Staking Out the Shop | Cutting Firewood in Alaska
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
- In Alaska, winter is always just around the corner and it’s never too early to cut firewood. When a neighbor offers you a tree for free, you take it!
Craig picks a spot and stakes out the footprint for his shop.
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I'm an "old timer" these days but when I was knee high to a grasshopper an old timer told me "You can NEVER have too much firewood!"
Those words were true then, they are true now, and they will be true in the future.
Very true!
Wow the snow melted fast 👍. Never can have enough firewood. Thanks for sharing today. Have a good day✌️🇺🇸
You all working hard on your homestead,!!!
Yes we are
You need some "sled dogs" , lol 😂. Even though you gotta feed them a lot, they pay it back in spades with the work they do! Your homestead is gorgeous. I love the tilt feature on your roust about vehicle!
I just need to train the ones I’ve got to pull. The tilt feature IS nice on the SxS. The bed also folds up and there is additional seating for guests.
You cutting firewood takes me back to the days when I was younger and our family would go out every Sunday after church and get firewood. Dad built tall side rails to haul more in his truck. Sometimes he would pull a pickup box trailer with tall side rails so we could haul more sometimes he would pull the log splitter so we could fit more. Then we'd come home and have to split or stack it all. Took up all of my Sunday. I hated every bit of it. Probably because I missed out on the football games. lol. Now I'm 50 and for whatever reason I'm thinking I need a wood burning fireplace in my shop. Maybe because part of me misses it or maybe it's to keep my butt in shape. lol
24:00 my dad was a jack of all trades. could do a little bit of everything but spent most of his time mechanicing. I too wish I would have paid more attention now. You could always ask a builder in your area or the County Engineer if you have one about their experience on building.
When the melt starts, it seems to go fast!
you should use the wench on front of your side by side to pull the log up so you work on easier
Please don’t forget to clean your chimney more often when burning some what punky wood. You have a beautiful house coming together & would hate to see a fire take it all away from you. 🐈⬛🐕🐕🐕
Thank you for the videos. You can set the camera on a pod. No need to hold it all the time. I have a friend who wears it on his head.
Looks like a good spot to add 2 or 3 A frames to me! More housing can be handy on your property.
I think a 24x30 would suit your needs perfect. After the bench's and other items like the mowers and power tools ECT. It won't take long to use that space
Great video be safe with the chain saw I do part time tree 🌲 climbing work we get so many bad hurricanes it seems here now any enjoy you guys great content 👍👍
You mite want to clear away some of the trees from the house and shop area as a fire break. Doing it now will give the wood some time to dry out so that you will have better firewood come winter.
Can actually see the highway
If you stand in just the right spot you can see through the trees to the highway.
I see lots of building your future. Will the cabins be for rentals? Nice neighbor to offer you the wood and you did him a favor by cutting down the tree. Any more work on the loft?
-The cabins will be summer rentals.
-Yes, that deal worked out for both of us.
-Craig did get the other brace on the front right side but I think it’s as done as it’s going to get until winter. Now that it’s getting warmer outside we’ll start focusing on outside projects, plumbing for the shower and hopefully…kitchen cabinets. This having stuff stashed and stuck everywhere is driving me crazy 😂
A compact tractor would be perfect for a wide variety of tasks around your property! I’m partial to Kubota, but there are many good brands out there. I’d pick one not only close by, but with a good service and parts availability. These small diesel’s are virtually bulletproof! Looking forward to your videos.
Believe Me Alaskan Know Better To Show Up At Someone's Property Unannounced ! ! !
Let Me Know If You Guys Need Information On Stopping Frost Heaving , I WILL Gmail You If So .
Peace !
ya you guys are going to need lots of fire for next winter
Do you have any future plans for goats or sheep? I'm still binge watching so you may have talked about this already.
Possibly chickens, rabbits and a pig each season but not until we finish the house. Sheep are too much maintenance and we don’t use enough milk to make goats worthwhile.
Looking Good~One foot in front of the other. Maybe I missed it but I'm curious of what makes you choose that particular spot for your shop?
Close to the driveway, good drainage in that area, far enough from the house to not be noisy yet close enough it won’t be too far from the house in winter.
Looks like a good spot
I would go at least 32 long. Will your truck be in 22 foot to have plenty of room if not you will regret it later on
Acreage with a suburban backyard mower. Sacrilegious.
😂
To far away from the house the garage
ya you guys need tractor really bad and it would help you a lot if you had one
A tractor would make things SO much easier. We just don’t have the means to get one unfortunately.
Are you planning to make the gravel pad bigger than the shop building foot print to give you areas on the sides and back to park/store equipment and maybe later build lean-tos?
I think there will be a lean to off the back.
If you have any concerns about people randomly stopping by your property, even though you say you have some precautions, you might also want to blur out your street address sign early in the video.
Not concerned with viewers, most are quite far away. This is to detour unsavory locals. We don’t seem to have a problem in this area but nothing wrong with being proactive.
I wonder if you cut the bottom of the post beveled? Frost heaves I think are caused by catching flat surfaces and pushing. I'm no expert, just an idea based on some things I've heard since moving here. I'm very interested in how this is going to work out.
I’ve been watching some building shows. According to them, if you wrap the post in plastic, the plastic will slide up and down with the frost heaves, leaving the post in place 🤷
Did I miss it how many acres
Three
We bought a Cabin in Trapper Creek and will need one of those cameras. What is the brand and did you find it Alaska? Is it solar or battery ?
We got it at Home Depot. It’s battery powered since there isn’t much sun where it’s located. Amazon has a ton of options for solar motion sensors
John 15:3-5
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3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. Gods blessings are over you
Why are you not finishing the inside and outside first?
Because this stuff is free. I can only buy material for the house every other paycheck so we do what we can when we can. We won’t start building the shop for a while but it doesn’t cost anything to lay it out, start mowing the area and get rid of stumps that are in the way. And we couldn’t hardly pass up free firewood when the neighbor offered the tree to cut. Trust me, no one wants to see the house done more than me!
To far from the house, especially when it snows!
Your security just keep the dogs from eating people that might not be good for them.
I like watching your program. The only thing that annoys me is there’s no music when you do the chainsaw and specially today I just got out of the hospital I had hysterectomy. I’m in pain. I’m trying to find distractions but I can’t watch the channel but the code with the chainsaw it’s disturbing me please in the future try to put music on when you’re doing the chainsaw other channels to that, it is annoying listening to it
I use my mute button when anything is too loud for me!!
I just turn sound down
I really get annoyed with music some times, so I appreciated it even though it was the chainsaw noise. More realistic.
You will regret not making your shop bigger. Especially with your climate.
After measuring the truck, we’ve already decided to go bigger.
Just love your dogs. Watch their hips. Our GSD got bad hips. It was very sad. Place is coming together. Just found your channel yesterday.
Yes hip dysplasia is an issue with the breed as is Degenerative Myelopathy. Luckily ours come from lines with good hips and we genetically health test for DM.
So glad to have you join us on our journey.
Looking forward to seeing how your workshop grows. Are you goingbti do a mezzanine floor in roof region inside workshop for storage. Justvhope u dont get snowed in like this season ... 2nd hand tractor with a blade for snow nexr year. Side by side couldnt handle that again
Definately concur with the Tractor for the snow and even an upgrade on the road. All the best guys
Does your sister have a channel.Would love to see it finishes
No she doesn’t. I’ll try and get some outside pictures from her.
What kind of shop are you building for personal use or for commercial?
Personal
Hi great video on planning your garage . Can you tell us why so far from the house would think nearer the house would be better in the winter months or do you just always keep the vehicles parked outside in all weathers.
It’ll be more of a work shop than garage. We may do a car port at some point but for now the trucks live outside.
Lol the dogs are the star of the show.
We have already started on firewood for next winter, and the stove has not even been installed yet lol. That's one thing I don't want to play around with haha.
You guys have a beautiful place! Great video!
Do you get tired of nosey people wanting to know why you did this or you could have done that ?
People it is their property not yours. They didn't ask your opinions so back off and just watch the videos. You aren't paying their bills.
I enjoy your time here. Thank you for allowing us to be a part of your life. You are doing a great job!
Thank you 😊
Did you pick out a tractor?
We’d love to get a tractor but it’s not in the budget right now.
When are you going to finish the outside?
It’ll be sometime this summer.
Winter will be here before we know it cutting fire 🔥 wood never too early especially people live where you live and other places that get below zero.
How big is your property? 😊
Just over 3 acres. Big enough to have a garden and chickens maybe a pig, small enough to easily maintain.
Thanks for sharing.
Wondering will sliding doors work with your snow load ? Kinda ways from the homestead. How about lean two off for storage. I’m ahead of things. Let’s get started can’t wait to see it started.😊
Sliding doors should be fine, we’ll just have to keep the ground clear. We’re planning a lean to off the back for firewood. The current firewood shed will eventually be a kennel so the dogs have a place if we go away overnight.
Looking great
Why put the shop so far away from your house ??????