Off Grid Homestead "The Tree of Death"

[deb1926]

I know how you feel about working these jobs,I am ready to stop and go at it for myself.Nice vid.

[trybal007]

Good compost!

[cybercicada]

Excellent video. Scary but excellent!

[crsbt]

i love these things

thanks for uploading

one day i will get there also !

[ZS6JMP]

I couldn't agree more with everything you say. I love doing projects and am almost disappointed when I come to the end of an enjoyable project. There is something magical in being able to build something of worth and of good standard. Thanks for all your vids. I am only too aware of the time and effort it takes to put something decent out there. Thanks again and may we meet in heaven one day.

[orthzar]

I like how ya'll tried to shoot it down first. Man living in such a location is looking better and better every day.

[scarmenl]

You at least will understand when I say that after I get finished fighting the government one of my plans is to build my wife and I our new home. I think you are doing great. Getting stuck is just part of the adventure and learning. Thanks for the videos and the interesting adventure.

[savage11308]

keep up the great work and god bless

[settlesdown]

Dick Proenneke would be proud of you. Nice stuff Cody.

[xcgreene]

Had no idea you knew Seth Rogen

[wranglerstar]

@xcgreene never heard of him 

[xcgreene]

@wranglerstar haha, hes just an actor, your friend reminds me of him. I started collecting ol axe heads and rehandling them thanks to you.... jerk. But honestly, your videos are great, a breath of fresh air, hope to see, and learn, more.

[TheGeo46]

coooool man!!! hunt somthing!!!

[TheGeo46]

coooool man!!!

[NotSoOldHippy]

So you shit up the wilderness with your human crap and think that's some how godly. Amazing.

[ericmattinen]

Just imagine doing all of that while the forest is burning!!! As a wildland firefighter, I know how deadly snags can be as every so often a firefighter dies because of one. Be safe around the equipment, especially the winch! Good luck in your endeavor!

[1fastbusa1]

this vid hade me on the edge of my seat. the title alone made me wonder "death" to who? or what? the cat pulling on that tree i was wondering if it was going to fall on the cat or if the cable or chain were going to break.. hoss is a brave man to stand there. and the actual DEAD tree ... I almost fell from my chair... great vid Cody... Thumbs UP!!

[nicholasproductions1]

I know that while i've helped a farmer friend just north of Madras build his cabin, we did it by strict spec. He's kind of a perfectionist but taking a considerable amount of time sawing logs, (we did all of the cutting with a chain saw) was one of the keys to doing it right, doing it slowly. an excellent resource for cabin building is from the swedish resources. the cabin we've been working on is just off highway 26 at the intersection of fir ln. on the agency plains a few miles north of town

[autobahn101driversed]

Another cool video! Everything seems to be progressing along well for ya! Keep up the hard, good, rewarding work.

[pr4runner]

Just responded to another video of you falling trees, got it now that you are building a log home. Thanks and can't wait to see your videos on your log home construction !!! Love it to see your experiences ie Learn by doing. Also love to see that you are using materials from your land.

[pr4runner]

Just responded to another video of you falling trees, got it now that you are building a log home. Thanks and can't wait to see your videos on your log home construction !!!

[ijsaenz]

the tree looked like it crumbled when it fell.

[SouthernShodan]

This is what I call reality tv...you show the failures as well as successes. I am curious just how far your new house will be from a major road? It looks remote for sure. Also, what are the plans for emergency medical situations (i.e. heart attacks,ect)?

Keep up the great videos!

[MusicMan20061210]

You think a lot like me.

That cat is a super good machine!

[Trigcure]

You guys need one of them boat-mounted punt guns for those tree's!

[rchopp]

Hey Cody, when you get a spare minute I've got a large hickory nut tree that I'm going to be taking down, oh and bring your big saw mines not big enough !!! LOL... I know what you mean about hard work clearing land my wife and I did the same thing 22 years ago and now we can sit back and enjoy it . thanks for another great video and be safe.

[rjstasio]

Are you located in the Washington State? If so I would love to come and check out your set up thanks.

[BlackFencePatriot]

good to see you guys hangn out. I almost thought that tree was gona get you C. Blessings to you both.

[Iz101]

Great video

[fokaikid87]

That tree was humongous!

[USNERDOC]

So good to see the cat up and running!

[orgnlsinr]

Grate video Cody, grate insight. Thanks.

[excxflyr]

thank goodness for the winch, nice of the Hoss to help out.

Also that has to be quite a rush standing next to that huge timber as it falls.

[thedarkknight117]

You're a daring guy for sticking a chainsaw into that tree after who knows how many shot pellets were lodged into it.

[krazy45cat]

Great Video , how long can you cntine to work with the weather getting colder ?

[cupcupculpable]

cool video.

[TheSoloAsylum]

just a few more weeks and I will be hauling my dozer up to my property to begin cutting in the roads for real. I cant wait to do some real work.....

[zeetard1]

DUDE, LOVE THE OFF GRID PROJECT...BEAUTIFUL LAND!!!!!!!!

[woowoowoo]

Haha youtube truly is a community

[BigOStyle1]

That was an awesome vid, Cody! You give a pretty good idea of what it takes to clear land and how dangerous it can be. Thank you for sharing! Keep up the good work and Keep sharing the knowledge!!!

[tomcoc66]

Dude....that was cool. Had me on the edge of my seat for a sec. Have you thought about turning this into a reality show. I bet that History Channel would pick it up.

[TheMountainGorilla]

That was the best ending to a video ever :)

[kentpublic]

Awesome video! I really like the way you incorporated time-lapse photography into this video - it enabled us to see how the work gets done in a short amount of video time. Thank you so much for sharing this project with us!

[Mrcaffinebean]

Wow, that tree is massive! Good video guys!

[berryjs140]

if that steel cable would have snapped it could have been a bad deal for you both

[Roca89]

great vid !! thanks Cody

[MrColt45acp]

Cat sounds like it's running great.

Thanks for posting!

[SixtyAteOutdoors]

Very cool. It doesn't seem possible to clear the land without a CAT set up the way you have it.

[LibertyCzar]

I am really appreciative of these video journals you are doing, cody, about your homestead project. I wish to do something along the same lines myself sometime. Stay safe, and god bless. Looking forward to more.

[stphn603]

Can you imagine doing all of that work without power tools?

[piercemk]

That tree is huge. I've cut a few big trees down but nothing like that.

[duragezic]

Great video. Glad the Cat is working and you're making good progress.

[ODgr33n]

Great vid. Thanks for sharing Cody.

[ColinOutdoors]

The CAT is working really well. That last tree was pretty dangerous, glad you managed to cut it down successfully.

[TNPviewer]

Literally running for your life

[stebo211]

that is a good video!!!!

[cooperdisciple]

Where's a minigun when you need one? LOL Looking good Cody.

[captaintlc]

You must have a smile on your face every day as you work your land . Congrats

[satinwarship]

whoah!!!! that was awesome!!!!! looking good man looking real good!! glad to have you back!

[DemonHide]

Nice to see you got Hoss workin' with ya! That was hair-raising at the end there. It's dangerous work, no doubt.

[firebelliedtoad]

I see you got that cat working at superspeed now! :D That must have been a rush when the tree started to go.

[glynn72]

These are probably one of the most interesting and entertaining series of videos on youtube.

[MegaRucker]

best yet

good luck

[stompySharpNpointy]

Great vid Much respect

[bblinda129]

I love these videos.

[leadpersuasion]

Awesome video, Cody! 

[TMHonfire102]

you need to do more vids like this

[LivingHistorySchool]

For the 12 x 16 foot cabin we built we didn't use any heavy equipment, we had to hoist the logs up using a log ramp and ropes or by hand. We stripped the bark off the logs by hand with draw knifes, we had to peg it with rebar as we went up on the door and window side. The most time consuming part of the 2 by 2 thick cement foundation we had to pour to be to code with the county (five yards of concrete). First log (sill plate log was flattened on one side and bolted to to foundation.

[parlusk]

you can see the ground shake when you fell that tree!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[JohnCaven312]

sorry guys i'm actually quite tech savy 25+ years on pc's the net ect. I guess we all goof. Keep up the good work cody <- guy that emailed you about OPSEC

[SuperGrizzly1984]

a 30 ton dozer sure helps lighten the load!lol...good vids

[Hobohube]

you certainly have a lot of ablility.  All the best to you.

[marshall3win]

great vid guys!

[mysciencenow]

you can build a small work barn also that would be good practice

[faranglaw]

thumbs up on picture quality.. nice job with the clearing ;)

[savageZA76]

Love the sound of that cat

[thebudgetarmory1]

I can't imagine how much of a pain it must be to haul fuel up for that big thing!

[4Ugrunt]

Would selling off some of the wood as firewood defray your costs?

[ZombieReady556]

@4Ugrunt If you do sell some wood cody, I'd be in on some.

[xdrdosx]

That tree looked huge - that would scare the crap out of me trying to cut that thing down.

[MongoWongo777]

I am very intrigued. How/ where do you get land like this. Is it under the Homestead act? Forgive my ignorance, I live in one of the biggest cities in the US. I WOULD LOVE to purchase a patch of land and build a home. Seems like you are in the middle of no where. I thought I would have to move to Alaska to have this type of opportunity.

[TheHossUSMC]

@MongoWongo777 The Northwest has VAST areas of wilderness.

[xdrdosx]

@MongoWongo777 If you are in New York - just come upstate dude - I am in WNY and there is tons of rural land in New York state.

[beast12101]

well done, what no 60,000lb snatch block? :)

[TheHossUSMC]

That dang 12 gauge just didn't have enough power.

[beast12101]

@TheHossUSMC nice work bud

[docsimonson]

@TheHossUSMC I wonder what the price of gas would have to go to to make using a 12 gauge cost effective?

[JohnCaven312]

whats with the video quality of this one? Your video's are normally much better..

[bk119957]

@JohnCaven312 if by quality you mean the image resolution... this vid has default set at 240p when its usually higher... just click on a higher res.

[YokoWenis]

@JohnCaven312 When a youtube vid first comes out, the higher definitions don't immediately show up. Try to refresh the video and you'll see.