Building A Rustic Woodshed and Cutting A Years Firewood | Alone In Alaska | ASMR

[@alaskacabinadventures]

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[@sheilagravely5621]

Who lives in the other cabins where you are????

[@gilbertmelara]

Bigfoot and his family for now

[@Skelstoolbox]

coldest temps in the northern hemisphere were in siberia and around the north pole, not alaska. not even close.

[@markgazelka8493]

I’ve been heating with wood for over 45 years. One big tip to pass on. Get your splitting stump a lot closer to your wood shed, and unload your wood as close as possible. It’s much easier and more efficient that way, rather than carrying and/or throwing the wood. The less handling the better. And I’m 73 1/2 and still processing all my firewood myself. I love all of it! Keep up the good work, from NW MN! Carry on with all possible vigor💪

[@alaskacabinadventures]

Awesome! Much appreciate the words of wisdom. I am always refining my system so I'll keep all that in mind. I do love cutting wood by hand though, absolute best work out and you don't even need a gym membership.

[@Ivanskrakow]

We usually bring our splitter next to the tree were cutting, with the ATV wagon on the other side of the splitter.. Count how many times you handle the same piece of wood

[@Boarpan]

Greetings from sweden. Hehe we are competing with u on longest winters. When chopping Wood i always haul them in 3 m lenght. And cut them to size in my woodyard. Have a small woodtrailer. Dont know if u have them in USA but here they are common. Perhaps look upp longwood. U cut and split in 1m secions for when time and need coms just cut rhem.

[@jmalone2758]

Try a cross-cut saw with a friend. You'll immediately know if they're up for it lol.@@alaskacabinadventures

[@jackstone4291]

And should have had more grr er Milton in that wood store floor … You’ll learn (He’s young) Great hard work dude and take this advice from the previous first experienced old timer !!

[@Nefertiti0403]

I know this sounds nuts BUT I’ll take the COLD ANY DAY OVER THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY. Especially here in Texas

[@etchediniron4249]

I’m in FL and I agree with you whole heartedly!

[@jboog1971]

Same goes for Alabama lol

[@tgxleasing5769]

Agreed. I’d rather die in the cold than live in the heat.

[@Chris_at_Home]

I have a love hate with the cold. It was -20 this morning and I had to get my plow truck going to get inside to fix an axle U joint. I had to jump start it and it cranked slow. Usually when it snows it isn’t this cold. This is when I hate the cold. When everything is going good it’s beautiful and we comfortably ride snowmachine down to about -10. This is my 44th winter in Alaska and over 30 of them were spent working north of the Arctic Circle. In another year or two we are escaping the winter every year for 3-4 months in some kind of RV.

[@reeseman4408]

You say that til you live in it daily lol

[@shawnhulke7385]

Nice to have friends who are not afraid of work and are willing to help.

[@alaskacabinadventures]

Amen!

[@biddydibdab9180]

If I had a daughter, I’d be telling her that this guy is husband material. He’s exactly the kind who will get you through every tribulation you encounter! My husband and I are 74 and 71 respectively and we cut and burn about 5 cords a winter. It’s one of the most satisfying and fun things we do. Greetings all from Manitoba, Canada.

[@alaskacabinadventures]

What a wonderful compliment! Thank you very much and congratulations to you and your husband, inspiring to think of cutting wood at that age. Forever young!

[@christophersherratt7299]

Have you thought about getting a Old tyre putting it on LEGS over your cutting platform it should keep all 4 pieces together save bending up and down all day just a thought for you save your back 😮

[@stephensherlock5307]

Ya my wife says that WE cut and split 5 cords a year. She pushes the button on the splitter sitting down in a chair. 😂

[@biddydibdab9180]

@@stephensherlock5307 You need to get after her for slacking off. 😅

[@SJC49]

You and hubby are the reason Canadians rock!😍🇨🇦

[@clairefarnell9489]

Love cutting wood, with my husband usually. Just bought him a new woodsplitter, 32 ton... done it by axe for years, enough already with that. Just bought a 160 farm, luckily the house only needs 1 wood stove,way less work than our previous acreage house,which had 2 woodstoves...the temps have been mild here in Alberta,Canada so far but its dipping to the -40's and below next week, with wind chills. So glad im a housewife whom can stay at home to tend to my animals. Good luck Alaska, may 2024 bring you peace and abundance.

[@american236]

Team work makes the dream work. Thank god for good friends.

[@heatherwanderer777]

Having friends pop in who are willing and able to help really sped things up, even if it's just an hour or three...that wood was flying!

[@JamVee]

We lived in UT for nearly 5 years, and I put a wood/coal stove in the family room in the split level ground floor. We sometimes had wintertime lows in the -25 degree range, but the house was very well insulated. In the fall I cut about 3-4 cords of wood (with neighbors) for the covered woodshed and put about 2-3 tons of lump coal in a covered bin. The wood shed and coal bin were just outside the garage wall, so I cut a portal with latching door in the garage wall so we could stock up without even going outside. We had baseboard heating in the house, but only used the bathroom heaters in the morning for showers 5 of us, that stove downstairs kept the house toasty all winter long. It ran on wood all day, and banked it with coal at bedtime. Poked up the fire in the morning and threw on some wood. Ash disposal was twice a week and only took about 15 minutes (we kept it for the flower beds in the spring). Power bills were next to nothing, as we had LP gas water heater and stove, etc.

[@alaskacabinadventures]

Amazing! Thanks for sharing!

[@jeffforbess6802]

Didn’t know anyone in the lower 48 used coal. Makes sense, as coal is a great heat source.

[@carolynellis387]

Please tell me what a "cord" amount is!

[@SeattlePioneer]

Heh, heh! Those bathrooms DO get chilly, don't they? At one time I used to fire up a small propane heater to warm things up a bit. But now I tend to wait until I've warmed up the house before bathing.

[@attitudeadjusted9027]

​@@carolynellis387a cord is 4 high by 4 foot deep by 8 foot long. We burn about 5 to 6 cords a year. Of course we're heating a 2800 square foot four bedroom house. 🙏🏻

[@Sterlinghawk_G]

I can see the exhaustion in his face. We used to converge on my parents house to help them. 5 chainsaws running. I had the baby one - Husqvarna and couple of Stihls and a bigger Husqvarna. Plus we used a log splitter. We finally learned over the years to take ibuprofen before we went to sleep. 😂

[@mandypaulissen]

Watching your videos gets me into a zen mode and remember the importance of living in the present.

[@alaskacabinadventures]

That brings me so much joy to hear my videos can do that for someone. Thank you!!

[@secaII]

Think about all your accomplishments this spring, summer and fall. You fixed the problem with your roof leaking. Built a platform for your fireplace. Built a new cabin and fire wood shed. Wow! Congrats Mr. Productive!

[@janisaschim2429]

Awww….that great feeling you get when you look at your full woodshed!! Your cabin is so cozy and inviting, what a wonderful feeling!

[@amyhamilton2201]

I love the one shots of Norman. He's beautiful to behold!

[@lidijabirsa7768]

I enjoy so much watching your vids Matt, thank you!

[@LyThiHoa1987]

The firewood shed you built is very sturdy and can hold a lot of firewood. This snow season you won't be afraid of the cold anymore because you have a whole store of firewood You are amazing, congratulations

[@alaskacabinadventures]

Thank you so much, I much appreciate this comment. Take care and thanks for watching!

[@robertwoelk26]

How big is is your firewood shed?

[@LyThiHoa1987]

@@robertwoelk26 He has 2 firewood warehouses, I think the old firewood warehouse is about 12m2 and the new firewood warehouse is about 10m2

[@joeb4142]

@@LyThiHoa1987Smaller? That’s interesting.

[@LyThiHoa1987]

@@joeb4142 Maybe it's bigger, I guess. Looking at the firewood, I felt warm in the whole winter

[@Scott-f2y]

I'm so jealous. There's nothing like a good day. Working at camp with a great weather like that. No heat, no bugs.

[@gpgreen7733]

For some sick & twisted reason I like watching all that work being done in 30 minutes :)

[@masada61]

Hard work pays off in the long run. Breakfast in dead winter when its -30C with a warm stove cooking your heat. He will feel it now.

[@cindyblair1283]

You built a beautiful cabin❤ I can’t wait to see the next🎉 Thank You for sharing From Ohio❤

[@janreynolds3794]

Lots of hard work….awesome job!!

[@Specialk431]

I felt that “sigh” by the fire! What a man!!!

[@sandrafarley7967]

I am glad you understand the amount of fire wood to last a winter

[@elmermason9685]

What a peaceful video. Love your cabin. Great to have a loyal dog with you. Thanks for another video. Stay safe.

[@johnpeddicord4932]

Great job Matt, hope family in good health, NORMAN APPROVED, tampa fla😊

[@maxcorder2211]

I like the way you keep your place neat and clean. That’s the way.

[@nleefry]

I’m thankful for no singing in the background so much work to do just for heat 😮😮

[@snowking55]

A lot of work cutting firewood, I know. Kudos on wearing chaps, always be safe, especially when you're by yourself. You need to save up and purchase a splitter, a whole lot easier and faster. One of my goals when putting up wood for the winter is to try and handle the wood the least amount of times, like you're doing. It saves time and extra work. Now just sit back and enjoy the warm heat from all your efforts.

[@annearmagh]

Thank you trees. They're amazing aren't they for what they give us!🎋🌲🌳✨✨✨

[@lyndad1255]

New Subscriber - so refreshing to see a clean site. No piles of junk accumulating. Job well done.

[@petertuckergoettler5720]

Merci. Miss That Wonderful Life.

[@dawnagamble1549]

I always envy men who can do this for themselves. Here's hoping you have either a good Dog or a Great Wife! And you got yourself a new subscriber 👌

[@KevinChristiansen-i2q]

Awesome looking new wood shed

[@garybalanesi610]

It's work but when it's cold out You'll be glad you did it all.. Good job..

[@HWMonster]

You have built yourself a wonderful home. It looks very idyllic and cozy and the worries are completely different from those in the "normal world". Good luck!

[@christophertaylor5403]

That old timer had a long and busy day good job buddy

[@skruloos1]

Norman..What a great name for a dog..

[@blklbluvr]

I love a wood fire, the heat, the smell. I have one in my cabin in northern Vt. but not in my house in Ct. where I wish I did have one.

[@WHoobler]

loved the shot of Forest playing guitar by the fire

[@blakefollett]

Now that you have enough for this year, start collecting for next season, always have 2-3 seasons on hand. No better feeling knowing you are stock piled.

[@SuperHurdman]

Here is food for thought! If you go and get a old single mattress burn the cloth off and then when it starts to snow pull it with your four wheeler so wait till their is just enough snow that the wheeler still can pull threw the snow so like four inches or so and make your self a trail around close to some trees and drag it behind the wheeler once you make the trail it can be maintained throughout the winter. but if your getting lets say a foot go drag your trail every three or four inches if you get too much snow you won't be able to pull the drag! This way you will be able to get wood throughout the winter. The trail will get super hard packed! A great little affordable snow machine is a Elan you can pick them up for around 1000.00 and are a great little machine for winter as they can go in powdered snow! I use the drag system behind mine and go get wood threw the winter!

[@IzzaMeanCat]

This was so relaxing. Thank you.

[@JB-eg1tb]

Having neighbors you get along with, is there when you need them and not there when you want some quiet time is worth so much! Enjoyed this video and subscribed!

[@ekaukkeli]

Good video! You are a handy man! Btw in Finland spruce is considered one of the worst fire woods. Birch is the best! We dry our wood in 1 year.

[@AlexBushcraftmyWorld]

I too Shoot Bushcraft you are my teach thank you! 🙏🧡🙏🧡

[@florencecampbell774]

You did well and worked very hard.

[@markholmes1346]

Nice job on the wood shed! The older I get the more I hate the cold and the heat, to bad it wasn’t 60 degrees all year round ha ha, one can only hope!

[@Oregontrailblazin]

So much better!!Great video!

[@BigfootRCrcoverlanddave2646]

Well done Matt great work out as well 😊ready for a cold winter ahead always love watching 👀 👍 my friend 👍 Overland Dave UK 🇬🇧

[@PATCsawyer]

Keep your eye out for a thrown retread (available on roads everywhere). You can put multiple rounds in them and the split wood won't scatter across the yard.

[@tomlorenzen4062]

Or just a -Tire?

[@PATCsawyer]

No! A tire has all that side wall and leaves you with just the rim diameter to put wood in. The retread is a wide ring of rubber that lets you stuff more wood into. @@tomlorenzen4062

[@kaitlynlsari681]

Yeah I got taught that trick last year by a Canadian girl and I clinched nailed it onto a big stump. Unfortunately my helpful neighbor pulled all the edge nails I crimped the tyre with out of the stump🤦 not realising it was deliberately done to hold the tyre in place to the stump out of strike range of my splitting axe! 😂 But even loose that tyre does a great job and makes hand splitting a whole lot easier

[@jasonbrewington2355]

Man if I could rewind time to back when I was 19 and heading out into the world I’d head to Alaska for this life

[@johnclarke6647]

Norman is around you because you feed him good and he is always looking for his next meal.

[@GuruRasaVonWerder]

that's what friends are for, lol - I like humor

[@SJC49]

Like all dogs?

[@johnclarke6647]

@@SJC49 Class of ‘67, University of Georgia, what do you think?

[@retiremann1031]

Good video. Many would say not a glamorous life but I think it’s a beautiful life and I would love to have lived one just like this. Great work.

[@alaskacabinadventures]

Exactly! Thanks for your comment.

[@helmut800]

​@@alaskacabinadventuresvery nice to see your work and your fantastic life. A fine dok isn't it 👍 Greetings from Germany 🎈

[@cupcake19601]

I would love living like this!!!!

[@TruckHouseLife]

Prob your best edit yet man nice work

[@livelife4471]

In the book, Norwegian Wood Chopping, Stacking and Drying Wood The Scandinavian Way, on page 60 under the section labelled Spruce, I quote, "A lot of people enjoy the sparkling and crackling for theatrical glamour it brings to the fireplace, and in the past spruce was traditionally burned in the home on Christmas Eve." I thought about this sentence as you are preparing your spruce supply.

[@bobbelanger6426]

Just a friendly tip from the other end the US, Northern VT…learn how to sharpen your chain saw chain properly. A sharp saw is a safe saw. Softwood trees are the easiest to cut and split. Keep on keeping on👍

[@gabba5423]

Love your channel

[@kokopelau6954]

My Dad and I did that in the 50's with axes, 2 man saw, and splitting wedges on oak, walnut, and hickory. Not much spruce in Missouri where we lived. Cut about as much cause Gandma's cooked with it too. No electricity where we were. I started buckin trees when I was about 7 or 8. loved workin those trees with my dad and gettin the grin and pie from Grandma's and Grandpa'sforthe cutting job. My little brothers had the horrible job of clearing away the cut branches and carrying water. They wanted to cut too, till they got old enough😅.

[@photographer-gf]

Very nice camerawork and editing, appreciated!

[@davidremmenga9668]

This is my first time viewing your videos. Nice job on your cabins and woodshed. Nice to see twinkle lights too. The cabin looks warm and cozy. Thanks for sharing.

[@meatman655]

Just a thought. If your splitting stump is that long and your maul passes through the log quickly your leg or foot will be in jeopardy. You also will get more momentum if it is shorter. Had a close call when mine was too long. Nice wood rack build. I live in Oregon and I’m hankering to split wood now, thanks

[@tarrahbarker24]

My mom got into antiques and kind of eccentric and I was raised cooking on a wood cooked stove, and all we had for heat was wood and yes, it is a lot of work. But you know when you're busy like that you're sure healthier.

[@treatsnaturalpetmarketplac3999]

Very nice work. Having spent many years in snow country with only wood heat, I know how much work it is. I also understand what a rewarding endeavor preparing for winter wood heating can be. There is something very visually appealing about a tightly stacked wood shed packed with fairly uniform splits. Until it's split and stacked it's just wood. After, it's fire wood!

[@peterellis4262]

Have you tried skidding logs with the ATV? You could save yourself some fuel, a bunch of labor, and maybe some time, if you dragged logs in and cut them to firewood length at the shed, rather than cutting to length in the bush. Would spare your back at least one lift on each round and reduce the number of trips with the ATV. Good luck and stay safe through the winter!

[@samhill3496]

Hi Matt, tough times in the winter. Whatever one gets used to. I worked in Hibbing MN several times. I net Dylan when I was ten at school. His comment about home was they spent all summer getting ready for winter. I got there 4 th of July, it frosted, I left on Labor Day , it frosted. Hell I was there for two seasons, summer and autumn. In 8 weeks. Same in Fairbanks.

[@connielillibridge5049]

Matt, I love your videos. Great editing. And of course, I love the music. ❤

[@heathertaylor6774]

It's all so beautiful

[@diggerblair7460]

Literally spent the summertime cutting up logs for the winter 😊

[@Donna-vs2iq]

What a beautiful video. The editing, the filming mixed with the perfect music. Just subscribed. A privilege to get to enjoy this.

[@mariacarmo-jj7ff]

O interior de sua cabana é muito linda e de bom gosto.... gosto muito de seus vídeos!!!

[@janamunden1970]

The shed looks great. You do great work in the woods lol always look forward to your viseos . Keep them coming. Love from Ohio ❤

[@matthewtaylor1697]

lots of hard work but heaven on earth is hard work.

[@yaniragarcia6634]

I can't believe there's so much work to do!..but it's all worth it!!.you have accomplished a dream anyone would love to have..💯💯💯🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏👏👏👏👏👏

[@robertsimard735]

Good morning Chuck. Nice to see the tent is still up. Thanks for taking the time to make this entertaining video. Stay safe.

[@Cootapatamba]

Not a bad effort with the wood, and the shed is a fantastic addition to your property.

[@mikeranfurly1135]

Gotta love spruce trees. Takes as much gas to cut off the limbs as buck up the trunk. Nice to have a small cabin that is easy to heat. Here in Central British Columbia, our woodshed has 3 bays, 16x 12 each and we stack the wood 7 feet high. Takes about 12 chord to heat 2 homes of 1000 sq.ft. Use mostly fir firewood to heat as the beetles are attacking it as well. Wood shed looks great.

[@bosse641]

Love all things fire wood, felling, cutting, splitting, stacking, burning

[@timforcier4845]

Thanks for getting back to me

[@mara.a.delosarcos]

You should replant the forest with new saplings; for every tree cut down, a new sapling planted.

[@popgibb3485]

Alaska has an amazing way of re-seeding itself. Every spruce tree puts out thousands of tiny pine cones and dozens of saplings every year. Definitely a good thought though!

[@jeffforbess6802]

No need. Since he’s basically clearing dead fall, the forest will renew itself. The less we get involved , the better. Management is only important when there’s deforestation, due to logging and house construction.

[@paulosergiobarros7941]

Bela Cabana! A lenha do Estoque irá garantir o inverno.Belo Trabalho! Parabêns!

[@chadreynvaan]

Quadrunner power! Nice work. More chopping than i could handle.

[@cliff9136]

Free advice, skid your whole log using your quad bike straight to your shed/splitting area as a whole or in 3rds. You’re double handling and even triple handling in some cases. Thanks for the video.

[@Chris_at_Home]

I use a Maasdam rope puller for trees. The length of the rope determines how far it can pull versus 10-20 feet of a steel cable comalong. They are good to carry on a UTV and under the seat of a wide track sled. I have it in a nylon bag with 100’ of rope for the puller and another 100’ of rope. I also have some of those climber nylon slings and some carabiners.

[@Oregontrailblazin]

the cast iron cabin pan coool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@davebloggs]

Nice to see someone removing the dead wood fire load from around your cabin. a very wise move and something more people should do, also a dry and mostly seasoned fire would ready for cutting it does not get much better than that.

[@livmaria942]

How good it all looks and whew all the work with firewood, you get the heat several times, You are incredibly diligent and hardworking, really a joy to see and your wife must be proud of you. Your lovely dog accompanies you in everything and watches over you, Dogs are, as you say, our best faithful and loving friend. Now you can keep warm in your harsh winter and hope you have many pleasant moments together in your absolutely incredible surroundings. Christmas is approaching and it's great that you have lights around the house. My son just wrapped up our whole house last week and fenced around the garden plot, It's so cozy in these dark times. Take care and be well everyone. Many hugs from Liv Denmark.😊❤🦮🌲🌲

[@EricOnYouTube]

So relaxing. Loved this episode.

[@TC-dw6wg]

Very sad how the spruce are being destroyed in your area. We have that happening with the Hemlock! Not happy about it. Have blessed day all.

[@KarenSmith-ys3sk]

That is alot of wood cutting for 1 man to cut,split,and burn,wow the self gratitude of doing it yourself,good job. Ive been cutting wood for 40 yrs,and im in my mid 60s,slowed down a bit but still cutting,splitting, and stacking. I used my wall fireplace has a blower to warm up a 1700sqft home, works well,and i too need to build another wood shed. I live in new mexico,so it doesnt get as cold here as it does there. Love your show! Oh and i like the music and the dog!

[@wendellsuiter7869]

Great video hard work for sure and from the looks of it the new woodshed is a winner!

[@troyjenkins3886]

Do you ever think of replanting trees around your place?It's like giving back what we take even though those trees were dead.Nice work all the way around.Heating by wood is a very gratifying feeling.

[@joeb4142]

Great idea!

[@SeattlePioneer]

One of the major tasks of human populations living in forested areas has ALWAYS been clearing land so it could be used for the needs of human beings. In forested areas with low human populations, trees are weeds that are commonly in the way. And they will grow back again which is why they are a nuisance. Clear cutting by industrial means or heavy human populations may require different methods. But I doubt that replanting here would be desired. If you were gardening, would you PLANT weeds in your garden?

[@SuzanneHarden]

When you put your mind to it, you really go for it. Nice construction of your new wood shed. Can’t help but think that after all of that work, you must be incredibly sore.

[@lazarmavrenovic2283]

Nobody can call you a slouch but you need to get you a splitter cause it will help save you so much time great job btw

[@georgeradford3020]

Love your channel & Norman is a great dog

[@jimrushbrook1270]

Good job done mate ..enjoy your vids ..Cheers from Australia ,,

[@jparker59able]

I just only came across your channel today. I love watching the cabins built from the ground up. I'm also enjoying the music. It suits your videos. Especially the banjo. Wish I could play.

[@amyslowikgrossman835]

Nice work, Matt! That new wood shed is a thing of beauty! I love the music in your videos.

[@robbender4129]

Great video Matt...youndont really appreciate wood heat till you have to cut and split the wood yourself...it's alot of work buttheres nothing like wood heat..I always enjoyed doing it...keep the great videos coming...play safe and take care✌️

[@pambarab5506]

A full woodshed lets you relax a little more. Hard work but you can breathe easier now.