I drilled a bunch of gas wells for EQT around Logan. A bunch of us stayed at the Paradise Campground outside of Gilbert. This was back in 08’-10’. The coal industry was being decimated by the Obama Regime and a whole lot of people in the area were struggling with addiction, pills mostly. I still think about going back down there with the dirt bikes to hit the trails. Beautiful country!
@@OilfieldTrash78 the coal industry was decimated by dirt cheap natural gas not by politicians... none of the polices on climate change was enacted before the orange Buffon was elected and cancelled all the changes passed .....
@@OilfieldTrash78 the coal industry was decimated by cheap natural gas that saved ...installing scrubbers and cleaner burning.....the idiot politicians used the attempt to clean our air and slow global warming to their benefit because our population is most uneducated and believe the lies of the Republicans.... seems that happened to you also...
We have 42 acres in Braxton county, all of it is on a mountain except for the bottom where the creek flows through. Your property looks just like ours, we love it. Thanks for sharing yours.
Gorgeous property. My husband is retiring from the Navy and I’m trying to talk him into moving to West Virginia and actually found 200+ acres for sale for a good price.
@@jbaker4900 can you explain a little more please? Definitely could use all the help possible. We’ve always gone where the Navy told us so it’s definitely a little scary.
@@Maybe_Crazy05 I bought 85 acres of "cheap" mountain land in East Tn. I thought it was my dream property. However it was completely unusable land. I couldn't put out a garden. Due to topography and rocky ground. It was so steep that the driveway washed out every single time it rained. I never was able to cut enough trees to clear a right of way for electricity. I could write a book on my experience. Driveway was so steep dump trucks refused to deliver gravel. Road had no cable, no water, and hardly any cell service. You could barely get FM radio. I owned the land for 4 1/2 years and lived on it for 16 months. Just carrying in groceries was a chore. Cheap isn't always best. I sold the land and bought a foreclosed house and five acres with my profit. Mortgage free and currently remodeling. Think of mineral rights, right of ways, water, electricity, maintenance of driveway, topography, just to name a few. Check internet companies, I can only get viasat which is very expensive and service is terrible
@@deanlewis1650 I know I've been looking around land here is around 5,000 acre I wanted to sell my house by Aug 20. I'm hoping to sell everything by Aug of 21 and be gone. 20 acres and a Morton will be fine with me. Most resources going into off grid supplies. I've been stuck in city now for 20+ years and ready im to go back to taking care of myself. My 18yr old grandson is on board that will help a bunch. I have the $$ he has the back and the drive. Lol His 15yr brother is thinking the same way. Guessing I'll find out when comes down to it. I want to leave them something besides a house in the city. Some way to self sustain, I really like what Justin Rhodes is doing.
@@jethrob258 I agree. I have 3.5 acres of land just outside of our city but I want to move to north east Tennessee. It is a seller's market. If it is good property it goes quickly. Depending on where you are looking you maybe able to find land for that price. I would talk to multiple people/ agencies some won't dig to hard to find what you want. You know doing that good ole boy thing for the locals.
@@deanlewis1650 I'm thinking Arkansas Ozarks or Tennessee myself. I've recently been looking on land watch.com just to get an idea on what's out there. Contacted a well digger for average prices to dig and a firefighter about burning down old property dwellings. Ended up talking to both about 45 min each they said look em up when I get there they'd show me around. Called us foreigners. Lol but they thought I'd fit in nicely to the area. Found some rough timber for around 1000 per thats kinda what I'm hoping to find. Just has to have good water for a well that won't go dry. Needs a good aquifer. I can pretty much take care of the rest I have 90 % of tools on hand and done construction my whole life and farm through all through school. Just kinda scared to take the leap at my age without the one of the granboys on board. If I can find the right banker I might go for 50 to 100 acres for right money and the kids are serious. The mother (ex) stepdaughter says she's interested also and loves the idea I'm willing to help her boys out. Even tho she knows she's my daughter I still think it shocked her. I plan on traveling a bit and like the idea of boys building a future. Anyway I'm sure that's more info than you wanted. It just seems the more I say it the better and more logical the idea sounds me. I love the idea of being off the beaten path and leaving something behind. Or I'll buy a damn condo and travel and spend it all. 🌞 🥂👩
My parents were born and raised in the Mount Hope area there in southern West Virginia. My Dad always wanted to move back there, but never was able to.
We are in eastern West Virginia. My son, 5 years old, is obsessed with icicles. Thanks for putting out content. I've been learning so much as we get ready to prepare our homestead for the spring.
i've been on 103 acres in ritchie county for 20 years. it helps to have a functional atv but there is enough flat land for what is needed... lots of deer... and everything else to make things work. but it is work.
Very similar to my property in east central WV.. not much good for agriculture but great for growing hardwoods.. the state forester told me it is the best area in the world for hardwoods..
I just got through timbering my Property a Month ago if people are saying you cut to much timber they would hate me then, but I plan on clear cutting anyway. people who dont live in WV dont know how steep the hill can be my land looks bad now But I can see how it will look in about 5 years from now Besides my property paid for its self Great Videos Troy !!! I was lucky my hills are not all that steep just needs cleared, you have Beautiful land !!
Enjoyed the tour. Some parts of it remind me of the wooded hollows on my family’s 160 or so acre place in NW Alabama. We have about 70 acres in rolling pasture and 90 acres in mostly hardwood timber. Plan to start a select cut in 2021.
I live on garrets bend rd..i love watxhhing ur guys video.. I no where red tool house rd is.. I grew up n those same mtns 25 30 yrs ago myself... Not exactly sure where u are located to red tool house but i no the local area and it's the moat beaytiful place on earth to me....
my home is west Virginia, no matter where I lay my head (from Beckley/Crab Orchard) Currently live in Phoenix, AZ. have lived everywhere. Like Johnny Cash, I've been everywhere man!
I am not sure exactly where you all are located, but if you are in the Beckley area the chances are good that my dad was the engineer who put in those gas wells. He was an engineer for Columbia Gas and did a lot of work in southern WV. I grew up in Randolph County and worked gas wells up in Preston County for a couple of years. You have a beautiful piece of property there. I would have loved to have had something like that in my younger days, but right now I have trouble keeping up my one acre lot.
Lucky you. I live near Charleston and would love to have even five or 6 acres. I just would like to have enough land to be able to go and target shoot.
Did you look on the WV GIS county highway map to see if the valley with the yellow line is a primitive road? People thet say you cut down too many trees, aren’t familiar with the area and don’t realize how dense the woods are in the summer. Plus it allows the smaller trees to grow faster. Being born and raised in WV, I often forget how lucky I am to still roam the country and woods on a dual-sport motorcycle.
As someone from the midwest, where the land is tillable, i will say theres a difference between an acre and a "useable" acre. I will still buy land in WV or kentucky one day though bc its more isolated and even steep land creates a buffer around you at the very least
My brother loves your channel, and we get you. We're short of five-acres at 390' by 510', if we doubled our linear-feet to 780' by 1020' feet we'd quadruple our land instead of double it and we'd have twenty-acres. If we'd double those linear-feet again we'd have eighty-acres and it would only be 1,560' by 2,040', hardly enough to get lost in, let alone spend hours exploring. The land is basically flat, the slope in our area of the township are between 2.6 to 3.2% and it's all cropland other than outbuildings and some hedges, fruit trees, etc. to mark a boundary every now and then. It must be a very different experience in West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, etc. where you'd have plenty of mountains to make the land look more plentiful, not to mention all those trees.
Thanks for sharing the tour of your property! We are about 1 year in to our purchase of about 61 acres in SW Virginia -- we are on a south-facing slope, ranging from about 2400 to 3100 ft. Came with a cabin and a partially completed road that leads to an area where we intend to build our retirement place in about 8 years. We absolutely love it!
My husband was born in West Virginia, close to Wheeling, He was born at home in cow sh.t hollow. That was the name of the area where he was born. It was latter named Hervey Heights.
Very interesting, it all makes better sense now you've put what you do into context. How many acres are actually flat or gently sloped enough to have pasture for cows / goats or sheep if you turned them into lightly wooded silvo pasture areas?
There are quite a few cattle farms around despite the topography. Clearing grazing land is key but I think we could have 80 acres of grazable land although that amount is not our goal.
This is an older video and late comment but around 7:50 you mentioned a selective cut 20 yrs prior and I was wondering if that hillside you were on was 20 yr growth trees or if those standing were the ones left. I am curious because I intend on buying around 90 acres from my father in the next year and about 30 acres of it was clear cut maybe 10 years ago and has a lot of trees from 2-6 inch in diameter trees and this stand is super dense. Another 10 acres was clear cut about 2 years ago and there is already pretty rigorous regeneration taking place. This is in Franklin county va so it is mostly hardwoods and a bit of pine. I wonder if I will see decent timber from either of those cuts within the next 20 years or so.
Looks like we can make a new game "Identify the movie quote"...... we had "Ramming speed" from Animal House in the collapsed henhouse video, here we have Cagney with "Top of the World, Ma!" in White Heat....
I was thinking the same thing almost looks like the ridge line coming from stoney into bishop coming from Virginia. I live slightly on the other side in Tazewell co
My great great grandfather sold our property in Mingo county for 25 cents a acre back in the 1800 hundreds. Island Creek coal company made millions off that property it’s where the old number 27 mine was
Logan... Ethel holler.. foot of Blair Mountain...raised in the 70s... Never been happier or safer... since... Too bad..everything in that whole area is empty now...just a small airport...and Keisers and original Morrison's is long gone ...miss playing in the creek and mountains..!!!! Take me home.. to the place.....( You know the rest)... LoL!!!!
I just curious, are there any ruffed grouse on your property? Usually they are at a somewhat higher elevation than your place,,,years ago I visited some people in Logan and they were plenty of grouse all over that area
@@RedToolHouse the reason I wanted to know is we have that same elevation where I live and years ago we had grouse but now there are none. Taylorsville NC. Ohhh and I will tell you this many times while fall bow hunting I would see great horned owls catch and eat young grouse of the year
Yeah, you could do an hour a day of TSI work on the woodland you have and you'd be at it for many many years (a lifetime). Our property elevations aren't too far different here in northwest WI. We're kinda right on the upper end of where the Driftless Area started getting ideas and go from 940 to about 1210ft. above sea level. Even in the Driftless Area the steep and deep valleys are characterized by broad hilltops/ridges suitable for agriculture though.
@@thomasfields2082 mostly yes! Though, I doubt very much prescribed fire would play any significant role in the management of an Appalachian hardwood forest. The trees there are not very fire resistant and the forest floor doesn’t carry a fire very well. It’s a niche tool at best in that environment. Down south or out west in the pine forests it is or should be a key tool in forest management.
Thanks for the tour, Troy. Do you have any deer roaming your woods? As a wannabe woodworker, I gotta say I am quite jealous of the variety of wood you have available to you!
Glad you did! Been a while since the school bus days! I pray you all are well. Thadd lives about 20 minutes from us and is doing well too. Mom and dad still live in the same house.
@@danbailey96 when surveying the word is area not mass . You do not measure up and down the hill it is a level measurement. Today we use GPS system which plots points in 2 dimensions . My comment was a joke however there is some truth to it . We live in a 3 dimensional world so if there are drastic changes in elevation it results in more actual area . This is an example if I were to build a structure when placing a structure 50 feet in length you measure it in a level manner, not up hill or down hill .. I noticed some of your other comments on this channel . One that comes to mind is that cheap gas is what put coal out of business not politicians . Obviously you never heard of the war on coal . Government regulations by politicians justified by "global warming" and not the price of tea in China is what destroyed the coal industry . Now even though natural gas is a cleaner alternative they want to get rid of it . I don't know if you are that young or if your education is that lacking . You truly should not comment on things you know nothing about . Perhaps you should stick to making comments on video games . Just saying .
Is, or did you get, your property surveyed ? Some of the older deeds had the property boundaries marked by "x number of feet to the big rock" , or x number of feet to the big oak tree". I am wondering if its worth it to pay the big bucks to have my old deed updated with a formal survey with stakes.
Bank required the house and no more than 10 acres to be surveyed together. There was one line where the surveyors said that me and the neighbor just have to agree since there are no clear marks. Expensive way to be told we don’t know
So most of your property lines are ridges correct? What about the front of property it has some odd lines that dont seem to follow a ridge. How was that figured?
How was the undergrowth in the few years after you had it timbered? I worked in north central WV clearing transmission lines and whenever we came across an area that had been timbered out it was always extremely overgrown with briars and undergrowth. Just wondering if you had that as well?
That’s pretty typical for clearcuts. More sunshine, less shade, and the lack of trees needing sustenance and drawing up water makes a recipe for greenbriars, red briars, blackberry, raspberry and other berry bushes, and many species of burrs and weeds. Most people see this as somewhat inhospitable but it provides excellent habitat for wildlife. Bear, deer, rabbits and other animals can use these clearcut areas to shelter from predators, weather, humans, & the like. Berries and other undergrowth provide plenty of food. Also the undergrowth protects new growth trees from being destroyed by herbivorous animals until they can reach a healthy self sustaining size. I, myself, sometimes hate to see so much clearcut timberland, but it helps to know that it also has its benefits.
I agree with Thomas. We didn't have much undergrowth issues since we did a selective cut. We didn't make a big hole in the canopy so it kept it to a minimum.
@@RedToolHouse thank you for responding! I figured the less of the canopy that got taken out had a direct effect on how much undergrowth took over. That being said, now that I recall most of the real nasty places had only a couple of trees still standing on a whole hillside.
I wonder how big white ash oak trees would be if you’d planted tows of them 20 years ago Cut down large squares to plant different varieties of trees Maybe focus on the whiskey barrel industry
coyotes have cleaned alot of my small game out..we use to have grouse bunnies ect..all gone now ...on our land here in west .virginia.. do you do any coyotte control on yours.?
I haven't eliminated a coyote in several years but we definitely have them around. I keep wanting to do a night hunt with some friends but just haven't been able to get it scheduled.
Mike - I piled fallen branches and other debris at the edges of My property. Rabbits and other small critters quickly populated the piles. They are easier targets and the coyotes have left My chickens alone since. Maybe the same could help coyotes leave your small game. -KJ
Red Tool House - Homestead im in southern WV too. And I'm not sure if you've seen those mountain tops off the turnpike around the Oak Hill or Pax exit but it's tears your heart up. You'll be driving and all you see is bare Stone Mountain tops. I hope your right and they stop it because all they are doing is selling the best coal in the world to china for nothing and tearing our home to pieces.
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Born and raised in Logan WV.
Still live here and never plan on leaving. God is Great
love my home town of chapmanville, but i'm glad i don't live there... i do visit family and such quite a bit.
I drilled a bunch of gas wells for EQT around Logan. A bunch of us stayed at the Paradise Campground outside of Gilbert. This was back in 08’-10’. The coal industry was being decimated by the Obama Regime and a whole lot of people in the area were struggling with addiction, pills mostly.
I still think about going back down there with the dirt bikes to hit the trails. Beautiful country!
@@OilfieldTrash78 the coal industry was decimated by dirt cheap natural gas not by politicians... none of the polices on climate change was enacted before the orange Buffon was elected and cancelled all the changes passed .....
@@OilfieldTrash78 the coal industry was decimated by cheap natural gas that saved ...installing scrubbers and cleaner burning.....the idiot politicians used the attempt to clean our air and slow global warming to their benefit because our population is most uneducated and believe the lies of the Republicans.... seems that happened to you also...
“Ain’t nothing like the West Virginia mountains, beautiful view!” You ain’t kidding! Thank you very much for this video!
aww the dog @4:26 😄
TROY, nuthin better than being ...'King of the hill', and alone to reflect God's awesomeness and blessings! Good stuff!
Yes, great opportunity for reflection!
We have 42 acres in Braxton county, all of it is on a mountain except for the bottom where the creek flows through. Your property looks just like ours, we love it. Thanks for sharing yours.
I’ve spent a lot of time in northern Braxton County and souther Lewis County….. love it!
I’m looking for some land there.
Thanks
We’re in WV too, and it’s amazing what it looks like.
Gorgeous property. My husband is retiring from the Navy and I’m trying to talk him into moving to West Virginia and actually found 200+ acres for sale for a good price.
Awesome! I love this state despite its issues
@@RedToolHouse I know it’s not easy to find a job which is the only thing holding my husband back.
Do your homework
@@jbaker4900 can you explain a little more please? Definitely could use all the help possible. We’ve always gone where the Navy told us so it’s definitely a little scary.
@@Maybe_Crazy05 I bought 85 acres of "cheap" mountain land in East Tn. I thought it was my dream property. However it was completely unusable land. I couldn't put out a garden. Due to topography and rocky ground. It was so steep that the driveway washed out every single time it rained. I never was able to cut enough trees to clear a right of way for electricity. I could write a book on my experience. Driveway was so steep dump trucks refused to deliver gravel. Road had no cable, no water, and hardly any cell service. You could barely get FM radio.
I owned the land for 4 1/2 years and lived on it for 16 months. Just carrying in groceries was a chore. Cheap isn't always best.
I sold the land and bought a foreclosed house and five acres with my profit. Mortgage free and currently remodeling.
Think of mineral rights, right of ways, water, electricity, maintenance of driveway, topography, just to name a few. Check internet companies, I can only get viasat which is very expensive and service is terrible
The way things are going, the more appealing those back few acres appear to me. I'm 53 and ready to leave it all behind.
Anything secluded now days is going to be purchased quickly. It is just going to drive the market up unfortunately.
@@deanlewis1650 I know I've been looking around land here is around 5,000 acre I wanted to sell my house by Aug 20. I'm hoping to sell everything by Aug of 21 and be gone. 20 acres and a Morton will be fine with me. Most resources going into off grid supplies. I've been stuck in city now for 20+ years and ready im to go back to taking care of myself. My 18yr old grandson is on board that will help a bunch. I have the $$ he has the back and the drive. Lol His 15yr brother is thinking the same way. Guessing I'll find out when comes down to it. I want to leave them something besides a house in the city. Some way to self sustain, I really like what Justin Rhodes is doing.
@@jethrob258 I agree. I have 3.5 acres of land just outside of our city but I want to move to north east Tennessee. It is a seller's market. If it is good property it goes quickly. Depending on where you are looking you maybe able to find land for that price. I would talk to multiple people/ agencies some won't dig to hard to find what you want. You know doing that good ole boy thing for the locals.
@@deanlewis1650 I'm thinking Arkansas Ozarks or Tennessee myself. I've recently been looking on land watch.com just to get an idea on what's out there. Contacted a well digger for average prices to dig and a firefighter about burning down old property dwellings. Ended up talking to both about 45 min each they said look em up when I get there they'd show me around. Called us foreigners. Lol but they thought I'd fit in nicely to the area. Found some rough timber for around 1000 per thats kinda what I'm hoping to find. Just has to have good water for a well that won't go dry. Needs a good aquifer. I can pretty much take care of the rest I have 90 % of tools on hand and done construction my whole life and farm through all through school. Just kinda scared to take the leap at my age without the one of the granboys on board. If I can find the right banker I might go for 50 to 100 acres for right money and the kids are serious. The mother (ex) stepdaughter says she's interested also and loves the idea I'm willing to help her boys out. Even tho she knows she's my daughter I still think it shocked her. I plan on traveling a bit and like the idea of boys building a future. Anyway I'm sure that's more info than you wanted. It just seems the more I say it the better and more logical the idea sounds me. I love the idea of being off the beaten path and leaving something behind. Or I'll buy a damn condo and travel and spend it all. 🌞 🥂👩
@@jethrob258 sounds like a solid plan. Seems that we both are in the same boat age and desires for living. Good luck brother man.
I just purchased 32 acres myself cant wait for the experience of homesteading my WV land. Ty for explaining.
Fancy finding you here Mr Avalanche. 😘
The family outing will be with everyone as long as they live....Good memories!
My parents were born and raised in the Mount Hope area there in southern West Virginia. My Dad always wanted to move back there, but never was able to.
100 acres in wv looks like a rollercoaster!
You don’t like roller coasters ?
@@danbailey96 he's afraid of height.
WV is on my short list of places to buy land and move to!
Thanks for the video.
That is an absolutely beautiful spread!
At least you have enough trees for heating and cooking if need be! Lots of good hiding spots too.
I was born and raised in WV I love the beauty and the smells of the woods and fresh cut grass
I’m in southern WV too. Gorgeous place to be but man, the topography can make farming more interesting.
We are in eastern West Virginia. My son, 5 years old, is obsessed with icicles. Thanks for putting out content. I've been learning so much as we get ready to prepare our homestead for the spring.
Thanks for watching!
WV is gorgeous and I'm looking to move maybe by the fall to just west of the pan handle .
i've been on 103 acres in ritchie county for 20 years. it helps to have a functional atv but there is enough flat land for what is needed... lots of deer... and everything else to make things work. but it is work.
I grew up on about 80 acres just across the county line in Greenwood.
Thanks for the tour wow beautiful land
Loved seeing your property Troy. It is absolutely beautiful. A little piece of heaven.
Very similar to my property in east central WV.. not much good for agriculture but great for growing hardwoods.. the state forester told me it is the best area in the world for hardwoods..
We do grow some incredible timber!!
I just got through timbering my Property a Month ago if people are saying you cut to much timber they would hate me then, but I plan on clear cutting anyway. people who dont live in WV dont know how steep the hill can be my land looks bad now But I can see how it will look in about 5 years from now Besides my property paid for its self Great Videos Troy !!! I was lucky my hills are not all that steep just needs cleared, you have Beautiful land !!
I just bought 16 acres in North Central, and I'll be there by the end of the month! I can't wait!
Wood County here, I have 65 acres and am in the process of buying 50 more. Almost identical topography elevation and timber.
Nice land up there
Enjoyed the tour. Some parts of it remind me of the wooded hollows on my family’s 160 or so acre place in NW Alabama. We have about 70 acres in rolling pasture and 90 acres in mostly hardwood timber. Plan to start a select cut in 2021.
Sounds like a nice tract!
I live on garrets bend rd..i love watxhhing ur guys video.. I no where red tool house rd is.. I grew up n those same mtns 25 30 yrs ago myself... Not exactly sure where u are located to red tool house but i no the local area and it's the moat beaytiful place on earth to me....
I grew up there also
Looks like home. I live on 47 acres 30 miles NE of Charleston.
Sounds like my old stomping grounds. I grew up in Frame
@@RedToolHousePretty close. I'm near Clendenin in Clay county.
I too am in southern WV. Just starting our homestead. Changing my channel soon. Nice to meet ya WV neighbor. 💙💛🙏
I live in The Beckley area and we were raised on a farm a little south of here our closest neighbor was a mile away we had everything we needed
@@danbailey96 I do too! We really are neighbors. 😊
Very nice piece of land. It's exactly what I thought it would look like 👍
Wow, great hike, I’m pooped. Really appreciate the map reference to get a feel where we are. Don’t worry, we’ll walk back with you!
No wonder I was so tired. I was carrying all of you along with us!
@@RedToolHouse 🤣 thanks for taking us along.
Beautiful
Just lovley ty for the tour I grew up in Tic Ridge in Dunlow WV and that just brought back memories 🥰
my home is west Virginia, no matter where I lay my head (from Beckley/Crab Orchard) Currently live in Phoenix, AZ. have lived everywhere. Like Johnny Cash, I've been everywhere man!
va to phoenix here. ready to get the F out too. unfortunately va is in way worse shape than az.
I am not sure exactly where you all are located, but if you are in the Beckley area the chances are good that my dad was the engineer who put in those gas wells. He was an engineer for Columbia Gas and did a lot of work in southern WV. I grew up in Randolph County and worked gas wells up in Preston County for a couple of years. You have a beautiful piece of property there. I would have loved to have had something like that in my younger days, but right now I have trouble keeping up my one acre lot.
Definitely looks like home, I'm from Princeton wv. I'm salivating at the the disc golf course I could build on your property.
Just Beautiful 🤙🏽🍍🌺🌴🕊❤️🇺🇸
You are Blessed!! What a lovely property!!
Thank you!
We are on the outside looking in and you are where you can see better than us.
Oh my G, I haven't watched the video yet and as soon as you gave your intro......... lol!!! I'm with ya brother! Yea I'm laughing.
Thank you nicely done
Lucky you. I live near Charleston and would love to have even five or 6 acres.
I just would like to have enough land to be able to go and target shoot.
Did you look on the WV GIS county highway map to see if the valley with the yellow line is a primitive road?
People thet say you cut down too many trees, aren’t familiar with the area and don’t realize how dense the woods are in the summer.
Plus it allows the smaller trees to grow faster.
Being born and raised in WV, I often forget how lucky I am to still roam the country and woods on a dual-sport motorcycle.
As someone from the midwest, where the land is tillable, i will say theres a difference between an acre and a "useable" acre. I will still buy land in WV or kentucky one day though bc its more isolated and even steep land creates a buffer around you at the very least
Nice looking property
Beautiful 😎👍
Love the lay out of your land
Awesome ; I’m looking at land in wV now. Went camping this year. Did not want to come home.
Happy New Year to You Troy, Kelly & The Boys From Florida👍🎉✨🎉👌
Happy new year!!
My brother loves your channel, and we get you. We're short of five-acres at 390' by 510', if we doubled our linear-feet to 780' by 1020' feet we'd quadruple our land instead of double it and we'd have twenty-acres. If we'd double those linear-feet again we'd have eighty-acres and it would only be 1,560' by 2,040', hardly enough to get lost in, let alone spend hours exploring. The land is basically flat, the slope in our area of the township are between 2.6 to 3.2% and it's all cropland other than outbuildings and some hedges, fruit trees, etc. to mark a boundary every now and then. It must be a very different experience in West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, etc. where you'd have plenty of mountains to make the land look more plentiful, not to mention all those trees.
Thanks for sharing the tour of your property! We are about 1 year in to our purchase of about 61 acres in SW Virginia -- we are on a south-facing slope, ranging from about 2400 to 3100 ft. Came with a cabin and a partially completed road that leads to an area where we intend to build our retirement place in about 8 years. We absolutely love it!
Beautiful West Va. we moved down here to GA from Ona, WV. Will always miss it. Topography very similar to yours.
Been to Ona many times. Some nice farm land down there.
I’m 20 minutes west of Ona. I love WV ♥️
My husband was born in West Virginia, close to Wheeling, He was born at home in cow sh.t hollow. That was the name of the area where he was born. It was latter named Hervey Heights.
Sounds like a good name change!
Very interesting, it all makes better sense now you've put what you do into context. How many acres are actually flat or gently sloped enough to have pasture for cows / goats or sheep if you turned them into lightly wooded silvo pasture areas?
There are quite a few cattle farms around despite the topography. Clearing grazing land is key but I think we could have 80 acres of grazable land although that amount is not our goal.
Awesome property, a few pines and fir trees, would look just like Maine. 👍🏻
Perfect for MTB trails. I'm not a religious man but blessed seems appropriate.
Very nice. Id make a ski slope.
This is an older video and late comment but around 7:50 you mentioned a selective cut 20 yrs prior and I was wondering if that hillside you were on was 20 yr growth trees or if those standing were the ones left. I am curious because I intend on buying around 90 acres from my father in the next year and about 30 acres of it was clear cut maybe 10 years ago and has a lot of trees from 2-6 inch in diameter trees and this stand is super dense. Another 10 acres was clear cut about 2 years ago and there is already pretty rigorous regeneration taking place. This is in Franklin county va so it is mostly hardwoods and a bit of pine. I wonder if I will see decent timber from either of those cuts within the next 20 years or so.
Looks like we can make a new game "Identify the movie quote"...... we had "Ramming speed" from Animal House in the collapsed henhouse video, here we have Cagney with "Top of the World, Ma!" in White Heat....
My life is narrated through various movie quotes!
0:53 ngl if you were talking about Illinois youd say the same thing 😂. Made me laugh when i thought to myself, "honestly freezing IS average"
You said southern WV. It looks a lot like some places here in McDowell County the southern most county.
I was thinking the same thing almost looks like the ridge line coming from stoney into bishop coming from Virginia. I live slightly on the other side in Tazewell co
Does Josh hit ya up wanting to hang a tree stand!!! Lol, Happy New year brother
My great great grandfather sold our property in Mingo county for 25 cents a acre back in the 1800 hundreds. Island Creek coal company made millions off that property it’s where the old number 27 mine was
I love WV I own 40 acres in summers county
Nice piece of land! I live near Beckley... :)
Nice
Logan... Ethel holler.. foot of Blair Mountain...raised in the 70s... Never been happier or safer... since... Too bad..everything in that whole area is empty now...just a small airport...and Keisers and original Morrison's is long gone ...miss playing in the creek and mountains..!!!! Take me home.. to the place.....( You know the rest)... LoL!!!!
I grew up in eastern ky would love to see you hunting ginseng in the summer it would bring back good mimerous
Ms memories
Are you still getting those amazing delivers right to your property.
Jackson County WV is where our little slice of heaven is 98ac +or -
I was thinking about moving there, but I only want a acre or 2
I just curious, are there any ruffed grouse on your property? Usually they are at a somewhat higher elevation than your place,,,years ago I visited some people in Logan and they were plenty of grouse all over that area
Yes, there are some. Coyotes have been hard on them though
@@RedToolHouse the reason I wanted to know is we have that same elevation where I live and years ago we had grouse but now there are none. Taylorsville NC. Ohhh and I will tell you this many times while fall bow hunting I would see great horned owls catch and eat young grouse of the year
Yeah, you could do an hour a day of TSI work on the woodland you have and you'd be at it for many many years (a lifetime). Our property elevations aren't too far different here in northwest WI. We're kinda right on the upper end of where the Driftless Area started getting ideas and go from 940 to about 1210ft. above sea level. Even in the Driftless Area the steep and deep valleys are characterized by broad hilltops/ridges suitable for agriculture though.
There are people who say y’all cut down too many trees? They clearly don’t have an understanding of forest management if they think that...
Same people that don't think controlled burning is needed.
@@thomasfields2082 mostly yes! Though, I doubt very much prescribed fire would play any significant role in the management of an Appalachian hardwood forest. The trees there are not very fire resistant and the forest floor doesn’t carry a fire very well. It’s a niche tool at best in that environment. Down south or out west in the pine forests it is or should be a key tool in forest management.
@@zachb.637 I'm in Florida and without we would look like california.
I keep trying to tell my husband that we can use land here in Missouri that is mountainous because we aren't tilling for crops.
I'm in NC West Virginia. Barbour co..
Some nice land around there
Thanks for the tour, Troy. Do you have any deer roaming your woods? As a wannabe woodworker, I gotta say I am quite jealous of the variety of wood you have available to you!
Too many. They keep tearing down my electric fence! Yes, the variety of hardwood is vast
Kleva Kelly, got a free tow up the hill.
Couldn’t help myself had to say hello, you have changed since. You rode my bus. Lol how is your brother.?
Glad you did! Been a while since the school bus days! I pray you all are well. Thadd lives about 20 minutes from us and is doing well too. Mom and dad still live in the same house.
@@RedToolHouse you mentioned Thadd here...I think Thadd is one of my FB friends. I am good friends with his mom Pam..if I have the right people..
An acre of.property in WV on the average if leveled would be 5 acres
Thays a good point...
Land mass is land mass when its surveyed they just don’t shoot across a valley a mile away and say yeah 300 ft.
@@danbailey96 when surveying the word is area not mass . You do not measure up and down the hill it is a level measurement. Today we use GPS system which plots points in 2 dimensions . My comment was a joke however there is some truth to it . We live in a 3 dimensional world so if there are drastic changes in elevation it results in more actual area . This is an example if I were to build a structure when placing a structure 50 feet in length you measure it in a level manner, not up hill or down hill ..
I noticed some of your other comments on this channel . One that comes to mind is that cheap gas is what put coal out of business not politicians . Obviously you never heard of the war on coal . Government regulations by politicians justified by "global warming" and not the price of tea in China is what destroyed the coal industry . Now even though natural gas is a cleaner alternative they want to get rid of it .
I don't know if you are that young or if your education is that lacking . You truly should not comment on things you know nothing about . Perhaps you should stick to making comments on video games . Just saying .
Need to make some ATV trails
The 100 acres has logging roads all over it. They function great as ATV trails.
@@RedToolHouse nice
🤓HOW MUCH ARE THE YEARLY TAXES ???
Is, or did you get, your property surveyed ? Some of the older deeds had the property boundaries marked by "x number of feet to the big rock" , or x number of feet to the big oak tree". I am wondering if its worth it to pay the big bucks to have my old deed updated with a formal survey with stakes.
Bank required the house and no more than 10 acres to be surveyed together. There was one line where the surveyors said that me and the neighbor just have to agree since there are no clear marks. Expensive way to be told we don’t know
So most of your property lines are ridges correct?
What about the front of property it has some odd lines that dont seem to follow a ridge. How was that figured?
Probably 80% is ridge line. The front follows a water shed and the old county road which has been relocated as it used to travel through the creek.
@@RedToolHouse I was curious about that with the funny lines.
Is there springs there?
How many hours does it took you to walk all round . Thank You .
How was the undergrowth in the few years after you had it timbered? I worked in north central WV clearing transmission lines and whenever we came across an area that had been timbered out it was always extremely overgrown with briars and undergrowth. Just wondering if you had that as well?
That’s pretty typical for clearcuts. More sunshine, less shade, and the lack of trees needing sustenance and drawing up water makes a recipe for greenbriars, red briars, blackberry, raspberry and other berry bushes, and many species of burrs and weeds. Most people see this as somewhat inhospitable but it provides excellent habitat for wildlife. Bear, deer, rabbits and other animals can use these clearcut areas to shelter from predators, weather, humans, & the like. Berries and other undergrowth provide plenty of food. Also the undergrowth protects new growth trees from being destroyed by herbivorous animals until they can reach a healthy self sustaining size. I, myself, sometimes hate to see so much clearcut timberland, but it helps to know that it also has its benefits.
@@thomashenson2886 thank you for the information!
I agree with Thomas. We didn't have much undergrowth issues since we did a selective cut. We didn't make a big hole in the canopy so it kept it to a minimum.
@@RedToolHouse thank you for responding! I figured the less of the canopy that got taken out had a direct effect on how much undergrowth took over. That being said, now that I recall most of the real nasty places had only a couple of trees still standing on a whole hillside.
I wonder how big white ash oak trees would be if you’d planted tows of them 20 years ago
Cut down large squares to plant different varieties of trees
Maybe focus on the whiskey barrel industry
Do you guys get a lot of snow in WV?
Just wondering what's going on with the retreat?
Still in planning phase. We have our road improved to the location now and hope to start this spring on other earth works.
@@RedToolHouse Ok, thank's... Sounds like it will be a great project.
coyotes have cleaned alot of my small game out..we use to have grouse bunnies ect..all gone now ...on our land here in west .virginia.. do you do any coyotte control on yours.?
I haven't eliminated a coyote in several years but we definitely have them around. I keep wanting to do a night hunt with some friends but just haven't been able to get it scheduled.
Mike - I piled fallen branches and other debris at the edges of My property. Rabbits and other small critters quickly populated the piles. They are easier targets and the coyotes have left My chickens alone since.
Maybe the same could help coyotes leave your small game. -KJ
With your 100 acre lot and given the terrain, do you have any idea how many acres your surface area is?
I'm guessing these mountains are the only thing that's kept man from tearing all this land up. But the strip mines are sure trying.
Strip mines are becoming a thing of the past. They are declining rapidly
Red Tool House - Homestead im in southern WV too. And I'm not sure if you've seen those mountain tops off the turnpike around the Oak Hill or Pax exit but it's tears your heart up. You'll be driving and all you see is bare Stone Mountain tops. I hope your right and they stop it because all they are doing is selling the best coal in the world to china for nothing and tearing our home to pieces.
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Do own minerals under the surface?
Can you recommend someone to look over my forest, and give recommendations on how to maintain it’s health? I have 60 acres in Roan county
Actually, I can. Send me your contact info via my website (for security reasons) and I can send you some info. Redtoolhouse.com
I’m curious how much the survey bill was? It’s always really expensive in the mountains regardless how poor the county is
I only surveyed the front 10 acres when we bought it 10 year ago. it was about $5k
I am looking at 2235 acres in W.V. just can't afford it,
Great land for pigs, chickens and a saw mill ;)