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Joe thank you for the information but I take after my dad and at 60 he still had his natural hair color. At 61 he got cancer and because of the treatment he lost his hair and it came back still full but grey. I know the natural cure for cancer so I know I won't get cancer.
Joe I'm not sure if you're gonna read this, but for the door you could make a hole on the bottom log and the top and then fashion a door to a something like this: |III (have a longer piece of wood to act as a hinge) and then just insert the longer piece into the holes.That way you could just open and close it. English is my second language, so hopefully you can understand what I'm saying.
Everyone thinks they are an expert Joe lol. You have proven yourself long ago and the internet is full of people who will find a reason to knock your work. Keep it up! Love the content and thank you for sharing your experiences!
Hey Joe, so I have been watching ya for the past couple of years with my wife and kids. We love watchin ya out there building different shelters, and we love the fort series. I was just given a stage 4 cancer diagnosis, and will more than likely never get the chance to do the things I did growing up in the back woods of Mississippi, instead I am here in Oregon were its always wet. So thank you for your videos, they allow me to show my kids just what one could/can do out in the woods with next to nothing.
I'm grateful for people like Joe that give us homey entertainment. I can't do what he's doing either, though not for the same exact reason. Anyway, I'm glad you have this to make you comfortable and your kids. They'll be watching Joe for years to come and will be thinking lovely thoughts of Dad as they do.
Really like the way the rocks were addressed. Nice and respectful, still acknowledging the concern but defending your work. Need more respectful and knowledgeable people like you. Nice work, keep up the great videos!
I've got a little fort and fire pit in my backyard. Watching your videos inspired me to build it. All the rocks I used for my fire pit is out of the creek. They are also limestone. Some of them have cracked in half but I've never had them explode. Thanks Joe for giving me an outlet to find piece. This has been a very hard year. I lost my father in July and being able to watch these videos gave me ideas. Now if I'm having a bad day, I'll go out and chill in my fort by the fire!
Next episode should be chinking and clearing the surrounding cabin area of dead trees and branches so it's easier to shovel when it snows. Bring another "window" tarp to cover the inside of the ladder/door but leave the outside uncovered so you can still use it as a ladder. Besides that you could always stock up on firewood, bring some good food and maybe some whisky!
Great observation. If the snow blows as bad as I expect, snow weight accumulation against the tarp could just rip it down looking at the way it is currently configured at 36:05. - Wrapping the tarp around the log by going toward the outside will help shed more snow away from the fort and cause it to fill in the gap temporarily under the threshold log to help seal out some drafts. You can still drop the tarp from the top when you need more light for filming later on down the road. This is bringing out the kid in all of us when we used to go into "full scrounge mode" when building our own hidden places when growing up. -- Thanks Joe!
He dont even know how to rocks in a fire pit bro. LoL dummies. Yea ol nice guy Joe was definitely keeping from calling them idiots out and being decent about it
@@grumpyoldfart3891 that’s the only way to truly learn and get better. Kids fall off their bikes the first few times riding but starting with it they only get better. It’s the same with any skill. You’ll never become good if you’re afraid to fail.
I always hear you mention the type of wood that you’re using. Is there any chance you could devote a portion of a video on how you identify and differentiate the various trees in the woods? Thanks for great videos Joe! I just discovered your videos a couple of months ago, and I now go camping with you almost every night! 😂
at lot of it is experience. for one, wood all have unique smells. If you ever get the chance to smoke your own bbq youll start to identify that by smell alone, not just from burning wood, but even the dry or wet wood have a smell. Color is another factor in this, but to a lesser degree
There are great field guides that can help you identify tree types on the area you live by both leaf and or by branch/ bark appearance. Very easy to use and very accurate, good fun for a hike.
Having the tarp wrapped underneath the logs may create a water collection area between the log and the tarp. Unless it is sloped and will run down one end. But visually it looks better than running the tarp over the logs. The fort is looking amazing and cozy!
What you think logging the outside half way of the pallet n using it for storage n onging half inside off pallet to u .ca access ur roof for a balcony or somthing
I’m loving the fort, but I need that window plastic pulled tight just for my OCD 🤪. I would love for you to do an overnight there and it would be cool if Doug could pop in too.
My OCD would be all in aesthetics. I'd have split logs for the window frame rather than the wood boards.. glad he fixed that tarp cuz that gap wouldve driven me nuts...but then again Idk if I'm capable of making it all anyway so cant complain or judge.
I'll tell you what Joe. If the Health & Safety team were getting anxious about your fire pit rocks, you using an old plot as a ladder, to allow you to walk on your roof, will send them into a catatonic state! ;) It's been really interesting to see you efforts take shape and grow. Big respect and well done! Thank you for your stuff.
Hey your doing a great job on the fort, Just making it happen with what you have and want to use. Clowns will always talk crap but your out there and doing it and thats called making it happen. Enjoy your videos and wish i could still do this kind of stuff Joe so THANK YOU.
Cant wait to see how the Fort holds up when snow starts to fall. I've been watching your videos for a while now Joe, and i must say; you motivate me to do a lot of things in my everyday as i am struggling with depression and anxiety. You give me courage and the will to live my life and not just give up on it. May sound weird, but you really do. I grew up with nature around me and have spend hours and hours in the woods building forts, exploring and just enjoying nature. I really want to get back out there and by watching you, i am slowly getting myself motivated to go on my first trip in a long time. Thank you for that. I hope you and your family are going to have a nice christmas and a happy new year. (and sorry for my english, its not my first language. I hope you understand anyways.)
When i was watching this video i was just thinking "if the wife is ever mad at him and kicks him out of the house for the night, he can just sleep at the fort"
By the way, Joe, I really enjoy this series. I've always enjoyed watching people building stuff, especially when they're working free-form. I enjoy building stuff myself as well, but it's nice to see how people other than me solve the little puzzles in ways I wouldn't have thought of.
Excuse my ignorance, I was very surprised to watch that the soil gets that hard, I mean, it may be very obvious for someone who lives in such a cold place, but I come from a tropical country and I never though about that, I am happy to have learn a little bit more about the winter in other countries... thank you very much for doing this videos, specially now that many of us can not go outside that often.
39:56 I really like Joe, that you evaluate things so well as you go, and then nearly always chose not to just take the easy way out, but to do the more work, and make your shelters (and in this case your Fort) really aesthetically pleasing. You’re an inspiring chap Mr Joe! 👍
Keep up the good work Joe. I'm sitting at home recovering from surgery going through all your vids AGAIN lol. It helps pass the time and is giving me so many ideas for summer and camping. :)
The plastic on the window would look much better if it was taut rather that loose. I imagine it’d be quite noisy in the wind the way it is. Just a suggestion though, the fort is looking great! Love that you’ve started up these vids again
I would like to see you at the fort again - I think you should add a counter high lashed table for gear and food prep. Looking forward to seeing it in snow again. Thanks Joe :D
It’s funny how I, as a German 20 years old, had the whole theme song instantaneously in mind. I also didn’t know that the A-Team is known in so many countries. But I love the whole show since years and thought I would be the only one to start humming out of nowhere.
Well Joe, as you look back on yesterday, may your past memories be remembered. As you celebrate the new year, may your heart be filled with endless happiness and joy as you look ahead to the future. May in the days ahead in 2021, I hope no matter where your friends or family may be, that your life is filled with the warmth of not only the sun but from those you cherish each day close and afar. May you have an awesome and wonderful New Year.
I still think it's pretty impressive how well that folding shovel has held together over the years. Never seen one stand up like that with so much abuse. And I vote for a minimal gear overnighter, maybe something near water. Good video!
@@sslcm56 yeah .... in as much as it's an enclosure made out of wood ... i repeat ... no military presence ... no horses ...and i sincerely doubt it's ability to defend against pissed off american natives ...so yeah ...it does look like a fort ... if your a romantic clown chasing lost childhood
A header beam across the tarp opening would give you a straight line to make it uniform. I'm cheering you on! When we were kids in Massachusetts, we built a 3 story tree house with a pulley lift system, running water and a toilet! This video brings back so many fun memories! Thanks.
Tiny house in the forest with Joe Robinet, he loves it when a plan comes together. Great Video Joe, thanks for sharing the build all the best from Simcoe County.
Just wanted to say that I've enjoyed your you tube clips since you started building your fort from the ground up. Its brought back memories of me and my brothers building little huts in wooded areas from our childhood area. Take care and God bless
because cabins require more forward planning than forts. With a fort you just start by building one wall or a bit of roof, then add more until you're happy with it.
I’m sure you have already thought of this but each time you’re there cut some firewood and store it under a tarp or in the fort so that when you get there you don’t have to cut wood before you can eat I like the fort and someone else commented that if you put tree frames around the window it would look better might as well make it cute
Hey man what ever makes you happy just make shore the camera is rolling man. I honestly can't think of a video you have uploaded yet i haven't enjoyed. Well actually im lying the video when you lost scout i cant say it was enjoyable but it was still good content. Any ways you get what im saying brother you do you we are just along for the ride.👍
Love the videos Joe. You gotta love the keyboard warriors that probably live in their moms basement that only leave the couch to go buy more hot pockets and Mt Dew tell an outdoor professional how they should do their job. I think Joe knows what he is doing by now 😂😂
I couldn’t agree more !!! Joe is out there having fun and showing us awesome content, I have never understood why people always want to criticize or tell other people there doing it wrong especially when they have probably never even been in the woods building shelters and forts and stuff
Totally agree! People that have all these suggestions of a totally better way and they complain. I am like honestly, have you done everything on your own from a kid like joe, have you ever been selected for Alone? Do you have a you tube channel? Are you as involved with your family as joe? Do you have the following like joe? I sure don't. So I guess he knows what he is doing.
HeyJoe! Great video as usual. Not sure if you'll read this, but in reference to your bush pot being covered in soot. Do you know the liquid dish soap trick? Put a layer of dish soap on the bottom before putting over a flame. When your done boiling or cooking, the soot will just wipe off fairly easily. Hope i gave some useful info, just like you do for us. Thanks and keep up the great work! 👍
Brooke Whipple, when she was on Alone and on her channel, has talked a few times about using a white tarp when shelter building. She says that the light coming through the white tarps is much less depressing than with the blue or green ones. It feels much less cave like. It would probably be better for filming too.
I was also thinking about white or silver walls. He wouldn't have to remove what is there, just tack it up on one or two of the walls or the ceiling, or even the inside of the tarp wall.
@@L-Anded I was thinking of replacing the green tarp he put on the open end, so that he would have white light coming in rather than the green tint. It would be better for filming, and more comfortable to hang out in.
Hi Joe ! I never talked on here before, but watching your videos are very good, You sir are one of the best at what you do ! TYVM For all the videos, Keep up the great work you are doing!
Agreed. The snow will build up on the outside (in the gully created between the log and tarp) and pull the tarp straps out of the roof. Wrapping it over the outside will delay that.
I really like the fact that you made a comment on negative comments, and reminded of the dangers. The rock-talk was point on, and called for. Water absorbed into pourous silica or clay, when heated can build up pressure and explode. Such things are good to know, and keep in mind. There is often educational value in the stuff that people are obsessed about.
Hey Joe, the tarps you've secured to the huge log ... You should wrap it inward so there is no snow accumulation on it at all. It will also keep all debris to gather in the crease. (Sorry, I am a French Canadian so sometimes I don't use the good terminology.)
I'm surprised that shovel took that prying force he was putting on it, that would snap off any $20 shovel you brought out there as well. The key is you can't put your full weight that far out on any shovel. 200 pounds on say a 4' lever is a Cummins like 800 ft-lbs of torque.
I like what you did and though I don't know what I'm talking about, never having done anything like this, I would have put posts, wrapped the tarp around these and THEN added the trunk/wood walls on it so no snow/cold air could have come through walls, ceiling. That would have taken the charm out of the inside of the fort though... as it all would have been plastic tarp. Your thoughts?
Love "The Fort" series. Keep it coming, buddy! Get Ole Doug out there with you for a long weekend and have him carve some of your stumps close to the fort into gnomes :)
Little trick I learned ages ago in a winter survival course is setting small fires on the ground near the stump to thaw the nearby ground. If you are worries about the fire going into roots/underground you can build it on stones. It is a real good trick to thaw frozen ground.
Ray Mears was the first contact many of us had with bushcraft. I remember when my parents subscribed to the OLN channel: Ray Mears and Les Stroud were my gods.
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From how this fort looked when he started to now? Looks amazing Joe 💯
Hey Joe, Thanks for another fun video. If I had my choice of topics I would like to see you do a "Lessons Learned" video and then adding to those earlier videos. Also, by adding any new strategies and experiences to those older videos. I guess it would add extra work to go through your older videos but I think it could be a very interesting video. You have a treasure trove of older videos. It would be nice to see you build on those videos to the present day. You have come so far and you are always a joy to watch.
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briliant ! i have started watching you since you built the og fort really good content ! keep it up
Hey man I love the videos! Your videos are my enjoyment right now through life I wish you the best
Joe thank you for the information but I take after my dad and at 60 he still had his natural hair color. At 61 he got cancer and because of the treatment he lost his hair and it came back still full but grey. I know the natural cure for cancer so I know I won't get cancer.
Joe I'm not sure if you're gonna read this, but for the door you could make a hole on the bottom log and the top and then fashion a door to a something like this: |III (have a longer piece of wood to act as a hinge) and then just insert the longer piece into the holes.That way you could just open and close it.
English is my second language, so hopefully you can understand what I'm saying.
Everyone thinks they are an expert Joe lol. You have proven yourself long ago and the internet is full of people who will find a reason to knock your work. Keep it up! Love the content and thank you for sharing your experiences!
Would love to see an overnight at the fort during a snow storm.
YES!!!
With Tripper!
@@shizlittlebam Bruh did you not watch the whole thing? Tripper just had surgery
@@noahmatthews5013 i didn't say it had to be today bud
@@shizlittlebam well he said give recommendations for his next video... we won’t be seeing tripper in the woods for a while
Hey Joe, so I have been watching ya for the past couple of years with my wife and kids. We love watchin ya out there building different shelters, and we love the fort series. I was just given a stage 4 cancer diagnosis, and will more than likely never get the chance to do the things I did growing up in the back woods of Mississippi, instead I am here in Oregon were its always wet. So thank you for your videos, they allow me to show my kids just what one could/can do out in the woods with next to nothing.
Praying for your recovery 🙏🏼
I'm grateful for people like Joe that give us homey entertainment. I can't do what he's doing either, though not for the same exact reason. Anyway, I'm glad you have this to make you comfortable and your kids. They'll be watching Joe for years to come and will be thinking lovely thoughts of Dad as they do.
Stay strong. Joe is the second best person to teach your kids about this stuff, after you of course. I wish you a speedy recovery.
I am saying a prayer for healing for you Jeral..Through God, anything is possible my brother
Dammm wow
I wish you a speedy recovery 🙏🏽
Really like the way the rocks were addressed. Nice and respectful, still acknowledging the concern but defending your work. Need more respectful and knowledgeable people like you. Nice work, keep up the great videos!
I've got a little fort and fire pit in my backyard. Watching your videos inspired me to build it. All the rocks I used for my fire pit is out of the creek. They are also limestone. Some of them have cracked in half but I've never had them explode. Thanks Joe for giving me an outlet to find piece. This has been a very hard year. I lost my father in July and being able to watch these videos gave me ideas. Now if I'm having a bad day, I'll go out and chill in my fort by the fire!
same
Next episode should be chinking and clearing the surrounding cabin area of dead trees and branches so it's easier to shovel when it snows. Bring another "window" tarp to cover the inside of the ladder/door but leave the outside uncovered so you can still use it as a ladder. Besides that you could always stock up on firewood, bring some good food and maybe some whisky!
Wrap the tarp around the log the other way, then the snow will have nowhere to accumulate. Just an idea.
Great observation. If the snow blows as bad as I expect, snow weight accumulation against the tarp could just rip it down looking at the way it is currently configured at 36:05.
- Wrapping the tarp around the log by going toward the outside will help shed more snow away from the fort and cause it to fill in the gap temporarily under the threshold log to help seal out some drafts.
You can still drop the tarp from the top when you need more light for filming later on down the road. This is bringing out the kid in all of us when we used to go into "full scrounge mode" when building our own hidden places when growing up. -- Thanks Joe!
My thoughts. DIDDO
Yup 100% wrapped that way( under rather than over) it's just a bowl for snow/ water to collect in
Yes I just said the same
I was going to say the very same thing. Wrap it over the log so any snow build up will slide off the tarp and on to the ground. :-)
When you said "Nice!", I was looking around for a metal tray and a 50-year old MRE :D :D
I cant get enough of Steve. L.
NICE! Mmkay.
Yooo same
Hmmm No hiss.....
I would so watch a MRE bushcraft crossover video.....just saying Joe, just saying 🤷
I loved passive aggressive joe talking about the rocks and the fire
He dont even know how to rocks in a fire pit bro. LoL dummies. Yea ol nice guy Joe was definitely keeping from calling them idiots out and being decent about it
@@OUTLAWinTX Some get kicks out of criticizing.
@@multicolor8476 for sure
Who ever said that guys will eventually grow out of their building tree forts stage in life? I say they just get better and better the older you get.
Yes
Girls too 😊
I built my first bush craft fort in grade school and it held up for years.
only if you do it right...or outrageously wrong.
@@grumpyoldfart3891 that’s the only way to truly learn and get better. Kids fall off their bikes the first few times riding but starting with it they only get better. It’s the same with any skill. You’ll never become good if you’re afraid to fail.
I always hear you mention the type of wood that you’re using. Is there any chance you could devote a portion of a video on how you identify and differentiate the various trees in the woods? Thanks for great videos Joe! I just discovered your videos a couple of months ago, and I now go camping with you almost every night! 😂
yeah that's a good idea. l love stuff like that ,proper ray mears.
Great comment!!
i like when he presses his mouth/nose to the wood and comments on it
at lot of it is experience. for one, wood all have unique smells. If you ever get the chance to smoke your own bbq youll start to identify that by smell alone, not just from burning wood, but even the dry or wet wood have a smell. Color is another factor in this, but to a lesser degree
There are great field guides that can help you identify tree types on the area you live by both leaf and or by branch/ bark appearance. Very easy to use and very accurate, good fun for a hike.
Having the tarp wrapped underneath the logs may create a water collection area between the log and the tarp. Unless it is sloped and will run down one end. But visually it looks better than running the tarp over the logs. The fort is looking amazing and cozy!
Well what you are saying is true but there is a roof above the tarp so water and snow couldn't really go between there that much
@@shacothedemonjester5821 but wind blow snow or freezing rain could there and it will be pain in azz to get free for his snow wall lol
What you think logging the outside half way of the pallet n using it for storage n onging half inside off pallet to u .ca access ur roof for a balcony or somthing
I'd like to hear ur in put on it.
The inner half holld tools or ur stuuff
Next: overnighter at the fort with beer and steak. And Doug!
Please bring Doug
@Joseph Edwards It´s been a while since he had a beer in his videos, maybe his belly can´t take it anymore?
@Joseph Edwards Alcohol is a constant source of enjoyment.
Yaaaaas mehr Doug!
I have no idea why I get so excited when I see you throw a video up, but I do. Thank you for so many hours of awesome viewing.
I’m loving the fort, but I need that window plastic pulled tight just for my OCD 🤪. I would love for you to do an overnight there and it would be cool if Doug could pop in too.
I was in pain when he didn’t pull it taught ha ha!
oh god...now its getting to me tooooooo LOL
My OCD would be all in aesthetics. I'd have split logs for the window frame rather than the wood boards.. glad he fixed that tarp cuz that gap wouldve driven me nuts...but then again Idk if I'm capable of making it all anyway so cant complain or judge.
N boosh too!!
@@samanthad5876 Yay for the Boosh! :) ... and the rest of the team ! Go Team, Go Sports! ;)
I know it's late for a comment, but Joe, you are so strong. It's cool to watch you bring the big log back to your fort.
"I don't know what I want to do but I'm not ready to go home." Some serious nostalgia of being a kid from that phrase.
😂😂
Oh so true my friend 👍🍻
The good days
Joe - Don't go home until the streetlights come on. That was our rule as a kid laid down by the parental units!
Do an overnight from the fort, but answer some questions about what you’ve learned from doing the last “fort” that you took down before you moved..
I'll tell you what Joe. If the Health & Safety team were getting anxious about your fire pit rocks, you using an old plot as a ladder, to allow you to walk on your roof, will send them into a catatonic state! ;) It's been really interesting to see you efforts take shape and grow. Big respect and well done! Thank you for your stuff.
LOL 😂😂😅
Hey your doing a great job on the fort, Just making it happen with what you have and want to use. Clowns will always talk crap but your out there and doing it and thats called making it happen. Enjoy your videos and wish i could still do this kind of stuff Joe so THANK YOU.
Cant wait to see how the Fort holds up when snow starts to fall.
I've been watching your videos for a while now Joe, and i must say; you motivate me to do a lot of things in my everyday as i am struggling with depression and anxiety. You give me courage and the will to live my life and not just give up on it. May sound weird, but you really do.
I grew up with nature around me and have spend hours and hours in the woods building forts, exploring and just enjoying nature. I really want to get back out there and by watching you, i am slowly getting myself motivated to go on my first trip in a long time. Thank you for that.
I hope you and your family are going to have a nice christmas and a happy new year.
(and sorry for my english, its not my first language. I hope you understand anyways.)
Wow the Fort looks incredible. Great job Joe. Looking forward to seeing the door idea.
Do your thang joe. Don't worry about the idiots commenting on rocks. This man bust his ass working. Best bushcraft on youtube in my opinion.
In two years I’m convinced this will just evolve into a full blown tiny home
When i was watching this video i was just thinking "if the wife is ever mad at him and kicks him out of the house for the night, he can just sleep at the fort"
@@Mysticfateee he's pissing her off on purpose to keep working on it 😄 haha
Where would he mount wheels?
OMG Joe. You finally built a cabin. I am so happy.Hope you don't use a lot of tarps.
By the way, Joe, I really enjoy this series. I've always enjoyed watching people building stuff, especially when they're working free-form. I enjoy building stuff myself as well, but it's nice to see how people other than me solve the little puzzles in ways I wouldn't have thought of.
Excuse my ignorance, I was very surprised to watch that the soil gets that hard, I mean, it may be very obvious for someone who lives in such a cold place, but I come from a tropical country and I never though about that, I am happy to have learn a little bit more about the winter in other countries... thank you very much for doing this videos, specially now that many of us can not go outside that often.
Its the water in the soil that freezes. And its basically an ice cube.
Also it can freeze several feet deep. Look up permafrost. ;)
Id love to see an overnight camp at the fort with some bushcraft upgrades and sprucing the place up a bit! Love the vids man keep up the great work.
39:56 I really like Joe, that you evaluate things so well as you go, and then nearly always chose not to just take the easy way out, but to do the more work, and make your shelters (and in this case your Fort) really aesthetically pleasing. You’re an inspiring chap Mr Joe! 👍
Hey Joe, your videos are currently keeping me sane from my university courses so thank you!!
Keep up the good work Joe. I'm sitting at home recovering from surgery going through all your vids AGAIN lol. It helps pass the time and is giving me so many ideas for summer and camping. :)
The rant on the fire pit was awesome!!! It sounded like a nice way of saying screw off I know what I’m doing😂😂😂
As Joe leans an old pallet up against the fort he says, “I’m not going to leave it looking all junkie, I going to wrap a tarp around it.” LMAO
Reading this as I'm watching it play out lol
My thought exactly! ;)
It was killing me that he still had no ladder - now he does, that's good enough :-D
The plastic on the window would look much better if it was taut rather that loose. I imagine it’d be quite noisy in the wind the way it is.
Just a suggestion though, the fort is looking great! Love that you’ve started up these vids again
I would like to see you at the fort again - I think you should add a counter high lashed table for gear and food prep. Looking forward to seeing it in snow again. Thanks Joe :D
Did anyone else catch the "The A Team" reference?? Lol im getting old..
The A-Team reference immediately proceeded a Fancy Nancy reference. It was definitely Joe trying to earn his man card back.
Old
Pretty sure there was a Happy Gilmore reference too.
Ha ha, I'm a good decade older than him. But good to know he's an 80's kid at heart ;)
It’s funny how I, as a German 20 years old, had the whole theme song instantaneously in mind. I also didn’t know that the A-Team is known in so many countries. But I love the whole show since years and thought I would be the only one to start humming out of nowhere.
Well Joe, as you look back on yesterday, may your past memories be remembered. As you celebrate the new year, may your heart be filled with endless happiness and joy as you look ahead to the future. May in the days ahead in 2021, I hope no matter where your friends or family may be, that your life is filled with the warmth of not only the sun but from those you cherish each day close and afar. May you have an awesome and wonderful New Year.
You've almost got enough rocks to build a primitive oven. You know you're going to want a roast chicken this winter at the fort - build it!
I still think it's pretty impressive how well that folding shovel has held together over the years. Never seen one stand up like that with so much abuse.
And I vote for a minimal gear overnighter, maybe something near water. Good video!
Love to see how the Fort is coming along.
Loving the way the fort is shaping up!
IT'S NOT A FUCKIN' FORT !
@@andrewgalloway7344 he literally called it a fort at 52:22
@@andrewgalloway7344 looks like a fort to me.
@@sslcm56 yeah .... in as much as it's an enclosure made out of wood ... i repeat ... no military presence ... no horses ...and i sincerely doubt it's ability to defend against pissed off american natives ...so yeah ...it does look like a fort ... if your a romantic clown chasing lost childhood
@@andrewgalloway7344 Waaa
Great video! Can't wait to see more overnights in the fort.
Like the progress you made Joe. Now it just needs to be tested against the elements.💯😀❤️👍🏾✝️🙏🏾🇺🇸
If you really want to go all out, hang heat reflective blankets on the side walls.
They would insulate and reflect light addressing 2 of your issues.
Taking that dead standing log out changed the look SO much! Looks great
A header beam across the tarp opening would give you a straight line to make it uniform. I'm cheering you on! When we were kids in Massachusetts, we built a 3 story tree house with a pulley lift system, running water and a toilet! This video brings back so many fun memories! Thanks.
Tiny house in the forest with Joe Robinet, he loves it when a plan comes together. Great Video Joe, thanks for sharing the build all the best from Simcoe County.
i'm really wondering after all these years looking at your videos when you'll make a Sloppy Joe from the camp !
Just wanted to say that I've enjoyed your you tube clips since you started building your fort from the ground up. Its brought back memories of me and my brothers building little huts in wooded areas from our childhood area. Take care and God bless
At this point just make it a log cabin😂❤️
Fort, it's a fort.
@@Benvanes I guess
@@Benvanes 100% read that in Joe's cut from the last video lol
because cabins require more forward planning than forts. With a fort you just start by building one wall or a bit of roof, then add more until you're happy with it.
@@PsylomeAlpha true but he’s already close to a full on cabin
Joe - Please don’t feel the need to reply to negative folks in your chat. We just want to watch!
Ikr, I don't even realise the trolls are there until a youtuber responds to them. I never see them.
I want to build one of these… every episode I watch just affirms my commitment to learning how. Thanks, Joe!! ❤
Hey, I wanted to give a suggestion, if you'd use thick sticks for the window frames it would look more authentic if that makes sense :D
Or could cut a small log in half and frame it with the halfs
HI! asked u about tripper as a dog a while ago, ended up with a husky 🐶 shelter is looking great!
cheers from Norway 🇳🇴
Love all your videos.
Camping, fishing, and paddling canoes.
Relaxing
Yes! They are really great❤
I would love to see the window framed with thin logs or thick branches for a more natural look.
Love how the fort is looking Joe. Amazing job!
I’m sure you have already thought of this but each time you’re there cut some firewood and store it under a tarp or in the fort so that when you get there you don’t have to cut wood before you can eat I like the fort and someone else commented that if you put tree frames around the window it would look better might as well make it cute
Great idea!! And he could do that so when he woke up he would have wood.
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That was a lot of work. I like that it’s different and reuses materials. This is something folks could attempt, albeit on a smaller scale😷🏴😷
Hey man what ever makes you happy just make shore the camera is rolling man. I honestly can't think of a video you have uploaded yet i haven't enjoyed. Well actually im lying the video when you lost scout i cant say it was enjoyable but it was still good content. Any ways you get what im saying brother you do you we are just along for the ride.👍
Back to the Fort with a Overnighter Joe!
the enthusiasm in the ad read was phenomenal
Love the videos Joe. You gotta love the keyboard warriors that probably live in their moms basement that only leave the couch to go buy more hot pockets and Mt Dew tell an outdoor professional how they should do their job. I think Joe knows what he is doing by now 😂😂
I couldn’t agree more !!! Joe is out there having fun and showing us awesome content, I have never understood why people always want to criticize or tell other people there doing it wrong especially when they have probably never even been in the woods building shelters and forts and stuff
Totally agree! People that have all these suggestions of a totally better way and they complain. I am like honestly, have you done everything on your own from a kid like joe, have you ever been selected for Alone? Do you have a you tube channel? Are you as involved with your family as joe? Do you have the following like joe?
I sure don't. So I guess he knows what he is doing.
Who cares what people say! Let the trolls sleep under their own bridge !
HeyJoe! Great video as usual. Not sure if you'll read this, but in reference to your bush pot being covered in soot. Do you know the liquid dish soap trick? Put a layer of dish soap on the bottom before putting over a flame. When your done boiling or cooking, the soot will just wipe off fairly easily. Hope i gave some useful info, just like you do for us. Thanks and keep up the great work! 👍
Overnight at fort, hope pup's recovering well.
Brooke Whipple, when she was on Alone and on her channel, has talked a few times about using a white tarp when shelter building. She says that the light coming through the white tarps is much less depressing than with the blue or green ones. It feels much less cave like. It would probably be better for filming too.
I was also thinking about white or silver walls. He wouldn't have to remove what is there, just tack it up on one or two of the walls or the ceiling, or even the inside of the tarp wall.
@@L-Anded I was thinking of replacing the green tarp he put on the open end, so that he would have white light coming in rather than the green tint. It would be better for filming, and more comfortable to hang out in.
@@tahoemike5828 it wouldn't take much to make it a little brighter. The outside should stay as camouflaged as possible.
Hi Joe ! I never talked on here before, but watching your videos are very good, You sir are one of the best at what you do ! TYVM For all the videos, Keep up the great work you are doing!
This man is living my dream. Just... So jealous...
Maybe wrap the tarps over the outside of the log, so nothing fills with water or snow then leaks into your man cave ?
I agree. Then guests might be able to sit on the log in the fort or at the very least use the log as a shelf. It looks good either way tho! 👍
Agreed. The snow will build up on the outside (in the gully created between the log and tarp) and pull the tarp straps out of the roof. Wrapping it over the outside will delay that.
I really like the fact that you made a comment on negative comments, and reminded of the dangers. The rock-talk was point on, and called for. Water absorbed into pourous silica or clay, when heated can build up pressure and explode. Such things are good to know, and keep in mind. There is often educational value in the stuff that people are obsessed about.
I DO NOT COMMENT ON OTHER PEOPLES CREATIVE WORK
YOU LIKE IT JOE THEN THAT IS ALL THAT COUNTS TO ME
HAPPY TRAILS!!
16:22 most people don’t know this but that’s the sound a monolith makes as it touches down from space
I liked the brush you put on the back wall. 2 for 1. The back looks natural and the area cleaned up. Neat.
Over nighter at the fort either way I'll be watching i love this shit lol happy holidays bro
Hey Joe watching you saw that with that saw really really makes me appreciate my silky
Hey Joe, the tarps you've secured to the huge log ... You should wrap it inward so there is no snow accumulation on it at all. It will also keep all debris to gather in the crease.
(Sorry, I am a French Canadian so sometimes I don't use the good terminology.)
Leatherman! Get this mans a sponsorship already! I love my Leathermans.
Think they would rather sponsor someone that cares enough to not lose their tools.
@@joelbenoitthewanderingbiso4976 cold!
Personally we want to see a fort overnight video. Tired of waiting. 😂
Stay safe!
A little perfectionist in me dying inside seeing all the little things that could be fixed with only a small effort.
The camp looks cozy. Please go back and film some more. Can't wait to see some snow. Do a over night with a friend .Thanks from Augusta Georgia
I think you should permanently enclose the front wall and build another bunk, so Doug has a place to sleep.
Yes!
Nice video. Me and my grandpa love your channel!
The shelter is looking great Joe but spend 20 bucks get yourself a full-size shovel and pick and just leave it out there.
Passive aggressive much
@@donniev8181 constructive criticism is what it's called. He obviously enjoyed the show and whatnot.
I'm surprised that shovel took that prying force he was putting on it, that would snap off any $20 shovel you brought out there as well. The key is you can't put your full weight that far out on any shovel. 200 pounds on say a 4' lever is a Cummins like 800 ft-lbs of torque.
Actually Joe, that quote I wanted for a window frame won't be needed any more. A guy came back with a price that won't be beaten. Thanks anyway.
I like what you did and though I don't know what I'm talking about, never having done anything like this, I would have put posts, wrapped the tarp around these and THEN added the trunk/wood walls on it so no snow/cold air could have come through walls, ceiling. That would have taken the charm out of the inside of the fort though... as it all would have been plastic tarp.
Your thoughts?
Person: what are you carrying in your backpack? Rocks?
Joe: ummm....
Best Homeless camp I've seen in a while you might show up and find squatters
If it wasn't on his buddy's land I would agree.
I've only experienced rocks exploding when they are soft stone and have moisture in them. Love the channel sir.
Love "The Fort" series. Keep it coming, buddy! Get Ole Doug out there with you for a long weekend and have him carve some of your stumps close to the fort into gnomes :)
That’s a great idea. Joe said he wanted Doug to spend time with him. And the bonus of Doug carved totems. Priceless.
I'm really jealous of your lifestyle!
same
@@Jughaad does anyone have a time stamp for the trippee update I think I missed it
Its just camping, cheap and easy anyone can do it, this isnt real bushcraft this is just a sponsorship job
@@rgr798 don’t be a jerk. You don’t have to partake.
@@tamwalker roger that, i unsubed
Thanks Joe, enjoy the vids. Keep up the good work and Bushcraft on.
Fort looks amazing. The knife through the plastic was satisfying
When’s the next floor going in?! You could make a nice little log staircase 😄
Little trick I learned ages ago in a winter survival course is setting small fires on the ground near the stump to thaw the nearby ground. If you are worries about the fire going into roots/underground you can build it on stones. It is a real good trick to thaw frozen ground.
Man, you gave me the feels mentioning Ray Mears. I miss his video's. Easily the best bushcraft teacher I've ever seen (Sorry Joe, no hard feelings)
Ray Mears was the first contact many of us had with bushcraft.
I remember when my parents subscribed to the OLN channel: Ray Mears and Les Stroud were my gods.
From how this fort looked when he started to now? Looks amazing Joe 💯
Hey Joe, the Fort is looking awesome! It's really taking shape! I think your next video should be a minimalistic gear camp out. All the best 👍🏻
When's the rough-in start for the bathroom? 🤣🤣🤣
lol probably solar first. keep outhouse away from the kitchen.
He should build a Finnish sauna before the outhouse
Response to your question: I'd like to see an overnight at the fort with more upgrades. Thanks.
Maybe some running water or wind mill??
Hey Joe, Thanks for another fun video. If I had my choice of topics I would like to see you do a "Lessons Learned" video and then adding to those earlier videos. Also, by adding any new strategies and experiences to those older videos. I guess it would add extra work to go through your older videos but I think it could be a very interesting video. You have a treasure trove of older videos. It would be nice to see you build on those videos to the present day. You have come so far and you are always a joy to watch.