BUILDING A 16 x 12 TENT DECK IN ALASKA FOR OUR CANVAS TENT

Start to finish construction of our tent deck. We will be putting a 12x12 canvas tent on here next week that will be our home during the summer as we construct our off-grid cabin and try to move in before winter.
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Jay & Eleinne
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[@creizyky]

Those extra Tuf boots though🫶🏻

[@AlaskanFreedom]

Love our AK style footwear

[@cathyjones3403]

I watch their videos love them .

[@beccanlevisalaska]

Aw thank you for the shoutout!! We love keeping up with your channel too. 🥰😍

[@DebbieDee-lx6uk]

No matter what anyone says, the integrated music is welcome. Loving your channel 😊

[@AlaskanFreedom]

Thank you for watching and the kind words.

[@Jeremy_936]

Love your channel so far. You seem like such sincere people. Hope you'll incorporate some daily life, cooking, campfires, woodstoves, etc (a bit like Wild Homestead or Jay Legere).... and I love the narration and music. Off to a great start 👍

[@AlaskanFreedom]

Thank you so much for the comment and suggestions. We are looking to add more content as you described the eventually start posting twice a week. We love suggestions and comments good or bad

[@Jennifer-hi4tp]

I recently subscribed to Our Alaska and was catching up on their videos when i found the video of their recommendation for your channel. Now I've got TWO new channels to watch. Youre both doing a great job keep it up. Hopefully someday it'll be my turn to start building in Alaska. Until then Im getting my fix through all you wonderful creators.

[@AlaskanFreedom]

Thank you for watching. We appreciate the comment. We are big fans of Our Alaska also.

[@cathyjones3403]

Good job guys 👏👏👏👏

[@awildalaskalife]

This is a similar idea that we thought of doing this summer when we come up to work on our Alaska property! 😃 We also have a canvas tent we stay in. It's awesome! Nice work, great video!

[@AlaskanFreedom]

Fun. Thank you for watching. We'll check out/subscribe and follow your channel. We just got home from building our bed frame inside our tent. Time to edit tomorrow's video.

[@awildalaskalife]

@@AlaskanFreedom Thank you! A bed frame - sounds great! Happy editing. 🙂

[@dcranch4820]

Get a screen house so you can get away from the bugs once it warms. Also its time to think about bears. Both Black bears and Grizzly bears will be looking for easy lunch. Dont let that be you! Get a air horn to scare them away. Also Bear spray and most important a 12 gauge pump shotgun with some slugs and 00 Buck shot. Both of you need to be very familiar with the pump 12 gauge. Buy some cheap bird shot for practice. Keep the bear protection handy at all times! Good luck with the build. I am looking forward to following your build!

[@AlaskanFreedom]

Great advice. We have spent a lot of time backpacking in black and grizzly country. 10mm with proper ammo and bear spray are always with us but we keep them off camera. We also just ordered some 147 grain hard cast flat nose for our 9mm (some local bear guides use it so we thought we'd try it since we already have a 9mm). I'm a good shooter, Eleinne is excellent. We are looking at 12 gauges and ready to get one. Air horn also a great idea, we've read about how affective they are. Thank you

[@dcranch4820]

@@AlaskanFreedom Im glad you are experienced with your 10mm and 9mm. Good to have them in shoulder holster on your person. The 12 gauge has a ton of knock down and killing power. Get your 12 gauge chambered in 3".That will be a real kick ass gun! I wouldnt worry about what viewers think about your self defence tools. Thats just how it is in Alaska!!

[@AlaskanFreedom]

@@dcranch4820 yeah i was more concerned about KZbin regulations honestly. I'm learning about shot guns. Should i be getting a cylinder choke for slugs?

[@dcranch4820]

@@AlaskanFreedom Shotguns may come with two barrels. A slug barrel and a longer barrel that has screw in chokes for bird hunting. If its just going to be for self defence the shorter slug barrel would be best. You can also just buy one that has rifling. These are super accurate when paired with the right slugs. Ive had a 870 Remington chambered in 3" for 30 plus years. They are great guns but Mossberg also makes a great shotgun. I watch hunting videos on KZbin that actually show the kill shots. Also there are several other Alaska off grid living that show men and women carrying side arms during there daily activities. I would think you would be fine as your use is for self defence! Have fun shopping!!!

[@outta_angst]

Someday maybe I'll teach you how to use that level of mine that so mysteriously disappeared, though I'm not sure what you're trying to level in a 5" span. 🤪 Great videos you two! Keep them coming!

[@AlaskanFreedom]

Next time we are lifting walls on a birdhouse, the level will come in handy.

[@shirleyharvey7376]

Good to see your channel grow!

[@AlaskanFreedom]

We are a little overwhelmed at how fast it's growing. We are so thankful for all the support.

[@MyAlaska12]

Nice looking deck! Can't wait to see your cabin build.

[@bonneymoseley1159]

Nice!

[@AlaskanFreedom]

Thank you

[@ouralaskahomestead]

You’re wasting no time. Hopefully the gravel gets delivered soon. We made the same mistake, forgetting to figure in the 2x4’s when we cut the length for our middle support wall. Won’t make that mistake again. That was a lot of extra work 😂

[@AlaskanFreedom]

We were very lucky to catch it early, that mistake only cost us about 15 minutes of work.

[@debbiemiller7342]

Nice platform! Looking forward to future videos!

[@AlaskanFreedom]

Was a lot of fun to build.

[@DustyBottomBoysAK]

Looks great! Looking forward to seeing the tent go up next week! -Dusty

[@AlaskanFreedom]

Thank you Dusty. Gotta take a break and get caught up on Carrotology ;)

[@DustyBottomBoysAK]

@@AlaskanFreedom Take no breaks for POC's, they will be there when you're done with your project! You have a deadline approaching! But thank you, I'm honored!

[@joannabowers1358]

Love the videos. What about painting the OSB with exterior paint? That would protect it plus you wouldn’t have to worry about the plastic messing up.

[@AlaskanFreedom]

We did think about that. But the paint was much more expensive. And since this is a temporary platform coming down later this year we decided to go cheap.

[@joannabowers1358]

@@AlaskanFreedom makes sense.

[@sarahschlosser1203]

Also allows you to reuse it for other projects

[@terryboyle565]

When you are just starting building, why not check out how to make a water level on KZbin . So very useful for all leveling applications.

[@AlaskanFreedom]

I'll look into that. Thank you

[@TheSimpleAlaskans]

Awesome teamwork!

[@AlaskanFreedom]

Thank you! We love it when other channels comment. It gives us the opportunity to find other channels to follow, we've now subscribed and look forward to watching your progress over the years.

[@TheSimpleAlaskans]

@@AlaskanFreedom aww thank you. We appreciate that! Not sure if you guys have heard, but there will be a KZbin meetup in July in Wasilla. Bill at “My Alaska” and Chrystal at “Flat Tire Farm” are putting that together. 🙂

[@AlaskanFreedom]

@@TheSimpleAlaskans We did get an invite. We'd love to come but we will be so busy trying to get our cabin done. So for now it's a maybe.

[@TheSimpleAlaskans]

@@AlaskanFreedom Completely understand!

[@TerryFalan]

Nice platform for your tent! It will be so cool to set it up and get comfortable for the summer! See you next time!

[@AlaskanFreedom]

Can't wait to get the tent up and enjoy the view.

[@DawnMillington-i9t]

Great job, so it begins 😊

[@RoamAboutOutdoors]

Nice work. What drone do you recommend?

[@AlaskanFreedom]

I'm no expert on drones. But I use a DJI, currently the mini 4 pro, and love it. Based on the regulations that the government is putting on Chinese-made drones though I'd highly suggest looking at something non-Chinese-made. The only problem is you pay A LOT more for less quality, based on my research. Also, make sure you're a part 107 FAA pilot if you plan to use drone work for anything other than recreational. Posting on KZbin is only recreational if you don't monetize the channel. Drone U on KZbin is a great channel for detailed advice.

[@blklbluvr]

I see you used those hurricane brackets to tie down the floor joists. Is there anything needed to tie down the posts to the cement pads or the ground. Or will it be fine the way it is?

[@AlaskanFreedom]

Everything is tied together to the post hardware. From there the hardware just rests inside the blocks. They sit in about 6 inches and then can be adjusted up or down by adjusting the nut. I've seen a lot of cabins up here built this way, and we will be using a similar but stronger method on our first cabin also.

[@sarahschlosser1203]

Are you facing you tent towards the what looks like a pond?

[@AlaskanFreedom]

No, the pond will be off to the side, but there are large windows on the side of the tent facing that way. The way the land slopes and where we want to access the tent with the least amount of steps kind of dictated the way we are doing it. Hopefully that will make more sense next week when we show the tent up.

[@ritahawkins2336]

Voice-overs while having loud music playing makes it extremely hard to hear what is being said. Do you have an option without the music?

[@AlaskanFreedom]

Sorry, we don't. I guess you could watch with the Closed Captions on. We have had that mentioned a few times with comments liking and disliking it. We are new to editing in this format so we are learning as we go and take every comment seriously. In the future, we will be looking to improve or change the audio format and volumes. Thank you so much for your feedback, it means a lot to us and is what keeps us bettering our channel.

[@DimensionalHorse]

Wish you tubers wouldn't play loud music while talking!!!

[@AlaskanFreedom]

Thank you for the input, we will reassess the music volume or having music at all in the future. We are still learning and trying to find the perfect style of video that works for us and we value the feedback from anyone watching.

[@DimensionalHorse]

@@AlaskanFreedom 🤗

[@beccanlevisalaska]

Aw thank you for the shoutout!! We love keeping up with your channel too. 🥰😍

[@michaelsullivan7183]

Nice!