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I thought that driving my skid steer up the side of the mountain to plow snow down the mountain side trail was a good idea... I was wrong!
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[@rickvangunten4800]

Never a dull moment at Red Poppy Ranch. Nice recovery on the Skid Steer............>

[@kevinmarmen5216]

Snow provides insulation from frost going deeper. Areas where you plow the snow off will freeze WAY faster. Obviously you can't leave the snow over the road, foam board under the dirt right above the pipe will fix that problem permanently. Foam in general will provide insulation equivalent to 3 feet of dirt per inch of insulation. If your area's frost line is 36" then 1/2 inch foam would fix this. I wouldn't worry and put 1" and never do this again right over the area where the pipe crosses the road. I live in northern New-Brunswick in Canada where the frost line is just over 48". Cheers!

[@cindypoole9296]

Also, where the dirt is packed down from the drive the frost is driven down,.. therefore the pipe must be deeper under a packed area. Foam board will help. Also, you must always unhook the hose from a frost free hydrant. If you do not do so, the water will not drain out of the pipes down below the frost.

[@bloodragefromnorway]

Just as a tip, try weld small stubs/nubs on the chains, we use em here in norway on everything and the studs bite into whatever it got. any offcut small squares or roundbar is perfect. it gives alot better traction than regular chain, remember ice and steel doesnt give any traction, but studs biting into it gives!

[@stuartrinker]

I have those for my tractor rears they have been a life changer. I have a set of standard chains for the steers. They don’t work well at all. So much so I haven’t even installed them in the past couple years.

[@DoroHiro]

Sir, i love the way your face lights up when you speak to your Lady!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@theradioweyr]

Watching since the beginning when you were forming the "shop" I know you had installed those faucets correctly as most people do not leave proper reservoirs for the water to drain back into a space below the frost line so I knew it had to be somewhere elsewhere underground with all the dirt being moved around. I miss the cold greatly, being stuck way down South, but I do not miss troubleshooting frozen lines, especially when you have no choice but to continue making the rounds taking care of the critters.

[@rebeccalavell4453]

We look forward to each and everyone of your videos. I pray God continues to watch over your family with many blessings.

[@rudyfisher7660]

The heated gloves work wonderful, they are so nice.Get you a set of heated gloves and you'll never go any other way in the winter time

[@stuartrinker]

I have been thinking about getting a pair. Even with $100 in gloves my hands still get cold. How long do the batteries last? Some days I’ll be out plowing for 6-8 hours.

[@jerrygibs8120]

Thanks again for sharing. Goes without saying so, I'm praying for your safety, strength, health, discernment, peace and success. Blessings ☝ 🙏 🙌 in His Holy Name. Enjoy your videos and appreciate the family involvement too.

[@richardwhite3711]

@ 06:02 so funny hearing Cedar explain how she is going to have to bail you out of this mess LOL

[@TODD.GO.49ers.PACKER]

26:13 redo water pipes with 2 inch pink board insulation

[@harleyschmydlapp704]

Cedar, Heath And Willie. What a great team!

[@nitro5955]

What I have done for Frozen Hydrants is use a heat gun (Just for better control) and and the fan blows the hot air down the hydrant opening where the hose usually is (Which you have open) and the heat will move down the hydrant into the lines to thaw out the frozen water. That works quite well. You can hear it coming once it start thawing.

[@tombecks5150]

How can anybody not love Cedar? What a woman! With a partner like that Heath, it's no wonder you can conquer mountains! 🙂

[@msplum3306]

What fun to watch your deer running around so happy. Brought me a giggle and smiles.

[@angelinaklineburgess5286]

Some heavier equipment for winter looks like the next birthday list option !

[@CC-Rider4564]

MY FAVORITE IDAHO OFF GRID KZbin FAMILY ! 😁👍🏼

[@damogranheart5521]

Well, actually, Idaho!😅😊

[@CC-Rider4564]

​​@@damogranheart5521well crap I meant Idaho I've said it a 1000 times I don't know why I said Utah , this stupid phone pops up state names on here because I watch Trent and Allie & They're in Utah so it popped up Utah and I wasn't paying attention and just popped it on there. Fancy seeing you here I see you on Tues, Thurs and Sat. mornings in comments 😂. How ya doing?

[@RedPoppyRanch]

@@CC-Rider4564We appreciate you so much, always looking out for us!

[@CC-Rider4564]

@RedPoppyRanch you know I gotta have my peps backs 😁😉👍🏼

[@nwindependent9195]

I can totally hear Cedar's thoughts as you're blasting up the hill in reverse..."are we going to need one ambulance or two....."

[@user-mjg1067]

Heath, just put that escapade down to a Miscalculation, nice teamwork.

[@mindeloman]

It is interesting: these winter episodes seem to be all about survival and making it through to thaw. Not a complaint - just an observation. It's like all productivity sort of stalls. I can see why he said in the last episode that they have moments of thinking how renting a place in town is preferable to this. I get it.

[@russellwatters5891]

I'd say you may have used that recovery method a time or two..😂😅 Cedar definitely was not happy.. 😊 Especially when she heard the word chainsaw and trees in the same sentence! ❤😊 Love ya'll ❤️

[@CALVINLNIKONT]

You need to get a snatch block to go from your skid steer to a tree and back to your side-by-side. I can't believe that you don't have a snatch block!

[@coffee8866]

Dad says "hey can you call this fella" pointing at you on the tv "and tell him to mount a winch on the back of his steel tube bumper if he has one" I laughed, said "yesir I'll give Heath a call now" LoL So that's my dad's suggestion for you.

[@armidaperez5360]

Adventure of real mountain living.

[@johnhunt3484]

Build a rubbing post like a horse hitching post. Horizontal rubs work for most deer breeds

[@marygordon3032]

Yay supervisor Cedar, glad y’all got it out Heath! 👏👏👏🤩🤩🤩💯💯💯😂😂😂

[@AL-adventures]

Did a double take at 0.14 - just on the right hand side in the trees, thought you had a Bigfoot visiting your property.

[@richardthomas1743]

Good afternoon! I am not surprised , you can be very careless! Just saying .. I am glad that you're okay!!

[@TheVaughnster69]

😂 Now the Fun Begins 😂

[@Spinster_Phobic]

Thanks Heath ❤👍

[@miketyler4536]

Time for a badlands Winch on that SkidSteer

[@Iain1966]

You would survive a rollover on skidsteer and excavator as both machines have ROPS( roll over protection system) and FOPS( falling object protection system) installed as standard, you may get a few bruises, but Cedar may suffer more watching it happen.

[@danielteage3576]

Glad you made it back safely off the mountain!!!

[@glenharper3136]

Thanks for the video.

[@McCleod]

Ur next skid may need to be one with tracks. You may need to wait till budget allows one with them.

[@judyrosy]

Always doing the wrong things at the wrong time of year!

[@blacksheepexpedition6347]

Keep the handle on and get a cold weather dripped. Will automatically open when reaching freezing temperature.

[@richardwhite3711]

@ 19:20 and now we know, Cedar is a deer whisperer !

[@shaneeaston4027]

We are having a heat wave 40 Celsius every day here in Australia. Storm last night and you cut the air with a knife today. I want to roll in that snow.

[@shadegarden7375]

Wow!! That was a fast deer!!

[@stevelalondejr2183]

Driving over it you drove the frost down we bury 4' here and deeper even insulating water lines when crossing a drive depending on traffic and weight 6-7' and we are NW OH near IN/MI. Your Iowa hydrants not sure your bury depth or ground porosity but we cut & wrap 10' to 20' of 4'' plastic tile around the hydrant weep base covered in sand or pea stone because of freezing and use we have even vented drains to atmosphere. They are frost proof not freeze proof hydrants regardless of brand we drill and repair water wells here since 1966 and remember frost goes down before it leaves.

[@rogersayer5714]

Heath you didn't do a wheely with the skid steer in this video. Stay safe young man

[@mannyortiz4814]

Heath, my love. The photography on this video is amazing. Everything looks so beautiful because of the snow. I know it’s a hard life. To me you are very blessed to be able to thrive in the winter. It takes a lot of hard work and dedication to your lifestyle. Until next time. Please, take care and stay safe. Love you 🍺🍺🥤🥤🎈🕊🇺🇸😇🌞👍❤️🙏😘🌈🌹

[@thejrayhjr]

Heath, time to build a couple landing areas to spin the skiddy around. Maybe cut the hill in 3rds and put a couple small flat areas.

[@rldunn73ify]

It is time to put tracks on the skid steer in the winter'

[@scotterickson1582]

Good evening RPR 😊

[@warriorson7979]

You should make a few places where you can turn around on that road...🤔😒

[@margaretlynch1494]

🙋‍♀️❤️! Cedar is my hero! She should be sainted!⚘️🦋

[@jbbrown7907]

Boy! Getting out of that skid steer is a big deal!

[@steveddavis]

You always have an interesting story each week.

[@richardwhite3711]

@ 23:35 can't the deer do like chickens and just get their water from the snow ? and next summer when the ground thaws use the excavator dig up that hydrant and replace with the new ones that drain down underground so they don't freeze in the winter months

[@manolisgledsodakis873]

They do drain down. It's the shallow pipe that's frozen.

[@tomstack9838]

Didn’t you have tracks for that skid steer?

[@randalmartin438]

The sad aspect of the reason why you're trying to get that done is the snow could be gone by the end of February or it could be around until May

[@robinr.770]

Thankful you got things sorted out. :)

[@timamaro7625]

😂 Little-by-little snow is powerful water.Take your time and do it right little by little

[@michealcaboose8104]

Try putting a bottle with a cup of salt in it into the watering pails

[@royamberg9177]

36" isnt deep enough 60" might work we go 7' here in minnesota

[@johnbaskett2309]

We hit 50 below numerous times this winter.

[@rudyfisher7660]

I don't know why you don't wrap that strap around the blade. Then wrap the chain around the tree. Hook it to the strap. And as you raise that strap up, I mean that buck it up boom and all it'll pull you forward enough that as you dry forward and keep raising the bloom up, it'll pull you forward and get you back on the road

[@unclebrenton4530]

Peace

[@385638]

we do not need you hurt Heath that kind of stuff is very dangerous.

[@dianasweetpea2561]

Waiting for my victory wheelie

[@tylerbarrett6652]

I'm surprised that the deer-watering faucet is frozen up. I remember when you put those in... the gravel in the upsidedown bucket trick should have worked. Is it not deep enough? I don't get it. I hope you figure it out and share it with us. I can't tell you how many people I referred to your channel to see that gravel-bucket trick... Okay... now you are saying it's too shallow - that must be it. Thanks for sharing the ups and downs... and mostly downs this week - let's us know you are human and that mistakes are common and fixable.

[@jefferyholland]

You jinxed yourself when you said you never got the skid steer stuck.

[@ElectricScot]

As you have International visitors it would be good if you could tell us when a product you are featuring doesn't ship outside the USA. I ordered the product only to be told they didn't ship outside mainland USA.

[@rojovar]

American's don't care about non Americans, that won't change.

[@1944chevytruck]

COOL!

[@wileycoyotesr8623]

My mama always said, stupid is as stupid does.

[@Mac-sg2rk]

Why didn't you use the snow blower?

[@bobhoye5951]

Interesting mountain--there are instances when you get into a fast time warp and everything speeds up.

[@mikebjorklind]

I think Cedar and my wife, Karin, must be related in some peculiar way seeing Cedar's extremely sceptic gaze after you attached the strap and explained how you thought it all out.

[@Squires85]

Thanks for mentioning the Randy Brown interview on Meateater. He's a neat guy. I would love for you or someone like you to interview him. They interrupted far too much but I bet you'd be darn good at it. Just my two cents.

[@JAZCAT-kz4pj]

Hello from warm Costa Rica. You need a small dozer to make the roads up the mountain.

[@olgalewis6661]

As it wouldn't be a very good idea to keep 7 full grown bucks together , will the excess ones be going to "freezer camp" or will you be selling them on?

[@dgr8t1]

In colorado our frost line one year went 6 1/2ft deep. Most hydrant ps that year froze! Not a Good way to deal in winter for animals or humans.

[@douglasknutsen]

You need a small dozer for that hillside work !

[@royamberg9177]

the hydrant should never freeze up if the wsrer drains it must not shut off

[@whalleyish]

You need a winch on the skid steer

[@robertbailey8444]

It looks like the dear have been rubbing on your trees. My limited experience with dear rubbing on trees is a loss of trees.

[@user-mjg1067]

you should get one of those curling shoes, then you will not fall.

[@rudyfisher7660]

I guess we need to call him red poppy, bass acrids

[@whtelephant1]

It worked but I think I would have tried a come along to try to pull it sideways and avoid the risk of rolling it with you inside it.

[@johnjr3870]

Not a waste of time, you learned a little lesson. Looked like it was plowing OK, maybe add the tracks for this? Just thinking ref your other video. Why not just fab a quick attach mount for the Exc to us the snow plow on it? It would still be a 2 way with the exc up/down and the angle could be off the thumb with a simple switch valve.

[@RedRiverRedNeck309]

At some point will you have to get rid of some of the bucks to keep them from fighting over the does?? I know in the wide the bucks has there territory or herd of does they service and will fight off or run off other bucks that tries to move in.

[@davet.4945]

You can't tell me that you weren't having fun! Yee haw!! :p)

[@newlyenlightened8775]

Thank goodness you were successful! How are you going to prevent interbreeding with your deer?

[@chrisallen2005]

Setting yourself up for some interesting replies.

[@michelboisvert5684]

hi, my man it doesn't take a plough for as much snow as you have, take your snow blower

[@RedeyeMt]

I've always heard that driving over frozen ground drives the frost down deeper into the ground. With you plowing the snow and driving over the underground pipe may be the cause of the problem

[@DavidHeyboer]

...Here in lower Michigan we normailly put water lines 2 - 3 times deeper than the normal frost depth if there is going to be plowing and especially driving over a water line, and even then there can be instances with extreme cold where the frost is driven as deep and 20 feet from regular traffic which drives the frost deeper. Years ago with iron pipe we would hook a welder up at opposite ends of a frozen pipe and use the current to thaw those iron pipes, this practice can be a little sketchy!

[@peter-fuppe-fuchs]

Hiiiiiiii 💖💖💖

[@AHT4USA]

You keep messing with the wrong equipment, you're going to hurt yourself. You wouldn't hammer a nail with a screw driver, would you? More along your understanding. You wouldn't use a pair of pliers to loosen a 3" plumbing fitting? No, you'd use a pipe wrench. Sell all those Tonka toys and get yourself a backhoe. This was the main reason I stopped watching you a couple of years ago. You tend to do things dangerously. I have no interest in watching someone get hurt. Bye for now. Be safer, please.

[@Jackspigpin]

🦌👍😀

[@jbbrown7907]

Could your water line be too shallow for your climate?

[@StevesDIYProjects7]

dont let it go to your head. BUT you are a good operator and i doubt you would roll a machine but yes you are in one heck of a pickle lol.

[@Ceelle2]

How will you prevent inbreeding for the deer?

[@stevemoczydlowski8895]

Sorry it looked like you were plowing up hill.

[@davidczarnecki581]

Almost doesn't count only in horse shoes lmao you could put it up on 2 wheels and spin it around

[@glendavis9663]

✋✋👍👍

[@Tune842]

What stops the inbreeding of the deer

[@MikeJohnson-bu4gl]

your driving over the waterline is driving the frost much deeper into the ground......you should have your water 2 times the depth of your normal non-roadway depth....32 inches should be at least 64 inches.

[@jbbrown7907]

Cedar is a pretty girl.

[@TODD.GO.49ers.PACKER]

My anxiety level went up big time....I think the wrong tool for the job... I could see a tracked snow cat...path seems to be too narrow