She is NOT a Fan? Hits Hard, Harbor Freight Plate Compactor!
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- Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
- Today we stack some lumber fro the Woodmizer Sawmill, Move dirt with the Kubota MX 5400 and KX057-4 Excavator. Then we try out the Harbor Freight Central Machinery Plate Compactor around the cistern tank.
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We live in Western Pa. and Have around 100 Acres of Land, About 1/2 is ours the rest is my moms, We have 4 kids and one grandchild, 3 Golden Retrievers and one Cat. We enjoy working on our property and making improvements. We sell firewood and soon will be selling hardwood lumber.
I'm grateful that you put the videos out there on a regular basis for us to watch period. Your production skills and the music you choose to support the videos are both first rate. The fact that your channel continues to grow and you've been so successful are proof positive that you're doing something right!
Well said
I wish thinking that Melissa was doing it just as well as you Mike. And she seems to be single handedly bringing back the mom blue jeans! Thanks for a great video!🙏🇺🇲
Don’t ever change who you are or what you’re doing, Mr. Morgan. The world needs more real people like you and your family. God bless.
We don't need Husbands who "slave drive" their wives to work that Men should be doing!
WOW, I just discovered something pretty amazing about this 'puter' thing, it actually has a 'volume' switch, I can turn it up or down if I don't want to hear something, and I can fast forward a little if I don't want to watch something, as for me, I like the entire video, so I would never turn the volume up or down, or fast forward, maybe some would, keep up the good work, from AZ !!!
This “puter” comment made me laugh
Highlight of my day is watching what the Morgans are doing. Love the video and the music. Please keep sending out great family entertainment. Thanks from Milton, FL.
Thank you Stephen thank you
Good evening all! I’m chilling on the ‘patio’, which is really just a bit of concrete pad east of the smaller cabin. So we have a great expansive view of the valley to the east when the sun starts going behind the hill to the west. Shadows are lengthening, and the sky has come out from the overcast we had most of the day and we have blue sky and cotton ball clouds. It’s really awesome.
Again today I’ve used Mike’s back drag to ready loose gravel and soil to make the scoop easier. Thanks for teaching me something neither of us knew I needed! I’ve also run a chainsaw, hung a gate, back filled a retaining wall, put gravel in front of the west entrances to the shop, re-established a berm intended to divert runoff from running through the open part of the shed (where I put the gravel), and mowed the rest of the yard. The retaining wall backfill was work. I was ready to call it a day.
I have been impressed with the quality of your videos. Your fades into and out of music when you transition to time lapse are pretty slick. I’ve been impressed by how the cadence and mood match the content too. For what it’s worth, I’d much rather have your music on the time lapse instead of silence or Alvin Chipmunk-style compressed audio. So I vote keep on doing what you do. 😀
Hi Mike and Melissa. My name is Bill I subscribe to your RUclips channels. I am 73 and live in cranberry township. I really like your content. We have a golden retriever named Riley who has many of the same characteristics as Archie. I was very saddened when I saw the video where you lost Stanley. I know it is heartbreaking. I too love guns and I'm a benefactor life member of the NRA. I am also very patriotic. I especially like the videos with Hunter in them. His smile is infectious. Keep on doing what you're doing and show more of Hunter. Regards. Bill
I love the music! Just not so loud. I like to hear everything thats going on.
Have a Great Day!
Thanks Drew
@@jimdomoradzki483 Down when the music plays then back up to hear the commentary every time gets old . Most every YT video has the music blaringly loud though :(
OCD or great pride in workmanship, it doesn't matter. Great stacking job Mike. I know we didn't see you stacking the wood in real time, but it didn't look like it took much extra time to do a good job. Leaving the gaps between rows and between boards will help the boards to dry evenly and faster. Thanks again for your videos.
We love you and your channel because you are true and honest. So with that said keep it up 👍🏼
Thank you Michael
Mike I've never commented on a video (ever), but have to say "BEST response ever". And I quote, "...so what I'm going to do is, just keep doing what I've been doing". LOVE IT!
I like the wireless microphone use because I get to hear what’s on your mind while the work is being done. You can’t please everyone! Keep up the great work and videos! HI HUNTER!! HOW ARE YOU TODAY? 😂
Thank you Mike
Your finished product of videos reveal a great deal of professionalism. The music fades out when you begin to talk. Great job, Mike! 👍
Thanks
Mike your still pleasing the VAST majority of your viewers consistently. Your channel is way ahead of the game. Good assessment and solution in your comments. Love the variety you and Mellisa bring to us. Thanks so much.
Most people have a volume control button, if the music is too loud, use it. If it’s not loud enough, turn it up!
I agree: seat up/seat down; either way same stuff disappears when you pull the handle...
@@tughilldog GOT IT 🚽🧻🚽 LOL
Mike, I love the precise way you stack and sticker your lumber. When I was very young, in 1960-ish, My Dad worked in a lumber mill in Peshastin Wa. I remember the Straddle buggies carrying stacks of lumber to and from the kiln, they looked just like yours, very nice. And a great memory. Thanks!
As a cop, if I can give you any advice.... don’t focus on the 5% who always have something negative to say, focus on the 95% who are optimistic and enjoy your videos. Keep up the good work. My wife is a special education teacher. All her students are diagnosed with Autism. We both grew up on a sawmill and farm. We can relate to your videos and enjoy your style!
This is an excellent comment thank you JP
Stay safe brother! Life is great after LE.
@@maintenancebynathan2150 Jan 9, 2043 🤣 unless I keep watching these videos. Might end up on the Mill 😂
I agree with JP 100%. Naysayers like to be negative. It's a disease, but it's THEIR disease, not yours!
Yup! Good point, but JP, we used to say 98% are good people, then you focus 98% on the 2% remaining. We have to focus on the 98% of the people. After LE, I went into ministry and let me tell you, as a pastor, it's the same and some people are just never pleased. Keep up with the great videos and content. You have a top notch site and it's a hoot tagging along for the ride.
Mike , you and Melissa's "debate" about the compactor had me laughing, sounded very familiar! Job is coming along nice!
Love the music and the commentary. Keep on, keeping on!
Thank you
You can not please everybody Mike keep up what your doing this is your channel. You're doing an awesome job with the videos.
Last week I got 1x10x8 and they were 16 dollars and some change a piece. I like your music selection.
I LOVE the music. First thing I do after coffee is brewed is sit down and relax to one of your vids. Helps keep the blood pressure low :) Please, keep them going.
Thank you for sharing this comment and thanks for watching
I really like the commentary, music and fast-forward. Actually, I love the muic . Keep doing what you're doing Mike, your success is proof that it's working for most! Forgot to mention, your editing is awesome!
Thank you for this kind comment
The WhiteDuck products ARE awesome. I found the customer service to be top notch.
I heat with wood and had just had hand surgery when Mike shared WhiteDuck the first time. Instead of 2 or 3 pcs of wood I was able to bring in an arm load.
I love them all! Because its just a guy and his camera showing what he does. Plain and simple. Oh and I love that as busy as you all are you can jump in the Sidekick and catch a sunset. Thanks for bringing us along.
Alan here, I enjoy the varied selection of music you use on your channels. Back filling on the cistern with the narrower bucket. And tell Hunter hello for me, he is one classical young man.
Mike, i think you and your wife are awesome and I lovced the country lifestyle you live. So peaceful and tranquil. I live in Minnesota so the wood prices vary here as follows:
Home Depot - $13 - $25 per board and could go higher based on whether its pressured treated, sanded, etc
Lowes - $25-50 per board depending on pressure treated, sanded, etc
Menards-(Local large Home Improvement store in the Midwest based in Wisconsin) $11-$25 depending on finish and type of wood i.e. Pine, Maple, Red Oak
Oh no, trouble in paradise! 😂😂 Melissa’s face says it all, “not a fan”! Still stuck with it and worked together! Have a day!
Thank you chief
That is what you get from harbor freight lol 😂
Mike and Melissa, I was not fortunate enough to start watching your channel from the start, however I’m slowly getting caught up and have thoroughly enjoyed every video. As I watched you unpack and assemble the firewood bundled, you mentioned placing a knife of some sort in a small pocket built into the frame. I thought it would be easier to attach a magnet on the outside of the stack frame to hold a knife.
Mike, I’m always impressed with how you operate your machinery. Deliberate and precise. Calming.
That wood paneling is going to look great in your new building. Can't wait to see the finished product. Melissa you can't let the tamper run you, you have to run the tamper. Lol
Love All your videos Mike 🇺🇲 keep doing what you are doing 🇺🇲 from Florence Alabama 🇺🇲
Thank you
I must say, the way you controlled those machines, and specifically towards the end as well, was very impressive. In a lot of videos I’ve seen people seem to struggle which is fine, I don’t imagine I’d be any great either. I would assume it’s more so the pressure of being watched, but you sir made it look so easy. The even distribution of the soil as she was compacting was amazing to watch. 👏🏼👏🏼😁
Hi guys. You can drag the Wacker plate (as we call them in the UK) backwards to correct your steering. Also, let it rub against the wall of the Tank, it will help guide it and won’t do any harm. You’re doing great.
Good afternoon Mike and family, beautiful job on the lumber. Keep up on the great videos. I really want to thank you for taking the time to video. I know it takes a lot of time. I don't think some people really don't understand. Thank you from Canada
Mike! It's your channel. Keep doing what is comfortable for you. My wife and I look forward to seeing your videos every day. We appreciate the music you select and your commentary. You and Melissa are very lucky to have each other and your wonderful family. Whatever you do we will keep watching!!
Canvas tarps are nice... used them for years to temporarily cover inventory outdoors on rainy days. One thing we found though was that they needed to be sloped so water could not lay on the tarp otherwise the rain would soak through. Having an air space between the stored item and the tarp in addition to the slope was ideal... We had some thin wall tubing for that purpose.
GREAT teamwork M&M. It is sooooooooo refreshing to see a married couple working TOGETHER to accomplish a task that would have taken one man 3X the time. Melissa, nagging about trivial stuff solves NOTHING, as I’m sure you already know.
It's real simple. The plate compactor is good on even surfaces. Some additional soil needed to be put on the side so the compactor wouldn't slide down the "hill" toward the concrete cistern. Melissa showed she has the real stuff when she shut it off each time before it hit it. She also was able to climb it back out of the gulley too. Love it. Gotta love a woman with grit. All the right stuff.
My thoughts in the music, I have no opinion on the amount or genre of it.
But I have always been fascinated by the fact, given how much you already do, that you find enough music to add to the content.
Keep up the great content, fantastic videography, and tremendous editing.
Good afternoon Morgan's. About to grill and chill. Have a day!
Michael sounds good ... I think I will do that too for dinner
Interesting. I genuinely like everything you guys do: music, video, drone, various projects, new mics/commentary ...etc. keep it up please! Heck, I even ordered a Wolfe Ridge splitter.
I enjoy watching Melissa working, she approach's everything like it has teeth but to her credit she will try anything, equipment saws, splitter compactor. Mellissa keep up the good. You are under appreciated at times.
Melissa is not a fan of tamping....its the damn music Mike, it's the music. Thanks for sharing. 🇺🇸
I agree and she tried to tell the BOZO that but he wasn't listening! He's got a future son-in-law. Get him out here to help out!
Dammed if you do, dammed if you don’t. Just keep rocking!
🎵”You can’t please everyone so, you got to please yourself.”🎶 Ricky Nelson
Garden Party
First I wanted to comment about how "OCD" you are about stacking your lumber. That's not a bad thing, rather it shows how you pay attention to detail.
As far as your channel, the content and presentation, I have been watching ever since near the beginning and have seen it evolve and grow. I remember commenting and giving some "advice" to Melissa when she first started appearing. She seemed very shy and nervous at first. Fast-forward to today and you can tell that she's perfectly comfortable being in front of the camera.
Just keep doing what you do. This is by far one of my favorite channels to watch, and I have recommended it to friends.
Fill your bucket with dirt when you tamp with it to give more drop weight with less jolt.
You are right about this, good point! 👏
Bravo! You are creating art. The videos you make are artistic in nature and you do a wonderful job adding the right elements to your videos to give the viewers the punch YOU want them to see and hear. Keep doing what you are doing because it's obviously working well for you...
Thank you
Mike, my course evaluations as a college math instructor are exactly the same. One would say, "Best instructor I ever had". Next one would say, "Worst instructor I ever had ". Both from the same class. Probably sitting next to each other.
Keep the videos coming. Have a productive day.
Oh my I could not even imagine being a college instructor- wow good for you being a instructor and good example
Can’t imagine how much money you guys have saved by taking on all the excavating on these jobs. It’s coming along beautifully. Keep it up!
Listening to your comments about comments. I was watching a video the other day and the producer of the video was having this very conversation. He gave instructions on how to mute the video and how to listen to their own music. Keep up the great work.
Music, no music...it doesn't matter to me. I'm here for the content. It's much more satisfying than watching TV! And sometimes I actually learn something! Great job! Keep up the good work.
Mike you do how you want with your videos, you can't make everybody happy all the time. I do not suggest or critque any video. I enjoy all your videos. Keep up the good work. Stay safe and God bless you and your family.
You might want to build a short spreader bar that spans the length of your compactor. Short chains on each end that go down to the hand holds on the machine with an attachment point on the top for picking up with your tractor. No damage to the machine and easier on the back! Your music selections are great!
That pile of lumber you’re building is gaining equity with each passing day. Getting that sawmill was fortuitous, to say the least.
Keep doing things like you’ve been doing them. Everyone has an opinion and since it’s your channel your opinion is the one that counts. As with most RUclips channels they all evolve with better audio, video,editing, and content over time and you have done a great job at all of it.
Kudos to Melissa for not being afraid too try something new and certainly not afraid to give her honest opinion about something. Mike keep up the great work on editing your videos, your style keeps me watching because your more original. Be yourself.
Hey Mike ! Great Fan here, No negativity. When backfilling with the bucket try doing it with a full bucket. It'll give you about 15-18% more compaction due to the weight. Love the Channel! Keep it up !
LMAO Before plate tampers they had, an still do, called a jumping jack. By the end of the summer I could walk that thing out of a ditch. Melissa "let the machine do the work". There is an art to everything even a shovel. A+++ for effort as usual. Mike, what's the plan on keeping the tank full? Think about a couple of your down spouts discharging into the tank and use 5 gal water bottle dispenser for drinking and ice. Much less of a headache keeping the water potable and not worth the risk if ya ask me. You have a work ethic second to none.
Mike, "Just keep doin' what you're doin'!
All the Best from the Great Lakes State!
Mike - Thanks for sharing the comments on the music you put in your videos (made me smile, as I thought about the fact that you absolutely cannot please everyone. Great quote from Ricky Nelson below which fits perfectly). I have to commend Melissa for keeping it together as she talked about her experience with the "thumper." I think she was using all of her self control to keep from telling us how she truly felt about the experience. What a trooper. Blessings to you both, and to your family. Hi to Hunter, Hannah, and Eva.
Just look at the big box near me. It’s looking like 1x10: 8 foot long kiln white board is: $18.50 per board.
If you eventually tie the cistern to the garage down spouts, then it’ll take roughly 2” rain storm to fill it up roughly 90% full.
It is really coming together nicely
Hmmmmm, me thinks you handled it well Mike. People, you have volume controls on your computer, iPads, iPhones, Turn them up or down! Like the song says “ you can’t please everyone so you got to please yourself “.
I think you are doing a great job with your videos, what you’re doing around there, and explaining things to those who will listen. Once Melissa gets to operate the plate compactor inside the building she will enjoy it more. Thanks for sharing with us, keep having fun and getting it done. Fred.🙏🏻🙏🏻👍👍👏🏻👏🏻👋👋
Hi Mike I’m in Ct and I just bought rough sawn 1bye 12 at $2.10sf up a $1.20 from last March great job on that plate compactor Mellisa ,
That’s right, Mike. Keep doing what you’re doing! 😁😁😁
I bought a White Duck log carrier on your recommendation a couple or three months back. Great product! Great workmanship. We heat with wood near full time. 👍👍👍
Mike I bought the log carrier from that company the day you posted it a couple of months ago it was shipped when they said it was going to be shipped and got it earlier then what they said it was well worth the money if there tarps are like the log carrier then it will a great investment for a long time thanks Rick from Massachusetts have a great week 😀👍
Awesome tank is looking good and Melissa will grow to like it maybe or maybe let Melissa run the excavator and Mike run the tampe
Yes I like this
Love what you are doing. Keep doing it your way!
Compaction tips, good that u using the shale fill, tryto tamp as much as u can withbucket, use plate tamper every 18” to 24” even that may be a bit thick. It will minimize your long term settlements. Also your fill looks dry, some water will help compaction
Just keep doing what you guys are doing! I have only been watching a year or so, but I'm a huge fan. You can't keep everyone happy and keep your self-respect. The Morgans are amazing... Thanks.
My wife has experience as a plate compactor, I've had a few plates compacted on my noggin a few times. PJ IN O-HI-O
Oh my this made me laugh!
What’s gotten you here is YOU. Not a focus group. So you keep on doin’ YOU!
MELISSA... I applaud your effort to even work the compactor. You’re an incredible woman.
Well Mike, all I can say is the worlds current teaching tells everyone they get to have an opinion about everything without ever doing the job. Great content as usual, keep your eyes on Him! God bless from Idaho.
Mike! you are doing a great job with your channel. Video, MUSIC, is all great, love it. I'm so glad that you put out videos on a regular basis. I look forward to each one, very informative and entertaining.
To reiterate your comment, "Keep doing what your doing".
Mike, I use old metal roofing to cover my drying stacks. The tarp blocks air on the sides even though most of the moisture escapes through the end grain.
Mike your videos entertain us all. If we were all alike GOD would not have anything to do. Glad you do what you do. Hope Tai liked his shovel l sent him. Maybe he can talk you into letting him clean the tracks on the excavator and play in the saw dust. Keep on keeping on for us. You are better than tv.
Mike, Do you have to put something on top to protect those PVC plugs in that cistern tank? And I for one like the music and if it's something I don't care for my computer came with a volume knob and when I see you talking I turn it back up. Problem solved!
Mike, here in Central Ohio, Lowe's is listing pine boards 1 x 8 x 10' @.....$17.67.
Nice tarp most of what you find at the bigbox stores are cheap woven plastic, good for one season. I have an old army tarp that is canvas. have used it for years. PS I LOVE / HATE THE MUSIC, DEPENDS ON THE SONG. LOL. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.
Yall keep doing what yall do. I love watching. Hunter is awesome. White Duck also has awesome tents. I bought one for scouts
Ha! Mike, after 45 years as a post production mixer ..... I can tell you that how ever many people are in the studio with you .... that's how many opinions you get. Keep making yourself happy.
I think your videos are a great mix of talking, equipment sounds and music, keep up the great work Mike. And it's really cool to see Melissa running the equipment, my wife seems to have conveniently forgotten that, as a teenager, she used to drive her dad's Ford 9n with a Woods mower to cut their lawn, LOL.
Mike, keep doing what you are doing! Maybe those others will learn to find the volume control.
Its a good thing ya had a plate compactor and not a jumping jack. Melissa really would have hated that lol! They can be a handfull the first time running them though. She did great!
I really like the music, Mike. The selection that you choose really goes well with the outdoor setting and anything that you are doing. I actually wish there was a way you could make a soundtrack..lol. But you can never please everyone. Keep up the great work. Always look forward to Morgan footage!
Melissa did a great job with the plate compactor!😃
Phil here from NE Indiana. Mike, you just keep making videos your way. I'm a big fan. I'm looking at your stack of wood thinking to myself. What a gold mine you have there. Wow.
Good afternoon everyone. 57º in Kansas City now. Taking a break from mowing the yard. Been raining off and on, trying to stay ahead of the growing grass. Stay safe, be humble & kind and have a day.
Snow and wind in NW MN. Yuck.
@@joelongrid7625 Cold front coming in tomorrow night, Monday, followed by snow Tuesday am.
Good afternoon Phil! I’m guessing that Mike calls you up before they post so you can comment immediately 😂❣️
Hey Mike I hope you leveled the base for your wood pile because if you didn’t what ever twist is in the base will transfer into your wood,that canvas tarp looks like military grade material
Your channel. Every one has a fast forward option and a volume control or off button keep up the good job you are doing.
True - thanks
Knotty Pine S4S Board 1X8 10' $16.71 at HD in MA! I found Dot pretzels at HD and just bought a bag to try. Over $5.00 a bag so I hope they are as good as you say! 😲 I love your videos as they are with the music and commentary! Tell Melissa the compactor could be part of her exercise routine! 😂 Have a day, from MA!
Mike,
Air dry a bit of lumber myself. All research leans toward keeping the air flowing. Believe the canvas tarp may hinder this. I use metal roofing weighted down with blocks. I imagine you could build a structure with roofing and weights that you could remove with forks when needing to add additional lumber.
You know more than I do when You do Your projects/videos and I always get plenty of Info for future projects
Plus You are investing way more cash to get Great Results than I can do right now
I had one job where they installed buried cable and after the laborers (Me) raked the soil back onto/into the trench the backhoe driver would drive on the trench to compact it better than a Plate compactor
That tractor is about as big as the backhoe we used and it had plenty of weight, and We would rake more dirt on top to allow it to settle
I bought one of those Harbor Freight Plate compactors to do some patio paver work and it ran great, but for the depth of the hole You have it might take several rain storms to to get it to settle that way
Your decision was right to NOT getting that hole with the Plate Compactor because the walls might cave in and trap who ever is in it
OSHA requires specific side wall SHORING for anything over 3 or 4 feet deep if people are going to be working in the excavated hole
Walls of collapsed dirt or sand will KILL anyone caught inside where their lungs will be compressed like a constricting snake KILLS
You can't dig fast enough to get them out safely
Hillsborough County Florida has Marxist Nazi democrats in POWER that have made it illegal to collect rain water
They are following Agenda-21 Plans and are control the use of Property owners Land
Look up I.C.L.E.I. for land use sustainability that is ran by the "United Nations", and they have declared International Soil ownership in Salt Lake City Utah
Search both on RUclips for an education
I think Your system is Great
Thanks
Ken in Florida
I hope you decide to go ahead and collect rainwater in the cistern. I have leaf guards on the gutters of my building and for about every half inch of rain I get approximately 400 gallons and it is all really clean. It's absolutely the best for washing vehicles and doesn't leave the first water spot etc. Hoping you give it some consideration!!
My family enjoys your videos a great deal and have learned a lot. Put whatever music you want or talk as much as you want. If people don’t like it, they have a volume button. I wish I had your energy.
Use a spreader bar across the top of the plate compactor to keep the chains away from the motor bits,
Those tampers can be a bear to handle if you haven't used one before. But all in all, they do a great job!!! "Have a Day"
P.S. your videos are just fine. You do a very good job having a variety of things you film. You both have the ability to keep things interesting and informative.
The plate compactor, being run under the constraints to avoid the cistern, yet pack the ditch, could be tricky. The uneven terrain made the job harder. But I thought the task was done sufficiently, if not technically perfectly. Job done.
You keep doing exactly what you have been doing! This channel is awesome! Your content is much better than anything on TV!