The Log Cabin: Clearing the Site and Preparing the Foundation Logs

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In this third video in the log cabin series, I clear the cabin site of trees and underbrush, move two large cedars into place for foundation logs and make a hot lunch on my new bushbuddy stove.

On the first two days, the temperatures is cold, less than -20C with windchill. On the third day, the temperature rises to a few degrees above freezing and I have to remove layers to stay cool while working.

The trout stream is opening up and there are rabbits running around everywhere, eating the tops of the trees as I cut them down.

I have now spent 23 hours on the log cabin, most of that time spent cutting down trees, trimming branches and cutting the trees into logs for the cabin.

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Video Transcription

hey guys sean james here thanks for tuning in again this is episode three in the cabin making process you saw me the first week flashing back to the cabin i built 25 years ago and starting to cut down some cedar trees as a spruce tree talk about what i'm going to do with it last week i went over the tools that I'm using for the cabin and I started cutting down the spruce trees that I'm going to use and today I'm going to get to moving those things into place so please watch the video to the end a little bit different not going to be talking as much it's going to show you what I'm doing and then and then next week you start making some progress on the erection of the actual cabin you

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thanks again for watching guys really appreciate it don't forget to tune in to the episode next week I'm going to start assembling some tripods and other lever systems and pulley systems in order to move those logs beyond into the site and start moving them into position to start directing the walls we about to hit 10,000 subscribers there really appreciate that and if you haven't subscribed please join the group and get notified when those next videos are coming out but I've got a lot on the go this year as you know and some really cool stuff that I'm going to announce next week so don't forget to tune in for that thanks again guys and I'll see you in the next video