7 Days Repairing Off-Grid Cabin in Alaska

Luke here with the art Boys YouTube channel and Welcome to our off-grid Alaskan Homestead it's been a long winter and the snow is deep here in Alaska but we've got a lot of projects including replacing our collapsed garage we got lots of friends visiting a lot of snow Machining to do and we're bringing you guys along for the ride [Music] took a while but we got the side by side all up and running and all of its maintenance done it's uh running really good [Music] now got her she just hooking it straight to the starter well the back of the solenoid it just what it does is it bypasses the battery oh so my neighbor Jason helped me out here turns out the selenoid switch for the starter was frozen and we threw the jumper Cal straight onto the selenoid and that threw enough juice on it that we're able to force the switch and overcome the ice ice does not help your Machinery work better I'll tell you what those Treads are probably Frozen to the ground pretty good so uh we'll see if we can break that loose it's been a few months since I've been to the property kind of anxious to see how it's doing so I'm driving my K truck on the snow machine Trail and it's doing really well it's not chewing up the trail it's not getting stuck we're just taking it slow and easy but this is where it's going to get tricky okay so there's a trail that goes right through here and it's covered in snow and you can see it's really hard and firm but if you wander off the trail you get stuck and right now because of the wind you can't see where the trail is I don't think I should go this way it's like an invisible Bridge you one step off and you fall I've got somewhere I need to be later this afternoon and I don't want to be dealing with a stuck K truck it's all I got time to do today but uh I've got some big PL hands I want to start working on building a new garage and I think I'm going to come back and start working on that you going to help me get the snow machine out yeah keep I thought we should get after that it was a laughing scrape all this snow and throw it out before we warm the cabin up okay okay turn that on there he goes we got a light turn this fan on here you know that Fan's supposed to work mine is the this one's mine this snow is wet and sticky but it's going to get cold tonight so if I knock down a good trail it'll freeze up and get nice and packed Hey Thomas your old man got the snow machine stuck I need your help oh yeah you are two three go good job buddy high five thanks Tommy should we get the generators fired up all right let make a path to the generator woo Sun's set and I think it's time to get settled for the night look at this son of Mine He's brooming out the snow oh that's so helpful Tom thank you you guys hungry yeah you want tacos yeah Tac Friday Taco Friday Taco Friday marinated beef here marinated orange soda that smells like f okay do you want any salsa or guacamole on [Music] yours not going to lie these are pretty [Music] tasty Mingo hey guys I just saw what time is we got to get you guys to bed all right head on up go get to sleep it's late well it's late I think it's time to get to bed I'll see you guys in the morning we got a lot of stuff to do tomorrow we end up turning the heater off last night we were good most of the night I was thinking for breakfast we could do chocolate croissants and I could do some fried spam come down and get some breakfast we got hot chocolate oatmeal spam and chocolate croissants yeah dipping a chocolate croissant and chocolate it's the way to do it all righty the problem with owning a property like this is that new projects come faster than you can finish the old ones you guys might remember that my garage over there collapsed underneath the snow this winter well the greenhouse just collapsed as well those buildings just weren't built to handle snow and I'm just not here at the property frequently enough to be able to knock off the snow whenever there's a big snowstorm but I really need a garage and I'm going to start taking measurements today but before I can do that I promised Tommy I'd try to get the snow machine started that boy loves snow machines [Music] well fired up a little bit then it died so it's getting spark it's just not getting gas my guess is that there's ice somewhere in the fuel line and fuel isn't getting into the chamber so I think there was a little bit of ice in the fuel filter just by flicking the fuel filter I broke that ice out up and was able to get fuel to it one thing we do need to do is put a little heat in your gas tank and that'll keep it from freezing up again so he about I was looking well Tom should we go knock in a trail yes [Music] [Music] hey Nathan you got to go do some cross country skiing awesome man well we got a nice little Trail for you Hey Jake how you like your snowshoes pretty br this watch the so the new garage I'm putting in is going to be a lot bigger it's going to be 14 ft by 32 ft so those poles are going to be the front two corners of where the building's going to go I'm going to have to work pretty fast though I want to get this finished before all the snow melts it's going to be a lot easier to get the equipment and supplies in here in the winter time versus the summer time well I've got some boys that are hungry so I think I'm going to go make some lunch Nathan and Tommy are out snow Machining on the trail so I gave them a walkie talkie so they can call me if they get stuck oh there's the boys who's ready for mac and cheese when you're at your cabin you have to look stylish eating fried spam and mac and cheese with crazy Japanese cartoons the boys are living their dreams hey Tom you going snow Machining yeah good for you I'm going to clean up a little bit and I'll come out and join you once I'm done okay all right boil up some water do some dishes [Music] let's go get the you want me to to you uhuh all right all right I think that'll be a little interesting on Cross Country Skis you want to do it yeah [Music] that looks like you almost pulled your leg apart you doing okay yes Nathan was that fun M well I've got a friend that's going to come and visit us and he just told me he's uh close to the trail head so me and Tom are to go pick him up Tom you lead the way do good how are you doing great man hey what's up m is T Maverick here does you dabble you do some YouTube videos yourself don't you yes sir yeah he's got a pretty healthy Channel he decided to come up here to Alaska and was in the neighborhood so we're going to show him the cabin all right we're going to also see if we can get the K truck started cuz I think MAV would like to drive the K truck let's see if we can get truck going come on little further a little further that's good it was having similar all right is it Del or G oh wo winter is hard on batteries it got down to -40 this winter so my guess the battery just got a little smoked M you want you want to drive the K truck don't you I would love to it was already open it was already now all right you want to drive it yes sir awesome I'm excited how do you get here little yoga practice it's it's tight all right well just take it slow so you can follow so this is where it gets a little sketchy I think I might switch with you it's a little soft in some places oh shoot oh that's bad I'm standing on an existing packed Trail but if you get one tire off the packed Trail then that happens I suddenly don't like this idea I think there's a good chance I can back it out but if I'm wrong it's going to dig a big old hole and will really be in trouble kind of overdid it and got off on the other side for someon I feel like it's not buried as bad on this one gotta climb up in this [Music] thing or maybe you don't want to walk off the trail no you're good keep going straight back straight back go a little to your to your right good oh oh yeah let's try not to hit that these little Treads have terrible traction when you're on a slope you tend to slide left and right no regrets it was a brilliant idea for the whole part beautiful work I was wondering how my K truck would do in 4T of snow now we know now we do know now we know it it kind of flounders a little bit honestly that getting out of that was way better than I thought it would be yeah yeah I was it it could have been a lot worse the problem was the snow machine Trail wasn't wide enough yeah if I had a two-lane snow machine Trail we would have been fine and I got the snow off the roof too that's good all right we're going to try Plan [Music] B wooo snuggle up buttercup here we go welcome to the cabin Welcome To Paradise we're going to put you in the shed it hasn't caught fire this year so you're good I think I can get a bed in here for you I bought a hidea bed that I want to put in there and I got to assemble it and put it together so we can get that done then you're going to have a bunk bed in here hey guys we going to introduce you why if I call you m yeah you can call me m cool can I call you Maverick yeah you can call me Maverick nice to meet you what's your name Nathan Nathan look what look at what Mr M's got o so since you're watching Japanese movies they're Boba milk tea flavored jelly beans o Boba milk is what Boba Fett was raised on and then I got some stickers it you think or too heavy yeah I think we might have tot yeah it's technically think you can all right you like those [Music] yeah oh MAV here he's uh he knows how to win the boys over he's making maofu this a little more that's made from scratch that's not box mix like I do two oh that's good part of your life don't lie about I can just you know what I can do too is I can just come brush your teeth I well I just looked at the clock and it's way past my kids bedtime so I'm going to put down the camera I'll see you guys in the morning oh got to check the sink all right I'm going to go I'm going to go uh empty the bucket a mouse came out of the bucket hey look at he he he drowned in there oh there's another one there's one two three four there's four dead mice in the bucket under the sink I was surprised we didn't have a mouse problem when we came in here turns out I left a little water in the bottom of the bucket and it was just turned into a giant mouse trap they could crawl in and they couldn't crawl out they're attracted by the smell of the food in the bottom of the Buck it there we go 700 in the morning we're just doing a quickie breakfast cuz we need to get out of here well it's time to get going but I am going to go ahead and get work started on that garage and I'll see you guys in a little bit [Music] [Music] well I needed to replace the garage that collapsed this winter but I didn't have time to do it myself so I found a place here in Alaska that makes these garages and they were willing to come in and remotely assemble it here on site and they did it while I was up in Gnome filming videos they built this whole thing in about a week nice nice workbench got some shelves I got it set up so I can drive through it but this thing isn't quite finished I need to build some sort of ramp so I can drive ATVs up into it of course I'm going to need a set of stairs and I need to build a ramp and a trail so I can drive through and around and driving muddy ATVs in and out of this will destroy the floor so I need to find some sort of flooring to protect it this will also be really nice in the winter time when it gets really cold I can throw a big propane heater in here so I won't have to cold start things I'm also pretty stoked about this snow machine and I'm going to bring the boys up this weekend and I'm going to surprise Nathan with the snow machine now him and Tommy can ride around on their snow machines so I think he's going to be pretty excited I'm really excited for him to see it he's going to go Bonkers but I got to walk back to the car and get going [Music] [Music] hey guys want to come check out the garage look at this Nathan what do what do you think of this garage yeah it's pretty nice now we do need to build a ram for to yeah this this like hvv or something yeah something here will you help me pull it off yeah sure here get the tires off here wait is that snow machine what what do you think Nathan yeah this is a nice one yeah got a good deal on it a real if you guys will help me unload and then you guys I'll fill you up with gas and you guys can go Bonkers okay yeah there we go there goes the boys my little boys are getting old old enough to go do stuff on their own that's those is yes Dad what do you think is this better than the bunk beds I think it might nice thing about those two-stroke engines you always know where your kids are I've been listening carefully to how they drive and they're just driving very slowly and calmly and I'm very proud of them for that oh they look so grown [Applause] [Music] up what do you think you like those snow machines that little thing works really well I bought a bunch of games brought them up to the cabin for the boys and I think they're a hit got Uno and Connect 4 and settlers of Katan over here just trying to dry the boxes out a little bit they got a little wet on the right over H this kind of had a oh yeah we're GNA do some top ramen and a can of SpaghettiOs I win you like your SpaghettiOs did So the plan was is we do this that me and Mommy can sleep here this is a heavy well it is way past his bedtime I'm going to go and put up this camera I will see you guys in the morning morning um yeah I okay all right there you go you guys go on snow Machining yeah awesome just stay together and drive safe do you need gloves [Laughter] oh that thing's a smoker I need eat more of my more breakfast you left I love you buddy guys oh that I love this garage but unless I get some ramps on it it's not going to be very useful so that is today's big project so you could just really go fast all right Jake who you driving with you all right how how much do you guys love just cruising around in your own snow machines oh the hut should we go drive to town and get some supplies yeah go right over here [Music] well Tommy's broke down on the trail over here he said his machine just stopped on him and won't start machine is stuck so Tommy's machine is seized up all right so uh what we did wrap some rope around the clutch and we'll see if we can turn the engine this way yeah Tom I don't think that's a good sign I think it threw a piston or something look inside that hole tell me what you see see pieces of metal right yeah that entire cylinder is just smoked all righty Tommy I'm sorry your snow machine is dead but I'm just glad his last moments were with somebody that loved him here Tom come here give me give me a hug oh this isn't going to this isn't going to fix itself today so let's go get the wood do you want to come with me like you [Music] what the L hey guys we got a couple friends visiting us we got to go pick them up at the trail head come on you guys ready yeah [Music] welcome to the cabin yeah I think we can do some spaghetti and meatballs that sound [Music] good hey you want a meatball yes there you go it's for you all right there we go property or buildings on the other you like that M oh good well I got some food in me I can hear the boys snow Machining out there with Frasier it's like almost 9:00 and the sun's still up it's about 55° today it's just been awesome I'm really pleased at how far things have come here this is it's going well Tommy Stu all right well looks like Tommy is stuck so uh we're going to go get him unstuck nope that I just ran out of gas oh help I'd be more upset about the ski breaking except that I went and bought two replacement skis for that machine already the skis were kind of cracked [Music] anyways I think it's late buddy I think it's time to put this up for yeah I think we're going to get it done toothbrushes and toothpaste here if anyone needs it it's sitting on the wood stove all right it's late guys it's like almost 11:00 we got to get these boys to bed I'll see you in the morning well good morning it's another beautiful day you guys want breakfast yes all right I'll get making some breakf put some hot chocolate mix in there hot chocolate pancakes with white chocolate chips nice yeah Dad skills all right pancakes ready oh you do you like the pancakes the best cat pancake I've ever tasted it tastes like hot chocolate all right here's the pancake a so what do you guys think of the hot chocolate pancakes amazing nailed it Hey Thomas I'm getting dressed and I'm going to go start working on the garage yeah let's go build a garage ramp like this has a piece of dirt and I'm out of box pour it dry right in there you know we're making good progress but the sunbathers are slowing us down woo not too shabby guys let's check this out I mean that's not hardly moving at all that thing's on there pretty good woo Nathan where's your snow machine I I got stuck all right let's go get your rescued oh all right yeah we go rescue Tommy I gotu just crawled in the machine it's so much easier swim to the ROP are you guys getting hungry or oh I've got grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup do you like that all right we're going to get some lunch made and take that cap like a grilled cheese good you're not can't they're diet Donuts they're tiny a little before 6 it is so nice out here we we'll be back curious if the K truck is going to start up things are starting pretty good it's nice when it's warm out when I had the K truck out and we pulled it out of the snow I noticed some pink liquid dripping out from underneath the K truck my guess it's either engine coolant or differential oil I'm really hoping it's engine coolant we have absolutely no engine coolant so we need to go get some engine coolant and you don't normally just run out of engine coolant so there's got to be a leak in the system the question is is it a horrible leak or is it a little leak we got this orange engine coolant here we're going to put that is that the engine go and just let that circulate well we'll just see how long it takes that coolant to fall out and see how that goes all right let's go get some gas before we leave let's see if the coolant falling out of the K truck oh yep coolant is completely gone I got a major leak in the coolant system if it's drained out that fast radiator probably froze over the winter and cracked not sure what I'm going to do about that save that for another video 1 2 3 all right what's that so it's stuck in the trees yeah so Nathan I hear you got your snow machine stuck yeah all right show me what you got one two 3 one more two 1 2 3 [Applause] I need you guys to pick that stuff up and take it into the garage okay oh I think we need to start packing it up all right guys we need to start cleaning it up oh there's always at least one sock hiding go well guys we better get going home it's been a lovely time here at the homestead but we've got so many projects yet to do we got to finish that garage and I've got a lot of plans for for our little shed next to the cabin we'll see you guys next video if you like that video make sure to check out the outdoor Boys YouTube channel where we have hundreds of videos just like this and if you want to see our newest Adventures make sure to click subscribe so you'll get notifications

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Views: 2,412,413

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Length: 36min 11sec (2171 seconds)

Published: Sat May 04 2024