Fortress Depot Underground Bunker system! (Part 2)

[@RealRickCox]

Never thought I'd hear myself say this... but it's nice to see Alan ratcheting things up on his channel....

[@davestevens4263]

Ratcheting to the top brotha ! Bahaha

[@jeffreebailey4464]

Lol..right, Great ingenuity

[@JohnViinalass-lc1ow]

cheeses crisis

[@RealRickCox]

@@JohnViinalass-lc1ow Hey, I'm younger than Alan but I'm still old enough to make dad jokes. :D

[@100SteveB]

Just take a minute to think about what this one wizard has achieved on his own. Your determination and levels of endurance astound me Alan. I remember when you were telling us just how many blocks you have put in place, and just how much concrete you had mixed by hand, mind boggling stuff. If we don't see you before, you have yourself a great Christmas, and all the very best for a great New Year.

[@kerrylewis2581]

Alan's motto: If there's a will, there's a way.

[@jimkhana007]

If there’s a Wizard - there’s a way!

[@harleyshihtzu5558]

That’s why they call you the wizard. You figure it all out on your own. I was looking at all your joints. Very precise great job Alan.

[@airtek4809]

He is on a roll.

[@Jupizero]

Yep all this wood is soaked with heavy chemicals like telphone posts and rail road wood that cemicals will give you cancer if you breath that wood ! He is a true wizard !

[@BeardClipper]

Love the creative solution to lifting heavy beams with only you and your back and arms... kudos and this is why you are called The Wizard :)

[@choppahdave3008]

Alan, what was it like building the Pyramids? I know you must of had something to do with it. lol You are an inspiration.

[@jonnyringo6338]

Ratchet straps and bugle screws must be the two greatest inventions of all time. There is nothing a man with his thinking cap on cant achieve with these.

[@rmacsrmaddog2192]

Well, how about a big round of applause. Whos approval are you looking for?

[@NigelPeck-o8i]

I agree invention nesserty thumbs up 😥

[@memoryim]

I keep waiting for the video where Dave comes back like he promised after the fire to help you build the shop back up.

[@airtek4809]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Dave isnt worried about him.

[@BriankSmith181]

There was supposed to be a work party but i dont think anyone volunteered.

[@patonb]

Judging how Al plans, Dave may be waiting on Al to get his plans together

[@thanoschermerhorn4864]

REALLY!!!!!!

[@thanoschermerhorn4864]

YUP!!!

[@donmarion8808]

Alan's version of Winchester Mansion. It'll never be done , except all the things he does have a purpose. Great job, amigo.

[@jimkhana007]

Alan, You ingenuity and determination is just inspiring! You can figure out stuff and achieve things on your own in ways other people would be clueless and struggle to achieve anything. I learn so much from watching you and you surprise and fascinate me everytime. I’ve said it before - your channel is one of the best things on KZbin and I cannot wait to see the latest. Ideas, updates and accomplishments from you. And as much as I want you to get things done and get the depot and fortress completed I also never want your content to end! Though knowing you there’s always going to be another project on the horizon! God bless you brother 🙏

[@johnbarucky6424]

You're one hell of a smart man and a hard worker. Stay strong and keep safe!

[@GregWildCardHoddy]

Great smile to start the day! Archimedes is the Father of ingenuity! The pinnacle of WIZARDING

[@mrm4400]

You have a brilliant mind. I'm just trying to understand where you get all your energy from.😛 Although I watch you from the comfort of my couch in Cape Town, I get tired just watching you!!😂 You are truly inspiring. God bless you.✨️

[@davestevens4263]

Ths was me in my 30s - 40s now in my 50s i had to chill out . Built too many houses single handed . & off road pre runners & rock crawlers .

[@codysc12davis45]

Sounds like a god life​@@davestevens4263

[@Ted_E_Bear]

The Wizard is showing off his skills again ! What a smart man !

[@Syphirioth]

I like how you always think in solutions and not problems. You deserve the Wizard tag!. Nice video!

[@davidmclean6178]

You should try bolting a winch to a post that you can hook up a battery to for dragging posts over. You could possibly use it with some pulleys and snatch blocks to lift them also. I'm sure your wizard brain can figure it out!!😅

[@fredx6678]

Immediately thought. If you can use a ratchet strap, you can use a come along. If you can use a come along. You can use a winch. If you can use a winch, you can use an electric winch....

[@pamelaremel7477]

ALAN: The Energizer Bunny of Wizards! It's really looking good! Merry Christmas to you & your family!

[@donaldfitzgerald8950]

The Wizard has spoken! Lol! Alan, keeps on keeping on, like the tortoise in the race...👍💪⚡🤠

[@andypowell7983]

My friend, you are a true mad scientist and a true grafter! All the best from the UK 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@luckydog-js3nf]

Your determination and drive is truly amazing

[@mooselake4848]

I like how you left in the whole process of lifting the beam to the top; as someone who works alone sometimes, it is nice to be reminded it takes time to get stuff done.

[@redbeard6606]

You have an amazing vision, Allen. I hope I can see it when you’re finished.

[@berniefudge4716]

The rate you're going there's going to be over a thousand parts to this series.

[@YeahNa64]

Love reading all the helpful hints your subs give you Alan 🤙🇦🇺

[@AJDecker]

I keep thinking that this world would be a much better place, if we all could have grown up with our own Wizard father or uncle. (Growing up with someone like him as an example to interact with, there would be nothing to stop them from achieving their dreams. Alan clearly shows that you can do anything, if you are willing to put in the time and effort.) God Bless you sir! Merry Christmas! And I'm sure we'll see you again in the New Year!

[@inspect2142]

Loving the heavy timber one man construction. On the heavy beams, maybe move with a block and tackle to a hand winch bolted to the bedrock for first beam then strapped to beam for subsequent beams. You are a block and tackke subject matter expert. More setup time, but will more than double your strength. Cheers Wizard!

[@utahcoasterenthusiasts]

I love to hear the story of how ya came to own the mountain and how this idea of the mountain fortress came to be started?

[@vinniee1251]

This must have been what it was like to watch the pyramids get built. 😅 Love ya Alan!

[@TheLimberPine]

Really nice watching you solve situations and create structures that will last!

[@timothyrill3825]

This is an amazing build ! If the mountain falls the entrance will be there. You are a wizard !!!!😊

[@simonworthington3330]

Amazing to see the Wizard moving big heavy things with ease. I did wonder if you were going to get more work done up above before the winter and weather freezes you out. Alan your an amazing man so doing very strange projects and is why we love you brother. Merry Christmas if we dont see you before then.

[@martinmoore9873]

Way to go Allen! Always getting things done. Hard to beat a man who thinks ahead of physical limits.😁

[@jamesmoore7106]

Thanks for sharing Alan always waiting for your next video 👍🤠

[@markbacker7862]

To say that you have peaked my interest is an absolute understatement. You’re a combination of a modern day automotive/ machine/ equipment mechanic & electrician & structural engineer & mining engineer combined with whatever other job/ work skills that you have that we haven’t seen before. I wish I lived closer to you that would just be a short drive for me to get to the fortress because I’d love to be able to help with various different fortress area projects. Your progress could be greatly magnified if there were just 3 or 4 people including yourself doing the work you’re doing. I also believe your channel is probably in the top 5 to 10 of all the channels on KZbin. Great job, content, video & thanks for taking the time to capture “your work & the fortress happenings” on video. Be careful & stay safe. Good luck & continued much success in all that you do!!!!!!

[@whipsnadepoacher]

You and the crew from Heavy D are Making America Great Again. You are the very essence of 'The American Dream.' Awesome stuff. Watching from England.

[@robertmiller5735]

@2:38 working smarter not harder , slow and steady , and no-one gets hurt . Gather the young , this is a master class !

[@DanPhillips-ci7yn]

Excellent work, Alan

[@charlierumsfeld6626]

I love your solutions to the engineering challenges.

[@Bruce-Holdaway]

The HARDEST WORKET I'VE SEEN!🎉🎉🎉

[@yetibremsstrahlung9018]

Whare there's a will there's a way! I love your determination and long term goal!

[@rickmarquette9141]

Love watching your videos Allen. You need more of them.

[@facelikedog]

The closest "Wizard" gets to saying impossible, is improbable. Nice work Alan.

[@brucehagen8058]

Love it. Don’t ever stop!

[@faelsinnes]

Hmm for myself ..2 2x4s screwed vertically on outside of uprights . Sling the beam on the backhoe , swing over and as delicately as poss, lower down the 2x4s . Would have save muscles and ratcheting. Then it would have been a case of a hammer to move the beam to position. But well done for manhandling those beams in !

[@AdventuringwiththeS.G.O.C.C]

Alan, that was a spark of genius.

[@TheTorkerman]

Looking really solid Alan, your such a positive guy, I like watching your progress, such an interesting project!!

[@johnkranz4004]

Excellent work Alan Coming along Well and Merry Christmas 🎅🏻🤶🏻

[@fattmann7273]

Great work as always. I bought a Wizard T shirt in support, not many people here in the UK will probably know the significance, but when they ask, they will be directed here.

[@purplebooger6410]

What if you put the excavator bucket up in the air above the worksite and locked out the hydraulic cylinders so that the bucket can’t creep down and use a chain hoist to pick up those beams like a jib crane?! You may have to swing the bucket left or right occasionally to stay over the work area but it would definitely be faster.

[@Vile-Flesh]

Loved watching this. Thank you for taking us along. Your videos always put me in a better place and motivate me to get through the day. Merry Christmas and God bless you.

[@rlwdaman1]

Someone get this guy a chain hoist!

[@tonyclark7510]

and a pipe tripod. he has the resources at the shop to make the feet and top.

[@themikarenolds2910]

crazy project im trying to figure out understand the floor and ceiling of the underground bunker project ,, ,, kool

[@petrusreid9570]

ALAN YOU HAVE GOOD PLANS KEEP IT UP WELL DONE YOU ARE THE WIZARD ALAN

[@justnana2256]

You remind me of the story of Edward Leedskalnin who built Coral Castle (more a garden) with stones that weighed several tons that he moved by himself. ❤️👍🇺🇲

[@Matthew-ld9wx]

Thank you for all this great content. I love your videos.

[@Hiddencomment007]

Dude i wish i had a buddy like this. These dudes are so resourceful

[@bisket2003]

Alan, for all the equipment and tools you have access too, you still chose to do it the hard way more often then not. You crack me up man....... HAHHAHAH. Never change hoss, but keep in mind, there is only so much time in life to get it all done. Efficiency is key to maximize the time you got.

[@dannyk3115]

Grate work as allways, interesting seeing how you work things ,

[@davidmiller6726]

Alan, continue to be safe, working out there alone! I admire and respect your current accomplishments on your fortress! God be with you, Merry Christmas, Sir! Happy New Year, too!

[@johnkirby6547]

Hello Alan, Great to see the update video and things are looking good. Merry Christmas and see you soon.

[@Tomcroese]

HUrray, sooo nice to see you again

[@louis220558]

Smart plan Allan lifting that beam

[@josephvantreeck2989]

thx Alan, really can appreciate how much work you're tackling. Be safe!

[@niekbeentjes8849]

Allan proves the world that all the old world wonders could have been build by some clever use of physics.

[@DrTubeman]

Slick smarts to get the beam hoisted up by yourself Alan, the bunker will more be solidier than a steel outhouse by the way you're making it. On yah Al, cheers for the solid reel, and a Merry Christmas to you Bud...

[@rodgerkennedy4012]

Me personally would just like to see him finish something

[@billping2633]

He never will finish.

[@normplatt7549]

FAROUT! Great TO SEE YOU ! The FORTESS IS GETTING THERE! WHAT ARE WINDS LIKE ON THE TOP??

[@jamesrainger2786]

Nice work Alan

[@krunobaltazar2161]

your skills are great and you seem like a good person, but maybe someone should tell you that if you were 20 years old, maybe you would have managed to do everything you started, it seems to me that there is a good chance that someone else will finish it.tTry to finish one project at a time, this is how you start everything and finish nothing. Because at this pace you are everything every day further from the goal. I wish you a lot of health and money, given that you manage to finish everything before old age. Many greetings from Croatia!

[@addhoardingprocrastinator]

along with the rebar pins, consider using some deck style angle brackets at the big box hardware stores. Along with some 3 inch deck screws

[@ignite_welding]

Hey Alan just a quick tip. If you make a couple L shapes out of some steel you can flip it upside down strap the long section to the post and the short section in the air hanging over where you want to lift. Weld on a d ring to the short section and you can attach a chain hoist. Use this all the time to set 30 ft I beams no problem.

[@bushytale4344]

use two sets of ratchet straps on each end. when the fist strap max's out, secure position and continue lifting with the second. much easier and eliminates blocking. i used the same method to replace beams in my barn.

[@terrykuehn2686]

Hey Wizard you have to put some chainfalls to use stage the excavator bucket over the top area your working hang the chainfall and run the ties up into place bud!🤔😉👍 Love the content and projects!

[@RobertBelt-x6d]

Greetings from Germany... Allen you are amazing, your will power and determination is unmatched. Man oh man... but please be careful. Working on those frost covered beams is pretty darned sketchy. Never the less wishing you a Merry Christmas and looking forward to having you around for next year. Praying for a protective angle for you Allen.

[@mathreparoticocr]

Same as many here, chain puley or something electric. Put the arm of the diger in the air over where you need and put the pulley or chain on it . Dont need tu run it just position it

[@arthursilva6140]

Good to see you posting more content Mr Wizard. Keep up the good work.

[@ladybuglady5]

Alan, I just can't watch enough of your videos. I can't wait for the next one. I am an old lady and I hope to live to see the fortress complete. Be safe. MERRY CHRISTMAS to you and yours and I hope the NEW YEAR brings health, weath, and happiness and more time for work on the mountain. ❤

[@braddock57]

Love watching your channel!

[@bladesofglorylawnmaintenan6354]

What a playground for a man that absolutely loves this type of stuff!! Awesome for you @Alan !! Such an amazing place. Every bit of it.. I’ve always just been interested in how many acres are there. Ever since @DaveSparks introduced you to us all. Anywho.. Stay blessed @Wizard.. and Merry Christmas to you and your family.

[@kingmartire7017]

allways a pleasur to see your vidéeo about forttress!

[@Dailymotivatess]

14:16 “it wasn’t to difficult I was able to get it up, it slid right in place” 😂😂😂😂

[@jakepeltier4033]

Keep up the good work cant wait to see the tunnels

[@deeannmcginnis2115]

Have a Merry Christmas, Alan. I am loving the developments and looking forward to the next video.

[@johnlove5715]

suggest using your 4 wheeler and winch with brackets for the top with pulleys for cable to ride in for top of beams and another one for the beam being pulled up. looks great.

[@PAINFOOL13]

The Wizard works his magic.🧙‍♂️ Merry Christmas, Alan n Happy New Year 🎉

[@jimseals8659]

A little Harbor Freight wench would do a great job getting those heavy timbers in place.

[@KRAVER_]

A few pulleys, some wire, screws, and a cordless drill would of been faster and easier. well, now we all know how the pyramids were built. By a Wizard :)

[@thanoschermerhorn4864]

We can bitch and moan about what Dave didn’t do or we can be thankful for all that he did do…..which is a heck of a lot more than any of us have done…..just his $$$$ outlay was outrageously generous….all the equipment that he donated….not to mention keeping Alan employed all these years….I don’t follow any of his channels, but I know he is a very caring and big hearted man….even before he became rich and famous….only heaven knows the width and breath of what he has done….I praise God for him…. THANK YOU DAVE….

[@geraldfelchGoose]

Wiz with all that equipment make a boom or crane of some sort. Thanks Wizard

[@mikego18753]

Hay Alan,thumbs up.Things get put into trees(for fences ect)&then the tree spends 20yrs growing over it,until it,s deep inside. Thanks.

[@peterouellette3874]

What an awesome job, Alan

[@WBuj-db2wx]

I would have used a winch puller, $22 at Harbor freight. If you have a rusty scaffolding section around, they work great as a lift boom, in hard to reach places. Good luck.

[@rubenboerde9935]

Brilliant, watching this is peacefull 😂❤

[@katherinehoffman9865]

You dreamed the impossible dream. And you made it come true.

[@kaliforniakontrarian-fc3tu]

alan, you remind me of myself in my younger days...i would have used a come-a-long, less friction...enjoy your creativity brother

[@brucemegill]

from another "alan" i am bruce "alan" megill, from georgetown pa, south western pa. found your show a while back, look forward for each episode ,i'm 73 now, don't do much .but in my younger days i was like you, a pack rat, thinking on my feet ,fixing problems,, i have one request, please widen your road to the fortress, each time you hang off the cliff i get nervous, i know there is bed rock, you can blast, or now they have a mixture where you drill holes in solid rock, pour it in, the next day the rock is broken up, it works, take care, love les helping you.

[@vigilante004]

Alan, thanks for making these videos! I really appreciate it.

[@patchmack4469]

i love and appreciate Al's basic engineering, but like others here i bet are all saying nooooo, do it this way, if it were me, i'd use a trestle in the middle to pivot the sleeper, chock the higher end, and repeat, basically keep stepping each end higher and higher, but this works just as well - or pinch Dave's telehandler

[@jasondillon3317]

You could have dug the money pit on oak island. Looks solid that. Hat's off to you

[@MacGyver2154]

Merry Christmas and God Bless