First time watchin and the first thing I really appreciate is seeing the Ryobi plainer and the Ryobi drill hangin around. I like Ryobi but what I truly admire is you’re not a tool snob. If it works, let’s use it !
I enjoyed watching this project very much. I get a laugh from the safety-sallies: you've got a good margin with the rig you have! I do agree with steel rope replacement since it makes a good margin an astronomical margin and reduces maintenance issues by an equally astronomical margin. This project brought back fond memories of installing a Ford 302V8/Porsche 911 power train unit into the GT40 I built using a 2 ton comealong winch attached to the lambeam in my garage. This was done with my 3 most reliable help mates: me, myself and I. Thanks for sharing; I am sure there is a crowd of guys who are very envious of you!
Yeah, my thoughts too. He made this waaaaay too complex. Just add 4 posts and you're done, instead is makes this hanging man crusher that is just waiting to happen. So when it snows and the extra weight is added, is that still going to work? Water is pretty heavy
You seem happy about it… it doesn’t hurt anyone else, and you are the one that needs to be happy with the life you are building- so great job! Enjoy life.
Likely this harebrained idea is going to be your Waterloo. Suggest Steel Cables while you still can. Meanwhile, sufggest you prop it up before it falls down. Anyway, you are great, keep it up.
Awesome. I think by swapping the ropes for steel cables you’ll 10x the safety factor. Also, cables will make the support system less visible and thus the whole thing even more magical. Bravo on this build and the others!
That is pretty neat. If you start hearing return voices when you’re alone, that’s the time to worry. Just a thought and you know what you’re doing… when winching, the safest way, is to never enter the triangle formed by the winch anchor to load point to base of load point and back to anchor. Stand outside the triangle and that way, if it dynamically goes wrong, you’re not standing in the space where fast moving winch lines and maybe pulleys are going to be flying.
You my friend are one funny dude far as I can tell one very intelligent dude u masks ur brain power with ur humor . Anyway 78 year old who lives vicariously through are you Younghans out there today put my time in a factory retired and now I enjoy watching all you folks in Rolla interesting things you provide including that humor of yours. The reason I am sending this iMessage it’s because you’re the first person I seen on the Internet who actually laid the first row of shingles where I was taught correctly. How are you going to get back to the show The sky I’m watching is very funny you should see him enjoyable.
I was watching you change the chain on you saw and thought, “he should flip that bar to avoid bending it.” A few minutes later, “my bar is bent!” Lol. I think it wold be neat if you added ONE corner post to keep it from swaying, then it would look like the one corner post was holding the whole thing up . Keep it up, winter is coming and everything gets more interesting then!
I must be one of the crazy ones who watch all your videos in their entirety. Good Saturday morning coffee entertainment. I like listening to audiobooks when I used to drive a lot for work. My favorite one so far is called "1493." Talks about all the good and bad things that can be "loosely" tied to the Columbus expeditions. I learned a lot of history from that audiobook. I'm a mechanical design engineer by training and I have seen and done things that defy "good engineering practice" with good results. However, I do agree with many of the other comments that in the very least add cable supports on the 4 corners to increase your safety margin. I'm a little selfish in wanting to keep you safe because I want to see more of these kinds of videos 😄
I would have possibly looked at using a 4 point off the corners as opposed to the 2 point fixing from the top to spread the weight of the roof on the anchors. I like your experimentation and thanks for the upload. Please be safe whatever you choose. Legs though are very much ideal !
Years ago I built a treehouse for a customer. Knowing how hard it is to work in the air I built it on the ground, made a big homemade block and tackle, then pulled the treehouse up using my pickup truck.
Loving what you do, the kid in me can't help but marvel over the fact that you've managed to go this long without turning the place into a full on frontier style palisade fort.
Here in MI. we get alot of drifting snow, I'd be a little concerned about imbalanced snow load causing it to tip when the lee side collects more snow, either way another very imaginative project pulled off. Congrats!
Just an FYI, for your starter strip next time you need to cut the tabs off and put the glue line at the bottom. This way the first row of the 3 tabs that goes on top won't get lifted up and possibly ripped off by the wind.
As someone who grew up with a Dad who was a roofer and worked all summer long for $.50/day, I can tell you, I've cut my share of starter strips, and this is correct. You need the tar strip to seal the first row of tabs. Also, the ridge caps - don't cut the tabs in a straight line. Make 2 cuts at a slight angle. This way, the ugly part of the shingle won't be visible on the ridge. That was my 2nd duty. 3rd duty was using the ladder elevator to send bundles up top. 4th was clean up.
One inch threaded eye bolts thru the trees and a good steel cable, Will hold until the cable rusts away or the trees come down. Ps, a hole drilled thru the center of the tree will not hurt the tree. The tree will grow around the eyebolt. Thanks for the videos!!
Note: while standing at base of ladder leaning on the tree you should be able to stretch your arm out to rung level with your shoulder without leaning in, if arm isn’t stretched out or if you have to lean in the ladder needs to be repositioned for safety. If you have a ladder with flat rungs on it just lean it on tree and move it until rungs are level while look across them! I’ve used this information for ladders and never had one slip for better then 55 years! .
Perhaps you could hang screen around the 4 sides as a rain skirt. Minimal additional weight until the rain freezes into ice. I agree with most of the others; use steel cables and anchor points from lower corners through extended turnbuckles to four trees. With turnbuckles extended and steel cables taught, lower the roof by the 18-24” that you were thinking about. Tighten the turnbuckles individually to level the roof. With 6 suspension points your roof should maintain better stability with reduced stress on any one line. Instead of shelves get a couple canvas, over door hanging shoes bags. Pockets for tools and other items without adding too much weight. Thanks for sharing this insightful video. Wishing you and your videographer a great week. Cheers.
recommendation: Use steel cable but put them on all four corners instead of from the ridge beam. It will still be "Floating" but be more stable. I'd hate to see your last video of you being crushed by the roof
Just wall in the 2 long sides so you can drive through. Raise the roof a couple feet so you don't damage that pretty helmet riding in or out. I would use 6x6 posts with horizontal 2x8 or 2x10 studs and vertical siding. Maybe use nice cedar bark or peeled slabs for siding, board and batten style. Now you have built in shelving in the walls for tools and such.
Ryan, ignore the bed-wetters and don't put legs on it. But you do have to have beef it up with steel cables and a couple of back up attachment points. Not just for snow load (which can be 5 or 10 times the dead weight here in Scotland) but because the Sun's UV will destroy the straps in just one summer. Also, use steel cable slings double looped around the trees (sitting on 1x2s or similar to protect the bark), which will allow the trees to grow. Otherwise you will have to climb up and loosen the chokers every year. Keep doing what you are doing, and make sure you always have a good stash of peanut butter. Cheers.
Hey, let’s build a roof from all these trees the wind blew down. Let’s hang the roof from these two trees and put my most important and expensive ringworm asset under it. Surely steel cables are strong enough. This is living. What could go wrong? ~Ryan
@@queenbee3647 I don’t think it’s a safety issue. Most of the trees are doing just fine. I was injecting a little ringworm sarcastic humor. It’s funny. I still want a what could go wrong? t-shirt and this was the perfect opportunity to lobby for it. 😊
I basically agree with most of the comments below about safety. If, however, you still wish to leave it the way you've arranged it I have one suggestion. Put a permanent loop in the middle of the suspending lines attached to the roof peak. Attach your hoist ropes to those. As it currently is, if one end of the roof becomes heavier than the other (because of snow or wet leaves or blowing wind) the whole roof is liable to go one end up the other end down.
We enjoy you weekly! I know you can’t sleep with that swinging and I don’t think I can either! You have lots of trees for legs my dear. You did it! Now make it safe ;) we love your creativity Wish you could come to Texas and help us build a treehouse!
I love reasoning through winch & pulley projects. That said, if you're making a shelter to keep rain and snow off something, Make a proper shed. Rain and snow drive sideways and snow drifts. Put walls on it. A roof alone will not protect it. Cheers from Michigan!
if you are going to use cables then get 4 eye bolts and suspend it from 4 corners instead of two points and then the weight will be spread over more area. also use chokers in the trees that tighten up under more weight too keep it up as if we dont say anything then we must enjoy watching it
okay...youve proven your concept...now just build the walls to make it a proper shed.before something snaps and it falls on the atv. besides which ice and snow drifts ...id rather dig out a door than have to dig out the whole bike. but you be you Dude ...Carry on!
Ronald Clark already gave you the solution but I’m going to pile on. Research professionally built treehouses. They drill and through- bolt tree connections. What you have might eventually girdle and kill the tree. One inch bolts drilled through the trees won’t hurt them. Big washers. Stainless turnbuckles for leveling. Myself, I would run a single big beam across the middle to the two main trees for most of the weight and a cable from each corner to stabilize. You’re right about the angle hanging stress. A beam would eliminate that and put the load vertical on the trees.
The wind is going to blow that thing like a sail until those straps break. I would consider running some cross supports and attaching them to the tree if you don't want vertical supports.
Absolutely bonkers, absolutely brilliant and you obviously take your safety seriously, so hopefully you've built in enough redundancy. And it looks amazing.
Pretty cool cover ya made there. That cordage is ridiculously strong but steel cables will hold up to the weather better. To bad there wasn't already a gazebo or other spot that you could move your tent to during the winter months.
Hi if you have lots of snow you might want a steel roof to let the snow just flip of when it gets to heavy on one side or the other, if not, I think you will pull your trees together as the snow piles up. makes a great illusion , find the legs in the trees. lol
Subscribed! I just found your channel and what a video to be my first! You know what? I like it! Sure it’s a little crazy and unsafe but you will continue to improve it until you are satisfied with your results. I completely get the why you did it. You test your skills, solve problems, learn and it's just plain fun! I have crazy ideas and build things for the exact same reason. People don't always get it and that's ok. I built it for me, not them.
You can oil up that chainsaw blade with vegetable oil, infused with edible mushroom spores. Wouldn’t hurt to inoculate all that fresh sawdust while you’re milling. Been enjoying your channel since I found it the other day. Keep up the good work.
Just a suggestion for winter on this roof, install hooks or nails along the roof base and hook a tarp to drape down for walls and keep snow off the 4 wheeler
I all the years of summer and winter camping ,rope a good quality tarp and some well positioned spot for the traps tied between some trees ,leaving the side to the ground to block prevailing winds ,always worked great for us ,but hanging a roof top on a rope that can break down from UV light and walking under it ,i think you should look up an alaskan saw mill and make yourself one ,then make what ever you want with walls and a roof ,or well at least posts and a roof
New flash - gravity will always win. that thing will come down and hurt someone or damage stuff. it would be safer and cheaper and less time to just do it right with corner posts. good luck my friend.
You're an amazing and unconventional builder. You're so skilled. I love the Alchemist. Building the roof first is crazy but you made it work. The suggestion of posts is a good idea, I think. You might not want the roof crashing onto your 4 wheeler. I love the way you use the stumps in the ground as a support for a table and as a deck in another video. I wonder how long they will last before rotting. I want to build a cabin that way, just using the stumps as a support. How can it be prevented from rotting- just keep moisture off it? Remove the bark? Burn the outside?
I put a huge tree house in a giant tree in my backyard. I just drilled right through the tree and put bolts through the tree. Attached cables to the bolts and hung the tree house from the cables. It’s been there for about 20 years. Tree was not harmed.
I’d take advantage of the roof floating and build legs on it then enclose some of it, unless your snow, hail and rain fall straight down. Otherwise very ingenious way of lifting the roof.
Also, don't worry about the possibilty of the trees being blown over, just don't go under the roof in high winds. That said, how safe is your tent from the possibilty of a tree coming down in a storm?
I had a buddy of mine build similar crazy shed, he used a few 2x4’s for legs, I laughed at it, and said it will be as flat as a pizza from the snow load up north, he said no way. Sure enough…flat as a pancake in the spring. my motto is- "its not built until its over built"
Our deer camp is also in the UP. One time I was coming in after being out hunting all day. My headlamp caught something shiny in the trail ahead of me. I thought one of the guys might have dropped some gear on the way in. I bent down to pick up whatever it was. Turns out, it was the biggest spider I had ever seen just hanging out in the middle of the trail, light reflecting off of his eyes. Horrifying.
The roof will serve as a wing in strong winds. It will want to fly and then start to oscillate creating stress on the cables, trees and cable anchors. If the anchors and cables hold it could sway the tree till one fails. I seen trees sway back forth till they snap half way up the trunk.
Install it with some kind of raising and lowering system. That way u could completely cover your ATV in bad weather added bonus make for good theft protection.
I would add a second set of lines in case birds/squeals/bugs eat through the line. You'd see one line hanging loose and you would know to replace it without anything crashing down.
Agree with the other four corner comments. Maybe attach higher in the trees. I would use Dyneema, 1/4 " maybe, nice and thin you would barley see it. If swinging around becomes an issue tie line between the trees and to the upright lines near the roof.
Lap your roof......... better at shedding than unstraight cut 1x10s youre making. Cool idea, i guess. I dont understand the purpose vs having legs, but hey, it made a YT video with a cool thumbnail. Thanks for the video. I love the chainsaw rig.
I am glad that we live in a world where what is "possible" is given some consideration, even when it is very clearly not prudent.
It's like a giant deadfall trap. Also when the storm comes it'll be a kite. Put four columns to it and it'll be perfect.
Interesting build. Don't think I risk parking anything I wanted to keep under it - good for a mother-in-law tent cover.
Lol
Exactly. Spot on for a good use!!
Alex you don't like your mother-in-law too much do you! 🤣 🥸 🤪
@@gregchewie3059 I treasure my mother in law. Like a treasure she should be buried.
Alex I was joking, thus the faces
First time watchin and the first thing I really appreciate is seeing the Ryobi plainer and the Ryobi drill hangin around. I like Ryobi but what I truly admire is you’re not a tool snob. If it works, let’s use it !
Nice handing skills with the chainsaw. 👍
That spalting in that log would make for some great bowl blanks.
Wow what I would say is a REAL HOMESTEADER!!!
I enjoyed watching this project very much. I get a laugh from the safety-sallies: you've got a good margin with the rig you have! I do agree with steel rope replacement since it makes a good margin an astronomical margin and reduces maintenance issues by an equally astronomical margin. This project brought back fond memories of installing a Ford 302V8/Porsche 911 power train unit into the GT40 I built using a 2 ton comealong winch attached to the lambeam in my garage. This was done with my 3 most reliable help mates: me, myself and I. Thanks for sharing; I am sure there is a crowd of guys who are very envious of you!
Retired rigger here. Your hilarious. Love your sense of humor.
a man who really knows how to make things hard for himself, and dangerous.
you forgot …Stupid also!
Yeah! My thing too. An accident waiting for a windy day. Why not attach the lines to the corner of the roof? Better yet why not a post at each corner?
Yeah, my thoughts too. He made this waaaaay too complex. Just add 4 posts and you're done, instead is makes this hanging man crusher that is just waiting to happen.
So when it snows and the extra weight is added, is that still going to work? Water is pretty heavy
Tarp?
@@VeritasPraevalebit Duh never thinked of that.
Wow. This is brave!
Anchoring the 4 corners will give you a steeper angle and make the roof less prone to swinging.
Dude, its only a matter of time before this “legless” garage comes down on you…. Get some support legs and be done with it.
I am a 70 yr old combat veteran of the USNavy and when I grow up, I want to be just like you. Just found you on TH-cam and really enjoyed this video.
Around here we would call that " a widowmaker".
You seem happy about it… it doesn’t hurt anyone else, and you are the one that needs to be happy with the life you are building- so great job! Enjoy life.
Likely this harebrained idea is going to be your Waterloo. Suggest Steel Cables while you still can. Meanwhile, sufggest you prop it up before it falls down. Anyway, you are great, keep it up.
Awesome. I think by swapping the ropes for steel cables you’ll 10x the safety factor. Also, cables will make the support system less visible and thus the whole thing even more magical. Bravo on this build and the others!
Yes and yes .
Problem is that steel cables is a good idea, but you still have week trees it is hanging from !!
Maybe big straps
Or dyneema rigging of the type you would rig a sailboat. But that's probably well beyond his budget.
That is pretty neat. If you start hearing return voices when you’re alone, that’s the time to worry. Just a thought and you know what you’re doing… when winching, the safest way, is to never enter the triangle formed by the winch anchor to load point to base of load point and back to anchor. Stand outside the triangle and that way, if it dynamically goes wrong, you’re not standing in the space where fast moving winch lines and maybe pulleys are going to be flying.
You my friend are one funny dude far as I can tell one very intelligent dude u masks ur brain power with ur humor . Anyway 78 year old who lives vicariously through are you Younghans out there today put my time in a factory retired and now I enjoy watching all you folks in Rolla interesting things you provide including that humor of yours. The reason I am sending this iMessage it’s because you’re the first person I seen on the Internet who actually laid the first row of shingles where I was taught correctly. How are you going to get back to the show The sky I’m watching is very funny you should see him enjoyable.
I was watching you change the chain on you saw and thought, “he should flip that bar to avoid bending it.” A few minutes later, “my bar is bent!” Lol. I think it wold be neat if you added ONE corner post to keep it from swaying, then it would look like the one corner post was holding the whole thing up . Keep it up, winter is coming and everything gets more interesting then!
That one post idea would look cool.
I must be one of the crazy ones who watch all your videos in their entirety. Good Saturday morning coffee entertainment.
I like listening to audiobooks when I used to drive a lot for work. My favorite one so far is called "1493." Talks about all the good and bad things that can be "loosely" tied to the Columbus expeditions. I learned a lot of history from that audiobook.
I'm a mechanical design engineer by training and I have seen and done things that defy "good engineering practice" with good results. However, I do agree with many of the other comments that in the very least add cable supports on the 4 corners to increase your safety margin.
I'm a little selfish in wanting to keep you safe because I want to see more of these kinds of videos 😄
1491 is good too. They also both do very well in audio format (not all audio books work well for me).
@@MrZZeroG Cool! I'll check out 1491. Thanks!
I would have possibly looked at using a 4 point off the corners as opposed to the 2 point fixing from the top to spread the weight of the roof on the anchors. I like your experimentation and thanks for the upload. Please be safe whatever you choose. Legs though are very much ideal !
Pole barn or log hut seems much easier and safer. But I appreciate the “I wonder if I can do this “ attitude, I have it too.
I'd go ahead and just post it up. Survival instinct!
Years ago I built a treehouse for a customer. Knowing how hard it is to work in the air I built it on the ground, made a big homemade block and tackle, then pulled the treehouse up using my pickup truck.
Loving what you do, the kid in me can't help but marvel over the fact that you've managed to go this long without turning the place into a full on frontier style palisade fort.
I would always Recommend a Half Hitch on the Main Line after a Bowline. Although Bowline failure is rare, it is not unheard of.
Here in MI. we get alot of drifting snow, I'd be a little concerned about imbalanced snow load causing it to tip when the lee side collects more snow, either way another very imaginative project pulled off. Congrats!
First vid I've noticed you've flipped the bar. Nice job man....may have not noticed before but glad to see you are wearing it evenly.
Just an FYI, for your starter strip next time you need to cut the tabs off and put the glue line at the bottom. This way the first row of the 3 tabs that goes on top won't get lifted up and possibly ripped off by the wind.
As someone who grew up with a Dad who was a roofer and worked all summer long for $.50/day, I can tell you, I've cut my share of starter strips, and this is correct. You need the tar strip to seal the first row of tabs.
Also, the ridge caps - don't cut the tabs in a straight line. Make 2 cuts at a slight angle. This way, the ugly part of the shingle won't be visible on the ridge. That was my 2nd duty.
3rd duty was using the ladder elevator to send bundles up top. 4th was clean up.
I saw that as well. Stuff is pretty basic. Believe it even says not to on the bagging
Upside down is what I do for fort course
One inch threaded eye bolts thru the trees and a good steel cable, Will hold until the cable rusts away or the trees come down. Ps, a hole drilled thru the center of the tree will not hurt the tree. The tree will grow around the eyebolt. Thanks for the videos!!
Note: while standing at base of ladder leaning on the tree you should be able to stretch your arm out to rung level with your shoulder without leaning in, if arm isn’t stretched out or if you have to lean in the ladder needs to be repositioned for safety. If you have a ladder with flat rungs on it just lean it on tree and move it until rungs are level while look across them! I’ve used this information for ladders and never had one slip for better then 55 years! .
Perhaps you could hang screen around the 4 sides as a rain skirt. Minimal additional weight until the rain freezes into ice. I agree with most of the others; use steel cables and anchor points from lower corners through extended turnbuckles to four trees. With turnbuckles extended and steel cables taught, lower the roof by the 18-24” that you were thinking about. Tighten the turnbuckles individually to level the roof. With 6 suspension points your roof should maintain better stability with reduced stress on any one line. Instead of shelves get a couple canvas, over door hanging shoes bags. Pockets for tools and other items without adding too much weight.
Thanks for sharing this insightful video. Wishing you and your videographer a great week. Cheers.
I would simply put 4 legs ,That will be like a flag in the Winter,nice woodwork
Dude! You are crazy!!! I wouldn’t walk or park anything under there!! SUBSCRIBED :)
It is lunatic, that’s why I’m watching! I love the hit and miss rigging. That’s how I do a lotta stuff 😀👍
Man oh Man! Like you put a dead strap over your head! Why not put four posts in each corner, that way you don’t have to worry for a long run.
recommendation: Use steel cable but put them on all four corners instead of from the ridge beam. It will still be "Floating" but be more stable. I'd hate to see your last video of you being crushed by the roof
I was coming on here to post this basically. Agreed with Daniel. Steel cables to the corners
OK.. I just watched the last 3 mins... yeah, you know what you're doing. Carry on
I agree with four corners… and through-bolts; not screws.
Just wall in the 2 long sides so you can drive through. Raise the roof a couple feet so you don't damage that pretty helmet riding in or out.
I would use 6x6 posts with horizontal 2x8 or 2x10 studs and vertical siding. Maybe use nice cedar bark or peeled slabs for siding, board and batten style. Now you have built in shelving in the walls for tools and such.
@@kknows3512 point being he wants it floating i.e. not touching the ground
You are not a lunatic, just a free thinker
Ryan, ignore the bed-wetters and don't put legs on it. But you do have to have beef it up with steel cables and a couple of back up attachment points. Not just for snow load (which can be 5 or 10 times the dead weight here in Scotland) but because the Sun's UV will destroy the straps in just one summer. Also, use steel cable slings double looped around the trees (sitting on 1x2s or similar to protect the bark), which will allow the trees to grow. Otherwise you will have to climb up and loosen the chokers every year. Keep doing what you are doing, and make sure you always have a good stash of peanut butter. Cheers.
You proved your point. Please put some legs under it before you or your machine get hurt.
When building….always pay attention to the foundation! Looks like you had fun, but don’t let anyone stay under very long.
It's original, definitely steel cables, stay safe thanks enjoyed your video.
Hey, let’s build a roof from all these trees the wind blew down. Let’s hang the roof from these two trees and put my most important and expensive ringworm asset under it. Surely steel cables are strong enough.
This is living.
What could go wrong?
~Ryan
I’m ready to buy a “what could go wrong?”’ Surviving Ringworm T-shirt!
LOL
Didja notice the words "blown down" in the very first sentence? Does that sound safe?
@@queenbee3647 I don’t think it’s a safety issue. Most of the trees are doing just fine. I was injecting a little ringworm sarcastic humor. It’s funny. I still want a what could go wrong? t-shirt and this was the perfect opportunity to lobby for it. 😊
I basically agree with most of the comments below about safety. If, however, you still wish to leave it the way you've arranged it I have one suggestion. Put a permanent loop in the middle of the suspending lines attached to the roof peak. Attach your hoist ropes to those. As it currently is, if one end of the roof becomes heavier than the other (because of snow or wet leaves or blowing wind) the whole roof is liable to go one end up the other end down.
We enjoy you weekly! I know you can’t sleep with that swinging and I don’t think I can either! You have lots of trees for legs my dear. You did it! Now make it safe ;) we love your creativity
Wish you could come to Texas and help us build a treehouse!
Hang a skirt around edges to stop some blow in of rain. Looks nice. Glad you stated replacing rope with steel cable :)
Floating is cool. If you deside to not float it maybe build a tilting larm that allows you to drive in and close the roof down over the 4 wheeler.
I love reasoning through winch & pulley projects. That said, if you're making a shelter to keep rain and snow off something, Make a proper shed. Rain and snow drive sideways and snow drifts. Put walls on it. A roof alone will not protect it. Cheers from Michigan!
if you are going to use cables then get 4 eye bolts and suspend it from 4 corners instead of two points and then the weight will be spread over more area. also use chokers in the trees that tighten up under more weight too
keep it up as if we dont say anything then we must enjoy watching it
okay...youve proven your concept...now just build the walls to make it a proper shed.before something snaps and it falls on the atv. besides which ice and snow drifts ...id rather dig out a door than have to dig out the whole bike.
but you be you Dude ...Carry on!
Remarkably good camera work and editing.
Love all you do.So awesome..❤
Ronald Clark already gave you the solution but I’m going to pile on. Research professionally built treehouses.
They drill and through- bolt tree connections. What you have might eventually girdle and kill the tree.
One inch bolts drilled through the trees won’t hurt them. Big washers.
Stainless turnbuckles for leveling.
Myself, I would run a single big beam across the middle to the two main trees for most of the weight and a cable from each corner to stabilize. You’re right about the angle hanging stress. A beam would eliminate that and put the load vertical on the trees.
The wind is going to blow that thing like a sail until those straps break. I would consider running some cross supports and attaching them to the tree if you don't want vertical supports.
love the way you ""process", pure genius to just explore. inspirational, thank you for sharing!
I love watching your vids great watching someone who just goes out and does it
Absolutely bonkers, absolutely brilliant and you obviously take your safety seriously, so hopefully you've built in enough redundancy. And it looks amazing.
Pretty cool cover ya made there. That cordage is ridiculously strong but steel cables will hold up to the weather better. To bad there wasn't already a gazebo or other spot that you could move your tent to during the winter months.
Hi if you have lots of snow you might want a steel roof to let the snow just flip of when it gets to heavy on one side or the other, if not, I think you will pull your trees together as the snow piles up. makes a great illusion , find the legs in the trees. lol
Subscribed! I just found your channel and what a video to be my first! You know what? I like it! Sure it’s a little crazy and unsafe but you will continue to improve it until you are satisfied with your results. I completely get the why you did it. You test your skills, solve problems, learn and it's just plain fun! I have crazy ideas and build things for the exact same reason. People don't always get it and that's ok. I built it for me, not them.
It's real easy to put some legs on it. Blow downs are unpredictable. Snow weight adds to the physics of the thing. Gravity is a powerful thing.
Some things do not need to be improved on like a good old storage shed . . . but this was interesting to watch.
Ive done that with stuff too! Pulleys and rope go figger!
You can oil up that chainsaw blade with vegetable oil, infused with edible mushroom spores. Wouldn’t hurt to inoculate all that fresh sawdust while you’re milling. Been enjoying your channel since I found it the other day. Keep up the good work.
Is that a real thing ? seems legit
Just a suggestion for winter on this roof, install hooks or nails along the roof base and hook a tarp to drape down for walls and keep snow off the 4 wheeler
Can you move the anchor points to the facia? Less side pull and no holes in roof.
I all the years of summer and winter camping ,rope a good quality tarp and some well positioned spot for the traps tied between some trees ,leaving the side to the ground to block prevailing winds ,always worked great for us ,but hanging a roof top on a rope that can break down from UV light and walking under it ,i think you should look up an alaskan saw mill and make yourself one ,then make what ever you want with walls and a roof ,or well at least posts and a roof
and think about snow load in upper michigan ,building codes call for enough strength to hold 150lbs per sq foot
New flash - gravity will always win. that thing will come down and hurt someone or damage stuff. it would be safer and cheaper and less time to just do it right with corner posts. good luck my friend.
Looks great. Best advice ever is if you want to do something then go and do it. 😎👍
You're an amazing and unconventional builder. You're so skilled. I love the Alchemist. Building the roof first is crazy but you made it work. The suggestion of posts is a good idea, I think. You might not want the roof crashing onto your 4 wheeler. I love the way you use the stumps in the ground as a support for a table and as a deck in another video. I wonder how long they will last before rotting. I want to build a cabin that way, just using the stumps as a support. How can it be prevented from rotting- just keep moisture off it? Remove the bark? Burn the outside?
I put a huge tree house in a giant tree in my backyard. I just drilled right through the tree and put bolts through the tree. Attached cables to the bolts and hung the tree house from the cables. It’s been there for about 20 years. Tree was not harmed.
Not something I would try but fun to watch. Probably the first project I wouldn’t build.
I’d take advantage of the roof floating and build legs on it then enclose some of it, unless your snow, hail and rain fall straight down. Otherwise very ingenious way of lifting the roof.
Also, don't worry about the possibilty of the trees being blown over, just don't go under the roof in high winds. That said, how safe is your tent from the possibilty of a tree coming down in a storm?
This is going to end in tears. What your forgetting is that the trees are still growing? At different rates?
It will blow down before that happens.
Trees grow from the top up. Think about a fence where the tree has grown into the fence but has not uprooted the fence.
@@bruceharvey8810 Not much concern it will be not hang for long. First snow color me gone.
I had a buddy of mine build similar crazy shed, he used a few 2x4’s for legs, I laughed at it, and said it will be as flat as a pizza from the snow load up north, he said no way. Sure enough…flat as a pancake in the spring. my motto is- "its not built until its over built"
Our deer camp is also in the UP. One time I was coming in after being out hunting all day. My headlamp caught something shiny in the trail ahead of me. I thought one of the guys might have dropped some gear on the way in. I bent down to pick up whatever it was. Turns out, it was the biggest spider I had ever seen just hanging out in the middle of the trail, light reflecting off of his eyes. Horrifying.
Truly, YIKES!!!
Isn't the wind going to blow it off course??? And why no sides.
The roof will serve as a wing in strong winds. It will want to fly and then start to oscillate creating stress on the cables, trees and cable anchors. If the anchors and cables hold it could sway the tree till one fails. I seen trees sway back forth till they snap half way up the trunk.
and unless lag bolts holding roof up has a lock nuts on bottom and washers it will work out with extra weight
and he used lag screws ... no nuts or washers
I would buy a good tarp and throw 4 rocks on the corners. A lot of snow and rain goes sideways.
Install it with some kind of raising and lowering system. That way u could completely cover your ATV in bad weather added bonus make for good theft protection.
Great job once again 👏
That’s so cool; what would be really cool (er) would be if you could set up a pulley and winch system to raise and drop to the exact height you want 😂
if you stress that dynamic climbing rope to its limits is it still ok to use?
I would add a second set of lines in case birds/squeals/bugs eat through the line. You'd see one line hanging loose and you would know to replace it without anything crashing down.
Great work. But, that scares me. That roof is going to fall. It’s just a matter of time for the wind to work at those cables, trees, and straps.
Did you think about when the wind starts blowing? Bad idea.
If nothing else, kudos for using PPE when chainsawing: hard hat, hearing protection, face protection, and the biggie - chainsaw chaps.
Yessss, would love to see you build a small, very primitive, cabin out there!!
Absolutely wonderful idea you have. I’m thinking about do something similar, I got forest and the tools. But my wife!? Awesome channel. Thanks.
Agree with the other four corner comments. Maybe attach higher in the trees. I would use Dyneema, 1/4 " maybe, nice and thin you would barley see it. If swinging around becomes an issue tie line between the trees and to the upright lines near the roof.
Your playing with fire, two Crosby clamps each cable
Where did you get such an idea to hang it?
I would at least put some kind of vertical supports to assist when it gets wet or loaded down from wet snow
remember just because you have an idea doesn't mean it's a good idea!
Lap your roof......... better at shedding than unstraight cut 1x10s youre making.
Cool idea, i guess. I dont understand the purpose vs having legs, but hey, it made a YT video with a cool thumbnail.
Thanks for the video. I love the chainsaw rig.
Looks good from here in PA
Do you use your ripping chain to square off your 1 inch boards or a normal chain?
What do you call that hand cranked jack with a strap. Did you make it?
Crazy get green cable in stead of the white. Will really freak ppl out. Make it look even more like it's floating in mid air.. black magic