Building an ATV Bridge From Downed Trees and Making Lumber Free-Hand with a Chainsaw. #39

[@jakeriff95]

Hey Ryan, my twin brother and I are buying some land in upstate NY and you played a large part in inspiring us to do so -- thanks for your amazing content. Truly have learned so much and has given me the confidence to move forward with this dream! :)

[@survivingringworm2202]

That's fantastic! Super excited for you. Now if you can just focus all your mental energy on making every minute and every day as fun as possible, it'll be a great experience. It's once you start getting serious about something that truly doesn't need to be taken seriously that things start to come unraveled. (There is next to nothing that needs to be taken seriously.) Have a blast!

[@jakeriff95]

@@survivingringworm2202 thanks Ryan!! Truly appreciate the advice - literally exactly what I needed to hear. It’s stressful getting ready for all this, but you’re right. Can’t take it too seriously and the most important thing is to have fun with it or what’s the point in the first place!!

[@captainmikek8695]

Cool man. I am buying land too in New York and have 80 foot pines I plan to take down and make some neat bridges for quads, walking, and snowmobiles... Just watching bridge building Ideas... I thought I would need a mill but now I realize I can snap a line, chain saw it, and call it good... Thanks man. but I have a pop-up, a 34 foot camper and a 42 foot camper. Plan on camping on my land this winter and doing manly things...

[@Quality-h5m]

Where in upstate ny. I’m in the Adirondack park. Congratulations on your purchase.

[@Downeastwaves]

Hello to you the fine morning! Glad your dried out some.

[@mikepagliei426]

Nice job on the bridge. I’m about halfway through the list but you are on the right path kiddo.

[@426superbee4]

That is 1 hell of a ATV Trailer, I like it

[@justinrochefort8369]

Was referred here from My Self Reliance viewers. I was not disappointed. Great video!

[@survivingringworm2202]

I've heard the name but haven't watched any of their videos. Looks like I am the last one on earth to the party! I'll have to check it out soon.

[@WarringHostMakinSatanToast]

Good stuff, Ryan. I'm building bridges and boardwalks through my swamp, so thanks for the inspiration.

[@shmonsterman1356]

Nice bridge. I with you on the heat . Thanks for sharing .

[@87sport]

nice bridge and even if there is a failure plank you built it in such away it is easy to repair. good job!

[@survivingringworm2202]

Very true!

[@alexanderalbach468]

Always cool too see your progress

[@jocelyndejesus6155]

I like this video..i may have pressed 2 unintended icons on your video by mistake when i got sleepy after a day's work..my apologies..this video is helpful for us. it will guide us in managing the big branches we pruned from a tree in our garden. Thanks for this awesome video.

[@raymondsmith4808]

As the saying goes beauty is in the eye of the beholder. The bridge looks very nice and seems absolutely functionable. As to it needing to be stronger, the way you seem to build everything is beyond what is considered strong enough by the regular people. The ideas you come up with are what is needed to accomplish the goal you set. It is to bad that other things in our lives today are not as easy. Continue to have good health and happiness my friend.

[@survivingringworm2202]

We do like to overcomplicate things don’t we! Wonder what the world would be like if everyone just make the stuff they needed with a chainsaw. If ya can’t carve it from a log, ya can’t have it. That’ll be the extent of the laws when I’m president.

[@Downeastwaves]

Love that word Functionable! Cabin Masters Ryan-a wicked Mainah uses it!

[@jimgiordano5378]

Really like this channel. Something relaxing about watching this property be developed. Nice to see someone living their best life.

[@DrewCampbellRacing]

another awesome project and entertaining video. Thanks for sharing!

[@comfusedWorldpassanger3399]

Not at all bad work worm. This bridge will hold. Until it one day breaks.. Fortunately, the lumber store is quite close. Thank`s a lot for sharing and we appreciate you too your videos are the perfect start to a fine Saturday.

[@survivingringworm2202]

That's one of the few guarantees in this life: that that bridge will hold up until it doesn't. Glad you enjoyed the vid!

[@thegreatoutdoors2000]

Thanks Ryan. Very informative but also highly entertaining. Looking forward to the next episode. Stay safe👍🏻

[@Ludifant]

Can't believe you can hear them chomping... I love your sense of humour.

[@Smokymountainsoffgrid]

Great videos. Really like the way you approach each project.

[@tanyajenkins919]

Hi always good to see you out with another video and today a new project . Have a good day.

[@attilaelekes5534]

That's the coolest bridge!

[@timothyrussell4010]

not bad at all and using fallen timber not going to waste i like your way of thinking

[@glenschumannGlensWorkshop]

Thanks. Like your bridge.

[@nitcat1]

Nice job. Nice mix of camera angles too.

[@BadLuckHotRod]

I enjoy that you talk to us in your videos. Know that we do respond! Lol.

[@survivingringworm2202]

I've been listening!

[@bigsid1984]

Awesome bridge project

[@colindgrant]

The key to working outside in the heat (for me at least) is a huge hat and long sleeves. It’s counter intuitive but hiding from the sun outweighs the warmth of additional clothing, and let’s me work into triple digits. I like Duluth’s breathable synthetic shirts, hats with a neck covering flap, and Carhartt overalls. Obviously tons of water too. Awesome project, impressive chainsaw work, very inspiring!

[@Quirk77]

Could you do a follow up and see how your bridge is holding up? This was the first video of yours that I viewed. And i must admit I've been hooked ever since! I hope the cabin is going good!

[@catsgillhillbilly]

Nice bridge. Looks super solid to me.

[@chrisc4427]

You doing a good job on your Bridge

[@gailembleton662]

Your Bridge looks good aswell as doing a brilliant job... 👌

[@jimcraig5208]

The bridge looks great. Great job

[@fitz3540]

It needs support, but not underneath. You need 'decking' on top that is perpendicular to the logs underneath so that it distributes the weight of your tires over all three logs on each side

[@patriciamoody3137]

Love the bridge!

[@lanenewsome6216]

l Love watching a master at his craft, thank you

[@GrowingLittleCountryhomestead]

Good looking bridge.

[@tedbryer2512]

Morning! I would of built a corduroy section. We did that at the hunting camp a few years ago. Worked really well!

[@lindanwfirefighter4973]

I did that also and it will last over a century. Here some of our side roads that were built as corduroy roads over a 100 years ago are still doing awesome. Build the corduroy and cover it with gravel to protect it from the air, weather, sun.

[@danr308]

Just got an alaska mill. Those round sawhorses are dope!

[@Erated78]

Nice work on the bridge. Your channel looks to be right up my alley as for content. I'm subbed. Cheers

[@DaveHiggoHiggins]

Thoroughly enjoyed this project. The ASMR is strong in this vid the gravel, chainsaw, lumber falling together, the 4 wheeler and wind combined, you could be onto something there. 😂 Looking forward to the man cave build.

[@survivingringworm2202]

I am a pretty introverted guy and I guess I get most of my word allotment out on these videos. I might be even happier to leave out the talking all together and just go asmr tho!

[@kbryancroft]

Love your vids....looking forward to more building projects!

[@toddcaskey9984]

Good job

[@michaelodonoghue7464]

When I was younger My Office could get up to 46°C in Summer and I’d cope somehow. I’d also feel the Cold in Winter. Now I’m older and anything above 25°C and I’m absolutely wrecked. Now I don’t feel the Cold in Winter at all and absolutely love it.

[@seansysig]

Cool channel! We built a fully enclosed 12' x 12' x 8' hunting cabin 16' up between 4 large oak trees in Upstate NY at 1400' Above Sea Level. It has 2 windows on each wall with a 3' wide walk around with shooting chairs.

[@EdwinCabrera-jx1oq]

Who needs a woodmizer good job on making that lumber out of just a chainsaw. This is the first time I see your channel good job on the bridge 👍🇺🇸💯

[@kathleenlairscey5934]

Nice bridge

[@joshstarrvanhoose5335]

Dude your so awesome, I'm a michigander also!! I just bought a piece north of alpena to play on, keep up the great content!!!

[@waynediewald1113]

Well done

[@rugby224477]

Job well done... Congrats!

[@russellclement2058]

Perfect bridge ,,,, 80 deg is a nice day here in Queensland Aussie ,,

[@nancyblanchard7218]

good job

[@HickabillyTim]

I'm from the Gladwin Mi. area and I have to say.... you're much braver than I to tackle a Northern Michigan winter in a tent. Good luck , I need to catch up with your story.

[@survivingringworm2202]

Dead center of the state, right? I put numbers on all of the videos in case people new to the channel wanted to see the whole thing unfold chronologically. First video was right when my buddy and I first came out here. Nothing but trees then!

[@HickabillyTim]

@@survivingringworm2202 right ...... middle of the lower peninsula

[@Fredcharest]

Nice bridge buddy ! Been following you for a while and I Appreciate your channel Greetings for quebec,canada !

[@survivingringworm2202]

Thanks for watching Fred! You’d probably agree that doing work in the sun when it’s in the 80s is too hot, right?

[@Aussiehomestead1965]

Need to build a Flintstones car out of logs next 😁

[@Downeastwaves]

Hey! Where's your five co-workers standing around leaning on their shovels or taking a smoke break like on public road projects? Oh yeah, this is another fine project brought to us fans by Ringworm! Thank you Ryan!

[@survivingringworm2202]

They were just off screen. Their union said I’d have to pay time and a half if they were in the video.

[@Downeastwaves]

@@survivingringworm2202 bahahaha! About right!

[@13Foxtrot86]

Massive improvement from where you started! Can't wait to see when you get some flooding. I'm sure you'll make improvements if needed. Great job 👍

[@fatherofpie5763]

hey Ryan you know your fireash goes in those wholes in your road real good.

[@survivingringworm2202]

You mean you fill the low spots with it? Didn't think of that. But I sure have a lot of it that I could use!

[@fatherofpie5763]

@@survivingringworm2202 yeah and during winter? fireash goes like cement in the snow, too,

[@ProjecthuntanFish]

80 degrees! LOL come on down to South Georgia in July and August! 97 degrees in the shade with a heat index of 107! We work outside starting at first light around 6:30AM and stop by Noon.

[@lindanwfirefighter4973]

I spent 2 weeks making a Corduroy Road on my driveway because I got sick and tired of the sloppy mess that it was year after year. My husband said it was a compete waste of time when I was building it. The driveway goes into my log cabin I am building and into where I harvest our fire wood. After it was made I could drive down it no matter how wet it was. My husband had to admit it worked out awesome and was well worth the time I spent on it.

[@survivingringworm2202]

Nice work! I'd love to corduroy sections of the road but without any soil here, I think I'd loose my mind trying to level the things over the bedrock and boulders. Tell your husband to listen to you next time you come up with an idea!

[@450rhino1]

Great bridge build. Subscribed.:)

[@roostercogburn809]

Nice job, don't forget to pay the toll...

[@lyleloomis3493]

When we fixed roads in Adirondack mountain we put in small trees laid across the road side to side so any water would flow with trees and not wash out. I like the one you did might do same on trail I have in my woods

[@survivingringworm2202]

A very good thought. I'm absolutely going to do that- line the side of the trail with old logs just to make sure all the water crosses under the bridge and not out and down the trail. Thanks!

[@jaredcolahan759]

good video. If you score it forward you can still see the line

[@pennyt4020]

BossoftheSwamp used logs and sand. His worked out real good. It holds up pretty well and you have plenty of logs.

[@Downeastwaves]

Boss did an awesome job! Ryan too!

[@imaginewhirledpeas6696]

You're such an inspiring dude! I envy the simple life...it pains me that all or most unoccupied land is somehow spoken for by government or sold off for anothers profit...I'm seriously considering just staking my own small claim somewhere deep in state or national park service land,here in new Hampshire there's 500+ acres literally right in my backyard...all I want is a small cabin,don't even want a driveway,road or electric...I just might..

[@INFINITYSWAGGER1]

Loved it! Great vid!

[@bradley200711]

i used the corduroy road method for my trails in the wash-out areas. Sand is difficult to find here so i used free wood chips from the electric company road workers. they gave me seven truck loads and i used all of it. when you build the road, you corduroy the entire wash-out then let mother nature push the water through. thats were you make the pass-over (bridge).

[@daveprototype6079]

New subscriber cheers

[@josephbreckenridge2966]

I enjoyed your bridge building video and was impressed by the quality of your results. Good work. It took a week but it was worth it. Stay well.

[@426superbee4]

You need a water culvert, so water can run threw it. Rather than across your path > Your log holder gave me a ideal Fred Flintstone mobile. "Yabadabadoo" Use the round wood for wheels and the log down the middle with a set 7:37 now you know where i got the ideal from

[@YK-km5mu]

That is an interesting project. Perhaps if the boards were put across the direction of the trail and not along and were supported underneath with full round logs at the direction of the trail the bridge would be even stronger and safer because the boards would be shorter that way and they would take the load of the vehicles for a shorter period of time. Also when a board breaks in this scenario the neighboring will support the wheel whereas now the wheel can fall through if it isn't fat enough. It would also had more grip on the inclines.

[@fitz3540]

Most bridges use both, with the visible boards being shorter and perpendicular to the ones underneath

[@thomaslindgren4602]

Another great video. It is great to be able to say YES when you ask your questions. I had the pleasure of building two bridges when we were kids but they were concrete. The bridge turned out incredible. You keep throwing those hidden lessons in your video and I still like them. Don’t cut the sides off completely so that you can cut both sides easier, don’t peel the bark off a cedar if you don’t want it to slide off your saw horses, if a tree still elevated at one end you can get by with one saw horse, and finally your lesson, that you’ve done before is to run the blade between two boards so the fit together better. Another dumb question but I guess that you use a compost toilet in the woods, do you have a preference for wood shaving to use in it, obviously you have lots of shavings from you lumber cutting? Thanks again for sharing and have a great day!

[@survivingringworm2202]

Oh man. I didn't realize that all that info was in my video. I'm going to have to work even harder at dumbing these down. I don't want anyone to get the wrong idea of what these videos are for. I thought I was heading more towards "watch him get hit in the crotch with a rock" not calculus and civil engineering. No toiled here. I just go for a walk in the forest every morning with a cup of coffee and a shovel.

[@lindapetersen1800]

Ryan the gravel goes down to China !!! That is what Moma & Papa taught us girls!!! Missed you Ryan but had to go to bed again dreamt of the swinging bed I REALLY LIKE THAT am trying to make one for myself now!!!

[@NeedsMoreToys]

I live in Michigan near White Cloud. Built a log bridge over a creek from 12’ red pine logs 2 years ago. Made a few mistakes but has held up well. So far. Have had almost zero rain here all spring. We have drought conditions.

[@survivingringworm2202]

A few mistakes on a first bridge building is probably to be expected. Likely doesn't matter unless it is 20' up! I know I wouldn't drive on this thing if it was more than knee high...

[@giselecontassotdesayvre8090]

bonjour, personnellement je ne suis pas confrontée à ce genre de situation..mais vous assurez..good job..vous gérez très bien tous les jours...bravo!...belle vidéo

[@SWAMPHUNTER644]

If you plan to use this in the winter with ice and snow, fill in the center section. One slide sideways and you will be in trouble. Wouldn't take much more work. Chains on your ATV would help. If you had made it a bit wider , a log on top on both sides would keep you from sliding off. I would have used the tractor to shave off the downstream side to allow the ruts to drain. Either that or put in some culverts under your bridge using your cedar logs. I have 12 culverts, 3 causeways, and 3 bridges on my 80 acres. I also used large rock on two streams to form a solid bottom to cross. You use what you have. Get to know your local landfill operator and highway superintendent to save old CMP culverts, long steel beams, timbers, and other construction materials suitable for your trails. Bent culverts can be cut down. Better to save them from the landfill and reuse.

[@survivingringworm2202]

I hadn't thought of sliding off in the winter. That certainly might happen! I'll consider filling it the rest of the way in. But I do have some pretty aggressive chains I put on the atv for plowing. It would be a pain to get that thing out if it fell through!

[@SWAMPHUNTER644]

@@survivingringworm2202 I have a 4 ft high bridge 60 foot long over a creek so going off the side would be bad. I put landscape timbers along the side. My bridge is wide at the middle and slightly wider than the ATV at the ends. I have stone ramps at each end. I made a mistake putting down the deck and not leaving space for ventilation. The deck rotted partly from wet leaves..

[@OneEyedOracle]

Couple cross members underneath for each section will gain a greater distribution of weight, therefore strength, but what you did was very impressive.

[@TheBcrug]

We put logs perpendicular on the wood roads, called corduroy roads in the old logging days. Allows water to cross the road under the logs.

[@rogered5499]

Of course the tractor started right up. It’s a Yanmar. I love mine

[@kd5inm]

Good tractor there. Can't beat a yanmar

[@stevegraham3817]

I feel off when the temperature gets down to 60F. lol. That's too cool for my liking.

[@Aussiehomestead1965]

I built a bridge once....but I got over It 😅

[@saltyshellback]

When building anything for the first time I think of this saying... "professionals built the Titanic, and an amateur built the ark." I agree it's really satisfying to fill in a rut or a divot ;-) I had to fill in ruts left after a sprinkler system was put in and it was actually a fun thing to do strangely enough....lol What kind of snacks (in addition to crickets) do you like to eat to give you energy?

[@survivingringworm2202]

Man, those poor Titanic engineers are never going to live that down, are they? They build one crummy boat and it ruins their job prospects for centuries. I've really gotten into peanut butter something wicked. And yesterday I caught myself dipping a string cheese stick in jalapeno nacho cheese. Not sure I'd recommend that one to the average suburbanite, but it was fairly good.

[@saltyshellback]

@@survivingringworm2202 Hmmm...string cheese and jalapeño cheese dip sounds awesome! Have you had a Twinkie with a slim jim in it and Texas Pete hot sauce on top? So strangely good!

[@saltyshellback]

@@StatueofGuyThinking I believe Ryan does have some divine inspiration 😉

[@trail457]

With the cedar you have there a culvert may have been an easier water control system considering the land goes down on the one side.

[@kekipark77]

very nice. one thing is, when the vehicles are on the bridge, the tires seem to only be making contact with 1 log at a time... meaning with weight of the wehicles are not being spread out to all the logs. if you placed horizontal boards on top of the long logs, it would be solid as a the ground itself. just a thought.

[@bobw7066]

Hi from Australia, great build on the bridge. I would like to add a comment, make a bypass a long side of the bridge to use in dry weather and not have to go over the bridge all of the time.

[@johnpinner1]

My wife will loved

[@grizzlyboss5931]

Old school loggers used to corduroy (sp) logging roads..... some here in alaska have been around for 90 years or so and still passable..... lay the logs across the road.... 6 foot long should be plenty build a 6 ft wide road.... you can spread some gravel over top to smoothen the ride

[@hubertwebb9869]

Hey Ryan, why didn't you put some rubber culverts under crosswise of the bridge to carry water away?

[@josephpostma1787]

He did say that he would like to use up some his logs for something. I think 2 8in culverts would have worked well, but culverts cost money and he would use quite a bit of gravel as well.

[@dontump2286]

It gets over 100 here from July to early September and you get overheated within 30 minutes sitting outside, 3 minutes if you got a shovel in your hand.

[@wethepeople8542]

Subbed nice work

[@airdrop1670]

Take a weed propane burner and char the logs contacting the ground they'll last for a very long time .

[@dcandjames]

So how did it hold up?

[@sufficientlyrandom8184]

How’s the bridge holding up?

[@MrZZeroG]

Now if we could send Post 10 up to help Ryan. Can you imagine the video and the bridge/drainage systems those two would come up with?

[@survivingringworm2202]

I was just about to ask who this “post 10” was then I searched it and realized I’d watched most of his videos! Man, those are unusually satisfying to watch.

[@MrZZeroG]

@@survivingringworm2202 and then that moment you realize to others…he is I. 😂

[@nanomaine]

That, is a handsome little tractor! 8^)

[@survivingringworm2202]

It looks like a real tractor until you see someone sitting on it. I only notice when editing the videos how small it is!

[@murrayandru7527]

Culverts work well !! ??

[@billhennen978]

You are living every recluses dream! Around how many acres do you have and do you sustain it with just your channel?

[@jimwilliamson7598]

I would have used the yammer to dig a cross section out of the road as if you were putting in a culvert the just bridge the gap!!

[@imaginewhirledpeas6696]

I thought those yellow/orange lady slippers looked familiar,we have pink lady slippers where I live in NH they're protected.

[@genegreear4183]

Good bridge. I never knew you had a tractor. Can’t you load the heavier logs with your front end loader and some chains? You will probably need some weight on the back end. I saw how you had that trail before. Those logs probably stopped the watering from draining. Next tim just put them across the trail. Then the wateri can get through. It is also called a corduroy road. Then just top it with some gravel and your good to go. Later

[@secretlake5528]

When I get on and off a quad all day long I usually just sit on one side