Developing Our Alaskan Spring | Installing a Spring Box
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ต.ค. 2024
- Due to many requests, here’s an update on our spring! We have water for the winter! Unfortunately, the excavator we rented had a failing final drive and was unable to climb our hill to trench for our water lines, delaying spring development until the ground thaws back out when we can rent a bigger excavator. In this video, we go more in-depth with many questions that came up with our first spring video and installed a spring box to aid in collecting clean water.
If you haven't watched the first part of the spring development, check it out here:
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I hope you two realize that there are a lot of us patiently waiting for next video. I’m sure I can speak for all the others watching that we absolutely love your videos guys. The intro is unbelievable and breathtaking of how well it is put together. Here are my words of encouragement to you guys. Post more videos more often so you can get your TH-cam partnership. Then you will get your Google ad sense and you will start making money for what you’re doing..
Hello, diesel stop! It is great to hear how much you enjoyed our videos and the scenery from our area! We are still semi-new to TH-cam and making these types of videos. We began our channel as a part-time hobby to update our friends and family, it has grown to a larger audience faster than we imagined. Generating quality full-time TH-cam content would greatly change our original intended plans in Alaska. I am sure you know from your channel that TH-cam can consume a lot of time. We were able to start our TH-cam partnership about four months ago and it has generated some income that we never anticipated. It is too early to say what will happen with our channel but as of now, we intend to keep sharing our adventures and projects whenever possible. Also wanted to say if we ever met in person we could probably have interesting conversations about your TH-cam channel because I also made my living working on b and c series engines for many years. I am still relying on those antiques today to build our new home in Alaska i am sure you noticed haha.
@@northtoalaska2022 I would love to chat with you, But you have your About turned off so I can not PM you. I tried to message you on your twitter./ instagram I mean and sent an invite.
The Diesel Stop! I just found your channel from this thread! Watching all dang day! Good work!
@@gb3450 Thank you very much hope you enjoy. It been a long while since I have posted a video. But I will be posting again after we move to Alaska in a few years and maybe sooner after I get my bigger sawmill done.
@@TheDieselStop keep at it. I am about to retire and will either divorce my wife and move to Alaska or she can come with me. I am a cop in WA State and it's a mess. I am not staying. This place blows. I will look out for your content! I am looking at mechanic schools right now. I am old, but I am interested in that stuff.
I love how your dog is so easily entertained with a stick. He doesn’t need experience toys.
100% he has toys and would rather play with sticks 🤦♀️ silly boy!
I was waiting for you to break through the ice and be waist deep in mud. I broke through on a snowed over spring and getting your winter boots out of the mud is definitely a task for a young strong man.
That would have made for a bad day 😅 the ice was over the top of our creek. It appears to be about 6 inches thick with flowing water underneath.
What I love about your channel is there are no gimmicks just honest beautiful coverage of your life and your everyday struggles to build your life together.
Wondering were you ever bikers before all this ??
Thank you! When you say gimmicks are you speaking about TH-camrs selling sponsored products? We do not plan to do that because we do not like to watch commercials ourselves haha. We understand a lot of TH-camrs make good commissions on that stuff but we have no desire to convince anyone they need to buy anything. I would not claim to be a biker although I did grow up on dirt bikes and I had a Harley for a while. That being said back east we have family and a lot of friends that live the biker lifestyle. 🍻
thank you for the great video my dear friend. really love it. keep update and see you
Glad that you loved it! Thanks for your support 🙂
We have a well at home. Nothing like the pure taste with no chemicals added. Take care and stay safe. Give the pup another pat on the head for me.
So true! We will give Benelli a pat on the head 😀
Good afternoon you guys hope you're having a wonderful day and I'll keep up the good work and I'm proud of you guys and God bless you ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
Good afternoon 😊 we hope you are having a great day too! Thank you and God bless 🙏 ❤️
YEAH! SPRING BO IS IN great job once that water reach the homestead it's gonna be amazing
Yes! we are excited for the day that we can pump spring water into our cabin! 😃
Wonderful job with the channel! I’m retired so I can watch pretty as I do things around the house. Trying to remember to like each one for you, I know that counts with helping people find you. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you! Glad you are enjoying our videos 🙂 We appreciate the support!
Very nice progress,no water bills!!!
Thank you! Less bills more freedom 🙂
This is so interesting, and I'm from Fairbanks Alaska...these two are killing it!
Thank you! 😀
We live on tank water collected from house and shed roof. Its filtered through two types of filter to go into the house. Our tanks are 2@5000 gals and 3 @1000 gals. Queensland has a wet and dry season for rain. We collect enough each wet to last the year running the normal house needs. Much nicer to drink than town water that tastes like chemicals.
Spring water is the best-- great work!! Love watching
Glad you loved the video, Thank you 😊
There’s nothing like spring water, I remember it from when we were young and went camping in the glens of Scotland, beautiful fresh water. Then again when I was older and worked and lived at a distillery, all our water came from the same spring that fed the water to the distillery, washed the clothes quite nicely as well. Total pleasure 🌸 thank you for sharing guys, it’s a total pleasure watching you, take care, oh and I love the gun Chris goes around with strapped on, what’s the likelihood of really needing it, is it so dangerous 🌸
The spring water is great! Thank you for sharing your story from Scotland! We are glad that you enjoyed our video 🙂 The wildlife is mostly peaceful here but the moose have been known to stomp people, and in the news, a hiker was mauled by a brown bear just a few weeks back close to our area. It is one of those things that is better to be prepared and not need it here. We do have a lot of moose living among us and bears do pass through our property.
So glad the spring connections are all working great - Thanks for sharing...
Us too! 🙂 glad you enjoyed the video!
Quickly becoming One of my favorite Alaskan TH-cam Channels!! 😁👍🏼
No matter where you go your dog 🐕is gonna find him a stick hahaha I love it 😂
Thank you CCRider! We always look forward to your comments 🙂 Benelli does love to steal the show when we are recording projects with his sticks and tail wags! 😅
Stay safe you 2 ,that dog of yours looks like he's in his element . happy Trails
We will! Thank you 🙂 Benelli does love the outdoors, he can not wait to go out in the forest each day.
Thanks Chris & Katie for sharing your spring water system... Loving your channel and I can't wait till springtime for the build to continue.
Glad that you are enjoying our projects and channel 🙂 I know winter has just begun but we are already eager for our springtime projects too!
Love when a new video is posted by y'all! I truly admire both of you - full of knowledge, innovation, discipline - awesome qualities for your very interesting life! My 88 year-old Dad grew up in Western PA, but joining the Marines took him to other places where he met my Mother and they chose to settle in Virginia. Like both of you, he is full of knowledge, innovation and discipline, and I am so very thankful that he is my Dad!!! If (and when) you two decide to become parents, I am confident that you will be awesome in that role too!
Why do people start their comment with “y’all” but then just say “you” the rest of the comment? If they’re really a folksy, country, southerner wouldn’t they sat it all the time? Besides the plural of y’all is all y’all, not both of you.
Do you only criticize a person's language online, or do you also critique in person? Does a misspelling trigger your need to criticize? Does a lack of punctuation trigger you? Are you a language-Nazi in general or perhaps only biased against southern language vernacular used inconsistently?
It is great to hear you are loving our videos 🙂 thank you for all of your kind words and sharing your family's story! We do hope to become great parents one day!
That’s awesome that the spring is working out
Yes! We are very grateful to have it. Driving to the local water fillup down here was about an hour round trip and time to fill the jugs, 8 dollars in fuel, and a few dollars for the water. It felt unproductive. We are hopeful to complete the spring project before next winter to make it more convenient.
I sure do enjoy your videos. Looking forward to many more.Thank you!
Glad to hear you enjoy them! Thank you 🙂
Well done. Water is so important
Truth! Thanks 🙂
Happy Sunday you guys, What a gold mine that spring water 💦 has turned out to be great to see it, God Bless you, your friend from Willow 🙏🏻❤️
Happy Sunday James! It is wonderful and we are grateful 🙏 We are having a windy snowy day down in Kenai! I am sure it is the same up your way! God Bless, and stay warm 🤎
Your explanation of your Spring Box is Great Information. The information will benefit me when I move to Alaska.
Glad we could share what we have learned from our experience 🙂 We wish you good luck on your Alaska adventure!
The reason your spring water tastes so good as it has only been drank by a couple dinosaurs, 3 caribou and maybe a bear or 2. Where all the city water in the lower 48 states gets drank & pee'd that many times in each city up stream, think about that city folks!!
Who knows if those bears, moose and dinosaurs peed there
Yup that how the water cycle works, you remembered it perfectly from 7th grade science class.
@@erikowren7894 1980 was a long time ago.
You have a beautiful place to live. Hi from Colorado Springs 😀
Thank you ❤️ Colorado Springs is a beautiful place to be as well! We have always enjoyed our visits to Colorado 🙂
The ice formation crystals look amazing!
They make perfect snowflakes ❄️ ❤️
The views there are beautiful. The mountains are amazing. Love it when you share👍. Thanks for sharing I learned a lot today. Hope the water keeps flowing with winter coming on. Good luck. Take care. Stay safe and warm✌️🥰🇺🇸
Happy to share with you 😊 thank you! ❤️
Love watching you blog. Doing a great job 👍👍👍👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🧡💚💕💙♥️
Thank you! 😀
I'm a bit intimidated by the spring process. However, you look like you did your homework and have a good understanding of what needs to be done now and going forward. Good job!
Thank you 🙂❤️
Love the channel!! You guys should think about a UTV..the side by side are fun but for carrying stuff we love our mule. Keep up the good work!
Glad you are enjoying it! We will keep the SXS as it is one of our hobbies, maybe in the future an ATV or mini truck could be a very useful addition 🙂
Amazing start of video with snow capped mountains.It’s very difficult to collect spring water in -12C but it’s all good because proper installation of pipes.Keep working and smiling 😊
Glad that we could share the scenery with you! We will keep working and smiling for sure 🙂
Very nice job on your water system.
Thank you!
Very cool, looks like it's working out pretty well so far. Will be pretty amazing when you can get a cistern in and pump the water up to you.
Yes! We are looking forward to completing the project 🙂
man poland who!!! you should brand a 1 gallon jug or a 5 gallon bottle with a label saying alaskan wilderness water with like a grizzly bear on the label!!!! just food for thought. thank you for the video
Alaskan Fiji water! What an opportunity 😅 never imagined we could make a living selling water but anything is possible!
Like your videos. I wish you would do one weekly.
Thank you! We are considering the possibility of making more frequent videos in the future 🙂
Looking forward to your progress!
Thank you! 😀
Ya'll are slaying it. Colder temps are coming as you know, but looks very satisfying to see your progress. So ya'll have to have fun days along the way, maybe a side vid of that sometime. Also your dog is totally entertaining, he loves sticks.
Thank you! We have taken some time to enjoy ourselves but we were not sure if our adventures were interesting enough to share in a video. Alaska is gear-intensive to go out and do all that the state has to offer. We have been gearing up over the last year so we can have new experiences 🙂 hopefully we will have some interesting adventures to share with everyone in the future! Benelli does love his sticks 😅
Good morning Katie and Chris. The spring is coming along nicely. Definitely colder there than here, 50’s and rain which means MUD. Thanks for the update, stay safe.
Good morning! We just heard from our family in Southern PA they had a small snow a few days back! Winter will be there soon enough, maybe you guys will be blessed with a snowy Christmas!
Ram pump would pump the water up to your RV and future home you could bury the lines to keep from freezing! If you haven't heard of a ram pump go on youtube and do some research it runs off gravity and you can buy the components at the local hardware store. God Bless!
Great video Chris and Katie
Thank you! ❤️
Have a great week!
Thank you 😊
Use a small wet vac and an aquarium sediment vacuum attachment to clean catch basin.
VERY good job LOVE the Dog has loads of fun
Thank you! Benelli loves the outdoors he can not wait to get out into the woods every day!
I have 2 wells at home, it's convenient!
They are, we enjoyed our well in Pennsylvania. In the future, we may still have to drill a well but the spring is a big cost savings 🙂
Awesome job you two are both amazing love ❤️ your videos what a great team you are but I think it’s to cold to live there
You have an awesome system going and spring water is the best water in the world. When I was a kid a hundred years ago, LOL we had a hand pump in the middle of the yard about two hundred feet from the house and in the middle of winter when it was 20 to 30 degrees below zero the hand pump would freeze up. We had to melt snow to pour on the hand pump to get it to work so we could pump water. I don't know if you have any idea how much melted snow it takes to fill a bucket, but I can tell you that it would take hours to unfreeze that damn pump just to freeze up again when you were done. Your system is awesome compared to that. Love your site and what you are doing with your homestead.
Wow! Thanks for sharing your story, the frozen hand pump sounds like a lot of work in the cold months. 🥶 this spring system will be interesting to see if it has more issues at colder temperatures. Hopefully not, but time will tell!
Great video and great content. I certainly learned a lot about developing a Spring. One could argue you have also learned a lot about developing a Spring. I look forward to seeing the next phase of development to get water stored in an underground cistern hope you guys have a mild winter, but that may be a bridge too far. Keep up the good work and please keep the videos coming.
Thank you Chuck ❤️ the weather has not been too cold but it has certainly been snowy 🙂 we will keep you updated!
very cool, best water ever!
Yes! 🙂
Your spring is working excellent. Spring water tastes the absolute best. I do not like the smell or taste of chlorinated water.
Same here! The spring water is so clean and fresh!
Great video
Thanks!
Pack snow around the water box it will insulate will melt away the excess.
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5 gallon food grade bucket then use uniseal instead of bulkhead fittings. Alternatively 1” male threaded pvc with o-ring & a 1” conduit nut you would find in the electrical section.
It could work with the drawback of UV damage causing the thin bucket to become brittle as we mentioned. Since this is the primary water source that we depend on every day and the plastic is exposed to extremely low temperatures I think we made the best investment for a reliable spring box for many years to come.
Very cool video! Your use of vocabulary combined with your skills makes me curious as to what you all do for work? Very knowledgeable and thanks for sharing! Cheers! Jason
Thank you! I was previously a heavy equipment mechanic in my primary career among other short-term trade and leadership type jobs. Katie's last career was in corrections before our move to Alaska and she runs her own small business.
I’m here from your other spring water video. Wanted to see how it’s going and so far it looks awesome.
Thank you! We are excited to finish the final part of the project when the ground is no longer frozen!
Merry Christmas to you all at North to Alaska
Thank you! Merry Christmas to you too 🎄 🎅
Really enjoyed your video. I love Alaska
Thank you!
Great to see you guys doing great love all the awesome beautiful videos I’ll be glad when I make my move knee surgery for me then keep going anyway have great Christmas 👍🔥🙏🔥🍷
Thank you! Glad you are enjoying the videos! We wish you good luck with your knee surgery and a fast recovery 😊 have a Merry Christmas! ❤
good job my friends ❤i falw you from Iraq ❤❤
What about putting a Ram Pump on the line to send it up hill ?
If it did not freeze for 6 months out of the year in our location I would consider it a viable option.
Happy Holidays to you both. Have enjoyed your videos.
Glad you enjoyed them 🙂 have a Merry Christmas 🎅 🎄 and a Happy New Year! 🎆 🎇 🧨
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Bendiciones 🙏
Thank you!
Just found your channel, I've watched all the vids, great content, and the way you explain what and why your doing things is a nice change from a lot of other channels. Keep up the great work, looking forward to your next vid.
Hello and welcome! It is great to hear you enjoyed all of our videos! We have learned a bit since our first video and we are always working to improve them for everyone to enjoy 🙂 thank you for your support!
7:20 "...so animals aren't going to get in..."
Meanwhile, a bear off in the distance...
"Oh, I'ma shit in that box."
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Another sollution could be to use two large barrels set into each other and the space in between filled with insulation (rockwool or the like) and haul it to the outlet point and let it fill up for a couple of hours. the insulated barrel could be hauled using a simple trailer setup...
Hope you guys are Ok haven’t seen a video from ya in 3 weeks ! Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas CcRider! 🎅 🎄 Chris needed some time to heal from an injury, but we have been getting back into projects again and have a few videos that are almost complete to share. It has been snowy dark and cold but we are comfortable and warm 🙂. It has been difficult to film in the short amount of daylight, We are looking forward to the longer days ahead.
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Hey merry Christmas and happy new year 👍🔥🍷🙏
Thank you! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year as well 😊 🎄
Hey guys, happy Sunday, would help to surround the Spring box with dirt or something that would keep it from freezing?
Hey! Happy Sunday 🙂 We did think about burying the box partially but if the dirt freezes it may make it impossible to dump out the sediment. We have thought about making an insulated cover to slide over the top if the weather becomes extremely cold 🥶 when we have deep cold snaps we will monitor the box to see if we need to Insulate it better 🙂
@@northtoalaska2022 I can’t wait to see you guys start working on the house
Love your channel. It was nice to hear the snow "squeaking ". Curious where you are in Alaska. What town is nearby? Keep up the good work. Looking forward to future posts.
The fresh powder has a nice crunch! Our nearest town to get supplies would be Homer Alaska although prices are usually a lot better if we travel the extra distance to Kenai City for bigger supply runs. But that is a four-hour round trip for us.
Quick question, I’m building one of these springs now on my property. We do see 0 degrees and occasionally a -20 night. What is 5he coldest you’ve had at your property and did the spring box or pipes eventually freeze?
We had close to minus 30 but it never completely freezes, it forms an ice tube but continues to flow inside all winter. I suspect yours will work all winter as well. In our striking Alaskan liquid gold video, we show the water still flowing in these cold temperatures with a frozen tube around it. Good luck with your spring!
Another hard day of work at homestead
Have you thought of having a ram pump with pressure tank on top of pipe to get added pressure to water which can help to increase the height and distance you can push water to.
Also there is a better option from bunyip pump it’s from Australia and they have different models priced from $2-3.5k it’s a heavy duty pump system,expensive but lasts for every.
I am curious about the bunyip system, I will need to research the topic. I do like the idea of a ram pump! Unfortunately from my research, we do not have enough gpm or elevation drop to make even a small 3/4 ram pump operate. Also, frozen ram pump in the winter months could be an issue. It seems in our situation the best option is going to be an insulated spring house with a submersible well pump. We will update everyone in the spring with an update on the progress after the ground is not frozen.
@@northtoalaska2022 hey you can add pressure tank on top of ram pump to help in increasing the water pressure without having power.
Will look into this thank you!
Im excited about this video! Ive been wondering what the status was in this spring.
We had so many requests for an update on the spring, you were not alone! We were holding out for a more completed project to share but we just ran into bad luck and not enough time before winter set in. Hope you enjoyed the video 🙂
Did you ever take that Cam Am off-road at AOAA back in Pennsylvania?
We did! We frequently used to take ATVs, dirt bikes, and mud trucks to Treverton for many years before it was regulated by aoaa. The last time we were there with the can am was in 2021, it has changed a good bit. Do you still take your wrangler in your profile? I miss when that area was a free-for-all.
For a temp solution you could do a 275 gallon IBC tote burried below the frostline (if that is not too deep to reach with the tools available or for rent this time of year) Not sure if those are available in the none bpa leaching variaty though)
The frost line is 4-6 feet deep here.
Better to have it and the pump in a heated well house of sorts. Drain the pipe between fillings.
@@ouralaskahomestead my brother lives off grid and he fills from his well with a hose. He had a small hole put in the well line below the frost level in the well so the water would run out to that level. He has his pump in the well.
@@Chris_at_Home sounds like a good set up.
Thank you for the suggestion, we are at a standstill on this project for winter, the ground began to freeze up by the end of October and made it difficult to dig. Once the weather warms up we will finish it up and share our finished water system!
Did you have your spring water tested? Even if the spring water is clear and great tasting it could still have microbes (bacteria, viruses, protozoa, parasites) that are something to be concerned with. Testing is cheap to send off a sample and get the results and recommended yearly
Hello, We did invest in lab testing for coliform, arsenic, and metals/ minerals. The water meets drinking standards out of the ground from this spring. We filter our drinking water with a Berkey filter system to remove extra sediment but it is nice to know when washing dishes and showering the unfiltered spring water is 100% ok.
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Zero degrees Fahrenheit or Celsius? Curious because I'm trying to winterize my spring fed system in south eastern BC (Kootenays)
We always talk in terms of Fahrenheit because we are in the United States. We will work to put Celsius numbers on screen for everyone in the future. I looked up the average temperature in your area, it seems like Kootenay is slightly warmer than our southern Kenai Alaska region. You may not need to winterize your spring at all if it is free-flowing like ours.
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How much snow is y'all already gotten
We had around 12 inches of total snowfall, then a warm spell hit, and rain melted it down pretty far but we have had another 7 inches fall in the last two days so it is slowly accumulating. I hear it is predicted to be warmer than usual but extra snowy in Alaska this year. Time will tell.
Do you have any future plans to add a RAM PUMP to lift the spring water up to your outdoor cistern... Wishing you and your family a blessed holiday season filled with gentle seasonally appropriate weather and restful evenings together. Peace
👋 hello! Unfortunately from our research, we do not have enough gpm or elevation drop to power even a small 3/4 ram pump 😕 it looks like we will be running a submersible well pump to transfer water up the hill. Once the ground is unfrozen we will revisit the project! It has been quite snowy weather here! But we are warm and enjoying each other's company 😊 thank you for the well wishes! And Happy holidays!
Concerning your spring box couldn’t you start a siphon and vacuum out the sand and sediment from your spring box?
Is spring box available in the Philippines? Where could we avail of this box? I'm interested to have one since we have spring water tank in our property...could you help me avail one of this kind? I'll appreciate it much if you could help me...
Hmm, I bet they would ship it to you, we found it at Carolinatanks. Com. Good luck with your spring development 🙂
Will there always be sediment or will it taper off eventually?
From our research, most springs always have some sediment. We will try to keep everyone updated as time goes on and we learn more about the way ours is working out over time.
how the dog feet doing with snow
Our lab had an issue with dry paw pads last winter and he developed a few cracks, we found a balm that seems to help keep them from drying out. The chihuahua will not stay out for much longer than a bathroom break, he prefers to spend his days on the couch in the warm motorhome.
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I am a new TH-cam user. Hopefully I am able to leave a comment.
Curious? How much property did you purchase. Does your homestead have a minimum amount of land in order to qualify for exemptions.
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Well you learned a lesson, keep the caps loose before you fill the jugs so they don’t freeze.
Also if that ice builds up in the box somehow. Build a styrofoam box to put over it or just find a cooler big enough to insulate it.
I think it will be best to store the lids off of the jugs. It has been cold enough that the water in the threads froze the lids on before we could get the water jugs inside 😅
Wish I had a sring on my proerty
They are a great natural resource to have. We hope it will save a lot of money in comparison to drilling a well which was our next option.
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Thank you 😊
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Why don't you put any covering on your, when outside for a while? I see other channels from Alaska and they cover their dogs. Just asking. Don't know, how it works. Thank you.
Hi! We do have a coat for him, however, we are in a milder climate. With him being a lab and having a double coat, it takes him a while to actually get cold. At that point, he lets us know that he wants inside. 🐕
Wish you guys, good luck and blessings. Love your videos.♥️🧓🏼😘
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Hello.You should always state temperatures in degrees Fahrenheit or Celcius, for your not American viewers. Andrew from Canada
We will do our best to put the Celsius numbers on the screen for everyone outside the US, we usually only talk in Fahrenheit 🙂 thanks Andrew!
just asking why cant you just melt the snow ?
Why Melt the snow when they have spring water. Spring water would be much better than water from snow. Especially considering so many toxins from airplanes, automobiles ect is in the snow. Much more than would be in that spring water. The snow is so light & fluffy in Alaska they’d have to melt a 2 ton dump truck load of snow to get 20 gallons of water.
They are living in a RV so space could be an issue. I melt snow at our off-road cabin. It’s slow and if not done in an enclosed container it adds a lot of humidity to the place. I use a plastic 20 gallon FDA approved trash can on a stand not far from the wood stove. I put a spigot near the bottom to fill 5 gallon containers to use at the sink. In the summer I collect rainwater and have indoor plumbing except for the toilet.
@CcRider we share the same thoughts. The spring is mostly convenient even in its current state.
@krissbartlett we had an abnormal warm spell right after this video and rain mostly melted our snow, but it has been steadily snowing again this week and it is accumulating. The spring is convenient in its current state compared to other available means. In an emergency, we could melt snow as a last resort but it has not been necessary.
@chris-at-home you are spot on, we do not have a lot of space in the RV to store water. The door opening will not allow most large tanks to be brought inside. We are using a 45-gallon food-grade barrel that just fits in the narrow doorway. It is hooked up to a 12-volt water pump that feeds a secondary water line system inside the RV so nothing freezes. The original water lines in the RV are run in areas that freeze in winter and can not be used. But the 45 gallons is enough for a few days of military showers and washing dishes. It is convenient to go get more water from the spring whenever needed. 🙂
А пробурить скважину возле дома непроще будет, или закон не позволяет. 👍👍👍
We were quoted about 40,000$ USD this is free
sale that cam and get your a mini truck... you will thank me later lol..
Or have both?
I just don't get it.
And this is no criticism, but living in a freezer for 6 solid months out of the year just seems crazy.
Just a perpetual state of work.
I honestly would not expect anyone else to understand my thought process. I can say that not everywhere in Alaska is the frozen underworld for 6 months a year that cable TV and social media have led some to believe. Coming from a state that had snow and cold winters, it's not that much of a change winter wise in my opinion. I will not argue that living off the grid could be a perpetual state of work in itself without having all the proper functioning utilities in place. However, working 50 to 60-hour weeks to make payments on bills and a mortgage is the same perpetual work schedule or worse and is often connected to a 30-year mortgage agreement.
You stop making content? Seems dead
We were hibernating like the bears 🐻 😅
In reality, we have quite a few unfinished videos because projects have become very challenging due to the weather. Chris was also healing from an injury. We will put out videos as soon as we can for everyone 🙂
@@northtoalaska2022 better wake up... and get back to work! You on the Kenai?
Yes we are on the peninsula 🙂