I always like to do the right thing. No sense in keeping something that is not mine and could get someone in trouble at work. I treat peeps like I want to be treated. Thank you for stopping by Ginger. 🙂
Hey GOOD DAY Rob & everyone !!! That's the way to man handle those barrels. Rain last night turned to , then snow. Still snowing. Roads are iced over. I'm sitting this out. My water froze up last night. Sat & Sun down in single didits again. You see Tampa got snow!!!! Say hi to Sarah.
Well hello, It is nice to meet you. How did you find us? We have a friend in Norway that has a YT as well. You would love Alaska. It is an amazing place to visit and live. Just subbed to you as well. 🙂
Just found your channel. I am currently in Mid Missouri on 3.2 acres and trying my best to build a homestead. Love what I have seen so far… please keep posting!
I enjoy these videos so much. That's not an easy job. We (social media) tend to romanticize homesteading and living off grid. It is wonderful. An amazing lifestyle. But it is such hard work! I enjoy when people show the chores that aren't so glamorous.
I just found your channel. Fun stuff! I have a ton of respect for you. I live on 20 acres and for 7 years I did the work every year to do 80% of our heating with wood. Just doing that was a ton of work and I eventually got tired of it. I have a full time job so had to do it in my spare time but the work you do to maintain your standard of living is incredible and I respect your efforts.
The great thing about wood to heat is it warms you a number of times lol. All the work we do is worth the effort. Thank you for stopping and checking us out.
Your Catywampus barrel, is the only one you stood up correctly. That's how you prevent any snow/water, collecting high enough to get near the bungs. Best wishes from Northern Canada.
WHAT no gogles Rob ? I went Skiing woth just sunglasses on and I thought my eyes would freeze before I got to the bottom of the run Wnt straight to the store for a pair of gogles.
LMAO. It took longer to ride one way than it took to load and load all the drums. I think it took me just about an hour and twenty. But I also took a fast lunch break as well so maybe an hour total.
What you have is unique and interesting, yes, it is hard work, but there is a payoff. Peacefulness, and the ability to create a homestead that is yours without someone sticking their nose into it. Granted there still is a small person out there to check on your property. Curious in the spring how do you tell when the bears are around looking for food? And what do you to prevent them from destroying or taking it? Blessings
One of the great things of our area is we have no real HOA, home inspections, building codes or people just popping in to check on land for tax increases. So far We always see bear tracks in the spring as the ground is very muddy. We had an issue with chicken coop raiders this past spring and summer. They killed most of our flock. We only have three hens left at this time. In the spring I will be adding a hot wire around the coops as well as audio triggers to keep them away.
Barb and I enjoy the snow machine ride through the woods, a little taste of the ride we'll be on in person.🥶🥶LOL Rob, I noticed that you have a shifter on the left side of that machine. What kind is it? Glad that you got the fuel delivery. That was quite a wrestling match with the barrels😂@270lbs per barrel. Glad you won the match! Take care! Give our greetings to Sarah.
The shifter is for reverse low n and high. I always tow loads in low. It helps with the stress on the belt and transmission. I always win against the drums.
The last time I was in Alaska personally since 1974 I want to go visit a friend of mine who is in the military at Allendorf Air Force Base. I was there for two weeks and I never regretted it. It was the best weeks of my life. could I see myself everywhere Yeah Yeah I was 40 years younger
Hey Jim. They have a few special trucks that they load it all up on and they have boom cranes on them. The items you saw me pick up off the barrel in the start is what they use to hoist them with. Cost depends on if we have other things coming at the same time. anywhere from $160 to $500. The most expensive delivery so far was all the stuff we needed to finish the new house. that was about $1,200
How warm will your cabin get with just the woodstove alone? We have a relatively small woodstove in our basement, i think it's about 28" wide. It will not heat our entire home. We had a power outage a couple weeks ago that only lasted about 16 hours and the 2nd floor of our home got down to 58 degrees. That's pretty cold to us so we pulled up 2 lawn chairs in front of the woodstove and hung out down there 😂😂😂. I have a blowup mattress so we could sleep near it if it came down to that 😂😂😂
Our wood cooks stoves fire box is pretty massive. The house gets to hot at times. If I run it hard it can get close to 90 in here. We tend to keep it between 70-74 in the house. The bedroom gets a tad bit warmer but we just leave the window open 24/7.
Yep. 55 gallons US equates to 44 gallons Imperial. I used to work in the oil & gas industry where we worked on the US system, but a barrel of oil was classed as 50 gallons.
I like the cheap plastic one as I can just roll the drums into it ands the sides hold it well. and if the sled comes a part Sarah may say I can buy a newer better one. lol. But the crazy thing has done 4 winters and 20 drums. or more.
Have you seen the hay-sleighs in Alps? You could load all 4 drums in 1 trip and the friction would be half of less of your plastic one. You can load a ton or more as long as your skidoo can pull it. Just saying, I did that over thete - back in the days. Easy to build DIY or perhaps Amish built ?
Diesel engines R way more efficient and eco ..... And older diesel engines can be powered on used vegetable oil in positive Celsius temperature (no rubber or plastic fuel installation dough) ....
to a point. Some of the gs ones do pretty good. My predator 5kw burns 3.4 gallons in 18 hours. However my Yanmar L90AE burns between a half pint and a pint. However I need to rebuild it this winter. I have been curious to the veggie oil part.
