Driveway Stump Removal | Last Fishing Trip of the Season
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 พ.ย. 2020
- With fishing season winding down we scour a nearby river in search of lost fishing lures and take our findings to a local lake for our last open water fishing trip. Before we call it quits for the year with developing our second property, we bring in a mini excavator that makes easy work of pulling up 80 plus stumps and leveling the driveway.
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You are famers, fishers, butchers (how you cut the pig and the moose!!!), bakers, builders, youtubers, cooks. gardeners, handyman and handywoman. Anything else? The best thing is how you enyoy your life. Hugs from Spain.
Is there anything you two cannot do?? Wow, Eric drives big machinery and wields a chef’s knife to perfection. Arielle, you are a wealth of knowledge of plants and animals. You both step into Life and enjoy it to the max. Wish we all could find the joy of living that you both show us through your delightful videos. I know it is not always fun and games but your courage is amazing!! Thanks for sharing.
Agreed!!!!
All the "Slaves to the grind" people would be super jelly of ya'll if they ever watched this video, because they'll never be able to have the luxury of just waking up in the morning and say "I feel like going fishing for lures today!" Lol Especially in these times that we are living in right now. God Bless the two of you and keep it up! At least they'll be able to live vicariously through you when they watch your vids. 😁
what a service you're doing for the river and wild life. Picking up where others dumped!! Thanks and awesome scores on the lures!!
Beats shopping at the store anyway!
How exciting to get free lures and clean up the river at the same time! How am I a single woman when this excites me so much! LOL
*get him! bite him Bo*
Bo thinks *naaahhh....too much work* Bo is my spirit animal. 😎 Good job on the drive. 🌹
One of the few channels that merit full screen viewing.
This is true.
I agree - i very seldom go to full screen but I always do here
I agree... I transfer to my tv.. it’s awesome... I’m a new follower and I’m bench watch lots of videos.. congratulations ... it’s fascinating, instructional, it’s entertaining... thanks for let us be part of your journey 🙏🏼💪👍🤟
When a lady gets excited about fishing lure finds, you have chosen the right lady. Thanks for these videos guys, I tune in often. Cheers from way down south in Mississippi.
Gulfport Mississippi here 🤝
@@clon662b3 Oxford here.
its nice u guys clean up the waterways as u do.bc ur saving the fish from getting inadvertantly hooked as well,while getting lures for yourselves.
The treasure hunt for lures was fun😊
!Oooooh, a Panther Martin. Lucky dog! I used to make my son cease fishing until he retrieved his lure. Good training. Thanks guys you rock.
PS Man, I frickin' hate back up alarms.
What a great thing you are doing for the environment. Excellent work. We Jews have a mitzvah called Tikkum olam, saving the world or looking out for the world. This was definitely tikkum olam. ❤️
Not seen a video like yours so much of different things you do ,, sitting here in an indian city ,, never imagined in my wildest dream !!!
I was laughing out loud watching Bandit run up and down the road with his stick, like a one-dog track relay race, and he won! Bandit and a stick is like Christmas morning toys.
You should make a wood frame 🪟 with chicken wire in the middle to display all the lures you find and hang it on the wall ☺️. Would be something fun to decorate with in your house and functional for you to grab a lure when you need one
Tim... Tim... Timb... Timb... Timber? Timber!! 😂😂
I got my dad’s fishing tackle box when he passed. He made a lot of lures. I treasure them.
That is so precious, thanks for sharing💕
Wow those lures look new and what an awesome piece of equipment to rip out the stumps! Good job!
Good job putting on your life vest. Smart man!
I have only recently found your channel, I live in the UK so the amazing scenery around you is awe inspiring to me. I love watching all your videos, especially the crazy dog ones!!! Bandit reminds me so much of my old crazy greyhound and Beau reminds me so much of much nutty chocolate Labrador,!! Thanks for sharing your story with us all.
if you've already piled them up maybe turn them into compost or consider Hügelkultur. The biomass from the wood debris is piled in long rows and covered in compost and then topped with topsoil. you leave it for 5-6 months and then you have really great fertile raised beds which last years. The wood continues to enrich the soil as it decays over time. Since winter is coming you could prep the mounds now and let them settle over winter and have great fertile rows come planting season. Thanks for sharing I love watching all your videos seeing all the fantastic views of Alaska
Bandit is my favorite TH-cam doggy.
You two never stop. Always doing something. Enjoy your videos immensely.
Ooooh, Big machinery is fun too. Always wanted to learn how to operate bug machinery!
My 1st thought once I saw the tractor, "Eric's going to have some fun today". Looks good. What you two have accomplished in 2yrs is amazing & fun for us to watch. I lived in northern Michigan for 25yrs. Watching you guys makes me homesick. We started out with little money & did a lot of what you guys are doing. Enjoy!
I love all the videos the building the starting from scratch and I really enjoy the fishing thanks so much
Damn! Arielle has a straight up Boulder on her wedding ring 💍 gosh dang my man
I like that you pick up old lures. Really got me thinking about how much fishing trash there must be in our waterways. You scored! The beserk dog footage had us cracking up!
Great to have fun while working and saving money.
Fishing for fishing lures for fishing for fish.
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Fishception
First time I’m seeing someone do that. So people lose them while fishing?
@@bannedone3ice138 If you snag the bottom your line can break. Sometimes the line will snag the reel on a cast, snap the line, and send the lure flying.
@@mheermance ok, thanks. Looks like a lot of people lose those there....
That is a happy dog! lol
You guys just kill me!😄. What a way to spend a day! Fishing for lures knee deep in freezing water. You should sale them on-line. "Gently used Lures" would be a great brand😅. Be warm and be safe. Blessings from New Orleans.
If you still have any of those stumps you can make some beautiful furniture. Just an fyi. Love your videos! Keep em coming! ❤️😸
I’ve learned so much since watching you two in Alaska j7
Hi Eric, watch Andrew Camarata here on youtube. He has some really great videos on removing stumps and clearing driveways. What he does is pull the stump out of the ground, grab/lift/shake it, use the bucket to clear off a lot of the dirt off the stump, then lift the stump high in the air and drop it right back into the hole it was pulled out of. All of this is done over the hole it was pulled out of, and it fills in the hole while getting most of the dirt off. From there, he either cuts the stumps and hauls them away, cuts and burns them, or tosses them in an unused part of the woods where it'll decompose and provide habitats. 80 stumps, though... definitely get the dirt off of them and consider taking them to a mulch manufacturer or weathering them for firewood next year. Great job out there! We're coming up in January to dig our own. 1800 feet of driveway... gonna be fun. :)
Find his driveway/stumps videos here:
th-cam.com/users/AndrewCamaratasearch?query=removing%20stumps%20driveway
Shake your bucket after picking up your stumps and you will drop alot of the dirt and be able to leave the soil there, his will also allow you to better burn up the stumps later.
What to do? What to do? Put dirt back onto the ground, stumps go with hot dogs and marshmallows, and the forest is renewed. :-)
Bo is making tooth brushes and the other dog is running the quarter mile several times over. lol
Great Progress, all set for spring!
What's great about collecting the lures out of the water is removing our lost property back out of our beautiful waters and your recycling them, its a great way to recycle and keep our waters clear from our rubbish. you are so resourceful.
You too were really made to be together. I enjoy watching you both do everything together. I pray that God will keep you both safe 🙏
your dogs are hilarious
Thank you for your effort in cleaning up the environment of that river, for the benefit of all wildlife living in the area!
Your gonna make the 2nd property better than the first. Better plan for future veggies. Also, epic lure haul.
Your videos have gotten so good I feel like they are part of an actual tv show.
Depending on your water table level you may want to consider digging a big hole and burying all those stumps and roots, then use the good dirt for grading out the driveway and building site, with all that dirt the brush pile will never burn , good job guys
At the new property......you forgot your Gimbal. LOL LOL Pretty piece of land.
Nice finds. Id be in heaven. Its beautiful on top of that.
I was asked to talk to a woman about drywall at the house she was framing all by herself. I thought it probably be a mess but I was surprised by the competence and motivation she showed. We became friends as I worked there and a told her ways to make her life easier while painting. She said why are you helping me? I said because you listen and then do it right. She and her husband reminds me of you guys. Both hard workers and game for anything.
That is really awesome to save all of those lures. Just think of all the money you are able to save along with cleaning the river! Brrrr.....so cold there. We've been breaking some records here this week in MN for our high temps but not that long ago we were way below temps and got 5-7 inches of snow before Halloween! Crazy weather!!!! Next week we get back to normal. Isn't it just amazing how big the root system is on trees!?! I had to giggle at your dog. What fun he says. That mini excavator looks like it would be fun to use and I'm a female.
I love this!!! Fishing for lures!
Bandit, you are awesome❤️
Love it, finding the fishing hooks.
Eric knows pretty much everything lol. Good job man 😍
A nice place for the animals in the stump piles
You guys have thee best life. ❤ love your videos.
I never thought in my life I would get such pleasure in watching someone pull stumps.
Always sending warm wishes, from Bethoney 🇨🇦❤💙🥰
Fishing for lures is fun.
Glad you do that because all that fishing line is so dangerous for all the animals in the area. I was shocked at how much you found in such a small area. Can’t believe that people leave that rubbish just lying around.
Great quality video and audio. Nice to watch. Thanks for sharing. Greetings from Spring Green Wisconsin
That is one big job to get out the way, Good job you don't have to do it by hand lol. Good job. Looking cold out there, it's going to look beautiful when the snow fly's. be safe take care.
Real men know heavy equipment!
BANDIT IS JUST ZIPPING AROUND!
Great video as always!...i could not express how much i admire your lifestyle...take care and stay safe folks!
Looks like a lot of work. Fun to work though.
Since your water table is very high, gather all the dirt/soil, pile it like an elevated mound of Hill. Then compact it.
(Before build your house, cabin etc).
So you don't have to worry with the rising water table when snow melt or heavy wet weather.
That will be the best option.
This is win win!
Wow; nice looking dirt to work with.
Not only do y’all grow your food, preserve it and live completely off grid, you even go fishing for lures! You guys are awesome!!!
Nice video; If you pick the stumps and dirt up high and drop it a few times, most of the dirt will fall out of the stumps. Glad to see the new site coming along so well. Thanks for the video.
When I was little, in California, we used to do beach clean ups before the summer. I see this, and it be brings back those memories.you are doing a great service to this river, not just from cleaning up trash, but also removing the danger those hooks present to the animals, and the people, that live in that area. Thank you for your work, and you get free equipment out of it
Also, watching Eric knock down a tree at 19:20 was such a cool thing
Mepps spinners use actual squirrel tail hair for the skirt. Mepps will compensate you for sending them squirrel tails, only if harvested for table fair though.
Check them out! Also nice job on cleaning up the waterway. 👍
Ha ha you can see Beau thinking "Aaaahh youngin'". Well done guys, You are both such achievers. No procrastination here.
Love you two
Great video nice bunch of lures. That Bobcat is a hell of a machine. Thanks for taking us along.Nice break from all the bull shit going on in lower 48.
Smart...used to do that on the Skeena in Terrace BC in popular fishing areas during low water in the autumn...pick up a lot of lead sinkers too... good for the environment ...you two rock...love the videos... BB
Can't believe you passed over those marble sized gold nuggets on the river bottom. Your collection of lures must be huge. 12 degrees is cold no matter where you are. BTW .. kidding about the gold nuggets.
I just love your extra scenery footage you put in your videos. Absolutely breathtaking. And relaxing to watch.
“Lot of vibraxes today, not sure I needed more but thats okay” lmao!
Could’ve called @letsdig18 for that stump clearing…. Nah…. Gotta do it yourself of course. Great job! And I ❤️ that lure-treasurehunting you do!
Coolest, most helpful videos on clearing land.... Heading upstate NY tomorrow with two chainsaws to clear a driveway & homesite on our newly aquired 6.25 acres. Fingers crossed! TY
My brother son and I used to do that on hot summer days floating from the highway to Millers Reach. We would find a tangle of line and tie it to a stick and bring up bunches. The thing is most of them were ones we didn’t use anyways. We have a few favorites that are a certain color.
I love that you're reusing lost lures rather than buying new ones💛💛💛 I'd never thought of that
WOW now that is what i call a good way to pull up stumps.
Is there anything Eric can't do? Cooking, canning, fishing, hunting, planting, running big and small equipment. Ok. I haven't seen him clean but hell, he can do everything else!
I pick up discarded hooks, lures, and weights all the time when fishing! Drives my husband crazy! 😂
Wow! over a $100 in lures found, in just over an hour of looking! Sweet score!!!!!
Be careful walking out there alone, Dont get to far from him. He can't hear you with the truck so loud. Just love everything you do up there on the home stead. Im looking forward to planting myself this year, but its going to be all over my apartment. Yes, I hate living in a apartment. Hopefully God opens a door for me, if not , I'll just have to wait.love you both..
That dog is hilarious!
Doing some 'zoomies.' Getting in touch with his inner Greyhound!!
What question :is ,that
He always makes me smile.
Mastodon bone! Free fishing lures, you guys really are smart to get old ones!! Recycle reuse reduce waste!
I was with you 2 the last time you did this. It was fun then. And fun now. I really appreciate your lifestyle & your ❤️ for conservation. Keep on fighting the good fight!!! Love seeing your puppers out & about with ya.
haha, big boy and toys...
love you`re chanel, greetz from austria
I was just praying that no one fell into that cold water. Excavators are amazing. I own a big dozer, but I actually think an excavator (we call them trackhoes down south) would work better for me in timber. Stumps are hard to extract with a blade. Burn what you can and dig a hole. Bury the rest of the stumps. You'll need the mini-ex back when you are prepping for the cabin. By then the stumps will be ready to burn.
Good show guys!
Hey guys, something you should try while fishing for pike, try trolling along about 22-3 MPH with your lures about 30 feet behind the boat. You might have some good luck and its something different. Have fun and good luck!
Not 22-3 mph but 2-3 mph..Typing error..sorry not much of a typist. good luck!
How creative....love it!
Driveway is really coming along nicely!! Can’t wait to see your videos each week.
I admire how resourceful you two are I enjoy all your videos. Thanks
One of the songs you used in a previous video was going on about wishing to go back to how it used to be. Digging out stumps by hand? No internet? Er, I find the 21st Century very comfortable. I admire you pair for all your hard work but you have shown that you accept the improvements since 'the good old days'.
I love when you guys go lure finding!
That is amazing how you found all those lures. How cool!! You two are amazing I love learning all of your knowledge I love canning and all your garden videos. The scenery is absolutely stunning. I like the fishing trip videos and all the hunting videos. Thanks for sharing alaska
Good job Eric, love playing with those big boy toys myself👍
Operating an excavator really🤔🤔 is there anything that you guys cannot do🤣🤣. You’re so amazing and I love watching your videos. It’s just too short😩😩