We Discovered A Hidden Mountaintop Compound In Our Own Backyard 

Amazing Alan! Can't wait to watch. You have my subscription already brother!

this is burried in the comments and needs more votes. Ill subscibe right away!

@@psy0rz Thank you!

Youre a legend

The burning question I have (coming from someone whose father passed away, that was a hoarder, now we (kids) have to deal with it) do you sale anything? If I was in the market to buy something you have, would you sale or is everything "a project"? I'm honestly curious cuz you got some super cool vehicles that deserve better then rusting away in a valley in Utah. I'm not trying to be an a hole or anything just curious.

It's a truly fine line between crazy and genius and Alan rides it like a pro

No normal human being would want too!🤣😂🤣😂

@@jasoncessna2522 normality is nothing to aspire to.

Had the same thoughts.

Over the course of this video, you see D's crew have that same epiphany. When Alan is explaining whats what down at the bottom, the guys were fucking off, kind've like an "ooookay bud" vibe. I think it clicked when Alan said he was working on that since 2001...and again with the tunnels...and again with using geothermal heating and cooling. Dude is a hippy mad scientist, a not-so-evil genius, and I'm stoked to see him a part of the crew.

Yeah dude, I'm tuning into Dave to watch Allen, gotta watch Allens channel

@@AaronNicoli What channel?

@@bobbiechavez2990 MtnFortressLabs

Fire?

How does a concrete structure catch on fire

Yeah the magic sky daddy part was definitely super sane.

With all the amazing comments I have to make sure I don't get a big head!!! Thanks! -Alan

@@mtnfortresslabs turn your comments on your channel Alan. I’m sure it would help with the algorithm to get your channel going. I’m currently the 40th subscriber. God bless! - AJ

nice try bot ^

@@Its_Captain_Jack_Sparrow yeah you’re right

@@Its_Captain_Jack_Sparrow it took him 20 years to do just that. He won’t be able to finish it if he continues to do it by himself. That’s probably why he reached out to D

@@kohei9157 sometimes life is not about finishing stuff, but about just doing it.

I hope no volcanoes close by

@Mary Humphrey No, I am flattered though...

@Mary Humphrey Kraft Cheese singles all day

@@mtnfortresslabs - Very cool place you are building there.

@@annwithaplan9766 Thank you!

@@mtnfortresslabs - You're welcome. Did you intend for your family to live there eventually?

👍👍👍

I wonder how many vehicles actually run. And this guy has more money than brains. There is absolutely no reason to have all that. All it’s going to do is rot away. Such a shame.

@@Car_Cast your opinion is not his opinion. If you believe your own opinions, then your life is on track, to be what you want it to be, and nobody elses.

All I can say is WOW amazing that he did all of that his self.

my (common law) -brother inlaw is a pack rat like this and starts 100 different projects and never finishes 1.

he has his owwn channel you can support if you wish.

He needs to add some mods...

With everyone's comments I just created my own RU-vid channel MtnFortressLabs. If there is enough interest and support, It will become a full blown channel with lots of Info, Adventure, etc... Thanks!

@@mtnfortresslabs Alan you are amazing, if i was a little younger i would offer to come help you as free labour just so i could take part in building something so cool and watch it grow, i am also interested in energy systems and storage and just the sciences in general and would love to see what you can build

I agree

@@mtnfortresslabs subscribed.

I started MtnFortressLabs channel for this. If I get enough interest and support I will do just that! Thanks -Alan

@@mtnfortresslabs thanks for the reply! I’m amazed by your passion and I’ll gladly follow along with your new channel! Liked commented and subscribed already my friend!

I agree. Imagine what he would build if he had more resources. It would be so cool to see it finished with windows and doors. But that would be tens of thousands of dollars.

Agreed

Agreed I loved watching this guy, so smart and so much wisdom

I would imagine the compound will never be finished because I think Allen would decide to add something else to it, and then another, and so on till he can no longer do it or he dies.

@@dallasarnold8615 he is a hoarder id live to see the inside of his house and disgusting it is... dude had millions of millions dollars rusting next to the side of a mountain. 2001, I wonder where he earned that much money to do this. This is literally millions, tens of millions if not more. If he put that money in a garage and rare cars he'd have something to give to his family vs 150 duce and a halves. A bunch of garbage on top of a mountain (which continually burns down). A massive waste I'm sure he's also the type of hoarder that will never let go of anything, can't sale that

@@jlo7770 Just because none of his holdings appeal to you does not make it garbage. There are plenty of people that would love to get their hands on some of his vehicles / equipment. So, what have you accomplished in your life ?

@@dallasarnold8615 I agree he does have a few nice rides 90% of it will just continue rusting away. And knowing how hoarding works in willing to bet selling anything is of the table it'll just keep rusting. As far as what I've done with my life, I haven't blown millions of dollars on something that'll most likely not get finished, along with owning a junkyard worth of vehicles that some day my family will have to deal with. There's a massive difference between say all the stuff Dave had vs 75 duce and halves rusting away in a valley in Utah, I don't have 20 broken down 4 wheelers, I don't have 1000 used tires... they salt the roads in Utah half of those vehicles probably don't even have floorboards left in them. So in that respect no I don't own a ton of garage that as he said is something he can leave for his family and their families to keep building. I pray I never leave my family with that sort of burden.

I hope so!

I think what he really needs is a road, not a path. I'm sure that would move him along much faster and make things much easier. He is good at talking. Maybe Heavy D can talk him into creating his own RU-vid channel.

Hell yeahhh!!!

Agreed!!! Alan is the man

@@ZebraFacts Definitely should have a youtube channel for his stuff.

A lot of the clutter that you see are parts and equipment that are very hard to come by. Once all usable parts are taking off for the various projects the junk left over will be recycled. Once the main building is finished and the 2 parts/shop buildings are finished about half of the clutter will be sorted and gone. Thanks!

Yes please make a series about helping Alen

That’s even better! It’s truly awesome to see someone so happy, and just down to earth. Look forward to seeing more of you in the future!!!

@@mtnfortresslabs I'm your 45th sub your going places

I doubt he wants help, he seems quite content doing what he's doing. Most of the stuff people see as scrap has a ton of value, and not just to him, but I bet many people watching this would love to have a fraction of his stuff.

*The shear number of trade skills Alan has is staggering. Concrete buildings, engine overhauls, tunneling, road grading, energy production, shaft mining, I'm sure I missed another fourteen!*

Mtn Fortress Labs = check out his channel

He isn't lieng about that city life. Finally got out and it was the best move I ever made.

he just made a channel “MtnFortressLabs“

All respect, if hes really completing some projects, but the other side could be, that he's a man of big words, collecting many projects and never finishes one. All presented Material is aging. Sorry to say that, but most of the presented stuff, will be rusted away till Allen has time to fix it. He needs 20 People-Restoration Company to be faster than the rust.

Have to say.. I'm proud of him for being self reliant and self sufficient.. Yes things take time and money.. Here's the thing, "You can't put a price on happiness, passion, and joy of anything built, constructed, or done by your own hands" THE ONLY WAY TO BE HUMBLE IS FINDING HUMBLENESS .. God bless and Happy holidays..

He is very narcissistic

@mike d my brother-in-law worked for Sparks Motors for over 10 years. Trust me Dave is very narcissistic

@mike d long before my brother ever work for him. We inquired about a diesel truck you have for sale. It turned out that it had a salvage title that he waited until the last second to tell us. Then he rationalized it like it was no big deal... The truck was priced as a used vehicle and not a salvage/restore. He was definitely flirting with us calling the UHP that day. Theft by deception

Unless they can do it on a video game , they aren't interested. It's sad... Really sad.

Ain't gonna lie but I don't think I want to spend my entire life building mansion, I rather have smaller house or paid somebody else to do it if I got money like this guy

@@AmirulEhsan I hear you. The guy has the gumption and you got to respect that but it seems to me he has a too ambitious project. He said he started in 2001 and is halfway through the project but he's, what? 45-50 years old, so... Had I been in his position I, like you, would have set my targets a bit lower. The location is great, the concept is great but half the size house would be more than enough for most persons.

I LOVE THIS COMMENT 😀. PERFECT!!!!

He's a horder,big dreams of doing this and doing that, but the only thing all that junk is doing is RUSTING.

@@sierrajade63 Alan is a doer not a hoarder. He seems to have a use for most everything

@@sierrajade63 i think Alan has more projects than life left... he dreams big, but dang... too many projects, not enough time. He's been at it for 20 years, and look how far he's gotten. I'd wager that if he gave up on all the little projects he wants to do, he'd have that house finished right quick.

Hey bro, heavy d is a con artist. Power box scam. F rating with BBB and countless lawsuits. Don’t support a con man

@@The.Consultant. That is so sad 😭 I really enjoy watching Big D!!💞

@@carolbroome6559 I did as well. So did my 7 year old autistic son who the box was for. When one of the original founders of this company gave me the low down I was so saddened. People can change and I’m all for it but my experience so far has done nothing but prove those things to be accurate.

@@The.Consultant. I wish you hadn’t bought into that crap. Heavy D isn’t any different than any of the other countless RU-vidrs who have all taken part in these sweepstakes or “lottos” etc. I bought into the David dobrik puzzle, when I realized I wasted $30 I vowed never again, and to try and prevent others from doing the same thing. Unless you were more than willing to go spend $30 on a scratch off from a gas station at that moment, thinking you were about to win 20k, you should have known you were making a bad decision. Heavy D endorsement on that is sad, I agree. But take it for what it is, enjoy the humanity in a lot of his videos, enjoy the content he posts, and try and see past the grifting he allowed himself to get tangled up in for financial gain. You got buggered, but brother, If you had waited longer than 5 minutes after the video and done your research to realize the sweepstakes was “NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER” you would have realized it wasn’t anything legit. Read a comment where somebody actually sent in a letter with return postage paid, and got a free entry and received a power box with confetti and a single crap baseball card. You literally spent $60 on a scam, you should have immediately known it was a scam, and sure heavy D promoted it, but so have every other major RU-vidrs that get approached by the company. I’m sorry it happened to you, learn from this, and don’t do it again. I saw from another of your comments that you obviously are broke and now living in hotel rooms, so you had no business gambling in the first place regardless if it was a fake scam or a real gambling scam anyways! Best of luck to you, but your wasting time on spamming comments on his grifting. I had one of the top comments on his initial P-Box video, urging people not to buy it and look at the fine print. Either you neglected to read through the comments, or immediately jumped as soon as the video was over, not sure. But myself and others warned you and others and you didn’t listen and then found out the hard way.

What is it called

@@earlwright9715 Alan’s channel is MtnFortressLabs

@@louisegibbon5472 thank you

So true

Lol I think he has OCD.

If anyone was wondering how the pyramids were built its because people like Alan exist lol we just don't know any of them coz they are busy building there own cave systems lol

WIND TURBINS ARE A FUCKING JOKE They cant run in high winds they cant run when its to cold PERIOD

@@CORNDODGER Sure they can.

Thanks man :) If I ever won this sort of money I'd still be clearing blocked drains and trying to grow my little RU-vid channel. Just may be in a flashy truck :)

Solar panels would be the way to go imo

@@dubious6718 Most cannot run in the kind of wind he has on the top of his place but he can put them lower and behind a windbreaker and they would work fine. I have a cousin who has wind power and has to block the wind a bit or his turbine doesn't produce power .

He wants his own unfinished base

Opposite...it's where fashion, art, foods are created. As a result money, more taxes....oh wait...

40 minutes mark

I wish I had a tenth of his energy!

his mind is a blessing and a curse at the same time

Mtn Fortress Labs = check out his channel he is building probably live streaming once he gets his watch hours and subs up

Ain't it the truth,ain't it the truth. I was just fine with my age until my mom died on my 20th wedding anniversary and then I turned 60 yrs.old.I can't move as fast as I used to, but I can do alot of things still that I know some people 50+ can not do.

You sound like you ARE amazing yourself.

Too bad he'll never finish any of it.. 🤷

@@WezleyB maybe you should help him out

@@tuneskramer69 Haha! I'm not a psychiatrist..

@@WezleyB you're just a troll. Noting special about them.

@@WezleyB So what, he's happy.

Can Alan spare a little of his energy & ambition? I could really use it..

Is he preparing for zombies, end of the world or a billionaire?

I totally agree! Would love to see more of this place and Allens progress!!

I think it really depends on where you live, whether it be rural, urban or suburban. The area matters, and the people too. I grew up in rural utah and would never move back to my hometown on purpose. It was not a friendly place. It was a police state that likes to control your every action, and watch your every move. I now live in Denver (2 miles from downtown) and enjoy it a lot more. I find people to be more connected with not only nature here, but actual people too. People in rural areas tend to not like change, and if you stick out, you will notice. This is especially true in Utah. I think people in general are disconnected from reality, especially if they have spent their entire lives living one way.

Are you single

@@maryhumphrey5987 WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU?!?!?!

google bishops castle! the history of the man who built this castle in the mountains by hand is amazing. years of telling the government to kick rocks, i love it. hes super hilarious to talk to in person if you ever make your way to colorado!

The government will see this video and want to control everything. I think the video is great, just hope the publicity doesn't bring him down. Some things are better left alone. Thanks to heavy D, and special thanks to Allen. You give determination a new meaning. Good luck with your projects. Increadable Peace

Oh, Brent know how to get things done.

boggling, not bottling

Dude has been building his place for over 20 years with no help not the guy I would ask to get things done impressive sure but he's not ever going to finish he is a hard working guy for sure but kind of a tinkerer mindset.

@@NVMDSTEvil I am guessing you are not Vice Grip Garage fan.

@@NVMDSTEvil no dude, bottles up your mind

He let go like it burned his hand

FACT!!

Secretly Elon musks hidden brother

Free energy. Maybe he's figured out how to double the output from solar panels. Gotta be something flux capacitor level stuff

He’s definitely a genius!

For the love of all things holy can we please help this guy finish this project. Crowd source, anything!

I was thinking the same thing!😂🤣😂🤣

That's what I was thinking.

He reminds me of my dad… my dad used to always have multiple projects going at once, he was a Jack of all trades, loved by all, etc. I miss him 😞 I think my dad would’ve loved this channel.

I guess we will never see this finished, but good luck to him, i would love to have his opportunity for a hilltop fort!!

All he has is a huge pile of junk equipment that is really an eyesore and none of it will ever get completed cause he has more projects going than he has time to get e ven one of them finished.

Thanks Fan//🎅 Write the number above_cliam your reward

Check out Andrew Camarata if you like this guy. He has actually built a steel castle on the side of a New York mountain. He's something of a character. Especially if you like nature and puppies.

Thank you for being a fan Send a DM above number 👆 I have a gift for you 🎁🚀

I hope they keep in contact with him and even offer to lend a hand on some heavy lifting when it comes to erecting the iron for the roof. I really want to see this thing finished. In a way it reminds me of Andrew Camarata's castle.

With comments from you and other viewers I decided to start a youtube channel. Thank you for your comment. -Alan

Alan, do you have an Instagram i could fallow?

@@mtnfortresslabs Subscribing now!

@@mtnfortresslabs subbed, I built my own house 2 years ago without help, from architectural drawings to making the furniture, people thought I was nuts, a middle aged overweight woman taking on such a project, but it seems so normal to me, my house, my sweat, my hands. Nice to see a much bigger nut.

That’s the first thing I thought. No way would a woman let a man live this glorious life. They hold us down brother haha

@@willhausauer7703 In a way yes. I love my wife, but before I met her, I was a lot like Allan and I do miss the independence, the times where you just tinker into the night, not knowing how late it is. Finding more junk to cobble together into something cool and make people loose their mind over the build. I know we are not meant to be "tied down", but here we are, society makes us do things we don't always want. It's a long windy road with lots of descriptive plaques to read and learn about on the way. Finding the middle way of those two worlds is like a holy grail.

@@oBseSsIoNPC yea I understand and if I truly thought I was better off alone I’d be alone. She saves me from myself. I am a little wild without someone telling me to chill out. Lol I’ll argue with my wife over insignificant things until the day I’m dead and I’m perfectly happy with that.

@@willhausauer7703 well said

I thought the same

Agreed

Yep

Hell yeah 👍

Totally agree ! I’d love to see more of this!

I had a uncle that was genius level intelligence. And yes that line between genius and crazy is a real thing. This guy reminds me of him so much. The way he talks the way he does things. Its crazy.

Did you see if Alan was asking for help with his place?He may want to do it himself,just let me know and I'll get packing with a few other good workers and tools for the job. I will mention it to my friends and see what they think too.Later dude.

He said getting the stuff up there was a problem. And he needed help. But I bet he would take a lot of volunteers help also

If I had to guess, that would happen only once. Not for lack of volunteers, but by his own choice. I’ve been fortunate to meet a few people like this - people who’ve taken on monumental projects alone. Each of them have spent so long working alone that they have a very hard time accepting help, and find it to be extremely stressful and not worth it. They’d rather just do it themselves when at all possible. Especially if it’s the help of more than one or two others, who they they trust/can directly supervise. It’s just a hunch, of course. I hope it wouldn’t be the case cause with the exposure from this channel, and these guys, I’m sure he could get all the volunteer and financial assistance he could handle! A “heavy D crew” help day would be a good way to ease into volunteers. Sure hope they make something like that happen, cause we gotta see more of Alan and get to see his fortress completed!

Hell yeah. U pay for my ticket, I'd gladly go from Evansville Indiana and bust some ass.

Wait, I'm broke and homeless. Nevermind. If I could make it and not have to spend too much for food, I'd just show up . Not only would it do Alan some good, but something like that would make me feel alot better about myself.