Should Have Bought one Years Ago! You were right
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- čas přidán 5. 09. 2024
- Back to work after trip to the Cabin, Firewood, Brush Cutting, New Log Grapple made by Virnig, Rotary Nozzle for Pressure Washer, and a Trailer Mover for the Mini Skid
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morning all ,coffee with the Morgans ,no betterway to start a beautiful Sunday . I can never understand why only about 25 percent of viewers hit the like button . It is the first thing i do on my favorite channels.
Hitting like button is also the first thing I do.
Me too .. people need to show appreciation for all the work the Morgan family does to put these wonderful video's out!
What's not to like, it's just a natural reflex.
Here's a fun fact. Back in the 70's and 80's I was doing a lot of fishing in Ontario Canada. We always stayed at the same camp. Also making it up to Canada to fish were Gary and Matilda Vermeer.. They had their own float plane and would just fly into the camp. The camp owner at the time installed an Avgas bulk tank so they would have fuel for their airplane. They had a pilot and he would stay with the. Matilda was a real firecracker. Really nice unassuming people.
One good benefit to the trailer mover is that you can park your trailers in a position that it makes them very difficult to steal.
Mike I would make another purchase suggestion. A land plane/ leveler attachment for the mini skid would be a great way to tidy up the wood yard especially when things are tight.
That mini skid steer is a darn handy piece of equipment!! So many diverse attachments and big enough to do the job in a small package and you can see 360° !
It's like a Swiss Army Knife with all the attachments.
Mike, I knew you wouldn’t regret the mini skid. It is probably the most cranked machine at my farm. I even use it to run my pumps on the off-road tanks since the battery gets a regular charge so that becomes its parking spot. I urge you though and anyone else to wear a back brace while running it. Repeated regular use will cause lumbar vertebrae issues and even gastrointestinal issues if run for a long period. Don’t fret about the tractor. You’ll be glad you have it this winter.
"Where does he get those wonderful toys?" Frequently I am reminded of Nicholson's Joker when watching Mike play with a new toy. All purposeful and all wonderful. Have fun with 'em, Mike!
I just want to be like you. Sometimes when I drive my Zero Turn, I imagine all the things that could be done if I had your machines. Keep posting!
GOOOOOOOOD
MAAAAAAAAWNIN TO ALL
MY FELLOW OWTM’S FANS/FOLLOWERS from a gorgeous morning here in Virginia Beach!!….Saaaaaweeeeet attachment! Love me some Arch & Ax ❤️🐾🐾❤️🐾🐾❤️…..Mike you have definitely upped your game with the mini skid & attachments. As for the rotary pressure washer attachment..I had just told my brother in law about that device…he bought one, used it & called me saying how he didn’t own one years ago is beyond him. He loves it as do I… Thanks again Mike for all you do & GOD BLESS you & your family.
Have a day
HELLOOOO HUNTER 😊
Pennsylvania mountains The air is crisp and Clean
Good maawnin back Jack! Cloudy and cool here, waiting for rain later in the day.
One of these days you’re simply going to have to move that green container out of the way it seems to be a choke point in the wood yard.
I was the purchasing agent for our local fire department and bought a rotary pressure washer for the department. The guys love it. Also bought an extendable wand. To wash the stations.
One only has buyers regret when you sacrafice and toil extremely hard for your money and have to purchase wisely. Its easy to try the market when CZcams is funding any mistakes. That is a testament to Mike's enormous committment to build a successful channel but it's diligence more than jard time consuming sacrafice. All loyal watchers have seen just a piece of the immense capital he has put into tools, trucks, and buildings in the last 4-5 years. It's astonishing the cash flow CZcams has produced for him and Melissa. I am never a hater...I think he used a opportunity and ran with it and built a incredibly honest and viable business that has rewarded him with much abundance. Congrats to the Morgan's for that! I always watch and I will always be a fan.
Mike is an intelligent hard working guy, he sure deserves his success ! I do gotta say I was skeptical of that Vermeer, but after seeing all it's uses here on Mike's channel, I am sold ! Mike didn't just fall off the turnip truck !!
But no one knows how much he got from his job or how much he stuck back over the years because I have friends in Arkansas that does blasting and the amount of money they pay for that is incredibly amount, at 58 he retired from it with a very good stash and funds and when he gets old enough he's going to draw he's retirement funds
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Yes sir...as we all will when retirement comes I quit counting his purchases as I am not privy to much of the behind to scenes dollar values but tallied what numbers he did admit to. Well over $1million spent cashed out for buildings, property, abundance of vehicles, tools, equipment, and Ijave no idea what he has actually saved on top of his CZcams spending. He spent 58 years collecting enough to retireearly and then in a span of roughly 5 years has bought enormous amounts of personal property items. I never hate a go getter or am envious...It's admiring to watch him and his wife totally crush it with the years on him and a few spoils to enjoy. Thats what being retired should be about! It truly couldn't happen to better people. Congrats for his ideas and implementing them!
Hey Mike, speaking of Adam and his roller, when he comes to pick that up, you could have him bring a trailer load of firewood baskets! You had mentioned wanting to get more of those! And, this way he doesn’t make an empty trailer drive to your place and you don’t have to go to his place to pick them up!
I wish I had those plants behind the wood bunker when you and Levi were talking. Looks like mullein is good for cleansing the airways. It is amazing how some with COPD claim it significantly increases their numbers at the doctors office
Hi Mike. Great Vermeer 2 attachments. Both a game changers. 🥰😊😉👍 Great job cleaning the wood bunker. ( The best job ever too. 🥰😊😉👍) That " smooth front bucket is wonderful for cleaning wood debris, dirt, & other smooth jobs. 🥰😊😉👍The Road Of NoWhere held up nicely. Hi Levi. That's great news of your property. 🥰😊😉👍 Melissa's household chores: Most women can be " multi tasked." I grew up mostly female relatives. They're "multi tasking" women! Few men are " multi tasked." Seriously. Most men can only babysit of a few hours. Most of us men aren't " multi tasked" We men are " wired differently mentally. ( It's not a bad things. That how we were made to think.) Great pressure washer Mike. Less water usages is great. 🥰😊😉👍Have a great time at home. Say Hi to Melissa, Eva, John, Hunter, Tyler, & Hannah. 🥰😊😉👍❤️💜🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🪵🌳
Mike if there is rght size driveway refresh plane or rake, for the mini skid, each tote delivery also can get a driveway tune up to include a dump trailer of stone delivered. Or truck by tailgate. Spend more time, do more busineess with each customer and neighbors. Delivery and pickup run over $200.00 in San Diego county. A tune up and then in 2 hour lower to 6 hr maximum for travel time and equipment unloading or next days delivery staged. Your self help wood pavilion will also double for second hand values. That miniskid would be my go to and bring in the right size for big projects. Pasture clearing stumps and min skid grooming.
How can you call mini skid operating work. Absolutely a perfect fit. More access to down trees and then mulching. The thinning and natural grasses, add some deer plot mix micro food plots and open with mature tree or failing mature trees. Leavel fallen live treas for footage, limbs for mushroom logs, Great on steaks, and sell logs blooming, leave sample with each firewood delivery. It takes several months to bloom. Hunter would be a spawn dowel insert and wax close along with both ends. Lay standing from a support or in squares horizontally spaced. Use the drilled shavings in firestaeter.
My Dad told me I spent money like a drunken sailor sometimes, he never met you. ;)
It's OK to spend like an inebriated seafarer if you have the funds. I'm sure Mike feels the same way.
Consider it an honor, Mike, to learn about equipment before I buy it. The more you buy, the greater the benefit to your viewers. I think Envy is one of the Seven Deadly Sins.😂
Thanks....I literally laughed out load
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I think your mini skid with that grapple would be ideal for thinning your forest at the cabin
Thanks for answering my question. I am glad you don’t have any real regrets on purchases.
Mike, you're showing us the very definition of working smarter not harder. You're so set w the perfect equipment to maintain a property, every single aspect of a property! The tractor, i di see what you're saying about use, but still i believe you need a tractor even if only seldom used. You'll have it when you need it, for the rest of yours and Levi's and maybe even Ty's life. Taken care of, like you do, i see no reason why it wouldn't last 3 generations. Now i may be wrong here, but i kinda remember asking Tom Haus about pressure washing concrete, because of a couple CZcamsrs that mow and pressure was for homeowners for free. Their pay comes from CZcams. I asked if after washing, does the concrete need to be sealed again. I think he said yes. You should ask him. His short the other day had me laughing..."It's a failure, a Total Failure!!" I just don't know how Emily, being a doctor still has time to edit his videos, but she does! You have awesome friends. You really have come a long way in the wood yard. Your bunker empty already, and now the firewood red oak going in there will be two winters ahead. Kudos on that!! Im looking forward to so much!! Like the cabin interior and the breezeway conecting shower house to the cabin, is one thing. So many more!! I just love this channel!! Thanks Mike.👍🚜❤️🙏🇺🇲🇺🇲
Hello! 😊 Amazing how stable the mini skid is. Maybe put a flow restictive orifice on the high pressure side so that the rotation of the grapple is not so fast.
Good Sunday Morning David.... sunny and 80ish.... enjoy
Good morning David 👋👋😸🙏
@@peteatthefarm4459 Hi Pete! Have a great day.
@badcat4707 Morning BadCat, looks like another great day....enjoy
Good morning all
Great lead-in, Mike! Gave me a much needed chuckle.
Mike,not bad at all for you holding down the fort and getting other things done ✅ around the living quarters another excellent video 😮😊❤
That Vermeer skid steer is definitely the ticket for your needs around the wood yard and the Cabin in WV. Honesty I was a bit concerned when you were mowing in WV that if you stirred up a hornets nest or yellow jacket nest you weren't in a tractor cab.
I have a similar ball mount for the front of JD compact tractor. It is on there right now to help the neighbor push his new boat lift to the water.
Good stuff Mike, I can see where those mini skids could take over a lot of tractor chores with all the available attachments.
Mike , I thought I would add that a tractor with a cab yields creature comforts that become even more appreciated as we grow older. I suspect that during the hot days, you will come to think that yeah , the mini skid is great for the tight spots , but the cab and the creature comforts the tractor cab offers, will make increased opportunities to get it done when the weather or your need to simply sit down makes the tractor your first choice. I’m thinking ten years from now , the question “ do you have regrets ? “ will simply be answered by a quick HECK NO ! Looking forward to seeing your next well considered equipment purchase.
When you mentioned how cramped your space is, it reminds me of something I’ve seen several times and saw again today, if you add a lean to on the side of your work pavilion it looks like you will be cut off from the back area if you don’t move your log pile.
More Levi on this channel.
Nice video Mike! The vernier is still new . I bet u will find more and more uses. Working in snow and rain will test it.❤
Same here Mike, a week into home alone with the wife and 9yo away for brother in law’s CA shotgun wedding…I’ll stay in VT thank you much. Two pigs, nine chickens, three cats, two horses, and a dog to care for. Decent weather to do the many projects around the house and still trying to keep up with working and extra OT from home in the evenings. Busier than ever home alone 😀
One of my neighbors bought one of those rotary pressure washers a while back, and now we all have them. I don't have very much concrete, but I have a lot of deck and that thing works great on it
Love the surface washer attachment. Contains all the dirty spray!
Mike the Music Man strikes again. Great music.
What is the name of that song. I really like it but can’t figure out the name of it.
Great channel you helped me improve my operation by the equipment you have been using it helps more than you know
Thank you
Great tunes Mike ! Am loving to see how wonderful the mini skid and attachments are working out for you.
I just finished washing my driveway with the rotary pressure washer head. Amazing what a great job it does with little effort.
Good morning to Hunter 👋👋😸and family and friends 😸🙏🙏
Hi BadCat! 😺
...............G'day Mike (and Hunter)
I just love that mini-skid with the attachments. A great choice mate.
Cheers and God bless,
Malcolm.
Mike , Your common sense approach to your operations are well thought out and works well for you and your family.
I love all of the equipment that you use. The brush is like a giant weed wacker. Makes clearing the tall weeds and brush a breeze. I love seeing the dogs. They are beautiful goldens. Have a great day and looking forward to seeing the next video.
Don't let Melissa come home to dogs running loose in the woods, a limping cat and 6 missing chickens! LOL Good job!!
Man, you're going to have some awesome red oak lumber. Cabinet grade if I know anything about it. Don't let any one try to Jew ya down on price either. Clean, straight grain, no knots....Some of that would look good quarter sawn also. Furniture makers dont know what that is anymore. Table tops, dresser fronts and high visual areas were once very popular areas for qtr sawn lumber. Keep an eye out for quilted maple, thats another money maker. Be safe Mike, God Bless.
I can't wait until you get your new tractor and see how you put it thru the paces like you do with all your equipment with no bull and tell it like it is.😊
Good morning everyone!
I’m secretly laughing to my self listening to you talk about your new mini-skid vs the tractor. When January comes I think us viewers will be watching you drive around in your heated tractor getting your projects done vs playing Paul Bunyan outside. Love your work product, thanks for making my day. Have a Day, (haven’t heard that in a while).
Anything that makes jobs/life easier, safer, faster is just money well spent!!! That Vermeer with assorted attachments is the ticket...better than a pocket on a shirt. I liked the Toy Story clip "the claw" you do some great editing!
I'm thinking about buying one of those mini skids. Don't really have a use for it but it sure does look like fun.
You won't regret the tractor purchase. The cab alone: the A/C and Heat and sound protection for dialog with the camera. Watching over the years on your channel it is probably nice to be able to talk to the camera AND get work done in a cab.
I can clearly see how handy that Mini-skid is.... you don't see too many used ones for sale. And I'm starting to see why. I was always impressed with Cremona's utility of the mini-skid. Now I wonder if he just got lucky or researched it.....?
Also, "The Claw" was the funniest and most memorable parts of Toy Story. Hilarious analogy.
Good Morning Morgan Family 🌞- Have a Wonderful and Blessed Sunday 🤠
The other huge advantage to the rotary washer is that it doesn't draw lines like a power washer does using a standard tip. Yes it cuts faster, and leaves a smooth even coverage.
Good morning Mike! That mini skid is the ticket. Great purchase.
That log grapple will come in handy in wva, pulling all those fallen trees out of the woods
Good Sunday Morning Mike.... enjoy
Pete 🇨🇦
Thank You Mike & Family, I've been here since # 16 ... I sure do enjoy your channel. 🇺🇸
Happy Sunday and good morning y'all !!! Have a great day, and hello from British Columbia.
I watch every video and been watching for about 2 years now. Rarely comment because I watch on the tv at home. But I love the content and the feedback of tools. Really excited about the new mini skid. Since I’m on the fence about getting one. Thanks again Mike and you and the family keep going. Love what y’all do!
That brush cutter is amazing. That mini skid is going to wind up saving you hours on the larger machines. Always enjoy your content.
Very nice video, love seeing your new gear and how to use all, gives me pointers on equipment I might be able to use too. Press on Mike!
Mike, I have a concrete cleaner like the one you tried. I love it. It is quicker and uses much less water. One thing I learned was to wash slow , north and south, rinse then wash east and west. This gets it cleaner and takes the strips out.
Good suggestion. I also think the way Mike did it with the approximately 50% overlap did the trick also. Love this channel. It's a community.
The mini skid is turning into an amazing tool and an excellent decision on your part. So many uses and more yet to come I expect, enjoy seeing what it can do.
👍👍👍👍👍👌Lots of good topics, and weighing in on the features and benefits of your equipment choices, thanks for sharing.
We are from Canada, we have watched your channel for years, and admire all you do, love that lifestyle
Awesome Video Mike ! Thank You!!
Keep Smiling On!!
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Mike, it would sure be handy if there was some type of chainsaw holster that you could put on the Vermeer. It looks like it would have come in handy when you were in West Virginia the other day. Anyway, stay safe healthy and cool. Bill H from Cranberry Township
I was thinking the same thing watching the last video too
@@darcywalls6206Me too!
The mini skid was a great purchase 🤙🇦🇺
Wow the wood bunker looks great. I used one of those round pressure washers to do our sidewalks and driveway at our old house and was very pleased with the job it did.
A good friend of mine gave me a Rotary Nozzle washer and it works great on my interlocking stone. I usually use it in the spring to wash the accumulation of dirt from the winter. I find the more pressure you have the better they work. Love that rotary head attachement! Have a great rest of the day :)
Good morning Morgans!!
sorry should have mentioned the tow ball thing at the front of the vehicles been using them for years moving caravans around with different trucks cheers
Hi Mike It’s good to see how much easier it appears to be getting the wood yard into an better working environment You still have more room behind the green container I’d forgot that area altogether
Hope Melissa and family are having a great time Great video 👍👍
Greetings to the Hunt man from us in Yorkshire 🇬🇧 🤩🤗
Mini skid awesome. Tractor probably much heavier. Hold to the ground better on the snow plowing and fixing the roads. This just in, you're still right!
Nice grapple Mike! Looks like we both released videos on our new mini skid grapples on the same day! 😂
Smarter not harder! Great show. Like the variety of how you do different tasks in the course of a day. Have a Day, Mike!
I agree the surface cleaner attachment for the pressure washer is a no brainer. I've had one for 3 years and love it. Lots less water and time.
Those surface cleaners are also perfect for washing siding too because you can cover a lot more surface area quickly plus unlike using a traditional pressure washer tip with the spray and Mist going everywhere everything is contained within the Dome so you don't have to have a rain suit or get drenched to wash your house
Nice, love the "Mini Beast" it is one of the most versatile pcs of equipment, perfect for West Virginia, the "brush cutter" is great leaves a real nice mulch behind. Tom should be pouring a slab soon as well, Kiln, pick up tractor; busy week at the Morgans, and we get to be there :) ❤💯🙏
Good job!... new machine was the ticket!.... pick the log up in the middle instead of dragging it in dirt and gravel?
To infinity and beyond. Great attachments Mike. That trailer mover is very convenient. Stay safe.
Lots of great work. Good choice on equipment. You will be a huge firewood dealer.
Mike, I am jealous, that brush cutter for the mini skid looks like so much fun to run!!!
I came close to getting a mini skid. They’re super versatile. I had never seen the front brush cutter before. In the end it took me 20 years to decide on a 1025 TLB. With a mower and snowblower.
Another great video Mike. Best channel on the Tube. A suggestion if you are having buyers regret on a tractor. Get a land plane and a brush cutter for your big skid steer and a snow plow like you mentioned for your Can Am.
I have to say the road looks awesome......
If the high flow side has a float position I think the grapple will follow you better when you’re dragging a log and turning at the same time. Looks like you’ve found yourself a useful and fun new machine Mike!
I think Virnig owes you a sponsorship. Good stuff!!!
Have a blessed day ❤❤❤❤❤❤
I have a nozzle like that, but I use it on the bottom of the boats to clean them off.
Mike your biggest fan in AK again! My kubota l275 is out of commission... The parts I need are not available... So I built a boom pole for the rear 3 point on our l210, that's a 1971 and like new... But if I buy a new tractor, it will be a TYM 2515... 2400# lift in the bucket, no emissions BS... And 3000 pound lift on the 3 point oh and a six year warranty... Ten grand cheeper in PA then here in Alaska... Can't wait to see your new tractor...
Pro tip for cleaning the concrete...I did pressure washing professionally when I lived in Florida. When you get done using your surface cleaner and rinsing it off with the regular tip, spray the concrete with a good coating of bleach. Liquid chlorine for swimming pools is the best to use if you have anywhere in your area that sells it. It can be hard to find, but if you can find it, I recommend it. If not, regular bleach will work. Just run it through the chemical injector on your pressure washer, or if your machine doesn't have an injector, you can spray it on with a backpack sprayer or a hand-held sprayer. This will help the concrete stay cleaner longer, especially if you don't have trees over the areas you are cleaning. Some places we cleaned and treated with the bleach could go as long as 6 months between cleanings. Just make sure to flush out the injector on your pressure washer really well with clean water when you are done with the bleach, because not doing so could deteriorate the seals on your machine and cause leaking over time. Also, let the area dry completely before walking on it after applying the bleach, and make sure your shoes are dry before going into your house or getting into your vehicles, because you don't want to risk bleach stains on your carpet. Hope this helps
Nice, That’s one of the first thing I bought as well, I like the Spartan Hitch Plate because of the welding support around it. I can install longer square tube on it without having to worry about the plate flexing if I ever needed to
As you've said many times, that mini-skid is handy as a pocket on a shirt!
Seems like all the attachments for mini skids are more money compared to regular skidloaders and tractors.
Good afternoon Morgans and friends.
Mike im glad you and Hunter are getting some time alone with one another. I'm sure Hunter is really enjoying himself. Give him a big hi 👋 5 for us and have a day. Thanks for sharing and we'll see you down the road.......
Hey any meet ups happening this year? 👊
I am quickly becoming a fan of the vermeer and all of its attachments and capabilities. Getting to know more about Levi, it appears that the apple didn’t fall too far from the tree. Hope everyone had a great weekend. Stay safe everybody
Yeah, those pressure washer concrete heads are the trick - they keep you from blowing out or spalting the surface of the concrete too. It's a great addition to a pressure washer
Loving the mini skid
Loving vern and the new attachments. Looks like your going to need more ibc totes..
Can't wait to see Levi's goats..
Vermeer looks like a great addition Mike watching the last few videos and you were so right about how much time that would save over climbing in and out of other machines. Not to mention the attachments that seems to go with it too.
Hey Mike. If you could mount that camera at eye level for the mini I think it would demonstrate the advantage of moving trailers etc with it
There are so many uses for the skid steer