With the 304 on site, I would think it would make property clean up easier, quicker, and more efficient, and make a little more time to spend on the other projects you are wanting to do as well. Thank you for the update, as always, enjoyed watching.
My West Virginia Grandma, made Papa Pie when she was alive. She also made Mulberry Cobbler. Oh to have either one, again! I've lost count of the number of times I climbed that Mulberry tree. Great video! Thanks Mike! Lee
Wow Mike I found a pawpaw tree when I was a teenager out scouting deer hunting spots way out on my grandparents farm, didn’t know what it was so picked one a brought it back grandpa was really surprised he said he hadn’t seen one since he was a kid , awesome you got some.
I'm glad you have some ash and pawpaw trees trying to take hold. And the 304 seems to be the perfect size equipment for your property. Great video, Mike.
Getting the 304 seems to have been a very good choice. Having a machine like that sure makes the projects easier. One of my favorite machines is my Yanmar Vio 55. It’s small enough to move around easy enough and sure beats a shovel…John
Not sure where you live , but , they are native to a wide area . If you can't find one , there are a number of nursery's that sell different species / cultivars you can plant on your property . Always get at least 2 different cultivars .
With some good forest management you can get lots of precious things from it, also for future generations. Nice to see your not just cutting everything down.
Hello Mike. You don't do it very often, but I like it when you get off of the working part and show us something special on your property. Perhaps the camera is a bit deceiving, but some of these roads/trails look long, maybe so, maybe not. Have good days!
Hi Mike & it's is Randy and i like yours video is Cool & Thanks Mike & Friends Randy & Burning & Wood & Bigging & in The Ground & Thanks Friends & Randy
So happy that you were able to add the 304 to your team of machines. I’m very excited to see how you modify the 555 now that the hoe isn’t as needed. Your effectiveness and efficiency just skyrocketed. You are a blessed man to have the admiral who can increase your reach and stretch into areas that you also enjoy. You two are culture carriers that will provide a conduit to some of the ancient secrets that are lost on todays generation. Boom baby 🎉
Have ever heard of "STUMPERIES"? A hundred years ago, taking a leggy stump and turning it upside down, placing it in a flower garden and planting succulents or flowering ivy in between the muddy roots was all the rage! Its making a comeback and some folks with more money than they know what to do with are paying thousands to get their hands on one! Royal gardens have some that are over a hundred years old. Might be cool to take one over to the limestone pool when its done and create a conversation piece in the landscaping! ❤
Say now. That 304, a wee bit a Kleeman engineering and some hydraulic hoses could see the whoppa choppa becoming a quick attach item for brush cleaning. You know, if you’ve been wondering what to do in your spare time. 😂😂
You need a road trip to Paw Paw West Virginia. Neat little town on the banks of the Potomac River. Also the Paw Paw tunnel from the Cumberland and Ohio Canal days, a 3100 foot tunnel dug thru shale limestone plus the locks and tow path.
@@CaptainKleeman oh, it is. There are several canal locks without gates along the Potomac and in one place the canal goes over a large creek via an aqueduct (a bridge for a waterway). Lots of history in the area. The canal went from Cumberland MD to out skirts of Washington DC.
Good morning sunshine! Another great video! Love the pond! I wouldnt have gotten half that done cuz Id be fishing thr whole time! Lol! Much love and respect from Henderson Ga USA
I love all your machines with the claw buckets and long arm that you pick up trees, brush, stumps and big stones. When I am watching them working it's like THEY are big and less big mechanical one-armed "creatures" just busy grabbing stuff and moving it around. ..... a creature with your voice..... so you are like the spirit inside the mechanical creature..... and they are like big happy metal "doggos" gleefully "fetching" big sticks!!!😆
It’s Paw-paw time! I have a property very similar to yours in Ohio on the Ohio. We had very few on our property (but a lot in the region) until maybe 2-3 years ago. Had my forester tell me he thought it was “climate change” right in front of our eyes as they start moving in.
Papa! Let's go get some Papa fruit from the Papa trees! Nick naming it the Indiana Banana is pretty ingenious! Land management is a lot of work, but the efforts have proven to be very beneficial. Keep all the old and unwanted stuff out and allow the good stuff to grow. I'm sure the Ash trees will flourish. Mother nature has a plan. There is always room for improvements as well as repairs to issues for the pond. There certainly will be plenty of content for those future projects. The 304 feeling welcome at its new home and getting used a lot. Still waiting to see what DP replaced it with.
@@CaptainKleeman Probably will come after he commits to the Case Excavator. Who knows, he might get a new demo mini excavator....hook, line, and sinker! 🤣🤣
I was thinking as you were showing the woods that a good brush cutting or mulching might be an idea until you mentioned the Ash trees. Definitely want to try to give them a chance. The property is all looking real good though and your continued attention to it will only improve it all the more.
Yeah Mike, it is DRY here in northeast Missouri. Third year of drought conditions. Drier than a popcorn fart! We got an inch of rain yesterday, the first measurable rain since July 15.
A local plant fair gave out pawpaws several years ago, and this year, my grouping of 3 made fruit for the first time. The fruit once it starts to get more yellow and soften does not last long at all. We tasted them, yes a bit banana like, soft and custard like inside with marble sized black seeds. They emit a very tropical odor when ripe and the first day they were on the counter top, it was a strong smell near that counter. The next day the entire kitchen smelled and the last day I could smell them the second I stepped inside the house an entire room away. The odor was, for me, just over powering. Suspect next year if I get another crop, it will only be the wildlife touching them. Here in central Indiana, mine ripened this year, right around Labor Day. Oh and they seem to spread underground as I have small ones emerging away from my original ones.
Hey Mike, next time you clean up the brush, can you explain why it's vital to do so, as far as fire maintenance. You wouldn't believe how many people don't know what feeds forest fires especially from lighting strike
Tell you what, for its size that 304 has got plenty of grunt. Ok how many people have been banging on about you getting those pins changed out, think when it was Mikes it was probably weekly. 😂
I’m sure the pins probably have some wear but not enough to change out. The banging your hearing is actually the bucket banging around on the quick attack plate would be my guess are 304 is the same way. Can you change it out? Yes of course but you’ll be back in the same situation before to long. Bucket still stays on no point of changing it until it actually starts falling off
Well Bud the pond looks real nice man you and the 304 are one maybe show it some love and do the pins and bushings that has needed work for a while it was a thing that D P said he wouldn’t lol enjoyed the video 👍👋🇨🇦
Bravo! Finally someone on TH-cam who wears chainsaw chaps and obviously has run enough chainsaws to know the danger! You earned a SUPER THANKS $ for that!!!!!
Good video. You got twice as much done with the excavator than the backhoe. Love seeing the hard work in the woods pay off. I have been doing the same. Is that the factory pin coupler?
I have two 25+ year old ash trees in my back yard. I treat them every year to keep them safe from the emerald ash bore. All the other ash trees in my area have fallen victim to the ash bore. Costs me about $50 a year for the chemicals to treat them, Fertilome Tree and Shrub Drench. Well worth it.
Looks like you've also got some tree of heaven near that pawpaw patch... I treated those on my property in late August and it seems to be working. Can't just cut 'em down because they'll send up runners like crazy as soon as they are damaged.
Mike, now that you have the 304, you might consider selling the 555 and 755 (I know, you babies). For you homestead projects, the 555 seems just a little too big (too heavy) and I believe that you have out groan the 755 and you need something more between. Maybe that could free up your time to work more efficient on other projects, not that I don't like watching you do wheelies or blow a hose every now and then. BTW: It's time to do one of those white board listings of projects again! 😁😁
@@CaptainKleeman I still say that the compact 755 with the forks was doing a fair job and you just need something bigger. As far as the loader, how often would you really need it (20-30/hr year)? That could be a rental from DP, well, until you buy your first Skid Steer!
I may be seeing something that’s not what I think it is but, looking at your arm, I hope that you and your brothers at your real job are all doing well! ❤️
What is the nurse rime - picking up Paw Paws. Along our 600' drive we have a fruit tree planted A long time ago - it is trained flat like in a fence and is 6' tall by 8 foot and is beautiful when in flowers. Jam.
Since you are renting to own, the 304 may be a good idea to find you a 4 foot bush hog and build it to work off 304 Hydraulic so that you can trim the pads and anywhere else
Mike its pretty common to see Ash seedlings coming up. The seed can stay viable in the soil for years and are currently too small for EAB to attack. As they get larger they will likely be attacked. Paw Paw is very colonial, once you have one or two they tend to spread fairly rapidly through root sprouting. They are great for wildlife and for people if you like them.
Will there be any updates or work on the YT Yacht before the snow flies? Only asking because I couldn’t remember the latest status on that project (with everything else going on - and not going on) and you wouldn’t be the “Captain” if it weren’t for the yacht 😂 Don’t get me wrong, I loooove the World Headquarters project and anytime you’re turning a wrench.
@@CaptainKleeman that is a great point about placement. The tree does have a lot of great attributes like not growing to great heights and providing good shade. And they do look nice. I never could bring myself to get rid of that one even though it dripped on cars for years.
G'day Mike, there's another Mike on you tube with a pond yours looks nicer. Your Husky sounds like a Husky all the new ones sound like Stihl's, I seem to be the only person talking about it, not to many tone perfect musicians that run chainsaws about I guess 👍.
With the 304 on site, I would think it would make property clean up easier, quicker, and more efficient, and make a little more time to spend on the other projects you are wanting to do as well. Thank you for the update, as always, enjoyed watching.
I like how the Captain explained the trees at the end of the video.👌
My West Virginia Grandma, made Papa Pie when she was alive. She also made Mulberry Cobbler. Oh to have either one, again! I've lost count of the number of times I climbed that Mulberry tree. Great video! Thanks Mike! Lee
We bought our house 9 years ago! Had a baby mulberry in the woodline. This was the first summer it produced! So excited!
That's awesome!
Wow Mike I found a pawpaw tree when I was a teenager out scouting deer hunting spots way out on my grandparents farm, didn’t know what it was so picked one a brought it back grandpa was really surprised he said he hadn’t seen one since he was a kid , awesome you got some.
I'm glad you have some ash and pawpaw trees trying to take hold. And the 304 seems to be the perfect size equipment for your property. Great video, Mike.
Thanks!
Getting the 304 seems to have been a very good choice. Having a machine like that sure makes the projects easier. One of my favorite machines is my Yanmar Vio 55. It’s small enough to move around easy enough and sure beats a shovel…John
Absolutely
Ive been looking all my life for a paw paw tree in ks. Great find
Not sure where you live , but , they are native to a wide area . If you can't find one , there are a number of nursery's that sell different species / cultivars you can plant on your property .
Always get at least 2 different cultivars .
Darin, there are supposedly some near fort Riley and I think another batch of natives in Butler county.
Great move getting the 304 into the fleet. I can see some future videos about tightening everything around the bucket and quick attach. Well done.🇦🇺
The pond looks great! Getting rid of unwanted trees, what can a person ask for. Thank you for sharing!😊
always great a fresh cup of coffee in the morning and a new video from you
Good morning Mike! Nice to see the pond doing well. Everything is definitely growing in nicely. Coffee to video ratio today was spot on! Thanks!!
Nice!
Well Mike with two machines now you need the dump truck time to get moving on that you did a good job on this one great job thanks
With some good forest management you can get lots of precious things from it, also for future generations. Nice to see your not just cutting everything down.
Always the improvement and always the cliffhanger outro! Not always, but some ways.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts, ideas and videos. Nice update on the pond. Wishing you and your family the best.
Thanks tom!
Hello Mike. You don't do it very often, but I like it when you get off of the working part and show us something special on your property. Perhaps the camera is a bit deceiving, but some of these roads/trails look long, maybe so, maybe not. Have good days!
Hi Mike & it's is Randy and i like yours video is Cool & Thanks Mike & Friends Randy & Burning & Wood & Bigging & in The Ground & Thanks Friends & Randy
Great addition to your small fleet of equipment. Well done Mike.
Thanks!
Good looking pond
So happy that you were able to add the 304 to your team of machines. I’m very excited to see how you modify the 555 now that the hoe isn’t as needed. Your effectiveness and efficiency just skyrocketed.
You are a blessed man to have the admiral who can increase your reach and stretch into areas that you also enjoy. You two are culture carriers that will provide a conduit to some of the ancient secrets that are lost on todays generation. Boom baby 🎉
One of the luckiest!
Wouldn't have guessed it was dry up there. But at least your pond hasn't dried up. Thanks for the video, take care.
Have ever heard of "STUMPERIES"? A hundred years ago, taking a leggy stump and turning it upside down, placing it in a flower garden and planting succulents or flowering ivy in between the muddy roots was all the rage! Its making a comeback and some folks with more money than they know what to do with are paying thousands to get their hands on one! Royal gardens have some that are over a hundred years old.
Might be cool to take one over to the limestone pool when its done and create a conversation piece in the landscaping! ❤
We have a few actually!
Say now. That 304, a wee bit a Kleeman engineering and some hydraulic hoses could see the whoppa choppa becoming a quick attach item for brush cleaning. You know, if you’ve been wondering what to do in your spare time. 😂😂
I miss the land clearing/upgrade videos. Awesome job. Looking good.
Thanks!
You need a road trip to Paw Paw West Virginia. Neat little town on the banks of the Potomac River. Also the Paw Paw tunnel from the Cumberland and Ohio Canal days, a 3100 foot tunnel dug thru shale limestone plus the locks and tow path.
That sounds amazing!
@@CaptainKleeman oh, it is. There are several canal locks without gates along the Potomac and in one place the canal goes over a large creek via an aqueduct (a bridge for a waterway). Lots of history in the area. The canal went from Cumberland MD to out skirts of Washington DC.
I didn't realize you were into fashion Mike. Those Chaps and Shorts are sure to start a new trend.😁
Lol
The only one on TH-cam with a camera mounted on the chain saw😊
💪
Mike you do have a beautiful lot,and your management of your forest looks great, great video Mike 👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks!
Took a break from watching chain saw stuff. I lost a super cool friend in a post hurricane tragedy... But I am back!
Good to see you Captain.
Love the Tree-mendous job with the Trees
Lol thanks!
Nice work Mile, looks like you are enjoying your "new" excavator.
Good morning sunshine! Another great video! Love the pond! I wouldnt have gotten half that done cuz Id be fishing thr whole time! Lol! Much love and respect from Henderson Ga USA
That digger is a gamechanger, loved this !
Thanks!
I love all your machines with the claw buckets and long arm that you pick up trees, brush, stumps and big stones. When I am watching them working it's like THEY are big and less big mechanical one-armed "creatures" just busy grabbing stuff and moving it around. ..... a creature with your voice..... so you are like the spirit inside the mechanical creature..... and they are like big happy metal "doggos" gleefully "fetching" big sticks!!!😆
You remind me of those guys on the 1970s variety network shows that would run around on stage.... spinning like 10 plates on sticks 😮
😂😂.
Very cool to find the Pawpaw trees. I wish I was close enough to come by and get some seeds. Great find.
Paw paw is the best thing ever, enjoy.
It’s Paw-paw time! I have a property very similar to yours in Ohio on the Ohio. We had very few on our property (but a lot in the region) until maybe 2-3 years ago. Had my forester tell me he thought it was “climate change” right in front of our eyes as they start moving in.
They seem to be popping up every where here lately
The way you tore the limbs off the last pond tree reminded of the old Godzilla monster movies
The 304 making things easier on the back again, nice, now if only they had a double rabbit speed on them 😂 Enjoed the video, have a good one!!👍
Lol appreciate ya watching
Papa! Let's go get some Papa fruit from the Papa trees! Nick naming it the Indiana Banana is pretty ingenious! Land management is a lot of work, but the efforts have proven to be very beneficial. Keep all the old and unwanted stuff out and allow the good stuff to grow. I'm sure the Ash trees will flourish. Mother nature has a plan.
There is always room for improvements as well as repairs to issues for the pond. There certainly will be plenty of content for those future projects. The 304 feeling welcome at its new home and getting used a lot. Still waiting to see what DP replaced it with.
To date I don't think he has a replacement yet
@@CaptainKleeman Probably will come after he commits to the Case Excavator. Who knows, he might get a new demo mini excavator....hook, line, and sinker! 🤣🤣
Glad the excavator is on hand now. That will really help out big time!
Absolutely!
Pond reminds me of 2000 flushes water color. Could be the night filter too.
I was thinking as you were showing the woods that a good brush cutting or mulching might be an idea until you mentioned the Ash trees. Definitely want to try to give them a chance. The property is all looking real good though and your continued attention to it will only improve it all the more.
Yeah Mike, it is DRY here in northeast Missouri.
Third year of drought conditions.
Drier than a popcorn fart!
We got an inch of rain yesterday, the first measurable rain since July 15.
Excellent and enjoyable as always thank you Mike 👍👍🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇸🇬🇧
Thanks!
Enjoy it as always
Love the comedy keep the videos coming
Thanks!
This is for wearing Chainsaw chaps! You obviously have run a chainsaw enough to know ! BRAVO Mike, Bravo.
Thank you for the support!
A local plant fair gave out pawpaws several years ago, and this year, my grouping of 3 made fruit for the first time. The fruit once it starts to get more yellow and soften does not last long at all. We tasted them, yes a bit banana like, soft and custard like inside with marble sized black seeds. They emit a very tropical odor when ripe and the first day they were on the counter top, it was a strong smell near that counter. The next day the entire kitchen smelled and the last day I could smell them the second I stepped inside the house an entire room away. The odor was, for me, just over powering. Suspect next year if I get another crop, it will only be the wildlife touching them. Here in central Indiana, mine ripened this year, right around Labor Day.
Oh and they seem to spread underground as I have small ones emerging away from my original ones.
The best thing about Monday.
Hey Mike, next time you clean up the brush, can you explain why it's vital to do so, as far as fire maintenance. You wouldn't believe how many people don't know what feeds forest fires especially from lighting strike
So happy for your new find with your trees. I hope they survive.❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Well done captain.
Thanks!
Your pond looks great , and taking out those trees, just adds to it’s Beauty ❤😎😎👍👍🍮🍮
Another great vid Capt!! Thanks for sharing
Tell you what, for its size that 304 has got plenty of grunt. Ok how many people have been banging on about you getting those pins changed out, think when it was Mikes it was probably weekly. 😂
I’m sure the pins probably have some wear but not enough to change out. The banging your hearing is actually the bucket banging around on the quick attack plate would be my guess are 304 is the same way. Can you change it out? Yes of course but you’ll be back in the same situation before to long. Bucket still stays on no point of changing it until it actually starts falling off
Yup, exactly.
Good job captain
Replace bushings in bucket, save expensive cost later.
Not the bushings
Looks like the Captain is going to make the down payment on DP’s new Case! Keep the cameras 🎥 rolling! Thanks for sharing!
Well Bud the pond looks real nice man you and the 304 are one maybe show it some love and do the pins and bushings that has needed work for a while it was a thing that D P said he wouldn’t lol enjoyed the video 👍👋🇨🇦
I won't be doing any work to it until it's paid off unless something breaks
Bravo! Finally someone on TH-cam who wears chainsaw chaps and obviously has run enough chainsaws to know the danger! You earned a SUPER THANKS $ for that!!!!!
your pretty dang good on that machine......nice~!
Thanks!
Love your work Captain!!
Good video. You got twice as much done with the excavator than the backhoe.
Love seeing the hard work in the woods pay off. I have been doing the same.
Is that the factory pin coupler?
I'm not sure. Haven't checked
Good one Captain Love the Danger close camera mount on the saw!
Glad ya liked it!
We have Pawpaws in Kansas too. Dad called them the Kansas Banana.
Cool deal, thanks for sharing.
I have two 25+ year old ash trees in my back yard. I treat them every year to keep them safe from the emerald ash bore. All the other ash trees in my area have fallen victim to the ash bore. Costs me about $50 a year for the chemicals to treat them, Fertilome Tree and Shrub Drench. Well worth it.
You don’t know …. WHAT what don’t you know Mike 😂😂😂 see ya Thursday
Saw cam is great
Mike, maybe attach one of those chainsaw sheaths to the CAT 408. You'll often need one. ;-)
Thanks for the video, be well and stay safe!
Would definitely be handy
Good morning Mike!
Looks like you've also got some tree of heaven near that pawpaw patch... I treated those on my property in late August and it seems to be working. Can't just cut 'em down because they'll send up runners like crazy as soon as they are damaged.
Congrats on Ol' Shaky Bucket! LOL. The pond looks great!
Thanks!
Happy that you are a ton safer, I see Bubbu dump and a 850 moving dirt back on the hillside where you just cleared but thats just me
Mike, now that you have the 304, you might consider selling the 555 and 755 (I know, you babies). For you homestead projects, the 555 seems just a little too big (too heavy) and I believe that you have out groan the 755 and you need something more between. Maybe that could free up your time to work more efficient on other projects, not that I don't like watching you do wheelies or blow a hose every now and then. BTW: It's time to do one of those white board listings of projects again! 😁😁
A loader and a compact are a must. The mini excavator is useless without them. It takes a team.
...out groan...😂
@@CaptainKleeman I still say that the compact 755 with the forks was doing a fair job and you just need something bigger. As far as the loader, how often would you really need it (20-30/hr year)? That could be a rental from DP, well, until you buy your first Skid Steer!
I may be seeing something that’s not what I think it is but, looking at your arm, I hope that you and your brothers at your real job are all doing well! ❤️
Good morning ...
Ooh I like the chainsaw cam! Reminds me of Doom (the game).
Yes Cap, i remember the story of the pond and all these stuff.. You are not new on TH-cam, you know ? Greetings from Belgium
Maybe by December will see what dp replaced the 304 with great video once again by you
He doesn't have anything yet.
Nice work thanks for sharing
Appreciate ya watching!
What is the nurse rime - picking up Paw Paws. Along our 600' drive we have a fruit tree planted A long time ago - it is trained flat like in a fence and is 6' tall by 8 foot and is beautiful when in flowers. Jam.
That's awesome!
with al the down trees maybe a TH-cam Log Cabin next?
Which Plant Identifier app do you use? Do you recommend it?
There's one tree on the bank you cleared leaning toward the pond, I'd be tempted to take that one too.
Great to see indigenous trees returning, as you open canopy up a little. Good to get dead widow makers down to ground.
You never fail to impress
Thanks!
Since you are renting to own, the 304 may be a good idea to find you a 4 foot bush hog and build it to work off 304 Hydraulic so that you can trim the pads and anywhere else
That pond has more chemicals than a superfund site.
😂
@@CaptainKleeman It really is funny. Worst pond ever.
You tube should have a love button😮, which would be worthy a doubled liked. 😊😊
Mike its pretty common to see Ash seedlings coming up. The seed can stay viable in the soil for years and are currently too small for EAB to attack. As they get larger they will likely be attacked. Paw Paw is very colonial, once you have one or two they tend to spread fairly rapidly through root sprouting. They are great for wildlife and for people if you like them.
I think you could consider transplanting some of the Ash trees elsewhere on the property as a layer bio-security.
Will there be any updates or work on the YT Yacht before the snow flies?
Only asking because I couldn’t remember the latest status on that project (with everything else going on - and not going on) and you wouldn’t be the “Captain” if it weren’t for the yacht 😂
Don’t get me wrong, I
loooove the World Headquarters project and anytime you’re turning a wrench.
My ash trees suffered greatly from the emerald wood borer. Most are gone.
You should sell that one log you carried away(About 25:15) with the excavator to Home Depot, it must be just like the logs they cut their 2x4's from.
Not a fan of weeping willow but mine was near a driveway. Maybe it won’t mess up the pond too much.
Turns out not understanding tree placement can really damper their fun. Great news. We love it
@@CaptainKleeman that is a great point about placement. The tree does have a lot of great attributes like not growing to great heights and providing good shade. And they do look nice. I never could bring myself to get rid of that one even though it dripped on cars for years.
G'day Mike, there's another Mike on you tube with a pond yours looks nicer. Your Husky sounds like a Husky all the new ones sound like Stihl's, I seem to be the only person talking about it, not to many tone perfect musicians that run chainsaws about I guess 👍.
good clean up, wife knew what a paw paw was said there great fo r canning and gam, when is the Admiral going to learn to operate the 340 boss?