It's true. People will buy land that already has a right of way on it and then bitch when the other landowners who have that right of way actually use it. Happens all the time where I live.
True. However, I find it best to go out of your way to be super nice and over accommodating to maintain your right away. Make them want you there. I know it sucks but once you get them over to your side it makes it better. You know the old saying, keep your enemies close. Smile to their face while cussing them under your breath. But sometimes people are just A-holes and are miserable. Only God can deal with those idiots. My neighbor is a rough dude. But, I go out of my way with kindness and now when he makes deer sausage (it’s the best I’ve ever eaten) he always gives me as much as I want.
Great working with you Andrew and thank you for bringing along your equipment, especially your gas powered machete haha. It's a great piece of property and I am glad we could help you with the acquisition. Looking forward to seeing your projects develop. Next time I'll bring the GPS for you to check out.
Yea surveying looks like a very interesting occupation. I never really understood the discipline, but seeing this video helped me understand it a lot more. I think in the early days you'd use a sextant and twine 😂 Nowadays you got advanced gizmos that our grandfathers only dreamed of. Just gotta make sure ten different batteries stay charged up. Who knows, though, in 20 more years maybe a special drone can map property lines to within a thousandth of a foot and it shines a laser dot on the ground where u gotta stake. 🤷🔭🗺️🧑🦯
@@cdouglas1942 Ideally, his paint will prevent rust for some decades. I'm guessing it's CAT yellow that he's got left over from working on his vehicles.
From the UK, 2:16 Surely the best system is to take Eastings and Northings off the plan and use an accurate GPS system to guide you along the boundary placing or replacing markers as you go. EDIT: after watching the rest of the video this is what they've done!
@@FairlyOldGit I received a quote from a surveyor in western Mass on 108 acres. It was an astonishing $25,000. Another quote was $14,000 with an addition charge of $125 for every pin they placed and there would be many. Can you actually use GPS as you indicated? I did a quick google some time back and didn't really find anything.
My dad was a huge fan of your channel. He was a huge fan of DYI, home improvements, building projects, the outdoors, and dogs. So your videos were pretty much perfect for him. It seems like every time I saw him he'd tell me about your latest episode. Eventually we started watching the episodes together. He was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer last December and it slowed him down pretty quickly, so he ended up spending less time doing physical things and more time watching videos, yours especially. My mom got him one of your shirts for last Christmas and it was a huge deal to him. He passed away back in May. In his final days, he and I ended up watching a lot of your videos. Even at the very end, they brought a smile to his face. Thank you for what you do. Your videos bring people a great deal of happiness. One of them was my dad. Another one is me. Thank you.
Amen to that brother. 100 pro. I'm 64 now on 20 September and i love the videos of Andrew. Sometimes i learn new things by viewing and then try it my own. Sometimes i wish i could tell him: try it once in this way. He really gives me a smile on my face. My kids, 15, 15 & 16 don't understand that but possible they are to young. I came from the US and have to life here to the end of my life. I have not enough money to go back home but that's OK for me. Andrew shows me every time the beauty of mother nature. And his dogs are the next positive part in his videos. I love dogs and cats. I hope one day my kids could see it the way you do now.
Well expressed. I have a similar experience within my own family and my mother referred to Andrew in the highest as "he's an Artist" - his spirit, willingness to be creative and try new things & to do that freely...and creatively. It was the highest of compliments and she knew more than a little about these things... When he organized rocks around his castle or put in his spiral stairs or the epic jet ski trip to the statue of liberty & the artistic camera work - so impressed with him. We would all sit and watch his videos together. Truly fond memories. I wish, I hope, he gets back to that sort of thing soon. Anyway, that's what I'll always think of watching his channel. Grateful.
Surprised you thought this was a 'boring video' - this was great. Even trivial 'tasks' make for some great entertainment. That half hour flew by and I learned something new about surveying. Thanks for sharing with us. When you find people whom doing the most rudimentary tasks with rarely result in the feelings of boredom - those are the special people in life.
that´s what is called proffesional, of cause it seems to be unnecessaryly acurate, but they measure via GPS using at least 3 satelites to spot the position. It´s not cheap to hire these guys and as long as their work is spot on, nobody can claim they didn´t their job right.
Surveyor said 300ths of a foot is about 1/4”. A 1/4” is 300ths of a little over 6’. 300ths of a foot is about 1/32” so they’re getting the corners almost perfectly located.
@@rayknight4756 ok, i live in the metric part of the world but 1 foot=12", a hundrets of 12"=0,12" so 3 hundrets of an inch=0,36", so in the metric part of the world that would be round about 10mm, 1cm or 0,01m. in the imperial part of the world that should be a little bit more than 1/3 of an inch if my math is right. By the way round about 1cm or 1/3 of an inch is what i know is the precission of measureing with GPS.
Even if they did not really care about beeing that precise, they had to be precise on a channel with 1,3 subscribers. Not good for their business I guess, if they said "Let's move the pin out of the middle of the road, neighbour won't notice that we steal 3 foot" :)
They wouldn't do it if it wasn't for peoples greed for land or the need to put a roof over one's head or 8 Billion people on the planet. LOL some warped ideas exist.
Happen to the forest behind where I live back in 2014 it was all cut down but thankfully nothing was built in the area and small trees are starting to grow and take over again.
don't forget the worse part, the million dollar white picket homes in an hoa, full of good-for-nothing city people. developers absolutely destroy small towns
Andrew, would have been cool if you took a drone photo and sketched out new boundary lines, with your existing boundary lines on it, to get an overview of new purchase compared to what you previously had!
Absolutely right what you are doing, Andrew. Good thing you can afford it. I couldn't do that a few years ago. That's why neighbors settled all around. Suddenly my trees were too tall, my dog and lawnmower were too loud, and all that crap. Then I gave up and sold. I settled in better somewhere else.
I have heart trouble and can’t do things like I used to. Born with a bad heart. I look forward to your videos when you post. It’s like going back to the property that I grew up on. We always had a project. These videos make me feel like I’m part of something again. Thank you so much. Your hard work means a lot to some of us.
I'm on the edge of something similar, my health has been suffering and I'm not sure that I'll recover. So I really feel for your situation, and I hope you have peace cause it's really tough, for me at least.
I was trained as a land surveyor in the early '60s, BEFORE laser electronic measuring devices existed. We used BUFF, GURLEY, and K&E (KUEFFEL & ESSER) theodolites. We read "traverse closures" to within 20 seconds of arc, visually, on a VERNIER plate, with a reading glass. Each set of "stations" had to close in a ring to 360 degrees, using the "2N-4 Right angles"formula.
Great idea Andrew! I am 75 years young and have moved 9 times in my life. What makes or breaks a successful move and your property enjoyment are your neighbors! If they are PITA's then you must move or somehow legally destroy them! If they are nice you will love your new personal space! Thanks for posting another small adventure for us to enjoy and take care!
It was nice to see the Surveyors explaining everything, and being as helpful as possible, all the way through. Yes the Dogs WERE being good, weren't they? 😎
Love to see videos of Andrew and his dad...hes making memories with him and preserving them in a video. He will appreciate it in the future as well as the present. I was with my dad in work, play and family all the time....miss him soooooo much. 100 years for sure on the coated re-bar AC!
Video was great, but the best part is seeing you hanging with Dad. I think you should try to do more videos with him before he gets to the time where he is not up to it. I lost mine to pancreatic cancer 22 yrs ago.
My Husband said that in addition to the rebar markers, he would have used the log skidder to place 2ftx2ftx6ft, 3,500lb interlocking concrete blocks at the corners as well. Too big for anybody to move without equipment and markedly definitive as to property boundaries.
The one inch rebar is some nice overkill. The organizations I worked for (local government and private) used 1 in galvanized pipe. Andrew had good insight on how a survey has errors in it, and the surveyor's explanation of closing the loop the distributing the error was a good.
We used to have stone walls as property lines in PA, over time, the stones were all stolen. Such is life with a township road that cuts right through the center of our property. We have a few pictures, but not many. We have been doing some clearing and are piling up new stones, maybe someday I can rebuild a few walls.
I put a 4' tall piece of PVC pipe over all my corner stakes 25 years ago, they are still there and they stand out in the woods a lot better than the rods painted orange or with the ribbons on them. I also went down all my property lines clearing about 5' to 10' on my side the line so I could walk the property lines easily. I recently had my property surveyed because the land on one side of mine was sold and the people wanted to put of no trespassing signs around 25' onto my property when you can see the property corner marked within 100' of the signs and the area I keep cleared on my side of the property line is clearly visible and straight as an arrow. I had the surveyors mark the property line with a wood stake every 20'. After they left I used 6' tall metal T-post to replace the wood stakes and put a piece of white PVC pipe over them. There's no mistaking that property line now. LOL! I only went that extreme on that one line because of the problems the new property owner was causing. I took video on my phone of the surveyors and of me replacing the wood stakes with the metal T-post so there couldn't be any disagreement that I didn't have surveyors or that I didn't put the fence post in the exact spot the stakes were in. I would have bought the property but the former owner didn't even say anything about selling it and they didn't advertise it they just sold it to the new people. I only found out it had been sold when the new property owner started causing problems. So I wasn't even given an opportunity to buy it. Land is a good money investment too because land will always increase in value.
I really loved this video of technical surveying of your land. I come away from some of them that remind me I'm just an old geezer now. Back in the day when I worked construction from lot to excavation to footers, pouring walls, framing, to stoning to concrete and asphalt (closer to really urban areas) everything was learning skills along with a strong back along with a willingness to learn. I appreciate your attitude about keeping the sprawl of commercial builders out. What I used to enjoy riding around on my motorcycle what was open countryside is all gone now, thinking about even deer hunting lands that are all business parks, apartment row houses and micro plazas now. Do what you can keeping those ever-glutenous developers out, at least in your lifetime!. Great video!
I purchased land next to my place years ago. I used old tires stacked on end then filledthem with cement and added a iron rod in the center. Easy to find when painted and no one will bother with them. Survey rods get lost over time and tires last forever.
I'm sure you're an inspiration for all of us living the dream, owning, and buying one square at a time. It's always a pleasure to get notified when you post!
I agree 100% with buying as much buffering land as you can find/afford. I too can make a lot of noise in the shop. But, even tho my entire area consists of homes on 3+ acres, I always try to consider my neighbors when doing so……no grinding or anvil work, etc. at 0300 hrs. is a no-brainer. 😐 As to your property lines and easements. Here in Texas we have a “purple paint” law which states: "”Notice" means: an oral or written communication by the owner or someone with apparent authority to act for the owner; or fencing or other enclosure obviously designed to exclude intruders or to contain livestock; or a sign or signs posted on the property reasonably likely to come to the attention of intruders, indicating that entry is forbidden; or the placement of identifying purple paint marks on trees or posts on the property. If purple paint is used, then the purple paint must be vertical lines of not less than eight inches in length and not less than one inch in width; placed so that the bottom of the mark is not less than three feet from the ground or more than five feet from the ground; and placed at locations that are readily visible to any person approaching the property and no more than: 100 feet apart on forest land or 1,000 feet apart on land other than forest land.” If my research is correct, New York does not yet have such a Statute in place. But, in a forest setting, that color is easily recognizable (by anyone that isn’t colorblind) and is commonly known as an enforceable law in 15? other States. Even tho it’s not yet recognized as such by New York, I would counsel you to mark your property lines this way anyway. Having all those pins and blazes new and fresh during the Fall season will make 100 foot runs between markings much easier to get done….and if the woods get too thick to see 100 feet, just try to make each new marking visible from the last one. And since it helps the Game Wardens in determining boundaries if they are answering a complaint, I would suggest you ask the Fish & Game folks to support it becoming the law for y’all. Glad to see you and the pups are doing well. Much respect from Texas. 🫡
That's the biggest problem today with land development. One lot becomes 500 properties and everyone living on top of eachother. I like your thinking Andrew. We all need space
My 90 yr old mom has a house on one acre. Two neighbors within a few weeks installed fences around their property. If you pull in my moms driveway, to the right, there are three houses built that go down the right of her acre property. Two of them built fences. I called for a survey because years ago it was surveyed and they used those green metal stakes you fine in a cowfield holding up fencing. Those stakes were removed. The surveyor said both fences were 20 inches on my moms property. One guy offered $200 to leave it there, LOL. Both had to remove their fencing and correct it. This was a great fun video to watch. We had a small farm in Somerset, Ohio when I was a kid and all that wooded area always brings back fun memories. A fat vine that you could swing from one embankment to the other. A crick that ran all year long I'd love to have about 50 acres where Andrew is at. I'd never pay for heating again with all that wood. I'd have privacy to use the internet and a whole house power system in case the electric went out. I'm not jealous the least bit but I am envious. Andrew has come a long way since he started making his videos and almost 1.3 million fans just can't get enough. I talk a lot. Oh, I was really surprised that Cody didn't get over that.. starting a chainsaw noise. He jumped up and wanted to bite that thing. I thought he would have grown out of that by now . Both dogs are healthy and good looking. Thanks for the video. 2:15 am in Ohio. 56F. Fall is coming early.
You inspired me to take apart a pedestal fan and lubricant the bearings. Without watching your videos I would have trashed it and spent $100 on a new one. So thank you and keep up the good work!
You should put safety " mushroom" caps on those exposed rebar corner markers. When the snow comes, and they get covered, it could be dangerous for humans and pets. They come in orange and green.
Thank you for sharing I truly appreciate and appreciate your videos I learn something every time I view them. Thank you for caring about the landscape environment Andrew.
Another great episode Andrew. They're always so interesting and refreshing and remind me of some of my working life as a boilermaker and being around machinery. Many thanks bud.😉
Hey Andrew, those ones in the middle of the road dig down around them, put a bag of sack Crete around that pin and paint that concrete yellow when it hardens up just a thought, fantastic country out there keep all the wilderness you can
Thank you for sharing your story, it was very interesting to follow the work with the markings and you talking about the equipment with the workers. You are absolutely right about noise, there’s so much noise today that people seeks peace and will not accept any noise. So I found it was a good idea to get more land.God bless you and your family.
Ii always have a great day when Andrew posts. We get to see interesting things in the beautiful mountains of upstate New York. It makes me realize there are places in the US where sanity reigns and real work can be done without government interference.
I feel ya brother. I just purchased a piece of land in New Brunswick, Canada and spent 2+ days collecting vinyl siding, concrete, tires, oil tank, glass well you name it. All spread across the wooded areas. All of it was not that old either. I chalk it up to cheap buggers that don't want to pay landfill tipping fees. It sure wasn't laziness because it would have been harder to drag in into the back country versus the dump.
Same here......bought 5+ acres earlier this year and seems like every time it rains we finds more glass. Cannot believe how people mistreat their land.
Always know exactly where your property boundaries are as exactly as possible and I agree have professionally set and recorded markers. I put a T post fence post just inside of mine and slide a six foot length of schedule 40 white pvc pipe over top and wrap reflective tape around them. You can then see them from a distance day or night. My brother had a big problem with an un-recorded right of way across his property. It had not been used in decades and much of it had grown up in even fairly large trees but he had a meandering ATV trail he had cut across it. The other landowner hired a surveyor and he surveyed the ATV trail as the right of way and recorded it that way. Of course that cut the property in half instead of going up one side. Nearly impossible to fix and lots of legal fees, he eventually sold the property to the other guy as it was a better deal than all the lawyer fees being racked up. His old survey had some BS marks like 'a big oak tree' and 'a pile of rocks' from over a hundred years ago too. Make sure you have a pinned survey done when you buy any property, and even then you might end up with a surprise right of way.
We have a several trash areas on our property in northern MI. People who didn't have trash service / had to pay for removal buried tons of stuff on their own land. We tried to put in a path and found broken glass to over a foot deep. We just put some tree trunks on it and covered it up. To dangerous to clean up until we need to. Love your videos, take care.
Eventually I hope you acquire the whole mountain Andrew, I totally understand bad neighbors, it’s really hard to find perfect neighbors! Please stay safe and always be you!!!
Fun fact: right-handed Andrew drives a sledge with his left hand. Cool video on surveying your new land. Congratulations on the expansion and adding a neighbor buffer.
Andrew, when you put metal stakes in rock drill the hole a little large and put some all weather permabond type product rated to bond metal to rock in before the final staking. A friend of mine had his rocky property surveyed like yours with him helping putting in a stakes. Someonought the 20 acresnext to his and moved his stakes 5 feet his side to try and log several high value extremely old trees. He just happened to be leaving for work one day as a logger was about to cut down the first one and he caught them. Called the local sherrif who came out immediately and stopped them as it happens occasionally and up in northern Michigan they take that extremely seriously. The guy who did it tried to say he didn't do it but the numbnuts left fingerprints all iver the area where it happened. He ended with a hefty fine, cash settlement with my friend for damages (his time and stress, 60 day's in jail and had to pay for the second survey. The second set of stakes he used permabond to set them. You'd need an excavator to get thhem out now and his trees are still where they belong. He has no intention of ever harvesting them. He has 120 acres and only logged 20 no more. Did the logging himself and took the logs to a mill and ended with enough lumber to build himself a 4 bedroom house and work/storage barn. He's never talked to that jackwagon thief since.
I knew of some horror stories where a legal survey was not done and buyers in several cases ended up erecting buildings partly on neighbors land. In one case they built entirely on the wrong lot and lot owner refused to sell that lot. Even though surveys can be expensive , not having one can cost much more! Wise move Andrew to have your new land staked properly to avoid future disputes.👍👍👍
That was interesting; I'd always wondered about how much of a buffer you had around your domain. Also interesting to hear about Blue's coloration. Also good to see your Dad out and about with you.
@dryroasted5599 There appear to be 8 parcels of land touching his original land. Depending upon how up-to-date the satellite images are, there only appears to be a couple houses close. The closest one about 250' ESE of his pond, which would put it a little under 600' from his house (on the downhill side).
HAPPY !! HAPPY !! Happy for you !!! Andrew, this is spectacular what you are doing and actually, what you are about. Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. May you stay young and healthy forever. Blessings to you.
Had our farm surveyed after my father-in-law passed. The property description was over 100 years old and was all expressed in rods. Was good to have gps coordinates for the turns and mid points so we could go right to them and there was no dispute with the neighbors.
You're doing right to get your boundaries marked, and you are familiar with where they are. My neighbor thought my fence was the property line but I had intentionally put my fence 10 foot off the line so I could mow with my tractor and be on my land. My land markers are 80 years old or more, from the farmer that owned it.
I worked for a company that made the plastic housings for Trimble products over 20 years ago. There is a reason they are so expensive, they spare no cost and their tolerances on just the plastic buts are in the 1-3 micron size.
Dear Mr. Camarata. 👍👌👏 Congratulations 🎉 for purchasing more land. I totally agree with you: The more distance to any neighbour, the better. Unfortunately this is everything else but easy to achieve in a relatively small country like Germany (unless one is very rich of course). Almost everything is cramped together way to much. 2) I absolutely love 💚 your dogs. Especially Blue 💙. I wonder if he is completely grown up meanwhile or if he will become a bit bigger. Thanks a lot for making teaching explaining recording editing uploading and sharing. Best regards luck and especially health to all involved life forms (humans, animals and plants).
Im surprised at this point you havent bought or transferred the land to an LLC instead of being in your name. It would just give you more anonymity and protection. Thanks for the upload.
Thankks Andrew for another great video. It reminded me of my early work in city Public Works where, as an Engineering Technician, I was assigned tot the survey crew for a couple of years. We did mostly construction staking for city road projects. I was low man on the totem pole but the party chief was a PLS and really knew his stuff. Ancient times, before GPS.
Love how they went from "we're good from here we'll let you know when we're done" to "this is how it all works, let me help you carry stuff and what type of dog is that" :) - seem like sound folks, who are probably a bit cagey if they majority get involved with property line disputes and rightly don't want to be influenced by anyone and remain impartial, bet they've got some interesting experiences!
Yeah, i agree land marker's need stakes that are very visible & permanent. I wonder how this would've worked out if it was mapped aerially?? Aerial mapping is getting bigger n bigger.
Andrew as a honest man on a scale of one to ten i give you a nine and seven eights. Dont be afraid to look right into the camera when you are defending your beliefs and ideas.Keep up the great work and thank you.
Glad your Dad is getting out and checking out the new property. Looks like he could benefit from a Tai Chi instructor, get his circulation moving and balance back. It has helped me immensely. Im 64. 😊
Well, the episode was great, but it has ended so fast.. :( now I'm going through comments to feel the void :D good day to you all Andrew's fans out there! Stay strong, positive and work smart as our OP here does!
The surveyors said if you don't like your neighbor you should have bought their land first. That blew my mind because it is so true.
It's true. People will buy land that already has a right of way on it and then bitch when the other landowners who have that right of way actually use it. Happens all the time where I live.
It's true. People complain about everything they have zero control over and should really just mind their business.
@@juanhidalgo5153 Okay tough guy.
@@jasonb6570 yes, that is happening to me right now,
True. However, I find it best to go out of your way to be super nice and over accommodating to maintain your right away. Make them want you there. I know it sucks but once you get them over to your side it makes it better. You know the old saying, keep your enemies close. Smile to their face while cussing them under your breath. But sometimes people are just A-holes and are miserable. Only God can deal with those idiots. My neighbor is a rough dude. But, I go out of my way with kindness and now when he makes deer sausage (it’s the best I’ve ever eaten) he always gives me as much as I want.
Great working with you Andrew and thank you for bringing along your equipment, especially your gas powered machete haha. It's a great piece of property and I am glad we could help you with the acquisition. Looking forward to seeing your projects develop. Next time I'll bring the GPS for you to check out.
Thanks for taking the time to explain. I learned a few details about surveying that I have wondered about.
Yea surveying looks like a very interesting occupation. I never really understood the discipline, but seeing this video helped me understand it a lot more. I think in the early days you'd use a sextant and twine 😂 Nowadays you got advanced gizmos that our grandfathers only dreamed of. Just gotta make sure ten different batteries stay charged up. Who knows, though, in 20 more years maybe a special drone can map property lines to within a thousandth of a foot and it shines a laser dot on the ground where u gotta stake. 🤷🔭🗺️🧑🦯
Do you work in Northern New York ? I have 3 pieces of property I’d like surveyed and pinned. Thanks
Do you have to carry insurance or some type of bond, in case you mark property boundaries wrong?
Thanks for letting him film and share with us!
I always pour at least a 6" concrete disc at the foot of the pin. It keeps grass from obscuring the pin and makes them easy to spot.
Thats a good idea
or a big rock pile with a little plack on it my land
or a 6" steel disk with a hole in the middle welded to the rebar
Good idea. His rebar will rust and the will paint fall off. But so much better than the hub and tack of olden days.
@@cdouglas1942 Ideally, his paint will prevent rust for some decades. I'm guessing it's CAT yellow that he's got left over from working on his vehicles.
It's a good day when Andrew posts.
A very good day.
Own a mountain and do something. Now. Or tomorrow.
Greater
Day??? It's 1:30 am and it was posted an hr ago
You must have a lot of shitty days if you think this video makes any day good
I firmly believe in strong, visible and up to date property markers set by professionals. Well done.
From the UK, 2:16 Surely the best system is to take Eastings and Northings off the plan and use an accurate GPS system to guide you along the boundary placing or replacing markers as you go.
EDIT: after watching the rest of the video this is what they've done!
@@FairlyOldGit I received a quote from a surveyor in western Mass on 108 acres. It was an astonishing $25,000. Another quote was $14,000 with an addition charge of $125 for every pin they placed and there would be many. Can you actually use GPS as you indicated? I did a quick google some time back and didn't really find anything.
and anyone who disagrees with that is probably a trespasser
A very strong “must”, Andrew. Great video. Best wishes.
@@user-ik4fd9ny4b Read up on early WAAS location Wide Angle Augmentation System. Much advanced now
My dad was a huge fan of your channel. He was a huge fan of DYI, home improvements, building projects, the outdoors, and dogs. So your videos were pretty much perfect for him.
It seems like every time I saw him he'd tell me about your latest episode. Eventually we started watching the episodes together. He was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer last December and it slowed him down pretty quickly, so he ended up spending less time doing physical things and more time watching videos, yours especially. My mom got him one of your shirts for last Christmas and it was a huge deal to him.
He passed away back in May. In his final days, he and I ended up watching a lot of your videos. Even at the very end, they brought a smile to his face. Thank you for what you do. Your videos bring people a great deal of happiness. One of them was my dad. Another one is me. Thank you.
Strong words here.
Amen to that brother. 100 pro.
I'm 64 now on 20 September and i love the videos of Andrew. Sometimes i learn new things by viewing and then try it my own. Sometimes i wish i could tell him: try it once in this way. He really gives me a smile on my face.
My kids, 15, 15 & 16 don't understand that but possible they are to young. I came from the US and have to life here to the end of my life. I have not enough money to go back home but that's OK for me.
Andrew shows me every time the beauty of mother nature. And his dogs are the next positive part in his videos. I love dogs and cats.
I hope one day my kids could see it the way you do now.
Well expressed. I have a similar experience within my own family and my mother referred to Andrew in the highest as "he's an Artist" - his spirit, willingness to be creative and try new things & to do that freely...and creatively. It was the highest of compliments and she knew more than a little about these things...
When he organized rocks around his castle or put in his spiral stairs or the epic jet ski trip to the statue of liberty & the artistic camera work - so impressed with him. We would all sit and watch his videos together. Truly fond memories. I wish, I hope, he gets back to that sort of thing soon. Anyway, that's what I'll always think of watching his channel. Grateful.
RIP and Respect
My dad at 93 enjoys Andrew videos too, He doesnt take naps at least according to him, but I have caught him dosing off a few times... haha
Surprised you thought this was a 'boring video' - this was great. Even trivial 'tasks' make for some great entertainment. That half hour flew by and I learned something new about surveying. Thanks for sharing with us. When you find people whom doing the most rudimentary tasks with rarely result in the feelings of boredom - those are the special people in life.
Thanks
Gracias por los subtítulos en español, saludos desde Argentina.
I like the way the surveyors aren’t just happy with the pins being within an eighth of an inch, it has to be “spot on” for them.
that´s what is called proffesional, of cause it seems to be unnecessaryly acurate, but they measure via GPS using at least 3 satelites to spot the position. It´s not cheap to hire these guys and as long as their work is spot on, nobody can claim they didn´t their job right.
then andrew proceeds to tap it with his foot knocking it out of alignment 🤣
Surveyor said 300ths of a foot is about 1/4”. A 1/4” is 300ths of a little over 6’. 300ths of a foot is about 1/32” so they’re getting the corners almost perfectly located.
@@rayknight4756 ok, i live in the metric part of the world but 1 foot=12", a hundrets of 12"=0,12" so 3 hundrets of an inch=0,36", so in the metric part of the world that would be round about 10mm, 1cm or 0,01m. in the imperial part of the world that should be a little bit more than 1/3 of an inch if my math is right.
By the way round about 1cm or 1/3 of an inch is what i know is the precission of measureing with GPS.
Even if they did not really care about beeing that precise, they had to be precise on a channel with 1,3 subscribers. Not good for their business I guess, if they said "Let's move the pin out of the middle of the road, neighbour won't notice that we steal 3 foot" :)
I’m with you Andrew. I hate developers! They get in there, chop everything up into the smallest pieces and then move on! 😡
They wouldn't do it if it wasn't for peoples greed for land or the need to put a roof over one's head or 8 Billion people on the planet. LOL some warped ideas exist.
Happen to the forest behind where I live back in 2014 it was all cut down but thankfully nothing was built in the area and small trees are starting to grow and take over again.
Chop all the trees down then plant new ones.
don't forget the worse part, the million dollar white picket homes in an hoa, full of good-for-nothing city people. developers absolutely destroy small towns
And ruin it where the natural beauty Andrew wants (and will!) to preserve.
Andrew, would have been cool if you took a drone photo and sketched out new boundary lines, with your existing boundary lines on it, to get an overview of new purchase compared to what you previously had!
Absolutely right what you are doing, Andrew. Good thing you can afford it. I couldn't do that a few years ago. That's why neighbors settled all around. Suddenly my trees were too tall, my dog and lawnmower were too loud, and all that crap. Then I gave up and sold. I settled in better somewhere else.
That stinks.
Andrew, you're smart to mark your boundaries, and having surveyors with you was an excellent idea.
I have heart trouble and can’t do things like I used to. Born with a bad heart. I look forward to your videos when you post. It’s like going back to the property that I grew up on. We always had a project. These videos make me feel like I’m part of something again. Thank you so much. Your hard work means a lot to some of us.
I'm on the edge of something similar, my health has been suffering and I'm not sure that I'll recover. So I really feel for your situation, and I hope you have peace cause it's really tough, for me at least.
I was trained as a land surveyor in the early '60s, BEFORE laser electronic measuring devices existed. We used BUFF, GURLEY, and K&E (KUEFFEL & ESSER) theodolites. We read "traverse closures" to within 20 seconds of arc, visually, on a VERNIER plate, with a reading glass. Each set of "stations" had to close in a ring to 360 degrees, using the "2N-4 Right angles"formula.
Yes so did I in University civil engineering Architecture we used old instruments David White etc .
No Gps in 80s for civilians.
Great idea Andrew! I am 75 years young and have moved 9 times in my life. What makes or breaks a successful move and your property enjoyment are your neighbors! If they are PITA's then you must move or somehow legally destroy them! If they are nice you will love your new personal space! Thanks for posting another small adventure for us to enjoy and take care!
It was nice to see the Surveyors explaining everything, and being as helpful as possible, all the way through. Yes the Dogs WERE being good, weren't they? 😎
Glad to see you out with your Dad, lost mine July of 2022, miss him every day.
Yeah, I lost my mom last year
@@AndrewCamarata Sorry to hear that Andrew.
Love to see videos of Andrew and his dad...hes making memories with him and preserving them in a video. He will appreciate it in the future as well as the present. I was with my dad in work, play and family all the time....miss him soooooo much. 100 years for sure on the coated re-bar AC!
Video was great, but the best part is seeing you hanging with Dad. I think you should try to do more videos with him before he gets to the time where he is not up to it. I lost mine to pancreatic cancer 22 yrs ago.
My Husband said that in addition to the rebar markers, he would have used the log skidder to place 2ftx2ftx6ft, 3,500lb interlocking concrete blocks at the corners as well. Too big for anybody to move without equipment and markedly definitive as to property boundaries.
The one inch rebar is some nice overkill. The organizations I worked for (local government and private) used 1 in galvanized pipe.
Andrew had good insight on how a survey has errors in it, and the surveyor's explanation of closing the loop the distributing the error was a good.
I love the dry stacked stone walls. I grew up in Pennsylvania, and it is nice to see them!
From watching metal detecting videos I've noticed in the colonial days there were lots of stacked stone walls.
@@donnytucker In Colonial Days, the people had their own trash dumps. Glass Bottle collectors love to find those dumps. Rare bottles are gold to them!
We used to have stone walls as property lines in PA, over time, the stones were all stolen. Such is life with a township road that cuts right through the center of our property. We have a few pictures, but not many. We have been doing some clearing and are piling up new stones, maybe someday I can rebuild a few walls.
You care about your land thanks for sharing.
I put a 4' tall piece of PVC pipe over all my corner stakes 25 years ago, they are still there and they stand out in the woods a lot better than the rods painted orange or with the ribbons on them. I also went down all my property lines clearing about 5' to 10' on my side the line so I could walk the property lines easily. I recently had my property surveyed because the land on one side of mine was sold and the people wanted to put of no trespassing signs around 25' onto my property when you can see the property corner marked within 100' of the signs and the area I keep cleared on my side of the property line is clearly visible and straight as an arrow. I had the surveyors mark the property line with a wood stake every 20'. After they left I used 6' tall metal T-post to replace the wood stakes and put a piece of white PVC pipe over them. There's no mistaking that property line now. LOL! I only went that extreme on that one line because of the problems the new property owner was causing. I took video on my phone of the surveyors and of me replacing the wood stakes with the metal T-post so there couldn't be any disagreement that I didn't have surveyors or that I didn't put the fence post in the exact spot the stakes were in. I would have bought the property but the former owner didn't even say anything about selling it and they didn't advertise it they just sold it to the new people. I only found out it had been sold when the new property owner started causing problems. So I wasn't even given an opportunity to buy it. Land is a good money investment too because land will always increase in value.
I really loved this video of technical surveying of your land. I come away from some of them that remind me I'm just an old geezer now. Back in the day when I worked construction from lot to excavation to footers, pouring walls, framing, to stoning to concrete and asphalt (closer to really urban areas) everything was learning skills along with a strong back along with a willingness to learn. I appreciate your attitude about keeping the sprawl of commercial builders out. What I used to enjoy riding around on my motorcycle what was open countryside is all gone now, thinking about even deer hunting lands that are all business parks, apartment row houses and micro plazas now. Do what you can keeping those ever-glutenous developers out, at least in your lifetime!. Great video!
Awesome video Andrew! Was saddened to learn of your Mom’s passing. Good to see your Dad, hope he’s doing well. Are you an uncle yet? 😊
I purchased land next to my place years ago. I used old tires stacked on end then filledthem with cement and added a iron rod in the center. Easy to find when painted and no one will bother with them.
Survey rods get lost over time and tires last forever.
Love the surveyor's surprise when Andrew pulls out the chainsaw. Good thing he didn't mention he needed a new radio
That's not a machete.... it's a car stereo installation tool.
Ha ha. True that !!
That and the chainsaw.
LOL, another classic video of his.
The best comment so far.
I'm sure you're an inspiration for all of us living the dream, owning, and buying one square at a time. It's always a pleasure to get notified when you post!
I agree 100% with buying as much buffering land as you can find/afford. I too can make a lot of noise in the shop. But, even tho my entire area consists of homes on 3+ acres, I always try to consider my neighbors when doing so……no grinding or anvil work, etc. at 0300 hrs. is a no-brainer. 😐
As to your property lines and easements. Here in Texas we have a “purple paint” law which states:
"”Notice" means: an oral or written communication by the owner or someone with apparent authority to act for the owner; or fencing or other enclosure obviously designed to exclude intruders or to contain livestock; or a sign or signs posted on the property reasonably likely to come to the attention of intruders, indicating that entry is forbidden; or the placement of identifying purple paint marks on trees or posts on the property. If purple paint is used, then the purple paint must be vertical lines of not less than eight inches in length and not less than one inch in width; placed so that the bottom of the mark is not less than three feet from the ground or more than five feet from the ground; and placed at locations that are readily visible to any person approaching the property and no more than: 100 feet apart on forest land or 1,000 feet apart on land other than forest land.”
If my research is correct, New York does not yet have such a Statute in place. But, in a forest setting, that color is easily recognizable (by anyone that isn’t colorblind) and is commonly known as an enforceable law in 15? other States. Even tho it’s not yet recognized as such by New York, I would counsel you to mark your property lines this way anyway. Having all those pins and blazes new and fresh during the Fall season will make 100 foot runs between markings much easier to get done….and if the woods get too thick to see 100 feet, just try to make each new marking visible from the last one. And since it helps the Game Wardens in determining boundaries if they are answering a complaint, I would suggest you ask the Fish & Game folks to support it becoming the law for y’all. Glad to see you and the pups are doing well. Much respect from Texas. 🫡
That's the biggest problem today with land development. One lot becomes 500 properties and everyone living on top of eachother. I like your thinking Andrew. We all need space
My 90 yr old mom has a house on one acre. Two neighbors within a few weeks installed fences around their property. If you pull in my moms driveway, to the right, there are three houses built that go down the right of her acre property. Two of them built fences. I called for a survey because years ago it was surveyed and they used those green metal stakes you fine in a cowfield holding up fencing. Those stakes were removed.
The surveyor said both fences were 20 inches on my moms property. One guy offered $200 to leave it there, LOL. Both had to remove their fencing and correct it.
This was a great fun video to watch. We had a small farm in Somerset, Ohio when I was a kid and all that wooded area always brings back fun memories. A fat vine that you could swing from one embankment to the other. A crick that ran all year long
I'd love to have about 50 acres where Andrew is at. I'd never pay for heating again with all that wood. I'd have privacy to use the internet and a whole house power system in case the electric went out. I'm not jealous the least bit but I am envious.
Andrew has come a long way since he started making his videos and almost 1.3 million fans just can't get enough.
I talk a lot. Oh, I was really surprised that Cody didn't get over that.. starting a chainsaw noise. He jumped up and wanted to bite that thing. I thought he would have grown out of that by now . Both dogs are healthy and good looking. Thanks for the video. 2:15 am in Ohio. 56F. Fall is coming early.
You inspired me to take apart a pedestal fan and lubricant the bearings. Without watching your videos I would have trashed it and spent $100 on a new one. So thank you and keep up the good work!
I obsolutely enjoy your channel, watching your dad walking with the older dog was cool
Thank You for showing those procedures ! It is so satisfying when you know where your land markers are ! Good job:)
You should put safety " mushroom" caps on those exposed rebar corner markers. When the snow comes, and they get covered, it could be dangerous for humans and pets. They come in orange and green.
Thank you for sharing I truly appreciate and appreciate your videos I learn something every time I view them.
Thank you for caring about the landscape environment Andrew.
Thanks for taking us along Andrew 👍
Old Shoe🇺🇸
As someone who does this every day he explains it pretty well
I agree…I’m also a land surveyor
Another great episode Andrew. They're always so interesting and refreshing and remind me of some of my working life as a boilermaker and being around machinery. Many thanks bud.😉
Hey Andrew, those ones in the middle of the road dig down around them, put a bag of sack Crete around that pin and paint that concrete yellow when it hardens up just a thought, fantastic country out there keep all the wilderness you can
The more acre's between you and the neighbors the better, period. Good to see Dad out there with you.
Nice job as always, Andrew. Video and narration are always fun. I totally agree with your plan of lots of space. Glad you are able to do it
He never fails to amaze me with a diverse set of videos, keep them coming
Congratulations on buying more land!
Always a great idea!
Your new land is absolutely beautiful. I am so glad that you got it marked so nobody can dispute it. Thank you for sharing!😊
Thank you for sharing your story, it was very interesting to follow the work with the markings and you talking about the equipment with the workers. You are absolutely right about noise, there’s so much noise today that people seeks peace and will not accept any noise. So I found it was a good idea to get more land.God bless you and your family.
That was a really interesting video, I learned heaps from the survey work. Those two dogs look amazing, so cut and lean
Thanks Cam, for taking us along for that survey work. I liked that the Engineer wanted to share the information like he did.
Fantastic Man , so much to learn! Thank you for this great video.
Glad to see you buying new quad and getting rid of those crappy old ones!
Ii always have a great day when Andrew posts. We get to see interesting things in the beautiful mountains of upstate New York. It makes me realize there are places in the US where sanity reigns and real work can be done without government interference.
I feel ya brother. I just purchased a piece of land in New Brunswick, Canada and spent 2+ days collecting vinyl siding, concrete, tires, oil tank, glass well you name it. All spread across the wooded areas. All of it was not that old either. I chalk it up to cheap buggers that don't want to pay landfill tipping fees. It sure wasn't laziness because it would have been harder to drag in into the back country versus the dump.
Same here......bought 5+ acres earlier this year and seems like every time it rains we finds more glass. Cannot believe how people mistreat their land.
Some people are just slobs
Congratulations on the purchase of the land. A brilliant survey team and conversation points on right of way.
Always know exactly where your property boundaries are as exactly as possible and I agree have professionally set and recorded markers. I put a T post fence post just inside of mine and slide a six foot length of schedule 40 white pvc pipe over top and wrap reflective tape around them. You can then see them from a distance day or night.
My brother had a big problem with an un-recorded right of way across his property. It had not been used in decades and much of it had grown up in even fairly large trees but he had a meandering ATV trail he had cut across it. The other landowner hired a surveyor and he surveyed the ATV trail as the right of way and recorded it that way. Of course that cut the property in half instead of going up one side. Nearly impossible to fix and lots of legal fees, he eventually sold the property to the other guy as it was a better deal than all the lawyer fees being racked up. His old survey had some BS marks like 'a big oak tree' and 'a pile of rocks' from over a hundred years ago too. Make sure you have a pinned survey done when you buy any property, and even then you might end up with a surprise right of way.
We have a several trash areas on our property in northern MI. People who didn't have trash service / had to pay for removal buried tons of stuff on their own land. We tried to put in a path and found broken glass to over a foot deep. We just put some tree trunks on it and covered it up. To dangerous to clean up until we need to. Love your videos, take care.
Eventually I hope you acquire the whole mountain Andrew, I totally understand bad neighbors, it’s really hard to find perfect neighbors! Please stay safe and always be you!!!
the one thing not made anymore , LAND !!!!!! a wealthy man told me once , ALWAYS BUY , NEVER SELL if you can.
Very interesting how the surveyors mark the boundaries. I learned a lot from them.
Congrats on getting more land. Always a beautiful thing and you are a good land manager so will always keep it looking good.
Nice seeing your dad Andrew helping you mapping out. Big hat's off to dad. Lots to learn from your every video.
Fun fact: right-handed Andrew drives a sledge with his left hand. Cool video on surveying your new land. Congratulations on the expansion and adding a neighbor buffer.
Andrew, when you put metal stakes in rock drill the hole a little large and put some all weather permabond type product rated to bond metal to rock in before the final staking.
A friend of mine had his rocky property surveyed like yours with him helping putting in a stakes.
Someonought the 20 acresnext to his and moved his stakes 5 feet his side to try and log several high value extremely old trees.
He just happened to be leaving for work one day as a logger was about to cut down the first one and he caught them.
Called the local sherrif who came out immediately and stopped them as it happens occasionally and up in northern Michigan they take that extremely seriously.
The guy who did it tried to say he didn't do it but the numbnuts left fingerprints all iver the area where it happened.
He ended with a hefty fine, cash settlement with my friend for damages (his time and stress, 60 day's in jail and had to pay for the second survey.
The second set of stakes he used permabond to set them.
You'd need an excavator to get thhem out now and his trees are still where they belong.
He has no intention of ever harvesting them.
He has 120 acres and only logged 20 no more.
Did the logging himself and took the logs to a mill and ended with enough lumber to build himself a 4 bedroom house and work/storage barn.
He's never talked to that jackwagon thief since.
Your a smart man, I like your videos EVERY time.👍
I knew of some horror stories where a legal survey was not done and buyers in several cases ended up erecting buildings partly on neighbors land. In one case they built entirely on the wrong lot and lot owner refused to sell that lot. Even though surveys can be expensive , not having one can cost much more! Wise move Andrew to have your new land staked properly to avoid future disputes.👍👍👍
That was interesting; I'd always wondered about how much of a buffer you had around your domain. Also interesting to hear about Blue's coloration.
Also good to see your Dad out and about with you.
@dryroasted5599 There appear to be 8 parcels of land touching his original land. Depending upon how up-to-date the satellite images are, there only appears to be a couple houses close. The closest one about 250' ESE of his pond, which would put it a little under 600' from his house (on the downhill side).
HAPPY !! HAPPY !! Happy for you !!! Andrew, this is spectacular what you are doing and actually, what you are about. Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. May you stay young and healthy forever. Blessings to you.
Actually quite interesting to learn a little and get some insight into how survey work is done. Pretty fascinating!
Andrew has it nailed with those drone views!
Had our farm surveyed after my father-in-law passed. The property description was over 100 years old and was all expressed in rods. Was good to have gps coordinates for the turns and mid points so we could go right to them and there was no dispute with the neighbors.
Very smart going with the surveyors. You drilled & installed excellent pins.
Interesting that they can measure so precisely, fully understand that you want space for neighbours. Thanks Andrew!
You're doing right to get your boundaries marked, and you are familiar with where they are. My neighbor thought my fence was the property line but I had intentionally put my fence 10 foot off the line so I could mow with my tractor and be on my land. My land markers are 80 years old or more, from the farmer that owned it.
I worked for a company that made the plastic housings for Trimble products over 20 years ago. There is a reason they are so expensive, they spare no cost and their tolerances on just the plastic buts are in the 1-3 micron size.
That is good to hear, it is nice when companies make an excellent
Quality product
Very interesting. I always like watching the boys.
Great video Andrew. I always enjoy watching your videos. I always build Rock piles around my survey rods easy to find in the woods
I cant see Andrew annoying his neighbors growing up hes such a quiet boy..lol
Whoever did the subdivision at my parents house I was an idiot as well.
Oh man, I love these videos
Great job Andrew! Expanding! Way to go!!!
Enjoyed the learning of the property markings, and all that's involved. "THANKS FOR SHARING"!!!
Dear Mr. Camarata.
👍👌👏 Congratulations 🎉 for purchasing more land. I totally agree with you: The more distance to any neighbour, the better. Unfortunately this is everything else but easy to achieve in a relatively small country like Germany (unless one is very rich of course). Almost everything is cramped together way to much.
2) I absolutely love 💚 your dogs. Especially Blue 💙. I wonder if he is completely grown up meanwhile or if he will become a bit bigger.
Thanks a lot for making teaching explaining recording editing uploading and sharing.
Best regards luck and especially health to all involved life forms (humans, animals and plants).
Im surprised at this point you havent bought or transferred the land to an LLC instead of being in your name. It would just give you more anonymity and protection. Thanks for the upload.
Not much help when every video has a high altitude shot showing exactly where the property is...
Won't do much good at this point
Thankks Andrew for another great video. It reminded me of my early work in city Public Works where, as an Engineering Technician, I was assigned tot the survey crew for a couple of years. We did mostly construction staking for city road projects. I was low man on the totem pole but the party chief was a PLS and really knew his stuff. Ancient times, before GPS.
Great video never realised just how precise they are
Cody and Blue are a comedy team! Lol!❤❤❤
As someone who does this every day he explains it pretty well. That's not a machete.... it's a car stereo installation tool..
Congratulations to you for the new propert! I hope there's alot of great stuff you will put there!
Those who own the land have the control. Great job
Another treat for us from Camerata.
Love how they went from "we're good from here we'll let you know when we're done" to "this is how it all works, let me help you carry stuff and what type of dog is that" :) - seem like sound folks, who are probably a bit cagey if they majority get involved with property line disputes and rightly don't want to be influenced by anyone and remain impartial, bet they've got some interesting experiences!
I learned a lot from that! Yes distant neighbors make great neighbors!!
Excellent work Andrew Congratulations on the property
good job for keeping that nissan for work and not for scrap
Yeah, i agree land marker's need stakes that are very visible & permanent.
I wonder how this would've worked out if it was mapped aerially??
Aerial mapping is getting bigger n bigger.
Andrew as a honest man on a scale of one to ten i give you a nine and seven eights. Dont be afraid to look right into the camera when you are defending your beliefs and ideas.Keep up the great work and thank you.
Another day who start with you, thank you for sharing 👍👍👍👍always a pleasure watch your video
Glad your Dad is getting out and checking out the new property.
Looks like he could benefit from a Tai Chi instructor,
get his circulation moving and balance back.
It has helped me immensely. Im 64. 😊
Well, the episode was great, but it has ended so fast.. :( now I'm going through comments to feel the void :D good day to you all Andrew's fans out there! Stay strong, positive and work smart as our OP here does!
The more I watch you Andrew the more I realize I want tons of land and toys. You deserve it after all your hard work. Keep it up!
Andrew I think you videos are the most inspiring to be outside 😊