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Thanks Gord! This is so helpful. Thanks a lot!

Thanks, without your help I wouldn't have completed project correctly. I am not Canadian, but liked your hockey stick thought...Instead of cutting an additional hole on top of the barrel, I fed the inner part of the spigot through one of the existing two already available holes . I did this by using a wrapped wire piece tied to spigot, fed it down and grabbed the piece securely while then cutting the wire.( later pulling out the wire) I was able to screw on the outer piece of spigot ..works great! Also, gloves a must for safety in cutting the downspout!

I don't water my fruit trees or vegetable garden because the rain from the tar shingle roof absorbs toxic chemicals. Instead, I use the water from my rain barrel for my lawn.

great video thanks for there tips. Just curious does the hockey stick have to be a synergy or is a warrior stick okay too

Excellent!

Zebra mussels I take it? Things have been in the Great Lakes for years now and they’re slowly spreading to every lake in the country. Where I’m from South Dakota and Minnesota it’s been a losing battle for a long time and we have pull the plug type legislation. You can’t check everyone and it only takes one oblivious person or that occasional wacko that does it intentionally because it’s their way of thumbing their nose at what they consider government overreach or whatever. It might be a good idea to remind the anglers they’ll have the most to lose as these things spread. Shame they’re inedible, if they were you could just import a bunch of Belgians and solve it that way.

For simpler lid cutout with less special tools, drill a hole in the top big enough to accommodate jigsaw blade. Then drop the jigsaw into the hole and cut out the bigger hole. Bulkhead- you can fish it like a wire. Tie something a bit heavy and drop the string down. Pull it through the hole from the outside with your fingers. Now at the top, put the bulkhead and gasket on the string and drop in. Now pull on the string to pull the bulkhead through the hole.

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It's amazing to see how much more pressure this waterway is under from climate change than it was just 5 years ago when this was made.

you are the best teacher Thanks

You are an excellent teacher! Thank you for this wonderful lesson and inspiration!!

I always thought that , if geared right and a Turbo charge V8 engine or maybe even a v12 with those paddle wheels going like crazy, that thing could top 70 knots 🎉

Consider helping with rain barrel ideas for those of us with no downspouts...just scuppers at base of parapet-style flat-roofed house. Ugh!

Thank you Okanagsn . It is very important to built that. The water is getting to be very expensive.

I wish the weed Wacker wouldn't start until after 9 am. I have kidneystones and the vibration every morning is killing me. I live on Wood's Lake.

if you're going to post from June and you're in November, how about an update???!!!

Lake Okanagan is part of the Columbia Basin. With invasive mussels detected in Idaho it means the outer perimeter is breached. A moratorium on boats coming into the freshwater systems of British Columbia is a sensible and rational response.

10 years after this video was posted I found this and I'm thrilled that you explained the fittings thoroughly as you went. PDF for future reference was a lovely touch, thank you for providing this.

A whiskey barrel would be better, filled even better. As far as counting to three,I dont plan to be sober that long

Great instructional video. Thanks

Just to let you know if you run hloe saw in reverse won't jerk as much while putting holes in barrel

I just got mine set up and after one rain it was full. Thanks for sharing!!!

rain harvesting isn't worth it unless you have large catchment 55 gallon is dumb

Thank you for the step by step I’m going to tackle this week thank you 🙏

very impressive bru.Thanks.

Excellent! Very clear precise instruction.

Very nice video, thank you. I have bought a couple of food type 55 gallon plastic drums with sealed tops. I like to just dip the watering can into the drum to fill it. This system seemed pretty slick, still I didn't want to give up on filling a watering can directly from the barrel. Is there anything wrong with cutting the top off and dealing with the inlet some other way? I was thinking about a screen top that could be removed for filling watering cans.

Warning: Do NOT let the local on up pols and crats get wind of your rain capture system or garden.

That hockey stick trick was very clever! I have the barrel with the solid non-removable lid so that was a very useful tip, thank you!

Very thorough. I'll re-comment if I actually do this project.

+100 for using a hockey stick!

You are easy to watch. Good video!!

The building is surrounded by trees that continuously drop leaves flowers and fruits.

have you ever used a 6" hole saw for the water inlet from the gutter?

Thanks for the video, I live in California and I need to implement this for my lawn and plants I'm planning on doing 6 barrels. I hope that the local government will not take 1/2 of this water like the they do with solar panels and charges for taking our rain water. Lol

Your demo is the best I’ve ever seen, in fact Emmy quality. Thanks JellyRoll

This is a terrible way

God bless y'al.

What a nice video! So helpful! I'm working on one in the Catskills! I particular like the idea of running the overflow to the garden with drip holes. I'm going to thumbs up and subscribe to support your channel.

Rainwater is just water right? Less nutrients than underground water

Thank you

When you drill with a hole saw, run the hole saw backwards after the pilot drill goes through. After running the hole saw backwards and creating drill marks, you can change it to forward direction if you choose. This prevents the hole saw from biting into the plastic and torquing your wrist.

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Good tip. Though I'm not Canadian and don't have a hockey stick so I won't be able to do this. Thanks anyway! :-P

In the summer you have to fill it up with the garden hose, no rain for 7 weeks, I know, I lived there.

Well done!!

Can you apply fluridone to kill milfoil?

I don’t have gutters so how would I be able to do this?