We Almost Lost Our Driveway! Flood Risk At Our Off Grid Property

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We Almost Lost Our Driveway! Flood Risk At Our Off Grid Property

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Жыл бұрын

Spring brings flood risk to our driveway
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@flowerstone Жыл бұрын

$50 for straps. $150 for forks. $50,000+ when a log rolls off and crushes a couple legs. Being careful is good. It’s the unexpected that hurts the most. 😏

@gerrygrimes910 Жыл бұрын

THE FORKS WOULD BE A ONE TIME PURCHASE I HAVE A SET OF CLAMP ONS WORTH EVERY PENNY

@ThisOffGridLife Жыл бұрын

Greg informed later that the forks are over $1000, the $150 wouldn't last here

@debbienewmex Жыл бұрын

Have checked the forks in the US?

@gerrygrimes910 Жыл бұрын

@@ThisOffGridLife i have a set nobody is more abusive tnan me if not careful you will destroy your bucket first they are worth every dime

@kennethsanders963 Жыл бұрын

I used to work on a forest reclamation crew and one very important rule was ware your cutting pants every day. Your not superman Greg .Where are yours. ALL it takes is once and believe you me when I say the cuts from a chain saw are gruesome , painful, and like me develop gang green. WARE YOUR CUTTING PANTS !!! I NOW BARE THE SCAR OF A STUPID MISTAKE . I learned my mistake the hard way. BE SAFE GUY'S. I'm now 70 yrs. old and my cuts are still very visible just below my knee about half way down my shin. Play Safe Greg.🤔

@jaybird2299 Жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same also boots.. be safe and take care guys.

@bookgal Жыл бұрын

Worrying about the same thing, plus not wearing steel-toed footwear.

@totallyoffgrid3008 Жыл бұрын

You guys should create a couple emergency Zip lines to get across the creek incase it washes out. Having a vehicle in the other side is smart.

@estellaknox9285 Жыл бұрын

I agree a zip line would be awesome and fun across the creek Greg & Katie you guys are doing a hell of a job / project.

@texasjustice1861 Жыл бұрын

I was thinking something along those lines too. Especially since that culvert system looks a little lean.

@user-bv2be2ou1h Жыл бұрын

Always works in video games.

@flowerstone Жыл бұрын

The road crew should have installed 4’ culverts under the road. That’s a lot of water. I know you get hammered a lot about safety and equipment. My comments come from experience in logging and construction on my own place. Getting injured is not just about money but losing the ability to move about easily. Injured limbs, muscles, and gashes, are not fun. I’m sure I am not telling you anything you don’t know but spending a little money on good equipment can save you some real misery. You two remind me a lot of my wife and I. Working together t make a good life. Love your videos. 😊

@smokeyyunick2675 Жыл бұрын

Flip flops and no hearing protection along with how much cutting you all are doing, it may pay dividends now to invest in some proper safety equipment, helmet, pants, and what already mentioned . You pay as you get older of the damage to your hearing. Safety sally would give kudus for being a bit more safety conscious eh😀

@lucyl2770 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the aerial footage of the forest and your house area. I can only imagine how stressful the rains and flooding must be. You were very wise to do the preparations that you did. Just take care of yourselves and the animal babies!

@darrellbradley9334 Жыл бұрын

Rains and flood ....., Tanks an FIREWOOD ....

@SunraeSkatimunggr Жыл бұрын

I hold my breath every time I watch him muscle those logs onto the tractor. I will not speak my fear, but I do the same thing when I watch my son muscle logs around his mill. I send strength and luck your way.

@leslietarboxjr4287 Жыл бұрын

So glad that you didn't lose your driveway. Someone was looking out for you and it all turned out well. Hopefully it will survive for you for many years to come.

@ronaldreed6242 Жыл бұрын

As I watch you both move logs to your mill, My mind keeps flashing a picture I saw several years ago of a county worker removing a log from a covert just like the one you two are working at now. The picture that is stuck in my mind is after the log rolled over the bucket on down on the tractor operator. All it takes is a rock in the road, a hole in the driveway or something you didn't think about. Just be careful!

@BS.-.- Жыл бұрын

I have seen that picture too. It's very dangerous to move logs with just a bucket like they are. Forks are $700us and worth every penny even if not moving logs.

@bookgal Жыл бұрын

I always cringe too

@debbienewmex Жыл бұрын

I agree. At the very least secure with 2 chains

@silvursprings Жыл бұрын

My nans driveway goes straight through the creek...she has had a swinging foot bridge for a many decades. But even the footbridge floods and has been damaged many times and rebuilt. You two would benefit from an emergency zip line for sure. Take care, you two! ❤️

@russellwatters5891 Жыл бұрын

Wow, if you hooked up a hydra wheel in there for power, you could light up New York City!! Lol 😂😅 So glad that ya'll were able to keep your drive, it's a shame they won't help with the service road. Love ya'll ❤️

@ThisOffGridLife Жыл бұрын

It dries up very quickly

@georgerogers542 Жыл бұрын

I hope everything gets better with the creek and the driveway and the Forest Service I know they are a pain to work with I used to be U S Forest Service!

@estellaknox9285 Жыл бұрын

the water flowing so rapped through the covert and so clear.

@maryandersen557 Жыл бұрын

Well that’s good you didn’t loose your drive way 💕

@davidsuperdavelarson6174 Жыл бұрын

Man guys, If you're going to be doing all this wood moving around please at least get a set of pallet forks for the tractor. PF4442W is what you need and guessing your cost would be around $1500 usd. Has roll back protection and much safer than trying to use a bucket, log roller and so forth. $1500 is cheap compared to getting hurt, doctor bills?, plus who knows how many loss days from work. Please, work smart, work safe.

@rushd45 Жыл бұрын

I don't know if you have a welder or the amperage to use one, but check them out and build your own pallet forks. Then you'll have a welder to do other jobs...

@brandonl9608 Жыл бұрын

Canada has free healthcare I'm pretty sure.

@davidsuperdavelarson6174 Жыл бұрын

@@brandonl9608 nope

@brandonl9608 Жыл бұрын

@@davidsuperdavelarson6174 Yup go look it up.

@davidsuperdavelarson6174 Жыл бұрын

@@brandonl9608 Nothing is free, one way or another they pay for it. Feb 3, 2023 - In fact, at 53.5 per cent, B.C. now has the fourth-highest top personal income tax rate in Canada and the United States.

@davidstoddard9160 Жыл бұрын

I think when the water goes down even more than it is now, I would bring in a few of those big boulder rocks and shore up on both sides of the outer areas of the existing culverts that are there, and make it a little more less likely for the water to erode more in the future. Now something that simple would be an effort, but something that is very managible, now before any real damage is done in the future.

@bennym1956 Жыл бұрын

This year has been bad for road wash outs. Here locally in NE Ga, there have been 5 very busy secondary paved roads compromised and closed. In hindsight when planning ahead for culverts, if you think you need a 2' culvert, put in 2 of them or 4' culvert. Also, put in plenty of big rocks on upstream side to help prevent washouts ! Live and learn !!!

@arlisscott3455 Жыл бұрын

Love what the two of you are doing! Logging roads and decommissions etc is what is going on in BC. It's not easy to get access to what you need for sure. The adage of if there's a will there's a way will get you by! Still great that you covered your basis before the storm hit. Keep the spirits up! Love the barn build.

@richardwhite4277 Жыл бұрын

always love your drone shots / But we need a full length shot showing how the creek and road relate to your homestead

@glendajune9140 Жыл бұрын

Glad y’all were able to avoid a washout from the ice melt. Milling logs is like second nature to you guys now. I will be praying, the Gods are with you, through the barn build. Stay safe, healthy, happy, productive,& blessed.💯❤️👍🏾💜🙋🏽‍♀️✝️🙏🏾🇺🇸

@ws775 Жыл бұрын

Why not just say you instead of y’all. It’s easier to type. The other two times you did it. The Gods? There is only one God.

@glendajune9140 Жыл бұрын

@@ws775 Y’all is plural,& I heard may the Gods be with you, in a movie . Ok?🤦🏾‍♀️

@lauraquigley6403 Жыл бұрын

Good morning Katie & Greg! Sorry that you are having flooding like the rest of us here in the United States. The weather events have been crazy. Hope the barn is coming along!🙏🙏🙏Blessing’s

@ThisOffGridLife Жыл бұрын

It's wild out there, fires in alberta, flooding all around. What is going on?!

@bwcok7947 Жыл бұрын

It looked like you all could have a great swiming hole above your driveway there at the culverts. A few very well placed rocks/boulders would create a deeper pool plus it would possibly save your culverts from a future blowout too. It would create a baffle to protect and slow down the speed and the direct force of the water on your driveway and culvert. The way those who shall not be named, who made a V shaped topography landscape directed straight at your culvert, they really have done y'all a diservice. Plus it could turn into an awesome trout hole for you also. Do not forget to secure the uphill end of the culverts with a lot more rocks/boulders that they left there for you! Make them as bomb proof as you can!

@ThisOffGridLife Жыл бұрын

This creek is dry most of the year

@bwcok7947 Жыл бұрын

@@ThisOffGridLife Weeeellll shooooot! At least get as big of boulders as you can then space them out as best you can to create some baffles to slow that water down a little bit so it doesn't act like a hose nozzle getting necked down and blow out your culverts and driveway out then! Good luck! Such a beautiful place!

@estellaknox9285 Жыл бұрын

The way you the rocks on the creek they looks so neatly done Katie you and Greg put the rocks there if you guys did they are beautiful done GOD bless you guys.

@dorisharrison9885 Жыл бұрын

I pray everything will turn out okay,water, water all around be safe 😊🪻💜

@bay9876 Жыл бұрын

Some times a nice big culvert comes up out of nowhere that is just a matter of transportation. A washout etc especially with all this runoff right now. Forestry roads are notorious for washouts and tree falls blocking the roads, but the ATV enthusiasts make sure the trails are open.

@hubertwebb9869 Жыл бұрын

With all the dead wood, saw dust, dead leaves, and green material that you have everywhere you should be making compost piles everywhere. Then you would have it when you need it.

@cook_farm Жыл бұрын

When you decide to buy a set of forks don’t cheap out and buy the kind that bolt onto your bucket. Put to much weight on them and they will ruin the loader bucket. Buy a set of quick attach. You’ll be glad you did

@ThisOffGridLife Жыл бұрын

Yeah, greg pointed that put after the fact. The cheap ones won't work

@robbymagen2 Жыл бұрын

PLease speak to your primer minister directly, you are such good people someone in your government must help you by fixing this road , cheers Robert

@rsy427 Жыл бұрын

In the summer I would build a permanent bridge with steel and a reinforced concrete bridge

@jwelliott1012 Жыл бұрын

It’s refreshing to see you guys taking something hideous and making it into something beautiful and useful lumber that you can use to build your property. Too bad about the flooding. It’s an odd year in the weather world.

@clintegbert3405 11 ай бұрын

You need to add a few removable steel bars on the sides of the loader bucket, make it easier to pick up logs!!

@Bugz1968 Жыл бұрын

i would put a cable pully system in just incase of an emergency that way if you ever had to get across if things ever got real bad

@randycornell9796 Жыл бұрын

Well at least you are safe.. Try to keep it that way as best you can.. Stay safe my friends.

@truthserum8326 Жыл бұрын

Straps and forks will both come in handy sooner or later. Hope you've figured out a way to hold onto some of that rain/snow melt torrent. If it were mine, I would plan on some big culvert work where it passes under your driveway once the volume slows. Complete property access makes for good permaculture practices.

@stevencox7459 Жыл бұрын

Tip from working in a bush saw mill: When rolling a log on to the front end loader, stand on the tractor side, if something slips it will avoid rolling a log over yourself.

@kenstevens5675 Жыл бұрын

You have enough lumber available to build a small bridge across the “river “ even just a walk bridge wide enough for a quad.

@chucklogan9611 Жыл бұрын

I think I would be installing a huge Culvert in that spot (44” or bigger)

@suewarman9287 Жыл бұрын

I worry about you two! Please be careful and not too cavalier, even though you're young.....

@wadeprior5203 Жыл бұрын

Good morning you guys hope you guys are doing a great job keep up the good job working on the barn

@razishah2866 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the aerial footage beautiful

@ineverhadthemoney7857 Жыл бұрын

weld 2 hooks on top of out side bucket for 2 chains and and 2- I --bots inside for hooks on chains to put 2 chains,- over log to pick up and save work and work smart ,

@richardwhite4277 Жыл бұрын

I think saving downed trees is fine but if it is not cost effective by the time you waste all time and gas and wear and tear on equipment you would just be better to cut a tree close to the homestead and thin the forest as the forest is just a crop that grows back or burns or falls over because of the wind

@Jimbo65203 Жыл бұрын

Bridge washouts is a problem with most people who live in a forest, which is where I used to live when I was younger. In the half mile deep driveway, you can see the ruins of the main highway into the nearby city that was moved after a bridge wash outed decades before in our part of a national forest, and long before we families moved in. There are three families in the forest so not much pull, politically, and that is what it comes down to when it comes to have the county restore the old bridge. It sounds like to me your road is no longer used for logging or else the logging company would have been there with bells a ringing.

@northidahodreaming5657 Жыл бұрын

glad that the bridge held up....enjoying your videos

@wildfire365 Жыл бұрын

Bigger tiles and the road up higher.

@erniescabin4256 Жыл бұрын

good luck with everything nice to see your still staying positive take care

@lolasimmons9152 Жыл бұрын

Hi Katie. I was just wondering if you could harness the water with filters in place to holding tanks so that in the dryer months, you'd have all the water you need and could supply your neighbors as well. Thanks so much

@KodiakCraveAtv Жыл бұрын

Hello, love your videos . Tell Greg to be careful with those logs . And how's the fire out there ? Was seeing alot of forest fires on the news ..

@ThisOffGridLife Жыл бұрын

No fires here, they are in Alberta

@KodiakCraveAtv Жыл бұрын

@@ThisOffGridLife ok that's good to hear. :)

@allenpelletier6759 Жыл бұрын

you can hall one in the front bucket and one on the back.of the backhoe.

@TheHavasu_77 Жыл бұрын

Yay for free logs and also yay that the culverts didn’t give out!! Stay safe and stay dry, love you guys. ❤

@mikebateman8021 Жыл бұрын

It's worth it it's a beautiful forest

@paulslocomb6805 Жыл бұрын

As I was enjoying watching your video 2 things popped out to me ! Can you build some kind of trailer or sledge to pull the logs or any rocks you need? And if all that fast moving water iz on your land can you make up a small hydroelectric system? I love your videos and please please be careful!! I've seen too many people get hert by 1 small mistake.

@richie9005 Жыл бұрын

Can you build a bridge over the culverted area ? Reinforce the banks under the bridge with larger rocks , to prevent washout ? Gives the creek wider flow and you more calmness

@stevestephens8299 Жыл бұрын

While you’re working on that wood pile. Get yourself some chain saw chaps and wear them! You might like the macho look but one slip and you might not like the bloody mess your legs might end up as if you slip or the chainsaw bucks out of the wood and onto your leg. Play it safe my friend ! A bad slip with the chainsaw might prove fatal if you are as far away from medical help as I suspect you are.

@caspera4207 Жыл бұрын

It was also concerning watching him use that chain saw while wearing flip-flops and later crocks. Hopefully he will get some work boots too.

@nitronick45 Жыл бұрын

I’m glad somebody else is concerned for his safety when it comes to the chainsaw

@Its.Berdan Жыл бұрын

Dying to see some chaps and gloves, etc. It's so easy to trip on something carrying a saw you don't even need to have it running to mess yourself up. The safety gear is quick to put on. 🙌

@ricklennox44 Жыл бұрын

A two-wheel log straddle would be really helpful for you guys to move those logs, and they're not that expensive. Also keeps the logs up off the ground so they stay clean for the mill.

@ricklennox44 Жыл бұрын

Hey guys, sorry I received your last message, but I have been going steady. I drive a semi truck long distance for a living. I cover all of North America. I was watching you guys struggling with moving logs. There is another KZfaq channel called Outdoors with the Morgan's. He just bought a two wheel log dolly, and I thought that it would be helpful for what you're doing. You can utilize your ATV to pull the dolly.

@tucson790 Жыл бұрын

I don't know if you got the message I posted but search DIY log sled.

@tambracooper6547 Жыл бұрын

Good luck with your road. Xoxo

@jimbottrill3583 Жыл бұрын

Whatever you don't or can't use to make lumber will make firewood

@ninemoonplanet Жыл бұрын

People all through the mountain ranges were sweating and worrying about flooding. Some did get some pretty heavy flooding, others were like you two, hard to sleep but everything stayed in place. Living on a forestry road is definitely a sketchy proposition if they don't keep it up to functional properly. Unfortunately logging companies, mining companies often slack off on the safety of the terrain above and below the roads. Landslides have been more frequent because of this.

@rosaolbera8768 Жыл бұрын

Omg Katie i am so sorry my hearts going out to you and your lovely husband i am praying for you both awesome video please take of yourself outthere Rosa

@carolfaberpeake857 Жыл бұрын

Glad the storm passed with minimal damage 🎉

@michaelchamberlain4618 Жыл бұрын

Eight still I beams whatever length and two concrete rebarred footers.

@ineverhadthemoney7857 Жыл бұрын

lay down some logs// and dame it up make small pond to slow water and save the road

@christopherpeterson1400 Жыл бұрын

It would be great to have fork lift attachment..

@jrae5085 Жыл бұрын

Well I can tell you know this already but that rock hillside and undersized culverts are not going to work for long. Plus the road level is too low. I can't imagine trucking all that rock in and not doing a complete job. But again, you probably have the same questions. Good luck. Write some letters and call your local news. Get some press and see if that doesn't shake something loose. Maybe someone has an extra 4' culvert or two.

@brendafarrow3117 Жыл бұрын

You could fall giant trees over the creek make a Cordaroy bridge ?

@kennethhudson8013 Жыл бұрын

creek looks like good place to cool off in summer

@mlutke4067 Жыл бұрын

So much water!!! Good prep, glad the road held😎

@pnowikow Жыл бұрын

Be safe out there😮

@christopherpeterson1400 Жыл бұрын

Tarzan's swing set up across the creek

@mariemcgillen7401 Жыл бұрын

I fell in love with that area you are in about 9 years ago we made a trip up from Montana and crossed over the rocky mountains and then headed south. I hope to do that again sometime , I have to see Kaslo again made me feel like I was in Europe

@ilonakatalindako-tolman5545 Жыл бұрын

Sure hopping they provide a good solution to this challenge, goor seeing you didn’t have any problem 🎉

@ashpnk06p60 Жыл бұрын

wow that sure looked like a lot water, my fingers are cross withyou guys. great video ty and good luck this spring

@edwardshupe6215 Жыл бұрын

Oh boy! I am looking forward to getting back to the barn

@terrybunsey8015 Жыл бұрын

How beautiful is your creek, way to go you guys ❤❤

@nancybottemiller2522 Жыл бұрын

Better to be safe than sorry 😅

@lonis7456 Жыл бұрын

The millwork is amazing.

@billyhaddock5540 Жыл бұрын

God will take care for you both and ur animals/dogs.

@InconvenienceToday Жыл бұрын

We're seriously loving the drone footage. Nice to have those angles. So impressed that we'd like to use your shop link to get our own, but the affiliate link in this post just goes to a submersible pump. Can you share one for the store and maybe we can get a cookie to benefit you a little?

@ThisOffGridLife Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for thinking of us. Once you click that link, you can search for whatever product you would like and it will still be linked to us for a certain amount of time. I would reccomend spending the little bit extra to get a drone with the sensors on the sides so you can avoid crashing. Our first drone didn't have the sensors and, well we now have a new one 😅 we have the dji mini 3 pro.

@randydobson1863 Жыл бұрын

hello this off grid life it's is randy and i like yours video is cool thanks friends randy

@paulmonk7820 Жыл бұрын

Is it permissible to pour concrete around the culvert entrance?❤ Or maybe you could hire a couple of beavers ! 😂

@hubertwebb9869 Жыл бұрын

That culvert looks like it is way too small i think it needs more.

@maxmillion4216 Жыл бұрын

You chose to live there. Now you have to deal with the Forest Service.

@ajhnubia Жыл бұрын

That would make great hero system

@darrellbradley9334 Жыл бұрын

HAH ..... with wipers going Hundred miles an Hour ...... NOT worried . Just rain Right N firewood . ;)

@lynettescott682 Жыл бұрын

Hey that's alright you guys the work must go On 😊

@winstoncloer1994 Жыл бұрын

Watch lot of building,,grid shows,,,ur the best

@realamerican6101 Жыл бұрын

The water and rocks look nice.

@ThisOffGridLife Жыл бұрын

If only there was enough throughout summer for a dip

@c.davidcook3565 Жыл бұрын

Ahhhh......crocs full of sawdust 😂

@buddyreed2623 Жыл бұрын

Hello Katie and Greg. With the trees you have access to, could a wooden bridge be built with 4" or thicker boards that are as long as possible, spanning the culverts and secured on both ends? I see reports of satellites indicating El Nino storms in the making. Have good days!

@garyfurr1467 9 ай бұрын

Katie you don't have any

@richardwhite4277 Жыл бұрын

@ 4:20 man she said it all / I shouldn't comment till Katie has her say / listen to your wife I think she may be the smart one LOL

@joeclark9042 Жыл бұрын

Hey Katie won't you take a picture of that where the waters crossing and call them tell them they need to make that shit wider That's not going to hold all that water it'll work that road right out again they'll be back out again Tell him they need to put at least three of them in there sad thing to get rid of that water let me know if not I'll come up and do it thank you sweetie

@richardwhite4277 Жыл бұрын

@ 3:18 still a dangerous way to load logs a set of forklift bars may save you weeks in the hospital / do you already have forklift bars / humm why take the chance and hurt yourself / ounce prevention worth a pound of cure and a stitch in time saves nine LMAO

@glengillis7775 Жыл бұрын

I started following you 2 during the time of your dealing with government and whoever else on that rosd issue. You 2 have come a longs way since then. Now that you have a tractor could you try building up that road and protect that crossing on your own move bigger rip rap in place? Just wondering