A Look At My Alaskan Bush Cabin

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  • @donalddenison8896
    @donalddenison8896 8 років тому +18

    Very nice. I don't know where the cabin is located, nor do I know of what temperature ranges you all have to deal with, but speaking from years of personal experience, your wood pile wouldn't last a week during the winter, even here in the Sierra Nevada foothills where our typical lows never get below 10 degrees Fahrenheit . Here we have used 9 cords of seasoned oak in one winter as a usual practice. Wood is our only source of heat so I have a good idea of what it takes to heat a house here, it is my guess that it will take considerably more for you all depending on how cold it gets there. It looks as if the wood is a soft wood of some sort, so I would guess you have less than a weeks supply stored up where we could see it. Time to get cracking and get some wood in before snow really flies

  • @MrsBirdie1000
    @MrsBirdie1000 8 років тому +15

    nice! soon you will find the solar is located to far from the cabin. Your solar equipment should be located in/connected to the house. 2 reasons, 1. batteries will freeze. 2. power bleed. freezing will ruin your batteries, & power bleeds as it travels the wires to the house. Personally when we lived out off grid, I chose to have a propane chest freezer. More storage & I could make ice bottles for the icebox. For the person who asked yes you can burn pine. It is all but a hard wood up there. They grow so slowly the rings are so tight, when dried they are similar to hard wood. If you choose to put in fruit Trees up there they must be grafted onto crabapple trees. They are the only fruit tree that can handle the permafrost.

    • @Nexus-ub4hs
      @Nexus-ub4hs 7 років тому

      Sharon Patterson Great tips, thanks :)

  • @BigSi-xw6wv
    @BigSi-xw6wv 7 років тому

    Looks very comfy and warm to ride out those long snow storm with the Misses. Lucky man.

  • @chrisponton4233
    @chrisponton4233 7 років тому

    Beautiful place! .338 is my hubby’s pride & joy! Nice display of the horns! Best wishes on the lovely homestead!

  • @rickcoona
    @rickcoona 7 років тому +1

    nice looking little homestead ya got for yourself. There is a lot you can do with a place like that.
    Thank you for the great tour.
    --Rick

  • @mtadams2009
    @mtadams2009 7 років тому

    Looks like enough wood for about one week, hope you have a much bigger pile. All and all a nice place, enjoy and thanks for the video. take care

  • @iceman36933693
    @iceman36933693 8 років тому

    Superb place to stay away from the city crowd. I loved the way everything is neat and well managed !

  • @boohickman2470
    @boohickman2470 7 років тому +3

    I have wood,coal for heat as of now I live country. .I was raised with no electricity, running water, or no television, yes I said television....it loved my years as a child..it hope one day to live in alaska..oh and our house was a sawmill lumber house, loved it as well. and my father wouldn't allow us kids to play cards he thought they were bad news, but all in all.....it loved my up bringing lifestyle !!!

  • @mariaotero5601
    @mariaotero5601 5 років тому +3

    Absolutely amazing and beautiful!!

  • @pengsu2593
    @pengsu2593 5 років тому +28

    *Next time you are missing a string to level - try the water level technique. Fill a hose with water and lay it on the ground between the pilings ( **tinyurl.com/y27env9r** ). Then lift up both ends so you can see the water inside; one to the starting spot and the other to the spot you want to level. The water in the hose at each end will tell you exactly where level is.*

  • @dozdeshabb
    @dozdeshabb 8 років тому +1

    Very nice Cabin. Well done and may you enjoy the fruits of your labor ever after.
    please consider moving that stove from the wall by at least 12 inches or use a metal plate panel around it for safety.

  • @richgg2
    @richgg2 6 років тому +2

    What a beautiful home, I freaking love it!

  • @JewlofTheNile914
    @JewlofTheNile914 7 років тому +1

    beautiful blue skies, I love that cabin is very big wide and spacious.

  • @littlebull8881
    @littlebull8881 8 років тому +3

    Yes I could give up my life here in the UK and live there permanently.
    what a fantastic homestead

  • @annettemillette4091
    @annettemillette4091 4 роки тому

    hay the logs look very beautiful nicely set out, love the way they curve in

  • @joehentalack2443
    @joehentalack2443 5 років тому

    When my Dad and I,decided years ago, to build our Cabin on a large piece of land we own,with a trout river,up in the FRENCH mountains,we worked hard on making a perfect isolation work,so then we built a secondary front entrance,so you'll get in, close the first door,shake yourself and then open the cabin door(so when minus 15°,you keep the heat inside,all our windows were made of very thick Plexi-Glass,bolted from the exterior(4 cm)(Bear proof,for sure),then we built a big barn 10 meters away from the cabin,and again made a passage from the cabin to the barn,again with Plexi-glass with a thick pine wooden floor,the barn has a large entrance door for our snow-mobiles and sleds and an exit door on the other side,so no backing-up..!!!Hay in the barn,for two dunky a few sheep,chicken and ducks for fresh eggs and meat....And cutting up deers,hogs and fish,we heat up with wood,but have gaz back-up and petrol heaters,we have two outside props and a rack on 12 large batteries,salvaged from a Sail boat,all lighting inside and outside is LED...But there is always something to improve for comfort,my DAD is 75 now,but he just built a great meat and fish smoker with two large drums welded on top of each other.........

  • @livelife4471
    @livelife4471 8 років тому

    Nice spot Richard. Thanks for showing us around. I enjoyed the visit.

  • @notsosilentmajority1
    @notsosilentmajority1 7 років тому

    Awesome setup..... That's a great cabin. Most people would be glad to live there year round. This guys voice is very calming. It reminds me of the narrator for the old Winnie the Pooh cartoons, lol. Great video, thanks for posting.

  • @johnnywilson1616
    @johnnywilson1616 8 років тому +13

    I like it! Great location and view......looks really comfy! It's the simple things in life that make life so worth while!

  • @tylerdiedrich4594
    @tylerdiedrich4594 7 років тому

    this is the best off grid cabin ive seen yet !

  • @MrSchmitty61
    @MrSchmitty61 7 років тому

    What a place to go and relax for a bit, just being there would be relaxing, working on upgrades, (nice place)..........

  • @jameslane9918
    @jameslane9918 7 років тому

    👍🇺🇸😁 nice looking place nice-looking views and thank you James Lane Kansas City Missouri

  • @micjam1986
    @micjam1986 8 років тому +3

    that looks very cozy!! just a quick comment on the propane fridge... back in the 80's my cousin was in a cabin with 4 or 5 other kids and the exhaust pipe for the propane stove broke in the middle of the night and killed all 5 in their sleep. Watch out for that! get a carbon monoxide detector. cheers!

  • @stjepansuman
    @stjepansuman 7 років тому +3

    If you ask me, propper toilet and tilled bathroom is the first, and king size bed the second. Then would go wooden stove for cooking, why to be dependant on gas, or to transport gas, is it easier to chop wood and be independent? All other things seems excellent.

  • @spiritofwhitechristmas1158
    @spiritofwhitechristmas1158 7 років тому

    Rich I thought for sure I was going to see a tiny rough cabin...you fooled me brother, your living in luxury. Nice cabin, Im sure it was alot of hard work. love to have one as well, to old now.

  • @SwampDonkey530
    @SwampDonkey530 8 років тому +17

    Pretty nice shack..shitter view is wicked!. Just me or a lot of good 'ol southern boys moving to AK....the final frontier

    • @kennyday9135
      @kennyday9135 7 років тому +1

      If you can handle the cold.

    • @kicktotheliver
      @kicktotheliver 7 років тому +2

      SwampDonkey530 this NY'er would love to move there.

    • @susanh98110
      @susanh98110 7 років тому +2

      This guy doesn't handle the cold. He said he "comes up here," meaning he lives elsewhere and just comes up to shoot the wildlife in summer and fall. Nothing to admire about his cabin or the reason it's there.

    • @Toekneepowers
      @Toekneepowers 7 років тому +2

      Susan Harris You obviously didn't listen to the man.

  • @georgelee7966
    @georgelee7966 5 років тому

    I feel cozy just watching this.

  • @JenniferBuechner
    @JenniferBuechner 8 років тому +86

    we live in a cabin on 100 acres...in the middle of thousands of forest service land. we own our 100 acres. our nearest neighbor is 5 miles away. we love in Idaho. we have NO power..just solar and generators and we like it that way :) everything is propane(stove..fridge.hot water heater)...and wood heat. we have two springs with a solar pump that gives us our water. we have lived like this our whole life.

    • @lavondacarter7228
      @lavondacarter7228 8 років тому

      +Jennifer Buechner Hi, just read this comment, this is great ,my husband and I have always wanted to visit beautiful Idaho, enjoy your great place, we have 23 acres in aTennessee .

    • @JenniferBuechner
      @JenniferBuechner 8 років тому +1

      Tennessee looks beautiful.

    • @downtonviewer
      @downtonviewer 8 років тому +2

      Tennessee IS beautiful!

    • @tiggerthecat5525
      @tiggerthecat5525 7 років тому

      Jennifer Buechner sounds very nice.

    • @raybenoit5238
      @raybenoit5238 7 років тому +2

      gordy threehorses now boys play nice!

  • @flyfisherbob16
    @flyfisherbob16 5 років тому

    Beautiful place....it's not just the cabin it's where it's located......God's country, wild and free!!!

  • @scottmontgomery4537
    @scottmontgomery4537 5 років тому

    Looks nice. Thanks for the tour.

  • @tawodi66
    @tawodi66 7 років тому

    That is a great looking cabin and what a view!!

  • @norseman5041
    @norseman5041 7 років тому

    Nice, maybe in a year or two I can move to Alaska and have a cabin like this. It look awesome, I tried to count the logs used to build it, seems like some 100 + good size trees are needed.

  • @suzilindblad5207
    @suzilindblad5207 6 років тому

    Awesome! I'd live there in a heartbeat!

  • @eds1994fatboy
    @eds1994fatboy 8 років тому

    Great rustic living.....the view is breathtaking....even on the crapper.Just hope you don't have a bear sneak up while dropping the kids off at the pool.Would love to live like that

  • @ctb2814
    @ctb2814 8 років тому +8

    I take it you just frequent it during the summer months by the looks of your wood pile?

  • @jirapolnilavong7938
    @jirapolnilavong7938 7 років тому

    beatiful house for live, I love it very much thank Sir for my seen, I plan build any one in my garden in Southern in Thailand

  • @justtruth8281
    @justtruth8281 6 років тому

    That’s awesome I’m happy for you a man should enjoy the fruits of his labor‘s

  • @sisaacs911
    @sisaacs911 8 років тому +1

    Nice cabin, thanks for sharing.

  • @jasonstacey449
    @jasonstacey449 7 років тому

    That view though, its breath taking

  • @patmurphy389
    @patmurphy389 5 років тому

    richard, you should post a video of what it looks like now! ty for the video...i was going to suggest you put underpinning on the bedroom side of the cabin, i'm sure you have already.

  • @noelslater458
    @noelslater458 7 років тому

    Looks like heaven to me! You are one lucky dude! Definitely jealous!

  • @s.t.entertainmentreviews7506
    @s.t.entertainmentreviews7506 8 років тому

    Great video! Thanks for sharing such a great setting.

  • @fredbasset1711
    @fredbasset1711 8 років тому

    Looking forward to the construction of the shooting shack. I wasn't sure when you refinished the Marlin stock but I think it works really well. Nice non-glare finish.

  • @Nexus-ub4hs
    @Nexus-ub4hs 7 років тому

    Love your cabin and awesome view!

  • @johngeyer2971
    @johngeyer2971 8 років тому +33

    Holy smokes people, the thing is definitely in the bush...and regardless of amenities, it is still a cabin. Hence, a bush cabin. Who the hell gets to decide what constitutes a friggin "bush cabin" anyway? Git a laf!

  • @RevolutionaryBrewer
    @RevolutionaryBrewer 8 років тому +2

    Great cabin - loved the John Wayne poster lol

  • @vf12497439
    @vf12497439 7 років тому

    Nice place! I dream of an Alaskan cabin but I don't think I'll ever realize that dream.

  • @swordofesau952
    @swordofesau952 6 років тому

    really nice cabin, i like how u got windows both side windows for air circulation.

  • @firefly5506
    @firefly5506 8 років тому

    Excellent cabin. Would like to see more videos.

  • @TheRatshooter
    @TheRatshooter 8 років тому

    Bush cabin..... Hell this a mansion! Love to have one like it on the Oregon Coast.

  • @DiligentT-yp4jf
    @DiligentT-yp4jf 5 років тому

    Beautiful views on your property , that’s what i call good living .

  • @randysandberg5615
    @randysandberg5615 8 років тому +11

    That's a pretty nice "bush" cabin.

  • @mdelucia67
    @mdelucia67 7 років тому

    Thats A beautiful Camp,,Awesome Views,

  • @ronsbeerreviewstools4361
    @ronsbeerreviewstools4361 7 років тому

    That is a fine cabin.I noticed an electrical panel in the bedroom that has a rifle in the antlers. Where does the electricity come from ? cheers !

  • @My17A
    @My17A 8 років тому

    Very nice, wish I had one like that.

  • @beckyshell4649
    @beckyshell4649 8 років тому +4

    The wood pile looks way skimpy and the house is very large to be trying to heat when it is below 0 for weeks. It might be wise to move the power supply to the house so that the generator could be kept warm until it is needed I have heard that they won't start when it is super cold .You might need a wood shed so there would be some dry wood to burn when the snow comes. I might keep the old frig to store something in that I didn't want to freeze maybe a storage for the batteries or containers of water. sorry to be so bossy the cabin looks very pretty the view can't be beat.

  • @CastIronCooking
    @CastIronCooking 7 років тому

    I had to click on this, every minds me of an establishment here in Arizona called the Alaskan Bush company. Lol sweet cabin

  • @revelationrancher6555
    @revelationrancher6555 6 років тому

    Nice Cabin and setup!

  • @prettypaperpieces8709
    @prettypaperpieces8709 8 років тому +11

    Love your cabin. Love your John Wayne Poster. For the Last 20 years I have eaten my meals on my John Wayne Plate. Thanks For sharing your wonderful cabin and view...Dar

  • @raincoast2396
    @raincoast2396 6 років тому

    I live in a house with gas central heating, hot water, cooking. Structure is well insulated with dual pane thermal glass. Full electricity from utility, with supplied telecommunication cable. Just a short drive to most everything you need. Would not want to live hard back in the bush. You can have it!

  • @stevenmorris3181
    @stevenmorris3181 7 років тому

    Being a retired plumber I noticed an 24" roof flashing in the solar shed. Curiosity has me wondering where are you going to use it

  • @majesticnature8893
    @majesticnature8893 7 років тому +1

    cozy and nice lovely

  • @douglasmayhew2487
    @douglasmayhew2487 7 років тому

    Looks like a wonderful place to live

  • @2233golf2
    @2233golf2 8 років тому

    What a wonderful cabin you guys got.....really phantastic.
    Imagine you sit in the outhouse without door...enjoying the relief and the view...and suddenly a bear comes toward you....what would you do...? :-)

  • @faithrada
    @faithrada 8 років тому

    All I see is Pine trees, no hardwood. Can one burn pine safely in a wood stove?
    Love your whole mini power grid.
    A beautiful Cabin and view.... just too many bears for me up there.

    • @tazztower44
      @tazztower44 8 років тому

      Faith Rada softwoods burn well in woodstoves but they burn really quick..your filling the stove every hour

  • @brianlam257
    @brianlam257 7 років тому

    Nice house! Much more spacious than it seems when you go inside. It looks quite modern too. But why do you need an outhouse when u already have a toilet inside? It really takes some motivation to go out and take a leak at snowing midnights.

  • @steinderbush
    @steinderbush 7 років тому

    That,s one amazing place to live!!

  • @OziMarika
    @OziMarika 7 років тому

    Beauty of a Wooden chalet.

  • @GoldGullyFarm
    @GoldGullyFarm 7 років тому

    That's an awesome cabin, love the ceiling. What's the wood logs like for insulating the place?

  • @alaskatraildancer981
    @alaskatraildancer981 7 років тому +1

    Very nice. There is something homey about those Black Spruce forests of the Interior that grow on you. What part of the state are you in?

  • @suoppsdn9751
    @suoppsdn9751 7 років тому +2

    How long did it take you to build this nice Bush Cabin? Thanks for sharing love it

  • @peteocean2848
    @peteocean2848 5 років тому

    Incredible! Perspective. Of your area in Alaska. I live in Nome Alaska.

  • @rwongspilleng9447
    @rwongspilleng9447 6 років тому

    Nice cabin and also the rifle. If you dont mind what cal. Is ist?

  • @hanginburrito3341
    @hanginburrito3341 8 років тому

    Man, I'd love to have a place like that I could run away too every now and then!!

  • @tomanderson3369
    @tomanderson3369 8 років тому +6

    King sized bed, one pillow!!! Ha ha ha!!! You need a BMW (Big Mountain Woman) and a second pillow. Gotta make the nights as comfortable as the days ;)

  • @bryanr.3241
    @bryanr.3241 8 років тому +2

    Very nice , when was it built by the previous owner ? I am curious on an approximate cost of your cabin , but I doubt you will tell since you have not commented to anyone's post.
    Enjoy the life up there.

    • @tryduck6993
      @tryduck6993 8 років тому +2

      I bet he dished out 200k or more LMAO easy to prey on them city folk wanting that great Alaskan living dream while they still get to keep all their bad habits...

    • @yournevergunnaknow5201
      @yournevergunnaknow5201 8 років тому +2

      Duck, slow your roll lil buddy.

    • @Slow_Hand_Luke
      @Slow_Hand_Luke 8 років тому

      "...their bad habits." ?
      .
      Look WHO's Talking !
      .

  • @leonardo1480
    @leonardo1480 7 років тому

    Where do you get such a valve for the gas tanks that auto switches between the 2 tanks? can you provide a link? thanks

  • @BigSi-xw6wv
    @BigSi-xw6wv 7 років тому

    One problem I could not use to bathing in that tuna can.And u got to walk to the lake to get water?How often do u bathe?

  • @trishwarth4518
    @trishwarth4518 7 років тому

    this is superb work

  • @peggysueaustinmcdaniel2590
    @peggysueaustinmcdaniel2590 7 років тому

    love your cabin

  • @lorettatayor5840
    @lorettatayor5840 5 років тому

    why have a wood burning stove in the kitchen? just asking...thought you'd keep large amounts of heat away from your fridge to keep it cooler in there , to keep food fresh.. I would put it in the living room in a corner or adjacent from the front door opening. just a thought. maybe a smaller one somewhere else also. should have had a horse trough /bathtub with a insulated drain draining far outside to a French drain. just a thought. nice though.

  • @550grizzly11
    @550grizzly11 7 років тому

    very nice looking cabin u have

  • @mishawakapost2681
    @mishawakapost2681 8 років тому

    Could you charge those batteries from your automobile in a pinch like my small inverter charges a power pack?

  • @uppanadam74
    @uppanadam74 6 років тому

    As soon as I saw this cabin...without seeing the poster I thought this cabin smacks of John Wayne!!

  • @ziggymorris8760
    @ziggymorris8760 5 років тому

    I would love a cabin like this

  • @armbender777
    @armbender777 7 років тому +6

    A taste of Paradise

  • @kendallkoxx3125
    @kendallkoxx3125 7 років тому

    nicely built sir!!!

  • @gl55122
    @gl55122 7 років тому

    You are blessed!

  • @dannyfubar3099
    @dannyfubar3099 7 років тому

    That is a Ricky Ticky Great Job!

  • @0Aus
    @0Aus 7 років тому

    you are a luck man. nice Mate. enjoy and take care.

  • @rastuslong
    @rastuslong 7 років тому

    Richard, That old refrigerator would make a good smoker if you pull the guts out of it.

  • @frankipoux
    @frankipoux 8 років тому

    Amazingly beautiful.

  • @Cams250
    @Cams250 7 років тому

    How much for the entire solar panel unit and battery bank and what not?

  • @NathanStar-vw3dm
    @NathanStar-vw3dm 6 років тому

    looks beautiful out there

  • @Art-qy6gd
    @Art-qy6gd 8 років тому +2

    I would live in it !

  • @Kiwiqwp
    @Kiwiqwp 7 років тому

    I would love to live in a cozy cabin like that! But with my internet and WiFi aaaaand my stuff

  • @mikemcgrath7280
    @mikemcgrath7280 8 років тому +1

    OK I'LL TAKE IT. LOL. Nice place guys you did good.. do you do any guiding- hunting if not who would be the best person you'd recommend..

  • @wanderingthewilderness
    @wanderingthewilderness 8 років тому

    awsome place. id love to have something like it

  • @barnardman
    @barnardman 7 років тому

    That is a beautiful view

  • @LoderMike
    @LoderMike 7 років тому +1

    Hi from kiwiland. That view!