Withdrawing Shale from the Bank!

[@OutdoorsWithTheMorgans]

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[@Knotrockets]

Nice job on your buck.

[@gregoryboyer4390]

The shale you are depositing in the woodyard reminds me of a job I worked on. I am a retired land surveyor. The job got shut down after fossils were found while excavating the foundations for a condo project. ( suggestion ) Take a few buckets of shale, Put them under the new roof some place out of the way and JUST TAKE A LOOK!! You can do that while the snow removal equipment is warming up for snow withdrawl.

[@jangrahame4891]

Up in the Pacific NW we run canvas or heavy guage roll-up walls around our milling sheds. You can drop them all or just the ones you need for shade or windbreaks. This allows for access from all sides as needed for maintenance or reconfiguring of equipment and workflow. I think it is really fantastic that you have added firestarter to your lineup! Special Hello to Hunter!

[@rexwoodall2179]

Mike, you have your own quarry going. It looks like you are grading for an indoor arena. Very relaxing to watch you work this grade. PA has such nice resources, hardwoods and shale. OWTM’s is growing and does need more automation! Nice shot, Mike!

[@craigwilson9560]

Mike and Melissa, the place is shaping up really nice! Mining that shale and sprinkling the stone with the bucket, you've become an expert Mike. Nice buck thatbyou got there! I am like you, have a million and one things to get done, but sometimes you need a day of rest and enjoy mother nature in the woods hunting! Say hello to Hunter and Eva! I hope ya'll are doing wonderful! Thanks for your great video's!

[@L2FlyMN]

That shale pit has been like a gold mine for you!!!!! Very blessed to have it!!!

[@keithburch5506]

Wow Mike, you sure know your stuff! It's very obvious you'll be able to put tons of weight on your floor after it's fully cured. You have worked the earth there just perfectly. Solid as can be. And your grading it all for perfect water runoff. Yessir, when it's all said and done you're gonna have an awesome facility there. It's so much fun watching it happen, thank you so much for sharing it w us. Adler's Adventures was really good yesterday, thanks for introducing them, what a huge company! Glad you got a buck already. Are you gonna mount him in the gameroom? I do understand and feel for you, spending daylight not working on one of so many projects can get frustrating, but hey buddy, fellow retiree, there's no time cards or punch clocks in your life now, so don't stress. You're a free man now! You and only you call the shots now, so call 'em any way you desire! If you didn't have to pay tax you'd be totally free! Dang, I just ruined everything I just said! Sorry. Anyway maybe you'll get a bigger buck in WV. See ya later!👍🚜❤🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@millcrafters]

Hi Mike. Total fan here. I was thinking, generalizing about the possibilities of enclosing the new building. Mind you, you already have an enclosed building so maybe my reasoning should be skewed with that reality. Okay, onto some of my thoughts. These are rough idea. I respect your methodology and the way you do things. So these are only seeds. 1. The wide open end towards the house could be 3 huge barn sliding doors, enabling you to open up 2/3rds of the opening on either side, or completely close it in. They could ride on tracks above, and rollers below. (Once the concrete is done on these ideas) 2. Put garage uplifting doors on the sides, and in order to do that you would need a good surface about two feet wide, or wide enough to cover the posts and the Y's at the top and that would make a nice mating surface for the doors to ride/sit on. 3. I'm not sure about the need for access to the pile to run the spliting operation. That of course needs to have an open area for the conveyor of the splitter. Considering closing off that end coming in about a quarter of the buildings length. I started my shop in a huge barn that leaked, and what I did was build an inner plastic tent, and used a 320,000 BTU kerosene salamander heater with a thermostat, and it kept it nice and toasty in there. You need to be able to change the air with one of those, but then of course with a barn, and needing to open and close doors that is ideal. A good friend of mine named Mike likes to say, "Slow but sure wins the race, take your time, think it through" :-) I know you are going to ace your design. Can't wait to see how you develop it.

[@Fulltimer]

I'm 75 and no longer hunt, but I still enjoy going to the lease. I keep the fire going and the coffee fresh and hot. Deer hunting has really changed. Very serious for our hunters. My son-in-law is hunting one particular deer that has been on the deer cams for most of the summer and is probably the only deer he will attempt to harvest. That's too particular for me so I just listen to the stories and think about when I was a kid hunting with my dad.

[@jimkempton5568]

“Same feeling I got when I seen Melissa”,,,That was a very nice statement Mike? I remember the time I first laid eyes on my Rosie. It was a little different because she was dancing and it was her back side that I saw first, lol. When she turned around I was done for. She was beyond Beautiful. She was a little hard to get, but I persevered,and a couple years later we were married. I lost my Rosie to pancreatic cancer after 42 years of marriage. It was ten weeks from diagnosis to death. That was sixteen years ago. So Mike,,,,give you’re Melissa a long hug and if she asks what that was for tell her it was for yourself. I’d give anything to be able to hold my Rose once more.

[@oldmanfred8676]

Kinda know how you feel Jim.

[@123gonow]

@@oldmanfred8676 when you coming back to Gregory ? Still waiting on that coffee !

[@oldmanfred8676]

@@123gonow, Steven, I’ve been back since the first part of October. Heading back to Texas after Christmas. We need to meet somewhere.

[@123gonow]

@@oldmanfred8676 sounds good how can I get you my number

[@oldmanfred8676]

@@123gonow, No clue, I put mine in a comment and Mike’s program deleted it?

[@TKCL]

Nothing but sand here in Florida, I do wish we had shale like that. I have so many projects I could use it on. With that said our sand makes for easy digging.

[@DensityMatrix1]

I live close to Mike, the shale is a problem in this area. It’s called Pennsylvania mudstone, it is a very poor substrate material. This urban area has more landslides than any other region of the country. When the shale gets wet, the water penetrates between the shale layers causing them to float apart… Keep in mind this part of PA is very steep and we receive a good amount of rain. We also have two centuries of mining, causing subsidence in lots of areas. I also used to live in Florida, though and the shale is better than having a sinkhole form in your backyard, or having the water table be 2 inches above ground.😮

[@countryroadslife]

Hey! I figured you followed this channel. I’m glad to see your channel is growing well 👍🏼

[@TKCL]

@@countryroadslife I've actually been following Mike since about 3k subscribers. Sadly I stay so busy I can't catch many videos. Thanks and take care!

[@johnsadler8637]

Good morning! Nice work on the floor and outskirts of the pavilion - it’s always mildly surprising to me to see that shale track in so smoothly packed. All we have on our farm is sandstone, and even your equipment couldn’t make that stuff as smooth as you can get that shale. And my little Ford 3000, even with a loader and bush hog on it, weighs only about 5,000 lbs, barely over 2 Mg. The only stuff I can break up is the leftover stone from the above ground part of the old homestead-era barn that got burned after it collapsed. Those stones are really brittle and sometimes shatter just from dumping out of a raised bucket. Your buck is well bigger than most that came off our farm this year. Our biggest probably compared to yours. Not to say there weren’t bigger bucks seen, but those guys didn’t get seen close during the season. 😉 Good eating, though.

[@williamgraham8809]

Bradford county, Pa here, little shooting, at 75 I'm a little too shakey to hunt anymore. I have decided that you are a "stone sprinkling specialist "!I love watching the way you can rain rocks where you want them!

[@JohnSmith-tv5ep]

MIKE, even though you're a 'man with a plan', did you ever think that your journey thru life would be as it is after you made your first firewood video? I'm sure there's been bumps in the road, and many curves but yinz guys are truly showing what the American dream can be! Stay healthy, happy and wise!

[@johnking8679]

Hey Mike and Melissa, I just wanted to take the time to thank you both for the efforts you both take to give us our daily dose of OWTM video clips !! Sincerely !! Say "Hi" to Hunter and Eva for me, please !! Keep 'em coming guys !! 💞

[@mikeh409]

Mike, you dropped the ball! You know we love your western PA. sense of humor. I thought for sure you were going to throw in a pic of Melissa’s big hair at the pizza shop. Some how I think she would have done it in her video. So you would have to sleep in the mini cabin for the night…you still have the buddy heater….You keep me coming back and wanting more. Good job!

[@richc9890]

Need to bring that road you had built around the tree, down around behind the firewood bunker and tie it in down below to your storage yard. Then you could still drive your truck and trailers around. Not sure how much more fill you would need down behind it, but it would kind of finish up the circle.

[@AdkKarl]

Great work Mike. We need a photo of Melissa's "big 80s hair"!

[@bluegrallis]

@ 14:47, you should have inserted a picture of Melisa with her "80's" big hair ☺

[@timhilton5096]

Yes, let’s see that 80’s hair photo 👍😃

[@gregforster5913]

Greg from northern Michigan Mike pulls shale from the bank and we pay him back with interest ! Fantastic !

[@devries17004]

Good timing. Just enjoying a cup of coffee and get the alert that Mike posted a new video!! Good morning everyone.

[@why-be-normal7014]

U should do some type of rain water catch system into ibc tanks just to have on hand in a emergency and u can fun that water into a sand filter system and with a solar water pump. I did one upstate teats ago boxed it all in with the 4x8 foam insulation and painted it black for winter then flipped the sides to the other side that was white for summer .

[@uberuser1999]

Really amazed at how fast and how well that shale packs as you track it in. The new building is really coming along nicely. Just 26 days left until Christmas so I hope the weather stays mild enough for you to get everything done and back to producing firewood soon. Nice PA Buck. Maybe you’ll add to the freezer with one from the new property, too!

[@ddelano7408]

Hi Mike, I would love to have a pole building like that! You said you are going to close in some parts of it with your pine. Have you thought about using a billboard tarp on the walls in the mean time to keep the snow out and off of the equipment? Have a Day, from MA.

[@jeffgriffin7772]

Mike, I was watching the last video with you digging shale from the hillside. when you get finished digging you may think about a wall built from the big concrete blocks like you used on the fire wood pit.

[@alsup11]

Just woke up to the birds a singing and sunshine. Hopefully you get the fill all placed before the rain. We are supposed to have storms today with possibility of tornadoes. Love the video,keep doing what your doing. Have a blessed day.

[@kipcarroll5644]

Hilarious analogy on the 80's hair ! I just about blew my Cheerios through the window ! 😀

[@markholmes1346]

I never miss a video of yours, brings back memories of running equipment! I still do a few sewer repair digs a year for a plumber friend of mine, kinda fun! Thanks for sharing with us and congrats on the buck you harvested! ✌🏼❤️🙏🏼

[@tonyscott5127]

Hey Mike, The wood yard is really taking shape. Looks great!

[@mtavish]

I am an elder remembering the past. Living on the OH/PA line we could tell when deer season began in PA - the deer would come over the line in droves. We didn't observe the same hunting season date.

[@joesixpack8305]

I'm guessing the large majority of people who watch OWTM videos do not come close to living the same way as the Morgans. They don't have the property, equipment, etc. to do the same things as the Morgans. The appeal is that they would like to, or liked to have...past tense, lived a similar life. So they live it vicariously thru the Morgans. I'm that way to an extent but perhaps I'm more attracted to those secluded people who live a subsistence life in the Alaskan wilderness. Lots of TV shows like that. But in lieu of that, I'll continue using my 25 year old Craftsman chainsaw to cut up the odd blow down on my 1-acre of woods, watch the occasional deer that walk thru, and fire up the old lawn tractor to cut the grass. Oh, and I have plenty of Japanese stiltgrass to tame too...just like the Morgans. haha!

[@frankbever1788]

We got our fire starter yesterday, thank you very much. No more wasting time trying to start fires.

[@russellbowman8051]

Mike Things Are Shaping Up Very Nicely There Around The Morgan Wood Yard!! Keep Smiling On!! 😀👍👊❤

[@countryroadslife]

Mike Morgan’s bank > FTX investment 😂

[@roberthakeman9822]

Got my bag of the firewood starter last week Mike, have you ever thought of adding another row or two to the firewood pit to give you some more capacity or storage if you run out of crates. Will there be a roof over the the firewood pit ? A hoop building but up against your building you just put up would be great cuz you would have air movement everywhere and everything would stay dry. Didn't you talk about putting a road or drve from the firewood processing area to the main road so you could get semi's in and around without any problems. Do you ever go pheasant hunting Mike we have lots here in Nw Iowa and Se South Dakota, my son lives in Sioux Falls SD and he hunts both states for pheasants when he has a chance because he is a accountant and is very busy especially with year end stuff for farmers.

[@richardgreen5602]

Mike if you keep filling in the low spots you could be "flat-land" all the way to where Kings restaurant used to be!!! lol Where is that "new" roller when you need it????

[@500VulcanRider]

Just curious as to why you didn't have at least half walls put on that building on the sides, to help protect the equipment better. I know you said you were going to do that later with wood you produce but with the crew there building it, wouldn't it have been easier and a lot faster to have them put those walls up. The things inside won't get as wet as if setting out in the open but they are still going to get wet.

[@tommyordoyne7461]

If you keep digging shale and flattening land, you will soon get to the neighbors property line. Great work and video. Have a productive day.

[@thomasstrout1738]

The area is shaping up nicely. Hopefully the weather cooperates for a few more weeks. I find myself behind on a few outdoor things as well. I could never hunt or fish because I can’t sit still….

[@georgecrawford3051]

If you backed your machines in from one side, you can always get one of them out without moving any of the others. This would leave more room to work around the sawmill.

[@barrysnyder2809]

"When I first saw Melissa with that big 80's hair in the pizza shop'. Can totally relate! Back then we all had hairstyles, but the ladies stole the show.

[@mattsara2802]

Congrats on the buck 😃

[@billonthehill9984]

Rifle season ended on Sunday here in Vermont, i.e. Nov. 12 - 27... Congrats on the (6) point buck Mike. Mining for the shale, it has a certain ring to it, lol! I get you on that feeling when encountering a buck, I get it with or without a rifle in hand! All the best, Bill... :~

[@philliphansen2036]

Between interior fill and 6” of concrete will you be looseing your 14’ of ceiling?

[@stevemiller5525]

Looks like thinks are shaping up very nicely!

[@jeffselchow5719]

The chemistry & personality, that is very apparent with you and your family, definitely comes thru in these videos, and I for one keep coming back because of that. I Thank You for sharing what you do with us. Congrats on the buck. Hunter wants to go get a sammich from BK, See Ya Later.

[@TheGrimReaper1]

I still remember when I saw the film Bambi and the scene when his mum got shot for no reason.

[@jimfrank3591]

Wed liked to see some 80's pictures of you guy's.

[@olddawgdreaming5715]

Good morning Mike and Melissa and the rest of the crew. Looks great around there and it's nice seeing the equipment filling the shed already. It will change with getting the saw and splitter set up in there but you already have how you're going to set it up. It will be great. Stay safe and keep up the great videos. Fred.

[@holymoly6829]

Good day Fred “Have a day” 🤗🤗

[@casolver]

Violin music while withdrawing shale from the bank is awesome!

[@randyvoiles6579]

Wow awesome footage 💪 closer to the oil in the shell

[@teddytheyorkielowellpenner777]

Speaking of deer I love to eat it just can"t shoot it .They are just to beautiful

[@sameaston1301]

I got nervous watching you spread rock near those posts! You're becoming quite the surgeon with that skidsteer!!! Looking great 👍

[@owenmyers88]

Congrats on getting your Buck. Looked great!

[@ryanmichaelb]

Nice buck, Mike. Congrats.

[@andrewupham4713]

"Same feeling but different" LOL!!!!!!! I totally get it!

[@oldmanfred8676]

Wonder how many millennia it took to lay that Shale down? Then the subsoil and the topsoil? Awe inspiring.

[@davidowen8632]

How many time are you going to redo the wood yard

[@kennethboucher7663]

It would be interesting to see Melissa’s big 80s hairdo 😀

[@gregfisher216]

Good morning Mike from a mild and cloudy Gulf coast ! Life is a lot easier when you have the right tools and the skill to go with it !

[@shawnmartisko1966]

I thought you actually had gun shells in a deposit box I thought you might of stocked up on them but good click bite tho keep on keeping on

[@dorothymiller2650]

Once in a while you need to get away o relax. Doing this can refresh your honey do list better.

[@Mounty621]

So you’re saying you had “buck fever” for Melissa too. Hilarious!! Once you build any building, you always find out you needed it to be bigger.😂

[@evankibbe590]

Good morning everyone 😊 ☺ 👍🌎🌞

[@allanstephenson9336]

Before you put down the concrete. Put down thick plastic. It will help it from sweating!!!!!!!!! And if u ever close it in. U. Will be happy u did !!!! Good luck mike

[@martineastburn3679]

I hear you on that. Hunters here are a dying breed. Some younger ones but so many of the WWII vets always went out and bagged the limit and in the old days they could use a family dog to be with them and hunt as well. Some families never ate Beef until the Parents passed. Many homes have two or more freezers. Tubs and a standup flash freezer.

[@josephschmidt6106]

is the 4th going to be a challenge with the pavillion in the way?

[@carlpriestley360]

Would love to see the fire starter process!!

[@artofogre3555]

Part of me is sad to see young trees go down. But having seen your work tells me that you will restore the land enough when you're done to support more trees for the future. Great stewardship of your land.

[@jamesharless5357]

Another great video Mike, thanks!👍🏻

[@jacklachman5304]

GOOOOOOOD MORNING TO ALL MY FELLOW OWTM FANS/FOLLOWERS…. Going to be a gorgeous 55 degree day here in Virginia Beach…CONGRATS Mike on the fresh BACK STRAPS… your wood yard is coming along nicely… Can you take us with you when you hunt again? Maybe even in West Virginia 😬😬😬… Catch y’all on the next one Have a Day HELLOOOO Hunter!!!😁😁😁

[@johnsadler8637]

Howdy Jack!

[@jacklachman5304]

@@johnsadler8637 top of the MAAAWNIN To ya John!!!

[@leonardshultz4344]

It is interesting how different areas of the Country use different termonalogy for the same thing. Example use use stone for what we, in Oregon call rock.

[@clacker199]

dont need t6o see your dead deer,just carry on with your builing and logging

[@caseyspradlin1462]

I have no idea how many times I’ve said this Mike. Y’all put out some of the best family friendly videos. I love & look forward to watching them. We are in hunting season here in Arkansas and both my girls & myself have been hunting on our farm & down south on other family land. You are correct when you say that it doesn’t matter how many you have seen or taken, I still get excited myself. Hope everyone is doing well. As always, keep doing what you do.

[@MikeD-ne6ie]

Hunting is the same here in the Fingerlakes area in NYS Mike. I believe there are as many deer as there used to be, but with far less hunters in the woods they are not moving during the day and are nocturnal. Trail cameras prove this!

[@mikeelwood8626]

The music got a little frantic there in the middle of the video, Mike!

[@ericm4067]

I think you might regret not doing gutters, downspouts and piping all that water down the hill.

[@shaneallison3370]

The Melissa reference 😆 Mike you hit the nail on the head. I had the same feeling with my wife and a big buck 😂

[@mikebernath3038]

Once again, thanks for classical music bent; lest we forget!

[@tommyordoyne7461]

How thick will the slab for the new building be?

[@stewartmcardle8149]

Oh Melissa "deer"....😃

[@samuelkeala7459]

I must say there’s always room for improvement 😅😂

[@gslope1]

In central PA a LOT more ground is posted now than there was when I was young (63 now). I miss that the first day isn't Monday instead of Saturday the way it used to be.

[@cvlcan]

More excited than seeing Melissa for the first time with the big ‘80s hair in the pizza shop…..classic

[@mitchdenner9743]

Come on mike, it wasn't her big eighties hair that caught your eye that day, now the dimples and big smile is a little more believable. 😄

[@lonniechartrand]

"Same kind of feeling, but different." You can say that again!!! lol

[@michaelwebb57]

Deer hunting in our area of WV has dropped as well. I to can remember the sound of gun fire, pretty much the whole week. Younger generation just has no interest, unless it's on a screen or has a controller. Congratulations on the deer! Thanks for sharing!

[@paulfrew6291]

That is true here in New zealand as well all the young people just want to sit inside and game

[@Hunter-ym2kk]

That's funny, "I'm not buying anymore trucks"..

[@robertswartz4707]

Shaping up nice Looks good

[@ronaldcummings6337]

I was doing some work while listening and that one song with the cellos had me in high gear 🙂

[@larryldbigboy]

Did they put gutters on the building? That’s going to be a lot of water

[@kevinsmeltzer8053]

If you really want to move merch, you need to make a shirt that says "Just one more load of stone ought to do it". They would sell out faster than that fire starter!

[@toddpacheco4748]

Looks like things are starting to come together Mike , Mike is in my family my dad’s dad and my brother but Portuguese Miguel Pacheco

[@roberthughes2665]

Love the title. Somebody has a great sense of humor 😂. If you keep doing that you will have one flat property. Good way to add to your usable land around the woodyard. Expensive but much cheaper the way you are doing it than hiring it out

[@20447Medic]

6" of snow yesterday. Forecast for 12-18" over the next 48hrs in N. Idaho. It been cold too. Lows in the single digits with highs in the low 20's. Im jealous

[@mikegreatcarpbode6205]

Hey Mike your storage building is looking good, I just built a addition onto my barn a tad smaller 24×60 cold storage for tractor implements, splitter trailer, etc. You spoke of filling your tractor tires not sure if you have heard of a fairly new product made from beet juice. Doesn't freeze doesn't corrode and is environmentally safe. If you would like to check it out go to Good Works Tractors on utube in Michigan .Be safe and God bless. P.S so sorry about your elections in Pennsylvania.

[@LeLOUISE1]

Panneaux solaires !!!!!!

[@realairplane261]

Your new shed would have taken flight in Wisconsin today.

[@OutdoorsWithTheMorgans]

We had the wind today as well, new shed did fine, deck on house not so well. Big Maple blew down right on the deck. Smashed some railing and other damage. I will get under it tomorrow and check it closer

[@realairplane261]

Sorry about the deck. The saw shed is probably protected by the woods and down in a valley.

[@pds8311]

Hahaha That was so rude going from cello to you it made me laugh . 😂😂🤣

[@shawnmartisko1966]

Mike whenever you was putting that stone down it looked like both sides had a dip in them and the middle and the edge’s were up were you want it congrats on ur buck meat on the table