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Mr. McKenney
Приєднався 5 жов 2020
This channel is about a family of Maine residents that find a simpler life of homemade products and outdoor adventure to be the basis of a happy life. Here you will find things from logging and wood work, metal working, food creations, hunting, trapping and fishing, as well as family trips of Maine and abroad. Nothing specific here just a little bit of our creative life style.
Mr. Mckenney Is a high school welding technology instructor. This adventure was started as a request from the students to learn other things that he had to offer that could not be taught in the public school system, and get a glimpse into a world that many are not familiar with anymore.
Mr. Mckenney Is a high school welding technology instructor. This adventure was started as a request from the students to learn other things that he had to offer that could not be taught in the public school system, and get a glimpse into a world that many are not familiar with anymore.
Frank Caverly
This video may not be for everyone. It's a special project dedicated to family and friends. I wanted to extend an invitation to everyone to view the slideshow of the making of a burial vault in honor of Frank Caverly. Decades of effort this man invested in me has helped me to reach where I am today. This is my way of giving back, a gesture to reflect the time and effort he invested in me.
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Flooding the Rink
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The fire department helps us flood the rink in town to make fresh ice for the morning.
Anna's Big Haul
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This was the last official day of summer. Just some content of Anna's set. Mine will be following soon.
alewives
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As we prepare for the upcoming lobster season we take advantage of the 25 alewife apiece that we are allowed to go out and dip for. We then brought them back to the house and salted some for keeping and the others we put directly into bait bag and the in to the deep freezer. I still don't know what type fishes best but the frozen bait bags are done and convenient.
Beaver On A Bike??
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A little bit late but this was one of the first beavers for the 2023 trapping season just as freeze up set in. just is a word of caution there is blood in this video.
The maiden voyage
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This is a restore of my great grand parents 1951 Alumacraft F model. They bought it new that year and has been around the family. This year we cleaned her up, gave it a new transom a proper name as well as a new 25 hp Yamaha outboard. We also fixed up an old trailer that had been used past the point of usable. This maiden voyage was out on lake George.
The boys new toy!
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This little project came about from the boys hating to cut up small wood. They were telling me for years they need a wood processor. I sat down one night with a napkin and started to draw. A few attempts and a trip to the scrap iron pile and the help of one of my students, "thanks Ryan" this was born.
How to make birch syrup
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This is a short how to on making birch syrup. We are using a wood fired evaporator and a home made RO system.
Collecting Birch Sap
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This is just a fun little video of the family collecting the 2022 birch sap run.
How to start up and shut down an RO unit for sap Part 2
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In this video we will be showing in depth start up process, basic operation, shut down and cleaning of a sap revers osmosis system. Part 2
How to start up and shut down an RO unit for sap Part 1
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In this video we will be showing in depth start up process, basic operation, shut down and cleaning of a sap revers osmosis system. Part 1
The best way to cook bacon
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Thanks to one of our viewers, Hunter for providing the opportunity to make this great footage. This is my and the "best" way to cook bacon. This will be a my style of deep fried bacon, how does that not sound good! Enjoy
Smoky Lake Maple, Adventers in maple
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Each Friday from April 8 - April 29, 2022, the Smoky Lake crew will select their favorite video entry out of all those that have been submitted up to that point. Each week, a winner will be awarded a $700 gift certificate for SmokyLakeMaple.com. PLUS, for EVERY eligible video that is submitted in the contest, Smoky Lake will donate $5 to Humane Animal Welfare Society of Waukesha County
Muskrat, catch, clean and cook.
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Just a bit of this and that with Muskrat, catch, clean and cook.
smoky lake Adventures in maple contest video 1
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This is a shorty video to win the $700 price for the smoky lake Adventures in maple contest. Video 1
Homemade Maple syrup reverse osmosis system
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Homemade Maple syrup reverse osmosis system
Finishing and vacuum filtering maple syrup
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Finishing and vacuum filtering maple syrup
Cutting fire wood for the 2022 Maine maple sap season
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Cutting fire wood for the 2022 Maine maple sap season
First maple taps for 2022 Maine maple sap season.
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First maple taps for 2022 Maine maple sap season.
Biscuits and sausage gravy. Voted worlds best!
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Biscuits and sausage gravy. Voted worlds best!
That guy delimbing is a ninja 😮
@@andrewmunchkin7212 thanks
How did it taste?
@@SalooanMatti it’s nothing like maple syrup, still nice and sweet a little bit towards molasses not that close. Personally, I would not use it on pancakes as a sweetener, but it is phenomenal on fish, carrots, and other foods like that.
@@mr.mckenney2549 alright Thanks for replying
Bra video...hi from Sweden ❤
Great Job.
Amazing work for a great man! He will be missed. Thank You
Try not to bring your syrup above 185 degrees after filtering because you will only make more nitre causing cloudy syrup. 185 degrees is lots to bottle If you preheat your glass in the oven! Great video overall!
Thanks
He's a squirrel 😊
Genius stump vise ! Pickaroon , peavy, and pulphook indispensible. Measuring firewood, just a marked line on your saw. I don't want any metal sticking out while cutting. Try PFERD's CS-X 2in1 sharpener. NOW ! get you some PPE. The femoral artery cut will bleed you out in minutes. Helmet SYSTEM, if only for those %$#@# branches coming down. And, since we usually cut solo, if you're not a vet, get some basic emergency training ( sometimes called Wilderness Medicine). May save your ass. JMNSHO
Your input is valued, and I will take all of this into consideration. Thanks for the info, you may have just saved a life!
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They are tough old skidders. Most had 4-53s some with 3-53s. You couldn’t get a 3-71 or 4-71 to fit in there without heavy modifications.
Could you tell me what pump you are using for this. I am going to be switching to 400 gpd membranes and wondering if I have enough pump
aquatec DDP 5800 and a Hammond Manufacturing 166n24 transformer I hope this helps.
I love videos like this. Ive recently just developed a obsession with learning about Detroits and what different size engines come in all sorts of equipment. Awesome video
It really seem to struggle a lot. It’s almost like you didn’t have the logs winched up high enough
The old Clark power shift transmissions were the best. We had them in our 450 Jacks bolted to 453 Ts. They never let us down.
Good show!
Thanks
With my Clark 664
Where abouts in Maine I cut 180 Cord Last winter in Hermon
Just south of you in the Burnum, Clinton area.
Looks like fun!
On a good day like this, it Is a blessing. The days the seas are too rough to film it can be stressful.
Looks like everyone had great time 👍🤗
Good day, it was!
im thinking about quiting my job to go and start hand cutting for costomers and have the possibilty to haul the logs together with my old mtz 50 farm tractor and a 3pt grapple i have to make a new one the current one is good for small jobs and in my own woods but not to go custom working way too small of a opening also we dont do tree length but bucked up and that would be perfect for that tractor its 2wd with really good difflocks and it has a hell of a pull in snow add chains too and its not stoping
I started with a massy-harris te-20 from the 1950. Only one section of log at a time. Hard way to make a living. Good luck and enjoy your work and it will never be a job!
At 3:23 using the pickaroon(?) reminds me - All tools are hammers. Except chisels. They’re screwdrivers.
🤣 love it!
A cant hook/had one for 50yrs.its worth 2men.T800.Aust
Put a set of ring chains on the front and your ice on the rear and you’ll have more traction and less sliding back when winching. Had a 664B and she would really perform fully chained up.
Thanks for the info. I am glad to hear that it works, I have wanted to do that but was unsure if the machine would take it. I will definitely be making a set this winter.
Ring chains on the front gives you greater traction. Those Clark winches have a 60k pulling power. I ran this tire chain set up year round. Even backing up your steering will be spot on, no sliding or backing up against a tree to winch. That hitch you pulled out through the frozen mud area of your trail….should be able to walk on out.
The bacon just looks amazing frying in the bacon fat. 👌
Drove the 664, 666, and 668, back in NZ in my youth. oh what fun it was, skirting round those mountain roads, with up to 8 decent logs behind you. Biggest trick was to get round tight mountain corners, without the logs hauling you over the side. 🤔🙃
It deff helps if you have jasons butcher
Good looking rig love those nice big tires
Nice man
Thanks
Has the use of the auger ever detered beaver from the set?
I can't confirm or deny that.
it's just great to get out and enjoy the fresh air and fish, nice video.
Now if I could turn it into a full-time job!
Interesting, but what was the ambient temperature while testing? This is an important variable.
Awesome videos :) I love cutting firewood but its always nice to see the different tools we all use, I do a lot of mine in winter so i dont have to worry about getting in the dirt, I built my own log lifter kinda like yours works awesome so you dont have to bend over as far when cutting :))
I agree making your own woodcutting tools is very satisfying and often better than factor made.
Loved the video, the only difference between your operation and mine is I had a Clark 664D
I like this vacuum setup I am expanding this year and looking to make a couple of gallons of syrup. filtering is a bit of a bottleneck do you have a materials list or a build video for your filter setup I am trying to build one myself without breaking the bank.
Hello, I don't have any video content regarding the creation of this system. The materials were salvaged from my local dump and fabricated with my high school students. The two kettles are approximately one foot in height. The double boiler was created by cutting the bottom of a stainless steel frying pan and welding it to a spaghetti strainer. The valve is a 1/2 inch 316 ball valve. The thermometer is 1/2 inch NPT threaded into the other half of the stainless steel coupling that I used for the draw-off. The vacuum is just an ordinary one, intended to remove ashes from a pellet stove. The attachment point was a 1 1/2-inch stainless steel hose barb. I use one main filter and two prefilters that were purchased from a maple supplier designed for their system.
Thanks for sharing. I'm going do a few of these tips for sure.
I am glad it helped you!
Where can I find a thermometer like the one you have installed into your pot?
I got mine at a commercial plumbing supply store locally. If you order online through McMaster-Carr you can find the same product. They do not come cheap. Also you can find things somewhat comparable on Amazon, not the same quality. I hope this helps if I can do anything else please let me know.
It look like everyone having fun☺️👍 Enjoy your weekend.☕🤍☺️
It was surely a good day the poor boat hadn’t been on the water in over a decade really good to see it go again. Thanks
where did you get that shallow double boiler setup and the larger (bottom) stockpot that you're using to finish/bottle with?
The bottom double boiler was actually a stainless steel frying pan that I cut the bottom out of and a pasta strainer I cut the top off rough and welded them together. The rest of the stuff actually came out of the dump in the town I live in!
And just for clarification that stockpot with the valve in it and the strainer top was all homemade everything was welded together and top made on a drill press
Great Job and it looks like the dog is getting plenty of fiber :)
Thank you very much. She is definitely a special dog.😂
He did a great job 👍 Enjoy your day!🤍🤗
Thanks, they do work hard!
Sorry to say this but it looks like your left elbow may be brushing up against poison ivy @7:00. It could also be Virginia Creeper - it is hard to tell from the video.
Thanks, but no that is actually blackberry plants.
Finally a good video of piling it the right way
Thank, we work with what we have.
very interesting video sir,coming by from straightshootin,hope everything is going ok
Thanks for coming
I like your can’t dog work smarter not harder I live in Maine and do about 18 cord a year for the boiler normally we have our wood on 3 log skids but the pile I’m working on now is on the ground and got muddy when I skidded it up
That's the name of the game, thanks.
Nice Video.... ua-cam.com/video/DN0NTq36ddg/v-deo.html Greetings from Germany Peter
I bet you that Bacon Fat would add some great flavour to whatever else you might wish to fry up. Sausages, Potato Wedges, Hamburgers, Hot Dogs, Smokies, Pork chops, etc.
you got it!!!
Great video thanks
thanks bob
I suggest 2, 3, or even 4 holes on the top of the can, the pot stand to stop the fuel from spilling out. The holes on the pot stand reduces pressure sealing too tight from the pot.
Thanks for the tip. I will give it a try, but with hundreds of hours of use to these stoves they have worked fine.
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thanks