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Mike, thank for letting me know and for watching

Hi Rod, thank you for watching! I completely agree that it would be better to be current on my videos. I fell far behind on editing last year as I was working to get us established on the homestead and unfortunately the video editing took a back seat. My goal is to be caught up in the next month or so and then stay current from there on out. Thank you again for watching!

That’s really awesome, thank you for the support!

You are right, a wood chipper would definitely make things a lot easier! Thank you for watching!

That's great advise. I will need to be more mindful when dropping the trees to have them facing the right way to pull them out. Thank you for watching!

Thanks for watching, it will be a lot of work for sure!

Thank you for watching!

Thank you for your kind words, I appreciate the support!

Thanks!

Thanks! It will be a massive undertaking but I am looking forward to it!

Thank you for watching!

Yes, absolutely! It will be a very large project but it will be great when it is done!

@@thanospat6400 thank you so much for watching!

Do you really want that giant headache,so much money on spare parts just can’t see any value except you tube content sorry just my thoughts

@@jeffreygilchrist1330 I see your point, but I believe it will be worth the time and money to get it up and running. When it is done, it will basically be a new machine without all the new machine headaches (computers and def). I will also be able to swap out hard to get JCB parts for easier to obtain caterpillar parts. I hope to learn a lot along the way too. We are in no way able to take on something like this just for UA-cam content, it would not be work the time or money just for some views.

Thank you so much! We love it in North Idaho. You have a good eye for the area, we live within an hour an a half of Orfino. Thank you so much for watching!

Yes, absolutely! The last thing I want is to get hurt and not be able to get our projects done. Thank you for watching!

Hi Mike! This video was filmed in July of last year. I am trying do get caught up on my editing. It was a busy year last year! Thank you so much for watching!

That's great! I love the machine and I highly recommended it. It had around 5,800 hours on it and I paid 25,000 usd. That price included the pallet forks and 2 spare used tires (1 with a rim). I think I got a fairly good deal on it. I would estimate my machine to be worth about 30k. I usually check websites like machinery trader to see roughly what the market price for a used machine is. I would check for excessive crankcase blowby, slippage in the transmission when digging into a pile and (no burnt oil smell), that the drivetrain/ AWD works correctly, and that the pins and bushings are reasonably tight. That is a high level overview, but you have to remember that a used machine will come with it's own problems that you will have to work through. My machine was owned by someone who wasn't the greatest with repairs/ maintenance so I have to work through all his previous repairs. Hope this helps!

Thank you so much for your kind words! We are glad you enjoyed the video, thank you so much for watching!

Thanks, I really want the power installation to go without a hitch, we are at their mercy as far as scheduling goes. Thank you so much for watching!

Thanks! I am not sure at this point, I would like to use it to access a hard to get to section of the property. We also got a John Deere Gator a few weeks ago, and it would be able to easily use the trail without too much improvement. Thank you so much for watching!

So true! Thank you so much for watching!

Thank you! We were excited to get this done!

Thanks so much, that's very kind of you! Thank you for watching!

Are your parents cousins?

@ she filmed him clean all of the panels by himself and continually said “we”…. Do you understand what “we” means?

Emily is really good about taking bear spray when she leaves the clearing. I Usually carry when I leave the clearing also, but in this case I forgot to grab it for the first trip down to the creek. Thankfully we only have black bears, mountain lions and wolves to worry about. Currently, there are no grizzlies in our area. We are also members of Life flight, as the nearest hospital is about a 2 hour trip by ambulance from the point of (hopefully) calling 911. Thank you for concern and for watching!

@@thehardway406 You're welcome. Don't want anything to happen to you guys!

@@freddiedaniel9225 Thank you for your kind words and for watching!

Thanks, you are too! Thank you for watching!

@@karenkindler834 It is an abandoned cabin left by the previous landowner! We have some interesting plans for it, consider this a sneak peak!

@ can’t wait!!!

I wondered about the old structure also. Can't wait to see what it becomes.

@@freddiedaniel9225 We have starlink satellite internet! We work remotely full time and the internet is excellent. We actually have no cell service on our property, and rely on WiFi for texting a calling. Thank you for watching!

Haha, true! I have to contend with the 550 feet of elevation change and the 1500 feet of distance to get the water to the top. I hope a hydraulic ram pump will work, otherwise I am planning on using a solar powered deep well pump. I thought I had the correct fittings to attach my hose directly to the tote, but the totes use a special thread type that I needed to get adapters for. We are all set now! I usually carry when leaving our upper clearing, but forgot it on the first trip down. I also usually carry my fire department radio because the repeaters reach our valley. We have zero cell reception at our property. Thank you for watching!

That sounds like you have a great setup! Unfortunately, our house build site is located at the top of our property, so gravity feed is not an option for us. I would love to have a well one day, but they are expensive, deep, and uncertain in our area. We gave friends that have spent well over 100k to get a well drilled and it was not a sure thing. Thank you for watching!

I was panning to do that, but it turns out that the food grade totes that I bought used a course thread called male buttress. I didn't realize that until the day I filled the totes. I had to order the correct fittings online. Thank you so much for watching!

Thanks! I hope the repair lasts! The wildfires out in California are a tragedy and it will take years to rebuild. Perth had their own smaller tragedy a few days ago with the float plane crash. Thank you so much for watching

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Thank you for watching!

I will have to add that on my to-do list! Thanks for watching!

I agree, I believe one of the mounting ears for the main stick pin is bent slightly causing the stick cylinder to be out of alignment. My plan is to separate the boom and stick this spring to bend the ear back and verify alignment and the wear status of the welded in pin. Thank you so much for watching!

Thank you! I really enjoy being able to help my community! Thank you watching!

@@davidroberts8731 Thank you so much for watching!

I just have a 12” and 24” bucket for the back, and a 4-1 and forks for the front at the moment. I have plans to make a few more attachments. I really want to build a land plane, I think it would be incredibly useful. A side tilt bucket would also be nice. Thank you for watching.

Thanks, it worked fairly well. It is the least I can do and I really enjoy being able to serve. Thank you for watching!

Thanks for the words of encouragement! Having power at the property is so nice! Thank you for watching!

All good advise! Thanks for watching!

It got caught in the plastic bag and fell out when Emily pulled the bag out of the conduit. It must have been in one of the pipes when I glued them together. Thanks for watching!

Haha, that's pretty good! Thanks for watching!

@@charlesdefrancisco5056 Those are all good suggestions! That’s a ton of momentum in your cable! I should have pulled the sting downhill, that way my couplings wouldn’t have been an issue. Thank you so much for watching!

@tranquilitybase6417 Haha, it is not a good feeling! Thanks for watching!

Forgive me, I simply was using the term as a play on words. We used the vacuumed to suck the stringline through the conduit. I did not mean to offend. Thanks for watching!

I thought long and hard about that, but the power runs in a direction we don't plan to develop. I have plans to run power from the shop to a storage yard/ sawmill building. When I do that, I will also run water, a spare conduit, and a compressed air line. Thanks for watching!

AND some stout pulling rope

@ Yes! Absolutely!

That's the plan! We are only responsible for getting a string line through the conduit. The power company will pull their fish tape using our line and then pull the wire through using their fish tape. I like the trick about using a bag with soap when pulling wires. Thanks for watching!

@@patrickhathaway6178 It actually wasn’t that bad! We will show the process in the next video. Thanks for watching!

Shop vac or blower. Many times I’ll just tie a plastic shopping bag to the string.

@@Chris_at_Home That's the plan!