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Build From Scratch

June 20, 2023



Idaho to Alaska... Alaska to Idaho... Idaho to Missouri...
Got a good piece of bare land... for horses... cattle... goats...
And Wes White set about... to build a dream.
But first...
he had to build a ranch... from... scratch.

Fourth generation master carpenter.
Put in his own electric system.
Witched... to locate the electric line.
Built a wood-framed tent...
Downed, hauled, and milled his own lumber to build with.
Yes... he knows it's green wood... but... let HIM tell ya.
He explains everything... like he's training his grandkids.

Fixed the hydraulics on his leaking Bobcat machine...
meaning... taking the machine apart to fix it.
Began building up the health of his grazing fields... no chemicals.
Built an "un-roller"... from scratch... for his rolled hay bales.
Designed, welded, and built an ATV hauling trailer.
Fixed the dam on his pond.
And...
has built a family business with his six children.

Look... up in the sky...
It's a bird... it's a plane...
It's SUPERMAN... and that ain't no lie.








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