Huge Tree Crashes Onto a Log Cabin | S2 Ep42

[@Sol-Cutta]

The fellers certainly felt pride in making sure you got your moneys worth from them. 👍👍👍

[@mywildholm]

Awww... we think so too!! They were just amazing! 💚

[@rushingwindmountain]

Wow! Lots of work but beautiful end results. Wish the trees didn't have to go but safety first.👍👍👍

[@mywildholm]

I totally agree with you - I knew we'd have to do this sometime but it really is about safety in this regard... the tiny cabin is totally safe now!!

[@JDDees]

LOTS MORE NEED TO BE REMOVED!

[@mywildholm]

We will get to that as soon as we are able to. It is an unreal amount of work to clean up fallen trees, they make a HUGE mess and we want to be sure we never bite off more than we can chew - so to speak. Thank you for your concern. -Ryan

[@Sol-Cutta]

What a bloody great exciting project..planning your islands roads and what stays. Great fun i bet. What a experience for a life..nice you got the island to develop with love rather than buy for whatever big developers want them for. Good for you. 🙏

[@mywildholm]

It really is the dream of our lives! We still can't get over it whenever we walk anywhere on the entire island - we just cannot believe the beauty on the island. Never any big development going in here... that would have been so sad to see happen. 💚

[@LifeisLoveLily]

Is it possible for a kubota to smile….YES! 😂😂 he is positively grinning with his metal teeth!

[@mywildholm]

Oh yes!! Pepper was having the ride of his life! 😆

[@LifeisLoveLily]

@@mywildholm 🤣

[@sarahprice1375]

Love it Ryan....Whispering Aspens......on the trail of the lonesome pine......

[@mywildholm]

😆 🤣 Ohhh boy did he ever have a great day! 💚

[@Can-we-all-just-get-along-h8g]

Sorry i didn't watch the video i the first place but the way the sub title was written I thought it was one of yours. Anyhoo I hope this helps with your cabins. I learned this from the California wild fires. And building something Keep a circumference all around your places by the tallest trees you have surrounding your building That way you will not have a tree crashing down or a lightening bolt startingb a fire. If you have a fure have a pump and hose to water you cabins and water any grass or bushes surrounding you. Sorry this long. But i just love watching your vlogs. You guys are some of the nicest people on the vlogs i watch. I have been sick so i haven't been watching your vlogs. So i need to catch up. ❤

[@mywildholm]

We are so sorry to hear that you been ill... we really appreciate you watching our channel! You give great advice too and we need all the sound advice we can get! 😆 I really hope you feel better soon. 💚

[@heatherlandskron]

great job Alan and jeremy! look like they had a great time with you and your family. take care and god bless. thank you for sharing. have a good day and week. it really opens up that area and wow..

[@mywildholm]

These guys were so great!! Thank you so much for your support 💚

[@heatherlandskron]

@mywildholm your welcome

[@tiahill832]

They did an amazing job! Thanks for sharing! 🙂🥰😘😍👍❤

[@mywildholm]

It's always a pleasure and we thank you for appreciating it! It was a day of accomplishment and it felt great after we arrived back from our supply run! Allan and Jeremy did such a good job!

[@ArielleViking]

Wow, that tree was huge. Great job cleaning everything up, old cabin takedown gave me the giggles. Nice ❤👍🏻

[@mywildholm]

Hey there! It's nice to see your comment! Ryan was enjoying himself starting that process - bittersweet but truly needed to get done. Thank you so much for watching! 💚

[@leigh7776]

🧡💜Bless your heart Melodi, Ryan definitely brings excitement to your life 😲😳

[@mywildholm]

Aww thank you so much! There are moments for sure... 😳but life is wonderful and I do feel very blessed! 💚

[@jeanettewhite2144]

Wow I think Ryan and Pepper were really auditioning for a Transformers movie 🤣🤣

[@mywildholm]

😆 That's a good one Jeanette!! It sure looks like it right?! Oh did he ever have fun!!

[@earlinemcgahen3931]

cabin was built the right way

[@mywildholm]

It really was - we are stunned to be honest! Through cold cold writers, hot summers... you name it!! It was a survivor!!

[@vikkibyington3066]

❤ Your tree cutters were very impressive! Such a good feeling, even for me, that the trees are down and we don’t have to worry about Ryan trying to do the job and possibly getting hurt again. Can’t have that! Wouldn’t you love to have been able to hear all the history from the walls of that old cabin? Wish it hadn’t been too far gone to restore but better safe than sorry. God bless you both. 🙏🏻❤

[@mywildholm]

Thank you Vikki! We feel blessed to even have the opportunity to be out here! There are some old pictures of our island that we hope to obtain soon and share with our followers. Can't wait to see those stories! -Ryan

[@GrumpyTV12]

As I mentioned in the last episode, it is great when you can watch masters in a craft at work. I also believe that Ryan still has lots of fun left in that old cabin. I was wondering if you had taken an "early morning " before picture and then an after picture of the landscape or shoreline of your island

[@mywildholm]

Yes, weren't those guys amazing! It was remarkable how skilled they were. We have many pictures of the shoreline, I am just wondering what you mean by "early morning" before and after pics. Can you elaborate? My brain doesn't seem to be working at the moment, lol. -Ryan

[@GrumpyTV12]

@@mywildholm sorry Ryan that I was not clearer in what I ment. My "early morning" was just in reference to an early "day of" picture before the days work started. Mostly as a reference point of how the day's work transformed the island's image from the lake. I personally enjoy seeing progress in building on sites like yours (especially because you both show respect for the surroundings) and also enjoy like time lapse images of that mm progress

[@mywildholm]

Oh I see... we do have drone footage from different periods that show the progress over time. It might be a good exercise to put some of them together for a little "progress review" video showing the evolution of the island over time. Good suggestion! -Ryan

[@CoffeeWalksandWhatever]

Good to see you managed to get so many trees removed by these guys. It really opens up that area. That old cabin was a little stronger than you gave it credit. Sad to see it go, but looks like Ryan had fun taking it down! 😄🇨🇦☕️

[@mywildholm]

I do have to say that it truly was bittersweet... now I just keep thinking, 'Should we have somehow tried to save it and modify it somehow?' I don't think Ryan felt it was a good decision but it is sad for me just the same. I think of that family and their memories out there. I hope it doesn't hurt them to see the cabin taken down... 😔

[@MickieDoty]

Thanks for sharing this awesome experience with us. We LOVED it!!

[@mywildholm]

Our pleasure! We enjoyed the day with those two - such nice people! 💚 Thank you for watching!

[@jenniferoceanhomestead]

That’s crazy how tall those trees are !!! There’s trees down the road that tall it’s amazing to look at them ! I can’t wait to see the view when the old cabin is fully removed & it’s clear ground 💕💕💕 thank God you found some ppl who really know what they are doing !!!

[@mywildholm]

Oh it's quite incredible really!! They even go as high as 120-125 feet tall... we measured one that was taketh down - the day before we left and at 115 feet tall it wasn't the tallest there. Phew!! These are big uns' 🌲 🪓

[@LifeisLoveLily]

Wow!! The builders of that cabin made it solid eh? Pepper is extra hungry *chomp chomp 🪵

[@mywildholm]

Didn't they though?! I was so sure it would just fall into a heap of sticks... not so!! 😆

[@LifeisLoveLily]

@@mywildholm 🤣

[@MarkFleming-k1k]

Guess you can say he brought the house down with that performance lol got some nice lumber down for house build great video

[@mywildholm]

Now THAT'S funny! Thanks for making me laugh... -Ryan.

[@farrellsoileau718]

Hello my friends at my old Holm,how are you Ryan and Melodi doing. This is a Cajun from Louisiana. So you all are sure doing a very clean up job of getting rid of them trees. May God bless the two of you take care and be safe.❤love watching .

[@mywildholm]

Hello to our dear Cajun friend... we are doing well and so thankful that the trees are getting cleared up in such a safe way! Thank you for watching - we really appreciate you! 💚

[@adisonfwood]

Awesome! Love the sound of the trees falling!

[@mywildholm]

It was such a wonderful day! When those trees fell you could feel the ground move... just the neatest thing.

[@mrs.lazydayzahead]

Soooo many trees taken down! The changing colors are beautiful and the water is such a pretty blue.❤

[@mywildholm]

Sooo many taken down... our island is expanding in terms of buildable space.

[@martharentfro6991]

I’m so glad Ryan had a great time destroying the house while there were other people there in case something happened. Those fallers really know what they are doing! Great video.

[@Bush_Edge_Homesteading_Aus]

Watching Ryan pushing on the cabin. I turn to hubby.... "this is the anxiety you created in me, when I'm watching YOU do this type of stuff!!!!" Argh!!!!

[@mywildholm]

😆 See??? You get it! Sometimes it's a little scary - a couple of people feel I worry too much but uhhh... there's a tad bit of history there right?

[@jaynewarriner7214]

That was painful in more than one way! I was Slightly concerned for Ryan’s safety and also all that cool wood being crunched. I am building extension on my tiny house and love the older wood fines. Hopefully y’all can salvage some of it and make something cool. There’s something so satisfying about developing land.🙏🌻

[@mywildholm]

Hello!! Oh I'm with you on that - painful to find that we really could have done more than we realized. Things like that are hard to leave behind - we were so convinced that it was rotten and dilapidated. I truly think it was just the center beams... ugh... regrets. 😔

[@mywildholm]

It didn't look rotten on film, but while cleaning up the rubble I noticed a lot of dry rot. My foot even kept breaking through the planking when I walked on the floor. Some of the wood was indeed quite nice, but too much of it was rotten and the building could not be saved. Such a shame... -Ryan

[@Cindi-From-Sunny-South-Florida]

Great job Alan and Jeremy 🎉 Melody, thanks for sharing ❤

[@mywildholm]

It's my pleasure - - it was such fun!

[@franswey2]

I hope you can safely recover and restore the logs to build a new main cabin for all to love. You all stay safe, love Fran

[@mywildholm]

Yes! I did manage to collect several good logs from the old cabin and we will make good use of them I'm sure. Thank you for your support! -Ryan

[@NadesikoRose]

Snicker, that old cabin is made of good sturdy logs. So I am not surprised that the tree did nothing to it, the roof may have been damaged but the walls are still going strong

[@mywildholm]

Wasn't that something though?! I mean we were seriously surprised! What a well-built cabin from back in the day! Thank you for watching! 💚

[@quarlow1215]

When you said you were going to knock the cabin down with that tree I said to my wife "watch, its just going bounce off like nothing ever happened". She thought it would flatten it. Those old cabins were built to one code. "Build it strong, it'll last long". 😂 Plus log homes are incredibly strong in structure. Taking the corners out is the best way to take them down. Now you can have some fun demo'ing the rest. Its acgreat project that will teach you just how much that machine can really do. They are amazing work horses.

[@mywildholm]

Exactly, Pepper quickly proved his worth soon after he came to the island. We are always amazed at the time Pepper saves us and how much easier he makes our lives (when he is not stuck in the muck, that is...) Thanks again for your support! -Ryan

[@LifeisLoveLily]

Those slices could be emptied of the rotten core and poured with resin for art!

[@mywildholm]

Wouldn't that be so nice?! I'd love to do that!

[@LifeisLoveLily]

@@mywildholm 🥰

[@HelenBaker-fd9tc]

Dang that cabin was built to stand if that tree didn't take it down you might want to think about it the guys are doing great taking care of the trees keep safe all of you

[@mywildholm]

It was bult to last, but decades of neglect allowed the forest to creep in an rot it out from the inside. It didn't look like it on film but much of the cabin was compromised beyond saving. Too bad. It would have been much simpler to restore the cabin than to take it down and rebuild from scratch. Que sera sera... even wo, we are confident that will have a nice place to live in when we are finished with our 'forever cabin' -Ryan

[@LifeisLoveLily]

Holy smokes!!

[@mywildholm]

😆 It was a fun day!!

[@LifeisLoveLily]

@@mywildholm ❤️🕊️

[@RemsFamily]

Great video my friends! Great content!

[@mywildholm]

Hey there! Nice to see you... thank you for watching! 💚

[@RonBreuker]

Great video folks. You’re going to have a good pile of lumber.

[@mywildholm]

It's turning into quite a log pile and we are anxious to get our mill up and running! Thank you for watching!

[@javiermartinez701]

You have big, long and straight logs to build a huge and nice log cabin. Think about it.

[@mywildholm]

We've thought about it all... we have a sawmill and cannot wait to haul it to the island and start to use it for our projects there. Thank you for watching - we really appreciate your support! 💚

[@SEA-U2]

So Excited for you Guys So Happy you Could Find such good people to help you 😊🙏

[@mywildholm]

Thank you so much for your kind support! It was extremely wonderful to have found those guys - they were just what we needed and we are grateful! Thank you for watching!

[@Sol-Cutta]

Size of those trees , wow.

[@mywildholm]

They really are just gigantic - Ryan thinks some of them are over 120 ft tall - we measured one of those one that was 'taken down' the other day and it was 115 ft. HUGE!!!!! 🌲

[@Sol-Cutta]

@@mywildholm and every one of them - YOURS !!! 😃😃😃

[@Sol-Cutta]

@@mywildholm I loved the first day when you sat and said it's exceeded my expectations, the look on your face and Ryan's enjoyment too as sat with fire..how very lovely a moment. bet that feels a long time ago, so much has been done since. Fantastic , just like how it must have felt and been in your history's pioneers days..must make you feel a bond with your land. 🙏🙏🙏

[@mywildholm]

Absolutely, we feel like Bird Island is part of us now. We are getting closer to be able to stay there throughout the winter - so exciting! Thank you for your support and comments! -Ryan

[@edwardpoll4259]

Beautiful island paradise.

[@mywildholm]

Thank you so much! It's the place we love the most! 💚

[@franswey2]

I bet someone loved playing with Lincoln logs when they were young!

[@mywildholm]

I asked him about that but he didn't seem to know what they were - - maybe we didn't have them in Canada. He sure loved this big set though!! 😂

[@BettieMarieTruan]

Boys and their toys.

[@mywildholm]

That is literally exactly what I said yesterday!!! 😆 🤣

[@mary-loujohnson4440]

Yes, Ryan, look way up, and I'll call Rusty

[@mywildholm]

😆 🤣 You caught that one! Yes!! Rusty and Jerome I think... thank you for watching! 💚

[@RonBreuker]

Hi Friendly!

[@mywildholm]

@RonBreuker 😂😂

[@kathleensauerbrei5199]

Oh my goodness, I was leaning and shaking with him when he was trying to get that roof down

[@mywildholm]

Lol, we can just see you swaying on your couch. Melodi is affected like that when watches TV too! -Ryan

[@mazdaram226]

Watching from the UK 🇬🇧, can’t believe how talented the chainsaw guys are , made it look easy …. Well done all ..

[@mywildholm]

It's great to see you from the UK 🇬🇧- thank you for coming in to watch our new episodes (another coming today) 💚 This was a great day on our island!

[@mazdaram226]

We love your adventures, keep smiling and we are all behind you every step of the way ..🇬🇧🇨🇦

[@mywildholm]

Thanks so much for your support! -Ryan

[@Cindi-From-Sunny-South-Florida]

I swear, Ryan's gonna give me a heart attack yet 😂(Cindi Rice)

[@mywildholm]

Ohhh boy... it's always an adventure for sure. I think I have PTSD after this year though... ugh

[@SagebrushRambles]

Surprising that that big arsed tree didn't flatten that old cabin.

[@mywildholm]

I mean.. we were absolutely shocked too. We just thought for sure that it was barely standing... my goodness!! 💚

[@shelleymarshall5192]

A job well done 😊

[@mywildholm]

Ohhh thank you! They are real pros! They did an excellent job!🌲 🪓

[@ClubberLang-k9k]

That Cabin was firewood anyway

[@mywildholm]

As sad as it is - I suppose you're right... it was so lovely to see perched on the shore like that, but in time we'll have another and that one will also be sweet so I guess it's the circle of life in a way. Thank you for watching!

[@LifeisLoveLily]

“It’s a lot shorter!” Ahahaha go get ‘em Ryan…how’s your nerves Melodi? Pepper is such a good pal

[@mywildholm]

😆 🤣 Oh my.. but I can't help but laugh most of the time although that only encourages him... sooo..

[@LifeisLoveLily]

@@mywildholm tears of laughter 😂

[@janrussell3944]

You could make a jetty with logs on the cabin as they are seasoned

[@mywildholm]

We could, but it would also need a breakwater to protect it from the huge ice floes that 30km of wind-swept lake would pile up onto it. We would also need a pile driver. We don't have rocks on the island, or a pile-driver... so we will have to come up with an alternate solution for docking our barge. We are thinking through a few options and will hopefully have a solution soon. Thanks for the suggestion! -Ryan

[@earlinemcgahen3931]

plan would be cut all the downed trees you can reach into millable logs stack on a landing and cut the branches into firewood. anything the size of your wrist is what your firewood is split down to the rest you run through your chipper. but dont forget a pile for kindling beside your firewood pile tarping your firewood if you dont have a woodshed is better as the dryer the firewood the better

[@mywildholm]

Indeed, we do plan on bringing our mill to the island. We also agree that we need to have things ready to support the mill and properly protect it and the wood. Thank you for your continued support! -Ryan

[@alanbierhoff6831]

The University of British Columbia called and they’ve changed their mind about issuing you guys those Honorary Engineering degrees 😂

[@mywildholm]

😜I guess we deserve that... We really didn't think that old cabin would hold up at all! We thought it would come tumbling down in a heap but it turns out they were very strong and now I'm rethinking everything... ugh! 🙃💚

[@kaybetonoderlehm]

karma ..... his helmet didn't save anything either 🤣

[@mywildholm]

Welcome to our channel 💚 we aren't sure what you mean but are interested to know so we can respond 😊

[@earlinemcgahen3931]

mark you dead trees before fall when its hard to tell which ones are dead

[@mywildholm]

Great idea! Those logs got pulled out and cleaned up pretty quickly! Thank you for watching 💚

[@DevlinRoversNL]

Hey Ryan and Melodi, been catching up with the 1rt and now second season. When will season 3 start? And i would like to say. That this is a nice journy to follow along! Goodluck and fun from the netherlands!

[@mywildholm]

Good morning to you new friend from the Netherlands. We were in Amsterdam, sampling lovely food in February and loved it! It's a joy to share this journey with you! Thank you for watching!

[@Sol-Cutta]

I guess you will be using all that lumber but if you had been selling , what would the entirity of the islands trees be worth??? Just a guesstimate ??

[@mywildholm]

We really would have to calculate it and it would be so hard to know. 62 acres shoulder to shoulder trees... but honestly, it matters not because we'll never sell them - just building our own little 'country'... 😆 Thank you for watching!

[@Sol-Cutta]

@@mywildholm no but I'd love to know just roughly for my own mind, I've seen these programmes with loggers felling them but they've never said , it doesn't have to be precise just a rough one.. Ryan just said on video that the guys earned their keep today...they did you a great job. And I bet they enjoyed a change of being on a island for the day , travelling across on boat, bet that was fun for them , I'm sure they love their job and get pleasure from the less boring tasks they take on...a private island - that's surly not an everyday thing. 😃👍

[@mywildholm]

Yes, they really seemed to enjoy their time on the island. We really have no idea what logs are worth, but we do know how expensive transportation is... and seeing how many logs are on the logging trucks leads me to think they are fairly valuable. Thank you for your continued support! -Ryan

[@jhart7451]

Perhaps I didn't explain it very well the last time I mentioned cutting trees and leaving the stumps. Now tou have a field of stumps with no real usable space because you have lost the leverage of the tree's weight to bring them out of the ground. The tap roots go so deep that it would take an excavator that would be way too big to haul on the barge. However, I can tell you from years of clearing experience that you can push them down with Pepper if you know how, so I will send you a video to demonstrate. It's easier than you think.

[@mywildholm]

Thank you so so much for that! We will check that out for sure! We have a special little implement that helps alot and we'll share with you soon too 😉 Thank you for watching! 💚

[@WilliamStory-tx8kh]

I was on your live stream, and it would not let Comment any suggestions.

[@mywildholm]

Hello there @WilliamStory-tx8kh - that's strange. Did you click 'subscribe'? Sometimes it is set to subscribers only and you can't comment as a non-subscriber. Also... perhaps a moderator accidentally paused you... I'll go in and check to see. Thank you so much for coming by and thank you for watching! 🌟

[@BoetaFritz]

Wait for winter then you can Liars on fire with everything is under snow

[@mywildholm]

Yes! We are looking forward to a pretty big bon-fires once the snow comes. Can't wait to clean things up around here! -Ryan