#714

Things were going good until I hit something in one of the post holes for the woodshed. Took way more time do get this one done.
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[@darylcanfield6979]

Mike I thought I was only person lucky enough to find hidden "treasure" like that. This vid reminds me of too very important tips I learned from my father. 1) NEVER bury anything today you don't want to dig up tomorrow because YOU will. 2) IF you are going to be DUMB you have to be TOUGH and you will be too old to be TOUGH! I AM TOO OLD NOW but still not smart enough to not try! I ENJOY your site and look forward to watching them EVERY morning with a cup of coffee. HAVE A DAY!!

[@OutdoorsWithTheMorgans]

Love it .. thanks for sharing

[@JohnSmith-tv5ep]

MIKE, good job at setting that corner post, could have been a mess! Good teaching point as always, hard work, determination and persistence always wins ! Good stuff !

[@OutdoorsWithTheMorgans]

Thanks so much

[@BillB23]

I've made soil concrete with Georgia red clay and Portland cement. I did, however, add water as our clay is not as permeable as your fill and it would take forever for the mixture to get enough water to cure. There's no telling what you'll find in fill on a construction site, so your shingles are no surprise, just a hitch in your giddy-up. Thanks for another great episode.

[@TKCL]

Got to love the tractor post hole digger, saves a tremendous amount of work!

[@BillB23]

Beats the heck out of wrestling man-killers for hours.

[@craigsudman4556]

You know Mike, something like a pile of shingles in the hole just takes all the fun out of post hole diggin. Good stuff, thumbs up.

[@rogercpate4386]

I do the post the same way. I haven't added water to concrete for setting post for years. There is a enough moisture in the soil in my area. Enjoying the videos on the sawmill and starting the shed.

[@alanharrison2804]

Mike makes everything look so simple to do!

[@russelldeem7355]

Melissa, I loved your joke. I heard a new joke at church today. The speaker said (regarding the opportunity to speak) he said he was like a cow in tall grass...Utterly Tickled!

[@grampabadger]

Watched a guy building a large steel barn. When he had the vertical parts of the frame in place and braced, he just dropped whole bags of concrete in the holes and didn't bother to bust the bags open. Those bags drew enough water from the soil to set perfectly and that is a stout barn.

[@pnwRC.]

WOWZERS! That does look like it was a FULL bundle of shingles.

[@glenns8418]

You will enjoy making maple syrup, it brings the family together creating awesome memories! Using propane for the entire process will get expensive... build a wood fired boiler. It will speed everything up then use propane for the final boil.

[@campzacmac350]

Great channel!!! I built a similar 8’x24’ wood shed about 10 years ago. Placed it on 4”x4” skids in case I wanted to move it someday. Still sits in the same place.

[@heathworsley8347]

Great video as always thank you for bringing us along for the journey. I tried to comment on a previous video where you said you weren't building watches... that reminded me of my first trainer at my welding job 20 years ago now who said we were not building pianos! Best wishes to you and your family

[@bamascot1]

Oh Lord Mikes got the shingles.

[@marcuswhite3628]

I thought Mike was have to use his blasting skills... I suggest they name the shed "The Shingle Shed" to memorialize his find!

[@donbrutcher4501]

Should have gotten the vaccine.

[@charlesking617]

Someone from youtube put a shingles vaccine ad in right after Mike stuck the post hole auger in the buried package of shingles. Intentional? Maybe not, but quite punny just the same. 👍

[@olddawgdreaming5715]

Good morning Mike and Melissa, looking good aroma there. Glad Levi is doing good things with the Maple Syrup venture, please keep us posted some on here too. Some of us Old Dawgs don’t jump those electronically operated programs so well 🤗. That’s good that you remembered how those shingles got there Mike. Would have bugged me to no end! Thanks for sharing with us, the build is coming along real good!👍👍

[@gforcesg]

my wife's uncle has 15000 trees tapped here in northern Nova Scotia they are all piped together the boiling can get messy sticky lol have fun

[@badcat4707]

There's nothing better on the planet than Pure Canadian Maple Syrup !! Salut from Quebec ;-)

[@gforcesg]

@@Morgansunleashed he is like you guys always outdoors doing something

[@martineastburn3679]

Put the shingles out on the trail for the tractor to drive over. Helps keep soil dry and if under rock keeps rock from diving to the underworld! We have found them in the yard covered up since an old farm house was taken down.

[@ranger6x660]

Shows how warm this winter has been. If the ground was frozen those may have been brittle enough to just break up. Another great video.

[@thomasdesmond2248]

Mike tell Melissa you ordered her pool on April 1. That would be hilarious. God bless

[@americanbluejacket209]

You just gotta love life. It's full of surprises.

[@seantap1415]

I've built many pole sheds and I always put the four corners in first as they are usually the only ones that cant be moved. Love the vids.

[@erice9536]

We ran into a railroad tie boring holes for our woodshed, had forgotten that PITA story until now. :)

[@munched55]

*Didn't seem to take too long to get the lumber together for this project. Nice! Mike's background with blasting gives him the nerves to face Melissa's long fuse to April 1st. Hahaha*

[@StreetRocketJoe]

That’s crazy funny after the fact. But is very frustrating in the moment. At the house I grew up in you literally could not dig 2-4 foot down in the yard without hitting brick. The yard was a 1/4 acre in a neighborhood. Everywhere you dug to build a garden or flower beds you would hit bricks. We had piles and piles of bricks behind our shed that we dug up. My mom didn’t build the house so we don’t know the history of the land. But this reminded me of the childhood horrors of trying to build gardens and landscaping at my childhood home. We eventually just decided to build raised beds and go that route.

[@jameshodgins1937]

Hey Joe, I have your shingles!!!!! 100 acers of woods and they are right where you need a post. Murphy's Law hard at work!

[@Jdn-xc7uo]

Seeing you hit those shingles, reminds me of when I decided to replace a planter in my front yard with grass. The planter was on a mound..... of shingles..... from the previous owner! Needless to say I wasn’t happy! Took quite a bit of work to get those out of there!

[@JeremyTVOK]

That would definitely be a surprise! I had a feeling things might go awry when you said “let’s try it and see what happens.” Famous last words for many a guy!

[@bbrown5887]

The infamous “I have some clean fill to give away” contributing to the always accurate “rule of one” project hurdle.

[@rash0401]

You guys have some absolutely beautiful property ! Love watching from up here in central Minnesota 👍

[@Tomrryaniv]

Happy almost March 8th Mike! As much as you have been talking about it, I think we need to make it a National Mike Morgan holiday! Enjoy the more sun. I flew over you today en route to Boston. I waved but you were probably still at work. The lakes still looked pretty frozen though. Enjoy the weekend.

[@jeffreyplum5259]

Thanks Melissa for adding your sparkle to this video; Between your full face smile and lovely mane you made it special . Otherwise, a video on drilling post holes would be mundane, one might even say boring.. I hope Eva and Hanna are well. I hope warmer weather means seeing the other flowers of the Morgan clan. Eva smilees with her entire face like her mother. Hanna 's smile is rare enough to make orchids seem like common weeds. God bless and keep you all

[@jeffreyplum5259]

@@Morgansunleashed I am as always at the service of any Morgan, especially one of the Most lovely.. ~={;)

[@Roadsterer]

Mike, years ago we put in a split rail fence, 10’ sections. I managed to hit the water line from the spring on the last hole, with my wife waiting to go out to dinner. Had to run to get a couple of fittings to splice the pipe in a by then very wet hole. Seemed like a one in twenty chance to me. Loving outdoors with e Morgan’s, here in Plainfield, N.H

[@russellbowman8051]

Of all places to burry shingles Mike !!😂👍👊

[@newhampshire-bob1604]

Better than hitting a very large rock! I hit two putting in my fence last summer! Always a fun time trying to get those to the surface!

[@kens.3729]

A Man and ALL his Toys. It doesn’t get any Better than that. 😬 👍

[@bobpurs]

What’s chances, right we’re you need a post. Drying up here but some rain and snow tomorrow so hopefully won’t be to much. I’m ready for some dry ground and time change also. Great video 👍✊

[@damoose1829]

Well Mike I can feel your pain. Purchased my house going on 21 years ago from a younger couple and he was a contractor. At the time my 2 acre yard looked great with some added fields and woods. Found out that he apparently brought his work home with him. The yard was filled. Every spring to this day is a new adventure to see what is going to come up through the grass. Just a few things have been pieces of gutter and siding and the occasional 5 gal pale full of construction debris. Lots of roofing. Aluminum and electrical boxes Etc. My two favorites are get this.A complete console television I found while mowing. Seen a glare of what thought was a piece glass in the grass. It was the picture tube coming out. Also found a complete 70's vintage Honda motorcycle half buried nose down just in side my field line in some heavy cover. Cant wait to see what this year brings. This guy was an idiot.

[@OutdoorsWithTheMorgans]

Oh man that stinks

[@HTPJohn]

Oh Mike. Goodness! Shingles under ground you would have never seen had you not dug a hole there. Melissa's joke made us laugh. Thank you so much, we really enjoy the content. God Bless.

[@wayneschnare4019]

I am looking forward to what you come up with this year Melissa !!! Eva will have a hard time topping last year . How crazy is that !!!! maybe you should buy a lottery ticket !! A 1 in a million dig !! Hello to Hunter !!!!

[@OldVermontGuy]

Greetings from No. VT - On the height question you brought up, I would recommend going to the highest level you can. That gives you clearance on your motorized equipment to be able to move materials or attachments in and out a lot easier.

[@chriscox5166]

Really enjoy your videos love that country.

[@jimpikul8551]

Betcha’ you were blessing the gent that sent the shingles with the fill. Geez, Louise!

[@waltermattson5566]

Not every job at your house goes perfect every time. Welcome to life like the rest of us have. Twice in the same week with the stubborn logs and now this. You probably made a lot of people feel good by posting this video. Thank you from me anyway. I hope the rest of the building goes even better. Your neighbor must have used the 35 year shingles.

[@johnsuch5914]

Great plan..It is going to be a gorgeous weekend....Stay safe and God Bless :)

[@OutdoorsWithTheMorgans]

Thanks John.. you as well

[@oneshot375]

Mike, you set post the same way I do. Interesting story about how I learned to do that. I was setting post for a fence the usual way by mixing the cement with water and pouring it around the post. My neighbor was watching me the whole time. When I got done he said, "You know all you had to do was put a little water in those holes and dump the bag of cement around the post (soil get dryer down here)." I ask him why he didn't tell me that when I started. He said, "You won 't forget next time." I didn't.

[@russellpetrie119]

it would make a good advert for shingles on longevity I feel for you I do been digging clay and concrete out of holes by hand

[@matthewsims359]

Thats exactly how my luck runs. But oh well, handle the problem and move on. Hopefully the last two post holes dont hold any surprises. Good luck. Say hey to the family and yall HAVE A DAY 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@toddcorl]

I was drilling with my ice auger for our boys fort and pulled up an Indian hatchet head. We live in northern Indiana and around where Indians use to live,supposedly. Was quite happy.

[@FLEETWOODFLYERS]

WE USE THIS METHOD FOR FENCE POSTS HERE TOO . ALSO LAYING FLAGS/ PAVING STONES A DRY MIX OF SHARP SAND AND CEMENT

[@evankibbe590]

Mike I remember building some fence for a man that i did work for quite often and I ask him anything we could hit with the digger and said no . We were going to set three posts and he decided we needed four !!! Against my wishes We boered four holes and the fourth hole we cut his line going to his septic tank and had to spend the rest of the day repairing it and digging it out enough to set the post off to the side of it . I guess what I'm saying is thank god you didn't hit anything that you had to fix. Have a great day. Meatloaf is what we had last night. Yummy. 😊😊😊😊🤗👍👍👍👍👍🌹🌹💖

[@haroldschmidlap8487]

Only one thing left to do, looks like you're going to have to blast. PJ in O-HI-O

[@bobbergmann1656]

I usually just use a layer of crushed limestone in bottom of hole and fill rest of the way up with the same limestone mix. Cheaper too!

[@tknoerle1451]

Another fun bit of intro music! Thanks! :-)) And thanks Melissa for the joke too! :-)) What a "find" in that post hole! :-))

[@chucksinger1916]

Lol poor Mike! My kind of luck too fella You improvise and overcame Good job 👍

[@Gwalker0220]

Reminds me of the early 80s building a deck.. filled the holes with cement, by the time I got to the last post the cement had disappeared from the first hole. House was built on a land fill, the owner informed me later.. I've coated the posts with truck bed liner. Two coats and let it get dry.... Before that I soaked the bottom two feet in a barrel with used oil, mineral oil and diesel fuel... then bedliner....

[@kens.3729]

Anyone else would have left them in the ground and relocated the Post location but NOT Mike Morgan. Because Mike is an “Outdoors” person and NOT the type of person that would let these sit in the ground forever. Great 👍 job, Mike! 👍👍👍

[@richardbonner2354]

It's a RULE, Ken; "We ALLUS wins..., even when they don'..., "comes along, peaceable like". ESPECIALLY when "they don' comes along, peaceable like." A feller GOT to "have dominion" over a hole; udder-wise (in one ear an' OUT dee udder!!!) 'feller ain't much of a man. Rick Bonner, Pennsyltucky

[@jimpikul8551]

And it would throw off the shed construction. 8ft on center would make a construction headache! Good job, Mike. Channel the force!

[@jimputnam2044]

Mike I am with you counting down the days to time change, WHOO light after supper, GET ER DONE.

[@marcussmith8196]

Hi Melissa I April fooled one of my work colleagues. He had a rain gauge he was so proud of, he checked it every morning and would give me a detailed account of how much or how little rain we had over the last 24 hours. So one April fools I got there early and filled it with bunch of small toy cats and dogs. I hope you have the same saying over there, that it rained cats and dogs or this won't make any sense!!

[@badcat4707]

Sounds like it was a Cat-astrophic situation :-)

[@merlewarnsholz2094]

Mike - Enjoyed the video again today. When I saw the title, the opening theme from the "Beverly Hillbillys" began to play in my head. Take care sir. I'm playing catch up today trying to get current with what's happening in your life.

[@TheSagerider]

Hey Mike! I am enjoying your project and I have a wood shed planed for this spring after the ground thaws out. My problem with digging holes is rocks, lots of rocks. My place is on top of a glacial moraine so I have these what look like river rocks potato sized and larger everywhere specially where I need a hole.

[@djr2296]

Our family has done and sold maple syrup for 5 years a couple of tips are boil it in a thin pan not to thin to burn it and just drip it in the pan to evaporate it, I also recommend buying a hydrometer to test it to see if it’s done. Plus use a filter from a maple supplier

[@alm7707]

we were putting in pilings for a deck when we hit a rock about 14 inches down. we poured the footing on the rock. moved out about 6 feet to put another pile and hit the same rock. really unusual for this area. I knew a guy who had an old Cat that had so many problems and he hated it so much that he took a trackhoe and made a big hole and pushed the old cat in. 20 years later someone drilled a hole for a new shed and drilled into the cat about 6 feet down.

[@bruceaplin]

Dang Mike, Shingles go on TOP of the shed, not under it. Melissa for April 1st I hope you make another Dress/talk/act like Mike video again. That was SUPER DUPER. Love to everyone there!

[@trappedbyfire1537]

OK!!!!! Gracie: Just get the Pool Contractors to pull up on April First! hehehe!!!!

[@michaelfrench6197]

Yes you have the luck of us Mikes. LMBO

[@davedowding5883]

Sweet sunset shot Mike!

[@dondicey6528]

I grew up in NH and my Dad and I boiled sap for syrup in my Mom's kitchen. We used the Glenwood stove (gas and wood circa 1940's) and made about 3 gallons of nice grade A syrup. Collateral damage was there was so much moisture that the kitchen wallpaper peeled right off the walls! Oh well. Mom was livid but Dad and I had a great time!

[@OutdoorsWithTheMorgans]

Lol

[@billh8519]

Torch it Mike, just to soften, not burn..... I used one of those 4ft propane torches when I was drilling and hit asphalt. It softened up. The auger went right thru.

[@markparker9092]

Poor guy. I’ve hit roots but never ever shingles! We have sandy soil here so we had a little water in the hole while adding dry cement.

[@BamaDavee]

Fill your post holes with gravel. The posts will always be tight due to settlement. Posts with concrete just makes bigger posts. If it ever gets loose it will always be loose . Another benefit is the gravel is cheaper with concrete

[@PatrickCPalmer]

Will you need to add water to that hole since it has shingles? 🤣. I remember building a deck and hitting a very large rock on my last hole. By the time I was done had about a 3’ wide hole for the post. 🙄. Wood shed is really taking shape fast, looks great so far. And now you know what you can do with all that slab wood, boil sap! 😁👍🏻 Hey Hunter! ✋🏻👴🏻

[@jimmyandkathyharrell]

Another neat video. Thank you!

[@bobfitch607]

What's the chance eh! That would be my luck. Good luck to Levi. That's how I started doing syrup. Slowly getting bigger. It's work but fun 👍

[@OutdoorsWithTheMorgans]

Thanks

[@Thetreefella]

Mornin Morgan's!!! 💜

[@evilbrat5376]

Add on to my last post - Mike hope them "Shingles" are not contagious in that area of your. Struggles are what makes you stronger. . . . have a great day and night. Meatloaf - most fav food combo, alright Melissa!

[@michaelastone7758]

Make sure you get the drying sheds framed up I soon has you can because they 4x4 post are bad about getting warped when they dry out

[@scotteisenhardt4716]

Been there done that! Recently had to drill some holes and found a stump about a foot down that I surely don’t remember! Slowed me down by a lot more than 30 minutes though..

[@clockman45]

i love it when mike is talking wile the fast forword is going . sounds like alleven the chipmunk talking ...lol. so funny to me

[@trappedbyfire1537]

Shingles build Character....Gas Lines build memories!! Gracie..........!

[@Lazarus-xy4fr]

WOW MIKE, WHAT'RE THE ODDS?!?!? Just in THAT ONE SPOT! Total PITA. Sorry you had to deal with that bud.

[@richardbonner2354]

Ah found an ol' bundle o' shingles in me hole. Where be that las' block o' cemtex I had layin' around..., waitin' on a "rainy day"? Rick Bonner, Pennsyltucky

[@stewartbanks3663]

Melissa: Why do cows wear bells? - Because their horns don’t work. 😉😂 Mike found the shingle in the hay field, what are the odds??? You should buy a lotto ticket lol. Funny that 20 year old shingles last longer in the ground then they do on a roof. Does this mean that we should throw dirty on our roofs? 😉 Thanks for the fun video! Have a great night Morgans’! 😃👍

[@darrencraft7443]

Hey Mike you should try stopping the auger when you get to the bottom of the hole and lifting it out with the auger off and it will leave you a cleaner hole

[@JensenJamie]

When you set a post put in a couple inches of dirt before the cement. If cement gets under the post then it forms a cup. The post wicks water which ends up in the cup and rots your post. A couple of inches of dirt allows the water to flow by the cement and keep the post dry.

[@donbrutcher4501]

Everybody get a turn in the barrel of life. Today Mike climbed in.

[@edgarkeck3010]

Melissa, What do you call a cow that quits giving milk? A milkdud or an udder failure! I'm cracking me up! Have a day!

[@bamascot1]

Why did the pig dump her boyfriend? Because he was a real BOAR.

[@bamascot1]

@@Morgansunleashed What did the mama cow say to the baby cow? It’s pasture bedtime.

[@bamascot1]

This one is for Mike: On a rural road, a state trooper pulled a farmer over and said, “Sir, do you realize your wife fell out of the car several miles back?” To which the farmer replied: “Thank God, I thought I had gone deaf!”

[@davidmorse8432]

@@bamascot1 Take your shoes off William, you are walking on hallowed ground.

[@davidmorse8432]

@@Morgansunleashed Got to love that Melissa, glad you have a great sense of humor.

[@Laughinghawg]

There it is, Mike's M&M's = Mud and March 8th

[@tuttova]

Interesting show. Please more of Melissa's jokes and her comments.

[@ServiceTrek]

too much fun over there today. I'd call that a lucky strike if I needed some shingles. lucky anyway you slice it. and i'd go play the lotto just in case..

[@ronfriend]

Good Morning!!

[@MikeZMonroe]

Perfect example - If you ever had a extra bag of ready mix sitting around and it turns hard. Also, Just wondering if dry mix 1 part mortar/ 2 part sand / 3 part gravel in hole dry if it too would harden up like ready mix

[@realairplane261]

The hundred acres now became 'a boundary so Mike figured out that he has to go down and next he will be going up up and away! I figure that the hole digging is the prelude to a POOL! Right Melissa?

[@tommyordoyne7461]

M & M, to quote a McDonald's ad, I'm loving it. Keep up the good work. Have a productive day.

[@davehenderson47240]

This may sound silly but if I'm poking holes in the ground for anything I normally try to get them all done before I start setting posts. We have a lot of rocks where i'm at..........

[@geraldharvill4699]

Melissa Shows up late(kidding). One thing about Melisa, she always shows up ready to work. Willing to do anythings. Not afraid to get dirty. Mike I would have loved being a blaster. I was EOD in the army. Just never proceed on it.

[@rtlake]

Good morning Morgan's

[@mikewittler6155]

We tap 275 trees on our property every year. Maple syrup is one of our familys ongoing tradions!

[@evilbrat5376]

When I received the notice and read the title I first thought " The Morgans Of Beverly Hills!" Ya's struck oil**** Well ~ Time to watch and find out what Y'all Did find..

[@scottbennett6494]

he did strike oil but it was already in tar form LOL

[@badcat4707]

Good Morning Hunter ;-)

[@nancybrown8026]

So, Melissa's pool will still need the cement poured wet, but Mike you sure can fence it in with the dry cement method.