We Got Trapped Winter Camping in the Backcountry
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ส.ค. 2024
- I love Winter Camping. I believe it is a magical time to be in the backcountry with my van, but if you are not prepared, a winter camping trip can go wrong quickly. Check out this video to see how we got trapped and what piece of gear I kept in my van that was integral to getting out of the situation.
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Your watching Primal Outdoors - Camping, Overlanding and Van Life. I am living the van life in my Ford E350 4x4 Van traveling around the remote public land system in Oregon.
It took me awhile to warm up to your channel. You are so laid back compared to the other loud in your face vanlife channels. But now I absolutely love your channel.
I think this is the best compliment I have ever received. I am glad your enjoying it.
@@PrimalOutdoors 31cc 14" bar is fine for a tree 30" in diameter in a recovery situation. You can always cut a wedge and it gives you access to the heart of the log. Watch logging channels.
Absolutely understand that comment. I had so many van life/camping channels in the beginning now only a few. This channel is what yt was. People doing people things it’s great!
@@sasquatchrosefartsI do agree with cutting wedges that you could get through a much bigger tree with a small bar, but I think 30” maybe somewhat impractical for a 14” bar and would be very worried if I had an electric saw with a 14” bar😂.
@user-ql5oh2jx2y thanks for the extra cash I truly appreciate it.
Thanks for the content!!
And the tips!
I have a tip for you,. When you are sectioning up a tree that is on the ground try making your first cuts at a right and left angle. Then you will not have the trouble of the section getting pinned between the remaining halves of the tree. Thanks again!
I agree about the gas saw for situations like yours and a min of 16 inch. For everything else though man the electric saws are pretty good fire wood even many downed trees just have two batteries and your pretty good. Nothing worse than starting some of those old gas saws on cold days. 😳
Jason the content you create is amazing I never get tired of watching your channel keep up the good work brother 👍
Hard to beat the beauty of a fresh snow in the mountains!
Agree with the chain saw. A good winch and a snatch block is a great way to move a tree. One cut and winch it out of the way using an anchor point and a snatch block. Done it many times with a light weight CJ7.
It's beautiful camping during winter time
Winter time is always pretty out with fresh snow
I 100% agree. Those little electric saws are neat toy's but I will always have at minimum my Husqvarna 460 with a 20 inch bar out with me in the woods. Great video as always, the drone footage at the end was incredible!
When you have the right gear and your prepared it’s a beautiful place to
Be
Fresh snow makes everything seem so fresh and peaceful.... thanks for sharing....
Wonderful content! I've been carrying a chainsaw in the back country for 40 plus years now. Done everything from clearing trees to building bridges. I usually carry a couple of extra chains with me too, with bar oil, fuel and wedges.
Jason, glad you made it out. Good lesson for those that wander. I just want to say I love the opening sequence. Just beautiful!
Beautiful. Thanks so much. Drone footage amazing !
I was not expecting to walk away from this video with such a great Takeaway. I’ve considered many a time taking a saw with me for cutting up wood to keep me warm, but never thought that it would help me get back out of the back country. Thanks for sharing. I look forward to seeing you on the next one.
-Will
Wow, a very valuable tip! Thanks for making this Sir.
The best overland channel by far
I don't know what people will think, but in cases like that I was taught to cut in V on the top part of the tree and then come in a straight line upwards. The tree's own weight will assist the cutting.
"Luck favors the prepared mind". Another great video. Thanks!
Yes hard to prepare for everything, but any chainsaw is better than no chainsaw. Loved the video!
Love it !! Gary is a awesome guy to hang out with for sure. Got to met him a couple years ago. Love the winter content. Safe travels
Yeah, I love Gary he a solid guy
Great thoughts on chainsaws for self recovery. We have carried an 18” electric Ego which cuts quite similar to our gas 18” Echo and have really loved all its benefits over gas. But we only carry a single large battery pack and gas would certainly work better for multiple large trees down as we carry gas cans with us anyways. We may carry an extra battery and charger if we are expecting a storm in the future.
Jason, I think it's great that you mentioned hunting in a video.
I totally agree with you on the saws- great video!
A friend was at a park here in California and during a windstorm they were blocked in by 4 BIG trees that fell over the only exit road. They would have been trapped for 2+ more days until the park service could get to them. However one person in his convoy had a chainsaw and knew how to use it. So hours of cutting later, they left before the remaining part of the storm could drop more trees in their path.
They did have one close call and were within 50feet of a large tree fall near camp. Just like you had in this video. I've only been considering smaller electric chainsaws as my space of gear is very limited, hard tradeoff to consider.
Your drone shots Were absolutely beautiful OMG gorgeous
When your in timber like you are on that side of Oregon is a must. The blues on my side ditto. I would go with a power head big enough to barely handle a 28" bar and run a 22" bar. When you get a 40" tree in the road like we can (for that matter several in a 100 ft of road) you will understand. Casey with coyote works runs electric but being in the junipers if their ever was a tree across the road you only need a couple small cuts and move it. I think the recommendation you gave is a good general starting point for those that aren't familiar with chainsaws. Electric chain saws are to hard to recharge to depend on for emergency use.
Nothing wrong with this content Buddy, it is part of the Adventure 👍🏻🏴🇬🇧
Looks like a peaceful trip all in all. Regardless of time of year you need a good saw on your rig. 18" with a good size engine can do an enormous amount of work. I want to say my Stihl MS250 is 42cc (?) with an 18" bar. Good power for it's size.
Spring, summer, and fall all offer falling trees.
The drone shots flying through the snow packed pines was EPIC and well worth the risk. 👍
I'm really digging the POV camera work on youtube lately. Flying through those snow laden trees was magical. Loved it. Thank you.
Beautiful scenery for sure. I love a good snow fall , it adsorbs the sounds. Sometimes my ears strain to hear something , all you can hear if your out in the country is the sound of the falling snow. ❄❄
Life in the backcountry. Sometimes you just can’t make this stuff up. It was great to see others coming to your aid too. Happy Holidays, Skillet
Not happy holidays it's Merry Christmas we live in the USA
Thanks Skillet you enjoy your Holidays as well.
Jason
@@WarrantZeus1I love Christmas, but there is nothing USA about it’s a religious holiday. I am sure there are many men and women that have died on the battlefield believing in this great country who did not use the term Merry Christmas.
Jason
I’ve been watching your videos for a while!! Your improvements are impressive!! I love your videos!
A safety concern was to not camp near big trees . Wind. snow weather etc, can cause death, My father was elk hunting in North Oregon about 50 years ago he parked his trailer house out in a big open area. Two guys came in and asked why he had camped out there.. so he told them because it was safer. They shook their heads went up in big timber and set up their tent. a big storm blew in that night . A 36 inch tree feel on their tent killing them. So do not camp in big timber ,and listen to people with more time in the outdoors
Good idea to have an extra bar and chain on your rig. If you would happen to pinch your saw, you would have the means to unbolt from stuck bar and recover stuck bar. Plus gives you an extra fresh chain, if needed. Without having to Sharpen.
Awesome video!
On the fire trucks we are transitioning from gas to electric chainsaws and extrication tools. Battery powered devices and chainsaws have definitely made advances in the past few years. I think a battery chainsaw with adequate batteries would do well also.
Drone captured amazing footage , beautiful !
Damn lucky the trees didn’t fall in your camp! Drone footage awesome!
Wow, quite scary hearing the cracking as the tree uproots and falls. Very thankful is wasn’t any closer to you. Glad your chainsaw was able to get the job done and you got out safe. Thanks for sharing.
These drone videos are amazing for their beauty in nature
Sure is beautiful country in the summer or winter. I live in Missouri, but spent several years traveling all over the northwest. Can't wait to get back out there in 2024.
Hey Jason , great video, be safe
Always an adventure! Amazing that there were two trees down on your=route! And they were big ones too. Great drone footage. Thanks for=sharing!
Love the back country in the winter and you do a great job of demonstrating what it means to be prepared, well done
I cant help but think, supposing a tree had fallen much closer to you.
Thankyou for sharing
Reality...enjoy the real moments, the ones you cant control but overcome.
As I have shared before I lived I'm Central Orgon for 19 years I then returned to my native Midwest. I do miss the seasons there but through your channel, I get to enjoy it so much. Yes we didn't go to the woods without being fully prepared to the best of our ability while letting someone know where we were going with a time frame of return.
Hey Jason, how did your new awning workout with the snow, those trees were pretty big thanks to that chainsaw and the extra hands that came along, be safe🙋♂️🙋♂️
You're my favorite outdoors, overlanding, and van TH-cam channel. The work you put into your videos is a cut above the others I have watched. The sheer number of cuts you include to tell a story is amazing! My question for this video, is not the chainsaw, but the danger of a tree falling on you and steps to take the for safety for anyone in that outdoors be it overlanding, car camping, or backpacking. Thank you for your honesty and dedication.
This is some of the content I like. Just a day in the life and the adventures that day can bring. Sometimes more fun to watch than a planned/scripted video production. Thanks, this was fun to watch.
I’ve got a 20” Stihl , 20” craftsman, 16” craftsman, and a 40v 16” Ryobi. Love them all, but that Ryobi goes everywhere with me in the mountains. My regular gear for wood is a fiskars axe, a 22” bow saw and one of my chainsaws (usually my Ryobi). Life savers !
Hey Jason! Thumbs UP!!
When you cracked it out initially I thought "OH a REAL saw" !! The crackle almost had me thinking Homelite XL.... but then I see a Remy. The Buffalo plaid in Woolrich hopefully. ...only thing missing is a Filson vest, tin cloth or oiled hat. (AND suspenders!!) Get your tin feller hard hat on, yer from Oregon!!
Don’t forget a basic saw kit as well. File, wrench, extra plug, pull cord, and an chain or two. Would really suck to have the saw yet not be able to use because you didn’t have a kids sized tackle box with a few needed parts. Looking at the chips flying, Jason your chain could use a bit of file work. 😮
I agree with you on gas vs battery
. (From my experience as a person who has both and work for a saw shop what you had to do would have taken quite longer with a battery (I have a commercial 18” battery saw too) the battery gets really hot and can/will stop on continuous use like you had to do whereas the gas keeps trucking along. I like my battery unit for my camper so I don’t smell like 2 cycle exhaust when I need to use it for small cutting and that’s what it is awesome for. When I go off-roading I grab my gas one just in case I run into a situation like you did.
Jason, those drone shots were amazing. I completely forgot about work for a couple minutes, totally mesmerized by the beauty of it, along with the musical accompaniment.
The snow, your shelter, your fire and your steaming coffee pot made me smile. Great stuff, man. Subscribed. Too, I'm gonna upgrade my saw!
We’ve been in the same situation I went into an area and our way back out a big tree fell across the road I had a 12 inch gas chainsaw that I always carried it was just too little so I’d recommend an 18 inch gas chainsaw downside is the leaking of the oil but thanks for your video . Don and Donna from Hope idaho
Gorgeous footage brother, thanks for bringing us along
I'm so glad you and Gary have become such good friends. Him and his wife are such amazing people, they do so much for our community here in sisters. I appreciate them both so much. Great video as always Jason.✌🏼
Gary is the best people. I always appreciate my time with him.
Looks like one of my regular hunting trips. If it could happen, it will. When I used to go hunting, i would go with a big group of friends and family. We ALWAYS had 1 large saw some where in the group. We used it more often than you would think. Electric saws are for kindling. NOT HEAVY DUTY work. Beautiful area. Got that same storm here. Got a foot and a half from it too. Starting to run out of places to put snow. Enjoy the woods!!!!
I live in the forest west of Bend, Oregon. Trees falling across the road can be more than just an inconvenience. I had the opportunity last summer to speak to a person who survived the wildfire two summers ago in Detroit, Oregon. The winds from the wildfire caused many trees to fall across their evacuation route. They were forces to shelter in place in an open field. Since then the 2nd Item on my go bag list is my large power saw with sharp chain, fuel and bar oil. Winter camping is great I love it. Summer camping during fire season can also be at risk of being caught by a fast moving wildfire. In 1979 the Bridge Creek fire ran 3 miles in 2 hours to within a few hundred feet of my home. You may not have the time to wait for others to rescue you. As an old boy scout, Be Prepared and live to camp another day. keep up the good work.
Thank you what a beautiful trip.
Absolutely correct about your recommendation. I use a Husqvarna Rancher 455. It’s 54cc.
Once again, truly awesome, Jason.
Thanks for sharing this video, interesting camping adventure. Thanks again.
beautiful video, I don't do any winter camping but I sure can live vicariously through your videos, thanks
OMG, the chances. More Leary of one coming down onto camp. Good share 👍
You really stepped up your production with this video. It's always been very good but your photography and drone shots in this video have taken it to a new level. I also like that you insert something educational in your videos. Thanks for sharing.
Glad these trees didn’t fall on your van/campsite!
I have a steel 250c and I have no problems with it at all. I'm sticular about taking care of my equipment. And I only run non-ethanol gas.🥃🥃
Agree - when in woods I always have an Echo CS590 with a 20” bar or a Stihl 024 with an 18” bar, or both.
I think Sasquatch is trying to prevent you from leaving😅
❤ I love your peaceful, gentle voice, and your beautiful cinematography !
Never miss a video pure joy. Thank you so much.
That's awesome, I never really considered a tree falling across the road that I might have to leave by? Thanks for sharing the knowledge! Really good drone also! 😁
Good thing a tree didn’t land on a rig, picking your spot is important (as you know I’m sure!)
Agree with you Jason for larger wood and serious cutting - gas saws seem a superior choice. Got to admit I'm not in love with electric powered equipment. Sound a a gas fired saw is music to my ears. Lots of different bar sizes available and just the fun of cutting. Incidentally nearly got crushed by a falling tree when we were hunting. Scared us half to death.
Such a beautiful video, thank you for sharing.
I enjoy your travels . I love to see the snow and you enjoying what you do. I miss Daisy and I am sure you do. Thanks.
Georgia USA
I love this video so much. I've been camping for years, and the thing that's always been a pain for me is the fact that it's so hard to get out of the backcountry when it snows! I have no idea why anyone would ever want to be in the backcountry when it snows, but if you do, just make sure to have an easy way out.
Beautiful video! Couldn’t agree more, a good saw is key.
It’s nice to see that you aren’t too fancy to camp with a Jeeper as well! Keep up the good content and stay safe.
love the drone shots in the trees awesome.the snow is so beautiful!
VERY NICE SCENERY !!!!!!
Hi There Jason !
Ed Here, From São Paulo, Brazil.
22ºC (72ºF) at 16:30 (11:30 Local in Oregon) !
First Time I’m Wrinting, But I’m Following You For a While Already,
As Well As Donald’s SoftRoadingTheWest, Through Where I Found Out Primal Outdoors !
! ! ! AWESOME CHANNELS ! ! !
This Episode in Partícular, Beautiful and Thrilling !
That Giant Trees Fell Just In The “Right Places" !
I Mean, AWAY FROM THE TRUCKS AND YOU GUYS !
Jason
Down Here in Brazil, Guys (Like Me) Who Doesn't Know Much About Off Roading Are Called “Zéquinhas” !
That Guy To Whom The More Experinced Off Roaders Ask To Get In The Rivers, Creeks, Mud, Etc., Just To Check if The Way/Path is All Right to Pass Through, You Know ?
With This In Mind, I’d Like To Suggest That You, When Lighting Your Fire Pit,
EXACTLY After The Kindlings Start to Ignite,
PUT AWAY The Lighter …
“JUST IN CASE” ! ! !
If I Were Around You, I'd Boring You About That !
However, As I Said Already, I’m Just a “Zéquinha” ! 😁
Anyway, It Was a Pleasent Monent Knowing Donald, You, Edward Shin,
Without Mention Yours Dear Wheeler and Daisy !
I Appreciate All The Great Work and Passion You Guys Put in Your Hard Work To Provide That Great Experience That Is To Be
! ! ! O U T S I D E ! ! !
Many Thanks !
Best Regards !
And Happy Holidays 🎅
Beautiful drone shots!
I carry a 16” Sthil farm boss, I might need to up my game and go with a 20” bar…..glad to see someone else is still loyal to the Solocam….
Very convincing. Point taken!
Definitely agree to the gas power. Especially Winter or alone.
Thank you for the Beautiful video. And Thank you for the feed back have a chain saw or your stuck. ✔👍🙏
Crazy times! 👍😎🇨🇦⭐🔥❄❄❄
Just got done binge watching , some of your older videos. , When you did landscape photography ,all of witch I have already seen , and man I miss seeing Wheeler and Daisy so much . And don't get me worng , I don't know anything about photography , but it was really cool to see you chase the shot , and the end result ( photograph ) most of the time I didn't understand a word you said about what you were doing to get the shot , but it didn't matter , it was great ! You were this super camper , who showed everyone , how to make a real camp fire ( probably, half a cord of wood at a time 😂) and a photographer . And what you called " Cinamatic " style of video was really cool too . Watching your evolution from Primal archery to wear you are now was amazing , can't say thank you enough I've enjoyed it so much , and can't wait to see what comes next .
awesome b-roll intro. 20+ inch bar and no substitute for gas on bigger trees.
Jason- another awesome video. Cory and I enjoyed watching. Thanks for taking us winter camping with you on your channel! :-)
Thanks Julie. On a side note I am thinking about Dinner Tree😋
My 30yr Homelite 330XL still getting it done as well as a Johnsered chainsaw. Long surpassed by STIHL (they make a beaver blush). Have to remember, better than average mechanical abilities is required to effectively operate & maintain gas powered chainsaws. As kids, dad had us on Remingtons, an antique monster Mall, as well as a two man unit. Rural Michigan farmers, heated exusively two homes with wood.
Another thought also if it hasn't been mentioned yet is having a spare chain (or two) for the saw.
You can't go wrong with a Stihl farm boss with a 20-24 inch bar. Having a file to sharpen your chain or a spare chain is also a must.
Love the drone views....nicely done🥃🥃
Greetings from far East.. I always enjoy your contents with big pleasure..Big helps to my camping life..Thank you.