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I once asked a guy how his day was going. He looked tired and was moving slow and I expected a response that reflected his demeanor. Instead I got a positive response that I was not expecting. Without delay, he stated, "Nothing broke". It was comical to me but rang true that out here, things break and its just part of your day. A good day is when nothing breaks that you have to fix or pay to fix.
Homestead Maintenance is something you have to stay on top of. Even a good homeowner living in the suburbs have to stay up on home repairs and the honey-do list. This is magnified on a homestead because you have numerous outbuildings, additional vehicles like tractors and equipment and even animals that will require your maintenance.
This video example is a simple one and it was easy to fix but my 10 year old didn't know what to do so I had to help. It's just another day on the homestead!
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Heh, for me a good day is when I successfully have fed everyone three meals without any of them being late or comprised of bad-for-us food. That does end up most days, but I often gauge my days based on how well I fulfilled this obligation.
Days in which things did not break are a bonus.
Days in which projects that have been needing to get done finally get done are a double bonus.
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Yeah, you take the little victories when you can get them.
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Shared for others to see and understand it is just how life is on the homestead!
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Absolutely if you arent mechanically inclined an self sufficient in maintenance homestead doesnt seem like a possibility.
But I am kinda surprised by the Che shirt.
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Most people are surprised by the Che shirt....until you look closely. :)
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Wasp dobbers don't care whether things are under cover or not. Any hole will do. We have found them in electrical outlets. Maintenance and repairs to equipment on the homestead are your bread and butter. On our homestead, everyone does repairs or learns how to. That means males and females. That means girls fix machinery and the guys learn to cook!
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Yep! My wife has her OWN set of tools.
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And don't touch them! They're mine!
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Speaking of maintaining things, how's the track loader coming? Nice video BTW.
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update hopefully coming soon! Stay tuned!
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LOL solar powered post! The future is now!
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When I was your sons age I would be on the mower and would always find those great ozark rocks. I would bend a blade or they'd both fall off. Eventually they quit asking me to mow because i always broke it! my chores turned into follow that mower and pick up the rocks! Thanks for using the vimeo as well, dtube just doesnt work sometimes. Hope you have another wonderful day on the homestead and nothing else breaks!
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hehehe Good Idea, maintenance with big beard and healthy man!
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Yes it is a good day when nothing breaks. Most of the time the list is too long and I don`t want to add another thing to it.
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Just when you think you'll have a hugely productive day on the homestead....something breaks. Totally agree that it's 50% of your time doing maintenance.
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Great job finding a workaround for that darn YT fiasco! Steem On Brother!
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Yes, it's a great day when nothing breaks. That was a great video, thanks for sharing your life with us.
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goood,,
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Very good videos... I wait next videos :)
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I'm not a "hands on sort of guy" BUT I'm very grateful I'm a "hands on sort of gal".
Got licences to operate
25 ton gantry cranes with remote.
50 ton dump trucks.
D9 bulldozers.
Forklifts up to 10 ton.
and loaders - 988 cat. loader.
Not only can I operate but service all of them.
A lot of the large mining companies here in Australia prefer female operators because they've found that they have more respect for the machinery
and so their down time on maintenance is less.
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Can you come do some work for me??? LOL
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I swear mud dobbers have made nests in every electronic opening on my farm. I just had to clean out the parallel ports on my generator for the same reason.
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All Right Zac good going. I know the feeling . I havea shop warmed by a rocket stove and do a lot of wood working and fixin. The only way to go unless you are multi rich person. Always fixin.
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Maybe it would be a good idea to leave the key in the ignition. We had the same issue. Thanks for the videos, keep them coming.
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Thanks for posting on vimeo as well, dtube sometimes works for me but today was not one of those days!
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once I get land I'm going to do my level best not to use machinery that way nothing will break down but then I might crack up from time to time :D thanks for sharing
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interesting !!!!!
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And the bad one... What ever you touch goes fucked up ;) Great video !
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It's a good day when nothing breaks
Truckers can SO relate to that.
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Hi @mericanhomestead Great video. sharing and following for sure. Awesome to meet another Steemit-er in Discord with Dalin. YAY. That's one sure way for us to create abundance outside of the house of cards. :) Cheers LINDA
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I'm glad you pointed this out! Seems like a lot of people follow homesteaders and dream about how nice it is but dont pay attention to the actual work that needs to be put into it or wether that is something they want to do for the rest of their life homesteading. I've enjoyed your videos over at youtube and look forward to more. I've enjoyed watching your move from st.louis to the ozarks and hopefully soon I will be putting out some of our experiences of moving from the city to the hills which has already been a 2 year long journey so far. Shalom!
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