Demolition Day | Starting The Deck Build | Preparing For The Season Change

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[@ld5714]

Katie you always amaze me. You have come so far with your skills and abilities, you were very impressive as you chopped that wood and loaded it in the truck. You and Greg are one hard working couple. I enjoy the interaction with the animals and the look forward to following the progress on the deck. Have a great week ahead and be safe. Larry, Central Valley, Ca.

[@leslietarboxjr4287]

Katie has always impressed me with her sheer determination and hard work. She packs a huge punch for being so tiny. Looking forward to next week to see how the deck is coming along. You guys are awesome.

[@SuperJaXXas]

Just looking back at the old bus days, you guys have come so far, making it happen! God bless!

[@PeterKNoone]

omg You guys work SOOOO hard. What are we going to see once you are done with the house? Casserole vidoes? If so, I'll watch them. xoxoxo

[@ThisOffGridLife]

Wild foraged casseroles! Made over a fire made by smashing two rocks together. Great idea!

[@wildbenny11]

I like to see that one lol

[@shirlenenugent6213]

You need a wood splitter. Wood seems to be a primary source of heat for you. A wood splitter will add years to your life by helping to preserve your joints and back.

[@martykennedy3962]

Who needs a Maul when you’ve got Katie. You two are one tough couple when it comes to working hard.

[@AndreHuppe]

FABULOUS WORK

[@gradymosley8481]

Katie is a working machine. Probably one of the best wood splitters I've seen on youtube. Strength and stamina. Impressed.

[@hatcherhollerhoodlum4418]

Yep she's got the heart or a lioness and the guns to back it up💪👍🏻

[@sgrvtl7183]

when you are homesteading, no slackers allowed❗ 😂🤣

[@dmounts9999]

Paul-ette Bunyan! I am very impressed. Great teamwork.

[@brucewitcpalek5120]

I think Greg is a beast splitting the wood 🪵 a great team indeed !!

[@geoffowrid2308]

They are both work horses. So much respect for both of them!

[@glendajune9140]

Y’all kick a**! Two very hardworking people. The results were impressive. Hoping Juniper learned a lesson lol. Have a great day,& week.💯👍🏾😀👏🏾💜✝️🙏🏾🇺🇸

[@dalewells3897]

YOu have the best helpmate. She is so attentive and supportive to the projects. Her attitude is super. Don't let her lift more than her body can handle. God's blessing on you guys. Love your videos. Dale

[@SandraVanLankvelt]

Wow a whole lot of hard labor and a ton of love to build that deck can's wait to see this build. God Bless.

[@SandraVanLankvelt]

oop's my typo "can's" should have been "Can;t". More coffee needed here lol.

[@mlutke4067]

You two work so great together!! You’re both work horses!! Can’t wait to see the deck!!😎

[@stephenlewis3193]

How delightful, moving right along! I honestly am impressed by your energy. Obviously a million things to get accomplished, but you both seem to be taking them in your stride. Congratulations.

[@sgrvtl7183]

SO HAPPY you got some rain! was very concerned for you💚 WOW huge tree! Impressive job of splitting....

[@jimbo16720]

You do a lot of unneeded work. Why not cut the tree into 8ft sections and drag it back to the shed where it's stacked and cut and split it there instead of handling it 3-4 times?

[@suelotts7177]

You need to check out a log splitter

[@davidjackman5773]

I can't remember seeing anyone that needed a log splitter more than y'all. Even the cheapest one on the market would help y'all tremendously. Consider it a long term investment in a much needed tool. You both have proven you are hard workers. Now be smart workers. Katie is your best tool......take care of her. And PLEASE wear gloves.....y'all are bringing out the Dad and Grampa in me......you're killin' me!

[@1944chevytruck]

you got tree down safely..... I seen on a another video a lady slapped some peanut butter on the wall of bath tub to keep dog Occupied licking peanut butter while she bathed the dog.... looking good u2!... Kati you work too hard!

[@bobwarner6884]

Wow you guys! You really need to get a splitter. Katie you're an animal! Love your channel guys!

[@brucemoore348]

You guys are fun to watch! Katie has that winning smile, as nice as a smile can be! I watch a ton of off grid, you guys are the most fun!

[@bobstewart4342]

It's obvious why you ran out of energy Katie , your a hellava of a worker. Greg's getting better LOL

[@PoorMansHomesteadCanadaBC1961]

You have the same ax I found in the back of an rv trailer when I was working on it when it came back from rentals nice ax but I still like my mall for splitting they may be heavy but it splits way better You're not being very smart by splitting that wood by hand it will screw you up sooner or later no joke I am living proof

[@PoorMansHomesteadCanadaBC1961]

My dad and I have always used yellow cedar for fence posts or anything to do with outside red Cedar which is not as many because my dad only burnt yellow cedar for firewood it always burnt the hottest and left hardly any ash in this wood stove so that's what he burnt was strictly yellow cedar and seems that he worked for logging company since he was 15 years old he got all his firewood for free and they even bucked it up a lot of times at the way past the other side of Mount Washington they would buck it up and then after work we would all go up there and load it up on their trucks and bring it home My dad and my uncle operated the first faller bunchers that came onto the island my uncles was track and my dads was tires they were the highest seniority guys in timber West and I tell you they may he made a lot of money running that machine he started driving log and truck when he was 15 years old because he lied of his age until they got the followed bunchers my dad's name was even written on a rock Bluff on the Canyon by the backside of Mount Washington because he had a trailer turnover and lean up against the Rock Bluff because the loader operator loaded him upside heavy and he was lucky he didn't go over the other way because his truck and trailer would went right down into the canyon it was written Norman on the side of the Rock Bluff My uncle Malcolm used to run the tugboat on Comox Lake until they stopped running tugboats

[@Linda-im5hp]

You go girl! I am impressed. You two are a great team.

[@DeirdreHickey-nx8nt]

Wow Katie, well done you. I couldn’t do that chopping in a million years. Great work guys. You are a wonderful couple. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@waynedavenport3919]

Definitely need a wood splitter guys lol. ❤️

[@ramiromarin4002]

Blessings friends 😊😊😊, Happy for your rain 😊😊😊

[@henryminton4760]

I love ❤️ all the improvements you both have done to your homestead...😊

[@johnkirby6547]

Great job you guy's 👏 Glad you remembered the water line 🙌

[@larrymesneak1334]

I love the way you kids work together and have fun along the way.

[@sarahschlosser1203]

Katie you kick butt, nice having Greg as a cheerleader. Juniper may have been keeping the skunk away from the meat chickens. Great progress and so happy you got rain. Can't wait till next week

[@hollyhasegawa6095]

Oh gosh so great to see all of this work and I am really looking forward to seeing this deck being built. Thanks so much for a great video that was a lot of fun to watch, you both are such hard workers and do such a good job. Thanks and have a beautiful and blessed day, sending love and hugs, bye! 😂😍🤗👍💜💜💜

[@JamesButch-wr8kp]

The USA is getting worse and worse every day. I'm glad you two are doing so well in spite of all the adversity. You are such beautiful people in every way. I hope you can have some children before you get to old. We need more good people like you!

[@erasertech9785]

There in Canada

[@ralphsullender2474]

You are both hard workers I'm sure you will be ready for what comes. Can't wait to see the deck build.

[@jamiemoen-bi3gd]

I recently learned something about chainsaws and falling trees I never knew about and quite frankly is pretty cool!!! Most all chainsaws have a perpendicular line to the bar on the body of the saw, between the handles...which is meant to be used when cutting your directional notch to use as a sight line guide for where you want the tree to fall! Now it's not gna make the tree fall exactly, all trees are different but it's a neat trick to help you sight in when making that notch. You learn something everyday!! 🇨🇦🇺🇲💯✌

[@JohnnWoods]

You have one hard working woman there, take care of her!

[@garyevert5399]

you guys work so great together im so impressed at what you get done

[@762fmj100]

You guys need a hydraulic wood splitter!

[@MichaelFlynn-p9c]

Katie, you are some woman. Greg is lucky to you, another great video. You are both great ❤ . Michael. Ireland 🇮🇪

[@claudiahughes8087]

Nice job kids. But every time Greg gets behind that backhoe , I have to suck in my stomach so he can make it through those narrow places he tries to get through. Always an adventure. ❤

[@RandyCrider-o4v]

WE know who the boss is now WOW what a lady someone is lucky to have her good going Beautiful Katie

[@charlesbaker5015]

I’m very impressed with the way Katie is such a worker and you are a great worker too Greg.

[@thomaskern7716]

Hej from Germany, WOW Katie !!!! Katie the Terminator !!! what for a strong Girl !! Gratulation Greg for this Partner !!!

[@TonyMoss-u3k]

Katie Spray and wash will bring the hydrolic right out myy husband is always getting oil grease are something on his clothes I just spray it right on the clothes saves you from scrubbing it out by hand and allows Gregg to look clean.Was Greg planning on the tree falling across the driveway? Things are looking up around your home.Katie I bet you stay sore and your back hurt from the work you do.If I was Greg I wouldn't want you to get Really mad @ him you might whip his butt LOL GLAD TO HEAR YOU GOT SOME GOOD RAIN.

[@TheHavasu_77]

Katie, you are a bad a$$. Girl power!! 🙌🏻❤️ Edit: And then there’s this…31:40 😂 Juniper looks scared 😅

[@cedricbroussard8738]

Katie is strong, like animal!! 😅😅 you all keep up the hard work 💪

[@jackieanderson6599]

We so love watching you guys❤ please keep sharing your journey 😊 we well continue watching 😊

[@AlanaShuster]

I love the longer videos. You two are a great couple working really hard to make your dreams come true. I love following your journey together. Great job attacking so many things this week. Cant wait for the next video!

[@deehalpern8988]

Geeze…my back was hurting just watching you guys split those huge logs apart! I’m off to take a couple of Advil for you. Be careful out there.

[@terrynida5787]

What are the dimensions of your deck? Do you have an estimate of how much more lumber you will have to mill to build it? I am physically tired just watching the energy you two expended chopping firewood and prepping for construction of the deck.

[@niknoks6387]

Katie has been eating her spinach for sure 😉

[@KrissBartlett]

Katie your so strong wow your tough lady and pretty to

[@phuongvo3051]

I can’t wait for the cement polls us done , great working couple ❤❤❤❤

[@Anthony_Harper]

I'm in Alabama. I have a maul and a log splitter. Don't use either. I cut logs that are small enough to fit in the heater if possible. Not always possible I understand. But those slabs are perfect for me for firewood. I see other KZbinrs just burn them in a pile as trash. I don't understand that. Are you going to do that too or use them as firewood? They are probably dry now .

[@PoorMansHomesteadCanadaBC1961]

I probably cut and sold firewood for around 20 years big old growth for out of all the burn piles that log companies left and not once did I ever think of using a wedge to stop the log from pinching your power saw now how dumb is that I always thought of wedges as uses for falling a tree but now that I've watched KZbin so many times people using wedges to stop the log from pinching your saw mind you I always had an ax anyway with me or a mall but cutting firewood for so many years and being dumb picking up big great big old growth chunks of firewood rolling them into the up into the back of a truck where only three or four pieces would fill the whole back of the truck that's why I'm lying in bed on painkillers most of the time and now I don't burn firewood because the cost of firewood is way too high here and you can't get it because companies have given the woodlots to one or two people and those you get is the scraps that's left over after they sell all the good stuff so and it's cheaper to heat my house with oil heaters than it is With wood over $300 a cord 1 quarter a month you figure that out and the woman that I live with like the house at 90 degrees I'd probably could have got away with a half a quarter a month if it was seated the way I liked 65 70 Degrees

[@hanzon]

Katie is truly a strong woman

[@davidd9895]

In most cases chop from the top down.

[@PoorMansHomesteadCanadaBC1961]

I used to haul firewood from all the way up top in the Commons Lake Bay way past Crookshank River with AS ten 4 by 4 and a trailer big old growth it was so big that I would roll it off the burn pile and it would almost knock my truck over three or four pieces would fill up the whole truck quick load all all weekend split and sell during the week always had a pile of wood in stock alongside my 37 foot bus stacked to the roof and over to the house ran a big 30 by 40 foot tarp all winter attached to the house across to the bus so the wood was always under the tarp you just backed in underneath the tarp loaded your truck and delivered the ears of cotton firewood screwed up my shoulder had to build my own splitter cost me $600 which split three foot rounds no problem ram came off AD8 cat the five horse briggs is tracking on it and it was on wheels so I could move it around with my three Wheeler or the truck sold it two years ago for $600 got my money out of it that's all I wanted very slow going splitter but no wood could stop it And get this the man that bought it got maybe at one mile away from my house he decided to tow it behind a vehicle it was never built for that because it was just spindles off a citation with tires on it on a straight heart axle wheel fell off it he had to call the tow truck to pick it up and he didn't even ask for his money back and give me the splitter back you still wanted the splitter

[@jeffg5065]

With all that dry Forrest, aren’t you worried about sparks causing a fire from when Katie wields those guns and hits those logs?? 😃

[@bobf12]

Log splitter Katy, log splitter. Must get a log splitter. This is a subliminal message...must get a log splitter. lol.

[@donnavickery9623]

Excited about your new deck !!! So happy for you !!!!

[@marecki7040]

jestescie niesamowici ciągle macie coś do pracy ciężko pracujecie podziwiam Was wielki szacun życzę dużo zdrowia pozdrawiam

[@donnavickery9623]

Katie - Don’t be picking up those heavy pieces of wood. Go and get the tractor and let the tractor carry them,

[@ronaldclark2624]

Very nice, thanks for sharing. Ron PTL USA

[@albertwhitehead4849]

I wonder if Katie knows she is more badass than 90% of the men in this world???

[@albertwhitehead4849]

and more beautiful and sexy than 90% of the women?

[@kennethblack3485]

hard work well done to both of you

[@The58stupot]

Katie in beast mode, damn. Girl probably got muscles in her spit !

[@pirie555]

I discovered your channel about a month ago and I am enjoying your vids very much. You are living my dream... The house looks awesome. I do love the goats. Thank you for sharing. LG NB !!!

[@deborahcopeland4922]

Why don’t you guys please get a splitter? I’m old and I can’t help but wonder you guys are going to sustain this lifestyle as you age..

[@suezaple4950]

Great work Katie chopping those logs well done your both awesome working together getting the work done ., one heck of a work out you guys . Dont ya just love when your dog has around the black and white kitty lol been there a few times Hate that smell as it lingures .This is going to be such a nice large deck, Cant wait until you start the building it looking forward to that .

[@Smcc0077]

Certainly a hard-working crew 👍

[@dennismutz8221]

Hey, Lumber Jill! I could really use some help with my firewood. Lol

[@brucespangler4566]

No offense, but young lady you need to learn how to use the chain saw and let him do the hard labor chopping. Just saying 🙂

[@ehbee4707]

why didn't you drag larger sections of the tree back to your woodshed and process it there? you moved and stacked the processed pieces twice.

[@geoffowrid2308]

Always best to cut them when they are still wet. Much easier than when they are dry and hardened. Great work Guys!

[@peterrowellranson8649]

Well now Katie don't need to go to the gym neither of you folks do awesome work you guys Pete cape town south Africa

[@ThermalWarrior]

Not being funny you guys work so hard but question, why not use the tractor and band saw like you do all the other lumber?

[@davehaines9133]

Katie tou are still using your shoulder swing trick: both hands back over your head most powerful swing bend your knees a little as you come down good luck

[@reggiedaniels6920]

Now you need a barn or shed for your equipment when not in use to protect it from itself and the weather. The adage is true: "Use it or lose it for everything."

[@richardwhite4277]

I do believe that swing an axe is like a baseball bat in that over time your body and coordination find the best form from the results you get with experience

[@patriciamontague6035]

Hope you did a hot tub nite.Hi from Colorado Springs 😀

[@louis220558]

Awesome stuff it's gonna be good looking forward to that exellent deck

[@MrMannakin]

Good job but please Greg, both hands on the chainsaw! The brake is positioned there for a reason.

[@darylmiller7456]

just a little advise any time hooking up hydraulic hoses turn the tractor of so the fluid can equal out has nothing to do with your units you are hooking up i have been doing it for 70 years it took me a few times to find that out if you check with an implement store they will tell you the same thing believe me please make life easy not hard i have quick hitches on my tractors and in a hurry at times i still want to just get off and hook up then get mad at myself for forgettig to turn of the tractor LOL

[@nomad3189]

Katie is always so proper... I laughed so hard i spilled my drink when she said " pull all those weeds for the chickens, they love that sh!t"

[@PoorMansHomesteadCanadaBC1961]

Girl you have to learn to read the wood before you can split wood look for the hardest part of the block of wood like a knot any other than just nice looking wood look for a defect hit it on top of the defect where it is the hardest part of the wood and it splits easier sharp axes don't split as good as dull axis sharp batches get stuck deluxe is don't And never split your log of wood while it sits on the ground where it can bounce always put it on top of another chunk of wood or on very very hard ground like a big rock

[@garybishop5155]

Katie is a hardworking girl 👍🏻👍🏻

[@francoiseg4337]

If any underground services enter your home (gas, hydro, telephone, water, sewage), find out where they are before digging. You had to place marker tape minimum 30 cm above the pipes the first time after it's easy to dig a hole later without breaking anything.

[@wowmom389]

what an inspiration watching you two work, thank you for sharing your videos with all of us

[@FastEddie007007]

Kati is the best looking lumber jack I have ever seen, well, the best looking anything I have ever seen.

[@danmiddleton3246]

Your one tuff woman Katie that’s really hard work

[@curtiswomack46]

so what does a off gridder get his spouce for xmas his and hers maul axes lol enjoy your vids

[@michaelferguson7735]

Great job guys so proud of you both

[@robertreader6053]

The two of you work well together ❤️

[@henryminton4760]

Paint the plywood that is at the base of your house 🏠 to protect it and it will last longer..

[@lynettescott682]

With or without the axe Katie is one cocky son of a gun and I mean that would love😂

[@carlahubbard7561]

Blood sweat and tears now, but you’ll be warm this winter!

[@elwoodlindquist9324]

Great work together, the deck will be great you two deserve it good job

[@justiceleague1146]

Thanks for sharing! I love your channel!

[@bobtucker8875]

Sure do enjoy watching you guys 😜 fixing up the place. Thanks 👍 for sharing.

[@carlosalvarez9521]

you guys need a wood splinter from Harbor Freight cause Katie is going to looklike a bodybuilder if she keep doing that.