I remember once in my much younger days living in North Dakota that it had been so cold for so long,,, it finally warmed all the way up to 20 degrees above zero. It felt like a heat wave. A bunch of us got together and played football. There was about a foot of snow on the ground. We were wearing t-shirts and gym shorts. 4 of us ended up in the hospital with pneumonia. But all of us got sick one way or another. So when you said plus 15 degrees felt warm, I could relate. 😀
@@JimmyMeatwhistle In January, 1982 the first day I went to college in Grande Prairie, Alberta. It was -43C. I walked and waited for bus for around 10 mins. My face was freezing. It was incredible moment that I won't forget. Temperature was much lower than my freezer at home🤣🤣🤣
What a great cabin ! Amazing how the deer just go on like it is just another day with no mind for the very low polar vortex temps ! Awesome how you have such a good supply of wood.
That's a great little cabin and setup you have there! Appreciate the video. I live on an island in the Pacific so this is about the only way I can experience conditions so contrasting to my own. Thanks.
A friend of mine down the road has it now, and he has done a ton of work to it. I should probably do an update video on that awesome little pickup truck 👍
From -40ish to +10 in 7 hours is not good. Get a MrBuddy propane heater for the long wait. One year the heat went out in my cabin north of Fairbanks, -55f. I went into town and got a room. A Toyo stove but electronically controlled; no power, no heat. In the village we had a Toyo drip stove with friction ignition. Worked flawlessly.( Worked so well, the corpse in the cabin thawed out! Funeral next day.)
It takes awhile to remove the frost from the building materials / furniture etc. usually 24 hours minimum . After that a small wood stove can keep it very comfortable. Radiant heading --
Jimmy - just found your channel. It has been a while since I lived in your neck of the woods and its great to be able to see it again. Keep the fire going.
I JUST LOVE WATCHING VIDEOS LIKE THIS I JUST join YOUR CHANNEL FROM TEXAS we are GETTING ice OUT here we don't GET SNOW but it's sounds like LITTLE balls are falling on my roof
Maybe you can use a second wood stove. You can set it at the opposite of the room and heat up quicker. Do i sound dumb? I don't know but this might help with -40s.
Great views... your cabin is amazing!! Wood Stove works very well heating the cabin up quite quickly👍 love the shot of waterfall and and all the deer near your place. Lots of Peace and Tranquillity👍 B Deacon Mb Canada
@@JimmyMeatwhistle We have a cabin an hour from house but can only go when wife wants to go. I was in horrific MVA Dec/2017. Can’t walk, drive (PTSD very bad) too many operations.. So I live threw your videos.... brings back so many memories for me. Praise the Lord🙏🏻
I sat a can on my stove one time... I went outside and threw some bedding out for the animals and by the time I walked back inside it was all over the place lol... My wife was so mad
The landscape is beautiful. The deer were beautiful. It must be brutal for them finding food with the cold and snow. Oh I just seen you hooked up the plug to the truck! 😂
My goodness gracious me, minus 55 😳😱🙏, I felt really warm when you lit the match mate, crickey never in my wildest dreams could I imagine that coldness 🍻🍺👍
-55C! Take care, it isvery dangerous. I should not drive, everything fet to so so brittle. Feels like the car have irontires. Take care and be sure to cover up.
If you want to heat up your cabin quickly. Have air intake valve for stove. Have a separate air intake valve for the room that runs up your stove pipe then releases at the ceiling level with a fan that blows it downwards. Check your seals at doors and windows. You can do this when your fire is roaring, then take some lint and check cracks at doors and windows. If cold air is coming in through seals while inside then takes longer to heat up and more wood to keep things warm. Check the outside and see if your cabin has positive pressure sending air outwards leaks. A positive inside pressure is better than negative inside pressure. A negative pressure will pull in cold air from outside. Positive will push warmer air outside. The easiest way to check for leaks is with an infrared camera. You will see where your heat loss comes from. Usually windows, doors, roof are the main heat loss. Insulated windows and a rubber bottom seal at door should help. No room can be absolutely air tight, or you get condensation issues from breathing.
What a view! I wanna toboggan down that, man. Hey, put things into perspective, the Inuit survive in igloos at 0 C/32 F freezing temp. Little warmer with a family and their blubber lamps. I'd rather be in your cabin! :D:D:D:D
If uts real cold i want heat lots of it and consistent ad possible. In my opinion according to my life time of exsperience bigger is better. A bigger stove holds more fuel,meaning longer burn time and hopefully heat retention. Nothing wrong with over kill when it comes to a wood stove. With a bigger stove that heats two thousand plus you are also makeing allowance for larger addition to your cabin.
Wait! That Toyota started in -50-deg F without a block heater? Amazing. Gorgeous little cabin Sir. Liked and subbed... Ah ok I see the block heater lol.
it'll start in -40 and -50 without a block heater, no problem but I'll only do it for about 3 or 4 days then the battery is toast. Thanks for the comment and sub, much appreciated👍🍻
Hmm, Now I know why my father, born a little south of you in Agassiz, moved to the warmer climes of Australia swearing that he never wanted to see snow again as long as he lived - he didn't!... Martin
Has the interweb changed the way to start a fire? I was always taught that even with a draft the small stuff goes on the bottom because it catches fire quicker and is quicker to create a coal bed for larger lumber.
I used to think so too. But the top down fire is the way to go IMO. Heats up the flu REALLY fast as well. Check this test out, ua-cam.com/video/6FQKnmWtvU4/v-deo.html
We had minus 47 in Alberta.If I would have touched bare metal like you did opening the tailgate of your truck I would have been jumping in pain There is no way I would touch metal in those temperatures.
I live in L.A. unfortunately and I can’t handle anything under 40 degrees he’ll naw I would never live in the snow. Texas look out daddy’s coming. I plan on building a container home with a lot of land.
It looks like you have electricity. Have you considered a ceiling fan? I have a cabin in the mountains of Colorado and it's always cold when I get there as my wood stove the primary heat source. My ceiling fan really pulls the heat from the stove and circulates it around the room. It would really work well in your cabin since alot of the heat is going straight up to that loft area.
I understood most everything, but one thing really confuses me - what do you call that thing you did to the bed, where you arranged the covers in that orderly manner? Also, what purpose does it serve? Thanks! har har.
Haha, yep it's definitely different. It's called The Swedish top-down method or upside-down fire and it works amazing because it never caves in on you.👍😃
Thanks for the great comment 👍. It's amazing what both the mule deer and whitetail deer can handle. I'm sure some of these cold snaps do take their toll though
I was interested to see that you placed the kindling on top of the primary burn logs. Is that because you have better airflow in your stove toward the top? Always enjoyed the cold growing up in northern Ontario. Cold winter days builds character!
Hi and thanks for the comment 👍🍻 It's basically a top-down fire. Heats up the flu quicker and in general works better. ua-cam.com/video/6FQKnmWtvU4/v-deo.html
never saw this. works well in the closed environment of a wood stove. what is your take on this method for an open campfire? regardless of my ignorance, what a beautiful place you feature in your vids. thanks
There is a problem with extracting heat from the exhaust duct: the vaporized unburned fuel, creosote, etc., coalesces on the inside of the chimney, stove pipe, etc. It could be done, but you'd have to inspect it more. What about a catalytic (converter?) In the stove pipe? Then a heat exchanger/extractor....whatever thing? That would be "smoking"!
Jimmy this is probably a stupid question. Do you have a solar charger on your truck to have it start up like that. Or plug that’s hook up to small generator pack?
Hi Nancy. I have neither on my truck. Pretty much all the vehicles sold in Canada come with block heaters to keep them warm at night. Or somewhat warm anyway LOL.
Morning Jimmy; another great video. Always wondered about getting one of those fans for the top of my woodstove, but seemed kind of pricey. Happy with yours? -Mike
You can always make your own. Heat sinks can be found at computer repair places and the rest of the electrical stuff at radio shack. Fan blades are usually my holdup.
So, you are doing it wrong then? Top down fires work the best. They heat the flue up faster, always. No fire "building" necessary. No screwing around, I could go on and on... Look it up
It would be interesting to compare your heat up time with hard wood vs pine. Speaking of burning wood... time to stoke up the wood furnace, a balmy -10F here! 🥶
I am confuse how is that a "Tiny"? I have seen ones that are carried for camping the size of a ammo box, another seen on a Shelf size of 2 shoe boxes. I have not seen any much bigger for residential.
I remember once in my much younger days living in North Dakota that it had been so cold for so long,,, it finally warmed all the way up to 20 degrees above zero. It felt like a heat wave. A bunch of us got together and played football. There was about a foot of snow on the ground. We were wearing t-shirts and gym shorts.
4 of us ended up in the hospital with pneumonia. But all of us got sick one way or another.
So when you said plus 15 degrees felt warm, I could relate. 😀
Haha! It's amazing what we become accustom to. A fella I know in Manchester UK said it was -6c and everybody was freezing 🤣
@@JimmyMeatwhistle In January, 1982 the first day I went to college in Grande Prairie, Alberta. It was -43C. I walked and waited for bus for around 10 mins. My face was freezing. It was incredible moment that I won't forget. Temperature was much lower than my freezer at home🤣🤣🤣
+15C better be warm, thats about 59°F
What a great cabin ! Amazing how the deer just go on like it is just another day with no mind for the very low polar vortex temps ! Awesome how you have such a good supply of wood.
That's a great little cabin and setup you have there! Appreciate the video. I live on an island in the Pacific so this is about the only way I can experience conditions so contrasting to my own. Thanks.
As somebody that lives in rural northern Michigan, I sure am glad to be watching this on my patio in Florida 😛
Perfect log cabin 👍
You got it all . A nice cabin in the woods hot fire decent whiskey and a freind to the critters . Yep , you got it all good
That is a sweet-looking Cabin. good old Toyota pickup's they never fail ya!
Thank you for the comment. I agree the, Toyotas rule 👍🍻
I like this lifestyle and appreciated yor every simgle day work . Sorry my English is too bad
Love your 88 4x4, perfect wood hauler. These trucks are iconic and there is still a strong demand to own!
A friend of mine down the road has it now, and he has done a ton of work to it. I should probably do an update video on that awesome little pickup truck 👍
@@JimmyMeatwhistle That would be cool to see. Good to know it went to a good home, they just keep going and going. Thanks
That is a beautiful set up you have there. I cannot imagine a more peaceful environment to spend a week to totally relax in.
From -40ish to +10 in 7 hours is not good. Get a MrBuddy propane heater for the long wait. One year the heat went out in my cabin north of Fairbanks, -55f. I went into town and got a room. A Toyo stove but electronically controlled; no power, no heat. In the village we had a Toyo drip stove with friction ignition. Worked flawlessly.( Worked so well, the corpse in the cabin thawed out! Funeral next day.)
The cabin looks very cozy. I wouldn't mind to stay there over winter. Just need to have enough food and good drinks :)
It takes awhile to remove the frost from the building materials / furniture etc. usually 24 hours minimum . After that a small wood stove can keep it very comfortable. Radiant heading --
Jimmy - just found your channel. It has been a while since I lived in your neck of the woods and its great to be able to see it again. Keep the fire going.
a beautiful place to be - cold but just majestic indeed. The wildlife is gorgeous to have around one's home. Idyllic & thats nice to be at. Cheers
I JUST LOVE WATCHING VIDEOS LIKE THIS I JUST join YOUR CHANNEL FROM TEXAS we are GETTING ice OUT here we don't GET SNOW but it's sounds like LITTLE balls are falling on my roof
Maybe you can use a second wood stove. You can set it at the opposite of the room and heat up quicker. Do i sound dumb? I don't know but this might help with -40s.
I agree, a lovely layout in your cabin!
Great views... your cabin is amazing!! Wood Stove works very well heating the cabin up quite quickly👍 love the shot of waterfall and and all the deer near your place. Lots of Peace and Tranquillity👍 B Deacon Mb Canada
Thank you Barry, appreciated 🙏
@@JimmyMeatwhistle We have a cabin an hour from house but can only go when wife wants to go. I was in horrific MVA Dec/2017. Can’t walk, drive (PTSD very bad) too many operations.. So I live threw your videos.... brings back so many memories for me. Praise the Lord🙏🏻
Sorry to hear Barry, stay safe and get well . 🍻🍻
Hey Jimmy, in Germany -12°C this morning. For my place this is deep freezing cold....
Hi and thanks for the comment. Stay warm my friend 👍🍻
Beautiful place you have.
I sat a can on my stove one time... I went outside and threw some bedding out for the animals and by the time I walked back inside it was all over the place lol... My wife was so mad
Enjoy!!!
Beautiful cabin. Well done. Thank you for videoing and sharing.
The landscape is beautiful. The deer were beautiful. It must be brutal for them finding food with the cold and snow. Oh I just seen you hooked up the plug to the truck! 😂
Lovely cabin! Love the brook too!
My goodness gracious me, minus 55 😳😱🙏, I felt really warm when you lit the match mate, crickey never in my wildest dreams could I imagine that coldness 🍻🍺👍
Klamath falls Oregon is watching
Beautiful, and great content. Subscribed
Wow! Thank you 🍻👍
I grew up in northern Wisconsin- tent camping at -40F is easy peasy for me👍🏻
That cabin is stunning I’m from the uk and I’m going to make it my mission to move out there and own a cabin like that
Thanks Sam and I hope you get your cabin 👍🍻
Nice video...and cabin ! That's real maple syrup from Quebec, Canada ...enjoy ! ;-)
Beautiful cabin. Great video. Subscribed. Hello from Florida USA. Cheers.
Beautiful cabin, probably a bigger wood stove would heat up the cabin quicker.
Lol
that's a nice cabin
Dang cozy.
Yes its french! Its from the province of Quebec. The best maple syrup you can find😉
Haha, agreed
-55C! Take care, it isvery dangerous. I should not drive, everything fet to so so brittle. Feels like the car have irontires.
Take care and be sure to cover up.
Thank you very much for the comment. Have a great weekend🍻👍
Nice Yoda.
Thanks Adam!
If you want to heat up your cabin quickly. Have air intake valve for stove. Have a separate air intake valve for the room that runs up your stove pipe then releases at the ceiling level with a fan that blows it downwards. Check your seals at doors and windows. You can do this when your fire is roaring, then take some lint and check cracks at doors and windows. If cold air is coming in through seals while inside then takes longer to heat up and more wood to keep things warm. Check the outside and see if your cabin has positive pressure sending air outwards leaks. A positive inside pressure is better than negative inside pressure. A negative pressure will pull in cold air from outside. Positive will push warmer air outside. The easiest way to check for leaks is with an infrared camera. You will see where your heat loss comes from. Usually windows, doors, roof are the main heat loss. Insulated windows and a rubber bottom seal at door should help. No room can be absolutely air tight, or you get condensation issues from breathing.
That roof section has to be enclosed to normal room ceiling height. Half time to warm up cabin guaranteed.
There's a loft bed up there
I hope to get a log cabin in a couple of years.I will have it built in North Carolina
I hope you do, you will love it 👍
You don't load the kindling on top of the logs to start a fire....Weird!
Actually you do with a top down fire method. Check it out.
What a view! I wanna toboggan down that, man. Hey, put things into perspective, the Inuit survive in igloos at 0 C/32 F freezing temp. Little warmer with a family and their blubber lamps. I'd rather be in your cabin! :D:D:D:D
The winters here are pretty mild. usually stay 20 degrees to 40 above 0
Average high + 45 degrees.
Ha ha the dog is eating the golden snow
Life is Good....
Minus 8 is nice
If uts real cold i want heat lots of it and consistent ad possible. In my opinion according to my life time of exsperience bigger is better. A bigger stove holds more fuel,meaning longer burn time and hopefully heat retention. Nothing wrong with over kill when it comes to a wood stove. With a bigger stove that heats two thousand plus you are also makeing allowance for larger addition to your cabin.
I wouldn't relish chopping frozen wood log, although i'm sure you were motivated.
Hi thanks for the comment. Actually splitting wood that's frozen solid is really easy. It's much easier now then in the summer 😁👍
@@JimmyMeatwhistle Agreed! wood actually splits a lot easier when it’s frozen especially oak!
Thank God for trees
Love the vids so far, got a new sub
Wait! That Toyota started in -50-deg F without a block heater? Amazing. Gorgeous little cabin Sir. Liked and subbed... Ah ok I see the block heater lol.
it'll start in -40 and -50 without a block heater, no problem but I'll only do it for about 3 or 4 days then the battery is toast. Thanks for the comment and sub, much appreciated👍🍻
I use another method to write my initials in the snow! 😂 Especially after a few Yuenglings.
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Thank You for a fine vdo !
Thank you for this fine comment 😁 much appreciated 🍻👍
Where are you? I love in Cranbrook BC and it looks like you may be pretty close by those temps.
Can I come live there!!!
Hiiii new subbie and I love your content!
Wow, thank you very much 👍🍻
@@JimmyMeatwhistle most welcome I binged watched a lot of your videos last night love it!
Hmm, Now I know why my father, born a little south of you in Agassiz, moved to the warmer climes of Australia swearing that he never wanted to see snow again as long as he lived - he didn't!... Martin
Just found you. Love your humor. 😅
Thanks for the comment David, much appreciated 👍🍻. Have a great weekend
Has the interweb changed the way to start a fire? I was always taught that even with a draft the small stuff goes on the bottom because it catches fire quicker and is quicker to create a coal bed for larger lumber.
I used to think so too. But the top down fire is the way to go IMO. Heats up the flu REALLY fast as well. Check this test out, ua-cam.com/video/6FQKnmWtvU4/v-deo.html
Proper Window coverings would go a long way
Whatever the size stove you use, its efficiency will improve with a damper in the stove pipe. You should check out some of Jay Legere's videos.
-10 regular temp wow i'm in florida -10 that's insane
We had minus 47 in Alberta.If I would have touched bare metal like you did opening the tailgate of your truck I would have been jumping in pain
There is no way I would touch metal in those temperatures.
That's cold!
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Be careful, dehydration can bite back.🤭
All of my knowledge of French comes from cereal boxes and cans of Campbell Soup.
Same here 🍻
radiant heating
I live in L.A. unfortunately and I can’t handle anything under 40 degrees he’ll naw I would never live in the snow. Texas look out daddy’s coming. I plan on building a container home with a lot of land.
It looks like you have electricity. Have you considered a ceiling fan? I have a cabin in the mountains of Colorado and it's always cold when I get there as my wood stove the primary heat source. My ceiling fan really pulls the heat from the stove and circulates it around the room. It would really work well in your cabin since alot of the heat is going straight up to that loft area.
Hi and thanks for the comment. Yes the cabin has a ceiling fan and it does help quite a bit. Cabin in Colorado, sounds beauty 👍🍻
I understood most everything, but one thing really confuses me - what do you call that thing you did to the bed, where you arranged the covers in that orderly manner? Also, what purpose does it serve? Thanks! har har.
Ha ha best comment ever ! I was very confused as well !
@@OverlandPNW :) Around here, "making a bed" means start with no bed, and when completed, voila! A bed.
Not sure about the bed, I'll ask her.
With that tall ceiling you need something to push your hot air back down. You’re loosing all your hot air on first floor
Hi and thanks for the conference. We have a ceiling fan up there moving the air around. Plus there's a sleeping area up there. 🍻👍
First time ever, splits and paper on the top, big wood on the bottom. I guess I've been doing it wrong all this time. Either way works I guess.
Haha, yep it's definitely different. It's called The Swedish top-down method or upside-down fire and it works amazing because it never caves in on you.👍😃
How do the mulies make it out there?! Nice video nice work!
Thanks for the great comment 👍. It's amazing what both the mule deer and whitetail deer can handle. I'm sure some of these cold snaps do take their toll though
I was interested to see that you placed the kindling on top of the primary burn logs. Is that because you have better airflow in your stove toward the top? Always enjoyed the cold growing up in northern Ontario. Cold winter days builds character!
Hi and thanks for the comment 👍🍻
It's basically a top-down fire. Heats up the flu quicker and in general works better. ua-cam.com/video/6FQKnmWtvU4/v-deo.html
You might want to put a damper in your pipe to keep most of the heart from going out the pipe
Mr.Meatwhistle, where do you live that it gets that cold? Awesome video
Two fans would be better than one
Yes I definitely got to get another one I'm actually thinking 3 total would work best
Hi where is the approximate location in Canada ? Great videos .. I ve been almost 3 times in your nice country but never winter time 🇫🇷 🇨🇦
Hi and thanks for the comment. Eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains in Alberta 🍻👍
could be wrong but I think the kindling goes underneath the logs
Yup, you are wrong. Research the top down fire method (AKA Swedish top down, or upside down fire).
never saw this. works well in the closed environment of a wood stove. what is your take on this method for an open campfire? regardless of my ignorance, what a beautiful place you feature in your vids. thanks
Works well everywhere. Here's a test for outdoors.
ua-cam.com/video/6FQKnmWtvU4/v-deo.html
White tail 🦌🦌🦌 deer.- 23 road very slept.
Mule deer 😁
Dude can make a bed.
Wife can, not me lol
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WOULD A HEAT REFLECTOR BEHIND THE STOVE AND USING A STOVE PIPE HEAT RECLAIMER HELP HEAT UP THE CABIN MORE QUICKLY AND EFFICIENTLY???
It sure would and that should be the next upgrade. Thanks for the comment. 👍🍻
There is a problem with extracting heat from the exhaust duct: the vaporized unburned fuel, creosote, etc., coalesces on the inside of the chimney, stove pipe, etc. It could be done, but you'd have to inspect it more. What about a catalytic (converter?) In the stove pipe? Then a heat exchanger/extractor....whatever thing? That would be "smoking"!
The wood stove was effective to warm the inside of the cabin up 50 degrees.
It takes a while but it dies the job 👍🍻
Looks like the most awesome retreat from the hustle and bustle. Is that toyota a diesel?
It's the Toyota 22 RE four-cylinder gas
@@JimmyMeatwhistle I was unaware a block heater can work for a gas engine. Very cool!
Hi Zac and thanks for the comment. Pretty much all vehicles sold in Canada, cars and trucks are fitted with block heaters.👍
Jimmy this is probably a stupid question. Do you have a solar charger on your truck to have it start up like that. Or plug that’s hook up to small generator pack?
Hi Nancy. I have neither on my truck. Pretty much all the vehicles sold in Canada come with block heaters to keep them warm at night. Or somewhat warm anyway LOL.
I cry about +28 in morning in california mountains
California, I would cry too 😂
Morning Jimmy; another great video. Always wondered about getting one of those fans for the top of my woodstove, but seemed kind of pricey. Happy with yours? -Mike
You can always make your own. Heat sinks can be found at computer repair places and the rest of the electrical stuff at radio shack. Fan blades are usually my holdup.
Mine was a cheap version, I think it was around $30
Ass backwards fire starting I’ve always put kindling in the bottom with progressive larger woot on top
So, you are doing it wrong then? Top down fires work the best. They heat the flue up faster, always. No fire "building" necessary. No screwing around, I could go on and on... Look it up
K Don't make your bed so nice! If my wife see's this she's going to expect it from me!
Haha, well it wasn't me that made it
I would cut junks shorter put them straight in so they dont roll out on floor.
WHO DO YOU LIVE THERE WITH MR JIMMY ?
Correct me if I'm wrong (probably wrong) are you burning pine?
Yup
It would be interesting to compare your heat up time with hard wood vs pine. Speaking of burning wood... time to stoke up the wood furnace, a balmy -10F here! 🥶
I have to drive about 3 days East to find hardwood LOL
Yikes! I'm pretty spoiled with land access to cut my own and a local lumber yard that sells railroad tie ends, $20-30 for a trailer load!
Seven (eight) hours, eh? How much insulation does your cabin have?
Logs for wall insulation
@@JimmyMeatwhistle Thanks.
Whats the model of your stove?
It's a Hearthstone soapstone wood stove
I am confuse how is that a "Tiny"? I have seen ones that are carried for camping the size of a ammo box, another seen on a Shelf size of 2 shoe boxes. I have not seen any much bigger for residential.
It's small for -40
You're not going to heat a cabin into -40 with an ammo box
A hole log not split?
Are you using a generator or electricity?