I have ran a business that created defensible spaces around houses in fire prone areas. You should thin out the trees around your building and by the road so you can get out. Get a billy goat brush eater to eat through some of the fuel on the ground. In that area , you should have about 150-200 ft defensible space around your home. Have a large water tank to spray your building with water if there is a wild fire close by.
Put a dowel on each side at the very top on the inside edge one inch in and one inch down; next take some Aluminum sheet cut to fit weld two hooks one on each end drop it on the dowels so nothing can go threw the entrance ? Removal, lift the handle up that is bolted at the center a few inches from the bottom. You can also put a Hinge near the top center attach a long rod bent out at the bottom so you can hold both top and bottom while removing the panel ?
I know i'm one year late but Kubota have an accessory call a muncher i think and you can even cut a tree with but i don't know if you can rent it .It's made for small excavator.
Now put all those rocks on the down hill side of the road, close together fitting them together like an ugly sidewalk.It will act as erosion control along with the wood chips between the road and rocks when your monsoon season shows up unannounced.Save the big trees and cut for lumber and dry for interior finish panels,and cabinets .
Also get an electric concrete mixer get the bags of concrete and sand&gravel , do all the mixing in the bed of dump truck make a funnel to flexible 3 or 4” hole ( camper sewer pipe ) mix tip to funnel then other person can aim ta the footers you want to make and at the end of the day flush water to clean out hose. Just a thought 🤔😋
I'm Alain from Spain. What you are doing is very impressed and both of you are a real team. But something I don't understand : Why to create à Store in the middle of nowhere, and what store. It's a very big project and you Get all my admiration. Bless you.
Those chippers can grind up pretty big trees. I had a job when I was younger and we used a chipper all day and at the end of the week we would sharpen our chain saws and the chipper bars. Ours had 3 bars for cutting in it. Soon the two of you will be a jack of all the trades lol !!!
John, I'm working on the dump bed as we speak, unfortunately the hinges will be all the way at the back of the bed so it won't make it any lower when dumped. We'll figure out a way to get the MEP on board!
@@AmbitionStrikes Good luck with the fabrication, cant wait to see it. I can still get a trailer and pull it up there with my mighty dodge diesel, maybe some other stuff too. Let me know ETA in Lewiston. Thx
Nice video, thank you! My youth group, 1950's dug holes and burned wood to coals and placed meat wrapped in foil on the coals. We covered the coals and meat with dirt for a few hours and then dug it up for a feast. Meaning, dirt will douse flames, but coals keep burning under the dirt until they are burned out. Ron PTL USA
Clean the bed floor-pressure wash,dry and two coats of epoxy paint let dry ,and a large bottle of armor all use a mop to spread all done ! There is a good driving skills applied video group called K 4 movies really big trucks driven to the very limit of traction and gravity. Rotate driving for half a day each, do simple stuff first just up and down the driveway in low range in forward ,then reverse lo using the mirrors.And later hand signals for guidance in reverse for both of you,and NO ! NOT those hand signals, egos can be bruised !
@@AmbitionStrikes I've been around Western parts of the continent and in the middle of nowhere in a tent and as the big padded feet drug it's claws by my sleeping abode ,I Was Now In The Food Chain .. Remember that!!!
Only thing I lost in a chipper was a watch. Back before they had the auto feed rollers and safety bar. Luckily it was a cheap band and broke before pulling my arm. Work looks great, and I do know how hard that type of work is.
When my folks bought 25 acres of pine in Nor Cal some years ago, it had a small(ish) saw mill on the property. My dad got it working again. It occurs to me that you could use a saw mill at some point. Can hardly wait to see the dump truck refitted. Best wishes and be careful!
We would LOVE to have a saw mill on the property. There is something magical about the thought of utilizing the land we bought to build our dream home.
Another great video. It's very difficult to tell from the video, but that driveway looks fine for dump trucks. I drive a tri-axle dump, and they can get into some pretty inaccessible places. One thing with the army truck. You might have more trouble with the loose soil than with the steeper driveway. Trucks can get stuck fairly easily on loose surfaces, because of the amount of torque that gets to the ground. If you do find yourself having traction issues, one tip is to try a higher gear, as it cuts the amount of torque created by multiplication through the gears. Another is don't shift. If you are heavy enough, the momentum you lose going from one gear to another can easily stop you. Just get going at the bottom, axles fully locked up, and head to the top, nonstop. Hopefully this is helpful. Looking forward to seeing the work you're going to do on the army truck.
Hi James, It's really hard to capture the grade on camera. It is steeper than it looks. But, since you mention it, want to come drive a dump truck and cement truck in Northern ID? Sounds like we found the right man for the job! We decided that it wasn't worth spending any time or money on the existing driveway when we knew that eventually we would be moving it. It makes more sense to take the time to move it now and only spend time and money on it once. So, it may have been possible to get big trucks up there, but certainly not easy. We're shooting for easy, The recommendation of a taller gear is a good one! A tire has way more traction when it's not slipping. The truck is an automatic but I believe there is a way to lock it into a specific gear. There is also AWD mode that sends 30% torque to front tires and 4x4 mode that splits the torque 50/50. The CTIS on ours works too so we can select "sand" mode and it will automatically air down the tires for more traction. This truck doesn't have a super high payload capacity, but I think it will make up for that with versatility. Thanks again for the helpful tips and the support of our channel!
Hay, about those rocks… why not get a 1965 80,000 pound bulldozer, I bet that will move those rocks like they are pebbles. 🤣 seriously though, you guys have come amazingly long way since you shot this video last year. So very impressive!
The safest way to feed the chipper is with the excavator. After you cut the stump off, grab the tree in the middle and feed the butt end in first. Then just assist the chipper as it pulls the tree in. It takes a bit of finesse at first. You're doing great!
A dump truck is a great idea, can`t wait to see the build on that. Spare chains and other items is always a good plan seeing your far from town. You 2 are doing a great job. Also good save on the saw being on the chipper. We used to sharpen the saws on the chipper bed because it was higher than the one you used and it was comfy. lol I always tried to sharpen my saws in a vice, much better. You might want to make a clamp-on vice when you get home? I also like the limb saw you bought, much safer, but you still need to always be thinking using that one, or any machine. Safety, Safety, Safety
@@AmbitionStrikes Thats why i hate to loan out tools, trust is a big thing. lol A tent is better than open ground with all the critters running around. lol
I have 4 videos on road building that might be of use to you. One way you can mark out your road is using a rotary laser and measuring out the slopes. We were able to build a 1200' driveway at precisely 10% slope doing this; our original driveway was 22% Slope. Inaccessible in the winter. Good call on the 5.7T excavator btw. I bought a 3.5T and it is just a little too small.
We actually ended up with the 12k on accident when we couldn't find any smaller ones for sale.. but are now VERY happy that we sized up! We recently picked up a rotary laser and plan to map the slopes very soon, I think the steepest section may be 30% slope at the moment... 😳
Have you been adjusting the chain on the big saw? The chain stretches when youre running it long enough to get hot. If you don’t tighten it when hot, it can get too loose and jump the bar, like has happened to you several times. But don’t forget to slack it off again when you’re done, as it will shrink/shorten as it cools.
I ran a chipper for years that you couldn’t be touching the limb once it hit the knives. It could pull you in otherwise. Dangerous! Nice score on the chipper! And they’ll be getting a functioning chipper when you return it 🤣 😇
Love that you have plenty of rock to build with! Where others see obstacles we see tremendous opportunity. Starting to really see "The Road the Internet built". Need to move fast don't waste money on road base, MC will make base for road/drive! Safe trip from California!!!
I see that rock slide as a great resource. I learned (learning) to build natural stone retaining walls and now I want to build a cabin out of stone. It’s an inexpensive building material but it is a LOT of hard manual labor.
It would be very cool to make the bed on your army truck universal. Where you can have different beds for different uses, flat bed, dump bed, extreme off-road overlanding camper, winch/off-road crane bed, etc...
Cmon!!! Put your heads together and modify the camper to be able to pull it off the truck!!!! Then you can add a flat bed!!! Great job as alway you two!!!!
Long stuff in the chipper can definitely take you out. I know from experience when a long, large pine tree I was feeding into a chipper swung and took me out. Thought I had broken my leg/hip.
Awesome content,would appreciate if you'd turn the music down a little,I have to turn volume down every time it starts and back up when you talk. Seems to be pretty common on youtube...I've always wondered why. Thanks,and continue the awesomeness!
Please, please, please build yourselves a fire bunker. Your property is beautifully wooded, but prepare for wildfires. I’m from Australia & we have had some horrendous fires. The lesson most people learned from living in the bush is to have a fire plan & a safe place to go in case you get trapped.
Easy for me to say when viewing online but couldn't you grade out the road high spots. All that digging and you could lower them as quickly as diverting. Great work guys love the channel.
We considered that plan and it definitely would have improved things, however it would have been a short term solution. We decided not to spend any time, energy, or money on the existing driveway and instead work on our long term plan. Due to the elevation at the top and the bottom the only way to get the grade we needed was to add distance to the driveway. Thanks for watching!
The best way to get road in shape for MC is to rent an earthmover for 7 thousand $ a month and profile the road right-of-way. It will not take a month but you get best rate monthly. Then use the earthmover to do rock etc. where ever it will make using and managing your property most efficient. Your little excavator will be to slow and the wear and tear will ruin your nice equipment. I can operate it if you want a volunteer.
That pole saw will come in handy for keeping those limbs off the camper. It will also help you to sleep better at night after using it all day. The downfall to using it is you will get Popeye arms if you use it too much.
IF there had not been Riley to see the fish... was it truly there? A profound thought or would that be profane thought since it is after all...Riley. I do have a question, by making the curve around the tree to improve the incline won't that make an obstacle for heavy, longer equipment vehicles to maneuver?
Yay, Courtney got her wish! Actually, it sounds as if she got two wishes: a chipper and a power pole saw. I carry a Ryobi ONE+ 8" pole saw, plus extensions and two fully charged batteries, in one of my underbody boxes at all times and recommend others do, as well. At 10' 4", I encounter *a lot* of obstructions. I simply stop, lop and go. Coupled with a 12' 6" telescoping ladder that's carried in the same underbody box, there's not too much that remains in my way! Also, Courtney, you previously mentioned that you were tall. If you're 6' 2", how tall is Riley? P.S. Gettin' that long-awaited surprise in the mail this week. I promise. Should I still send to CA, or should I send it to ID?
It turns out I have quite the taste for expensive tools... 😂 A cordless pole saw would be awesome to carry in the army truck for quick trimming, especially because you can stand in the bed and reach nearly anything! If you ask Riley, he will tell you he is 6'2" as well, but last I checked he's more like 6'1.5"... 😉 If you can send it to our Idaho address that would be amazing, we are looking forward to it!! Riley Casey 105 Vermeer Dr STE 2 PMB 141 Ponderay, ID 83852
Can you tell me the name closest town to your location. I’ll get you a meteorologist report for that area. As I mention I spent two winters in Alaska, and spent six months in Fort Drum teaching winter aviation classes. For six months the warmest day was 30 degrees. Frostbite is the worst that can happen. Hypothermia is worse and can occur in a building if the heat stops. Just be aware.
That excavator is awful small for that road work ! You MIGHT get it done if you don't run into any other huge boulders, but it might take a couple of weeks. You might want to check around it there is a bulldozer for hire. I think you will need at least a D4 probably a D6 with a riper claw to deal with those large trees and boulders.
I'd 2nd that, when I cut a new road I pioneered it with a 3.5T, 1200 ft thru the woods. Around 75h to clear an 8 ft path. I hired a guy with a blade runner to widen it for me, 18T machine and it did it in under 20h. Clearing the slash and tramming it away into piles is what takes the time. The big machine could carry 3-5 trees where mine could do one.
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Kudos to the neighbor dude!! for having awesome tools and being a pal to help!!
I have ran a business that created defensible spaces around houses in fire prone areas. You should thin out the trees around your building and by the road so you can get out. Get a billy goat brush eater to eat through some of the fuel on the ground.
In that area , you should have about 150-200 ft defensible space around your home. Have a large water tank to spray your building with water if there is a wild fire close by.
replay day........both lucky to find each other.....
We are thankful every day!
Put a dowel on each side at the very top on the inside edge one inch in and one inch down; next take some Aluminum sheet cut to fit weld two hooks one on each end drop it on the dowels so nothing can go threw the entrance ? Removal, lift the handle up that is bolted at the center a few inches from the bottom. You can also put a Hinge near the top center attach a long rod bent out at the bottom so you can hold both top and bottom while removing the panel ?
Made me smile again. Your videos over coffee is my new morning start. 👍👍👍
Glad to see your widening your road that camper was to nice for all that cowboy pinstriping
Yes! Gotta keep the camper looking nice! ☺️
It is always fun to watch you guy’s
Good morning & thank you for sharing your journey with us .You 2 are so awesome
I know i'm one year late but Kubota have an accessory call a muncher i think and you can even cut a tree with but i don't know if you can rent it .It's made for small excavator.
Now put all those rocks on the down hill side of the road, close together fitting them together like an ugly sidewalk.It will act as erosion control along with the wood chips between the road and rocks when your monsoon season shows up unannounced.Save the big trees and cut for lumber and dry for interior finish panels,and cabinets .
Those are great tips!! We are exciting to do some projects with all of the rock on the property.
Road work, can relate. Pearce, Arizona. No road maintenance by the county, we're on our own.
Also get an electric concrete mixer get the bags of concrete and sand&gravel , do all the mixing in the bed of dump truck make a funnel to flexible 3 or 4” hole ( camper sewer pipe ) mix tip to funnel then other person can aim ta the footers you want to make and at the end of the day flush water to clean out hose. Just a thought 🤔😋
That is a great idea!
I'm Alain from Spain. What you are doing is very impressed and both of you are a real team. But something I don't understand
: Why to create à Store in the middle of nowhere, and what store. It's a very big project and you Get all my admiration. Bless you.
Those chippers can grind up pretty big trees. I had a job when I was younger and we used a chipper all day and at the end of the week we would sharpen our chain saws and the chipper bars. Ours had 3 bars for cutting in it.
Soon the two of you will be a jack of all the trades lol !!!
Hey, you two. Your glass is running over ( as opposed to 1/2 full ). Love you can do attidtude !
If you make the bed a dump bed in the 1078 I think we can get the MEP 804 into the bed. Good video, see you in Lewiston, maybe.
John,
I'm working on the dump bed as we speak, unfortunately the hinges will be all the way at the back of the bed so it won't make it any lower when dumped. We'll figure out a way to get the MEP on board!
@@AmbitionStrikes Good luck with the fabrication, cant wait to see it. I can still get a trailer and pull it up there with my mighty dodge diesel, maybe some other stuff too. Let me know ETA in Lewiston. Thx
Nice video, thank you! My youth group, 1950's dug holes and burned wood to coals and placed meat wrapped in foil on the coals. We covered the coals and meat with dirt for a few hours and then dug it up for a feast. Meaning, dirt will douse flames, but coals keep burning under the dirt until they are burned out. Ron PTL USA
You two are doing a great job. I love watching the videos.
Thanks Stuart!! 😊
So exciting! A pole saw is on the top of my list of tools to get.
It is a game changer for widening up the road!
Clean the bed floor-pressure wash,dry and two coats of epoxy paint let dry ,and a large bottle of armor all use a mop to spread all done ! There is a good driving skills applied video group called K 4 movies really big trucks driven to the very limit of traction and gravity. Rotate driving for half a day each, do simple stuff first just up and down the driveway in low range in forward ,then reverse lo using the mirrors.And later hand signals for guidance in reverse for both of you,and NO ! NOT those hand signals, egos can be bruised !
That is an excellent idea, I would have never thought of using armor all but holy cow that stuff is slippery!
@@AmbitionStrikes I've been around Western parts of the continent and in the middle of nowhere in a tent and as the big padded feet drug it's claws by my sleeping abode ,I Was Now In The Food Chain .. Remember that!!!
Only thing I lost in a chipper was a watch. Back before they had the auto feed rollers and safety bar. Luckily it was a cheap band and broke before pulling my arm. Work looks great, and I do know how hard that type of work is.
Wow, I'm glad to hear you weren't injured! The auto feed made things much more controlled and easy to use.
When my folks bought 25 acres of pine in Nor Cal some years ago, it had a small(ish) saw mill on the property. My dad got it working again. It occurs to me that you could use a saw mill at some point. Can hardly wait to see the dump truck refitted. Best wishes and be careful!
We would LOVE to have a saw mill on the property. There is something magical about the thought of utilizing the land we bought to build our dream home.
It will happen, one tree at a time.
I'm pretty sure this couples visit A.C. channel before. 👍
Красивое место выбрали для дома.
We can't believe how beautiful it is!
new here.you guys lots of views
lots of love ffrom🇮🇳
Thank you so much!
It was a pity for mulch, a valuable product, in fact. It was possible to store it for later use.
Luckily we will have plenty more timber to process!
Good luck 😃😃😃
Thanks Mark! ☺️
@@AmbitionStrikes im really excited to see the results..
Another great video. It's very difficult to tell from the video, but that driveway looks fine for dump trucks. I drive a tri-axle dump, and they can get into some pretty inaccessible places.
One thing with the army truck. You might have more trouble with the loose soil than with the steeper driveway. Trucks can get stuck fairly easily on loose surfaces, because of the amount of torque that gets to the ground.
If you do find yourself having traction issues, one tip is to try a higher gear, as it cuts the amount of torque created by multiplication through the gears.
Another is don't shift. If you are heavy enough, the momentum you lose going from one gear to another can easily stop you. Just get going at the bottom, axles fully locked up, and head to the top, nonstop.
Hopefully this is helpful.
Looking forward to seeing the work you're going to do on the army truck.
Hi James,
It's really hard to capture the grade on camera. It is steeper than it looks. But, since you mention it, want to come drive a dump truck and cement truck in Northern ID? Sounds like we found the right man for the job!
We decided that it wasn't worth spending any time or money on the existing driveway when we knew that eventually we would be moving it. It makes more sense to take the time to move it now and only spend time and money on it once. So, it may have been possible to get big trucks up there, but certainly not easy. We're shooting for easy,
The recommendation of a taller gear is a good one! A tire has way more traction when it's not slipping. The truck is an automatic but I believe there is a way to lock it into a specific gear. There is also AWD mode that sends 30% torque to front tires and 4x4 mode that splits the torque 50/50. The CTIS on ours works too so we can select "sand" mode and it will automatically air down the tires for more traction.
This truck doesn't have a super high payload capacity, but I think it will make up for that with versatility.
Thanks again for the helpful tips and the support of our channel!
@@AmbitionStrikes I'd be happy to help, but I'm Canadian, and the border's still closed. 🤷♂️
But I always enjoy a road trip! 👍
If you can get surplus’s equipment the get one of the drinkable trailer to pull behind the truck you already have .
That would be awesome!
Y’all are so fortunate to be able to borrow a chipper. What a beast that thing is. I have one for my tractor almost as good.
It made widening the road feasible to do in a weekend. I think we are going to need one of our own!
Wow you two are crazy fun. This is amazing to watch and so much fun and learning. Thanks guys. ❤️🇨🇦❤️ Cheers!!!
A day without fun and learning is a day I don't want to have! 😃
Cool video! Nice music.
Hay, about those rocks… why not get a 1965 80,000 pound bulldozer, I bet that will move those rocks like they are pebbles. 🤣 seriously though, you guys have come amazingly long way since you shot this video last year. So very impressive!
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Was looking forward to seeing the army truck up there from the beginning :)))
Soon! 🤞🏻
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Thanks for watching!
Good luck with the rest of the road work, one small step at a time, best regards from Australia.
Thank you so much!
So awesome. Boy have I missed some awesome opportunities! Good luck guys..Cheers!!
Just start saying yes to opportunities and magical things may happen!
The safest way to feed the chipper is with the excavator. After you cut the stump off, grab the tree in the middle and feed the butt end in first. Then just assist the chipper as it pulls the tree in. It takes a bit of finesse at first. You're doing great!
That sounds like an awesome way to feed the chipper! A safe distance away with air conditioning!
Your Camper is an absolute Beast. Towing a wood Chipper on Hill, Awesome.
It works hard and gives us a place to live!!
A dump truck is a great idea, can`t wait to see the build on that. Spare chains and other items is always a good plan seeing your far from town. You 2 are doing a great job. Also good save on the saw being on the chipper. We used to sharpen the saws on the chipper bed because it was higher than the one you used and it was comfy. lol I always tried to sharpen my saws in a vice, much better. You might want to make a clamp-on vice when you get home? I also like the limb saw you bought, much safer, but you still need to always be thinking using that one, or any machine. Safety, Safety, Safety
I would have been sleeping in the tent that night if I had run Courtney's small chainsaw through the chipper... 😬
@@AmbitionStrikes Thats why i hate to loan out tools, trust is a big thing. lol A tent is better than open ground with all the critters running around. lol
That sure looks like a lot of work. Good job 👍 guys.
It is hard work but is so gratifying!
You guys are rad I’m glad I found your channel.
I just love your videos, great great job. It is a pleasure to watch you guys. Can't wait for the next one. Greetings from Switzerland
Thank you so much for watching and supporting the channel!
Glad to see u decided not to cut the tree down.
Hoping to save as many of the large trees as possible!
Happy Sunday now ! Thank you guys.
A very happy Sunday to you as well!
I have 4 videos on road building that might be of use to you. One way you can mark out your road is using a rotary laser and measuring out the slopes. We were able to build a 1200' driveway at precisely 10% slope doing this; our original driveway was 22% Slope. Inaccessible in the winter.
Good call on the 5.7T excavator btw. I bought a 3.5T and it is just a little too small.
We actually ended up with the 12k on accident when we couldn't find any smaller ones for sale.. but are now VERY happy that we sized up!
We recently picked up a rotary laser and plan to map the slopes very soon, I think the steepest section may be 30% slope at the moment... 😳
Wish I was young and strong with a lot of energy, and getting into a project like this.
Such a fun and interesting project. ....good job you guys.
It is incredibly rewarding watching a transformation happen that is a direct result of our manual labor!
Have you been adjusting the chain on the big saw? The chain stretches when youre running it long enough to get hot. If you don’t tighten it when hot, it can get too loose and jump the bar, like has happened to you several times.
But don’t forget to slack it off again when you’re done, as it will shrink/shorten as it cools.
Great tip! Riley ends up adjusting the chain pretty often, but not quite often enough!
You two are insene. In good way. Top what you are doing. 👍🏻 Cheers 🍷& 🍺
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Always good to bring it back better than you got it !
You people have been so lucky equipment wise.
Great job! Place is looking great! Will be in Idaho at gold creek lodge in September
Love idaho
Thanks Jamie! Shoot us an email when you're in the area and maybe we can meet up for a beer! courtney@trailtestedmfg.com
Pasangan yang kompak,👍good job
Thank you!
Your guys are definitely putting the hours in, good effort. 👍
Thank you!
You guys should have a summer camp, Camp Ambition Strikes. Do some work, ride some bikes and drink some beer in the Idaho woods. Sounds like fun.
That sounds like the perfect day!! Guaranteed to end the day tired, laughing and have learned something new.
I ran a chipper for years that you couldn’t be touching the limb once it hit the knives. It could pull you in otherwise. Dangerous! Nice score on the chipper! And they’ll be getting a functioning chipper when you return it 🤣 😇
Woah that's crazy! The hydraulic feed on this one kept things very slow and controlled.
So glad I found your channel!
Thank you for watching!!
Excited to see the pole saw in action!
It's been awesome so far!!
Love that you have plenty of rock to build with! Where others see obstacles we see tremendous opportunity. Starting to really see "The Road the Internet built". Need to move fast don't waste money on road base, MC will make base for road/drive! Safe trip from California!!!
So much to do, not enough hours in the day!
I see that rock slide as a great resource. I learned (learning) to build natural stone retaining walls and now I want to build a cabin out of stone. It’s an inexpensive building material but it is a LOT of hard manual labor.
You Both are Amazing... Great job..God bless you..🤗
Thank you so much 😀
Most welcome...😊
Strap a stripped branch across the chipper and hang a ribbon on each side to assist your reversing👌
That is an excellent tip Robert!
Your new video notification makes me happy 👍
Wow, thank you!!
Ребята - вы молодцы, удачи вам! Привет из Москвы!!))
Thank you!
It would be very cool to make the bed on your army truck universal. Where you can have different beds for different uses, flat bed, dump bed, extreme off-road overlanding camper, winch/off-road crane bed, etc...
I'm liking your thinking! We are also going to have to haul water with it...
Careful Riley Courtney may stick you in that sheder. Great job on the property. 😁👍
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Great adventures, how did you get the land, make a vid about it? Please.
Cmon!!! Put your heads together and modify the camper to be able to pull it off the truck!!!! Then you can add a flat bed!!! Great job as alway you two!!!!
We could do that, but I’d rather have a cool army truck to drive around... 😉
Amazing episode very good
Keep it up bro
Thank you!!
@@AmbitionStrikes Welcome
Loved the camper build but this is awesome.
Thank you so much for following along!
sell the cider tree or, stack up your logs purchase a saw mill and mill your own lumber.
We are stacking up logs in the hope that we will be able to get our own saw mill!
Long stuff in the chipper can definitely take you out. I know from experience when a long, large pine tree I was feeding into a chipper swung and took me out. Thought I had broken my leg/hip.
Oh man, I’m glad you were okay!
@@AmbitionStrikes Thanks! One of those things where it knocked me to the ground and then I had to lay there for a few minutes before I got up.
Awesome content,would appreciate if you'd turn the music down a little,I have to turn volume down every time it starts and back up when you talk. Seems to be pretty common on youtube...I've always wondered why. Thanks,and continue the awesomeness!
Thanks for the tip! It is quite difficult to balance the sound when editing but I’ll keep working on it!
Please, please, please build yourselves a fire bunker. Your property is beautifully wooded, but prepare for wildfires. I’m from Australia & we have had some horrendous fires. The lesson most people learned from living in the bush is to have a fire plan & a safe place to go in case you get trapped.
Thank you for looking out for our safety Sue!
Holy crap the army truck makes a great dump truck lol excited to see how that road works
If it goes as planned it should be the perfect truck for the property!!
@@AmbitionStrikes I will be following this build the closest 👍 as those army trucks are so versatile!
Keep up the good work!
Don't look now it looks like you guys are having fun
Always!! 😊
Love your videos, only one thing would make them better.......... Longer would be perfect.
Thank you!!
You have to love a women who loves a chipper. Riley your a lucky man!
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Alot of hard work but looking amazing.
Hard work is so much more fun when it is this rewarding!
Easy for me to say when viewing online but couldn't you grade out the road high spots. All that digging and you could lower them as quickly as diverting. Great work guys love the channel.
We considered that plan and it definitely would have improved things, however it would have been a short term solution. We decided not to spend any time, energy, or money on the existing driveway and instead work on our long term plan. Due to the elevation at the top and the bottom the only way to get the grade we needed was to add distance to the driveway. Thanks for watching!
I love yours attitude
I was planning for a truck life
Only one life, let's make it fun!
@@AmbitionStrikes done 💪
The video was posted today! Smoothing the road is a tedious project. Does the road still need to be hardened?
Yes! Most of the road does not have base on it and will need to be properly graded before we can do that.
The best way to get road in shape for MC is to rent an earthmover for 7 thousand $ a month and profile the road right-of-way. It will not take a month but you get best rate monthly. Then use the earthmover to do rock etc. where ever it will make using and managing your property most efficient. Your little excavator will be to slow and the wear and tear will ruin your nice equipment. I can operate it if you want a volunteer.
I notice that you’ve learned the pro excavator trick of using the bucket to spin you around in tight spaces!
So, you have your own private high way. Great!
That's one bumpy highway! 😂
new fans here from MALAYSIA
Thank you for watching!!
We should create a Facebook page for "Husbands of Gingers: How to survive".
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Gosh so high at the end lol
Nope, just tired and delirious after a few long days!
Save the wood chips. They are the best for back- to -eden garden
Yes!!
That pole saw will come in handy for keeping those limbs off the camper. It will also help you to sleep better at night after using it all day. The downfall to using it is you will get Popeye arms if you use it too much.
We'll have to share the pole saw responsibilities to keep the work load and our arms balanced... 😂
Silver lining possibly.
It was good the first truck got stuck and not the 2nd or 3rd. If the pour was only part done that would have been a disaster.
Another great vid 👌
Thanks for watching!!
How about a rear view camara for the camper?? Incredible work you are doing on the new property!
That would be a great upgrade!
Such fun!
Always!
Milwaukee makes the best in class impact. You should invest in the Milwaukee battery system.
It does seem like they make good tools!
IF there had not been Riley to see the fish... was it truly there? A profound thought or would that be profane thought since it is after all...Riley. I do have a question, by making the curve around the tree to improve the incline won't that make an obstacle for heavy, longer equipment vehicles to maneuver?
Yes! The goal is to make the turn sweeping enough that larger trucks won't have an issue making the turn.
Great job!))))
Thank you!
Yay, Courtney got her wish! Actually, it sounds as if she got two wishes: a chipper and a power pole saw.
I carry a Ryobi ONE+ 8" pole saw, plus extensions and two fully charged batteries, in one of my underbody boxes at all times and recommend others do, as well.
At 10' 4", I encounter *a lot* of obstructions. I simply stop, lop and go. Coupled with a 12' 6" telescoping ladder that's carried in the same underbody box, there's not too much that remains in my way!
Also, Courtney, you previously mentioned that you were tall. If you're 6' 2", how tall is Riley?
P.S. Gettin' that long-awaited surprise in the mail this week. I promise. Should I still send to CA, or should I send it to ID?
It turns out I have quite the taste for expensive tools... 😂 A cordless pole saw would be awesome to carry in the army truck for quick trimming, especially because you can stand in the bed and reach nearly anything!
If you ask Riley, he will tell you he is 6'2" as well, but last I checked he's more like 6'1.5"... 😉
If you can send it to our Idaho address that would be amazing, we are looking forward to it!!
Riley Casey
105 Vermeer Dr
STE 2 PMB 141
Ponderay, ID 83852
Have you lived in the far north and dealt winter the winters? My wife and I have lived in Alaska for 2 full winters and we never got warm enough
Nope! Other than traveling this will be our first real winter!
Can you tell me the name closest town to your location. I’ll get you a meteorologist report for that area. As I mention I spent two winters in Alaska, and spent six months in Fort Drum teaching winter aviation classes. For six months the warmest day was 30 degrees.
Frostbite is the worst that can happen. Hypothermia is worse and can occur in a building if the heat stops. Just be aware.
Please tell me you disconnected the power.... wood chipped Riley would be bad....
Yes! Power disconnected and key was in his pocket.
That excavator is awful small for that road work ! You MIGHT get it done if you don't run into any other huge boulders, but it might take a couple of weeks. You might want to check around it there is a bulldozer for hire. I think you will need at least a D4 probably a D6 with a riper claw to deal with those large trees and boulders.
Now we want all of the heavy equipment!
I'd 2nd that, when I cut a new road I pioneered it with a 3.5T, 1200 ft thru the woods. Around 75h to clear an 8 ft path. I hired a guy with a blade runner to widen it for me, 18T machine and it did it in under 20h. Clearing the slash and tramming it away into piles is what takes the time. The big machine could carry 3-5 trees where mine could do one.