Driveway Stump Removal | Last Fishing Trip of the Season
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- Опубліковано 29 сер 2024
- With fishing season winding down we scour a nearby river in search of lost fishing lures and take our findings to a local lake for our last open water fishing trip. Before we call it quits for the year with developing our second property, we bring in a mini excavator that makes easy work of pulling up 80 plus stumps and leveling the driveway.
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Is there anything you two cannot do?? Wow, Eric drives big machinery and wields a chef’s knife to perfection. Arielle, you are a wealth of knowledge of plants and animals. You both step into Life and enjoy it to the max. Wish we all could find the joy of living that you both show us through your delightful videos. I know it is not always fun and games but your courage is amazing!! Thanks for sharing.
Agreed!!!!
what a service you're doing for the river and wild life. Picking up where others dumped!! Thanks and awesome scores on the lures!!
Beats shopping at the store anyway!
One of the few channels that merit full screen viewing.
This is true.
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I agree... I transfer to my tv.. it’s awesome... I’m a new follower and I’m bench watch lots of videos.. congratulations ... it’s fascinating, instructional, it’s entertaining... thanks for let us be part of your journey 🙏🏼💪👍🤟
When a lady gets excited about fishing lure finds, you have chosen the right lady. Thanks for these videos guys, I tune in often. Cheers from way down south in Mississippi.
Gulfport Mississippi here 🤝
@@clon662b3 Oxford here.
You are famers, fishers, butchers (how you cut the pig and the moose!!!), bakers, builders, youtubers, cooks. gardeners, handyman and handywoman. Anything else? The best thing is how you enyoy your life. Hugs from Spain.
I got my dad’s fishing tackle box when he passed. He made a lot of lures. I treasure them.
That is so precious, thanks for sharing💕
I have only recently found your channel, I live in the UK so the amazing scenery around you is awe inspiring to me. I love watching all your videos, especially the crazy dog ones!!! Bandit reminds me so much of my old crazy greyhound and Beau reminds me so much of much nutty chocolate Labrador,!! Thanks for sharing your story with us all.
Fishing for fishing lures for fishing for fish.
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Fishception
First time I’m seeing someone do that. So people lose them while fishing?
@@bannedone3ice138 If you snag the bottom your line can break. Sometimes the line will snag the reel on a cast, snap the line, and send the lure flying.
@@mheermance ok, thanks. Looks like a lot of people lose those there....
Hi Eric, watch Andrew Camarata here on youtube. He has some really great videos on removing stumps and clearing driveways. What he does is pull the stump out of the ground, grab/lift/shake it, use the bucket to clear off a lot of the dirt off the stump, then lift the stump high in the air and drop it right back into the hole it was pulled out of. All of this is done over the hole it was pulled out of, and it fills in the hole while getting most of the dirt off. From there, he either cuts the stumps and hauls them away, cuts and burns them, or tosses them in an unused part of the woods where it'll decompose and provide habitats. 80 stumps, though... definitely get the dirt off of them and consider taking them to a mulch manufacturer or weathering them for firewood next year. Great job out there! We're coming up in January to dig our own. 1800 feet of driveway... gonna be fun. :)
Find his driveway/stumps videos here:
ua-cam.com/users/AndrewCamaratasearch?query=removing%20stumps%20driveway
I like that you pick up old lures. Really got me thinking about how much fishing trash there must be in our waterways. You scored! The beserk dog footage had us cracking up!
You two never stop. Always doing something. Enjoy your videos immensely.
Good job putting on your life vest. Smart man!
its nice u guys clean up the waterways as u do.bc ur saving the fish from getting inadvertantly hooked as well,while getting lures for yourselves.
My 1st thought once I saw the tractor, "Eric's going to have some fun today". Looks good. What you two have accomplished in 2yrs is amazing & fun for us to watch. I lived in northern Michigan for 25yrs. Watching you guys makes me homesick. We started out with little money & did a lot of what you guys are doing. Enjoy!
I was asked to talk to a woman about drywall at the house she was framing all by herself. I thought it probably be a mess but I was surprised by the competence and motivation she showed. We became friends as I worked there and a told her ways to make her life easier while painting. She said why are you helping me? I said because you listen and then do it right. She and her husband reminds me of you guys. Both hard workers and game for anything.
!Oooooh, a Panther Martin. Lucky dog! I used to make my son cease fishing until he retrieved his lure. Good training. Thanks guys you rock.
PS Man, I frickin' hate back up alarms.
if you've already piled them up maybe turn them into compost or consider Hügelkultur. The biomass from the wood debris is piled in long rows and covered in compost and then topped with topsoil. you leave it for 5-6 months and then you have really great fertile raised beds which last years. The wood continues to enrich the soil as it decays over time. Since winter is coming you could prep the mounds now and let them settle over winter and have great fertile rows come planting season. Thanks for sharing I love watching all your videos seeing all the fantastic views of Alaska
Thank you for your effort in cleaning up the environment of that river, for the benefit of all wildlife living in the area!
Not seen a video like yours so much of different things you do ,, sitting here in an indian city ,, never imagined in my wildest dream !!!
Great video as always!...i could not express how much i admire your lifestyle...take care and stay safe folks!
I was laughing out loud watching Bandit run up and down the road with his stick, like a one-dog track relay race, and he won! Bandit and a stick is like Christmas morning toys.
What a great thing you are doing for the environment. Excellent work. We Jews have a mitzvah called Tikkum olam, saving the world or looking out for the world. This was definitely tikkum olam. ❤️
I never thought in my life I would get such pleasure in watching someone pull stumps.
Always sending warm wishes, from Bethoney 🇨🇦❤💙🥰
*get him! bite him Bo*
Bo thinks *naaahhh....too much work* Bo is my spirit animal. 😎 Good job on the drive. 🌹
I was with you 2 the last time you did this. It was fun then. And fun now. I really appreciate your lifestyle & your ❤️ for conservation. Keep on fighting the good fight!!! Love seeing your puppers out & about with ya.
The treasure hunt for lures was fun😊
Great video nice bunch of lures. That Bobcat is a hell of a machine. Thanks for taking us along.Nice break from all the bull shit going on in lower 48.
You too were really made to be together. I enjoy watching you both do everything together. I pray that God will keep you both safe 🙏
Since your water table is very high, gather all the dirt/soil, pile it like an elevated mound of Hill. Then compact it.
(Before build your house, cabin etc).
So you don't have to worry with the rising water table when snow melt or heavy wet weather.
That will be the best option.
Ooooh, Big machinery is fun too. Always wanted to learn how to operate bug machinery!
Try dropping those stumps a few times before you pile them up, dirt and frozen veg will drop off and your b piles will be burn much more efficiently. Or if you are using that same track hoe to load your debris, it will be a much lighter load out.
Can also shake them, but that size excavator is kind of maxed out for what he’s doing. Next size up would be easier.
My daughter does that in a river, she uses a big magnet on a line! She finds a lot of lures!
That is what I thought they were doing at 1st.
A magnet might be an improvement in murky water but the water is crystal clear & the are getting in practice maneuvering their lines.
I'm so jealous.
Nice video; If you pick the stumps and dirt up high and drop it a few times, most of the dirt will fall out of the stumps. Glad to see the new site coming along so well. Thanks for the video.
Driveway is really coming along nicely!! Can’t wait to see your videos each week.
Your videos have gotten so good I feel like they are part of an actual tv show.
Hey guys! After working your land and bodies, do you have any relaxing type hobbies you enjoy? Painting? Drawing? Crocheting/knitting? When and if you have spare time, what do you guys like to do?
This is their relaxing hobby :D
It's only light outside five hours a day, everything they do- the do with intention. There is meditation in walking & working in nature. City life rules don't apply to the young & ambitious in Alaska! Imo
@@toyajackson556 Even though we do this stuff to survive- things like cutting firewood, fishing and hunting, animal husbandry, gardening, making things, repairing what’s broken, improving our property, planning for next year- can all be relaxing in their own way. You get tired, even exhausted, but it’s not in a bad way like a long commute to a boring job. I’m nowhere near as young or energetic as they are, but I still love doing all these things. Live a life you don’t need a vacation from!
being active both physically and mentally, eating good organic food, breathing fresh air and drinking good clean water , living without stress and electromagnetic smog is the way to be healthy and happy....
they don't need to go-anywhere ....they have each other
How exciting to get free lures and clean up the river at the same time! How am I a single woman when this excites me so much! LOL
I love all the videos the building the starting from scratch and I really enjoy the fishing thanks so much
My brother son and I used to do that on hot summer days floating from the highway to Millers Reach. We would find a tangle of line and tie it to a stick and bring up bunches. The thing is most of them were ones we didn’t use anyways. We have a few favorites that are a certain color.
All the "Slaves to the grind" people would be super jelly of ya'll if they ever watched this video, because they'll never be able to have the luxury of just waking up in the morning and say "I feel like going fishing for lures today!" Lol Especially in these times that we are living in right now. God Bless the two of you and keep it up! At least they'll be able to live vicariously through you when they watch your vids. 😁
I’ve learned so much since watching you two in Alaska j7
I really loved the overhead shots in this video! They really show the progress you've made.
Wow those lures look new and what an awesome piece of equipment to rip out the stumps! Good job!
You should make a wood frame 🪟 with chicken wire in the middle to display all the lures you find and hang it on the wall ☺️. Would be something fun to decorate with in your house and functional for you to grab a lure when you need one
You guys just kill me!😄. What a way to spend a day! Fishing for lures knee deep in freezing water. You should sale them on-line. "Gently used Lures" would be a great brand😅. Be warm and be safe. Blessings from New Orleans.
I wish I had the dogs ENERGY! Love the channel!!
I just love your extra scenery footage you put in your videos. Absolutely breathtaking. And relaxing to watch.
Hey guys, something you should try while fishing for pike, try trolling along about 22-3 MPH with your lures about 30 feet behind the boat. You might have some good luck and its something different. Have fun and good luck!
Not 22-3 mph but 2-3 mph..Typing error..sorry not much of a typist. good luck!
I wonder if y’all have ever considered writing a book about your off grid living experience in such a harsh environment. There are so many things I would be interested to know starting with what do your respective families think of your adventurous lifestyle?
Great to have fun while working and saving money.
What's great about collecting the lures out of the water is removing our lost property back out of our beautiful waters and your recycling them, its a great way to recycle and keep our waters clear from our rubbish. you are so resourceful.
Ha ha you can see Beau thinking "Aaaahh youngin'". Well done guys, You are both such achievers. No procrastination here.
Mastodon bone! Free fishing lures, you guys really are smart to get old ones!! Recycle reuse reduce waste!
Glad you do that because all that fishing line is so dangerous for all the animals in the area. I was shocked at how much you found in such a small area. Can’t believe that people leave that rubbish just lying around.
Smart...used to do that on the Skeena in Terrace BC in popular fishing areas during low water in the autumn...pick up a lot of lead sinkers too... good for the environment ...you two rock...love the videos... BB
Love it, finding the fishing hooks.
A nice place for the animals in the stump piles
I was just praying that no one fell into that cold water. Excavators are amazing. I own a big dozer, but I actually think an excavator (we call them trackhoes down south) would work better for me in timber. Stumps are hard to extract with a blade. Burn what you can and dig a hole. Bury the rest of the stumps. You'll need the mini-ex back when you are prepping for the cabin. By then the stumps will be ready to burn.
Good show guys!
Great Progress, all set for spring!
Be careful walking out there alone, Dont get to far from him. He can't hear you with the truck so loud. Just love everything you do up there on the home stead. Im looking forward to planting myself this year, but its going to be all over my apartment. Yes, I hate living in a apartment. Hopefully God opens a door for me, if not , I'll just have to wait.love you both..
Looks like a lot of work. Fun to work though.
Y’all are one of the best parts of my day! 💖
If you still have any of those stumps you can make some beautiful furniture. Just an fyi. Love your videos! Keep em coming! ❤️😸
Not only do y’all grow your food, preserve it and live completely off grid, you even go fishing for lures! You guys are awesome!!!
Strong work on the lure fishing. Helping the environment! The driveway is looking gr8! Remember, our family wants to be on that list to stay in ur rental cabin. You've got a gem of a central location there for us tropical folk to come up and shake this heat off!! Best of luck u dynamic duo!!!!!
Nice finds. Id be in heaven. Its beautiful on top of that.
That is a happy dog! lol
Nice finds on this nearby river. I like your idea of cleaning the river from lost fishing material on the one hand and saving good money on the other hand by using the cleaned lures yourself. Have a good time💫☘️
Fishing for lures is fun.
When I was little, in California, we used to do beach clean ups before the summer. I see this, and it be brings back those memories.you are doing a great service to this river, not just from cleaning up trash, but also removing the danger those hooks present to the animals, and the people, that live in that area. Thank you for your work, and you get free equipment out of it
Also, watching Eric knock down a tree at 19:20 was such a cool thing
That was pleasant to watch of all things, I love huge equipment and the sound of the dirt and root pulling up out of the ground is just fascinating to me I close my eyes and listen to all that ripping. I know that's weird, but nice job
Damn! Arielle has a straight up Boulder on her wedding ring 💍 gosh dang my man
Wow; nice looking dirt to work with.
I love that you're reusing lost lures rather than buying new ones💛💛💛 I'd never thought of that
Bandit is my favorite UA-cam doggy.
That is one big job to get out the way, Good job you don't have to do it by hand lol. Good job. Looking cold out there, it's going to look beautiful when the snow fly's. be safe take care.
WOW now that is what i call a good way to pull up stumps.
Operating an excavator really🤔🤔 is there anything that you guys cannot do🤣🤣. You’re so amazing and I love watching your videos. It’s just too short😩😩
maybe you can pile the stumps up along the driveway like a barrier. push down on it to pack it a little and it will break down into a mound. if you back fill against it when clearing and tidying the area it will serve as a low fence.
You guys have thee best life. ❤ love your videos.
At the new property......you forgot your Gimbal. LOL LOL Pretty piece of land.
your dogs are hilarious
Another fabulous video. Love watching Bo watching Bandit run laps! Our Catahoula could really speed around in her younger days. Incredible progress in 6 hours of machine work!
Another great video thank you. I couldn’t tell if you had gotten all the stumps but fantastic job it’s really coming together. So happy you were able to do that much work so you won’t be dwelling on it all winter. It looks really good so far. Thanks again for the fun time.
Great quality video and audio. Nice to watch. Thanks for sharing. Greetings from Spring Green Wisconsin
I love this!!! Fishing for lures!
Love your intro, so calming.
I admire how resourceful you two are I enjoy all your videos. Thanks
Bandit, you are awesome❤️
Wow! over a $100 in lures found, in just over an hour of looking! Sweet score!!!!!
That jaw breaker is a weedless spoon. Made to run through grass and lilies. Also, the best pike lure is either a red/white spoon or a rapala shad rap. Medium to large sizes work best. P.s. just a guy who buys too much tackle.
I pick up discarded hooks, lures, and weights all the time when fishing! Drives my husband crazy! 😂
My husband loves to fish, the lure retrieving looks like more fun than fishing, although I did catch a 17 pound pike this summer! Love watching the stump removal, your pretty handy at driving the dozer!!
haha, big boy and toys...
love you`re chanel, greetz from austria
That is really awesome to save all of those lures. Just think of all the money you are able to save along with cleaning the river! Brrrr.....so cold there. We've been breaking some records here this week in MN for our high temps but not that long ago we were way below temps and got 5-7 inches of snow before Halloween! Crazy weather!!!! Next week we get back to normal. Isn't it just amazing how big the root system is on trees!?! I had to giggle at your dog. What fun he says. That mini excavator looks like it would be fun to use and I'm a female.
Mepps spinners use actual squirrel tail hair for the skirt. Mepps will compensate you for sending them squirrel tails, only if harvested for table fair though.
Check them out! Also nice job on cleaning up the waterway. 👍
I sincerely enjoy watching your videos. While waiting for new ones Ive gone back and watched old ones. I really enjoy the quite sounds like when you’re working in the garden or chopping food for canning. I’ve made cowboy candy using your recipe and love it! The views are stunning. Seems so peaceful and cozy to me. The two of you make a great couple. I hope to one day find someone I can share life with like the two of you. I was wondering it you plan to move onto the property you are clearing. Take care. God bless.
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There's something really satisfying about ripping up those stumps and seeing the entire roots come up.
Shake your bucket after picking up your stumps and you will drop alot of the dirt and be able to leave the soil there, his will also allow you to better burn up the stumps later.
What to do? What to do? Put dirt back onto the ground, stumps go with hot dogs and marshmallows, and the forest is renewed. :-)
Bo is making tooth brushes and the other dog is running the quarter mile several times over. lol
Coolest, most helpful videos on clearing land.... Heading upstate NY tomorrow with two chainsaws to clear a driveway & homesite on our newly aquired 6.25 acres. Fingers crossed! TY