Mini Skid Multitool | Forms Rebar Concrete for a Retaining Wall

[@TreeChangeFarmer]

Got to love a concrete pour - especially when someone else is doing it!😊 Well done Ian & Julie. Cheers Dave.

[@HomesteadingUncontained]

I dread it for sure but once you get the routine going it seems to go quickly.... one more surge on the wall to go.

[@HomesteadingUncontained]

Hi Dave - it’s Julie how are your ‘new knees’ keep walking lots xxx J

[@TreeChangeFarmer]

Hello Julie @@HomesteadingUncontained I am now in week 5 after the titanium knee replacement. Was using crutches for about 10 days but since then OK to walk around unaided. Have been doing physio for 4 weeks and this includes gym work and hydrotherapy sessions in the pool. The knee now is better than my old knee that was bone on bone and had got so bad my leg was bowed 10 degrees. A major fix, but now I can walk upright without a limp! On the negative side it does feel somewhat "artificial" to touch and there is a lack of sensitivity on the outer side of the knee but I have been told you get used to it over time. I need also to do the other one but may wait til we get back from our European trip in September. Jerry from @BigelowWoodcraft has had his knee just done and is documenting the experience each week on his Channel. With the new materials and technology available I was told my knee will last for 30 years! Ian mentioned his knee (knees?) are bad and would encourage him to look at the procedure for a pain free future. Everyone I talk to that have had the procedure say it really is a life changing experience. Cheers Dave.

[@HomesteadingUncontained]

@@TreeChangeFarmer Dave this is great news you are walking around. My friend walked and walked every day and has just had her second knee done & this one is even faster recovery. To be pain free is priceless …. Now no marathons young man for at least a year 🤣🤣🤣 x J

[@jeffreygilchrist1330]

Ian’s becoming a legend on the skid steer Julie shaking her booty this Chanel is very watchable and I look forward to each new video 30 thousand and on it’s way up congratulations onwards and upwards cheers from Perth Australia

[@HomesteadingUncontained]

I must admit the Skid steer is very easy to use, much much simpler than the little digger...... And Julie...well..... no explanation needed 🤣

[@SMILER243]

Can’t wait for the next episode

[@HomesteadingUncontained]

This afternoon......👍🏻

[@tonyestvik7969]

Good job guys! The Skid and new mixer, smarter not harder! Its good to take the Skid up and down that slope, it works like the padder....-if you know what I mean...👍

[@HomesteadingUncontained]

I told Julie the skid steer is putting her out of a job 😉

[@lasherthelash]

I did laugh when you mentioned The Perkin Brothers - You want to fly them over and they will have your new venture up in a week.... Very much looking forward to your new development.

[@HomesteadingUncontained]

I know - having multiple hands just makes the job go so fast. Learn a lot from them.

[@rjung_ch]

👍💪✌ thanks for another one!

[@HomesteadingUncontained]

No Problem..... back out in the rain tomorrow 🤣

[@troyboy4345]

Good to see some building work, lots of bending over is a back killer, look after yourselves and see you again !

[@HomesteadingUncontained]

Back to the concrete.... just so looking forward to some carpentry 🪚🔨

[@SMILER243]

You both are so amazing . . . What a team 👍 love it .

[@HomesteadingUncontained]

Thank you so much 😊

[@garrygrant2827]

Hi ian an Julie well fhat skidsteer is really a huge asset and it can move lots more concrete effectively so that helps lugging wheelbarrow aboutand takes load of you back pushing wbarrow . You both have come along way from your first foundation building . Really impressed with that skidsteer

[@HomesteadingUncontained]

We have learnt a lot since that first major wall for the garage. Getting near to the house foundations is the scary bit 😬

[@richardbodor3318]

Fantastic progress! I love the Brim Eyes View camera ☺. You are getting a lot of work out of that mini-skid. Cheers from the USA ♥

[@HomesteadingUncontained]

Cheers Richard - loving the little camera but need to get this audio sorted ✔️

[@robertjames8909]

Anouther great week just love your commitment to the task ahead well done again👍

[@HomesteadingUncontained]

Cheers Robert 👍🏻

[@dougtravins9624]

What's the test of a good marriage? Doing a concrete project together. Lol Nice job as always guys. Good planning = good outcome.

[@HomesteadingUncontained]

Julie seems to enjoy concrete...so I just keep giving 🤣

[@dougtravins9624]

@@HomesteadingUncontained My wife enjoys work concrete too, that is, watching me do it.

[@MOAJackson-u9f]

Awesome progress! Nicely done! Now, you just need Mother Nature to cooperate! 🤞🤞🤞

[@HomesteadingUncontained]

We should not complain - but rain is not nice.

[@edwindegroot3235]

Like always, well done 👍

[@HomesteadingUncontained]

Cheers Edwin 👍🏻

[@NerainerRidgeway]

Wonderful progress!

[@HomesteadingUncontained]

Thank you so much 😊

[@trevorpalmer1891]

Well Done!

[@HomesteadingUncontained]

Cheers Trevor 👍🏻

[@David-ju5ci]

A Great team most enjoyable.

[@HomesteadingUncontained]

Thank you ☺️

[@Mrdogface12]

Just brilliant 👍

[@HomesteadingUncontained]

Thank you so much 😊

[@liammcgothigan2094]

Hello ian an julie 👋👍👍

[@HomesteadingUncontained]

Cheers for watching Liam 👍🏻

[@brianwilliams4326]

Hope this isn't takin as on dissing you, and not that it helps now, but you should have taken the mixer down to the pour and moved it as needed .when you've got a truck on the street what you're doing is great, but that's the point of a portable mixer save time on travel back and forth, dump right in the hole. Amazing cooperation and accomplishment with you two, love the channel.

[@HomesteadingUncontained]

The main reason is that all the sand and gravel is in the trailer a we can't get that down the slope - so it is either move the concrete after the mix or Julie carrying 6 buckets of aggregate down to the mixer each time. The mixer is not really that portable really, ok to move into place the once but then we keep it filled and spinning throughout to keep the boxes going (while we head down with the concrete to pour) 😀

[@brianwilliams4326]

@@HomesteadingUncontained totally understand just thought bringing the sand and gravel stockpile down to the mixer with the skid would save time and spillage down the slope .no offense intended, just friendly advise and you know advise 🥴Concrete Drainage Forman 32 yrs. Keep up the good work .Me and the misses are envious

[@billyohara239]

Working hard 😮

[@HomesteadingUncontained]

Cheers Billy

[@rolandleusden]

Instead of the flimsy concrete mixers that you get at Hornbach, OBI and so, I bought a concrete mixer from the seventies for 50€ , it's build like a tank, only needed a new V belt and some lubrication of the bearrings. It weights 200kg, so a little hard to move around. So far did 7 m^3 of concrete with it, running for days without problems.

[@HomesteadingUncontained]

Tell me about it - this new one is awful. I have my old faithful which has lasted me 25 years - I think I will repair the electric on it and go back to that one. I was hoping this one was bigger but it isn't. The older ones are the best.

[@markb1487]

As a landscape gardener of 24 years now,,i like this video..💯👍💯👍🇬🇧

[@HomesteadingUncontained]

Thank you so much, really appreciate it 👍🏻

[@harryiv6107]

You two are awesome!!! Glad you could beat the rain.

[@HomesteadingUncontained]

Thanks Harry, sometimes these weather forecasts are over cautious.....

[@OurNewLand]

Great job, team! You accomplished so much in this video! Your place is coming along so quickly!

[@HomesteadingUncontained]

Thank you, it was a busy week but we need to push forward before our work session is upon us again. 😬

[@Melicoy]

Right on nice work ! Ever thought or add some rebar sticking up out of footing?

[@HomesteadingUncontained]

We have started to drill and add this afterwards with chemical cement - makes it easier on the positioning of the bars. The first one we did took for ever.

[@Pinzpilot101]

Weather gone weird where I am in Eastern Poland......18C for several days now.....looks like all week? I,ve got Dafs coming up everywhere but not out yet...this warm weather will bring them on.

[@HomesteadingUncontained]

It was T Shirt weather last week - now it is cold and snow just up the road. (on top of the Dafs)

[@aurick861]

Guys, if you haven't poured the concrete: connect the rebar cages at the step, it will crack if not. L.E. you've poured the half the conctere, to the step, you can still add some rebar there

[@HomesteadingUncontained]

I have done - will add some laterals as well when I start the next pour (it is pouring here at the moment). this is just the footing though, I will be drilling in rebar uprights for the block work too.

[@phillipneale6422]

Great job you two. Would it be possible to resite the mixer closer to the shuttering to reduce the transfer time of the skid steer, just a thought. 😅

[@HomesteadingUncontained]

Trouble is the getting the trailer down the slope - it is too heavy to get it down there. So easier just to take the mix down. When we do the house we will try and move the aggregate a little closer.

[@georgewest2096]

😹 As I understand youtube likes you to have comments and a simple emoji counts. Good job people!

[@HomesteadingUncontained]

haha, yes, thank you ☺️

[@jackkeller737]

does your tractor not have a power take off, you can get cement mixers to mount on the 3 point hitch.

[@HomesteadingUncontained]

I looked into these and they are €1200 here for the cheapest one I could find - plus we would need space to manoeuvre it around. This one was €200.

[@paulkilp]

could you have put the mixer on a pallet then use your pallet forks to move the mixer back and forth then pour the mixes right into the forms or would that be to heavy for the skid steer. when you said you got a new and bigger mixer i was thinking a skid steer mounted one silly me

[@HomesteadingUncontained]

We try and keep a mix going so as soon as we off load into he bucket then next mix is set. It would be pretty unstable as well as these cheaper mixers are not that sturdy. The attachments mixers are very expensive.

[@ronbewsell5538]

why not set up closer to the formwork?

[@HomesteadingUncontained]

We can't get the trailer of sand and gravel down the slope very well. And that is the biggest part of the mix...I wish we could 😬

[@richardgreen7811]

Brown work clothes = brown Gucci Shoes Blues work clothes = blue Gucci Shoes No way I could be on this work site. Couldn't take the attire peer pressure.

[@HomesteadingUncontained]

hahaha, the blue shoes are in the bin - the brown ones are next, then I will be back in work boots.

[@SimonCoates]

What happened to your intro?

[@HomesteadingUncontained]

Hi Simon - we need to update it a little. Waiting for some sun to do some more fliming.