I'm in my 70's and have been a self motivated and hardworking guy my entire life. But, I've never seen a hardworking man that could ever come close to you. It's astounding what you are able to accomplish. Hats off and major respect.
Good hearing from a fellow 'old guy' Jim I'm 82, came out to some bare land in West Texas when I was 70, and started building The Ranch. I have fond memories of when I could work as hard as Matt. Thanks Diesel Creek for showing young people coming up how it's done.
Hey Matt , wanted to commend you for all the hard work you do by yourself. It's very evident that your shop has been well thought out and in the planning stages for some time. Just watching all the work it took just to make the pier forms is extremely impressive and confirms your character and desire to have the awesome building that you have always wanted. As you will find out , there is something about pulling in a piece of equipment on a concrete floor right next to the tools , that makes the service on the equipment and even the breakdowns easier to deal with. If any one deserves to have a shop that nice , it's YOU !
Hello from Ukraine. I'm folowing your channel maybe already more than two years and when you started to create your own workshop I was glad that someone can make the dream real. I also started to make my dream workshop (of course smaller then you did) by based on situation in my country I postponed it. I hope when we win I will continue to build my dream workshop and share with your)
Howdyyawl from the land down under. Its nice to see some one who understands how to prep cages set out form work. I've done this alot. It's nice to see. MayB a little form oil on boards to free up. Liked the video, 😊
Definitely the right tool for the job is MOST apparent when messing with augers. I did fences and decks for a bunch of years down in Florida and yeah once you start a hole, you get 1 plunge with an auger.. Nice to see the 36" do the job the right way!
For a rebar bender I made an adapter for a wood splitter to make all my bends. I know it’s too late for you this time but keep it in mind for next time!
It's been 6 years since I left the construction field installing bulk plants and underground storage tanks at service stations. It's pretty cool and entertaining watching Matt perform projects that basically are done everyday in that field. Excavating, concrete forming, trucking, grading etc. Keep putting out content Matt!!
A word of advise if you have a heated or insulated concrete floor. Be sure to bury a wire mesh a few feet deep around the perimeter of the building to keep the burrowing critters from getting to that insulation. They love that stuff for nesting material and will destroy as much of it as there are critters. Don't ask me how I know.
Hugely interesting. I have a book on how to build yourself a barn, and basically it says to dig a big enough hole, put your rebar in, and pour concrete for the footings. It doesn't say anything about how much hard work is involved, how much thought and care is needed just to get the rebar right, or even how to get the damn formwork off the completed pour. Love your work, Matt, and I really envy your shop.
With a whole bunch of Sub'd channels featuring all aspects of life I wouldn't choose to watch a channel that dominated my viewing time, or I'd just skip to the bits that the bottom preview made look interesting.
I love that you're putting in so much sweat equity into your project Matt. Cleary, it's saving you big $ doing so much of the work yourself. Your work ethic is impressive to watch. As someone a couple decades older than you, after the video ended I thought to myself "my back and knees would be killing me" had I done all that manual labor work! Enjoy the energy you have in your 30's while being mindful to take care of your body so you can still do some of that manual labor in your 50's! Look forward to the future shop updates!
@ VW, thoughts are the same. Looking at the end shot when Matt's on his knees looking small with this massive building overhead, the task at hand to see completion ! With Fortitude and Determination, it's gonna happen!!!
Hey Matt, you're going to love that bridge crane. We had one in our warehouse where were did inspections on vehicles from traffic collisions as part of our reconstruction work. A lot of the vehicles we dealt with were not "rollers" so the crane was a godsend. Believe me, you will not regret the time and energy you are putting into it. Take care, Ed
We had a gantry crane that ran the length of the main workshop. A large truck hit the gantry on one occasion, and sent it rumbling along its tracks with one one of the fitters running in front of the block and controller like a rabbit in headlights. All he had to do was step to the side, but it somehow never occurred to him. On another occasion one of the truck fitters, who had the nickname Black Jack, and was as mad as a box of frogs, was wearing his usual army webbing belt over his overalls, and one brave soul hooked the back of his belt and hoisted him into the air. The problem was that none dared let him down as there was a good chance Black Jack would take it out on the nearest person, so they all bogged off to the canteen and left him. (This was nightshift) Eventually, the foreman took pity, and the rest of the shop kept well clear of him.
Wow! It is really exciting to see the floor construction coming along so quickly (at least it looks quick from my point of view! Lol!). I realize that you are putting in many hours of tough, physical work. Soon, you'll be in the shop working in a comfortable, clean, flat surfaced environment! I think you'll be able to get a lot of your work completed much quicker because of those factors. Keep up the great work, Matt!
So refreshing seeing a job properly done, many here on YT like to cut corners with the attitude " good enough " , of course there is a time a place for that, but not when building a floor with a solid and strong base that will properly support the weight of the crane and heavy equipment. Doing it the right way the first time will ensure this will last generations and should never cause any major problems in the future. You're a good hard worker and it's easy to see that you take the time and effort to do the job right the best a person can, there is a lot to admire in that.
Matt I built my shop back in 1982 to work on equipment . It ended up , I filled it up with machine shop equipment and Lost my workspace .For years I’ve wanted to add on so I’m not working outside and now I’m 67 and I should be thinking about retiring . After watching your videos and let’s dig 18 videos instead of sitting in my chair I’m going to get that addition on my shop . Thanks for getting me in the mood to make something happen it’s better than thinking how old I’m getting.
i had been wondering how the crane was gonna mount into the building. usually the supports and the crane rails etc are part of the building walls themselves. nice work!!
Not once they get into heavy weight, I work in the granite industry, and usually 50ton cranes, and some larger, I have however used one up in barre tv, at northern granite, that the crane structure was in the hundred year old area, and the structure was wood, and tied into the building, you want the hear the noises when it travels the length of the warehouse…
Matt we like all your content… long videos, short videos, good content, and dropping ford rangers from equipment, we like it all.,,I think it has as much to do with the person presenting the content, and that person at least coming off as a good person, as it has to do with the content itself, case in point AWP or Tommy f yeah., both proved to be scum, and nothing to do with their content, but you, www, victory outdoor, south main auto, all at least on camera seem to be good people, and your growth in subs reflects as such… so don’t explain yourself, we’re all happy with whatever you do as far as video length….
Absolutely brilliant job done there. You could never make your videos too long, Matt, because it's a pleasure to see how you deal with the projects that you create and accomplish. I know that I speak for everyone, when I say that "I cannot wait to see more." Greetings, from the UK and "best wishes, mate!"
Some diy guys will use a lot of cheap shortcuts but obviously you don't, hats off to you. Even with that being said at the end of your build, wished we could see the 10s of thousands of $$s you saved using your own skills and hard work as opposed to having crews come in to do it. Lots of admiration!!
The views during the concrete and gravel deliveries gave me a better sense of the size and scale of your building. With the overhead crane it will be more like a small factory than a shop.
A suggestion for future expansion. When you extend the shop take the coloured siding off under the lean to and replace it with white. White siding under the lean to will make it brighter. The removed siding could be used on the extension or to close in the lean to.
Bit late now, but the peg on the other side of the rebar bender is for your foot. It can help stabilize the bender for even bending. Also, wetting the concrete down doesn't slow the cure rate. It prevents too much moisture from evaporating out of the concrete. The chemical reaction of the curing process needs water in order to work, that's why you will see contractors a lot of the time in warmer climates where it is not practical to wet the concrete to spray fresh concrete with a wax based "curing compound" which helps reduce evaporation.
Huge? Longest I've worked on was about 120' long, had a 6' deep beam, you could still feel it bounce in the middle when you walked along it. It had two carriages to spread the lift for boats and moulds.
Hello Matt, here in the Netherlands we insulate the underside of the heated floor too. (energy savings) And we always put in loads of extra casing pipes, for electrical and gas/water/air lines or other ad-on things for the building in the future. Just a thought I think you probably already thought of those things!! Keep up the great work!!
Starting to really come together Matt! Nice work! Shop is definitely PLENTY big enough. Just being warm and being able to work on a slab with the radiant heat instead of outside in a snowbank is going to be GREAT! I remember when I first got in a shop vs. being outdoors in the weather. Makes the job at hand so much more enjoyable rather than regretting having to get down on the ground. 👍👍😁
I have been blown away by the construction of the pole building. Here, when I put my pole building (40'X48" 16' eves), up,(2007) the county required the foundation holes to be 40" in diameter and 48" deep to finish level. The upright beams had to be 6X8s, 2 months later when I added another 24' (40'X72') the specs had changed to 8 by 10s. Water pipes only have to have 12" of cover for frost zone. Happy for you.
@ Johny P. Don't think you'll see too many 20-25year old 'Tommy texters' and 'Bobby Button pushers' watching a Diesel Creek video for inspiration , but in real life, 'they' DO watch other people work! (Some... not all. )
Ever since you've started clearing the trees for this workshop I've been looking forward to each following build video almost as much as you look forward to finally have it completed :) I can totally relate, because I'm in a process of building my small dream workshop as well :) It's much smaller, only approximately 11,5 x 24,5 feet (it's going to be primary for woodworking) which is close to maximum area for a building without a building permit in Poland and the only piece of equipment I have is a backhoe that's older than me but I love it and I love working on my "farm" :)
Your videos are never too long. WOW, you can really take on a lot of difficult projects and they are successful. You are great, Matt! Keep the videos coming cause I don't think you will ever run out of projects. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family.
You are what we Aussies call "a clever bugger". Oil, diesel, iron and now concrete. Have often dressed my forms with a light coat of cooking oil on concrete side; helps ensure no stickage and avoids that horrible event of set hard clumps coming with the form board! Involving to share your commitment to a vision morphing into a reality. Thanks.
Very exciting! I will say though, it's always worthwhile getting the steel supplier to bend stuff up for you. You certainly can work up a sweat doing it yourself!
Good call on a perimeter thermal break, however back loss between the heated floor and earth will be significant. If you haven't poured the floor yet consider using a rigid insulation (if you can find one with a high enough PSI rating) or a blanket/roll style insulation. Great content!
PROGRESS!!! I love it! I know you've told us the dimensions of the shop before, but it's hard to REALLY grasp how large a building is until you see something like a concrete truck or a dump truck dumping it's load INSIDE the building... AWESOME!! I wish I had the property to do something similar!!
Matt you really amaze me with whatever you do. Hard worker is putting in mildly. Never tire of watching your videos and I hope they make you rich. Enjoy them so much. Thanks👍👍
Good morning Matt. I love your videos. You pull people right in and make them, well me anyway, feel like a part of the project. I’m not sure you even realize how hard that is to do. Great job. I’m baffled why you don’t have at least a million subscribers. Can’t wait to see you put that crane in. That must take some serious engineering.
The only guys that watch this hard work are us older ones that used to be able to work that way. All the younger ones that have jobs are busy working their jobs, otherwise he would have a million subscribers and the younger ones well they can't understand why a man would work that hard most of them know do not how to work like that or are they interested. Thanks Matt I for one in an older dude and can appreciate your aspiration dreams and hard work
Great video as always. NNKH, threw out you, him and Andrew Camarata doing a collaboration fixing a CAT 970 they have. That would be amazing seeing the 3 of you together. He talks about it in his last video he posted. I know your super busy but it would be pretty cool seeing you guys all together working on something.
Matt, I'm also in my 70s and worked construction most of my life. I like to be able to still do what you do! I have been watching all your videos, at first I thought were just young kid with $$, but changed my mind about you!! I realize that you're really passionate about what you do!! Tryin to make a better life for the family!! By the way my T shirt took less than a week to get here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
pressure washer and a good wet dry vac for weird funny shaped holes, not even joking. An old hydrovac operator showed me that hanging fence at his place. We even used it to dig out the old footings in like 5 minutes
I don't mind hour long Diesel Creek video's at all in fact i prefer them, all of the videos are great ,cant wait for the next one , stay safe matt and will catch you in the next one .
Big respect Matt, that looked like absolutely brutal work. Thanks for sharing the progress, great combination of education, satisfaction and great music & humor. Keep it up!
Apart from being a decade younger, l totally agree with Jim Bennett. You’ve summed up everything in a nutshell. Total respect to you Matt for all that you do. From the land of Aus.
Our most exciting watch, we so look forward to your posts, always different, always well done. We get to see a slice of your life and your future. Great stuff Matt..
I enjoy all your videos no matter what you are doing. I enjoy listening to your thought process (one very intelligent Dude). Plus, I break a sweat watching...while retired and eating my ice cream. I value and enjoy your work effort and business sense. Much gratitude and respect.
Your new shop building is looking really good and your preparation for a really strong and functional building is going to make it an absolute dream to work in. I know that you know that… I’m just excited for you! And so glad you’re finally going to get a great place to do your work. All the best to ya!
Fantastic job sir! Your work ethic Matt is astounding and a heck of a lot of fun to watch. Always appreciate your video's! Thank you and keep them coming!
Matt, I poured a monolithic floor with an edge that prevented the slab from moving as it cured, shrinking in size. The result was a nice stress crack in the middle of the pour. Your crane piers will do effectively the same thing. Hopefully, your heating tubes will be below the concrete, allowing you to cut stress relief cracks in the floor. If you place the tubes in the floor, you will risk damaging the tubes as the concrete shrinks, cracking the floor. The result will be linear stress on the heat tube between the floor pieces and possibly shearing if the slabs shift vertically. I assume you are going to use a boiler system to heat water and pump it through tubing. I have a wood fired water system and utilize forced air instead of tubes running in the floor. The disadvantage to an in-floor system is heating the thermal mass of the concrete takes a very long time. It is much quicker to heat the shop air using a fin and tube heat exchanger with forced air. If you have any questions, feel free to respond to my email to you on November 6th at 1:12a.m. (from my yahoo email account) regarding a manual to your JLG lift. Best regards, Len
Er, isn't the BENEFIT of underfloor that it takes a long time to heat up, but then it slowly and evenly releases heat into the whole space!! ...And, because it releases heat from below, it's less wasteful, more comfortable and avoids draughts and cold spots ..!?!? ...in fact, ideal for a big space like this .... !
@@andymccabe6712 Hello Andy, I am heating a building with a volume of approximately 14,000 cubic feet with a wood fired boiler rated at 140,000 Btu/hr, with forced air through a heat exchanger (fin and tube). Air exiting the vents is typically in excess of 140°F. If I come in and the temperature is 10°F low in the structure, it takes about 20 minutes to get it up to temp. The rise is about 1 degree every two minutes. If the heat exchange was done with piping below the floors, it would take much longer to bring the structure up to temperature. Plus, there could be an overshoot due to large thermal mass. Likewise, if it were a cold morning and a warm day, the structure could get too warm, later in the day. In my analysis for the heating system, other considerations for avoiding in floor tubing were: -Piping in a large structure should be divided into zones for equalization of the heat throughout the floor. It cannot be one long loop as the water in the pipe starts to cool immediately, as it enters the floor. -Damage to the pipe in the floor, or sub floor is virtually impossible to fix. -Power to a pump needs to be on for extended periods when heating a large thermal mass, such as a concrete floor. (A water to air heat exchanger only requires water to be pumped while a blower is running.) -Heating a floor material also creates thermal expansion of the floor. -The circulating pump for a large shop in floor system will be rather large. (A water to air exchanger only requires about 1/8hp.) -To get proper efficiency, the velocity of the water going through a pipe need to fast enough to ensure that water does not flow primarily in the middle of the pipe. The calculations involve a factor called a "Reynolds number" to insure turbulent flow in the piping. This aspect is particularly important in geothermal heat pump loop designs. I do not believe Matt has commented on what his heat source will be. I also believe that he only has generators for electrical power. Thus, the generator would need to run for extended periods to power the pump most of the day vs. just turning it on when heat is needed, while he is there. The ground temperature where is he located is also around 50°F which will also rob some heat unless the piping and slab are insulated from the ground. There are definitely some plus sides to an in-floor system: No ducting is required. No air filters are required. No noise from an air handler. Warm to the feet, especially if you go barefoot. 🙂 With both designs, the water in a boiler system needs to have the proper chemistry and a means to prevent freezing if not utilized constantly during cold weather. Provisions also have to be made with the chemistry to inhibit bacterial growth in the system. Bacteria can upset the balance in anti-corrosion chemistry. It will be interesting to see what Matt comes up with for a system. I just hope he spends time researching everything. Otherwise, the outcome may be less than pleasant.
Man, congrats on your new shop. It’s coming together so nicely brother. You’ve put a lot of work into getting it this far, I hope you feel a sense of accomplishment. Thanks for bringing us along with you. You’ve got a lot of folks cheering you on! Can’t wait to see where you will go from here! We are headed to church but when I get back, I’m gonna do some work on my little shop I’ve got going. Have a great day buddy!
That's some Pittsburgh stuff right there, baby. Thanks for keeping the work ethic going! This is going to be sweet! I'm not looking ahead but I have the greatest confidence in your ability to pull this thing together!
We took one of our bucket and welded a piece of 5/8 flat steel across the teeth. It was great for clean up and digging out holes as you are doing. one suggestion is use old teeth and bevel the edge.
So very happy to see how much progress you've been able to make on your "Dream" shop. Love seeing that Crain finally come together. Congrats and a hearty well done on all your efforts...
I’m currently building a 24x60 steel workshop. All steel frame. My late uncle was a welder (as was my late dad) He had built seven steel trusses out of 1-1/2”x 3/16” steel angle. He was going to build a garage to store his truck and boat at his lake property but passed away before he could do so. I used three of the trusses spaced 15’ apart with 2x4 steel cee purlins on 36” centers to build a carport. I’m using the other four trusses spaced 20’ apart with 2x6 steel cee purlins on 36” centers.i don’t have the time or patience to record edit and post it on UA-cam!
I built forms on a house renovation project. Used lots of T-25 screws on the forms. My secret is to cover each screw hole with a piece of tape to keep concrete from ruining the screw head. You can then also reuse the screws. Also, take a black marker and make a circle around each screw so you can easily find it after the pour.
Another saving is that you don’t need super quality screws for making forms. A bucket of the cheap stuff, even without any corrosion treatment will work just fine.
@@kameljoe21 he probably wanted symmetry on the outside. My only point was harder to clean windows and has to worry about chains hitting window of he decides to hang them from supports. I'm sure Matt has a plan...
@@travisrulason3863 That might be true. Most times in these buildings people just add in x amount and even space them out. Remember that he had this building planned long before he got the crane. Which is going to be the best part about this build. That crane. Yet the the beams are likely to only be 6x6 or 8x8s. So i doubt they will block much. Though he must have found someone to help him desgin the frame for the crane and I can not wait for the load testing of it. Its going to be super cool. I hope he has some sponsors lined up for lighting and a number of other things.
You are going to be surprised how well the heating system works, and you'll probably want to do a similar system when you build your house. I grew up in Buffalo and there's nothing better than coming home, taking off the boots and having a nice warm floor to greet your cold and sometimes wet feet!
Having worked in a shop with a bridge crane, you'll love having it. Makes doing a lot of two people projects a one person job. Especially since you like old machines with heavy parts.
I do enjoy those long 1 hour long videos, half an hour just seems too short for me. Also for people who want to do things like you do or similar and they have finished school, what tips would you give, or even to anyone that wants to do similar things to what you do? Keep up the awesome and interesting videos, I have learnt quite a bit from watching you do what you do. Looking forward to see how you fix the drum from that roller machine that had a failure during the compacting of the foundation for your dream shop. Greeting from Australia!
Your rough surface adhesion idea is good, but what you really need to do is keep a soaker hose on the concrete for 24 hours prior to you pouring the adjoining slab - the reason for this is it opens up the pours in the cement matrix, allowing infiltration from the secondary pour. Presoaking is a contractual requirement for concrete overlays on all government capital projects where I'm from. They're almost always followed up by a tensile bond test (pull test) to verify adhesion.
Unbelievable I never would have thought. So if it opens up the matrix it must remove cement. I have seen a lot of concrete jobs that were ruined because somebody got out the garden hose after it was poured. Generally all you want to do is cover your new concrete with plastic you will see water droplets accumulate on the underside of the plastic that's all you need.
@@darnmartian9766 You wouldn't be soaking fresh concrete. You let it get it's full 28 day cure before hand. It doesn't "remove" the concrete matrix so much as displace it. Think of it like a sponge.
Re: Concrete in screw heads. That is why we always used double headed nails for form work. I'm old, maybe things are different now. Shop looks good Matt.
I'm in my 70's and have been a self motivated and hardworking guy my entire life. But, I've never seen a hardworking man that could ever come close to you. It's astounding what you are able to accomplish. Hats off and major respect.
Thanks Jim!
Good hearing from a fellow 'old guy' Jim I'm 82, came out to some bare land in West Texas when I was 70, and started building The Ranch. I have fond memories of when I could work as hard as Matt. Thanks Diesel Creek for showing young people coming up how it's done.
Make that two of us. Matt is an inspiration at my 70+ years too.
Awesome, I’m 77
I like the long videos
Hey Matt , wanted to commend you for all the hard work you do by yourself. It's very evident that your shop has been well thought out and in the planning stages for some time. Just watching all the work it took just to make the pier forms is extremely impressive and confirms your character and desire to have the awesome building that you have always wanted.
As you will find out , there is something about pulling in a piece of equipment on a concrete floor right next to the tools , that makes the service on the equipment and even the breakdowns easier to deal with. If any one deserves to have a shop that nice , it's YOU !
Thanks friend!!
Hello from Ukraine. I'm folowing your channel maybe already more than two years and when you started to create your own workshop I was glad that someone can make the dream real. I also started to make my dream workshop (of course smaller then you did) by based on situation in my country I postponed it. I hope when we win I will continue to build my dream workshop and share with your)
Glory to Ukraine. May your glory rival Sparta's at Thermopoly.
Hope you're safe over there.
Ukraine, money 💰 laundering capital of the U S A
Hello from Canada ! Ukraine will prevail !!
@@njm3211 typo. Thermopylae
Thanks, this is what really makes USA great again. Stay well Matt, You're a trooper.
Howdyyawl from the land down under. Its nice to see some one who understands how to prep cages set out form work. I've done this alot. It's nice to see. MayB a little form oil on boards to free up. Liked the video, 😊
Definitely the right tool for the job is MOST apparent when messing with augers. I did fences and decks for a bunch of years down in Florida and yeah once you start a hole, you get 1 plunge with an auger.. Nice to see the 36" do the job the right way!
For a rebar bender I made an adapter for a wood splitter to make all my bends. I know it’s too late for you this time but keep it in mind for next time!
Oh that’s an awesome idea!!! 🤔🤔🤔
I use a crqppy chinese wood splitter as a hydraulic pipe/tube bender
There's a money tip! Excellent idea!
Would the tubing bender you used for the Galion have worked?
I'm sure he can find one of those, in the woods or weeds, that hasn't run for 10 years. :)
I always love a little Diesel with my coffee! Can’t believe it’s been a year since you started, great job Matt.
Keep at her, nice idea doing a collaboration with NNKH and Camarata on that 977. Keep the great content coming !
I am eagerly awaiting the installation of the heated floor,
It's been 6 years since I left the construction field installing bulk plants and underground storage tanks at service stations. It's pretty cool and entertaining watching Matt perform projects that basically are done everyday in that field. Excavating, concrete forming, trucking, grading etc. Keep putting out content Matt!!
A word of advise if you have a heated or insulated concrete floor. Be sure to bury a wire mesh a few feet deep around the perimeter of the building to keep the burrowing critters from getting to that insulation. They love that stuff for nesting material and will destroy as much of it as there are critters. Don't ask me how I know.
Hugely interesting. I have a book on how to build yourself a barn, and basically it says to dig a big enough hole, put your rebar in, and pour concrete for the footings. It doesn't say anything about how much hard work is involved, how much thought and care is needed just to get the rebar right, or even how to get the damn formwork off the completed pour. Love your work, Matt, and I really envy your shop.
My goodness Matt, a lot of serious labour went into all your framing. It will be worth it. Very well done. You are amazing. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Bridge crane, what every machine shop and heavy equipment repair shop needs.
Best way to start a Sunday.
Truth be told I wouldn’t mind a two hour video of prep work for the workshop floor, lol. Maybe that’s just me. Great job as always.
Same here but most of these people out here have a Jobs family and don't have time to watch all that much UA-cam that is
With a whole bunch of Sub'd channels featuring all aspects of life I wouldn't choose to watch a channel that dominated my viewing time, or I'd just skip to the bits that the bottom preview made look interesting.
yep, lets have a Diesel Creek Movie Episode.
I’d love a 1 or 2 hour episode. Matt does some great work 😊
With you on that
I love that you're putting in so much sweat equity into your project Matt. Cleary, it's saving you big $ doing so much of the work yourself. Your work ethic is impressive to watch. As someone a couple decades older than you, after the video ended I thought to myself "my back and knees would be killing me" had I done all that manual labor work! Enjoy the energy you have in your 30's while being mindful to take care of your body so you can still do some of that manual labor in your 50's!
Look forward to the future shop updates!
@ VW, thoughts are the same. Looking at the end shot when Matt's on his knees looking small with this massive building overhead, the task at hand to see completion ! With Fortitude and Determination, it's gonna happen!!!
Thanks!
Thank you!!
Before the lorry turns up I go around the forms and put a dab of silicon on each screwhead. Makes breaking down the forms so much easier.
Hey Matt, you're going to love that bridge crane. We had one in our warehouse where were did inspections on vehicles from traffic collisions as part of our reconstruction work. A lot of the vehicles we dealt with were not "rollers" so the crane was a godsend. Believe me, you will not regret the time and energy you are putting into it. Take care, Ed
It will probably also be useful for putting the old 50’s auto car back together
We had a gantry crane that ran the length of the main workshop. A large truck hit the gantry on one occasion, and sent it rumbling along its tracks with one one of the fitters running in front of the block and controller like a rabbit in headlights. All he had to do was step to the side, but it somehow never occurred to him. On another occasion one of the truck fitters, who had the nickname Black Jack, and was as mad as a box of frogs, was wearing his usual army webbing belt over his overalls, and one brave soul hooked the back of his belt and hoisted him into the air. The problem was that none dared let him down as there was a good chance Black Jack would take it out on the nearest person, so they all bogged off to the canteen and left him. (This was nightshift) Eventually, the foreman took pity, and the rest of the shop kept well clear of him.
Yep. We've got one here in our main workshop -- best money we've ever spent!
I've not got a gantry crane but i recently became the proud owner of a 12 ton crane truck
@@nou8257 Mobile cranes are handy too. Though not always for the same jobs.
You are going to have some amazing memories of the blood, sweat and tears it took to reach your dream. I look forward to seeing the floor complete.
Wow! It is really exciting to see the floor construction coming along so quickly (at least it looks quick from my point of view! Lol!). I realize that you are putting in many hours of tough, physical work. Soon, you'll be in the shop working in a comfortable, clean, flat surfaced environment! I think you'll be able to get a lot of your work completed much quicker because of those factors. Keep up the great work, Matt!
A heated shop can be a great motivator in winter time.
Good lighting is another plus.
So refreshing seeing a job properly done, many here on YT like to cut corners with the attitude " good enough " , of course there is a time a place for that, but not when building a floor with a solid and strong base that will properly support the weight of the crane and heavy equipment. Doing it the right way the first time will ensure this will last generations and should never cause any major problems in the future. You're a good hard worker and it's easy to see that you take the time and effort to do the job right the best a person can, there is a lot to admire in that.
Matt I built my shop back in 1982 to work on equipment . It ended up , I filled it up with machine shop equipment and Lost my workspace .For years I’ve wanted to add on so I’m not working outside and now I’m 67 and I should be thinking about retiring . After watching your videos and let’s dig 18 videos instead of sitting in my chair I’m going to get that addition on my shop . Thanks for getting me in the mood to make something happen it’s better than thinking how old I’m getting.
i had been wondering how the crane was gonna mount into the building. usually the supports and the crane rails etc are part of the building walls themselves. nice work!!
you are not alone on that
Not once they get into heavy weight, I work in the granite industry, and usually 50ton cranes, and some larger, I have however used one up in barre tv, at northern granite, that the crane structure was in the hundred year old area, and the structure was wood, and tied into the building, you want the hear the noises when it travels the length of the warehouse…
Little victory outdoor, “concrete’s here” 😂😂
Matt we like all your content… long videos, short videos, good content, and dropping ford rangers from equipment, we like it all.,,I think it has as much to do with the person presenting the content, and that person at least coming off as a good person, as it has to do with the content itself, case in point AWP or Tommy f yeah., both proved to be scum, and nothing to do with their content, but you, www, victory outdoor, south main auto, all at least on camera seem to be good people, and your growth in subs reflects as such… so don’t explain yourself, we’re all happy with whatever you do as far as video length….
@@ryanhogan6509 ooo I’d love to See that!!
Absolutely brilliant job done there.
You could never make your videos too long, Matt, because it's a pleasure to see how you deal with the projects that you create and accomplish.
I know that I speak for everyone, when I say that "I cannot wait to see more."
Greetings, from the UK and "best wishes, mate!"
Some diy guys will use a lot of cheap shortcuts but obviously you don't, hats off to you. Even with that being said at the end of your build, wished we could see the 10s of thousands of $$s you saved using your own skills and hard work as opposed to having crews come in to do it. Lots of admiration!!
The views during the concrete and gravel deliveries gave me a better sense of the size and scale of your building. With the overhead crane it will be more like a small factory than a shop.
A suggestion for future expansion. When you extend the shop take the coloured siding off under the lean to and replace it with white. White siding under the lean to will make it brighter.
The removed siding could be used on the extension or to close in the lean to.
Bit late now, but the peg on the other side of the rebar bender is for your foot. It can help stabilize the bender for even bending. Also, wetting the concrete down doesn't slow the cure rate. It prevents too much moisture from evaporating out of the concrete. The chemical reaction of the curing process needs water in order to work, that's why you will see contractors a lot of the time in warmer climates where it is not practical to wet the concrete to spray fresh concrete with a wax based "curing compound" which helps reduce evaporation.
Can't wait to see that huge bridge crane up and operating Matt!
Huge? Longest I've worked on was about 120' long, had a 6' deep beam, you could still feel it bounce in the middle when you walked along it. It had two carriages to spread the lift for boats and moulds.
Hello Matt, here in the Netherlands we insulate the underside of the heated floor too. (energy savings) And we always put in loads of extra casing pipes, for electrical and gas/water/air lines or other ad-on things for the building in the future. Just a thought I think you probably already thought of those things!! Keep up the great work!!
Starting to really come together Matt! Nice work! Shop is definitely PLENTY big enough. Just being warm and being able to work on a slab with the radiant heat instead of outside in a snowbank is going to be GREAT! I remember when I first got in a shop vs. being outdoors in the weather. Makes the job at hand so much more enjoyable rather than regretting having to get down on the ground. 👍👍😁
I have been blown away by the construction of the pole building. Here, when I put my pole building (40'X48" 16' eves), up,(2007) the county required the foundation holes to be 40" in diameter and 48" deep to finish level. The upright beams had to be 6X8s, 2 months later when I added another 24' (40'X72') the specs had changed to 8 by 10s. Water pipes only have to have 12" of cover for frost zone. Happy for you.
Matt you are my #1 heavy equipment guy. Hopefully your work ethic will inspire others to make something of themselves thru hard work .
Well ! Matt n Andrew C .
@ Johny P. Don't think you'll see too many 20-25year old 'Tommy texters' and 'Bobby Button pushers' watching a Diesel Creek video for inspiration , but in real life, 'they' DO watch other people work! (Some... not all. )
Ever since you've started clearing the trees for this workshop I've been looking forward to each following build video almost as much as you look forward to finally have it completed :) I can totally relate, because I'm in a process of building my small dream workshop as well :) It's much smaller, only approximately 11,5 x 24,5 feet (it's going to be primary for woodworking) which is close to maximum area for a building without a building permit in Poland and the only piece of equipment I have is a backhoe that's older than me but I love it and I love working on my "farm" :)
Must be really tremendous to have so many viewers just as good
Your videos are never too long. WOW, you can really take on a lot of difficult projects and they are successful. You are great, Matt! Keep the videos coming cause I don't think you will ever run out of projects. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family.
"All successful" naah, Matt only shows his successes, the wrecks he deletes.
@@pear7777 I'm sure matt understands that we all fail. We are here to be entertained and YT doesn't have infinite space.
@@HARRYAZZHOLE joke went over your head. Matt shows everything, that's why I dared to comment that.
You are what we Aussies call "a clever bugger". Oil, diesel, iron and now concrete. Have often dressed my forms with a light coat of cooking oil on concrete side; helps ensure no stickage and avoids that horrible event of set hard clumps coming with the form board! Involving to share your commitment to a vision morphing into a reality. Thanks.
Very exciting! I will say though, it's always worthwhile getting the steel supplier to bend stuff up for you. You certainly can work up a sweat doing it yourself!
This young man is not afraid of hard work and what he wants to accomplish with what he has gotta appreciate that, awesome job Matt!
Good call on a perimeter thermal break, however back loss between the heated floor and earth will be significant. If you haven't poured the floor yet consider using a rigid insulation (if you can find one with a high enough PSI rating) or a blanket/roll style insulation. Great content!
It’s got insulation
PROGRESS!!! I love it! I know you've told us the dimensions of the shop before, but it's hard to REALLY grasp how large a building is until you see something like a concrete truck or a dump truck dumping it's load INSIDE the building... AWESOME!! I wish I had the property to do something similar!!
Hay Matt I'm with Jim on this one! I'm in my 70's too and think your doing grate job all so...... Bill in Texas...........
Matt you really amaze me with whatever you do. Hard worker is putting in mildly. Never tire of watching your videos and I hope they make you rich. Enjoy them so much. Thanks👍👍
Good morning Matt. I love your videos. You pull people right in and make them, well me anyway, feel like a part of the project. I’m not sure you even realize how hard that is to do. Great job. I’m baffled why you don’t have at least a million subscribers.
Can’t wait to see you put that crane in. That must take some serious engineering.
The only guys that watch this hard work are us older ones that used to be able to work that way. All the younger ones that have jobs are busy working their jobs, otherwise he would have a million subscribers and the younger ones well they can't understand why a man would work that hard most of them know do not how to work like that or are they interested. Thanks Matt I for one in an older dude and can appreciate your aspiration dreams and hard work
Great video as always. NNKH, threw out you, him and Andrew Camarata doing a collaboration fixing a CAT 970 they have. That would be amazing seeing the 3 of you together. He talks about it in his last video he posted. I know your super busy but it would be pretty cool seeing you guys all together working on something.
You're a rare breed Matt! Not many younger men willing to do hard work anymore. I tip my hat to you.
Thanks Jon!
Great video as always Matt 34:50 @Diesel Creek
Thanks Man . Your shop is a dream. I am so jealous.😊😊😊
Thanks for taking us along on another great job 👍
Matt,
I'm also in my 70s and worked construction most of my life. I like to be able to still do what you do!
I have been watching all your videos, at first I thought were just young kid with $$, but changed my mind about you!! I realize that you're really passionate about what you do!! Tryin to make a better life for the family!!
By the way my T shirt took less than a week to get here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Matt , I'm genuinely so happy for you and the progress you've made .
pressure washer and a good wet dry vac for weird funny shaped holes, not even joking. An old hydrovac operator showed me that hanging fence at his place. We even used it to dig out the old footings in like 5 minutes
I have a 15 ton metric crane in my shop and I don’t know what I would do without it. This was a good choice getting an overhead crane Matt.
Looking pretty sweet don't know how you find the time to get it all done!!
I don't mind hour long Diesel Creek video's at all in fact i prefer them, all of the videos are great ,cant wait for the next one , stay safe matt and will catch you in the next one .
Big respect Matt, that looked like absolutely brutal work. Thanks for sharing the progress, great combination of education, satisfaction and great music & humor. Keep it up!
Apart from being a decade younger, l totally agree with Jim Bennett. You’ve summed up everything in a nutshell. Total respect to you Matt for all that you do.
From the land of Aus.
Boy….. you are a one man army…. Well done.
That’s going to be a really nice shop Matt. Glad for you sir.
Our most exciting watch, we so look forward to your posts, always different, always well done. We get to see a slice of your life and your future. Great stuff Matt..
Hey Matt, your workshop is starting to take shape :) May it serve you well once it's built! Greetings from Poland
My name ends in SKI. You have one of the longest Polish names I have ever scene.
@Stanley Keith I agree my name is terribly long, the teachers had trouble pronouncing it when they called me to the blackboard XD
I enjoy all your videos no matter what you are doing. I enjoy listening to your thought process (one very intelligent Dude). Plus, I break a sweat watching...while retired and eating my ice cream. I value and enjoy your work effort and business sense. Much gratitude and respect.
Loved the shot where you attached the camera to the piece of rebar and followed it through the process.
Your new shop building is looking really good and your preparation for a really strong and functional building is going to make it an absolute dream to work in. I know that you know that… I’m just excited for you! And so glad you’re finally going to get a great place to do your work. All the best to ya!
Hope so!
Fantastic job sir! Your work ethic Matt is astounding and a heck of a lot of fun to watch. Always appreciate your video's! Thank you and keep them coming!
The shop is looking so good Matt I can't wait to see the next episode.
The shop is never big enough but it is what you make of it And I’m sure it will be beautiful and perfect
Matt, I poured a monolithic floor with an edge that prevented the slab from moving as it cured, shrinking in size. The result was a nice stress crack in the middle of the pour. Your crane piers will do effectively the same thing. Hopefully, your heating tubes will be below the concrete, allowing you to cut stress relief cracks in the floor. If you place the tubes in the floor, you will risk damaging the tubes as the concrete shrinks, cracking the floor. The result will be linear stress on the heat tube between the floor pieces and possibly shearing if the slabs shift vertically. I assume you are going to use a boiler system to heat water and pump it through tubing. I have a wood fired water system and utilize forced air instead of tubes running in the floor. The disadvantage to an in-floor system is heating the thermal mass of the concrete takes a very long time. It is much quicker to heat the shop air using a fin and tube heat exchanger with forced air. If you have any questions, feel free to respond to my email to you on November 6th at 1:12a.m. (from my yahoo email account) regarding a manual to your JLG lift. Best regards, Len
Er, isn't the BENEFIT of underfloor that it takes a long time to heat up, but then it slowly and evenly releases heat into the whole space!!
...And, because it releases heat from below, it's less wasteful, more comfortable and avoids draughts and cold spots ..!?!?
...in fact, ideal for a big space like this .... !
@@andymccabe6712 Hello Andy, I am heating a building with a volume of approximately 14,000 cubic feet with a wood fired boiler rated at 140,000 Btu/hr, with forced air through a heat exchanger (fin and tube). Air exiting the vents is typically in excess of 140°F. If I come in and the temperature is 10°F low in the structure, it takes about 20 minutes to get it up to temp. The rise is about 1 degree every two minutes. If the heat exchange was done with piping below the floors, it would take much longer to bring the structure up to temperature. Plus, there could be an overshoot due to large thermal mass. Likewise, if it were a cold morning and a warm day, the structure could get too warm, later in the day. In my analysis for the heating system, other considerations for avoiding in floor tubing were:
-Piping in a large structure should be divided into zones for equalization of the heat throughout the floor. It cannot be one long loop as the water in the pipe starts to cool immediately, as it enters the floor.
-Damage to the pipe in the floor, or sub floor is virtually impossible to fix.
-Power to a pump needs to be on for extended periods when heating a large thermal mass, such as a concrete floor. (A water to air heat exchanger only requires water to be pumped while a blower is running.)
-Heating a floor material also creates thermal expansion of the floor.
-The circulating pump for a large shop in floor system will be rather large. (A water to air exchanger only requires about 1/8hp.)
-To get proper efficiency, the velocity of the water going through a pipe need to fast enough to ensure that water does not flow primarily in the middle of the pipe. The calculations involve a factor called a "Reynolds number" to insure turbulent flow in the piping. This aspect is particularly important in geothermal heat pump loop designs.
I do not believe Matt has commented on what his heat source will be. I also believe that he only has generators for electrical power. Thus, the generator would need to run for extended periods to power the pump most of the day vs. just turning it on when heat is needed, while he is there. The ground temperature where is he located is also around 50°F which will also rob some heat unless the piping and slab are insulated from the ground.
There are definitely some plus sides to an in-floor system:
No ducting is required.
No air filters are required.
No noise from an air handler.
Warm to the feet, especially if you go barefoot. 🙂
With both designs, the water in a boiler system needs to have the proper chemistry and a means to prevent freezing if not utilized constantly during cold weather. Provisions also have to be made with the chemistry to inhibit bacterial growth in the system. Bacteria can upset the balance in anti-corrosion chemistry.
It will be interesting to see what Matt comes up with for a system. I just hope he spends time researching everything. Otherwise, the outcome may be less than pleasant.
Man, congrats on your new shop. It’s coming together so nicely brother. You’ve put a lot of work into getting it this far, I hope you feel a sense of accomplishment. Thanks for bringing us along with you. You’ve got a lot of folks cheering you on! Can’t wait to see where you will go from here! We are headed to church but when I get back, I’m gonna do some work on my little shop I’ve got going. Have a great day buddy!
The ground looks hard enough to dynabolt the frame straight to it 😝Good work, cheers Matt 🍻
That's some Pittsburgh stuff right there, baby. Thanks for keeping the work ethic going! This is going to be sweet! I'm not looking ahead but I have the greatest confidence in your ability to pull this thing together!
We took one of our bucket and welded a piece of 5/8 flat steel across the teeth. It was great for clean up and digging out holes as you are doing. one suggestion is use old teeth and bevel the edge.
So very happy to see how much progress you've been able to make on your "Dream" shop. Love seeing that Crain finally come together. Congrats and a hearty well done on all your efforts...
I really appreciate how you do things. I've never done many of the things you do but I like the way you think. Great job!
Thanks Matt ! It's clear that your patience is on track to be rewarded when the workshop is complete. It's going to be amazing ! Very jealous !!!
I’m currently building a 24x60 steel workshop. All steel frame. My late uncle was a welder (as was my late dad) He had built seven steel trusses out of 1-1/2”x 3/16” steel angle. He was going to build a garage to store his truck and boat at his lake property but passed away before he could do so. I used three of the trusses spaced 15’ apart with 2x4 steel cee purlins on 36” centers to build a carport. I’m using the other four trusses spaced 20’ apart with 2x6 steel cee purlins on 36” centers.i don’t have the time or patience to record edit and post it on UA-cam!
I like the longer videos.
I built forms on a house renovation project. Used lots of T-25 screws on the forms. My secret is to cover each screw hole with a piece of tape to keep concrete from ruining the screw head. You can then also reuse the screws. Also, take a black marker and make a circle around each screw so you can easily find it after the pour.
I reuse most all these screws too
Another saving is that you don’t need super quality screws for making forms. A bucket of the cheap stuff, even without any corrosion treatment will work just fine.
It's a bummer a couple of supports ended up behind windows but looks absolutely fabulous. Your dedication and hard work is paying off for sure Matt!
If he wanted to before they put up the interior could add more windows. Its really pretty easy on pole barns.
@@kameljoe21 he probably wanted symmetry on the outside. My only point was harder to clean windows and has to worry about chains hitting window of he decides to hang them from supports. I'm sure Matt has a plan...
@@travisrulason3863 That might be true. Most times in these buildings people just add in x amount and even space them out. Remember that he had this building planned long before he got the crane. Which is going to be the best part about this build. That crane. Yet the the beams are likely to only be 6x6 or 8x8s. So i doubt they will block much. Though he must have found someone to help him desgin the frame for the crane and I can not wait for the load testing of it. Its going to be super cool. I hope he has some sponsors lined up for lighting and a number of other things.
Matt just so you know, this already made my morning with this video! The shop is looking great!
Awesome! Thank you!
You are going to be surprised how well the heating system works, and you'll probably want to do a similar system when you build your house. I grew up in Buffalo and there's nothing better than coming home, taking off the boots and having a nice warm floor to greet your cold and sometimes wet feet!
That matting work is a great idea for making sure old and new pour melds together.
Perfect Sunday morning, can’t wait to see this one. Love ur channel Matt
Hope you enjoy it!
Coming along very nicely, Matt👍 I think you're one of the hardest working UA-camrs out there. Enjoy your Sunday😁
... And Praise The Lord!
I’m really enjoying your channel and the progress of your shop.Keep up with the videos and I wish you good fortunes in the future!
You are exactly right about rod busters, I used to work heavy construction back in the day, and the rod busters were a most talented kind of folks
Having worked in a shop with a bridge crane, you'll love having it. Makes doing a lot of two people projects a one person job. Especially since you like old machines with heavy parts.
That’s exactly why I want one. I worked too many places that had them. Hard to live without now
I do enjoy those long 1 hour long videos, half an hour just seems too short for me. Also for people who want to do things like you do or similar and they have finished school, what tips would you give, or even to anyone that wants to do similar things to what you do? Keep up the awesome and interesting videos, I have learnt quite a bit from watching you do what you do. Looking forward to see how you fix the drum from that roller machine that had a failure during the compacting of the foundation for your dream shop. Greeting from Australia!
On content like this I would prefer longer video than a short 15 minute one. Great job 👍,keep up the good work.
Hello Matt i just wanted to say thank you. I really appreciate that you let us see what you do. Greetings from Germany
Glad you like them!
Wow them Rebar Cages Look like a crap ton of Hard work Very neet Matt Thanks for sharing 20:12 @Diesel Creek
Simply stunned by your focus and energy. Brilliant.
Short and sweet wasn't ready for it to end great content as usual Matt🙏💪🏻🙏
Your rough surface adhesion idea is good, but what you really need to do is keep a soaker hose on the concrete for 24 hours prior to you pouring the adjoining slab - the reason for this is it opens up the pours in the cement matrix, allowing infiltration from the secondary pour. Presoaking is a contractual requirement for concrete overlays on all government capital projects where I'm from. They're almost always followed up by a tensile bond test (pull test) to verify adhesion.
Unbelievable I never would have thought. So if it opens up the matrix it must remove cement. I have seen a lot of concrete jobs that were ruined because somebody got out the garden hose after it was poured. Generally all you want to do is cover your new concrete with plastic you will see water droplets accumulate on the underside of the plastic that's all you need.
@@darnmartian9766 You wouldn't be soaking fresh concrete. You let it get it's full 28 day cure before hand.
It doesn't "remove" the concrete matrix so much as displace it. Think of it like a sponge.
Hey Matt, Chris from No Nonsense Know how has a cat 977 that he thinks would be cool to work on with you, and Andrew. Send him a message if you could.
You will deserve this shop ,you are doing it the right way, Bravo
Great to see you used a concrete vibrator on the piers to get all the voids out and have a solid foundation for your overhead crane.
Re: Concrete in screw heads. That is why we always used double headed nails for form work. I'm old, maybe things are different now.
Shop looks good Matt.