What is so encouraging about this video is that you show your failures and struggles. This let me feel like i can do this too. USA

from phil ex uk, living in bulgaria for last 10 years. love the vids , you are a credit to the young people of your country

My husband and i are enjoying your videos

South Bend, Indiana USA. Just found your channel. I’m a Pastor and it’s great to see a channel the entire family can watch. God’s blessings.

A few recommendations to keep you alive and healthy: eye/ear/head protection. Widow-makers are common when dropping trees and a helmet can save your skull, even if you're left with a nasty headache. Chainsaw pants might be a worthwhile investment too. Also, a chainsaw with a chain brake is probably a good idea. I was shocked to see yours didn't have one. I've had two Poulins, a Stihl, and a Husky, all of which had chain brakes. Didn't even realize they made saws without brakes anymore. And a couple quick suggestions to make your work quicker and/or easier: google how to use your felling sights, purchase a quality chainsaw with felling dogs, and invest in a cummalong.. that will help tug all those trees that get hung up. Loving the videos, keep 'em coming!

Ireland love your channel esp the wild crafting :) keep it going learning lots here :) love the sharing going on all over KZfaq really appreciate each and every one putting out what they know and can do

from Scotland.... Great vid. it's good to see someone learning on the job and showing it to us. So often in these videos we are left with the impression that it's all seamlessly smooth.

watching from Auckland New Zealand....love your channel and mannerisms - my 11yo loves to learn these skills - keep up the wonderful work - God Bless

Watching in Ireland. I'm going to build myself a log cabin someday also. Thanks for making these videos.

i'm martin, a new subscriber from Wyoming. i live in a small cabin, on a gravel foundation, 100% built by me. i am enjoying the series so far..

Your videos are very inspiring. Thanks you for making these. When I'm old enough I want to move north and make my own cabin.- Louisiana USA

Keep up the good work,good to see young people doing something besides playing video games.God bless you! South Carolina USA

Unless you just want the manual labor your need a couple of cheap tools: a spud chisel and a wire come along would help immensely. Also when falling take off your gear so you can move if the tree does something unexpected and move quickly. Good project. Doug

From Canada also. Nice work!

New Hampshire here. I've been watching for a while now and enjoying following your cabin build. Tip for felling: get a hand winch ( come-a-long) and either a good long chain or towing strap. Then fasten the chain or strap high up on the trunk using a ladder. Then you can winch the tree down through the branches. Also I find that when using a log lever if you place it under the trunk close to the butt and lift UP, the trunk will move along until the tree crashes down. Good luck!

I have watched only a few of your vidios and really like them, I live in Frenchtown Mt. USA (West-Central), I have enjoyed your build so far, good luck and may God bless you.

Good luck with the rest of your cabin, I know how much hard work goes into building and maintaining them. I've had one here in Scotland for the past 40 years, and it's been well worth it. I live in Glasgow, but I have a cabin in the hills less than an hour's drive way. No electricity other then 12v for lighting and some 12v tools- I don't WANT any bigger voltage, if I had then maybe TV , computer, etc would follow! It's great to get away from crap like that, especially when the kids were young. I hope you and your wife are blessed with kids, and you take them to your cabin and show them nature, as I did with mine. There are too many soft, regimented and utterly useless folk around, it's good to see a young guy who can function well without all the luxuries of modern life (many of which are just BS anyway). I can tell by the way your spirit moved you to do your address from that rock crowned with a tree and greenery, and the pleasure you took from observing the grouse-like bird that you can teach your children well. PS, The two-pole lever -and -reel idea was inventive, but a light come-along would be a lot better. Or even a Spanish windlass, just the loop the rope around another tree and one spar.( use one bowline through the bight of another to make the loop, then they'll untie easily, just be careful with a Spanish Windlass though.

Awesome stuff mate, cheers Ray from Auckland New Zealand

Absolutely love your project, your vids are so well made, your comments are very educational. Also as a plein air (that's outdoor) painter I see some amazing places I'd be eager to paint. Thanks for keeping us informed on the evolution of your project. from southern part of Quebec. Cheers ! Wishing you the very best.

State of Oregon in the U.S. Going to start homesteading this coming summer with family and really enjoy getting helpful hints and ideas for a more simple lifestyle. Keep up the great work.

Sir, you got a new subscriber.

Shout Out from Oslo Norway. I'm an American Expat who is wanting to live off the grid, although a Tiny House on Wheels will probably fit my needs better as land is Far too expensive for me here. I'm a Songwriter, which is another definition of 'Dead Broke' so your videos are a good source of knowledge...especially if I am forced to the Outer Fringes of society. Thanks again. FB: kenbruno. Jango internet radio: eagledensby.

Hi from Down under Australia,I am now watching your videos for the second time .I love your attitude never give up.You are setting a great example for young men.Keep doing what you are doing , I am a 66 year old male and have done some stuff you have done in my younger days.It has brought back some found members ,thank you for that .Kind Regards Robert Campbell from Maryborough Queensland Australia

Good vid, the trees are hard to work with.. N your choice of sizes was very good! Good over view for those who have not followed your journey, thus far. Keep up the good work.Thanks for sharing! ATB from Florida!

hi i really love your channel, keep up the good work!, im from finland and im really going to build my own! :)

$ 20.00 comealong woud solve all those tree problems.

Hello from France ! Thanks for sharing your amazing experience in building this log cabin, this is really helpfull. I hope to build my own one of these days, and for now I'm gathering as much as information I can on the subject. Anyway, you're doing a great job so keep going that way.

Thank you very much for this educational, fun and interesting video. Beautiful explained and done. Love your humbleness on showing when things don't go as plan. It was awesome with what the old time farmers taught you about the bark and how it did work after all.Thanks again from Lawrence, Massachusetts.

Should have brought a ratchet winch, it would have helped you lots. :) Edit : Oh, and I'm from Denmark.

Ok so I know this video is 3 years old but I have a question. Why do you start cutting so far up and leaving that much of a stump? Tnx

I am pleased that I found your videos. I don't watch TV for what I think are obvious reasons so I use KZfaq for entertainment and research. I stumbled across your videos about 6 months ago. I enjoy the scenery, watch how you come up with ideas to do the work with what is available to you, your humor, etc. Thank you and keep up the good work

Really enjoying your videos! Absolutely fantastic seeing what another fellow outdoorsman has to teach the world. Thank you from Carson City, Nevada, USA.

This is sparta :D

USA

"being able to debark a tree with significantly less effort was a-peeling to me" :-) You have the perfect way with words.

Thanks for all the great information.your videos are awesome.From South Carolina USA

just go out get a chain and come along

In Atlanta, GA but from Michigan. :-) Happy building, Outsider. Thanks so much for documenting your experience. It inspires me to go build a tiny cabin...just as soon as I'm done building my tiny home. Godspeed.

Great channel. Keep up the good work. We are following you from East Texas, USA

I really enjoyed watching you do your project awesome job. you seem like good people I had fun watching thanks a lot and good luck in the future .I'm sure when it is all done you will really enjoy it I think the most fun is actually doing it when its done you're always looking for something else to do lol

I love seeing how much your debarking technique has improved in the most recent video!

Good job de-barking the cedars. Will be watching, one log at a time.

shout out to you and your family from myself and mine!!! We are in upstate N.Y.🙌🙌🙌 I am German. a lot of family in Germany, Canada,U.S.

Currently watching from Milton, Washington. Moving to Wasilla, Alaska in about a month. And my girlfriend and I will be building a log home there. She has saved your videos to her computer. Thanks for all the great info.

Very interesting. I hope you continue these videos. I am now 70 years old and in poor health. I have lived my dream of being a mountain man. I am now both too old and in poor health to continue doing this. I am now relegated to only watching young people live their lives and dreams.

Hello from Perth Australia. I'm an ex Canadian from Toronto North. Retired now. So I took an interest in your tree felling & getting hung up. Also debarking on 1 june when the sap starts to flow. Anyone who harvests Maple Syrup is familiar with running sap. We don't have the dense forests locally but down in our southwest & east of Perth we get a lot of Jarrah Hardwood & eucalyptus trees & some planted pine forests. My bush trips here are to our north west (Leanord) area where we prospect for gold nuggets & camp in a caravan or RV or trailer & Magiolina bed on the rack above the 4wd WHEN I'm on my own. Enjoy your videos. Cheers

Thanks Outsider for the awesome videos. From AZ.

Howdy ! Outsider from way Down south in the great State of Texas - Love seeing a hard working Young Man with your skills & determination achieving his & his Wifes Dreams! Your first Log Cabin was Beautiful and can't wait to see this new Cabin in progress to finish! Your Dad must be truly proud of the Man you've turn out to be! I built my own 3 bedroom Home, a 40' x 40' Barn & 2 acre horse pasture & stalls on 7 acres of Land over 30yrs ago when I was 25 yrs old! took me 3 years to clear the land install the Septic system & finish the builds so wife and I could move in just months before our first Daughter was born & wife and I did it all on our own! No better feeling in the world then to accomplish your Dreams!

Well done young man, good to see you having a go ! ( from Australia )

Seems that I'm showing up late to the party, but thanks for sharing your adventure with us. I'm starting on my own Log / barn home this week in a rural area in central Florida. Every bit of good advice is appreciated!

Great videos & authentic. Watching from Northern Minnesota. Good luck & have fun building your cabin. Keep the videos coming.

That is pretty awesome to see your dad up there helping you, too many families done help one another anymore. Thanks for sharing this series, I will be back to see more, thanks again and have a blessed week.

A big ol' cheers'en from Dartmoor, south west UK! Loving the series and can't wait to one day find a little corner of the earth to whip one of these babies up!

And shake the haters.your doing!,there giving opinions and showing. Way to go.you climbed every obstacle.and you kicked the nesting tree down in the spring.(the best time)ha.and you went and did.learned.and because of who you are you shared.not for glory or bragging rights,but simply to share.THANKS BRO.

Probably to late but, I'm in California, and we just bought 40 acres of forest land in sisiycu county. My husband and I want to build a cabin on it. So I'm watching your build! Thanks for sharing!

Watching from Tampa Florida. Love it.

I enjoy watching your progress ..... Thanks 😂😂Great job!

Keep up the good work you are doing! Watching from Holland.

Enjoying your videos from Aberdeen, Scotland, UK.

Greetings from Germany and thank you for sharing this beautiful project with us on KZfaq, really appreciate it! Enjoyable to watch and also very informative, so thanks again and only best wishes!

4th will do for starters mate. Of course we love to watch your comings and goings around this cabin project, and what an asset the 'Old Man' is, that's an affectionate term for Father in this country. Would, that I could for mine, as does He! Your Country has a kinda lushness we can learn to yearn for, and it's a Green that pokes its nose at drought. Thoroughly enjoy every blade stroke. We'll be here when you move in! Melb.

That's another great tip to use the tops for fence posts. I don't want to lose my cats to my sister's deerhounds and was already thinking about deer fencing (you need it to keep deerhounds in or out) but hadn't actually thought about posts..you are definitely getting my brain working about my upcoming build!

Hello from Tampa Florida USA. I watched you videos on the first cabin. Glad to see you making a second cabin.

I'm watching from the United States-- Columbia, Missouri. I love watching you and your log cabin making. I dream of the day I can make and live in a log cabin on my Dad's farm in Amish country. The farm was sold out of the family long ago. You are very positive and encouraging.

Great cabin build! I love your videos! Cheers to you and your dad from Torrance, California here in sunny Southern California close to Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach in the South Bay Area.

Very interesting series ... I am from Texas ... Dallas/Ft. Worth area! Thanks. Jim here!

My name is Darren and from Canada, Nova Scotia. I really like your videos and am learning some valuable tips. Thank You so much keep up the great work.Can't wait to see the finished product when I'm done watching your videos.

Mother from Limerick Dad from England Love the show ! . Subscribed liked and watching more . Frank .

tuning in from Rhode Island, US…great vids bro!

I just found your videos and I'm already hooked!! Greetings from Atlanta Georgia!!

Greets from The Netherlands. Like your "Log Cabin" Series.

Hey, just found your videos, they are great. I grew up working cutting wood with my dad so to watch you doing it the old ways is refreshing. Branson, Missouri, USA.

Thanks for making this series possible. I watched the $500 cabin video about 3 months ago and now stumble on this series (probably with the help of KZfaq and some of their cookies ...) . i've had this dream of building my own home for over a decade now ... and either I have the time OR the money but never both. I live in Quebec in the Eastern Townships, bordering Vermont! Thank you for realizing this project AND sharing it with all of us ! HAPPY NEW YEAR!

I love all your videos! You are amazing! Thanks for sharing all your knowledge and your journey. Molly, near Seattle, Washington

Just found your channel and I am enjoying your videos. I was also really inspired by Alone in the Wilderness which I believe you had mentioned in part one of this series. Really looking forward to trying my hand at some traditional building techniques, looks like a lot of fun and hard work. Maine, USA

This new follower from Catalonia, enjoying and learning from your updates

Shout out from Virginia: Thanks for your efforts with the entertaining and informative videos

I am from Rockford Illinois USA and I love what you are doing with this series. Keep it up.

Hello outsider. Vermont USA here. Have 8.4 acres and will be building soon. No cedar though :-( but lots of spruce. Thanks for your videos neighbor!

Amazing difference in just a few days. We have a lot of trees to cut down on our homestead. I will have to ask the locals when the best time is for easy debarking. Thanks for sharing this.

USA, Washington state to be exact, visiting the BC is pretty nice, lovely people you guys are!

novice outdoorswoman from B.C. Canada here, just starting my journey into the wild edibles and sustainable living. enjoying your videos, keep it up!

You are real trooper dude! I'm really impressed.

Love this series, thanks so much for uploading. Greetings from Macau, China ;)

Great job. You are doing amazing. From northwest Colorado. Craig

Up in Northern Alberta Canada... great explanations as we look at building our first hunting cabin up North

Hi ya from New Zealand, enjoying watching your journey in building your log cabin keep up the good work.

I'm watching from Wisconsin on the United States. I love your channel, everything about it is so interesting and educational. Thank you for sharing this to the world! Excellent job :)

From the Netherlands, Big Thumbs Up for your great series!

Good videos! Was looking for some info on building a log cabin and stumbled onto your videos. Can't wait to see the rest. Madison, WI

super late to this channel and this series BUT....enjoying these from the USA. Thank you for all the content.

I've always enjoyed the outdoors, though I haven't had too many experiences of living out there (besides camping with the Boy Scouts a while back). But anywho, I'm planning to build my own cabin when I'm a tad older with a job and all that (good ol financial security), so I was searching around the vast reaches of the internet and stumbled upon this channel, which to me has been both the most informative and fun series about how to go about making my dream come true! Thanks a ton for your videos! ~USA

Great video series. Can't wait to se the finished cabin. I'm from Wichita Falls , Texas.

Found your videos 11/28/2017 love them so far. From Texas.

Watcher from Alabama near the Tennessee state line, love your videos!

I never seen a tree as a strip come off the tree logs it is beautiful to see him doing that as you learn the things they do in the wood to build the cabin on the way they get those logs together as one at a time and very patience my people .lol it very nice out there ok .

Hey, thanks for sharing your experience with us keep up the good work! Greetings from Bulgaria! :)

I'm from Fort Lee, NJ USA and I love your channel!

Can't wait to see it when it is finished. From cold lake Alberta

Hi from Saskatchewan. Thanks for the June 1st tip! It will save me a ton of time and work one day :-)