When adding big sheets of plywood to a project by yourself, use a C-clamp to hold the panel, and use a rope through the C-clamp to pull it into position and tie it off to something, then secure with the nail gun, screw or whatever. This will also help when dragging the sheet goods up to do the roof.

Your humbleness and ability to laugh at yourself is what I find so appealing about watching you build this. There are plenty of "experts" on KZfaq to follow and learn from, but your style suits me well. Keep up the good work young man!

If you nail or screw a 2x4 to the rim joist it creates a shelf to set the sheet on and hold the weight while you secure the sheet to the studs.

There are so many people out there that truly do not know how difficult it is to handle these 4x8 sheets by yourself (especially in the wind). Where there’s a will, there’s a way 💪🏼 Keep up the great work 🌲

You came, you saw, you conquered! Graeme, you rock, buddy!

You’re a baller for getting this done on your own. The cabin is really starting to take shape! Keep going!!

That closing dialogue is powerful! I love watching your progress over the years!

I love to see the cabin nestled in the woods! It’s coming together nicely and the location you chose is perfect!

Saturday Goodness baby!

I've always found while working with sheet goods alone that installing temporary 2x4 blocks where the bottom edge of a panel should go really simplifies things. They become like extra hands you wish you had. You can even go one step further and attach a 2x4 on edge over the blocks forming a edge to catch the panel and it won't slip off.

Such a great system you created to haul gear/materials with the two trailers and the tractor. Semi professional amateur skills at work.

Clearly not an instructional video. Definitely one of my favorite channels 😂

With that sheathing you should do all all your sheats horizontally. If you stand your sheets up and nail the long edge solid , it will buckle. You have more layers of veneer going the horizontal way. Look at the layers which is meant to go sideways. Then always leave an 1/8" gap so it can expand.

Best medicine in the world 🤙 Tractor gonna be able to handle some snow?

Literally everything I know about home construction I have learned from this channel! (I will never use a sawhorse)

Great progress! Hats off for finding ways to get it done all alone.

Looking good! Sheeting by yourself, what a task. Nice use of that pulley system.

Glad to see you have all your tools with you today, Graham 😉😄

Nice work! Not easy to get that stuff done alone.

I’m super excited for the roof!!!!

Don’t forget the jump box next trip tractor was turning over pretty slow 😂

Another great video looking forward to the next chapter.

18:22 and its chefs kiss to watch. cabin is looking gooood bro. keep cookin 👨🏻‍🍳

You ever watch someone do something and it's so painful to watch it gives you a headsache

Awesome job 👍 real struggles whilst building. totally relatable. Keep up the great work

Looks awesome. Keep cranking and stay safe!

Great work! Things are shaping up!

Looks amazing! Thanks for sharing all the struggles along with the triumphs - far more instructive and relatable 🙂

Goodness gracious!!!

Thanks Graham!!

One hack to help hold up sheets of ply on top of another sheet of ply, screw to the back of the sheet you are installing 2 blocks overlapping the bottom edge to stop it from falling off lower sheet, or just drive a couple of nails partway to rest sheet on. An /or use a clamp to the top of the sheet and attach rope to it. Intrinsically, I'm lazy; but I work damned hard at it! 😁

Another great update! Gotta love when you’re on a task that shows progress quickly, such as sheeting or painting. I bet you feel awesome after a hard days work out there. Soon enough you’ll be enjoying the cabin and all that hard work will pay off big time. Cheers and stay safe pal.

You used the 2/4’s down on the bottom, you can use the same method on the second row to hold the plywood in place

Screw a 2x4 across your bottom sheet of plywood so ya have a ledge to sit the top sheet on

I got to say one thing your trip bro I wish I was there to help you cuz I'd help you a lot I mean cuz you're doing a very good job I know things ain't helping out with the wind but I'd be there to help you if I could good job keep it up

Quick clamps. Have watched all your vids and a 5 dollar quick clamp would save you a lot of grief. Keep up the good work.

Awesome effort man!

Just eyeballing but on the back wall from the camera perspective. You could have put the top outside sheets upright and covered the gable. And leaving pretty close to a perfect horizontal sheet in the middle. But that’s only eyeball. And as so many others commented there are a number of ways and techniques for handling boards on your own. Equally I believe I read a comment about when you do the roof of using blocks and or your pulley and a clamp.

Looking good 👍

Looking good!

The pulley was a good idea. Another thing you could do is place a small block of wood above where the top of the sheet will go with a spacer under it. The top piece would hang down an inch or so to hold the top of the sheet when you slide it up under. Then a screw that sticks out about an inch on each side at the top of the lower sheet so you can push it up into position and rest it on. Then fasten the sheet and remove the block and the 2 outer screws from the sheet below.

I am exhausted😂

Great job Bro

Thanks for sharing

Looking Good! I draw a line for my stud/rafter centers on my plywood, so as i nail top and bottom edge first, i can center lumber by moving to center marks. That makes a difference when you apply finish to interior walls & lids, as the layout is on center when your drywall, plywood, t&g lumber, what ever your finishing with, fits. Less cut waste and scribing for studs that are off centered from bottom to top or vise versa. Easier to fix as well, as sometimes a stud is warped and or you missed layout to one side! Keep up the creativity! Loved the pulley rope trick you incorporated, and i think your grade school teachers were shaking their heads on that move! 😮

Let’s get it!!!!

Well done! I am really enjoying your posts!

It's looking really good man! Keep it up!

I worry about you doing the roof alone. Doing such a good job so far by yourself.

This was as entertaining as watching the Three Stooges, you seem to produce the same entertainment value with only one instead of three. The easy way to have done this would have been to put the plywood on the inside of the cabin instead of the outside. That is how the Stooges would have done it. I hope your family appreciates how hard this was to build basically by yourself.

Mornin 🖐😎👍

I can't believe no one commented "That's what she said" when you said your screw was at the wrong angle LOL

All ways cut your plates to match the length of the plywood. The sheets are always exact 4x8 and accurately square.

if you nail a small piece of 2x4 above where u need the plywood, then nail another pieces of 2x4 onto that, hanging down, u could slip the plywood up behind that and the wind couldnt push the plywood out any more than the depth of the underneath 2x4s. not sure if im making sense or not. so like instead of a ledge you are resting something on, it just putting blocks so the board cant fall outwards from the wind. if i still dont make any sense let me know and i'll draw a pic. lol....i wish u wouldnt go there alone when doing dangerous stuff!! especially trying to plywood the roof, i hope you have help for that.

It seems when you stop the video at 26:25 that the top beam at the top of the roof is bending a lot ! Might need a bit more support

In the right corner: plywood. In the left corner: goodness. Lets so who wins

I hope I reach a point where I need a tractor and it’s not a expense, It’s a necessity. Also, Ive got a super reliable Hitachi framer but these cordless guns are tempting even for a diyer

Bloopers at the beginning?! I mean, I love it but I feel like I haven’t earned them yet.

I hope you have phone reception out there!

Practice swing your hammer from the bottom of the grip (rather than the top of the grip) as you will get more mechanical advantage /leverage and won't need to switch g as hard for greater impact force

Letzzzzzzzz go !

Should do the roof sheathing 1st in case it does rain or snow.😅

Holy woodness Ineedanextrasetofhandsness!!!! Big G you need to clone yourself so you can get some help. Keep up the good work and keep getting after it.

Sawhorse…nah 🤣🤘🏻❤️

Where is Bob, your uncle, when you need him 😳🙄😉

Do you have a jackery for charging those batteries?

Bobs your uncle!

Hope you can at least get it all dried in (at least partially) before the snow starts to fly, because working in the snow is no fun at all.

Nice progress. Do you plan on widening your path up to the cabin so you can drive your jeep up there?

I bet there are folks screaming...why didn't you sheet the walls before you raised them! To that I would respond, because 1 guy can't lift a sheeted wall lol. I had no idea how heavy a sheet of 3/8 osb was until I had to haul it up a ladder and hold it in place, while fighting a breeze and trying to nail it off hahHahah. GREAT JOB MAN! love the pully idea too!

How much work does the path need to get you jeep and one of the trailers up?

How thick was the plywood you used?

Is it made of WEWD!?!

What a difference just one more set of hands could have made, eh?

You didn't check on Duke. How is he doing?

Trying to make things easier.

Also easier to measure your sheets and cut to length before you put them up. I am speaking from years of experiance. I watch DIY ers teaching others the wrong way to build.This is not meant to be critizim. It is meant to make easier and correctly.😅

Why use GoPro cameras? If you see the walls 🧱 they look like this ( and this ) . It's bad after my experience. I use a canon camera and it's much better.

Don’t take this as criticism but no collar ties is making me nervous.

You are dangerous