Building a Log Cabin from Logs in My Forest!
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
- I cut down dead pine trees that are on my 40 acre property to build a sugar shack that will house a maple sap boiler so we can enjoy some delicious maple syrup in the spring. Full Log Cabin Playlist: • Building a Log Cabin
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With the help of my chainsaw, I'll cut down all the overgrown and shaded out dead pines which I will cut into log to build a sugar shack. The pines in this replanted forest are fat too overgrown and have been grossly mismanaged. The trees should have be cut and thinned nearly a decade ago. Removing the dead trees is a good start to rehabilitating the forest. Later, we will thin even more and get the forest ready for replanting and rejuvenating.
In this first part, we will mostly be cutting trees and then getting the site chosen. It's a lot of tree felling, and hauling to get our raw materials.
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"Self-Reliance" is an 1841 essay written by American transcendentalist philosopher and essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson. It contains the most thorough statement of one of Emerson's recurrent themes: the need for each individual to avoid conformity and false consistency, and follow his own instincts and ideas. This channel will approach self reliance from a modern perspective. and will focus on various build projects using modern amenities, and tools to build a completely self reliant lifestyle.
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the reason your lighter didnt light was because it was cold next time try storing it under your coat next to your body for a few minutes to warm up the butane. the warmer the gas the taller the flame.
Wick lighters like Zippos will work in the cold. Compressed gas lighters need to be warmed up
Where does one acquire a don to help build forts 😂💕
Only in Canada
I too would like a Don 😅🤣
@@33nivag335 I'm in Canada and I'd like a Don too! Will he accept Bitcoin as payment? :)
He is Don in 60 seconds.
The Doninator!
This book is Awesome! I love the Lean-To-Shed the most (page 98). The plan ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxo4aMFkUegBx-KHPIJlfwKPHu7kQXAR9N is to attach it to the back of my brick house. I also like how they walk you through the many different steps of construction, which is important for the less experienced like me.
I feel like a kid again getting up on Saturday morning looking for my favorite cartoon. Only now I am looking for a new video from Kevin. And yes stihl should become a sponsor.
Connect the water heater to a timer to turn on and off in interval's all day, that's how we set up or cow tanks.
Forest management is super important so you're actually being good stewards of the land. :)
Cut all the pine out and plant sugar maples for your great grandchildren to harvest maple syrup. Won't help you much, but pancakes in 2120 will thank you.
You can also tap Black Walnut, Manitoba Mapple, Elder, Birch
It would do better if you only left the best pines and platined the sugar maples (shade tolerant for the first 5 years or so)
@@bennetwilson8122 There may be many maples on the property now. It is "Planted"
Oh man... I could literally FEEL the frustration with the lighter on every “click”
How exciting! Another new project. I love when you, Don, and Chris get those mental gears turning.
Haha, I feel you on the lighter. At the minute in my van I have a 2 burner camper stove, hit the ignition and there's nothing, use one of those lighters and it lights, use the lighter by itself and no flame.
They go out on a whim, breath a little heavy near them and off they go.
Stick with the blow torch.
Why not use matches? You can buy boxes of triple length ones.
You trying to light that lighter was like an episode from Family Guy - the repetitiveness of the attempt had me in stitches!!!🤣🤣
Don’t let tree huggers bother you. They are emotionally ignorant. I’m just loving your channel! Also love your humor and personality. I notice Canadians like to use the long “o” sound in words such as “process” and “project” - too cute.
"Don's not really going to be using the chainsaw"......Immediately shows Don using the chainsaw
Kevin, butane doesnt really work below 0C very well; that's why camp stoves use isobutane that is good down to -10c or so. I am trying ouy my homemade hot tent right now and left a lighter in it with the stove off. It was -5c in here and the Bic wouldnt light; I had to warm it in my hands for a bit so it could warm up enough. Propane is good to like -40 if used with a low btu device
Another great Saturday morning! Thanks you guys!
You'd think tree huggers would appreciate responsible forestry management.
(looks at the West coast states)
no, I don't think they would
and they were even warned about it but still didn't listen
@@friedrichwilhelmvonsteuben7952 They didn’t have their prisoners clearing the forest floor because of covid and the electric grid was old and shitty. That’s what you get when everyone is profit motivated. Those types of people cut corners wherever they can.
@@cooper5324 private companies are not in charge of public land management, the state govts are
Forest fires happen the reason that for example that the fires in Australia were so bad and caused so many deaths was that the tree huggers stopped the government from creating fire breaks controlled burns etc in the name of ecology! Of course this directly led to millions of those critters they were trying to "save" turning crispy but I think over 80 human deaths.
Definitely why there are fires in California!
I could watch you guys cut down trees all day. Thanks for making the videos!
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Hey Don a wee bit of parafin wax and dryer lint makes awesome fire starters use a cardboard egg carton , pour the parafin over the lint in the egg carton . Makes 12 or 18
Awesome project! Great to thin out a bunch of deadwood. What fun!
Fire lighter ---- Saw dust -- diesel -- soap flakes all mixed together in a bucket --- and make in to golf ball size balls
Butane lighters don't work when they're cold.
I was coming to say the same thing
You can sometimes shake them and they'll work for 10 seconds or so. Or like other people said, heat it up.
@@jimmoody1662 I was coming to say the same thing too. Butane compresses and will not vaporize below 31 degrees Fahrenheit. I found that out the hard way needing to cook outside on a butane stove one weekend that was well below zero a number of years ago..
Unless you're a welder... then definitely DO NOT carry a lighter in your pocket.
@@wannabejeeper welder here, can confirm, my buddy set his junk on fire xD
Kevin, I just bought one of those Geneva lighters and you are right even on the high setting the flame is tiny and if your outside good luck getting it to light. So, I took mine apart and turned up the flame from the inside. Now on high, the flame is a good 3-4 inches high. Needless to say, I have to keep it on low now. LOL! It's definitely better than before. All you do is take out the 1 screw, pull the red collar off, and with the lighter laying flat take off the side panel. Next slide the low high lever off the wheel put the lever in the low position and put it back on the wheel and turn it to high. You can do this a couple times if you want but I think just twice will do the job. Then put it back together the opposite way you took it apart and you have yourself a good high flame lighter. Hope this hack helped. Now you don't have to waste money by throwing it out and other than it not lighting due to the cold this lighter will work well. I love your channel and the things you build are pretty cool. Especially for not spending hardly any money on all the things you have built so far. Keep the videos coming. They're great and I find you funny as well. Stay safe out there.
I find it interesting that we have to do that to make it work. I'll give it a whirl next time I have some patience
Please don't apologize for cutting trees. I think your audience understands forest management, and the right way to take care of land.
Ducks were saying "quiet Kevin we're trying to quack over here!"
It amazes me the knowledge that you have, I'm kinda jealous. That's why I'm also thankful for your channel because you share that knowledge with us. I can't wait to see the sweet sugar shack all completed and I do advise that you install the rammed earth foundation first. That kind of foundation isn't something you can work on with the building jacked up above you unfortunately.
Kelvin; yeah you are right *winter* is too cold to build anything! And I 👀 that you boys are so thickly dressed to keep warm from the cold!. Yeah you are right there are times to add more tools and gadgets to build something new. I hope your sugar shack is successfully done. Take care sweetie! Awaiting the build up of it. Love❤
Your wit has no bounds. Continue👍
Love your dry humour and amazing builds. You will get 1.000.000 subs. You and Chris awesome to watch. And beautiful families.
Excellent as always . Can’t wait to see the sugar shack up and in use .
Look at Loblaws for a BBQ lighter. My wife works there and brought a few home, they have a bendy neck and are little blow torches. They'd start your fire nice and fast.
Butane boils at 30°F. Keep the lighter in an inside pocket and it will work just fine. In Canada and northern US States we use liquid propane for grilling. Propane boils at about -30°F. In southern US States they use butane gas for grilling. This past week a lot of Texans discovered that their grills would not light when temperatures dropped to near 0°.
Kevin good work in clearing the forrest and harvesting the wood enjoyed 👍🏻 sure i will enjoy the maple hut build even more 👍🏻👏🏴
Everyone down here in the states doesn’t see the point in cleaning the forest floor..... until a fire starts.
I think the resin moves outwardly and
hardens when you strip the bark of the pines- makes impermeable to weather and bugs.
Great vid
That makes sense.
Your a ability to make just about anything fun is great!
my Son, makes firestarters out of sawdust and wax, and they work pretty good
I need a Don too 🤣🤣 I’m glad you explained what a sugar shack is, I’m a city gal and had no idea what that was. I really love the homestead. Great vlog.
Yes you can place stickers on your hard hat. You have place them at least one inch from the edges. This is so if you are welding, grinding or around sparks, hot heat, etc they will not burn you if they catch on fire. The stickers come under fire safety. They have no effects on your hard hat.
For future references, the fire starters are easier when you dip tissue or toilet paper in wax, doesn't matter what type they burn for about 5 minutes when you use double sheets, obviously you want to use a double boil system such as an old saucer inside a pot of boiling water and dip both sides then let dry
Don't forget the fire extinguisher... 😉
....still low hanging fruit.
Anyhow congrats on your homestead. Your Sauna and your tool shed are two of my favorites.
Hope you attempt to build another smoke house... honestly.
I like that game of extreme dominoes
Trees never cooperate with the plan. I think it's their last great act of defiance.. 😆.
Even in death they defy, lol!
I'm really glad you've kept the ducks.. Channel mascots, imo
Still say a dug-out house would probably be best, just 18"-24" down the soil should be >45 degrees.
the sawdust in a tube bit gave me a good loud chuckle
If you warm the lighter with your hands the butane will pressurize and turn to gas and the lighter will work.
everybody needs a Don for a friend.
Lot of work for a tasty treat
Don is correct. You need to put approved stickers on your hard hat. The glue from some stickers can compromise the plastic of the hard hat. I myself, highly doubt that would ever happen. They're just covering their butts
Or their...... heads.
Sorry. I had to. I'm a dad 😎
I had to Google it when Don said it. I never knew that until now
Yeah they say dont put anything on your hardhat. Yet when orientation is dont they give you a sticker to put on your hardhat lol
The closest thing I ever had to a big brother passed away 2 years ago today.
I recall him dropping one tree into another until 9 came down at once, instant parking lot.
Thanks for the memory
Your lumber jack skills are astonishingly amazing!
You never know what’s coming next with Kevin but you know it’s gonna be good
If I had a forest to manage, I would absolutely buy the simple tree jack your saw mill company sell for pushing over tree's in whatever directing your require (so easy and sure) it's a no brainer.
Absolutely love love love your channel.
thinning only the dead trees won't fix the over stocking in the stand, space the live trees so their crowns have space / light on 3 sides. 20 - 30ft spacing at the base should do it.
I agree. First step is the removal of the dead standing... The recommendation was to remove every fourth row of trees then. Every 5-6 tree of the remaining rows... There is a pile of work to do.
I hope Don gets to enjoy all the conveniences that he has helped build? You must like your maple syrup LOL 😂😂😂. Cheers, Sean
Love how this is going, forest is looking much cleaner! I fear nobody will listen to common sense though, trees need light and space to grow, otherwise they can end up rotting to the roots and that's when it gets dangerous! There's a VERY big difference between deforestation and helping new trees populate, I'd honestly of cut a few more back myself. :)
First steps.. clear the dead.. following steps.. remove marginalized live trees to open the canopy.
You come up with the most clever project ideas! What are you going to do in a sugar shack? I know you talked about it a little, but I am clueless and of course rather than look it up I ask. 🤣
That was a teaser video, lol, looking forward to the next episode, tell Don to make the sawdust fire starters, you can market them as fire dust from the great North, sure there would be a market for them, until next time, peace my brother.
I use cardboard egg cartons, candle wax, shredded paper, dryer lint, cotton balls saved from pill bottles, mix the stuff put it into egg carton cups, melt and drip some wax to hold the stuff together and let dry. Break off pieces and use for starting fires. Sawdust would work too, but mixing two or three of the above together adds air pockets - Don’s sawdust may be too tightly packed.
Saturday uplands are awesome
There was an old man near me who had 40 acres of maple, he inherited from his Grandpa. He had a big sugar shack, that a local artist (Terry Redlin) painted. (Night Mapling)
Great idea with the board!
As you are becoming more and more efficient, you should get a chipper tossing all those limbs in there, then put all the chips in water buckets and compress the chips in to bricks, then dry them out for 30-60 days (depending on how fine the cups are) and burn them, great raven warmth for longer.
I enjoyed watching you fell the trees 🌳 🌳 🌲 🎄👍💕😊😊😊
This channel is like a Canadian Art Attack! love it
Yes
Great Canadian outdoor channel: Wood Fire & Maple Syrup!!! Haha! Keep doing what your doing👍 Your having a blast for sure with your projects... People really enjoy your take on Utubing compared to your brother. Thanks for your videos.. Keep them coming👍 B Deacon Brandon Manitoba
Trying to knock down a tree with a tree is like trying to get a stuck bag of chips out of a vending machine with another bag of chips
Sometimes that works.
The subscribers are just flowing in! Great work again Kevin!! Love this channel and everything it has to offer.
Next thing he knew he had cut down every tree in the forest, however none of them have fallen. It is now a game of big boy jenga
I've cut down groves of maple, and they're tricky as in they'll kill ya, but pines can still barber chair and you don't want to be pushing them if there is any uncut wood. They can swing back quick and gut you like a fish. No fun, kills a lot of guys. I also get a thick piece of hardwood as a bat and use that to break dead branches to limb. Much faster, but not so clean if you need super clean.
I like the super clean cut..
Wow! Fortunate you have a forest of dead pine. That's not around here. Great logs. The dry branches are great for kindling. Cutting them into manageable fuel is tedious but great for keeping kids busy. Had to Google a sugar shack. I'm from the city. Hehe.
Tractor and chain guy! I'm old the tractor can do so much!
Yes mate, loving the motivation!! great videos as always. From Scotland so totally feel the cold weather!! love it though...
Jupiter on the back of the sauna got me thinking... You know what'd be a great project? An observatory! Mix some science with nature? I'm sure you can get a sponsor to provide a nice telescope, then you just need to build a structure to protected in. Maybe even heat the place with a jet stove. I'm picturing some wide corrugated pipe stood on end, some scrap geodesic dome parts, garage door panels... I don't know, I trust you to figure it out man!
Such a joy to see you guys on a Saturday morning. Sweeter than the maple syrup 🥰. You’re so much fun to watch and anticipate each week what you’ll do next
I can’t believe I went a whole day without checking your newest upload.
You’ll look back on these days and the backbreaking work will all be worth the memories.
Can you fit “Is it the right way to do it? I don’t know, it’s what I’m doing” on Kevin’s new merchandise...🤣🤣🤣👍👍👍
Completely the catch phrase for this channel. At least one of a few. 😅
Cursing in the woods is my favorite catch phrase
@@jonnygranville281 soooo true 👍👍👍
Enjoying the content! Although, watching from the UK and had no idea what a sugar shack was! every day is a school day! Keep up the good work
You are going to have a hell of a time making maple syrup from those pine trees.
guess you never saw their past videos on harvesting and making 1000 jars of Syrup from those trees out there, eh?
@@surfersurfer8824 I was joking, like it was a joke, dont be a jerk.
Egg carton, dryer lint and wax make outstanding fire starters lasting around 10 minutes each.
So nice that you have a lumber supply In your backyard, Kevin! :) But that means more projects, so yay!!
Rookie non-smoker mistake, keep your gas ligthters in the warm side of your jacket or use zippo like (fuel based) lighters in winter. love your videos!
I just retired after 21 years in a Shipyard. Our hard hats were covered with stickers. Never heard that one.
I know you can't put stickers on motorbike helmets - not sure on forestry hats
Love your creativity and hard work... Don 😂
Earthship! When will your little slice of paradise in the sticks see the addition of one of those bad boys?
Looking forward to seeing how it turns out
I very much enjoy your videos,and how you approach a problem and solve it
You could consider a trail groomer. Works great in the snow.
I'm SOOOO jealous!
You're having way too much fun! 😁👍
Actively preventing wildfires? What a novel concept! *laugh-cries in californian*
Awesome videos. We’re hoping to tap later this week. Lots of snow this year. Makes it a tricky. But good exercise I guess
Walking in apple sauce..
Oh, FUN!!! Wow, you really had me laughing at your 3 stuck trees!!! I was envisioning a whole row of them!!!!! Lol! Glad you were being safe though. You and Don are quite the work team, nice of your brother to help also. That is going to be so (pun up ahead) SWEET! :) So look forward to your videos and hilarious shenanigans!!! Stay warm and safe. Glad you upgraded the duck's water supply to 5 stars! Peace and Good Fortune and Good Health to you and your family and friends.
Finally making the sugar shack. I remember watching your brother talk about it before you started the original cabin at this build.
Exciting!
Take care Don ! You too! Great video !
You are getting there. Keep cutting trees.😀👍👋🥞🥞🥞
As for the fire starter, you need air flow. I made one with dryer lint in a TP tube wrapped in newspaper. Had to deconstruct it to make it work. Lint placed lightly into a tube is best.
I'm in Quebec, maple syrup rules, but I hear there are other trees that work too, like birch.
18:48 It is full alright...full of butane, which does not evaporate at that kind of temperatures... hence the lighter is not suited for outdoor use in the canadian bush in winter...
Kevin. You have the bestest ideas 💡
cant wait for sugar bush season
261 is one of my favorites but my all time is a 391 Farm boss