Raw, unfiltered OFF-GRID LIVING in Winter (frozen batteries, stuck equipment)
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- Опубліковано 6 чер 2024
- Buried in snow, extreme cold (-20°F) and a few poor decisions from Riley keep this week interesting... // Thank you to DeleteMe for sponsoring today's video. Take back your privacy and get 20% off when you remove your personal information online: www.joindeleteme.com/STRIKES20
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00:00 Will the truck start?
04:50 Towing with the Lightning
06:32 Courtney has to rescue me
08:39 This NOT what I wanted to find
10:12 Chaining up in the dark
12:41 Failure isn't an option
16:05 Preparing for a huge storm
19:57 Our road is blocked
21:30 Court operates the skid steer
28:40 Our batteries have frozen
32:33 Fixing a dangerous situation - Авто та транспорт
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16:27 why don’t you use waste cooking oil instead of wood?? put a container with a little bit of oil and some rags and fire it up!!! and keep this beautiful girl relaxed 😘
If you don't mind me asking What state are you in our country for that matter
Cleats…hello!
@@kennethhunt324 Yes cleats strapped onto your boots on icy surfaces, are a hip and back saver and helps prevent broken bones especially if you're no longer youthful and spry. I know the youthful deficit doesn't apply to you young people but an absolute necessity for seniors such as me. Keep some on hand for grandparents when they visit.
Hi guys if you out in the snow work get a Billy and but some colls in sid the Billy and then you can warm up your hands will your work out sid in the snow .?
I like that you add Celsius when you talk about temp, I convert to Fahrenheit for my American friends
Your refreshing confidence and positive attitude in light of any demoralizing encounter is what makes for Oliver’s happy and comfortable upbringing. He’s very lucky to have you two!
But then again, how much of a choice does Oliver have? Like maybe he could roll the dice and get better parents.
No don't waste the ashes ,spread them on your ice spots . It work alot like salt ,and gives crazy traction.
Wood ashes are also very good for the garden.
Hard to spread your own waste, especially on things you walk on or plan to eat. 😂
@@jamess1787 Did you think about what you just said before you said it ?
@@jamess1787 Ever thought about what in what you eat ?
Love watching Courtney running the equipment. The obvious joy she gets from it is contagious. Riley has energy to burn. You two are made for each other! Oliver is a cutie!
GREAT filming on this one guys! It doesn't always have to be a project. We just like seeing the whole gang and what you're up to. Riley, Courtney, Oliver, the dogs, everyday life.. This is awesome!
I think your next big pre-winter project is to build enclosed garages for your vehicles...or maybe at least some covered carports would help a little. 😄
As someone who lives in a southern hemisphere subtropical climate, I like that I live somewhere where I don't have to worry about home heating in winter (for most of winter I get around in a t-shirt, except for 2-3 really cold days where I need a second layer). But I would love to spend a few days somewhere where it gets cold enough for snow, seems fun!
Oliver is such a cutey. He seams like such a happy baby. What a mischievous smile... 😊
I see next summers project. Outdoor permanent charging for the lightning, along with heater / charger outlets for the other vehicles. might need to run the generator a few extra times. Easier starts for everyone. Added bonus is that batteries last longer.
Depending on the wattage a wifi outlet for the block heater. I have a 150w oil pan heater on one.
Puttung your dalie driver you depend on inside the heated house (or a at least above freezing section you close in) is the more reliable option.
This also is trugh for snowblowers, scridsteers, army truck what ever you realy need as a backup or heavy equipent for elaring.
Prepairing is also everything. there are large pullsaws with 1m stick or even teleskoping types on it to clear out such falling trees.. buy a bunch and throw it in every vehicle. also a snow shovel. yea it might need time or more strength but you dont depend on bringing a charger chainsaw.
but the little cheap ones are something you also maybee put everywhere. also some leave blowers to remove snow easy.. but you have to bring the equipment with you when leaving the house.. and if you use 2 verhicles independent from each outher you need 2 sets.
the gelling up diesel and empty batteries who is seen on every deep winter channel i also never understand.
you take your 1000l tank or ibc and fill it up with regular diesel and now you add the right amount of additive to get it down to -30°C and some stuff to get out the water.
run everyrthing almost dry put ther mixture in it let it idle for 20min.
old fashin batteries have to come out in the winter and stored in warm garage. put quick disconnect on everyrthing maybee a beter bracket to slide them in and buy you some liio starter kits. for 24v put 2 of them in series.
best solution would allways be to not use diesel engines. i know its not everywhere an option bit gasoline works also in -30° without problem with the fuel.
I love Oliver. Does that child ever cry?.. OMG I love his demeaner. 😘
You should save the "ashes" from the furnace toilet in something like a 50 or 75 gallon plastic lidded trash can and use it as fertilizer for a flower or vegetable garden. Poop and ashes as well as kitchen compost and fish heads and guts make wonderful fertilizer and since the poop is burned and "sterilized" there is no health concerns with it being human poop and possibly causing any illnesses, plus with the right "hanging bag" planter solution you can grow fresh veggies ( tomatoes, cucumbers, squash, zuccini, hot peppers, strawberries, garlic, onions, even potatoes with a indoor window planter box ) year round indoors with heating and appropriate access to sunlight ( windows ) or a grow light. In snowy winters just bring a bucket or two of snow inside to melt in the warm living space for irrigation so no drain of your limited water supply.
I really love the 30 minute videos they are awesome not to long to get boring not to short to not enjoy it its perfect i hope you can continue doing these 30 minute awesome videos
Wow, dealing with winter out there is no joke. Also, love seeing Oli's personality coming out. We have a 11 month old and freshly turned 4 year old and know it's nice to see babies become toddlers!!
It’s so much fun watching him learn something new every day!
Oliver is a lucky boy to have such awesome parents who love and care for him so well and I can tell by his smile.
You two are an inspiration to people who want to live off grid. First of all, you are so knowledgeable - nothing phases you - and, secondly, you are always cheerful and loving. It's a joy to watch you both
After you get below 10 degrees F you need to look at mittens with a glove inner liner.
I’ve got the same issues with my batteries on top of my mountain, my solution was an insulated box around them with a flat chicken coop heater connected to a thermocube thermostatic switch, kicks on at 35 if I recall. Cheap way to make sure you don’t freeze your batteries and no trips to the shed to control temps.
I have a thermostatically controlled outlet that kicks on at 35 degrees and off at 45 degrees .
I would not be happy with an unattended fan heater. I think a tube heater would be a better option.
Worked in North Dakota for 6 years. I drove a Military truck as my daily driver. I asked a local farmer how he started his tractors when not hooked up to a block heater in the below 0 Temps. He told me to keep a tray, lighter and a bag of charcoal in my truck. Fill the pan with the charcoal, light it and slide under the oil pan, heats up the truck to start :)
I love your wife's willingness. Its a great quality to have in a life partner. Having that YES support system gets so much more accomplished that really in turn helps her and the whole. I wish more women understood this.
Thank you for sharing Oliver, he such a joy.
the infamous powerstroke cold start rattle...
Oliver steals the show.
Miss one before winner check, check belt on sand spender
Is the Kohler generator fixed?
Y’all need some outside electrical service points, for battery tenders, engine heaters. In extreme cold, engine heaters take a ridiculous amount of time to warm a cold soaked engine, if ever, for lack of circulation. Salamander style heater is a better bet.
You two make fun video showing all of your escapades but the best parts are Ollie smiling and laughing. He is such a great little guy. Blessings to you three.
An utterly absorbing episode! Thank you for bringing us along.
Your little boy is gonna have a blast stair playing with all those toys that his dad built he’s gonna have so much fun
Wood ash makes excellent soil improvement especially for anything that needs potassium fertilizer.
TYVM Little Oliver is now the star of the SHOW!!!! ❤🌟🌟🌟
Oliver is so adorable! He always brings a smile to my face. You guys are doing such a great job!
You two are a riot, and super mom is great. Riley I hope you know how lucky you are to be married to such an awesome woman. She is so jazzed to work as hard as you do and both of you will make Oliver a great person from your teaching Keep up the good work.
I appreciate you guys keeping it real. 👍
Thanks for watching!
I’ll take a foot of snow over any ice! I absolutely love your together attitude, and of course, baby Oliver❤
Oliver is looking good today. The snowblower on the skid steer works great too.
Thanks! Oliver is so expressive! It brings Joy to my soul to watch the five of you work together, work, play and fulfill your dreams. Blessings.
Thank you so much Donald for your support!
Liked the cooperation. He even got to use her gloves. Wonder what kind they were my dad would like a set of heated work gloves. I never used ca snow blower for cleaning snow off a trailer.
Great video Riley and Courtney also Oliver
Great video! Sorry I couldn't live there in the winter, my old bones just wouldn't move! Take care, Tom
next project : a roof for the cars?
Oliver is such a lovely boy happy chap really enjoying your snow fun 👍😁
So very cool seeing Boondog and Bailey out frolicking like the pups they are, and Laughing Oliver brightens the day every time.
Thank you for including C°.
A nice adventure with you guys. Glad to support you a little.
The little guy is a happy camper.
Below 0 and you call that a good day? Move to Puerto Rico and be warm all year, even at night! 😊😊😊
So did you install new Back-up propane generator and replace broken one? Short video Please
Our video next week will have an update on this!
thank you
@@AmbitionStrikes
I saw another video of a guy living in the city that took a battery operated leaf blower and used it to clean off his driveway and vehicles parked on the driveway. Just thought that would work at cleaning the deck at your place full of snow.
Another video I saw took hot water mixed with softener salt and added sugar to it. The sugar keeps ice from forming and the salt is as usual breaks down the snow piles. I think that is what the guy stated in his video.
If the snow is cold and fluffy the leaf blower works great!
Oliver already has more skid steer experience than me. Sheesh. I fully expect to see him driving it by the time he's five. :)
You folks have deservedly built a channel that provides some financial 'perks'. Hard to imagine how folks with a more modest financial base deal with conditions you encounter.
Excellent video, thanks. I’m intrigued by the Ford Lightning and would appreciate a video dedicated to its cold weather functionality and how it drives in the snow.
Haha. I have the exact same toolbox full of chains
Get a Bluetooth diesel heater for the battery bank. If you get a portable one you can use it to heat vehicles or whatever. The turd burner …. Deuce to dust!
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Oliver looks so happy riding in the army truck.
He loved it!
Who WOULDN'T be happy riding in the army truck?! Lol!
I live in the forest on 50ac. Trees falling over is very common. I always carry a proper battery chainsaw in the car. I decided on a Stihl with the most expensive batteries + charger. I always carry a spare chain for it too - helps when you put it in the dirt to have chain ready to go. Totally easy hand tensioning system on mine. Chain changes require no tools.
The torque of it is very impressive. 1 battery lasts longer than my capacity to cut in one session which is about 35 - 45 mins continuous at full power with a fully charged battery. It will go longer if all you're cutting is small limbs or cutting up a crown to get access to a trunk.
It will almost but not quite cut through a trunk the same diameter the bar is long. It wasn't cheap, with everything it was about $1300 IIRC. I got the most expensive charger for it too, which with 2 batteries was unnecessary. Project Farm did a test on battery saws and it was middle of the pack but the point is proper battery chainsaws are 10 out 10 amazing and I do know what I'm talking about. I have 3x gas saws, S, M & L and the battery saw gets 10x more use than the others combined. I always use it and the torque of it is highly addictive.
At least with a Stihl you get aftersales service & backup. Spare parts are available for them too. The others, if they break well that's the end of them. Not plugging Stihl, I just hate spending good money on things that let you down when you need them most. 5 years I've had it.
Re lithium lasting longer than lead-acid, when they've been around for about 50 years then the manufacturers' claims may or may not have some validity. Right now no one can prove they don't last longer. Laboratory tests are not real world use. What matters is how long they last in years not how many cycles they 'might' theoretically handle at 15deg C with no temperature variation and perfect charging.
Deep cycle lead-acid can be great and the technology is getting on for 150 years old. Tech is very well understood and its life can be verified. You just need more of them to get the same power as lithium-ion and if you don't regularly go below say 30% DoD with 6v batteries they'll last 15 years extending them beyond their design life by quite a few years.
The cost of them is pretty cheap now. Even with a large bank the cost is roughly half lithium for about the same storage capacity. Like anything they have their drawbacks. If you ever flatten them badly and leave them flat for a week, then you strip about half their life from them. Also they can't handle getting hot so you need a cool room for them. So long as you don't get them hot and/or flatten them they're great.
Nothing is perfect. 48v deep cycle AGM types are great value for money.
Nothing against lithium at all, just I can't afford them and I don't believe the claims can be backed up in the real world yet because there simply hasn't been enough years to collate the field data to verify the claims. I have technical background therefore run on veracity LOL.
Just a helpful hint, I use full sythetic oil on all of my vehicles and equipment. Makes the world of difference when starting in cold weather
So cool you got a Lightning! I've had mine a year and a half, 18kmi. and its by far the coolest thing I've ever owned, you will love yours... and A great place to use and store that extra solar power too...
Can't wait to see it chained up and eating snow (or maybe a set of Hakkapeliittas)... also, it will 100% tow anything your 7.3 will up that hill🙂
You have a mind of a engineer your amazing ! I love your channel content .
Going way back to the beginnings of the channel, Riley and Courtney met in college through an off-roading group and I’m 99% sure Riley has a mechanical engineering degree.
I really believe that you guys underestimated the cold weather in Idaho. You need indoor storage space for your vehicles, at least the ones you are going to drive in the winter months. It is truly dangerous to underestimate cold weather. I have lived in very cold weather and we tried to be prepared for emergencies. We weren’t as remote as you guys are. Take care and remember you’re only over prepared when nothing bad happens.
Kids are the best :) i like to watch any kid smile. never had any myself but i got to take care of a kid from birth until he was 6 years old when he moved 500 Km away.
What an awesome life you two have created! Oliver will never forget riding with his dad in the snow truck & these videos are pure gold. You deserve a minimum 500k subs 👏👍💕
Oliver is so stinkin' cute! I am so happy that cold snap is over, was fun but also learned a lot about the limits on my property. lol. -20 was too much. Give me 5-25 all day, lol.
This video was AMAZING. Thanks for taking us along for the full adventure. Looking forward to seeing what comes now that you guys' have a brake again. Looking forward to the other updates with those fun little easter eggs.
Ok. Ok. We were -40 o but -50 with the wind chill in Alberta .😅
Woah, that is cold!!!
Gotta empty the poo pot 😅❤
thoroughly enjoyable watching- thank you for sharing :)
Time to create a firewood elevator
Yes!!
Coming from someone that has worked and repaired sheet metal equipment over 50 years. Picking up that brake by the bed is an excellent way to warp it.
Oliver will be driving in no time...........what a cute little guy and so happy.
Where did you get the heated gloves? When did you get the lightening?
If you want to shoot us an email we're happy to share a link to the heated gloves Courtney bought! contact@ambitionstrikes.com (More on the F150 soon!)
Where 😊😊does Oliver get his big beautiful blue eyes?
OLIVER IS SUCH AN ADORABLE LIL FELLA. MY DAUGHTER LIVES IN NEW ZEALAND AND NO BAMBINOS UNFORTUNATELY. I SURE HOPE YOU GUYS HAVE MORE KIDS BECAUSE KIDS ARE WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT ESPECIALY IF YOU ARE AMAZING PARENTS. 4 OR 5 KIDS IS A GREAT GO BUT ITS A LITTLE LATE TO START A BROOD OF KIDS. GOD BLESS AND BE WITH YOU ALL.
Great job running the skid steer Courtney
Got to love winter! @ 28:30 The expression you’re looking for is to “hunker down.” To “bunker down” is not actually a thing.
Might be a good suggestion for an upcoming content, "Putting a trailer hitch on the Skid Steer"
Winter is tuff in your area I can relate , Hometown Cleveland Ohio we had whats called Lake Effect snow like Buffalo NY .71yrs old now moved to a warmer climate on o few acres very rural but not as much as your property I can handle it for now .Wife is not a very healthy person But we've lasted over 48 years . Enjoy your enthusiasm . Don't care for winter weather much I Worked outside my whole life in construction . Take care seems like the family is coping very well .
You should set up a feeding station for your local wildlife. The reason those deer were there is because you cleared the snow and it gave them the opportunity to look for food without digging for it. All you need is a small spot you can clear with the skidsteer, get a roll bale of hay, build a small overhead roof for it, and watch the critters come - day and night. A mineral/salt block and maybe a corn dispenser. You son would rally enjoy seeing the animals as he gets older.
Not a good idea. idfg.idaho.gov/article/feeding-backyard-deer-and-elk-does-more-harm-good#:~:text=Issues%20all%20across%20the%20state,now%20illegal%20to%20feed%20deer.
That is not only a bad idea, it is illegal
@@kumatmebro315 - WRONG! I guess you think bird feeders are illegal? Feeding wildlife on your property in weather extremes is NOT a bad idea as long as it is done in a way that doesn't make them dependent on provided feed. A roll bale of hay, a wildlife food plot, or even cutting down a scraggly tree or two to provide forage is ideal - AND NONE OF THOSE ARE ILLEGAL!
How fid you get that heavy snow blower up those steep steps?😊
Growing family. You will need to add on. You guys have two more kids in your future
My Grandfather told me that firewood warms you twice, once when you cut it, and once when you burn it. I would add splitting to the list.
When did get the Ford Lighting? saving on fuel cost I see
More on the soon!
Extra off grid battery capacity. Looking forward to the video on this, but I’m sure the fact that the Ford lightning can feed Power back to your home is a big bonus for these guys!
How did you clear off the container shed roof?
If you split a log in half and space the two flat surfaces of wood an inch apart inside your wood stove, you will no longer require any kindling. Place a sheet of newspaper between the two flat surfaces and light it. The flames will travel vertically and the heat will radiate back and forth between the two flat surfaces. I have used this method for over 40 years. I can start my fireplace in literally minutes with only one sheet of newspaper and two flat surfaces of wood facing each other.
Put some reflex insulation on the side of the container so it reflects light to the back of your solar P, this is a bubble wrap insulation with silver coatings. Cost is low and will boost panel output.
Get mittens. Don't use gloves at that temp.
Cant you use your split a/c in the container for heat?
Yes! But it doesn’t work with temperatures this low.
Great video! Consider building a rack off the deck that you can set a tote of firewood on with the skidsteer.No more carrying wood up steps.
OMG more OLIVER 😊
How did you get the Toro on the desk?
I think SKID STEER and forks and removable railing
We just put it in reverse and drive it backwards up the stairs.
@@AmbitionStrikes I have the same unit but no snow in the midwest.
@@AmbitionStrikesWow! Stair climbing snow blower. 😊
Buy More chainsaw power pack and battery changer One each vehicle, you do not have a chainsaw when go to town and each time get fuel Riley All way say He don't want to go to town get fuel
add chainsaw in snow blower to
You know that sound your truck makes to let everyone know it's running? I wonder if you can hack that to make the jetson's flying car sound?
Oliver is all smiles. What a cool upbringing he will have with all that equipment to use and land to explore.
You should probably wire the heater in the shipping container to come on any time the batteries get to 1°C (33.8°F) and shut off when they reach 3°C (37.4°F) and face it directly at the center of the battery bank leaving 3-4 ft distance between the front of the batteries and heater. The inverters are always on and producing heat and the other end of the container does not matter, the 30k in batteries is the only heating concern. You may consider adding an extra 3" of insulation to the walls and ceiling of the shipping container
Take the lightning back theres a reason they quite making it they are a waste on money
Your family is beautiful. Just enjoy that time with Oliver .
Ever considered building a firewood dumb waiter to carry larger amounts of firewood up the second floor apartment? Just a thought!
You can put a block heater in line through the heater hoses easy 😅
I know there is probably a lot of editing going on, but that Oliver is the happiest youngster with a perfect smile. Look out girls.
Bob Marley: We Jammin!
Oliver is so cute and has gotten so big already
I think I missed you getting a lightening! Sweet!