I liked the idea of pulling the "sled" behind the new and improved snow blower. Sometimes, no matter how old we get, we have to let the kid inside come out to play for awhile. It's good for the soul.
Hey guys have been patiently waiting for your next vog. I know you must be busy with winter coming and many things to take care of. Just wanted to say I really enjoy your content. God Bless and stay warm.
You guys are quickly becoming One of my favorite Alaskan RU-vid couples. At this time I only have two Alaskan RU-vid couples channels that I watch on a regular & I love you both!!! Keep up the hard work and dedication to build your dream home 🏡 & life you desire. Good luck 🍀 & God Bless you All. CC Rider
@kosta16auto That would be interesting to make a living on RU-vid, although it seems as likely as winning the lottery 😅 We could make a weekly update-type vlog. But we prefer to combine multiple weeks of work into one good video and make entertaining content about a completed project, milestone, or adventure, that we would enjoy watching ourselves. Living the way we are currently is a lot of repetitive work and tasks that take up most of our time. A lot of these tasks are not interesting enough to record and publish. I can see how channels with high dedicated subscription numbers would benefit income-wise from a weekly vlog but in our case, we do not feel it is a good direction to go. We work to put out new content every ten days. Hopefully, this gives some insight 🙂 thank you for your support!
@@northtoalaska2022 10 days works it's the consistency that counts. You guys are going to be just fine. I love your mindset, too many unfinished jobs is not fun to watch I enjoy seeing the complete project. Thank you for sharing your lives
Even though we were only there for 3 weeks in July, I still for some reason watch your weather. When I saw the snow storm, I was not surprised. It seems you have had plenty of precipitation over the past year. No wonder the peninsula is so lush and green.
We have had our fair share of rain! It has warmed up again here and we are receiving mixed snow and rain now. It was a welcome extra week of fall weather!
Looks like you guys having fun in the snow.😁😁 Next time you get a chance get extra sheer bolts for snow blower. Other channels i watch they break all the time so extra would be a blessing. You guy are prepping good. can't wait to see whats next on your adventures. By the way if you haven't seen or heard last sat. OSU smoked Michigan state 38-3 So far 10-W and 0-L
That was hilarious with the snow blower. We'll have to try that with ours. I got bunch of shear pins off of Amazon for ours the end of last season. Needed one yesterday🙄. Those studs are a great idea.
This is coming from a position of friendship. Have a generator like that and the battery cable came loose. Low oil sensor can cause the generator not to fire, along with your starter issues, just letting you know what you are in for. I don’t know what it is about watching another work that draws us in.
I watch several alaska off grid / homesteading and your channel is one of my favs... started at beginning and slowly getting caught up...great job and can't wait for next vid in your adventure
Thank you! Glad to hear you are enjoying our videos and they are some of your favorites! Our very first videos were not great, but we are learning how to make them better for everyone to enjoy. Whenever we have something interesting to share we will 🙂
I don't know if you know it or not but when case came out with the 1835 and 1845 they were king of the skid steers here in Pa. I watch alot of the Alaskan shows and your the first I've seen with a case. Did you bring it with Nice job and to retro fit the plow, that's my way of thinking Keep up the great job
Yes! It's amazing to think in the 90s the 1845c was the largest skid steer being produced. Things have changed a lot with newer machines but the simple reliable design will continue to live on and stay popular for many decades. We purchased the 1845c in Maryland about 9 years ago. We hauled it up to Alaska with us because used heavy equipment prices seem to be about double here compared to the East Coast. It has continued to be a necessary tool for us, we would be in a rough situation without it!
The snowblower and sled 🛷 was hilarious 😂 I can see people now taking their tracked snowblowers and pulling themselves in a plastic sled 🛷after seeing your idea on your video.😂🤣
Ahhh winter. Time to try and remember where you put the sheer pins for the snowblower! I go through a few every year with a gravel driveway as well. Great job on the genny! Don’t you love working on things with small bolts in the snow?😆
Your dog loves sticks more than any dog I’ve ever seen before I really like him. He’s a beautiful animal, but he sure does love sticks …..Tiny Houston MS ( Len Price )
Greetings from Pakistan,wow beautiful filming of snow capped trees,mountains with stunning scenery and landscapes.Great job done by insulating RV.Keep working and smiling 😊
I lived in New Hampshire until I was 40 and moved south to go back to college for a second career, I truly miss NE and especially NH, it is like my heart has never left and wants to go back.
I love the opening to the video, no talking just the beautiful mountains, nature, and animals of Alaska. What was the name of the big mountain you could see over the trees from your property? It looks huge. You should keep your eyes pealed for a 7 or 8 foot wide hydraulic snow blower for the skid steer or adapt on meant for a 3 point hitch on a tractor by adding a hydraulic motor. While not quit as fast as a plow the snow blower allows you to throw the snow far into the woods keeping you from having huge snowbanks right on the driveway edge and preventing a muddy driveway come springtime. Your drive way will not get narrower as the winter progresses, with a plow once the snowbanks turn to ice they are not moving and every storm the driveway gets a little more narrow, not with a snowblower you get nice vertical edges and the snow it 40-50 feet into the woods. You have infinite choice of where you want to put snow, make one giant pile near the RV and you will have cold storage into early summer. Working around cars, sheds, the outhouse, etc is so much easier with a blower.
Glad you enjoyed it, most of the scenery is from Homer, they have a grand view. The volcano we have a view of is Mt Iliamna. We would love to pick up a skid steer snow blower one day, prices are a bit ridiculous here for them but if we make a trip back to the East Coast for a family visit that is an item we will Try to find on the used market to bring back home. Thanks for your support 🙂
I love your videos. I watch several other channels, and I'm amazed at how unprepared a couple of them were on their move to Alaska. Likewise, I am continually amazed at how PREPARED you guys are with a place to live, the equipment you need, and the methodical way you are going about setting up your homestead. You've obviously spent a lot of time pre-planning this move. Even getting the skid steer buried in mud while getting your water supply squared away didn't overwhelm you....and you got it out 😉 My late husband and I had jobs at Kodiak Baptist Mission on Kodiak Island for a bit back in 1993, but we never even thought about homesteading. So, kudos to you for doing it now, while you're young. Keep the videos coming as often as possible. I REALLY enjoy them. Blessings as you continue this journey and thanks for sharing it with us 🥰
It is great to hear you love our videos! ❤️ we did a lot of planning before making our move to Alaska it was quite the process to make it all come together. We had been living a semi-self-sufficient lifestyle in Pennsylvania, so we had already developed many skills and acquired most of the equipment and tools needed to thrive in Alaska. It has still been challenging, but we are enjoying the process and glad we can share our experiences here with everyone. That must have been interesting to live in Kodiak! We have not visited Kodiak, but it is on our bucket list. We will continue to share whenever we can 🙂 🙏 thank you!
Are you both living in the RV for the winter? Both hard workers, work very well together also. The homestead is so neat and tindy and you both clean up after yourselves. Not a junk yard for sure. That shows much respect to the land and animals. They do get hurt and tangled into mans junk. Many places a person drives by and places are nothing but junk yards with crap piled everwhere. Glad you guys are not these kind of stewards of the land and animals. I run generators in the cold. Need oil all the time or they wont run. So check each time. Also I put some seafoam in mine durring the cold ❤-Diana.
Yes, we are in the RV for the winter. It is cozy inside, for the most part. We can feel the cold start to creep in when it gets below zero but the toyo stove does a great job of keeping it dry and warm. We take pride in our property and try to keep it clean and organized, we do not enjoy seeing junkyards either. It is unfortunate to see junk and trash piled in some areas of Alaska too. Thank you for the tip on the generator Diana ❤️
Not sure where in Alaska you live, but if you are regularly getting temperature BELOW 0F, don't be afraid to use 0W-20 full synthetic oil. When the temps get back above freezing, switch to 10W-30.
I like keeping a new carburetor for my genny on the shelf myself, in your case I would add a starter. It is so frustrating to have to troubleshoot no start when your fingers are freezing! I know from personnel experience.
Hi, I see ice on the inside foam on your generator. You could be getting condensation and ice in your starter when it cools down. I run our Honda in a box in the winter to prevent this and to keep the breather from plugging up in real cold temperatures. We also tilt our solar panels a little past vertical so we don’t get snow or frost on them. When the sun is this low you will actually get some reflection off the snow. It’s all about those photons.
Thank you for the advice! When we create a permanent mount for our solar panels we will add a hinge to tilt them in the winter months. It is very difficult now with so many temporary structures and living methods but we will improve as time goes on 🙂
Your videos popped up today and they are great! You 2 are such hard workers! Do I hear a Philly accent? Philly girl from long ago living in western Washington now. Welcome to the West! Looking forward to your future videos. Thanks for sharing.
I live pretty close to where you’re at. I deal with the same type of snow Get the Milwaukee leaf blower it would work really good to get that dry snow off your solar panels. You put some good videos together I have watched most of them.
They are great tools! Most of the mechanics switched from air to electric tools about 6 years ago in the shop I used to work at. The Milwaukee impact was what made me make the switch, amazing torque.
I think it was Amazon where I purchased a snow rake. It collapses to about six feet long, and extends to about 16 feet. It was reasonably priced and has lasted the last two or three winter seasons here in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Good for our two solar arrays. PN
@@northtoalaska2022 your current dogs are cute, but not sure they're up to the task. Ive seen wheeled rigs and mushers on cross country skis with as few as 2 dogs, so... Probably not a huge barrier to entry 😁
Hi guys still no eggs from my chickens but they are happy, I have got about 2 feet of snow here, Ahhh Alaska Winters lol, God Bless you two, your Willow Friend 🙏🏻❤️🇺🇸
Are they getting enough light? I worked on a big chicken farm for 3 years in high school and the chicken coups had timers on the lights to give them 12 hours a day. Maybe the chickens are different now as this was over 50 years ago.
@@Chris_at_Home I actually have them in a Green house they were hatched in May and the guy that hatched them said it would be Dec, he’s done it for a while as well, I’ve had chickens for about 10/12 years and they have always taken about six months I’ve just never had one lay in 4 months 😂 thanks for your input, I haven’t had to put lights in but as the days get shorter I have a couple I may just hook up
Hey James 👋 praying your chickens start laying soon! Ours slowed down for a few days when we had the cold snap about 2 weeks ago. The weather is windy and warm down here now mostly rain with some snowflakes. Hope you had a great Thanksgiving. God bless 🙏❤️
Just read your comments with Chris at home, we are not using any light source on our chickens yet either. I honestly think it is the breed, they are the Nova gen breed from the mill in Anchorage supposedly they are rated to lay 1.5 eggs per day. We are only receiving 9 to 10 per day from 13 hens but maybe they can do better when they mature. When we were in Pennsylvania we raised around five flocks of mixed-breed hens and most new hens took 8 months or more to lay eggs consistently. Wintertime egg laying was always very slow even with a light on in the coupe. These nova gens have been a welcome surprise for us receiving so many eggs early on.
@@northtoalaska2022 mine finally started producing woo hoo I’ve got 4 eggs in two days I think it only one but there all the same age so it will pick up 🙏🏻❤️
Thank you! The nearest Lowe's is in Anchorage over 4 hours away but we have a Home Depot that is about 2 hours out. We do have access to a few small Ace Hardware stores within an hour but we usually do not buy from there because of the much higher prices. We save a lot of money if we make the drive to Home Depot and stock up on a lot of items at one time that we need for projects. There are a lot of small food options around this general area because it is a tourist destination in the summer. It is common to see small sheds that sell coffee and muffins or tacos and burgers on the Sterling Highway ( the "highway" is a normal 2-way road similar to a back road in lower 48, not much of a highway)
Yes, there is an old log cabin here on our property that we have a chicken coop inside of, and use part of it for a storage shed. It is one story with a loft, the cabin is in rough shape from the foundation failing and we will need to tear it down in the future. The original homesteaders out here lived in it Many years ago and it has been abandoned for over 20 years.
I inderstand you have limits and priorities. However, given the climate, I am surprised you did not put up an extra “green” covered space with an interior, insulated, workshop. Working outside, like you showed, seems like an doubtful prospect.
We always called them snowmobiles in Pennsylvania as well! We were told by a family member that it is offensive in Alaska to not call them snow machines.
