My Ugly Off Grid Cabin
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When it comes to getting baked out, you could build a swamp cooler. It consumes as much energy as a fan, so I imagine it won't murder your solar. Love the videos by the way.
That’s interesting, I didn’t realize that about swamp coolers.
Richard this is absolutely astonishing!!! I love the simple shack (so to speak) that you've constructed. It's just amazing how far you have come in your journey to a much more simple and fulfilling life and I truly hope that you continue to progress forward in your endeavors. As long as the sun still shines, you will always have a faithful subscriber and a very supportive following of of friends!! Stay safe pal, and I'll see you over on the wild side!!🤠
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Build a fireplace instead of a stove. That would save space and you already know it will heat the room. Not to mention all the open fire cooking options, even a rotisserie? A simple screen fence to keep sparks off the dogs, goats and wood floor.
I’m not picturing it, in my mind it would take more space for a fireplace… they are preferable though, it’d be cool to have one.
@@OverOnTheWildSide I was talking about an exterior fireplace made of stacked stones. Sorry I wasn’t clear. Just a hole in the wall and a hearth to catch sparks. It would take up almost no interior space.
Oh ok, that would be cool for sure. Mostly for the cooking aspect.
@@OverOnTheWildSide Given how easy your cabin is to heat I’m sure it would do that just fine too.
I would want windows.....I don't like living like a mole. Being able to see out, stars at night, critters, mountains.....to me it is a "have to". I would be happy living in there, but my Wife I don't think would.
I lived in a tipi with some friends for several years. We just had a fire pit in the center, straw under blankets for bedding. In really cold weather, -20F we had a big piece of solid metal about like a 2x4 that we put across the fire pit. Once it heated up, it stayed warm. The smoke flaps are designed to pull the smoke out, but yeah, sometimes it gets pretty bad!
I bet the tipi didn’t have windows… heh heh
@@OverOnTheWildSide Just one big one at the top where the smoke go's out! HA! At least you could see the stars.
Just stumbled across your channel and quite happy I did. Simple, functional, and yours. Nothing beats that!
Thanks, glad you’re here!
Looks like you're having fun experimenting with the technology! Bravo!
Simplicity beats the Standard American Dream of perpetual debt.
Absolutely
Love it man it, functional, efficient, awesome!
You're comfortable with your self I think you could live anywhere regardless of size ,smoke or insulation. Stay safe
Thank you for the continued wonderful content!!
You bet Bob, always glad to hear from you.
Be proud of what you have. Besides who is gonna drive that far out to mock you? Just yourself.
Haha They’d be pretty dedicated to come out and do that. Yes I’m proud of it just quite realistic is all.
Enjoyed as usual. Nice place you have constructed.
I have lived out on the range with cattle a bit in my life.
I like your set up and wish well on it.
Thank you for sharing and looking forward to the next video.
Thank you, I appreciate it.
Good stuff. I was wondering why weight was a consideration, then you mentioned pulling on the trailer or the truck, then understood. If you have any of that 1/8 left over, you could cut into strips and batten over those butted joints.
6'x10' cabins have been used for 100s of years, i did a similar thing with the shed in my garden as i wanted to see if i could 😁, looks functional, thats what its about 👍🏼
Yeah I’m pretty happy with it. I like not having a bunch of extra space to heat.
Nice, simple livin. TAKE CARE..
Man you are always an interesting watch. Love these videos and the way you live your life, keep it up my friend. Much love from NJ
Thank you
Well it's nice to see you. I could give you lots of my ideas, but than it's my plan and not yours. I will say there was a point that I added a hand made stove out of a small grease barrel. With doors and heavy steel top for a cooking surface, and of course a smoke stack. I did not do this as a way around a smoke filled teepee though. It was built to keep heat when US forest state and local government would implement open fire bans during draught or dry fire seasons. Put a compliant spark arrestor over the chimney pipe and be completely legal. This was to keep me warm when law enforcement was unaware of local weather events. There is nothing like waking up in an open fire ban to open the door in the morning to 2&1/2' of global warming(snow). A light weight stove saves the day. There is ways to regulate draft in a teepee to keep smoke going up but kind of complicated to elaborate here. Experience is the best schooling. I to would like to build a small shelter similar to what you have done but again my idea is slightly different. I can and will share with you my thoughts if like in a later comment if you would like. Today my eyes are puticirly bad so it limits me for today. As you know I am all caught up on your content, and always willing to help. To bad we don't have other means of communication. I am working on a couple of projects, and have one or two I thought of shipping your way.
Mountain man
That’s pretty cool about the stove so you could get around their dumb rules. I need to look into apart arrestors, I’m often in pretty dry areas around here.
Hey, I'm new to your channel, but yes, I'm one that is binge watching your videos, too, this weekend, in fact , lol. Hey, question: where did you get your hat, and what about pants. I've seen different styles in your videos but wanted to see where and what options you recommend for cowboy bedroll camping or more traditional living. Thanks and keep up the great work!
Thanks!
Yeah I need to do a video on hats, it’s just a fur felt cowboy hat made before they started putting the three vent holes on each side of the crown. For historical purposes that’s important, but for just looking cool it doesn’t matter. Some of my older videos I’m wearing a nice Stetson with the vent holes. So with steam on a stove pot these hats can be reshaped pretty easily. Or some western clothing stores offer reshaping as a service.
To me it’s important to get a beaver felt hat. Even though a hat says XX it doesn’t mean it’s fur/beaver felt. Sometimes they use the X’s on wool hat branding as well.
I don’t use formal bedrolls as my understanding is they’re latter. But basically a layer (or five) of an insulator like wool, plus a more air tight layer like canvas, is a good combo.
Very cool! Respect 🙏
Gracias
Great work✌nice video super👍👍👍
great channel a true legend and great video
Thank you
My dream home is a tiny little cabin in the middle of nowhere!
It’s a good dream, and maybe more possible than you think.
I made a yurt and bought oak for it. I decided not to use it just like you did because the oak was so heavy. I decided to stick with much lighter pine.
Thanks for sharing. I find oak really isn’t necessary, it’s nice for times that it touches the ground since it rots slower I believe, but otherwise pine kept dry, should last a long time.
That's cool
Thank you
Looks alright to me.
Thank you
Hi there, I just found your channel and subscribed. Greetings from Poland
Thank you, welcome and greetings back to your wonderful country.
I like your videos. O think you should add some sweeping shots with music to add to the experience. Keep it up!
I agree, I’m working on those kinds of improvements. I have a drone for that kind of thing.
Have you tried a radiant barrier to keep the heat out? I just installed one under my roof on my new tiny cabin, and it seems to help, but I haven’t gone through summer with it yet.
That’s a good idea. It did stay cool but what would really help is ventilation in the summer.
If you end up rebuilding the shed you should post the process. Easily the multiple video upload and interesting/entertaining no doubt. Would love to see the extra space for the animals/projects
Thank you, my most recent thought is to build my gypsy wagon next, then figure a way to connect it to my shed during the winter. We’ll see though, it may just make more sense to add 8 feet.
What's the Horse doing!!??!
The horse?
Cowboys paradise!
Definitely!
My parents have a stove in their house. I'm thinking of converting my fireplace to one but i can see them being restricted if not outright banned in the future here unfortunately.
Your content is great as always, keep it up lad
Sometimes there’s laws stating that if it’s your only source of heat they can’t make you stop using it.
There’s also some really impressive new wood stoves these days that meet clean air requirements. Can’t cook on those though…
@@OverOnTheWildSide Sadly my house has oil heating so that would not apply to me. I must do more research though, maybe there is something suitable that won't face future restrictions. Thanks!
A smaller wood stove would be better for the small space, love your videos.👍🏼👍🏼
Thank you! And yes a smaller stove would do the trick, I like one a little larger though for longer burning fires.
whered ya get the Tipi?
A friend was selling it.
Another interesting video, thanks for all your work getting it out to us, p.s.i see you caught a cold, take care of yourself, when I get congested I put Vicks under my nose and breathe steam from the coffee pot, usually clears it up in a couple days ....God bless...
Thanks sorry, I haven’t had a cold in quite a while…
Smaller is always better in my opinion..
Me too, I love efficiency.
Definitely ugly but you can make its nice lookin! The inside is already pretty good
Yeah true the interior is decent, the exterior would be the place to focus.
@@OverOnTheWildSide I little log sideing and a sod roof would make it look great.
I agree
you've probably answer this before sorry but what would you do if you were injured? Do you have a way to call people or will you be like Daniel Plainview and just drag yourself miles to the nearest settlement?
That’s a good question, I once hurt my leg on a ride when I was planning to camp out and I actually tried to call for help. I didn’t have cell signal and then it occurred to me, that’s the kind of rugged adventure I want and so I went ahead and rode my horse home. It sucked a lot because there were a bunch of gates I had to get down to open. I couldn’t get back on my horse without using the lake that I hurt and it was extremely painful. It made for a great adventure though!
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Get a rocket stove, they burn cleaner.
Not in my experience.
@@OverOnTheWildSide ok.
@@OverOnTheWildSide TBF I live in the desert so wood is probably much drier.
@@johnsavage7507 I need more experiences with them. If I could see one that works well I might be convinced but the ones I’ve tried weren’t any better than a normal fire.
I’m in the desert too, the wood’s nice and dry.
@@OverOnTheWildSide I have one that gasifies, so it burns off most of the smoke.
Hear me out, brush the teepee with fiberglass resin to make it a permanent tent
Haha! Yeah that’d be wild. If I was more familiar with fiberglass I’d have more of an opinion. That’s one to ponder…