great finds .the caster wheels were for moving pianos around.

You need to let a historian look at the main part of the house, I believe it is a log cabin . I’m a retired building inspector and the large beams that are grouted look familiar.

@sharong8511

5 күн бұрын

You must have seen some interesting techniques used over the years you were a building inspector as well as some very beautiful work done by craftsmen of the past. The beams in the house my father built were salvaged from another house his mother bought for him to reuse. I can see the axe marks on the part of it that is still exposed.

jiffy bucket and the other bucket are part of an ice cream maker. it's missing the top with the hand crank. you put ice and salt in the big bucket and ice creams ingrediants in the little bucket, then a hand crandkspins the little bucket inside the salty ice until it freezes solid. It's more soft serve consistancy, but you can make any flavors youy want.

I would tear down the rear additions. But the original front section appears to be a log cabin underneath. It would be sad to see it torn down. But if you must, make sure it is taken down piece by piece. The old timbers could bring in some decent change. Old growth wood is really not available any longer.

This is one of the KZread channels that proves this is how KZread should be. Straight to the action footage, no ads and pure honesty with some humor. I recently went into motorcycles 2-3 years ago. I was gifted to find this channel with you doing motorcycle rebuilds with REAL information and great edits. Continue to grow with hands on work and please upload any type of content that contains any type of build. It can be a fallout shelter in Maine. Abandoned house next door you’re gonna rebuild or even fixing up some car. It will all be great content because of your skills talent and humor! Thanks for being one of the TRUE last KZreadrs around that cares about us 👍

@RKMotorsports

8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! I truly appreciate feedback like this!

The little Casco fan a 6 volt dash or column mounted fan for 30's - 40's GM bus or truck ( some used them in cars as well ) used to cool the driver some in the heat .Neat find and if it does work could be worth some good money around 200 US or so . Good Rat Rod Stuff it is or restore parts to that guy that needs it .

The "jar" is a old seltzer bottle for carbonated water. The metal net is for protecvtion in case the presurised liquis is too much for the glass and it explodes. Later on they developed stronger glass so the nets were discontinued.

The jug with the metal I believe is a kerosene jug for an old stove and I have the stove but I don't have the jug

@JimmyCandFriends

2 күн бұрын

You know the deal.

Hi :) That's a fascinating 181 year old house. While it's a shame it cannot be saved it would be more so if the content and structural parts were not gone thru most thoroughly. So many collectibles in there! I'm no expert but I've had two experiences with old abandoned houses and a family member has bought several more. Our approach was to proceed one room at a time, emptying it out completely. Determine what is trash and what is to kept or sold. The dollar value of old things can be a real surprise! I'd offer suggestions here but I realize your video is now many months old with no update, so it's likely you already tore it down. I hope at least you were able to get in touch with an architectural salvage buyer, as all the old beams and original hardware (even nails) would have been sought after items. Indeed, some of the dimensional lumber in the addition looked to be of an old style no longer made, as in a "2 b y 4" today is much smaller than they used to be! Anyway, sure hope it all worked out well for you :)

@RedRuffinsore

25 күн бұрын

Heck, the square nails I saw are probably worth a bit.

The thing in the jiffy bucket was an old ice cream maker.

It's a old log cabin that was converted. Into a modern home that's why you have the big logs in the wall. The little storage space in the attic makes sense as well that it was a log cabin. Log cabins older designs use to have what's called dry storage it was use primarily for storing food and dry goods off the ground and away from bears. I believe that is what you have there.

@puresniper6828

2 ай бұрын

I saw the video and came here to say the same thing! They aren't beams they are logs! It's a very old structure! Log home conversion!

@georgehilton1439

Ай бұрын

Big jug is for kerosene, like a kerosene heater or stove

Barnwood Builders buys old log cabins and restores them.

I think the large bottle you found goes with the stand you found that you said looks like a drinking fountain. The Jiffy bucket is a old ice cream maker. The baseball bat looks like its for stickball.

The jug held gas for the back of a woodstove in a kitchen ❤

Bones on the house looks good, just need to clean it up and see where all the leaks coming from. I would keep it and make cheap fixes for the holes for the coming winter.

@EnufIsTooMuch

Ай бұрын

Not disagreeing but there architectural salvage buyers that would pay good money for nearly 200 year old timbers. Same for any old door hinges or other hardware from times long ago. People buy that stuff, sand it down to remove the surface rot and build expensive houses that show off the ancient wood. Serious lot of money gets spent on such things.

OMG I would love those old ice skates.

Blue cap with holes is a damper control for stove pipe. The three wheeled Dollie’s are for moving heavy furniture like a piano, stand up pole with container is an ashtray/lamp stand. Paint mixer in bucket, small fan was also stove pipe related is my guess. Today, they make small fans to distribute the heat lost through the flue pipe.

The angle u had on that ladder was insane lol glad u made it down okay

Don’t tear it down It would not take much to bring this house up to code Bru Ugg this is Wht happen to history when folks buy stuff and don’t have an eye for things especially historical homes . This is a treasure Bru

Jiffy= ice cream maker, 3-wheelers are for moving things like pianos.

This was awesome! I subscribed to your channel when you put out the previous video of going through the house when you bought it. I think it’s fascinating and it was fun going with you in the secret room…what an interesting horde of items up there!

Gloves, Rob. Always use gloves in this kind of "explorations". Maybe I forgot but I want to know what happened with the motorcycle you found there. Cheers

@shawnking616

Күн бұрын

Hire a historian Bru to over look this beautiful farm house . U have a treasure and don’t even know . Do not tear it down because u see a lil rot . This can reality be fixed . Please get advice from someone that knows best before u make the wrong decision please please don’t tear it down

That house is really cool. Lots of old stuff that might be worth money. Too bad it’s in rough shape. It needs to be saved by fixing it or dismantle it piece by piece. There is a lot of value in the wood framing, doors and hardware.

You have a log cabin in there. If there is any way to save it do it! Rip off the add ons. That is history to your county. Before you tear it down investigate. There is a company that buys them. At least look into saving some history. They will come and dissemble them, number the logs how they take it apart and will haul it away. They will put it up somewhere else or use logs to replace old logs in ones they are rebuilding. They actually have/had a diy show with them taking the log cabins down and renuilding. I'll see if I can find a link to their show.

Hello. my two cents... Build further away from the road and add a a screen of trees to cut the noise and provide some intimacy. Also make your driveway in a circle or wide enough to turn around and be able to drive out.

That house looks like it was built over an old cabin. There are companies on the East Coast that will buy it and dismantle it and take it away for the inner timbers because you can't get wood like that anymore. They had a TV show called Barnwood Builders

We're glad you made it back down that ladder. RK Motorsports wouldn't quite be the same without RK!

@RKMotorsports

8 ай бұрын

It was tricky getting back down from up there!

Hey Rob. I think that strange jug, metal pedestal, and that round, metal thing all go together, and my guess would be some kind of carbide lamp? It's a gut feeling! Thanks for your videos. I always look forward to your new content. Also, IMO, that is an original log home built with heart pine, which is preserved by the resin content of the log. It looked like you could actually see the see/adze marks from when the logs were hewn. Good luck with your decisions!

@RKMotorsports

8 ай бұрын

That might be what those items are! And yes, its cool to see the hand hewn marks on the logs!

My perspective from the UK. House looks like it has solid bones. Empty it and clean it out, so you have a clean slate to make a decision as to whether to save it or knock it down. I suspect replacing the windows, repairing the roof and outside cladding, will be the cheaper option, compared to constructing a new building with today’s materials and labour costs. Good luck!

I would use those casters under the legs of a safe or heavy table so I could roll it around instead of dragging it around .

Ahh could possibly be a moonshine jug ,,it is very old and those also were ice skating blades ,, so sad the house wasn't restored years ago ,,the thick beams could be salvaged when you tear down the house and used for some reason,,save what you can ,,the land was worth it anyway ,,thanks for the video be careful of the critters

Smart thing to do here is just tear it down & rebuild a new home. Its way too damaged, rotted & structurally unsound. It would take a small fortune & time to make it right again🙄

@lisamackenzie-adams9853

2 күн бұрын

I have to agree might be cheaper in the long run. Could build a house and a motorcycle shop where people can buy bikes.

Those are skates, vintage clamp on skates that clamped onto your shoe. The round box is for a gas lighting along with the pole up there. The pole and fishing reel could be of some value. The casters look like the old style casters for wood stoves

Make sure the log timbers are saved if you decide to tear down . Those logs were probably from the 1600s

Castors for moving heavy furniture perhaps

Logs are valuable!! Used to be a show called Barnwood Builders. They went around the country buying old logs from house covered up with more modern finishes. Sell them!! Call an antique dealer to scrounge around for other valuables, they could also help price Jars (save those glass lids!!). Good luck.

If I may, I would not suggest that you throw those radiators out of the second floor. Cast iron is brittle and the shock from hitting the ground will probably render them scrap. Much better idea to clean them up and sell them to homeowners who like you said would like to keep their house the way it was.

12:50 I believe is an electrical box and switch of some sort. The fan is probably low voltage for mounting in a vehicle.

you should find an antique dealer and have them go through the whole house and shed

10:44 These go under the legs of a piano so that it can be moved from storage to concert room. This also explains why there are 3 pieces of them. Quite expensive, 3 pieces currently about 800 ... 1200 Eur.

I have a lot of dreams of places like this and crawling in little rooms and doors

I would take it all the way down to the solid wood structure and just restore that it would turn out nice log home

Please, please do not demolish this old house. Take your time to renovate this. Start with totally strip this place and you wil see it' s historic core! Greetings from Holland.

the JIFFY bucket is part of an ice cream maker.

I really hope you keep the crime scene book you found in the first video. I would love to read it.

The item at 12:54 is an electrical box for a light. and the dangley part was to hold the globe to it on.

Gonna be a load of work to renovate that place. New roof all over, new siding w/ insulation, probably some foundation and chimney problems to remedy. All rooms demoed to the studs so you can find all the rotten stuff. You'll be filling roll-off dumpsters to clean that place out. Suggest parking one right alongside so you can empty debris out the windows.

Those heat radiotators in that house are worth money

I thought that big bottle might have been used to get oil for heating your house. You could buy at corner store .

I'd wear a respirator or a good mask. All that mold and shit dust you kick up is not good for you at all. What is the cost to demo it vs getting it dry and secure? I think that would be a great winter project when you slow. Just get a big school bell and mount it at the shop so you can hear them in the house if you're working.

You should do some research before you tear it down. The front section of that house is log cabin construction, cabins of that size were inns or pubs, could have historical significants to your area, someone might want to buy it or move it. You never know could be of great value. Worth a little time to find out.

Gut it down to the parts you would like to save.Then decide what you might can use it for.Say a sales office or a place for employees to take breaks.

Keep the fan as a keeps sake for the shop. El Casco is Spanish for crash helmet…..😀

You realize that the old sideing was asbestos right. My grandma house had same siding and had to have it all abated.

Casters for piano moving.

That old jug is nice

Old mixing thing with bucket is an old hand made ice cream maker

Maybe a secret club house for a kid.

If you haven't figured it out yet that drinking fountain I think is sn safety shower

What if the house has a horrible past? If that ice skate belong to a person that was held captive in the add on section in the back of the house. That would be crazy

that repsol though!

I'd say wine aswell

Google lens some of this cool stuff

i think the casters are for moving something like a piano.

That fan is for old cars or trucks, mainly used in old school buses or dump trucks

@EnufIsTooMuch

Ай бұрын

My thought too. The electric cord looked to be woven insulation, making it very old.

It's a 12volt fan for stepvan.

Ice cream freezer. Was that to make wine?

Im thinking the mesh covered juh is a seltzer bottle.

The "jiffy thing" is a Jiffy Ice Cream Freezer. there would have been a top for the smaller part w/ the stirrer ....and probably crank attached to the top.. the the wheels on the metal things are used to moved furniture or store fixtures.. the large jug covered in metal with the spring top looks like it might have been part of an oil/kerosene stove...when placed in the stove upside down/..the spring would be pressed releasing oil...the casco electric fan looks like the fand that would have been attached to the dash area of an old school buss or truck to cool the driver in the days before air conditioning... There are so fiew houses left that are of the log construction...it is truely a shame that you have decided to demolish the whole house.......I would demolish all the additions to the house but save/restore the original log construction part....have you talked to the local historical society? some group may want to dismantle the log part or at least use it logs in another restoration project

If we get a The Last of Us-type situation, we'll know where Rob got the cooties, ha-ha!

Not sure what it all is Rob but that white VW Golf outside the shop looked sweeeet! Any chance of a closer look?

@RKMotorsports

8 ай бұрын

That's my daily driver! Maybe I'll do a video on that one of these days!

@chuzzwade288

8 ай бұрын

Which model is it? Old GTi or GTD maybe? Or even better, and R32????

People will pay good money for those old metal fans

Bats can bring big money.

A tin roof like on barns isn't too expensive.

Does the jar goe with the pole bird thing

Some of those bats are worth money

I'd call Andrew Cameratta and have him demo that house he'd have it down in 2 weeks tops!!

I would take it down and save the old good logs and beams.

You should most definitely be wearing a mask and gloves while rooting through that house...with all the dust and animal droppings etc

Pretty sure the fan is from a dump truck or some sort of big truck

An outdo9r lamp that uses camdles

beware of asbestos in the old house.

Carfull the old blue? siding that was on the house may have had asbestos in it.

Cut your losses, this house will stress you out beyond belief and wreck your pocket Get the big bad wolf to come and blow it down ... The land will be worth more moving forward so see that as your investment.

What's our budget? And when can me and other followers fly out and get to work!?❤🎉

The wheels are piano movers .

What happened to the motorcycle?

Fan most likely from a car/truck/bus.

Hola que paso con la moto guzzi

Was there a hospital in area or a sick senior in-house?

I have been awakened (i subbed for the house 😂)

I guess that you should demolish it and build something new.. should be cheaper..

I am from the UK so I may get the words wrong but I think the jar is from a heater that used kerosene I think you call it. The jar when filled would be turned upside down and the spring allows the fuel to flow at a slow amount, onto a wick or burner.

17"05 it for a kero heater

The previous owner of the house since to own a truck because that fan used to be use for cool your sell many years ago

Renovation yes i denk so🤔🤔🤔

An old stand lamp

Karasine

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what year was this built , me n the misses spent last weekend in a restored house built in 1548

@RKMotorsports

8 ай бұрын

This was built in 1843!

@mariajhanley5172

17 күн бұрын

@@RKMotorsports Are you sure or is that the first time it's listed in the real estate records? I suspect it is much older. The types of nails... the hand hewn logs... get an expert in architecture to focus in on it. Great series of videos. Please don't tear it down. If this were my project (I restored & rehabbed a TN folk Victorian in 2016 that went through many "remodels" over the decades), I would remodel it for your modern needs but keep much of the original architecture for historical value. It can be integrated respectfully without compromising comfort and function. Also, you may be able to get grant money from the town or state - contact your historical society if you have one. If you can't, let's set up a Go Fund Me and save this baby. And Who knew you could find old house dreams on a motorcycle channel? Subscribed to follow :)