The smell of working in the Timber is like nothing else, and you get the benefit of being in the most amazing, uplifting, and energizing atmosphere. everyone needs an hour of fresh air every day 🌳🌲🌳🌲🤠
Always a pleasure. Some just can’t understand the contentment of a day spent working your land! I only have 2.5 acres, but there’s always plenty to do, and it always gives me great joy. Even on days when the weather isn’t great. The right (proper) clothes, the right (proper) gear, life is grand! Thank you for your content. I think the first one I watched was your ram pump video. Seems like a lifetime ago. Thanks for letting me come along on your journey.
Hoping to sign on my first small homestead here in the near future. Not something I thought would happen at 24 years old. I just wanted to tell you how much I appreciate your content and how much it has motivated me to keep pushing towards this goal. God willing, this will be an amazing start to the next stage in life.
Hey Cody, I'm an elevator mechanic and we use that "rope biter" as you call it to raise and lower steel cable when we re-rope an elevator. We call it a pork chop.
Love all your videos! Thank you for continuing to share. "May God bless you and your families..." You're good folks and I for one appreciate you sharing your days with us! The Loctite adventures that sneak their way in are always fun too!
Great video. The thing you called a “rope biter” is commonly known as a “pork chop”. Also if you ever notice cable/ rope starts to slip you can weld on the biting surface essentially making it forever reusable. Also if you ever do need a new one Klein tools is the brand we use at work and they seem to hold up great. Also if you ever need to drop a load you can run a shackle connected to a static line through the pork chop and then lower the load and force it to be released. I work on the lake and that’s how we drop 5000-7500 pounds for anchoring blocks. Have a great day 👍
Cody, I've been a long time subscriber for years now. With all things that's going in the world, and our country in particular, your videos help to calm me. I now look for them each and every day, multiple times, until I finally see that you've posted one. I really need to learn how to tie that bowline knot. Thanks.
Another great video mate and as always very informative. The Rope Grabber you used is something I used to use to pull power lines with a winch from power pole to power pole through Snatch Blocks back in the 70s when I worked for an electricity company in Aussie. We called them Come Along's. Stay safe mate and God bless you and the family.
Thanks for the demo on ropes and blocks and knots. Soon realized this was for training purposes to apply to larger trees as those small trees could have been man handled. Going back to the acreage tomorrow and clear more area!!! God Bless
*Destin* : SNATCH BLOCKS! *Everyone else* : You could have carried them out by hand Thanks for the content Cody. I enjoy watching how tools are used properly.
Mr. Wranglerstar, watching this episode, I'm noticing your production skills and your storytelling is getting better and better all the time. Well done. Also super happy when there are no politics and/or end times narratives. Respect. Peace.
I learned a lot from this. Thanks, Cody! I also appreciate the benediction at the end. Everyone else: Remember to disable ad blockers and don't skip ads!
Another thing to add about Bowline knots - I worked as a commercial fisherman for a couple years, the bowline has saved more lives than I can count. If you fall in the water you can tie a bowline around yourself, the loop won’t get tighter if you get tied up to a boat and they pull you in - if the wrong knot pulls you in with a winch you can be cut in half... slightly counter productive.
It's always so relaxing to watch you working in the woods, regardless of the size. It is still my dream to have a 5+ acre property and be able to relax out taking care of the property. Thanks for sharing, you bring that so dream so much closer for me.
This sure is a fancy way to move a little tree. Us East Coast guys would have just picked them up and walked them to the fire haha. Thanks for the videos Cody. Excited to see you set up the new homestead!
Hi Cody! It looks like you tied you bowline slightly incorrectly, but I'm glad it still worked. In the way you were tying it, the rope should have gone in the loop the other way (from the bottom in your orientation), beind the standing end then back through the loop from the top! - A Sailor
If I had to guess, I'd guess that trying to tie it on camera and oriented to show the viewer made it go a bit off. I know just trying to show my son I often go sideways on tying knots. :D
With the bowline you are supposed to put the rope through the loop from underneath instead. The tail-end also isn't inside the loop at the end which is an indication that the knot is wrong.
Suggest painting small hardware, even tool handles (rakes, shovels) with a bright BLUE paint, makes them POP VISUALLY and Easy to find if forgotten or dropped/ lost; KRYLON PATRIOTC BLUE (similar to the COMMENT button), is same/ similar to my favorite. The unnatural color never gets lost in grass, or fall leaves/ brush, as many reds/ oranges/ yellows do. TRY It.
Absolutely use dynamic to pull stuck equipment and pull trees. Static is good to repel. That’s a wire grip made to pull in power lines. The only static lines on my trucks are for climbers. Local 702 journeyman lineman since 99 or 2000 owner of tree service since 04. Many times we load dynamic line with a bobcat on pull trees and the stretch takes to tree over. When pulling stuck equipment out the stretch of the bull rope multiplies the power factor to its coming out or coming apart. Love the vids.the wire grip you are using is referred to as a pork chop in the trade.
It'd be really cool if you could add in some drone footage of the property so we can watch it progress as you're making all these changes. Great work, keep it up.
I kept rewatching the Oregon fire videos and I had no idea you’re homestead was as close to me as I thought. I’ve learned so much from the past 2 years I’ve watched you more then school would ever teach me. I’m 14 and I never had the father figure only with sports with my step dad but other then that I have the same interest. I really looked up to jack too. I just wanna say thank you and I hope to meet you one day
The Tiny Forest is coming along nicely and I'm glad your settling into it and enjoying the whole experience and having fun. The temps are dropping and I cant wait to see how amazing it will look blanketed by snow.
Klein Tool Haven Grip... they come in two sizes. Invented for the telecoms boys for putting steel wire rope under tension along with a lever hoist. Great bit of gear.
This is similar to my work ! We use Douglas fir and spruce for making tipi poles, we fell, extract, hand peel, sand and basically do the whole process. We use a honda 500cc quad for extraction but very similar set up ! Might look into getting the round tennon cutter set you recently used in a prior video. Loving the content as always 👍🏻
Cody, Awesome stuff. Yes you are spot on, by practicing our techniques on smaller, or lighter items, when we don't have to, we can get better prepared for the larger items when we have to. Keep on truckin' brother!
The side by side is one of the best inventions. I use my Honda Pioneer everyday. As an invention that occurred in my life time I put it up there with GPS, Internet, Microwave Oven and internet
I have 150 acres of land I don’t live on but I’m the care taker of it and I try to show my daughter along with her cousins some the same things you share here on your channel. Good stuff WS
Actually, a stretching pull strap can really help when you have to pull someone out the mud, old fire hose works AWSOME, just pull taught, set brakes, and let the cord shrink again, overcome that suction cup effect of the mud.
How interesting - I am soaking this stuff up like a sponge - you are teaching me things I never knew - please check up the videos like this. Love love love it
Hey Cody, Dan here. I am a Canadian, liberal as heck, I believe in our Creator but abhor religion, I am a hunter and have grown up with firearms (we don’t call them weapons) but have some problems with the gun culture that my big brother to the south lives with, and I could go on and on, but, I love you. I love Wranglerstar, I admire and respect the path that you’ve chosen. I watch everything that you produce because it makes me look at the world through your eyes and teaches me to be tolerant, to shut my mouth, and just listen. I found Casey Neistat because of you. Thank you. You are good, good man. And, bring the axe videos!
I see alot of people commenting how they would of just picked it up or done X, Y or Z. You are all free to do it however ya want. The man probably puts in more effort in camera work then most do on a day to day basis.
Yessir this here channel is top quality. A guy has to keep a watch out for them loctite rockets flying over at all hours. Glad you’ve got the proper gear to watch out for em at night too. 👍
The quality of your video's and time you put into them and thought of each one is something else ! I enjoy them very much so thanks take care my brother
Aside from all the hard work and heat of the summer, my favorite job was working in the tree service for the local IBEW. Good guys and learned so much.
This was a great video! Thank you. We used that style of pulling clamp for barbed wire. Lots of adrenaline when the wire slipped. Enjoyed learning about the blocks.
I'm not 100% sure (about 99), but I really think that rope biter is designed for a steel cable. There was also a pallet puller used to pull pallets with a heavy load to the rear of a truck with the forklift to reach with the forks. It was made on the same design.
That’s not a rope biter! It’s a lineman tool I use for pulling cable. And that was not a bowline. Your tail should always be on the inside loop when you pull it.
Made me want to get out on my place and do some more logging. Unfortunately, we got a foot of new snow yesterday and all I can do is plow the road out. Cheers from Montana.
I do this all the time gathering firewood. Only i use just a rope and knots. It all changed for me once I learned 2 knots besides the bowline. 1. Alpine Butterfly. 2. Bowline on a bight. With those three knots you can do just about all the skidding you want with a block of course. One handy hit. Set you block up in the tree even a few feet. This makes you logs less likely to dig into the ground since the pull is "up" slightly.
did 100k others notice the bowline that wasn't - or am I incorrect? 7:16 _ It is a knot that works once - will likely lock up under load, but "ain't a bowline." - cowboy or otherwise...
Ha... Westcoast Guys... here in Germany we would've thrown those stick right next to the camp. 🤣 Just kidding. Thanks lots for your great videos. There is always something to learn. And such great videography and editing. You'd get 10 thumbs up, if it would be possible.
"The rabbit comes out of the hole, goes around the tree, and then back into the hole" That is a little saying I remember to help me make sure I tie a proper bowline. Please do a short video clarifying the right way to tie this knot, as you have a large following and I'd hate to see a bunch of people out there tying it wrong
Pink was a great choice of color for the soft shackle as it wont blend in with ground foliage. Where as many primary color will blend in with ground foliage.
In Australia our pre-teen daughters would move twigs like that by hand.
I was thinking the same thing.
I agree 😂
You're not wrong, mate - blindfolded, too... 👍🇦🇺
Hell i don't blame him. Why work harder when you can use a MACHINE.
Have to justify the toys guys. Come on
Mid-western guys just pull trees that size by hand 😂
Hahaha dang I was gonna say the same for us east coast boys. Good video on snatch block use though.
Thinking the same thing.
I'm in idaho and I agree. Keep in mind though he had shoulder issues not too long ago.
UK guys just stare, and through pure will the tree gives in and falls over as sawn lumber. GRRRR!
In Norway we pull twigs with our teeth. 😂🇳🇴
Thanks for sharing your knowledge Cody, Aways amazed at how much you know.
The smell of working in the Timber is like nothing else, and you get the benefit of being in the most amazing, uplifting, and energizing atmosphere. everyone needs an hour of fresh air every day 🌳🌲🌳🌲🤠
I mean us East Coast guys would have just drug those forest toothpicks 2 at a time to where they needed to be and saved hours......
Always a pleasure. Some just can’t understand the contentment of a day spent working your land! I only have 2.5 acres, but there’s always plenty to do, and it always gives me great joy. Even on days when the weather isn’t great. The right (proper) clothes, the right (proper) gear, life is grand! Thank you for your content. I think the first one I watched was your ram pump video. Seems like a lifetime ago. Thanks for letting me come along on your journey.
What you call a forest, we on the East Coast call a “back yard”
Composition, video quality, sound....impeccable. Thank you for your efforts, they shine through every time.
I learn a lot watching your channel. Thanks Wranglerstar.
Hoping to sign on my first small homestead here in the near future. Not something I thought would happen at 24 years old. I just wanted to tell you how much I appreciate your content and how much it has motivated me to keep pushing towards this goal. God willing, this will be an amazing start to the next stage in life.
Hey Cody, I'm an elevator mechanic and we use that "rope biter" as you call it to raise and lower steel cable when we re-rope an elevator. We call it a pork chop.
In the electrical linework field we call it a bulldog
Love all your videos! Thank you for continuing to share. "May God bless you and your families..." You're good folks and I for one appreciate you sharing your days with us!
The Loctite adventures that sneak their way in are always fun too!
Great video. The thing you called a “rope biter” is commonly known as a “pork chop”. Also if you ever notice cable/ rope starts to slip you can weld on the biting surface essentially making it forever reusable. Also if you ever do need a new one Klein tools is the brand we use at work and they seem to hold up great. Also if you ever need to drop a load you can run a shackle connected to a static line through the pork chop and then lower the load and force it to be released. I work on the lake and that’s how we drop 5000-7500 pounds for anchoring blocks. Have a great day 👍
Cody, I've been a long time subscriber for years now. With all things that's going in the world, and our country in particular, your videos help to calm me. I now look for them each and every day, multiple times, until I finally see that you've posted one. I really need to learn how to tie that bowline knot. Thanks.
I love watching guys who don’t know knots ...teach about knots
Another great video mate and as always very informative. The Rope Grabber you used is something I used to use to pull power lines with a winch from power pole to power pole through Snatch Blocks back in the 70s when I worked for an electricity company in Aussie. We called them Come Along's. Stay safe mate and God bless you and the family.
Never thought I’d hear a phallic reference on a Wranglerstar video.
I still enjoy your videos, even if your forest is much smaller these days.
Thanks for the demo on ropes and blocks and knots. Soon realized this was for training purposes to apply to larger trees as those small trees could have been man handled. Going back to the acreage tomorrow and clear more area!!! God Bless
*Destin* : SNATCH BLOCKS!
*Everyone else* : You could have carried them out by hand
Thanks for the content Cody. I enjoy watching how tools are used properly.
Mr. Wranglerstar, watching this episode, I'm noticing your production skills and your storytelling is getting better and better all the time. Well done. Also super happy when there are no politics and/or end times narratives. Respect. Peace.
Can’t not immediately give a like to the loctite intro!
Great instruction Cody! I not only learned something, I also enjoyed the beauty of Gods creation! Thank you for sharing!
I love the seamless overlapping audio you've been doing. very nice touch.
Thank you, it is a lot of extra work but worth it,
I learned a lot from this. Thanks, Cody! I also appreciate the benediction at the end.
Everyone else: Remember to disable ad blockers and don't skip ads!
Another thing to add about Bowline knots - I worked as a commercial fisherman for a couple years, the bowline has saved more lives than I can count. If you fall in the water you can tie a bowline around yourself, the loop won’t get tighter if you get tied up to a boat and they pull you in - if the wrong knot pulls you in with a winch you can be cut in half... slightly counter productive.
It's always so relaxing to watch you working in the woods, regardless of the size. It is still my dream to have a 5+ acre property and be able to relax out taking care of the property. Thanks for sharing, you bring that so dream so much closer for me.
This sure is a fancy way to move a little tree. Us East Coast guys would have just picked them up and walked them to the fire haha.
Thanks for the videos Cody. Excited to see you set up the new homestead!
Absolutely Iove learning and that’s the main reason I LOVE your channel!!!
Hi Cody! It looks like you tied you bowline slightly incorrectly, but I'm glad it still worked. In the way you were tying it, the rope should have gone in the loop the other way (from the bottom in your orientation), beind the standing end then back through the loop from the top!
- A Sailor
If I had to guess, I'd guess that trying to tie it on camera and oriented to show the viewer made it go a bit off. I know just trying to show my son I often go sideways on tying knots. :D
@@merpius Happens to the best of us!
I get you were doing this for demonstration purposes, but on the East coast we just pick it up and drag it out by hand..😉
Anyone else start saying the rabbit comes out of the hole, round the tree, and back down in the hole when Cody was tying the Bowline?
I did ..
Yes, but he wasn’t listening to me.
As always, great video Brother Cody. Blessing Wranglerstar family.
Quality of that new camera is great. The Tiny Forest is a great name. Need to hear the Sweetloaf saying “Tiny Forest”.
An east coast guy would pull them trees out by hand hahaha. Love the videos good skills to learn!
With the bowline you are supposed to put the rope through the loop from underneath instead. The tail-end also isn't inside the loop at the end which is an indication that the knot is wrong.
Never seen a bowline tied that way. Is that a metric version?
😂
Suggest painting small hardware, even tool handles (rakes, shovels) with a bright BLUE paint, makes them POP VISUALLY and Easy to find if forgotten or dropped/ lost; KRYLON PATRIOTC BLUE (similar to the COMMENT button), is same/ similar to my favorite. The unnatural color never gets lost in grass, or fall leaves/ brush, as many reds/ oranges/ yellows do. TRY It.
Just don't drop in a field of cornflowers. lol...
Absolutely use dynamic to pull stuck equipment and pull trees. Static is good to repel. That’s a wire grip made to pull in power lines. The only static lines on my trucks are for climbers. Local 702 journeyman lineman since 99 or 2000 owner of tree service since 04. Many times we load dynamic line with a bobcat on pull trees and the stretch takes to tree over. When pulling stuck equipment out the stretch of the bull rope multiplies the power factor to its coming out or coming apart. Love the vids.the wire grip you are using is referred to as a pork chop in the trade.
It'd be really cool if you could add in some drone footage of the property so we can watch it progress as you're making all these changes. Great work, keep it up.
Thanks again Cody!!! It's always great to open up UA-cam and see you posted a new video...
God bless you and your family.
Interesting, I don't think I've ever seen a bowline tied like that.
Git-r-done!
You need to announce a work & party Cody... LOL. The weekend is right around the corner!!
I kept rewatching the Oregon fire videos and I had no idea you’re homestead was as close to me as I thought. I’ve learned so much from the past 2 years I’ve watched you more then school would ever teach me. I’m 14 and I never had the father figure only with sports with my step dad but other then that I have the same interest. I really looked up to jack too. I just wanna say thank you and I hope to meet you one day
Wise young man! Learning practical real world skills will never fail you.
@@pamwick4763 I can guarantee they won’t and also doing them in a fun way
The Tiny Forest is coming along nicely and I'm glad your settling into it and enjoying the whole experience and having fun. The temps are dropping and I cant wait to see how amazing it will look blanketed by snow.
I could pick those little trees up from the woods and haul them by hand . But whatever works for you man .
Exactly, on the East Coast we would have just dragged them by hand and been dome with it lol
Always learning something new. Thank you for the time you put into posting these videos.
That "rope biter" is very similar to a grigri or ascender. I've used them rock climbing. Nice use of one!
Love the intro! Made me laugh out loud. Thanks for that.
Klein Tool Haven Grip... they come in two sizes. Invented for the telecoms boys for putting steel wire rope under tension along with a lever hoist. Great bit of gear.
This is similar to my work ! We use Douglas fir and spruce for making tipi poles, we fell, extract, hand peel, sand and basically do the whole process. We use a honda 500cc quad for extraction but very similar set up !
Might look into getting the round tennon cutter set you recently used in a prior video.
Loving the content as always 👍🏻
I know you need to make some content mate, but that seems like an awful lot of hassle for a twig my granny could have dragged out 😁😉
just what i was thinking haha
Cody, Awesome stuff. Yes you are spot on, by practicing our techniques on smaller, or lighter items, when we don't have to, we can get better prepared for the larger items when we have to. Keep on truckin' brother!
So you spent 5-10 mins rigging and when could have carried them in 2 mins
Thank you for bringing us along. Great content! God bless you and your family!
That "rope biter" is either a porkchp or a bulldog grip for line tensioning on poles
Every time I hear the word "snatch block" I think of Destin at SmarterEveryDay and his obsession with them. Fun video!
Okay, stay with me here:
Wranglerstar Rims for the ATV.
I saw that!
The side by side is one of the best inventions. I use my Honda Pioneer everyday. As an invention that occurred in my life time I put it up there with GPS, Internet, Microwave Oven and internet
Miss the old days skidding with a truck hood.
I have 150 acres of land I don’t live on but I’m the care taker of it and I try to show my daughter along with her cousins some the same things you share here on your channel.
Good stuff WS
80 today in Texas. 22! No way. I am out!
First day in 40s today in PA after a streak of 70s. Wet and cold. I was in texas once and I loved it
Been watching your videos forever and have enjoyed almost every one! Keep up the great work!
In Florida we use the “rope biter” for stretching barb wire for our cattle.
helo you
I Look forward to your videos daily. God Bless and thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience.
Actually, a stretching pull strap can really help when you have to pull someone out the mud, old fire hose works AWSOME, just pull taught, set brakes, and let the cord shrink again, overcome that suction cup effect of the mud.
How interesting - I am soaking this stuff up like a sponge - you are teaching me things I never knew - please check up the videos like this. Love love love it
As an old trawlerman I have to say - that aint a bowline knot - that is a bad knot and will come undone when you don't want it to.
Was thinking the same exact thing
Love the videos keep it up and may God Bless y’all!!
Hey Cody, Dan here. I am a Canadian, liberal as heck, I believe in our Creator but abhor religion, I am a hunter and have grown up with firearms (we don’t call them weapons) but have some problems with the gun culture that my big brother to the south lives with, and I could go on and on, but, I love you. I love Wranglerstar, I admire and respect the path that you’ve chosen. I watch everything that you produce because it makes me look at the world through your eyes and teaches me to be tolerant, to shut my mouth, and just listen. I found Casey Neistat because of you. Thank you. You are good, good man. And, bring the axe videos!
So what are your problems with the gun culture of your southern brothers?
Good Sabbath to you Cody. Have a great weekend!
I see alot of people commenting how they would of just picked it up or done X, Y or Z. You are all free to do it however ya want. The man probably puts in more effort in camera work then most do on a day to day basis.
This intro is absolutely brilliant ! 😆
That's a lot of equipment to move a couple branches for the brush pile 😆
Yessir this here channel is top quality. A guy has to keep a watch out for them loctite rockets flying over at all hours. Glad you’ve got the proper gear to watch out for em at night too. 👍
You didn’t buy that rope clamp-thingy. if memory recalls, someone sent it to you a while back and it was in a video of yours!
The quality of your video's and time you put into them and thought of each one is something else ! I enjoy them very much so thanks take care my brother
A wise man once told me, if you don't know how to tie knots, tie lots of them!
Aside from all the hard work and heat of the summer, my favorite job was working in the tree service for the local IBEW. Good guys and learned so much.
It would be quicker and easier just to drag the small trees by hand.
My 9 year old nephew could have dragged that out lol
That would have been a short tutorial
I love your channel man. I just bought some woods that need a lot of cleaning up. Your content is perfect for what im doing.
Relax folks it’s a demonstration.
However, no more dragging trees on your old truck hood for a skid.?! 🎶 Move’n on up 🎶
Love you guys! Greetings from Caribou, Maine.
it's called a porkchop used for pulling electric lines up on poles
This was a great video! Thank you. We used that style of pulling clamp for barbed wire. Lots of adrenaline when the wire slipped. Enjoyed learning about the blocks.
That bowline at 7:25 looks VERY sketchy. IMHO it is incorrect. Happy it didn't fail on you!
I'm not 100% sure (about 99), but I really think that rope biter is designed for a steel cable. There was also a pallet puller used to pull pallets with a heavy load to the rear of a truck with the forklift to reach with the forks. It was made on the same design.
An east coast man could just drag a sapling that small across the way to the limbing area.
Another great video with excellent as well as useful instruction. Thank you.
That’s not a rope biter! It’s a lineman tool I use for pulling cable. And that was not a bowline. Your tail should always be on the inside loop when you pull it.
Made me want to get out on my place and do some more logging. Unfortunately, we got a foot of new snow yesterday and all I can do is plow the road out. Cheers from Montana.
I work on elevators in Chicago.We call your rope biter a pork chop for rigging elevator cable.
I do this all the time gathering firewood. Only i use just a rope and knots. It all changed for me once I learned 2 knots besides the bowline. 1. Alpine Butterfly. 2. Bowline on a bight. With those three knots you can do just about all the skidding you want with a block of course. One handy hit. Set you block up in the tree even a few feet. This makes you logs less likely to dig into the ground since the pull is "up" slightly.
did 100k others notice the bowline that wasn't - or am I incorrect? 7:16 _ It is a knot that works once - will likely lock up under load, but "ain't a bowline." - cowboy or otherwise...
Great video. The added howls are always funny. Love the content!
Most work ive ever seen to move a couple twigs lol
Lol I was thinking the same. I would’ve just carried that.
Logging is logging. No matter the size. Great video! Quality was excellent in spite of the lighting conditions. Intro was funny.
Left me dead with the overkill..
Ha... Westcoast Guys... here in Germany we would've thrown those stick right next to the camp.
🤣
Just kidding. Thanks lots for your great videos. There is always something to learn.
And such great videography and editing. You'd get 10 thumbs up, if it would be possible.
"The rabbit comes out of the hole, goes around the tree, and then back into the hole" That is a little saying I remember to help me make sure I tie a proper bowline. Please do a short video clarifying the right way to tie this knot, as you have a large following and I'd hate to see a bunch of people out there tying it wrong
Pink was a great choice of color for the soft shackle as it wont blend in with ground foliage. Where as many primary color will blend in with ground foliage.