Going back to the beginning so I have the whole history. Gotta say the last comment on this video got really dark! I am happy that 5+ years later you must be in a much better place. Great to follow along and live vicariously through you.
Wow, I wish I hadn't skipped forward to the lead pouring and instead started from the very first video, I missed so much. You have really worked hard did not realise how much one man had done
Just discovered your channel a few days ago ... really top notch on the content imho! I especially appreciate the wealth and variety of knowledge/skills you guys show throughout this project from storytelling, videography, climbing, logging/milling, construction (and sometimes destruction), machining, problem solving (gleaned from growing up on a multi-generational farm), and the list goes on and on! As an educator, I think too much emphasis is placed on young people that they need a paper degree in whatever to validate their intelligence and obtain a worthwhile vocation to "achieve their goals" in life. Having grown up/worked around farmers (Nashville,TN) and now living/raising a family [New Brunswick, Canada) where farming, logging, milling, etc. is the way of life for many, I've come to respect/admire the knowledge and skill sets acquired by those in various blue collar jobs who do things right. Sadly, I think many American high school students are made to feel that if they choose to pursue a vocational track rather than one leading to a university degree that they are somehow settling for second best and not as intelligent as those who do. I think your demonstration in this vlog series of two guys willing to use your skills (not to mention learning entirely new ones!) to step way out of your comfort zones and achieve a seemingly unobtainable (by most people) dream of owning your own boat that you built and sailing it to distant adventures (which surely await) is a perfect example of how important it is to dream big and apply skills learned in a variety of settings to the real world (practical). I've found farmers (loggers, etc.) to be especially resourceful and creative when problem solving (it may not be pretty, but bottom line they get it done using mostly what they have). I think it takes much intelligence to formulate a solution to problems that arise. Also, what a great job you do in explaining what you are doing, why and your thought process leading you there. What you guys are doing is so inspirational! Now if I could just learn the skill of saying what I want to say in fewer words ... lol When you guys finish and launch, I'd gladly drive the 8 hrs to show my children what putting your mind (and body) toward achieving a life goal looks like. One question ... in this video, and others, you spend alot of time in your climbing harness. What brand/type do you prefer (more so while working, not necessarily climbing recreationally). I had several Black Diamond and a Blue Water back when my wife and I were into it. I love your ascending setup. I thought it very creative when I read about it. Thanks! I look forward to seeing more of your hard work and hopefully, one day your sailing adventures.
I have a Masters in Education, taught for a while and I agree with you. A degree has no bearing on intelligence or problem solving abilities whatsoever. I know plenty of college drop outs, hell even high school drop outs that are far more intelligent and successful than people I know with PhD's. Although I had a great time in college and learned a lot I came away (as did Alix) with a crippling amount of debt. We were told it would be easy to pay off, and would be the "safety net" we could always rely on. Boy o boy was that not the case! It was more like the handcuff to the assembly line because of the debt. We both played the game for a while and the best decision I have made in a very long time was deciding to say F#$k it and start building Arabella. It has just gotten better and better since that moment. Best advice we can give is explore until you find something you are passionate about then go get it! Also avoid debt, especially for education. At least if you rack up any other bill, say gambling or credit card debts you can be forgiven. That is not the case for trying to get educated.
I want to say so much as I've been there done some of that, but then again I'm sitting here in my Lazyboy watching this tonight, and I'm certainly not going to be one of those guys. Admiring all your hard work, and tenacity, can't wait to see it all come together for you :-)
Wow Im so glad I started watching from the beginnning. My father loves Dick Proenneke's Alone in the Wilderness because it is so relaxing. Your vids remind me a lot of it. Keep up the amazing work and I cant wait to see the finished product!
That was a great victory yell!! Good going ya’ll!! When a cutter starts running faster around their tree & the saw stops... not a good sig but great recovery guys, grandpa, lady!!!!😎⛵️
We got em and use them. Sometimes they help and sometimes they don't. We used some the other day to topple a 70+' spruce we are hoping to use as a mast.
We were blown away when we saw Seeks shout out! There was a sudden bump in numbers and we did not know why. We sat down yesterday and watched his latest episode and found out where the bump came from! Amazing project and super nice guy! Glad to hear you are enjoying them!
Even though your borrowing the mill you can create a fixed location with rafters this way you can put in I beams with rollers and pulleys to do the work for you.
I just found this channel last night. I started at the beginning and am here now. Steve you are funny! I’m so glad to see a girl in the video. The first video left me wondering... if you catch my drift. I will be bing watching until I catch up! Happy Independence Day!
We do catch your drift and we wonder why it would matter? What would it change? Who we date or if we date at all has zero bearing on the project. We don't understand why so many people seem to care about it. Sorry if I sound snippy, I don't mean to be, it's just a frequent question and one we don't really understand. Either way we see it as irrelevant information. Glad you are enjoying following our journey!
just started to watch this because of tally ho. I was watching the subaru part and was going...ok it will stall... it did. either the bumper or window would go...surprising not....so far...
Set up a jib on your trailer with a chain block. If you (or any other readers) send me your email I'll send a couple of photos of my setup. It works really well and there are others doing a similar thing. Also a little log arch is easy to build and will quadruple the skidding capacity of whatever tractor you have, and also help keep the logs out of the mud.
ok, would it have not been easier to just make the cable with the padding and whatever else you wanted on it, prior to hoisting it up in the first place? Just curious...
I know armchair quarterback, a cable come-a-long hooked to the ceiling would be a lot simpler (am Arizona farm boy) who also worked in lumber mill. Dad believed in bruit force and awkwardness instead of getting mechanical help.
great climax about 4-5 mins in!! phew.. !!! also no big deal but around @17:00 the cable clamps are positioned wrong, im not mentioning this in a condescending manner, im saying it more as a " oh wow I never knew that" regardless.. the "D" on the cable clamp/wire clamp always touched the dead end/ bitter end of the wire and the bolt/nut side of the clamp is always on the "running end" of the wire/cable... internet search something like "cable clamp installation" or "cable/wire clamp rigging". you'll be more than fine with what you got... but never hurts to know! okay on to the next video
Thanks for the tip! A couple others have commented about that as well, it's something we previously did not know. We were told to "never saddle a dead horse" to remember which way they are supposed to go.
Glad you are enjoying the videos and thanks for your concern about our safety. We do want to be safe but we also love our sandals in the summer! When there is a high chance of injury we will put on the boots though. We are not as brave as the folks in the tropics building boats in flip-flops, no way are we swinging a adze at our bare toes like they do!!
We did, the cable was a twisted nightmare so it was a challenge. In the video we were taping the seams to help keep them together and adding foam to pad the plastic so the pvc would not create such a pressure point.
Hmmm. Not 100% sure which piece you are referring to. When I climb ropes I typically use a Petzl Grigri on my harness and put a ascender above it. I put a pulley into the top of the ascender and run the break strand from the grigri through the pulley. I then attach a etrier to the bottom of the ascender. As I step up in the etrierI can pull down on the break strand giving me mechanical advantage to pull the slack through the grigri. When I traverse the cable it's just a couple lanyards attached to steel biners on the cable. The cable would eat aluminum biners real quick! Hope that answered your question!
Also having quit your job, if you get stuck on the project and you want to make some money, run out some survey pegs or tree stakes, (two or three cubic meters) its easy cash.
Don't know your farm but wondering if it might have been easier to move the llamas and take down the fence (and put up again later)to let the tree fall as it wanted versus all the work you did to get to to fall the way you wanted?
Maybe, The bigger issue is cleaning up the mess! It's worth some toil to land them in the woods where we can just leave the tops. They also tear up the field and sometimes leave stubs impaled in the ground. The mowing machine does not like finding those!!!
apparently you dont cut down many trees, if you had you would know that eventually youll read a tree wrong. ive cut down thousands of trees and had that happen several times
What a great series..,I'm now hooked! Can't stop watching.if I lived near you I'd volunteer myself.
Going back to the beginning so I have the whole history. Gotta say the last comment on this video got really dark! I am happy that 5+ years later you must be in a much better place. Great to follow along and live vicariously through you.
What? Have I been following these guys for three years now?
Wow, I wish I hadn't skipped forward to the lead pouring and instead started from the very first video, I missed so much.
You have really worked hard did not realise how much one man had done
This is a good series.
Thanks for saying, Joseph, and thanks for watching.
Just discovered your channel a few days ago ... really top notch on the content imho! I especially appreciate the wealth and variety of knowledge/skills you guys show throughout this project from storytelling, videography, climbing, logging/milling, construction (and sometimes destruction), machining, problem solving (gleaned from growing up on a multi-generational farm), and the list goes on and on! As an educator, I think too much emphasis is placed on young people that they need a paper degree in whatever to validate their intelligence and obtain a worthwhile vocation to "achieve their goals" in life.
Having grown up/worked around farmers (Nashville,TN) and now living/raising a family [New Brunswick, Canada) where farming, logging, milling, etc. is the way of life for many, I've come to respect/admire the knowledge and skill sets acquired by those in various blue collar jobs who do things right. Sadly, I think many American high school students are made to feel that if they choose to pursue a vocational track rather than one leading to a university degree that they are somehow settling for second best and not as intelligent as those who do. I think your demonstration in this vlog series of two guys willing to use your skills (not to mention learning entirely new ones!) to step way out of your comfort zones and achieve a seemingly unobtainable (by most people) dream of owning your own boat that you built and sailing it to distant adventures (which surely await) is a perfect example of how important it is to dream big and apply skills learned in a variety of settings to the real world (practical). I've found farmers (loggers, etc.) to be especially resourceful and creative when problem solving (it may not be pretty, but bottom line they get it done using mostly what they have). I think it takes much intelligence to formulate a solution to problems that arise. Also, what a great job you do in explaining what you are doing, why and your thought process leading you there. What you guys are doing is so inspirational! Now if I could just learn the skill of saying what I want to say in fewer words ... lol
When you guys finish and launch, I'd gladly drive the 8 hrs to show my children what putting your mind (and body) toward achieving a life goal looks like.
One question ... in this video, and others, you spend alot of time in your climbing harness. What brand/type do you prefer (more so while working, not necessarily climbing recreationally). I had several Black Diamond and a Blue Water back when my wife and I were into it. I love your ascending setup. I thought it very creative when I read about it. Thanks! I look forward to seeing more of your hard work and hopefully, one day your sailing adventures.
I have a Masters in Education, taught for a while and I agree with you.
A degree has no bearing on intelligence or problem solving abilities whatsoever. I know plenty of college drop outs, hell even high school drop outs that are far more intelligent and successful than people I know with PhD's.
Although I had a great time in college and learned a lot I came away (as did Alix) with a crippling amount of debt. We were told it would be easy to pay off, and would be the "safety net" we could always rely on.
Boy o boy was that not the case! It was more like the handcuff to the assembly line because of the debt. We both played the game for a while and the best decision I have made in a very long time was deciding to say F#$k it and start building Arabella. It has just gotten better and better since that moment.
Best advice we can give is explore until you find something you are passionate about then go get it! Also avoid debt, especially for education. At least if you rack up any other bill, say gambling or credit card debts you can be forgiven. That is not the case for trying to get educated.
I want to say so much as I've been there done some of that, but then again I'm sitting here in my Lazyboy watching this tonight, and I'm certainly not going to be one of those guys.
Admiring all your hard work, and tenacity, can't wait to see it all come together for you :-)
Wow Im so glad I started watching from the beginnning. My father loves Dick Proenneke's Alone in the Wilderness because it is so relaxing. Your vids remind me a lot of it. Keep up the amazing work and I cant wait to see the finished product!
That was a great victory yell!! Good going ya’ll!! When a cutter starts running faster around their tree & the saw stops... not a good sig but great recovery guys, grandpa, lady!!!!😎⛵️
Thanks! Cutting big trees is always scary and they don't always do what you want or think they will do!
Beautiful photography
Another fantastic boat building channel, discovered thanks SV Seeker ;)
Glad you are enjoying it! Doug has sent quite a few folks our way and we are very grateful!
Exciting lumberjacking
There's a reason loggers carry wedges and a sledge with them... you'd be amazed at how much you can direct a tree.
We got em and use them. Sometimes they help and sometimes they don't. We used some the other day to topple a 70+' spruce we are hoping to use as a mast.
Nice... great job so far. Just binge-watched all episodes last night, thanks to a shout-out by Doug at SV Seeker.
We were blown away when we saw Seeks shout out!
There was a sudden bump in numbers and we did not know why. We sat down yesterday and watched his latest episode and found out where the bump came from! Amazing project and super nice guy!
Glad to hear you are enjoying them!
you can also cut a notch out and put in a bottle jack.
Jeff Grant did you miss the part around 4:30 or so?
For moving those really heavy beams, a few rollers are another useful tool to have.
Even though your borrowing the mill you can create a fixed location with rafters this way you can put in I beams with rollers and pulleys to do the work for you.
I love hearing Stephen's muted exclamations shortly after the chainsaw stops.
-Ben
LOL
Then at 9:42 there's no censoring, just slipped through the cracks, but if you're building a boat and then sailing it, swearing is mandatory.
schottiey I've just started as an apprentice shipwright, and colourful language seems to be part of the job description
I just found this channel last night. I started at the beginning and am here now. Steve you are funny! I’m so glad to see a girl in the video. The first video left me wondering... if you catch my drift. I will be bing watching until I catch up! Happy Independence Day!
We do catch your drift and we wonder why it would matter? What would it change?
Who we date or if we date at all has zero bearing on the project. We don't understand why so many people seem to care about it.
Sorry if I sound snippy, I don't mean to be, it's just a frequent question and one we don't really understand. Either way we see it as irrelevant information.
Glad you are enjoying following our journey!
shoutout gandpapi with the sick old tractors! you should vape and ask for a head gasket donation every time you lift something with the subaru tho ;)
Ohooo the irony of saying I don’t have to go back up there again! 😂😂😂
just started to watch this because of tally ho. I was watching the subaru part and was going...ok it will stall... it did. either the bumper or window would go...surprising not....so far...
Pool noodles would have been my choice for covering the cable......cut a slit up one side....zip tie in place.....!!!
Could you use a longer bar to have a longer force arm as you pry the heavy wood off the mill onto the trailer?
Probably, the longer they get the heavier and more unwieldy they become though.
yup, just got to figure out the fulcrum and lever it.
Get a big enough lever and you can move just about anything.
Or put the round bar under the beam and roll?
Moving forward.
Only one beer in the fridge? That is a problem! :)
Set up a jib on your trailer with a chain block. If you (or any other readers) send me your email I'll send a couple of photos of my setup. It works really well and there are others doing a similar thing. Also a little log arch is easy to build and will quadruple the skidding capacity of whatever tractor you have, and also help keep the logs out of the mud.
ok, would it have not been easier to just make the cable with the padding and whatever else you wanted on it, prior to hoisting it up in the first place? Just curious...
Rollers between boards helps
If you had put the foam cover on the cable first at ground level you could winch it up and be done
Mina hakkan ka laeva ehitama🌳🌳
Red Green moved Massachusetts!
I know armchair quarterback, a cable come-a-long hooked to the ceiling would be a lot simpler (am Arizona farm boy) who also worked in lumber mill. Dad believed in bruit force and awkwardness instead of getting mechanical help.
Leverage, cables, pulleys, jacks. Leverage can move mountains.
Yup! That's why the big pry bar is nick named the "persuader" when something does not want to budge the big bar will usually persuade it to move =)
"
necessity is the mother of invention
Truth!
just looking at the first shot of that tree.. a tree that heavy with that much lean, there was no way it was falling toward the woods.
seems the term should be 'hisnia',not hernia ! Nicely done demo... good site ! my thanks !
chain fall (come-a-long would help (even the little ones from harbor freight
I can watch other people work...All day long!!
hahaha, we prefer to be doing the work =)
Can't wait to see the rest of the circus show up.
Did you ever finish the roof on the wood shed?
great climax about 4-5 mins in!! phew.. !!! also no big deal but around @17:00 the cable clamps are positioned wrong, im not mentioning this in a condescending manner, im saying it more as a " oh wow I never knew that" regardless.. the "D" on the cable clamp/wire clamp always touched the dead end/ bitter end of the wire and the bolt/nut side of the clamp is always on the "running end" of the wire/cable... internet search something like "cable clamp installation" or "cable/wire clamp rigging". you'll be more than fine with what you got... but never hurts to know! okay on to the next video
Thanks for the tip!
A couple others have commented about that as well, it's something we previously did not know. We were told to "never saddle a dead horse" to remember which way they are supposed to go.
That's what makes a Subaru... a Subaru.
work boots forget about the sandals you keep preaching safety please follow your own instructions. Thank you video's are great.
Glad you are enjoying the videos and thanks for your concern about our safety.
We do want to be safe but we also love our sandals in the summer! When there is a high chance of injury we will put on the boots though. We are not as brave as the folks in the tropics building boats in flip-flops, no way are we swinging a adze at our bare toes like they do!!
easier to slide cable tru pvc pipe before hanging
We did, the cable was a twisted nightmare so it was a challenge. In the video we were taping the seams to help keep them together and adding foam to pad the plastic so the pvc would not create such a pressure point.
See there's your problem.....only 1 beer in the fridge.
Hahaha,
That is not usually the case, but it happens from time to time. Nothing tastes quite as good as a cold brew after a long hard days work!
what are you using attached to the ascender to climb/hold you?
Hmmm. Not 100% sure which piece you are referring to. When I climb ropes I typically use a Petzl Grigri on my harness and put a ascender above it. I put a pulley into the top of the ascender and run the break strand from the grigri through the pulley. I then attach a etrier to the bottom of the ascender. As I step up in the etrierI can pull down on the break strand giving me mechanical advantage to pull the slack through the grigri. When I traverse the cable it's just a couple lanyards attached to steel biners on the cable. The cable would eat aluminum biners real quick!
Hope that answered your question!
I thought it was a grigri, just never seen it used like that
You needed a gantry crane.
You offering to buy us one? =)
You've got plenty of nice big beams to make one 👍
Two words - Bosun’s chair
Also having quit your job, if you get stuck on the project and you want to make some money, run out some survey pegs or tree stakes, (two or three cubic meters) its easy cash.
I take it Akiva is the site foreman.
Should have used pool noodles to pad the cable.
Don't know your farm but wondering if it might have been easier to move the llamas and take down the fence (and put up again later)to let the tree fall as it wanted versus all the work you did to get to to fall the way you wanted?
Maybe,
The bigger issue is cleaning up the mess! It's worth some toil to land them in the woods where we can just leave the tops. They also tear up the field and sometimes leave stubs impaled in the ground. The mowing machine does not like finding those!!!
капец вы издалека начали, лайк
easier to remove the fence, temporarily and fall in into the field....
Subaru the New Age mule...lol
FLIP FLOPS AND NO GLOVES? DUDE.
Not much of a tree feller 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Wow, amateur hour out in the woods...
apparently you dont cut down many trees, if you had you would know that eventually youll read a tree wrong. ive cut down thousands of trees and had that happen several times
Sometimes you read it right and the little puff of wind comes at the wrong second and foils your plans!
Cutting trees is scary dangerous stuff!
"Granpappy" should've stopped at 15.