Nice work! I was thinking "oh my aching back!" Good to get all this heavy work done while you are still strong. Must be a great feeling to have all that nice rain water to use on your spread.
Hello, Pete. Brother, u surely r an inspiration. I am a TEXAN @ heart, but I joined the USMC after high school and haven't lived in TX since. I'm now in SoCal (Temecula), and life is good, but u make me wish I was back home, and justa few miles down the road from u. I retired from the USMC and then from Civil Service, so now I wait for someone to call asking for tractor work. I don't have any projects here, because everything has been done. Plus, my favorite project is someone else's project(s). : ) I doubt that it will happen, but f I make it back to TX, I'll hope that it's somewhere near the "big thicket" area of east TX. I have a GREAT church here, and the things I have r all paid for, I just don't like the liberalism. My wife of 18 mos has only lived in SoCal her whole life, so we'll prolly stay here, but again, u surely make me wish I was just "down the street" from you guys. : ) keep the videos coming, brother.
My one handed ratcheting PEX clamp tool came with a thin plate with slots for the various PEX diameters. If the proper slot slides over the underside of the crimp, it is tight. If not, crimp it some more.
Since you have lots of clay soil l’m sure the ph level of the soil is above 7.0 which is highly corrosive to any metal that is underground. Covering all metal with a rubber coating is a very wise decision. I also have a high ph value in my soil so I used type V concrete in addition to coating all underground metal with rubber paint.
I bet you’re glad all the trenches are done! I don’t know if you’ve seen this but I seen a lot of people use a 5 gallon bucket around the frost free Fossetts and fill it with crushed stone just a thought
Great job! I just installed 4 hydrants and about 200 feet of water lines for my gardens and barn lots this summer. I wished I had this video beforehand, it would have been so helpful. I got the job done but it was very time consuming. I like the idea of using PEX to hook to the hydrant. Thank you Pete for all your helpful hints. I am hoping to build a smaller rain collection system of some type next spring. I will watch all your videos on this again and hopefully stay out of trouble. Thank you very much. 👍
Howdy Pete, Dan Wilson(The Retiring Renegade) here from down in Silsbee, Texas! Love Your channel and it's content, big props to Toby and Mia for being wonderful fur babies! I will be implementing the chicken run technique with quail hutches suspended in the run as well for composting manure! Do You have a follow up on the compost heap? You and Yours stay safe and well! Enjoy the holidays Dan
Hi and sorry for the late reply but I thought I responded to your comment.....I guess I'm getting old 🙂 I don't have a follow up video on the compost heap but I did end up using it in a soil mixture for my greenhouse beds, here's the video. ua-cam.com/video/GwySvlSVzf4/v-deo.html
New sub and wow--fantastic job! I'm in Arizona right now in a restrictive HOA and am planning to move out to the Tyler area to become self reliant on very limited savings. I too am not keen on where the world is headed and am concerned about being on city utilities in TX including water. While harvesting rain water is fantastic, I likely will not have much surface area on a roof for catchment. Is having a well and purification installed viable/ good strategy to get off city water and are there contractors in the area that will do a good job? On power, I have a decent sized dual fuel generator that I could use in emergencies but seems like solar is a more permanent solution if power goes out for months; however, a system with a battery bank is really expensive. Please recommend the most cost effective way to get off city utilities in your area. Thanks much!
You'll be very surprised how much water you can get off a roof. if you find the square feet of the roof and multiply that by .623 you'll get the gallons of water per inch of rain off the roof. Example, my garage is 40'x60' that equals 2400sq of surface area. Then take 2400 x .623 = 1,495 gallons of water per inch of rain. That's a lot of water. There are well drillers in that area of Tyler that can drill you a well. I live in central east Texas and they charge about $10,000 to drill a well with a pump and presser tank included ready to go. Just do a google map search over that area and search for well drilling service. Solar with batteries is the best option to go off grid or for when the grid goes down, but as you said, it's very expensive I know. Check out my friend Eric's solar he's putting up ua-cam.com/video/Un3qeh4W-68/v-deo.html he has links in the description to where he got a great deal on a complete solar system. Hope this helps.
@@petebeasttexashomesteading Thank you so much! This helps tremendously; this is all new to me. I've lived in suburbia my whole life but have always tried to do things myself. I've spent the last 5 years building a food forest in AZ but it's all tied to the system based on location so I see clearly I need to do something more drastic with where things are headed. I really appreciate you and your channel.
Thanks for letting me know, I put two links in the description under the video. You can also find them at the big box stores but make sure you get the proper bury length for your areas frost line.
@@petebeasttexashomesteading Thank you. You know the 3000 gallon water tanks you purchased are now $2,400 each! Price has gone up 20% in less than 3 months!
Great work, I am looking to do something similar, whee did you source the pipe? Was it local as I beleive am just west of you in Grapeland Texas which figuring out anything within an hour is considered local around here compared to San Antonio.
those pex clamps you're using aren't the best ones, the copper rings are far better with far less leaks though swagging is better for buried applications. Also did you add a way to winterize the system I didn't see? Easiest would be a fitting in the shop with a valve and an air chuck fitting to blow it down incase of another freeze coming. PVC shatters easily when frozen, the poly and pex should hold up though. The weed barrier is going to trap moisture against the galvanized pipe. The sock for french drains might have been a better option.
Great aerial video, it’s a big improvement for your UA-cam channel. It should definitely increase the number of faithful viewers!
Thank you, I hope so. 👍
Showed my husband your trench and he stopped complaining about having to help me dig ours 🤣 we have a much smaller property.
Wow! That was a lot of trenching! I looked outside to see if you were coming thru my yard! ;-)
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Wow. A whole lot of trenching going on there!
Really like watching your videos
Thank you 👍
What a work horse.
Glad I found your channel..............................Awesome job.
Awesome! Thank you!
Great job Pete very impressed with your system, those yard hydrants are cool. How did you teach the dogs to do the "ugly faces", that was hilarious !
Thanks, my dogs just get in that mood once in a while 🙂
X-lent workmanship !!! Looks like big $$$$ invested in the water system all told.
Really nice job!
Thank you 👍
Nice work! I was thinking "oh my aching back!" Good to get all this heavy work done while you are still strong. Must be a great feeling to have all that nice rain water to use on your spread.
Awesome project and that drone footage may come in handy one day....
from the Netherlands thanks for the video
Durn Pete, you are harder than woodpecker lips. Good work man
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E tutto questo con l'acqua piovana, è meraviglioso. Buon lavoro, buon risultato. Bravo!
Good job Pete, that was a big job.
Love your dogs! Impressive job
Great hard job and great success, congratulations!
Lots of work! Great job!
Hello, Pete. Brother, u surely r an inspiration. I am a TEXAN @ heart, but I joined the USMC after high school and haven't lived in TX since. I'm now in SoCal (Temecula), and life is good, but u make me wish I was back home, and justa few miles down the road from u. I retired from the USMC and then from Civil Service, so now I wait for someone to call asking for tractor work. I don't have any projects here, because everything has been done. Plus, my favorite project is someone else's project(s). : ) I doubt that it will happen, but f I make it back to TX, I'll hope that it's somewhere near the "big thicket" area of east TX. I have a GREAT church here, and the things I have r all paid for, I just don't like the liberalism. My wife of 18 mos has only lived in SoCal her whole life, so we'll prolly stay here, but again, u surely make me wish I was just "down the street" from you guys. : ) keep the videos coming, brother.
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My one handed ratcheting PEX clamp tool came with a thin plate with slots for the various PEX diameters. If the proper slot slides over the underside of the crimp, it is tight. If not, crimp it some more.
WOW Pete you did alot of digging, treading! AWESOME job! Love watching!
Thank you
This is fantastic, Pete. What a great addition to your operation there.
Great job Pete! Hope you use your front end loader on your tractor to fill in most of the trench and save your back a little bit. Cheers
Since you have lots of clay soil l’m sure the ph level of the soil is above 7.0 which is highly corrosive to any metal that is underground. Covering all metal with a rubber coating is a very wise decision. I also have a high ph value in my soil so I used type V concrete in addition to coating all underground metal with rubber paint.
I bet you’re glad all the trenches are done! I don’t know if you’ve seen this but I seen a lot of people use a 5 gallon bucket around the frost free Fossetts and fill it with crushed stone just a thought
I´m impressed over all the work you do for your garden Pete, ceep e´m comming!
Great job! I just installed 4 hydrants and about 200 feet of water lines for my gardens and barn lots this summer. I wished I had this video beforehand, it would have been so helpful. I got the job done but it was very time consuming. I like the idea of using PEX to hook to the hydrant. Thank you Pete for all your helpful hints. I am hoping to build a smaller rain collection system of some type next spring. I will watch all your videos on this again and hopefully stay out of trouble. Thank you very much. 👍
Wow Pete that was a lot of work you put in. Great Job!
Great job
Great job!!
Good stuff...
Howdy Pete, Dan Wilson(The Retiring Renegade) here from down in Silsbee, Texas!
Love Your channel and it's content, big props to Toby and Mia for being wonderful fur babies!
I will be implementing the chicken run technique with quail hutches suspended in the run as well for composting manure!
Do You have a follow up on the compost heap?
You and Yours stay safe and well!
Enjoy the holidays
Dan
Hi and sorry for the late reply but I thought I responded to your comment.....I guess I'm getting old 🙂 I don't have a follow up video on the compost heap but I did end up using it in a soil mixture for my greenhouse beds, here's the video. ua-cam.com/video/GwySvlSVzf4/v-deo.html
New sub and wow--fantastic job! I'm in Arizona right now in a restrictive HOA and am planning to move out to the Tyler area to become self reliant on very limited savings. I too am not keen on where the world is headed and am concerned about being on city utilities in TX including water. While harvesting rain water is fantastic, I likely will not have much surface area on a roof for catchment. Is having a well and purification installed viable/ good strategy to get off city water and are there contractors in the area that will do a good job? On power, I have a decent sized dual fuel generator that I could use in emergencies but seems like solar is a more permanent solution if power goes out for months; however, a system with a battery bank is really expensive. Please recommend the most cost effective way to get off city utilities in your area. Thanks much!
You'll be very surprised how much water you can get off a roof. if you find the square feet of the roof and multiply that by .623 you'll get the gallons of water per inch of rain off the roof. Example, my garage is 40'x60' that equals 2400sq of surface area. Then take 2400 x .623 = 1,495 gallons of water per inch of rain. That's a lot of water. There are well drillers in that area of Tyler that can drill you a well. I live in central east Texas and they charge about $10,000 to drill a well with a pump and presser tank included ready to go. Just do a google map search over that area and search for well drilling service. Solar with batteries is the best option to go off grid or for when the grid goes down, but as you said, it's very expensive I know. Check out my friend Eric's solar he's putting up ua-cam.com/video/Un3qeh4W-68/v-deo.html he has links in the description to where he got a great deal on a complete solar system. Hope this helps.
@@petebeasttexashomesteading Thank you so much! This helps tremendously; this is all new to me. I've lived in suburbia my whole life but have always tried to do things myself. I've spent the last 5 years building a food forest in AZ but it's all tied to the system based on location so I see clearly I need to do something more drastic with where things are headed. I really appreciate you and your channel.
awesome!
Link for the yard hydrant please. Thank you. I can't wait to see how much rainwater you harvest after this Sunday!
Thanks for letting me know, I put two links in the description under the video. You can also find them at the big box stores but make sure you get the proper bury length for your areas frost line.
@@petebeasttexashomesteading Thank you. You know the 3000 gallon water tanks you purchased are now $2,400 each! Price has gone up 20% in less than 3 months!
Yep, and the longer we wait to buy something the more expensive it's going to be. Inflation is really getting bad.🙁
Great work, I am looking to do something similar, whee did you source the pipe? Was it local as I beleive am just west of you in Grapeland Texas which figuring out anything within an hour is considered local around here compared to San Antonio.
those pex clamps you're using aren't the best ones, the copper rings are far better with far less leaks though swagging is better for buried applications. Also did you add a way to winterize the system I didn't see? Easiest would be a fitting in the shop with a valve and an air chuck fitting to blow it down incase of another freeze coming. PVC shatters easily when frozen, the poly and pex should hold up though.
The weed barrier is going to trap moisture against the galvanized pipe. The sock for french drains might have been a better option.
Very nice. Can I ask why you went with PE pipe instead of PVC?
I had some 450 feet to do and with PVC it would have been more work, more expensive and taken more time cementing everything together.
How are you going to insulate your pipes where they come out of the ground into you shed?
I'll either wrap them or build an insulated box around the pipes.
@@petebeasttexashomesteading I vote build an insulated box 😁
Dogs are great how old were they when you taught them to make ugly faces? They would scare the pants of a burglar.
Great job!!!