Not so much, it's the result of saving every spare penny I've seen since 2015, wearing boots with the steel sticking out of the leather toes with worn-out jeans and t-shirts to match, having had to postpose construction 3 years ago because I learned I still couldn't afford it, and the "perk" (if you could call it that) of not having a family to support which makes it easier to set aside money than what most of my peers experience. Nine years of my life are represented in this one building, along with the efforts that can be seen in the "Field Land Clearing Project" playlist because I could do all of that work myself to avoid paying to have it done :-)
Good on you for not filming the workers, but then again, as a mechanic, you know that it's bad luck for a customer to watch a mechanic work on their vehicle. I can see the same applying to construction.
I missed this episode somehow... YT acting up again. Anyways, really impressed with the job site and the work done. And i fully understand only filming the tail end of the production. They need to focus on their work, you need them too do so as well, best for everyone. Plus, there's a ton of PB riser videos online at this point, so there's plenty for those hungry for action to choose from. The R&R crew in particular show an extraordinary amount of detail and insight.
Glad to see the progress on the building. I've just finished watching the X231 playlist again. Yes, I'm one of those few rabid X231 fans. I hope you'll give us an update on the search for a proper pedestal for that poor abused Minnie. Maybe someone will know where a good one is and help you get it.
Thanks for the watch minutes! I actually did source a new front pedestal for it a couple weeks ago, along with some other wheel related parts but with everything going on with the new building, Farmall H, and outdoor work in general, I haven't had any time to put any of the X231 stuff on camera.
That is an absolutely beautiful building! Great color combo! My suggestion is to put sweeps in the concrete so bringing power into the building later is easy and you don't have to go through the walls. And adA extra sweeps for just in case you want to run power out or anything else in. I can't wait for the next update! Congratulations!
You’ll have to educate me on what “sweeps” are - remember you’re just talking to a mechanic and this building stuff is all unfamiliar territory to me lol 😂
@@squatch253Fellow mechanic here but i beleave he is saying to bury some coduit in the concrete so you have the option to run power later on and won't have to cut holes in the side of you beautiful building. Looking good!
@@squatch253 Sweeps are the long lazy elbows for PVC plastic or EMT metal conduit. A bit like using 2x pipe 45s together to make a 90deg turn but does so smoothly. No sharp turn present that way wire can easily be fed by pushing in some cases or feeding a pull line through first then pulling the wires through.
Here’s a long shot 🤷♂️ see how many if any get my warped humor , I thought sweeps are the men with brooms that clear the path for the rock as it slides home 😝
I just bought a 1940 D4 7J and found all your content. I run the Engine room at night on a 270' Factory Trawler in the Bering sea. I love watching your channel takes my mind off the boat and helps me relax. Great job buddy!
I think that with all the work that the H did shaping the land for that building site, it deserves to have the first "drive" through the building. Get to work and get it running already!
Excellent Squatch, congratulations. The builders put it up in a few days because they do it for a profession.... but none of it would have happened without your years of labor with the D2, Farmall and tumblebug each summer, preparing your land for them. You deserve every bit of satisfaction from your investment.
It must feel really good to see your dream become a reality. I’ve watched your progress from the early days of the channel. You have come a long way and should be proud. You were part of the inspiration behind me starting my own channel. Keep up the great work
I love watching build videos where the builders are pros, know exactly how to do things and prove it with their results. Especially of note is how they policed that work area, keeping the scraps picked up and organized. Excellent video. Excellent work. You did well.
Congratulations on your new building! I do agree with another comment to add electrical sweeps in case you would want to have power years down the line as your demands will change and time marches on.
@@squatch253 Buried wide radius conduit elbows, basically roughing in for electrical service. The idea is if and when you install electrical, it can come up directly inside the building instead of having to pop up on the outside and run up exposed on the outside of the building, it makes for a cleaner and neater installation. It probably won't apply in your case but it can also be done for future internet connections, telephone, etc. I have a question: do the cupolas provide ventilation, or are they purely decorative? The building does look great! I'm glad you decided to go with concrete floors.
@@squatch253 it is a pre-bent gentle 90 degree turn of conduit. It makes pulling wire through much easier. If you dont have the sweeps in and if you want to some day put electrical power you will either need to go up the outside of the building and use a sharp 90 degree fitting (commonly called a LB) going through the wall or drill a hole in your slab, then dig under your slab to put the sweep in. Best thing to do is to talk to your contractor about it if you might some day want power in there.
Great courtesy to the workers. When I had my building put up I took one picture per hour. So as not to disturb anyone. Unless they had a question for me I stayed clear. It was fun to watch them. They were young and strong. What a awesome looking building. You will ask yourself many times. How did I get along without it.
Hi Im from Morocco & I just watched an Old video of your caterpillar D2. My father left one and I want to start it. I dont know what parts are missing or should be replaced. Thank you
Good looking building! Frost heave - what's that? :) Kidding - grew up here in Colorado and Iowa, but living on the SE coast now. Gotta love a Minnesota winter though!
Good morning Toby, and congratulations on your new building. I believe another comment left was to 'leave sweeps in the concrete' They must of read my mind as I was going to put don't forget to leave some ducts in the concrete for water and electric at a later date if you ever decide you want them in. This meaning that you don't have to start cutting the concrete pad up. They are called ducts in uk - it's a tube for cables and pipes to be pushed through just sealing the ends off till they are needed. I love the colour too.
I’m still a bit confused as to what “sweeps” or “ducts” are and why you’d be running electric and water through the concrete. If I understand correctly, they assist in getting the wires to make the turns around the corners of the slab, but I’ve never seen a concrete slab that carried all of that, its usually always in the walls 🤔
@@squatch253 In the UK this is what a duct is - a tube with a gentle 90 degree bend that is put into place so one end is below the ground level and the other end is at floor level. This then gives easier access for underground services of gas, water or electric to be pushed up through the duct so stopping you having to dig the floor up at a later date. Each service would have it's own duct. I really hope that this makes sense, possibly in the UK the services enter buildings differently than in America?? It's just possibly something to think about incase you may want some internal power or water at some point.
Ps. Yes they assist you get any pipes or cables around the corner/edge of the slab from underground outside to above ground inside. Look forward to your next video.
Ah I get it now! 🤦🏻♂️ You’re talking about feeding the services in from below grade, up through the floor, and into the building where they can then be routed where needed. Thank you for explaining this 👍
@@squatch253 Hi Toby, Yes and putting these ducts in first saves you a lot of hard work and destroying the concrete floor when you suddenly think about needing services after the concrete floor was poured. Hope this has helped you Anthony.
Don't know if you are planning it, but slam pex tube into that slab, its not a lot of money and fantastic heating option should you choose to make it a 4 season shop. couple inches of foam insulation and just ziptie the pex to the remesh. protect the manafold end from sun and dirt and you can revisit it if you ever decide to heat it
I will not be putting anything in for heat or insulation, as this is only going to be for cold storage. I also personally do not run the type of heating systems that put liquid inside of concrete, for multiple reasons 👍
Absolutely gorgeous building Toby! I really like your color choice, very traditional. You had an excellent and efficient crew, six days is amazing for that size building. I respect your decision to not be sticking a camera in the guy's faces while they do their job. I'm anxious to see the completely finished project after you and Senior put your finishing touches on it. Congratulations!
Hi from Savannah, Missouri. Love your new building. It looks awesome. Thank you for taking the time to share everything on UA-cam. Love your channel....
Everybody has basically settled on the 4-12” pitch like you see here, even in our snow belt region it’s become the standard. My original sketch had a steeper pitch range (5-12” to 6-12”) but the builder explained how deviating from 4-12” adds a lot of cost because the trusses start having to be custom made, the roof steel gets longer, and anything steeper than 4-12” requires full scaffolding because it’s impossible to be on without sliding. Senior’s pole barn is 4-12” and it shed snow really well until the steel oxidized and became rough, but they say the new paint coatings are supposed to stay slick a lot longer now.
Nice job, if you find a company that is trusted you keep hold of them with both hands and don't upset them as you know there hard to find. Don't forget the rock crusher!
Congratulations on your beautiful build Toby. It was a long journey but it’s almost complete. It will be great to get your equipment together and protected from the weather. I’m very excited for you. Very enjoyable video and thanks sooooo much for sharing with us.
Absolutely a beautiful building. May I suggest digging and then pouring a frost wall under the overhead doors. Frost will raise a floating slab floor and raise hell with the overhead door.
You shared some drawings but to see it "in the flesh" is so much better! On the selfish side, looking forward to more rebuilding/restorations/education(at least for me!!) videos shot in that new building as well. Looking forward to on it's finishing steps towards completion.
Just to give you a preview for what content to expect on the channel for the rest of the summer, I want to be able to get the storage loft built yet as well as finish up the drainage/landscaping around the building’s exterior, so probably not much for shop work for the next couple of months. Lots to do before the ground hardens up again lol 👍
Squatch, I do know the Northlands company must be good due to the fact your are a very detailed oriented man. Looking very nice especially in the wooded setting you worked very hard to prep. Boe
I most likely missed it. But how many framers in the crew came out? I wished mine was constructed as fast as yours, I talked my head off talking to the builder,…wait it was me🤣
That shop is a thing of beauty ❤
That’s a quality build
"I don't want to bother the crew with filming " that there is a man who respects another working man. Huge respect!
They are probably Amish or Mennonite- look how clean the site was every day, and the scraps were all neatly put on a pallet. Love their workmanship!
Yep, respect to Squatch. And not to forget he made a compact 12 minute video, instead of a 6 parter like other UA-camrs ;)
Plus, if we want to see something like this go up... it doesn't get better as insights go than the R&R crew. So it's not like we need too see this.
And on the seventh day, the Northland Building crew rested. And it was good.
Happy for you squatch
Look great
Congregation Squatch !!!!!
Interesting for a European to see a pole barn constyruction
Wow, nice building. I hope it's big enough. LOL
Nice to have deep pockets
Not so much, it's the result of saving every spare penny I've seen since 2015, wearing boots with the steel sticking out of the leather toes with worn-out jeans and t-shirts to match, having had to postpose construction 3 years ago because I learned I still couldn't afford it, and the "perk" (if you could call it that) of not having a family to support which makes it easier to set aside money than what most of my peers experience. Nine years of my life are represented in this one building, along with the efforts that can be seen in the "Field Land Clearing Project" playlist because I could do all of that work myself to avoid paying to have it done :-)
Congrats on the new building!
Awesome 👌
6 days construction is impressive Toby.
You have every right to be pleased with the companies progress!
👍🏻👍🏻🏴🇬🇧
Fantastic building and the project manager did his best. I'm very pleased with the result.
I take it that membrane and reo go with the slab.
looks good
Good on you for not filming the workers, but then again, as a mechanic, you know that it's bad luck for a customer to watch a mechanic work on their vehicle. I can see the same applying to construction.
I missed this episode somehow... YT acting up again. Anyways, really impressed with the job site and the work done. And i fully understand only filming the tail end of the production. They need to focus on their work, you need them too do so as well, best for everyone. Plus, there's a ton of PB riser videos online at this point, so there's plenty for those hungry for action to choose from. The R&R crew in particular show an extraordinary amount of detail and insight.
Man you know the builders are appreciative of not having the customer hovering while they are working ❤
Glad to see the progress on the building. I've just finished watching the X231 playlist again. Yes, I'm one of those few rabid X231 fans. I hope you'll give us an update on the search for a proper pedestal for that poor abused Minnie. Maybe someone will know where a good one is and help you get it.
Thanks for the watch minutes! I actually did source a new front pedestal for it a couple weeks ago, along with some other wheel related parts but with everything going on with the new building, Farmall H, and outdoor work in general, I haven't had any time to put any of the X231 stuff on camera.
Nailed it on the color scheme, great size, congrats!
Absolutely beautiful building. That crew did a bang up job from start to finish.
That is an absolutely beautiful building! Great color combo! My suggestion is to put sweeps in the concrete so bringing power into the building later is easy and you don't have to go through the walls. And adA extra sweeps for just in case you want to run power out or anything else in. I can't wait for the next update! Congratulations!
You’ll have to educate me on what “sweeps” are - remember you’re just talking to a mechanic and this building stuff is all unfamiliar territory to me lol 😂
@@squatch253Fellow mechanic here but i beleave he is saying to bury some coduit in the concrete so you have the option to run power later on and won't have to cut holes in the side of you beautiful building. Looking good!
@@squatch253 Sweeps are the long lazy elbows for PVC plastic or EMT metal conduit. A bit like using 2x pipe 45s together to make a 90deg turn but does so smoothly. No sharp turn present that way wire can easily be fed by pushing in some cases or feeding a pull line through first then pulling the wires through.
@@squatch253, he is suggesting roughing in electrical PVC long radius elbows and straight stubs below grade before concrete is poured.
Here’s a long shot 🤷♂️ see how many if any get my warped humor ,
I thought sweeps are the men with brooms that clear the path for the rock as it slides home 😝
Astonishing how quickly it went up
Amazingly quick progress - how many guys on Northland's team?! Looking forward to the slab pour!
Jealous as usual. Looks great Squatch! Congratulations!
I just bought a 1940 D4 7J and found all your content. I run the Engine room at night on a 270' Factory Trawler in the Bering sea. I love watching your channel takes my mind off the boat and helps me relax. Great job buddy!
I think that with all the work that the H did shaping the land for that building site, it deserves to have the first "drive" through the building. Get to work and get it running already!
You must’ve read my mind, as I was thinking the same thing 👌😎
They did a damn good job! And 6 days total for that is insanely fast. They must have had a million guys working at once 😂
Congrats Squatch!
Wow! Impressive barn, you will have plenty of room for your vintage treasures. Congratulations! 🚜 👍
That is better.
I'd like to see a timelapse of a building like this going up
Excellent Squatch, congratulations. The builders put it up in a few days because they do it for a profession.... but none of it would have happened without your years of labor with the D2, Farmall and tumblebug each summer, preparing your land for them. You deserve every bit of satisfaction from your investment.
It must feel really good to see your dream become a reality. I’ve watched your progress from the early days of the channel. You have come a long way and should be proud. You were part of the inspiration behind me starting my own channel. Keep up the great work
Congratulations in finally getting the building up.
I love watching build videos where the builders are pros, know exactly how to do things and prove it with their results. Especially of note is how they policed that work area, keeping the scraps picked up and organized. Excellent video. Excellent work. You did well.
Toby, I built my 40 x 60 building 20 years ago and I was so excited. I bet you are too and can't wait to get working inside it. It will be great!
The quality of the building and the crew that built it matches the quality of your restorations!!
They did a bang up job and a good choice on the colors it looks like a barn.
Congratulations on your new building! I do agree with another comment to add electrical sweeps in case you would want to have power years down the line as your demands will change and time marches on.
I don’t know what “sweeps” are, could you describe them to me? Thanks!
@@squatch253 Buried wide radius conduit elbows, basically roughing in for electrical service. The idea is if and when you install electrical, it can come up directly inside the building instead of having to pop up on the outside and run up exposed on the outside of the building, it makes for a cleaner and neater installation. It probably won't apply in your case but it can also be done for future internet connections, telephone, etc.
I have a question: do the cupolas provide ventilation, or are they purely decorative?
The building does look great! I'm glad you decided to go with concrete floors.
@@squatch253 it is a pre-bent gentle 90 degree turn of conduit. It makes pulling wire through much easier.
If you dont have the sweeps in and if you want to some day put electrical power you will either need to go up the outside of the building and use a sharp 90 degree fitting (commonly called a LB) going through the wall or drill a hole in your slab, then dig under your slab to put the sweep in.
Best thing to do is to talk to your contractor about it if you might some day want power in there.
I hope you had a good 4th, and that everyone is safe!
Great courtesy to the workers. When I had my building put up I took one picture per hour. So as not to disturb anyone. Unless they had a question for me I stayed clear. It was fun to watch them. They were young and strong. What a awesome looking building. You will ask yourself many times. How did I get along without it.
Hi Im from Morocco & I just watched an Old video of your caterpillar D2. My father left one and I want to start it. I dont know what parts are missing or should be replaced. Thank you
Good looking building! Frost heave - what's that? :) Kidding - grew up here in Colorado and Iowa, but living on the SE coast now. Gotta love a Minnesota winter though!
Good morning Toby, and congratulations on your new building. I believe another comment left was to 'leave sweeps in the concrete' They must of read my mind as I was going to put don't forget to leave some ducts in the concrete for water and electric at a later date if you ever decide you want them in. This meaning that you don't have to start cutting the concrete pad up. They are called ducts in uk - it's a tube for cables and pipes to be pushed through just sealing the ends off till they are needed.
I love the colour too.
I’m still a bit confused as to what “sweeps” or “ducts” are and why you’d be running electric and water through the concrete. If I understand correctly, they assist in getting the wires to make the turns around the corners of the slab, but I’ve never seen a concrete slab that carried all of that, its usually always in the walls 🤔
@@squatch253 In the UK this is what a duct is - a tube with a gentle 90 degree bend that is put into place so one end is below the ground level and the other end is at floor level. This then gives easier access for underground services of gas, water or electric to be pushed up through the duct so stopping you having to dig the floor up at a later date. Each service would have it's own duct.
I really hope that this makes sense, possibly in the UK the services enter buildings differently than in America?? It's just possibly something to think about incase you may want some internal power or water at some point.
Ps. Yes they assist you get any pipes or cables around the corner/edge of the slab from underground outside to above ground inside.
Look forward to your next video.
Ah I get it now! 🤦🏻♂️ You’re talking about feeding the services in from below grade, up through the floor, and into the building where they can then be routed where needed. Thank you for explaining this 👍
@@squatch253 Hi Toby, Yes and putting these ducts in first saves you a lot of hard work and destroying the concrete floor when you suddenly think about needing services after the concrete floor was poured.
Hope this has helped you Anthony.
Don't know if you are planning it, but slam pex tube into that slab, its not a lot of money and fantastic heating option should you choose to make it a 4 season shop. couple inches of foam insulation and just ziptie the pex to the remesh. protect the manafold end from sun and dirt and you can revisit it if you ever decide to heat it
I will not be putting anything in for heat or insulation, as this is only going to be for cold storage. I also personally do not run the type of heating systems that put liquid inside of concrete, for multiple reasons 👍
Impressive 6 day build and looks quality. Great farm colors too.
Congrats👍🏼Will be great to see all the equipment lined up inside!!
Great video. Enjoyed the overhead shots with the drone. Concise and to the point. All the best, Bill S.
Nice now you can host a barn dance for all of your friends
That is a building you can be really proud of. Congratulations!
Absolutely gorgeous building Toby! I really like your color choice, very traditional. You had an excellent and efficient crew, six days is amazing for that size building. I respect your decision to not be sticking a camera in the guy's faces while they do their job. I'm anxious to see the completely finished project after you and Senior put your finishing touches on it. Congratulations!
The really kool thing is you will be able to Drive all the Classics into the Barn 👍
What a lovely shed, very stylish
Better get locks on all those doors so your neighbor, Rick, doesn't think he can use it for his treasures. Awesome building! Congrats.
If I know Rick, he’d just park all his things IN FRONT OF the doors because that would spark the biggest reaction from me lol 🤦🏻♂️😂
Congrats Toby! Great to see your vision come to reality! Well deserved!
Very nice job. You’re fortunate to find such a good crew to build your building.
I for one cannot get my head round how these guys completed that stunning building in 6 days what an achievement 💪💪👌
Hi from Savannah, Missouri. Love your new building. It looks awesome. Thank you for taking the time to share everything on UA-cam. Love your channel....
Nice building. You are going to love it.
Beautiful building. It's amazing how fast they put it up.
Very impressed by the tidiness of the site during the works
Nothíng like having a long desired building done.... It must be supremely satisfying...!!!
WOW, what a awesome job! That crew is truly professional. You surely must be pleased!!
That is a nice-looking useful building.
Wow!! The building looks amazing!!! I love the color and design. It makes it look really good. Congratulations!!
If only tractor restorations went that fast.
Amazing! Great looking building-how many were on the crew?
Where is the outhouse for the workers?
Beautiful building...
Amish would have done it in one day...lol
That's an impressive rate of progress - how many workers on the crew?
That lookls nearly the size of Diesel Creek's "dream shop". Nice building!
Six days thats amazing work. The colors look great also. 👍
10/10 to the boyz 👏👏👏
Surprised you didn't go with a steeper pitched roof so you didn't have to fool with snow removal as much.
Everybody has basically settled on the 4-12” pitch like you see here, even in our snow belt region it’s become the standard. My original sketch had a steeper pitch range (5-12” to 6-12”) but the builder explained how deviating from 4-12” adds a lot of cost because the trusses start having to be custom made, the roof steel gets longer, and anything steeper than 4-12” requires full scaffolding because it’s impossible to be on without sliding. Senior’s pole barn is 4-12” and it shed snow really well until the steel oxidized and became rough, but they say the new paint coatings are supposed to stay slick a lot longer now.
@@squatch253 Makes sense. I know my 10-12 steel roof never collects snow which is nice since its like 25ft from the ground level just to the edge.
They definitely did a great job and they got it up in no time flat
Very impressive! All your hard work is paying off. Very happy for you.
Congratulations on your new beautiful RED building Squatch. 👍👍
Looks good I'd build one but I rent no freebies for landlord only freebies I get is mice
What a building! It looks great.
Certainly exciting. Looking good though enjoy it we are.
Nice job, if you find a company that is trusted you keep hold of them with both hands and don't upset them as you know there hard to find. Don't forget the rock crusher!
Well done Toby a great asset
Beautiful building, it’s going to be so much nicer being able to work on projects and repair work without worrying about the weather.
Congratulations on your beautiful build Toby. It was a long journey but it’s almost complete. It will be great to get your equipment together and protected from the weather. I’m very excited for you. Very enjoyable video and thanks sooooo much for sharing with us.
Beautiful barn. I wish I had one like that.
Very happy for you , keep doing great work, keep entertaining us the couch potato’s 👏👏👏👏🇺🇸🇸🇰
Looks great! That's going to be a nice spot.
Putting the scraps on a pallet looks like such a Squatch thing to do. Was that your suggestion, or is it just their SOP?
Wow, that looks super Toby! You'll be happy with that.
Absolutely a beautiful building. May I suggest digging and then pouring a frost wall under the overhead doors. Frost will raise a floating slab floor and raise hell with the overhead door.
You shared some drawings but to see it "in the flesh" is so much better! On the selfish side, looking forward to more rebuilding/restorations/education(at least for me!!) videos shot in that new building as well. Looking forward to on it's finishing steps towards completion.
Just to give you a preview for what content to expect on the channel for the rest of the summer, I want to be able to get the storage loft built yet as well as finish up the drainage/landscaping around the building’s exterior, so probably not much for shop work for the next couple of months. Lots to do before the ground hardens up again lol 👍
Looks great mate. Amazing how fast these buildings go up.
Glad you finally got your building.
Squatch,
I do know the Northlands company must be good due to the fact your are a very detailed oriented man. Looking very nice especially in the wooded setting you worked very hard to prep. Boe
I most likely missed it. But how many framers in the crew came out? I wished mine was constructed as fast as yours, I talked my head off talking to the builder,…wait it was me🤣
Wow beautiful building and quality work 👍🏻. So rewarding to see your vision become reality. Can’t wait to see how you organize the interior.
the pole barn looks amazing!
A really nice building. Thanks for show us the progression of the build.
This is awesome , congrats - I’m jealous !
Well deserved to good people. May it serve you well. Keep up the good work. 👏👏
Congrats,I know it was a long time coming but worth the wait.Now your machines will have a nice new place to rest in.