We Weren't Sure If This Would Work...| Living Off Grid In The Canadian Mountains
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Retired sawyer and logger here! If you don't clean the dirt off the logs you'll never get the wood cut! You'll be Sharpening the blade after every cut and wearing out the bar and chain!
Surprised the full house on the small saw didn't dull that bad.
Your bus reminds me of the "partridge Family".It's a old show back in late 70's or early 80's,a family of musicians..
From thousands of kilometers away , namelt Turkey , warm hugs you both ..
Dang when he was spraying that stuff all I could think of was burnt off eyebrows 🤣. Glad he got it started with all his eyebrows attached 🤣😜
It might be easier to thread rope or cable around a tree down there and pull the stumps down with the tractor
Took carpentry 101 - Instructor said not to cut boards with circular saw when the board is propped up at both ends. Because the board buckles at the cut and pinches the circular saw. The board is supposed to be a cantilever propped up at one end only when you cut it. Maybe this also applies to chainsaws?
I had a Champion generator for my offgrid cabin for about 10 years and it was always easy to start, but it was heavy and noisy. When it died I bought a Honda that has been excellent and is very quiet. Honda generators are worth the money.
Clean the carburetor and get the old fuel out. Use fresh fuel and check or replace the fuel filter. Start with a new spark plug each year.
That Saw gave it's all to build your dreams.
Build your own a 3 horse predator engine a lifetime guarantee 12 volt gm alternator for a 1980 gm a 12 volt battery and a inverter . When one component fails you replace it cheap . Portable generators are made with not quite garbage parts . They are throw away meant for rare use and rapid failure.
I am pretty sure the chain went bad the moment it hit the first sand/stones that was stuck on the tree after it been dragged with the traktor. Next time maybe sweep the tree around from dirt before sawing :D
And its extra hardcore never use ear pretection using the saw or grinder or tractor
it's just a smaller saw and doesn't cut as fast as the bigger saw that bit the dust
Yep! I logged for years, just a touch of dirt and your going to be sharpening for sure!
I'm watching from Arizona. God bless you both
We are from Estonia and watch every video of yours. Thank you guys for these interesting videos.
Loved watching you both from Central Texas, Hubby and I are Formally a Californian .. Smile. I am Now a New Texan from the Caribbean , Ninette Bird- The Caribbean Wife.
Watching from the other end of the world, from Vilnius Lithuania. Thanks for the video and have a nice weekend
Posting again ….(in total support) this kind of format is the ticket…I loved it …and I’ve been critical in the past…this stuff will push you over the top….I’ve just been watching but am now sudscribed ….thanks …keep doing it!
We used stumps to fill a hole for out septic field. That was 50 years ago and so it may not be legal now but it worked well
I'M FROM BRISTOL CONNECTICUT. ORIGINALLY BORN IN FORT KENT MAINE. RETIRED AFTER 35 YEARS WITH UNITED TECHNOLOGY. ENJOYING RETIREMENT NOW 13 YEARS. LOVE IT. LOVE WATCHING YOUR VIDEOS. KATIE IS DOING A GR8T JOB. HARD WORKER.
Katie your gonna be a good Momma one day!!
I’m from the State of Kentucky we bled blue for our Kentucky Wildcats
Hi I a, from the UK , and love your channel . I watched a few off grid channels .and I see most have Honda generators . Look in to them
Watching from Indiana USA... Love your videos. Thank you for sharing your journey.
Love every moment more don't end i enjoy watching
Watching from Brisbane Australia love and all the videos and the content keep up the good work.
loving your vlog ... living in northern Canada, above the 60th parallel, in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories.
Honda, they are expensive but awesome! I have two, never a problem.
Yup, cheaper is cheaper not better. Spend a little more on a name brand and you end up getting your moneys worth.
Watching you from Finland, I really enjoy your videos, you are doing a great job with your house. 😃
Watching from Norway. Katy + animal = love 🥰
For you generators use non ethanol fuel.
The baby chicks 🐤 🐥 are so cute 😍! 😊👍💕💕💕
For your Generator problem, try this and see, whenever you are stopping the generator , close the gas valve and let the generator stop on it's own by running out of gas, that is when stopping the generator over night. Then when you want to use the generator turn ON the gas valve and wait for 5 minutes then start I think it will start . Try and see.. Be well and be safe see you guys on the next one..!!
Watching from Pennsylvania, See if the carb has a drain under the float bowl for water. You can also take the carb off and clean it out. Check your make and model, There's probably a video on the tubes lol. Best wishes.
Watching from Auckland, New Zealand. Love watching your channel.
Do you have a good length of heavy rope, and a pulley? One end tie on a large stump, take it close to a large tree a good distance further downslope, feed it through the pulley, which is anchored to that large tree, then bring the rope back up to the tractor, and pull away from the stump. i.e., pull it down-hill.
Valve clearance, carb cleaning, and spark arrestor
Great idea poling those stumps!
I finally went to a Honda generator. I have had good luck with it. I live in Seeley Lake Montana. Take Care Ernest
Ran into you at the lumber store... love the cinematics in this video.
Snatch block is your best friend. If on a tree at the bottom you can pull the trunks down while backing the tractor up. Snatch block doubles your pulling power.
Great job... love all your videos!
Good call, I need to invest in one
Your property is going to be gorgeous when you’re done! He may not be a welder but, he gotterdone! Lol! HEY FROM KY!
Caught you on Living off Grid channel I am in Indianapolis, In May 14, 2022 I subscribed an liked your video's Keep up the Good work. If it can happen it will....
A sure killer of any "small motor" equipment is using ethanol gas. I have not had any problems with my small motor equipment by using "NON-ETHANOL" gas. It cost a little more but much cheaper than having to spend hours fixing carburetors and fuel lines or hiring someone or having to continually buy new generators. Happy trails - always enjoy watching your channel.
1 minute in video YOU ARE THE CHICKEN LADY lol lol lol love you all Greg can't beat that lol
Hello! I’m watching from Grandy North Carolina. I’m approximately 15 miles north of Kitty Hawk. Enjoy watching your videos. Keep up the good work.
I would have though it would have been easier to get the stumps started tumbling by lifting them and dropping them on the slope. Also trim them down to a ball.
Greg, I think a longer bar (and/or sharpening) might speed things along on those hefty logs.
Stop cutting through mud it dulls the blades.
Property looking real good! Watching from Southern California
Love the baby chicks!!💛
If your generator is always hard starting adjust the valves, and also clean the carburetor.
AWWW MOTHER AND HER CHICKS. CUTE. AMAZING JOB WITH THE CHICKEN COOP. KATIE ALWAYS THINKING AHEAD.
Greg when you have children don't mess with Mommy chicken LOL
Non-ethanal 100% gas is the only way to go with small engines. Synthetic fuel in my 2-strokes. Never be too careful.
3 in video best drone shots ever Kudos to you and Greg
Bought an energizer brand genny ran 6 hrs and blew up bought a Firman genny in a pinch 6yrs use so far starts on second pull every time even If sitting all winter quite surprised actually didn’t expect more than a season from a 250$ unit.
Have you checked if your fuel is clean and free of water?
Amsterdam NL
Good way to rid yourselves of them stumps!! Watching from Kansas.
Watching from Arizona. ❤️
I'm sure the local woodturner would love to get thier hands on the stumps
I love your channel. I'm watching from Florida.
Once again another great video. Watching you From Fredericksburg Virginia. You guys take care and be safe. Tony
Love watching your videos I am from the uk 🇬🇧
Ahh, those baby chicks are adorable and the markings are so different.
Love your videos.. I’m watching from Tri City, Oregon.
I'd save those stumps for fall and winter and have a nice bonfire
stumps make great fire wood, just need to get rid of the sand and stones
Look at those babies!
If the fuel has Ethanol it might get contamination in the fuel. I don't use my equipment enough and the Ethanol gets watered down. It also ruins my fuel lines. (Google says: Ten percent ethanol blends can hold small amounts of water in solution, above this level a phase separation of water and ethanol mix separates from the gasoline.)
The ethanol actually grabs the water and carries water with it into the carburetor! It then gums up the jets and then breaks down the seals and gaskets! I had given a gas pressure washer to me for free because of ethanol ! I pulled the carburetor off and cleaned it out and put it back together, put fresh gas in it! 2 pulls and it was running great! It was a Honda!!
I have been around many different generators in my time and the most common issues I see with non starting gens is a fuel issue. They seem to be prone to getting water in the fuel when outside a lot and then the water plays hell with the carburetors. Make sure your gas cans are clean before refueling rinse out with some alcohol if need be to remove all water and contaminants. drop the bowl off the carburetor or drain it if it has a drain plug to keep the water in the bottom of the bowl from building up. And as much as I don't like to say it the best generator is a Honda. Yes they are costly but they sure seem from those I know who use and myself included to give the least issues. I have a Honda 5000 watt and this will be it's 5th summer and I have only changed oil, filters, and plugs on it. I went and looked it's saying 731 hours on it.
I bit the bullet and got myself a Honda, too. The best brand-choice as backup for my small solar set-up to top off the batteries as needed, also easy/low maintenance, super quiet (great since I'm off -grid in a neighborhood) and most important for me, easy to start. I have a real problem starting pull-cords...weed-whackers, chain saws, nopenope no can. Gotta be rechargeables/battery. I can barely manage my lawn mower's pull and it is supposed to be "easy start". So yep, Honda for me, too! :-D
Greg, get a solar generator, it starts very easy,
Belpre, OH
Generator problems, I posted about this before. You'd be better off running on propane. Straight 87 gas will gumup the carb in no time. You can prevent that some by going to an ethanol free gas or using something like Stabilzer. In the end, propane is the best way to run a generator.
Watching from rural south west England. Looking good there!
Kate you are a beautiful womam. Make contact with me. Jim myers.
Watching from Missouri,USA
Hi I am from Thousand Oaks Ca. The house is looking great 👍.
Congratulations mom and dad
Watching from Western North Carolina.
Watching from Portland, Oregon. I love watching your off grid Channel, always look forward for your next video.
Is your cable long enough to go down the hill around a tree and back up the hill to connect to the stumps? Have good days!
Watching from New Jersey. USA.
Watching from Indiana, USA
We went to a Tri-Fuel generator and use propane, best decision of the year, no more gummy gas or water in the fuel.
Watching from central Florida, USA.
Love the chicks, specially the one with the brown, 2hen do you think the siding be going on? All the way for the North Yorkshire coast, UK.
watching from Lincoln, AR. loved your baby chick's. can't wait till you get to live in your home.
Generators are my nemesis also, and I’m here from southern Nevada.
That saw should of gone through that log in seconds 🤷♂️ something is not right, stay safe ❤️ and respect from the uk 🥰 ps chicks look sooooo cute 👍
Could be a dull chain. Dragging gets dirt imbedded in the bark and dirt dulls the chain quickly too.
Buy the 7kv Honda generator with automatic start that you can wire into your Solar controller to auto charge batteries. If a Honda doesn't start first time every time then you left the fuel tap turned off.. LoL. Had mine ten years never missed a beat and I'm Off grid in Australia so it's damn hot here and yet it purrs like a Kitten. Oil Changes regularly are the key
Watching from South Carolina USA
Watching from Bulgaria
Good job both, from the UK
Watching from Queensland Australia thanks for sharing the baby chicks are beautiful ❤️👍👍🇦🇺🇦🇺❤️
Ah the generator. Small engines need to be cared for. It’s a pain in the ass but ya gotta use fuel preservative, clean or replace spark plugs etc. and they’re all crap these days. You guys got so much going on but you gotta give time to maintaining your stuff. I have a generac. Don’t use it all the time but keep fuel saver in it, then turn the gas valve off and run it till it dies. Then you don’t have gas in the carb which has turned into deck stain and gums it all up. But otherwise you kids are great. The critter footage is wonderful.
Yep!!
Much respect from Suffolk Virginia
Place looks awesome !!!
from Holland (Netherlands) Europe
Nice fenders!
Clean up makes everything look great for the spring beauty coming. Those chicks are cute, good job on the chickens new crate
Watching from Antwerp Belgium
Time to break out some cable and a block, don't get too crazy jerking on the cable as it will break just when you don't suspect it to... a vacation is what the two of you need, I don't think here in alaska is warm enough yet to have much fun. So you now have some "McNuggets" with feathers on it/lol. Great times ahead and its cleaning up nice from our extra long winter
You know if the duct tape comes out then were watching a episode of Red/Green. "If the Ladies don't find you handsome at least they'll find you handy." Good one when things get out of hand.
Most generators have after a while standing still some water in the gas/carburator, most generators have a screw/valve to let the water flow out. That could be the problem?
Tried that, no luck :(
Love watching you from Ireland.
did i notice your generator only cranks for a little bit then stops cranking on it's own?
the very first thing i'd do to that machine is find and eliminate that limit switch or whatever it is.
if it were mine, i'd make that heffer crank till i took my finger off the button.
be very particular about your fuel.
only put fresh clean gas in it. the higher octane the better. the best results i've had with my small power equipment is run it till it's out of gas.
got a small job? only put a little bit of gas in it.
so there is none left in the tank to draw moisture and go bad and so forth while it sits waiting to go again.
todays "modern" fuels have so many additives and junk in it a carb full of gas sitting for a month or two is nothing but bad news for it.
store it only in a dry place, never out in the open.
good luck.