Excavator Installing Utilities at the Boat Themed Cabin Build!

[@brotherbruce]

I like the work you do and love your sense of humor. Advice, when you have an elevation change in a utility trench put a clay collar around the conduit to prevent the trench from channeling water below the surface. Similar to an overflow pipe on a pond dam.

[@PhotoArtBrussels]

Merry Christmas! All the best wishes for the entire family! The sound with the new mics is excellent. Super clear. Auto-levels did well with the was as well.

[@AtomicSneeze1]

you can disguise the electrical on the side by placing a large chain on/around the conduit and make it look like an anchor chain from a distance. Wont fool anyone up close but might make for some good 20 ft camo. Or if not a chain, wrap the conduit with an old rope. Either way make it look like it is either anchored in place or tied to the dock. It'll fit with the theme a little better than conduit on the side.

[@miker1448]

Power, water, roof, windows; next thing you know the Admiral will be selecting interior decorations. Thanks for turning up the volume, both literally and figuratively.

[@kevinkenyon7045]

Captain keep on trucking! Thanks for sharing! Kevin

[@CaptainKleeman]

Thanks for watching Kevin

[@rhondasweeney7271]

Little bit of this and a little bit of that, awesome! I can see your vision . Hope you and your family had a wonderful Christmas. Thank you for sharing 👌 😊

[@alandawson2813]

Why hello Captain, yay another entertaining episode. Looking a little chilly. Nice and warm here in kiwi land summer just rolling in. Happy days.

[@CaptainKleeman]

Lol I need to move my projects down there this time of year

[@dfusit]

Full steam ahead on the yacht build - yeah! I must say , 12:11 Excellent skills repositioning the camera tripod with the 304. I’m looking forward to this build series. Stay safe Captain.

[@ianmckay1780]

There was I, thinking I would mention this to Mike, as I thought it very well done too. Then found your comment, and had to hold my hands up and say thank you for getting there first! regards Ian M.

[@dfusit]

@@ianmckay1780GMTA

[@marktheexpositor]

That new mic was great at least I think so. Thanks for sharing all you do. Happy new year

[@maxobara1496]

Captain are you putting a round peg in a square hole?😂😂 You’re on the move, nice work. 💪🤗🇺🇸

[@CaptainKleeman]

Thanks!

[@morgansword]

Crazy funny is I did that same method when I built my shop, I knew I wanted a house... and someone mentioned Hey morg.... a cabin for help in your shop. Power company was coming past my place and so I got a ton of materials together and built my stuff like your doing. Power company came by, very happy ninety percent was done for them... still open to see with ground rods and all. I did mess up as I was offered three phase at the time and did not choose it. It then became too expensive and so hindsight came. Three phase is not going to happen unless your near a transformer. nice Mike.. lets have a great new year

[@chetthejet3896]

Great idea, Hook it to the exhaust. Just keep track of how hot it gets.

[@neoman7479]

audio much improved. thank you!

[@bobbygraham2816]

Merry Christmas to you and the crew....from Scotland.

[@fransinyard891]

Good morning sunshine! I would have never thought to put the pipe on the exhaust to be able to bend it straight! Genius! You are much smarter than most give you credit for! I so much enjoy your videos! Thank you for sharing! Hope you & family had a great Christmas! Much love and respect from Henderson Ga USA

[@MikeInTrafalgar]

For bending plastic pipe, use your LP weed burner to heat the area you want the bend. It's surprisingly effective without damaging the pipe.

[@kirkdesmond]

Electrician here, we use heat guns to make custom bends in our conduit. You're looking good though. Keep it up.

[@fhuber7507]

I use a heat gun, but I've seen electricians use propane torches.

[@young11984]

We used the exhaust from our generator, torch, heat gun and hot water from a coil of copper in a trough hooked to our generators exhaust. The water trough will maintain about 150* in 30* weather too

[@tomswindler64]

Made a lot of progress on different projects that you have been working on,looks like all going to plan.just keep doing your thing.be safe great little video 👍👍👍😎😎😎

[@genesispuredeaf2390]

Merry Christmas 🎄 my friend…. Thank you for the awesome video to watch first thing on the day after. One of my favorite things to watch you do is step by step assembly and clearing/burning. Today we had both overlapping….boom baby 💪. See you on Monday

[@charleswelch249]

Hope you had a wonderful Christmas day with your family, Mike. And I'm so happy to see electricity finally getting to the rental boat and hopefully the shop soon.

[@topfuelrules4me]

Just an Idea Mike, maybe you could disguise the conduit coming into the boat using boat bumpers. Looks awesome! Merry Christmas y'all!!

[@jamesgray6123]

Instead of a bridge Want to build a dock theme deck I think it would look a lot better Of course I have never seen a boat With a bridge that you get to it Just something to think about Enjoy watching all your videos Very fun to watch and some things are very educational to me Thanks keep the good work up

[@kurtloftfield4537]

Good morning Captain, thanks for the video. Merry Christmas to you, your family, and your subscribers!

[@goptools]

Hi Mike. That is a substantial piece of architecture for your meter support. I guess it needs to be really strong to hold up all 400 of those amps!

[@chuckklemme6988]

Audio is great.

[@gloriaa5060]

I don't really wonder, I wait for the surprise. I hope your 2024 Christmas was wonderful!!!!! The surprise of your build!!👍👍👍👍👍🎄🎄🎇🎇

[@americanpatriot2.06]

Merry Christmas!!!! 🎄🎄 Yep! Need to make the hour quota for the deal! 👍👍 I agree that a Sunken Boat Theme is not desirable!

[@gakrazykajun]

Kleeman Khronikles kontinue.....I gotta admit I had to do some deep digging (see what I did there 😀) in the National Electric Code for the specs of a whoopteedoo conduit design, finally found in in the Appendix DIY. Good progress on the yacht project and controlled burn. The Admiral has GOT to give you a promotion some time to Seaman First Class. I hope you and your family had a great Christmas and will have a good new year. As always, great channel, great content.

[@lyleminyard2308]

400amp.? wow you go Captain K😊

[@alexosborne5629]

Always something to do, Captain ! Another cooking session and a trench dug and backfilled 💪💪💪 I was expecting you to run a pull chord through the duct to pull the cable through later on.... 🤔 You're always full of surprises, Mike 😂

[@CaptainKleeman]

I will, but will get all the conduit in first

[@dansevern3291]

Impressive discipine on that burn pile. I usually say that I'm going to keep it small, and add stuff as it burns down, then it becomes "just add this, and this, and this and," next thing you know, "towering inferno." (And then, 10 minutes of frantic dirt pushing.) Looks like good progress, but from recent trips to the ER, I'd suggest using a strap to lift that base with the mini, as when you get my age, just standing up a 10 foot section of stud wall can put you about 9 weeks behind on projects. Thanks for the video and take care!

[@CaptainKleeman]

🤣🤣 I feel on you the frantic dirt pushing.

[@raymondmusarra1927]

looking good captain, sound is a big improvement

[@kenfrazier616]

Awesome progress on the project. And power for the shop soon coming. Hope your family had a wonderful Merry Christmas and was safe and warm at home

[@fsj197811]

I still say that boat is way too tall for it's beam and it's going to capsize. 🙂 As always, thanks for sharing!

[@BarryCouch]

Merry Christmas Captain, Admiral and family.

[@CaptainKleeman]

You as well!

[@anadaneen70]

Every dirty rock is money in the bank! I get so jealous of all the limestone chunks you get access to. I got a few trailer loads brought to me by my husband when the company he works for did an expansion, the excavator operator had the wherewithal to separate the limestone chunks from the soil and it was free for the taking. I began a rock garden and stone path landscaping project and now i want more for a retainer wall and more stone pathways but to buy them is in the hundreds per ton! 😢

[@leer-winnobbeefarms2131]

Look'n great, Mike! Thanks, Lee.

[@clarencewiles963]

Good morning after Christmas 🎄 Thanks for your video this morning 🎉

[@everestyeti]

Pity you didn't have some sweet potatoes, you could have chucked them in your earthen oven. Coming along nicely Captain, did you ever think in your wildest dreams the u tube yacht would look as good as it is now. My only worry is she might be a bit top heavy, so unless your going to fit her with a keal your going to need to make sure your ballast is evenly loaded. 😂

[@tbix1963]

Thanks for sharing your updates and progress. Definitely sounds like you have a plan to follow. Wishing you and your family the best. Hopefully you had a Merry Christmas and wishing you a Happy New Year.

[@philstewart9891]

sound quality is brilliant nice and Cristal clear modulation ....(talking)

[@markdebano944]

Mike you always impress me with your skill level lol. I loved how you moved the tripod and then the heating the conduit lol. The new microphone is awesome!! Because I did excavating for over 32 years and I wasn’t as concerned with my hearing back then as you guys are now. I’m paying for it now with my bad hearing!! So long story short I’m enjoying the new voice!! Keep up the great job Mike!!

[@CaptainKleeman]

Thanks!

[@randydobson1863]

Hi Mike & it's is Randy and i like yours video is Cool & Thanks & Mike & Friends Randy

[@seanpierce7673]

Mike a vaey merey christmas to you and your family! And keep up the great work!😮

[@paullangjahr4071]

Now that was some fancy operating skills Mikey. Merry Christmas a day late buddy, hope the family all had a great one.

[@mattankrom524]

Nice catch with the camera 😁📸

[@mikestrand3747]

Nicely done

[@NathanCEnyart]

OMG! that new mike makes a huge difference. Very good improvement! Now this old man can hear ya good. 😅

[@highviewranch1]

that s some rocky ground ut the machine is eatting it's way thru love the camera positions Letsdig18 could take some lessons from you on Camera location and you work alone Boat cabin in the woods what a great building. Some families will enjoy a nice vacation does that creek have fish in it?

[@billbyrnes9505]

Idea, Horseshoe a chain/cable, at the bottom of cross boards, on the middle post, up the back side, and meet at top in front of the middle board, leaving a couple of feet left to hook to bucket. Picking up from bottom middle post, and stabilizing at top of middle board? Sounds good in my mind? 😁😁😅😅😂😂👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@karleck1119]

Awesome video plans coming along too bad you didn't have a few extra hands to help you tidy things up. Looks alot like my projects. Progress is great. Merry Christmas

[@Des-kh-41]

She starts to remind me of a river tow boat so have you thought about (of course you have) a funnel/stack/exhaust pipe of some description? If she were to resemble an old river boat perhaps two tall, slender stacks forward of the wheelhouse, one each port and starboard OR. to look a bit more like a modern tow boat perhaps a funnel aft of the wheelhouse with an exhaust pipe for each of your 16 cylinder EMD prime movers ( my choice)!

[@danielashford2430]

Mike they heat and bend the conduit and pipe here in Ca. It works brother but don’t recommend bending your 90* lol,peace brother…

[@richardwhite3711]

@ 20:05 Instead of an entrance ramp to yacht, maybe a faux dock w/short ramp to give the illusion that the yacht is tied up to the dock giving a deck for guest to stage their luggage on before entering the cabin ? and room for a grill away from cabin proper !

[@markh178]

Love your channel. If you had a do over, would you build it shaped like a yacht?

[@CaptainKleeman]

Nope

[@rons3103]

Hey "Frank", Since you're doing it your way😂😂 I was wondering why you did not put a pipe through the concrete for the electric pre-pour? Mike, I was thinking you were going to place Electric Ribbon tape on above the pipe in the ground, you know, just in case you accidently dig. I guessing it is only for the mainline. Also, does this mean the Shed/workshop is getting power in 2025? 😁😁 Audio sounds great and the place is coming along nicely.

[@CaptainKleeman]

Every time I've seen someone put a pipe through a wall pre pour, they end up redrilling the hole. I've found it's easier to just drill it afterwards.

[@Richard-C]

good progress today Mike, with all this work you have to do will you be making your videos longer? i know you're videos run for about 30 minutes but i would be upset with we had 1 hour videos, your videos seem to go by so quickly 😉great video Mike 👍👍👍👍👍

[@CaptainKleeman]

I don't make enough progress to make videos much longer than that. Unless I want to one video a week.

[@NeverADullDay2023]

"Not stopping that!" Best line ever!

[@CaptainKleeman]

Fellas gotta know when to let go lol

[@allensharlow7763]

Cabins coming along nicely Mike, can’t wait for January ❤👍👍😎😎🙏🙏🍮🍮

[@CaptainKleeman]

Thanks!

[@johnsutcliffe9965]

Captain, next time you mess with pvc pipe that you need to bend use your weed burner touch. Just be careful not to burn it. I bend pvc all the time with one. Anything from 3/4” all the way up to 6”. Although 4”-6” is only a slight offset bend and very hard to do o have done it before and it does work. 2” is very easy to make your long sweeps saves you money instead of buying them.

[@paullangjahr4071]

I love when you put the new mic on, you get close to the camera and start tilting and twisting your head like a bird at a window seeing it's reflection, or is it a monkey😮😢😊😂, I don't remember. Anyway the audio sounds great 👍

[@garymessina1609]

You did, good Mike great video thanks

[@russellp4160]

So happy to hear that you may be getting power to your shop from this. Yay!

[@RaymondBertin]

The audio is fantastic

[@CaptainKleeman]

Appreciate the feedback

[@sparky11772]

Good morning Mike! Merry Christmas

[@johngracie4597]

You can get a boat bumper that goes on the side of the boat that doesn't hit the dock. Just cut it in half to cover up the electric box going in to the wall.

[@iamslbc]

Hide the visible part of the conduit behind real or craft project large chain. You could even hang an anchor from it to further camouflage the conduit.

[@donash3199]

To keep your boat theme cover your electrical connection with a boat bumper or lifebouy. I know you will come up with a solution to “cover this non boat blemish”. Thanks for sharing all your “mature boy” activities. Merry Christmas view this on Boxing Day with a turkey hangover.

[@marcinrozek4493]

Merry christmas captain from London

[@dondwyer3679]

Great audio!

[@michaelmcclure8673]

Captain Kleeman, can you use part of the walkway to cover the power lines into the ship ?😊

[@SnarkyMediaGroup]

Hollow out a boat dock bumper to hide the electrical box.

[@CaptainKleeman]

Good idea!!

[@markpashia7067]

I have put minor kicks and bends in that conduit with heat but I used either a propane torch or a heat gun. Heat gun seemed best as it spread the heat wider and more even but yeah that exhaust was like not hot enough and not focused where you needed it most. it also could have deformed the end as the most heat was there at the wrong place. If you use a propane torch use a spreader to widen out the flame to a broader section as you do not want pinpoint heat.

[@trevelynbrown4444]

Check out Matts Diesel Creek video .When he ran his power to his shop . It was wild . He did everything except install the transformer and make the connections . It was unbelievable what they changed him. To hook him up .

[@jimurrata6785]

Used to run exhaust through PVC all the time. 👍 I guess that the difference between a 300 hp gas pickup and a 50 hp diesel excavator?

[@doubletrouble0833]

If you wanted to hide the electrical or water line that come into the boat house might I suggest hanging or incorporating a boat bumper like the ones used when docking a boat🤷‍♂️ what do you think🤔?

[@teresasperow3177]

Merry Christmas and happy new year to you and your family!@

[@CaptainKleeman]

You as well!

[@lonniechartrand]

Yay! The new audio was much better!

[@Craigd68]

How about putting eyelets in the top of your posts and lift it up with a chain be much easier just saying 😊

[@ep9360]

27:00 ish, Come on Captain. Keep telling yourself it's not the heaviest thing that you've ever lifted. That's a habit that generates a hernia. You don't want that Sir. Trust me.

[@goodgrieflouiser5807]

New mic sounds great.

[@SciPunk215]

Some greenscaping can hide the conduit on the side of the cabin.

[@garycadieux9649]

22:19 Super Better Thanks for thinking about us

[@kylejones2075]

What a nice video for the day after Christmas

[@kenmazer9481]

👍🏻👍🏻because one is never enough for the Captain 🤛🏻🤛🏻

[@alanbierhoff6831]

I like big sweeps and I cannot lie 😂 IYKYK 😎

[@CaptainKleeman]

🤣

[@bobcaygeon975]

That's the green zip board that matt rye-zinger constantly shills for

[@CaptainKleeman]

Haven't a clue who that is. But it seems like a good product

[@ManBee999]

Merry Christmas from Manchester UK

[@72hourbob61]

Well I have heard of where the sun don't shine but this is the 1st time of hearing where the sun does shine.

[@buddyreed2623]

Hello Mike. Right, why sink the ship before it sails? There is bound to be something Nautical that could be used or made to look like it is nautical, that would disguise the connections that need to enter the Yacht. A "T" connection for power, now that is really thinking past the end of your nose. Have good days!

[@dalesparks8278]

Hey cap love your content and attitude ,you Crack me up sometimes. You're pretty funny , but looks aren't everything....LOL just given you some crap 😉 😂 Hey Mike did you reach out to to ....Concrete with the Hauses ??? They have a great you tube channel and does silicone forms that might help with the with sides of the boat ..

[@casycasy5199]

Merry Christmas,when you said coop is that the electric company ?

[@CaptainKleeman]

Yes

[@sassafrasvalley1939]

Cap’n, seeing you build that Dutch oven gave me a hankering for having a big ole pot of pinto beans and ham hocks to stew overnight. I mean, I hate to waste a slow simmering fire in the woods without getting a feast out of it…. And nothing says ‘hearty meal’ like ham and beans over a campfire. I was surprised that you didn’t use flex conduit at the connection to the yacht… you do realize that high and low tide could have an effect…. Doncha? Oh wait… I forgot… this is KZbin… the laws of nature don’t apply! We are down in Florida… today we’re taking our new boat out to try shark fishing. I’ll toot the horn if we pass the YT Yacht on our voyage. I hope you had a Merry Christmas?

[@CaptainKleeman]

Hope ya have a great boat trip! That sounds awesome.

[@davidevans6758]

Hid it with traditional style rope fenders off the side of the deck.

[@dannyschoonover1420]

Captain K why don’t you disguise the electrical service as an Anchor hanging off the side of the boat?

[@RandyBarber-v3e]

👍👍👍

[@holyearth61]

May be a little high, but my kind of saw-horse. I think I'd have use the tail gate.

[@joeheck146]

maybe park a channel marker bouy in front of the LB penetration to disguise it. At least it will be water themed.

[@Camping814]

Received my new shirt, Merry Christmas!

[@lonniechartrand]

The audio was better when you were switching at the 22:10 mark, but then seemed to fade again towards the end of the video.