Kevin Builds (Modern Self Reliance)
Kevin Builds (Modern Self Reliance)
Hi everyone, I'm Kevin and welcome to Modern Self Reliance! I'm from Northern Ontario and enjoy off griding.
This channel will approach self reliance from a modern perspective. and will focus on various build projects using modern amenities, and tools to build a completely self reliant lifestyle. I will cover a big variety of topics, from construction to meat smoking, and everything in between!
"Self-Reliance" is an 1841 essay written by American transcendentalist philosopher and essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson. It contains the most thorough statement of one of Emerson's recurrent themes: the need for each individual to avoid conformity and false consistency, and follow his own instincts and ideas.
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We should never put any expectations on a gift. Give the gift, walk away and don’t hold any expectations. Don’t follow up, don’t ask what, why or when. Don’t put people display when they are at their lowest. You should build it and move on.
Would you suffocate eventually?
There is no honour amongst people experiencing homelessness. I work with people experiencing homelessness and their biggest threat to their belongings is theft. If you want to donate something you have to expect they won’t have it the next time you see them. Either it was taken from them or they needed to trade for other necessities. Thank you for what you are doing, it gives me hope in humanity. ❤
i have no roof on my out door shower
A glorious hole is something else...
Was it $5000 total with shipping US? Sorry I might have missed that fact? I saw on the link looked cheaper? Anyway I like your torcher test! What better way to make sure you get your money worth? I say you did already even with the labor so far. God Bless Bull Lucero USMC
Uncle Ben is no longer an uncle, it's now Ben's original 🙁
What a awesome guy.
Kevin great idea and the build is spot on no need to change anything! I was a small kid at the age of 7 when we where homeless in California and lived in a tent under the freeway or an abandoned house afterwards i had a doughnut as food will my mom had a coffee! I remember it, and a helping hand can go a long way! We gathered can bottles and glass got some money and went to a hotel then on one step at a time! But the problem is that some homeless are that for a reason! Life is hard and some people just reach for addiction to slip away from reality! And there is no help for them they dont care anymore and that’s where the gov should step in and help them! So great work Kevin but PLEASE BE CAREFUL! As someone that was there seeing for a long time there are dangers with dealing with some homeless people!
What a kind guy this man is
Excellent job!! Excellent video! Thank you Kevin for your hard work! Cheers mate!
Which branch of the armed forces are you in?
you should provide a fishing pole
Thank you for your hard work on good deeds but people like that is just stuck in there ways but big salute 🫡 to you sir ❤❤
I think yours is better, would like to see U built truck camper in the back of a pickup truck.😎😎😎😎😎😎
I commented too soon
Looks like it's shaping up well, great idea by the way. I was thinking is there a solution for bathroom. Compostable toilets are expensive. But I've been looking😊 at off grid housing and they are easy to build
Confused about using diesel, I have asthma so I would have to stay far from that shelter if I needed it, but a. 250 watt solar panel is 60.00 once, not 30,00 every few days
U never lift of floor u dope
You're filming and treating this man like an animal
i worked for years as director of a homeless shelter and sad to say most homeless don't want to work just get by with handouts and street corners with a sign they have all told me this. and your intentions were great but sadly anything worth value there will be taken and sold and trash will get bad and eventually the shelter won't be fit to live in. alot of the homeless want booze or drugs and i can speak for me too because i was the same way many years ago but i found Jesus Christ he is what turned me around
When I was a kid I made every kind of elaborate fort that you could imagine from tree forts underground, floating forts, igloo forts.then I grew up and now build custom homes. I love what your doing it's like a modern version of my childhood .you need some BB guns and some m80s and I'd subscribe
I knew someone once who wanted to help people, but in the way that he wanted, not the way people needed. He expected people to respond in a certain way, and would be disappointed if they responded differently. I told him if you really care about helping someone, you have to do it without expectations. Expecting ANYTHING in return means you're helping for selfish reasons, and it's to make you feel good about yourself. Jim took the key to the hotel, because he was told the shelter was built for people who needed it and it was STAYING there. He was told when he needed to leave, he could lock it to keep his things safe and return, or keep the key and PASS IT ON to someone else he might know that needs it, or he could leave it. There's no shower in the shelter, so he may have gotten a hotel with a bunch of friends for a break and to get clean. Obviously a hotel is temporary, and he was coming back like he was told he COULD. He was probably confused by the phone call asking about the key. He was basically made to feel like he was EXPECTED to be there for the food delivery that this man was doing, because the phone call was pretty awkward. "Ok, I guess Ill just hang out, because it's a pretty far hike." You basically told him you were waiting for him, and you also changed your story telling him you decided to take the shelter back instead of leaving it like you said in the beginning. That's not fair. In the end, Jim found a warm place to stay, and another person in life who breaks promises. Now Jim has to come get his stuff right away "on your terms", when he was obviously returning after he's rested and showered at the hotel a few days. Meet people where there are, and don't expect them to come up to where you are in return.
I would pay you to build me a tiny home on my land in north bay Canada 🇨🇦 I need one for me and my dogs
we will rock you!😂
I 2nd the German wwll emergency exit. Badass bunker ya got there, can't wait to see her all finished. ❤💯
I have a friend I grew up with who became homeless for a few years. I tried to help him in multiple ways,gave him work,tried a lot of things. When he went homeless for a year I tried to even set him up outdoors and within a week there was nothing but bottles and trash everywhere. Ive been homeless myself and I'm an outdoors person,I never made the kind of mess he made. I kept my site very clean,I had a shower set up even with hot water. I took a shower everyday. My friend would go well over a month out of pure laziness. Some people are homeless because of genuine tragedy and some are because they just don't know how to take care of themselves at all and just play the victim constantly. Unfortunately,it's hard to tell which is which until it's too late🤷
Someone could trip on cable connected to the tree
Maybe also a toothbrush and some toothpaste would be good as well and a plastic cup for water? Also love what you are doing it’s super nice and I’m sure they appreciate it a lot. Much support from me❤️
Do i see bourbon on the wall?
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Not sure why you’re so fine about diesel exhaust. ‘The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) is part of the World Health Organization (WHO). One of its major goals is to identify causes of cancer. IARC classifies diesel engine exhaust as “carcinogenic to humans,” based on sufficient evidence that it is linked to an increased risk of lung cancer.’
what is this type of cylinder called?
You are an amazing person
I was homeless for a few months after I had a catastrophic car accident and my ex husband left me. It took me a month in a shelter to understand that I couldn’t safely stay there and then went on to stay with friends until my car accident settled. I couldn’t even imagine living like that for the rest of my life as a woman and I certainly couldn’t ever just expect others to pick up after me or provide me with things and not be extremely grateful. I now have my home paid off and I went without many things to get to this point so I could have piece of mind. You can’t help people who are not willing to help themselves.
Why would you turn up at night and first night How can it be a safe safe Turn up during day would have been 100% better
Thank you for trying, unfortunately the shelter is too far away to be useful to someone living on the streets. They need access to water and food and other services you can't get in the forest. Just trying to pay for the diesel and carry it out to the camp is not practical either. Like all real estate location is the most important.
Nice Misleading Click Bait Title.... I doubt a homeless person would go and live in their with snow all over the place. Clickbait setup confirmed.
New price with taxes is $6400+/- to the US... in case anyone is wondering.
Kevin - are your kick stands backing out of position as your are operating the crusher?
Looked like it didn't it.
I don't why I am not receiving the updates on your videos! Deanna and I are waiting for our unit to ship to Nevada! Awesome Stuff!! Thanks for the videos, Kevin!!
for sure the cot will be stolen
"Ramblings from a year later" Should have used a mortise joint for the top center wall support and ran wood like a + in the floor since it's clay/dirt and not rock to prevent kickout like it did.
I feel like this should be called, how to catch a homeless.
Great idea!!! Using those water containers and cages for a off grid shower. thanks!
I had only watched one half of the video when I wrote before but now I've finished it and have drawn new conclusions...you're just too nice Kevin. I watch a LOT of police cam videos as well as videos of homeless people and also subscribe to a channel called Invisible People by a guy who use to be homeless but is now doing better and helps them out by getting their stories out (you can donate to his channel as well). There is a survival mentality that creeps in, probably by necessity, that often doesn't include keeping their current stay-place clean and orderly. Often, gratitude doesn't figure into their lifestyle as well so let this be a learning experience for you Kevin, leave only as much as you can afford to lose as chances are, there won't be a lot of it left when they're gone. They're thinking of tomorrow and maybe the next day...and some of your things may be taken to be resold to someone else on the street. But I've too much so....best wishes from central Florida, you will be amply rewarded for your good nature and you kindness towards your fellow man. If only there were more like you.
You did a wonderful thing here Kevin, I was kind of thinking though when you showed up qa couple of hours after "Jim" moved in...wouldn't it have been nicer to let the the person have a night of rest and then "confront" him in the morning, when it's light outside and the occupant has had time to familiarize themselves with the setup...and gotten some rest. Maybe it's someone that's had to sleep on leaves for awhile, this is a major change and I would just let the person enjoy it without facing questions, at least for a few hours. But God will smile kindly upon you Kevin, for helping out those who are in need and He won't be nit-pickie like me for sure.
First time I hear that spiders live in holes...in a Japanese hole.
Whisk broom and dust pan to get the dirt and leaves out
Anyone complaining about the intro is probably heartless and soulless. It's never a bad thing to be against manufactured violence!