I do believe that is the most creative use I have ever seen of forklift blades! You are the ultimate DIYer!

@pamelagreen8543

2 ай бұрын

Amen! When I saw him digging with the forks, I was amazed, again, at his creativity and resourcefulness.

@garbaldy9926

2 ай бұрын

Digging with the Forklift is absolute Genius!

@imakexyz4968

2 ай бұрын

I was surprised how good it worked.

Plowing a footing with the tractor forks 😂😂 genius!

Using the tractor forks is genius. Digging by hand is for the birds!😃

@wileycoyotesr8623

2 ай бұрын

Birds use their beaks. 🙂

Please do an update on the 9000$ house. You got us into it and now just forgot about the people that love that set of videos.😊

I’m glad you’re doing what you want in your own way. Why not.

I think I enjoy your vids because we are to a large extent kindred spirits. I'm somewhat retired at this point at 79 so a lot of my "mountains" have been traversed. But as a music man I basically did what I loved for a living and it has been a great and happy ride. I still make music vids for my channel but at my own pace these days. Keep doin' what you're doin' the way you want to do it. You will not regret including your family as you progress because you too will be 79 before you know it and that will be behind you. But I think I watch you because along with my music I built two studios, two shops and did two house reno's largely by myself and when I watch you I somewhat relive those happy days and that makes these days happy as well!

Brilliant use of the tractor forks. Will be trying that.

That's exactly how my dad built our house and structures. We got to help or watch. Whatever he chose to let us do. It taught us about hard work, fulfilling dreams and keeping family a main focus. It was a so fearful upbringing. Your kids are blessed to have you as a dad.

Brilliant idea to use the fork lift tines for excavation. Truly amazing. Always a pleasure to watch your videos.

YES!!! This is going to take this project into 2026. I'm here for it.

While using the right tool for the job makes a world of difference, getting the most use out of what you have has its own satisfaction. I don't know if using forks as a makeshift excavator is a known hack, but it's one I'll keep in mind even if I'm never in a situation to use it.

Glad to hear from you and your doing alright. Love your content and can appreciate your words, always take time for yourself and your family. There will always be projects to work on 😅.

Ignore the haters... we're all jealous of you being able to work on whatever the heck you want to. That's what most of us strive for. Best wishes, sir!

@diamondperidot

2 ай бұрын

Amen

Hey bud, looks nice. I can see where you're going with this and its gonna be awesome. I love how you take your life and livelihood into your own hands and create your own world through structures by your own hand. All these years later, you are still an inspiration and your channel is still my favorite. Good to see you out there with the wife and kids too.

That is definitely the coolest building for multipurpose that I have seen. I really dig the way you have re-used a lot of stuff (particularly the roof). When your saw mill gets going you will be set to expand your collection of buildings on your land. I know you sound like a southerner, but you work like a New Englander.

@homemadehome5575

2 ай бұрын

Thank you, it's a long but fun project

Love your videos man, and your philosophy on how you're living your life. Those rants or "preaching" in your videos never get old!

@homemadehome5575

2 ай бұрын

Thank you

I think this barn is simply incredible! Gorgeous! Love the footage.

Love you including the mini version of you here. Did not know how you could trench with the forks.

Happy to hear you guys moved out there. I was wondering ever since your video making windows on the porch. Excited for you and your family being back on this property. Thanks for sharing! 👍

Thanks for the episode!😊

Love your videos. Love your attitude. Peace, love and blessings to you and yours.

@homemadehome5575

2 ай бұрын

Thanks

I love the ever expanding scope of work. Loved seeing little man.

This is gonna be awesome when it’s done

you pick the BEST music!

Classic shoveling blister in the thumb-to-pointer webbing

Oof that is a lot of work. Been on this channel a long time, really appreciate your work. That kid is going to have a helluva childhood packed with awesome memories no doubt.

I love your building this and making money to keep funded. Can’t wait to see you keep after it.

The windows are so beautiful. Seriously. The richness that they add to the entire structure, it's quite possible to grasp how marvelous the general feel and aesthetic the building is going to achieve as you come nearer and nearer your vision. I'm not a builder, I'm a writer; but I grew up watching my father construct his own version of what you're doing 50 years ago. Worry not what anyone might think about what you choose to build. We're rapt with attention for whatever you might share.

I totally understand your view on how you spend your time. I got absolutely burned out woodworking. I have since started scrapping and finally making moves on my small cabin build. We can always make money, but we can't buy back time with it.

Quite the mortices you've dug there ... and brilliant, albeit a bit unconventional chiseling implements! Seriously, ingenuity at its finest!

Wow! Totally awesome! I can’t wait to see your progress! 👍👍👍

Didn't get a chance to watch this one until today. Letting your kids watch you work is great for them(even if you don't think they are paying attention). I learned all my building know how from watching my dad build things while growing up. The experience is/was worth its weight in gold.

I’m so pleased to see you living in that house it’s so lovely 😊 ingenious using the tractor forks 😊👍 good on you spending time that matters and working when it’s needed, I for one salute you 😊

I love seeing the work on this project!!!

If stormwater flows down the slope toward your planned wall location, you should install 4 in. perforated drainage pipe on the outside of the wall footer; lined with gravel and wrapped in geotextile.

I definitely get what you're saying about doing what you want, when you want! Unfortunately I'm currently in the opposite position of that, but I was there and trying to work my way back there. I've heard relatives say that same thing. "Dont work your life away". Keep talking on your videos brother, You reaffirm a lot of stuff that I've been thinking, feeling or wanting. Life is too short. You are blessed to be able to set your own schedule.

Maybe I just don’t get around much, but I have never seen anyone use the forks to dig a trench. Genius! Love your videos 😊

Great stuff! Really appreciate the perspective!

You are building memories for your kids, also. Some of my happiest memories are working outside with dad, or in the house with mom. Consequently, I learned to do many tasks and was able to pass these on to my children.

@homemadehome5575

2 ай бұрын

I'm transitioning toward having to get some more financial momentum going again, hence the more frequent videos and other things I do off camera.

Super smart trenching technique !

yay an update. You put in windows! Your house needs a front porch. =) Glad you moved into it. it's a great solid house.

Go for it and enjoy!

Long time follower - glad to see you've (apparently) moved into the brick home - nice to "work" near home.

Work smarter , not harder. Love the content and your vision.

I’m loving this build. I just purchased a covered bridge structure that I plan to disassemble and reassemble on some land to repurpose as my home. It’s 16.5’ x 54’ and a soaring 28’ tall. Your videos are giving me a lot of ideas while I’m planning my next steps.

It's a masterpiece. I LOVE IT!

Great job man 👍🏼👌🏼

The thing has evolved. Just like all your other projects and they all turn out wonderfully.

Long time viewer, first time commenter lol I love seeing you working with your little boy. I do EVERYTHING with my 2 year old. We do Hone Depot trips, to yard work, heck I’ve taken him on some of my plumbing jobs too. The boys LOVE it!

@homemadehome5575

2 ай бұрын

Thanks man.

I've never seen the forks used in that way and it seems to work great!!

Appreciate your videos dude!

I always enjoy your video's, very inspirational.

Looking good, thanks for sharing. Ron PTL USA

I respect and admire your work ethic and that you are not afraid of doing things differently. I have never seen anyone dig footers with forks on a tractor.

Between the two projects that you have going on....I like this one the best. Hard to beat the landscape view and the rustic looking barn. Always enjoy the videos....keep up the good work!

I love these videos always such a surprise and interesting

@homemadehome5575

2 ай бұрын

Thanks.

Expansion, Very Kool

People commenting about the $9000 house revealing they either haven't finished this video before commenting or weren't paying attention.

@adrienneclarke3953

2 ай бұрын

They comment out of love and interest. Besides any comment helps the algorithm.

very cool!

Keep doing it your way,,,,,,

Never seen pallets forks used to dig a ditch! Nice job.

can't wait been a long time

I built a barn that is 40 x 44 for about $7000. That's just the poles, purlins, gurts, metal, and hardware. Currently still has a dirt floor. I was building it mostly by myself with help from my teenage sons occasionally. So I built it with a 16 ft Central Bay and 2 14 ft lean twos on each side. I built homemade 16 ft trusses for the center Bay. The construction technique was easier for me being mostly a one-man show. Good luck on your project

I like the innovative makeshift excavator 12" bucket (using the blades)...!

Godspeed

I you paid someone, it would probably cost four times as much, maybe more. I understand what you say regarding actually getting out and doing something, where you learn as you go. I've done projects where, if I'd known what it was going to take, I might not have undertaken it in the first place. But, no regrets. You are doing great. You're the sort of person that a company would love to have working for them, but they couldn't pay you enough.

You are not lost behind a challenge, nice "excavator" solution

Advice from an old lady: do what you love, life is short! I see you using your artistic talents in all that you do and your life seems very fulfilled! Many blessings on your continuing path of bliss. ❤

consider a drain tile outside the foundation to divert rainwater

I'd suggest you put stubbed pipes through that wall for septic water and electric. Might add those one day, it'd be good to not have to dynamite your wall to make it happen.

Argee on the not working for someone elses goals. I am a teacher so it doesn't really apply to my situation but i stopped working full time a long time ago. I just need to be in the garden and work on my own house and projects. Sitting still all day drives me up the wall, so I won't.

I boxed out an entry sidewalk just in case there was left over concrete. There was and it looked great.

It recently cost us $3000 to have a driveway and sidewalk done on our house. I didn't think that was too bad, they worked hard. We are in our 70's now so concrete and roofing are two things we don't do anymore. The Amish are going to build us a garage this summer. We still do everything else but when you get older you don't mind paying for some things. We have remodeled a lot of houses in our 50 years, this might be the last one. Or maybe one more lol.

Excavator rental companies hate this one weird trick! lol

@homemadehome5575

2 ай бұрын

Funny

1st time I ever seen someone "dig" a trench with forks on a tractor. 👏👏👏 , bravo! Think smarter, don't work harder! Also, the ideal of trenching for water... can you also lay pipe conduit for electricity at the same time? same trench? Or would you have to space out the forks and run 2 trenches at the same time?

One last post. You have your head on straight, in my humble opinion.

Do not let us wait to long on the next video😊😊😊😊

Good for you! Glad to see you back at it! When did you move into the house on that property? I always assumed you rented the house out...

The children on jobsite comment had me thinking of a common sign on building sites in Germany that basically tells parents they're liable for their children. Which, yes, parents are liable for the damages children do to work sites, like a teen cutting through a wire fence and tagging a newly painted outside wall. What the sign *suggests* is that parents are liable if a job site is unsecured enough for children to get in and hurt themselves, like a site manager leaving a gate open overnight, a toddler toddling in to go see the excavator, and ending up in hospital. Which usually isn't true... Unless the parents own and operate the building site. Congrats on being "a rare exception that no one ever needs to worry about", as my teacher put it.

@homemadehome5575

2 ай бұрын

It's a balance, don't want the getting hurt but can't make them worthless either.

Never seen anyone use forks to trench before. Whatever works!

I hope you’re out of any tornado alley part of the USA. 👍

I have never seen anybody dig trench with a fork like that. Way to use what you have.

Have you thought about painting this barn?

What? Where did that little boy come from? You been doing a lot more than you're telling us ... Did you guys move into that house? Great music as usual.

süperrr 👍🏻🇹🇷

Wait until he goes back to the $9k house and finds out the giant block of concrete in the basement has crawled out of its grave and is living on the second floor.

Great work take your time on the 9000 house

What is the frost line where you are building? In Michigan it is a required depth of 42" for a foundation/ratwall.

What is happening with the $9000 house? It would be nice to know! Margaret

👍👍

7:04 appropriating the forks on the tractor like that is quite the idea... I wonder how and when you came up with that ?

@homemadehome5575

2 ай бұрын

I read something one time about someone using a single fork to put in an electric line, remembered it when I was about to start and tried it.

Is the 9k house done?

Innovative guy. No backhoe or excavator? Hey, a spade's a spade, right?

That was my comment I made in jest a few episodes ago: "Next videos he will add an extra wing instead of a lean-to, build a hot tub pad, add a garage and before we realize it, it will be a small mansion. :)" We're not that far off now.

If you want drainage on the high side, wouldn't a french drain be best, in which case you need a wider trench? Maybe it's time to buy two more forks 😃

@homemadehome5575

2 ай бұрын

Something like that is the plan.

So did you move into this house, the red one?

Do what you have to do to enjoy life.

I watch this whole video, listen to the whole narrative and still have no clue what the "retaining wall" would be retaining.

👍

Sorry if this has already been addressed, but do you have to meet planning permission over there, either before or retrospectively?