Sometimes a person forgets how much work and effort goes into a specific project until you see the recap. Well done.

@SmokyMountainOutpost

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you sir. We appreciate your support and the nice compliment.

I'm so glad I watched this today. Loved every minute of it. Especially the music at the end.

@SmokyMountainOutpost

Жыл бұрын

Glad you loved it! Thanks!

Beautiful post and beam construction.

Your use of modern technology coupled with old school techniques is fascinating.

@SmokyMountainOutpost

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the nice compliment and thank you for your support

Your living YOUR dream.And that is important in a person's life so keep living it.

Fabulous construction .. I love the traditional build, but sensibly using modern tools and techniques. Cant wait to see how this develops.

8:14 cracked me up. Just before it, I was thinking, "Man...you better hope some trees don't fall down on you", and then your face appeared with an expression that said you heard that. L! O! L!

The Smokey mountains are the most beautiful mountain range in all of North America I used to live in Maggie valley North Carolina back in the 60 s and 70 s my dad owned o steak house there I love that you can see the changes in the seasons there we used to dam up the creek behind his restraunt and had a nice swimming hole the name of the creek was Johnathan. Creek

@SmokyMountainOutpost

4 жыл бұрын

I know the area. Small world.

hi there im AL BARR, im from GLASGOW SCOTLAND, im 75 and an old joiner to trade , great watching you do your work i would love to do work from scratch like your good self, watched you for a while now, and its a treat i look forward to , ill keep in touch if thats ok even like the daft jokes your daughter tells , stay safe my friend AL

@SmokyMountainOutpost

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

Just a quick bit of advice from a Rigger to help out... You'll find it easier to just use one sling with a bite around the middle of it. Sooooo much easier to handle up in the air, and then when you're done there's only one sling to unhook instead of two. It'll move around a bit more when you're transporting it but just have some throw a tag line on it to help. it'll save you a stack of time

everyone's dream ,would be nice to live forever and enjoy it that much

@SmokyMountainOutpost

4 жыл бұрын

Really. Can you imagine? It is the best. Peace and good times. No planes, trains or automobiles. Only crickets and frogs harmonizing under a full moon just above a high ridge in the distance and an owl in a nearby tree.

It's nice to see the Forest of that part of the Smokies, As a young man in the Boy Scouts we would travel to that area and set up camp for 2 weeks and live the good life. It's sad now to see people coming in from every where to gouge and strip the beauty from the land , let alone scare off the Deer and Bears due to over crowding of the space. When the wildfires come , maybe that will be the only salvation left for the Wilderness. At least it will put a stop to the culture of building a slum in the woods. God Help the Great Smoky Mountains.

@SmokyMountainOutpost

4 жыл бұрын

We did the same thing many years. I can remember when Gatlinburg wasn’t hardly anything and Pigeon Forge as well. Now there are cabins everywhere. I am thankful that the family had several hundred acres that they lived on so I can do the same.

I sure do hope that because of bears on your property that you are packing a deterrent to ward them off lol. So impressed with your build and you are definitely a wood craftsman as well as having great vision. Love the fact that you have your son and daughter involved as well. Way in the future you will all be able to watch these videos and show your grandchildren (your legacy) how this cabin was built with a lot of love. God bless.

@SmokyMountainOutpost

4 жыл бұрын

Legacy for sure. I have 8mm videos my grandfather had taken since the 1950’s but no sound. Still they offer memories to those who never knew their family.

What draws men to the woods and to the past of our grandfathers The old ways and an easier life I to have built a my dream in the mountains of Graysville Tennessee And seems I can’t get enough of the outdoors All other hobbies and things I once wanted put on the side burner to make my mark in the woods Is something coming that we don’t understand Maybe we are preparing for older age and a laid back way of living Or maybe the Lord just wants real mean to enjoy his creations and pulls us to things that we can’t explain Like a warm fire on a chilly morning drinking a hot cup of coffee There just ain’t nothing like being one with nature away from the hustle and bustle of today’s fast pace I enjoyed your video and hope to see more like it

@SmokyMountainOutpost

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the nice compliment and welcome to the channel.

Good evening from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Just got finished watching your video S2, E3. You and your family do amazing work. 🇺🇸

@SmokyMountainOutpost

Жыл бұрын

Thank you. I need to do another year end review soon

Great video of God's country, keep em coming, I love watching your channel for many great reasons very informative.

@SmokyMountainOutpost

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the nice compliment

GREAT VIDEO at the Outpost. Really enjoyed the recap of 2019 but will be going back over lots of the posts. Your number one fan is a blessing and so cute tell her we said hello too. Thanks so much for sharing with us.

When I was younger Doing what you're doing now was my dream. Then I got very sick and could no longer do much of anything. So to the people that are thinking about doing this, quit thinking and start doing or you may miss your chance to be free.

@SmokyMountainOutpost

4 жыл бұрын

YES THEY SHOULD. I TALKED ABOUT THAT ON THE VIDEO I WAS SHOOTING TODAY. YOU SEE IT NEXT WEEK ON WEDNESDAY.

I have just loved watching these tutorials on your homestead. Thank you so much. Love Terri Simmers. PS I can not wait to see the rest of them.

@SmokyMountainOutpost

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Terri, Thank you for the nice compliment and welcome to the channel.

First time viewing your channel but I love it. One of my favorite places in the USA besides the beach in the panhandle of Florida. Log cabin was always a dream of mine and living somewhat off the land... Enjoyed it, Thanks for sharing

@SmokyMountainOutpost

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you and for your support

thank you for sharing this beautiful video .wishing you all the best

@SmokyMountainOutpost

4 жыл бұрын

Your welcome

You know what I really like about this video is...…… no yacking, just doing. Really enjoyable.

@SmokyMountainOutpost

4 жыл бұрын

Welcome to the channel and thanks for the nice comment.

@majcorbin

4 жыл бұрын

I too enjoy un narrated episodes continue avoiding political or religious comments we get enough of that from main stream TV consider adding a musical background to your episodes? (I listen to my I tunes library (on shuffle) while viewing your episodes

Thank you!!

@SmokyMountainOutpost

4 жыл бұрын

Your very welcome

awesome video.

Livin the dream, that's what I call an awesome start to retirement !!

@SmokyMountainOutpost

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the nice compliment

Great review, & update on your beautiful dream. It will be very nice to enjoy your grandchildren. Love your channel

@SmokyMountainOutpost

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the nice compliment

I dont know what impresses me the most. The buildings or the cooking? Thank you for sharing! I really like the tiny bits of humor. Great videography!

@SmokyMountainOutpost

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the nice compliment. Welcome to the channel.

Good idea on sealing the support beams of your cabin with fire. It will make them rot, water, fire, and insect resistant. You can do the same thing with siding, and decks. The Japanese have a similar way of sealing their wood and creating a maintenance-free surface that lasts a long time. Great video, and editing. I look forward to following you on KZread.

Don't know how I've missed your channel, but I'm glad it just popped up by chance, because I'm all about what your doing!

@SmokyMountainOutpost

4 жыл бұрын

Hey friend, Thank you for the nice compliment and welcome to the channel.

Great job

I really enjoyed your video .You must have been x service .Just got tried of this rat race of a place and took to the hills i don't blame you .I love the peace of the Mnts . Great show . I loves every minute of your video.Thanks for sharing.

Congratulations oldman.... keep up the good work...that's your dream and don't give up!!! Beautiful land...keep up with the videos...God bless you.

@SmokyMountainOutpost

4 жыл бұрын

Blessings my friend. Welcome to the channel. Thank you for the nice comment.

Great work and craftsmanship . Love the lifting forks !! Made lifting the timbers look easy 👍

Your Amazing what skills Wowsa.....Ty I just Love the Mountains wish i had a cabin in the woods too.God Bless.

@SmokyMountainOutpost

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Tammy

Awesome job.

@SmokyMountainOutpost

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the nice compliment

Great video. Thanks

Just found your channel. I'll be sticking around.

Super Video, sehr schöne Bilder. Bin ein wenig neidich auf dich, das wäre auch mein traum. Du lebst ihn und ich träume da von. Mach weiter so.

Really enjoyed it. Thank you for sharing

@SmokyMountainOutpost

4 жыл бұрын

Your very welcome. Blessings from SMO

Thank you for sharing your channel and your creativity - I live in East TN

@SmokyMountainOutpost

4 жыл бұрын

Hello and welcome to the channel.

Exciting to follow your dream journey, keep following your dreams

@SmokyMountainOutpost

4 жыл бұрын

I certainly will my friend. Hope to have you along with us. Be sure and find the giveaway video at the first of each month and get entered. Wish you the best of luck...

wow your skill shines through it is brilliant to see you and yours taking such pride in wot you do ,👍👍

@SmokyMountainOutpost

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the nice compliment.

I forgot to mention, cudos for your editing staff, a lot of times the people behind the scenes go unnoticed. I know this takes a tremendous amount of work and effort.

@SmokyMountainOutpost

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ron, lol, it’s actually me that does most of it.

I’m understanding the burning to keep the bugs out of your beams but you put your upright beams directly on your concrete footing. This will not only cause them to rot but the termites will have themselves a perfect home. It may be an impossible task but if you could jack them up a put a piece of rubber roofing under each beam everywhere they make contact with the concrete you can prevent the moisture from entering the wood. As far as the termites go I don’t know what the best treatment is nowadays. I’m enjoying your story and thanks for all you do.

@SmokyMountainOutpost

4 жыл бұрын

I have ordered aluminum plating to go underneath. I will jack them up and repair that mistake.

@SmokyMountainOutpost

4 жыл бұрын

I think that regular extermination as any home will do the trick.

@donyarborough4561

4 жыл бұрын

Smoky Mountain Outpost That’s great and it should to the trick. Any masonry in contact with the ground pulls moisture from the ground and any wood that touches the masonry has to be treated for ground contact or a waterproof barrier has to be placed in between. I have always used rubber roofing or tire inner tubes or tires in some cases. I’m glad you’re going to jack up your posts and the aluminum plates should work great. We share a common interest in the outdoors and in building. I also watch all the people you talked about that are on KZread especially Shawn James. Also I’m in the same category as many of your commentors my health is bad along with being too old to overcome it I enjoy watching others like you fulfilling their dream cabin in the woods. Looking forward to seeing your cabin competition and all of your other projects.

Loved the end.brought back memories.the bridge barn waterways gristmill.I he music.I miss the hills

Wanted to wish you and your family a wonderful 2022. So much enjoy channel

Ive always loved Cades Cove.

@SmokyMountainOutpost

4 жыл бұрын

Me too

howdy ,first vlog i saw was you and your son had just got the second section done,so i've been watching for about a week now. playing catch up. i'm bit of a jack of all trades. done some of what your doing. i'm 66 ,retired last year, i to love working with wood.i'm native, from a place called Haida Gwaii it about a 6-7 hour ferry ride from the mainland , northern British Columbia Canada, love how you use the old and the new in getting thing done... any ways great vid thank you fer sharing , can't wait to see whats next

@SmokyMountainOutpost

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the nice compliment

Truly love your videos. This is one of the best videos I've watched on KZread.

@SmokyMountainOutpost

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the nice compliment.

What a great video . Glad I found your channel . Like the way you added the extensions to your bucket to make those high lifts . Smart .

@SmokyMountainOutpost

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the nice compliment.

Interesting to watch* great job 👍😉🖑

@SmokyMountainOutpost

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you

Nice, my kinda living.....

Have watched you for along time always look forward to every video.

@SmokyMountainOutpost

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for such kind words

Subscribed to your channel. It is always entertaining to watch builds like yours. Personal health has kept me from living this dream as you are doing. Keep up the great work. I will follow along and keep dreaming through your work. God bless.

@SmokyMountainOutpost

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the nice compliment. Thank you for your support.

What a gorgeous place!💜

@SmokyMountainOutpost

4 жыл бұрын

Awwwe, thank you for the nice compliment.

Hello there , just found your channel and it’s awesome 👍. Looking forward to sharing it with others and catching up on what I’ve missed so far. Love your # 1 you tube fan, she is awe full cute . Thank you .

@SmokyMountainOutpost

4 жыл бұрын

Hello and welcome to the channel. We hope you find all the videos entertaining.

Man you are awsome!!! Wish you could have taken a youngster like me out for the company, sure is a opportunity to learn a lot!

@SmokyMountainOutpost

4 жыл бұрын

Lol, thank you for the nice compliments. I suppose you will ha e to follow me virtually, ha ha. Welcome to the channel.

Congrats!!!! yes, I enjoy and learn some too. Keep it up!!!!

@SmokyMountainOutpost

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the nice compliment

I just found your channel Sir. I live in East Tennessee. I have been blessed to live here in the Mountains all my life. Gods speed to you and yours. I Subscribed, Liked,Shared. Looking forward to more.

@SmokyMountainOutpost

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your support and welcome to the channel.

Love the videos. Reminds me of home. Gatlinburg TN.

@SmokyMountainOutpost

4 жыл бұрын

Welcome. Yes we are just outside of Gatlinburg. Glad to have you aboard.

I hit liked and subscribed‼ I live in Texas and my husband and I are building a small cabin in our woods. We have mostly oaks and cedars here, and plenty of green briars! I am trying to talk the hubby into buying a sawmill. I would love to build several small cabins for the city folks to escape from the city and enjoy the great outdoors and wildlife we have here. Thanks for the channel I loved everything about this video from cooking to building! Keep them coming guys ❤ to see the memories y'all are building together‼

@SmokyMountainOutpost

4 жыл бұрын

Awwwe, thanks for the nice compliment and welcome to the channel.

@SmokyMountainOutpost

4 жыл бұрын

That is actually a great idea. I think once people found out, it would go like gang busters. Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge “tourist lay over” in the Great Smoky Mountain area here has 14,000,000 visitors now per year. They flock into this area just to stay in a cabin “and” visit the mountains. Cabins are a lure for many folks.

@lookup2one

4 жыл бұрын

@@SmokyMountainOutpost I absolutely agree! There is so much wildlife here to see. We have deer, turkey, wild hogs, bobcats, black panthers, mountain lions, coyote's and yes of course road runners! Then there are timber rattlesnakes and copperheads! I was raised in the city, my heart now belongs in the country. I want to share the beauty, here along with the peace it brings!

Love the build, can't wait until we build our house on our 60 acre farm.

@SmokyMountainOutpost

4 жыл бұрын

Wow...60 acres. Are going to do like me? Start doing something toward it. Life happens and you never know. I have had many comment saying they waited and got sick where they couldn’t, or waited to long and things changed or some reason. Sounds exciting!! It’s a rush...

@hillfamilyfarmstead3800

4 жыл бұрын

@@SmokyMountainOutpost We have a contract with a builder. Hoping to start construction next week!

@hillfamilyfarmstead3800

4 жыл бұрын

I would love to be able to build it myself but with 3 kids and a full time job, makes it hard. Love what you guys have done!

Great work. If you offset the interior holes for the pegs it pulls the joint together tighter. Old joiners trick.

@SmokyMountainOutpost

3 жыл бұрын

Yes I know, thank you

Loved this! ♥️

@SmokyMountainOutpost

4 жыл бұрын

Pleased that you like it. Thanks

A nice video and a great job. I would have gladly helped you in this work only for the pleasure of sharing a beautiful experience in nature.

@SmokyMountainOutpost

4 жыл бұрын

That would have been nice

First day and loved it form Utah

@SmokyMountainOutpost

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the nice compliment and welcome to the channel.

Wow great job

@SmokyMountainOutpost

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the nice compliment

I love what you are doing... a beautiful way of life... Namaste

@SmokyMountainOutpost

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the nice compliment. Welcome to our Outpost community.

Hi there just found your channel and i truly love it there is something about you and how you work and film. I will be sticking around for a while got me kinda jealous but because of my age i guess i will watch others.Keep up the great work and i will go back to watch your first stuff.

@SmokyMountainOutpost

4 жыл бұрын

WELCOME TO THE CHANNEL AND THANK YOU FOR THE NICE COMPLIMENT.

Thanks for sharing your experience with us! Subscribed in Arkansas!

@SmokyMountainOutpost

4 жыл бұрын

Welcome to the channel.

I had missed this video due to surgery.... Nice recap for 2019.... Love watching your channel

@SmokyMountainOutpost

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

Hey I'm a new subscriber to your channel. Love your video and I like that backpack with all your equipment when you go hiking in the woods. I'm learning a lot from your channel. Great job. George Hebert from Louisiana.

A god man on the tools marks to a point.Well no one is there to teach anymore.Try Marking 1/64 with a smudge timber folk will not know .Adam

@SmokyMountainOutpost

4 жыл бұрын

I have a good eye, lol

Fantastic

@SmokyMountainOutpost

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you

Nice Work guys

@SmokyMountainOutpost

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the nice compliment

When you're using that hand saw have a bar a paraffin and wipe both sides of the blade with paraffin it'll cut a lot faster. These are these are all things that I learned from Carpenters.

@SmokyMountainOutpost

7 ай бұрын

Yeah, I’ve heard that before and have also seen people do that. I don’t have any but I’m sure it works.

Well-rounded skills. Also minimum talking. Great!

@SmokyMountainOutpost

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

First time seeing you, i was so excited for what you doing, i am from Malaysian, keep it up sir, gd job .

@SmokyMountainOutpost

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! So glad you decided to watch some of our channel!

i'm a new subscriber and i love the woods.this is definite my dream ,and i am sure one day i will leave just like that ,on my homested with only my chickens and nature !!!! good luck on your life !!!

@SmokyMountainOutpost

4 жыл бұрын

I think that is a fantastic idea. Go for it!!

ever see concreate float, it does even with rebar

treasure in the woods...great!! the old mill hard work-museum of life, grand-grand pa lands?, amazing! enjoy, hard work in this pleaces becomes a pleasure; kind of trees/wood for building? thanks to share video!

@SmokyMountainOutpost

4 жыл бұрын

Oak, hickory, maple and walnut are hardwood for burning. Using poplar and pine for building.

@joandelur4407

4 жыл бұрын

@@SmokyMountainOutpost this is what I call a fast answer! walnut for burning? wow!, great videos, thank you!

I enter a world few have known, as I enter this world, I pause for a moment and soak up the beauty that is before me. In there I replenish my spirit for this place heals me like no-other……………….I am humble by this place as I walk within her. Feeling the presents of life all around me, as I hear wind singing through the tops of the guardians. My elemental friends come out to say hi, I bow at their present for they are the keepers of the forest. Nature is the Key to Life! Lane Wallace

I just recently subscribed and watched this whole video. I love what you're doing. I want to build my own wood shop and garage and you've rekindled my desire to do the same. I look forward to following your journey!

@SmokyMountainOutpost

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the nice compliment

hello, first time seeing you, and it's encouraging to watch you. first time I see rain so much on a video

@SmokyMountainOutpost

4 жыл бұрын

LOL. CHECK OUT SOME OF THE NEWEST VIDEOS. I TOOL SOME CLIPS OF OVERFLOWING IN THE AREA. WELCOME TO THE CHANNEL...

@annettemillette4091

4 жыл бұрын

love in d house

@normavenegas6885

3 жыл бұрын

@@SmokyMountainOutpost p

New sub from Alberta. Impressed! 😉🇨🇦

@SmokyMountainOutpost

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you and welcome to the channel.

so cool with the small girl

I'm so sorry for the vaccination poisoning to your beutiful niece, I apologise if I overstepped, prayers for you and yours Stay STRONG Stay Aware Stay in Prayer

Great content, great editing, just subscribed.

@SmokyMountainOutpost

4 жыл бұрын

Welcome. Hope you enjoy it all. Thank you for such a nice compliment.

Hi, from England = Yes no match talk does wo can just Do it = Good job carry on all the best for you all.....

@SmokyMountainOutpost

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jose and welcome to the channel.

First time for me to watch your show. You have done a great job in building your dreams. Did you build your house they delivered? Watch out for bears, coyotes and snakes, ticks. The smoky mountains are beautiful. I enjoy your show so much that I prescribed to it. Hope to see more. Stay safe.

@terripennington9881

4 жыл бұрын

I Suscribed to your show . Not prescribed. Sorry.

@SmokyMountainOutpost

4 жыл бұрын

The house was delivered built.

just found ur channel and like. excellent craftsmanship. what make is ur tomahawk? I'm looking for a good one for bushcraft and carry hunting and hiking around. look forward to following ur adventure...mike

@SmokyMountainOutpost

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Mike. It was home made

If you ever want to sell those hand hewn structures let me know. Great video. Really enjoyed it.

@SmokyMountainOutpost

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the nice compliment

How often do you go to town to buy food. You certainly eat well, nice 👍 to see.

@SmokyMountainOutpost

3 жыл бұрын

Every four weeks

Just found and subscribed. When using the backhoe get the wheels off the ground and turn up the throttle, its a shovel not a tea spoon

@shawndonohoe2789

4 жыл бұрын

Love your timber framing skills thou. Except when you turned the tractor with that beam fully elevated on those extensions. Just don't want to see you get hurt or your project delayed

@SmokyMountainOutpost

4 жыл бұрын

Lol, probably would have if it had belonged to me. We did have issues with that old piece though. It was a gear drive housing that went on the PTO and could not hardly keep it from swiveling with the drive going. Had to keep the RPM slow and hope it didn’t break the chain holding it in place. Anyway the job got done and it didn’t cost anything except about 6 gallon of hydrologic fluid since the rings leaked.

You sure do a lot walking, setting up camp just to eat. It’s takes a lot of time to move the camera to make a short video. I saw you walking away but I never saw you come back for the camera. If you don’t have you need some trail camera’s to see what goes on when you’re not around. You mentioned building an outside kitchen with an oven, My Self Reliance’s channel has some good videos on that. The old homestead you filmed, just think how hard it was to build. They didn’t have any power tools, just men and horses. Stay safe

@SmokyMountainOutpost

4 жыл бұрын

I ha e trail cameras. That’s how I get the wildlife pics

which came 1st? chicken? or the egg?? I say? it was fire, too cook em both, Have a Great day!!! Be Blessed brother!

@SmokyMountainOutpost

4 жыл бұрын

Back at you!!

Very few gentlemen want to film how they camp,but maybe most feel compelled to say

Inspirating me how to do it I do.

Loved that face slipping in from the right! Laughed out loud!! Do you have a freedom stick for protection? Bears and such?

@SmokyMountainOutpost

4 жыл бұрын

I have black powder, lol.

I want to see the build, but please, not another channel that's going to make me watch the preparation and consumption of every simple meal! Spare us!

@SmokyMountainOutpost

4 жыл бұрын

I realize you were watching a compilation of 2019. Yes there was some cooking, lol, we all eat. And, some don’t like it and some do. If you watch the videos you’ll find I don’t do it that often. But, I can’t please everyone at the same time. So, there will be videos with some and others without. I’m doing what I can so that all will be happy. Thank you for the input...

@westrig180

4 жыл бұрын

I like the cooking shots , Keeps things real !

@iwishiknew10

4 жыл бұрын

I love outdoor cooking