INSANE SAND LUGE! Backfilling 150' of Trench on 45° Hill

[@tomwebber9377]

You two are an inspiration! Talk about a marriage, a team and a true partnership.....just really fantastic. Keep up the great work and thanks for sharing your journey.

[@mebhi2]

Great job! You two are such an inspiration, so many young couples want everything NOW! Neither of you are afraid of hard work to build a debt free future. Don't lose hope and know I'm here cheering for you! Cathy Wv!

[@randomuser778]

That durned girl is a keeper. She works like she's coal fired. With that kind of determination, the two of you are going to do okay. Good luck and hang in there!

[@johngilbert9553]

Random User I concur she is a Dynamo take good care of her.

[@ddd228]

That's why they built the hot tub first! Yes,she is as tough as they are,everywhere!Russian girls have nothing on you! Her muscle tone must be impressive. GO SOAK! Jessie is a big guy and he has paid the price for too much,too soon. Been there. 40 hour work weeks are normal for you two.

[@TommyboyGTP]

Coal fired and corn fed!

[@gggg-xx6gx]

Random User once you go black

[@singleman1986]

Always refreshing to witness 'newbies' err on the side of caution. Approaching ANY project on the side of 'overkill' is NEVER a bad idea. MUCH respect as I follow along on your journey.

[@JD-en6ph]

The both of you are not afraid of hard work, that project is not for the fainthearted, nice to see the progress and thank you for sharing John

[@919Drones]

The gravity feed for the sand is brilliant.

[@tim_bbq1008]

wowsa...Alyssa is doing all the hard work. What a trooper. (not to belittle Jesse's effort...that's tough work also) Bedding in sand is an excellent idea. That effort will pay dividends in years to come. You claim it is not necessary, but I have layed miles of pipe and think it is necessary. Keep the videos coming!

[@scribble4766]

Looking great! Here is a tip when working with PVC. After cleaning, priming and adding the glue, when you fit the pieces together, give it about a 1/4 of a turn. It makes sure the glue is on all parts of the pipe and it will not come apart. Wish I would have suggested it sooner.

[@purelivingforlife]

Alyssa is now PVC savvy! Takes a few lost joints to learn the subtleties! :)

[@canesrock82]

Yep, that would have been the trick.

[@frommanilawithlove2556]

awesome...

[@russwertenberg1965]

You two work well together. Patience and persistence serves you both well.

[@Veniden]

I love that you put thought into adding sand. It helps a lot with drainage and if you ever need to reopen that trench you have a little bit of indicator to where your pipes are.

[@dimond1806]

Sand down the pipe = Brilliant! Great video. Please keep them coming.

[@williamhustonrn6160]

We had to do something similar recently on our property in Colorado for the sewer pipes, A easy way to reuse the old sand without putting the giant rocks back in the trench. One person had a rake while the other used the leaf blower. We would rake the sand along the side of the trench from it being dug out around while the leaf blower blows the sand into the trench. The rocks are to heavy to be blown away with the leaf blower.. so we were able to refill the trench about 1/2 with the old sand before we ran out and had to get more from another location on the properly, which we used our $20 black and decker leaf blower in reverse.. we hooked up the leaf suction attachment and disturbed the ground while blowing the sand it sucks up into a carboard box inside the wheel barrel. THen we dumped it out on top of the pipe tell level was satisfactory... we trashed the blade on the $20 leaf blower sucking up the sand, but it was way way easier than manually picking out the rocks..

[@conundrumconundrum5589]

natures gym. yes!

[@McAVITYourWay.]

I am really impressed with how hard you both work, you are a credit to all homesteaders past and present, jolly well deserved hot tub end to the day :)

[@dasbull0101]

Great job!!! She is an awesome partner and Jesse you are so patient and fantastic! Thank you for sharing this journey.

[@williamblair3610]

as long as you get moving forward you can't fail, it might take a little longer but you get moving your winning

[@timkirkpatrick9155]

I like the idea of the casing to allow replacement, Just make sure the system is airtight and has a weep hole at the low end or you could make a cold trap or condensation pocket.

[@WorshipTheSavior]

That montage at 7:25 was so awesome... I was transfixed... if you had looped that for 8 hours, I wouldn't have gone to bed tonight! I love your creative editing! Keep it up!

[@pauldockery1747]

I get to live vicariously through you.

[@josephberrigan8739]

I'm so glad I found this channel

[@bigman6665]

An ATV dump cart would make this job 100 times easier on everyone involved. A $299. cart from tractor supply rated to 1500 lbs will make your lives a heck of a lot more efficient. A one time cost will come in handy more times than you can imagine. Great video - keep them coming

[@spacystacy51]

you two have it going on. watching just makes me want to jump in & help. hard working people are usually a sign of good peeps. looking good you 2 ;0) hot tub

[@JeffKnoxAZ]

I've seen some suggestions about getting pull lines into the pipe, but not my system. Yes, it's a good idea. Tie your string to the carry loops of a plastic grocery bag, then hook a shop-vac to the bottom end of the pipe. It will suck it right down. Then use the string to pull a rope, and a rope to pull whatever you're wanting in the pipe. Works like a dream.

[@HeartinessApproach]

You two are amazing. Let me tell you why. My husband and I are the only ones on our place to work the homestead, build the projects and keep things going. We understand when we see an ominous task and know that if it is going to get done, we are the ones to do it. Three days of hard work, really hard work. Like I say you two are amazing. By the way. We have been bit by the Timber house bug. My husband just got plans to build a timber sawhorse. Got to start somewhere with the techniques. Love your channel. It pushes our brain. We want to come visit your place sometime. We live in Oregon.

[@silverdon55]

You folks are awesome. Hauling sand in a homer bucket. That's hard core.

[@grannylyn757]

I admire you two, sooo much! you're not afraid of working toward your goal,,,,,,,very rare these days! Whoo hoo!

[@EyesOnYou1959]

Well, what can I say?? If there were THREE of you doing the work, I'd swear that you're related to Moe, Larry, and Curly, lol! Keep those videos coming, guys.....they really make my day!

[@Lithillia]

There are always people who have opinions of this that and the other, some might be worth listening to, something, not so much. The point is, there is no time travel, and there are uncontrollable things such as weather etc. I think you guys are doing so well, and there is only one way to go and thats forward :D you keep on tackling things as they come, and prepare for what you can, and this will end up being one heck of a journey to keep following. *hugsnkisses*

[@pansyjordan5508]

Girl, you're a great worker. Many women would never try and tackle any jobs that we have seen you do on all your videos. You are one of the old sayings; far and few between. Both of you take a break and enjoy the hot tub. (from Pansy Jordan)

[@faitholin2716]

Alyssa you are a beast! Great team work. You are both an inspiration.

[@JasonTurner]

You guys are workhorses! Wow! I'm sure you guys feel busted and beat down at the end of the day, yet fully satisfied at working with your hands, towards a common goal. Great job!

[@billberry557]

A suggestion when you run your poly pipe thru the encasement pipe add two pull cords t run the full length. That way if at anytime in the future you could pull a cable or other item you want to run from the bottom of the hill to the top of hill and have it protected. You may never need to pull something in however if you have means in place you would tickled to have this option open to you.

[@purelivingforlife]

BAM! :) Solid advice!

[@robbates3309]

I was going to suggest adding an electric cable , but your idea is much better

[@FiddleMaker63]

Those 45 deg elbows are going to be a bear to pull poly around. Ball with a string tied to it may be a way to get get a line in there. Gravity is your friend with a water system. The sand luge is cool.

[@singleman1986]

GOOD suggestion. 45's shouldn't be a problem with poly pipe, but 30's would be better.

[@yajibei]

same suggestion, you could leave a string (marked every meter) along the water pipe, if it ever blow up you'll just have to pull it up and know where the hole is.

[@lbjackson5179]

Hard work, and determination gets the job done. And it helps that your motivated by your future home.

[@johnschlich5505]

your doing great slow and steady wins the race

[@wisdomoffered1903]

You are a very bright and hard working couple, and you are going to succeed, you certainly deserve it, good luck you happy babes

[@MikeVanHorn]

Well done on creative problem solving and teamwork! The sand luge is genius.

[@HandfulOfTranquility]

Glad you could get some fill to the top of the hill, that would have been miserable to bring it all from the bottom. My back hurt just watching Alyssa moving all that! I think the encasing will ultimately be a good idea, whether for water or for other uses (depending on the exposure, you could put solar at the top of the hill and run a wire through the encasement). While you are pulling the water pipe, go ahead and tie 3 or so ropes to the water pipe so you can use them to fish things later in the event you ever need to. At least one... you can use it to pull more later if need be.

[@delosturner2344]

Awesome Idea with the pipe and the sand. The project is coming together.

[@beageek2]

Hi, You both have really grown as movie makers. The editing is great. Speaking as an Engineer. Your decision to add the sand bedding was correct. Also adding the encasing pipe was also the correct decision. You will need to add "Thrust Blocking" every time you make a turn with your pipe. Even if it is only 45 degree turns. The blocking will keep your pipe from blowing out when the pressure changes. I also agree with Bill Berry, you should add two pull strings of different colors for maintenance. Good luck. -BAG2

[@larryjacobs5713]

I bet you have no trouble sleeping! Great job

[@rkstewart9585]

"Alyssa's down!" about spit out my coffee lol Love y'all, keep at it

[@frankgerlach5059]

Gravity fed sand through the pipe, damn clever thinking and good job. Working on the home ranch ,every time my mom or grand mother would do something labor intensive they would say,"well it's good for my girlish figure". like hauling that sand to the top of your hill, and really they were right. By the way Mr. it's good for the manly physique to boot so get to hauling some of that sand.

[@Andrew-vy1rx]

don't give up and you will be blessed

[@jethrobodine9617]

Great Job Guys! I would recommend using your smaller rock on the edge of the trench to backfill...will keep the surrounding matrial from washing out the trench....then soil on top of that. cant wait to see yall get the water system finished!

[@Azone14]

Good Job on the piping. Excited for your summer season no matter what you do. Working as a team makes all the difference in the world.

[@swimspud]

great to see you guys working hard on a major project!

[@kirstenwhitworth8079]

Score! A Herculean effort on a(n almost) Sisyphean task. Yow! Gittin' 'er done. The sand is a great idea for many reasons, as is the encasing. You'll thank yourselves later. Love your videos; thanks for posting.

[@spyglassfibercraft3503]

You guys looked SO tired by the end of this video. Great work, I'm so impressed by your work ethic and stamina.

[@corneliuseinem3674]

Great video! I have to say this became one of my favorite youtube channels!!

[@joycemccauley4505]

admirable work and inspiring. great job you two.

[@gonzalezpandura]

love the sand shut.

[@ramrod0351]

Great job guys. Have you thought about a rain water collection system? You have most of what you would need. Build a 300 ft roof over your water tank and some filters. Save a lot of money in not drilling a well. Good luck with everything.

[@bigd95822]

Someday you guys will have beautiful rock walls on your property. just like new England.

[@caseyadams5667]

You two are tough as nails!! well done.

[@Share451]

Ahhh.... you're great! And your doing great! Loving your videos! Watched about 15 today! Keep going!!!

[@WTF-Gus]

Sand Luge! Awesome.

[@ConorMakes]

if ever a dip in a hot tub was earned that was it right there guys, solid hard graft that job well done

[@andywilliams7162]

GREAT JOB GUYS...Injoy the hot tub.You deserve it..!!!

[@striderxu1111]

you have an awesome working relationship

[@UnSpOkEn5sHot]

My septic broke last winter. Dug it up by hand and our pipes were 8 ft down. You're doing it the smart way with double pipes. My house only had a 4 inch It's Terrible when you gotta dig by shovel so you don't hit the pipes . I'd recommend foam so the lines don't freeze.

[@purelivingforlife]

Ouch! Sounds like a terrible project! Our septic isn't double encased, so hopefully we never have problems with that! Foam is in the plan! ;)

[@fyanezc]

You guys rock!

[@elliottmanning]

Wow!!! Hope your back holds up... (PS; Had to take some Advail to get through this video as my back was aching along with you guys)

[@purelivingforlife]

Lol, oddly the left handed work has helped Jesse's back find some balance! Happened the last time we did the trench too. Guess he's just a hulk on the right side and needs to use his left more! :)

[@htmagic]

Two casings are better than one. You could run an electrical conduit up one casing for a solar pump or controls system. Damn! Jesse's girl can work! Hope Jesse's back holds out.

[@bambino100011]

Some nice 80's background music!! I dig it :)

[@tobyrey2700]

That's a great work out routine.

[@blindlfaithful]

Wow great work guys! Nicely done :) That trench is no joke!

[@TheJake664]

i wish i could have come and help Jesse out to get those rocks out ! !! !

[@sharkamov]

That's been a frequently occurring thought of mine throughout many of the videos!..... - What stamina & perseverance! - Tons of kudos to Alyssa and Jesse! ;-)

[@lm91169]

I share your pain we just hand dug 350" of ditch for drain tiles...not up a mountain but good ole rock hard indiana clay...Kudos for the hard work following you guys I really want to see you make it and build your dream home...

[@keepitsimpleson.withrogers7028]

I love what you two are doing, keep it up, as you said on your saw mill video it is about self empowerment

[@stevew1851]

Hard work is fascinating, I can watch it for hours, LOL. Have you considered paying some local kids to help do some of the grunt labor? Not everything needs be be done by you guys.

[@purelivingforlife]

+Steve W Even in an area with many homeschooled kids there is a shortage or young kids looking for work. Our neighbors are always looking for a few extra helping hands. Many of the Mennonite kids already have jobs at 12-14 so that take a big part of the pool of workers.

[@michaeoreilly8774]

This gal is a keeper.

[@OlivierHoornweg]

Really nice system to fill your trench with sand!!

[@salmonhunter7414]

That is hard work well done.!!

[@ringerson4x4]

Lots of hard work.

[@craigschofield64]

As long as you don't give up and quit there is no such thing as a failure ....they're just called learning curves😉

[@duhe98]

Serious work for a man with a bad back!

[@helmutprost9714]

diggin the techno timelapse

[@UndeadEarth1]

Another great vid. Keep them coming.

[@briankarlsen6676]

Alisa is building some guns good work guys

[@SylwerDragon]

Nice video and you did great work. It is so rare to see so nice looking couple. I hope you will make your home and will be proud how you made it. :) Keep up great work both of you.

[@jonshannon4922]

Might have considered cutting the roots that crossed the trench. Over time they may impact the conduit and pipe as they grow. I've seen lots of pvc pipe break due to roots. Conduit was absolutely a great idea.

[@rayreyes2490]

Awesome work (hard labor)😓looking forward to the timber frame construction. 👍

[@martijnheeroma5492]

Pipe in pipe and nice bedding into clean sand, think that you're doing a great job..

[@JimsEquipmentShed]

The double encasing will also help with an insulation barrier, so its a win, win no matter how you slice it. Even though the poly is really resistant to freeze damage, we had a year where the frost hit 6'. Our direct bury froze, so at the very least, it would give you a point where you could send heated air through to help thaw it.

[@daviemaclean61]

Four letter words like rock, root and soil!

[@chrisdraper5067]

Well done guys, one minor suggestion tho:- suggest you waterproof the very top where the pipe comes out of the sand. Tanks and plumbing can mean water about, and the sand could form a ready escape route for any leaks or local runoff. Now I dont know much about rocky soils, so take my advice with a grain of sand, (Doh!). My experience is with clay and water just loves to follow trenches in that stuff!

[@JCAJCA3]

Good job guys! JC

[@davidmcbenge9370]

That is a lot of work. At least you can stay in good physical shape as long as you don't push it too hard. Later on you can look back at all the work you did and hopefully appreciate how well you did.

[@jc5536]

I've come across my share of pipe for electric with breaks in it as a result of not having a bed of sand.... Some times it's been because of excessive weight on grade level or when larger rocks were used for back fill the settling and shifting over time has caused damage. You may or may not want to but if you put a direct burial tape about a foot above the pipe, in the future if digging up a section is ever required you have a good indicator for when you are close to the pipe and can use a little more caution so as to not cause any more damage. Nice work, it's a pleasure following your journey.

[@purelivingforlife]

+J C Using both tracer wire and warning tape! If you hit a pipe with all that, plus sand, you deserve whatever happens. Lol.

[@johnbuenaventura1]

Alyssa is awesome! It is so cool having a partner like that!

[@matthewyancey2260]

a video that I know I would appreciate and maybe some others is maybe a list of what you hope to get done this summer. like goals projects and ideas? just a thought

[@helmutprost9714]

those river rocks can make good french drains. you might want to pile those up and save them for later. double casing is always a good call.

[@maodonimega]

Much as I like to watch your progress, please take a short break now to help you get through the next few months!

[@dutch1777real]

I've been doing a similar amount of digging on the homestead (foundation work and such) and the thing that comes to mind is you guys must be going through a fair amount of OTC pain pills after all that digging and hauling with a 5 gallon bucket! Ibuprofen is a good friend of mine

[@lucaspollard3968]

glad to see ur back is better also u could use the rocks for a wall if need be

[@gordonv2456]

a cool couple of ditch digging dudes.

[@thegreatgazoo]

Never enough time to do it right the first time, but always enough time to do it right the second time!

[@billschofield4802]

with all the sweat, when you move into your house Will give you great joy

[@brianjennings3172]

That sand relocation mechanism looks like it would take more time and effort than just carrying smaller bucket loads by hand... does look cool when the sand come flying out tho. Either way, that's a great way to tire you out fast. Keep up the good work.

[@keithbush2945]

good job guys...

[@michaelst.george9856]

Im not savvy enough to know if you guys do everything right but I know both of you aren't afraid of working hard... all the time.