I've been watching you carve a homestead out of that beautiful wilderness and I just wanted to take a minute to thank you for sharing this with us. I commend your drive, spirit and fortitude at carrying out such an undertaking. Living off the land and making your own timber is something I've grown more and more interested in throughout the years. I'm learning a lot from your videos and have to say they're just as entertaining as something like "The Yankee Workshop", if not more! -Tater
Going back to the roots, you do remind me of my grand father, a man of multiple talent. I' m also a big advocat of self reliance, love your video, hard work pay off, good lesson for the next generation! Take care and thank you for sharing!
I've been living semi-offgrid for most of my life, and i know from experience that nothing beats fresh ground water, it is i think the most pure and good thing to drink and cook with available, congrats on the new water system!
I did something similar in Kasilof Alaska when building a fish camp. I used a 12 ft.x 2 ft.plastic culvert vertically with a 1 in. line 7 ft deep running to a pump/tank unit in the bath house. Works great and never froze. Also had water checked for potability. Always carried a 454 Ruger. Keep up the good work!
I love your new channel Cody. Much more interesting and informative than the same old gear reviewing channels out there. Thanks for all this good stuff.
As a long time mountain plumber that looks great. I would advise using schedule 80 pvc though due to the backfill weight and displacement that is more so in mountainous areas. as well as more tolerance to freeze. Also, I know it can be ugly but use many slip to slip unions and slip to slip ball valves, when a repair or maintainence comes into play you will thank yourself immensly.
Well done. FYI get that O.S.B. outta there or it will leach nasty chemicals into your water. I would have washed the rocks out as well before hand. Blessings brother.
Still open carrying I see! Maybe an update if there is anything interesting? I see that Glock is getting nice and muddy! Good video glad your water worked out!
Not being dependent on the gov,...I like that. I'm trying to repair an old spring box my grandfather built on his mountain property in the 50's. Your video helps. I like seeing that gun on you. I envision myself doing the same thing this year while I'm working on that property. Take care.
Oh how I hate the sound of a grade stick, its amazing how underground skills can be applied to so many different things, I wish I could be there helping you out just to learn this kind of stuff, awesome setup
Great job ! We are undertaking a project in Tennessee something like you have here but we have to pump our water uphill 120 feet without electricity using a hydraulic ram. You are luck to have the water flow downhill to you.We are almost there now.A couple more days.
I just found your channel and have really enjoyed watching these videos. We are in the infancy stage of our own homestead and as I watch these I can't help but think you seem to have more "toys" than the average homesteader :)
I like to talk about the rule of 3. I always start with 3 weeks and work done. Ending with my own addition of “but you won’t survive 3 seconds without HOPE”
i really enjoy your video's. Me and a couple of friends have been waking up for these past few years, figuring out what to do when shit hits the fan... I recently started making a digital catalogue that can run on any 6V/12V platform such as cellphones / notebooks, u name it. That way when i craft a solar station (a small one) i can charge batteries that run those small systems so i have my catalogue with me with all the necessary information. Seeing as you are resourcefull yourselve, this might be a little idea for you too. small solar converters only cost a couple hundred bucks but give a sustained 12V / 24V output with which you can charge batteries to any device. Anyway, thanks for your video's so far. we really enjoy en learn from them. God bless you and your family.
+I adore LoA (JOY seeker) I am doing this right now, i just collected this video, so it's neat that i saw someone else doing the same. I download the videos by copying the url's and pasting them into a mp4 converter on a website like keepvid.com it's very simple and there are youtube tutorials. i then transfer the video files to sd cards and thumb drives to view later on any device that can be charged using a 12volt to 120volt power inverter using the devices normal power cord. Knowledge is power. Never be without the know how to survive.
If you still have a chance to get into the spring. See what you can to use ABS pipe, 3 or 4 inch pipe is best, drill your holes , then use Schedule 80 PVC inside for the water line. Resist using PVC for the outer large diam spring fill tube as it becomes more brittle and week after drilling many holes in it, and resist using thin wall drain french drain, since youll be backfilling with rock. Sorry, Im not a troll, I've just done more than my share of wells, springs ect. Want to see you succeed
Living on the shore of one of the Great Lakes, this is all new to me. My question was the earliest stage - how do you go about picking a site? Are there resources to all this water stuff you could recommend?
One important milestone down. How many cisterns do you plan to have and will they stay liquid during the winter? Not sure if you plan on burying them or not
If you block the water with cement, could the cement leech in the water? I plan on doing this on my land and since the water seeps through the ground I was thinking of using cement...But want it to be drinkable. Please let me know I would greatly appreciate it.
If you are back-filling everything what are you doing to protect your tank and wouldn't it make more sense to move the tank further down the hill so that it isn't buried and inaccessible for inspection and repair? I mean is surrounded by cold formed common steel that will rust out about as fast as the plastic breaks down over the next 5 -7 years. Furthermore the tank doesn't create the pressure in the line; it is the fall from the source that causes pressure.
Cody was this done on the previous sight that was up in the mountains instead of the new homestead you're on now? It looks like it but didn't want to assume.
so was the initial spring just coming through the dirt?....those small filters on the end really removed that much sediment!?..had the spring already had a pvc aligned into it?
hey i was wonder how the tank is vented for letting the water flow. i am slightly concerned with airborne contamination like algae and bacteria. u shouldnt usually have to worrie about it right as long as the water source is moving or replenished so often in the tank? some ruff ideas i know older wells had problems sometimes and what would u do for the water tank if it got algae in it
The water is comeing out of the ground and the temp of the ground is a constant 54-58° thats part of the reason for covering the spring with rock and geo fabric well that and keeping Ecoli from animal poop/pee contaminateing the sorce
Well done :) Was wondering would this work in lower areas though? If so how? Without nice machinery you have haha I have a shovel, but Don't have to dig far to reach water. Just how to get it out ?
Enjoy watching your projects, but what about water regs? In WA state - you can't legally damn, divert, remove water from a stream without water rights.
I didn't hear you address checking the sand output and I'm not sure if you even have sand that high up but you wanna monitor the bottom of your tank to ensure that your well is not producing too much sand. This can cause a major problem with subsidence after time. Don't mean to be a know-it-all just trying to help.
You could have fed the water into the top of the tank just as easily and used the lower valve (now under pressure due to the weight of the water from above) to feed to your house.
hello i have been wanting to do a homestesd and didnt know how to start it,,, is it still possible to get free land to homestead?? or how exactly do you start a homestead,,, thanks for the video and info,,
Also, if the water wasn't originally draining from underground why do you need to overflow line? The soil should have the porosity needed to handle the "back-up" and continue to feed the stream that it was feeding before redirected.
curious, will it fill the tank by connecting it to the bottom of the tank? i would think it would need to be ran into the top of the tank? No? does it not build up resistance? im about to do the same thing with a spring on my property.. also at 7:01 im thinking oh man his guns got dirty!! lol
I also noticed that it appears in the video that you were filling at the outlet at the bottom. Don't think that's possible with so little pressure. What did I miss?
YOU HAVE WATER! That's some peace of mind right there, may it always flow.
I keep getting retro Wranglerstar videos in my feed and it’s awesome.
Right on! Water is the source of all life. Respect, Nurture, and Enjoy clean independent water. You got it right there!!
I've been watching you carve a homestead out of that beautiful wilderness and I just wanted to take a minute to thank you for sharing this with us. I commend your drive, spirit and fortitude at carrying out such an undertaking. Living off the land and making your own timber is something I've grown more and more interested in throughout the years. I'm learning a lot from your videos and have to say they're just as entertaining as something like "The Yankee Workshop", if not more!
-Tater
I love you're videos and in this day and age I appreciate you stand for God and family.
As soon as I saw the PVC Cement I could smell it.
This was certainly a mile stone. Nicely done! I bet this spring made finding this piece of land better than finding gold.
Going back to the roots, you do remind me of my grand father, a man of multiple talent. I' m also a big advocat of self reliance, love your video, hard work pay off, good lesson for the next generation! Take care and thank you for sharing!
dang right cody, water... we can't take it for granted. right you are my friend. thx4vid!
+Martina Dejaquiz Thank you
I've been living semi-offgrid for most of my life, and i know from experience that nothing beats fresh ground water, it is i think the most pure and good thing to drink and cook with available, congrats on the new water system!
I did something similar in Kasilof Alaska when building a fish camp. I used a 12 ft.x 2 ft.plastic culvert vertically with a 1 in. line 7 ft deep running to a pump/tank unit in the bath house. Works great and never froze. Also had water checked for potability. Always carried a 454 Ruger. Keep up the good work!
I love your new channel Cody. Much more interesting and informative than the same old gear reviewing channels out there. Thanks for all this good stuff.
One step closer to independence what a feeling, nice job Cody
So interesting watching all these projects. I've learnt so much from watching them. Ty
great work I love that you utilize these free resources right in your own back yard
Backhoes aren’t free.
That's fantastic. I love that oyu can find a spring flowing right out of the ground right on your property. Nice work.
As a long time mountain plumber that looks great. I would advise using schedule 80 pvc though due to the backfill weight and displacement that is more so in mountainous areas. as well as more tolerance to freeze. Also, I know it can be ugly but use many slip to slip unions and slip to slip ball valves, when a repair or maintainence comes into play you will thank yourself immensly.
Im proud of you and bless you and your family always and good luck and keep up the great work .
this is poetry, is a statement of independence.
Well done. FYI get that O.S.B. outta there or it will leach nasty chemicals into your water. I would have washed the rocks out as well before hand. Blessings brother.
Still open carrying I see! Maybe an update if there is anything interesting? I see that Glock is getting nice and muddy! Good video glad your water worked out!
just love these older videos man. so good.
I believe that will be the only time i ever hear wranglerstar use the word ghetto.
you are indeed what i would call a true "amer-i-can" thank you
As Always...another great and informative video...Thanks Cody and Wranglerbarn family! Godbless
Not being dependent on the gov,...I like that. I'm trying to repair an old spring box my grandfather built on his mountain property in the 50's. Your video helps. I like seeing that gun on you. I envision myself doing the same thing this year while I'm working on that property.
Take care.
Great video. Thanks for sharing. Most people don't understand the importance of drinking water (or lack there of).
Thanks Cody, love the homestead videos.
excellent work...that is a great flow rate you can use the excess to irrigate the garden/farm with...
Oh how I hate the sound of a grade stick, its amazing how underground skills can be applied to so many different things, I wish I could be there helping you out just to learn this kind of stuff, awesome setup
ESSENTIAL!!! No doubt!
Great job ! We are undertaking a project in Tennessee something like you have here but we have to pump our water uphill 120 feet without electricity using a hydraulic ram. You are luck to have the water flow downhill to you.We are almost there now.A couple more days.
I really wish I had the land for this kinda stuff...
That's the best water in the world to drink right there!
another great vid, sure would like the vids to go on for hours, so much to learn. THANKS
Just looks so easy. Wish water in Texas was that easy.
great news Cody. Congrats!!
I wish I could afford those machines.. That sure makes life a lot easier.
+Jon B We wish we had them too....
+Wranglerstar gone now
Loving the off grid vids Cody
Great video Cody. I really enjoy learning from you. Also, the Glock was a nice touch to the tool belt.
I love seeing the G19 hanging out with some dirt on it. Great vid!
Shared on "The Prophecy Club" on Facebook, great video, God bless!
The muddy Glock looks sic! I love it.
John 4:14 thanks s for that verse. I past it on to a friend today.
Thanks for your vids.
I just found your channel and have really enjoyed watching these videos. We are in the infancy stage of our own homestead and as I watch these I can't help but think you seem to have more "toys" than the average homesteader :)
Very interesting and a Great job. Thanks for the video
Well done what an achievement
Pretty awesome project!
Great project
Thanks for sharing. Great video. Could we extend the "rule of three's" with: 3 months without a septic system?
I like to talk about the rule of 3. I always start with 3 weeks and work done. Ending with my own addition of “but you won’t survive 3 seconds without HOPE”
Watching from Ndola Zambia 🇿🇲🇿🇲🇿🇲 in 2020😁
Very interesting Cody!
Great video, Your lucky you have a spot that good fror that. i have a 40 foot artisian well
What a great find on the tank. Is the source from a spring, or just soaking through the mountain?
Everything is buried 3 feet underground
Nice work on the water. I was wondering when you were going to get to it. Congrats.
Pretty awesome...
i really enjoy your video's. Me and a couple of friends have been waking up for these past few years, figuring out what to do when shit hits the fan...
I recently started making a digital catalogue that can run on any 6V/12V platform such as cellphones / notebooks, u name it.
That way when i craft a solar station (a small one) i can charge batteries that run those small systems so i have my catalogue with me with all the necessary information.
Seeing as you are resourcefull yourselve, this might be a little idea for you too. small solar converters only cost a couple hundred bucks but give a sustained 12V / 24V output with which you can charge batteries to any device.
Anyway, thanks for your video's so far. we really enjoy en learn from them.
God bless you and your family.
Haha would be splendid now wouldn't it!
+I adore LoA (JOY seeker) I am doing this right now, i just collected this video, so it's neat that i saw someone else doing the same. I download the videos by copying the url's and pasting them into a mp4 converter on a website like keepvid.com it's very simple and there are youtube tutorials. i then transfer the video files to sd cards and thumb drives to view later on any device that can be charged using a 12volt to 120volt power inverter using the devices normal power cord. Knowledge is power. Never be without the know how to survive.
If you still have a chance to get into the spring. See what you can to use ABS pipe, 3 or 4 inch pipe is best, drill your holes , then use Schedule 80 PVC inside for the water line. Resist using PVC for the outer large diam spring fill tube as it becomes more brittle and week after drilling many holes in it, and resist using thin wall drain french drain, since youll be backfilling with rock. Sorry, Im not a troll, I've just done more than my share of wells, springs ect. Want to see you succeed
I love your vids I want to live off the grid one day :)
Yes, I would like the back story. Where is the water coming from?
Living on the shore of one of the Great Lakes, this is all new to me. My question was the earliest stage - how do you go about picking a site? Are there resources to all this water stuff you could recommend?
One important milestone down. How many cisterns do you plan to have and will they stay liquid during the winter? Not sure if you plan on burying them or not
If you block the water with cement, could the cement leech in the water? I plan on doing this on my land and since the water seeps through the ground I was thinking of using cement...But want it to be drinkable. Please let me know I would greatly appreciate it.
If you are back-filling everything what are you doing to protect your tank and wouldn't it make more sense to move the tank further down the hill so that it isn't buried and inaccessible for inspection and repair? I mean is surrounded by cold formed common steel that will rust out about as fast as the plastic breaks down over the next 5 -7 years. Furthermore the tank doesn't create the pressure in the line; it is the fall from the source that causes pressure.
What about all those chemicals leaching out of the OSB into your water?
What pistol and caliber are you carring? I am a gun inthuiest and just have to know. Project is looking good!
Cody was this done on the previous sight that was up in the mountains instead of the new homestead you're on now? It looks like it but didn't want to assume.
so was the initial spring just coming through the dirt?....those small filters on the end really removed that much sediment!?..had the spring already had a pvc aligned into it?
Holy shit this is pretty cool :O
hey i was wonder how the tank is vented for letting the water flow. i am slightly concerned with airborne contamination like algae and bacteria. u shouldnt usually have to worrie about it right as long as the water source is moving or replenished so often in the tank? some ruff ideas i know older wells had problems sometimes and what would u do for the water tank if it got algae in it
NIce setup you got there
Question, why the gun?
Greetings from Belgium
Erik
It looks clean... Have you had it tested for drinking safety??
Does it freeze in Winter?
The water is comeing out of the ground and the temp of the ground is a constant 54-58° thats part of the reason for covering the spring with rock and geo fabric well that and keeping Ecoli from animal poop/pee contaminateing the sorce
Well done :)
Was wondering would this work in lower areas though?
If so how? Without nice machinery you have haha I have a shovel, but Don't have to dig far to reach water. Just how to get it out ?
One gallon a minute, is 60 gallons an hour, is 1440 gallons a day. Just how much water do you NEED in a day? ;)
Enjoy watching your projects, but what about water regs? In WA state - you can't legally damn, divert, remove water from a stream without water rights.
Exactly!
Good job Cody!
Will those screens in the spring ever plug up or need service?
amazing
I didn't hear you address checking the sand output and I'm not sure if you even have sand that high up but you wanna monitor the bottom of your tank to ensure that your well is not producing too much sand. This can cause a major problem with subsidence after time. Don't mean to be a know-it-all just trying to help.
You could have fed the water into the top of the tank just as easily and used the lower valve (now under pressure due to the weight of the water from above) to feed to your house.
hello i have been wanting to do a homestesd and didnt know how to start it,,,
is it still possible to get free land to homestead?? or how exactly do you start a homestead,,, thanks for the video and info,,
What exactly is the water source? and does it have a by-pass for over flow (unclear) otherwise great system!
Also, if the water wasn't originally draining from underground why do you need to overflow line? The soil should have the porosity needed to handle the "back-up" and continue to feed the stream that it was feeding before redirected.
OK NOW ! how did you find the the spring before ?
but where do u get the million dollar heavy earthmoving plant?
curious, will it fill the tank by connecting it to the bottom of the tank? i would think it would need to be ran into the top of the tank? No? does it not build up resistance? im about to do the same thing with a spring on my property.. also at 7:01 im thinking oh man his guns got dirty!! lol
curious as to why you didnt have the fill pipe go in the top?
Scot Unotee im not sure of his reasoning but the whole tank is lower than the source so it will fill the tank no problem, even from the bottom.
You are in the mountains. How are you going to prevent this from freezing in the winter?
This is when he was still a decent person
how do you know if the storage water won't get contamination since it is still water with 250+ gals?
if everyone go lives out of city (homestad), who made the pipe ? Or who made the barrel ? Or who made the buldozers ? Or who made the gun ?
dude had to have a dope ass job to be able to afford all of this
He that endures to the end shall be saved. Don't forget the other "rules of three", Bushmaster, Remington, and H & K .
May God Will Be Done Amen
I also noticed that it appears in the video that you were filling at the outlet at the bottom. Don't think that's possible with so little pressure. What did I miss?
Pressure doesnt matter because the entire tank is lower than the source.
How well is this still holding up?
Will the pressure of the water in the storage tank not force the water back up the pipe?
Weston CLASSEN No, the outlet is above the tanks, so the tanks would have to fill completely before the water would backup.