Neil, you may be the only guy I have seen that seems to prefer grading with a backhoe when there is a perfectly good skid steer on the job! lol Those Amish are something! There was about 5 of them working on mine, not counting a driver that never got out of the van. The 30 something by 40 something building was up in 3 days. They spoke a type of dialect to communicate which they did very little of. Each one knew exactly what their task was. No wasted steps! Now I want to build another one...

Oh no, not a cliffhanger... I can't wait for the next episode.

Like thye video on your Brother Pad .

Your videos are the BEST!

Neil and dirt work is amazing!

Good looking barn start.

Best Sunday morning viewing available anywhere...sorry PBS, NBC, etc al...

I haven’t forgot about your video, we went up to the mackinaw bridge to watch the antique tractor crossing and we’ve been busy. If you ever get a chance to go watch that up there, what a experience. 1500 tractors, and it’s a 4-5 hour parade crossing the bridge. It was actually bigger than I was expecting, and I know one of the organizers personally through my work (he works about 50 yards from me is all). He’s been telling me for a few years now that I have to experience it, and he was right! So I will get a video real quick for you tomorrow after work of the new truck finally. 🤣 I can’t get over wanting to do my box blade up just like the one you use on bill. It works so much nicer than any 3 point attached one. The garage you guys are building is something I hope to go through myself one of these years coming up hopefully pretty soon. I’m wanting to take a cdl corse here in the next month or so, and I wanna graduate from my current job of 17 years, and move onto trucking.

Hi Neil. Recently subscribed and loving your videos. Greetings from Scotland.

I saw you on Tractor Time with Tim I decided to give your channel a watch glad I did really enjoying your videos

Hi Neil haha . from the Netherlands thanks for the video

Hey Neil, I just want to say you do an excellent job with your videos. I love watching them. Keep up the good work.

Nice work! You make grading that out look easy.

Fun to watch, thanks!

new subcriber here just enjoying the old videos, love it

Jarret the Man.... yes, color me jealous!

The barn looks really big i bet you could fit lots of stuff in it Neil.

That guy is a master plumber that fixed the broken tile. That's the equivalent to building a ship in a bottle.

Good Job Neil! I did four years as a combat engineer running heavy equipment. My favorite piece of equipment was the backhoe. You're a good operator! Keep up the good work and excellent content!

I got an Amish crew from Berne to build my 30x48x12 with a porch, only took them 5 days with 5guys and it snowed the first 2 days.

Can't wait!

Always interesting to see how different builders do things.

Neil, you can add polishing concrete to your resume'! The pad came out nice. But, I thought you might want to know.... 220 grit is about right for paint grade... but, if your gonna stain it you might want to go to 400. It keeps the stain from splotching! Mennonite crews built my shop, the addition to my shop and my equipment barn. The first 24'X24' shop build used solid 6X6's in 1996. The crew was on-site for 17 hours. (It would have been 1.5 less but, they had to come back and install the garage door after it arrived.) The 24'X24' shop add-on also used solid 6X6's in 2014. That crew worked for the nephew of the previous builder and was on-site for 14 hours with one concrete finisher who had to stick around a couple of hours to do the final troweling. Both of these jobs included 1" rigid foam insulation, windows, doors and concrete. In the equipment barn, we talked about the options of using solid 6X6 posts, fully laminated posts or solid posts below ground level with laminated 2X6's above. In the end, we went with solid 6X6's because the front of the barn is open and the builder (more so than me) thought it would look better. It was built at 36'X18' with a 4' open front overhang. It doesn't have 1" rigid foam insulation, windows, doors or concrete. They were onsite 13 hours in 2020. In each case the experience of watching a organized crew of highly skilled workers was pure pleasure. Each had his particular job at each stage of the build. There were very few instructions or requests for help. They worked so well together that when help was needed, someone was there waiting do so. Their attitude and cheerful banter was refreshing. Professionalism was apparent in even the youngest 'helpers'. They walked away each time with a spotless jobsite and a totally satisfied customer. That crew built 75 pole buildings last year. Some as large as factories.... some even smaller than mine. When my first shop was built, I had shopped around for contractors. A carpenter buddy of mine had his partner quote building it. They came in almost 50% higher with a two month wait... just to start. The Mennonite crew gave me a 2 week completion guarantee... which only the delayed delivery of the roll-up door missed. After it was built, my carpenter buddy came by to inspect. He told me that they wouldn't have used trusses because they were too expensive and you don't really need them in a pole building. He also told me that the 6X6 posts were overkill.... the standard was to use 4X4's. He then explained to me that because I was going to cover the inside walls, putting the insulation on the outside was a mistake. It would be better to put it between the horizontal stringers. And lastly, the roll-up door entrance is an inch below the floor inside. When the crew found out that I would be rolling small wheeled equipment like my air compressor, push mower and Shopsmith through it, they tapered the entrance instead or putting in a lip. He informed me that I was asking for trouble because without the lip snow would blow in. His conclusion was that the shop was overbuilt and the crew had missed a few important points. I just let him talk. When he finished I thanked him and started to usher him out when he said, "You should have let us build it for you. We would have done it right and saved you a lot of money." I told him, "Perhaps but your bid came in 50% higher, four times the delay and thought it would take a week to build. They built it in 17 hours... and I got trusses and 6X6's. I'll put my trust in a good bottom seal to keep the snow from blowing under the door." His response, "They don't have to pay all of the taxes that we do. And, they buy their lumber by the truckload. It isn't a fair comparison." I just told him, "Good points... I'll live with my mistakes." Just one last note, the laminated 6X6's are stronger than solid 6X6's. They are laminated in a factory with adhesive cured under applied pressure. Thanks for the time lapse, I can watch skilled competence at work all day!

As I recall, those trusses were moved right before band practice 🥁🎸

Omg i love your channel and the content you share! What you do is far for what i usually like. But your videos are great!

I can’t wait to see how you got them moved... I’m sure it’s creative

Great video. I ised to deleiver pole barns. Its pretty neat to watch a crew of two or three guys put one up. Is that an amish crew doing the work, cant beat them boys for carpentry skills. Thanks for sharing Neil.

good job ... oldtony

I look forward to your videos more than I do any tv show lol thanks for letting us tag along

Being a retired builder, I always find any type of building in the State's interesting.

You’re a fine backhoe operator Neil 👍🏽. Nice job.

That tile repair looked fun.

love the way you keep the build site so neat ,you are a wiz with that backhoe

I'm a week behind, but I guess that means I'm closer to the next one. Great job prepping everything, waiting to envision the final product in the next video or the next one after that. Keep the great videos coming Neil.

Kudos on the tile repair! Looks like a nice size building. Can’t wait to see how you get the trusses moved.

Great video also a great family just a thought with your access to farmers maybe look into finding a gas powered transfer pump that my need some TLC as a back up for your outside sump pump just a thought

What you are doing in this video is where a bulldozer would come in very handy, not even a big one but just any bulldozer, especially one with a 6-way blade

Looking good Neil, look forward to part 3...

Have you seen Cutting Edge Engineering in Australia? He does some awesome cutting, gouging, welding & machining 👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧

Yay! 👍👏

i need you for my brother !! 😂

Looking good Neil. Should be able to get it nice and weathertight before the cold weather hits!

I hope your brother appreciates the amount of talent he gets when you help him! Looks like it’s going to be a nice building plus going to give him more privacy at the pond…. How do you pronounce that again? The body of water in your backyard?😂. Take care my friend

As I watched this video, I kept thinking "You use what equipment you have to get the job done" and "There is never enough "material" for what you are doing". Were the builders Amish? They do good work and are sought after here (WNY). Another good series by you and again thanks for taking the time and effort to video!

I continue to enjoy the videos. Keep up the great work.

It should be interesting seeing how you move the trusses.

That tile repair was a real feat. Do they wash the recycled crushed concrete to remove oils and other pollutants.

Buddy! Whatcha using your laser level setup? Maybe something a little smaller for my setup. Those Amish know how to work!!!!! Thank you !

I had a 60x60 FBI building put up 3 days from start to finish with 4 guys what took so long

Can we truss that you came up with a good plan to move the trusses? 😉

Enjoyed this video and looking forward to the next. Would you have used a power rake attachment for helping spread “material” if available or is back dragging with your experience just as easy?

Great video. But i was wondering... So you built up the site with dirt. a lot of dirt. What is the reason? Obviously to make it level you had to build up the far side. But how high above grade do you need to build up the site for a pole barn? Is there a general rule of thumb?

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What you are doing in this video is where a bulldozer would come in very handy, not even a big one but just any bulldozer, especially one with a 6-way blade