Woodys Off Grid Cabin WEEK 4, we have power & water, here's what it really cost us to get it
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
- Hi, thanks for watching our video about our 4th week turning this old hunting cabin/glorified shed into an off grid cabin for our family of 3!
In this video we’ll walk you through the final details of installing our propane hot water heater, building a wall for our bathroom, and our life as a family of 3 making the jump into off grid living.
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Keep the faith. I'm an 81-year-old admirer of you all, so I have tons of experience, which causes me to occasionally yell, "No, don't do it that way, you idiot, you're doing it all wrong." Then I sit back and watch Woody dig himself out again and again and again. By the way, you all might explore the value of a RAM PUMP. It doesn't use electricity and can fill your water tank in no time if you have the right conditions to run correctly. Check it out on UA-cam - there is plenty there about them. Don't worry about subscribers. Your channel is better than others I watch, but it will be replaced with yours. Have a blessed day, Phil.
I’m sure our dads are yelling right along with you! 🤣
We will definitely look at setting up a RAM pump. In the spring there’s a small natural pond that forms up the hill and a little ways east. I’m hoping we can make some use of it.
And thank you for the comments about our channel. We have watched and admired folks in this niche on UA-cam for years now and feel honored to finally get to share our own journey. Let me know if there’s anything we aren’t showing to explaining that would be helpful! 🤍
@@woodysbarndominium Guy from Land to house on UA-cam makes them and he from NC (UA-camr) does great stuff
We're off grid with 4 kids and about a year ago our household got a puke bug. I made everyone sleep with Bowls by their heads. : don't you dare puke anywhere but this bowl..." Yeah, I spent an entire day at the laundry mat and then cleaning and restoring everything to a state of sanity. I feel your pain.
Oh good lord that sounds awful. Wade is only 2.5 so he can’t quite take direction on where to upchuck yet, but when he can… 🙌🤣
At first we weren’t sure if it was the bug or not, but by the 3rd incident it was obvious that this was going to be a thing for a whole week 🫠
Run 12volt lights off of Amazon puck lights to a marine switch panel then you can run a 12volt solar panel charger to keep battery full charged with out using a generator it works good and it should be under a 100$ work awesome
Will definitely be looking at that!!
You guys are doing a great job. The initial start up costs can be scary but necessary.
Thank you! It’s going To be a long haul but I think it’ll get easier as we go. Hopping to be building a barn next summer!
"I hate giving the ipad... but I'm at my limit." Heard in every household with small children! LOL
My husband & I are enjoying watching your progress on your cabin. But..if your child is sleeping in that loft with you guys..please put up some lattuce or railing for safety. Not questioning your parenting..I just know accidents can happen. Ty❤
Totally hear you! We’re working on it 🤍 for now, he sleeps in the far side of the loft by the small window, and is only up there if one of us is up there. The ladder isn’t accessible during the day either. Some kind of railing is definitely on the list ❤️
Life is one big lesson , we all learn as we go. If you take everything literial you just won't have your sanity. I hope you carry protection,
When you are out in the woods alone making a video. Stay alert.
One day you will be where you want to be with fixing things up.
Then you can sit back an just breath. Things will be ok , this is only our temporary home. Hope you have a very Merry Christmas.
And a happy new year.👍👍👍👍🙂🎄❤
Thank you Brenda! Hopefully this week’s video will do a good job of showing just how much things have changed in the cabin. It’s been a labor of love, can’t wait to kick back and enjoy it! Merry Christmas to you as well, and let us know what you think about week 8! 🤍
Simple way of life that isn’t so simple to get too. Keep up the hard work!
Absolutely. We’ve talked a lot about how wild it must have been to wagon your way to a destination, get there with almost nothing, build a house of some kind, and survive the winter. I feel a little like a wuss thinking about it
Don’t get discouraged. It’s not easy but it’s something your family will remember forever. Watch every penny sent. In my opinion, unless the tires on the tractor are damaged beyond repair, then don’t buy new ones. I love watching your videos.
Thank you for being here! 🤍
Congratulations on buying your off grid home in the woods,peace and quietness which everyone would like to have.Hope the the Child is doing better . did you find out what made him sick . best regards on your journey in your off grid home.you are a great family .be safe and stay Healthy.
He had a standard stomach bug, it’s going around. We took him to the indoor play ground at Chick-fil-A several times the week before and Im willing to bet that’s where he picked it up. What a TIME 🥲 but he’s all better now. So glad we’re all past it!
loved seeing your son being entertained with a 5-gallon green bucket!
great work all around
He is 100% boy, and loving getting to play with all the “new toys” laying around the cabin! 🤣
I live in a 27ft camper and me and my friend built a 14x14walk out building with a wood stove and a front deck and a back deck it's big enough for me all together with the land $1000.00 lumber $5000.00 labor $4000.00 /40x100 lot it's a Great
That sounds great!!! We hope to get some of the land nearest the road cleared so we can build a barn with RV hookups. It would be so nice to be able to have family out here when they want to come.
Great video guys.
Thank you! Hopefully you enjoy tonight’s video, we got to take the camera out into the neighborhood & had quite a bit of fun cleaning up after some awful storms.
17,000!! Wow... I've been watching every episode catching up, I don't see that much in the process thus far. But keep going, no turning back now. 🙏🏾
It's all coming along great 😀
Thank you! We’re so excited with how much we’ve gotten done so far. It’s been a highlight in our family’s story, that’s for sure.
Thank you a very inspiring journey .hope the boy is feeling better .stay strong.
He’s feeling sooo much better now. His first stomach bug was hard on everybody, I’m just glad he was happy anytime he wasn’t actively having an episode.
Hang in there. It's good that you are keeping a tally on the expenses. I suspect that you have a written plan of projects with budgets. I haven’t watched your earlier videos, so I don’t know your back story and how you got to the Ozarks. It sounds like you are only seasonal at the cabin for now? Your videos and sound are pretty good. I sense that you are being honest and transparent in your portrayals…which is essential for your youtube success.
I don’t know if a little advice is welcome, but…I seldom comment, but you three have a compelling presence.
Wife and I (67 and 73) are off-grid and off-road in the north Idaho mountains for 5 years now. I hope that you understand with statement: Buying "NEW" and buying supposed "Quality" might seem correct from a suburban or big city paradigm...but frankly, for us, living remote in the woods surrounded by great beauty and all that nature has to offer….that former urban paradigm is only correct about 10% of the time. Yes we are older, worked, saved, spend very carefully and have no debt…which is the large important goal for all but especially those removing themselves from the grid and noise.
Being prepared, being resourceful, getting to know and learning from neighbors have saved us many dollars versus purchasing errors. Buy used, repurpose, repair, reassess priorities, counsel together, study, plan, estimate and document....etc. There is real joy in successfully pushing back impulsive purchasing and completing a project that brings a functional solution at a fraction of the buy NEW QUALITY expense. Please understand, the first months AND the first year will also certainly bring difficulty...but each year will bring new and growing confidence in your skills, ability and preparation to deal with issues with new courage and without stress or even panic. Be prepared. Write this on your wall: “if you have one, you have none, if you have two you have one”....wise words to live by in your new adventure. Your children will thank you for raising them in this new way. I’ve subscribed and look forward to see your growth.
Love all of your comment! We’re working to build a little neighborhood of sorts out here with folks we know and love. It’s going to take quite some time but it’s something we’re passionate about. I grew up in my mom’s hometown where her parents and their parents and siblings all grew up and lived. Community is everything to me and certainly having a community of resources to borrow from is essential to making all this work.
Play at Menards you can get 12 volt light bulbs that art is bright as a house light bulb add screw into a regular house fixture
Tqvm for sharing… Respect n salute!!❤❤❤
Thanks for coming along with us!
We have a houseboat, all self built, moored out in the middle of a lake, you can’t get any more off grid than that. Pumps, generator, plumbing and we just installed solar ourselves so that was a game changer for us, it was really hard though, oh yeah propane, old water heater. I learn a lot from off grid channels, so helpful, plus it’s the people I enjoy too. Thanks for the episode!
That sounds like paradise!!! Thanks for being here :)
@@woodysbarndominium it’s a boat so there’s always something that needs to be done, to be honest, sometimes I’m happy to leave!
I hope to move to that area in the near future. Glad I came across you. No matter when I do, I know I need more money. I have skills and things but can’t make the jump yet. I am currently taking care of my mother and I do not have a family. Just biding my time now.
It’s a gorgeous place with god fearing people who really do just want to raise their families and enjoy the day. After years of the military hustle, college, and getting wrapped up in our last home build, we’ve come to realize this is what we need. I feel no shame in turning away from the races and into this slower life. I pray you can get out here and find peace for yourself ❤️
27:44 For lugs on large wiring I have a small collection of short pieces (anything from an inch to a couple of feet) of any random sizes of copper water pipes around. They make great lugs crimped onto a large diameter wire and flattened to bolt to all kinds of things like inverters, battery terminals, breakers and switches... cheap, good (you can't go wrong with copper lugs) and easy to make (a crimper tool, a small bench vice or hammer, a pipe cutter or angle grinder for cutting and a drill)
You need to wrap your water tanks in Black Plastics for painting black to keep them from growing algae in them
Yes!! Woody just finished building a cover for them. We aren’t using them for drinking water just yet. Probably in the spring when they’ve been washed out a bunch of times
NICE TOO ADD PLYWOOD FOR DECK WHERE TREE FELL
;)
Living in Wade's world, loved watching him play (work) while dad worked. 😊
Wade’s world is pretty great. BYOB (bring your own bucket) though…
Woodys projects up until this point have been impossible to do with Wade, but now that he’s getting older and the projects are a little less enormous and danger ridden, he can be included. It’s honestly one of my favorite things ever getting to do all this with him in the front row seat.
@@woodysbarndominium These are the best of times, enjoy 😉😃
Enjoy your time spent together and when it’s completed you will be blessed with the great time spent there!
It’s been such a beautiful shift in our lives to have this time of peace and simple projects. Thanks for being here with us!
Enjoying your family
Merry Christmas! Thanks for being here with us :)
Good to see you folks, I am born and raised in the Missouri ozarks hang in there things will happen for you just look at all the natural resources you can use to save money take care and God bless.
Thank you for being here and Happy Thanksgiving! ❤️❤️❤️
I'm female 82 love your videos and family
Thank you so much for being here 🥹
Just found your channel. I love it! My wife and I took on a challenge like this when we were very young and naive also. You may not know it now, but this is the type of thing that will bring you much closer together. I'm 62 now, our kids are grown up and married. The two oldest are both taking the same type of projects. They heard us tell all the stories of our struggles, and they want that experience. They do have the advantage of our experience to guide them, but its still a struggle. I make it a point to let them make the small mistakes, There's no better teacher. it's fun to see, because I know the incredible satisfaction you get from having completed such a project. Good luck, and keep your head up, it will get better and you'll have some great stories to tell.
I LOVE THIS!!
Thanks for being here 🥹
Living partially of grid I use a compost toilet. I installed a urine diverter, it really helped with keeping the outdoor down.
Don't get discouraged, I have gutted and refitted an entire house out in the country and have probably in excess of 75k. You're going to make a few bad choices, It's expected. Your start up costs are always going to exceed but later will come back to you. I've got 10 years and at least another 2 before I am satisfied. Oh and the little on is cute as hell. I've got 15 grandkids and 6 kids and love every minute of raising them all. ok I just help with the little ones, lol.
15 grandkids 🥹 what a blessing!! We’re hoping to grow our family in the midst of building up this property, finishing our Barndominium in NC, working & running our little business (erecting steel buildings)… kids don’t come easy for us, but we are praying and hopeful!
You're starting a lifestyle many people can only dream about, me being one of them. Hope I last long enough to see my dream come true.
P.S. you just got another sub from the Great White North. Ehhh.
You guys are really brave. I've never heard of anyone not purchasing things they need BEFORE they start renovation. Washer would have been absolutely necessary. You can hang the clothes to dry outside, but you do need the basic necessities before starting to renovate.
We have a laundromat nearby, and we dont have power so a washer wasn’t in the cards.
Save a lot of money by not doing the exchange on propane but just find a place that will refill it. A propane place, Tractor Supply or other farm store will usually do it.
good point!!! ill have to remember to take them with us not the next trip to tractor supply.
If i was in my 20's I would go for this life style. However at age 66 no way i could keep up. We live in a log home on 220 acres in Wisconsin. We are hooked to the grid. However we heat our home & hot water with 100% wood in cold months. We have a out door boiler for winter use and a soap stone indoor wood stove we use in spring and fall when wood boiler is shut down. Lots of work for you to maintain this lifestyle. Wish you the best!
That sounds wonderful. We’ve never been to Wisconsin, but I have trolled Zillow around there and it looks beautiful!
Spray paint the IBC totes black.😊
Hi, newly subscribed, I'm enjoying seeing the progress of the cabin.
Thanks for being here!!
You have a great channel. A lot of the money you spent was a one time thing. Hopefully it gets a lot less expensive for you all.❤
Thank you! We’re brand new at UA-cam and doing our best. It’s been a big chunk of our current budget, but it’s so comfortable in here now. ❤️ thank you for being here! New videos post Fridays at 7Pm
Its something I want to do. I'm a 62 almost 63 year old female with one working arm. I've been living off grid in my old motorhome for the past 9 years. I have to haul in my water, haul out my waste/garbage, haul in my propane in 40# tanks bcuz the 100# are too heavy when full. I buy or forage food and home can it either with water bath or pressure canning.I live with my old dog, Sadie who is nine plus years old and has health issues since she had 4 spots of cancer in 2018. Together we make it work.
I'd like to move out of Michigan and move farther south. Where it doesn't get any/much snow and not as bitter cold. And where we would have a longer growing season. We've been working towards this dream for about 10 years now. It will happen, when things are right.
🤍 hi Denise! It sounds like you’ve got a lot of grit. I don’t know if I’d be attempting any of this without my husbands help, so I certainly admire your determination. ❤️
As far as moving south, 100% on board with that! We didn’t want to deal with snow and ice, especially having gone through a lot of times where woody was gone or injured and unable to help. All those folks north of TN are far beyond my comprehension!
Happy Thanksgiving from the great state of Arkansas!!
Happy thanksgiving neighbor ❤️
I laughed out loud at “I’m not blaming him…but he’s easy to blame. He can’t defend himself”. I also have a 2 year old and can relate 😂
2 year olds are easy targets 😅🤣
Keep the content coming! This is very inspiring! Woody doing plumbing was killing me being a licensed plumber in NC!
LOL 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I’m sure you’re not alone. In his defense, he hates plumbing
Woody's "yaaaaaay" when the tree came down 😂
Also, Wade's snuggles 😭🤍
He was beyond pumped 🤣 in the last month Wade has gotten extra attached to Woody. He used to need to be in the mood to love on him, but now it’s like “oh good you’re here! Let me smother you with affection!!!” 🥹
I'm 74 n I love these shows I bet if we could get some other old facts together we could do it too maybe not as good but what the hell
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Don't get depressed, startup is always expensive. I think you guys are doing great! Just started watching and I went back to week one and binged all the latest vlogs.
New to the channel and looking forward to your journey from my narrowboat in England, my idea of paradise a cabin in the woods but that's hard to find in this country so I live it through you guys. So thank you, steve
I hope you get your dream one day! Thanks for being here :)
My inlaws had 20 acres in northern Wisconsin where they had an old construction trailer with a strikingly similar set up for their shelter which then became their house. Always enjoyed going up there and thought about doing something similar myself. Enjoying your journey with this one. Not sure we could do that ourselves currently with my wife needing to be close to medical care as she battles MS.
Also, something I have noticed, the audio volumes are a bit wonky. Sometimes I can barely hear you or Woody, so I turn it way up and then the music blasts out the speakers.
Hi there! I’m so sorry about the audio, I’m a nurse by trade, the editing thing is new to me, so I’m still learning. Hope this week’s video is better! I learned a few new tricks on the audio settings. ❤️
Sweet little boy! Awww
He’s the sweetest little monster. Hope to be blessed with another one of these days ❤️
Hey Meg. We ❤ being able to watch you and Eric develop your new land and little home. Can't wait to come see yall! That Eric is such a wealth of knowledge!
Don't forget to build a
10 x 12 guest house for Uncle Roy and I. We love you so much!
HEY can’t wait to have y’all out here 🥹 we’re hoping to have a barn with RV hookups built by the end of next summer 🙌… hoping being the key word 🤣
@woodysbarndominium that would be perfect! I can't wait to see yall! Keep up the faith, Meg. You and Woody are doing so well. Lots of hugs
Great video!
Thanks for the visit! We’ve got a long way to go!
Thank you for sharing, you and your boys are really going to do great 👍🏽 before you know it, your off grid property will look more amazing than ever 👍🏽 it’s just takes work and of course money 🤭, but most good things do 👍🏽 too soon to quit 🤭l love watching stuff like this, I’m so glad to have ran into your channel, cant wait to see more
Once the little one can be trusted to operate the tractor, we’ll be in business! That and splitting firewood. We can’t seem to keep up with the firewood
If u wanna keep the shower curtain in the tub then sew a few sinkers (weights for fishing...I'm australian so don't know what u call them) into the hem of the shower curtain...the extra weight makes them more controllable
YES! Good idea!!
Big love to you all from Norway 👍☕️🇧🇻
Thank you for joining us! Happy Thanksgiving from Arkansas 🤍
😂sorry mate I had a laugh at buying the exact amount and trying to be a tight ass i was that person to . I've just finished some storm water down pipes and thought to myself....... ok I will buy 2 extra of everything especially 90 and 45 degree bends . Yep I used it all🤦♂️. It's 100km round trip to town for me. I've also done this with brass fittings and pipe and flaring tool and pre made pipe that I have trouble with in winter. There is never enough spares. Good luck 👍 🇦🇺
Thank you!! we like to think we’re “getting the know the area” doing all this extra driving around 🤣
Hang in there I want a great job joy watching use
Thank you! Thank you so much for your support! ❤️
You're doing great! Its difficult work but so rewarding. Hang in there guys!
Also there has to be water somewhere on that property to run a water wheel / dam
New to your channel but like it already and it better the a couple of other channels and if I had the money to buy land and the stuff to get me started I would so be like you guys to be out in the mountains with an off-grid property
Welcome to the party Daniel!!
Pull those trees over with the super duty while pushing with the tractor. Roots and all come up. May have to be selective on your driveway route as this method probably wouldn't work on large trees.
Great idea 💡 we just got the tractor tires switched out so it should be capable of a little more now!
If you are in a cold weather area the water heater will freeze and blow in the winter if outside, my is half of the size run for years also you should do full solar using lithium batteries one 100 amp lithium worth for 6 of those marine battery they charge way fast and easy in cloud days.
Use at least a 24v solar system
It doesn’t get that cold here, but we have plans to insulate the water heater set up and build a little enclosure for it in the coming week!
I haven’t even begun to look at our solar options yet. The price tag is giving me palpitations 🤣
@@woodysbarndominium I can give you some In-site for some cheap and excelentes products like controller inverter and battery
We remodeled a house u will have to strip down to studs put in new insulation close off all places they can get in.. It will be pretty once u close up everything put new insulation because they tunnel in it close up ur windows where they are not trimmed good..Also I think tounge and groove would be beautiful there..I would have a bathroom with running water from the ibc tanks and a gas on demand water heater.. for ur septic watch Tiny Shiny Home they done a system with blue tanks gravel if u have time watch it all it takes is a well tile septic..😊
One way to think about it is those things that were the more expensive items won't need to be purchased again
I love wat u guys ar doing im so jealous I live in Ireland and it's not so easy for us to pick up land like that and make it habitual i cant wait to have the money saved so i can move off grid keep up the good work love u guys cant wait for the next video on this biuld congratulations on make it work steven from ireland wish u guys all the blessing in the world keep going strong and stay safe god bless
I hope some of what we’re doing helps you on your journey! ❤️
Won't be cheap but it might be good investment to dig a water well. I dont know how it goes in the USA, in the eastern Europe there is plenty of underground water streams and in our villages nearly every house has a water well. My village doesn't even have type of "on grid" water system.
As all ofgridders saw.alwaysssssss have extra of everything never buy exact.for some ppl its an hr going and bavk hust to grab a screw.extra chains for your chainsaw.stuff for your car.for electrical.all the goodie stuff you can think off.remember it when building.always get 1 or 2 extra.you will have lots of building etc to do.so it will always be needed.become a semi hoarder.lol
We definitely learned that one 🤣 the next plumbing project will be a lot more streamline 😅
First time I noticed the firearm
Do you have an Amazon wish list? Also I'm a new subscriber and I'm really enjoying your channel 🙂💐
That’s the sweetest!!! We don’t currently, but we’re thinking about setting one up. Woody and I don’t want for much, but we have some friends who are (hopefully) bringing in some babies who need a home. We’d love to put together something for them, truly they need it more than we do. We’re just waiting until they get the firm 100% “they’re on the way” call. 🤍
I’m enjoying your journey with your cabin. It’s looking better every day. How are you going to prevent the water heater and pressure tank from freezing?
Woody is planning to build an enclosure for all of the plumbing!
We are looking into setting up/getting a homestead. I am inspired by what you all are doing. Bravo!! If I may ask - what motivated you to move from NC to Arkansas? Hoping you’ve not had any additional issues from the crazy neighbor. That is what we are wanting to move away from. Have put up with their crap for almost 20 yrs and have had enough. Want to get away from suburbia.
hey! welcome to the party! we did a couple of videos on that last fall, but mainly, we wanted to move to a state that was defending autonomy and freedom... somewhere that wasnt a hot spot for coastal migrants where we could get established and save room for family and friends. Arkansas checked all those boxes!
@@woodysbarndominium I just came across your channel today truly and was amazed! I’m looking into USDA funding. Hubs and I are retired(ing) and want some space. And I totally understand the freedom aspect. We’ve not had a lot of that here in Missouri. Bless you all. Thanks for the reply!
You can't leave that plumbing stuff or that pressure tank out like that you're going to have to insulate and build around that stuff otherwise you're going to have busted pipes continuously
You got this it takes time welcome to the Ozarks
Thank you!! We’re having the time of our lives out here. Would love to meet more of our neighbors 🤍
A little take it or leave it advice from a grandma who raised three sons who ALL got motion sick very easily. Get a little bucket (a small, play sand bucket will do), and keep it close by at all times. I actually had three as I kept one in the car, one in their bedroom and one under the kitchen sink along with a pack of wipes. Then, at any sign of pukiness, grab it and have something to catch their puke. By the time they were just a few years old, they would grab the bucket or call for it. It didn’t catch it all the time, but it reduced the bed linens, car seat covers, carpet, etc that I had to clean. I now giggle as I have watched my sons do the same with their little ones.
As to why I’m watching, I just retired and I’m looking to sell my nearly paid off house, buy a few acres and build a small cabin and homestead it. I’ve done lots of renovating and flipped one house, but that was a city home. It’s part because I’m learning from others’ mistakes and part figuring how to go about the entire process.
✅ investing in buckets TODAY. ❤️
You will have so many mistakes of ours to learn from. I promise. Lol… if I can answer anything for you that we didn’t explain please ask away. We’d love to help where we can.
Baby has pretty blonde hair!
Thank you 🥹 the men on both sides of the family go bald before 25, Woody is an anomaly. We let Wade keep his hair long and are giving him every chance to enjoy looking like a wild man in case he doesn’t get his daddy’s luck
Have you thought about L E D strip lighting minimum power requirements
Yes! I think it’ll be a great option once we get a bigger battery bank going!
I think i would go back to texas.
It isn’t what it used to be. We love Texas, but we can’t build the life we want there.
Doing a good job here. But, the idea of adding more batteries as you need them is slightly flawed as lithium batteries get age the internal resistance increases, and your new batteries will be just as aged as you’re older ones, no matter how old they are. Basically they just equalize And bring your new batteries down to the level your old ones were. So I would buy as many as I can now and continue to build yourUA-cam channel. Eventually, you’ll have companies wanting to send you their batteries for free. ;)
definitely something to think on! lol I cannot wait until we start getting a few things gifted. it'll certainly help move this along
When we bought our place in the Ozarks. We had to spend 4k right off just to gain access. And not have to park on the county road. Then the real expense started
That sounds about right 🤣
I'm looking for a cabin in the Ozarks - much like yours. Hard to shop from Florida though. I spent about 8 days in the area - looking. Haven't found anything yet.
We found this one on Zillow while in NC, and had some local friends come check it out! We got down here as soon as possible but agreed, “if it isn’t there when we get there, it’s ok. It want meant to be.” We put in a low offer and the selller jumped. MEANT TO BE! 🥹
Wonderful!@@woodysbarndominium
Love the bathroom door,, ummm, just noticed your gun,, have you ever had to use it. Hope you don’t mind me asking but I’m from Australia and we have super strict gun laws.
We have a lot of big dangerous animals out here, so it’s better to be safe than sorry, especially with a little one roaming about!
Injoy watching your video what state do you live in
We’re in north west Arkansas!
Up most important is a railing so your wont loose your little son by a bad fall off the loft.😢
Investments!🙃
New sub-enjoying your videos ❤
Thank you for being here! It makes a huge difference for our family to have so much support on this adventure 🤍
Do you always have a weapon on your hip?
Yo two that own the cabin get read of trees around the cabin please kw wva😅
It’s trying to get in…😂
that thing was haunting us lol
FYI: you guys are trying really hard and I’d hate for your outside pipes to freeze. I’m from this area. I know!! Cover these pipes with heavy duty insulation. It will save you a lot of pain, money and frustration.
Yes! We’ve got all the stuff to do it, just have to finish it.
I don't know where you live I would love to help set up your solar power
I dream of solar!! Can’t wait til the budget allows for it 🤣
Are you planning on living there permanently?
Yes, we have some back and forth ahead of us for the next couple of years while we clear land, plan, and make infrastructure out here, but the plan is to make this land our home. We want to build another home here, but that’s gonna be the last big structure we build. All the barns, shops, and fencing will come first.
If you put the chandelier on a pulley you wouldn't have to climb the ladder.
😅 it is on a pulley, but it’s still easier to just step up the ladder. I think this week’s video shows the set up a little better
Have you mentioned WHY you haven't sold the barndominiam yet?
Yeah we did. We will be going back and forth until this property is built up and cleared enough that we can move here. We have a full shop there so there’s lots of projects we can handle there and bring back here.
Solar charger
Yes! As soon as the budget allows!
so i get the impression ya'll aren't moving there full time?
We will be back and forth between here and the barndominium in NC until this place is ready for full time living. We have a giant shop back home, so there’s a lot of projects that we can do there and then bring here. For example, when we get back, woody is going to fix up my old wagoneer to bring out. These roads are killing my escape!
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Aren't all the pipes going to freeze in the winter
Probably, but we’re working on an insulation/enclosure now. Luckily where we are it’s still pretty warm and only dips below 32 shortly before the sun comes up. We’re cutting it close though lol
Good idea to whack that leaning tree, maybe the sick kid needs to head into a doctor visit?
Might want get the little guy look at. Call your child's doctor if: Vomiting lasts more than 12 hours for infants. Vomiting lasts more than 24 hours for children under age 2.
I could tell you have been stressing out about all of this. It will be ok just one day at a time . Just make slow discussion about things that you need . Y'all are making something out of nothing and adventure.
Thank you! It’s been a great time, but when you have to do things a little at a time, it gets to feel like a lot.
Invest in some cheap trail cams trust me you will thank me later
megan hot lol