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I would clean up the trash first. Air Bnb is a good use. Get some goats to maintain the weeds on the property. They are a big draw for families who like animals. I have seen other you tubers doing the same and the goats are a hit. Make trails around the property for hiking or mountain biking.
Overall, campsite and cabin for family and friends to use. I would never airbnb anything I owned. I still think a fire tower would be a good idea because the views would be great and it would be useful.
They owned a Off Road Shop that did custom modifications.. and they both did work on vehicles, I'm sure she's been around a shop enough to know a timing light. They are well equipped with knowledge, it's easy to forget until she says something like.. "that's a timing light".. and it snaps me back into reality, these guys have flipped houses, owned a business and sold it.. they have done more then most and are still quite young.
It’s a pretty common story: the property was homesteaded twice, separated by 15-20 years as each owner tried to build their dream home “on the cheap”, rather than the right way. One ended in fire, the other probably in bankruptcy and foreclosure, as any surviving relatives just washed their hands of the whole fiasco. Best bet is to bring in a hazmat rated waste removal company to truck all the barrels, fridges, and other junk out, then bulldoze and burn pile anything wood that remains. As for future use of those areas on the land, a seasonal tent and small RV campsite with off-grid electrical hookups and properly plumbed toilets on a septic system is one possibility. Depending how active you’d want to be with passive income, setting up a small general store and playground would take things up a notch. Another option is building out a proper access road loop, and partnering with a timber company to come in and responsibly cut and replant a percentage of the land each year. That way, you rake in the residuals for owning a thriving timberland, the forest is adequately replenished and managed against wildfires, while you also create jobs for the locals.
@@brucewitcpalek5120 I guess you don’t buy a piece of land like that that needs work if you don’t have the money to support it lol case in point the last two idiots that tried
Reminds me of cleaning up after my father when he died. He moved from the city to the country, packed a trailer full of his stuff and not long after he died. I would say that looks like a family moved to the country, used that cabin for storage, lost the main home and for some reason, abandoned all their stuff.
I had the same experience with my father. He moved out a much larger house in rural Pennsyvania with his wife and into a smaller house in Southern Maryland. It was stacked to the ceiling with junk. Just JUNK. I do not know why they even packed the crap and wasted money moving it. It took me 9 roll back dumpsters .NINE!!! I swore Id downsize all my belongings then and there so as to not leave that situation on my own daughter.
This is like finding a time capsule. There's nothing more fun to me than searching abandoned buildings and areas for old treasures. I love old rusty tools and more so, this would be fun as heck to explore. I'm going to love the videos from this cleanup and transformation.
Lol I did this for an inhabitable structure on a property i owned… someone asked me why I didn’t take it to a landfill… apparently the landfills hole is better than the one I dug.
My wife having grown up in that area and my mother in law still living in the area, I can tell you that meth is a big problem (one of my brother in laws is currently doing time behind that). The condition of the contents of the cabin is indicative of someone who slid into addiction. As for how they got stuff up there . . . dirt roads deteriorate over time. Looking at the condition of the road, it appears that nearly 25 years ago you could easily drive a pickup up there in the summer. Everything you saw there could have been transported there in a pickup. I think you need to figure out if you can get the M1078 up there. If so, start making trips to the dump. The excavator will make quick work of ripping the place down once all of the trash is removed.
I am 59 years old. I have been hounding garage sales and thrift stores my whole life. The stories I could tell you. One of my best finds was a black-and-white photograph that I paid $2 for. It turned out to be an original Edward Weston, and one of his most famous photographs, worth about $10,000. You guys need to go through the trailer very carefully. You would be surprised the things that are worth a ton of money. Like an old IBM computer or an old LeBron James basketball card. Or toys. Especially old Star Wars stuff. you just never know. There might be something in that trailer that is worth more than your whole property. It happens all the time.
Fun tour, Thanks! Beautiful place. Random thoughts: 1) That stuff is all stolen from storage lockers. That's why it's all in totes and it's more than people would normally have. You can probably confirm that by the names on the pill bottles - are they all different? They'd cut a lock, fill their pickup, and head for the hills. 2) I'd grab ALL those baseball cards! Some are worth more than $4M. 3) You might want to quickly sort that trash into a huge pile of the stuff that would burn cleanly for a fun bonfire in the snow.
Congrats; it looks like an awesome location! Can't wait to see what you do with it. Seems like the most valuable find in the second cabin is all the plastic storage totes!
I love seeing you guys taking a break from the grind - that is, grinding down rocks for your road - to have some fun. You deserve it for all of your hard work!
Every time I see such an abandoned cabin .. it makes me wonder about the lives of the people who lived there. Also gives me perspective about working all your life to accumulate stuff that seem important at the time, but eventually ends up like this when you are gone!
It is important. Its a physical link to your memories and life. It has meaning while you live and is part of your own legend. Your life is everything to you.
I'm with you, Courtney. The best thing would be to get the story of those who came before. Now that would be really interesting. I, too, love to investigate abandoned places. Thanks for the great video.
Those batteries were used by telephone companies... its what made home phones work during power outages. They were typically stored in the basement of a phone company sub station.
I also saw a Nortel (Northern Telecom) cardboard box in the mess.... maybe some connection? One would have to be connected to obtain batteries like that.
Unlikely... Nortel was the post 1998 name from Northern Telecom. They made telephone switches and phone systems but not the batteries.@@dilbotmacguillacutty4849
Scrap the metal, bonfire what you can, dumpster the rest. Probably need to hook up a utility trailer to a UTV to get the garbage out. People grossly overestimate the value of a stick frame -- especially when they're clearly inadequate for snow load. The walls and roof cost way more. More stuff for the ol' todo list :)
Judging from the stacks of containers, collectibles, and especially the empty coin collection books, it's likely that the big burned-down cabin was the home of someone who frequented storage auctions and used the smaller cabin as the storage building for the overflow of nonvaluable stuff. They might have had a small store or yardsale tent for stuff like that. The main house burned down, and there was no use for the junk left over. Vandals likely ransacked the place looking for anything valuable long after the fire.
Many questions: 1. Does this property connect to your off grid property? 2. Why did you buy this property? 3. What plans do you have for this property? 4. Is the road to your off grid property finished. 5. Did you get the problems fixed on the excavator? 6. Did you get the starting problem fixed on the boat? Many cliff hangers.
@@andrewgee241because previous owners of the land apparently abandoned their cabin. Riley and Courtney built new buildings on the same land (which is 20 acres)
@@andrewgee241That’s exactly what it is. An abandoned homestead located on the property they purchased. The video title is a bit ambiguous, making it sound like it’s a new purchase, but it’s not.
I just found you guys a few days ago. Seeing this beginning and where you are with it now is almost unbelievable. Kudos to you both. I'm just at the road building and gravel dumping and septic install. Makes me tired just watching. Seriously...you guys are truly amazing.
This is exactly how we bought our homestead. After 2 years we're still finding cool stuff. That Chevy will run. As weird as it is ours came with 2billy bass lol. Good luck an happy hunting
Very interesting. Cast iron skillets are money! Take all that metal to the recycling yard. Might get a few bucks. Cabin is a wreck. Fun to explore and have a yard sale. Or donate to shelter. So many plastic tubs. The trucks would be fun too. "Will it run" video. Cool bikes. Lots of fun. Thanks for sharing
Build a mess hall at the top with a big deck and a variety of camping spots around then invite scouting organizations in the Summer and rent them out the rest of the year. I'm sure there's an AirBnB type of service for camping.
Seeing y’all out and about on the bikes is pretty cool. Seeing all the vegetation got me wondering a bit about fire hazard, then you stopped at the burnt down cabin… You’ve got most of the equipment to clean that mess up… maybe a forestry Mulcher is in your future
Yes, it would be fun to search that cabin for a sellable treasure but truly the bulldozer and building a hole for it to be shoved into is probably the best thing. Were there any other mechanical Marvels on the property? This piece of property you purchased sounds very interesting. A metal detector would be fun to!
OMG. Those blocks in the foundation are oriented wrong. The weight should be on the walls of the brick not the face. So the holes in the block should be vertical. That's the strongest orientation. If you jack parts up to re-level that cabin, rotate those blocks so their are oriented properly, with something under them to distribute the weight, like a paver or a pad of concrete. What a fun project.
This video was suggested to me several weeks ago… I have gone back and watched every video from looking for properties until now… I am addicted to your channel.
If you really wanted to know who lived there, why don't you read the labels on the medicine bottles? I'm sure there are other written records in the tax office, register of deeds, and all the paperwork in the cabin. Thanks.
You have to do the Chevy hood tap about 6” from center to the driver side after pulling the hood release. It might take a few times but those old Chevys always have sticky hoods
The woodstove looks like it will clean up all right. Should be some material salvageable from the cabin. I'd start there and build a small place to live, then work on the larger one as time and resources permit. Obviously, both will have to be done from scratch.
To do up the cabin would be a huge amount of work So knocking the entire thing down is probably for the best. But ... Location, location, location. Absolutely stunning view, especially the view from that dunny.
I'm thinking, Get ahold of Treehouse Master and put a nice tree house up there. Looks like some good Trees there to attach to. That would have an amazing view.
Ok ….I’m 30 seconds into this thing and he says,” let’s go check out our new homestead “ and they each go in different directions 😶😶😶 so I think … this could be interesting! All humor aside,it’s really cool to see a young couple adventuring 😆! Just by seeing the air cleaner ,it looks like maybe a 302 ,that would be awesome!
Man, I so wanted to be there with y'all looking through that house. There is Always something you will find. I found an old porcelain rattle snake that looked real enough and used to scare girls with; it was a great party item. I really think you should tear it down and build a Tall tree house cabin, high enough you can look over the top of the trees. Put large cargo nets inside to sleep or lounge on. You could use your iron skills and make stilts to get up off the ground and create a strong base foundation. The Sky's the limit! Happy Planning
Burnt down cabin with 2 random steel bathtubs? That almost seems the fallout of a meth lab that had a mishap. I am not pessimistic but that is unfortunately common in rural areas. Especially if it can run off grid. I do however hope there is a better backstory.
@@SuperSummit123 I'm going to bet someone came in and destroyed the place looking for money stashed somewhere. But it would likely be buried somewhere if still on the property. I almost bid on land my state seized after such circumstances, but physical access to the land was a problem; it just sits to further decay.
Camper or truckbed topper will make an awesome roof over a chicken coop! If tailgate has a lid to open thats the best place to place the baskets where eggs will be laid. Fencing it in will protect your flock.
Maybe this was the storage area for the family that lived in the other house. Otherwise, the person who was attached to that stuff....oh my, the possible stories swirling around in my head. Good luck on this project, guys
Still a ton of good scrap materials if you tear down the cabin..definitely toss the osb, but lots of projects you'll be able to salvage the 1x and 2x lumber..shelves, work benches, maybe enough stuff for a good garden shed.
Honestly, until Riley was standing next to the batteries, I thought it was an old, burned out still. Until I had a scale reference, they looked much larger than they actually are.
Nice video, thank you! Square Body Chevys from Jesus were very popular with many and they still are with many of us. Praying that all is doable for growing 3 member families. Love your videos. Ron PTL USA
Current sold value of Big Mouth Billy Bones is $25 w/power cord/ $30-40 w/the cord & original box before 12% fees. It probably looks ransacked because someone has already rifled through everything hence the kicked in door.
So much money just in totes. Why save all that, packed away, and leave it? From a logistical point of view, that's gonna be a tough cleanup. Can't leave it (well you could, gross) and it is a great spot for a cabin. The burned out area probably sees too much weather, but is another great "vacation" spot.
I agree with the suggestion to check each of the baseball cards. If they had a lot of them at the site, they might have been hobby collectors, so there might be some left behind with value.
You need to go through all those baseball cards. There are singular cards which you might find that could pay for that whole property. Let alone findingva bunch of 1990 rookies.
90s baseball cards aren't really worth that much. Like some of them I looked up recently are still around the same prices as they were in the 90s without being inflation corrected.
@@yayinternets that was just an example off the top of my head. There's a Derek Jeter card from Upper Deck or Fleer for example or Chipper Jones or Vlad Guerreo card that had some exceptional value. I only keyed on 1990s in my comment because they found other 1990s stuff. But looking at the stuff they found (TTRPGs for example as well) indicate that someone there was a hobbiest, which means they could potentially find some valuable baseball (or nonbaseball) cards, comic books and some other interesting stuff.
Hmmmm. Back in the mid 70’s I swapped Ford 302’s into a couple of Courier Pick-ups. It was a fun project and even more fun to drive. Have fun on the mountain! Oliver is a Blessed young man.
You can use the broken plates from the burned down cabin to make a cement table with broken plates. The hoarder house you need to comb through carefully it could have tons of valuable collectables like as examples bottles, knick knacks, promotionally stuff , historical artifacts (both about the cabin/area and in general) trading cards (also some harry potter books and other books is worth alot)
Imagine watching a youtube video of someone (or multiple someone's) exploring an abandoned house. Turns out it's your house (which you're sitting in, watching the video), as you remember it and an undetermined amount of time has passed in the video.
@@FJB2020 I am pretty sure either this is on the same property they have been working on, or it is the adjacent property. The small Ford Courier they showed at the start of their ride is on the road to their main house. Even if this WAS a new purchase if you have the funds and can grab the adjacent lot to yours on a mountain like this it is probably a good idea if only to control how close your neighbors are and what gets built close to your own place.
Ambition strikes has been one of my favorites but you are becoming a loose cannon, you never finish reporting on anything (Endless water? Road? Shop finish so you could start working on projects) and now you are spending money on many thongs that you dont need. Used construction equiptment will eat you alive with maintenance cost, the definition of a boat is "a hole in the water in which throw money". Dont mean to be negative but stick to the original concept of your post which have been interedting in the past.
One thing is certain - the second cabin that's full of stuff seems to have several large plastic tubs that I think could be reused for something - even if only to haul out loads of junk in.
Dig a big hole right next to building. Sell anything possibly and toss the rest in the hole. Then push the building into it. Build a small batch up there or reclaim some land and farm it
@ 8:20, Welcome to North Idaho's newest B&B. North Idaho At It's Best! This place is a real history lesson and detective's delight. I just made this post and then saw your pinned note. Fine minds think alike!
The people who moved in probably packed up all their stuff and after getting up there came to realize that they didn't truly have use for it in an off grid situation, but where they used to live it was normal and they were used to holding on to all the electronics.
I just found your site today, & I am blown away, love the video's & the fact that u r both red heads, My mother was a red head as was most of my family. It will take mw awhile but I will eventually go through all your video's love it 143
The k10 has vice grip garage vibes definitely do a revival and bring us along. long as it's not locked up I bet it will start up with little effort and drive right outta there
That burned wood stove is likley perfectly fine if you sand blast it, some frsh high temp paint and new fire bricks. Fires not gonna hurt that old steel. Depending on the brand they can be very rare heirloom items.
I reckon that you should leave the cabin for now and work on the other projects. Then in a few years time you could revisit it as Oliver starts to understand the world around him. It could become a family project as he grows up. Then when he's older, it can be his own place :)
I am a reseller and you do have money in that second cabin, (at least you do for the stuff that did not get wet or smells musty) Hopefully you have a friend that resells that can go through it quickly and separate the trash from what is resalable. It will not be that same as finding gold like you said but possibly a couple thousand net. You can also take what is salvaged to a local auction house and have them sell it. Use the unbroken totes with lids to repack what you can sell and you can get rid of those also.
Wow what a amazing find, truly so much to take in. Your so right Courtney it has a incredible history(story) behind the lost homesteads. Maybe you two can do a little research within the city records. Definitely the two houses needs to be demolished in time and the land can be built into something amazing. Im so taken with the view. You two have great future videos and content to explore here. Till next time stay safe. 😊
Haunted camp site! I think removing the trash will be so expensive and time consuming to make any sort of AirBnB option viable. Offer trails, views, skiing, hiking, etc
I think the second cabin needs a good fire like the first one to help clean things out. You guys would do best collecting all the metal from both places and hauling it to a scrap yard for a few bucks. Based on location however that looks to also be a challenge!! If they were here in SC you would have been greeted by many snakes, wasps and other critters.
I would start by getting rid of all the rubbish and removing all the buildings so you can start with a fresh canvas. I may cost a little extra but at least it will be neat for you to start fresh and build everything correctly. It looks like a great property and im looking forward to watch you guys turn it into something nice
I worked for Bonner County in the 80's. Many places/properties we would not go into without a Sheriff Deputy. Drugs, Anti-goverment, etc. But its always interesting if you can find the story behind the cabins. Love your videos.
I feel that even though you said that last building was irreparable you will eventually clean it out and repair it. In the cleaning of the building you will discover the story behind it's inhabitants. Ine of them had a breathing problem maybe even alergies. That is what the celibrex was for.
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I would clean up the trash first. Air Bnb is a good use. Get some goats to maintain the weeds on the property. They are a big draw for families who like animals. I have seen other you tubers doing the same and the goats are a hit.
Make trails around the property for hiking or mountain biking.
You could also have cross country skiing or hunting if it is isolated enough from other homes.
Is it on the same hill as your previous homestead if so you haven't got far to travel to both
My vote would be a haunted cabin, or the "dog house" for Ryley 🤣
Overall, campsite and cabin for family and friends to use. I would never airbnb anything I owned. I still think a fire tower would be a good idea because the views would be great and it would be useful.
Kudos to Courtney for knowing what a timing light looks like.
They owned a Off Road Shop that did custom modifications.. and they both did work on vehicles, I'm sure she's been around a shop enough to know a timing light. They are well equipped with knowledge, it's easy to forget until she says something like.. "that's a timing light".. and it snaps me back into reality, these guys have flipped houses, owned a business and sold it.. they have done more then most and are still quite young.
But not a Television lol.
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@@christophermorin9036she owned a tube TV she said. she got the cassette tape also
That tub, you asked how it got there and it's weights like 500 pounds? Well remember that truck the k10 or even the courier
It’s a pretty common story: the property was homesteaded twice, separated by 15-20 years as each owner tried to build their dream home “on the cheap”, rather than the right way.
One ended in fire, the other probably in bankruptcy and foreclosure, as any surviving relatives just washed their hands of the whole fiasco.
Best bet is to bring in a hazmat rated waste removal company to truck all the barrels, fridges, and other junk out, then bulldoze and burn pile anything wood that remains.
As for future use of those areas on the land, a seasonal tent and small RV campsite with off-grid electrical hookups and properly plumbed toilets on a septic system is one possibility. Depending how active you’d want to be with passive income, setting up a small general store and playground would take things up a notch.
Another option is building out a proper access road loop, and partnering with a timber company to come in and responsibly cut and replant a percentage of the land each year. That way, you rake in the residuals for owning a thriving timberland, the forest is adequately replenished and managed against wildfires, while you also create jobs for the locals.
They only own 20A !
Umm 🤔 I don’t think they won the lottery or the Powerball to achieve all your ideas 💡 💡😉😝😝
@@brucewitcpalek5120 I guess you don’t buy a piece of land like that that needs work if you don’t have the money to support it lol case in point the last two idiots that tried
And run a few head of cattle to get the ag tax break.
more than likely they have no mineral ,timber or water rights they are often sold off long ago!
Reminds me of cleaning up after my father when he died. He moved from the city to the country, packed a trailer full of his stuff and not long after he died. I would say that looks like a family moved to the country, used that cabin for storage, lost the main home and for some reason, abandoned all their stuff.
I had the same experience with my father. He moved out a much larger house in rural Pennsyvania with his wife and into a smaller house in Southern Maryland. It was stacked to the ceiling with junk. Just JUNK. I do not know why they even packed the crap and wasted money moving it. It took me 9 roll back dumpsters .NINE!!!
I swore Id downsize all my belongings then and there so as to not leave that situation on my own daughter.
This is like finding a time capsule. There's nothing more fun to me than searching abandoned buildings and areas for old treasures. I love old rusty tools and more so, this would be fun as heck to explore. I'm going to love the videos from this cleanup and transformation.
The pit is the perfect place to buldoze the cabin into.
Plus, they own a bulldozer!
Lol I did this for an inhabitable structure on a property i owned… someone asked me why I didn’t take it to a landfill… apparently the landfills hole is better than the one I dug.
@rcox787 it is. You could learn how and why but you won't.
Hope yous got many years, to clean up.
That be a very terrible idea to bury everything , not at all environmentally friendly!!!! ☹️🍁🇨🇦
My wife having grown up in that area and my mother in law still living in the area, I can tell you that meth is a big problem (one of my brother in laws is currently doing time behind that). The condition of the contents of the cabin is indicative of someone who slid into addiction.
As for how they got stuff up there . . . dirt roads deteriorate over time. Looking at the condition of the road, it appears that nearly 25 years ago you could easily drive a pickup up there in the summer. Everything you saw there could have been transported there in a pickup.
I think you need to figure out if you can get the M1078 up there. If so, start making trips to the dump. The excavator will make quick work of ripping the place down once all of the trash is removed.
I am 59 years old. I have been hounding garage sales and thrift stores my whole life. The stories I could tell you. One of my best finds was a black-and-white photograph that I paid $2 for. It turned out to be an original Edward Weston, and one of his most famous photographs, worth about $10,000. You guys need to go through the trailer very carefully. You would be surprised the things that are worth a ton of money. Like an old IBM computer or an old LeBron James basketball card. Or toys. Especially old Star Wars stuff. you just never know. There might be something in that trailer that is worth more than your whole property. It happens all the time.
I bet that Harry Potter book is worth a few bob
Fun tour, Thanks! Beautiful place. Random thoughts: 1) That stuff is all stolen from storage lockers. That's why it's all in totes and it's more than people would normally have. You can probably confirm that by the names on the pill bottles - are they all different? They'd cut a lock, fill their pickup, and head for the hills. 2) I'd grab ALL those baseball cards! Some are worth more than $4M. 3) You might want to quickly sort that trash into a huge pile of the stuff that would burn cleanly for a fun bonfire in the snow.
Congrats; it looks like an awesome location! Can't wait to see what you do with it. Seems like the most valuable find in the second cabin is all the plastic storage totes!
I love seeing you guys taking a break from the grind - that is, grinding down rocks for your road - to have some fun. You deserve it for all of your hard work!
I love touring anything old like this. Thank you so much for taking us along.
Every time I see such an abandoned cabin .. it makes me wonder about the lives of the people who lived there. Also gives me perspective about working all your life to accumulate stuff that seem important at the time, but eventually ends up like this when you are gone!
It is important. Its a physical link to your memories and life. It has meaning while you live and is part of your own legend.
Your life is everything to you.
Love to hear the story on how you came to know about this property, and why you decided to buy it.
It looks like a place where you would hear banjos playing the theme from Deliverance from somewhere in woods.
I'm with you, Courtney. The best thing would be to get the story of those who came before. Now that would be really interesting. I, too, love to investigate abandoned places.
Thanks for the great video.
Those batteries were used by telephone companies... its what made home phones work during power outages. They were typically stored in the basement of a phone company sub station.
I also saw a Nortel (Northern Telecom) cardboard box in the mess.... maybe some connection?
One would have to be connected to obtain batteries like that.
Unlikely... Nortel was the post 1998 name from Northern Telecom. They made telephone switches and phone systems but not the batteries.@@dilbotmacguillacutty4849
Scrap the metal, bonfire what you can, dumpster the rest. Probably need to hook up a utility trailer to a UTV to get the garbage out. People grossly overestimate the value of a stick frame -- especially when they're clearly inadequate for snow load. The walls and roof cost way more. More stuff for the ol' todo list :)
Judging from the stacks of containers, collectibles, and especially the empty coin collection books, it's likely that the big burned-down cabin was the home of someone who frequented storage auctions and used the smaller cabin as the storage building for the overflow of nonvaluable stuff. They might have had a small store or yardsale tent for stuff like that. The main house burned down, and there was no use for the junk left over. Vandals likely ransacked the place looking for anything valuable long after the fire.
Many questions:
1. Does this property connect to your off grid property?
2. Why did you buy this property?
3. What plans do you have for this property?
4. Is the road to your off grid property finished.
5. Did you get the problems fixed on the excavator?
6. Did you get the starting problem fixed on the boat?
Many cliff hangers.
I'm pretty sure this is still the original property. We just haven't seen it yet.
That’s my thought too, the Ford courier is what they moved to work on the road!
So why refer to it as an abandoned homestead that they bought?
@@andrewgee241because previous owners of the land apparently abandoned their cabin. Riley and Courtney built new buildings on the same land (which is 20 acres)
@@andrewgee241That’s exactly what it is. An abandoned homestead located on the property they purchased.
The video title is a bit ambiguous, making it sound like it’s a new purchase, but it’s not.
I just found you guys a few days ago. Seeing this beginning and where you are with it now is almost unbelievable. Kudos to you both. I'm just at the road building and gravel dumping and septic install. Makes me tired just watching. Seriously...you guys are truly amazing.
This is exactly how we bought our homestead. After 2 years we're still finding cool stuff. That Chevy will run. As weird as it is ours came with 2billy bass lol. Good luck an happy hunting
I can't believe you kept that a secret this long. There is a lot of cleanup there 😮.
Probably why they kept it a secret lol, messes are easy to not show people and try to forget.
Burn, baby burn, bury the ashes
Very interesting. Cast iron skillets are money! Take all that metal to the recycling yard. Might get a few bucks. Cabin is a wreck. Fun to explore and have a yard sale. Or donate to shelter. So many plastic tubs. The trucks would be fun too. "Will it run" video. Cool bikes. Lots of fun. Thanks for sharing
Build a mess hall at the top with a big deck and a variety of camping spots around then invite scouting organizations in the Summer and rent them out the rest of the year. I'm sure there's an AirBnB type of service for camping.
Seeing y’all out and about on the bikes is pretty cool. Seeing all the vegetation got me wondering a bit about fire hazard, then you stopped at the burnt down cabin… You’ve got most of the equipment to clean that mess up… maybe a forestry Mulcher is in your future
sorry if im being slow but did you guys not release the second part of the major water improvements thank you
Yes, it would be fun to search that cabin for a sellable treasure but truly the bulldozer and building a hole for it to be shoved into is probably the best thing. Were there any other mechanical Marvels on the property? This piece of property you purchased sounds very interesting. A metal detector would be fun to!
My impression is that the cabin has already been visited by looters, probably multiple times, and there is little chance of finding anything of value.
OMG. Those blocks in the foundation are oriented wrong. The weight should be on the walls of the brick not the face. So the holes in the block should be vertical. That's the strongest orientation. If you jack parts up to re-level that cabin, rotate those blocks so their are oriented properly, with something under them to distribute the weight, like a paver or a pad of concrete. What a fun project.
You guys are endless source of fun, information and bravado. Kudos you two.
Is it treasure!? Courtney did you even *see* that cat Santa? Priceless treasure 🤣
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I think the second cabin could be a project for a getaway cabin. Thinking you make a road up there and projects galore.
This video was suggested to me several weeks ago… I have gone back and watched every video from looking for properties until now… I am addicted to your channel.
If you really wanted to know who lived there, why don't you read the labels on the medicine bottles? I'm sure there are other written records in the tax office, register of deeds, and all the paperwork in the cabin. Thanks.
You have to do the Chevy hood tap about 6” from center to the driver side after pulling the hood release. It might take a few times but those old Chevys always have sticky hoods
The treasure might be hidden inside the baseball cards pile! Check them!
The woodstove looks like it will clean up all right. Should be some material salvageable from the cabin. I'd start there and build a small place to live, then work on the larger one as time and resources permit. Obviously, both will have to be done from scratch.
To do up the cabin would be a huge amount of work So knocking the entire thing down is probably for the best.
But ...
Location, location, location. Absolutely stunning view, especially the view from that dunny.
I'm thinking, Get ahold of Treehouse Master and put a nice tree house up there. Looks like some good Trees there to attach to. That would have an amazing view.
I guess a future project will be to use the dozer to cut a road to the houses. Then remove the debris and look for more stuff 😳🤔❤️.
They rode bicycles there, so there is already some open route.
Ok ….I’m 30 seconds into this thing and he says,” let’s go check out our new homestead “ and they each go in different directions 😶😶😶 so I think … this could be interesting! All humor aside,it’s really cool to see a young couple adventuring 😆! Just by seeing the air cleaner ,it looks like maybe a 302 ,that would be awesome!
What are you guys gonna do with those wicker dolls hanging near the star-shaped clearing in the woods?
Man, I so wanted to be there with y'all looking through that house. There is Always something you will find. I found an old porcelain rattle snake that looked real enough and used to scare girls with; it was a great party item. I really think you should tear it down and build a Tall tree house cabin, high enough you can look over the top of the trees. Put large cargo nets inside to sleep or lounge on. You could use your iron skills and make stilts to get up off the ground and create a strong base foundation. The Sky's the limit! Happy Planning
Burnt down cabin with 2 random steel bathtubs? That almost seems the fallout of a meth lab that had a mishap. I am not pessimistic but that is unfortunately common in rural areas. Especially if it can run off grid. I do however hope there is a better backstory.
Meth lab describes it perfectly. And the condition of the other cabin screams methhead organizational skills.
@@SuperSummit123 I'm going to bet someone came in and destroyed the place looking for money stashed somewhere. But it would likely be buried somewhere if still on the property. I almost bid on land my state seized after such circumstances, but physical access to the land was a problem; it just sits to further decay.
Camper or truckbed topper will make an awesome roof over a chicken coop! If tailgate has a lid to open thats the best place to place the baskets where eggs will be laid. Fencing it in will protect your flock.
Maybe this was the storage area for the family that lived in the other house. Otherwise, the person who was attached to that stuff....oh my, the possible stories swirling around in my head. Good luck on this project, guys
Still a ton of good scrap materials if you tear down the cabin..definitely toss the osb, but lots of projects you'll be able to salvage the 1x and 2x lumber..shelves, work benches, maybe enough stuff for a good garden shed.
The round battery cells are likely from a telephone company central office facility.
Some telphone central office batteries are big open jars. Like 2 ft tall and 1 ft diameter
Honestly, until Riley was standing next to the batteries, I thought it was an old, burned out still. Until I had a scale reference, they looked much larger than they actually are.
-48 volts.
Nice video, thank you! Square Body Chevys from Jesus were very popular with many and they still are with many of us. Praying that all is doable for growing 3 member families. Love your videos. Ron PTL USA
Baseball card are the goldmine!
How big is the property and is it attached to yours?
It *is* their property, same 20A they bought two years ago. They just haven't been to these two building sites much yet.
@@RussellNelsonMay I ask you how you know the exact boundaries and extension of their property?
That truck is the IDENTICAL truck to my first, good ol' 1983 Scottsdale...good times, great vehicle
I think their needs to be another cabin fire.
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Remove the plastic first. Ugh.
Wait till winter please for fires and dig a pit 👍
Current sold value of Big Mouth Billy Bones is $25 w/power cord/ $30-40 w/the cord & original box before 12% fees. It probably looks ransacked because someone has already rifled through everything hence the kicked in door.
So much money just in totes. Why save all that, packed away, and leave it? From a logistical point of view, that's gonna be a tough cleanup. Can't leave it (well you could, gross) and it is a great spot for a cabin. The burned out area probably sees too much weather, but is another great "vacation" spot.
They *have* been leaving it, for two years now.
I agree with the suggestion to check each of the baseball cards. If they had a lot of them at the site, they might have been hobby collectors, so there might be some left behind with value.
You need to go through all those baseball cards. There are singular cards which you might find that could pay for that whole property. Let alone findingva bunch of 1990 rookies.
90s baseball cards aren't really worth that much. Like some of them I looked up recently are still around the same prices as they were in the 90s without being inflation corrected.
@@yayinternets that was just an example off the top of my head. There's a Derek Jeter card from Upper Deck or Fleer for example or Chipper Jones or Vlad Guerreo card that had some exceptional value. I only keyed on 1990s in my comment because they found other 1990s stuff. But looking at the stuff they found (TTRPGs for example as well) indicate that someone there was a hobbiest, which means they could potentially find some valuable baseball (or nonbaseball) cards, comic books and some other interesting stuff.
@@thtadthtshldntbe More of a hobbit than a hobbyist.
Hmmmm. Back in the mid 70’s I swapped Ford 302’s into a couple of Courier Pick-ups. It was a fun project and even more fun to drive. Have fun on the mountain! Oliver is a Blessed young man.
There was someone standing behind you in the homestead doorway at the end 😮
WHERE? TIME CODE PLZ
@@geigertron3000right at the end. A face by the white thing blowing in the breeze. Probably the old occupant ghost
You can use the broken plates from the burned down cabin to make a cement table with broken plates.
The hoarder house you need to comb through carefully it could have tons of valuable collectables like as examples bottles, knick knacks, promotionally stuff , historical artifacts (both about the cabin/area and in general) trading cards (also some harry potter books and other books is worth alot)
It would be so cool if you could find out the history of this place.
Go to the county courthouse and do a "title search".
Imagine watching a youtube video of someone (or multiple someone's) exploring an abandoned house.
Turns out it's your house (which you're sitting in, watching the video), as you remember it and an undetermined amount of time has passed in the video.
Wait?! Haven't you already got a homestead??
One that isn't finished yet... They are in the typical chase for content creation that all YT'rs do...
@@FJB2020I just posted a comment discussing this in detail.
it is pretty obvious from the opening of the video this is the their property and what other stuff is on it. They outright say it in the video.
They're full time TH-camrs sharing their lives with you for free. If new content is upsetting, don't watch 😂
@@FJB2020 I am pretty sure either this is on the same property they have been working on, or it is the adjacent property. The small Ford Courier they showed at the start of their ride is on the road to their main house. Even if this WAS a new purchase if you have the funds and can grab the adjacent lot to yours on a mountain like this it is probably a good idea if only to control how close your neighbors are and what gets built close to your own place.
I absolutely love your videos. There's so much to explore in each one, and they're always exciting and enjoyable to watch.
I saw in the preview that there are some abandoned vehicles on the property. Maybe prepare one for #24HoursofLemons?
-Bill in SLO
Please do some more exploration of this. It's fascinating! Carefully Riley!
Ambition strikes has been one of my favorites but you are becoming a loose cannon, you never finish reporting on anything (Endless water? Road? Shop finish so you could start working on projects) and now you are spending money on many thongs that you dont need. Used construction equiptment will eat you alive with maintenance cost, the definition of a boat is "a hole in the water in which throw money". Dont mean to be negative but stick to the original concept of your post which have been interedting in the past.
Looking forward to seeing your D-8 crush that shack. If it ever happens, please take us along for the ride. Stay safe.
At least you've already got the dozer you'll need to start the rehab of those "cabins"...
Dozer Day!!
Clear that stuff out and build something else ... like a fire tower
@@marklar7551 A lookout tower would be such a fun project on the top of the hill!
@@AmbitionStrikes another thought.... observatory
Boy, Riley sure is lucky to have connected with Courtney! The stuff you guys get into is...something! LOL Love these vids....keep 'em coming!
Looks like a lot of scrap metal to recoup some of your money. 😊
This video totally surprised me. May the Lord continue to bless your family and give you great ideas for wholesome content. Keep up the great work!
Click bait titles and constant product plugs. This channels headed down hill.
Great video Riley and Courtney
I don't normally comment but you two have turned into one long commercial for your free items. Off the grid with more than every creature comfort.
One thing is certain - the second cabin that's full of stuff seems to have several large plastic tubs that I think could be reused for something - even if only to haul out loads of junk in.
Dig a big hole right next to building. Sell anything possibly and toss the rest in the hole. Then push the building into it. Build a small batch up there or reclaim some land and farm it
@ 8:20, Welcome to North Idaho's newest B&B. North Idaho At It's Best! This place is a real history lesson and detective's delight.
I just made this post and then saw your pinned note. Fine minds think alike!
The people who moved in probably packed up all their stuff and after getting up there came to realize that they didn't truly have use for it in an off grid situation, but where they used to live it was normal and they were used to holding on to all the electronics.
To me it looks like a mini moonshine still
You have a D-8. Dig a big hole, push everything into it and make a nice pad.
I used my D-6 to do the same, more than once.
11:01 oh that brings back memories. The last time I used a timing gun was back in 1995 on a '79 GTI.
You have a big dozer you clean things up with;) Seems like a few cleanup projects... it's nice to have some roads around the property to explore.
That spot looks AWESOME!!! I can't wait to see what y'all do with it!
You'll have lots of fun getting big bins up there for haul away. Good luck❤🍀🍀
I just found your site today, & I am blown away, love the video's & the fact that u r both red heads, My mother was a red head as was most of my family. It will take mw awhile but I will eventually go through all your video's love it 143
The k10 has vice grip garage vibes definitely do a revival and bring us along. long as it's not locked up I bet it will start up with little effort and drive right outta there
That burned wood stove is likley perfectly fine if you sand blast it, some frsh high temp paint and new fire bricks. Fires not gonna hurt that old steel. Depending on the brand they can be very rare heirloom items.
I reckon that you should leave the cabin for now and work on the other projects. Then in a few years time you could revisit it as Oliver starts to understand the world around him. It could become a family project as he grows up. Then when he's older, it can be his own place :)
This old man's hats to cortney for knowing what the timing light was ❤
I am a reseller and you do have money in that second cabin, (at least you do for the stuff that did not get wet or smells musty) Hopefully you have a friend that resells that can go through it quickly and separate the trash from what is resalable. It will not be that same as finding gold like you said but possibly a couple thousand net. You can also take what is salvaged to a local auction house and have them sell it. Use the unbroken totes with lids to repack what you can sell and you can get rid of those also.
It's all good.
Just needs a little elbow grease, some paint, new curtains.😂😂
Wow what a amazing find, truly so much to take in. Your so right Courtney it has a incredible history(story) behind the lost homesteads. Maybe you two can do a little research within the city records. Definitely the two houses needs to be demolished in time and the land can be built into something amazing. Im so taken with the view. You two have great future videos and content to explore here. Till next time stay safe. 😊
I'm impressed Courtney new what a timing light was...
Haha, I've got a 'Big Mouth Billy Bones' set up as a door-bell. It works great.
Haunted camp site! I think removing the trash will be so expensive and time consuming to make any sort of AirBnB option viable. Offer trails, views, skiing, hiking, etc
I think the second cabin needs a good fire like the first one to help clean things out. You guys would do best collecting all the metal from both places and hauling it to a scrap yard for a few bucks. Based on location however that looks to also be a challenge!! If they were here in SC you would have been greeted by many snakes, wasps and other critters.
I would start by getting rid of all the rubbish and removing all the buildings so you can start with a fresh canvas. I may cost a little extra but at least it will be neat for you to start fresh and build everything correctly.
It looks like a great property and im looking forward to watch you guys turn it into something nice
I worked for Bonner County in the 80's. Many places/properties we would not go into without a Sheriff Deputy. Drugs, Anti-goverment, etc.
But its always interesting if you can find the story behind the cabins. Love your videos.
I feel that even though you said that last building was irreparable you will eventually clean it out and repair it.
In the cleaning of the building you will discover the story behind it's inhabitants.
Ine of them had a breathing problem maybe even alergies. That is what the celibrex was for.