Good morning Morgan family! One thing we can do is pray for our country to heal. Glad you are safe after yesterday’s events.

Mike thanx for your insight yesterday. GOD BLESS AMERICA

Good Morning Morgan Family 🌞- Have a Wonderful and Blessed Day 🤠. You and Melissa did a great job on the live stream last night. Praying for those that were shot.

Thank you Mike for yesterday live post ! Thank God you guys came back unharmed and safe !

@DonSherman

Ай бұрын

Unarmed...

@frenchyqbec

Ай бұрын

@@DonSherman sorry … unharmed

@DonSherman

Ай бұрын

@@frenchyqbec ah, makes more sense that way

@probuilder961

Ай бұрын

I never got an alert to a live post!

@spillman1569

Ай бұрын

I did not either​@@probuilder961

The live stream was heroic, the video today just showed what a dedicated man you are to do things right!!

@Ikkeligeglad

Ай бұрын

heroic?

I love this channel. 1. Interesting topics 2. Common sense and helpful tips 3. It allows Mike to be at home and work hard with his family. 4. By watching entertaining videos I can in a small indirect way support Hunter 5. Helped me start my own firewood business

I know this was filmed before Saturday but I wanted to say I’m glad you are safe ❤️

Mike I must say, you've got those Stop Signs down pat now.

Good Morgan family 😀 Grateful that you are safe Mike! 🇺🇸

Perfect stop, thank you sir!

I really did enjoy your live last night!!! Proud to know or at least know of you!!!

I really appreciate your videos and the honesty of your live stream yesterday. God Bless you and your family

I loved your stop sign that was hilarious

My grandfather carried a similar looking sabre when he was an Italian Ascari soldier. Very cool!

God bless you Mike and the rest of the Morgans. May the Lord protect you from the haters. Stay safe healthy and cool. Bill H from Cranberry Township

Morning. Nice stop at the stop sign. You stopped. I saw it. Have a great day.

@deanbehrens81

Ай бұрын

Twice

@happyrecluse2849

Ай бұрын

I totally agree, he absolutely stopped but had to pause it to be sure.....

I live by the Quabbin Reservoir is the largest inland body of water in Massachusetts, and was built between 1930 and 1939. Along with the Wachusett Reservoir, it is the primary water supply for Boston, 65 miles to the east, and 40 other cities and towns in Greater Boston. 39 sq miles of woodland and water shed. Wildlife galore, Moose, bear, turkey, etc. Western Ma far different than Boston area. Best wishes to all…!!!

Cool to see the bear at your place. Nice to have a healthy ecosystem around you

God Bless and keep protecting the Morgan family. Take care family!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Good morning Morgan family! Glad you are safe from last night's unfortunate event.

When I was young, our family vacation was always at Cook forest and we always had good time. I said that because you mentioned Clarion, PA. My father was born in Perryopolis, PA. and his mother moved all nine kids to North Canton, OH.

Morning Mike , I seen your live broadcast last night Glad You and your friends are safe ...We all need to be upfront about who we are and defend those views ..Staying Silent doesnt work anymore , everyone should be angry at what happened ..GOD BLESS AMERICA !!

This comment is for your current video and past videos. I have been watching your channel on and off for a while now, and you struck a cord with me on the live Trump discussion. I find we have a lot in common on the status of our country. I really enjoy your videos!! Keep up the great work. We have a 41 year old living with us that is special needs. What a blessing to have him with us!!

Mike and Melissa are 2 of the most industrious people I know of.

Great live Saturday night! Thank you for sharing your experience and thoughts with us. You have a right to speak your mind and those who don’t like it can watch elsewhere. Hi to Hunter!

Creosote is great for sealing logs. My dad built a baseball backstop back in the seventies. He got an old milk can and filled it with creosote. He used cedar poles which he soaked the ends in. When we pulled the posts twenty some years later there was no deterioration on the post bottoms at all. Utilities use it on their poles. Gotta work very well.

@greghott9155

23 күн бұрын

And creosote was used for railroad ties. My granddad was a carpenter on the B & O RR and was commonly covered in creosote. He used it a lot on the farm too.

Mike, in my area here in western Colorado, I built a pole barn, 40 x 64, 22 years ago and only used raw gravel at the base of the poles. I did pour 1 foot of concrete for them to set on, but I did not use any concrete or dry mix. The poles are 4 feet in the ground and the gravel poured tightly around each one keeps them tight and the water is not held close around them. I have had no issues with any rot whatsoever!

Love the historical artifacts. I have an 1963 US Springfield my ancestors carried in the Civil War

Hello! 😊 The Ames Shovel Company originated in 1774 and products are sold even today. They were hired by the US government to supply shovels for the soldiers on the ground and also made sabers for them. Thus the trademark on this saber. After doing some research, I found out that the Ames Shovel Company did not make sabers for the government but the Ames Manufacturing Company did. They were two separate companies. Sorry for the misinformation.

@peteatthefarm4459

Ай бұрын

Morning David another hot one here, enjoy your Sunday...

I love collecting old Boy Scout Of America knives. I have a pretty large collection so when I saw that Saber that was right up my alley. Your dad must have been an interesting fellow. I miss my dad but life goes on. That Cub Cadet really gets on. Have a great day :)

Thanks for coming to a complete STOP at the sign. I would hate to see someone lose their composure in the comment section.

@stephendobie5013

Ай бұрын

Hahaha....good poke. Some people. Have a great day.

@mattpobursky850

Ай бұрын

I almost spit my morning coffee! That was great...

@badcat4707

Ай бұрын

😹😸😹

@R.L.woodbaron

Ай бұрын

Haha you beat to commenting on this! However it looked like a pause in the video…not sure the wheels ever stopped turning in real life! 😂

@curtwalp5120

Ай бұрын

I can neither confirm nor deny you came to a complete stop at the sign. Plausible deniability.

Yep, steel on surface has a distinct sound to it

😅 Love the "stop" or should I say the troll. 😂😅 Have a blessed one from Crowley, Texas!

Thanks for your channel Mike, I try to start my day by watching the latest update. So good to see the deer and the bear as well as the other stuff. I love your interaction with the Huntman and it was no surprise to hear recently Melissa was a disability worker, what a darling lady she is. Looking forward to seeing the new shed constructed. Gav from Wolumla, Australia

Hey Mike, The reason logs are cut with a little extra on the length is so the carpenters using it will have enough to square it or cut off a bad end and still have the right length needed. Stay safe and God bless you.

Just so glad you guys are around after yesterday, I enjoyed your live stream. ❤

As a woodturner it is great to see you sealing the ends of your saw logs. The local Woodturning clubs purchases Anchor seal in the 60 gallons drum and rebottles it to sale to members $35 per gallon, a real me,beer benefit. Stay safe

Hey Mike I love that zero turn mower you were running. I’m so glad that you came to a full stop at both of those stop signs. 😅. You’re getting all those logs organized and looking good. Cool video. 👍❤️

I’d love to see more Civil War items from your Dad’s collection. I’ve always been interested in war relics!

high mike , alan from south oxfordshire. england. on our farm just after the war our fence post to stop rot was to burn the bottoms to charcol some are still there to day stops rot. all the best to you both alan

Cool to see the bear. A couple springs ago our dog chased off a bear. It was amazing to watch. You train your dogs for instances like this. And to watch it unfold was pretty dang cool. My wife is constantly telling me to take a side arm with me when I’m down at our saw yard.

Poor concrete piers in sauna tubes and build off of that. Have a great day!

@ScottfromNB

Ай бұрын

Pressure treated lumber commonly sold to the public is clearly rated "Not for ground contact". There is "For ground contact" pressure treated, but my local hardware store didn't know what I was talking about when I asked for it. Concrete piers 6" out of the ground with an anchor bolt in it will last forever and are super cheap.

@davidmorse8432

Ай бұрын

@@gmpillar09 In lieu of Sono Tubes to you could use corrugated metal culvert pipe to form the concrete. They look pretty good.

Thanks For The Video Mike!! Nice To See Some Activity With The Bear !! Keep Smiling On!! 😅👍👊❤️

Thanks Mike. That is some fine red oak. Beautiful wood and look forward to seeing it turned into lumber. I guess it may be possible for that dude to follow you while you are on the Cub but doubtful he will be able to keep up with it. Take care during the dog days of summer.

Good morning Morgan's hope yal have a beautiful day I do like that mower yal have

Glad you are safe. Thanks for the imput from the "scene!'

Nice work obeying those stop signs LOL! That black bear looked like a healthy little rascal. Good vid.

Thanks that was awesome! I could tell it was a sword being pulled out of a scabbard, or across something metal.

I remember seeing my first turkey track. Now they're everywhere! Same with bear. Indiana County.

Good afternoon Hunter 👋👋😸 and family and friends 😸😺 wishing everyone a calm and peaceful Sunday 🙏🙏🙏

Mike, I didn't realize the great match of your picnic table and the wood grain concrete in front of the building. It looks great!

Mike, In the past I've used a mix of Creosote and sump oil. Using a 45 gallon drum, immerse the post ends, using a ratio of three parts creosote to one part of used sump oil. Ideally for several days, then hang the posts above the liquid to drain completely. Hope this helps. Regards Robin.

Around here Mt. a lot of people are building pole building by pouring a concrete column 6” or 1’ whatever you want then go up from there with your 6” x 6” post. Works great and no worries about post rotting.

Mike & Melissa, speak up anytime about our country, millions of Americans agree with you. It's really cool when you talk about your Dad's civil war collection, maybe you could do that a little more. Thanks Mike

I guessd it was a sword being removed from a scabbard. Love it how you look after your mum and help out your sister.Love to hear the story how you all ended up there.Maybe you could use brackets for the posts but would prolly need some diagonal bracing but the pine cladding would add some lateral stiffness

I'm like you with the weather, anything above about 85 and I need to get out of the sun, above 90 and I'm inside in the AC doing inside projects. I have my project list on my phone and I record the date each is completed. Like you I'm a project guy and can't stand still very long. Great job on the live stream, glad you were able to weed out the naysayers. We've got 12 turkeys around here (down from 24 in the spring), a few deer, a moose once in a while, no bear yet, bald eagles, coyotes once in a while, raccoons once in a while, a rabbit or 2.

First time I saw a turkey was when I was about maybe 19, driving the backroads. I stopped the car and got out, and it started running, so I ran behind it. and it ducked under a barbed wire fence and flew off. I was surprised, I didn't know they could fly :) Now they are everywhere. And, we had a lot of partridge, but you don't see them very often anymore. We used to have pheasants, but I think that was mostly because we had pheasant farms and some would escape.

Also loved yesterday's heart felt live stream I figured you were their told my wife I thought you lived pretty close God has a plan for America

For your implement shed posts, surely you have available eastern red cedar. A little shou sugi ban (charring) and/or a coat of roofing tar or whatever the synthetic equivalent is. The ground contact areas will last a long time.

I would recommend railroad ties New ones from the railroad for the posts you put in the ground. The wood always rotes at ground level, The other thing you can do is when filling the hole with concrete keep the concrete thick and bring it up higher than the ground and angle the top for good water run off.

I may not agree with your politics, but I am glad to hear you, your family and friends are OK. I can not imagine what is going through mind! Thx for bringing us along😊😊😊 John Ken

Thanks for the story about your Dads saber, I inherited one from my Father, a civl war era NCOs saber. Thanks again. R. Old

We have friends from Sudbury Canada & they have them in their yards all the time. Ive never seen one myself but hope to next year when we go up to Sudbury next year for scouts

That Cub Cadet has incredible brakes, it's like time itself stopped.

Morning Morgan's, We stay at Allegany State Park occasionally and see a lot of Bears there. Get one once and awhile here in Western NY. Good job on the live stream, glad to see you are safe. Have a great Day everyone.

I've been on several different zero turn mowers. My dad bought the mower you have. We live in north central Ky. I can mow everything dad does. However, he does it much easier and faster than me. It never slips or slides on a bank. I do think on a perfectly flat yard, a zero turn will turn faster. However, on slopes, hard to beat the front wheels being controlled. Instead of them being just casters.

Yep! High 70's or 80's is what we call a beautiful day!

Hi Mike,. I saw a black bear in Clarion County too a few years back near a bridge project. He stood up and it was the coolest thing to see. Probably around 400lbs but hard to say. Hope all is well with your family.

We just had a garage/shop built and the posts have a product called “post protectors “ put on them, it’s a sleeve that goes over the end of the post that goes in the ground.

There is a wrap you can use. You only need to cover the top 15 or 16 inches the bottom if it is in a good gravel is down to far to rot (so I have been told by an old fence builder with 30 yrs experience).

Good morning my friends. First of all Good job at the stop signs lol it made my wife and I to laugh.. loved the Saber I said the sound was a large knife on a wet stone. Thought about the one in your console at the federal bldg parking lot.

YEP WE HAD OUR FIRST BLACK BEAR AT OUR PLACE THIS YEAR .. FUN TO SEE BUT I HOPE HE WAS JUST PASSING THROUGH 🤔

Mike I've watched your videos since the beginning. I think you seem to share the beliefs of most of our country. I was proud of you guys doing the live stream last night. Glad your safe! KC

I think coating posts with "tar" should work. I used a latex/tar roof sealer on the posts when I built my chicken coop. Six years on and it's holding up great, no signs of rot at ground level. I've also heard that you can drill a couple of holes in a post just above ground level, then fill the holes with a mix of used motor oil and diesel. Refresh the oil mixture every six months to a year.

Mike look at the post savers, they are preformed plastic that fit either 4x4 or 6x6 posts, the 6x6 ones are 60 inches tall and the 4x4 ones are 42 inches tall. Hope this helps.

Great videos. With respect to the shed in the clearing, Danial from Arms Family Homestead had a storage shed built and they used post inserts to set the post on. Using them, the entire shed could be built from red pine. There would be no ground contact of the red pine.

Hey Mike, wrap the bottom of your post with black Zip Systems tape and they'll be fine. All builders use it and its available at the big box stores.

Good morning Mike. So glad you are doing well. Love the content of this video.

I love anything military especially civil war items Great video Mike and Melissa!

That's to funny!!!!!!! I remember some people claiming you weren't stopping property at stop sign so when I saw the sign and the pause in the video I bout fell off my chair laughing, The video stopped so as far as I'm concerned so did you. Great way to start my day with a light hearted moment. Congrats and THANKS!!! My day's been made!!!

Thank you for showing some of your father's collection! My Dad started collecting in high school (mid 1930s)

Blue Ford would be a great firewood delivery vehicle. Especially for more than one cord...

I like how you stopped at the stop sign. Lol. My wife and I watched your live stream last night. We are glad you are safe and we are praying for Trump's fast recovery and return to the campaign trail. God Bless you and your family.

Ironically I knew that sound. Having an 1861 Union Calvary Sword purchased at a yard sale years ago! Hold on to it…literally!

Neet, I have a WW2 Japanese Bayonet. I kept it in my golf bag when I used to play golf. It came in handy when I needed to "adjust" the amount of pine tree limbs in my way....Banzai ya'll

LOL, love the stops. When I saw the video title, I was sure you finally saw a Sasquatch, LOL!!

A friend of mine ssd tarted a little nursery. The deer came in and bv were eating his trees just as fast as he planted them. I siggested he put in a crop of buckwheat around his nursery stock. The deer went for it. Plus the buckwheat will reseed itself , if the deer leave it long enough to go to seed.

Nice NON-Stop there Mike.

Good day Mike, about that shed you want to build in the field. If you use cement sonotubes, sticking out a foot and mount your posts on top. They will last for ever, pressure treated timber is not like it used to be, I’ve heard that 10 year is normal life expectancy for the brown posts. Great videos, wife and I enjoy watch. Enjoy

Morning Mike. Great job on your live yesterday. We love your family, glad you are all safe. Your interactions with the Hunt man brings a great insight to your family values. Love Hunter, cannot believe some of the comments in your live stream yesterday. What a great inventory you have in your wood yard, keep up the great work. I believe you culled a few subscribers yesterday and I’m sure it won’t hurt you a bit. 👍

Good morning Morgan family. Thank you for the video yesterday. I don't understand people who think it was okay for someone to take another person's life.

@davidmorse8432

Ай бұрын

They don't, "think" !

Mike not sure why I missed this video but it just popped up. I live in Mass. and grew up down the street from the Ames estate they originally were known for making shovels during the California gold rush. The original person was Oliver Ames he and his family had a factory in the town of Easton, Ma. They had a beautiful piece of land that was donated to the state it is now known as Borderland State Park. I believe it's on line so you can check it out . When we were kids we used to go in there and go swimming the place was amazing and the history of the Ames family is vey interesting. If you google Oliver Ames or Borderland State Park there is a lot of good information. Have a good day. John

Might want to put a Grass Flap on it to keep clippings out of those beds. Thanks for the sword demo.

Mower comparisons: my zero turn is great, But, it can get stuck pretty easily. When one wheel spins, the other will turn you in a circle. Almost makes a hole deeper under the spinning wheel. The caster up front turns towards the twist. With the stearable front wheels, I think it would resist the turn some cause the rear wheel with drive would have to drag the front wheel sideways instead of castering around. Interesting to think about. We don't have enough slope to rest the problem with that. Good luck...thanks for the videos.

Get yourself some black locust logs from your friend for the posts on your shed. Those will last decades.

@scotanderson6857

Ай бұрын

I have heard charring wood helps against rot!

There is a concrete tar sealant on the post. It works really well and is not hard to do yourself.

Morgan Highway to get it's first Rest Area. Bear got pushed out of it's mother's den. Searching for bedding area to occupy. Your wood yard is ready for production. Hot dog safe 👍👍👍

You stated that you wanted something that wouldn’t rot when buried in the ground. Well, you got it in your log pile. Cut 6”X6” Cedar posts for constructing your new building. I’m from Texas and Cedar lasts a long time here.

For your posts in the ground, you could auger holes, pour concrete piers to 6" above grade, mount a post mount, and build up from there... no ground contact, noting to rot your wood!

Check out perma columns, high strength concrete post that you attach a wood post to. I used them on a pole barn and don't have to worry about rot.