You guys should look into purchasing a shipping container, there only a couple of thousand dollars and it's a good way to store valuables and keeps every thing secure and dry.
JBT Cajun Haha, yep... "And so say all of us" :-) We are all living vicariously through these two young folks. But it's nice to remember my own battles with 'projects' in my early days with my partner too. Different problems, but the struggle, mild depression, thinking it will NEVER get done, the wild excitement at simple things going well.. the exhausted and hysterically wild excitement when difficult things go suspiciously well, lol. The frantic working through the nights to get "must be done before tomorrow" jobs finished.. are all very similar to everyone else's stresses I think.
If the goal is to move the RV in the garage, why not use that plywood to build a temporary wall/door? The wall would solve the wind in garage issue, help dry in the garage and use some of that lumber you keep moving.
As a x fire fighter I can’t tell you how many chimney fires I’ve been to. I know Jesse knows this but to those who don’t it is extremely important to clean out those chimney flutes often!! Great job you guys. But I’ll feel a lot better when you get dried in!!
ALTERNATOR Diagnosis The Dash Panel should Have a Battery Lamp and should light up with the key on and go out when the engine runs and then the alternator starts to charge if fitted??... check the manual!!!. The trick you are doing to excite the alternator should normally be done by a small current passing through the Battery Lamp to the L Terminal on the alternator. If you ground the L terminal with key on and engine OFF the Battery lamp should Glow, if not check the Bulb or its 12V supply to it (May be fuse, broken wire, bad connections etc). If you have a test light try connect it across the Battery Positive on the alternator to the L Exciter terminal (Small wire) like you have been doing with a Jump wire and then start the engine and the bulb should go out and the charge rate should go up to 13.V To 14.4V Rev engine up to fast idle may be to start the charge possess. To confirm the ground from the Alternator body to the Battery Negative place a Volt meter between those to points and Zero Volts is perfect and 12v is the worst, you should see about 0.2 To 0.5V dependent on loads on the system Any more and you have a bad ground. If you measure say 14V across the Alternator output and its ground and the then measure the charge rate accross the battery they should be the same in a perfect world but you always have Voltage drop so expect 0.2 to 0.3V difference from one reading to the other, May be more when the Revs are high and battery is low in charge like after starting cold. Good Luck (From A Auto Sparky)
check altenator light bulb. if its broken charging wont start. some altenators starts charging when you hit gas pedal on the floor about 1s(when bulb is broken)
This whole house is built on detailed drawings. They know exactly the dimensions of the SIP's a whole video on windows was done, so they have that. The progress is at least 4 to 6 weeks back. So what we get till the SIP's get there, is filler video of making ice cream, cat food, clean up, heating up the hot tub, and protecting those damn (Scarfman) and snow tires from the elements, priorities for sure. And don't forget not enough daylight to do anything but we need to do a supply run in the daylight that there's not enough of.
I would suggest it might be a lot more fun with more Alyssa screen time and less bad footage of rain drops on the lens, but maybe you like that Andreas? Even a editors blog might be interesting.
I'm sure many people have already said this.. but does the backhoe have a battery/Alternator warning light? If that blows it doesn't sent the excite signal to the alternator windings.
Normal for one of these..i have said i will talk him through easy checks J has a multimeter he can spend 5 minutes on the fone with me and a full diag done..lol
I was a auto electriction for 18 years. Found that Most brands use a 500 uh restore in percale to the light so if the light burns out it still has a start trickle. Back other equipment did not have this. Just take the charge lite & jumper a5 U Rester across the light terms. So that it gets a sence voltage.
Dear Jesse and Alyssa...just wanted to ask if it would be possible or needed for you to cut or trim the trees from the side and back of your house just in case of forest fire..? All the best from the UK.
Yeah. Maybe they could cut down all the trees and mow down the brush to protect against fires. Great plan! Then Idaho would start to look a lot like the UK. The trees are what make and support a rich ecosystem, moderate the climate, and provide scenic beauty. Preventing forest fires is not that hard, at least not enough to make such drastic prevention a consideration.
I would recommend that when you put away wet lumber to always use dry sticks between them to let them dry properly. Otherwise you will have issues with mold.
TheWaterman1000 We actually drilled and tapped a hole in ours and used a bolt so that it could still old water if necessary. We’re on the same page though.
Will you be sticker the sawn lumber? I have found that when it is not stickered it will rot the wood when damp or exposed to the elements. When piled and stickered, often a lid for the pile (old steel roofing or similar) will keep the bulk if the rain/snow off the material while allowing the air to move around and dry the timber. There are many more considerations than these, these are just some of the first ones. House is looking great! Congrats!
On my backhoe, the alternator blink out light actually conducts a small current to the rotor to provide what is often called "flashing". This provides enough magnetism in the rotor so the alternator can bootstrap itself up and supply its own field current. Make sure the light comes on before the engine is running. On my old Ford 555C I have to rev it up to about 900 RPM so it starts to charge at initial start.
Just remember the little jobs, to include build site organization, are just as important as the big jobs... Very important to safty as well... and I think you both get that as it shows in your videos! Great job, keep the steady strain on the daily chores and you will have a finished homesteady before you know it... and you will appreciate what it has taken to get there, V/r “TRACER”
I THINK I HAVE A FIX FOR YOUR ALTERNATOR PROBLEM - happened to me a long time ago, the idiot light burned out - put a new bulb in and the alternator started charging again, worth a try if you ask me.
Too bad you guys lost sight of what needed to be done after the workshop, sip roof panels don’t have window holes to figure out, should be on by now, second floor flooring? Why not that so you can work up there on the roof? T&g on the rafters? Your subfloor and joists are made of sawdust and glue, and you’re busy ruining an old framing square.
A question, possibly a suggestion, since you are having problems with the elements entering the lower part of your build through the open garage door portals, why not use that plywood to build a temporary wall and seal off that area, or when you take the plywood back, use that money to purchase garage doors. Either approach will help to reduce some of the problems you are experiencing.
Agreed, but that is in the works. They also complain about all the crap that blows into their garage area and the fact that the air still gets up under the plastic they put on the decking. Most people don't realize how long this takes. Tract home builders in our area put up the stick frame and it can sit naked for anywhere from a day to a month waiting for the sheeting and roof decking to get applied.
The backhoe is the centerpiece of your operation. Put tireject in the tires and fix the charging issue. Think of the lost time fireing up the generator to run the compressor and fiddlein with the wires. Always when would need it the most. Love the videos
How deep is that trench for your water line? Not sure how cold you get but out here we run lines 4-6 feet deep. Actually our water line are 6 ft deep just to be safe. With nighttime temps down to -14 we haven't had too much issue freezing . . .
Not to pick at you guys but the chimney sweeper using is not meant for a stainless steel liner it’s meant for a clay one with a stainless steel liner supposed to use a plastic sweep that way there you don’t scratch it and cause more creosote buildup
i wish my wife was as chilled out as yours when i do tasks around the house, christ even fitting a new radiator seems like i've asked her to rebuild the house
The wire is the feild wire you won't get any charge if that doesn't have a voltage on it. It either comes from the ignition or a regulator in some equipment.
yeah when I was building houses for a while i really overcame my fear of heights and then I didn't do that type of work for maybe 5 years and I had to change all the plumbing flashing on the roof for the vent pipes and man I was like just don't look at the ground .. don't look at the ground.. heh.. I don't have a fear of heights .. I have a fear of emergency rooms heh
Plywood...temp garage door ? Electric problem on tractor...grease (automotive) is your friend ! You cover the saw, but not the tractor ? Even just covering from front of cab to end of engine will help bunches .
Scrap 2x4's left from the concrete to make a wall then staple plastic to it and you have a good wall. Can even frame in a door to the temp wall using weather striping to seal to the frame.
Jesse I've been noticing thsr you usually climb into the tractor from the right side where there is a large shifter right in your way.. Why not use the left side?
Question. How is the wooden construction mounted on to the first floor? And how are the beams mounted? Glue? Screws? Wooden pins? Vishtails? What about strength?
From looking at previous videos it looks like they toenailed the posts with structural screws and enforced from below by sistering boards to the floor joist. That combined with the SIPS once installed will keep everything firmly in place. Rest of the framing uses wood joinery you can find in their prior videos.
He toenailed screws down into the floor as a quick solution until the panels are in place. The frame just sits on top of the floor and could otherwise justy slide around if a strong enough wind came. There is no joinery there.
I don’t take out the 80D in conditions like that. I stick with the G7x or even GoPro. 80D is too nice (and too expensive) to risk like that. To folks complaining about water on the lens, this ain’t Hollywood. Trying to complete a real life task in nasty weather while still filming is no easy task.
Alternators I know (UK cars), have a sense line, which goes to the charging indicator lamp on the dash. Typically, the alternator relies on the small current through this indicator (from the switched 12V on the shas) to start powering the field. As the alternator voltage comes up, this sense line will be powered from the alternator diode pack. So the alternator is pulling itself up by it's bootstraps, so to speak. Eventually the sense line is brought up to the same voltage as the switched 12v line, and so the lamp goes out. So the feed from the key switched 12V to this lamp needs to be there and the bulb needs to be working, or you may not get it to start to charge. I've seem faults like this where someone has had a dead indicator lamp and also where LED replacement bulb has been fitted here.
On stopping the engine at 9m12s, I see no lamp illumination as the engine dies. Which you usually see, as the bulb is being back powered from the diode pack, into the impedance of the switched 12V, once turned off at the key. I am assuming similar wiring as a car though.
gonzo_the _great yep pretty much sums up how it functions on older obd1 vehicles. The more modern stuff can generate its own field and has no use for the bulb, the check light is the switched on/off via to computer
That is interesting. Thanks for the info, as I've only ever worked on older cars (won't touch newer ones, as life is to short"). Though their next video, shows that their digger is old school and it was indeed what we both suspected. I also diagnosed their alternaton diode prob. Been there, seen it, a good few times. I know these guys don't read the YT coments, and they are quite out dated, from real time. So they would not see my coments in any helpfull time scale. Which is a shame.
It's great how you can look back on some of the little things and have memories of the build like who was working a certain area. Keep plugin away on the to do list, it will get shorter.
I started looking into tape for poly plastic.. one of the manufacturers also sells tape.. some of it seems pretty serious but its for building fish ponds so its fish safe and underwater.. I didn't even look at the price it had to be insane... they also had butyl tape which is that asphalty kinda stuff with double side peal away paper on the roll .. that had to be insane too.. probably good for roof shingles.. I was thinking spray adhesive if you could get like a foot wide strip of poly and spray it with that to make your own kinda tape.. basically contact cement.. but thats kinda drastic and expensive .... ah well... someone must know i bet.. its been really chilly here on the east coast .. single digits overnight for a few weeks now... people aren't use to those temps .. I tell you it has me thinking about a wood stove as a backup but i do have a kerosene heater so thats easy enough if its only for a few days or a week or two its not so expensive to run in an emergency.... one thing at a time right.. and then you turn around and things are getting done. stay dry ... be happy :o)
All you have to do is use shrink wrap tape. Like used to transport boats covered with plastic....but the timing is so far off no need to really say anything.
The Canon 80D is not waterproof it is "weather sealed" and that is only the Body you need to use a Canon L lens with it for it to be weather sealed as they are waterproof, the 35mm EFs lens that you have just got is not waterproof
So far there is no water proof DSLR. Many of them claim to be weather-sealed. But that is a very different beast. If you won't to be safe, you need to use a special case or some of this bags.
Battling energy loss myself, I'm impressed that you actually keep working although it's on these sort of things. For you it has been a lot of stress for too long and now with the gray rainy days so I totally understand why you taken somewhat of a break. I can agree with other commentators that these videos arn't as exciting, I guess most of us got hooked on seeing progress with the house. But I for one feel these videos are better than no videos. To you I'm just a stranger, but to me, you guys are like "friends" that I have gotten to know for the last couple of months. I wish I lived closer so that I could come help you build and give you energy. I wish you the best.
Barry M Did someone appoint you to become their boss? They provide entertainment and basically owe you nothing. If the content isn't to your liking, then go somewhere else if your compassion is lacking.
Do you have to short out this terminal when you first start the tractor for the day? Or do you have to short it every time you shut it down? I believe when you short out the alternator your flashing the field wiring, that is, your momentarily are inducing a current which excites the field wiring. Once excited it retains the field and continues to output. I suspect if you trace out the wire (that is connected to this terminal) there will be a low resistance to ground. Just enough of a short that drains off any residual charge “left” in the field when the alt is shut down. The purpose of this residual field charge is to restart the alt each time. Just a thought!
What is wrong with you? He was commenting on the fit of the hat and those types of hats are specifically meant to work with ball caps. I would venture a guess that most people don't know this. Take the ego and stick it where the sun don't shine
This video is older. A couple of days ago, a recent Facebook post had them pulling out their neighbor's truck with a chained up backhoe. This was a recent storm with about 2' of snow.
the exciter wire for the alt has no power, should get 12 volts with ignition on, often an increase in revs will self excite the alt and it will start charging
My father inlaw has never swept his in 12 years since the current flue was fitted. I’m happy with once a year on a stove that’s used lots. If the timber is of the correct moisture content seasoned correctly and the burn efficient the amount of tar and solid deposits will be reduced.
Every once in awhile my hair goes blonde the drop of water on lens was driving me crazy thought it was my phone, couldn't fix it. Then realized it's his camera! That was no prob good video!!!
Hey Guys, you could waterproof your roof by adding a U-Shaped Frame around the edges of your plastik with some of the leftover wood you moved in this video and some stapling. I know you would create a little pond by doing this, but if your plastic is waterproof it is at least a watertight pond and most of the water will flow of the edge where the opening of the U-Frame is. I personally don't trust Tape under constant rainwater and wind. Keep up the good work and greetings from Germany :)
The camera body will be weather resistant not water proof. It will not allow dust and mist into the body but if it is submerged in water it will most likely fail.
Hey bud do ur flashers work? Just wondering I am a mechanic and actually used to work for a case dealer one time I had backhoe like urs alternator would not charge and exciting circuit for he alternator was tied into the flashers, if they don’t work check the flasher fuse and check again
Andy....This type of alternator is, indeed, looking for a closed "exciting circuit" to operate. I have seen this accomplished many times in older vehicles by adding a pilot light across the circuit. It would be handy to have an "operating" indicator anyways. Now that I think of it, maybe there is one already in place and he just needs to replace a burned bulb. Sure would be worth a check.
installe an advanced-roof (leng(th: 9ftor less?) sloped at 45 ° just above the entrance of the garage, you will protected the objects deposited at this place from the rain whipped by the wind towards the bottom of the garage........ until the real doors will be .. Bon courage from France.
Jessie, there are about 3 major setups for alternator connections, post a mfg/model info or a picture of the back of it and your subs will have plenty of suggestions on how troubleshoot or wire around the problem on the backhoe. From your description it sounds like you have the type that has a bootstrap power input through a charging light bulb. If the connection is broken or the bulb is burned out, to it for a second while it’s running would make it charge until the next time it’s turned off. If that’s working, the quick and dirty fix is to install the jumper with a momentary switch and tap it each time you start. You don’t want it connected all the time because it will drain the battery when it’s not running.
The alternator issue is easy. most likely a bad wire to the ign switch. you need battery voltage on both the big wire and the small wire when running. once you jump it the alt will output on both
As a temporary fix you can run a wire from the field terminal on your alternator to the start terminal on the starter. Will energize the alternator to start charging when you turn the key. Many other tractors and equipment is setup similarly.
Seeing all that rain makes me believe that this video was from before this cold snap hit in the world. That's fine but the other hope is that maybe it is raining Idaho and the rest of us have a chance to get warmer.
On that wire off the Alternator, it sounds like you have a Fusible Link burned out. If this, then at either end could be another wire spliced in. (If this is the case, this is a good chance to learn soldering wires) But start looking up Fusible Link for the tractor.
If you have access to a Multimeter, then you can check for Continuity in the wire, end to end. But a Fusible Link wire will be hard & brittle, if it is burned out.
It still trips me out !! How your property is just literally "CARVED" out of the mountain :) I just experienced this in person 2 yrs ago on vacation in Tennessee and North Carolina. I have lived in Florida all my life. So we do not see this :)
Am I missing something? Seems there's a considerable amount of time spent and frustration due to water in the garage, yet no move to put a roof up yet?
I'm ready for another three part series on ruining a rusty tool.
Thumbs up if that water spot drove you nuts too 😂
You guys should look into purchasing a shipping container, there only a couple of thousand dollars and it's a good way to store valuables and keeps every thing secure and dry.
Getting them delivered is the problem. For the area they are in, delivery can cost more than the container itself.
To be young HEALTHY having first time projects, equipment, money, and time is something to treasured. Miss those days.
JBT Cajun
Haha, yep... "And so say all of us" :-) We are all living vicariously through these two young folks.
But it's nice to remember my own battles with 'projects' in my early days with my partner too.
Different problems, but the struggle, mild depression, thinking it will NEVER get done, the wild excitement at simple things going well.. the exhausted and hysterically wild excitement when difficult things go suspiciously well, lol.
The frantic working through the nights to get "must be done before tomorrow" jobs finished.. are all very similar to everyone else's stresses I think.
Chris England ya I moved 5 hr from everyone I knew to presue my love for aquaculture. The first 5 years went by so fast.
If the goal is to move the RV in the garage, why not use that plywood to build a temporary wall/door? The wall would solve the wind in garage issue, help dry in the garage and use some of that lumber you keep moving.
I know its not easy, but get your priorities sorted. You need to get a roof on and walls, or the whole dang thing will rot and fall down.
As a x fire fighter I can’t tell you how many chimney fires I’ve been to. I know Jesse knows this but to those who don’t it is extremely important to clean out those chimney flutes often!! Great job you guys. But I’ll feel a lot better when you get dried in!!
lol how many times are you going to hit your truck with the loading of timber onto your backhoe. lol
ALTERNATOR Diagnosis
The Dash Panel should Have a Battery Lamp and should light up with the key on and go out when the engine runs and then the alternator starts to charge if fitted??... check the manual!!!.
The trick you are doing to excite the alternator should normally be done by a small current passing through the Battery Lamp to the L Terminal on the alternator.
If you ground the L terminal with key on and engine OFF the Battery lamp should Glow, if not check the Bulb or its 12V supply to it (May be fuse, broken wire, bad connections etc). If you have a test light try connect it across the Battery Positive on the alternator to the L Exciter terminal (Small wire) like you have been doing with a Jump wire and then start the engine and the bulb should go out and the charge rate should go up to 13.V To 14.4V Rev engine up to fast idle may be to start the charge possess.
To confirm the ground from the Alternator body to the Battery Negative place a Volt meter between those to points and Zero Volts is perfect and 12v is the worst, you should see about 0.2 To 0.5V dependent on loads on the system Any more and you have a bad ground.
If you measure say 14V across the Alternator output and its ground and the then measure the charge rate accross the battery they should be the same in a perfect world but you always have Voltage drop so expect 0.2 to 0.3V difference from one reading to the other, May be more when the Revs are high and battery is low in charge like after starting cold.
Good Luck (From A Auto Sparky)
What a helpful post. Maybe you could copy it to their facebook page, that would ascertain that Jesse reads it..
I dont use face book so if any one would like to post it would be Great, Thanks
Having a backhoe is like having a very muddy superpower.
Hire someone, anchor the timber frame, put up the roof, then you have a dry basement and workable main floor to move forward by yourselves!
It's amazing how one drop of water can be so frustrating lol
check altenator light bulb. if its broken charging wont start. some altenators starts charging when you hit gas pedal on the floor about 1s(when bulb is broken)
This whole house is built on detailed drawings. They know exactly the dimensions of the SIP's a whole video on windows was done, so they have that. The progress is at least 4 to 6 weeks back. So what we get till the SIP's get there, is filler video of making ice cream, cat food, clean up, heating up the hot tub, and protecting those damn (Scarfman) and snow tires from the elements, priorities for sure. And don't forget not enough daylight to do anything but we need to do a supply run in the daylight that there's not enough of.
Well.....no doubt they prefer some income to no income. Can't blame 'em. And they don't want the channel to get stale.
Glad you cam is ok, i just yound yall and have to watch you guys do this!
I love these kind of videos from you guys. Always fun to come along. Greetings from Andreas on Off Grid Sweden
I would suggest it might be a lot more fun with more Alyssa screen time and less bad footage of rain drops on the lens, but maybe you like that Andreas? Even a editors blog might be interesting.
I'm sure many people have already said this.. but does the backhoe have a battery/Alternator warning light? If that blows it doesn't sent the excite signal to the alternator windings.
Does the Ignition/Alternator light illuminate when you turn ignition on as that is required to activate the field in the Alternator..
Normal for one of these..i have said i will talk him through easy checks J has a multimeter he can spend 5 minutes on the fone with me and a full diag done..lol
I was a auto electriction for 18 years. Found that Most brands use a 500 uh restore in percale to the light so if the light burns out it still has a start trickle. Back other equipment did not have this.
Just take the charge lite & jumper a5 U Rester across the light terms. So that it gets a sence voltage.
Dear Jesse and Alyssa...just wanted to ask if it would be possible or needed for you to cut or trim the trees from the side and back of your house just in case of forest fire..? All the best from the UK.
Yeah. Maybe they could cut down all the trees and mow down the brush to protect against fires. Great plan! Then Idaho would start to look a lot like the UK.
The trees are what make and support a rich ecosystem, moderate the climate, and provide scenic beauty. Preventing forest fires is not that hard, at least not enough to make such drastic prevention a consideration.
I'll give these people credit...they love moving things
I would recommend that when you put away wet lumber to always use dry sticks between them to let them dry properly. Otherwise you will have issues with mold.
On your rubber cart drill two or three small hole in the bottom to drain water.
TheWaterman1000 We actually drilled and tapped a hole in ours and used a bolt so that it could still old water if necessary. We’re on the same page though.
Will you be sticker the sawn lumber?
I have found that when it is not stickered it will rot the wood when damp or exposed to the elements.
When piled and stickered, often a lid for the pile (old steel roofing or similar) will keep the bulk if the rain/snow off the material while allowing the air to move around and dry the timber.
There are many more considerations than these, these are just some of the first ones.
House is looking great!
Congrats!
OMG, was I the only one trying to wipe that drop of water from the camera lens????? ......😆
Does you alternator have for a 2 wire plug on the side for it ... if it you just have to wire your Dummy light to it and it will work
On my backhoe, the alternator blink out light actually conducts a small current to the rotor to provide what is often called "flashing". This provides enough magnetism in the rotor so the alternator can bootstrap itself up and supply its own field current. Make sure the light comes on before the engine is running. On my old Ford 555C I have to rev it up to about 900 RPM so it starts to charge at initial start.
Just remember the little jobs, to include build site organization, are just as important as the big jobs... Very important to safty as well... and I think you both get that as it shows in your videos! Great job, keep the steady strain on the daily chores and you will have a finished homesteady before you know it... and you will appreciate what it has taken to get there, V/r “TRACER”
I THINK I HAVE A FIX FOR YOUR ALTERNATOR PROBLEM - happened to me a long time ago, the idiot light burned out - put a new bulb in and the alternator started charging again, worth a try if you ask me.
WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO FIX THE BACKHOE HYDRAULICS???
Lmao! And finally a backhoe with four inflated tires WHAT!!!!!
Replace the blown charge light and the alternator will work after that.
The alternator has what they call an exciter, it usually runs on an oil pressure switch in engine block
John Goodwin have same think problem on some over the road trucks, what we do is just increase the rpm over idle for a bit then it's up and charges
Too bad you guys lost sight of what needed to be done after the workshop, sip roof panels don’t have window holes to figure out, should be on by now, second floor flooring? Why not that so you can work up there on the roof? T&g on the rafters? Your subfloor and joists are made of sawdust and glue, and you’re busy ruining an old framing square.
Bryce William sure they do bud.
Barry M or trying to fix the alternator on the titanic while it’s sinking
A question, possibly a suggestion, since you are having problems with the elements entering the lower part of your build through the open garage door portals, why not use that plywood to build a temporary wall and seal off that area, or when you take the plywood back, use that money to purchase garage doors. Either approach will help to reduce some of the problems you are experiencing.
Agreed, but that is in the works. They also complain about all the crap that blows into their garage area and the fact that the air still gets up under the plastic they put on the decking. Most people don't realize how long this takes. Tract home builders in our area put up the stick frame and it can sit naked for anywhere from a day to a month waiting for the sheeting and roof decking to get applied.
From the angle you were filming it made it look like the timber frame leans forwards.
Slick1G3 frame should be self supporting whole point of the braces. It’s not a stick frame.
The backhoe is the centerpiece of your operation. Put tireject in the tires and fix the charging issue. Think of the lost time fireing up the generator to run the compressor and fiddlein with the wires. Always when would need it the most. Love the videos
How deep is that trench for your water line? Not sure how cold you get but out here we run lines 4-6 feet deep. Actually our water line are 6 ft deep just to be safe. With nighttime temps down to -14 we haven't had too much issue freezing . . .
Not to pick at you guys but the chimney sweeper using is not meant for a stainless steel liner it’s meant for a clay one with a stainless steel liner supposed to use a plastic sweep that way there you don’t scratch it and cause more creosote buildup
Good tip.
What a useful post. I love constructive useful people.
Why don't inclose the garage with the doors or plywood to keep the wind from
going under the covering on top of the garage roof..........
hello you can find a lens hood to keep the rain water off the lens!!! also you guys are awesome
Your philosophy on work and life is so true.
Working with a partner in work and life is great.
i wish my wife was as chilled out as yours when i do tasks around the house, christ even fitting a new radiator seems like i've asked her to rebuild the house
Chores around the construction site and on the homestead. Good work guys and nice job on the editing and video production, Alyssa.
I don't think I can keep watching this...I'm starting to forget everything that I know!!
Lycan ZHP lol
The wire is the feild wire you won't get any charge if that doesn't have a voltage on it. It either comes from the ignition or a regulator in some equipment.
yeah when I was building houses for a while i really overcame my fear of heights and then I didn't do that type of work for maybe 5 years and I had to change all the plumbing flashing on the roof for the vent pipes and man I was like just don't look at the ground .. don't look at the ground.. heh.. I don't have a fear of heights .. I have a fear of emergency rooms heh
That drop of water on the camera for like the first 6 minutes had me think they were censoring something. Had to do a double take.
Plywood...temp garage door ? Electric problem on tractor...grease (automotive) is your friend ! You cover the saw, but not the tractor ? Even just covering from front of cab to end of engine will help bunches .
Scrap 2x4's left from the concrete to make a wall then staple plastic to it and you have a good wall. Can even frame in a door to the temp wall using weather striping to seal to the frame.
great work guys !! thanks for sharing
Jesse I've been noticing thsr you usually climb into the tractor from the right side where there is a large shifter right in your way.. Why not use the left side?
Question. How is the wooden construction mounted on to the first floor? And how are the beams mounted? Glue? Screws? Wooden pins? Vishtails? What about strength?
Is there already an episode about it?
From looking at previous videos it looks like they toenailed the posts with structural screws and enforced from below by sistering boards to the floor joist. That combined with the SIPS once installed will keep everything firmly in place.
Rest of the framing uses wood joinery you can find in their prior videos.
He toenailed screws down into the floor as a quick solution until the panels are in place. The frame just sits on top of the floor and could otherwise justy slide around if a strong enough wind came. There is no joinery there.
You guys never learn - the have an engineer who is telling them what to do. If you don't like it - don't watch.
I'm somewhat suprised that engineer didn't want to use some sort of anchors at least down to the sill plates.
New bumper cover on the subaru finally? Probably another one of those low priority items that are getting taken care of now that the workshop is done
thanks for the video, its called an exciter wire.
Something to not get too excited about?
I don’t take out the 80D in conditions like that. I stick with the G7x or even GoPro. 80D is too nice (and too expensive) to risk like that.
To folks complaining about water on the lens, this ain’t Hollywood. Trying to complete a real life task in nasty weather while still filming is no easy task.
Alternators I know (UK cars), have a sense line, which goes to the charging indicator lamp on the dash. Typically, the alternator relies on the small current through this indicator (from the switched 12V on the shas) to start powering the field. As the alternator voltage comes up, this sense line will be powered from the alternator diode pack. So the alternator is pulling itself up by it's bootstraps, so to speak. Eventually the sense line is brought up to the same voltage as the switched 12v line, and so the lamp goes out.
So the feed from the key switched 12V to this lamp needs to be there and the bulb needs to be working, or you may not get it to start to charge.
I've seem faults like this where someone has had a dead indicator lamp and also where LED replacement bulb has been fitted here.
gonzo_the _great i was thinking the same.
It needs to resistance from the bulb to function.... in an older car at least.
Not sure about backhoes
On stopping the engine at 9m12s, I see no lamp illumination as the engine dies. Which you usually see, as the bulb is being back powered from the diode pack, into the impedance of the switched 12V, once turned off at the key.
I am assuming similar wiring as a car though.
gonzo_the _great yep pretty much sums up how it functions on older obd1 vehicles.
The more modern stuff can generate its own field and has no use for the bulb, the check light is the switched on/off via to computer
That is interesting. Thanks for the info, as I've only ever worked on older cars (won't touch newer ones, as life is to short").
Though their next video, shows that their digger is old school and it was indeed what we both suspected. I also diagnosed their alternaton diode prob. Been there, seen it, a good few times.
I know these guys don't read the YT coments, and they are quite out dated, from real time. So they would not see my coments in any helpfull time scale. Which is a shame.
It's great how you can look back on some of the little things and have memories of the build like who was working a certain area. Keep plugin away on the to do list, it will get shorter.
I started looking into tape for poly plastic.. one of the manufacturers also sells tape.. some of it seems pretty serious but its for building fish ponds so its fish safe and underwater.. I didn't even look at the price it had to be insane... they also had butyl tape which is that asphalty kinda stuff with double side peal away paper on the roll .. that had to be insane too.. probably good for roof shingles.. I was thinking spray adhesive if you could get like a foot wide strip of poly and spray it with that to make your own kinda tape.. basically contact cement.. but thats kinda drastic and expensive .... ah well... someone must know i bet.. its been really chilly here on the east coast .. single digits overnight for a few weeks now... people aren't use to those temps .. I tell you it has me thinking about a wood stove as a backup but i do have a kerosene heater so thats easy enough if its only for a few days or a week or two its not so expensive to run in an emergency.... one thing at a time right.. and then you turn around and things are getting done. stay dry ... be happy :o)
All you have to do is use shrink wrap tape. Like used to transport boats covered with plastic....but the timing is so far off no need to really say anything.
The Canon 80D is not waterproof it is "weather sealed" and that is only the Body you need to use a Canon L lens with it for it to be weather sealed as they are waterproof, the 35mm EFs lens that you have just got is not waterproof
How many sheets did they take back?
So far there is no water proof DSLR. Many of them claim to be weather-sealed. But that is a very different beast. If you won't to be safe, you need to use a special case or some of this bags.
Was wondering if you have ever thought about purchasing a snap on vinyl cab for your backhoe. Sure would make it warmer and dryer during bad weather
Battling energy loss myself, I'm impressed that you actually keep working although it's on these sort of things. For you it has been a lot of stress for too long and now with the gray rainy days so I totally understand why you taken somewhat of a break. I can agree with other commentators that these videos arn't as exciting, I guess most of us got hooked on seeing progress with the house. But I for one feel these videos are better than no videos. To you I'm just a stranger, but to me, you guys are like "friends" that I have gotten to know for the last couple of months. I wish I lived closer so that I could come help you build and give you energy. I wish you the best.
Barry M Did someone appoint you to become their boss? They provide entertainment and basically owe you nothing. If the content isn't to your liking, then go somewhere else if your compassion is lacking.
Do you have to short out this terminal when you first start the tractor for the day? Or do you have to short it every time you shut it down?
I believe when you short out the alternator your flashing the field wiring, that is, your momentarily are inducing a current which excites the field wiring. Once excited it retains the field and continues to output. I suspect if you trace out the wire (that is connected to this terminal) there will be a low resistance to ground. Just enough of a short that drains off any residual charge “left” in the field when the alt is shut down. The purpose of this residual field charge is to restart the alt each time.
Just a thought!
Your exciter wire is probably what’s wrong and check the light
jesse, when you wear a rain coat, you should wear a ball cap to keep the hood in the proper spot. It works a lot better than just the hood itself
What is wrong with you? He was commenting on the fit of the hat and those types of hats are specifically meant to work with ball caps. I would venture a guess that most people don't know this. Take the ego and stick it where the sun don't shine
80D is water resistant, not water proof...
i dont know that the hardware will take the plywood back , but i am sure you will use it on the house and shed for the backhoe , just a thought lol
you have some weird weather out there. One day snow and next day rain. I thought NY was bad.
This video is older. A couple of days ago, a recent Facebook post had them pulling out their neighbor's truck with a chained up backhoe. This was a recent storm with about 2' of snow.
The voltage regulator?
the exciter wire for the alt has no power, should get 12 volts with ignition on, often an increase in revs will self excite the alt and it will start charging
Raindrops keep falling on my head... and the camera lens! LOL
Does anybody know how many times you have sweep the stove pike. Is it once a week or month? When we move we may get one.
Sherry I did not know it had to be cleaned that much. But I hear it really keeps the bills down. Thank you for your help.
My father inlaw has never swept his in 12 years since the current flue was fitted. I’m happy with once a year on a stove that’s used lots. If the timber is of the correct moisture content seasoned correctly and the burn efficient the amount of tar and solid deposits will be reduced.
Love your content Keep up the great work I'll be watching!
always love to watch your video... May God bless your family...
What are the plans for wood based heating?? I did not see a chimney on the model-video... :(
Every once in awhile my hair goes blonde the drop of water on lens was driving me crazy thought it was my phone, couldn't fix it. Then realized it's his camera! That was no prob good video!!!
The music during the part of moving the wood, makes me wanna ride my bike in tall grass to see if i can catch a pikachu
TheMatt211 you too
Hey Guys, you could waterproof your roof by adding a U-Shaped Frame around the edges of your plastik with some of the leftover wood you moved in this video and some stapling. I know you would create a little pond by doing this, but if your plastic is waterproof it is at least a watertight pond and most of the water will flow of the edge where the opening of the U-Frame is. I personally don't trust Tape under constant rainwater and wind.
Keep up the good work and greetings from Germany :)
I learn something from every single video that you make. I thank both of you and all the people that help you.
The camera body will be weather resistant not water proof. It will not allow dust and mist into the body but if it is submerged in water it will most likely fail.
Hey bud do ur flashers work? Just wondering I am a mechanic and actually used to work for a case dealer one time I had backhoe like urs alternator would not charge and exciting circuit for he alternator was tied into the flashers, if they don’t work check the flasher fuse and check again
Andy....This type of alternator is, indeed, looking for a closed "exciting circuit" to operate. I have seen this accomplished many times in older vehicles by adding a pilot light across the circuit. It would be handy to have an "operating" indicator anyways. Now that I think of it, maybe there is one already in place and he just needs to replace a burned bulb. Sure would be worth a check.
installe an advanced-roof (leng(th: 9ftor less?) sloped at 45 ° just above the entrance of the garage, you will
protected the objects deposited at this place from the rain whipped by the wind towards the bottom of the garage........ until the real doors will be ..
Bon courage from France.
Jessie, there are about 3 major setups for alternator connections, post a mfg/model info or a picture of the back of it and your subs will have plenty of suggestions on how troubleshoot or wire around the problem on the backhoe. From your description it sounds like you have the type that has a bootstrap power input through a charging light bulb. If the connection is broken or the bulb is burned out, to it for a second while it’s running would make it charge until the next time it’s turned off. If that’s working, the quick and dirty fix is to install the jumper with a momentary switch and tap it each time you start. You don’t want it connected all the time because it will drain the battery when it’s not running.
The alternator issue is easy. most likely a bad wire to the ign switch. you need battery voltage on both the big wire and the small wire when running. once you jump it the alt will output on both
As a temporary fix you can run a wire from the field terminal on your alternator to the start terminal on the starter. Will energize the alternator to start charging when you turn the key. Many other tractors and equipment is setup similarly.
80d's are not water proof. They are weather sealed but only if the lense is weather sealed!
Seeing all that rain makes me believe that this video was from before this cold snap hit in the world. That's fine but the other hope is that maybe it is raining Idaho and the rest of us have a chance to get warmer.
On that wire off the Alternator, it sounds like you have a Fusible Link burned out.
If this, then at either end could be another wire spliced in. (If this is the case, this is a good chance to learn soldering wires)
But start looking up Fusible Link for the tractor.
If you have access to a Multimeter, then you can check for Continuity in the wire, end to end.
But a Fusible Link wire will be hard & brittle, if it is burned out.
Why don’t you at least have a tarp covering your timber while it’s stacked on the ground?
Does your backhoe have a Voltage Regulator? All of your electrical issues could stem from that little regulator failing.
You need a diesel transfer tank in your pickup.
You will do it! Thanks for sharing.
hi , looks like u need to be burnning poplar in your fireplace the poplar burns hotter and leaves no huge amount of soot in the pipe,,,,,,,
My I Ask what Canon you have? I have the T7i and I am learning how to use it
Check the links in the description. It's one of the first 2 cameras listed.
You spent so much time making the timbers in you home look beautiful and now they look worse every video. Get the house closed in.
Bronco Billy maybe the look bad because there wet? Lol 😂
It still trips me out !! How your property is just literally "CARVED" out of the mountain :) I just experienced this in person 2 yrs ago on vacation in Tennessee and North Carolina. I have lived in Florida all my life. So we do not see this :)
Am I missing something? Seems there's a considerable amount of time spent and frustration due to water in the garage, yet no move to put a roof up yet?
They don't want it to become a "kite" and fly away...so they are waiting for now.
So why wouldn’t they just caulk their warm board seams? Presto no leaks...
Eh. I think canon only makes water resistant not waterproof bodies.
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