I Made a Huge mistake with the Grapple, tearing out this concrete block wall on the back of the barn

[@jackmargason2594]

I admire you Evan. You never quit and you are humble enough to show your less than perfect moments.

[@markb1487]

Oh man,,""I'm not your type""had me in stitches.. Amazing one liner..👍💯👍💯

[@Native303]

Thank you for your videos. I love watching 👀 😍 you and your wife. What a beautiful home you have.

[@alexandert6489]

Your turkeys and cats sure love the back part of the barn

[@irmalittell-edelen8562]

After watching you beat up that block; I thought where is the jack hammer. However, mistakes come with life and we learn from them. Thank you for allowing me to come along with you and your family through your journey of life.

[@mitchellgourley4642]

I’m glad you are ok

[@timetable620]

The way it disconnected was a good chuckle

[@imhere9745Elaine]

I'm really enjoying your video and I Know that you're wife is a nurse so you are in good hands ! Hope you feel better soon! I have no advice for you because I am not trained in medicine ! 😍😍😍

[@joycemetheny8338]

Well , at least we learned how to build a tornado proof house !!!!!!!

[@OpunktSchmidt1301]

At least no one got hurt and the wall is almost gone. And that's the most important thing. Thanks a lot for the video! 😊👍🏻

[@angiethompson5684]

I'm sorry, I missed what you said after telling the story of falling down the stairs. I couldn't quit chuckling after you said you were okay. Plus the outtakes at the end. I love that you show that you are real people and life ain't always easy!!❤️

[@chrismann2954]

I love that you showed your mistake and how you solved the problem. It ain’t always sunshine and roses!

[@walterchapman2884]

Good job ole buddy. It's not about making mistakes, we all make them, it's about working to correct them. That's right there in the neighborhood of a sledgehammer and swinging them takes it out of you. I enjoy your videos there almost always outside and I love the outdoors!

[@Bessie1021]

I really like your persistence. Don't take this the wrong way, but I am glad to see that I'm not the only one who screws up when I get in a HURRY. An 🐘 one bite at a time, I'll definitely remember that one. GREAT VIDEO! See you next time. Peace

[@joannak4640]

Gosh, that sucks about falling down the stairs! Hope you're feeling better. Besides the mistake with the grapple, things really seem to be coming along nicely. Good for you

[@EC4400]

Yeah, let's hear it the tractor TYM ROCKS!!. Epson soak feel better.. Sunsets are a few of my favorite things.😁 have a great weekend.👍

[@ruthkent7190]

Glad your walking, talking, movement of any sort aftet tumbling down stairs. Speaks volumes about you. Thinking clearer "after" rested took me years to learn. When I'm in the zone of accomplishing it's hard to stop for R&R. I've also learned, to much rest, dulls the brain. God bless you and keep youzz in the palm of His hand. Love learning each and every day. Thank you for taking us along as you document your farm development. Beautiful!

[@edmondfaidiga275]

Ok Evan. Take it easy. Glad you’re okay and thanks for the videos.

[@donahearn2918]

I thought installing the fence on the wrong side of the post was as bad as I had ever witnessed but you set a new record today beating on that wall and then showing everyone. Get smart! Love your videos of what not to do.

[@darlaherbst5929]

Banging on the wall was worth trying! Pretty sure that you saw how the tractor destoyed the ground! Removing that first column of bricks, probably, allowed the wall to pop free!! Evan is smart, what he has accomplished on the farm proves that without a doubt! You, however, have a long way to go to be a smart, caring, talented, and mature individual!!

[@stevemartinez6757]

I honestly didn't think that the grapple would have done it. Boy was I wrong. I would have maybe considered renting a jack hammer of some kind. Your tractor and grapple did the trick. I hope you didn't feel too sore for too long.

[@jamessteffens8337]

I to fell dow the stairs last summer when I was working at the farm in Indiana. Didn't break anything but brused my back ribs took lots of pills. God bless you heal quickly

[@annt5410]

I love how the turkey supervises everything!

[@jimputnam2044]

Double up on the treated lumber , screw 2 together. Cut off wall studs to proper height after jacking roof up and slide in new double sill plates and drill and anchor it to the existing blocks. You know the blocks are solid. The treated lumber is free at this point,and will last another 50 yrs.

[@robertpepper2767]

Best idea yet Jim.

[@theBakersonafewacres]

Agreed

[@darlaherbst5929]

What a thrill to see that wall section just pop loose! Removing the first column helped a lot! Hot Epsom salt bath for injured muscles!

[@skrtskit1521]

Always adding items to your project list. Glad you did not get to injured on your tumble down to visit your wife. 💖🐱‍👤

[@jaywest4102]

Constantly amazed at how much you’ve gotten done by yourselves.

[@chrishamilton-wearing3232]

Whenever I start watching this channel and the turkeys start making a noise the wife asks ' is that Lucky Evan ?' If it wasn't for bad luck you'd have no luck at all ! Keep up the good work, keep safe and have a great new year.

[@vinnypinatelli221]

Glad your OK hope you heal fast my friend!!

[@deannaoverstreet4146]

Looks great! Rebekah will be so happy for her new babies! Turkey loves you! Lol

[@josephbrown-ut9ty]

JudithB Lot of work done! I really dislike those days when everything doesnt go smoothly, it is the little things usually. Hope you are feeling better!!

[@corydriver7634]

I gotta give it to ya, you are a hard working guy with a hell of a sense of humor. Glad you’re ok after tumbling down a flight of stairs. The only thing I’d have done different is kept the wall in as big a piece as possible and use that for a base for your ramp.

[@frankcoldwell4424]

Why not use the shorter lumber to extend your compost bins? Every little helps.

[@hubertwebb9869]

If you took some roof or floor jacks and lifted up the roof on one section at a time raise it about 1/2 in cut the seal plate out and install the new one attach it and then lower the roof back to where it was and then nail the studs back into place and then move on to the next section.

[@tarz9386]

GOOD to see the turkey inspectors on the job. THAT WOOD would work great on your wood shed.

[@sylviaprudhomme5417]

You never give up. Lots of progress.

[@robinwhitlatch4497]

So glad you didn’t get broken from falling down stairs. Maybe think about using the treated 2x6’s for new sill plates. The lumber less than 10 - 12’ length could be useful for cross bracing or for other projects around the farm. A lot of projects like compost bins, chicken tractors, brooder, and etc don’t require 10ft long boards for framing the end sides. Price of lumber is outrageous again, save it all and reuse it! Will save you a lot of $$$.

[@knolltop314]

Good you have use for those 2x4's and 2x6's. It's wonderful to be able to follow your progress with the property.

[@cathiwim]

Kudos to you for busting it up by hand! You da man!

[@trentencaskey7641]

A good place to store some of that old lumber, even if it's not the full 10'-ers that you've got in mind for your projects, is up above the rafters in the top section of your barn. Keeps it off the ground and out of the way.

[@bryanlloyd1099]

Everything will look good when you are done and Glad that you didn't get hurt bad when you fell!!

[@unlikelyone]

Awesome video! I hope you’re not too sore. Thanks for sharing.

[@melissadyche8325]

Well Evan you can always look on the bright side you did get most of the wall down so I think you did good

[@OurNewLand]

"At this rate, I ought to be done by summer." So great!

[@charlenepartlow7880]

Yay Evan ! You got that stinking wall down Buddy ! You always work so hard...trial and error ...it's all learning ! You are amazing g and my husband and I support your every efforts ! Wish you could hear my husband trying to help.you with his comments of consideration when your trying so hard ! We've Lear Ed from you and Rebekah too ! God bless y'all and your gobbler always in the background ! Lol

[@danielheartsill4269]

You said you may be finished by summer. You didn't say which one. Never fear you will get it done and done well. you always do.

[@gmass7238]

That busted up concrete will make good fill around culvert pipe etc...good job your doing....

[@01glennie]

You have done well with this one Evan, use some of that timber to tie your vertical barn timbers together, giving it diagonal strapping to support it against the winds before you place the outside timbers or barn boards on. As for those blocks you have over, just place them on the floor in front of the new opening that way you use it as hardcore before buying tones of the road stone to build up to the concrete base of the barn.

[@sroberts605]

Great thinking!

[@bslturtle]

A bucket once fell on my foot because I left the clamps off. Didn't break it, much, just cracks, but wow did that hurt! 6 mos. and it is finally like new again 🤕 I bought the same grapple that you have. I have not hooked it up yet (winter, and I need to install the third function first). I was very interested in how well it did. I am impressed! Glad you are not going to waste the lumber. Expensive stuff.

[@Marialyse]

When you rent excavator get the jack hammer attachment. Have used them and they break concrete pretty good.

[@jmoore2781]

Evan, How about using the treated 2x6 for the seal plate? Make your support wall like you did for the beam, take out the old plate and put in the “new” one.

[@cliffblackburn8102]

Wow! Solid block..

[@margaretbedwell58]

I know you are going to be sore especially after falling down the stairs, but seeing that hammer bounce off them blocks I could feel it in my shoulders. oooh it didn't feel good. I am glad you are going to be able to salvage some of the wood, although I definitely understand your reluctance at first. Thanks for sharing this re do with us. I am sure it will give some others an idea or two for their place. Have a Blessed day.

[@thebackyardlife475]

Glad you're ok Evan. I've done that a few times myself. Hope you heal quick!

[@brianjohnston9822]

The person who built that wall probably said when he was finished, “there, good for a million years”. What amazed me is the strength of that tractor. All of that pounding barely dented the wall.

[@sroberts605]

Absolutely!

[@jennifercockrell3374]

Great video. Loved the ending bloopers.

[@kargandarr]

Put a temporary support system under the roof after it is jacked up a couple of inches. That will allow you to remove those footer boards and replace them with some of those removed from the floor boards that you removed from inside the addition.

[@mimicolvin3200]

Sorry about your fall down the stairs, glad you wasn’t seriously hurt. You’re gonna be sore . Even that didn’t stop you from working on the homestead. You are doing an amazing job on the barn and I know the animals will greatly appreciate it during the cold and the rain. Keep up the good work Evan and I will keep watching. I hope you both had a Merry Christmas 🎄 and a Happy New Year. Be safe and God bless you.

[@MrScoresby]

Evan: You might consider a double sill with the PT floor joist wood. Then you can cut 1 1/2 inches off the bottom of the studs back into solid wood. I would also add blocking to stiffen the wall. the old guy Bert

[@robertafazio3449]

You never give up! Most would have never started that job after falling down the stairs the day before! You probable scared Rebecca half to death on the other end of the phone. Take it easy for a couple of days!

[@elbertfreeman8124]

Great job, you could take a roto-hammer drill and punch some holes through the mortar at points at the bottom and down the seam to help define line break removing wall!

[@darellsunderlin4670]

Good job ,I know that pain your feeling , but don't over do , you can't get younger later on !!! The ruts and stuff are well worth the extra hard work you saved . You know the old saying " work smarter not harder "

[@kingkong7617]

The grapple worked well once you locked it in and the barn cover is looking good and when you get some more steers, that will be a good place to get out of the bad weather. Take it slow and steady and don't get injured while you are working. It is better to be safe than sorry, as the old saying goes, but have a good day.

[@darlaherbst5929]

It was awesome to see the whole wall breakfree!!

[@bobjoncas2814]

...LOOKIN' GOOD, KEEP WELL...

[@pamelarodgers5887]

I'm sorry you feel down the stairs, Evan. You made me laugh when you were telling that story. Glad you're ok.

[@olddawgdreaming5715]

Things happen when you least expect it. Glad you came out pretty good with your fall down the stairs and the mishap with the grapple and swinging the sledge/splitting maul. Take a day off and regroup. Stay safe and keep up the good work and videos. Fred.

[@nickmastroianni5557]

The grapple worked better than I thought. Good thing 'cause I could see a jackhammer in your future. It was acting like a lever applying force on the bottom blocks. I think all that concrete will make a good base for your ramp. Also, that tree has to go. And poor Rebecca - I bet she had a heart attack when you fell down the stairs. You - no problem. It is good to be young. I got slammed to the concrete floor a few years ago and my hip was never the same.

[@brents1643]

Wow I'm impressed that worked

[@timetable620]

Use the treated 2x6 to replace the base plate. Support the ceiling and cut all the wall nails and cut off all the anchorsand slide the boards under drill new anchors. Set it down and te attach wall studs

[@michellejaggard9657]

You did a great job. I'm sorry for your injuries on the stairs, it could have been so much worse. Don't worry about the turkey's, my dog jumps in my lap every time the phone rings and gets between me and the phone because my daughter and granddaughter talk to her on the phone.

[@kajem575]

Not too bright there Slick.🙄 🙂✌❤ Tomorrow is a new day.🤞 If you want to R&R the sillplate do it before you remove the floor joists. You can jack the roof with a couple bottle jacks from the existing floor/framing and cut your replacements sills from the old pressure treated joists.👍 You seem to be working in reverse order.🤷

[@theBakersonafewacres]

Brace up the ceiling joists and rafters like you did for the beam, use a metal sawzall blade to cut the nails that go through the bottom plate and into the stud, and the anchors that attach it to the block wall, cut away chunks of that rotten sill plate and replace. Bolt it back down with wedge bolts..aka redheads.

[@lorenmeyer5290]

So glad your ok Evan! Well I don't think that Wall would have ever came down on it own! Always love watching!

[@mark_mthws]

Wow, what a job!! Hope you don't feel too bad after the fall and breaking those blocks.

[@nathanrobinson7715]

I love all your videos. Thank you for all you do.

[@tracygsmith9172]

Oops 😬 it happens…. Good job getting it fixed… good luck 🍀

[@donbennington677]

You have had a tough day. I too have dropped a grain bucket into trailer after forgetting the release. Ive also spent a lot of energy breaking down block walls. Right now I'm glad I live in a single story house. I like to hear the turkeys and see the animals around as you work. Great channel, please keep it up.

[@Tonetwisters]

I was going to recommend dynamite ... and a Teeter. Creosote. I remember getting an awful rash as a kid, from playing in the water, around the pilings of an old pier at Jacksonville Beach that my dad said were treated with creosote ... Glad you made progress on that concrete ...

[@glengillis7775]

Good video. You earned your pay that day. Hope your feeling ok. Glad your going to use some of that lumber. Good idea.

[@doncrist2012]

Sill plate easy fix. Prop up ceiling, Sawzall the nails on bottom, cut plate where bolts are slide out plate. Install new plate

[@russellgnuse]

Support the roof like you did for the opening take the 2x,4 out and use the treat ,2x6 for the sill and wall studs you have a better wall

[@georgedavidson1221]

I operated one of those saws working for Toronto water only it was a real big one power saw like a. Chain saw. Keep your toes tucked in close

[@markpriddy1]

Good Job. Enjoyed the video thanks.

[@chrism.2231]

I wasn't one of those bugging you about the wood, but I am glad to hear you plan to up-cycle it. I did notice it and I will admit I would be too cheap to toss it, especially if you think some of it was milled from trees from the property. I might be a little careful about where you use the older treated stuff. If I recall, that was done with arsenic (??), but I could be wrong. I could see those blocks coming in handy for fill, too. Sounds like you have a need and it will save you on material you will have to have brought in. I give you two credit for your patience with the barn projects. My OCD would have had me painting that quite awhile ago. Lol. Take care and Happy New Year!

[@ronaldclemons5520]

Epsom salt put in a tub of hot water will help with the soreness. Praying you feel better tomorrow. The work on the barn is going good. Wish you had someone to help you when your wife is working. Blessings🙏🏻

[@littlehousewoodworking5292]

Man, I'm sore just watching you swing that mallet! What a workout. Now that trees are dormant for the winter, it would be a good time to relocate that one that seems to always be in the way across from that opening. I can relate to the animals always getting in the way. They are all always so curious when ever a project is in the works. My old German Shepard always wanted to be part of the work. I think If it could work a tool, it wouldn't hesitate! haha ... Some days its frustrating that they keep getting in the way. Other days its just adorable. I sure miss my little buddy now though.

[@mrbilky]

Stay true to what your doing the mistakes are what make the channel real and not made for "youtube" they are made from the heart, oh and hope your back is ok did the stair slide myself a few years back and sure was scary

[@mathiggins4264]

Looking good buddy be safe out there your buddy from Nebraska

[@aljoyce3630]

Good job. Great video.

[@silkedavid8876]

This is the sturdiest shed I have ever seen!

[@cathyjones3403]

I really enjoyed watching this video. 👏👏👏👏

[@fredrobinson6990]

Hard work, but it’s looking good!

[@roscoejones4515]

I was surprised there was no rebar tying the stem wall to the footer. You might want to add some brackets to the remaining walls. Love those turkeys!🤣

[@johnsadler8637]

Well, my suggestion of filling the holes in the wall appears to have been followed about 50-60 years ago! When you hit that and the sledge just bounced off, I was afraid there was rebar in there too! I had already decided I’d recommend you rent a saw big enough to meet in the middle - that’s just too tough. However, noticing that set of cracks 2-4’ to the right of your right-hand cuts, I’m afraid you might take out more than you want when you get into that. Using a saw big enough will protect against tearing up the section under your other column. At the very least, cut the mortar course between the wall and foundation. I like the other suggestions about using the wall blocks as a base for your gravel ramp. Would save a load of rock probably.

[@letartcircuitrider118]

Great job Evan

[@hombredeacero3131]

Great video

[@scottbaker3659]

Loved that blooper reel at the end Evan... 👍

[@MsSephrena]

Just may be the time to take a day off and rest a bit and mend those sore muscles - Sure glad you didn't break any bones... Take care, and please stay safe...

[@dalewallace8203]

I have several behind the scene bloopers one for instance I was moving a Ford ranger I was going to junk it didn't have back wheels on it so I picked it up with my tractor and pallet forks where I thought I was under the rear axle but I was not I started turning with it to get it lined up with my trailer and the fork got in a bind and pulled one fork through the fork frame and when I backed out from under the truck I only had one fork they were still usable until I could get it heated and fixed just couldn't have the forks spread very far apart

[@shamrock56gargan96]

Might want now to add gravel you're gonna need it sometime when barn needs a clean out. Nice job so far

[@houstonfirefox]

Evan, don't feel bad! I did the exact same thing except with a tree puller on the front of my Tym T454! Forgot to engage the locking pins! Darned near squashed myself getting that fixed. That's what I get for having less of 10 minutes of tractor time experience-wise!