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Good advice….Thank you!

I hear ya! Thanks for looking out and welcome to the channel.

@@CentralMaineOutdoorsman thanks for the response back Central Maine outdoorsman. I saw a couple of trees leaning and they were support by another tree. That's what they call a Widowmaker. I learned that from watch another programs when they were cutting the trees down and they fell like that and they leaned against a tree. Watch your channel again soon. Thank you. Good luck to you.

We are in Dover Foxcroft area.

Nice! You will enjoy it! I bought a 10 pack of the Norwood Saber Tooth blades. They are 10deg. From what I can tell 10 deg is good for all around hard wood and soft wood. A guy on Corinna center road (same road as Dexter Lumber)does my sharping. Forgot his first name but Clark’s saw sharpening. It was 9$ per blade. He does a good job. Sorry haven’t posted any videos lately, bun busy trying to get stuff done.

@CentralMaineOutdoorsman no need to apologize. I've been trying to get dirt work done in between the rain so I get it. For all the projects I have planned, the price of lumber just is not justifiable compared to a mill and 120 acres of trees. Lol. I really appreciate the information. There will be a pretty good chance I'll be picking your brain again. 😆

Great info buddy i appreciate it! I’ve been going at it for a few years and learned a lot, but still learning. So much to do when building from scratch it’s hard to stay ahead. I’ve watched many videos from Sawing with sandy and def inspired me to start on RUclips. It’s a heck of a lot of fun spending good old time outdoors sawing and cutting timber. And yes I still need to build my mill a shelter! lol soon! Cheers!

Hey there! Glad you like the video! You’ve got a nice machine! Well it’s a pain to get the back hoe on the tractor unless you have it on nice level ground but you will get used to it as you use it. Basically as your getting the hoe connected to your machine you will need to hook up the hydraulic hoses and turn the rear remotes on and work the backhoe so that you can line it up and connect it to your tractor. Once it’s connected I like to run my machine around 2k rpm’s and you’re ready to work. If you don’t have a set of nice cleats I would make some or buy a set so your stabilizer arms have a nice footing. Enjoy!

@@CentralMaineOutdoorsman OK, great, thanks for the reply. So the backhoe is on the machine. My issue is once I've got the tractor on, up to 2k RPM, do you just hop on the backhoe and get to work? Or do I need to lever anything else before doing that?

@@Kennebec_Craft no problem! you’re gonna wanna put the tractor in neutral, set the parking brake and use the remotes on the right hand side of the driver seat.The lever will be set to a A or B depending on how you hook up the hoses.

@@CentralMaineOutdoorsman Hey, so I've got 100 hours on the tractor and use the backhoe a ton. The shafts get really warm/hot. Is that normal for you too?

@@Kennebec_Craftmine get warm/ hot also. Sometimes I feel like I can smell the cylinders heating up.

I hear ya. This one really made a lot Of power outages. There was another after that was said to be bad but seemed like half the storm this one was. It made a real mess out of my wood lot. Cheers!

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This was at Kingsbury Pond on rt16. We must have went at a bad time. Traffic into Monson was no joke so we turned around and found this beautiful spot that worked out great. Glad you enjoyed the video! It was an experience of a lifetime for sure! I’m sure Rockwood was a great spot as well.

@CentralMaineOutdoorsman we went through Greenville around 10 am, so it was still a little early. But was about a 3 hr ride to get back home. I would do it all over again in a heartbeat. :)

So cool!

Haha! I know crazy! I was going to stay at the cabin but I had a few friends come up that wanted to go to Greenville. We didn’t even make it to Monson and traffic was backed up for miles. 😂

Thanks!

Glad you enjoyed it

It was a great experience!

Ya we got hit hard! This is some good stuff! I see a lot of people free ranging there birds and always made me wonder 💭. I like the string idea! I have a lot of work ahead of me once this snow melts some, I will probably start on some fencing and get the post in the ground then finish up the coop as I already have it enclosed. (Will see it on the next episode)Thanks for the good info!

Good idea! Most of the snow had melted but after yesterday’s storm back to having snow on the ground. It should melt fast tho.

Thanks hahaha, don’t give me any ideas 😂

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The wind usually will be from the north from what I’m experiencing, not sure how much it changes in summer months. So it should blow in a good direction. Worst case I can clear a spot and move it later on. We will see…

Thanks, will do!

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks

You’re catching on 😂, it honestly gives me a good reason to sit and edit the videos, otherwise I feel like I’m none stop. I will be posting another video in a week or so. I had some leftover road fabric from when I did my driveway so I used that for the bottom of the coop for now. I’m not sure if it’s 100% water proof but I’m pretty sure it will do the job.

@CentralMaineOutdoorsman I thought road fabric was designed to allow the water to drain through it but I don't really know anything about it. The coop looks great. Nice and simple. I have another tip for ya. Create some sort of feed storage at the chicken coop because the grain is what attracts the rodents. I would recommend metal 55 gal drums. The plastic drums do not stop the rodents. Learned that the hard way also.

Ya the snow keeps on falling lol, the birds are now in the coop with plenty of room. Now to finish it up.

Thanks man! Ya we did! I wish we had snow during the winter 😂… yup another 12-18” today and into the week end. Looking forward to seeing dry ground again. Stay safe out there in NH and enjoy the ❄️

Thank you appreciate it! We just got 3ft of snow! It was interesting building a coop in a bunch of snow 😂. Video will be posted this week.

@@CentralMaineOutdoorsman yea Shane was telling me all about the snow you got

Thanks man! That’s great advise! I am going to be worried about all the predators around here. Looks like I might need to get some Black sex link chicks or something. I know it’s going to be a challenge to keep them safe…. How about the storm Thursday! And now today. I took the chains off the plow truck of course 😂

@@CentralMaineOutdoorsman yeah I would have been okay without this crap. I took the snowblower off of the tractor too. As of right now I measured 10 inches and we're suppose to get 12 more by morning with 25mph winds. Not good. Another thing I forgot to mention that I would recommend for your chicken coop, lay down vinyl flooring. Between the acidity of the chickenpoop, that many chickens, and stray or bedding, the floor will never dry out. It will save you alot of headaches.

@@CentralMaineOutdoorsman I have a few more suggestions that I have learned from our failures if you'd like them. I don't want to be annoying.

I hear ya! No by all means I’m down for any advice! I will lay vinyl, i know the wood floor would need some help. I see people free ranging their chickens around town and I always wonder how they do it without loss. I know my dogs will help a little bit but they won’t keep away everything.

@CentralMaineOutdoorsman yeah I have 2 dogs also and it doesn't phase the fox around here. Just remember that you have a right to protect your livestock anytime from anything except bald eagles and hawks. I know it sounds backwards, but don't insulate the coop. Chickens, when grown, don't need heat, but they do need ventilation. Their fume that they release will kill them. Also with that many chickens and ducks your going to have so many eggs that your not going to know what to do with them all. Give your dogs 1 raw egg a day mixed in their kibble. It's really good for them and keeps your stockpile down some. Feed your spent egg shells back to your chickens. They need calcium to produce eggs and that's a great source of it for them. Just grind them and give them back to them. They'll eat them as they need them. You may know most of this already but I'm just trying to pass on what we learned. Can't help with the goats. I know nothing about goats other than make sure you have a tall fence. Lol

Thanks hahaha, they will go in the freezer 😂

Thanks! The snow if falling today for sure! It’s going to be interesting 🤨 getting this coop built in 2ft of snow ❄️ 😂 . Stay safe,take care

Thanks, will do!

Thank you! It’s something we enjoy even tho it’s not always so easy. We are looking forward to see what the spring and summer will bring!

Experience is gained over time, we learn new things everyday….

Thanks a lot! The mud has me a stand still now 😂

We have very little remaining! This was a few weeks ago. All mud with a coating of snow now 😢

@@CentralMaineOutdoorsman I'm over in the NEK in VT. It's almost all gone. Slush and mud.

It’s been a strange winter

Haha, that’s a good question! Lack of bugs is a plus for sure, but the main reasons are the trees have a lower sap level and frozen ground and snowpack causes less damage to the forest floor when skidding logs out, also they don’t get full of mud and dirt causing rapid wear to the saw mill blades while sawing into lumber!

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Appreciate it bud thank you! You have a great week as well.