Building a FORT in the WOODS w my DOG-Flattening Ground, Taking Down Trees, Building a Roof, INFO?

Hey guys, how are you doing? Drove out in the woods again today. Got Mr. Tripper with me somewhere, running around like a fool. We're gonna head over to the fort and do some work on it. Still up, which is good. The snow is gone. Pretty sturdy too. Everything's on the up and up. So if you watched the last video in the series, and if you didn't, I suggest you go check it out. You'll know what I'm doing. Put up ridge poles, put up a ceiling, put up walls. Now we're gonna make this into like a cabin type thing. Please don't dig right there. You can remember we dug through the ice and snow to post these holes last time. Now that's all gone for the most part. This styrofoam snow came up last night, but that's nothing. And we did the same to this side, remember? We had to punch through the ice and the snow. And Tripper's just gonna dig up a storm here. So we have the main shelter, the additions. Cut up most of that cherry tree last time. Still got a little bit to go. We'll get that done today too. Hey Tripp, hey good boy. You can see in here nothing is even though right like the hole a big hump So this will take a lot of flattening out as well flattening the ground as it were look at that view Gorgeous more blowdown logs have proven to come in handy We'll keep them we've used them a bunch of times for a bunch of different stuff now Tripper out these cherry pieces might be able to use as a project later on they have split a bit Maybe the inside won't I think this is a badger claw leather. Yeah a badger claw leather works wax canvas, saw, container, holder, case, pouch, what have you. Pitsy Agua saw, though. Pitsy Adventure Storm Buck saw, too. Another cherry. Another cherry from the cherry tree. I've got to focus on moving away all this stuff on the ground where the side walls are going to go so that I have a free path, a clear path here. It's not going to get impeded by any debris or sticks or holes or anything like that. So today I set it all up and start to get some That's there that roots got to come out start to get some logs for the sides and stuff I brought a different axe with me today. I brought my council tool Woodcraft, I can never remember the name of this thing. It's a shorter axe maybe 22 inches, pretty decent. It's American-made. I Like it well enough This route is going underneath and coming back break out the shovel here okay yeah you can have that there you go okay look we got a clear shot coming from that ridge pole behind the chair down past the axe there's the middle and then coming up to that tree it's all clear leave it let me go with the same thing over here starting at that tree coming up boom clear and then clear that tree but look at this hump look at the difference in the ground by two feet right and that's across the map like there's hills and valleys all over this place. Tripper, I don't want you to dig. I don't want you to dig. I would like for you to stop digging. Go eat some fettuccine at Vincenzo's. Tell Vincenzo I said hi. These things hold for a while when you tighten them down into submission. Here and here are the bad spots. Oh wow, I forgot that was exactly like that. Just sand and clay. Exactly like that. Look at that. Completely forgot. It's all sand Two different colors. It's red burnt Trevor get out Orangy stuff and it's more subdued pinky stuff I wonder if the red is from having fires on top of it before me being out here Actually really well busted up after it comes out to some there's different stuff There's like pine duff here and then there's straight sand here I'm saving a lot of it to cover a lot of holes that trippers dug and cover up the holes in and around the these poles and posts just to solidify them in there even more whoa it's that big old root ain't digging around that I'm not gonna chop that out either it's too big main thing is just trying to even the ground out a bit it doesn't have to be completely level nothing on this is straight like I said last time but it's nice to not have holes varying in sizes that extreme if I if I were to put side walls on here I'd have to put a very short walls compared to the rest of them and who knows it might not work out I'd like to have it straighter than that so that's what we're doing and this is looking quite different I've only found two rocks so far I'll save them put them with the other rocks I found when I was digging last year what's up bud got your ball eh ready that's it good job good job good job tripper good job ready nice snowing a bit nothing too crazy it's only may 9th wait okay one more time good boy snow's picking up a little bit so we got a good clear path now and pretty level over to that next tree i think i want to get a ridge pull up at the end here doesn't matter if i put a an end wall at all or not just yet regardless that'll be my last piece of my roof if not anything else So I want to get a measure for it and to be honest with you It doesn't really need to be any shorter than this it can possibly be like six inches shorter and still be all right It doesn't have to be that thick. It's really just part of the ceiling. So let's go see. Oh Tripper. Oh, I just was about to leave the little fork spot here So I saw but I see this it looks to be a white oak Piece that I must have used before or maybe ash and I must have used before because it's cut and it's laying right here here so let's see if we can use that now i know it looks funky but like as the case is with oak and i told you this before it doesn't matter what the other side looks like don't judge oak by its bark right yeah okay this is all stuff we've used before this was an old spit we cooked that goat on or something rabbit on maybe and Doug I think see everything got covered in the snow I'm just starting to find everything now that was a weird noise stripper yeah okay let's go see it's got some fungus on it but I think it's still very strong okay and I can cut off the smaller part to come out in five minutes that's your bottom dollar that as soon as it stops snowing this summer come on it'll start snowing again because it's May in northern Ontario I'm sorry okay cool live and learn live and learn people or live and make the same mistakes 15,000 time's over again that piece won't do a derp all right i'm done deborah messing around it's time to get some wood i'm hoping this is going to show up for you see these snow fleas the little black dots moving on that leaf they seem like they're jumping i'm sitting here catching my breath and I can hear a little pitter patter on the leaves and I'm like oh it's raining no it is snow fleas the more you know well get these cut up see what they look like take five minutes here I got some jerky and a granola bar I have some tea oh you know what let's make up a tea I got a good idea oh my camera is just going wow okay well uh yeah let's make up a tea folks did you like that pan just a little check out of the area real quick oh my gosh what just happened tripods no longer for this world crow going to town overhead so obviously the fire ban is still in effect let's see if we gonna make up a tea tea has steeped nice and easy it's gonna take five minutes take five minutes and rest I listened to something cool today a lot of you probably won't have any interest in this I'm sure some will uh Lil Wayne interviewed Eminem on Young Money Radio uh last night that's pretty interesting they were both very respectful of each other and I didn't know the relationship that they had I knew they did some songs before and stuff but pretty uh cordial to each other Which I was very excited to see Also The UFC is on tonight For the first time in a while Old Khabib is not fighting Ferguson Tony's going to fight Gaethje Tony's going to win And Dominick Cruz is going to win Dominick Cruz is going to beat King of Cringe there Henry Cejudo for sure I have no doubt in my mind about that So Will and I will be renting it tonight He'll be buying it for pay per view And then They might be doing Old Connor and And Masvidal, that's definitely a possibility. I think that is what's going to happen soon. Maybe on Fight Island. Mortal Kombat! I'm up on some TV, making plans. My birthday is on May 19th, and as of now, the Emergency Act is extended until May 19th. We can't camp yet on Crown land or Public land, but on May 19th, that gets reversed. Unless they push it forward, which they have done a few times already. But old Dougie, Mr. Ford, is saying that they're not going to. That we should be able to go camping and stuff for the main May long weekend So I'm I got my fingers crossed because if it's my birthday's on May 19th, and then that's the first day We're allowed to crown land camp I'm gonna head up a few hours north with the dog and put in and Into a lake and just set up and do some walleye fishing and some brook trout fishing and live off Live with the dog for three four nights or whatever not anything crazy. I'll still bring a backpack full of gear You know, you're not trying to live off the land or whatever But um go to a proper little base camp canoe trip maybe even explore around the area a couple lakes down but i'll probably stay stationary camp that's what i really want to do and catch some walleye and brook trout and the fire ban still won't be lifted i i have no qualms no no doubt in my mind the fire ban is going to stick for a while um but that's okay i'll use a stove though i'll bring enough gear where i won't have to have a fire to stay warm and if i fall in i'll just bring like two sleeping bags or something like that and it'll be fine i have room in the canoe i don't need to portage with my gear and stuff i could just set up so I'll just bring a bunch of extra gear and then that way I won't need to have a fire but I'll definitely bring it bring a stove I can still deep-fry fish on a stove you know I mean fish ain't going deep fried themselves that's my biggest plan to come nothing too crazy very fun looking looking forward to doing that and I'll probably be doing it just me and the dog because we're still supposed to be social distancing I'm sure so I know it's a little bit different for you guys in the States now things have started to look a little bit normal, normaler, more normal in some states, I don't really know how to feel about that, some days I think it's too early, some days I think they've blown everything, out of proportion, I know that's not the case, but maybe a little bit, maybe they thought it was going to be worse than it was, and now they can't just backpedal and look like dummies, you know what I mean, maybe that's something too, right, or maybe all the precautions that we took as countries worked, and if that's the case, then kudos, you know what I mean, then whatever anybody can say whatever at that point well i'm just gonna wrap this up this tea is really warming and it's nice it's pretty cold today i should have wore long johns oh i've been meaning to i've been wearing these boots for a year at least this company called HAIX h-a-i-x they're european they're from germany i believe but they have a north american store now they sent me these boots like a year ago they're called the scout i really like them i love them actually i wear them all the time you see them in my videos all the time i don't really talk about too much um but uh they're not paying me for this or anything they just sent me these like a year ago and said wear them if you like them let us know and i really do the only thing i would change about them is the boot lace i would put into some paracord or something but they're still pretty durable um very comfortable and i like the name and i like the color they have a bunch of different models and stuff these were just like the casual hikers or whatever i think they have like um special ops boots and things like that excuse me anyways check them out if you're so inclined to. Hikes, H-A-I-X. We'll finish this up before we get some of the roof on. Did you get that bowl or what? I'm gonna cut this thicker one for the structure ridge pole. It's a bit thicker and it won't bend as much. The benefit to this ax, while it's shorter, it still has heft to it because of the way the head is made. It's got a little bit of cheeks, little extra cheeks, some sweet cheeks. but that's a nice ax, especially if it's company. Something made in the States, you know what I mean? You don't have that many ax makers in the States anymore, and they are a company, so who knows? They've been around for a while, right? Council tool, rooster, whole rooster. That's probably good enough. As you know, look at that, got a little bit of a gift to it. As you know, none of this is straight, and we angled it down towards that corner before. So actually, in keeping with that same vein, I'm gonna put the fatter end on the higher end so that it still keeps swooping down, the lower end on the lower, or sorry, the skinnier end on the lower end so it keeps swooping down. That's on there. A little bit of overhang on both sides. Not too bad. That should probably get tied in there. And then start to lean here if we wanted, or start to put, those are birds, buddy. Start to put sides on. I had a question too, dude. Should I make half of this another lean-to? Should I make, instead of just making straight-up walls, on one part of it, should I make a little bit of a lean-to? I think I should. The question is where at. I'll have to take down this aspen if that's the case. That's no big deal. I can do that. Look at him. A little sappy. All sappy on my fingers. All right, I already got the other side tied up. Quick little Canadian jammer. We're doing ridge pull, ridge pull, the tree. So three-way, which is super strong. strong three-way right up and over manage a tree low tripper would you like me to throw your ball careful my camera careful my camera stop all right i have no doubt but it's coming together yeah so if i make yes you guys should see what i'm talking about about all about yeah so say i wanted to make a secondary lean-to somewhere where someone else could sleep or it's just extra room instead of me going straight up and down if i come out a bit then i will gain more room not that it's needed really like i can sleep two people deep back there but it might be a good idea you know i'm kind of stuck over here because i don't want to take down any of that cedar and it's in the way but if i go from here to here that's a plenty of space to lay down you can even build it wider in the back a touch how do i do that though i'll just it'll just be like an addition it'll be like an addition on a house so i'll come back here this will go i'll come back here i can even tie up to one of these in the crooks of this tree to make it same as that not very pitched but but more angled not very straight up and down more angled if i do that from there and then say from there and build something out here right then i have this big same as that my original and then i'd have to build a wall though a wall going back to this to make it flat again So we'd have like an out post there an outpost here flat flat flat. It could work. It could work I don't know Maybe I'm I'm better off making a dog like a smaller one not for someone to lay per se Because there's plenty of room for that doubled up there I can even lay on the floor if need be But I'm thinking wind wind as well if someone's here the fire is there We have a gap in the ceiling for it for the smoke to go But if they're over here they might be getting hit with the wind like crazy whereas or with the smoke like crazy Whereas if we're back in there it's not gonna come near us and then I can kind of make where where you are a little lean-to thing for the dog or Firewood a clear picture of what I want to make right now Obviously, so I think instead of building the sides Maybe let's work on the ceiling work on the roof And then we'll at least have this and this and we can slowly start doing the size to what we want to do Well, like I said, I do have to leave an opening in the ceiling for the smoke to escape So I'll do a few rows maybe four or five rows of logs this way and then leave a gap Maybe five or six logs deep depending just across on the top and then whatever rain comes in there That's gonna be the wet part, but that's gonna allow the smoke to come out and then the heat will dry Whatever rain comes in there. We just won't put anything here. That's important. We'll keep this sleeping Yeah, we'll keep the sleeping quarters back that way Okay. We'll probably try to put as light pieces on the top as possible and maybe some foliage as well. Some foliage. Find some foil. Kids. A new measuring stick. Exactly the length I need. What do you see, bud? What is it? Hey? You gonna get him? Watch me out sometime. Tripper, you're such a weird dog, man. Are you okay, bud? You gonna be alright? Been cleaning these up. Get them up here. Got a few done already. 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It might be somewhere in the middle there for you, for people who don't want a Fiskars or don't want to spend the money for a Gränsfors, In all honesty, I can't remember how much these are. It could be very well close or just the same in price as a Gränsfors. Who knows? Google would know. That is something that you know. Hop up on there and see how strong it is. They're starting to go a little lumpish on me, a little left and right, and some are taller than the others and stuff, and I can do some rearranging to make that a little bit better, but as for now, this is doing pretty good, and I can start to angle the logs and actually cut them shorter than I've been cutting because it's kind of going in. It's a nice vantage point up here. Actually, I can see something I want to clean up over there. I'm guessing I'll put maybe another foot, six inches of logs, and stop, make a break for the smoke, and then fill the rest. This is going relatively quickly too. Now. This is all pushing down on itself, too It's gonna start creating it making it stronger. I'm gonna climb up on the back and trim off this piece here. Okay. Wow That's not the greatest down here. I put some pressure down onto that and get to keep that stain down I'll just sit up here. There we go a little bit better. Can you stop digging bro? Watch out, man I gotta jump move. Maybe not. I think that's it for today. It's just a quick video happy with the progress for today getting the flow of things know what I need to do now I will have to rearrange all those I'm sure of it but that's no big deal they're up there the lengths are cut they're not tied in only the one so it's nice and easy go get another arm load of logs like that two or three arm loads like that it'll be done we've done the roof and I want to think about what I want to do you know what I mean so let's look at some spots here potential spots for things so this is the camp and again from the ridge pull back into here i'm standing at the ridge well there's a decent amount of room one person can lay on this uh bench another person can lay on the floor here or potentially right there where all the old beer cans are um my thinking again with that spot will that it'll get smoked out for sleeping and then i also was thinking maybe here here for the dog house or the extra person maybe if we make it long enough back it can hose somebody can sleep in it lengthways deep but if not still just make a normal hole wood carry sorry wood uh wood shelter coming back here doesn't have to be any farther than that log we'll wrap it around who knows who knows I never envisioned it becoming this big when I first started anyways and it's it's just it's happening as it is and that's the way that I like to do things very organically and just let it happen so we will continue to do that i'm happy with the progress of the fort so far i'm happy with the roof yeah i gotta try to get out here more often but like i've been sick for a week a good week um nothing too crazy would have just drained and like the source of sore throats and stuff and the family's home the uh emerald's friend emerald's cousin went home and stuff so it's like uh yeah we're spending lots of family time doing things are planting garden in the back cutting down trees playing games doing some interior decorating riding the four-wheeler with the kid things like that i've actually shot a few videos but they just they don't seem like they're actually anything so i haven't put them out considering that i even that last video i put out only did 60,000 views and that was actually me doing something going around fishing and trying and seeing some cool spots and cooking up with the family and stuff it's just not what you guys want to see and i i get that so my little day hike videos and my four-wheeling videos and stuff like that around i haven't posted at all and i probably won't probably try to stick to this type of stuff for now because it's obvious that this is what you guys want to see right now this is the this is where the views are until i can get my butt in a canoe and go fishing and camping again um but anyways that's just the story why there wasn't the video this this Friday and yeah we'll get out here quicker more often I mean and we'll start making some more videos over here so okay guys you have a good day thanks for watching I'll see you soon goodbye