Epic: Alaska Railroad brings our Kawasaki Teryx 800 to our trail!

Ever wondered how remote living works? In this episode, we show you the process of getting essential items, like construction materials and furniture, to our remote property. From flying in by helicopter to using the innovative Tundra truck from the Western railroad office, we'll take you through the journey. Plus, witness the incredible feat of loading Sarah's side by side onto the tracks. Stay tuned and don't forget to subscribe for more remote living adventures!
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[@jiminalaska]

This is the kind of stuff I love about AK, no where else in the US does this lifestyle exist.

[@curmudgeinnak]

It is a very different way of living. But even after years on the sailboat I would not trade it for anything.

[@ontoitaussie]

Only in AK. Just love the way everything works there. Very ingenuity ways of getting stuff to where it needs to be 👍👍 just love that greenery..those ferns 💗

[@rushingwindmountain]

Awesome video and very informative regarding getting things to remote areas. Thanks for sharing Rob.👍👍👍

[@curmudgeinnak]

Glad you enjoyed it. I am going to try to do more vids with the trains as it is our life blood for transportation.

[@ashleyanderson2859]

Interesting setup they have. Awesome trail ride. Made it to Rhode Island and am on my way back home. Stopped in New York for the night. Catching up on KZbin!

[@curmudgeinnak]

Glad you stopped to take a break. that can be a long drive. Get home safe and we will talk again soon,

[@ashleyanderson2859]

@@curmudgeinnak sounds good

[@SeaShell_Bee]

That was cool. I wondered what a tundra truck was. Similar to the MOW (Maintenance of Way) vehicles that I've watched on the Virtual Railfan live channel. Not bad on the delivery price either. Stay safe and thank you for sharing!

[@terrywilliams8585]

That tundra truck is awesome!!@

[@curmudgeinnak]

It sure is!

[@OurCabinInThewoods]

Hey Rob this was a great video cool. Love how far back you are to the tracks stay safe up there see you on the next one.✌

[@curmudgeinnak]

Hey Tony, We are 13 miles from the closest road which is in Talkeetna. Then another mile up the trail if I take the upper trail. the trail I took in this video is the lower trail and it is about 1.25 miles. Thank you for stopping by,

[@OurCabinInThewoods]

@@curmudgeinnak I was just telling my wife about this video.

[@bherylkuebler986]

Im so glad YT gave you to the world! Hugs.

[@curmudgeinnak]

Yes it did, and it gave us all of you amazing peope.

[@futurekron]

Such an amazing lifestyle.

[@curmudgeinnak]

It really is!

[@southron49]

evidently, the alaska railroad is very accommodating. good to be surrounded by nice people........g

[@curmudgeinnak]

It was part of the deal when the state purchased the train system from the fed gov years ago. They have to always service the off grid people or build a road. Road would cost way to much.

[@j.r.3215]

People helping people, what a great idea !

[@randywatkins3306]

❤ I LOVE THAT NAME CURMUDGE ! 😂 🎉 I was at Clear Creek Airport off loading plains , during winter WAR games for 4 weeks in Alaska ! Loved it for it's beauty and experience ! I was stationed at Fort Eustis VA. Early too mid 1980's ! What a great experience that was ! Stay safe & warm , yup wood pile !

[@curmudgeinnak]

lol Thank you. Thank you for your service. :-). We love it here for the simple way of living and the beauty around us.

[@Mrjoshuasjourneyzzz10420]

Nice!!!

[@davidanalyst671]

you need to look up a grader. Its a heavy grate or just a couple horizontal steel pieces with some heft to them, and they grade out the road. You attach it to the back and just drag it along to fix the bumps in the road. Dont grade your bridges

[@SEA-U2]

Happy Late Birthday Sarah 🎁🎊👏👏👏😊🙏

[@curmudgeinnak]

LOL She says Thank you.

[@MyAlaska12]

Looks like a good buy! Thanks for sharing.

[@MakeupMomandson]

so cool.

[@curmudgeinnak]

Thank you. :-)

[@southernrootsalaskanbranches7]

Oh wow what a process! Very interesting Mr Rob! Beautiful country. Enjoy that side by side! Yall be safe!

[@brianm9467]

Hey I live in the town the Washington Cog railway is in! My friend is good friends with the owners so got a behind the scenes tour of their shop where they build and maintain all their coaches and engines. When I make it to Alaska I would love to ride the train out there.

[@curmudgeinnak]

Very cool! I have ridden the cog a number of times. Loved it.

[@janetparrish3429]

That was cool how y'all move things to the property. The little bridges on trail helps not getting stuck I bet.

[@curmudgeinnak]

Yes they do. We had to rebuild all of them to be able to drive over with the kawasaki.

[@alaskacutthecord769]

Well now, that is cool to see!

[@johninalaska9563]

That is a cool truck, I was curious how you gotit out there by truck.

[@curmudgeinnak]

now ya know. 😉 it is a process to get big items out to us.

[@janetgifford743]

Here in Kentucky we call them hi-rail trucks. My grandfather worked on the old L&N railroad.

[@curmudgeinnak]

Yes, that is what they are. The ARR named the delivery trucks Tundra Trucks. Not sure how that came about but I will try to find out sometime.

[@jasondavis1816]

Way to go 👍👍

[@jerrydutra3225]

Woohoo 🎉

[@curmudgeinnak]

That is what we said as well. lol

[@todds9746]

Just curious...have you ever considered smoothing out or widening (underbrush) the trail? I know it wouldn't be an easy project.

[@curmudgeinnak]

We will be working on that this spring when I get a better weed wacker that I can put a buz blade on.

[@richardbritton5280]

cool ty

[@curmudgeinnak]

Glad you liked it.

[@northerngirlhobbies]

Get er done before winter Curm. Ugg I said the 'W' word.

[@curmudgeinnak]

We like the winter. Much easier to get around in the woods. 😉

[@northerngirlhobbies]

@@curmudgeinnakI prefer being on foot in the mud as opposed to being on foot or snow machine. You can have my snow. 😁 But, I do love ice fishing.

[@johnmackey8508]

Wow, your trail into your house is so long. Makes one wonder why the original owner built so far into the woods when you are already deep in the woods at the railway track!

[@curmudgeinnak]

All the lots in the area start about 1/2 mile in from the tracks.

[@terrywilliams8585]

How far from the railroad tracks are you from your property?

[@curmudgeinnak]

The tracks are about a mile away.

[@detecting_Nathanael]

The rail wheels on a road vehicle system was invented in Australia. Go OZ.

[@boojiela]

word!

[@curmudgeinnak]

I did not know that. Thank you.

[@mariannemarkle6244]

Such an interesting lifestyle living so remotely! You mentioned that the homesteads are all about 1/2 mile from the RR tracks. About how many homesteads are within one to three from yours? Just curious!

[@curmudgeinnak]

We are about a mile off the tracks. We have no other full time neighbors for about 3-4 miles. We have a number of cabins closer but they only used a few times a year.

[@lostmoose9994]

Wondering if you guys could get a permit to run your own UTV-draisine or railtruck like those railway maintenance pickup trucks ? Would save a lot of loading and unloading, just hopp off the tracks at your location and unload your supplies at home. Germans had that back in the days.

[@curmudgeinnak]

The railroad would never go for that sadly. It is state owned and they do not even like you to walk across it.

[@DawnRaeB]

I love this!!!!!! I'm wondering how you chose the Teryx 800 (i.e. for special features or availability in your area... etc?) I've never owned an ATV and I'd like one here. But I don't know how to determine the best one for my needs and steep sloped land. And of course, when I mention it, people say that it wouldn't be safe on my slope. Oh. But I know that they drive theirs on the slopes.

[@curmudgeinnak]

Our friends from Alaska Cut the Cord sold it to us for a very good price. As to hills unless theuy are very steep I would not worry about it. I go up some steep hills no issues.

[@pault1964]

Does all that water freeze in the winter

[@curmudgeinnak]

The rivers freeze for the most part if it gets cold enough. The last two years we had a lot of open water by mid Feb. Creekse freeze solid by December

[@pault1964]

@@curmudgeinnak thank you for replying,I am in the uk very rarely we cold weather for more than a week

[@woodi4308]

I imagine you don't have to worry about theft up that way

[@curmudgeinnak]

Thankfully we do not. We only had an issue one time and they paid the price. They put diesel in a couple of snow machines. lol

[@woodi4308]

It's a shame you couldn't ride with a side-by-side on the truck

[@curmudgeinnak]

yes and no. If we can do it others can get to us that way. It is kind of nice knowing we will not just have people walk up to our home with out us knowing.

[@woodi4308]

Who owns the land between the railroad and your cabin?

[@curmudgeinnak]

A few private properties with nothing on them but it is mostly state land.

[@NonNone-qm4zi]

Remembering to charge a GoPro is pretty complicated.... and you are living. remote??? 😂

[@curmudgeinnak]

The gopro had issues. I no longer use them. Yes are live remote.

[@Revelation22-13]

Deuteronomy 10:17-18 King James Version 17 For the Lord your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward: 18 He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment. Gods blessings over you .

[@josephblazek6480]

Save the tree- move the trail if possible

[@fjb4932]

Joesy, Scheesch... sounding like a hippie city slicker, "If we can save Just ONE tree...it's worth it !" Honey, we gots more trees than Carter's has little green liver pills. Hell boy, you could cut a tree down every day for the rest of your life untill you're too old to swing an axe or pull start a chain saw, and for every tree you cut, 10 more wold have sprung up, each and every day. Like you city slickers cutting grass and some fool crying about it. Get a life, chop down a tree... ☆