Matt, while the river is dry you should dig out a few areas in the river for swimming pools and swing ropes so when the water comes back you have these ready for fun.
There has been this conversation in the comments before and the conclusion was that he can't change anything without getting the proper clearance, which would be difficult, because its a waterway. He could get in big trouble if he changes it and it causes issues down river.
Hey Matt, There is a silver lining of the river drying up "only 3 months after you buy it". That silver lining being that the resort isn't open yet. Meaning it doesnt affect business at all. Aswell as the fact that you now have time to check the river for any cool stuff thats fallen in over the years and some potential trash cleaning. Atleast its not drying up 3 months after you OPEN the resort.
I agree, it's definitely a good time to clean up the river since it's so dried up now. Get rid of a lot of the dead fall and especially get rid of any trash and/or junk that have washed down or has been dumped into the river over the years All of that should be doable without any permitting needed.
Yeah not really, this will affect business in the future. This is not a one-time thing. It won't happen every year ofcourse, but it will keep happening more and more. In the next 50 years there will be more times there will be zero water in that river than it was in the last 50 years thats a guarantee. And yes I am a meteorologist.
Matt, because the river dry this is a great time to make sure there are no hazards like old metal or broken glass or other dangers that normally you cannot see when the river is full and flowing. You could fix it now and even shape the river to flow better. In the end it will be well worth the time and effort now vs later regretting you could have fix it now. Keep up the good work it will be worth it all in the end.
Matt I really recommend that you get a dozer in that river bed and flatten it out some it would really make a heck of a difference when the water starts flowing again. We do it to ours every year before labor day and it is nice all the time it fills up evenly and mainly to maintain it is great cause we usually just pull tree branches and old leafs out. #justsaying
I agree with Eva Elfie. With the river dry this would be a good opportunity to "clean up" the river bed, create better swimming holes ensuring there is no broken glass or metal to cause injury. Possibilities of improvements for the future are endless.
Last dumptruck video: Matt drives faster than the professionals in Pearl on rough roads This video: Matt's surprised that Pearl is breaking all over the place.
it's going to break again if he doesn't distribute those 2 new tires equally over both sides. nothing wears a tire down more than being on a truck with other bad tires.
To be honest, "Pearl" was already beat to hell, by her prior owner(s), and she's been working really hard on the Demo Resort project, laying waste to the two new Ford rentals with a small fraction of the abuse she's put up with. Matt has probably been her best owner, to date. That CAT engine is quite frankly probably the most reliable thing on that truck. (The initial ECU problem was an electronics problem, not an actual engine problem.) Seeing that the door latch lost it's retention bolts, Y'all might want to regularly lay your peepers upon the rest of the truck, looking for bolts that may need a bit of tightening. Pearl may be a bit rough, and seen some things, but still a keeper.
The massive earthworks is phenomenal . To see you moving all that incredible quantity of rock about and making the berm is hard to believe . What vision you have . It does help me understand how it is that you have acquired the amount of support your have ,because to watch your doings is gripping and inspiring. I think that cave will be such a thrill to investigate, how fabulous to unearth it . Think boats to travel below stalactites with glow worms scattered about reflecting in the water ,and crystals adding to the beauty …….. OOOOH wouldn’t it be loverly !
I see that as an opportunity to clean up and shape the riverbank how you want. It can also allow you to create a more even/ level riverbank for people to enjoy along with cleaning up the grade into the water. You could take this time to also make the river bed deeper in areas if you want.
I agree; the only concern is you want to make it manageable because when the current picks up, you can't use that area if it's 10 feet deep. It could also create a substantial liability having it that deep. Dredging it to 3-5 feet would be ideal, in my opinion. That way, you have some depth but it is still family friendly. @@MrAPCProductions
You should get the diggers down to the river while its dry . Lots of small gravel for the wall and make the river a little deeper for when the water comes back. Make a few deeper pool areas under over hanging trees for rope swings .
Watching this series is like equal parts exhilaration and anguish. Buying a recreational property and the river it sits on disappears? I don't know how you and Mere don't cry yourselves to sleep at night. Your attitude is inspiring.
Hey Matt, I’ve worked in quite a few resorts across Europe and the potential for ure resort is incredible, u should definitely create an archery trail through the woods with plenty of targets for all year round competitions, also building an adults only pool/space away from the main resort opens it up to people who want to enjoy the resort away from the noise, can’t wait for the day I can book a stay 😊
Matt, I just wanted to say, that even though the likelihood you'll see this is slim, I wanted to say, I've been having a very rough time the past 6-7 years, but the content you've provided both on and off the ranch, has been a major factor in helping prevent me from doing "the thing", and honestly, I'm sure I'm not the only one that you and the other creators you hang out with have helped stay around, and I really want you to know how much you help a lot of people, without even intending to. Thank you.
I’m looking forward to having my 70th birthday at the resort. Only 348 days to go!!!! I’m bringing the ‘51 & the little trailer to park right by the FLOWING river. I doubt I’ll be able to play at the big boys park but I’ll bring my pew pews just in case. Blessings, debby
You need to give whoever finds all these tunes for your videos the biggest high five you possibly can! I constantly have Shazam app open so I can put them on my personal playlist! Y'all have great taste!
Matt, when it comes to weather, one thing you can be sure of, it will all come full circle. Don't be scared, in a year that river will be back. We had a similar situation her in WI this summer...terribly hot/humid and dry for about 2 months. Then the skies opened up, that river will be back for sure.
The berm is looking great! But that ring gear will snap eventually, they do not like being welded. And also, dig a tanako while the river is down. This will give you a chance to groom the swimming area for when everything is back to normal.
Hope the river returns soon, but on the plus side if you ever wanted to build a bridge across, now is the perfect time. With it being dry, building pilings is a lot easier and cheaper vs when there's water.
Maybe while the river is dry, you could dig out the river bed to make it deeper once it starts flowing again. Deeper means more options like rope swings, inflatable obstacle course, swim up bar, etc.
@@davidsanders4703 More than that the river authority will have something to say about it, and they're not fun to deal with. Illegally drawing water for irrigation is a no no. You don't want to see the fines involved after running an excavator in a riverbed.
you really need to take advantage of the dry river bed and dig out some of the gravel to create deeper swimming hole to enjoy. Imagine a bad ass rope swing into the water.
As a resident of Texas it saddens me to see the Guadalupe river run so dry. Canyon Lake broke its lowest water level record. Hoping the Farmers Almanac is right and we are in store for a wet winter.
Matt will the Corps allow you to skim out some of the fines from the dry riverbed so you can use it for fill/berm cover? It will also give you some nice deep spots when the water returns.
The Corps has no ownership in the bed of a river in Texas. In Texas the bed of a navigable River ( yes the Guadeloupe River is a navigable river) belongs to the State of Texas. As defined from gradient boundary to gradient boundary. The surface and mineral interest below to the State.
@@jimmyd7071you still need a dredge and fill permit from USACE and probably a sand and gravel permit from TPWD and they have been really stingy with in channel permits.
@@timothydeose1639 never the less the resort does not own the bed of the river and the Corps can’t give/grant permission to mine any material from the River, it is State land
@@jimmyd7071 Incorrect. The river is a navigable river. Under US federal law that gives the Corp of Engineers the authority to regulate the conditions on that river. Under article Six, paragraph two of the US Constitution , the Supremacy Clause, federal law supersedes state law.
take advantage of the dry river and place large boulders and some fill down river at the end of your property and make a low level dam to help hold water on your section of the river
Well Matt, I know one fun activity in the dry river bed. As someone who grew up on a river, which had washouts from floods, there was nothing better than grabbing a handful of nice, smooth river stones to fire out of my slingshots. OK, not recommended and way less accurate than steel shot, but they are FREEEEE! The best place ever was on the Lake Michigan shore next to a campground we were staying at, but I have to say, from what I see there you have the JACKPOT of smooth stones with the right sizes for a wrist-rocket or any sort of slingshot. Can't wait to see you guys drop into the new cave! I always sign up for the "wild" cave tours - crawling, climbing and squeezing with just headlamps and flashlights.
We need Joerg from the Slingshot Channel to come to Demo Ranch for a collaboration. It would be fun to see him in the caves too. Oh and he's gotta do a beer mile with the local gun tubers. Y'all need to take air quality meters and maybe gas masks for exploring down there. It's very possible that the air is bad already and you can stir up gases when you walk in the water. It's a serious threat in some places, Idk about your area. But it's worth checking in to.
It seems like a good opportunity to dig a long, shallow pit in the riverbed so when the water flows again you'll have a nice swimming hole. Bonus: you get more rocks for building up your range wall!
Matt should take the opportunity of the River being dry and send someone down and remove all debris and junk that could be laying around along the river bed, plus wouldn't hurt to run a metal detector along the dry river bed and see if there are any hidden metal objects that could injury future guests who would be in the river over the water gets turned back on!
He was already grey before (although that could have been the "mansion"), pretty crazy since he is not even 40. Judging by his hair/beard you could think he was in his late 50s. I'm 44 I don't think I have a grey strand of hair anywhere.
I love your show have a few ideas maybe you could use. Like talking to the MWR setting up camping for the military use maybe make an out door firing range . This is Texas those fire places could be saved i would go with a bongolo made with a foam that is dome shape hope to visit this ranch soon keep up the great work
Your entire team that you've got is absolutely remarkable. I've not had this much fun watching a series of videos. These guys and gals should have the rental units named after them!
Can we please get an “All Home Grown Episode Of Demolition Ranch” with guys like Mikey, The Holden Bro’s, Clint, Brandon ect. In some kinda challenge??? Can we make this happen??
first off, thats a big no no and illegal without major approval which is almost impossible to get and secondly, any holes dug deeper in the river will just get filled in with sand and rock as soon as the water begins to flow again.
matt i cannot put into words how excited i am to come to desperado ranch once its complete whenever that may be!!! i can picture in my head what some of it might look like, i literally get so excited when i see a new offtheranch notification. i watched the entire playlist you made (22 videos) in one day. i kid you not. and i truly fell in love with this place as if i bought it, im so happy i found your videos and i get to watch this awesome fucking thing unfold day by day. and dude the caves are insane, i had no idea there were caves like that just scattered in texas, your videos are seriously becoming my favorite. youre unintentionally hilarious and youre good spirits radiate through my laptop screen. props to you for buying this piece of work and even BIGGER props for continuing despite all the expected left turns. I LOVE DESPERADO RANCH!!!!
About the river. It is the perfect time to clean in - take away big rocks, pick up all the trash and glass. Maybe install stepping sluice system or at least prepare for it: 1. Make river edges taller. 2. Every step should be like a bowl. 3. Every step should be lower than the previous one and ALWAYS lower than the edge of the river. 4. Each step should be at least 50 meters long. 5. Overflow water should be able to run down to the next step, but the reserve stays. Bonus tip, you can bring clay to the river floor so water does not get absorbed into soil that easily. This is a very big project but if water is one of main attractions it would probably be worth it.
Almost positive the orange "dust" coming out of that cave opening was gas. I cant remember the name of it but theres an element that when it comes in contact with oxygen it almost immediately starts emitting an orange gas like that and its super not good to breathe in 😂
With all that heavy equipment and zero river, it seems like a perfect time to do any bank/shoreline type work you may want to do! Access points, stairs, docks, etc
Be careful with that new cave you found while blasting. That yellow smoke that came out looked like sulfur gas/dust. The gases in that type of caves can be very dangerous and you need to check it out properly before going down there. First I thought it shouldn't be sulfor since it doesn't look like volcanic rocks but I checked it and the San Antonio Are have ancient volcanic formations so it could be sulfur that got out there.
If you have the chance while the river is dry and if you run out of fill dirt from the TNT take some from the river bed to also make swimmable areas for your resort at the same time.
13:13 Theres your next gravel pile grab it while it's low by the time it fills up again that spot will have a deaper spot and hold water longer in case you need it to cool off. Dredge it out as far as you can and stock pile the gravel.
Now is a great time to go down the river with a grader and even it out and make it perfect for going down that river. Get rid of the high spots so no one gets stuck or has to get out to drag their kayak or canoe. If you don’t do it now you’re missing a great opportunity to really make that river great.
Matt, the river going dry is a blessing. Hear me out... now in the areas that aren't very deep you can dig it down further to make swimming holes and fishing areas. You can also clean it up of debris and resculp it
As someone who was born in an area with tri-rivers. You have an amazing opportunity to carve out & design not only your rivers ebb , flow & depths. But also your riverbanks & beneficial trees & grasses. You could create a garden of Eden 😳
It's incredible that I get to see some guy renovate a ranch when listening to my favorite music playlist!! Fun video, Matt! Once again the music is incredible!!
Hey Matt, couple of ideas...save some of the charred wood from the stone building and have it resin set into tabletops, bar tops, etc... And some of the corroded metal, clean it up but don't polish it and use it as deco pieces somewhere.. Just a thought or two.
11:39- so when i was younger this subdivision was being made out of farm field. They had these tractor thingys that made 2 hills of dirt from grading and picking up at the same time. They would fill their bellies and then deposit that dirt into two 60ft hills of dirt. Wheel Tractor-Scrapers It may not be elegant in appearance, but the wheel tractor-scraper is an efficient earthmover with a sharp front edge for cutting and a rear hopper (aka ‘the bowl’) to store materials. Elevating scrapers, towed scrapers, and open bowl scrapers are among the different types available, with both single and tandem engines. With applications in construction, mining, agriculture, and beyond, wheel tractor-scrapers a great for hauling dirt, coal, and other materials across short distances. This is the best description of what i can find out Altho my memory of looks is different, then what i can find now a days
While water is down you could bulldoze the river bottom and clean up any glass or trash as well as manage a level in it with a little low water dam down stream. Good time also to smooth out the banks of the river for you future guests.
Matt - for durable tires on pearl, get the XDU tires. I work for a trucking company and our rolloffs haul lime to drill rigs on a lot of rough rust belt roads. XDUs have aggressive and very deep tread, it’s an inch deep new
Matt, while the river is dry you should dig out a few areas in the river for swimming pools and swing ropes so when the water comes back you have these ready for fun.
Yes I second that, river maintenance while you have the chance!
The Guadalupe isn’t that deep, except for sporadict spots.
Even then, the river authority would have something to say about that.
There has been this conversation in the comments before and the conclusion was that he can't change anything without getting the proper clearance, which would be difficult, because its a waterway. He could get in big trouble if he changes it and it causes issues down river.
This!
@@dalesmth1 They don't need to know
Hey Matt, There is a silver lining of the river drying up "only 3 months after you buy it". That silver lining being that the resort isn't open yet. Meaning it doesnt affect business at all. Aswell as the fact that you now have time to check the river for any cool stuff thats fallen in over the years and some potential trash cleaning. Atleast its not drying up 3 months after you OPEN the resort.
I agree, it's definitely a good time to clean up the river since it's so dried up now. Get rid of a lot of the dead fall and especially get rid of any trash and/or junk that have washed down or has been dumped into the river over the years All of that should be doable without any permitting needed.
Tbh, I'm more excited about the pew pew range 😅
This makes me wonder if he can buy drought insurance.
Yeah not really, this will affect business in the future. This is not a one-time thing. It won't happen every year ofcourse, but it will keep happening more and more. In the next 50 years there will be more times there will be zero water in that river than it was in the last 50 years thats a guarantee. And yes I am a meteorologist.
This was wild watching in person! Thanks for havin' a guy out and lettin' me hook his peepers on it
I’m just excited to see if you have anything coming out on your channel from your trip to Texas.
"That's waaaay too much dynamite...perfect!"
@@officertim3933....there is a gray Corvette under cover........to be cont.
(Have a great weekend all)
...whoops....gray cover over a Corvette........I never finished tenth grade...
Great to see you having a great time here in Texas @vicegripgarage
Matt, because the river dry this is a great time to make sure there are no hazards like old metal or broken glass or other dangers that normally you cannot see when the river is full and flowing. You could fix it now and even shape the river to flow better. In the end it will be well worth the time and effort now vs later regretting you could have fix it now. Keep up the good work it will be worth it all in the end.
Completely agree
You're %100 right. Matt, listen to this guy.
Matt I really recommend that you get a dozer in that river bed and flatten it out some it would really make a heck of a difference when the water starts flowing again. We do it to ours every year before labor day and it is nice all the time it fills up evenly and mainly to maintain it is great cause we usually just pull tree branches and old leafs out. #justsaying
I agree with Eva Elfie. With the river dry this would be a good opportunity to "clean up" the river bed, create better swimming holes ensuring there is no broken glass or metal to cause injury. Possibilities of improvements for the future are endless.
Last dumptruck video: Matt drives faster than the professionals in Pearl on rough roads
This video: Matt's surprised that Pearl is breaking all over the place.
He’s not surprised that pearl is breaking down.
The last guy probably wasnt a professional either since the dump was a rental, labled United Rentals
it's going to break again if he doesn't distribute those 2 new tires equally over both sides.
nothing wears a tire down more than being on a truck with other bad tires.
Pearl is proving the wisdom of what my father used to say - "There's nothing more expensive than a cheap truck".
It’s either an amazing deal or a moneypit there is no in-between
Nah, she's been rode hard and put up wet.
We used to call em white elephants....but they're so much fun keepin them runnin
That's a realistic way of looking at it
To be honest, "Pearl" was already beat to hell, by her prior owner(s), and she's been working really hard on the Demo Resort project, laying waste to the two new Ford rentals with a small fraction of the abuse she's put up with. Matt has probably been her best owner, to date. That CAT engine is quite frankly probably the most reliable thing on that truck. (The initial ECU problem was an electronics problem, not an actual engine problem.) Seeing that the door latch lost it's retention bolts, Y'all might want to regularly lay your peepers upon the rest of the truck, looking for bolts that may need a bit of tightening. Pearl may be a bit rough, and seen some things, but still a keeper.
You could make these an hour long and I would watch them every time. Just love seeing what you're up to
The massive earthworks is phenomenal . To see you moving all that incredible quantity of rock about and making the berm is hard to believe . What vision you have . It does help me understand how it is that you have acquired the amount of support your have ,because to watch your doings is gripping and inspiring. I think that cave will be such a thrill to investigate, how fabulous to unearth it . Think boats to travel below stalactites with glow worms scattered about reflecting in the water ,and crystals adding to the beauty …….. OOOOH wouldn’t it be loverly !
honestly the cave content has been my favorite thing you’ve posted out of any of your channels
I see that as an opportunity to clean up and shape the riverbank how you want. It can also allow you to create a more even/ level riverbank for people to enjoy along with cleaning up the grade into the water. You could take this time to also make the river bed deeper in areas if you want.
Definitely spend time to dredge the river at least 10 ft deeper for your entire bank and clean up to the 100 year flood plane above it on the bank.
I thought about the same thing! Would be great to dig out an area for swimming and jumping into the water once it's flowing again...
Absolutely!
I agree; the only concern is you want to make it manageable because when the current picks up, you can't use that area if it's 10 feet deep. It could also create a substantial liability having it that deep. Dredging it to 3-5 feet would be ideal, in my opinion. That way, you have some depth but it is still family friendly. @@MrAPCProductions
There might be environmental laws that prevent that. Have to check to make sure it's not against the law.
Matt is the type of the guy to turn an abandoned resort into a giant adult playground.
Beer Mile!!!!!!
Isn't that what resorts are?
Yes do this
Don't do that, don't give me hope...
thought that was his goal
You should get the diggers down to the river while its dry . Lots of small gravel for the wall and make the river a little deeper for when the water comes back. Make a few deeper pool areas under over hanging trees for rope swings .
Watching this series is like equal parts exhilaration and anguish. Buying a recreational property and the river it sits on disappears? I don't know how you and Mere don't cry yourselves to sleep at night. Your attitude is inspiring.
Well maybe crying is the solution? A river a tears is something.
Stuff happens, the river will be back when we get more rain
They have all that wine, that’s how they stay happy!
Matt and Derick together!!!! My two favorite TH-camrs togetherrrrr! I’ve been waiting for this. I hope they do more!!
I wonder if Derrick is there for the el Camino
Or the Impala
I also like Tom Macdonald and Adam Calhoun.
What's his channel? I'll have to check him out
@@baseballjustin5 Tom Macdonald.
Hey Matt, I’ve worked in quite a few resorts across Europe and the potential for ure resort is incredible, u should definitely create an archery trail through the woods with plenty of targets for all year round competitions, also building an adults only pool/space away from the main resort opens it up to people who want to enjoy the resort away from the noise, can’t wait for the day I can book a stay 😊
The terrain is also perfect for a large water slide like in Waco at the Royal Flush.
@@chrissuave92 Definitely room for a small waterpark and a splash pad.
Matt, I just wanted to say, that even though the likelihood you'll see this is slim, I wanted to say, I've been having a very rough time the past 6-7 years, but the content you've provided both on and off the ranch, has been a major factor in helping prevent me from doing "the thing", and honestly, I'm sure I'm not the only one that you and the other creators you hang out with have helped stay around, and I really want you to know how much you help a lot of people, without even intending to. Thank you.
That is good to hear. never use the permanent solution for temporary problems. All things shall pass God loves you let him in
You are loved!
Dogs help too
❤
I’m looking forward to having my 70th birthday at the resort. Only 348 days to go!!!! I’m bringing the ‘51 & the little trailer to park right by the FLOWING river. I doubt I’ll be able to play at the big boys park but I’ll bring my pew pews just in case.
Blessings, debby
You need to give whoever finds all these tunes for your videos the biggest high five you possibly can! I constantly have Shazam app open so I can put them on my personal playlist! Y'all have great taste!
If you find some good size caves that can be made safe, cave tours can be popular tourist attractions
New mexico. One of the only things.weve got in the south east is caves
Matt keeps knocking out of the park with his content in these videos. I enjoy this show so much
You must protect Derek with your life if he comes to visit you!!!! Love how Mikey sent those 2 trespassers down to see what was in the cave.
Matt, when it comes to weather, one thing you can be sure of, it will all come full circle. Don't be scared, in a year that river will be back. We had a similar situation her in WI this summer...terribly hot/humid and dry for about 2 months. Then the skies opened up, that river will be back for sure.
That opening minute...all those dreams, all that hard work.
What might have been and what it might become.
How are you guys being so poetic?
Derek and a new cave! Matt is just full of surprises, I can’t wait until next episode.
Pearl has lived a life of "Rode hard and put away wet" 😂😂
The berm is looking great!
But that ring gear will snap eventually, they do not like being welded.
And also, dig a tanako while the river is down.
This will give you a chance to groom the swimming area for when everything is back to normal.
Hope the river returns soon, but on the plus side if you ever wanted to build a bridge across, now is the perfect time.
With it being dry, building pilings is a lot easier and cheaper vs when there's water.
Derrick for the save. Great Episode Matt! Never fired a weapon before, hope you can handle newbies.
How did VGG get involved in this?
Matt standing next to the berm was a great sense of scale, since we all know Matt is 7 feet tall
I thought that he was 10 feet tall and bulletproof…er, maybe only on Demolition Ranch.
Matt is 8 foot 3
@@TheAnnoyingBoss the user name checks out!
@@TheAnnoyingBoss dangit, he hasn't mentioned it in so long I forgot what the number was
Maybe while the river is dry, you could dig out the river bed to make it deeper once it starts flowing again. Deeper means more options like rope swings, inflatable obstacle course, swim up bar, etc.
This works well with my idea.
Pretty sure the tree huggers will say no.
@@davidsanders4703 More than that the river authority will have something to say about it, and they're not fun to deal with. Illegally drawing water for irrigation is a no no. You don't want to see the fines involved after running an excavator in a riverbed.
@@simpledj509chromo7 Deepening a DRY River bed does not hurt anything and is NOT Illegal, yet....
all those little cobble stones are the bed load of the river, constantly moving, they would just fill the hole back in almost immediately
We want more abandoned resort content. So excited to see a new video posted.
I absolutely love the longer videos but I also love the shorter one as they are great for my break at work
you really need to take advantage of the dry river bed and dig out some of the gravel to create deeper swimming hole to enjoy. Imagine a bad ass rope swing into the water.
As a resident of Texas it saddens me to see the Guadalupe river run so dry. Canyon Lake broke its lowest water level record. Hoping the Farmers Almanac is right and we are in store for a wet winter.
That flywheel is sooo balanced right now I can totally not see big problems coming
big slow dump truck , not a sports car at high speeds, i bet something else brings Pearl to her knees before that repair does
Matt will the Corps allow you to skim out some of the fines from the dry riverbed so you can use it for fill/berm cover? It will also give you some nice deep spots when the water returns.
The Corps has no ownership in the bed of a river in Texas. In Texas the bed of a navigable River ( yes the Guadeloupe River is a navigable river) belongs to the State of Texas. As defined from gradient boundary to gradient boundary. The surface and mineral interest below to the State.
@@jimmyd7071you still need a dredge and fill permit from USACE and probably a sand and gravel permit from TPWD and they have been really stingy with in channel permits.
Under Section 10, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) regulates any work in or affecting navigable waters of the United States.
@@timothydeose1639 never the less the resort does not own the bed of the river and the Corps can’t give/grant permission to mine any material from the River, it is State land
@@jimmyd7071 Incorrect. The river is a navigable river. Under US federal law that gives the Corp of Engineers the authority to regulate the conditions on that river. Under article Six, paragraph two of the US Constitution , the Supremacy Clause, federal law supersedes state law.
take advantage of the dry river and place large boulders and some fill down river at the end of your property and make a low level dam to help hold water on your section of the river
Steven and Willy are the man. Collectively they are the man.
I keep getting serious Tremors vibes when the dirt and rock lifts up like that 😂
While the river is so low, you could recover alot of good materials (i.e gravel and river rock) and at the same time shape the channel and bottom.
Hopefully the Farmers Almanac's prediction of a wetter than normal winter comes to fruition. Praying for rain for you! ❤
Well Matt, I know one fun activity in the dry river bed. As someone who grew up on a river, which had washouts from floods, there was nothing better than grabbing a handful of nice, smooth river stones to fire out of my slingshots. OK, not recommended and way less accurate than steel shot, but they are FREEEEE! The best place ever was on the Lake Michigan shore next to a campground we were staying at, but I have to say, from what I see there you have the JACKPOT of smooth stones with the right sizes for a wrist-rocket or any sort of slingshot. Can't wait to see you guys drop into the new cave! I always sign up for the "wild" cave tours - crawling, climbing and squeezing with just headlamps and flashlights.
Love the progress Matt!
Excited when folks start visiting!🙌
We need Joerg from the Slingshot Channel to come to Demo Ranch for a collaboration. It would be fun to see him in the caves too. Oh and he's gotta do a beer mile with the local gun tubers.
Y'all need to take air quality meters and maybe gas masks for exploring down there. It's very possible that the air is bad already and you can stir up gases when you walk in the water. It's a serious threat in some places, Idk about your area. But it's worth checking in to.
Matt, you are doing a great job and also keeping us entertained. keep it up man.
It seems like a good opportunity to dig a long, shallow pit in the riverbed so when the water flows again you'll have a nice swimming hole. Bonus: you get more rocks for building up your range wall!
Matt should take the opportunity of the River being dry and send someone down and remove all debris and junk that could be laying around along the river bed, plus wouldn't hurt to run a metal detector along the dry river bed and see if there are any hidden metal objects that could injury future guests who would be in the river over the water gets turned back on!
15:59 luckily the stone didn't hit the lens although I would love to see the impact on the drone's body
You can tell how much Matt is stressed out by this project by how quickly he’s went grey
Gon need a dye bottle buying each time they do big work on this resort
He was already grey before (although that could have been the "mansion"), pretty crazy since he is not even 40. Judging by his hair/beard you could think he was in his late 50s. I'm 44 I don't think I have a grey strand of hair anywhere.
I'm 26 and more grey than he is.
@@atnfnI'm 37 and I'm almost all Grey. It's genetics folks, not age.
Genetics and stress.
Mikey is a good friend, helping dispose of those bodies and all 😂👍
Your mechanics need to start a series of “What Matt Broke This Week”
I love your show have a few ideas maybe you could use. Like talking to the MWR setting up camping for the military use maybe make an out door firing range . This is Texas those fire places could be saved i would go with a bongolo made with a foam that is dome shape hope to visit this ranch soon keep up the great work
Your entire team that you've got is absolutely remarkable. I've not had this much fun watching a series of videos. These guys and gals should have the rental units named after them!
Can we please get an “All Home Grown Episode Of Demolition Ranch” with guys like Mikey, The Holden Bro’s, Clint, Brandon ect. In some kinda challenge??? Can we make this happen??
Just what we need,another game show.
No
Fbi gpt
@@ShrimplyPibblesA- English
Kinda seems like the Holden bros are slowly becoming employees of Matt.
Man I'm loving this cave series ❤
SUGGESTION: Get a tractor to the river and make deeper areas for swimming, rope swing, slides, or whatever.
first off, thats a big no no and illegal without major approval which is almost impossible to get and secondly, any holes dug deeper in the river will just get filled in with sand and rock as soon as the water begins to flow again.
matt i cannot put into words how excited i am to come to desperado ranch once its complete whenever that may be!!! i can picture in my head what some of it might look like, i literally get so excited when i see a new offtheranch notification. i watched the entire playlist you made (22 videos) in one day. i kid you not. and i truly fell in love with this place as if i bought it, im so happy i found your videos and i get to watch this awesome fucking thing unfold day by day. and dude the caves are insane, i had no idea there were caves like that just scattered in texas, your videos are seriously becoming my favorite. youre unintentionally hilarious and youre good spirits radiate through my laptop screen. props to you for buying this piece of work and even BIGGER props for continuing despite all the expected left turns. I LOVE DESPERADO RANCH!!!!
About the river. It is the perfect time to clean in - take away big rocks, pick up all the trash and glass.
Maybe install stepping sluice system or at least prepare for it:
1. Make river edges taller.
2. Every step should be like a bowl.
3. Every step should be lower than the previous one and ALWAYS lower than the edge of the river.
4. Each step should be at least 50 meters long.
5. Overflow water should be able to run down to the next step, but the reserve stays.
Bonus tip, you can bring clay to the river floor so water does not get absorbed into soil that easily.
This is a very big project but if water is one of main attractions it would probably be worth it.
You know if everyone donated 50 cents, we can get a Matt an actual dump truck
I would donate!
I think he needs a wiggle wagon.
Matt isn't broke. Wtf is wrong with you.
If everyone gave .50 Matt could get a small fleet of dump trucks!
@@samfisherskiller wow there always one asshole
Almost positive the orange "dust" coming out of that cave opening was gas. I cant remember the name of it but theres an element that when it comes in contact with oxygen it almost immediately starts emitting an orange gas like that and its super not good to breathe in 😂
It’s nitrogen dioxide aka fume
@@tommoproductions213 or it was bromine, but yeah your answer seems the most probable.
@lucagordon5770 bromine is a brown gas but as far as I'm aware it isn't made from explosions
@@tommoproductions213 no but if the cave was sealed it could have been trapped in there.
This would be a really good time to walk the river and see if you find anything in it
What gets hidden in a river , stays in the rive💀.
Great job on the video folks! Thanks for making it.
Sooooo MANY AMAZING Friends you have who come out to the Rescue!!! House calls for Pearl!!
Since the river is dry Matt you should dig a giant whole in the river so you can build a big rope swing
I'm not sure about in Texas but in Minnesota that would get you in prison
@TheTannerChanner
Texas, too, without very hard to get permits.
Under Section 10, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) regulates any work in or affecting navigable waters of the United States.
With all that heavy equipment and zero river, it seems like a perfect time to do any bank/shoreline type work you may want to do! Access points, stairs, docks, etc
Matt, you should definitely rename one of the future cabins after your brother who passed. In memory and honor of him
I hope you plan on keeping remnants of the burned down building, would make a great background for photo shoots. Especially with the ground cleaned up
Matt, you should consider digging out a section of the river for a swimming hole while it's dry.
Be careful with that new cave you found while blasting. That yellow smoke that came out looked like sulfur gas/dust. The gases in that type of caves can be very dangerous and you need to check it out properly before going down there. First I thought it shouldn't be sulfor since it doesn't look like volcanic rocks but I checked it and the San Antonio Are have ancient volcanic formations so it could be sulfur that got out there.
I think they would instantly know if it was sulfur. It would smell really strong.
Post blast fume, nitric oxide. Happens when the explosive doesn’t detonate completely and deflagrates.
Birds fly into it and don’t come out
Matt the Adventure Twins did try to contact you for your caves to explore , you did not react 🙏🙏
If you have the chance while the river is dry and if you run out of fill dirt from the TNT take some from the river bed to also make swimmable areas for your resort at the same time.
13:13 Theres your next gravel pile grab it while it's low by the time it fills up again that spot will have a deaper spot and hold water longer
in case you need it to cool off. Dredge it out as far as you can and stock pile the gravel.
I am really enjoying all this new content with the new property. I look forward to it everyday matt! It has become a part of my days!
Those Holden Bros are awesome, always there when you need them!
Pearl is doing a fine job, she's old and fragile!
That cave looks interesting!
Doesn't hurt that they're friends, so Matt gets the premium VIP service treatment.
Now is a great time to go down the river with a grader and even it out and make it perfect for going down that river. Get rid of the high spots so no one gets stuck or has to get out to drag their kayak or canoe. If you don’t do it now you’re missing a great opportunity to really make that river great.
Matt, the river going dry is a blessing. Hear me out... now in the areas that aren't very deep you can dig it down further to make swimming holes and fishing areas. You can also clean it up of debris and resculp it
You should dig out the river while it’s dry so you can make it deeper for when it fills up and maybe not so rocky
As someone who was born in an area with tri-rivers. You have an amazing opportunity to carve out & design not only your rivers ebb , flow & depths. But also your riverbanks & beneficial trees & grasses. You could create a garden of Eden 😳
Under Section 10, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) regulates any work in or affecting navigable waters of the United States.
It won't affect the river flow or direction if they remove a sandbar or two
Think I would take the opportunity to deepen and clean the river a little bit while it's dry. Much easier and cheaper that way. Love the channel.
It's a good time to make the river deeper. 😎
It's awesome to see another Rock Commander drill. Been running one for 7 years now. Just got one with the new Super Jet hammer.
It's incredible that I get to see some guy renovate a ranch when listening to my favorite music playlist!! Fun video, Matt! Once again the music is incredible!!
I mean come ON every 5 minutes there's an epic B-roll montage, and the music just gets better and BETTER!!
Hey Matt, couple of ideas...save some of the charred wood from the stone building and have it resin set into tabletops, bar tops, etc... And some of the corroded metal, clean it up but don't polish it and use it as deco pieces somewhere.. Just a thought or two.
Very nice calming music at the very beginning of the video 👍🏼
I also agree with other comments, you should use the dry river bed to remove some stones and make it deeper for swimming..
Thank you .Nice fix on your dump truck. Big cave, watch the cracks
11:39- so when i was younger this subdivision was being made out of farm field.
They had these tractor thingys that made 2 hills of dirt from grading and picking up at the same time. They would fill their bellies and then deposit that dirt into two 60ft hills of dirt.
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This is the best description of what i can find out
Altho my memory of looks is different, then what i can find now a days
this is the perfect opportunity to do some stuff in the river Matt.
Smooth out the riverbanks, dig deeper places for diving spots.
Could be cool!
While water is down you could bulldoze the river bottom and clean up any glass or trash as well as manage a level in it with a little low water dam down stream. Good time also to smooth out the banks of the river for you future guests.
I’m so relieved that your Pearl Rescue Doctors make house calls! That rocks!
Matt - for durable tires on pearl, get the XDU tires. I work for a trucking company and our rolloffs haul lime to drill rigs on a lot of rough rust belt roads. XDUs have aggressive and very deep tread, it’s an inch deep new
in your river bed this is the perfect time to dig deeper and clean up plants that have grown its about to be winter and it rains here in the winter
I love that my mom normally doesn't like guns or military folk, but boy does she like yall and your content
While the river is low u should completely level it out so when it fills the bottom will be perfect 😊
Just wait until that water comes pouring down that river. You'll have a great new video. Redemption!!
Holden bros deserve a free two week stay once the ranch is up and running! Them boys are badass!
Honestly with that much land it would be amazing to have trails for side by sides, with camp sites it would keep people around year round
I can’t wait for it to open its such a beautiful peace of land I can’t wait to stay week out there camp with the family