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I know it, like it never uprooted 😂

Good to hear! Thanks!

I was originally a little concerned and found it hard to find much information on the internet….it’s now been through 2 winters and I have not had any issues or cracking at all. We have about 18” of gravel under the slab as well. If money 💰 was no option I would have done frost-walls.

We used half inch rebar and put extra on the sides to help reinforce were the walls will be. Cement was a 3500psi mix as well

@@CentralMaineOutdoorsman Thanks for replying! Our property is near Calais and most people I've spoken with have "strongly" suggested to construct a crawl space instead of slab. I'm very leery of a crawl space because moisture/critters/freezing pipes... you know the gamut. We will probably just do a slab. Great videos btw!

@@PrivatePrivate-b8iThanks! Good luck on your build!

Cool! Good to hear….Seems to be a decent amount of birds this year! Good luck if you make it back out.

Thanks! Awesome! For sure! Don’t know if I saw a bird last year …..😂 There is def plenty of action.

@@CentralMaineOutdoorsman Thanks for the good news!

Thanks 👍 it was a good time!

We missed 2 good opportunities and seen about 6… but no birds. The place we were at in this video was not bad at all considering it was raining. Seen about 18 birds that day!

Glad you enjoyed it! Good times!

Thanks for subscribing and welcome to the channel! Beautiful area we live in! Your only a hope skip and a jump away! I’m looking forward to exploring Nova Scotia area in the near future! Thanks for watching…

No issues using my own timber. Each town is different, from what I understand it has to do with population of the town I believe. If the population of the town is under so many residents…. As long as I’m building myself and don’t hire a contractor to do the work, no inspections necessary. I know I’m not following every code in the book but I’m happy to have the freedom to build my own place without any hassle!

Thanks 😊

Thanks 👍

@@dstevenpaisley nice! I’m going to have to look into getting one! I need more time 😂

@@dstevenpaisley I hear ya, I burn what I can and make boards out of most of it. Unfortunately I have a lot of mature poplar on my property I’m trying to make use off that’s far gone…

I used my bar in this video, I used a tape measures also but I finally got myself a loggers tape…

I know…I need a good set of winter tires! 😂 they are good tires for all around in the spring summer and fall but not good in snow! I should have moved that log first as well. Appreciate the help!

Thanks you too!

Good advice….Thank you!

I hear ya! Thanks for looking out and welcome to the channel.

@@CentralMaineOutdoorsman thanks for the response back Central Maine outdoorsman. I saw a couple of trees leaning and they were support by another tree. That's what they call a Widowmaker. I learned that from watch another programs when they were cutting the trees down and they fell like that and they leaned against a tree. Watch your channel again soon. Thank you. Good luck to you.

We are in Dover Foxcroft area.

Nice! You will enjoy it! I bought a 10 pack of the Norwood Saber Tooth blades. They are 10deg. From what I can tell 10 deg is good for all around hard wood and soft wood. A guy on Corinna center road (same road as Dexter Lumber)does my sharping. Forgot his first name but Clark’s saw sharpening. It was 9$ per blade. He does a good job. Sorry haven’t posted any videos lately, bun busy trying to get stuff done.

@CentralMaineOutdoorsman no need to apologize. I've been trying to get dirt work done in between the rain so I get it. For all the projects I have planned, the price of lumber just is not justifiable compared to a mill and 120 acres of trees. Lol. I really appreciate the information. There will be a pretty good chance I'll be picking your brain again. 😆

Great info buddy i appreciate it! I’ve been going at it for a few years and learned a lot, but still learning. So much to do when building from scratch it’s hard to stay ahead. I’ve watched many videos from Sawing with sandy and def inspired me to start on TH-cam. It’s a heck of a lot of fun spending good old time outdoors sawing and cutting timber. And yes I still need to build my mill a shelter! lol soon! Cheers!

Hey there! Glad you like the video! You’ve got a nice machine! Well it’s a pain to get the back hoe on the tractor unless you have it on nice level ground but you will get used to it as you use it. Basically as your getting the hoe connected to your machine you will need to hook up the hydraulic hoses and turn the rear remotes on and work the backhoe so that you can line it up and connect it to your tractor. Once it’s connected I like to run my machine around 2k rpm’s and you’re ready to work. If you don’t have a set of nice cleats I would make some or buy a set so your stabilizer arms have a nice footing. Enjoy!

@@CentralMaineOutdoorsman OK, great, thanks for the reply. So the backhoe is on the machine. My issue is once I've got the tractor on, up to 2k RPM, do you just hop on the backhoe and get to work? Or do I need to lever anything else before doing that?

@@Kennebec_Craft no problem! you’re gonna wanna put the tractor in neutral, set the parking brake and use the remotes on the right hand side of the driver seat.The lever will be set to a A or B depending on how you hook up the hoses.

@@CentralMaineOutdoorsman Hey, so I've got 100 hours on the tractor and use the backhoe a ton. The shafts get really warm/hot. Is that normal for you too?

@@Kennebec_Craftmine get warm/ hot also. Sometimes I feel like I can smell the cylinders heating up.

I hear ya. This one really made a lot Of power outages. There was another after that was said to be bad but seemed like half the storm this one was. It made a real mess out of my wood lot. Cheers!

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This was at Kingsbury Pond on rt16. We must have went at a bad time. Traffic into Monson was no joke so we turned around and found this beautiful spot that worked out great. Glad you enjoyed the video! It was an experience of a lifetime for sure! I’m sure Rockwood was a great spot as well.

@CentralMaineOutdoorsman we went through Greenville around 10 am, so it was still a little early. But was about a 3 hr ride to get back home. I would do it all over again in a heartbeat. :)

So cool!

Haha! I know crazy! I was going to stay at the cabin but I had a few friends come up that wanted to go to Greenville. We didn’t even make it to Monson and traffic was backed up for miles. 😂

Thanks!

Glad you enjoyed it

It was a great experience!

Ya we got hit hard! This is some good stuff! I see a lot of people free ranging there birds and always made me wonder 💭. I like the string idea! I have a lot of work ahead of me once this snow melts some, I will probably start on some fencing and get the post in the ground then finish up the coop as I already have it enclosed. (Will see it on the next episode)Thanks for the good info!

Good idea! Most of the snow had melted but after yesterday’s storm back to having snow on the ground. It should melt fast tho.