217. Building A Remote Helipad | Best Bush Job Ever

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[@woodworkers_journey]

Building a remote helipad? Now that’s what I call taking bush work to the next level-literally! Chainsaws, logs, and helicopters? Sounds like the plot of a logging action movie I’d definitely watch. Best bush job ever? You’re not wrong. Forget driveways or decks; this is the kind of project that gets the neighbors talking-if they can even hike in to see it!

[@acidheadzzz]

That was fun to watch Bjarne and work partner, sorry I didn’t hear his name, you guys did a great job, you guys work together really well. If you had stayed at it for a few more hours you could have built a cabin and returned the next day with the Helicopter dropping off some corrugated steel roofing, a few windows and a door and it would be just about finished haha.

[@BjarneButler]

Haha ya it wouldn’t take much to turn it into a cabin

[@justinvanderwalker7603]

Sick! Great build and seeing that chopper come in at the end…wow 😮 what a job!!!🤙

[@JimPalmgren]

Great watching two people working together to complete a difficult task

[@bud517]

Great seeing start to finish I’ve enjoyed working in the forest since I was 16…50 years…felling trees is still as thrilling as my first tree at 12. Thanks for sharing

[@l5r90]

Man I read ''hemiroid'' on your thumbnail!!!"...heheheheh....That was the end for me!!!........lol ! ! !

[@lambadalou]

I do love me some pad building 😉 Great movie 🎥 Bjarne!! 👍👍

[@frankpristov9745]

Hello Bjarne, the audio in this video is excellent, great work, have a happy new year

[@davefran01]

Another boring day at the office suffer away Bjarne 😅

[@chrisrichards6440]

Very cool! Love to see some bush carpentry, nice looking rips!

[@russelltate3703]

Thanks to both of you for sharing! That was great.

[@jgz6989]

Bjarne going the extra mile to make sure he gets the last shot in. 👍

[@polarlab113]

Great music at the end for the time lapse😁the lumberjack blues

[@joegreenwood1443]

Thank you Bjarne, it's a brand new year!

[@pedrolopesatc6776]

The best spot for a cabin,, with the best view ever !!!!!! 🙂🙂🙂

[@bryanbradford2742]

Another awesome video!! Thanks for showing us the process - looks like a lot of fun😁 Happy New Year everyone!!🎉

[@bj8342]

There were a few partial boards left sitting there. I would be tempted to make a "Supervisors Easy Chair/Bench" with a view as a secure place to have your Lunch/Tea while waiting for the Helicopter to cycle in at the end of the day.

[@BrandonJenkins-ys6co]

Way to keep a good spirit even after the helicopter broke your belt on the tree!! Happy new year!!! Cheers

[@larryburrough8647]

Hey Bjarne, you were hitting the spikes like a real man!!!

[@scottyamos3615]

Great team work

[@IRONHORSE427RACING]

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Bjarne, Hey the Guy your working with on this pad sounds and looks just like a guy I hired last year ! He and his wife moved down here from B.C. and settled here and when we had an advertisement in a local paper for experienced Faller to work on my crew he applied and has all the proper paperwork, tons of verifiable experience and has fast turned into ( other than my Son and Grandson ,) my most valued and trusted employee ! The resemblance is uncanny to say the least...just found it interesting and wanted to say howdy from down here in the mountain west. Were shut down here till May so were officially on vacation now except we now are cleaning up slash piles for the forest service so they can come in on snow days and burn the older ones....keeps the guys busy and pays the bills but man we can hardly wait to get back to cutting come april or may depending on snow depth and the melt down run off ! Cheers buddy and stay safe.

[@BjarneButler]

Wow that’s a long time off from cutting. I guess because you’re at such a high elevation? Ya it can be tough keeping a crew busy all year. If you don’t then they leave and it can be tough getting them back. At least that’s how it plays out here. We have feast and famine cycles here. We’ll get lots of works, multiple job opportunities at once then there’s nothing. Guess that’s how it goes when you’re an independent contractor

[@turklayher4794]

Great job guys 😅

[@garyhead577]

That was fun... ! Thanks for the day...👍

[@RLee-zs1ds]

Today was a 'hard days work' As always, great videos and interesting content. Stay safe.

[@rooster3019]

Good look'n heli pad!

[@georgebenz7415]

I would keep going, throw up some walls, roof and rent it out. Beautiful view.

[@bixby9797]

Shoot, with that view a ridge pole and a tarp would be money in the bank.

[@rombie87]

good jobs 👍

[@alanwatts9232]

Very nice. By the size of those planks I thought you were building a train track.

[@navydogsadventures3500]

Great team work. Hopefully, your hand is ok.

[@BjarneButler]

Yup all good 👍

[@navydogsadventures3500]

@BjarneButler Good, I know getting it pinched hurts a bit.

[@jaenalabidin5549]

Tetap selalu berhati hati kak

[@haydenbretton2990]

If you have the time two Chippendale chairs would be welcome to sit on while waiting for the choppers to arrive.

[@richardreed9856]

I love your videos long time subscriber if you could please do some helmet cam that would be amazing and thank you for the videos

[@RLee-zs1ds]

Have you ever been forgotten by the Heli pick up pilot ?

[@BjarneButler]

Nope but I’ve heard stories of it happening to other guys.

[@JJawsyW]

I figured the pad would be bigger than that.

[@yonmusak]

Do you take a ripping loop with you when you know you're going on helipad building work, or just get her done with a normal profile?

[@IRONHORSE427RACING]

Not to answer for Bjarne but most of us carry a regular skip tooth chain that we have ground to be a rip chain if we're going to be doing any building....otherwise we can take a wore down one and just change the angle and put a good edge on the cutters and do a really nice job because it's just the angle of the face of the cutter that makes a rip chain anyhow....so we just use one and put a flatter angle on the cutters....works really well on hot saws.

[@yonmusak]

@@IRONHORSE427RACING Thanks for your answer!

[@als1023]

@@IRONHORSE427RACING We did the same, used an old chain and filed it more square to rip with.

[@BjarneButler]

Some good answers here. I don’t normally bring a ripping chain. But I have in the past and it sure helps. Usually we’ll finish a pad with time to spare so there’s no rush. But sometimes we have a lot of work to get a pad in before it gets too late or we have to hike back to the morning drop off spot before dark, then finish it the next day. On those days a ripping chain would be very useful

[@yonmusak]

@@BjarneButler Many thanks Bjarne, and the others who answered. Really interesting, and as ever amazing videography!

[@oleman]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@BjarneButler]

👍

[@als1023]

I can smell the yellow cedar from here ,,,

[@billybluefeather3810]

What are the specs on those two saws Bjarne???

[@BjarneButler]

Don’t know about my partners saw but mine is a stock 592 with a slightly modified muffler

[@fredpitts9382]

Deluxe

[@jimjess62]

What happens to the pad when you finish logging that area?

[@jpa1282]

They sell them to the highest bidder

[@Junorr500]

Build a cabin on it.

[@jasons7279]

Left to rot

[@snowcoveredtracks]

Tree planters fly in a while after the loggers and use those pads

[@johac7637]

Last job before leaving the block is cut a chair for the Sasquatch to sit on, pads are multi purpose.

[@alasdairhamilton1574]

Heli pilot owes you some new equipment, he can afford it on his wage🚁💵💵💵💵💵😃.👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@BjarneButler]

It was an old belt anyway, I look at it as: just a part of logging

[@eddyarundale1566]

👋🏼

[@BjarneButler]

👋

[@mikebickerton7356]

Great video as usual! Just a suggestion, we, the viewers, may not be offended if you edited out the "hockey player(and logger I guess) nose clearing" lol! Happy New Year!

[@canadianboyee]

That offended you? Haha wtf

[@mikebickerton7356]

nope, former hockey player lol. Not sure I need to see Bjarne honking a couple out though...lol, unless he's got skates on.

[@johac7637]

And his odd shirt has no pockets, different chore.

[@timbanwell1756]

Where did helidad go?

[@BjarneButler]

Haha you noticed eh

[@timbanwell1756]

@ I thought you were working with your old man!

[@berntolofsson]

How much did you have to pay for the "office" with that view?😁 Looks much like the norwegian fjord landscape where my ancestors lived.

[@BjarneButler]

Ya there’s lots of great views with this job 🤙

[@mrwest5552]

built stout Like 👍 1.2.2025