We Bought A Really Old SawMill ( And 5 More Acres!)
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Greg you lucky bugger. You better appreciate Katie. I did a lot of what you are doing over the past 60 years but I never had a wife who would help the way Katie does. Congrats on the new purchase.
Yes sometimes I do no not like how he takes care of Katie I find it so amazing that no matter what she is like oh that sure let's do that
Move into a bus oh yes let's do it
Build an off grid house oh yes let's do that
@@andrewsimckes5748 just a thought. Maybe a lot of these ideas are Katie 's. She does seem to be the main leader of the couple. Good for her.
@andrewsimckes5748 to me, it seems like Greg takes great care of Katie. I feel like she tackles some projects alone because she likes the challenge. They are a great pair from what we see.
Agreed Katie is a great woman, and bad ass
My ex wife was the same way.. would never help with anything on the property or even so much as come out an hand me tools when working on something. But yet when a friend would come over with something for me to fix or weld she would make coffee snakes an bring them out to the shop. Make it look like she was a great partner. Yet by my self never bring a thing out or even come into shop. A fake.
Of all the homestead/build channels I watch, there are three that stand heads and shoulders above all others. Your channel I can truly say, you two are totally amazing. The refreshing part is you both know what you are doing, and that is, you know how to build the right way and not just blowing smoke. You are at the top of my list to watch.
Yeah, I have watched a good number of off-grid channels and have only subscribed to two (this channel being one if I'm not being clear). Both of the channels I'm subscribed to are very different, and I'm happy when a video drops on either - but happiest when this channel drops a video 😀
Now we will have years more videos to watch our favorite couple evolve their lifestyle and journey together with the lifestyle that they chose to lead.👩❤👨
Wow exciting for you two such a nice size usable piece of land massive yard around the house now. Congratulations 🎉👍👍❤️❤️🇦🇺🇦🇺👍👍
Looks like an amazing area for a a huge garden too
Congrats on the new land. I'm sure you feel amazing
Greg and Katie. Love watching your channel from Northern Ontario. Love the can do attitude and just plain hard work without any religious crap that so many UA-cam off grid channels ascribe too. Life is what you make of it with all the ups and downs but when two people like you set your mind to it life is a rewarding journey. May your journey find you all that you want from it.
This is so cool! So happy for you guys. What a great addition to your homestead!
You could gut the old caravan and use it as a Mobile Chicken coop like Pete and Hillary from just a few acres.
Obviously I don't know you guys personally, but am truly happy for you. Inspiration is the only word that sums it up. Your channel has given me the confidence to tackle some goals on our property. Thank you.
Congratulations guys.
If you build a workshop in the new area why not move your sawmill to the spot where the old sawmill is? It would be covered and the setup may work for you on placing the logs on the mill.
I was going to say the same thing
Kudos to your good neighbor for offering to you instead of selling a little patch to a stranger!!
Congratulations on the new land acquisition. So much more flat-ish land for expanding the homestead. The sawmill shed will make a great livestock barn. So happy for you guys. Thanks for sharing.
Congratulations on your new land purchase. It really opened up your homestead and is quite flat and beautiful. I know the goats will really love your lower lands when you can fence it off for them. Wow, you are really moving on up.
When I was a lot younger my neighbor had a sawmill like that ,I would help at working it if your going to use it be very careful
So happy for you guys on the added land, what a great feeling to have more flat useable land, a more expansive view from the house, roads, trails, you got it all :-) As Greg was saying on the live podcast I can see there is no end of projects ahead. We're all looking forward!
Congratulations on the new land! An old timer told me years ago to ALWAYS buy your neighbors land when they sell whether you need/want it at the time. You will never regret expanding the size of your land. Owned my land for 18 years and no one has sold yet. 😆Regarding that old junky trailer...dont trash the entire thing! Just demo the top and keep the base frame and then deck it with some 2" thick timbers and now you have a good flatbed utility trailer.
Congratulations on the addition of your new 5 acres!! May God continue to bless you both ❤
Good morning Katie and Greg! This is very exciting and I am so happy for you two. I smiled watching the goats in their new area and saw how happy they appeared. That property is absolutely ideal for your set up and I look forward to watching you plan and develop the area. The drone footage really helped me get a feel for the layout of your property. Until now I didn't really have a good feel for it so that really helped. Katie, among other things, you are quite skilled at flying that drone as well as your efforts and talent at vid editiing. As a fellow member of the @ 12% of left-handed people, I'm sure that is why you are so good at it. 😉 Have a producting and safe week ahead, take care. Larry, Central Valley, Ca.
Congratulations on the new land. A saw on a big wheel is much faster and stronger than the saw that sometimes the belt breaks and the teeth go... before you take down the saw build your next project with it... :) Take down more trees before winter
THE EXTRA OUT BUILDING IS NICE THE SPACE IS GREAT
In the 1980’s My Dad fabricated a sawmill almost identical to the one on your new property. He had some pieces but he made the carriage and put the cable drive together and ran the mill from a tractor pto driving automobile tires that pressed together to engage the mill. What a piece of history!
I’m really happy for you guys!! I always want more property but here in Michigan it’s not cheap so I’m stuck with just an acre and a half. Keep up the good work and I’m happy Greg was able to quit his job and stay at home with you Katie. You can really tell you two are a lot more happy!! Keep it up.
Congratulations on your new land!
You could keep the frame from the old camper and make a flat bed trailer out of it!
Looks like a great new piece of land with a ton of potential for growing, storage, animals, etc.
Congrats on the purchase/addition to your property 🎉🎉🎉 we we're just saying how you are top of our list of channels we watch❤... I love seeing pop ups that your sharing new video... New ideas are wide open what to use new property... Congrats again... keep sharing we'll keep watching ❤
Just a thought! Strip the unwanted travel trailer down to the frame, junk the old materials. Then, using the lumber you just removed from the privacy fence, built a chicken coop on the old trailer frame. You may want to put new wheels and tires on the new portable coop, or at least tires. One side of coop could have a large swing out access panel for easy clean outs. Put a people door on one end of coop. Install a window so chickens get sun in winter. Could use tractor to move coop around the homestead.
My Grandpa and his brothers and their uncles used to run old sawmills like the one you have there, in fact one of his brothers was still using his in the early 90s. Those old sawmills were a very important part of the building of America in the old days.
Instead of getting rid of that old trailer, completely tear it down to the frame, and throw some new tires on it. Then mill some lumber and make a flatbed trailer out of it. I did that once with one of my old campers. Also, congrats on the new land. Been watching you 2 for a couple of years now.
I’m so happy you guys got more land. That’s awesome. You look like you got a huge front yard now.❤👍
demo the top of the old trailer, keep the carriage bottom and turn it into an
work hauler trailer
Yay for both of you Greg and Katie ! Congratulations on the added piece of ground.. You will always be glad you bought it !
Yall should use the sawmill,once the old owners remove the saw out,put some walls on that building and store ur trucks,and tractor in it,keep from the rain and snow,it might be an idea,anyways 5 more acres is nice. Lots of more work for u 2.
So glad you were able to buy the extra land. You are making such headway on your home. Yours is one of our favorite channels. We enjoy seeing you work together to build for your future.
Thanks for the kind words! We have tons of future plans for our homestead!
What a fine contribution to this World you two have become. I am so happy for the property purchase, it really fits nicely with your place.
Your neighbour was the same one who helped with pigs? Had the tractor/plow pulling you out?
It's going to be a lot of work, but it could be something worth doing.
I tend to agree with the "chicken tractor" because the others I have seen have a kind of coop over top.
That gives the chickens some protection and places to roost overnight.
The structure definitely should become a good workshop later.
I just thought this area would be a good place for the solar panels instead of where they are.
Congratulations on the acquisition of your new property!
Congratulations on your land purchase, that is one nice sawmill to bad you can’t keep it. The shed will be great storage.
I'm so happy for y'all 🧡 Y'all are amazing! Every week I can't wait to see your next project or the 95% finished project you worked on the week before. lol... 💛 Keep up the incredible work the two of you accomplish on your own. Happy doesn't desribe how I feel for y'all to add 5 acres to your homestead!
From the 70 yr old lady from beautiful East Texas ☮️😎
THATS A COOL MILL! AWESOME!....CONGRATS ON GETTING PROPERTY!
That is one kick ass sawmill. Since the old owner is keeping it, I'd move the Woodmizer in to that shelter, but that's just me.
Congrads on the new land.
How exciting! Can't wait to watch this later! 🎉
Congrats on the additional property! 🎉 PS I like all the drone footage y’all are showing, beautiful country up there! 👍
Best thing you can do to protect your existing property is extend the buffer around it by buying more property. If you have the money or if you can get the money and the terms aren’t to your disadvantage, do it. We started with 30 acres. Now we have 81. The quality of the land has so improved because of what space allows you to do and control. Congratulations to you both.
Nice usable land with the start of a good sized barn. Very exciting!
What incredible progress you’ve made. Awesome acquisition. It really opens things up
A fence goes down, what a nice thing to see!
Congratulations for aquiring the new property. I HOPE YOU CAN PUT IT TO GOOD USE.
You work good together wish you all the best
To fill your road washouts. Never fill them with dirt or small gravel. That will just wash out over and over. Use # 3 gravel or larger. It is heavier and will interlock with other rocks .
Tearing down that fence had to be fun!
Love that you save and repurpose, just an idea...I tore down an old camper and saved windows, I used them in my goat and chicken buildings, saved me a ton of money. Also since they are awning style keeps rain out. Savage what you can.😊
I'm scared to go in that trailer. It's falling apart. I'm not sure the frame is any good
Guys I have followed your journey from the early school bus days. To see you acquire the extra flat usable land next door is such great news. I would also like to acknowledge the hard manual work that Katie undertakes. There is guys out there that she would easily put to shame. Keep up the fantastic work guys. All the best from Wiltshire, England 👍
WOW!!!... Congratulations! That's Awesome! The Goats will love you for that!😁😆🤣
I would use that as a garage for tractor & all equipment!! Awesome! Love the music choices lately too. So great you guys!
Looks like a really good addition to your property, plus a ready built canopy building which I'm sure you both will change its use.
Great buy family, so glad for you both, how exciting to have more useable land for your homestead/farm projects, congratulations 🎉❤
The two of are a team that do great work as good as any pro. All of projects look great
Wonderful addition to your property. You should be well pleased. Just love your channel. Greg, congrats on early "retirement ". You two make a great team. Your future is bright 🌞
Congrats on the land acqusition. Your videos keep getting better and better.
Glad to hear you’re planning on getting forks. They are a game changer.
Congratulations on passing that 100K milestone and being able to be together ok the homestead moving forward. Much love and respect to you guys for your achievements. I remember you guys cold in the bus.
That great news ! Contrats ! Building yourself a little piece of paradise ! And I'm sure you will find something cool to do with those side hill at some point.
Thanks
Rather than trashing the one trailer, gut it, replace the flooring (if needed), take off the tires and put it on blocks to keep off the ground, and convert it into a coop. It's already insulated, might need some more along with some covering over areas that get exposed when gutting it out (meaning cabinets, etc), it has windows, exhaust points for letting fresh air in and old air out, can (likely) use some of the gutted materials to make egg boxes, etc. Good protection against predators since it's metal, will save tons of time, money and materials since the shell is already made. Anyhow - rather then put it in a landfill repurposing it would be better. Doesn't have to be chickens, it could be any animal, or even as a grow room to start your gardening efforts inside a structure during the last days of winter so you can get more plating time in ground sooner. Just a few thoughts. Congrats on the new purchase, I enjoy watching your progress.
The abandoned trailer probably has a great frame under it, strip the top off of it and used the bottom trailer part. Load long logs on it
Congratulations on getting more land. God bless.
Really good to double your property; gives you more room for gardens, pasture, and chickens. More privacy and whole lot more lumber.
Congrats on getting the land. That old trailer, consider demoing it and saving the trailer frame. I did a 28 footer, it was a lot of work but with it
Where that wash out on that road is is the proper ditch for any road is supposed to be on the high side catches the water and run a culvert across your road to get rid of the water that's the way they do it on the login roads anyway you should know that right🤣🤣🤣
Used highway guard rails make the best water bars across the dirt road for water breaks and erosion mitigation ;)
Sure is prety country. However in my old age I dont tolerate cold. When I was your age we lived in upstate NY in the snow belt. It would start snowing the middle to end of October & you wouldn't see the ground until June. I even took a picture of a snow storm we had in June. In the dead of winter, we seldom saw temps above the low negatives. We would get minus 20 to minus 40. That was before they started giving temps with wind chill. Wishing you folks all the best. Love the videos & thanks for allowing us to come along on your journey. I'll stay in the sunny southwest, thank you. LOL
Use the frame of old camper for moving stuff like your wood from the bush!
Strip the top off and keep the deck for a flat deck for hauling crap
Happy for you.. love the music
What a great opportunity to score that land. I see a drive shed.
You make the top videos I like to follow. I shared your excitement and future vision about your new property addition. Wow! Changes so much for the future of, This Off Grid Life and opens up more than just the total acreage to your lives. So happy for you both. Keep going and you will grow to 500K within 2 yrs. After that, 1M by 2026 or possibly even sooner. You are gaining subscribers at a faster rate and people are sharing your channel even more as we are catching on to your way of presenting this method of content. No controversial issues, low key aspects of interesting topics and calm, level headed content every time.
Great video....:) I would keep the Saw Blade for decoration/Memory and hang it from the side of the Barn.:) Just a thought....:) God Bless....:)
Congratulations on your new property.
I thought for sure you were going to say you would turn the saw house into the workshop. It would be nice to have such a strong structure to hang pullies for lifting work and you could put up some double doors to allow ease of use and ventilation. I'm sure the goats will like it. Stroke of luck you were able to get the land.
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We are going to build a workshop that is exactly the size we need
What a great addition to your property and when you clean it up you will have improved it by leaps and bounds.
You are right, the removal of the fence certainly gives you a great view. Looks like someone spent a lot of time constructing the saw mill structure, it really looks good. Are you going to try to bring it back to life? Great video, thanks for sharing.
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Congratulations on your new property. What a great new addition 😊. It is so nice you have a great neighbor 😊.
Congratulations! Your property looks so different now! It was like a part of it was missing.
That's kind of how we felt too
The secret on that demo job is a bigger/heavier hammer less blow more effort. A chain around the lower part of those posts you would have lifted them out with the tractor.
Goats are loving the new addition already!
I’m going home soon to NY from SF!! Finally got the truck!! Will make. Video later on it!
Looks like goats found a new grazing ground 😊
Omg!!! Dude the freaking saw n set up Rawks!!!!!!❤❤❤
nice addition to your homestead....congrats!
Congrats on more land! You guys are gonna love it!
Congratulations for the new property.
Katie is a wonderful young woman she hard working, always have a smile ☺ on her face the animals love her they listening like kids congrats on the land.
Your neighbour must like you both and what you are doing with the land All best wishes from ENGLAND UK
That is great news, you talked about additional acreage, and this is so perfect. It is level with you current property, so it is definitely melds right into it. It is very open, but trees surrounding it. Would it be open enough you could relocate your solar panels, being closer it would help with the voltage drop.
Oh my gosh guys that's amazing , happy you guys have expanded. You and your animals are going to be able to have more space! Love you guys and your videos
Glad to see you get an beautiful extension on your property,maybe you consider to move your solar near to hause ?
I'm so beyond excited for you two! Congratulations 🎉
Congrats on the new land !!! 👍
So excited for you guys! Can’t wait to watch all the progress and projects!!
THE FARM 🚜 ANIMALS DEFINITELY LOVES ❤ THE NEW ADDITION OF LAND!👍👍👍🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲