We Bought a 100 Year Old Bell Tower! - Part One - Hauling to the Homestead
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- Опубліковано 29 сер 2024
- An amazing adventure! The quick history on this. We saw this pop up on facebook market place and instantly jumped on the chance to try and buy a little piece of local history. We were lucky enough to get to it first, went out and did some rough measurements, and decided to go for it.
This is off the old Hebron School in Evansville, IN which was built in 1916. An awesome connection that we did not realize until later was that my grandmother actually went to the Hebron School while this bell tower was there!
Dirt perfect was nice enough to let me borrow his truck and trailer and I loaded up all my moving tools. Jacks, winches, chains, anything that was made to move something, and headed out with out a plan. You'll see in the video, it was a challenge, but a welcome one, and thanks to an amazing homeowner, good friends, and an awesomely supportive faimly, we now own a piece of history that we can re purpose on our homestead. Hope you enjoy the video!
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Excellent move without damage, not even the birds nest. Well done to build the sleigh & laying it down. Your engineering skills are growing.
Do not care what DP says about you because you are one smart cookie rigging up that thing and getting it home. KUDOS Mike!!
The craftsmanship that went into that thing. To be able to withstand the elements for so long, then a move, so impressive.
Very impressive! They built it right
That’s genius mate. I can imagine someone like HeavyD taking 2 cranes, 10 guys, a 5 tonne and a helicopter to shift that 😂
😂😂
At 63 I'm not impressed by much but this was impressive. Nice work and great to see someone work hard to save a piece of history.
Thank you sir!
Bravo Captain. For it's age this heirloom is in great shape. Priceless. Well done.
Thank you!
I think a tower either close to the UA-cam-Yacht or at the pond and have it made to look like a lighthouse would be a really cool idea.
A brilliant job 100% execution, don't ever let Dirt perfect call you out 👍 it must be very sentimental to have a piece of the school your grandma went to hope you feel really proud.VERY WELL DONE 🇬🇧👍👍👍
Thank you sir!
Ya gotta love it when a plan works out. I figure anyone who can talk his wife into building "Yacht" cabin, shouldn't have any trouble talking her into a bell tower.
Fingers crossed!
Putting that up on a tower would be so AWESOME!
Agree!
I sure wished I lived near you because I would volunteer some time to help you. That is a wonderful idea to convert that bell tower into a gazebo and preserve history. It is always a blessing to see you and the wife in your videos. It’s always fun to watch you adapt, improvise, and over come obstacles. God bless
Thank you sir!
A shelter house with a bell tower and bell would be neat. Love history
Now thats pretty cool!! 100 years old and with a family connection!! Best thing ever!
Good job laying that thing down and standing it up again,....its a well built structure, they dont make them like that anymore!!
Definitely well built!
I agree, so cool to have well-built piece of history with connections! This is one of my favorite UA-cam videos for all the reasons you mentioned.
With all your crazy, wreckless, hair brained ideas you are truly a brilliant young man!
Haha, thanks!
Two very good reasons to have a bell and no bell 🔔.
YET!
Imagine if they ever found the actual bell!
family history defiantly takes priority over a slab of concrete. Can't wait to see it cleaned up and painted. Hey, we ain't mad about it. 😎😎
Should look good! We are definitely excited
Mike if it had not held up so well then it might have been a set back. That is one very well made unit and I hope it brings you and your family much joy and great memories!👏👏👏
Came here to see a guy build a boat in the woods. Stayed to watch a 100+ bell free flipped all around. Staying to watch a tower be built!!!!!
It’s a wild ride 😂
I first found this channel through the UA-cam Yacht also, and like you I have stayed for all the other adventures.....but this bell tower video is still my favorite!
That thing will be a awesome place to sit and enjoy looking at your pond .People staying at your cabin can go down and enjoy it to .
Great job moving her buddy. God bless
Thank you sir!
That will be a cool addition. It would be a cool tree house for the kids too . Coming up with a bell for it would be awesome. Can't wait to see where it goes.
Thanks for watching!
Mike you are a crazy SOB but I love everything about it! This was awesome!!!!!!!
😂😂 hey I appreciate that!
Hey Mike, I can think of 2 reasons you might want to dismiss this comment, I’m British and I’m not in your line of work Anyway, I’m addicted to your posts. You don’t pretend to be perfect. You make mistakes and you own them. That makes it real life for me and so easy to watch. Please keep them coming!
Hey appreciate that feedback and thanks for watching!
The skid cradle and support structure that you created for the tower was ingenious. Fine job setting it on its side, too. What a really nice piece of history.
Thanks!
Just from my point of view that is a pretty big job solo. Well done Captain and may God bless you and your family.
“Super Cool Project”. No doubt about it.
Thank you!!
my dad was born in 1916, im sure he would have liked your efforts to keep it original painted & maintained!
Had me holding my breath on the re-stand. Great job!
Thanks!
Mike you said it was a awesome day I think you're Awesome !!! Grandma Has Everyone in HEAVEN Watching your Site in HEAVEN > 🙉 🤗 🥰
Every time I see Captain Kleeman I think of Captain Caveman and I hear his distinctive yell in my head.
June 2024 and this is still one of my favorite videos of yours! So close to 33k views.....maybe I'll just watch it a few more times 😉
what a score the fact you were so well prepared was impressive, nice
You must be my long lost secret brother. That bell tower is precisely the type of thing I go for; right along with the requirement for a herculean effort to haul it home.
Hahaha
that bell tower would make one hell of a good hunting tower stand LOL
😂
That's a great tower.
Looked like a professional mover to me, great job. Now you just have to convince the wife that a tower is her ideal and how awesome that she thought of it, you can do this.
Hahaha fingers crossed!
I would just clean it ,seal it and keep that gorgeous patina ! Not much he won't tackle ,is there. Very impressive.
Thanks for watching!
You have more common sense and engineering skills than a normal person. Kudos to you!
I thin it helps that he is a firefighter :-)
Thank you!
Improvise, adapt and overcome 👍🏻
💪
You are a one man wrecking crew Mike. NICE job !! What an awesome save.
Thank you sir!
No one ever said that youtube revenue was strictly for the youtube yacht. The Kleeman family does what they want and/or what they need. As far as I'm concerned, the purchase was a historic and family related purchase and justified 100%.
The entire process to shore up, tilt, load, unload, and stand back up went flawlessly! They don't make anything like they did back then. As long as it is properly maintained, it will last another 100 years or more!
Gonna look great..... absolutely cool and once in a lifetime opportunity
Definitely a unique piece to have! Thanks for watching.
I like how you did that. What was even more impressive was there was just you. It will make a brilliant gazebo.
Thanks Alan!
I love your love of history, added benefit the personal connection. Keep up the great videos.
The quality of the woodwork is exceptional a master carpenter certainly made this all those years ago.It would cost a small fortune to replicate this quality today.Well done on the haulage ,I doff my hat to you👍
P.S .Make sure Mike knows how well it went and no damage was done.😂
Agree 100%
Brilliant. It's not faith if it's doesn't push to and beyond your limits. Well done. Great video
Thank you!
Love the Bell Tower!!!! Awesome SAVE!!!!!!!!!! Money and time well spent!
Great content and entertainment, keep your videos coming.
God bless you and your family and thank you for your service as a first responder.
Thanks Clint!
You know Captain, my wife and I are still laughing about the birthday present that you made for Dirt Perfect; the "Atta Boy".
And your excitement too
Very impressed with that moving job!
Thank you!
Michael Me Lad, A fabulous application of "SWAG Engineering". Well done!!!~~~!
Thank you sir!
Nice job getting it done. Going to be a talking piece and show piece!! Great rigging too. 👍🇺🇸
Thank you max!
The collapse and rigging training sure comes in handy on the job and at home. You sure did learn your lessons well!!!!!!
I suspect that’s why he thrives on situations where he doesn’t have a plan
salut mon beau Cap
I just love watching you problem solve, fantastic video Mike. Great job and congrats.
Thanks Andy!
Thoroughly impressed! And slightly envious. :-)
Thank for watching!
Borrow Mike's back slapper you made him ,great job ,kudos captain👍
😂😂
Is a wonderful old Pavillion! But much work to repair. Then the time have track to leave. Congratulation to this finding. 🍀👌Greeting 🇦🇹
Thanks for watching!
That guy should have paid you to move the tower off his property. Anyway you did a great job moving it on your trailer, using good old kleeman ingenuity.
A great peace of History. 🤙👏🏻👏🏻
Indeed!
Definitely worth the price you paid for the bell tower. Excellent chance it's made from old growth cypress, which is many times stronger than anything you can get these days. Then there's the trim details. It'd most likely cost 10's of thousands of dollars to build that quality with the same quality of lumber these days. Congrats on the great find. Also think it's cool you're turning it into a gazebo by the pond.
That’s what he said! Made out of cypress
Brilliant job Mike you showed great skill in doing that on your own. Seriously impressed. Lovely piece of family history.
Thank you Peter!
Great work Captain! Most people would have gathered 5 guys and still broke stuff doing that.
Thanks! Sometimes it’s easier with just one person on these things.
CONGRATULATIONS!! Job well done! I'm impressed in how well you handled such an awkward load all by yourself.
Thank you sir!
I had no doubts that, “YOU CAN DO IT”! Great job, sir!
Thank you!
Congratulations! Man alive it's beautiful!
Thank you!
Can’t wait to see this bell tower restored
Way cool saving it from the burn pile.
How awesome.
Well done, Brother.
Lol so glad ya cut that big ol satelite dish down
Bonjour Mike tu et le meilleur pour accomplir ça magnifique une merveilleuse tour après une restauration elle sera la belle dame d'autrefois . magnifique Mike bravo 🤗🤓😅🇨🇵🇨🇵🇨🇵 papy gilbert de France bisous bisous
BEAUTIFUL PIECE AND BEIN ABLE TO TELL THE KIDS ABOUT IT BEIN FROM THE SCHOOL THE GRANDMOTHER WENT TO IS COOL, MADE WHEN PEOPLE TOOK PRIDE IN THEIR WORK
Will be neat!
Nice move. You have excellent problem solving skills. This made up for no video yesterday. Keep them coming
Thank you sir!
Nothing a good coat of paint can't fix! good find!
Thanks!
Wow bud! That is absolutely COOL!!!! (and Awesome!) You are my hero...
No no, you’re my hero!
Well done! I wrongly assumed you would have several guys helping, just goes to show what one man can do when he puts his mind to it. Really enjoying your channel.
Thank you!
Its beautiful I love those type of old steeples and towers. I own to big grand bells that went in a towers like that. I love them both. They were made in Seneca Falls NY.
Perfect time to paint the roof!
Ha, true
Bravo!
No bumps, no gotchas, smooth and easy.
Amazing move there young man.
Thanks!
A well thought out plan and execution!
Thank you!
Awesome job of moving the structure
Thank you!
That was awesome how you figured everything out went as planed
Thank you!
That is a fantastic piece of history 👏
The bell tower was a great get. So much to love about it just on its structure and looks alone BUT (and that’s a big butt) for it to the actual one where your grandmother went to school and the bell was used to communicate to her [way back when…] will make this a treasure in your family. Boom Baby!!
An extra big ATTA Mike. You made it work. The Bell Tower seems to have been made to last, as most things were back then.
Definitely well built
Well you gave that guy something to talk about at the barber shop for sure, good job! Sad to see that Kentucky State Flower taken down too.
He will definitely be talking about this day lol
Once it's restored and set up at the pond it will be a nice addition to the pond project. Great job on the rigging and the move!
Thank you sir
Necessity is the mother of invention and Firefighters are very good at it! Nice work on the riggings and skid system. And Congrats on a very cool piece of history with sentimental value! Cant wait to see it down by the pond.
Thanks for watching!
awesome job captain mcgiver (lol) !!! you saver a 100 year old piece off history . much respect bro !!
Thank you!
I have just watched a vlog that made me hold my breath - twice. You definitely hide your light under a bushel (as we used to say in the uk a hundred years ago)
Hey thanks for watching!
Nice move Mike 👏
Thank you sir!
You're really "schooling" people, how to get it DONE. Nice going Captain. Full speed ahead!!!
Thank you Keith!
Epic! Great DiY engineering to move it too. Best UA-cam video for ages!
Thank you!
I agree! Epic is a great word to describe him pulling off this move as a one-man job.
Sketchy (but successful) solo Egyptian style moving of a useless historical item: Yep, this is the content I came for!
Proper application of an ancient technique! Mike ain't under educated!
basic physics here people. every millwright in the world is a practical physicist.
gonna coin a term here- egyptianeering - to apply to these methods.
Useless ya say? Well you can enjoy your spotted cow on the outside of this fine piece of structure next time you come down to our area 😂😂.
@@CaptainKleeman Did I say "useless?" I surely meant "priceless"...
That would make a cool deer blind
Great save of a piece of history+ outstanding example of rigging and moving = great video!
Thank you Alan!
i would put, a bell of some sorts back in it. 👈😒👺👀👀👉🦉
what a lovely storie, to pass on to your kids. the bell tower that use to ring for grandmom to go to school, that tower is priceless too you
Something they won’t forget!