vandwelleruk les stroud off the grid part 6

[THESLICKNESSEDM]

skidoo,horses,dog sleigh winter travel. lol now you know how mike holmes feels when the inspector shows lol

[THESLICKNESSEDM]

skidoo,horses,dog sleigh winter travel

[blackxbamboo]

the biggest issue I would have is just being so far away from other people. For such a long period of time. I mean, although I appreciate being out on your own, it could just get kind of lonely. and my family would kill each other long before anything else.

[MrMecha1]

I love the show and I love Les's TV series and I love his wife and kids but if they really wanted to do this without a footprint, they would have done everything by hand like the first settlers. Now that would have been something to watch. This is a rich man's game. It takes big, big bucks to do what they did. I still love watching the adventure though. Way to go!

[mythic89]

Stroud is a complete hypocrite he is spending enough money to but the whole damn grid , let alone live off of it. Ray Mears is king Les Stroud is a joke and this video and his project are a joke my God I mean a Helicopter for Christs sake what average person can do that ???

[schmuck79]

how can they afford a hellicopter to fly in material but not afford well digging?

[paleospear]

I like Les Stroud and Survivorman but this was a very confusing documentary, I was expecting this to be better made. What was the rush? and the lack of a clear plan? It was like throwing a bunch of sticks in the air and hoping it makes a house! They could've opted not to use the helicopter to bring in wood for building. That cost savings alone would have paid for a well drilled. Confusing!

[YamahaPhyscho]

electricity a drug addiction? imao

[keytoothed]

I think what's so irksome about this whole episode is how unnatural everything is. He could have built a wonder earth bag or cob house, in Oct. when he arrived, had it well finished before the first snow. But no. He wants to fuck around with renovating a horse barn, installing a rain catch so he can flush his shit, and ends up with a stove-heated outhouse as he continues with reconstruction. He'd rather take a class in log cabin construction, then hire helicopters for his "addition." A joke.

[freezazoid]

since they have all this money thrown into the project... why not choose a location along a river where you could build a water generator? When there's no wind and clouds cover the light a river generator would keep going.

[SniperViper1000]

@freezazoid Watch the first part.

It was too ahrd to find something like that.

[freezazoid]

@SniperViper1000 : I don't know which of the many comments of mine you're referring to. But I watched all of the parts bro. This is a television show that doesn't give a fuck about living green. The energy they wasted just on the production of the tv show alone wasted any money that would have been saved "living off the grid". I don't give a fuck about living green either, but I'm not a hypocrite about it.

[harybosco]

@freezazoid they're getting there...it's process. you're right but that's just the first year.

[freezazoid]

then he says in a sarcastic way when he's cutting down trees around his house: "bummer"

What a dick.

[freezazoid]

And to add to my comment below: R U Kidding? Helicopters flying in materials because you chose the worst spot possible to build a dream home? these guys are total hypocrites.

[freezazoid]

this doc is kinda bullshit.... He claims a racoon climbed up the tree after a piece of firewood fell on it? yeah right... they probably threw shit at it, cause it was bugging them... You can see them kick the raccoon when it interupted their precious recording session.... PLUS bringing in all the machinery to build their little dream house?... They have lots of money to do this, and I doubt they chose the most "green" way.

[projectdurden]

Sooner or later he will be growing marijuana to support his family and pay for his kids education.

[ILLESTwhiteNI66A911]

haha herb mcherbus

[linkspider]

Keep it in yer pants jonpaulmoen she is a married woman and therefor is also off the grid...

[jonpaulmoen]

A lot of people really dis his wife, but I'm jealous. He is very lucky to have her. Looks like a great mom and is very beautiful.

[RACINUTT00]

Awesome. Big City Turn Me Loose & Set Me Free !!!!

[E2F83]

Dude that's awsome, a heater in the outhouse :D All he needs now is a hot tub.

[miller4546]

i would really love to find out the total cost of everything.. i am guessing. 250,000.00..

[xsjadoskater14]

1:58 lol

[WyteRabbyt]

did you have to post this on every part?

[ScottKeith7025]

retard.

[k3yta]

hey weres the video i got to this part and the vid was no longer available

[Minipunk415]

umm well it works now :)

[bugnetkeepsbugsout]

paying off that building inspector was money well spent, a case or two of beer goes a long way in northern Ontario. ahah!

[pepsinigger]

I like that song he was playing at the start

[lightshadow22]

I wish i had a father like les, it would be amazing to fall asleep while he plays the guitar.

[nicko978]

a building inspector would approve a cardboard box if you know what to say lol

[WatugaConfederation]

Yup.

Heck, my county didn't really enforce the building codes until the very late 1980's. If anything, construction quality got worse when builders got an idea of just how much they could get away with (McMansions were also getting popular at that time too, so that didn't help things).

And, like Demmy notes, you tend to do a good job build

[nicko978]

1:54.. roflmao. I'd want that one edited if that was me :D

[Khobraz]

hes a great family man, and survivor.

[demmylowther]

Wait a minute,he doesn't make a good chunk of change off of survivorman that he couldn't afford $10,000 to dig a well ? I would think he does pretty well off his show among other things he does for revenue. On another note ,screw that township inspector. They don't that much about what there doing. Trust me,I.m an HVAC contractor and some of the things I've seen pass is ridiculous.Fuckem,I put an addition on my home without permits.Like I'm gonna do a crappy job on my own house. I over kill!

[drcloak]

Didn't survivorman come after this film? You may have the chronology backwards.

[demmylowther]

Good question.I assumed Surv. man came first. That's how he got his notoriety.I really don't know ? I do know I really enjoy his show and hate to see that it was his last season.A real bummer! Thanx 4 ur response !

[natescomedy]

He did survivorman before and while he did this. If you watch at 2:55 and he is with that dude. I believe he ask where the scariest sounds are and Les says in the jungle.

[Saxyman14]

Chances are he had been there before survivorman.

[jonpaulmoen]

Then why is he wearing a "Survivorman" sweatshirt?

[PleiadesSeven]

Wow. An actual "sane" lol wilderness man who realizes you have to keep the kids and wife comfy, what a novel idea! Let's hope more people see this.

[SuperWarriorMullet]

I wish I could meet a girl like Les's wife. Les is a good parent.

[NoJusticeInThisWorld]

He needed a building inspector??? How can it be off the grid if he is subject to grid laws. What a cunt.

[twincann0n]

Where the fuck do you want him to build a house? Sealand? GTFO.

[NoJusticeInThisWorld]

uh huh

[Iamseanisme]

Dude, just cause you get property in BFE, does not mean you should be allowed to build whatever you want without regulation. If you feel otherwise, I hope your the first dude fire jumping to fight the fire when a crap built, non inspected property catches the forest on fire.

[SteelyDMan]

Nice job. The lessons his kids are learning from it all are invaluable.

I guess Les really lives this stuff and doesn't just make tv shows about it...

[nprdizz]

i love the wife .. he could ask her to move to a volcano and she'd love it..

nice find les :)

[thebigsellout]

I wonder if Thoreau had a building inspector?

[frozantis]

awesome.