Felling and Chainsaw Milling Junk Trees (Quaking Aspen.) Is it worth it? #28
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- čas přidán 25. 03. 2021
- Camping in the woods, felling trees and chainsaw milling is just about all that gets done at Ringworm. This property is mostly covered by cedar, but also many large, old, rotten quaking aspen (trembling aspen) that need to come down in order to keep the area safe. This was the final try at milling it with a chainsaw to attempt to make serviceable lumber.
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Dont question your worth. Just keep going and we'll keep watching.
You post a video, I'll watch. No matter what you are doing, a day in your life, big builds, etc. you add great humor and that's what keeps me coming back. Thanks for another great video!
I love that you say "I'm just having fun. I'm not homesteading. " When we loose our ability to laugh and have fun life is boring. Keep it up!
Not boring at all to me. I find this oddly refreshing. Keep the videos coming please!
Keep making 'em! Many of us stuck in the city, or not in the woods, enjoy the vicarious living. In fact, I was wondering last night when the next Ringworm would appear.
Cool! Now I can't wait for spring to get here so I can bring my computer back out and edit videos right here. No more of this once-every-couple-week crap.
Not boring at all! You need to remember that most of your viewers would like to be there working with you!
I made a shed using aspen lumber i ripped with my chainsaw mill. It has lasted 27 years so far.
It never ceases to amaze me how good shelter feels when the weather is bad, even if you could see through the walls.
Your sense of humor keeps me coming back for more. Keep the videos coming.
I wouldn't say it's boring exactly, one can play it while doing something else and still be entertained by such an interesting funguy!
I have 50 acres of these same garbage trees and this was a great video.
75% of us like hard work! We can sit here all day and watch you do it. Need more suggestions on how we would have done it if we were ambitious enough to get off this couch and do it.
thanks for ur efforts in changing up the videos a little bit, i like both formats actually
glad u never suffered any injuries the time that youve spent there
Glad you like 'em.
I've definitely saved more money on band aids than I expected this year!
Love your channel, I'm from Adelaide, SA, Australia & just love your forests, woods & what you do. keep up the good work x
Praying for you guys down under
A day in a life of Ringmorm /Ryan is something I'd watch.
Yes it is interesting to watch. You get a real sense of what it is to live out in the woods. People can’t really believe it’s always exciting out there. It’s a lot of work to make things from nothing. Keep it up
Not to get to meta on you, but I believe you are changing the world in an interesting way. First of all you are showing how it’s possible to live a very fulfilled life with almost nothing but a engaged and positive attitude. Secondly you are providing an example of that very rare sub species of a human being who is genuinely humble and realistic about their impact on the world and refuses to take themselves too seriously. This is a super constructive role model to those who find you!
What a nice thing to read. I certainly don't see myself as a model of anything except that of a guy that doesn't get much joy from anything but screwing around in the woods. Guess it's a bit hard to take yourself seriously when what you do every day is by no measure what the world would find "of use."
But then I never met an inspirational speaker that had a lasting impact on my life. On the other hand, I have met several weirdos that made me think, "yup. That looks about right."
Ya just never know who will find your way of living worth looking into, I guess.
Well posted, Rod. Very supportive post. Great to hear a positive from another Rod. Thanks.
@@rodrigodelaconcepcion7478 Thanks my friend!
I'm writing this comment during your lunchtime and am still watching the rest of it having a good time!lol You're a natural content creator! I know this video is a couple years old already but cool to watch and see all you've done.
I really enjoy your everyday life the way you interact with the camera and the people that's on the other side of it. So keep making your everyday videos along with the big projects.
I subscribed. I’m working on my escape plan at 58 years old.
This channel is one of my favorites on CZcams. My wife and I both love the easy going style of your narration. The project builds are fun, and so is this "daily" type.
Thanks Ben. It's fun to imagine a husband and wife watching the videos together. For some reason I always just picture single dudes finding them worthwhile.
The tripod getting hit was cool, good humour 👍🏻
You remind me of my nephew, always ready for an adventure.
love this type.. showing your process for choosing and what types of trees you run into.. do more!! just found your channel and cant stop watching... went back to your beginning and watching them all
How about setting up your mill under the lean-to where you parked the ATV. Rig a stout log beam overhead from which you could rig a come-along or two to hoist the logs onto your sawhorses for milling. Your back and knees are worth saving. Good daily life vid!
That thing is just too wimpy. Though pretty often I do try to imagine up a system that would allow the 4 wheeler winch to pick the logs up. Haven’t got it completely sorted in my brain yet tho.
Day to Day is Great! To me that's what the Chanel is about.
Plenty wood for a wood burner /camp fire you could always sell it but transportation would be horrendous, or barter with the Woodpeckers for eggs, you've probably worked out I'm a little weird, I love work I could watch it all day. I would give you a hand but my spinal injury won't cooperate, pre injury, I was a commercial Tyre fitter, so I do know what heavy hard graft is, and I put in some heavy lifting from my late teens until my 40s, stay safe out there. I enjoyed the video.
Enormous bummer about the spinal injury. I’ve been laid up for the majority of the last month with spinal problems. MRI in a few days to find out what’s going on back there...
@@survivingringworm2202 sorry to hear that hope MRI gives you the answer to you problem, spinal surgery is such a gamble, as even successful surgery can leave long lasting problems, hope it goes well.
A Day in the Life 👍🏻👍🏻
Life’s Ups and Downs, doesn’t get any better. 🤔😆
I enjoy your productions. " It's all good, some just better than others ", lol.
Keep it!:) I'm at Trinka Davis Veteran's Village, Carrollton, GA. It's run by the VA. I'm hoping to be out of here by late 2021. I grew up in MN. It's very entertaining!:) Semper Fidelis
Gotta love MN! My favorite place in the world is the Boundary Waters. Been there?
It’s not boring. It’s interesting and you’re funny. Keep making the daily and the big projects. You could be the next Truman show!
Haha. Yeah. I do wonder quite regularly if anyone is in the woods peeping on me. Especially when stripping down for a shower. But then I figure, if they want to watch that train wreck, they can have at it!
Love all your videos. Nothing boring about living the good life in the forest. Definitely want those widow makers down, good wind can ruin you and the day! Great fire wood if nothing else! Thanks for a great vid!
It’s amazing to watch for people who pay so much for what you can get for free! I was stressing about buying lumber and now I want to learn to mill my own wood.
I like seeing this stuff more! Less manageable to watch in a sitting, so probably bad by CZcams's algorithm's standards...But it feels more real! Like I'm actually there!
I’m guessing you are probably right about that. To make the algorithm happy, they should probably be a lot shorter and more often. Think I’ll move toward that this summer once I can bring the computer back out here and edit without having to leave the property.
I enjoy watching a "day in the life" videos and seeing the transformation of your property. Love your sense of humor too. You seem very "real" to me and I like the honesty.
Thanks! More coming soon.
i enjoy watching your everyday videos because i have stage 4 cancer and cant really do the things i used to do until i heal. all of your videos, as well as the "every day" videos, are interesting, and also inspire me to do something like this for mysef, in the future. thanks! by the way, i was born in Michigan and appreciate the the land and lakes there.
Keep making them.. im binge watching them all in order.
You make em we will watch them Big time, Ringworm ROCKS Big time What ever is the easy est way to go for you.
It's fun just seeing what today's adventure will be.
Its sometimes hard to find answers when you're not sure what the question is. Taking it a day at a time.
Take care
You are right. I do often stop what I'm doing and wonder "is this really what I should be doing right now?" Then because there is no answer and no way to find out, I just keep going.
this IS fun to watch, everybody wants to create their own life ring. you've got some lovely lovely stump shots bruh
Hi. Like the videos. All content helps me to focus on the good things about life. One day for one, can make more for many.
My suggestion for long scrap pieces of planks. Make swamp mats out of them to put in the muddy spots on the trail coming into camp.
This Florida boy loves these video's so keep them acoming, daily tasks and big projects and bless you for doing them. I'm curious why you don't do the native thing and use a Teepee made from the local flora, long thin pines stacked in a cone shape covered with the local sod and greenery. A small fire would keep you warm all night. Opened at the top in summer and mostly closed in winter. Plenty of head room and no nails or screws needed, you have everything you need in nature and thousands of years of proven worth.
Def enjoyed the video. I am interested in the simple land management stuff as well as the exciting such stuff.
15 in. Nope not bored! Pretty heart inside that one.
I enjoy your videos. I would like to see more on identifying trees and particular facts about each species. Keep up the good work!!
Yes enjoying the videos. You make them I will watch them.
I watch because you're entertaining. You're doing what I'd love to do. Plus I love your personality, humor, determination, the daily chores on the land. You want to see boring, just shoot a video of someone in an office working on the computer. Now THAT would be boring. Your video's are FAR from boring. That's why you have a few thousand views. Ya, it's fun to watch the daily chores. Interesting about those crappy trees, huh? Well then - make a lot more. I can hardly wait until the next one! I'm serious. I love this. I forwarded your link to my son and nephew cause they love this kind of stuff too! I'm getting old now, 70 and I still want to do this. I've been looking online at U.P. land. I've been there like 4 times camping. It's beautiful.
It’s not too late Susan! I mean, we don’t all have to go at this the same way, with chainsaws and ropes and flamethrowers. Just spending time in the woods under a tree in a lawn chair can easily be as pleasurable and building silly junk 12 hours a day.
@@survivingringworm2202 You're absolutely right! thanks for the encouragement! I'm not making excuses anymore. :)
Stumps look like a good start to a covered outdoor kitchen dining area!
Didn't think I was ever going to get around to taking these big dead trees down. But now I can actually build my kitchen!
@@survivingringworm2202 will be a wonderful project to watch!!!
All is good. Thanks be safe !!!
Sorry for a boring comment but I'm hooked here. So far I've enjoyed every one of your vlogs...
Enjoyed the video. Keep them comming.
I'd love to see weekly videos showing your past weeks adventures. Keep up the good work, my friend!
Great video. Thanks for sharing.
Keep making them! I like watching them all.
Good job Jack.
Keep doing what you do!! I enjoyed this immensely, thanks!!
Just stumbled onto your videos. I love them.
Loved it! Sometimes simple is best-est!
Just keep doing what you do,it’s awesome,the worm 🪱 👊🏻👏🏻
Enjoyed it very much! Keep them coming! See you soon.
enjoy watching you do good work
yup, I did'nt know the answer so I googled it... now I have more trivial information I did'nt have ... great fun lol
Love it. Keep it coming!! I'm enjoying your outdoor life
YES ... keep - em coming .
Keep going we enjoy watching.
Love your videos brother, stay happy my man!
Yeah yeah bring it on I like watching this stuff to
It’s awesome work.
I have been enjoying all of your videos keep it up
Not bored!
Great video.
Hey Ringworm did you ever get to see a log wizard it attaches to the tip of a chainsaw it is a four inch round tip with two planned blades attached we used them on the round parts of the log to rip the back off. I bet you could make some cool stuff with it. Have A good one stay safe and be well Bob Bitchin!!
I've never heard of it but I just googled it and I WILL NOT dive further into it right now. It is clear from the picture that I'm going to have to spend a good amount of time watching videos and reading about them. Looks incredibly fun!
Thanks for pointing it out and be assured I'll be "researching" in the next day or two.
Love seeing the process. Plus your sense of humor, makes it enjoyable!
i enjoy all of it.
thank you.
Thank you too!
I love cutting down trees. So watching someone else doing it is almost as much fun. These trees you are cutting down make good lumber. The people here around Munising use them for sauna benches. They say this wood does not put splinters in your bottom. They also burn nicely as they are a hard wood but you have to dry them for a couple of years, unless you have a wood boiler. Keep the videos coming.
My Dad came from a lumberjack family from way back. The sound of a chain saw is music to my ears. Memories. Thanks.
Cool! I grew up going to the lake every summer so while the sound of the saw doesn’t have that connection, the smell of two stroke exhaust is like perfume!
@@survivingringworm2202 my father was French, ask us if we wanted to be Bush pilots. We said yes. Lol he show us how to pick up bush, log in French and pile it here. Very sneaky.
Ugh. Dads...
I only found you channel and I know I am a bit late on this comment but... Use the stumps as "Swedish torches" and use them to heat shower water or so with. Will save u some propane, even in the summer.
Thanks a lot for your channel. I really can feel a similar mind set and I very much enjoy your content.
I've been meaning to try that! Seems like it would be incredibly easy with all the hollowed out rounds I have stacked all over.
Soon!
Going to recommend a Chinese diesel air heater once again. A great backup heat source you can power with a jackery or a deep cycle battery or two, it uses about 4-5 gallons of diesel a week to heat a structure like you're building (all the time)
It would be great as a backup heat source and can prevent freezing if you leave for a day or 5. Thermostatically controlled and very efficient, you just can't go wrong, you can even adapt the exhaust heat for a water heater.
Fun to watch, keep cutting down the rotten trees, do what you want and your running commentary is entertaining.
These r great videos. Continue w them
Also can you do a jist for us newbies on how to maintain a chainsaw- sharpen blades, change chains etc- I know your busy guy but you earned my utmost trust and respect
More of this I'll watch it.
I like each video regardless of the content. Keep filming and sharing.
Keep em coming dude
In Minnesota in the 80s they made a lot of Aspen log kit homes! They were beautiful!
Really! I wonder if it was the same species of aspen?
I have started to realize in the last couple weeks that not all of this type of tree is junk. It's just that the trees I am dealing with are old and no longer healthy so I'm lumping them in with younger trees that would likely produce some nice lumber.
I personally enjoy all your videos so far , daily things , project programs , even the cooking parts . I’m fine with what ever you post . I mean man it’s like living every kids dream but as a adult , chainsaws ,big building blocks , fort building, camping it’s all cool Bud .
Thanks for sharing
Thanks so much. Very glad people are out there enjoying a variety of videos.
The way you described it, is just how I do- a playground for kids that use grownup tools.
Keep them coming. I enjoy watching, heck even my wife has really enjoyed watching your videos (where she wont watch many others I watch) and has started learning stuff also. We really enjoy your sense of humor, and always seems to catch us off guard. I have been following ever since the Deer Stand cabin. I love camping in the cold, my wife does not, so I get to kinda live vicariously thru you.
Thanks! You are the second person that recently mentioned watching with their wives. Blows me away! I guess I always just pictured single guys as the only viewers. Oh, and my girlfriend. But I pay her to watch.
@@survivingringworm2202 My wife and I just recently purchased 20 ac of solid trees. So I am trying to show her things that can be done fairly cheap an inexpensive with using what we have on the land and chainsaw. I grew up in the trees where she did not. She has been watching others for tiny cabin ideas, and yours was one that popped up that I showed her and she was immediately drawn in by your humor. So, keep it coming! I have to admit, I have done a tone of winter camping, but not winter living like you are doing up there. And there have been many things you have shown that I honestly never thought or being frozen when typically here in the Texas area, we thaw out during the day.
20 acres is perfect! On thing I have learned the hard way in respect to significant others- if you really want to get them excited about something you are really into, spend a good chunk of time up front making sure they are having fun. Even if you have to go out of your way the first half dozen times you go out there- do whatever it is she wants to do whether it’s picking flowers or hiking around or laying in the sun. If ya don’t make it enjoyable right up front, there’s no way to later change her view of the place/activity.
Just two cents from a guy that screwed himself over once or twice in that regard.
Honestly everything from tree identification to milling / building is interesting to me! Keep making the 24 hour vids!!
Thanks! Will start putting them out more often once it warms up too.
Ryan dude, absolutely loving your stuff!!! You're a very talented guy and I hope you keep at it! Greetings from NorCal
Recently found your video's and am hooked. Keep up the good work! I live in the deep country and I love this kind of stuff!🐓🦌🐔
I like your daily video content too. Good job
Great Video, loved it
Your videos make me feel inspire to get out of the rat race of corporate America. The life you’ve created for yourself is like a breath of fresh air. I like your world view. Thanks for sharing it!
Nice of you to say, Susan. I've not ever spent time in corporate America but the thought of it makes me uneasy- I can almost physically feel the stress in my stomach. Not to say that it's ALL fun and games here but it is nice to spend the days however you choose and not have to move on someone else's request.
@@survivingringworm2202 I like how you scoff at the notion of getting a job. I feel that way too, but it seems that everyone around me wants to base a person’s value/worth on what type of job they have. Yuck! I’m getting ready to break free. I’m glad to know there are people like you in this world. I love your videos! Plus you’re hilarious.
Well, one way to feel free of other’s judgment is to leave them all behind. WAY behind.
Really like the big builds but also like the 24 hours day to day videos. Great entertainment for me. Keep up the good work and stay safe from Arkansas.
We were watching you cut down trees and they were all bad inside..Me and Daniel like that video. Good job..
I really like all you have done, keep them coming! Coyote´s in southern TN sound the same!
How about thawing your frozen water jugs in the hot tub. Start it up before bedtime.
All you videos are awesome.
Both types of videos are great! Keep it up as I sit here writing code on another database project.
Make wall covering/wind breaker. Lol. Maybe the rounds will made slats for stacking planks for drying.
Good stuff.