My Bushcraft Village Was Destroyed | Crushed Shelters | Fallen Trees | Need to Rebuild | TA OUTDOORS

The winter storms took their toll on the bushcraft village, with several shelters being affected, especially the roundhouse which I built with TA OUTDOORS. Please help me with suggestions on how to rebuild the shelters. What would you do with the trees?
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[@jaymeswheeler]

Do another build with TA outdoors Watching you two mates reunited would be awesome He definitely needs your cooking

[@DianeHox]

Oh no! I watched this place being built. Will TA help you rebuild?

[@bettymynatt7339]

Need TA and you working together again. Enjoy all videos but it was something special with both of you. God Bless you ❤❤❤❤❤

[@FreezyAbitKT7A]

Mike has children. He is family-centric now. As a good father should be. Adventure is a bachelor and widower activity.

[@hope4lifewalker739]

@@FreezyAbitKT7A Mike still gets out there and does what he wants... as long as it's okay with the wife. lol

[@ipnpen311]

I watched you and mike build most of these, you both did wonders. Sorry about Mother Nature, you know she is off her meds..... You will recover and take something positive out of this.

[@jaymeswheeler]

Your cutaways to Amber are priceless It lets us know what you think She's thinking about you and in turn, it really lets us know what you think about you. You have a wonderful mildly self deprecating sense of humor. As told by the story of Amber Much love, as always. Cheers from Utah.

[@serenepeacefulrelaxingmusi3874]

It was sad to see the trees come down on the village of buildings you guys made, but it certainly proved to show how strong those building methods are. I will be looking forward to seeing the next update on it.

[@jamesellsworth9673]

I always liked camping in an Adirondack lean-to. It also features a strong-walled structure. One of its iconic features was a long rail seat in front that was (tongue-in-cheek) called a Deacons' Bench. (Deacons sit around and do little during a service.) Your Scout groups might appreciate seeing one and using one.

[@Joex51x]

all those trees are just new building materials make it bigger and stronger

[@marli288]

❤👍💯

[@johncameron8134]

I feel for you my friend . I am steward to 100 acres and I have the same damage . Hundreds of pine trees down . I am building cabins with the downed trees, and my son and grandson are helping this time .Best of wishes

[@FreezyAbitKT7A]

We had a strange storm with a strong wind from the East come through in the last 2 weeks. I feel your difficulty. Dead trees fell over our driveway and required a bulldozer to clear our driveway. so we could get out of our wooded, remote driveway. We are on a farm and have access to that equipment. In Iron Age days, I believe the people would just move to another location. I have 2 steams surrounding our property with a 13 foot concrete apron, protecting a 4 foot culvert tube under the driveway to the highway... an effective moat around my house... btw my driveway was a county highway . it had a brick bridge before in the late 1800s. The county installed the aprons and steel culvert in the early 1900s that failed in an 11 inch rain in the 1990s.

[@leviwells7017]

I'm 42 seconds into the video and amazed by how well the structures stood up to the trees already! Dang you guys did a good job!

[@ram1brn]

Amber is checking the roof as well

[@mattshaffer5935]

Looks like you’ll be able to save all the shelters and you definitely have new wood for repairs! Silver lining you know how strong you built them for sure and plenty of materials for new projects 💪😎👍

[@labhrais6957]

A frontier log cabin would be an epic build

[@niknack666]

Yikes just be glad no one was in there when the trees fell.

[@marli288]

Big Mamma Nature Loves your Work! She's giving you more Wood is'all... ❤❤

[@chadwright7614]

Just goes to show how well crafted the shelters are . Nothing broke just badly bent . Well done sir.

[@murth63]

God that's a shame mate such a cool little village

[@LeroyJGibbs]

The fact that those shelters held up as well as they did with trees falling on them speaks to the strength of their construction. The amount of knowledge you and TAOutdoors used on the round house and the way you built your other shelters says a lot about the skills you used from past generations to build them to be strong. I had often wondered how well structures like those would hold up in a bad storm or with a tree falling on them, especially if it had a thatched roof. Apparently, they hold up rather well. All I can say is, well done. Now get crackin'.

[@craigc828]

The positive aspect is that it's quite literally a "windfall" to use to your advantage. Use the logs to strengthen the structures where they're at risk due to prevailing wind direction, use some to build a firewood shed and the rest goes for firewood. Cheers for Toronto, Canada

[@doreebardes5537]

I like the idea of a compound - several buildings within a perimeter fence, as some Iron Age villages and farms were constructed.

[@yvonnebailey9973]

What ever you do I'm sure it Will be better (hard I know) than before. Watched you and Mike on various builds, always enjoyed whatever you created. Thank you for sharing. Take care of yourself and Amber. Interested to see what you come up with. X

[@clockendfarm]

So sorry. And poor Amber looks so sad, too. I def think you should rebuild, esp. the big thatched roof one, which is in very good shape despite it all. Hopefully TA Outdoors can join you.

[@HayzeeHayes]

Dustin, Get mike involved again, take all the damaged shelters down and together build a single new building by recycle and reuse of that timber. Build a log store too and nice big fire pit.

[@JSMCalder]

I can’t believe it’s 4 year since you built the round house. I remember watching it. Be great seeing you and Mike back together again. Shame about the damage man, I know know too well. With all that building wood it’s got to be a two story cabin 👌🏻 Great watch mate 👍🏻

[@jeanettanorton5646]

Wow 😲😳. Sorry about the problems. Now you have another chance to make something new 😉. Will keep watching you to see what you build next. Thanks for sharing this with me 😁. Hello from Indiana USA and this 63 year old lady.

[@GleeChan]

On one side this is terrible... all that work!!! But on another, well nature provided you with more content.

[@michellereighley3002]

Use the trees to rebuild...ready cut wood, all you gotta do is clean it and cut it to size. It could be much sturdier with all that wood.

[@marli288]

❤🤷‍♂️👍👍💯

[@Mooseman2]

Sad to see the damage, but it will be interesting to see how you clean up the damage and rebuild. That's a side of bush crafting that you don't see in videos that often!

[@KaylynnStrain]

what a real bugger !!!!!! that must have been one HECK of a storm series that passed through. hope you can rebuild

[@utubeape]

Thats a real shame, but I am sure you can use this to your advantage. Before cutting up the tree on the roundhouse how about supporting it with a couple of sturdy tripods to take the weight, then if you saw into the trunk where it is touching the roof the weight of the roots and lower part might just pull it back off the roof

[@LordSothMajere]

I LOVE your and TA's collab videos!

[@jeanetteswalberg6166]

I live in an area where we are affected by powerful winds that funnel down from the canyons above us. In the last ten years, we have had a couple of "Big Storms" that have uprooted immense trees and damaged others. Many trees affected in later storms probably were weakened by the earlier ones. These are trees with 4+ ft deep root balls. I urge you to take a good look at the remaining trees for possible widow-makers. You guys did a tremendous job on your different buildings. There's definitely a reason why those construction techniques were used for so long in history. The bent poles in the thatched house blew my mind! There are definitely some lessons modern engineers could take away from that. I would love to see you and Mike partner up on a build again.

[@elsathal7359]

Mike get on yer bike head out into the bush get crafty😂 Thank you for sharing ✌️💖🤟

[@heathermayhan3884]

It looks like they held up pretty well, all things considered!

[@terrysadventure1529]

I watched yall build all of them.

[@jaumemiravitlles3001]

You're great.

[@davesprague2445]

Rebuild

[@cv368]

Sorry to see your shelters being damaged. If i was in your place, i would probably use the fallen trees to repair my favorites first. And if there is enough material left over, how about an entirely new build like getting Mike to come over and making a pavilion over the big fireplace between the shelters? it looks like they are somewhat evenly spread, so that would make for a nice little village center

[@Mugwumps107]

A Bushcraft treehouse, if you have any trees with deep enough roots 👍🏻. There’s just something magic about being up in the trees

[@ArielleViking]

It’s sad to see the damage. Hoping you can repair as much as possible 👍🏻

[@derekmcmaster6123]

Make yourself a Nice Pergola with a fire pit in the center........you can use the trees to build a heavy framework that could support hammocks and sling chars for group camps.....the main roof should be vented in teh center t allow smoke to escape and there should be a smaller cap roof to protect the fire pit from the rain.........a brick and steel cooking area with pizza oven, a small sink area for clean up and lots of lanterns for light.........I want to build something similar here on my property

[@phyllismulkey3778]

a lot of work ahead of you but you got this

[@LeroyJGibbs]

I think your next build should be either a raised shelter of some sort surrounded by a wall, or a Native American style longhouse.

[@judebrown4103]

Sorry to see this Dustin, watching you and Mike do these builds was some of the first stuff i watched on KZbin. However on the plus side nature has given you some potential for new content, should you accept the challenge. Whatever you build next, just make sure its at least as strong as those that survived being landed on!

[@TAOutdoors]

Gutted man! That was one of the best builds too.

[@BUSHCRAFTTOOLS]

Such a great build

[@earndoggy]

Pretty Amber girl! Maybe she has some ideas of what you should build.

[@mattlewandowski73]

Initial assessment, your structures are not as damaged as your video title implies. With judicious tree cutting, the fallen cedar will give you some great lumber to work with. The round house might require some moderate rebuilding, but overall it looks like it will recover nicely on its own. The viking house can likely be rebuilt with a better roof. with use of a froe, you can make cedar shingles out of logs cut from a couple of the fallen trees. overall I would have to say your video title was a bit click baity... it is more like the village was damaged by the storms, not destroyed.

[@adamcarfield7201]

Build header panels with the wood to help protect your structures

[@paulm7026]

As you mention towards the end of the video Dustin, making a clearing in an established woodland lets the wind in where it wouldn't have got in much before. The trees around the edge of a woodland grow up with the wind effect on them and grow more roots and stronger generally and become "wind firm" as a result, not completely immune to storms of course but better able to cope with most of them. By contrast the the trees further within a woodland are not exposed to strong winds so much as they grow so they never establish the same strengthened root systems and trunks, and when clearings are made these less robust trees are newly exposed to wind and storms they have not developed to cope with and you can get multiple blow downs in the area around the clearing as you have there sadly. Not much to be done about it unfortunately, and I think the clearings were made previously by the foresters rather than yourself, but that's why the damage as you remarked has been mainly around your shelters area ie the large clearing. Onwards and upwards though, look forwards to seeing the rebuilding ! :)

[@tonyn3123]

I would have recommended to begin cutting from the tip of the trees and continue back toward the stump to keep reducing the weight of the tree. At some point, the remaining stump would have stood back up (in most cases) and hopefully not fall full weight on your structure. What would I build with the trees? A long running campfire with plenty of Guiness. Thanks.

[@KaylynnStrain]

maybe you could build a domed shelter with some of the newly fallen trees

[@davidmack8813]

I suggest build of a Great log cabin, perhaps a slate roof in skip sheeting set up sorry don't do metric 3/4 inch by 3 1/2inch horizontal every other board one there then no board so you can nail slate make a great floor proper treat timbers in ground or laying on ground perhaps creosote or water emulsified tar it paints and seals well but it is insidious gets all over stuff whe applying wear clothes you can throw away afterwards applying that tar. I do believe you can make a great long lasting home or do split cedar shakes for step roofing it should last 20yrs but put a layer of asphalt felt for water proofing to shed water keep a nice roof system

[@melanieproctor4081]

I really like your channel , what if you make a garden? use all the small stuff for fencing. Mother nature is just trying to show you and everyone that your shelters are strong! and provided more material. Get building!

[@hope4lifewalker739]

Well That sucks... but maybe a Change is a GOOD Thing! ...."Build it.... They will come!"

[@Shaden0040]

he does and I'm glad you're going to repair both shelters as best you can have you mentioned all of this to Mike yet and has he seen the damage and is he willing to help you? I know you guys haven't seen much of each other since COVID ended I was just wondering if there's any problems there I hope not hope you guys are still friends and maybe just you just needed a break from each other which is understandable but it seems to be kind of dead silence on both sides of what happened so I think a lot of us are confused. Man it it killed me to see those shelters so damaged especially the the thatch round house because I made the suggestion of doing the round house to you guys and you weren't like the whole hog on it and I appreciate that but it kind of hurts to see it kind of crunched up a little bit I don't know what you could do to repair it or replace it fix the parts that are damaged I have no idea i'm out of my depth when it comes to construction like this it just shows like you said how well you built that sucker in the first place now you know why the ancient Brits built round houses out in the middle of the fields and on top of hills the Iron Age Hill forts they used to fill them with round houses there were no trees up there they cut them all down Which is probably the spot where you're doing it but you couldn't do that in the middle of a woodland could you And I don't think anybody of you any of you own a small hill that you can use as a makeshift hill for it. although I would think there would be somebody out there that would want a round house for historical purposes and would gladly let you build one on one of their sites for such success of perverse. If you ever want to do that again you might want to advertise around saying two guys who have done a construction looking to do a 3rd for a round house on a hilltop fort style area Hell you could even get involved with time team they might be willing to help you find a place where you can do a reenactment of said Roundhouse. oh cool would that be being on the bbc and time team?

[@warrenvalentino5763]

Good Afternoon. Sorry about all of your Awesome and hard work being damaged. i would use the trees to build a Realy solid structure to go to in case you are there during a storm. how about building a hexagon shaped structure. i Love watching your videos. :)

[@terryjones8588]

With the fallen wood, build some kind of wall around your camp.

[@almadeckard8360]

How about a hogon? These are strong and durable.

[@hayleyhugo7237]

Sad to see but new adventures await... How about building an outdoor kitchen.. after all the clean up and repairs of course..

[@paulliddle8008]

So sorry this has happened buddy, i really enjoyed visiting the village at last years festival. I really hope you can turn this into a positive. If there are enough materials maybe build an Adirondack style shelter. Laters dude. 🤙🏻🔥🙂

[@RyanGBeyer]

Two, three trees... not like you can build a fort, but you can build and expanded log cabin.

[@bdctrans70]

Sorry to see this, but I think it is time to use your lemons to make lemonade! Those fallen trees can be used in so many ways and all that lumber in your cabin should be still strong. Let's see what your creative mind can do with all this given to you!

[@brocklockhart8555]

Could be challenging, but if you have the lengths. A wooden watchtower?

[@kingrafa3938]

So sad to see it Dustin.

[@darrinrebagliati5365]

Wedge split them and buildxa table and benches!

[@dmtnw4480]

Maybe once the weight is taken off the thatched roof there may not be as much damage as you think or maybe easier to fix than imagined

[@harveyhagar]

Damn man 😢

[@justinterbasket4565]

Build an icosahedron structure out of the windfall wood

[@jamesdude4220]

amagin sleeping then boom

[@davethabushcrafter]

MAN mixed emotions of gutted, but then pride over how strong all that stuff is, even after all these years, and loads of rain, and cold and super hot summers, AND still, they take a smashing and shrug it off. And idea though I think would be good would be like a kind of kitchen, you know like what Mike did in his woods as one of the starter projects, So you kinda got like a table / prep area, that is also in shelter, with like a wood store underneath, plus extra to make that stuff all safe B4 another WIldInUs and ya got people looking ya know

[@r1zones]

Plaster the cob on the outside with lime plaster

[@cedricdeheynwoeste]

👍

[@elliotfrancis4187]

Still waiting to see a tree house on one of these bushcraft channels

[@DeathStar316]

how about building a teepee

[@BraxxJuventa]

😁👍🏼

[@abz_bushcraft]

🍁🍁🍁

[@dostuffz]

Fair use. Take the fallen trees and let them make the new building. Take that tree ;) You fall on my stuff and I'll make you construct the new. edit: And you finish off saying this very same thing.

[@nonnaurbizness1989]

Why not build an organic/composting outhouse? My friends in Finland have one at their cabin.

[@dmtnw4480]

Maybe other friends will come to help you rebuild other shelters

[@mattlewandowski73]

I do not have data on your cedar trees off hand, but stateside eastern red cedar 12-18 inch trees would weigh 220-490 pounds per 10 foot sections. or 100 to slightly over 200 kilos... A couple of those trees looked larger than that and a 24 inch tree would be close to 900 pounds or around 400 kilo per 10 foot... those trees looked to be between 30 and 40 feet by rough guess... they do taper so the the lowest 10 feet would weigh much more than the top 10 feet., so I would say your thousand kilo per tree estimate is not far off. that is a LOT of cedar to cut and turn into viable lumber (and some sections of the cedar lathed down to shavings would make great fill for a dog bed) if it where me, some of the fallen tree sections would be getting cut into planks with a chain saw and an "alaskan saw mill" I would then use my planer to clean up the edges and make the planks into more uniform boards to stockpile for future projects. But from the perspective of it being a bush camp... a lot of those branches would make good small projects, the trunks would make for a lot of heavier timbers even if they have to be split or sawn to more reasonable sizes. as I mentioned in the previous comment, it would be a good opportunity to replace some of the tarp and debris roofs with cedar shingle.

[@jpa5456]

Noooo not the Bushcraft village 😢

[@jaumemiravitlles3001]

Where's Mike ?

[@dmtnw4480]

Nature damaged your shelters, but took down more material for you to make more with

[@andykjohnsonjohnson7622]

Nice video Dustin 👍. On the upside, free fire wood. That you don't need to cut down 😊

[@terryjones8588]

Is that a Silky saw and which model?

[@s.o.stackman3322]

Can’t fight Mother Nature 🤷

[@KalpeshPatel78]

Now make a shelter around that. That trunk looks super strong that way.

[@jamesellsworth9673]

And yet Mother Nature provides new opportunities as well as 'getting on' with whatever...

[@johnrickards1908]

I'd build a saw mill😂

[@bryanquick3349]

well, your shelters didn't implode, which says a lot out of the construction quality and the durability of the techniques you used to make them. that, or those trees were not nearly hard enough to challenge your huts ;p

[@gaby7104]

17:54 mabye a tower...

[@FryingTiger]

Building directly under trees seems like a bad idea.

[@Ul.lure.xenial.84]

Dug-out shelter

[@garyorlowski4877]

Dam shame mate dam shame !!!!

[@garyorlowski4877]

build a tee pee !

[@sandratweedale2579]

That’s really a shame. Another victim of intensifying weather. Mother Nature is pi***d

[@chrisdinger5100]

Sorry for your misfortune Dustin. Now nature just gave you a lot more wood to rebuild.

[@daisy59_]

If I was 20 years younger I would get you to build a bigger log cabin that we could cosy up in, and Amber of course! 😂 Love your videos, looking on the positive side it could have been a lot worse. 🌳🪓🪚🔥💚