Today most people little to run to the gym after work, as you are showing us everyday working on the homestead is a workout. It just goes to show you that the old ways keep up fit and in touch with the land and what we where building. It was a hard live back then and I don't think today's man would coop will if he had to change. Cody thanks for sharing.

I stumbled onto your channel by accident when looking up boot reviews and am really happy I did. I am a Veteran turned forestry student down in the southeast and I love everything about what your videos offer. My father and I plan to get some land and have some free roam livestock and probably plant some gardens for family use to stay away from gmo foods and I really like the ideas and tips that can be learned from how you and your family live. I am a outdoor enthusiast and am thoroughly enjoying studying forestry and really enjoy how educated you have made yourself on taking care of your timber and how you go about using the resources. I subscribed immediately and look forward to more videos. Keep up the good work!

Thank you Cody for showing the ways of my fathers before me. I recently bought my grandparents house & in the garage are many of the tools you have used in your videos. Thank you again for giving me the understanding of how the foundation of our family homes were built back in the day.

Our forefathers were amazing.. We have a canyon nearby.. and they use to mine out what they called asphalt rock.. I think that's what they called it.. and they have these huge buckets on huge cables going from one side of the canyon to the other.. I am always amazed when I see them and can't even fathom how they got it across.. this was before high tech machinery.. some of the buckets still hang there in the sky. Surely our ancestors did some very amazing things and we owe them alot! Having your grandfathers tools is a wonderful reminder of history! Great video and it was ingenious seeing you use that old hood. What a great idea! Blessings!

Those braces ( the correct term for the hand drill ) perform really well. I see them on flea markets all the time for a few dollars. If you put in a screwdriver bit it works wonders on stuck or stubborn screws. Much more torque as a turnscrew. Looking forward to part 6!

I like the improvised way of keeping the logs out of the dirt.

Cody, very good stuff. I have been building a "camp" in northern Vermont for almost 10 years now. I just love the work. We cut hemlock off the land, for the porch, all rough cut, not hand hewn, but looks great! I have been a cabinetmaker for almost 40 years now, I lament the same things you do, about our lost skills. All the best, Larry

That is some slick work - wish you saw more of this! I remember carrying my grandfathers tools as he worked on his shrimp boat. He and his brothers brought sailing luggers from Alabama to Texas at the turn of the century. He was still using the same tools when I came along.

Absolutely brilliant using the Jeep hood to drag the logs. Thanks again. Eric.

An inspirational man you are Cody. A testament to good parenting. Something for us to all strive for. Thank you, sincerely.

my great uncle passed a couple years ago. i now own all of his old tools including a ton of bits you are drilling with. i never thought of what id use them for. so awesome

Love your vids WS. Couldn't agree more about getting back to basics. I grew up with a book titled Back to Basics - How to learn and enjoy traditional american skills. Printed by The Readers Digest Association back in 1981. Awesome book, learned a lot from it and still am. Keep up the great work.

Thank you Cody for your getting back to basics something that I have been pursuing these past years but have not found that perfect property. Currently in negotiation on a 62 wooded parcel with a number of spring fed ponds (4 to be exact) one being 7-8 acre spring fed beaver pond. The only problem is there is very little cleared area for pasture or hay. So, there is a lot of clearing needed which of course is where the timber will come from for the cabin and all the outbuildings. Located about 3/4 of a mile from the grid so generator, wind and solar power will deliver power for now. I will be blending the utilization of new and old building techniques as well as the utilization of old and new tools. So, it is really great to watch your video to help me get some tips on your process. Loved the idea of the hood sled great and I will be using that technique as well. Thanks for that. As always your videos are awesome and well made. And, I also want to compliment you on having such a wonderful and beautiful sister who is living up to your standards and producing some excellent videos which I love. Great information and she gives an awesome presentation. I appreciate you and your family and think Mrs wranglerstar is magnificant and also very beautiful and Jack is such a wonderful young man and will certainly take after you with all the love and guidance from you and the misses.he will be one heck of a man. Thanks for being such a good husband and father.

Its great to see people like yourself still using old wood working tools, I still use an old 1930s firmer chisel and it sharpens so much better than modern steel best regards Will

Haha! I've lost count of the truck hoods we've burned through skidding rocks! Love the series! God Bless. Merry Christmas

Fantastic! I love this series Cod, keep it up. It's beautiful light.

Finally, something worth watching on you tube. Have watched many videos about these topics, but no explanation of techniques or how to advance your skills... Thank you!!

that hood reminded me of my childhood when my father welded a bench seat to it and pulled us behind his vehicle. we used a blanket to keep warm

I was so happy to see this in my sub box, right as you uploaded it too! Thanks Wranglerstar, truly, for everything you do.

Oh my, what a pain to do all that hard work and ALSO keep making shots of the different moments of the process. Great work, thanks for sharing it.

Seems like the start of a rock solid foundation. Keep up all the great work. Thanks Cody

Mr. Wranglerstar. Just wanted to express my gratitude I have for your hard work and effort putting these videos together. I daydream of doing like activities and how neat it would be to just hang with people doing things like this. Your videos are relaxing. Thank you

the greatest reward for living like this is that you take no meds for blood pressure, sleep disorder, anxiety or depression. Most people eat healthy and work it off during the day and sleep like a baby at night.

Excellent Cody. Stayin tuned! The final vid will be epic. Thx for sharing. Love the antique auger/tools btw.

Man using that hood as a kind of sled to pull the logs worked really well. Cool! Thanks for sharing.

Finally figured it out. The song at the end that Wranglerstar uses so much is Enemy by Jesca Hoop. That's been driving me crazy since I started watching this channel.

It was nice to go back and watch some of your best work. I have enjoyed and learned with you on our separate journeys.God Bless to you and your family

the instrumental guitar song reminds me of trace bundy, guitar player from Colorado. keep the videos coming Cody, you truly inspire me.

Perfect video to watch while lacin up the boots. Reminded me of building forts with my grandad. All by hand, we'll as much as could be expected.

That brace and those bits are beautiful! And I love the series!

I have handled those kind of rocks. They are extremely dense - heavy for their size. Not a lot of fun to move those around, but using the old hood as a skid helped a lot I'm sure! Nice improvised star drill too!

Man,,, These videos cannot come fast enough for my liking! I am so upset that I didn't jump on this train as a younger man. I am on it now, though! G_d bless you and your family, Cody.

Good use of an old wrangler hood! haha Great video as always!

Enjoyed the video. Wish more people would look backwards in time to see (learn) how it was done before the days of electricity and the "grid". Fortunately I can remember those days on our farm. Unfortunately, getting too old to physically apply that knowledge. (sigh) You're right about skills being lost as my generation and earlier pass on into history. One of the principles of that is applied in my shop. For every "modern" tool, try to have the pre-grid equivalent. A prized possession is my father's brace. Can put a hole anywhere it's needed without relying on electricity. Carrying a brace & applicable bit sure is easier than lugging a generator to the back 40. :-) Merry Christmas!

When I was a kid, a man who still works as a stone carver told me, that when he learned his craft they used iron rods with specially forged tips to get the holes into stones. He talked about splitting stones in half. He also said, that the tips had to be renewed from time to time. After they had made the holes they put wood in them and poured water on it and let it soak. And waited for the things to come.

That bonnet solution was so simple and brilliant.

your channel is amazing i have been watching the back to basic series,such amazing craftsmanship and carefulness goes into everything you do awesome work

Your background music is awesome. Don't take this the wrong way, but I play your Back to Basics and some other videos in the background of my car for fantastic white noise as I drive to and from work. Great music and the sound of work getting done I just think is very calming. I've been watching your channel for maybe two months now and I have to say I'm definitely hooked. There's no doubt that I've learned quite a bit of tricks and advice from you!

Very interesting...looks like the makings of a nice little structure. I look forward to more Cody! :-)

Great video- especially the American Gothic intro. Excellent idea for the Jeep hood. It's gotta take a lot of the strain off your winch when yarding

What a great 'sled' Cody. I like that idea. Those old tools remind me of my own grand dad, who had a bunch of tools. He was a crane mechanic for Link Belt and also worked for a stone company in Baltimore. Hmmm...wonder if my uncle has those tools. Enjoyed the video as always.

Hmmmm, never saw that before, hammering the masonry drill bit, but makes sense it would work, why knot? Awesome series in the works. Thank you.

Can't wait to see the results of all your hard work. I'm a relatively new sub of yours and have probably watched more of your older stuff in the last few weeks than I have the new stuff in my inbox. Keep up the great work.

Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence!.....Awesome song.

Car hood! Used one ever since I was a kid on the farm for about everything, the best use when younger was for a sled behind a truck or down the backside of the pond dam when it snowed!

Cody, you should get a pintle insert for your reciever hitch. You do so many cable pulls it would be much safer ( no chance of the cable popping off the ball) and would also let you haul military surplus trailers like old water tanks if need be.

Very impressive. Well done .

Back To Basics 5.0 + Wranglerstar

My dad passed away several years ago and most of tools disappeared over the years, but I recently discovered almost that exact same hand drill in his garage a month or so ago. It is no in my toolbox!

at the rocks was the tune "Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence"

I love it, beating a hole in that rock. It's like a power drill in slow motion, but it sure does work!

I love the use of the Jeep Wrangler hood!!

Interesting use of the old Jeep Hood.

I share your love of the old tools. Nice to see them used rather than just painted up and hanging on a wall! Great series thanks.

I used a old car hood like that to feed cows when the snow was to deep to get around hooked it behind a snowmobile worked great.

loved the video as always wranglerstar! and especially love the improvisation of the use of that car bonnet to use for skidding timber, another idea if u may be intrest is this skidding cone, would be great to see you mibi make something like that to use, Pulling a log with the skidding cone by Portable Winch Co.

Cody, I just wanted to thank you for this series. I really enjoy each of videos and was impressed by your sister's efforts and admittedly chuckled at you in the kitchen. After I watched it I kissed my wife.

Very interesting technique with the masonry bit. I've never seen it used like that.

i love this series. i 've learned quite abit from it

My father had the same drills and bits. I much prefer them to the electric ones. You feel more connected to the wood and the smells that come out of it, as you drill, are brilliant. Unfortunately I only have the electric motor version at the moment. Well worth looking after those early tools.

Now, I feel like he is building a bridge, but I am not sure if he is or not.

I can't screw in a lightbulb so this boggles my mind. Amazing.

Pretty smart using the old hood to assist with the dragging.

Slick as snot. A labor of love and a better foundation the second time around.

Great video mate, I'm really enjoying your vids keep em coming!

You have to be one strong guy doing all that. These are great video's. You must be eating your Wheaties. Great series

I didn't know Jeep made sleds.

Cool I have similar drills and bits. I love this series.

I remember you mentioned planning on setting the timber frame cabin on four big stones back in the day. I'm hoping that's where this is going.

I'm thinking a slough bridge. :-) Love the vids!

Not knowing what you're building is really keeping me on the edge of my seat. I rush to the computer everytime I get a message that you have posted a new video. You definately know how to keep your subscribers interested. :)

Ah, the brace and bit...my Dad made good use of one when I was a boy when he built an outhouse for us to use.

Man you are one creative cat! Love the "Back to Basics" videos you're doing. I know you mentioned you don't care for oxen, but in all reality you've created the very principle found in Proverbs 14:4 through your channel. I know you probably don't make a ton of money through these videos, but you're helping people like me dream a little better. That is priceless stuff. Thanks for making...

Cody, I wish you had the time to post videos everyday. Fantastic. Now...this may sound like a stupid request, but would it be possible or even make any sense to make a video showing how to properly use a shovel? The way you were using your shovel, I've honestly never seen before. You clearly have a lot of experience in shoveling in the most efficient manner.

Great vid! I think I'm gonna be on the lookout for a little tool I used to use long ago. A star drill. Made specifically for drilling rock, concrete, etc. manually. I'll let you know if I find one and I will send it your way.

Cant wait to see how you are going to anchor the log to that rock. The suspense is killing me.

That’s a nice improvised star bit!

Hey, if you lived way back when you could be king of tie hacks, men who made railroad ties out of walnut wood with broadaxes. Also, you're lucky to have the bits in such great shape. All the brace bits I have are junky because they've been poorly sharpened or abused.

No oxen but maybe a nice Draft mule. Excellent series of videos!

Really enjoying the B2B series !

Aaahhhhhhh. Always leaving us hanging. Can't wait to see your next video brother.

Finally a use for all those jeep hoods I have lying around! Just kidding another great video.

I don't even have to watch it yet and I thumbs up. I already know...

People forget how to work smart. They are always rush, rush, rush.. Rush = stupid = bad back, and lets not forget lazy. Thanks for the video.

Could alllll most hear them rocks sayin Weeeeee! :-)

Trees and rocks! I had to buy my rocks for a fish pond.

Nice as always.. have you tried dipping the tips of the bits in a bees wax. my father was an old school carpenter and would use wax as a lubricant for drills and small nails to reduce friction and stop splitting keep up the great job.. you are blessed to have such a wonder family and to share your life with us. Thank You!!!

Thanks for another great video, very cool and I always appreciate it. An idea if you ever have this issue, but you can leave the ball out of the receiver and just put the hitch pin through the cable loop. I had to do that, as my load bounced and slipped the tow rope off. You didn't appear to have that issue - but maybe sometime.

i saw what looked like the hood of a pickup or jeep and thought, how in the world will that help with anything? but then it all made sense!

cool video. love watching the non power tool way of doing things.

Santa needs to bring Wranglerstar a new flannel for Christmas, that red one is going to get worn out!

OMG that soil looks so GOOD!

Love the Intro!

A Man, horse and a boat can build a rod a wall a day (or so the real men used to say!) three weeks for me and a busted fingernail. Always excited to see what's next...

Greatest intro ever...

Longer videos .... just when I get into it it ends. We need more!

I've gone this far, and I still have no idea what you're doing. I am unable to stop watching, though.

Your a Stud ! Love it man !

Once again, another great video.

Love your "stone-boat"...