I've worked everything from big city commercial construction to residential to bridges and tunnels and never saw a crew as good as these Amish guys. They are fantastic like one fluid fast acting machine all tied together.
@@anand8905 No, the best builders are in no way the germans. Sure, our buildings may last quite a while, but thats thanks to the engineers, architects and the building codes that the project needs to fulfill. If you want a big project done quickly and efficent, don't use german builders. Sure, if you are lucky you get good tradespeople that don't try to get their work done as quickly as possible, but there are quite a lot of tradespeople here that don't do their stuff right. Just look at the building times for the new Berlin Airport. They started building it in 2006, and just finished it three months ago. Was supposed to cost 2 billion euros, in the end it cost almost 8. Same with the Hamburg Elbphilharmonie, a big concert house in Hamburg. Took nine years to finnish, when they said it would be done in three, and cost more than eleven times as much as they budgeted for. So if you want overprized, slowly build stuff that may look nice, and if it is done by the right people may even last a little long, then get german builders... German engineering was good in the 50s to the 80s, but since the 2000s quality went down a lot... German building is mainly good because of good building codes, wich make building expansive but the buildings don't collapse if you look at them the wrong way. Oh, and that barn probably wouldn't fulfill german building codes. Mainly because of missing vent-towers (but those are only required on animal barns because of our population densety, so the smell dosn't affect nearby citys, probably not a problem in the USA...) and the wooden construction, that probably wouldn't fulfill fire-prevention codes. Also a really big pond (holding at least a few hundred cubic meters of water) would be needed so that the fire department can acces a lot of water on site.
@@thoughtfox2409 Damn unreal reply. I think a lot of North Americans think quality as soon as they hear "European" I guess I mixed up German engineering with German craftsmanship. I'm a carpenter in Canada and spent some time working in Japan, Northern Americans don't come close to Japanese wood workers/carpenters when it comes to quality/expectations. Cheers for the informative reply!
@@anand8905 I think that North America and the USA in particular have a very different mindset to the Japanese and Europeans. After all, a lot of US-Internet users still seem to think that minimum wage, free healthcare and care for the poor are communistic stuff that will ruin their country, and that the market has to be absolutly free without any intervention (including building codes etc.). And especialy the very free market makes quality unwanted, because it costs time and money, and someone will do it cheaper if you do real quality work. When in reallity you really spend more money with cheaply made stuff... I didn't want to talk german craftsmanship to be bad. We have a lot of good and honest trades-people that do their job as best as they can. To me, it is bad quality and botched work if a newly laid slab path sinks a 5 centimeters in places after two years or so, because the foundation wasn't made as deep as it should have been (now this is without heavy frost, our winters are really mild with more than 0° C on the average day...). The main reason that the Berlin Airport and the Hamburger Elbphilharmonie were delaid as much and cost so much more is probably our political system, as well as the need to get the cheapest bidder when the building contracts are given out... For the BER the main problem was the company that planned the thing, and that had the supervision for the project. Or rather hadn't, because they didn't supervise the thing, and the building codes for airport fire-security had changed during the project, wich nobody noticed. So the fire prevention, detection and supression stuff was not valid anymore when they put it in... If they would have gotten a better, but more expansive company, they could have been done in 2014 and with only a billion or so more for the unplanned changes in the fire-codes... How much stuff is acutally still made with wood in North America and Japan? Carpenters here mostly put in doors and windows, as well as building Drywalls and partially laying floors, and some build (really expansive) furniture. But from what i know in america they still build whole houses out of wood, right? At least i have seen some videos here with houses burning down really fast in the california fires last year, wich shocked me quite a bit, because i am a voluntary firefighter and houses over here tend to burn for hours without collapsing (we usually try to get the fire out quickly, its just that they take ages if you let them burn or the fire is rather big, like the whole roof area...) And yes, what germany usually is known for is Bavaria (Oktoberfest, Prezels and Lederhosen...) and its engineering, although we have some really beautyful old half-timbered houses here, so our craftsmen were quite good too! Best greetings to Canada from Germany!
That's exactly what happened with my dad ,telling him I couldn't wait for whatever it was when I was about 18 ,he told me don't wish your life away ,time will catch you up and the older you get the faster it goes ,yep rolled my eyes he chuckled and said wait and see ,now I'm telling my son exactly the same thing .
I've worked with Amish crews on a couple of small jobs. I have never seen better work ethic anywhere else. They get stuff done. No messing around. No loitering. Just work.
Great time lapse of the trusses going up barn is coming along nicely, that sure one hard working crew ! Really enjoying learning about the hog side of farming, 🇺🇸✅
my love of the Amish way of life is rooted in there love of all of God's creation. we visit as often as we can and try to purchase the products they produce as often as possible. Brian Petrocine
That’s good stuff! I grab all the scraps I can. Sawyer’s garage, my wood shop and part of our machine shed is lined with it. Like everything else it has gotten really expensive though. Thanks for watching!
Fun video! This is the easy work. Setting trusses with a simple design plan like they're doing should be quick and easy work. I'm from a similar community in Montana and we do this stuff all time!
Yep, they go faster and faster every year. I have a series of things I have to do for work every Friday. I remember when I was 20 and Friday just couldn’t get here fast enough. I was ready to go out all weekend. Now they come just way too damn fast and all I want to do is go home and rest on the weekend. It’s hell to be playing the back nine of life ain’t it?
So - this is a father -son blog??? I think that is really cool. I think it is really cool how you pass down the houses! And that your son wants to continue being a farmer with his father and grandfather!!
At 5:43 Lol! I asked an old timer Amish guy about the beard thing. He gave me the same answer. I then asked him. "how do you know the women is married" He said "She's pregnant" !!!!!! I just about passed out I was laughing so hard!!
Howdy from west Texas! Just saw the outline of Iowa when I came to watch another video. I was raised in Council Bluffs in SW Iowa. Wow! Just saw you in with the hogs..,.how many?
I came across this video because I was curious whether Amish were able to use nail guns and compressors. Now I wonder if they can use the battery cordless ones
at 13 air hoses big long length then shorter one of it keep moving people on the ground keep watch and help man with the gun no problem work with each other
The building is really coming along!! How thick is the plywood with laminate referenced towards the end of the video? Seems like a neat product! Is there a technical name for it? In your garage do you only have 1 row of 4x8 sheets hung off the garage floor? Thanks!!
Sorry, to finish your question. In Sawyer’s garage we did a 16” stem wall then a full sheet vertically and then a 24” piece on top. It’s about a 11’6” ceiling. Calked the seams and it’s bulletproof.
Bearded Amish we call “ brushies “ since looks like a big paint brush hanging off their chins. Hey the Amish also don’t want to be video or photographed 🤣🤣🤣
I think it’s HDPE. There are different versions of the plastic that is laminated to the plywood. The plywood is made by Canoe out of Canada. Thank you for watching!
The Japanese people are the best carpenters by far. As I understand it's very hard for American men to get on construction crews that specializes in mortise and tennon
Get serious, American framers are fast and furious, especially in Texas. Japanese are slow and expensive, great results but most people can't afford a house that costs twice as much as normal.
@@thomaswayneward is that why Japanese buildings survive tsunamis earthquakes and other natural disasters for centuries, one little twister turns your Lil ol framing job to toothpicks in seconds...but hey, job security right???
@@jesselehmann1643 I built homes in the USA for over fifty years, including some like the Japanese homes. The methods used to build a traditional Japanese home are simple but time consuming and therefore expensive. For the same money a traditional Japanese home costs per square foot, I can build a real stone and brick home that can withstand about anything. Or I can build a wooden one that can withstand anything a traditional Japanese home can withstand. The weak point in a traditional Japanese home, as far as bad weather goes, is the roof. Every home I have ever built has a stronger roof than any Japanese home. Bolt the sole plates down, use plywood with nails as sheathing, use metal rafter ties to connect the rafters to the walls, use metal ties to hold the ridge to the rafters, nail on sheathing for the roof base and you have a strong home. The cost is minimal.
I respect your opinion sir. But, I think the narrative around modern day pig farming is falsely discriminated against. I’m doing my best to show the life of a modern day family pig farm. We and the practices we do aren’t as bad as the media likes to paint, and I’ll show you that through this channel. We genuinely care about the animals, and the end consumer. This type of pig farming feeds majority of the world. It has to stay that way to continue to feed the growing population. If all pig farmers had pastured pigs, pork production would be significantly lower. Not only that but there simply isn’t enough land to do so. Unless you cut into land used for crops. Which, in turn would bring down the production on that side of agriculture as well. I’m not trying to come at you by any means sir, I just want to open your eyes and really show you who we are as farmers, and what goes on before you form that opinion.
@@thislldofarm , yep. The organic farm is very similar. We can’t feed the world’s population using organic farming. You simply cannot get the crop yields we need without using modern fertilizers, anti fungals, herbicides, and pesticides. Certainly not at an affordable price. Imagine having to find all the people needed just to pick all the worms and pests off crops by hand? We fight the damn bugs to a draw using every trick modern chemistry, biology, and genetics can think up. We’d all get a little hungry. Like you said, you can still responsible and judicious in how you farm, ranch, and fish. Lord knows we need to really get a handle on fishing since the world, and especially the Chinese, are over fishing some species and destroying habitats in the pursuit of others. Their fishing is a textbook case of The Tragedy of the Commons. But you guys give those pigs a clean, healthy, and well fed life. That’s not bad for the pig. They are pretty happy right up until that one bad day. Sadly, just like the pig and every other animal, we all eventually have that one bad day.
@@thislldofarm When I saw your comment to his, I thought...Man I hope he doesn’t go off on him. You stayed professional. Your channel is growing. You watch, people (and endorsements) one day will look back at every word and comment you make. I noticed you don’t curse anymore like some of your first videos and I couldn’t agree more. I’m not above a curse word here and there but you have to treat this like a business, and you do. Well done.
around here in north missouri,THE AMISH WOULD RIDE WITH YOU ONLY IF THEY CARRIED A CAST IRON WHEEL WITH THEM! now whole crews ride in vans driven by english......its not a sin for us English to drive them around!,,,,,,they have low overhead and people think they are lower priced........they are not cheap!
By golly when those Amish guys go home you can bet the ladies will have a damn good supper prepared for them those gals aren't lazy when it comes to cooking unlike most women I've known.
I’m a little confused, and don’t mean to be rude or insult anyone, but my thought of the Amish is no electric, and no modern clothing etc? Have I missed something, or are there different types of Amish? Appreciate any replies, thanks.
They are free to use air tools and battery powered tools without any issues. They are allowed to run generators to power these devices as it is work-related, not leisure. Also, there are non-Amish crew members who do not have to follow any of these rules, such as driving vehicles and delivering goods on a semi.
Ive done construction for 20 yrs and my mom decided to use the amish for a polebarn because it was such a good price ......i had a bad feeling from the salesman to the lumber drop.... Well let me say this 3 kids showed up One was 19 the others were around 15.... They rushed the job and were done in 2 days...every aspect of the job was c class at best some d class.... The metal work was horrible and hideous....no mitters gaps in corners un level lines, fascia boards came off following year....the ledger down one side of the 64x32 structure was held flush to the outside when its supposed to be held out 1.5 inches to carry gabble truss and so it breaks on center of posts instead it was 1 inch break the crete for the posts got no water added which i wouldve atleast sprayed the holes....the doors were cheap n tight ......the job was a 3 day job for experienced guys not a 2 day job for kids.....they also slept in there truck at a near by parking lot so they never got good rest. The metal work was so bad that birds were in the soffits and getting in building....there wasnt one aspect that was satisfactory
Their acceptance of electricity varies by community. There is no National "Amish Church". The Amish don't even have churches and worship in member's homes or workshops. Mennonites have actual church buildings. They also mostly drive cars and often dress like any other person living in rural America. They have power in their homes and most even have cell phones/Internet access. Old Order Amish generally don't use electricity but some will use gas power tools. New Order Amish would use power tools or some might even use electric as long as it's from their solar or generator. Beachy Amish are more like Mennonites and would even drive the crane.
@@rodrigoalcover332 they have an engine hooked up to it. The engine burns fuel to power the compressor, which then fills a connected reservoir with highly pressurized air.
Is this a new building paid for by Amish? Or is this being built by you and Amish workers for the Amish? My question is about all the gas powered equipment being used here. Can Amish pay others to use equipment they can't use themselves? What gives here?
It’s Sawyer’s building. The Amish can use air tools if the are powered by gas powered generator. One person on their crew is not Amish. He drives the van, telahandler and skid loader. Crane is hired as needed.
I use to work with a guy that lived near smicksburg Pennsylvania he was single and the Amish elder would come to the bar he drank at and he would get paid a thousand for every women he would get pregnant they had to much inbreeding he is 6ft 5 inch tall and went 240lbs he bragged he paid for his house studding for fee his house was 25 grand
Everyone I know who lives in PA, OH, or other states where there are Amish people around says they're the best neighbors you could possibly have. I'm certainly impressed by their work ethic.
Amish churches have different beliefs and rules. Amish people are allowed to use gas powered things. Especially for work. If they wouldn’t be able to use the crane, they would be less efficient. My mom grew up Amish and her church split because half believed they could use tractors, cranes, etc... the other believed that was against their values.
Letting them out once in a while also helps when are shipping them, they will move better than pigs that don't ever leave their pens. Nice looking pigs!
I love seeing work crews where everyone knows what they are doing and when they have to do it. 👍👍👍👍👍
Pretty impressive system they got going, that’s for sure!
I've worked everything from big city commercial construction to residential to bridges and tunnels and never saw a crew as good as these Amish guys. They are fantastic like one fluid fast acting machine all tied together.
Ya'll getting your money worth with the Amish crew and quality.
Best builders around in my eyes.
I would agree, efficient and don’t waste any time.
Nah best builders are Japanese or German, facts
@@anand8905 No, the best builders are in no way the germans. Sure, our buildings may last quite a while, but thats thanks to the engineers, architects and the building codes that the project needs to fulfill. If you want a big project done quickly and efficent, don't use german builders. Sure, if you are lucky you get good tradespeople that don't try to get their work done as quickly as possible, but there are quite a lot of tradespeople here that don't do their stuff right.
Just look at the building times for the new Berlin Airport. They started building it in 2006, and just finished it three months ago. Was supposed to cost 2 billion euros, in the end it cost almost 8. Same with the Hamburg Elbphilharmonie, a big concert house in Hamburg. Took nine years to finnish, when they said it would be done in three, and cost more than eleven times as much as they budgeted for.
So if you want overprized, slowly build stuff that may look nice, and if it is done by the right people may even last a little long, then get german builders... German engineering was good in the 50s to the 80s, but since the 2000s quality went down a lot... German building is mainly good because of good building codes, wich make building expansive but the buildings don't collapse if you look at them the wrong way.
Oh, and that barn probably wouldn't fulfill german building codes. Mainly because of missing vent-towers (but those are only required on animal barns because of our population densety, so the smell dosn't affect nearby citys, probably not a problem in the USA...) and the wooden construction, that probably wouldn't fulfill fire-prevention codes. Also a really big pond (holding at least a few hundred cubic meters of water) would be needed so that the fire department can acces a lot of water on site.
@@thoughtfox2409 Damn unreal reply. I think a lot of North Americans think quality as soon as they hear "European" I guess I mixed up German engineering with German craftsmanship. I'm a carpenter in Canada and spent some time working in Japan, Northern Americans don't come close to Japanese wood workers/carpenters when it comes to quality/expectations. Cheers for the informative reply!
@@anand8905 I think that North America and the USA in particular have a very different mindset to the Japanese and Europeans. After all, a lot of US-Internet users still seem to think that minimum wage, free healthcare and care for the poor are communistic stuff that will ruin their country, and that the market has to be absolutly free without any intervention (including building codes etc.). And especialy the very free market makes quality unwanted, because it costs time and money, and someone will do it cheaper if you do real quality work. When in reallity you really spend more money with cheaply made stuff...
I didn't want to talk german craftsmanship to be bad. We have a lot of good and honest trades-people that do their job as best as they can.
To me, it is bad quality and botched work if a newly laid slab path sinks a 5 centimeters in places after two years or so, because the foundation wasn't made as deep as it should have been (now this is without heavy frost, our winters are really mild with more than 0° C on the average day...).
The main reason that the Berlin Airport and the Hamburger Elbphilharmonie were delaid as much and cost so much more is probably our political system, as well as the need to get the cheapest bidder when the building contracts are given out... For the BER the main problem was the company that planned the thing, and that had the supervision for the project. Or rather hadn't, because they didn't supervise the thing, and the building codes for airport fire-security had changed during the project, wich nobody noticed. So the fire prevention, detection and supression stuff was not valid anymore when they put it in... If they would have gotten a better, but more expansive company, they could have been done in 2014 and with only a billion or so more for the unplanned changes in the fire-codes...
How much stuff is acutally still made with wood in North America and Japan? Carpenters here mostly put in doors and windows, as well as building Drywalls and partially laying floors, and some build (really expansive) furniture. But from what i know in america they still build whole houses out of wood, right? At least i have seen some videos here with houses burning down really fast in the california fires last year, wich shocked me quite a bit, because i am a voluntary firefighter and houses over here tend to burn for hours without collapsing (we usually try to get the fire out quickly, its just that they take ages if you let them burn or the fire is rather big, like the whole roof area...)
And yes, what germany usually is known for is Bavaria (Oktoberfest, Prezels and Lederhosen...) and its engineering, although we have some really beautyful old half-timbered houses here, so our craftsmen were quite good too!
Best greetings to Canada from Germany!
Wow, I didn’t know that about the Amish either. How awesome! I love their work ethic!!!!! I wish Americans could work like the Amish work.
That's exactly what happened with my dad ,telling him I couldn't wait for whatever it was when I was about 18 ,he told me don't wish your life away ,time will catch you up and the older you get the faster it goes ,yep rolled my eyes he chuckled and said wait and see ,now I'm telling my son exactly the same thing .
I've worked with Amish crews on a couple of small jobs. I have never seen better work ethic anywhere else. They get stuff done. No messing around. No loitering. Just work.
Couldn’t agree more 👊🏻
You should watch some Japanese craft videos, I bet they’re the next in line for you.
@@jackhadfield3943 Yup Japanese and Amish are amazing craftsman .
That’s because they don’t have phones to play on
This reminds me, the work is the swiss part in they're blood. (^_-)🇨🇭
I love how you make everything from scratch
Yeppers, them Amish folks are some HARD workers!
Oh man, it’s crazy. Tough group of people.
Great time lapse of the trusses going up barn is coming along nicely, that sure one hard working crew ! Really enjoying learning about the hog side of farming, 🇺🇸✅
my love of the Amish way of life is rooted in there love of all of God's creation. we visit as often as we can and try to purchase the products they produce as often as possible. Brian Petrocine
Looking great and getting done fast! Amish power professionally done!
Crazy how much flex those trusses have without snapping. Great videos!
When I first saw how they did it, I thought for sure they were gonna snap at least one. But it went good 👌🏻
Depending on the size of the truss, they should have been picking a 2 points. Would have been even less flexing
Plywood is from Canoe. That plant is about 15 miles from my house in BC Canada. Sits right on Shuswap lake. You can Google it.
That’s good stuff! I grab all the scraps I can. Sawyer’s garage, my wood shop and part of our machine shed is lined with it. Like everything else it has gotten really expensive though. Thanks for watching!
Been there, am there now rolling my eyes at how fast life is going , as my mom always told me it would go, only whoa , that's fast enough.
I had heard of the running of the bulls, but never, until today had I heard of the running of the pigs!! 😮😮😮
Love the air powered skill saw👍
Love the trusses time lapse! Great video!!
*So much progress in so little time! Amazing!*
Time is flying that’s for sure
Huge progress, the barn is taking shape guys!
Organized and dedicated to do the job right - fun to watch this building go up.
Fun video! This is the easy work. Setting trusses with a simple design plan like they're doing should be quick and easy work. I'm from a similar community in Montana and we do this stuff all time!
That little snow?? Ahahah. And that circle saw is air driven!!!!
Amazing to see people that have a work ethic these days ! Fun to watch.
Yep, they go faster and faster every year. I have a series of things I have to do for work every Friday. I remember when I was 20 and Friday just couldn’t get here fast enough. I was ready to go out all weekend. Now they come just way too damn fast and all I want to do is go home and rest on the weekend. It’s hell to be playing the back nine of life ain’t it?
So - this is a father -son blog??? I think that is really cool. I think it is really cool how you pass down the houses! And that your son wants to continue being a farmer with his father and grandfather!!
Simply amazing crew of guys!!
At 5:43 Lol! I asked an old timer Amish guy about the beard thing. He gave me the same answer. I then asked him. "how do you know the women is married" He said "She's pregnant" !!!!!! I just about passed out I was laughing so hard!!
Them Amish boys got their shit together no doubt!!! 👌👌👌
At 13:05 you start talking about the pvc Coated plywood.
Where do you purchase that from?
Thank you
Barn is looking awesome 😎
True story
Men with beards are married.
My aunt asked me how you know if the women are married. Told her you know because they are pregnant.
😂 good stuff!
And they have beards too
@@noway4281 though not on their face
Amish men are such hard workers. It's frigging hard not to notice the blur of movement like they're on fast forward.
Amish are just awesome. Anything they build is amazing and they bust there ass in any weather, if you are paying they are working
Is that a barn, or is that a barn! Well done to all.
First time watching and I enjoyed this. I subscribed. Thanks for sharing and have a nice safe day!!!
Thanks for watching!
Dude swinging those trusses is nuts.......look at that bend....Sawyer ,who built the trusses?
Looks like EPS ( energy panel systems ) out of Gretenger Iowa.
There doing great job on it 👍👍
Howdy from west Texas! Just saw the outline of Iowa when I came to watch another video. I was raised in Council Bluffs in SW Iowa. Wow! Just saw you in with the hogs..,.how many?
We raise about 20k a year wean to finish. Thanks for watching!
If I had big money I'd have the Amish build me a big big tie stall milking barn I've heard they are excellent carpenters.
I came across this video because I was curious whether Amish were able to use nail guns and compressors. Now I wonder if they can use the battery cordless ones
at 13 air hoses big long length then shorter one of it keep moving people on the ground keep watch and help man with the gun no problem work with each other
Würde gut eine Photovoltaik rauf passen
Quick question, do you know what that board is with the PVC vinyl layer on it is called? I need some of that for my wash bay!
Awesome video.
Great video thanks
I live in Ames!
The building is really coming along!!
How thick is the plywood with laminate referenced towards the end of the video? Seems like a neat product! Is there a technical name for it? In your garage do you only have 1 row of 4x8 sheets hung off the garage floor? Thanks!!
I think the poly is called HDPE laminated to 1/2” plywood. Canoe is the manufacturer from Canada. Thanks for the question and thanks for watching!
Sorry, to finish your question. In Sawyer’s garage we did a 16” stem wall then a full sheet vertically and then a 24” piece on top. It’s about a 11’6” ceiling. Calked the seams and it’s bulletproof.
Hey thanks for the reply and information! I’m new to your channel and have enjoyed the videos! Keep up the great work!
hi there with you john
Can anyone tell me what the plywood with pvc panels are actualy called, thanks.
Was that pneumatic circular saw they were using or did hear a different tool while that clip showed?
Do we get a manure hauling video?
Yes sir it’s coming in the upcoming weeks. Already shot just got to edit it.
Your father is a hoot!!
Sawyer looking good buddy! I’ll take whatever your dad takes in his coffee, he doesn’t slow down! Lmao!
Thanks! No rest for the wicked and the righteous don’t need it! 😂😂😂
Amish are amazing contractors
Skills brother
In 2018 the amish built me a 45x120 foot barn in 6 days just six of them . The berd thing is true
Hält von 12 bis Mittag
Do you have 3 phase electricity?
Wilbur Yoder and brothers?
Yes sir! They’ve done a pile of them. All four of ours. Thanks for watching!
Could you share who you worked with or hired? Name on the company would be great!
Bearded Amish we call “ brushies “ since looks like a big paint brush hanging off their chins. Hey the Amish also don’t want to be video or photographed 🤣🤣🤣
Most don’t care about cameras anymore.
Wow, are the Amish impressive people.
What is he nailing at 9:45? just for the video?
nailing the center of the trusses together, they don't butt together, they overlap in the center
The Amish work, the “bosses “ take selfies.
Then the “bosses” work in the barns they have built for decades.... 🤨
what's the name of that plastic laminated plywood
I think it’s HDPE. There are different versions of the plastic that is laminated to the plywood. The plywood is made by Canoe out of Canada. Thank you for watching!
Is that a 2400 head barn?
Yes sir
How can I get the design for the barn?
Ames IA we del to Barrilla there
The Japanese people are the best carpenters by far. As I understand it's very hard for American men to get on construction crews that specializes in mortise and tennon
Get serious, American framers are fast and furious, especially in Texas. Japanese are slow and expensive, great results but most people can't afford a house that costs twice as much as normal.
@@thomaswayneward is that why Japanese buildings survive tsunamis earthquakes and other natural disasters for centuries, one little twister turns your Lil ol framing job to toothpicks in seconds...but hey, job security right???
@@jesselehmann1643 I built homes in the USA for over fifty years, including some like the Japanese homes. The methods used to build a traditional Japanese home are simple but time consuming and therefore expensive. For the same money a traditional Japanese home costs per square foot, I can build a real stone and brick home that can withstand about anything. Or I can build a wooden one that can withstand anything a traditional Japanese home can withstand. The weak point in a traditional Japanese home, as far as bad weather goes, is the roof. Every home I have ever built has a stronger roof than any Japanese home. Bolt the sole plates down, use plywood with nails as sheathing, use metal rafter ties to connect the rafters to the walls, use metal ties to hold the ridge to the rafters, nail on sheathing for the roof base and you have a strong home. The cost is minimal.
Are those stainless steel Sharp doors?
We are manufacturing those doors if they are Sharp doors!!
Thorp Equipment from WI builds the doors. Thanks for watching!
How big is the hog barn?
What is the cost to build something like that?👍
grand children make grand parents
Wheres this at
I didn't think the Amish drove vehicles. Do pigs eat the manure
Great respect for Amish work and skill
I just don't like this type of pig farming prefer free range or as close to free range as possible
I respect your opinion sir. But, I think the narrative around modern day pig farming is falsely discriminated against. I’m doing my best to show the life of a modern day family pig farm. We and the practices we do aren’t as bad as the media likes to paint, and I’ll show you that through this channel. We genuinely care about the animals, and the end consumer. This type of pig farming feeds majority of the world. It has to stay that way to continue to feed the growing population. If all pig farmers had pastured pigs, pork production would be significantly lower. Not only that but there simply isn’t enough land to do so. Unless you cut into land used for crops. Which, in turn would bring down the production on that side of agriculture as well. I’m not trying to come at you by any means sir, I just want to open your eyes and really show you who we are as farmers, and what goes on before you form that opinion.
@@thislldofarm , yep. The organic farm is very similar. We can’t feed the world’s population using organic farming. You simply cannot get the crop yields we need without using modern fertilizers, anti fungals, herbicides, and pesticides. Certainly not at an affordable price. Imagine having to find all the people needed just to pick all the worms and pests off crops by hand? We fight the damn bugs to a draw using every trick modern chemistry, biology, and genetics can think up. We’d all get a little hungry.
Like you said, you can still responsible and judicious in how you farm, ranch, and fish. Lord knows we need to really get a handle on fishing since the world, and especially the Chinese, are over fishing some species and destroying habitats in the pursuit of others. Their fishing is a textbook case of The Tragedy of the Commons. But you guys give those pigs a clean, healthy, and well fed life. That’s not bad for the pig. They are pretty happy right up until that one bad day. Sadly, just like the pig and every other animal, we all eventually have that one bad day.
So true. I try explaining this to people all the time
@@thislldofarm When I saw your comment to his, I thought...Man I hope he doesn’t go off on him. You stayed professional. Your channel is growing. You watch, people (and endorsements) one day will look back at every word and comment you make. I noticed you don’t curse anymore like some of your first videos and I couldn’t agree more. I’m not above a curse word here and there but you have to treat this like a business, and you do. Well done.
Why are the hog barns so far from each other? Zoning?
Occidental leather all the way
around here in north missouri,THE AMISH WOULD RIDE WITH YOU ONLY IF THEY CARRIED A CAST IRON WHEEL WITH THEM! now whole crews ride in vans driven by english......its not a sin for us English to drive them around!,,,,,,they have low overhead and people think they are lower priced........they are not cheap!
By golly when those Amish guys go home you can bet the ladies will have a damn good supper prepared for them those gals aren't lazy when it comes to cooking unlike most women I've known.
Hay got a question why it one tresses black every other one
Mud
I’m a little confused, and don’t mean to be rude or insult anyone, but my thought of the Amish is no electric, and no modern clothing etc? Have I missed something, or are there different types of Amish? Appreciate any replies, thanks.
They are free to use air tools and battery powered tools without any issues. They are allowed to run generators to power these devices as it is work-related, not leisure. Also, there are non-Amish crew members who do not have to follow any of these rules, such as driving vehicles and delivering goods on a semi.
Dint se any amish at all?
Ive done construction for 20 yrs and my mom decided to use the amish for a polebarn because it was such a good price ......i had a bad feeling from the salesman to the lumber drop....
Well let me say this 3 kids showed up
One was 19 the others were around 15....
They rushed the job and were done in 2 days...every aspect of the job was c class at best some d class....
The metal work was horrible and hideous....no mitters gaps in corners un level lines, fascia boards came off following year....the ledger down one side of the 64x32 structure was held flush to the outside when its supposed to be held out 1.5 inches to carry gabble truss and so it breaks on center of posts instead it was 1 inch break the crete for the posts got no water added which i wouldve atleast sprayed the holes....the doors were cheap n tight ......the job was a 3 day job for experienced guys not a 2 day job for kids.....they also slept in there truck at a near by parking lot so they never got good rest.
The metal work was so bad that birds were in the soffits and getting in building....there wasnt one aspect that was satisfactory
Pardon my ignorance, but I thought the Amish didn’t use power tools?
Really
THAT'S a bloody waste of timber
Steel is much better and you don't need that amount compared to wood
Steel is much safer too
Those MasterLock key lock boxes in the beginning of the video are utter shite.
Are you sure Amish are allowed to operate power tools
Thats because the Amish doe not bother themselves with nonsense
like the internet & popular culture.
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The Amish use power tools?
Their acceptance of electricity varies by community. There is no National "Amish Church". The Amish don't even have churches and worship in member's homes or workshops.
Mennonites have actual church buildings. They also mostly drive cars and often dress like any other person living in rural America. They have power in their homes and most even have cell phones/Internet access.
Old Order Amish generally don't use electricity but some will use gas power tools. New Order Amish would use power tools or some might even use electric as long as it's from their solar or generator.
Beachy Amish are more like Mennonites and would even drive the crane.
Why some trusses are black? These are from steel?
Their just dirty it was really muddy that day.
Oh yes. The amish cult. Work. Make money and their young men love their cell phones. That they are not suppose to have
We sure do
Don’t Amish people not use money or power tools or electricity and stuff like that or is that false?
Pig factory
Amish use power?
No, they have a gas powered air compressor hooked up to every tool they use.
@@thislldofarmSo the answer is: Yes they are using power. Sorry but that is not Amish.
@@rodrigoalcover332 they have an engine hooked up to it. The engine burns fuel to power the compressor, which then fills a connected reservoir with highly pressurized air.
@@thislldofarm Yes I understand perfectly how it works. But as Amish, they shouldn't use power.
Is this a new building paid for by Amish? Or is this being built by you and Amish workers for the Amish? My question is about all the gas powered equipment being used here. Can Amish pay others to use equipment they can't use themselves? What gives here?
It’s Sawyer’s building. The Amish can use air tools if the are powered by gas powered generator. One person on their crew is not Amish. He drives the van, telahandler and skid loader. Crane is hired as needed.
I use to work with a guy that lived near smicksburg Pennsylvania he was single and the Amish elder would come to the bar he drank at and he would get paid a thousand for every women he would get pregnant they had to much inbreeding he is 6ft 5 inch tall and went 240lbs he bragged he paid for his house studding for fee his house was 25 grand
Everyone I know who lives in PA, OH, or other states where there are Amish people around says they're the best neighbors you could possibly have. I'm certainly impressed by their work ethic.
The Amish builds a lot of pole barns here in south jersey A whole lot of Barns😊
Amish builders are some highly skilled builders
Since when do the Amish use diesel cranes ?
Amish churches have different beliefs and rules. Amish people are allowed to use gas powered things. Especially for work. If they wouldn’t be able to use the crane, they would be less efficient. My mom grew up Amish and her church split because half believed they could use tractors, cranes, etc... the other believed that was against their values.
Letting them out once in a while also helps when are shipping them, they will move better than pigs that don't ever leave their pens. Nice looking pigs!