I have the ground rod. I haven't installed it yet. I also need a add-on lug for the ground buss, to properly land the ground wire. I am not 100% complete yet. But the ground will be isolated from the neutral when I am done. And the wire phased taped for neutral and ground.
I always used a bit of cotton rag and light nylon line, then pull back the line from the capstan (tugger). Surprised no wire lube, but it was a large conduit. Best wishes, you folks did an excellent job.
Your Wife remindes me of my wife......she's not afraid to get her hands dirty.....she's definitely not a city girl. My wife helped me all the time with whatever I was doing, until our son's came along and then she still helped me. She passed away 10 year ago....... I miss my little helper, cherish each and every moment you have with your wife son....................oh and I like your videos.
I would not say you lied when giving your quote off the top of your head, instead you were mistaken with the estimate. I find you to be a truthful and honorable man, willing to share your knowledge and experience with us viewers.
Hello my friends, I congratulate you as a very beautiful, wonderful and creative family. I congratulate you on this beautiful and wonderful work.👍👍👍👍👍🖐️🖐️🌷🌹🇾🇪🇾🇪🇾🇪🇾🇪
Good for you!! Evan, you impress me all the time. You're a jack of all trades 👍 You and Rebekah make an amazing team ❤️ With this video I am now up to 261 videos of your channel on my personal playlist I've made of y'all!! Looking forward to adding more and more
I have the ground rod, it need to install it, and need to add a bigger lug for the ground wire to land properly on the ground buss. I am not 100% done yet. But it will be correct we I am done.
Great job Evan. This is a job most wouldn't be able to tackle on their own. I am impressed with your skills. Rebeccah, you really got a great handy man there. I can't imagine how much this would have cost had you hired it out to an electrical contractor. Yall have a Blessed day.
You both did a good job. You do realize that it is a great thing to have a wife that is both willing and able to do all of the work that is needed and you are blessed to have one. Teamwork is not always easy and can turn out badly. The first project my husband and I did together was a pretty basic plywood box to hold our records and things in and he was so worried that the glue (he always uses glue and screws on everything) would start to dry and was in a hurry & was rather impatient. I have now developed arthritic problems that stop any joint efforts (pun intended) , which does not totally disappoint me. Patience IS a virtue and a blessing. Great job you two.
That went pretty good! You are blessed with a good wife. The idea to put in a larger conduit was smart. I didn't do that years ago for a 450' pull, and I worked mighty hard to get the job done...mainly at the sweeps. Good days work, glad you and your wife were both off from work the same day.
Shoving that wire brought back memories of when my sewer line clogged. I didn’t want to hire a plumber so I went to the hardware store and bought 50’ of very heavy cable and shoved it down the clean out and busted through the poop pile
Being a retired (UK) Utility Distribution Engineer in Central London for 20+ years (were all cables go underground) that was a very slick Job you did; Please remember these underground cable Jobs , if you do not prepare properly, can turn into a disaster. The only comment is when plastic cables are pulled through plastic ducts this can cause severe friction and cable/duct melting, this can be avoided by smearing cables with biodegradable washing up liquid before pulling through plastic ducts.
Your motor loads in the new barn will like the extra voltage. They will start well and draw a bit less cutrrent. Also your panel voltages will drop a bit when you start adding loads. You have a blank slate with 251 vac right now. Led lights are voltage regulated, so 125 vac won't bother them. Your property may be near the substation which could explain the higher voltge.
I'm enjoying watching you putting all the hookups to get your pole barn necessities going. I appreciate you telling the cost factor. Great that your married to a gal that'll pitch right in. You do a great job of explaining things!
Glad to see you remembered to pull another pull string through along with the wire. It’s a real pain to try and run another pull sting after the wire has been pulled! Don’t ask how I know 😂
Evan, you did a great job on the trenching and with help from Rebecca, you got the pvc pipe installed, the wire pulled and everything hooked up and ready to start installing lights and outlets for your power tools and plumbing. The pole barn is really looking good.
Not to be a Fuddy Duddy but if you cover the end of the vacuum hose with a cupped piece of screen it catches the bag at the end so it’s not clear into the vacuum tank. But there’s no fun in that 😀. Doing some really great work 👍 great content 🇺🇸🦅🌏⚓️🇺🇸
From Batman movie Where does he get those wonderful toys great work mr Evan recent news on meat process plants big demand you folks could start a small side business and probably never sleep again I cannot wait to see the finished building thanks for the content
You and Rebecca make an awesome team!! I am very impressed by what you accomplished in one day. I have pulled wire before with experienced professionals and had it turn into a real Hell. My wife and I both give you a standing ovation. Good job and a hearty slap on the back from Art and Melissa.
Sorry for being such a pain. We will be doing the same thing this summer at the new farm in Indiana. All the information I can get will help thanks jim
Too funny with the plastic bag trick! I learned something new. Thanks. Great project, can tell you are excited to get that building finished. Congratulations!
In Southern Ma we need 3" sch. 40 conduit and in today's market is $55/10'. We need a back up conduit along side the main conduit. We need another 3" conduit for low voltage. We need sand in the bottom and above the conduit. We need a (2) silo for transition, we need SO SO much. I'm installing just under 500 feet and the entire project minus labor, so far, is $15,000 and the pipe isn't even glued together yet! If my 93 year old mom wasn't still with us I would have moved to a state without such regulations. Can you imagine a power company mandating I have to put a back up conduit for POSSIBLE future use! Did I mention that the low voltage has to be 18" away from the high voltage? So, now you have to dig a 30" wide trench...
Mother f'ers. Congrats to your mother, however, what a long ride. She has really seen some changes on this ole rock. I bet she has some stories to share!
Another trick if you’re pulling cables through conduit is to put talcum powder into the conduit before pulling able it acts as a dry lubricant.Very good on small conduit and tight cables. Nice job all round the diggers are a god send.
Does a bag from another supermarket work as well? What a clever thing! I already had visions of you chasing a rodent through the conduit with the string attached!
Talent! Nice to have help that does not run away to go play video games like my adult kids lol. My wife will help but won't challenge herself to learn these skills. Your saving a bunch of cash. When I built a family restaurant I created an LLC and opened commercial accounts to save a bit on materials.
I have never seen that trick with the vacuum, I honestly feel like I could have saved a few months of time with knowing that . Well better late than never
Howdy Evan and Rebekah, Great team work installing the electric to the polebarn. Evan props for the old school tractor skills in the prep work and backfilling. Believe that grader blade backfilled cleaner than a skidsteer would have. Very nice work! Have A Day! ;~)
Great job Evan and Rebecca, sure hope you had some fishing time to unwind! Glad you have power to the pole barn and can start another phase on your journey. It’s looking great around there. Thanks for sharing with us, Fred.🙏🏻🙏🏻👍👍👏🏻👏🏻👋👋
A tip for next time or for others looking to do similar: when feeding those wires into the conduit, 1. wear gloves 2. Remove the panel interior before pulling so neither it or you fingers get damaged
Did you install ground rods at the new sub panel since it’s a separate structure?
I have the ground rod. I haven't installed it yet. I also need a add-on lug for the ground buss, to properly land the ground wire. I am not 100% complete yet. But the ground will be isolated from the neutral when I am done. And the wire phased taped for neutral and ground.
@@CountryViewAcres and the removal of the garage panel bonding connection too... too many electricians watching lol
@@chartlook1 , yes it will be removed also to ensure they are isolated.
Thanks for the update! I love your homestead by the way. Been watching a long time.
I love the way you pulled the wire through.....creative.
Your wife is a true Rockstar! She gets right on in there
Much agreed ... what a blessing Miss Rebekah is.
She always starts with the most difficult task on every job! Then he steps in!
The vacuum and string trick was awesome!
I always used a bit of cotton rag and light nylon line, then pull back the line from the capstan (tugger). Surprised no wire lube, but it was a large conduit.
Best wishes, you folks did an excellent job.
Your Wife remindes me of my wife......she's not afraid to get her hands dirty.....she's definitely not a city girl. My wife helped me all the time with whatever I was doing, until our son's came along and then she still helped me. She passed away 10 year ago....... I miss my little helper, cherish each and every moment you have with your wife son....................oh and I like your videos.
That bag trick must have been pretty satisfying to see it worked so well.
You can also use a blower on the feed side without a bag..
Whenever he does anything on the farm it’s the “we’ll see how this goes Goes” face
Great video again. What a blessing to have a beautiful wife who isn’t afraid to get her hands dirty and is so helpful!😎
YOU NEEDED A LIL LUBE IN THERE, WE CALLED IT SNOT, LOVE BUTTER, CAUSE YOU LOVE USIN IT, ON LONG PULLS, HELPS THE CABLE SLIDE BETTER
that IS NOT why they call it love butter. lmao. and you know it!!
@@DieselRamcharger LOL
Amazing job Evan. And you both completed it in one day. Kudos to you both
I would not say you lied when giving your quote off the top of your head, instead you were mistaken with the estimate. I find you to be a truthful and honorable man, willing to share your knowledge and experience with us viewers.
I understand, "lied" means intentional, and I was just incorrect, on my first comment.
Probably would have suggested to put the electrical cable warning tape above.
Hello my friends, I congratulate you as a very beautiful, wonderful and creative family. I congratulate you on this beautiful and wonderful work.👍👍👍👍👍🖐️🖐️🌷🌹🇾🇪🇾🇪🇾🇪🇾🇪
Good for you!! Evan, you impress me all the time. You're a jack of all trades 👍 You and Rebekah make an amazing team ❤️
With this video I am now up to 261 videos of your channel on my personal playlist I've made of y'all!! Looking forward to adding more and more
Best money spent and saved by dyi. Great job you 2. Looking good.
Put two 5/8" ten foot ground rods in the ground down 8' and at least 6 feet apart with #6AWG from panel to each rod.
Good job don't forget the ground rod
I have the ground rod, it need to install it, and need to add a bigger lug for the ground wire to land properly on the ground buss. I am not 100% done yet. But it will be correct we I am done.
Nifty trick using suction to draw your pull with through the conduit
Great job Evan. This is a job most wouldn't be able to tackle on their own. I am impressed with your skills. Rebeccah, you really got a great handy man there. I can't imagine how much this would have cost had you hired it out to an electrical contractor. Yall have a Blessed day.
You both did a good job. You do realize that it is a great thing to have a wife that is both willing and able to do all of the work that is needed and you are blessed to have one. Teamwork is not always easy and can turn out badly. The first project my husband and I did together was a pretty basic plywood box to hold our records and things in and he was so worried that the glue (he always uses glue and screws on everything) would start to dry and was in a hurry & was rather impatient. I have now developed arthritic problems that stop any joint efforts (pun intended) , which does not totally disappoint me. Patience IS a virtue and a blessing. Great job you two.
not many husband wife teams work so well together! you have a gem, be thankfull!
This is one of the funniest videos I have seen you do so far
Man! Power is expensive! Very difficult to live without it. Thank you for sharing.
Hi..... Evan and Rebecca nice to see you love watching your videos great good job, thank you for sharing your video homestead 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 🎥👍👍👍
That went pretty good! You are blessed with a good wife. The idea to put in a larger conduit was smart. I didn't do that years ago for a 450' pull, and I worked mighty hard to get the job done...mainly at the sweeps. Good days work, glad you and your wife were both off from work the same day.
Great job on the power install, a lot of work but $1800 not bad. Thanks from Georgian Bay
Jus gonna energize my pole barn today..tada! Done. You guys make it look easy, but I can appreciate just how hard it was.
You really know your way around electrical components Evan. Makes me think you’ve done this a time or two. Lol. Y’all are doing great. Love the vids.
Love me sum country view acres!
You're getting closer and closer to fulfilling your dream. Looking good.
I can tell you have done that before. I worked in the electric utility industry for 37 yrs and I can see you knew a lot of the tricks!
That vacuum trick to pull the string was pretty cool!
The goats 🐐 are going to like the wire real. 👍👍💕
Shoving that wire brought back memories of when my sewer line clogged. I didn’t want to hire a plumber so I went to the hardware store and bought 50’ of very heavy cable and shoved it down the clean out and busted through the poop pile
Good job
Probably paid for itself since you were able to do it yourself. 😎
Damn...you took me back 30 + years, doing all that electrical work, great job and video
It will be nice to have shop all wired up
I had never seen the plastic bag an string being sucked through the conduit. You learn something new every day.
Awesome trick with the plastic bag I’d have never thought about that
That vaccum n mason string idea was flipping genius
Evan & Rebecca you did a awesome job! So nice having that tractor to finish it up! God bless you guys!
Evan you amased me with your work and your wife too
You and Rebecca did a great job. It is true. Teamwork makes the dream work. Blessings ☝️☝️🙏🙌
Being a retired (UK) Utility Distribution Engineer in Central London for 20+ years (were all cables go underground) that was a very slick Job you did; Please remember these underground cable Jobs , if you do not prepare properly, can turn into a disaster. The only comment is when plastic cables are pulled through plastic ducts this can cause severe friction and cable/duct melting, this can be avoided by smearing cables with biodegradable washing up liquid before pulling through plastic ducts.
Your motor loads in the new barn will like the extra voltage. They will start well and draw a bit less cutrrent. Also your panel voltages will drop a bit when you start adding loads. You have a blank slate with 251 vac right now. Led lights are voltage regulated, so 125 vac won't bother them. Your property may be near the substation which could explain the higher voltge.
She lifting while you pushing reminded me of the old railroad pump handcar. You'd gone to New Orleans and back
I'm enjoying watching you putting all the hookups to get your pole barn necessities going. I appreciate you telling the cost factor. Great that your married to a gal that'll pitch right in. You do a great job of explaining things!
you could sell the extra wire on facebook market place to recop some of your money gr8 job you are one of my favorite you tubers to watch
that's what I thought. Well, ebay I thought!
Glad to see you remembered to pull another pull string through along with the wire. It’s a real pain to try and run another pull sting after the wire has been pulled! Don’t ask how I know 😂
another pull string for what plz?
Great work
Long day. Great project to have completed in one day. Now you have power in the new barn. Congratulations
You’re so lucky that you know how to do this. Just think what labor would have added to the bill.😊
The question more importantly is, about how much did you save by doing this yourself, compared to how much you spent.
Good content.
Waaay too many commercials (again).
Was thinking the same thing as he was totaling the numbers ...
@@WorldsBestWatcher I MUCH agree.
Whew, I’m worn out from all the digging and such! Great job!
Man, y'all know how to have fun! That's hard work. I've done that before. Nice video.
Evan, you did a great job on the trenching and with help from Rebecca, you got the pvc pipe installed, the wire pulled and everything hooked up and ready to start installing lights and outlets for your power tools and plumbing. The pole barn is really looking good.
The 150 amp breaker might be overkill if you main entrance is only 200 amps which feeds the house and now the barn.
Great Job Evan such a professional job you and Rebecca are a great team
Not to be a Fuddy Duddy but if you cover the end of the vacuum hose with a cupped piece of screen it catches the bag at the end so it’s not clear into the vacuum tank. But there’s no fun in that 😀. Doing some really great work 👍 great content
🇺🇸🦅🌏⚓️🇺🇸
From Batman movie
Where does he get those wonderful toys
great work mr Evan recent news on meat process
plants big demand
you folks could start a small side business and probably never sleep again
I cannot wait to see the finished building
thanks for the content
Good job! New shop is Awesome!
So happy for you two!
You two work so well together. Your push-pull timing was spot on pulling that electric.
Love you telling us what things cost. As an ex CFO of a small firm I always want to know what things cost.
You and Rebecca make an awesome team!! I am very impressed by what you accomplished in one day. I have pulled wire before with experienced professionals and had it turn into a real Hell. My wife and I both give you a standing ovation. Good job and a hearty slap on the back from Art and Melissa.
Very nice job. Barn is looking amazing.
You do good work!
I remember days like that when I was your age
Sorry for being such a pain. We will be doing the same thing this summer at the new farm in Indiana. All the information I can get will help thanks jim
Ingenuity. Liked how you put the string through the conduit. Really enjoy your videos, keep up the good work.
Love your videos!!
Too funny with the plastic bag trick! I learned something new. Thanks. Great project, can tell you are excited to get that building finished. Congratulations!
Great video, like the way do things.
In Southern Ma we need 3" sch. 40 conduit and in today's market is $55/10'. We need a back up conduit along side the main conduit. We need another 3" conduit for low voltage. We need sand in the bottom and above the conduit. We need a (2) silo for transition, we need SO SO much. I'm installing just under 500 feet and the entire project minus labor, so far, is $15,000 and the pipe isn't even glued together yet! If my 93 year old mom wasn't still with us I would have moved to a state without such regulations. Can you imagine a power company mandating I have to put a back up conduit for POSSIBLE future use! Did I mention that the low voltage has to be 18" away from the high voltage? So, now you have to dig a 30" wide trench...
Mother f'ers. Congrats to your mother, however, what a long ride. She has really seen some changes on this ole rock. I bet she has some stories to share!
I’m generally a fan of regulations, but that’s some crazy regulation. Nothing is future-proof.
Your hard work paid off . Job well done. And, you taught me a trick with the bag and vacuum!
NICE JOB
Well done you guys work well as a team another enjoyable video
Must feel good to making progress :). Excited for you guys!
Great progress🍀
Well done most people wouldn’t think of doing that themselves, good job.
...looking better all the time, should be using it in no time...good job, stay safe..
That was a tough job done right. Thank you for sharing it with us. You definitely will have a first class shop when you're finished.
I was pushing right along with you...glad it did not hang up anywhere.
Great job! Looking forward to see the barn fully functional.
Nice job, Evan and Rebecca. 👌
Excellent work wiring the panel board.
Looks great!!
That shop vac could suck start a Harley. Good job. Saved a pile of money today
Great work use two
CVA well done top job, don't scrap leftover wire make some long battery jump leads out of it, Somerset Mike.
Thanks for the very timely video. I'll be doing exactly this this weekend.
Good job young man.
Another trick if you’re pulling cables through conduit is to put talcum powder into the conduit before pulling able it acts as a dry lubricant.Very good on small conduit and tight cables. Nice job all round the diggers are a god send.
I could have added a joke there, but I shan't!
Does a bag from another supermarket work as well? What a clever thing! I already had visions of you chasing a rodent through the conduit with the string attached!
Ha ha, no it has to be Walmart. And as I'm in the UK, I'm not in luck. :)
It'll have to be the hamster then.
Talent! Nice to have help that does not run away to go play video games like my adult kids lol. My wife will help but won't challenge herself to learn these skills. Your saving a bunch of cash. When I built a family restaurant I created an LLC and opened commercial accounts to save a bit on materials.
I have never seen that trick with the vacuum, I honestly feel like I could have saved a few months of time with knowing that . Well better late than never
Excellent 👌
Good Job.
Howdy Evan and Rebekah, Great team work installing the electric to the polebarn. Evan props for the old school tractor skills in the prep work and backfilling. Believe that grader blade backfilled cleaner than a skidsteer would have. Very nice work! Have A Day! ;~)
Great job Evan and Rebecca, sure hope you had some fishing time to unwind! Glad you have power to the pole barn and can start another phase on your journey. It’s looking great around there. Thanks for sharing with us, Fred.🙏🏻🙏🏻👍👍👏🏻👏🏻👋👋
A tip for next time or for others looking to do similar: when feeding those wires into the conduit,
1. wear gloves
2. Remove the panel interior before pulling so neither it or you fingers get damaged
Yee-haw!!! 👍 😊