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[@sjvista]

Your spring is perfect! I did similar in my place in Colorado. That’s more then enough to provide all your family’s needs. Happy to discuss and help.

[@Alwonza]

Simply hilarious. The commotion you stirred was priceless. You were calm and at peace and the world around you was worried. Thanks for sharing.

[@johnsaintvincent8406]

The ashes of the burned branches are a good fertilizer and pesticide for the garden. I like your videos.

[@stevelalondejr2183]

Hope the tree beside the driveway doesn't end up dying since you covered the base & roots. Looking good kept the pace !!

[@jasona.126]

Thanks for sharing. I moved my family (wife and 2 young sons) to Central America last year, from the USA. Later this year it looks like we are going to go back to the States so I can build a "small" home where we can spend 4-5 months each year. I am thinking a 50' x 20'. I know I can do it, but in my mind I was starting to visualize the effort it would take and began wavering. It's nice to see someone tackling a project considerably bigger. Some of your ideas will be borrowed : )

[@lockedin60]

It is amazing the amount of work that goes into grading property. I know your intention is to grade parking space and level out a driveway. That is part of the joy of living among mountain terrain. But knowing that you have people that you can depend upon yet having the privacy that speaks to your soul. I have known city life to a large extent. I did foray into some country life by visiting my cousin on my grandfathers/uncles farm in the 1960'. I had the pleasure of picking cockle berries out of the vegetable garden and sucker tobacco. Not completely immune to the country/farm way of life. My mother experienced that and I am more grateful of her experience because it taught me that hard work is always a good thing.

[@stickit2theman1]

Looking good up there! Excited to see what you cook up for the water system!

[@ibisooyibo4770]

I've been having a terrible bout of anxiety lately and your videos tend to mellow me, out. Thanks Heath for having so many videos uploaded, enough to keep me sane for the entire day.

[@rabiagraney7079]

I remain amazed per usual at all the work you do alone. Incredible. I'm so happy your kids and family will have these video's to show Their kids about all the work you did on their house.

[@selador11]

Dude! Look at what you did! If yer not proud, I'm proud FOR you!

[@at347est]

Good to know people 8 miles away can see the smoke and show concern , good to know that the helicopter gets there to check it out .

[@Banjo-lm2wl]

I`ve missed your video`s and I have been waiting for this one. Love watching the work you do and seeing your family. The driveway looks really good . You have done a terrific job on it. well done. Hope you make another one real soon and long ones. Hope you have been feeling ok after your doctors appointment and that your results come back? I`m watching from Australia.

[@RedPoppyRanch]

Thank you!

[@gregorythomas333]

Digging & building a spring box would probably be your best bet for developing the spring. The driveway looks great!

[@ckm-mkc]

Good info about spring boxes here - inspectapedia.com/water/Spring_Box_Construction.php

[@stickit2theman1]

That would be cool to see!

[@carnagie85]

Excellent progress, your doing a great job.

[@slamsshenanigans2296]

That's a tough call trading off the backhoe, it may not be as good as the excavator at certain things but it is more useful overall. Place looks great, your doing fantastic!

[@Downeastwaves]

I love watching the backhoe working. Such a lot you can do with it!

[@eamsden1982]

You do create some good videos👍 Our farm used to run off a spring like that. Really clean water. It eventually dried up and we captured another higher flowing one. The water was just never as good from the new spring. That did look like a smokey old fire. I always use the deadest wood to get the best heat into a fire.. the crap you shove on top always smokes less when you have a good hot bed of heat/embers to put it into. No stopping the progress now 💥

[@micahwatson9017]

Hey Heath, the driveway looks awesome! That's going to make all the difference in getting up that hill. I just want to mention a couple things..... that tree along the driveway that got buried will most likely die in a year or two. I also told Terrill that you both should go in together on building a good grizzly bar out of scrap pipe/angle iron with a couple of different sized mesh mats in order to separate stone into different clarifications. That way you could both get your much needed rock and gravel from your own land without having to spend a fortune transporting it in. When you bed your driveway, put down geo fabric (not landscape fabric) first, then 2-4" rock, then your top coat of 3/4". The fabric will cost you $1500 for that driveway, but will save you over the decades of use by keeping the rock from being driven down into the soil. You can also use the classified material in a "French drain" for catching that spring. If you dig a catchment trench, start digging at the lowest point where your basin is going to be and start burying your solid supply pipe and work your way uphill. Then, once you reach the point to transition to perf pipe and gravel with fabric, any water that collects will have somewhere to drain. Install the French drain in sections, so that the seep/spring doesn't move on you. That's what happened to Terrill when his trench collapsed and the seep went deeper....you know as a plumber that water will take the path of least resistance. You need to give it a path of least resistance to follow - the gravel, then perf pipe, then solid pipe. That's why it's best to do before digging around the seep. Hope these ideas help!

[@jeffery19677]

Are you listening to music or podcasts with you earbuds in? I was originally worried about that dirt wall behind the house. I feel better now that you are shaving it into a better angle. To harvest the spring.. How about a French drain buried and graveled into the current wet spot and then cover with a layer of sod. Run the steel pipe 1nth (Yeah, that's a welder measurement.)downslope and let it go straight out the side of the hill. Let it run out far enough to add a 90 degree fitting to the top of your tank. That keeps your tank 20 feet above the house. If you don't have enough pressure, you can always install a booster pump. Good luck.

[@williamhustonrn6160]

i would look into rain capture system, maybe a multiple tank system, so the first one is the filter tank, so things can settle out in the first tank before they overflow into the other tanks. We have a family member in Arizona that lives this way, they have a 4 tank system, catching water off the roof of the house. In all the 20+ years they have lived there they have never run out of water, one year they got really close to running low on water, so they ordered a water truck out to the property with potable water, but they never got down low enough to actually use the water they ordered that year. The way his property is setup is the 4 tanks are setup behind the house in the back of the property so they are not visible to the public, near the road they have a freeze style water hydrant that they connected to the water truck, which back pumped in into the first tank to assure nothing needed to be settled out. Also if you plan on having a/c on the property, run your outlet from that to a holding tank, they did this and found that the a/c would output hundreds of gallons of water a year just while it ran.

[@colleenrodamer6230]

Great progress keep going I love what I’m seeing

[@PANTTERA1959]

Good husband,good dad,good man.

[@rowdyron32]

Thx for the great videos. I appreciate watching them and learning new things. You do good work.

[@jbrock4849]

Dig small pond for spring and elevate a storage tank close by, then get a solar powered pump to pump the tank full during the day. Could even use a wind powered windmill to fill up tank. Better yet both.

[@hartstudebakerkid]

While you still have the hoe dig in the spring area and open up a slot so you get the water moving. You can enlarge the slot later with the excavator. Once you know what your flow is from the spring then you can build a catch box and ram pump if need be to fill the 6000 gallon storage tank. Your house plumbing will work fine as long as you have 20 feet of hydraulic head. You might have to do a combination set up using both the spring and creek with a small dam in the creek to impound the water just enough to run a ram pump.

[@jdl7181]

nice project and hard work ! bigger windows would have been nice to have light inside and sun heat

[@timm2960]

Great job as always. Your getting there. Hopefully your health will improve. You are an inspiration to a lot of us.

[@RANDALLOLOGY]

Looking really good

[@salmonhunter7414]

Nice looking driveway. Top it and done, I know that cost. Great job.

[@mikelrunnels8386]

you should check that dirt from the area of the possible former creek there could be gold in it

[@waylonhartwell]

I think the combination of a skid steer excavator a great combo make up for the loss of the backhoe and if you happen to get your hands on a dump trailer that makes moving dirt and material have a lot easier with a truck

[@gracielapinon4118]

It looks good.

[@lillymaypatterson6375]

I always enjoy visiting with you.

[@lucietalavera6895]

Look so nice!!!!!

[@Parlusk]

You need to dig back in to the mountains and put a spring box it. Also, I would put 2-3 in Rock down on the driveway first.

[@mountainman7997]

Just a thought. Might want to start doing your fire where you plan on putting a road or don't care if nothing grows there. I've heard big hot fires will make the ground sterile.

[@Blu5078]

Red Poppy, you are a hard worker, I hope GOD blesses me to find someone of your strengths one day. 🤗🤗🤗🤗

[@bogillespie4774]

Great job on the driveway I'll take a lot of gravel

[@ede8901]

I would never give up a Backhoe, They do so many different jobs, plus you can make money with it.

[@TdrSld]

If the water is a seep I'd put a "french drain" in the ground around as much of the area as I could, with a non permeable plastic on top a few inches under the top soil (about 24" or so) to stop ground water from seeping in, then plumb it to a biomass sand filter before I put it in a tank. Driveway looks great, cutting that steep angle out of it will help access in wet and snowy conditions.

[@matthewstudholmebrown1943]

ha ha smoke :))))))))))) all the best still watching big thumbs up

[@wycks-5095]

i'd put down driveway fabric or you will loose all your gravel I would also put down 4"/6" rock as a base before gravel.... looks great keep up the good work

[@glenngoodale1709]

I admire you, such a good job 😂😂

[@johndoe-zk1yu]

You might have enough space for two water tanks(second one when cash allows?) and gravity fed as well thumbs up.

[@khanhng2010]

Can you make a series of videos about capturing spring water? It would be nice if you turn it in to big projects thru multiple videos

[@toddmiller8216]

For the spring, why not build a cement pump house at the outflow? We had a natural spring at our hunting cabin in the Laurel Highlands. Ran plastic pipe to it, and the pump fed the water tank in the house. I'm sure you could do something similar to feed the larger tank and the house. Just a thought. Continued success Sir!

[@hartstudebakerkid]

It is called a Ram Pump.

[@MrEhole]

Nice. I love the fact that Ruger is just hanging out like the foreman. Have you thought about pressing (rolling) a light layer of gravel into that dirt in your driveway? Considering your climate and elevation, you'll lose just the dirt in a season. :(

[@botabob]

Talk to a rancher in your area about how they capture spring water.

[@marianneoprisko7737]

Get the tank and bury it with the backhoe while you have it. Pipe your roof run off into it then add the spring. If the spring would fill it dig a small stock pond. You may not realize your flow if you don't catch it. I agree line your drive so you can see the edge when the ground has a foot of snow on it, because that is a drop at the edge.

[@lucietalavera6895]

It will be nice if you have a rocks raise bed for your garden

[@beachlife1411]

Super cool

[@al9094]

The tree at 535 time stamp you piling dirt around it will kill it.

[@danielliedtke6756]

Greetings from Germany!

[@mikebateman8021]

Simple install a spring box

[@at347est]

Simple does not mean it works .

[@reecealeck8314]

mini lake/pond????

[@swirlgalaxy]

Have you considered putting a cistern in, sounds like you have

[@kaseymccleary946]

its gotta feel good things being dried out

[@TheUserid82]

You will have a problem in the near future with the trees that the driveway work buried in the form of trunk rot. A retaining wall around the trees will keep them from rotting but would need to keep the organic matter that collects out every few years. To capture the spring first need to see what type it is as you expose more of it. It looks like a seep right now but as you expose more of it it could turn into a full blown spring which is easier to harvest. If it stays a seep would need to put in a capture trench down hill from it similar build to a french drain so landscape filter fabric wrapped rock burrito with a collection pipe then cap the area with a liner to stop surface water from getting in. Just be sure to have a flush port at the highest section of the collection pipe to flush the fines out of the pipe every year.

[@rabiagraney7079]

I thought the very same thing - and they are beauties to have lining that driveway on the way in. Those trunks will rot quickly if not surrounded by walls............which would also add to the beauty of the drive.

[@stickit2theman1]

I'm sure he'll take care of it. He probably doesn't want to cut down another tree again in his life! xD

[@southjerseysound7340]

I say keep looking for a well,you'd be amazed at how many properties have a old usable well they didnt know about ..... ;-)

[@hartstudebakerkid]

Or one can magically appear........

[@TheHermitHacker]

What was that behind the tractor in the trees, at 5:10? Whatever it was, it moved fast and it was pretty big.

[@jerrydoutrich2592]

Nicholas Maietta looked like a cow

[@helenascott389]

A cow

[@okiegrandma1154]

What about rain catchment from your building roof?

[@stevelindleyoforegon3587]

If you haven't done anything with that spring yet....don't bother building a spring box. Find yourself a scrap piece of that plastic ADS culvert with the ribs on it (or metal cmp is even better) at least 18" diameter and 5 or 6' long. Cut slits in it with a regular circular saw at least half way up. Dig a hole to put the pipe in, but be careful not to break through what I assume is a clay layer, that the water is running on...then put your pipe in the hole vertically. Backfill with clean drain rock, get at least 1" drain rock..don't use pea gravel as it might plug up over time. Cover with filter fabric and backfill top with dirt. Of course, you need to fashion a lid and two outlet pipes in your culvert, one for a water delivery line and one for a overflow during really wet periods..From there you can plumb it in a tank or whatever you want. If you are worried about water going out the bottom of the culvert you can sacrete the bottom or use bentonite. If you find a piece of scrap culvert your biggest expense is a load of drain rock

[@Rebecca-zr2zx]

I know you would frown upon any advice, but I must insist that the best and only safe solution for your growing family is the well option... spring water could be contaminated or go dry, the creek, god only knows what was floating in it upstream... spend some of that moldy money on the well. thanks.

[@hartstudebakerkid]

Spring water is easy to decontaminate.

[@Rebecca-zr2zx]

try testing that water, you never get it 100% decontaminated... I work in the lab for the city and see it all.

[@hartstudebakerkid]

Our cabin tract water supply is Hart Creek in Washington State. Our surface water filtration system in the model that all other Class A systems are based on. Currently we are facing turbidity problems during spring melt from plankton in the sub micron range that plug up the .5 micron final stage so we will be running 3000 feet of pipe this Summer to a spring so we can switch sources when the plankton are present. I installed my own filtration under my cabin 19 years ago using 10 inch housings. I use a 1 micron prefilter, an ion exchanger and a .2 micron final stage. I have been running the same .2 micron bag since install. I pulled it last year to check it and it still is clean. As you know filtered down to .2 microns is cold sterilized. I only use my filtration for drinking water but he could easily set up three ten inch housings and filter all his house water and have raw water for outside. He needs to get the spring running and test it.

[@SamsLiberty]

I understand the dilemma / need to clear trees. Are you getting any fire wood stashed away out of the deal?

[@RedPoppyRanch]

Sam Weight tons...

[@bobrhonda4375]

I have both here on the farm and overall my rubber tire hoe is more useful. I have a front loader so i could do without the backhoe and use the excavator but you are gonna loose your front bucket. What size machine are getting?

[@RedPoppyRanch]

It's about a 12k l machine. I may find a tractor with a loader on it.

[@hartstudebakerkid]

What happened to that monster excavator?

[@itas0r]

Don't you need the backhoe to plow the driveway/road in the winter?

[@diligenceintegrity2308]

Can't wait for the excavator.

[@Teem_Loots]

Some great advice in the comments - anyone know if he even reads this stuff? I'd build swales on contour down hill from the spring and use it to grow their food.

[@black_dog_barks]

your videos are great...I'd be keeping the Backhoe....much better tool for your ranch... maybe just rent an excavator for day use... or borrow one.. but you are a horse trader, so after using the excavator I see you trading it for a new backhoe.. lol. The drive way and grading looks like a work of art.... no more mud next year !

[@greathodgy22]

Have you thought of using a system of French Drains to catch the spring water ?

[@RedPoppyRanch]

This is probably the technique I will use.

[@tongsli]

If you can, would you clarify how the utility room and addition to the current house will sit? Will it be an L or T?

[@RedPoppyRanch]

tongsli parallel to the house

[@duhe98]

Use the spring for drinking water and rain water harvest off your roof for everything else.

[@robgrogg2546]

Are you going to finish the roof before you get rid of the backhoe?

[@RedPoppyRanch]

Yes! I need the hoe to get the tin up there.

[@robgrogg2546]

Now you have plenty of room for the backhoe in the back.

[@marycardenas3365]

Hello from Texas! I missed your story telling!

[@thomasarussellsr]

Driveway is looking great, so far. So, are you going to lay felt, or some other plant stop/gravel sinking stop,material beneath the gravel?

[@RedPoppyRanch]

Felt then gravel.

[@stevelynn7885]

Is there gold in your state an if so you might THINK about that ,you know how it is here in ARIZONA, Maybe worth a try

[@Rprecision]

I'm sure you considered this, but snow removal with the excavator vs. The backhoe will be a challenge. And I thought you had a big excavator what happened?

[@RedPoppyRanch]

I do. I need a smaller, safer one that I can climb the hills with.

[@Rprecision]

Red Poppy Ranch, it occurred to me that I haven't expressed my thanks for all that you share. Thank you, I enjoy your work

[@RedPoppyRanch]

Thank you for the support...

[@CMCrockett]

engineer775 spring development

[@peteklover2923]

whereabouts in Idaho are you?

[@RedPoppyRanch]

South east.

[@jimh712]

Another thought on water Maybe rain catchment.. I don't know Idaho law.. But he has a long narrow parcel. A trench dug accross a section to a holding pond.. Might yeild an excess of water Say 2 acres 43,560 sq ft x 2 = 87,120 sg ft x 6 inch of rain fall = 43,560 cu ft of water at 7.4 gallons per cu ft = 322,344 gallons of water per year.. Plus snow fall... Would show the potential That is is Idaho would allow it.. It's not as though he would be stealing the water. It would eventually end up back in the aquifer... He would only be using it on it journey.. In some states it's all about the words used to describe the "pond" That makes it legal or illegal... Like maybe it's for wild life.. Just a thought.. (That (trench)might be the inside of an access road that traverses the property )

[@allansater6095]

3 an 4 inch rock before gravel, gravel will just sink in

[@thtadthtshldntbe]

Have you talked to an engineer about that hill you are removing dirt from? It looks pretty substantial. You might need a retaining wall

[@RedPoppyRanch]

thtadthtshldntbe no.

[@stickit2theman1]

I think the priority here is getting the basics of the house done and family moved in, THEN worrying about the other details. Good point, though :)

[@thtadthtshldntbe]

My cousins did something similar a couple of decades ago. They tore apart a hill in their backyard and did not put in a retaining wall. And wound up with mudflows right all over their property for a couple of years until another cousin who was an engineer came by and basically said...whereas your retaining wall. And then he said, a hill (of the type we see here) is a natural retaining wall. Earth moves down it until it hits a natural point of stability and then the surface growth anchors it. I just don't want him to do all that hard work finishing the outside of his house and yard...and then have to deal with constant mudflows out of it.

[@stickit2theman1]

thtadthtshldntbe I totally agree with you, especially if the panels are going there.

[@catlockhart6965]

The wood was green therefore it's not going to burn but just smoke.

[@slamsshenanigans2296]

You should probably look at the end of the video, yes it smokes more, but it will and did burn

[@chris3m98]

Who's cows at 5:10

[@RedPoppyRanch]

Chris 3M neighbors

[@loraypruitt5922]

😊😊

[@thespicyone1188]

Dont get rid pf the batco 🤔

[@ustinman8446]

DON"T FORGET THE ROAD FABRIC ! Do you have a hydraulic leek in your outriggers ??

[@RedPoppyRanch]

john mollicone no I put it down when I’m prone to tipping.

[@ustinman8446]

OK , got it. The place is coming together nice!

[@MikeDesertHunterHale]

since your not going to drill for the spring, what can you do to "capture" the water? Grandad had a hunting lodge (nice size home) in Pinecrest canyon, at top of Emigration Canyon, My Mother sold it about 15 yrs ago, it made me sick. That's about the time she mad dad sell the membership in the duck club, that dad and I enjoyed for many years, dad was sick and she bullied him into selling it, even though it had been promised to me. I'll never forgiver her. Anyway, the canyon had a stream that ran through underneath the cabin and a spring (artesian) that came from a small volcanic fissure about 50ft from the cabin (cold spring water, summer or winter and about 25-30 gpm up from the ground) tested and pure. Grandpa put a small 1' high 5' wide wall made from the volcanic rock around the spring as a dam to stop the water for a minute, he had a small pump house that he turned on while at the cabin to supply it to water it. He would have to tell the few cabins around that he was doing that, he only had on one pole of power, not really enough for the cabins... better than nothing.

[@lastniceguy1]

It's a shame that the cabin and duck club were lost. (guessing you had an opportunity to buy them). But look at the enjoyment and memories you had from them. (wish I has had that). Your mom might have figured she had sacrificed along the way and that she had it coming? Keep her close.

[@MikeDesertHunterHale]

I offered to buy the Duck Club at the regular price and I was told he already had a buyer, I have no idea why he wouldn't sell it to me., my health was declining maybe they thought I couldn't use it, it was very strange and hurt me. I also wanted to purchase one of the chairs in the cabin (I don't believe it was a "Stickly"), but I loved it. Mom told me that the people buying the cabin wanted it, She could be a real, never mind. I really didn't want the cabin, it was built in a part of the canyon

[@lastniceguy1]

Sorry man

[@Xtinnoker]

check out engineer 775 on how he captures spring water using a spring box. Interesting stuff...

[@mwnciboo]

Find that water...it's there somewhere

[@khanhng2010]

Check out handeman channel. He has a 10000 gl cistern for storing rain water

[@Sixguns1]

No way in hell I'd give up a back hoe for a mini exc. The hoe is much more versatile with it's front bucket while still being able to trench almost as well as a mini. Don't get me wrong, the mini's are great for certain tasks, just not as all around handy as a good hoe IMHO.

[@diligenceintegrity2308]

Romans built aqueducts. Cement lined channels dug, leading into a man made pond?

[@billh1471]

Might as well cut down that tree on the edge of your driveway. Burying a foot or two of it will kill it.

[@Adirondacks4me]

How to go Smoky the Bear......

[@eyeswideshut2800]

Just lol

[@sehaminherfairyworld5828]

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[@dadafan5921]

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