Old guy camping

[yellowhammer]

Doing this work at 65 was tough, at 75 I’ll be passing on that opportunity!
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@Phil Coffins , Very impressive workmanship. I'm just a little older than you, but you got me beat in the muscle department for sure - heck I get all stove up just taking out the trash. This pic is really cool; says it all.

 

[Bark-eater]

I have about 50 acres of timber on the property, so it would be a matter of cutting and drying it. Also, there's a guy about 1/4 mile away with a portable mill if I wanted some beams cut. Here in the Midwest, there aren't many pines around anymore, most of the yellow pine was cut many years ago. I have plenty of oak, hickory, locus, and several sycamores along the creek line that could be harvested.

I haven't studied on log cabins much, but I think hard wood cabins where more often made of squared off timbers. Makes for more work prepping on the ground and less work and weight up high.

 

[Capnball]

Having camped with no tent, lean to, tee pee, wall tent in good and bad weather I have my camping refined to this. Dropped the logs and notched them to stack up a place to spend some time in. A buddy allowed me to build it on his land and use it as much as I want. I have no ownership so no worry’s on what becomes of it when I have no need of it.
IMG_0245 by Oliver Sudden, on Flickr
IMG_0089 by Oliver Sudden, on Flickr

Love it!

 

[John Smith IV]

Having camped with no tent, lean to, tee pee, wall tent in good and bad weather I have my camping refined to this. Dropped the logs and notched them to stack up a place to spend some time in. A buddy allowed me to build it on his land and use it as much as I want. I have no ownership so no worry’s on what becomes of it when I have no need of it.
IMG_0245 by Oliver Sudden, on Flickr
IMG_0089 by Oliver Sudden, on Flickr

Nice set up. Not exactly what I'd call 'camping'.

 

[Capnball]

Doing this work at 65 was tough, at 75 I’ll be passing on that opportunity!
image1 by Oliver Sudden, on Flickr

I still camp but I do it in a slightly more refined manner!

 

[yellowhammer]

I've considered building one on my property...

@andy52 same here, but my property is 85 miles one way from my residence, and is under constant stream of poachers and vandals. If I could somehow get control of it, I would like to put a little cabin on it.

 

[Phil Coffins]

I still camp but I do it in a slightly more refined manner!View attachment 364944View attachment 364945

Can’t say it’s hard camping but with no TV, stereo, or crowds I can watch the sunset, smell the Sage brush, and shoot a can anytime it suits me. Some sacrifices are made in this hard life!
IMG_0176 by Oliver Sudden, on Flickr

I still camp but I do it in a slightly more refined manner!View attachment 364944View attachment 364945

 

[andy52]

@andy52 same here, but my property is 85 miles one way from my residence, and is under constant stream of poachers and vandals. If I could somehow get control of it, I would like to put a little cabin on it.

Fortunately, my property is only about 2 miles from my home I really don't have an issue with poachers or trespassers. I've lived in this area for a little over 50 years and most folks around here know I'm not the most tolerant person and going on my property uninvited would be a bad idea.....

 

[andy52]

I haven't studied on log cabins much, but I think hard wood cabins where more often made of squared off timbers. Makes for more work prepping on the ground and less work and weight up high.

Depending on the time frame you're probably right, when I was a kid growing up in the Ozarks there were still several families living in log homes and all were of the square hewn type logs.

 

[oldschoolhunter55]

Nice jeep I drive a 2 door Willys.

them is some tuff vehicles

 

[bullshot]

Phil, I accidently got access to your FLICKER photo file. Hope that was OK. Very interesting photos. Really enjoyed looking at them but stopped short of seeing all of them. You really took a lot photos! One really caught my attention. Its the one of a person getting medical attention for a severely injured hand. Would you care to tell that story? Of course you may not. Best regards and Happy Thanksgiving

 

[Phil Coffins]

Phil, I accidently got access to your FLICKER photo file. Hope that was OK. Very interesting photos. Really enjoyed looking at them but stopped short of seeing all of them. You really took a lot photos! One really caught my attention. Its the one of a person getting medical attention for a severely injured hand. Would you care to tell that story? Of course you may not. Best regards and Happy Thanksgiving

I don’t mind anyone looking at the photos on FLICKER, that’s what it’s for.
That hand is from a fellow (I don’t know) using smokeless in a muzzleloader.

 

[Terrier]

I've considered building one on my property. I don't have any softwood, so it would have to be built out of oak and other hardwoods. I could get plenty of help, but I'm not sure I wouldn't be dead before it was complete. The logs need to dry for a year before you can start construction.

Lucky you! Almost all of the old cabins from pioneer days that are still standing (and there’s a lot of ‘em) were made of hardwood. The pioneers used axes of various types, horses to move the logs, and could have a cabin stacked and ready to move in, in one season or less. They were squaring off the sides with an ax or broadax by hand.

And lemme tell ya, they weren’t waiting around for the logs to dry. They’re waaaaaay easier to work when they’re green.

You’d have a much easier time of it with a chainsaw and today’s machines to help.

 

[Antelope Pete]

Not much to add that hasn't already been said. Awesome.

 

[andy52]

Lucky you! Almost all of the old cabins from pioneer days that are still standing (and there’s a lot of ‘em) were made of hardwood. The pioneers used axes of various types, horses to move the logs, and could have a cabin stacked and ready to move in, in one season or less. They were squaring off the sides with an ax or broadax by hand.

And lemme tell ya, they weren’t waiting around for the logs to dry. They’re waaaaaay easier to work when they’re green.

You’d have a much easier time of it with a chainsaw and today’s machines to help.

I have an old hewing axe I guess I could give the old ways a try
or just get so frustrated and start beheading people....