great video, i keep picking up more and more uses of just the ash from your fire from different videos of yours, what about doing one just on the positive uses of ashes/char?
I would give underwear first priority, then wash the rest outerwear and socks. Probably not a big deal but being prone to bladder infections I don't take chances especially not in the wilderness.
I think you should get another bucket and make some wood plates or planks to put stuff on to geet it off the ground, like your clothes for example in the video.
Dave, You might want to check out a Gamma Seal for your 5 gallon bucket. Great seal, easy on an easy off. I don't have any stake in the company, I am just a satisfied user. I use them for long term food storage and I carry a bug out bucket that will be for one thing, a portable latrine! Merry Christmas!
Hey Dave, I just started watching your vids. I got into it after I saw the first season of "Dule Survival" on netflix. I am just getting out of the military in about 60 days and I am moving back to Texas. Do you host any pathfinder classes in the Houston or San Antonio area?
as far as drying the clothes, if it is a substantial amount colder than freezing hanging the wet clothes outside until frozen stiff can drive much of the water out, then you would dry them by the fire.
@ducedogs Not quite that simple. You have to go through a chemical soaponification process that creates a chemical change & combination of the lye & oils. It's got to heat up with the chemical process & be left to do it's thing for a few hours. Until then putting fat in the mix, you'd just have ashes & fat.
if you put some golf ball sized smooth stones in the bucket, the clothes usually come out cleaner. learned that from my great great grandfather's journal.
Ashes clean from the potassium hydroxide (potash or lye), but if you think about it, pee has ammonia in it which is probably a better cleaner. The Greeks (or Romans?) used to whiten their teeth with urine. They would joke that if you saw someone who had really white teeth, you knew they gargled piss.
If you wash your cloths like dave.... youuu might be a redneck :P Kidding aside, I never would've thought to do that, Gonna have to tell some of the guys that little trick. And of course, give credit where credit is due "learned it from Dave"
@Tancrad Wolfs here are very territorial, If u pee a circle around your camp, the wolves will pee over your mark, and it takes a long time,to repeat marking my territory,before they stop marking over them. I guess they then "give me my living quarters",when it happens.
@GeezerDust You can make primitive but working soap by boiling a mixture of water ond birch coal/dust, and then pour it thru bandana etc, to get the visible chunks out of it. (this liquid also can be used for making good amadou for firestarting). You can mix the liquid to melted hard animal fat,in accurate measures though,and theres a simple soap. Also goat milk and beeswax can be used,plus seeds and herbs. Alone, the boiled birch ash & water mixture is Ash Lye,and NOT so harmless.
@GeezerDust The ash lye is bad stuff,alone, but mixed with animal fat it turns safe and neuralises. You can also add a bit of veggie oil into soap to make it more skin friendly. Anyways, the ash lye can be used for skin prepping and colouring,and in various ways,but as it is after boiling and filtering,it s way too strong for human skin cleaning,and you have to mix it in proper amount of fat to make it safe.
Washing suggestion. A few small rocks/wood lumps in the bucket to help bash the stink outa your clothes. I think Victorian in the UK 19th early 20th century did something similar.
A simple suggestion Dave. Seeing as you already have many luxury items in the yurt and the buckets are stackable, would it have hurt to have 2 buckets? 1 for pee and 1 for other tasks? LOL
a good tip i learned in Alaska with laundry washing in a bucket using that shaking technique. take a few polished rocks from the creek and throw them into the bucket with your laundry! it will help beat the dirt out!
when my family fist moved to California in the late 60s my grandmother did not have a washing machine. My sister and I helped her wash in a tub with wash boards and a ringer. That was a lot of work for little girls. Can't hardly find a wash board anymore except at a craft store. :)
I'm getting tired of reading these ass water and shit in the bucket comments from some of these morons. I bet some of you have drank ass water before! And besides...it's good for you, it tempers your immune system, nothing like drinking a little ass water downstream. Just like my pappy used to say, it's in the way that you use it and don't you ever abuse it....
I was watching "Desperate crossing" (about the pilgrims first crossing in the 1600's), and about their first winter at Plymouth. I would guess they had to do something like this because there was no such thing as a washing machine or TIDE. Life was a hardship back then. Had to build their own houses, Hunt and grow their food, sometimes fight-off unfriendly Indians, chop firewood. YUP life was tough back then, everything was done by manual labor. How many of us could make it today? Thanks Dave.
i keep two sets of clothing items. i was going to setup my canvas tent and spend some time in it this coming week but all the snow is melting off and everything is swamp like. no call for snow or freezing temps for a few days at least. i dont have a way yet to clean and dry properly the tent in winter so want to only use in snow when its actually frozen. ahhhh global climate change.
Doggonnit Dave! I had to watch all 6 of your journals. Now I have to get up in 6 hrs. to go keep my business hopping. LOL Hey thanks buddy for the great, informative videos here. Love the journals. You really take us there. You're a great teacher and an great friend. God bless you and all them that you love my brother. You are a tremendous blessing to us all. Jim from Ohio, out.....zzzzzzzzzzzzz
Will i would have never thought of using wood ashes to wash clothes with. but then i think about it my grand mom used ashes to make soap with, Lye soap. hated that stuff make ya Itch LOL.but it great for clothing
Hey frooshmeister, good tip, about the hand drill. I had an old pltn sgt that tought a few of us privates that trick (seems like a million years ago), but I had forgetten it. thanks.
You may have already seen this and/or tried it but if not i wanted to throw it out to you and your viewers. If you cut a notch at the top of your hand drill and then lay a short piece of paracord (8-12 inches) with a loop on each end into the notch, you can then slip each thumb into a loop and the idea is that this will not only prevent blisters because your hands won't slip downward constantly, but also that it's easier to apply consistent downward pressure. Hope that helps, thanks again fo
Great series Dave! Cold-winter camping is an invaluable skill that more people should take the time to learn. I'm starting the Pathfinder system, have to write to the Director of the nearby state park for permission to practice so hopefully they will allow it. I'll find a way to get it done, a friend of mine has some land i could use for anything a state park won't let me do.
By the way, this isn't yurt-related but i wanted to tell you about a trick I found for the hand-drill fire technique. Yo
Hey Dave. Since you use your washing bucket as a latrine at night anyway, have you considered soaking or rinsing clothes in urine prior to washing them with the ashes? I know it may seem a bit disgusting to some, but I know it was a common practice in centuries past. I believe the process was known as "bucking" and was used to remove oils and grease from garments. Just wondering if you've done it/considered it. Might not even be necessary, as Im sure the ashes do a good enough job.
Dave I watched a living history show over here in the uk and they used fermented pee to wash clothes with. Get another bucket and stock up and you could get those socks white again ;-).
Always love your videos. I have kept track of you since I watched Dual Survival. Although I follow both you and Cody, I find that I relate to your style of survival more because of my military and good ole country boy upbringing. I was wondering if you had any techniques for preserving meats while on the trail? Thanks, and keep up the great work.
Dave, my philipina wife says that she could teach you a thing or two about washing in a stream, her biggest concern was "look his socks are never going to be white again!" I think your way was just fine, who cares about white socks!? Thanks for the post.
Dave, i think you're loosing heat through the stove-pipe. The mongols used their yurts in much, much colder enviroment and weren't so cold while inside, i'm sure.
Dave, That was a real good workout for the upper body doing the agitating part of washing your clothes. Not only a good workout but I bet it warmed you up too. Great video.
I like that Dave is using only ash - I've been camping and hiking, and seen city-type wanna-be "mountain men" washing themselves or their gear in good cold streams with soap. Way to poison the fish downstream, losers.
Thats reality man ..Its not only sharpening you knives and splitting wood ..If you have to live in the wild alone you got to do everything on your own..Nice washing machine L:)
dave u make self reliance look easy bud , the way i look at it is people were living pretty well before washing machines or cable tv or cell phones and im betting if everything went south one day most americans would adapt again and go on living quite well and probably live longer without junk food ,fast food and stressfull jobs that buy us all the stuff we think we need to have i really enjoy your videos so keep em coming
You can use the urine in your "piss jug" as detergent to do your laundry with, the ancient Romans used to wash their clothes using human and animal urine. Human urine contains about 2g/L of Chloride rinse it well though!
@zoodoosnear it's cold outside. i've lived for extended periods in tents and the last thing one wants to do when the wake up at 4am with a full bladder is get out of a warm sleeping bag and stumble into the cold darkness to P. the cold will wake u up and then u have to find something to do in the dark for 2 or 3 hours.
With all the bushcraft retread videos on starting fires and everything we've all seen 100 times... where else are you going to find a seven minute video of a guy washing his nightwear in a creek? And I watched the whole thing. I'm curious if that method is any more effective compared to just rinsing them out in the creek?
Dave i've heard that you can smoke the socks and kill bacteria too? Thanks for the Vids the Yurt ones are nice SO where the LongHunter ones thumbs up for your hard work .
@Barnekkid Always thought it made soap the oils/grease, wiki says:
"(Sodium carbonate) is used as a water softener during laundry. It competes with the ions magnesium and calcium in hard water and prevents them from bonding with the detergent being used. Without using washing soda, additional detergent is needed to soak up the magnesium and calcium ions. Called washing soda, soda crystals, or sal soda in the detergent section of stores, it effectively removes oil, grease, and alcohol stains"
I have had so much fun watching this series, but by the smile on your face, not as much fun as you are having making them. I really appreciate the knowledge that you share as I am learning so much and trying it out with my two young sons.
maybe a couple fist size stones in the bucket make the "hillbilly washing machine" just a little more efficient when using the quick wash cycle. Thanks for the vid Dave
Dave, thanks for another great video. Question though, how often would you wash your wool longjohns if you only have one pair? Daily? Every other day?
OH !? ... I finally GET why Cody WILL-NOT drink from un-familiar water sources ... Like me, he has NO desire to drink Dave's ASS-water ... (wince-shudder-urp) !!
PLEASE do more content like this, Dave. It'd be amazing if more people watched this and did this themselves and got their family and friends into it. It would certainly make them appreciate the world around them more and how 'simple living' can be fun and rewarding.
Awesome video man, you're doing awesome out there! Makes me even more anxious to get out in the bush as soon as I have time off, thanks for sharing this!
@JoannaMaGrath Thanks VERY much for the Sidewinder update ...
I currently have TWO SteriPen classics and a ton of extra Lithium and Rechrgble batts, ... a solar panal (Goal Zero Guide 10 Adventure Kit) and all sorts of very heavy tronics-related gear ...
... Getting TWO sidewinders sounds like a fairly sustainable system, in conjunction with pre-filters and a K-dyne.
For those still asking, The Ahses make LYE, Lye is a primary ingredient in many soaps (the simplest being some form of Fat, and Lye). The LYE is what does much of the cleaning and is considered a strong BASE, pure Lye Can BURN your skin and is a component of stable dynamite. Lye can have a lot of uses, and ashes from a fire are a good source. Be careful however because the Lye from fire-pit ash CAN damage things, and even burn your skin if left to concentrate long enough. :)
Great video! Thanks. For all those looking for great boots, try Vibergs. All forestry people wear them up here in BC. Tuff, waterproof and comfortable.
Thank you, Brother, for the video's. The ash idea is a winner. I saw few days back about using the white ash from your fire as a leavening agent for making bread...this I HAVE to try soon. Thank you, again, Brother.
Are there any other plants that you could use as soap in your region? If I'm not mistaken, soap can be made from Yucca, which is fairly abundant down here in Texas, but probably not so much up there. What could you substitute?
on a scale from 1 to 10 (1 being an open fire, and 10 being a cast iron stove) how would you rate the Snow Trekker Stove, also i don't remember if you said what size it was.
@RYDERkN Think Dave said it is a medium Snowtrekker. Definitely a bit small for the size of the Yurt as compared to the size the SnowTrekker tents I've seen so may not last overnight. Dave would benefit from a Four Dog Stove from Don Kevilus in Minnesota and designed for the larger canvas tents. Uses a baffle system that increases efficiency and really pumps out the heat over long period of time. Great to cook on. There is also a larger model available to ensure an all night burn.
By the way Dave it I would love to see more in depth video on axe selection. As in what makes one American hickory handle better from another and what the differences between the axe head styles.
Dave...again...I will personally go to Lowe's, purchase you a second bucket and ship it to you...
s1l3nze 1 week ago
great video, i keep picking up more and more uses of just the ash from your fire from different videos of yours, what about doing one just on the positive uses of ashes/char?
bloodyspoon11 1 week ago in playlist Journals of the Yurt
lol 18,000 views of Dave doing his laundry
UneedADictionary 2 weeks ago
Doesn't ash and water make a caustic solution? Won't it eat up your clothes over time?
jimgam730 2 weeks ago
isn't this a woman's job?
Trippedup11 1 month ago
@Trippedup11 If you think a woman is going to do this, you gotta another thing coming.
survivealist 2 weeks ago
You should do a commercial for Cheer!!!!
MrBiohak 1 month ago
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MrBiohak 1 month ago
Is this the guy from Dual Survival?!? The white beard threw me off so much, it makes him look so much older.
Megaduck72 1 month ago 4
Do you do any trapping?
Caleb1995trapman 1 month ago
uirinal of the shirt
backhandmonkman21 1 month ago
@backhandmonkman21 lmfao.
PistonHonda319 1 month ago
I didn't want to read through 300 comments....Why ash water?
boscodaddaddy 1 month ago
@boscodaddaddy The ash in the water acts like a scrubber kinda.
DubstepTH 1 month ago
@boscodaddaddy The ash works as an abrasive as well as being char/charcoal (which should filter out some of the body smells in the clothes).
blindwit 1 month ago
Of all I've seen of camping, outdoors man shows, survivalist or such, I have never got to see this side of it.
packleader1215 1 month ago
I would give underwear first priority, then wash the rest outerwear and socks. Probably not a big deal but being prone to bladder infections I don't take chances especially not in the wilderness.
charcoaljohnson 2 months ago
I think you should get another bucket and make some wood plates or planks to put stuff on to geet it off the ground, like your clothes for example in the video.
flamedrag18 2 months ago
Dave, You might want to check out a Gamma Seal for your 5 gallon bucket. Great seal, easy on an easy off. I don't have any stake in the company, I am just a satisfied user. I use them for long term food storage and I carry a bug out bucket that will be for one thing, a portable latrine! Merry Christmas!
TopsBlades 2 months ago
its good to know i can just pee in my drinking glass so i can stay sitting at my computer alittle longer lol jk
Sociopath33 2 months ago 4
I bought a knife from blind horse and its your fault. Thanks for the recommendation I can't wait to get it
MrRampro 2 months ago
doin the laundry, survivalist style, warning down and dirty, this is not for sissies
nephildevil 2 months ago
Hey Dave, I just started watching your vids. I got into it after I saw the first season of "Dule Survival" on netflix. I am just getting out of the military in about 60 days and I am moving back to Texas. Do you host any pathfinder classes in the Houston or San Antonio area?
alesdm20 2 months ago
as far as drying the clothes, if it is a substantial amount colder than freezing hanging the wet clothes outside until frozen stiff can drive much of the water out, then you would dry them by the fire.
Ready2Run1 2 months ago in playlist More videos from wildernessoutfitters
add a little tallow or lard to that wood ash water (lye water) and you have soap
ducedogs 2 months ago
@ducedogs Not quite that simple. You have to go through a chemical soaponification process that creates a chemical change & combination of the lye & oils. It's got to heat up with the chemical process & be left to do it's thing for a few hours. Until then putting fat in the mix, you'd just have ashes & fat.
tblbaby 2 months ago
You might want to do your socks last :) At least if they are smelly as hell :D
darmader 2 months ago in playlist Journals of the Yurt
Hillbilly washing machine? Would it not be more proper to say "Apalacian American" washing machine? LOL!
MrOutdoorMatt 2 months ago in playlist Journals of the Yurt
Pebbles and ash will do the trick!!!
princejeff37 2 months ago
if you put some golf ball sized smooth stones in the bucket, the clothes usually come out cleaner. learned that from my great great grandfather's journal.
waked278 2 months ago
Ashes clean from the potassium hydroxide (potash or lye), but if you think about it, pee has ammonia in it which is probably a better cleaner. The Greeks (or Romans?) used to whiten their teeth with urine. They would joke that if you saw someone who had really white teeth, you knew they gargled piss.
DrD0000M 2 months ago
If you wash your cloths like dave.... youuu might be a redneck :P Kidding aside, I never would've thought to do that, Gonna have to tell some of the guys that little trick. And of course, give credit where credit is due "learned it from Dave"
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Clean clothes = warmer clothes. My question is, does that apply regarding personal hygene? Or is it strictly to keep your skin health?
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@wildernessoutfitters can you explain the ash water a bit to us not so technical folks in the pathfinder system.
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i would pee out the front door. might help ward against animals, territorial thing (maybe not, but thinking it would make me feel more safe.
Tancrad 2 months ago
@Tancrad Wolfs here are very territorial, If u pee a circle around your camp, the wolves will pee over your mark, and it takes a long time,to repeat marking my territory,before they stop marking over them. I guess they then "give me my living quarters",when it happens.
Perkele1976 2 months ago
Real cool Dave I was told if you throw a bunch of pebbles in the container it works even better ...dont know why tho.
brutallindigo 2 months ago
Hey guys, quit obsessing over the pee bucket.(lol)
Never would have thought you could wash clothes
in wood ashes. Do you have any videos on how to make
your own soap, and does it envolve using ashes?
GeezerDust 2 months ago
@GeezerDust You can make primitive but working soap by boiling a mixture of water ond birch coal/dust, and then pour it thru bandana etc, to get the visible chunks out of it. (this liquid also can be used for making good amadou for firestarting). You can mix the liquid to melted hard animal fat,in accurate measures though,and theres a simple soap. Also goat milk and beeswax can be used,plus seeds and herbs. Alone, the boiled birch ash & water mixture is Ash Lye,and NOT so harmless.
Perkele1976 2 months ago
@GeezerDust The ash lye is bad stuff,alone, but mixed with animal fat it turns safe and neuralises. You can also add a bit of veggie oil into soap to make it more skin friendly. Anyways, the ash lye can be used for skin prepping and colouring,and in various ways,but as it is after boiling and filtering,it s way too strong for human skin cleaning,and you have to mix it in proper amount of fat to make it safe.
Perkele1976 2 months ago
@Perkele1976 Thanks for the responses. Good info.
GeezerDust 2 months ago
Hey Dave, if you suck on those socks they will dry faster ;)
tysy73 2 months ago
Does the ash have to be hardwood to make lye and wash the clothes in that or can it be any ash from any wood?
mondays89 2 months ago
Washing suggestion. A few small rocks/wood lumps in the bucket to help bash the stink outa your clothes. I think Victorian in the UK 19th early 20th century did something similar.
bikenutter1 2 months ago
A simple suggestion Dave. Seeing as you already have many luxury items in the yurt and the buckets are stackable, would it have hurt to have 2 buckets? 1 for pee and 1 for other tasks? LOL
bikenutter1 2 months ago
I like to air dry my wool socks turned inside out, since the fluffy part on the inside of the sock can get more air.
jcox0503 2 months ago
Hey Dave you need a Washboard bro.
chillymywilly 2 months ago
"Not perfect by any means" But hey. It is cleaner. And can you beleive it, women (and some men perhaps) have done it this way for thousands of years.
This kind of work make me appreciate the washing machine a lot more.
Thanks for the vid.
BoIwar 2 months ago
"Not perfect by any means" As far as i'm concerned, that is perfection at it's best..... Thanks for another great learning session brother!!!!!!
BEARPAWTIMBER 2 months ago
3rd use of baking soda...scent elemination for hunting
SCSurvivalist 2 months ago
does it smell smokie after woods?
Tskimmo 2 months ago
a good tip i learned in Alaska with laundry washing in a bucket using that shaking technique. take a few polished rocks from the creek and throw them into the bucket with your laundry! it will help beat the dirt out!
Killahofosho 2 months ago
when my family fist moved to California in the late 60s my grandmother did not have a washing machine. My sister and I helped her wash in a tub with wash boards and a ringer. That was a lot of work for little girls. Can't hardly find a wash board anymore except at a craft store. :)
shampoovta 2 months ago
Since you made mention of WP boots, what kinda kicks are you wearing in this video?
Thanks for all you do!
Patriot36 2 months ago
Can you show us how to make lye soap from wood ashes? I read an article in the Backwoodsmen Magazine about the topic, but I to see your take.
hial22 2 months ago in playlist Journals of the Yurt
so how does the ash clean the clothes?
nm5252 2 months ago
I'm getting tired of reading these ass water and shit in the bucket comments from some of these morons. I bet some of you have drank ass water before! And besides...it's good for you, it tempers your immune system, nothing like drinking a little ass water downstream. Just like my pappy used to say, it's in the way that you use it and don't you ever abuse it....
JesterMudfly 2 months ago
One more reason why a water source is crucial.
envirosponsible 2 months ago
I was watching "Desperate crossing" (about the pilgrims first crossing in the 1600's), and about their first winter at Plymouth. I would guess they had to do something like this because there was no such thing as a washing machine or TIDE. Life was a hardship back then. Had to build their own houses, Hunt and grow their food, sometimes fight-off unfriendly Indians, chop firewood. YUP life was tough back then, everything was done by manual labor. How many of us could make it today? Thanks Dave.
Hutzjohn 2 months ago
i keep two sets of clothing items. i was going to setup my canvas tent and spend some time in it this coming week but all the snow is melting off and everything is swamp like. no call for snow or freezing temps for a few days at least. i dont have a way yet to clean and dry properly the tent in winter so want to only use in snow when its actually frozen. ahhhh global climate change.
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Doggonnit Dave! I had to watch all 6 of your journals. Now I have to get up in 6 hrs. to go keep my business hopping. LOL Hey thanks buddy for the great, informative videos here. Love the journals. You really take us there. You're a great teacher and an great friend. God bless you and all them that you love my brother. You are a tremendous blessing to us all. Jim from Ohio, out.....zzzzzzzzzzzzz
FacetsOfTruth 2 months ago
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FacetsOfTruth 2 months ago
dude u rock! i want to apply gold mining and survival ! :)
pfunkstrunk 2 months ago
Come on Dave, be honest....How many times have you slipped into that creek? lol
Love this series brother! Keep um comming
lawfin60 2 months ago
Will i would have never thought of using wood ashes to wash clothes with. but then i think about it my grand mom used ashes to make soap with, Lye soap. hated that stuff make ya Itch LOL.but it great for clothing
mogges1 2 months ago
Incase some of you cant read lips. HE SAID HE IS NOT "POOPING IN THE BUKCET"!!!! SO STOP ASKING
mogges1 2 months ago
Hey frooshmeister, good tip, about the hand drill. I had an old pltn sgt that tought a few of us privates that trick (seems like a million years ago), but I had forgetten it. thanks.
medsam37 2 months ago in playlist Journals of the Yurt
Love the J.O.Y. series!
FightSocialism 2 months ago
You may have already seen this and/or tried it but if not i wanted to throw it out to you and your viewers. If you cut a notch at the top of your hand drill and then lay a short piece of paracord (8-12 inches) with a loop on each end into the notch, you can then slip each thumb into a loop and the idea is that this will not only prevent blisters because your hands won't slip downward constantly, but also that it's easier to apply consistent downward pressure. Hope that helps, thanks again fo
Frooshmeister 2 months ago
Great series Dave! Cold-winter camping is an invaluable skill that more people should take the time to learn. I'm starting the Pathfinder system, have to write to the Director of the nearby state park for permission to practice so hopefully they will allow it. I'll find a way to get it done, a friend of mine has some land i could use for anything a state park won't let me do.
By the way, this isn't yurt-related but i wanted to tell you about a trick I found for the hand-drill fire technique. Yo
Frooshmeister 2 months ago
You've convinced me, I'm going to start peeing in a bucket...
01jkgoet 2 months ago
hillbilly washing machine, love it! lol
ANXIETOR 2 months ago
Hey Dave. Since you use your washing bucket as a latrine at night anyway, have you considered soaking or rinsing clothes in urine prior to washing them with the ashes? I know it may seem a bit disgusting to some, but I know it was a common practice in centuries past. I believe the process was known as "bucking" and was used to remove oils and grease from garments. Just wondering if you've done it/considered it. Might not even be necessary, as Im sure the ashes do a good enough job.
EncourageABull 2 months ago
When I watched this video there were 305 likes with 302 views.
A1rcherybowhunter1 2 months ago
Dave I watched a living history show over here in the uk and they used fermented pee to wash clothes with. Get another bucket and stock up and you could get those socks white again ;-).
Great Channel man keep living the dream
gumms1978 2 months ago
Always love your videos. I have kept track of you since I watched Dual Survival. Although I follow both you and Cody, I find that I relate to your style of survival more because of my military and good ole country boy upbringing. I was wondering if you had any techniques for preserving meats while on the trail? Thanks, and keep up the great work.
CrowRadioProductions 2 months ago
Dave, my philipina wife says that she could teach you a thing or two about washing in a stream, her biggest concern was "look his socks are never going to be white again!" I think your way was just fine, who cares about white socks!? Thanks for the post.
flyod26 2 months ago
Dave, i think you're loosing heat through the stove-pipe. The mongols used their yurts in much, much colder enviroment and weren't so cold while inside, i'm sure.
kaziklu79 2 months ago
only 48 and already graybeard ?
mikr0bas 2 months ago
Why do you use ash? Thanks, Frank Albergo
FrankAlbergo 2 months ago
drying those clothes probably helped alot with bringing up the humidity in that yurt!
boomer00000 2 months ago
Dave, That was a real good workout for the upper body doing the agitating part of washing your clothes. Not only a good workout but I bet it warmed you up too. Great video.
nj4x4fever2 2 months ago
always true to the land, love it.
telopyros 2 months ago
are those smart wool dave? if you dont mind me asking.. what brand are those wools? Ive been trying to find a good set...
arthurlafave 2 months ago
I like that Dave is using only ash - I've been camping and hiking, and seen city-type wanna-be "mountain men" washing themselves or their gear in good cold streams with soap. Way to poison the fish downstream, losers.
Spearfisher1970 2 months ago
Hey Dave, Would a few rocks help with the agitation process?
marlinman00 2 months ago
Thats reality man ..Its not only sharpening you knives and splitting wood ..If you have to live in the wild alone you got to do everything on your own..Nice washing machine L:)
vek0zzzz 2 months ago
Are you living out there full time Dave? Or did Iris boot you out?
spence0324 2 months ago
Good stuff, great tip with the clothes! Thanks Dave.
Waldhandwerk 2 months ago
Hey Dave, why is the stovepipe yellow?
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dave u make self reliance look easy bud , the way i look at it is people were living pretty well before washing machines or cable tv or cell phones and im betting if everything went south one day most americans would adapt again and go on living quite well and probably live longer without junk food ,fast food and stressfull jobs that buy us all the stuff we think we need to have i really enjoy your videos so keep em coming
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Maddawwg45 2 months ago
every day i wake up & watch Mr. Dave,thanks bro!
cbr600rrturbo 2 months ago
Why did u use charcoal?
ManFromHongKong828 2 months ago
thats what im talking about thank u for this upload brother..have a good one
AMULDARRY 2 months ago
The saga of Dave, and his bucket that does not get pooped in, continues...
karlhungusjr1 2 months ago 21
Gud Old Organic Dave Cranberry
ikonik69 2 months ago
You can use the urine in your "piss jug" as detergent to do your laundry with, the ancient Romans used to wash their clothes using human and animal urine. Human urine contains about 2g/L of Chloride rinse it well though!
circuit98 2 months ago
y pee in a bucket and not just outside?
zoodoosnear 2 months ago
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zerztogkill 2 months ago
This has been flagged as spam show
@zoodoosnear watch his other "Journal of the Yurt" videos and you'll find out.
zerztogkill 2 months ago
@zoodoosnear it's cold outside. i've lived for extended periods in tents and the last thing one wants to do when the wake up at 4am with a full bladder is get out of a warm sleeping bag and stumble into the cold darkness to P. the cold will wake u up and then u have to find something to do in the dark for 2 or 3 hours.
GozonTheGonsarian 2 months ago
With all the bushcraft retread videos on starting fires and everything we've all seen 100 times... where else are you going to find a seven minute video of a guy washing his nightwear in a creek? And I watched the whole thing. I'm curious if that method is any more effective compared to just rinsing them out in the creek?
therealgarygnu 2 months ago
simplicity
alexgoyettemobile 2 months ago
loveing the yurt series hopeing tho that the longhunter will be apart of as well
187plumber 2 months ago
Really enjoying this series, thank you Dave.
BonnieBlue2A 2 months ago
Dave i've heard that you can smoke the socks and kill bacteria too? Thanks for the Vids the Yurt ones are nice SO where the LongHunter ones thumbs up for your hard work .
nlandoutfitters 2 months ago
What's the rationale for using ashes and water versus just using plain water?
Barnekkid 2 months ago
@Barnekkid Always thought it made soap the oils/grease, wiki says:
"(Sodium carbonate) is used as a water softener during laundry. It competes with the ions magnesium and calcium in hard water and prevents them from bonding with the detergent being used. Without using washing soda, additional detergent is needed to soak up the magnesium and calcium ions. Called washing soda, soda crystals, or sal soda in the detergent section of stores, it effectively removes oil, grease, and alcohol stains"
mryellow123 2 months ago
Great job! Keep up the good work and ignore the keyboard QB's. Pathfinder all the way.
ibboat 2 months ago
I have had so much fun watching this series, but by the smile on your face, not as much fun as you are having making them. I really appreciate the knowledge that you share as I am learning so much and trying it out with my two young sons.
dclement7 2 months ago
lol
"same bucket i´m peeing in, but not pooping in"
already a classic in my opinion:
the pee-but-not-poop-bucket :-D
motombocolombo 2 months ago 27
Love the Yurt series Dave!
toddweller 2 months ago
Excellent video Dave!
John H.
Mrlnwizard8 2 months ago
great vids dave when are you and cody making another episode of dual survival
MultiTrigger22 2 months ago
why not just use lye soap which can be made very easily. He could also bathe with the lye soap also.
derrickjones01 2 months ago
Does the lye in the ashes burn your skin? I know you rince them well, but will it gald you?
jkejr 2 months ago
I love the disclaimer of " I only pee in this bucket, I don't poop in it!" love the videos! Please do more and include your family!
TheDeputydawg24 2 months ago
i like to pay special attention to my socks, feet and boots. when it comes down to it i really value those the most.
poormanprepper 2 months ago
Nice mild lye rinse.
SSanf 2 months ago
Great vid. i was wondering that to. what dose the ash do?
monte1996111 2 months ago
i understand you can get lye from the ash, but could you explain the science behind ash-water laundry, please?
total dry time in yurt?
kumquatsta 2 months ago
just an off subject question...who does the music for the intro? i really like the sound! -rob
rkaag99 2 months ago
whats the brand of boots your wearing Dave and do they keep your feet dry when runing around in water
filmcostar 2 months ago
how muck are the yurts that ur usuing?? and did they lit u borrow it for free!!
25survival 2 months ago in playlist More videos from wildernessoutfitters
I really love this series I am ready for #7.... Great work bro thanks for taking the time to share with us
bodiemyers 2 months ago 25
Hillbilly washing machine. LOL! Looks like it works.
MiWilderness 2 months ago
a piece of corigated sheet metal make a great scrub board in a flowing stream like that, great video brother
MultiOutdoorsman1 2 months ago
maybe a couple fist size stones in the bucket make the "hillbilly washing machine" just a little more efficient when using the quick wash cycle. Thanks for the vid Dave
LearningAllWeCan 2 months ago
my socks froze to the branch i hung them on to dry
dandotreillydot42058 2 months ago
Dave, thanks for another great video. Question though, how often would you wash your wool longjohns if you only have one pair? Daily? Every other day?
deadbishop 2 months ago
@deadbishop Once a season should be adequate.
SSanf 2 months ago
OH !? ... I finally GET why Cody WILL-NOT drink from un-familiar water sources ... Like me, he has NO desire to drink Dave's ASS-water ... (wince-shudder-urp) !!
phrankus2009 2 months ago
Ahhh, the May Tag Man! Thanks for air'n out your unmentionalbles for us Dave! Good stuff- Pete D.---
PeteSeeker455 2 months ago
haha hillbilly washing machine ")
CitySurvivalist 2 months ago
PLEASE do more content like this, Dave. It'd be amazing if more people watched this and did this themselves and got their family and friends into it. It would certainly make them appreciate the world around them more and how 'simple living' can be fun and rewarding.
GenericLatinUsername 2 months ago
Where are you pooping at? And will u be doing a video on pooping in the woods? Jk. Great video Dave
KB3LZV 2 months ago
I look forward to these videos.
superivan24 2 months ago
You would make a good old lady Dave.
todddguillory 2 months ago 9
Awesome video man, you're doing awesome out there! Makes me even more anxious to get out in the bush as soon as I have time off, thanks for sharing this!
atruepatriot92 2 months ago
I'm starting to really love this channel. :)
J88Wolf 2 months ago
water proof boot huh what kind are they?
TheBrokemechanic 2 months ago
Awesome job Dave. How good does it do? Should do pretty good with the possibility of lye being produced.
TheGrayman1234 2 months ago
I found this video very 'agitating'! Keep up the good work Dave!
survivalkraft 2 months ago
I loved your laundry machine. Hope your clothes get dry before dusk.
lauderdaleflorida 2 months ago
@JoannaMaGrath Thanks VERY much for the Sidewinder update ...
I currently have TWO SteriPen classics and a ton of extra Lithium and Rechrgble batts, ... a solar panal (Goal Zero Guide 10 Adventure Kit) and all sorts of very heavy tronics-related gear ...
... Getting TWO sidewinders sounds like a fairly sustainable system, in conjunction with pre-filters and a K-dyne.
phrankus2009 2 months ago
For those still asking, The Ahses make LYE, Lye is a primary ingredient in many soaps (the simplest being some form of Fat, and Lye). The LYE is what does much of the cleaning and is considered a strong BASE, pure Lye Can BURN your skin and is a component of stable dynamite. Lye can have a lot of uses, and ashes from a fire are a good source. Be careful however because the Lye from fire-pit ash CAN damage things, and even burn your skin if left to concentrate long enough. :)
D3mang3l 2 months ago
@D3mang3l Heheh I said Ahses... I meant Ashes. heheh
D3mang3l 2 months ago
Cruising sailors do laundry with a bucket and a plunger to agitate the clothes. lots easier than shaking the bucket I would think.
fastacker2 2 months ago
This is what I know you can use the ashes for:
1.Plant food
2.Repel insects
3.Remove water spots and heat marks from wood furniture
4.fight mildew
And now for clean? How works Dave? I'm sure there is no insect close to you from now on....
vwvr6t 2 months ago
Sackcloth and ash...... then a good rinse!
mrcabasa 2 months ago
Dave the rust that is starting to build in the stove are you using the steel wool to buff it off?
Milkman12114 2 months ago
Great vid, most of us have no idea how living in the woods full time was done with every day tasks. Thanks for the life skill Dave.
LowBudgetBushcraft 2 months ago
Great video! Thanks. For all those looking for great boots, try Vibergs. All forestry people wear them up here in BC. Tuff, waterproof and comfortable.
mikeinajeep 2 months ago
Thank you, Brother, for the video's. The ash idea is a winner. I saw few days back about using the white ash from your fire as a leavening agent for making bread...this I HAVE to try soon. Thank you, again, Brother.
selfmadesob 2 months ago
Great video! Thanks. All those looking for great boots, try vibergs. All forestry people wear them up here in BC. Tuff waterproof and comfortable.
mikeinajeep 2 months ago
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I'm curious, what is the reason behind using the ash to clean the clothes?
tomyhill123 2 months ago
what kind of boots do you have on?
tdegazio 2 months ago
While I'm watchig the vid, Dave says "Its the bucket I pee in - I don't poop in it". My wife from the other room says "Thanks Dave".
LaserUbermensch 2 months ago
Great job Dave. Loving this series and honestly having some yurt envy!
humbletreenut 2 months ago
Dave,
Your dedication shines through again.
washo6ate 2 months ago
DC, where is a good place to purchase Woolpower? It doesn't seem to be that popular in the U.S. yet.
mostcanwait 2 months ago
Speaking of waterproof boots, what do you wear?
Thanks.
kphifer1 2 months ago
Too many videos! and I have too little TIME!!!! I LOVE THAT PROBLEM!!! Thanks BROTHER!
Montey89 2 months ago
Are there any other plants that you could use as soap in your region? If I'm not mistaken, soap can be made from Yucca, which is fairly abundant down here in Texas, but probably not so much up there. What could you substitute?
Skunkofoot 2 months ago
You are the man, Keep them rolling. Love the day to day stuff your showing.
Awsome.
SparkysPipes 2 months ago
Great idea using ashes to make soap from the oil left on your cloths from your skin! Smart move!
JohnLock1977 2 months ago
on a scale from 1 to 10 (1 being an open fire, and 10 being a cast iron stove) how would you rate the Snow Trekker Stove, also i don't remember if you said what size it was.
RYDERkN 2 months ago
@RYDERkN Think Dave said it is a medium Snowtrekker. Definitely a bit small for the size of the Yurt as compared to the size the SnowTrekker tents I've seen so may not last overnight. Dave would benefit from a Four Dog Stove from Don Kevilus in Minnesota and designed for the larger canvas tents. Uses a baffle system that increases efficiency and really pumps out the heat over long period of time. Great to cook on. There is also a larger model available to ensure an all night burn.
canesser1 2 months ago
By the way Dave it I would love to see more in depth video on axe selection. As in what makes one American hickory handle better from another and what the differences between the axe head styles.
cloudchaos 2 months ago