Finishing Demolition on the Bank Barn. Removing the rest of floor and the concrete blocks.

After today the back of the bank barn is all opened up and can be a shelter for livestock.
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[@kirbyholton1082]

That turkey is gonna get you!!

[@chrisstyers8547]

starting at the 12:20 mark it looks like a shadow figure moving in the window with the light on but it might be your breath messing with the camera...kinda spooky lol

[@ronmckay8128]

I noticed this also and that is a ceiling light , very tall ghost..😁 also noticed when you pull the wall away from the foundation there is a mummified carcass probably a possum.

[@puskabeuford8667]

Looks like fun. 👍🦅🇺🇸

[@richxts1357]

Rebecca being a Lil' Bitsy Lady, I cannot believe the physical work she does! She's a great wife, treasure her!

[@jamesmoore1743]

Evan what a great job a cheetah Vision you have. I truly enjoy your job supervisor the Turkey. Have you given him a name yet

[@CountryViewAcres]

No, we haven't given him a name. I just call him Tom.

[@jamesmoore1743]

@@CountryViewAcres Ok I guess it's just be Tom! Tom knows when you are filming 😂😂 He's cock of the farm

[@stevenbradford6824]

Y’all make very good videos. You should have your wife help you earlier in this project, she took out that wall faster than you did! :-)

[@Tonetwisters]

Rebekah is a dynamo.

[@Sword-Shield]

🤣 That turkey 🦃 🍗 definitely is a camera hound...he likes being seen 👀 and heard👂for sure. 🤣🤣🎯👍✌

[@rkthing55]

No doubt! Every time Evan got in front of him, he would move into camera range, with his feathers all fluffed up. LOL

[@donbennington677]

Rebecca swung that hammer like a pro. She's a tough lady and a great help around the place. Well done the pair of you

[@jeffgillette3364]

One more thing you've commented before about the Tom Turkey what's your Tom turkey's name cuz apparently he wants to be in the movies I think you should start putting him in cuz he must be a product of Hollywood and he is a good looking Tom he almost looks like Jackie Gleason

[@bullseye1263]

Cant wait to see the finished product been watching your channel for years!!

[@bobjoncas2814]

LOOKIN' GOOD

[@pampilgrim2274]

Hi, Evan and Rebecca! This bank barn series is very interesting. I am eager to watch as you work your magic in transforming this awesome historical barn.

[@richxts1357]

Evan, I think the Gobbler is in love with you, he's always around you strutting!

[@robsdeviceunknown]

Man I would SO run a metal detector on that ground under the old floor. Just never know what may be their. I don't think I have ever seen a prettier Turkey in my life. That White and black one. Never even knew they existed.

[@mitchellgourley4642]

Very good job nice video keep up the good work can’t wait to see it done

[@patriciabeyer7824]

Hi. Doing that wall must hurt! A whirlpool would feel great i bet. Your turkeys are beautiful. ❤️❤️

[@salmonhunter7414]

You work with what you got and most of the time it works.

[@Me-ov9nw]

W.o.w impressive work done on that project! Looking forward to more ... the Turkey is a beauty! Lots of lumber to repurpose too. Ahhhh, farm life❤

[@lastoeck]

Rebecca is a beast! A one-woman demolition crew!

[@pitshit84]

Not many women can swing a sledge like a man.

[@AllisChalmersMN]

That project is coming along very good. The wall is very well built. Just think if you had to swing a sledgehammer for a few weeks you’d be quite strong.

[@lorenmeyer5290]

WOW that is one hard wall! You wore your self out on that wall! Great job done Evan and Rebecca! Always love watching!

[@PoteauCowboy]

You two are relentless workers. A tip of my hat to both of you.

[@ritafirestone761]

We live in Indiana right in the center about 31 miles south of Michigan. We ate on a little more than 5 acres in the country. So quiet and peaceful.

[@donnadunlop]

That turkey is gorgeous, very healthy looking. I was huffing just watching you tackle that cement block wall, hope your not too sore tomorrow. Rebecca you made me proud watching you beat on the block, good on you.

[@juleswins3]

I was about to write the same thing about the turkey! Might be the prettiest Royal Palm I’ve seen and his hen is beautiful, too.

[@BHP_farm]

Evan convinced me to get a pair, got them this week, they are a real treat on the farm!

[@terrycastor8299]

I don't need no jackhammer! I got me a BeccaBuster! Good job, Rebecca!💪👍 She wasn't even breathing hard. She's one tough cookie. This repurposed barn shed is going to be a real asset. The livestock will love it. I can't wait to see the finished product. Good job, Evan and Rebecca.

[@cliffblackburn8102]

That's a big job so glad you got most of it done 💯✌🏻

[@catgirl8845]

I love that male turkey, he is beautiful! It’s looking good by the way.

[@tvcat3665]

Glad that last piece came out in one chunk with the tractor. 🚜 That turkey is a handsome fellow. I think he knows it too. 😀

[@fredrobinson6990]

The barn addition was pretty well built. Tough work, good job.

[@Tomhohenadel]

Wow Evan, Rebecca really gave you a haircut. Good job. Can’t wait to see what you will build with used lumber. Great video

[@22gonefishing]

You could use some of the concrete blocks/pieces to use as a base layer to raise up your ramp to your bank barn or if you have water/streams eroding soil, use to stop/slow erosion.

[@prodriver12345]

Im not convinced with the corners left after removing the wall section, especially with the crack on the left side, might be worth reinforcing the corners or even forming concrete around them just incase they are hit.

[@carlfoltz4244]

Wow, Rebecca swings a mighty hammer. She's relentless. Way to go!

[@raulsalinas7364]

Love to watch your channel. Barn looking great. Stay warm

[@22gonefishing]

You should let Rebecca drive the tractor, so she gets used to it, so when she has to drive it, it will be much easier for her and you.

[@dwightl5863]

She had experience driving last summer on the hay baler.

[@Ben-bj3ev]

What a work out. My arms feel jarred just watching.

[@JosePerez-fm6km]

Rebecca, you are absolutely amazing. Love how you are part of every part of getting the homestead complete.

[@tonygough8713]

Evan that salvaged lumber would be great to build a shelter in your pasture for the cows to get out of the rain and cold wind. Thanks for the great videos.

[@Curtis1824]

Great Job Evan! Keep up the good work!

[@joannak4640]

Thanks for the update. Go Rebekah!! ❤️

[@gusbracewell3856]

Y’all may want to invest in a corded hammer drill that also does just hammer. Dewalt and Bosch make a good one it uses the SDS shank hammer drill bits and the SDS hammer bits.

[@tlb84gaming5]

You should stack the concrete blocks in your goat pasture. It makes a fun little play area for them to use their natural climbing abilities. Plus it helps with keeping their hoofs naturally groomed.

[@deanbarr5740]

Your doing a good job Evan. That grapple sure was a labor saver, along with the Frontend Loader.

[@jamesharless5357]

Nice job!👍🏻

[@captainprairie5790]

I like hearing them turkeys gobble when you make noise! That has to be a comforting feeling. Beats hearing cars and traffic and folks yelling!

[@tomboysen7592]

You could use the block to fill in a washout to slow water down and prevent erosion

[@bethanypennington9226]

Go REBECCA! Woman power! Lol I love y'alls videos. Question. All that wood- u mentioned projects... but could u use it to wall in the barn? It's nasty but useable..

[@bernardjones6162]

The Turkey is a photo bomber! Great video Evan and Rebecca is stronger than I thought! She swings a mean sledge!

[@justgawkin2418]

Will the steers damage the persimmon tree in front of the entrance to the barn? Now may be the time to start looking for a second or third hand skid steer as well. Agree that concrete will make a great base for your gravel drive up as well. Don't forget the drainage at the base of the opening.

[@BHP_farm]

That turkey really shows himself off! What a guy! Beautiful bird. Thanks for sharing Evan, you and Rebecca are making some nice progress!

[@cbadventures8996]

I'm pretty sure I was breathing heavy just watching you swing the sledge so much...lol... looks awesome and I cant wait to see the finished product.

[@Tonetwisters]

Fantastic! Good for you guys in that accomplishment! You and Miss Rebekah swing a mean Nine-pounder! And I see your bubble machine is working as desired out in the pond ...

[@jonkoehler4200]

Should have rented a K-12 concrete saw 14” carbon blade you would have saved your back and time. Great video enjoying your progress

[@PurpleCollarLife]

Definitely hard work! Great job.

[@dougB4454]

Way to go. Some things are just hard. Whoever built that rock should be proud.

[@northernlassie2755]

Be careful with the lifting....never twist and toss with a heavy armful. Make sure you turn forward first. You will save your back :)

[@davidbarron8706]

New subscriber as of last week. Absolutely love this channel so far. I have been binge watching your videos like crazy whenever i have time. 👍👍

[@AfterTheRains]

What an achievement. That was a backbreaking mammoth task.

[@walterchapman2884]

I'm sure you don't need anyone telling you uses for the material your taking out, you've been around! That manual work will make you respect someone who does it for a living, like yourself.😉

[@tomboysen7592]

You should lay a couple of bords the opposite way for dunnage then you get under them with the forks again then you wouldn't have to load by hand again

[@daleamcallister284]

Evan and Rebecca...I have so enjoyed watching from your start building your Countrymark Log Home. Watching the tons of work you have done to improve your land, the pole barn, etc. is just very nice. You must have Dutch, and, or German blood as I do, and I am as driven of a person as you both! A Perfectionist of sort! I'd like to see a video of just how your house has weathered since the build. Because of my health mostly, and after watching your log home build I sold my retirement home I only built six years ago in North Fort Myers, Florida, and moved back to my native Michigan with plans to put up a Countrymark Log Home. We just moved in October to Holland, Michigan, and are searching for land between here and Saugatuck. Sometime within the next two months we are going to drive to Countrymark's office Indiana to discuss plans, etc. Thanks to you I researched six log home builders in Wisconsin., Indiana, and Michigan and found Countrymark to be my preferred choice. I wanted to send you a recipe for your hash browns, but been way to busy, so look for it coming your way in our slow USPS! Thanks Again. Dale A McAllister

[@greghollingsworth1321]

Looks good but you should reinforce the block below those new post. Cattle will the edges as an place to rub and eventually knocking the block loose. Just my opinion from past experience.

[@michaelfrancis7072]

Great job guys. It doesn't look like you'll have to build much of a ramp into the shed, it looks like the animals could easily step up into it now.

[@jaydenponte2741]

Another great video always on your channel looking for more ideas on my farm currently making a big goat barn in the freezing cold Massachusetts but I deal with it.

[@miltonhurd1016]

It looks like the remaining concrete block wall is not pinned to the foundation. You might want to consider placing full-length support columns for the large opening.

[@robstevens2076]

You could of hung the hammer buy the roof with chain or rope and let it swing down with gravity to smash the wall out. Wrecking ball style!

[@nickmastroianni5557]

I think I would give some thought over the winter to how you might excavate some of the dirt in the ramp area and filling in with the broken concrete as a base for the gravel. Otherwise, your gravel will disappear over the years into the soil.

[@davidwatsonii9469]

its a compliment to the makers of concrete, its sure solid and it pretty much has to batch mixed

[@donfenton9082]

Evan I wish I had your energy dude. Good job guys. I think it’d be neat to see what kind of meals all the meat turns into

[@killerar15]

Rebecca killed it, she blasted through the wall twice as fast as you. Lol Don't make her mad 😂

[@terrypomatto907]

Taking the last of the wall was better than I expected. You now have a way to get in to scoop out the barn floor. I like your videos keep up the good work.

[@jvin248]

Few will tell you in _Farmer School_ you'll be fighting through the mud one day and then fighting over frozen ruts the next. That turkey of a supervisor is out there 'helping' you out again, with his assistant even. Good progress.

[@bevnelson3678]

Good on you Rebecca. Good hard worker. You both amaze me how you guys get stuck in and get the jobs done.

[@markfin7225]

You could poor a short apron in front of the floor. It will carry the tractor better, cattle won’t push it out and you can do it with a rental mixer and bagged crete pretty easily. It looks really good.

[@waddeym]

That should be much more useful than the raised floor. You could easily put two stalls in there and still have plenty of room for other animals to shelter from the weather.

[@bellevue260]

In stead of leaving the old wall in the woods, i suggest you dig a few feet down in front of the opening, dump the old wall in there and then grade it up with the gravel, or use the old wall as filler next to the pole barn.

[@davep5972]

Great job guys looks so much better and will make a big difference for you. And also you two showed again what an awesome team you are.

[@texasproud3332]

You can get masonry sawzall blades up to about 12” long

[@mimicolvin3200]

Good job. Now the animals have a place out of the weather. As usual a job well done.

[@jlvetor123]

I don’t know that’s a big hole for wind. That is why I suggested opening the end. Time will tell.

[@joannecrowley2388]

Way to go Rebecca ! You too Evan ! If it was me, I'd use one of those concrete slabs for in front of the barn door as a "walkway"

[@ruthboulet8158]

Peek a boo with the turkey! LOL!

[@ronaldclemons5520]

The hammer drill did the trick. Stay safe guys. Blessings🙂

[@melissadyche8325]

Good job Evan I’m glad you accomplished getting it all done

[@jukeman57]

Love the conceited white turkey. Gobbles a lot, struts with his plumage all flexed out and he was photo bombing your video towards the end. So funny. The stall is turning out great guys. Cheers

[@leol1682]

And now it's done you need small tractor to clean inside like father tractor .

[@CountryViewAcres]

Yes a smaller tractor would be handy lots of tasks.

[@reannejarvis9464]

Well that was built to last. Kudos to the persistence. Some nice compost there. Very useful 🇦🇺❤️‍🔥👍

[@davidhunt8805]

Should have brought Rebecca out in the morning, you would have been done by lunch. Ha Ha

[@geraldhaury4199]

Nothing like getting photo- bombed by a turkey! 🤣😅😂

[@donniemccaffery3961]

That’s some very good wood your removing, hope your reusing.

[@gregj2647]

The demo of that block wall was a real workout. But you succeeded.

[@Farm_fab]

If you decide that you want to clean up the dirt floor, I have a suggestion. If you start from the farthest points and work to the closest, as this makes the hardest part when you have more energy to the easiest when you have less. This gives you something to look forward to.

[@jlvetor123]

What is wrong with using the tractor and bucket for clean out?

[@royjeter121]

Looking good be safe

[@jeffgillette3364]

You're doing a pretty nice job lot of hard work Rebecca swings a pretty mean sledgehammer I've been following you on your videos whenever I see a new one I'd also like to add I had the same hardship happened to me on my Hayfield we have 80 acres we lease out I have 11 acres in front of my house which doesn't belong to the 80 but it is in my deceased father's name and just like you they lease the property and they came in and sprayed my field about 15 years ago it took me approximately 2 weeks to clean all the Autumn olives out of it to make that field because it was in the set aside program now it is all overgrown again and I have to go back at it and clean it all back up I didn't care so much for help from the Farmer that had it sprayed but I do have a small inheritance coming and I am going to bring that field back to life once again that's what I was raised to do and that's what my father did his whole life I'm not a young fellow like you but I'm going to do it and I don't have the modern machinery I have to start out piece by piece I do like your videos I'm close to 60 now but I'm ornery I intend on doing part of the field to Hay part of the field to corn and part of the field to pasture thanks so much for inspiring me not to give up on the way I was raised and the love for what I like to do and my dad lived his whole life that way but I'm not going to milk those damn cows what a pain in the butt

[@charlesmach7511]

Kind of late for a suggestion but if you would have rented a 12" or 14" gas concrete saw cutting from both sides you would have cut through the wall. No use of the sledge mall.

[@noelcahill6707]

Fair play to ye i bet ye had no trouble falling asleep them nites ha

[@davidgetchell2304]

Put rippers down on the box scraper to cut through all the ruts

[@hollandduck79]

from the Netherlands thanks for the video CVA

[@jasoncorreal8810]

At least you know that is a solid wall and the animals cant knock it down!

[@marylott3076]

Looking good! Y'all work so well together.

[@OpunktSchmidt1301]

Well done! Thanks a lot for the video! 😊👍🏻