WORKED WITH A CONCRETE CREW FOR A DAY

[@Skyline310GTR]

My girlfriend and I are both union concrete carpenters and welders, I could highly relate to both of you. Couples and relationships that are both involved in this type of lifestyle and living are very unique and truly amazing experience and life. We hope to one day meet you both and help each other out throughout our knowledge. Very few people I look up to and get me inspired however you both are truly a motivation and role models,keep up the good work guys!

[@ibelieveintrees]

Thank you for giving us the opportunity to learn from and be a part of your journey, I appreciate the time you take out of your lives to give us a living example of another way to live. I have learned so much from you both and I have made huge steps to creating the life I feel more aligned with (in part, due to your channel). Seeing you both be so courageous in the face of life's challenges, gives me courage. Anything is possible if we are willing to unlearn and learn. Investing in our selves is priceless.

[@ronaldedwards425]

Great job U2 keep up the good work .

[@chamilton9182]

YAY!!! A "together" video. I love ya Jess, but I really love when you two are working together. Hearing your wife's perspective in this journey is great for another woman. I love her grit and determination. She helps me better understand how to help my husband (and best friend) on our projects. Also, love the new ride. Our super duty was my favorite. Hands down our best truck EVER. Great Vid guys. Thanks for sharing your journey with us.

[@MrCorSmit]

Thanks guys for a new video, always looking forward to a new video

[@joechef2351]

Another Video!!! wow you guys are pumping them out lately. I'm glad that you have been able to find some real contractors that let you observe and help. Hands on learning is the best way with construction. Cant wait to see your place start to take shape. Do you think you will get the foundation, frame, and roof done before winter? Wishing you well, cant wait to see the progress.

[@2themaster]

Another tip for people interested in learning construction, Habitat for Humanity is always building. I have personally done a bunch of the blitz build where the whole house gets built in 5 days.

[@MegaWeagle]

I'm happy you guys decided to do this, if you are persistent you will be able to do this with many skill trade jobs.

[@motelman6036]

Thanks for the video! Love the salvage window part. Cool inside, keep your spirits up, its hot all over and people get upset in the heat. keep your chins up, there is plenty of Love for you both. From Iowa. 112 in the sun

[@kirbykercheval2936]

That is me! Overbuild takes forever and overwhelming. Best comment i have heard

[@Litzbitz]

YOU ARE BOTH AMAZING. ENJOY THESE VIDEOS. THEY ARE ADDICTING. I AM TOO OLD TO DO ANY OF THIS BUT FOR SOME REASON I GET A KICK OUT OF WATCHING YOU ALL. EXCITING WATCHING THE PROCESS. GOD BLESS.

[@AKorigami]

Another great video you are becoming my favorite watch people work while laying on the couch place!

[@Frank_Techguy]

You guys make an awesome team. Keep up the excellent work.Thanks for sharing your inspirational videos.

[@danielhosenfelt6212]

Paying someone to learn a new skill .... what a great concept. Always enjoy your videos, thank you!

[@christinemersereau6557]

Smart call guys. Gaining some knowledge by helping others. Keep up the great work. Love your videos!

[@mars7786]

Yea whats the word on the new truck great vid today loving all the episodes lately

[@mrfyxr7489]

WOW!! You guys are getting some really vicious comments. I like to throw in an idea now and then. As I see these projects after they are completed, its not possible to cut you off at the pass. I try to leave my ideas for you to consider. If there is a problem that develops, Then if you replace/repair you have some ideas to bounce around. The thought of losing all your water scares me. Losing electricity is a pain, but you can probably thrive w/o it. You seem to be able to replace any water you lose. There is a lot to learn in this world. If one cannot send a helpful or cheerful comment it would be better to take it to your grave.

[@csmithth]

Love your emphasis on utilizing community.

[@butlikereally]

In engineering schools there are usually things like Concrete Toboggan Teams or Concrete Canoe teams. I was part of one for a year and I think you guys would find some of their ideas about concrete really interesting! For example, one of the things they did one year was put polystyrene in the concrete. They did a bunch of strength tests and found that this made the concrete stronger and more flexible and was a great way to keep all that styrofoam out of a landfill. If you're interested in experimenting, perhaps you could reach out to a university near you to learn about that!

[@chuckjan8562]

I truly enjoy you all's videos !! Thanks for all your great effort at putting out such well thought out content :)

[@CC-de7hd]

I worked concrete for a lot of years, we would use tie wire instead of string. Secure one end to batter board, set the nail on other board, not all the way. Bend nail at a 90. Wrap the tie wire around the nail, use a 16 penny for twisting. Now you can twist the nail and wire making it as tight as a piano wire. String over a distance is not reliable. Just a thought. Enjoy your videos. Be safe and enjoy the adventure.

[@grahampatterson3122]

Did you get a new truck?

[@radicaicares]

I've been asking this. it's been in a bunch of videos recently and they haven't explained it at all. I'm so curious, It's a $30,000 truck. And they haven't put it in any of their financial reports lately.

[@RJM1011]

Looks like a used truck so how do you know it cost them $30,000.00 to buy ??????

[@bosmans1978]

Chase Cares Do u have a life of ur own?

[@toddmccarter45]

Paul Haslam who takes a 30 year old truck to a dealer, they are sooooo easy to work on

[@toddmccarter45]

Paul Haslam why does it look like there is a temp tag in the back window?

[@deZeeuws]

okay !!

[@MarthaMedicare]

Always entertaining & informative

[@BPollard86]

I've changed my outlook on this channel. I rather enjoy it now. I could sit here and complain about how "I" think they're doing it wrong, but truth be told, when was the last time I got off my ass and tried to build something? Here's the journey of a couple greenback city slickers trying to do something besides push papers in a cubicle... They've come a long ways.

[@applepie-pf8dp]

Awesome job guys and I luv your new truck its very nice....

[@AsTheWheelsTurn]

hands on experience is worth far more than classroom time. We have had people come to work for us with "degrees in construction" who were completely useless and could not manage a construction site if there life depended on it,they may have know all the names of things and technical terms and safety stuff which is great but you just cant really know the trades unless you have physically done them and been around at least seeing the work done for a good amount of time. a lot of the learning comes from the problems you have to solve so if you have never dealt with any of it hands on you are useless.

[@tylerbyers9895]

Nice windows. Thanks for the content, big fan of the show. Cheers.

[@1dkappe]

You are the Robert Jordan/Wheel of Time of youtube. There are a lot of folks so invested in following your channel that they can't admit to themselves what content free hacks you've become. I will admit: as comedy, your channel is priceless. I've started watching it with a laugh track. :-)

[@elementalearth5096]

Lol, been reading the comments. Everybody wants to know about the truck. Put a plow on that puppy in the winter, going to be sweet! :) Also I have been watching your videos for some time now and find you guys really inspiring. Lots to think about for me. I am just confused that there's a lot of people projecting their negativity at you.. I'm sorry for some of those people. They don't know what they do. Blessed be guys, I love your creativity in all areas of life. You're a tremendous success.

[@williemac2362]

They have a backhoe, why put a plow on the truck

[@tmbuchtel]

You have a new truck? Don't remember seeing you unpack that box!

[@johnkohler8600]

Theresa Buchtel Exactly they do unboxings for a New Shirt they got or a Screwdriver but literally act like the new Truck was always there and feel like they don't need to say ANYTHING about it.I mean it's kinda weird is all I'm saying.

[@hughbrackett343]

Maybe they think nobody would be interested. Here's my new Super Duty. It's just like all the other Super Dutys. Here's the radio, the ashtray, see how the visor folds down....

[@cirelefebure5485]

Great job guys, thx for the journey :)

[@eddeetz493]

Hook up at a quarry and try to get a trommel with steel grizzly bar design. Set up to load and let gravity fall into scoop pits, Good luck on the dig. A barter app would be huge..Trade rough lumber sawing for other house needs..including labor..or repay labor with your community. Go to closest landfill..allow hardwood and chip deliveries.. Offer to cut delivered valuable hardwood logs for 1/2 the lumber. A cold 12 PK at a scrap yard, at days end is worth it's weight in gold for steel and old homestead tools.

[@davidmicheletti6292]

That is how I learned how to pour concrete by helping friends on their houses. Before you knew it I was building homes from scratch. I never did learn the secret of cutting corners during construction. I just beat myself half to death on projects and then start another one.

[@jimmarchman]

I wish I had seen this video 35 years ago when I wanted badly to be a homebuilder. Instead I ended up in the insurance industry and have never been able to pursue my dream as you two are doing. Thanks for the insights and for your videos.

[@robertrogish1038]

Great that you could get the windows !

[@zippythechicken]

habitat for humanity.. thats how I learned hands on for some of my skills like surveying lots and setting aluminum foundation forms.

[@MrAllan9]

Lol, I wanted to learn brick laying, and applied for a job on a building project for free. Got hired on the spot cause I was a carpenter. Worked free for a few weeks, but walked away with the skills I needed to lay my own bricks. Absolutely enjoyed the experience, especially working with skilled craftsmen.

[@MostlyOutdoors]

Lol, just came from your old ford pickup truck video to this and now you have a $50k truck

[@rannie0759]

Keep doing what you're doing, enjoy videos,

[@edwardmoulaison1359]

Keep it up guys. Love your videos. Haters can suck it!!

[@candidethirtythree4324]

Speaking of trades, my husband's company built municipal water treatment facilities and for years they had trouble finding anyone who could do basic work like concrete finishing or pipe laying. Schools used to have 'shop' class but that is long gone and so are trade schools for the most part. When you look for trade schools you find a bunch of on-line schools for trades like nursing or aircraft mechanics but not construction and when you do find one, they want as much for tuition for a job that makes $25,000 a year as they do for one that makes $75,000 a year. Add that to the fact that students would have to travel halfway across the country for the few schools they do have and they would still have to have a place to live and gas and food money for a school that does not have dorms or student cafeteria or any of the other things that colleges have means you couldn't find many people who could afford to go. I doubt there are any scholarships or grants for concrete laying schools. I read an article in Forbes about how many jobs are going unfilled just because they can't find anyone trained to do the jobs, the US is going to be in a world of hurt when everyone forgets how to repair the infrastructure.

[@daverenshomestead636]

Did y'all get a new truck? I come from a background of construction so the knowledge I know will help in building my off grid cabin. And I agree with y'all learn as much as you can plus learning new things can be fun :)

[@connormiller2551]

Hello love your videos

[@ProfessorKitchen]

Such great scenery.

[@RJM1011]

WELL DONE on learning more to build a better home. :)

[@crg9603]

did you say you only helped for 2 hours ? by all means I am not knocking what y'all are doing I think it is fabulous. the only thing really I wanted to say when y'all go to help someone and you do not know what you are doing and you are learning you are slowing the contractors and the subcontractors down because they are explaining and trying to teach you so if you go to help only for 2 hours you are basically wasting their time they are doing this to feed their families . the reason why I say this as I am a contractor and I have bought people in to show them and try to teach them just like y'all are doing but it ended up that they just wasted a lot of my time for no longer than they were there . please have a great day and God bless you all

[@crg9603]

Jim Gilmour go sit down and let grown people talk !

[@dalefolck7270]

Education is priceless. But what ive learned over time it is best to get a contractor to do the foundation. The reason for this is it is the backbone of your house. If it cracks for any reason you have someone to blame. Or fix it.

[@gwenfloyd8942]

One of my kiddos came in at the end of watching this and asked who you were. After some brief description she had no clue until I said your kitties name. "OH, I remember them!!!" Priorities😁

[@user-zt2cl5sh7i]

People back off about the new truck!! Regardless how they got it it's clearly needed. Anybody who has ever towed a piece of equipment bigger than a lawnmower knows that that 300I6 in that f150 is inadequate. Being that they can save numerous delivery fees on rental equipment and move their backhoe around to help their neighbors out makes a truck payment pretty insignificant even if they did finance it.

[@ahuns7]

TNX for using seatbelt! :)

[@twsxc700]

I want to like this channel so much but it very hard for me. 11:05 minute video titled "We Joined a Concrete Crew for a Day." About 1.5 minutes of video at the job site setting forms. This is when you need to provide us with some info. Tell us what you are doing and why. Maybe in a voice over style. The remaining part of the video, about 9.5 minutes, is nothing of value.

[@johnburton3763]

Hey guys! So, you may have noticed that whenever there's a cut in your videos, there is a small, glitchy-sounding "pop" (more apparent on bigger speakers and nice headphones--I only bring this up because on my particular headphones it actually hurts a little). There's a SUPER DUPER quick fix for this. Whatever editing software you're using, there should be a command that allows you to fade all your audio clips at once while they're selected. On Premiere Pro, for instance, it's ctrl+shift+d. There's a similar command in Final Cut, Avid, Vega, and many others. All that to say, my brain loves your stuff, and my ears really want to! :)

[@haroldbevins393]

Keep seeing a new or newer Ford Super Duty on the place and in todays video you were driving it to the job site to pour concrete.. Is this a new addition or a rental? Inquiring minds want to know. hahaha Love watching your videos and the struggles of building a home out of nothing but a piece of land, while at the same time wanting only a quality job in the process.. Keep up the great job....

[@Horse237]

One thing you would want to learn before you finish volunteering on that concrete project is if you could do all that concrete pouring in one or two days so you could save money renting a concrete mixer.

[@purelivingforlife]

+Horse237 It'll be many pours. Footings and piers, walls and finally slabs.

[@revtmyers1]

One of the two job skills I don't mind not using anymore.

[@lm91169]

If you can go back and get that shelf board off the wall in that house I would it is very expensive and awesome for garage/storage organizing a million different hangers work with that stuff

[@christoffer1973]

You learn ten times more to spent one month on a construction site then in a class room. Sorry my bad writing.. But when it's about building you learn more at a site..

[@MegaWeagle]

christoffer1973 yep and sadly some of what you learn ends up being wrong when you get to the job site.

[@christoffer1973]

@MegaWeagle I hope not... If a contractor learn you wrong things, then he should not be a contactor.. Ore?

[@psychopyro94]

i went to school for construction and within the first week my boss told me to forget everything iv learn in class because its not the way they work in production work

[@christoffer1973]

Then those bosses is not updatet, look like their are totaly difrent in USA and here in Norway, about keep you educated even when you are a boss.. But a bad boss can you find all over the world..

[@xw6968]

BrigadeFuhrer94 i wouldnt believe everything they tell you. Some do a bad job at it because its cheaper , faster etc. If it wasnt for your papers he wouldnt have hired you... So i dont think you should forget all the school things but try to combine things.

[@Futurebeefcake]

Knowledge is power!!!

[@jerrysparks725]

The way you are approaching the learning is the best way to learn the trades if you lived by me I would be happy to help you. Keep up the approach

[@Azone14]

Great Video. You cannot put a price on knowledge. Enjoying your Facebook posts as well.

[@MrTazHawaii]

Kids, best Sun hats I've ever found is from a company called Sunday Afternoon - has a long tail down the back to cover the neck - and very wide brim.

[@mikeduffy8229]

Another great video again

[@scuzzbecuzz]

Keep em comin!

[@unclemikessouthernoutdoors3783]

Wazzup with the Super Duty...Welcome!

[@tygerthemastiff]

in Arizona it is one liter per hour per person to keep hydrated.

[@intensewalkera]

Let me help you, why don't you build a tool shed/ workshop , simple square structure, simple basic slab foundation. It will help gain some skills, make some progress, give you somewhere to store all that stuff during the winter, somewhere to put the wood cutter and work with it during the winter. Rather than trying to build a home n the winter, which is where this is going. You have time to build a basic dry workshop , then comeback and refine it once the house is done. Their time and motion skills on this "journey" seem none existent . They are making everything so difficult for themselves, setting themselves up to fail.

[@katiatomsk]

You are doing good, staying in the moment, acquiring the knowledge you need, and understanding you will make mistakes. I'm doing the same, building with cash. I'm so happy for every grain of knowledge I have, otherwise I would have been taken for a fool by some of the trades.

[@lesbuckwalter8988]

Great video. Buck

[@bowlmeoverva]

Thanks for sharing ALL these new videos.

[@texasproud3332]

Wow a lot of doubters out there these young folks are trying to do what they can to make it on there terms ease up

[@tboy221]

you have respect for people in the trade but in fact, you are in the trade right this minute.

[@floydferguson5366]

Great video!

[@gonzalezpandura]

when we use to haul hay we had a gallon of frozen water per person and salt tabs

[@MWestern-m4g]

Hey!!! Where'd you get that F250 Super Duty???????

[@billmcneil6789]

It's mine

[@ismaeltenenbaum4103]

Wild guess: at a car dealership...

[@billr2996]

Jesse, get yourself a new hat! That one is giving me a headache just looking at it. Looks like it's squeezin' your loggen off. LMAO

[@michael666661]

i have done that job for my brother home and a friend of his it dame hard work for sure everything has to be right because when you start to pour concrete if there a weak spot it going to let you know very fast a pour out occurs a leak we had one lost some concrete it was a very interesting time doing it ps the walls were 8 feet tall brasted inside and out we did it not and outside company

[@BK245595]

New truck? Cool.

[@PastorHinChrist]

Thanks, guys, we are enjoying your videos. I'm trying to banish all these rude comments from my brain box. For all those rude trolls- go get a life!

[@Titus-as-the-Roman]

Concrete work is one of those things that seems simple in concept but is really pretty hard in reality, specially if you don't have the experienced skills. ---After reading some of the post viewers have made it's obvious that some doesn't mind getting down into other people's personnel business, I know I don't like it when others get all worked up about my spending habits when it's really none of their business, I'm certainly not going to do that to others. I am willing to bet though their taxes are (or will be) quite complicated, they are building a new house so the capital gains on the non-roll over funds is something they and their CPA will only know (and the Gov.).

[@nutmegsjourney4242]

What's with the Effie? (the Ford pickup)... Did you buy that?

[@GeorgeVeld]

Hey guys something to look in to for your house foundation it is verry user friendly for dyi people Its called ICF foundation it also helps with insulation . Just a thought

[@morganmclean5861]

You guys got a new pickup? I saw the old Ford and the car you drive around but didn't know you got a truck

[@morganmclean5861]

I like it but is it "debt free"?

[@greygag36]

I have a feeling it is. they recently sold another property i believe.

[@georgesmith7773]

are they liquidating revenue generating property to fund this hobby?

[@greygag36]

I don't know.

[@georgesmith7773]

tyler - well, i'm just coming around to see how much worse they can screw this up.

[@covercat47]

when did you get that truck

[@lauraleeg25]

Yay, I got here before all the trolls today, oh wait, no they're here, as well as the ones who care more about the new truck or where you get money from than your projects and videos. Anyway thanks for all the content​ lately! 😀😋

[@billmcneil6789]

I think most of these people would rather see them live in a hole and ride a donkey than watch what they do. Its not a teaching channel they are just doing their thing and we are watching not here to judge them.

[@TheSwampdoggydog]

Shawn C. Early on in these videos Jesse did a series about finances and spending,keeping costs down and how important a DEBT FREE HOUSE is. Throwing money at a problem is not the way to debt free building unless you're in the 1% club

[@candidethirtythree4324]

Because people are feeling like they wasted a whole lot of time watching videos to learn how to build a homestead the cheap way and its not turning out to be what it was advertised as. They are starting to feel used, exploited for their 'clicks', which in the world today are a sort of currency. I am an old lady in a wheelchair, I am never going to be doing any construction, I just watch for the entertainment but many people are looking for 'How-to' videos because they are planning on homesteading too. Time is money as they say and people don't want to waste their time watching only to discover it was a year's worth of clickbait.

[@candidethirtythree4324]

I know right? That is what I do, mostly I don't even bother to unsubscribe. There are like a billion videos on KZbin, maybe more so no shortage of stuff to watch. It is a little disappointing when a channel you watch daily turns into nothing but an infomercial or whatever but its not like there aren't other options. This isn't "This Old House" where Bob Villa suddenly started plugging Sears tools, PBS has to make money too even though they don't have commercials.

[@lodprice2343]

Those concrete forms have some height - very different than construction in the south. I hope to see more of this construction project in a future video? Are they pouring concrete for a chain wall?

[@adambaldwin8692]

When did they get a truck?

[@smosesa]

Is driving while holding a camera, and filming, illegal in your area?

[@briansierzega]

They clearly give zero fucks when it comes to the execution of small details

[@JohnAdams-bz3mu]

It's a super duty ford pickup and looks a lot newer than the other one they showed.

[@cjandauntieyaya1446]

Construction management isn't what you need to learn. That deals with administration practices and controlling costs and subcontracts more than construction practices. Best to find an actual construction company that is pouring concrete who is looking for laborers. Trust me, you'll get experience QUICK when you're on a cement pour or brick laying project. Plus, picking up your state's standard specs will also give you free structural plans and practices that'll prove helpful in planning your own house.

[@purelivingforlife]

+CJ and Auntie Yaya That's what we did all last week. Poured two separate wall pour, two footing pour and a sidewalk. Videos don't often tell the whole story.

[@Kroupa44]

What do you guys do for a living (job or career)??

[@jamesball1136]

when I was 20 I went to job crops and learned masonry there I loved everything I learned how to do in that type of work

[@ulysses5000]

Did you try a local VoTech school for the construction schooling?

[@caseyadams5667]

Yadda Yadda... Wait!! Where did you get the truck?

[@jqwwqj6365]

good video. tell us about the new truck. seen it in several other videos

[@miket6978]

these guys should take a few years and work for a construction company. spending 2 hours at a site is meaningless, they might as well have stayed home. my dad owned a construction company and I grew up around it. ultimately I went a different direction career wise, but I'll never forget what i learned while working construction. I still use these skills all the time whether i'm doing something at home or helping friends with their homes. Even with years of past experience i don't think i would attempt to build my own home even though i have all the tools, experience and knowhow. Because of that experience, i know how much work it is and more importantly how much time it takes to form a foundation, frame, insulate, electrical, plumbing, inspections etc. I would renovate my house by myself, one room at a time, but that's a different story altogether. it's taken them over a year so far to get a leaking water system partially installed. I'm not trying to be negative just realistic. it's one thing to say my wife and I are going to build a home, it will be cheap and easy, it's another thing to pull it off before you die of old age or worse by a construction accident. Experience has also taught me how dangerous construction is as well, and let's face it they are technically unemployed, they make youtube videos, so i'm sure they don't have great health insurance, disability insurance etc,. My advice would have been to buy a house already standing and renovate it. then make it off grid if that's what they want, but since they already have the land and a septic system on it they should really consider getting a contractor. At least have someone come in pour the foundation, frame the house, put the roof on, install the windows and siding, rough in the electric and plumbing. if they're still hell bent on it they could pick it up from there, it would still take two inexperienced people years to finish a house out. but at least they would have a good starting point, that is safe, up to code, won't leak or burn down from an electrical fire.

[@miket6978]

hi jack, oh you don't just stroll in around 1030? lol

[@miket6978]

lol

[@miket6978]

yea there's a few kids where i work that just kind of mope around all day, come in late, if at all, leave early. no sense of pride is what it comes down to, it's a shit way to go about life.

[@eodhowland]

I think you miss the point entirely. They have never said that it was going to be cheap or easy. They are taking un-improved land and building a house. The have consulted tradesmen, manufacturers and engineers. They are building all of this up as they go with residual income and savings plus what they earn off of ad revenue from multiple sites. If you were insulted by this video simply because you are a tradesman, the I feel for you. Jesse and Alyssa have not lied to anyone, you are not listening. You heard what you expected to hear and failed to understand or comprehend what they were saying. You have two ears and one mouth for a reason. No one is holding a gun to your head or forcing your eyelids open to watch these videos. Move along.

[@allforthemama]

Loving the bantz, ..."we know enough to be dangerous" yeah baby! Now that's entertainment.

[@ksingleton101]

If you can learn something new every day you will be a wise old man!

[@coreywells4830]

Jesse, forget the negative comments. Y'all are trying the best you can to get a small idea of how to do a lot of things fast. You are spending your own money trying to learn and you will spend more money screwing it up and then you will spend even more money to get it right. Only then will you have a better idea of what not to do or how not to do something.

[@davidklassen9718]

Guys, give them a break. they simple talking about their experiences in Life. Like it has been said. "The more you know, the more you know that you don't know." They may not be doing things the professional way but at least they are trying, and they aren't hurting any you-tubers trying.