifts in my subscription feed, apparently. So far, I like the setup of that lift the most. I like that all the cables and hoses are above instead something the vehicle has to drive over.

I would not have made a good farmer. My mantra is anything worth doing is worth doing right which also equates to doing things as much as possible so they are better than 'just good enough'. I understand the mindset when you have too much to do and therefore only do 'good enough' because you have more to do than hours in a day, but again, that's why I would not have been a good farmer as I would have continually been frustrated in my life because I couldn't complete things in the way I wanted to. I had enough of those moments in the career I worked in and now understand a little bit better my personality. Thanks for that. Also enjoyed the video and how you approached putting up the lift.

Very informative video today,thanks. One observation though. That overhang roof is a perfect place for swallows. Hope you get some to keep the mosquitos away. Cheers from 🇨🇦

Them annular cutting bits are the best thing since sliced bread. Such a time saver over regular bits.

I love the DIY/Build content but I also would love to see some more info on those moo'sters. What is it like raising cows and how do you move them around, etc. The more disgruntled but well taken care of cow noises the better. My partner would enjoy that too. She like the cows. When I was a toddler I called them "big woofs" because I thought they were large dogs.

Your videos get better and better, now my joint No 1 with Andrew Camarata

By far my favourite channel to watch on RU-vid... Keep up the great work👍

None of the cows got beamed up! At least one talked to us. Like the lift and installation.

What you did with that receptacle was perfectly legal it is called tap-rule as long as you don't exceed your breaker with a continuous load.

I really enjoy with yogur vídeos. Gorgeous works with that humor touch. Congrats from Sevilla, Spain.

Haha really enjoyed the 'that's not going anywhere' counter

I tell ye something mate, what I most appreciate about your channel is you do good length videos. There are 'tubers I watch who say "This video has gone long" when it's about 15 minutes in, and it does my head in. You n Mustie1 keep me going for the long haul. Might even say, when I put one of your videos on, I'm not going anywhere! :D

Nothing like contented cows and contented farmers. Great video. Thank you from the UK

Watching your videos is total enjoyment...!

I don't think that is going anywhere. Totally impressed with your work. Everybody needs a friend like you.

There's nothing worse then waking up in the morning and finding out all your tarps went somewhere else in the middle of the night! They have a job to do, and they do it well, but that doesn't mean they still don't want the proper assurances that you are 100% committed to their purpose. An unbreakable bond between Man and the things he builds. Once the holy vow has been spoken, "that's not going anywhere," the oath is affirmed and and the bond is sealed for eternity.

Excellent video, as usual. Thanks. I'm so glad you're being upfront about your channel sponsors. Perfect clarity.

How beautiful!! Love the sunsets..

Just came to say that I love that pocket knife. I have the same one, and bought a bunch to use to hand out as a way to say thanks when someone helps me out on a project.

The pex air lines are a brilliant idea! Thank you for sharing! Love your videos, too, by the way. You’re one talented man. My wife and I bought an old farm out here in Montana and have been working on it for three years now. It was really run down when we got it. I’ve got a lot of great ideas from you. Thanks for taking the time to make your videos. Just imagine me sitting in my farmhouse surrounded by my kids watching you do things on YOUR farm. Pretty funny if you think about it:)

watching some of your older vids -- i have replaced the o-ring in my HF hose reel and fixed my leak. a cousin-n-law worked for napa and went toa trade show they demoed epoxying bolts into the concrete and put a puller on the bolts - most of the mollie bolts pulled out with little effort and tear out -- the epoxy!!! pulled about 5 inches of concrete out with the bolt!!!!! have fun

Love the videos. Was thinking about other do-it-yourself kind of shows I've seen and liked on TV - This Old House, New Yankee Workshop, Holmes on Homes - and what I love about yours is simply your editorial freedom and sensibilities, not beholden to a producer or a run time. I watch every 50+ minute video because of this: what interests you will probably interest us.

Thank you sir great show I am 83 but I am still learning watching your shows from west Australia very enjoyable

Your getting some great toys on the ranch.

7:27 You did a great job by making the lift for the tarp, gave me some ideas for my porch. We use a tarp that is fixed to wood at the top , one side always closed and one side that can be closed and open in the summer. But for extra strength to heavy winds, the tarp at the top is wrapped 1 time in a roof batten (2 by 3 cm) and with the screws through the batten, that way the force is spread all over the tarp, and this helps a lot, because those premade rings in tarps will tear out when the wind is heavy.

Nice edit. Fun,simple and honest.

Love the mini roll for electrical tape in tight spaces

Almost fell out of my chair when the lift exploded😂 "Everything I Want to Do Is Illegal" by Joel Salatin is so awesome and so is your channel! Thanks for making these videos. Good looking cows too!!!

For future grout, mortar and other squishy stuff application make a 'pastry bag' to squeeze it into voids. Then trowel.

It is allways small christmass for me when You upload. Thank you.

Saturday morning and I have things to do but instead I'm procrastinating by watching someone else do chores. Perfection :D

Best video I ever did see. I put a lift like that in my garage 10 years ago best thing I ever did

That's a good point someone else made about the subs not going anywhere...I always feel better when someone says that. Otherwise one might wonder

We use PEX too. Water needs 100% sealing, thus great for PEX. Watch your pressures. We use the expansion PEX to reduce static (internal resistance). This allows more flow. This is also why we to keep the fittings to a minimum. Every fitting is another potential leak point AND, a gentle bend adds a lot less restriction (static) in the system. Nature likes curves. "I" like curves. The PEX system prefers bends, and even pretty tight bends.

Quick tip: when crimping pex, carry a set of channel locks with you to give the crimps a little pre crimp. It holds them in place while you get the crimp tool situated and also deforms them perfectly so the tool slides right on em nice. I love watching your videos keep it up

Great idea with the pecs air line. I never knew it was approved for air -anywhere. Great show as always!

No one likes to be distracted when the new buffet is opened. Thanks for sharing.

I just found your channel and I'm really enjoying it. I'm a millwright, which is the legitimised form of the 'jack of all trades', so I'm really enjoying the breadth of your content, and my family comes from meat cow farming, so this is all old-home-week for me. If you start fixing a bolt gun in your next video I might pass out from the sheer familiarity of it all. I'm only 19 minutes in, and you just mentioned in the video how you are going to approach the second leg of the vehicle lift, and anyway, what I want to actually say is that how I would have done the second leg of the vehicle lift. For be, the best way would be to use long wedge anchors and add washers and nuts to lock them to the concrete so that they stick up 6" or so, but they are solid. Now add more nuts with washers on top, and set the flange of the leg on top of that. Put more washers and more nuts on top of the flange. Now you can adjust the nuts to get the leg as plumb as you want it. Here comes the important part. GROUT IT IN. Grout is a very dense cement/mortar mix that doesn't shrink hardly at all. You pack that under the flange, and now you are protecting the studs, and you will feel oh so much better about things when you are working on a heavy truck with the wind blowing. Putting an 8" thick slab under that flange would NOT be a good idea unless you are making that slab 100 square feet. This is a two-post lift, so it has to take some potentially serious bending loads from imperfectly balanced vehicles. It needs to be anchored into something BIG. It needs roots. Unless your thicker slab is big OR you drill into the old slab to mesh rebar into the new slab you are seriously reducing the safety of the system. Grout, however, sits on top of the original slab and makes the system safer. Keep up the excellent work! EDIT: I kept watching the video and saw that you did grout it in after putting in that rather impressive hunk of stainless, etc. I would have used the long studs that you had to use anyway. Way cheaper, and just as effective, but adding grout to yours is excellent.

I love how we can hear you clicking when recording the voice over grunts lifting the lift. You're doing a great job on the videos, I love them!

This is one of the best you have ever done, THANK YOU

But your channel IS going somewhere! Love your content! Keep up the great work!

Like your use of PEX for compressed air. And, while I agree that it can be used for compressed air (in non-industrial applications), you should not be surprised if you start blowing air lines. Plastic piping was started in the US in the 1980s. First used in industry started failing, not because of pressure but because the pipe was affected by compressor oils. Also, you will undoubtedly find a significant pressure drop at the end of your longer lines, under higher flows. Finally, you should put a downward leg before your hose reel, called a drip leg. This will collect condensate in the air before it reaches your hose reel.

Thanks for the knowledge and the humor Jonn!

Congrats FC101 on getting the Lift mounted, wiring done, brackets done, and siding done. You are the Man that gets stuff done..

Oh, I want to watch the whole thing. It is always great to see a new video 👍👍