Moving A Big Water Tank on Top of Property for Gravity Fed Rain

In today's Vlog we move 1,000 gallon water tank uphill, can tomatoes and move our animals. See Below for links!
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[@Big_Daddy_Don]

Coffee is the first chore at 5:30 am. If not, there will be a cranky Hen on the inside of the house. 🥰 ☕☕☕

[@dee2busy]

Coffee is a before, during and after chores for me.

[@domenicm3083]

It’s a must 😊❤

[@Rockoutwithyourlockout]

I know you probably won't see this but i just wanted to tell you that you have inspired us. We have a small homestead in WV and have planted fruit trees, berry bushes, have chickens and quail. Thank you for inspiring a life change. God bless.

[@SowtheLand]

Good to hear! Thank you for that. I really do appreciate it. So awesome!

[@FlokieLooney]

Where at in WV?! The misses and I have been looking at land near the Charleston area.

[@Rockoutwithyourlockout]

@FlokieLooney i am outside of morgantown. You can't go wrong down where you're looking though.

[@opalezell2166]

Where do you get a tank like your?

[@peterrowellranson8649]

🎉

[@richardroyles1423]

Works never done. God bless.

[@BrendaJMay]

Build Tiny Tim A Ramp Up To The Coop or Inside the Coop Jason🧐🤔🤨 🛤🏘🎢

[@PRDreams]

You guys are a beautiful marriage. We only follow KZbinrs that have the life we aspire to have. We only surround ourselves with the marriages that we admire and yours is definitely one of them. May your union be always blessed. G&J

[@lanebyron4097]

Roman's 8:28 That my go to when things don't go as planned.

[@MegaAaronlee]

I lost it on the “our little tiny Tim” 😂

[@rkthing55]

The four girl piggies are soooo cute. Never tired of watching them. 🐖 🐖 🐖 🐖

[@lisanowakow3688]

My Mom would start drinking her coffee before, but would bring her cup out to the barn…and would loose it. One wintry day I was there when she found one, broke the ice off the top and drank it. Gives an iced coffee a new meaning.😂

[@ShalomShalom-d5c]

Love that lil truck. And your sense of humor lol. Nice seeing Lorraines handyworks in the kitchen. Nice to kno about that jumper. Piglets are so dang cute!!

[@terryhenderson424]

We've connected all of our rain collection system containers at the bottom.

[@nicklocicero3974]

Like the water tank idea. collect water from some sort of shed or pole barn that is shade for animals and storage/work area for you. Maybe some large solar panels to help charge the batteries for electric fencing. Coffee first thing for me all year round😀😀

[@2ndSprings]

Zeke appearing to laugh at your joke was the funniest thing I saw all morning!

[@bellaloba2684]

My coffee and breakfast at 11 or 12pm after feeding chicken, cats am watering, harvesting / chores, etc and my 95 yr old mother taken care of!

[@SowtheLand]

very nice!

[@sharonbrown2352]

Now, I'm trying to talk hubby into 1K tank and he's telling me we should get a solar well put in down by the pond. Lorraine, those jars look amazing!

[@SowtheLand]

Good luck!

[@debbieorazi2518]

Been living the podcasts. You should have the three wives do an occasional podcast about what they are up to as well.

[@Mekare40503]

I support this message as well! 🎉🎉🎉

[@carlaellison2447]

Yes!! I’ve thought this too while listening to the men talk & discuss!

[@PattyPrice-tl7bc]

Build Tiny Tim a ladder to walk up to the roosting bar Wow thats a patch of pumpkin leaves Pigs doing a great job

[@MJ-wz6jo]

White smoke is a head gasket. Coffee before chores.

[@terryhenderson424]

First coffee begins upon waking the according to your questions - yes, yes, yes.

[@cherylbertolini3140]

watermelons and pumpkins look great!

[@Zeke-yv3nw]

Can't wait to see how your water collection goes.

[@SowtheLand]

thank you! I hope it turns out good! cross your fingers for me. :)

[@keithhogan6997]

​@@SowtheLandyou've got our 🙏🏻🙏🏻 in lieu of 🤞

[@kevingilbert6242]

I drink my coffee before I go out for morning chores. I have a golf cart but I'm training a 11 week old Aussie to be my farm dog. I'm 64 and wish I had started homesteading sooner. Watching videos like yours and others my tool belt has grown five times what it was when I started. Thank you and God Bless you and your family!

[@Happyfarmgirl]

How about installing some permanent pipelines from your well, bringing up faucets along the way? Rent a Ditch Witch.

[@sappir26]

Maybe you could build a small ramp for the little grey chicken to go up onto a lower roosting bar.

[@elneedah3456]

Moving onto bigger thing 👏👏👏👏 now that’s a water tank!

[@shirleyj5885]

I'll put on coffee before chores. Most times I take my coffee with me while I do morning chores. That way I can just sit down and enjoy the peace of the morning and watch the animals do what they do. Before I move on to the garden. Once I walk back into the house it's game on, there is no sitting to enjoy and contemplate.

[@TheSkotgarrett]

Coffee first! Jason, for a backup to the mini truck, just hook up a lawn trailer to your mower. That way you can still haul fencing, water, feed, etc without having to lug that stuff around on foot. Cheers y’all!

[@linnsoltwedel]

Build a little ramp for the little chicken to get up.

[@cherylbertolini3140]

I don't drink coffee or tea, just water and I have some before I go out to do chores:)

[@SowtheLand]

cool!

[@islandgardener158]

Have you got a dozen good sized trees you can cut down and us them to frame your shed. Metal roof for covering.

[@jasonhatfield4747]

For me, it's usually coffee FIRST, but sometimes, I just take the coffee outside with me. When the weather is nice, there's nothing better than walking around the farm checking on animals and plants with cool weather and a hot cup of coffee! :) I love that you are so focused on saving rain water! This is going to be a huge advantage in the future as climate change throws all kinds of surprises at us.

[@redshedacres]

Thank you two for the great big laugh at 4:11.

[@christinegallyer9918]

I really enjoy the realness of your youtube and its nice to see your daughter helping out with the camera but best of all you don't appear to work her into the ground ❤🙂

[@SowtheLand]

lol

[@bananaannabakes7569]

The hubby says a breather hole on the top of the second blue water tank(or just loosen the screw down plug). It might not fill up at all without one. Love y'all!

[@SowtheLand]

yes, done. thanks

[@donaldmiller8629]

Yes , as the water goes in you need someplace for the air to go out. Otherwise the air pressure will keep the water from going in and filling the barrel.

[@zodiactiller]

Lorraine you're looking great girl! Love seeing your kitchen side of the homestead.

[@Minnesota_Mama_Bear]

Time to get the mower & trailer back out. 💚🌞

[@opybrook7766]

She'll fly up one day.😊. Zeek sounds like he is laughing 😅 very cute.

[@wendyburston3132]

It did sound like he was laughing at Jason's comment! 😂 Those pigs are so cute.

[@clydedecker765]

You have plenty of trees and with tree fall and those dilapidated buildings you should be able to wrangle lumber for building a sawmill and a rain collector in one.

[@tammyhealy8082]

Look up sprawled leg or commonly called “spay leg”. It may be still treated with an easy fix. Love your channel. ❤️from West Virginia.

[@pathoward5721]

Poor tiny Tim 😂

[@clarencewiles963]

Considering a hay barn with a roof. Water, hay storage, load and go downhill. And putting the tank on a stand to get more height. 😎

[@heatherk8931]

❤i have a couple sips, go feed and water the chickens, space out watching them and their dynamics, then go in and reheat lol. The splayed legged chickens might have happened if they were on the surface of your brooder because its slick = no traction.. which can cause that. Ask me how I know😢

[@tammysarrazin-ux9tv]

4 toms and 1 hen that is a pretty good ratio for big turkey dinners hugssss

[@elizabethbishop1882]

I ❤ to see canning. Almost a lost art.

[@pizzaguy3645]

Jason, Go get a 30 x 60 tarp and string it up to catch water. Tie it to trees or put in some posts to tie it to, then lay a long 2 x 4 down the middle of it to direct the water into the tank. Another way would be to bury the tank then lay the tarp out on the ground funneled into the tank. Make a video of the project and remember to thank the Pizza Guy. Much Love from Nikiski, Alaska.

[@Miguel195211]

The first thing in the morning after brushing my teeth I prepare my coffee. ☕️

[@whitegrizzleySR]

Check your oil dip stick in the truck. If there is a blown head gasket you should see water and oil mix. Sometime if you just take the oil fill cap off you will se a white slime, that would be oil water mixing. Good luck.

[@keithhogan6997]

Yeah, chocloate milk is not fun to find 😕

[@angelzhomestead]

Before, during and after chores.

[@sandratorchia4803]

Jason, you and Lorraine, and precious Penelope are my favorite people on KZbin. I love the respect you have for each other and the respect you have for your animals. In turn, I think your viewers have tremendous respect and support for your family’s efforts. Thank you.

[@keithhogan6997]

CONGRATS on the bulk tank! 😁👍 1" of rain off of 1000ft² of roof will yield approx. 600 Gallons of water 😎

[@kayrabey1344]

Zeek sounded like he was laughing when Jason said the piglets did take after him. Made me chuckle

[@jofarwell9744]

Kay I was going to comment the same thing! Jason always makes me chuckle--love his sense of humor and reactions to what life throws at him and his 'light bulb' life insights!

[@drewblack749]

Our little Tiny Tim. You are a poet at heart, Jason. God bless you and your beautiful farm.

[@SharonJamison-ez9fp]

Coffee before chores always 😊.

[@lindasuerussell4398]

Bees and Wasps use tree sap to make propolis , which they use to seal their nest cracks and it is antibacterial. the wasps have a nest somewhere within miles of their foraging. New Bee keeper here, I've been reading up on them.

[@dianecharles881]

Coffee Before chores !, oh no regarding the little truck !

[@lindahubbs8146]

Jason, gotta have coffee before chores, all year!

[@shilpihalder2133]

Before you invest in expensive lumber for building a rain catchment shed, may I suggest just putting four posts and hanging a turp or a plastic sheet between. You can make a hole in the centre and put a drum under it to catch rainwater. That will give you an idea of how large you have to make your catchment roof

[@ericpl7227]

I was always taught the animals eat first! The coffee brews while I do chores!

[@pamelacrowell2007]

Love the podcast!

[@SowtheLand]

hey thanks!

[@reginathompson9350]

Lorraine isn't the only one sick, prayers for her. We all thought we had allergies turns out we have bronchitis. Looking to start our own water catching. I've been canning for 3 months now and up to 2000+. Only thing we have left is okra and sweet potatoes. The fall planting is going in the greenhouse.

[@anjelica4728]

I brew coffee while doing chores so it's ready when I get in 😁

[@mildredlash3163]

COFFEE is a must in our house at all hours of the day❤❤ love watching every thing you do❤❤❤

[@kebergify]

Those Kune Kune babies are just so stinkin cute. I love when they almost kiss the camera.

[@patriciaelsberry8360]

I start my day with coffee. I always look forward to your videos, Enjoy the rest of summer.

[@batpherlangkharkrang7976]

Hi.... Merry Christmas thanks you for showing your video homestead 🎄⛄🏡🐔🐓🐣🐤🦃🐑🐄🐖🐷🐝🎥👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋👍👍👍

[@mariaanderson6503]

Summer ☕️ is after chores wintertime firts ☕️

[@MD-ye2tg]

4.5” of rain will more than fill that tank with a roof structure that size. I have a 2500 gallon tank off my barn and attached lien to roof ( 30x60 ) and fill the tank with a little over 1 inch of rain.

[@keithhogan6997]

Nice! 😁👍 With the rain we get up here with just over 5½" catching 10k gallons is a breeze. Dare I dream it? lol

[@miephoex]

We love your personality and sense of humor. Faith and a sense of humor gets you through the rough times. God Bless You and Yours. 🙏💕

[@janicew6222]

I had a chick born with 'spraddle' leg, it is a real condition. All these years, only ever had one. She grew up, did well, laid eggs and while she looked funny, did great. Sadly, she was killed by a dog (along with a few others.). Don't stress over her, she will do great.

[@deniseharris9363]

Praying for you Loraine!!! Looking forward to seeing your build for the lean to for the new water!!

[@peterrowellranson8649]

Love 💕 piggies Zeke hilarious

[@barbc3829]

We made our chicken a low level (6 inches high) portable roost just 2 blocks of wood and a 2 by 4 for roosting. She does great and is out of the wet grass at night.

[@Mekare40503]

Coffee before. I can’t even think without coffee.

[@nancymweasel6561]

Coffee first and then after. LOL. Build a shed with a roof large enough to fill tank. Also, make a shed that does more than fill tank. I, too, used to run hoses down to paddocks when I was on a horse farm. I used splitters to connect hoses to all paddocks at once. Get better fast, Lorraine.

[@margaretbedwell3211]

I thought you sounded like you had a head cold, Lorraine. I am so sorry, hope it goes away quickly. A head cold in the summer is so miserable. Glad you were able to get the big barrel water saver. That will be a blessing for you as the years go by. Hope the mini truck gets fixed quickly as well, Jason. It doesn't take long to get used to having some conveniences, and in summer weather it is more like a necessity. Y'all stay cool and have a Blessed day.

[@Tiffythompson17]

I swear Zeke was laughing

[@SowtheLand]

hehe

[@popmarbles6980]

Hook a tarp up in the trees with bungees down to drain water into tank temporary. I think that would work. If does send me a dime. Larry

[@barbarapahl3245]

Absolutely love your channel! Love see the pigs 🐖

[@susanray6533]

I do coffee the same as you... after chores in the summer and before in the winter. Praying for the farm truck to be a speedy and low cost fix.

[@wendyburston3132]

A sip of water then of to check on all the plants! Then a cuppa tea and breakfast or brunch depending on how long I'm out there.

[@debrezo58]

Lorraine your salsa looks amazing! Sorry to hear about your farm truck. Hopefully it will get fixed asap.

[@gayebickle1725]

Maybe that roof you are planning near your water tank can hold a couple of solar panels.

[@ryokolynn6948]

Suggest you to put the 1.000 gallon big container for the workshop area as you can see so much rain water wasted around it's surrounding roof area dripping into the ground.

[@sallyburkett-caskinette8723]

It would have been fun to watch you chase that tank back down the hill, darn! 😅. I think you capture water because your from Cali we are a water poor state!

[@zxsma]

OMG it sounded like Zeke was laughing at your joke.

[@masonlearns]

Coffee all day for me, before..during..after. i feel you on the vehicle comment. My 4wheeler is down and im walking everywhere and its rough. 105 degrees yay

[@caroleberthier]

Make it big enough to put two tanks under it will give you enough surface for water collection then later you can close it up put walls and a door for winter and spray foam inside keeps it from not freezing

[@michaelripperger5674]

I was so worried when you strapped down the tank. I didn’t hear “that should hold it”! I was certain you did it off camera 🎥

[@annduffy1356]

Would love to watch Lorraine process your produce! Always up for tips and tricks from other canners! Feel better soon!

[@johnmekan6464]

Agree, I need a different salsa recipe too! :)

[@marysidle5132]

I have a chicken that as a chick got stuck in a waterer, as a result had difficulty with her leg going straight out. She is ok now, but cannot roost. I have a ramp to the nesting box and a board laying in the nest for her to 'roost' on. She still has her struggles, but is my best egg layer. She is now a year old.

[@camicri4263]

So funny, zeeck it seems that was laughing when you said that they didn't take after him (being patient 😂! Oh man, sorry about your track, now when is so hot.❤🤗 Lorain, get well soon 🤗

[@judyspaulding3727]

Coffee before! About six years ago, I bought a used Toyota Tacoma 1998 with less than 80,000 miles. Good trucks if it is owned by a retired couple!!!!

[@pattym2402]

Years ago we had a Mazda. When the modulator would go, we would get the crop duster smoke.🤷‍♀

[@ScottMcallister-n5c]

Have you considered buying a sawmill of some sorts

[@kjspe971]

Tiny Tim roost bar....just take a couple of 2x2 or 2x4 by 6 inch-ish and screw a 2x2 on top of them....I use such for my birds where I don't have vertical space for traditional roost bars

[@peteserenaweh9297]

I noticed that Loraine was drinking tea out of a Friendly Village tea cup. We have a whole Friendly Village china set that was passed down to my husband from his grandmother. It's rare to see them. The only other place I've seen them is on When Calls the Heart TV show, in the cafe scenes.

[@christinaburney5935]

I just saw someone saying that lamas are very protective of turkeys. And you get wool from them too.

[@45Sharry]

Besides the name "Tiny Tim" you could use Chester (from Gunsmoke). Love your show

[@Sewtired]

I was thinking another trip to the mini truck sales lot would be fun. Maybe try out a firetruck.

[@allthingsgrowing]

Build a platform for that thing and drag it around your land.