On one hand I'm deeply frustrated that the building department didn't "allow" you to build another shop to protect your expensive equipment. On the other hand, I am more and more impressed with how helpful and skilled Jack has become. He may never choose to go into trades for a living, but he will be capable of taking care of issues around his home and on the road. 👍 good job wranglerstar family
@@qh5545 good guidance i think every person needs a father and mother its my opinion and more in likely i would be wrong now with the world is now i dont know putin i know about the cold war but i seen him on youtube talking about the importance of family
For as organized as you are Cody, I'm shocked that you don't have a proper place for keys. Even in a rural setting you should not knave the keys in the machines. I lived on a cattle ranch 65 miles from town and we came out one morning to find a tractor missing. As it turned out a hunter had got stuck up a trail road. He walked out getting to our yard in the middle of the night and just borrowed a tractor which we found sitting by the mud hole he got stuck in. Jerk just pulled his truck out, parked the tractor there and carried on with his hunt leaving it with the key in it. From that day on all keys were kept in a lock box.
@@cbigg81 yeah exactly. We had another fella get stuck in the same spot. He walked down to borrow a chain cause his winch line was 10' too short. He said he'd bring it back in a few days if we didn't mind. We'll he came back 2 weeks later with our chain, a 300' spool of rope, a barbed wire stretcher he never used and a box of 3" nails. The difference being he was a farmer more than a hunter from the city.
@@quarlow1215 for the most part farmers know & understand the importance of helping & looking out for each other. You see it all the time if something bad happens to one the neighboring farmers come the rescue. I seen a case in MI where one of the old timers who had been a big pillar in the community had to start taking cancer treatments. All the farmers in the area came to the rescue, even the local COOP closed down for the day except for trucks coming from this farmer's field. They had so many combines , auger wagons & trucks they were able to get pretty much all his crops in in one day. In on the years he had been farming last year was his best year. His family said even while fighting his cancer his prayer was always that he would have his best year knowing it could very well be his last.
Cody have you thought about moving your storage containers apart 10 feet or so and putting a temporary roof on them to make small bays to keep vehicles and implements out of the snow? The city shouldn’t be able to block that…. Just a thought
@@rolands.6439 You can actually by a roofing structure for this. I've done this exact same thing on numerous job sites to make a shop/work area that is out of the weather. You can buy these anywhere. Just look up sea can shop roof.
@@rolands.6439 A pitched or A frame roof... I've seen a number of folk around northern NH & VT take a pair of containers 12 ft apart and build a roof in-between.
I know you are loving your new CAT, but I still have a warm spot in my heart for the Yanmar tractor. I really enjoyed the videos you made at your old property when you first got it and all the different accessories. It was such a game changer for you back in the day when you were doing so much by hand or with a truck. Even if you don't need it so much, would love to see you keep it in rotation and maybe do a live snow stream with it. Jack is becoming a heck of young man -- it is amazing how much he and the sweet loaf have grown up! Great video.
I just LOVE your video's. If I had to have a set up for our "eventual" farm and homestead, I'd want your equipment to power it. I love learning new things each day and what you share is SO valuable. I grew up with tools, under cars working on motors with my Dad, best time in the world spent with my Dad. Great memories, plus learned so much. Anyway, just wanted to say after watching this, I didn't want it to end....
You should always leave your tractor filled up in the winter. The air gap in the fuel tank with the heat creates a lot of condensation. Also check your water separator in the winter. I'm assuming you already use a anti gelling product lol.
@@drott150 your quiet the wise guy anit ya? Cody where's the ban hammer? Not you Rob by the way, you make a valid point it just this Joe Blow chap who thinks he is mightier than thou.
@@drott150 there's always a way but if you dont look or try anything you never get anywhere. Sometimes you find nothing but dirt but other times you might find gold. Keep up the good work telling everybody how wrong they are I'm sure it's gonna get you really far in life.
@@kevinobyrne8020 I think your getting confused joe blow was the one being the hall monitor but his comments have disappeared. I agree with Rob best practice is to brim the tank If your gonna store any vehicle.
The Cat never disappoints starts right up. My mom worked at the Caterpillar factory in Decatur Illinois back in the 1950’s after our Dad passed. She was a widow at the age of 23 with 4 kids, an incredible woman. She passed this last February at the age of 90, we took her home, back to Illinois and put her next to Dad, on June 14, 69 years to the very day he passed.
I’m surprised to still see the adventure van in the snow, I thought I remember you saying it was getting sold off to either your sister or someone else
Working up in North Dakota in the oil field business for 5 years or so taught me many life lessons about survival and how to work safely in freezing conditions! I love this channel brings back memories and also helps with retaining knowledge of working in different situations.
I’d use some spray adhesive to keep the drawer liners in place. I do the same thing to shoe/boot insoles that come out when I take my feet out of boots.
With all of the equipment you have and all of the tools review's and organization you do, maybe it's time to do a video on properly labeling and organizing all of the keys. They make special key safes for that.
He has had that tractor a long time and if this is the first time he lost the key then that’s not bad at all in my book. But I agree on a key safe maybe have a spare of each key in a lock box somewhere is a good idea.
Hi, UK viewer here - As you can imagine snow is fairly unfamiliar to us except for when we go to the alps for some mountain runs. We once rented a place in Austria and the snow was as high was the 1st floor, only then did I truly understand the efforts required to live in an area when there's snow like this.. Honestly hats off to the efforts to live in such places, to keep it maintained etc is no small feat! Thanks for the 'day in a life' style videos.
Love the way it greets you as Master. As an older member of the Master race perhaps a key 🔑 safe rack and a labelling system to identify them is in order 🙂
Cody, I admire your attitude with all the little parts of the day that can be frustrating such as 3 trips to the tractor to get it started. Jack is a fine young man and you should be proud of how you've raised him.
Drawer Liners Hi Cody, I've been using carpet tiles for drawer liners for several years now and I will never use tool store drawer liners ever again. They come in various sized, colors and naps and I use the ones that are not peel and stick and have a rigid backing. I cut them to size and duct tale them together on the back to make a perfect fit for the drawer. Your tools wont slide and they wont ever bunch up or curl.
It sure is nice to see that Yanmar ..I drove one while in college 1980 . I was in Agriculture college and did most of the things your doing now ..dont miss that Hard work at all. ..now retired i can look back and see your age frustrations that I too had .when you reach 60 you look at things a little less critical .I guess born in 1958 I was a hard work generation kid . Thanks so much for the Great vids !
When you're sorting your toolbox, you could make a little box of "workshop curiousities". A good little spot to keep tools and things that don't have a real use, but have sentimental value or are just interesting and rare 👍. I've got one filled with strange old tools I've no use for, but are also heirlooms and too precious to throw away; allen key driven sockets, bearing scrapers, tiny spanners, that sort of thing
Your video provides a good lesson: take photos of how you lay out the gear you have to leave outside, so it can more easily be located if it gets buried in snow like this. Thanks for teaching us that!
Count your many blessings... I bet it is so nice having a son that you know you can totally depend on that helps you willingly... Y'all done real good!!! So uplifting to see...
We never have that snow in ireland although i remember my grandmother talking about the year 47 i think that was the year there was so much snow they couldnt open the front but at the time alot of homes they only had one door in a
You definitely need more indoor storage for your large items. I'm glad that you're enjoying your new toy so much. I think that I could have some fun in it as well, I have a few hours in similar rigs. In the low teens here with some light snow.
I use spray adhesive to keep my drawer liners in place. Being in the deep south, I'm awfully glad we don't have to deal with that kind of snowfall! A couple of inches, and everything shuts down in the south!
I have good results using rubberized mesh kitchen shelf/drawer liner. Non-slip,, cut to fit. When I bought my first tool chest I lined the drawers with cork sheet. Forty years later the original cork is still in service.
Molding silicone. Mix it pour in drawers. Can let it fully cure and it’s a great liner. Place tools down when semi-cured and they get a nice fitted home.
Cody, really like the way you go out to your local businesses and support them. Most folks are out whining about whatever they whine about and you are out helping small businesses. Good Job!!
I'll go to a small business as long as they compete within reason. I understand less sales and brick and mortar, so I'll pay a little more locally. But anything more, too bad, I'm not overpaying. A local shop charges $16 for an item that everywhere else is $13. Not paying 20% more to support local.
@EC ATV And Outdoors seriously. That's why most never succeed. Americans can't compete with overseas products being produced by people making cents a day. Those local shops are just for people walking by or if you need something right then and there. It would be nice to only support local but most times the quality isn't there or it's price isn't worth it
A very low pile like commercial grade carpet cut to fit your tool box drawers that idea has been giving me the fizz everytime I open my toolboxes be working great for about 25 years
It's very unfortunate that you can't add on to the shop, but maybe an open air lean-to for parking some of the misc equipment might be handy for keeping out of the snow. It certainly would make a nice little video series in the spring.
Wow Jack's voice lol . my son just turned 17 recently and is driving . Very strange not taking him to and from football/basketball but times keeps going . great upload and love to you and yours from Saint Paul Mn
I see you still don’t keep a rag with each of the equipment cabs, also suggest that forklift attachments be placed by the overseas shipping containers as they are stronger than your barn walls and you don’t want it to be even accidentally punctured by the forks when attaching or disconnecting from them. And at the end of fall have the blower and plow as the first attachments that can be grabbed since the snow will dictate which you want or need first. Bless you and your loved ones sir. Glad the key thing got sorted out, I’ve have done numerous trips before I’d have gotten the proper key I’m sure of it, just how things go when your cold and wet.
Cody, have you tried looking for a stiffer rubber like Neoprene floor runner? Comes 27" x 20' rolls, 1/16" thick, non slip rubber. Uline has it. Good company. A V plow on a grader has limited potential, plowing a path, not widening a path. Need a blower on front or a pay loader. Seen how ineffective V plows on graders are in deep hard packed snow. :D
So funny you put this up because I was sending my friend the videos of you putting those awesome tire chains on your yanmar then I was thinking about what happened to the tractor lol. Guess I wasn’t the only one wondering.
I was also tired of my tools constantly rolling around my tool box. I have found a product called Tool Grid by Mantis and will never look back. Thanks for another great video!
The snow is pretty, but man it always makes things more difficult. Especially deep snow like that. I'm glad the part of the country I live in doesn't get feet of snow like that very often. Once a year is plenty for me lol. You all take care and stay warm!!
Cody. I've added a simple 10' angled roof to the side of my workshop. It keeps my attachments and fuel tank semi under cover all year. Just a thought. Love your videos !
Glue that rubber stuff to a piece of 1/4" or 1/8", maybe even some stiff cardboard. That way it wont move around but it's not stuck to the bottom of the drawer.
Yeah, I agree, that stuff's pretty good if the bottom doesn't move around. I use the same stuff in my kitchen cabinets for plates, etc. One of my boxes is lined with indoor/outdoor carpet, been in there for 30 years, kinda thick but it works.
It’s insane how far you’ve come from when I stopped watching, I used to watch years ago and have recently got back in. It’s so weird seeing you with facial hair!
Jack is such an amazing young man. Now... clean the mess in front of the shop wood burning stove and organize the keys in a safe place so you can grab whatever key you need fast...in an emergency. Wouldn't putting machinery inside the shop during winter be a wise move???
good day, I used that cheapish grey carpet with the rubber backing for tool box liners works well, greetings from the NJ Bayshore and thanks for the content
It would be very fitting to see you clearing your driveway with that grader. I will look forward to the footage. I am also very impressed with Jack. I would hire him today Newfoundland if he is interested.
Maybe next year work on making shelter for your plow and other implements. Kind of like a 4-5 ft lean-too. So when you park your plows you don’t have to dig them out. Also keep the rain off to protect from rust.
we got about 6-7 inches of snow last week and the sun has already melted it all down i couldn't imagine dealing with all that snow and then STILL after a week digging everything out. to be honest im a little jealous lol
Any update on the V10 F250? I'm looking to buy one later this year. How many miles does yours have and how is the 4x4, transmission, and motor holding up?
Rain storms melted (causing flooding) all of our snow below 3000' Elevation further west near Myrtle Creek. Musta got 3' total as it melted & snowed every day.. not a trace left now
Which is the best bang for your buck Yanmar or Kubota tractor? I've driven old yanmars before but I don't know much about the newer ones. I have an old Ford 2000 tractor runs just fine but I'm thinking about upgrading soon. I'm wanting to stay in the 35-40 hp range because I believe my ford 2000 is a 35 Hp and that's good enough for what I use it for gardening and I have 0.8 miles of dirt road to grade and keep up that I live down. Any ideas?
East coast guy here, so my opinion will be worth less than 1c. A skid steer, they will do anything indeed. I use mine maybe 10x a year for money. It’s one of the best investments I’ve made in awhile. Have attachment and will work. I got a Takeuchi TL8, 74hp kubota, tracks. Gotta have the tracks, cab heat/AC so nice in the hot sticky RI summers. I don’t hardly use it in winter, F550 dump for plowing. They are amazing machines!
Gerber makes the best E-Tool that you can get afaik. The USMC buys Gerber's E-tool, so go figure. Foam insert trays for the shallow toolbox drawers, you can do a mock-up and decide how to lay it out and then cut out spots exactly how you want them, and they stay there. It works great for thicker things like ratchets and extensions which generally don't come with their own retention bracket like wrenches do.
Well I’ve never seen any kind of CAT call anyone “Master” until seeing it at 1:34! 🤣 Seriously, as a fellow professional homeowner, I rate your skill set to be on a Master level. I look forward to your next lesson about life, love and God.
May consider an overhang for the side of your shop to store tools. Keep them out of the rain and obviously stop you from having to dig them out of the snow.
Beeen a longtime fan, but for some reason the 1st time i ran across your channel i thought youtube brought me something hippie dippy, but i gave it a shot and i am really happy i did.......
Another really useful piece of equipment is a Bobcat Toolcat. You can get them with a PTO on the back or a lifting dump bed. Super handy. You can use all the same attachment the skidsteers use, 4 wheel steering, 2 people can ride in them and they go around 20 Mph so plowing is easy.
It is nice to see men still turning boys into men; your relationship with Jack brings back fond memories of me, at Jack’s age working with my Dad many, many moons ago.
In the winter, I keep track of the weather reports. If snow is in the forecast, I park the cars with lots of space in between for the plow, and I make sure the plow is ready to go and hooked up. Even during an evening snow I'll hand shovel in front of the garage regularly until bed so that I don't have 2 feet to fight in the AM getting to the plow.
Good afternoon wranglerstar family from Arizona 🤓 love that you mentioned Adam Savage . Thats what i mostly watch here on CZcams. You Wranglerstar family and Tested Adam Savage 🤓😁 keep up the hard work 🤓👍🏼
On one hand I'm deeply frustrated that the building department didn't "allow" you to build another shop to protect your expensive equipment. On the other hand, I am more and more impressed with how helpful and skilled Jack has become. He may never choose to go into trades for a living, but he will be capable of taking care of issues around his home and on the road. 👍 good job wranglerstar family
Jack is definitely Professional Homeowner material!
The best men grow from good fathers
I wonder if he can build a lean to, to put the implements, skid steer, tractor, and excavator under
@@qh5545 good guidance i think every person needs a father and mother its my opinion and more in likely i would be wrong now with the world is now i dont know putin i know
about the cold war but i seen him on youtube talking about the importance of family
just build it anyway. 2021 has to have taught us the number one rule of stop listening to bureaucrats.
For as organized as you are Cody, I'm shocked that you don't have a proper place for keys. Even in a rural setting you should not knave the keys in the machines. I lived on a cattle ranch 65 miles from town and we came out one morning to find a tractor missing. As it turned out a hunter had got stuck up a trail road. He walked out getting to our yard in the middle of the night and just borrowed a tractor which we found sitting by the mud hole he got stuck in. Jerk just pulled his truck out, parked the tractor there and carried on with his hunt leaving it with the key in it. From that day on all keys were kept in a lock box.
At least put it back with a 20 for the fuel. Lol. What a jerk!
@@cbigg81 yeah exactly. We had another fella get stuck in the same spot. He walked down to borrow a chain cause his winch line was 10' too short. He said he'd bring it back in a few days if we didn't mind. We'll he came back 2 weeks later with our chain, a 300' spool of rope, a barbed wire stretcher he never used and a box of 3" nails. The difference being he was a farmer more than a hunter from the city.
I agree...Cody needs a keybox
Wtf lol, that’s unreal entitlement.
@@quarlow1215 for the most part farmers know & understand the importance of helping & looking out for each other.
You see it all the time if something bad happens to one the neighboring farmers come the rescue.
I seen a case in MI where one of the old timers who had been a big pillar in the community had to start taking cancer treatments. All the farmers in the area came to the rescue, even the local COOP closed down for the day except for trucks coming from this farmer's field.
They had so many combines , auger wagons & trucks they were able to get pretty much all his crops in in one day. In on the years he had been farming last year was his best year.
His family said even while fighting his cancer his prayer was always that he would have his best year knowing it could very well be his last.
Cody have you thought about moving your storage containers apart 10 feet or so and putting a temporary roof on them to make small bays to keep vehicles and implements out of the snow? The city shouldn’t be able to block that…. Just a thought
That would be the definition of temporary - the question is what would be able to carry the snowload?
@@rolands.6439 You can actually by a roofing structure for this. I've done this exact same thing on numerous job sites to make a shop/work area that is out of the weather. You can buy these anywhere. Just look up sea can shop roof.
@@rolands.6439 A pitched or A frame roof... I've seen a number of folk around northern NH & VT take a pair of containers 12 ft apart and build a roof in-between.
Some people put a quanset hit on top.
Yeah, trusses (pre engineered for snow) would work great. I’ve seen it done many times.
I know you are loving your new CAT, but I still have a warm spot in my heart for the Yanmar tractor. I really enjoyed the videos you made at your old property when you first got it and all the different accessories. It was such a game changer for you back in the day when you were doing so much by hand or with a truck. Even if you don't need it so much, would love to see you keep it in rotation and maybe do a live snow stream with it. Jack is becoming a heck of young man -- it is amazing how much he and the sweet loaf have grown up! Great video.
I just LOVE your video's. If I had to have a set up for our "eventual" farm and homestead, I'd want your equipment to power it. I love learning new things each day and what you share is SO valuable. I grew up with tools, under cars working on motors with my Dad, best time in the world spent with my Dad. Great memories, plus learned so much. Anyway, just wanted to say after watching this, I didn't want it to end....
You should always leave your tractor filled up in the winter. The air gap in the fuel tank with the heat creates a lot of condensation. Also check your water separator in the winter. I'm assuming you already use a anti gelling product lol.
@@drott150 your quiet the wise guy anit ya? Cody where's the ban hammer? Not you Rob by the way, you make a valid point it just this Joe Blow chap who thinks he is mightier than thou.
@@drott150 there's always a way but if you dont look or try anything you never get anywhere. Sometimes you find nothing but dirt but other times you might find gold. Keep up the good work telling everybody how wrong they are I'm sure it's gonna get you really far in life.
@@bchant19 The guy wasnt even sarcastic in his comment. He taught us something I hadn't thought of before. You enjoy being the hall monitor?
@@kevinobyrne8020 I think your getting confused joe blow was the one being the hall monitor but his comments have disappeared. I agree with Rob best practice is to brim the tank If your gonna store any vehicle.
@@bchant19 Ah okay- There's nothing worse than a comment deleter! My apologies.
Your son Jack seems like nice young man. He is very respectful working outside in the cold with his dad. Great job dad and mom!
The Cat never disappoints starts right up. My mom worked at the Caterpillar factory in Decatur Illinois back in the 1950’s after our Dad passed. She was a widow at the age of 23 with 4 kids, an incredible woman. She passed this last February at the age of 90, we took her home, back to Illinois and put her next to Dad, on June 14, 69 years to the very day he passed.
I’m surprised to still see the adventure van in the snow, I thought I remember you saying it was getting sold off to either your sister or someone else
Working up in North Dakota in the oil field business for 5 years or so taught me many life lessons about survival and how to work safely in freezing conditions! I love this channel brings back memories and also helps with retaining knowledge of working in different situations.
I’d use some spray adhesive to keep the drawer liners in place. I do the same thing to shoe/boot insoles that come out when I take my feet out of boots.
With all of the equipment you have and all of the tools review's and organization you do, maybe it's time to do a video on properly labeling and organizing all of the keys. They make special key safes for that.
He has had that tractor a long time and if this is the first time he lost the key then that’s not bad at all in my book. But I agree on a key safe maybe have a spare of each key in a lock box somewhere is a good idea.
I just look at a key before I put it in ignition.
Hard work and grit is really all it takes to get things unstuck. Thanks for the content and God bless your family!
Hi, UK viewer here - As you can imagine snow is fairly unfamiliar to us except for when we go to the alps for some mountain runs. We once rented a place in Austria and the snow was as high was the 1st floor, only then did I truly understand the efforts required to live in an area when there's snow like this.. Honestly hats off to the efforts to live in such places, to keep it maintained etc is no small feat! Thanks for the 'day in a life' style videos.
British first floor, as in American 2nd floor?
Starting that Cat is like piloting a TIE fighter, rad.
Love the way it greets you as Master.
As an older member of the Master race perhaps a key 🔑 safe rack and a labelling system to identify them is in order 🙂
Cody, I admire your attitude with all the little parts of the day that can be frustrating such as 3 trips to the tractor to get it started. Jack is a fine young man and you should be proud of how you've raised him.
I've had pretty good luck with yoga mat material from WM. It's just stiff enough to stay put and seems pretty durable.
That's a great idea nice and cheap too
A little spray adhesive on the back of the liner works great to keep it in place in the toolbox.
Thanks for the update on the Yanmar. Was wondering if it had been put out to pasture/traded with all the new yellow equip.
Drawer Liners Hi Cody, I've been using carpet tiles for drawer liners for several years now and I will never use tool store drawer liners ever again. They come in various sized, colors and naps and I use the ones that are not peel and stick and have a rigid backing. I cut them to size and duct tale them together on the back to make a perfect fit for the drawer. Your tools wont slide and they wont ever bunch up or curl.
If I had to keep one piece of equipment it would be the old skid steer. Crazy how much snow pack y'all have up there!
It sure is nice to see that Yanmar ..I drove one while in college 1980 . I was in Agriculture college and did most of the things your doing now ..dont miss that Hard work at all. ..now retired i can look back and see your age frustrations that I too had .when you reach 60 you look at things a little less critical .I guess born in 1958 I was a hard work generation kid . Thanks so much for the Great vids !
When you're sorting your toolbox, you could make a little box of "workshop curiousities". A good little spot to keep tools and things that don't have a real use, but have sentimental value or are just interesting and rare 👍. I've got one filled with strange old tools I've no use for, but are also heirlooms and too precious to throw away; allen key driven sockets, bearing scrapers, tiny spanners, that sort of thing
Your video provides a good lesson: take photos of how you lay out the gear you have to leave outside, so it can more easily be located if it gets buried in snow like this.
Thanks for teaching us that!
When did he take a pic??
Count your many blessings... I bet it is so nice having a son that you know you can totally depend on that helps you willingly... Y'all done real good!!! So uplifting to see...
We never have that snow in ireland although i remember my grandmother talking about the year 47 i think that was the year there was so much snow they couldnt open the front but at the time alot of homes they only had one door in a
You definitely need more indoor storage for your large items. I'm glad that you're enjoying your new toy so much. I think that I could have some fun in it as well, I have a few hours in similar rigs. In the low teens here with some light snow.
I use spray adhesive to keep my drawer liners in place. Being in the deep south, I'm awfully glad we don't have to deal with that kind of snowfall! A couple of inches, and everything shuts down in the south!
I must say it’s wonderful to see father and son working together 👍🇦🇺
Great video. Enjoy watching you and Jack work together. I need more of those tool coffins. Stay warm.
It never hurts to label your keys. It's amazing how many keys look alike.
Wow mr. Cody you are living my absolute dream. One day I’ll get there. Stay safe brother
I have good results using rubberized mesh kitchen shelf/drawer liner. Non-slip,, cut to fit.
When I bought my first tool chest I lined the drawers with cork sheet. Forty years later the original cork is still in service.
You are definitely getting more snow than us at the moment. Just a little bit of lake effect snow here.
Molding silicone. Mix it pour in drawers. Can let it fully cure and it’s a great liner. Place tools down when semi-cured and they get a nice fitted home.
That’s a really cool idea. When I inevitably screw it up will it peel out easily?
Have danish, will travel!
Looking forward to your self-sufficiency series once we hit the Spring thaw.
Chin up everyone, don't give up. Pray!
You need to extend the roof form the workshop to protect equipment below form the elements.
Cody, really like the way you go out to your local businesses and support them. Most folks are out whining about whatever they whine about and you are out helping small businesses. Good Job!!
I'll go to a small business as long as they compete within reason. I understand less sales and brick and mortar, so I'll pay a little more locally. But anything more, too bad, I'm not overpaying.
A local shop charges $16 for an item that everywhere else is $13. Not paying 20% more to support local.
@EC ATV And Outdoors seriously. That's why most never succeed. Americans can't compete with overseas products being produced by people making cents a day. Those local shops are just for people walking by or if you need something right then and there. It would be nice to only support local but most times the quality isn't there or it's price isn't worth it
@@Mikesmeyer88 and the other issue is local shops tend to pay min or just above. So 20% more is like earning 20% less than min wage.
need to make some overhangs there. looks like a lot of spring projects to get ready for next winter
A very low pile like commercial grade carpet cut to fit your tool box drawers that idea has been giving me the fizz everytime I open my toolboxes be working great for about 25 years
It's very unfortunate that you can't add on to the shop, but maybe an open air lean-to for parking some of the misc equipment might be handy for keeping out of the snow. It certainly would make a nice little video series in the spring.
Not gonna lie here. You live in a very beautiful place…. But seeing this makes me sooooo happy to live in the south.
It’s going to be a very exciting summer on the homestead!
Back in the 1970s the old Brockways had v plows in western ny. It was epic the amount of snow they would throw....
I enjoyed today's video. Thank you. I pray that you will be able to put up your shed.
Wow Jack's voice lol . my son just turned 17 recently and is driving . Very strange not taking him to and from football/basketball but times keeps going . great upload and love to you and yours from Saint Paul Mn
Snow is awesome to visit but I'm glad I don't have to deal with having it in my yard in that quantity. Thanks for sharing!
When you decide to get another attachment for the cat a great investment would be a root bucket with a grapple. Stay warm and safe out there.
He has a grapple for the yanmar
I see you still don’t keep a rag with each of the equipment cabs, also suggest that forklift attachments be placed by the overseas shipping containers as they are stronger than your barn walls and you don’t want it to be even accidentally punctured by the forks when attaching or disconnecting from them. And at the end of fall have the blower and plow as the first attachments that can be grabbed since the snow will dictate which you want or need first. Bless you and your loved ones sir. Glad the key thing got sorted out, I’ve have done numerous trips before I’d have gotten the proper key I’m sure of it, just how things go when your cold and wet.
Cody, have you tried looking for a stiffer rubber like Neoprene floor runner? Comes 27" x 20' rolls, 1/16" thick, non slip rubber. Uline has it. Good company.
A V plow on a grader has limited potential, plowing a path, not widening a path. Need a blower on front or a pay loader. Seen how ineffective V plows on graders are in deep hard packed snow. :D
So funny you put this up because I was sending my friend the videos of you putting those awesome tire chains on your yanmar then I was thinking about what happened to the tractor lol. Guess I wasn’t the only one wondering.
I was also tired of my tools constantly rolling around my tool box. I have found a product called Tool Grid by Mantis and will never look back. Thanks for another great video!
Hey man. I have been loving all your videos! Keep up the good work.
im in northern New Jersey, we use motor-graders if we get bad ice storms on the roads
Keep up the good work Cody. I do hope as a member though I get more benefits
Time to build a pallet rack for the implements against the wall of the shop.
The snow is pretty, but man it always makes things more difficult. Especially deep snow like that. I'm glad the part of the country I live in doesn't get feet of snow like that very often. Once a year is plenty for me lol. You all take care and stay warm!!
Cody. I've added a simple 10' angled roof to the side of my workshop. It keeps my attachments and fuel tank semi under cover all year. Just a thought. Love your videos !
Yep, another work shop is needed to keep those machines and implements inside and out of the snow.
No kidding, ha
I was thinking that since the city gave him so much grief about it, he could spread the containers apart and create makeshift carport.
Glue that rubber stuff to a piece of 1/4" or 1/8", maybe even some stiff cardboard. That way it wont move around but it's not stuck to the bottom of the drawer.
Yeah, I agree, that stuff's pretty good if the bottom doesn't move around. I use the same stuff in my kitchen cabinets for plates, etc. One of my boxes is lined with indoor/outdoor carpet, been in there for 30 years, kinda thick but it works.
Every time I see you start that skid steer I am strangely reminded of the movie top gun
Thank you for the video brother!
Will be interesting to see the river this spring.
It’s insane how far you’ve come from when I stopped watching, I used to watch years ago and have recently got back in. It’s so weird seeing you with facial hair!
Jack is such an amazing young man.
Now... clean the mess in front of the shop wood burning stove and organize the keys in a safe place so you can grab whatever key you need fast...in an emergency.
Wouldn't putting machinery inside the shop during winter be a wise move???
One of my favorites. Spot on advice !
I do like the wing plow blade on the far side of the grader. Nice to watch in deep snow.
Jack is a great helper! What a nice young man!
Glad to see some Tractor content. The skid steer is great but not as fun as the tractor!!
I was a truck & equipment technician for close to 30 yeas. The best tool box drawer liner I had found was soft rubber top conveyor belt.
I feel some lean to builds off the side of the shops this summer for equipment storage. Hehe
good day, I used that cheapish grey carpet with the rubber backing for tool box liners works well, greetings from the NJ Bayshore and thanks for the content
Thanks for sharing
I live in Tennessee…I cannot fathom that much snow
Maybe a fall task would be to arrange the implements with the plow in front before the snow falls. Just a thought.
It would be very fitting to see you clearing your driveway with that grader. I will look forward to the footage. I am also very impressed with Jack. I would hire him today Newfoundland if he is interested.
Maybe next year work on making shelter for your plow and other implements. Kind of like a 4-5 ft lean-too. So when you park your plows you don’t have to dig them out. Also keep the rain off to protect from rust.
I've always used lightly oiled heavy paper for drawer liners .It has lasted for years.
we got about 6-7 inches of snow last week and the sun has already melted it all down i couldn't imagine dealing with all that snow and then STILL after a week digging everything out. to be honest im a little jealous lol
Any update on the V10 F250? I'm looking to buy one later this year. How many miles does yours have and how is the 4x4, transmission, and motor holding up?
You guys should do that ‘huge table and chairs’ idea for your equipment storage.
Cody, I remember the last time you did a tool audit...you kept most of the stuff. 😂
Rain storms melted (causing flooding) all of our snow below 3000' Elevation further west near Myrtle Creek. Musta got 3' total as it melted & snowed every day.. not a trace left now
Toolbox needs kiazan foam, pain to setup (cut the foam to fit the tools) but after that its great.
Which is the best bang for your buck Yanmar or Kubota tractor? I've driven old yanmars before but I don't know much about the newer ones. I have an old Ford 2000 tractor runs just fine but I'm thinking about upgrading soon. I'm wanting to stay in the 35-40 hp range because I believe my ford 2000 is a 35 Hp and that's good enough for what I use it for gardening and I have 0.8 miles of dirt road to grade and keep up that I live down. Any ideas?
Always enjoyable seeing a slice of your life Cody.
East coast guy here, so my opinion will be worth less than 1c. A skid steer, they will do anything indeed. I use mine maybe 10x a year for money. It’s one of the best investments I’ve made in awhile. Have attachment and will work. I got a Takeuchi TL8, 74hp kubota, tracks. Gotta have the tracks, cab heat/AC so nice in the hot sticky RI summers. I don’t hardly use it in winter, F550 dump for plowing. They are amazing machines!
Holy Snowmageddo. Looks like the snow we get Northern Michigan.
Gerber makes the best E-Tool that you can get afaik. The USMC buys Gerber's E-tool, so go figure.
Foam insert trays for the shallow toolbox drawers, you can do a mock-up and decide how to lay it out and then cut out spots exactly how you want them, and they stay there. It works great for thicker things like ratchets and extensions which generally don't come with their own retention bracket like wrenches do.
Havin fun with great Toys! Stay safe out there. 🎊HAPPIER NEW YEAR!!🎊✨
Well I’ve never seen any kind of CAT call anyone “Master” until seeing it at 1:34! 🤣
Seriously, as a fellow professional homeowner, I rate your skill set to be on a Master level. I look forward to your next lesson about life, love and God.
May consider an overhang for the side of your shop to store tools. Keep them out of the rain and obviously stop you from having to dig them out of the snow.
Gentlemen, I've been around a lot of snow over the years, but THAT IS A LOT of SNOW! Stay warm.
Get the Kaizen foam from fastcap for your drawers!
Beeen a longtime fan, but for some reason the 1st time i ran across your channel i thought youtube brought me something hippie dippy, but i gave it a shot and i am really happy i did.......
Another really useful piece of equipment is a Bobcat Toolcat. You can get them with a PTO on the back or a lifting dump bed. Super handy. You can use all the same attachment the skidsteers use, 4 wheel steering, 2 people can ride in them and they go around 20 Mph so plowing is easy.
It is nice to see men still turning boys into men; your relationship with Jack brings back fond memories of me, at Jack’s age working with my Dad many, many moons ago.
@Joel Whitmer agree
Watching this in Florida. Thanks for the reminder
In the winter, I keep track of the weather reports. If snow is in the forecast, I park the cars with lots of space in between for the plow, and I make sure the plow is ready to go and hooked up.
Even during an evening snow I'll hand shovel in front of the garage regularly until bed so that I don't have 2 feet to fight in the AM getting to the plow.
Good afternoon wranglerstar family from Arizona 🤓 love that you mentioned Adam Savage . Thats what i mostly watch here on CZcams. You Wranglerstar family and Tested Adam Savage 🤓😁 keep up the hard work 🤓👍🏼
As soon as you ditch the tool, within 2 weeks you'll need it. It never fails.