Finishing the Dam @ the Off Grid Cabin - Part 2 / EP #23
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Child memories are flowing back I love making dams
As a retired civil engineer, I'm very impressed with your design and construction practice used for your hydro-electric waterwheel system.
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Except for no rebar in the damn...
Todd Kesler I doubt the pressure will effect the reinforcement rebar would have added. I’ve seen beaver dams hold back much greater water.
Todd Kesler we added rebar in the dam! Maybe you missed that part!
@Gene Hasenbuhler At some point, most man-made structures will fail and that is why constant rehab is preformed on dams, bridges, roadways and so on... However, the only element I would incorporate is riprap to both sides of the dam since this structure was not of the typical dam design [core width at bottom > top] to help prevent erosion/+stabilization.
I have NEVER seen a spring like that!!!...How lucky y'all are!.👍👍👍🗽🇺🇸
Having that much water. Is more important than the cabin, or even your source of food. Amazing.
How does that make sense to you?
That spring is gold! ♡
Our National Adventure uhm, no, its water..
... and the roof is waterproof too.
Have you thought about diverting the water flowing over the spillway into a small reservoir? You know, a little insurance policy for the dry season.
Totally enjoying this build. Talk about hard work and you guys make it look easy. But we all know it is back breaking hard work. So so worth it.
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I'm so happy this video was recommended, definately subscribed.
thank you
My favorite 😍, building the dam, not all cabins have a dam within the property. Fascinating
Thank you
You are blessed to have a spring that strong.
INNOVATION OVERLOADED !
Man you guys like it sun surface bright!
This is awesome!
I am impressed.
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Position the bucket to catch a quarter of the flow, time it and multiply the answer by four.
Looks AWESOME guys.
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Love the cabin it's awesome. Can't wait to see when it's all finished. Beautiful
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What a beautiful place
This is so impressive. Also, seems like the perfect thing to do right now, getting off grid completely. 🇺🇲
Yep it could quickly become our when “SHTF” cabin 😉
Don't forget to stock up on food and other necessities. Have heirloom open pollinated vegetable seeds on hand as well. And supplies and equipment to preserve your harvest winter.
So interesting! Can’t wait to see the final wheel! Jerry has all the fun toys. Lol.
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Jerry sure is doing a hell of alot of work. I think i know who should get the first free week at the cabin.... i cant wait to see how the water wheel is going to look... be safe
Yep he can stay anytime
I just found your channel, I am loving it, my coffee went cold, I couldn't finish the report I was writing, and I love concreting, I grew up with a father that could make concrete into anything, love your channel, cheers from Australia
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As a civil engineer I can only say AMAZING 👌! Your design will ( for me) be in big function only always be aware of downstream channel, new downstream development and how these development may impact the hazard chass of your dam and outlet condut observing all accessible features - only for monitoring data
Holy Cow! That is just awesome! Yes! Put fish in there!
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Fascinating video. If I was in charge of progressing humanity, we’d still be living in caves using two sticks to make fire. My mind can’t fathom amazing engineering like this.
Oh and your cabin is beautiful
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You all should make a swimming pond with fish somewhere along the stream and once you got the dirt build up have the stream fill it up.Love the vids keep up the good work
This is just SO impressive on so many levels friends.
i personaly love those old stoves they just have alot of class the loks of them and some even had a wamer section
That cabin is so cool im going to build a hut and have a well then dam then the water wheel and then all the electrical stuff
.been with your families adventures ever since y'all sold your house..
....this whole off grid cabin/tiny house has been a joy to watch...but SERIOUSLY watching these last couple videos of the hydroelectric dam.. water wheel conception/construction...has been aMazeballs..jerry sir you ARE absolutely chalk full of talent..
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Jerry is amazing for sure!! Thanks
As an engineer, I have designed, built, and certified( for water consumption both state and national) 3 springs. I can tell you it's close to 1k+ gpm. Plenty for power production.
Awesome!! Thanks
Cant wait to see the finished project 😎👍🇺🇸
The power is strong in this one called Jerry
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Its landscaping and making a theme park thing. But then im not an American off grid person maybe.;) hope all works well, you work hard.
What a fantastic project. Love your work
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I am following all of your videos on off grid living.more episodes.
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You are blessed beyond imagination. Land with a large spring reservoir? Dear Lord. It's yours to loose if your are careless about it. You should construct a lot of holding ponds, as much as you can construct in a 50 acre land. Wow. I am crying just watching how bountiful your water is.
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I suggest that you paint the ceiling between the joist's and that will lighten it up a lot.
Don’t want to cover up that pretty barn wood
@@LoftisPartyofSix I understand, it was just a suggestion for making use of the lights you had.
Oh nice farm brother
Nice work. If no one has mentioned it---you should install a hydraulic ram pump for your water needs. No power required. Lots of you tube video's
You all are so going to hate me for this. As a kid always wanted to build a dam. Became a hydrologist, learned there is a lot to building a dam. This is cool, yet scares the heck out of me, but I will not be a bummer. One thing I do want to say is that you are not accounting for the energy of the water after it tops your dam. This energy will erode the creek if not dissipated. Short solution would be to add many small to large rocks in the spillway to add friction, dissipating the energy of the water as it flows down the flume. Do that and you will be happy. otherwise the downstream neighbors will get washed out over time. Sorry. Physics.
We did it right. Stay tuned. Plus we have no downstream neighbors
That's one hell of a spring!!!
Just think about making this type of system back in the day without all the trucks and heavy equipment. Like the types that ran the mills in the North East. And those are big, large wheels/ damming types of set ups.
I love watching this occur in the modern day. Super cool
Yep even more challenging back then. Thanks
Awesome idea and God bless
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Amazing job.
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Great water source!!
Contrary to most of the dams built for small creeks, streams, the building of Hoover Dam should be a lesson, but many seem to ignore it. By making a concave, there isn't as much pressure put on the integrity of the structure to hold back water, puls digging to hard pan secures the dam for ages.
There's a dam across the Mississippi River at Keokuk, IA. It's over a mile long, straight as an arrow and about 60ft tall. It holds back a huge reseervoir of water for the lock that barges use. I don't think his dam will have an issue.
Nice work guys, that place is looking great. Being a city dweller anything country looks great. Your crew is amazing !
Back in the late 50's my Dad built a inground swimming pool. All his friends built their's with straight walls ( like your dam ) The ones who left water in the pool over the winter, well, the walls cracked. The other half drained the water from the pool for the winter, and the walls still cracked. So.....my Dad built his walls 2 1/2 to 3 feet thick on the bottom and tapered the wall ( going towards the top ) to 1 foot thick. Actually like all dams are built nowadays. Our pool has always had water in it over all these years, up to today. Without ever cracking.
Dont tell the Army Corps of Engineers, theyll show you the wrath of government intervention for messing with the precious streams lol
Very impressed, I have a spring around my house we was try to figure out how to get water to our house, you project it's unique we giving it a try not like your do not have the money but we hoist g to put the pump into it thank you God Bless
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Where do I find a Jerry? That dude's a rockstar!
Jerry's the guy making all this possible. Seems more like a story of some dude that hired a contractor and then claims his family built a cabin in the woods.
wow thats alot of work but wow it looks awesome so happy for you guys having your dream come true Im praying we will get there soon :) cant wait to see the water wheel in action great job!!!!!
Thank you
Good job 😊
Love your cabin
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Amazing cabin, yall did a great job.
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if you build like this without embankment treatment, surface soil will soon be eroded, after rain the mud will be washed down and accumlate along side the dam cause more leakage underneath the cement. the proper way to build is to lay down pebble in the whole reservoir area and add reinforcement like log beneath flood line. use the trees u fall to make some mulch and put em around the trees root near the pond.
wow beautiful house
Great spot to build, absolutely love natural springs and this this is a beautiful one. Good luck , I’m sure you will get it figured out soon
Newb here, nice job. I was coerced into studying biology, long story. Seen a few documentaries about Beavers. What you're up to is right up there on the cool scale. I have a small natural stream in a gully behind my house. And room for a small one room cabin overlooking it. If I build a dam it will be much smaller............wood (and a bridge) and for erosion control.....water and electricity for my bug out shelter...lol I am looking forward to seeing the rest of your build!
Thank you Randall! Good luck on your future project too!
From Branson! Love what you’re doing. First video I’ve seen and can’t wait to see more!
Howdy neighbor! Thanks
He never explains how they went about plugging the 10inch pipe such that it does not leak. I'm part of a group building a dam half this size in Haiti. Our current plan is to divert the creek with sand bags while we pour 1/2 of the dam then reroute the creek over the completed half to pour the second half. Our dam/weir will only be 2' tall at the overflow point and 3.5' at the crest height. Our problem is that the creek has a 30-40x flow factor variation during the year. i.e. it can vary from 1gallon/second in dry season to 40gallons per second on the rainiest of days.
Awesome looking projects, you guys are doing awesome work. I REALLY wish I had a friend like Jerry. He’s awesome!!!
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Curious what part of the up you were from. Still live up there would love to know where you grew up
W O W lot’s of water great for your farm
With that volume of water and drop you could put a ram pump and cycle the water back up to add to the flow
Hell or an idea.
That's a beautiful piece of property!
It’s definitely looking good,glad to see you can finally get your rode put in too !
Thank you
Hurricane generators are #1 sorry you didn't see Mr. Daniels reviews before buying .
So impressive! Enjoying this project! I wish I could do this but my creek dries up in the heat of the summer. But the wet season i get about that much flow so maybe...one day
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Go hydro power
I have to say I truly look forward to watching your videos I'm new to your youtube channel I subscribed a couple days ago, now I'm hooked lol I'm living vicariously through all of you. I must say Jerry's pretty smart 😊👍. Both cabin life and the having a class A mobile home is my dream and on my bucket list so great job everyone your awesome! 🙌👍😁
Thank you so much 😊
You are very welcome! God Bless you all
This is really awesome! I love these types of projects.
You have such a plentiful supply of water. You’re truly blessed with that. We live up by Kansas City so feel we’re almost neighbors!
Thank you! Y’all will have to come down and stay in the cabin sometime!
Loftis Party of Six - weROAM Maybe next spring. (Will your cabin be done by then?) Hubby is having a replacement knee replaced the end of the month. Hopefully the Covid will be gone by spring!
What a nice interior ✨Really nice !
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Bank erosion and scour can be your worst enemies with this type of weir dam. I dont know how much water flow you might see during peak seasons, but you might consider reinforcing the base of the dam and the high side banks with riprap. It would be much easier now than later.
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This is so cool!!!
Worth a sub for sure, great content 😊
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Looks like it will last longer and built better than the 3 gorges dam
Wow that's really interesting...great place to cool off!
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Love the stove
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New subscriber. Thank you for sharing your badassery
Every mans dream, live in an off grid cabin and generate your own power
What kind of permits did you need to build the dam?
None
Adopt a couple beavers and same time and money
Make sure that the wheel is powered from a flume at the top rather than the bottom. An underflow wheel will loose power due to cavation bubbles behind the wheel on the bottom where as a top pour does not have that. Also the height ands the gravity factory so more power is produced...Also you should not have built a straight line wall. A concave wall would allow for greater strength as the dam is pushed tighter into the sides of the walls from water weight....
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One day i wish i can have 5 acre and do and live the way you do
i love what yall are doin! we live in southern Missouri also over by the current river. we also have a large spring and are trying to do hydro power. exited to see yall build all this!
Howdy neighbor! Thanks
we actually just left Silverton couple days ago. my grandfather lives out there. beautiful place and excellent off roading.... if u get a chance head up north an hour and there is a little town called tincup. there is several passes u can take your jeep over
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Love the way this is coming along. This is so close to my vision of how I'd want to do it. Great job.
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I recall the first time I helped my friend to do concrete work. Didn't have a mixer, so he introduced me to the "pleasure" of mixing with a shovel. "Hey, this is like shoveling rocks!" This is heavy, hard work!" The things curiosity will get an 8 year old into......
The best hydroelectric is the Abad turbine, no need for a dam, no need for a head.
Just a flow of water, the new invention small amount of water can generate electricity to megawatts..
cool vid, just wondering about the lack of rebar in the dam build?
A Key way in the top of your first pour , I would have used an lot more rebar . But again that’s, just me
Can't wait to see it finished, I can't Invision what it will look like, seems complicated..lol
Are you are gonna take the water from the top of the dam to generate electricity? Isn't there way more power potential by using the water pressure at the bottom of the dam?
Yes and yes.
You guys should really consider hiring a pump for those long runs.
Screw the water wheel and use a Turgo.
The Clean Water Act used to prevent land owners from doing this sort of private and necessary work on you own property. It was recently amended and clarified so that the feds do not harass property owners and farmers as they did in the past decade with this stupid government overreach. Your project is great. That little water wheel will generate far more power than you will use. You might have an engineer give you a bit of assistance (free) in selecting components and efficiently using the power.
Thank you for clarifying that legal issue! Lots of people living in strict states are shocked I can do this! Makes me proud to live in the Midwest!
Years ago I wanted to drill a well hole out in the sticks in Arizona. The ground temperature at 150 feet is 65 degrees. I intended to insert a sealed copper loop into the hole and run water through it for very inexpensive cooling using a closed water circuit. The well drillers work under county permits. When I met with this permit bureaucrat you would have thought I was building a meth lab out there. He did not or would not understand it and came up with every cockamamie excuse to deny me the permit. That was in 1982. Now anyone proposing this is hailed as a genius and a champion of the environment. Go figure.
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Rain through the trees reminds me of my home in Ireland 🇮🇪
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One other video I watched you were struggling to make power with your water wheel. As st is so long ago I guess you resolved it but you need to build an axil flux generator.