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[@wranglerstar]

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[@nwhunter3838]

You have been pronouncing the name of these wrong!!!! Ki-ni-pex, they are a German company, in German they sound out all of the letters!!!

[@wranglerstar]

Please! stop, No one cares,

[@HugoDahl]

@@wranglerstar btw, camper plate was showing there near the end. I noticed you tend to blur those, so thought I'd mention it.

[@ragecharacter4743]

👍👍🤝

[@davidelin89]

Love your videos, by far the most educational and informative channel on KZbin. I notice that the clarity and picture quality on your videos is second to none and I was wondering what camera gear you use to film? Keep up the hard work and awesome content, as an aspiring homesteader and content creator I look up to you and have learned so much from your videos. God bless and you and your family are always in our prayers.

[@CDT61352]

Still mount the tanks high, you never know if you'll have electricity available for the pump.

[@dmac7406]

If you have that much fuel and your preparing for a outage and such you're be going to have a generator and in his case he has a few.

[@CDT61352]

@@dmac7406 Worst case an EMP would take them out. Leaving only older vehicles running. I don't think he has any that old though, and I don't think there's much chance of that happening though.

[@ryancollins3227]

@@CDT61352 emps are not permanent. An electrical pumps control panel can be easily stepped over jumping terminals or hard wiring. Use solar. Ez.

[@pepperjackshack2439]

So what are we doing now? Sorry I missed the point

[@racerx9223]

Its still a good idea and cheap insurance, a 30" riser frame would becabout perfect, a small metal step set and small platform would be sweet!

[@garysheppard4028]

That title got me thinking. I reckon Americans are noticing gas prices now because they are normally very low and they are used to having cheap, plentiful fuel. Hence the giant trucks that you see carrying around one person.. But virtually every other developed country in the world pays way more for gas than they do. What is super expensive in America is regarded as super cheap elsewhere. I don't think they realise how good they've got it.

[@loufaiella3354]

True!!

[@JimmyStewpot]

That excavator story is something that I showed my 9 year old as I teach him how to use the excavator for our logging business. Know the tip by getting a big log and extending until it tips. It's a scary moment but it's a lesson that's so important for everyone's safety at a work site.

[@Shhawnyh]

As a certified competent rigger/rescuer in the telecom industry, I've been trained WLL is working load limit. It can handle that amount all day every day. Excluding improper use like side loading.

[@python3574]

"That's 2 Jeeps, it won't lift that" LOL.... funny how easy it is to put things into perspective sometimes. I used to work around stealth combat aircraft and in those facilities, safety, cleanliness, FOD control, etc... is a non-stop priority. However, you lose sight of what (seemingly) little incidents actually cost. In the break room of one of these facilities, there was a poster on the wall with no words on it that graphically showed how the damage resulting from dropping a tool on the top of the wing on this aircraft = 3 Dodge Vipers. There's not a single other poster I can even remember, but I can still see that one in mind plain as day.

[@jacks5901]

That's hilarious 😂

[@craigpierre2765]

yup had the same issue on a medevac. The crew of the ground ambulance was too impatient to wait for the pilot to guide them in and started backing up without a spotter and backed into our wing...of course they hit things like they normally do...no big deal on their end but broke the lens of the marker light on the wing. Took the plane out of commission till we could get an airworthiness check done. a broken light on their truck doesn't phase them one bit but to air ops its a huge deal and very expensive mistake that could be avoided.

[@brahtrumpwonbigly7309]

In my aerospace machine shop, scrap is measured in bonus checks, as in, how much it takes off the profit sharing at the end of the year lol

[@cutchdoggw1776]

TTR?? Or HAFB?

[@himynameisntbob1]

Whoever made that poster is a genius haha

[@kennyFF033]

Mount them higher than any tank you intend to fill and paint them all reflective silver. Once the paint dries, put large labeling stickers on then to color code and identify the contents. Then throw a couple NO SMOKING stickers on there 'just cuz'.

[@wobblysauce]

Ba da boom.

[@xWolfBludx]

Prayers to you and yours Brother!

[@ryandammarell3461]

Thank you for your work Cody and fam.

[@markclifton4938]

Thank you so much brother! Praying for you and your family daily as I watch and enjoy your life on the homestead! I'll never be able to do what you do but do really appreciate all your work and excellent content!!

[@mattwalsh8376]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I myself and I'm sure alot of others have learned alot from you. Keep up the good work brother!

[@mattwalsh8376]

Wish I knew your real name. I have forgotten I apologize

[@southernstyle067]

Nice trick on unloading the tank. Yellow for diesel. Red for gas.

[@Ian-ht3nw]

Love the sticker on the tank 😂

[@w900stu8]

I was always taught, WLL=. Working Load Limit

[@lukevigue3127]

Love the sticker that came on your tank.

[@toddvillano7994]

Thanks for the tips.

[@diyjeff1838]

My father in law has every tool known to man and his favorite and most used is his dump trailer.

[@drucifer61]

In the Navy we tighten shackles with a Marlin Spike. We call it spike tight.

[@hodorneva7762]

The one thing you should do is donate to whatever Republican candidates are in your area and vote for them. Those tanks wont shield you from price increases for long. Got to have people who put America first.

[@metals_etched]

Great video Cody! Been looking forward to this greenhouse build. I hope that glass is tempered, or at least you won’t be mowing anywhere near it. Lessons learned, even if slow, are good things. I agree that you should mount the tank high. In case of a power outage, you can use gravity to get your fuel. That cat is quite the acquisition as well as the tank/pump set up. Congratulations!

[@PastoralHomesteadOutdoors]

Just found one and picking it up later this week!

[@tonyv7660]

Brilliant tank stabilization idea. Whoever put the bumper sticker on the tank? Buy that man a root beer 🍻

[@everydaybladesinc]

We use to buy those diesel tanks for $1 a gallon. I don’t know what they cost now.

[@duggydo]

I have started machines like that hundreds if not thousands of times with no issues. I only got hurt once, but it was a doozy. Somebody (me) left a wrench on the cab above the door and when I started it the wrench came down on my head and I fell off the tracks and broke my ankle on the froze ground. Not my finest hour.

[@Adimondinthesky]

You have some sisters watching too! Always enjoy watching! 😁

[@farmerbob4554]

It’s amazing that when one is put in imminent danger of a disastrous fall etc how everything slows down and how lucid we can become and in many cases saving ourselves from injury or worse! It’s almost like watching a slow-motion movie in real time and we’re the star attraction!

[@joeh4295]

That fact is 100% real when being shot at.

[@David-dd7qe]

Possibly Paint the tanks White and just put a green stripe or a red stripe for the fuel. The white will help it not heat up so much in the sun you won't have to worry about thermal expansion or losing fuel due to venting

[@bobg4840]

Great idea, maybe build a roof/cover to protect it in the winter too!

[@jameschippett2177]

In the UK diesel is usually associated with black pumps, cans & drums.

[@Leggir]

Lol, my father started his tractor while on the seat but forgot to take it out of gear. The Massey Furgeson requires the high/low shifter to be in the Start position to start. It was a cold -20 day and he thought after it sat idling in the shop for 10 minutes that he'd put it in low gear range to let the gearbox start heating up. He reached in from the steps and slammed it into low. Well the tractor was still in 2nd gear from when he had parked it a few days earlier, and it lurched forward and put a tractor sized hole out the back of the shop. 🚜😂 That's what farm insurance is for.

[@cutchdoggw1776]

Just food for thought. Maybe think of a double deck fueling station with a troff under and a lean-to roof just covering as not to get rain in yet will contain any over splash that may occur. Everything is pretty and clean when you start but it goes down hill quick. Just an idea.

[@Morgan2XL]

Depending on local regs the fuel spill containment trough under the tank can be mandatory. Otherwise the tank has to be double walled and have so many bells and whistles. ( which might explain the cheap deal.) Saves fuel in the groundwater/ well and a $100k + cleanup bill. Had a bunch of wild fire aircraft refueling facilities that were all lining up for re tanking due to new regs, 25 years ago.....

[@josiahswanson5518]

The average US retail price of a gallon of regular gasoline rose 43% from 38.5¢ in May 1973 to 55.1¢ in June 1974. I paid 4.20 per gallon today.

[@ZipKickGo]

Oh Sweet Loaf, "oo ugh, WILL YOU CARRY THIS!?" in her sweet panicked voice hahaha

[@brunothehumble]

WLL on a shackle stands for working load limit. Also not all rated shackles have a colored bolt. That is a brand specific thing. You should always bear in mind as well that any rated device used for lifting or climbing or bearing a load is designed with a safety factor when it comes to the ratings. The safety factor is used to calculate the actual tested breaking point of the device. For an example that 4.5 ton shackle could have a safety factor as high as four or even six depending on the maker and design and that would put its breaking point as high as 18 or 27 tons. These things in mind loading it to its full 4.5 ton rating is well within its capabilities to safely handle with no concerns of split or pull directions. Just some points to keep in mind.

[@austinzwiefelhofer2527]

The way you tied up your extra ends of strap👍🏻 I do it the same way, they will never come undone.

[@hurdman7899]

Great idea for dump trailers.

[@M5MAGNUM]

Good lessons to learn from.

[@robh3267]

The lessons best learned are always the scariest, makes them hard to forget.

[@pamelamccrory7197]

When this eletist plan began and fuel was $1.60 , I wanted to at least get some 50 gallon drums filled and stored. I mentioned it to a few people...... Ho hum....so few visionaries. Did they think prices would REMAIN that low? Seriously?

[@1GiPhoner]

Love the sticker on that tank!

[@ethankarr1051]

The sticker “make welfare as hard to get as building permit” 😂

[@dhawthorne1634]

Reminds me of a joke I heard years ago. How to win the war on drugs in 2 steps: Step 1: Legalize all drugs. Step 2: Only sell drugs through Comcast Customer Support. The joke works with pretty much any cable service provider.

[@t1hocan]

Hello bro, in the uk WLL is termed as Working Load Limit, interesting to see you tighten up that shackle pin, many a man hour has been lost to a jammed up pin, we roll it up tight then back it of a touch, once it’s been loaded rarely moves, happy trails buddy I pray you and your family walk in the light of the lord,

[@farfaraway2006]

loved the tanker tease

[@BigRigRich]

We use Red for Gas / Green for Off road diesel / white for on road diesel

[@iainamurray]

Diesel in the UK is currently around $8.60 for perspective!

[@ericholman6116]

We must think alike. I have been looking into doing the same thing. Not quite as big as your going. Thinking 100 gallons each of diesel and premium unleaded, non ethanol of course.

[@HomesteadJay]

Can never have enough fuel! Excited for the series!

[@PynkPwny]

Should always tighten your shackle then back off the pin a 1/4 of a turn that's what I was always taught in rigging classes.

[@jperello001]

$2.57 here in Louisiana

[@brantonkimbell135]

I live on a farm and back before the current administration came into office we took our fuel storage from 3500 gallons up to 9500 gallons after purchasing a 6000 gallon fuel tank. We filled it up immediately and it’s payed for itself multiple times!

[@craigsteinkamp12]

Learned that lesson about weight distribution when I was in high school bailing hay. I didn’t leave some weight at the front of the cart and it about catapulted me. Still had to get the frame back on the axles.

[@cheapolegunguy]

Hey Cody! Didi you remember to wear your safety vest and safety helmet when you went to the bathroom this morning? :)

[@seanflorian4653]

Whatever color you do, match your color system you use on the wavian cans

[@offgridliving4128]

I seen this coming. Already have saved up 300 gallons of diesel fuel and 100 of gas. Just got another 300 gallon tank and found another I’m going to get. 900 gallons will last me quite awhile after then end comes.

[@bpfirehunt0192]

13:27, gotta love that fuel tank sticker

[@Gersty8]

Maybe use the thumb to stabilize the load, although the tag line method worked just fine!

[@ody7222]

add a little bit of dish wash liquid to a spray bottle of water and spray glass to make it easier to get rubbers in on glasshouse

[@pjballs69]

This is exactly what NOT to do when gas prices are high. Its supply and demand. You are supposed to conserve when prices are high because they are having problems filling the demand for gas and havd to increase the supply which jacks up the price. Buy low, sell high

[@austinbreth4068]

You got Biden to thank for it

[@racerx9223]

WLL is working load limit, same difference almost.

[@brahtrumpwonbigly7309]

I love that you explained the hydraulic lockout to the safety Sallys, after starting the machine from the outside, by disengaging it from outside of the operator's seat 🤣

[@Q2bFF]

I got a good professional homeowner giggle out of that as well

[@Overkill14]

The 45° marks don’t have anything to do the strength of the shackle. If you have two slings on the shackle the stress on them becomes greater as the angle becomes greater. 45° is a general guide line angle in which you shouldn’t exceed without doing some math because the stress on the sling starts to become multiple times the actual weight of the load

[@MrSaysui]

West coast Canadians call it a Clevis and the k stands for kilonewton

[@DennisBeamIV]

“Working Load Limit” Cody. Its usually a safety factor of 5 or 10 from the MBS (min breaking strength). The 20k I would assume is the MBS of 20 kiloNewtons

[@feluver]

I'm thinking more likely the number of loading cycles that the WLL is calculated from or something like that. MBS on a shackle like that should be more like 60-100kn. After all, a tiny wire-gated aluminum carabiner can be rated to 22kn.

[@bjornagjertsen]

Working Load Limit is correct, but the safety factor on steel equipment (chain, shackles, hooks etc.) is 4 (xWLL). Steel rope (aka. wire) have a safety factor ranging between 5.5 and 4 depending on rope thickness. Certified fibre straps (for lifting) got a safety factor of 7.

[@feluver]

@@bjornagjertsen WLL = MBL/(some safety factor). There are a lot of different ways of determining all of this. Totally depends on the standard chosen by the manufacturer. It is not true that there is a different safety factor for "steel equipment". Maybe what you're talking about is a heuristic from a particular field in a particular country? In this case, even if the safety factor is only 4, that would make the WLL=20kn/4=5kn, which is a lot less than 4.5 tons... It can't make sense for the WLL to be higher than the MBL, which is the case if you believe the MBL to be 20kn. I also don't think a reputable manufacturer would ever shorten a scientific unit, kn, to k, because that is ambiguous.

[@DGJ96]

20k would be the batch/certificate number I think brother

[@feluver]

@@DGJ96 that would make a lot more sense.

[@rustyshackleford498]

Bumper sticker on tank: epic!

[@GTVAlfaMan]

$4.60 here in Los Angeles

[@turn-n-burn1421]

Where I live in the Midwest, possibly thanks to corn, they're definitely higher than when the GOAT was still in office, but way, way lower than these other extremes.

[@cucumberpepsi]

GREAT VIDEO!

[@dhawthorne1634]

A modern trick I saw to keep loads from rotating: Get some fishing magnets like the Neosmuk 2.5" (these are rated to 550lbs). Put one on either end of the item being lifted and rope or bungee them to the thumb or arm, optionally with additional magnets. That way it stays at whatever angle you set no matter how you move or rotate the arm, boom, cab or tracks and you can still use both hands for operating. Since they are only being used to counteract rotation, you should never exceed the 550lbs per magnet.

[@hadenfolwarski4595]

“Make welfare as hard to get as a building permit”

[@Louzahsol]

Thatd be reeeeeeecisms

[@ZeoCyberG]

They'll just declare it racist, like the Governor of Oregon just decided being literate to graduate should no longer be a requirement to right racial wrongs... No wonder most of the state wants to secede and become part of a Idaho... They've been attacking us through our kids for nearly half a century now... Next, they'll be burning books and not just banning them...

[@Louzahsol]

@@ZeoCyberG honestly that shows how racist the governor of oregon is that she thinks black people cant reach the same standard as everyone else

[@everydayfun8137]

Why? Who cares.

[@jf_c137]

Garmin watch on point.

[@andydsimmons]

Keep up the good work 👏

[@RealitySurvival]

Super jealous of the excavator... lol You have an Awesome wife! :)

[@perpersson1072]

in sweden a gallon of disel cost like 8.50 dollar

[@spartanswerve7575]

Blue state problems but definitely something to be aware of.

[@LarryDoolittle]

You are one busy guy!

[@GaryForgingOn]

Question: I am not a shackle expert at all. Decades ago, in my sinkhole fixin days, we used them a lot lifting heavy equipment. I was always told to turn the bolt all the way in and then back it off 1/4 turn so it would not seize in there. Is that true or not to do that?

[@isaacniceguy82]

Whenever you work with glass always wear safety glasses

[@QBlackDeathQ]

The story you mentioned was horrifying, I am glad your ok.

[@billthackston1709]

Love the bumper sticker on the end of the tank…….

[@lakeslusher6586]

Good stuff, brother. You know, you always say, “thanks for watchin.” Well I just want to say, thanks for sharing. Such inspiration to what an average person can accomplish in 25-30 years time. 🙏🏼

[@ВладиславМазурин-з4с]

It’s finally good job Bro!

[@gregmayled]

My father rented a mini excavator the other day, in order to dig a grave for our sadly lost Alaskan Malamute. But during digging, my father who once owned a mini excavator hire company rolled the thing over into the hedge by doing exactly what you said not to do. That brought light to a dark day 😂.

[@mikejobellafatto9659]

Mike from NY. Set your tank on a slight angel so condensation runs to one end to a drain valve so you can dain condensation water out especially during hot to cold transition weather. Also keep your suction pipe off the bottom three to four inches.

[@jakehaynie6243]

I waste way more time than I should watching wranglerstar videos, but what a breath of fresh air in a world filled with sadness and evil.

[@dennispoley6005]

That's a great bumper sticker ! lol

[@MrHaroldOwen]

"Will you carry this?" .... ROFL... wait 'til you have grand kids!

[@reedkrieger8967]

A capture tank isn’t a bad idea for your fuel tanks it’s required for the automated fill alert system through the cooperative

[@jeremyinthewild]

Thumbs up for figuring weight in terms of number of Jeeps :)

[@MegaDirtyberty]

I have dumped an excavator on it's side, the bottom of the bank I was working on gave way and over it went.

[@sjsampsell]

Sweet Loaf is such a doll.

[@matthewsteurrys1083]

Just a thought for you on your paint. Buy the silver reflective paint from tractor supply. And then just use your stickers in green for diesel red for gasoline. Better for long-term fuel storage if you don't have anything keeping the sun off your tanks. I'm an easy coast man so take that idea with a grain of salt. As you know the East Coast men are not the sharpest knives in the drawer

[@johnwoody4905]

unless you are going to cover gas tank paint it white it will stay a lot cooler than red. that's why tanks at tank farms are all white.if you mount it high you will need good heavy rack. i think fuel is 7 pounds to gallon so 7 times 500 is 3500 plus what the tank weight. good luck you and your family take care, be safe and well.

[@devinearley4332]

All the gear. No idea.

[@magicrobharv]

Great video.

[@topnotchtreeservice5542]

Wll stands for working load limit

[@theonlydarts]

Knipex tools are awesome 👌 I use a variety of their tools as a diesel mechanic in AK and haven't been disappointed by a single one of them.

[@l3eaver]

Do you know another safety factor is … your actually supposed to back turn the shackle bolt 1/4” turn so its loose. (Not tighten)

[@RhyleyOubre]

Quick little tip for keeping your pin in your shackle if you're worried about it coming loose, especially on road vehicles that experience vibrations is just run a zip tie through the hole on the pin and around the body of the shackle.

[@danielmetcalf8963]

Nicely done! I've never seen that trick.

[@wanderingrenegade771]

I commute less work from home 1/3 the miles and I am riding bicycle in fall spending less on gas and getting healthy and we are $3.68/ gallon, do I have to buy all this gear and equipment to do as you do to keep consuming or just consume less?