Howdy @Alaska Cabin Adventures. A word to the wise. When using a grinder wheel or a cut-off wheel use a face shield to protect the face and especially the soft neck. I've seen many cutting wheels and grinder wheels explode and chunks go flying and hit people in the face and neck.
Matt, it is good to see you and the family doing well. Norm looks awesome. Once again, your channel might have saved my life. Dealing with my three back surgeries and coming across your content gave me something to look forward to. I'm glad you are back. You've been missed.
Thanks for showing step by step & the whole process, mistakes included! Won't be using all those glues & chemical materials but watching framing brings me back to when my dad built our family home & helps me think more about the process of framing.
I did not think about leveling the trailer before you build your structure that's the best advice you can give anybody before they start that was awesome
I'm no expert, but a couple of points: 1) Foam board is a soft, weak and unstable material - it is absolutely not a load-bearing construction material, yet you've used it as a load-bearing interface between the trailer frame and the cabin frame. Foam board compresses under weight over time, meaning that the nuts and bolts between the two frames are going to loosen and compromise the integrity of the whole structure. The compressive twisting forces on the insulation as the trailer brakes and goes around corners are going to be enourmous, and way more than the insulation can take. 2) I would not have foam boards open to the elements under the trailer with no protective sheathing. Flung road debris will chip away at the insulation as the trailer goes down the road, and it will be unprotected from rodents etc.
@@crazywelderthings6952 Lol, I love the "where's your RUclips video?" comment. I've seen it a few times in negative response to other people, and now that it's been made in response to a comment of mine, I get to dismantle it! Quite simply, it is (very obviously) not necessary to make a RUclips video in order to have knowledge of a subject. Elon Musk, for example, has a lot of knowledge of building electric cars, yet he does not make RUclips videos on how to build them. Do you see how that works? It really is as simple as that.
@@user-rv6cc1qt5bthey only work if there is a lot of pressure on them if the foam deteriorates over time the pressure would be less causing them to be useless
I first thought the same, but searching about mechanical resistance of Styrofoam i saw it can goes up to 70t/square meter. You can bet the cabin won't weight that much.
Your determination and craftsmanship in building a tiny cabin on a trailer in Alaska are truly impressive. Your passion for creating a cozy and sustainable home reflects your ingenuity and love for nature. Your commitment to this project inspires admiration and excitement for what's to come. You embody the spirit of innovation and adventure. And I am Floating Village Life
Hey, don't worry about making silly mistakes during the build. They can be the source of humor to those who have been there and learned along the way. 👍👍👍
For what it’s worth. Liquid nails is for holding up paneling. Anything structural use PL Premium. Nothing on the market even comes close to its strength.
I just came across your channel, I clicked on it because I just finished my cabin/ camper build on a trailer. I made silly mistakes as you did. Laughed with you. I'm glad you showed the reality of doing a build. So many builds on u tube don't show that. Good content.
This is fantastic. Your fearless, figure it out over setbacks and persistence is wonderful to see. In this day and age of give up and throw away disposable mentality so many have, you inspire others to get busy finding solutions instead of stopping at forks in the road. I'm curious, down the road, if starting with a cargo trailer to begin with might have been lighter and better suited for this type of build? Love your attitude, what you do and thankful you choose to share it and take us all along on the build journey prior to the actual journeys. Safe and happy travels to you and your family.
Hola te sigo desde hace años extrañsmos tus videos. Muchas felicidades a ti y a tu esposa por ese baby que Dios los bendiga por siempre. Un fuerte abrazo y saludo dese Sant Domingo, El Caribe
Matt, I recently became a subscriber of your channel. I absolutely love everything about your channel. I've never been to Alaska. I hope to visit soon. Love your music. Watching you build everything inspires me. You're amazing. A loyal subscriber and fan of you and your family. I also love Norman. Take care Matt. Happy trails. Scott
Oh to be young again. I did something similar years ago. What I learned the hard way was nails and screws have a way of working loose. I ended up drilling 1/2" holes using Gorilla Glue and dowels, that with a few new screws held solid. At some point when you need a small structure, please consider using sheet metal studs, they are light weight and strong, it's another learning experience with valuable knowledge. 3/8 sheeting makes it strong. Check out some of the metal studs framing videos. Wish you and your young family all the success and happiness.
Greetings from cape town.you doing great.just some advice.first use the spade drill then drill your hole with the normal drill.that way you will not battle so much and no tear out😊
what about 80 20 aluminum tubing? I've seen all kinds of van conversions with 80 20 structures keeping everything in it's place! You could use such tubing as structural members for the shell as well as the interior walls and counters. It would definitely be lighter weight than wood
You’re right about how terrible Philips screws are to use. Here in Canada, we mostly use Robertson (square) #2 deck screws, although the Torx are also great for heavier screws. 👍🏻
Amazing build but it must be really heavy! Did you ever think of welding the frame out of aluminium, then maybe ply for the body. Then insulation. There must be ways better to reduce so much weight! 👍
Its looking like your very much over building that frame, i helped a friend update a early 90's jayco caravan & the frame was 1x1, above windows and doors was a single 1x1 header! We added extra pieces here & there plus replaced some from damage during the demo strip out.
12:39 GENIUS!!! Turning that blade around is pure GENIUS!! I am still cleaning up debris from my foam boards and its been at least 2 months since cutting them. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 Hearing you put those phillip head screws in makes me cringe. UGH, I hate using them to build anything.
Tip: these are called "grinders" not "cutters". Use then accordingly just grinding bit by bit and you'll get the most out of the disks (without shredding them)
Its easier to just cut a slot for a flat blade screwdriver to fit into those bolt when theyre stripped like that. It would also make some of that wood salvageable
I found this video series very appealing, other than the fourth one with no narration. I enjoyed your music and watching you go through the process of the build was refreshing to see aside to make some frustrating mistakes. 0:02 I have the same trailer that you started your build on, and I’ve been contemplating a similar build. How much did your tiny cabin trailer weigh when completed?
Good looking baby and Mom seems very happy as well. That's what life is about. Expanding and growing. The build looks really good. So far I would do it much the same way. Hope the walls are tied together well from one side to the other. Lot of flex potential going around curves although I know you aren't in a race. Good thinking on the height issue. Sooner or later in comes into play. Good music from you and Forrest. I've seen a lot of trailers done up. Electrics, solar, water storage all many ideas on how to do it. Time has helped with technology. You did it at the cabin so just transfer a lot of that. Next time. You can sit on the porch and play baby and Mamma a tune.
I'm no expert, but on another youtube video that deals with trailer design the above deck angle iron adds rigidity to the trailer and by removing them you weaken the trailer frame. Not sure if your floor framing helps add enough strength though. You might want to look into that, and possibly add more support underneath the deck. Love your channel and congrats on the grand adventure of parenthood.
You might want to consider adding either some screws to your bottom plate or some strapping to the trailer frame. I would do both unless the wind never blows in Alaska and you drive Really slow.
Love your videos, the struggle can be real when working solo but you got this. Wish I had the skills to do something like this, I'm good with plumbing, electrical and mechanical but for the life of me I can not build anything with wood.
What you get all the weight on that trailer. You're gonna have to go around every tighten. All your bolts, because that's gonna press down on the insulation. Which will make that bolt loose.
I’m planning on building an 8 X 10 on an old trailer I have and was wondering how to enclose the bottom of the joists and I like your idea of using the 1” foam.
Whelp, I just realized my 33' Morgan bumper pull camper trailer sucks cause it only has 7000lbs (3500x2) axles the same as yours, but its much larger. so I'm gonna have to use 2x3's and 3/8's sheathing instead of 3/4" or 1/2"or some kind of metal frame. I havent really figured out my options yet.
So what ? did you do for that foam exposed too the debrie from the going down the highway and or gravel ,dirt roads? you could always replace the piece's of lumber you removed from the under side. or use 5/8 ply wood patch's.
Hello, I'm new to this channel, you can't screw, cut, nail gun or work without safety glasses and equipment. I see Asian people do this all the time, Then I don't watch them anymore or dislike their work or channel. Wonderful off grid life, Josh and his wife Erin. Deck building he shot the board air gun! Broke then ricochet and hit his left eye, his wife just said hey put your glasses on😢, just saying not being mean guess I'm old school. God bless.
what load can that foam board sustain?..i would have primed and painted the frame and have insulation inside..plus a nice sd100 foil under ..to stop any vapors coming towards the wood..
Nice to see Mom, baby, and Dad all doing well!❤
Howdy @Alaska Cabin Adventures. A word to the wise. When using a grinder wheel or a cut-off wheel use a face shield to protect the face and especially the soft neck. I've seen many cutting wheels and grinder wheels explode and chunks go flying and hit people in the face and neck.
Matt, it is good to see you and the family doing well. Norm looks awesome. Once again, your channel might have saved my life. Dealing with my three back surgeries and coming across your content gave me something to look forward to. I'm glad you are back. You've been missed.
Fantastic sir, that makes all the time and effort to make these videos worth it right there. Wishing you the best and catch you on the next episode 🤘
thanks for showing your mistakes, so i doesn't feel lonely with doing stupid things when i build stuff
Thanks for showing step by step & the whole process, mistakes included! Won't be using all those glues & chemical materials but watching framing brings me back to when my dad built our family home & helps me think more about the process of framing.
I did not think about leveling the trailer before you build your structure that's the best advice you can give anybody before they start that was awesome
Thanks!
Hey thank you!!!
I'm no expert, but a couple of points: 1) Foam board is a soft, weak and unstable material - it is absolutely not a load-bearing construction material, yet you've used it as a load-bearing interface between the trailer frame and the cabin frame. Foam board compresses under weight over time, meaning that the nuts and bolts between the two frames are going to loosen and compromise the integrity of the whole structure. The compressive twisting forces on the insulation as the trailer brakes and goes around corners are going to be enourmous, and way more than the insulation can take. 2) I would not have foam boards open to the elements under the trailer with no protective sheathing. Flung road debris will chip away at the insulation as the trailer goes down the road, and it will be unprotected from rodents etc.
Use nylok nuts to stop nuts from backing off
Where is your homemade camper video? With all your "knowledge" you should have tons up right?
@@crazywelderthings6952 Lol, I love the "where's your RUclips video?" comment. I've seen it a few times in negative response to other people, and now that it's been made in response to a comment of mine, I get to dismantle it! Quite simply, it is (very obviously) not necessary to make a RUclips video in order to have knowledge of a subject. Elon Musk, for example, has a lot of knowledge of building electric cars, yet he does not make RUclips videos on how to build them. Do you see how that works? It really is as simple as that.
@@user-rv6cc1qt5bthey only work if there is a lot of pressure on them if the foam deteriorates over time the pressure would be less causing them to be useless
I first thought the same, but searching about mechanical resistance of Styrofoam i saw it can goes up to 70t/square meter. You can bet the cabin won't weight that much.
THE DOG, HE IS SO CUTE! LOVE THIS....KEEP IT COMING!
Your determination and craftsmanship in building a tiny cabin on a trailer in Alaska are truly impressive. Your passion for creating a cozy and sustainable home reflects your ingenuity and love for nature. Your commitment to this project inspires admiration and excitement for what's to come. You embody the spirit of innovation and adventure. And I am Floating Village Life
Good to see you, your wife, and baby are doing good.
Best wishes for the family and the new cabin build. I could watch you build cabins all day long !! 🛖
Hey, don't worry about making silly mistakes during the build. They can be the source of humor to those who have been there and learned along the way. 👍👍👍
Matt! So happy to see a new video! Congratulations on the best person being born ever in your life!!
Looking forward to the next video!!
You should have left the hole trailer off the ground and on to jacks. Just a thought. Sorry if I sounded rude. Keep it up thanks for the videos.
It so wonderful to see you , wife and baby !!!!!!!!! You are always building something!!!! I so enjoy !!!!!!
It's wonderful to see you and your family! Thank you for another great adventure building your latest cabin. You are very appreciated. ❤
Glad to see you back with family. God bless and stay well.
Forgot a comma there. 😊
Great to see you and the family!! Hey Norm! Congratulations on the baby as well. Much love from Canada 🇨🇦
For what it’s worth. Liquid nails is for holding up paneling. Anything structural use PL Premium. Nothing on the market even comes close to its strength.
Congratulations on the addition to your family !!! Nice work on the tiny home can't wait to see it finished..
Glad you are back and doing something fun and cool. Can't wait to see the end results. Love from Ohio
turning the blade so the smoothe side did the cutting is brilliant
I just came across your channel, I clicked on it because I just finished my cabin/ camper build on a trailer. I made silly mistakes as you did. Laughed with you. I'm glad you showed the reality of doing a build. So many builds on u tube don't show that. Good content.
Good to see you once again. I have been looking forward for a new video. You're doing great work. Keep posting more videos. Thanks a lot! Great video
Great to see another video. Looking forward to watching the adventures your trailer takes you and your family on.
I wish I have this skills and tallent , your dog is a cutie pie ,you safe a ton of money to have a trailer like this , great channel ❤❤
Great to see you back.. Kinda missed you and Norman
Let's see the new baby. Enjoying the videos, congratulations Matt.
This is fantastic. Your fearless, figure it out over setbacks and persistence is wonderful to see. In this day and age of give up and throw away disposable mentality so many have, you inspire others to get busy finding solutions instead of stopping at forks in the road. I'm curious, down the road, if starting with a cargo trailer to begin with might have been lighter and better suited for this type of build? Love your attitude, what you do and thankful you choose to share it and take us all along on the build journey prior to the actual journeys. Safe and happy travels to you and your family.
Great job!! You're very tough to do this mostly by yourself, & you've got so much patience!! Good job editing!! God bless y'all! 👍♥️🙏
I know you probably already thought about it but don't forget to slope your front roof end. Awesome job sr. Love your videos.
Yessir!
Pop's thanks for all the help with the kids stellar Dad award there👍✌
looked easy enough lol! instructional, and also still very peaceful and relaxing..a pleasure, as always
I REALLY enjoyed watching this! I like the porch idea. You’re doing great work!
Reginaldo, você tem uma companheira que isentiva e acredita no seu trabalho, parabéns pra vocês casal. 😊
Hola te sigo desde hace años extrañsmos tus videos. Muchas felicidades a ti y a tu esposa por ese baby que Dios los bendiga por siempre. Un fuerte abrazo y saludo dese Sant Domingo, El Caribe
Double nut those carriage bolts. The slight give of the deck foam may loosen them. Double nuts will prevent them from spinning off. Cheap insurance.
Good idea.
Looks boss,mate!Can’t wait for the next episode!
Congratulations to you two and your new child! Can’t to see how the trailer comes out. 🤙🏼
Matt, I recently became a subscriber of your channel. I absolutely love everything about your channel. I've never been to Alaska. I hope to visit soon. Love your music. Watching you build everything inspires me. You're amazing. A loyal subscriber and fan of you and your family. I also love Norman. Take care Matt. Happy trails. Scott
Love your narrative on your videos.
Oh to be young again. I did something similar years ago. What I learned the hard way was nails and screws have a way of working loose. I ended up drilling 1/2" holes using Gorilla Glue and dowels, that with a few new screws held solid. At some point when you need a small structure, please consider using sheet metal studs, they are light weight and strong, it's another learning experience with valuable knowledge. 3/8 sheeting makes it strong. Check out some of the metal studs framing videos. Wish you and your young family all the success and happiness.
By any chance, did you caulk under the walls before you stood them up? By sealing ALL joints helps keeping the wind out!
❤ the video. CONGRATULATIONS on the new addition to the family. Looking forward to seeing your next video.
Greetings from cape town.you doing great.just some advice.first use the spade drill then drill your hole with the normal drill.that way you will not battle so much and no tear out😊
what about 80 20 aluminum tubing? I've seen all kinds of van conversions with 80 20 structures keeping everything in it's place! You could use such tubing as structural members for the shell as well as the interior walls and counters. It would definitely be lighter weight than wood
I absolutely love your music. Great explanation as you make progress.
Nice project 👍 Can‘t wait for the next video.
You’re right about how terrible Philips screws are to use. Here in Canada, we mostly use Robertson (square) #2 deck screws, although the Torx are also great for heavier screws. 👍🏻
Gettin'to look good. Your wife and baby will enjoy the cabin too. Nothin like leaving for awhile and enjoying nature. See you later.
Tough cookie! Way to go young lady. Very proud of you 👍
Excellent work on your cabin. It actually gives me better ideas on my 28 foot camper trailer. I'm thinking 15 foot cabin and 13 foot front porch.
Great Video as always! One tip I can offer, those cordless grinders perform MUCH better with larger batteries. Like the 5 AH and larger.
❤ I wish you two youngsters the very, very best
Amazing build but it must be really heavy! Did you ever think of welding the frame out of aluminium, then maybe ply for the body. Then insulation. There must be ways better to reduce so much weight! 👍
Its looking like your very much over building that frame, i helped a friend update a early 90's jayco caravan & the frame was 1x1, above windows and doors was a single 1x1 header!
We added extra pieces here & there plus replaced some from damage during the demo strip out.
12:39 GENIUS!!! Turning that blade around is pure GENIUS!! I am still cleaning up debris from my foam boards and its been at least 2 months since cutting them. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Hearing you put those phillip head screws in makes me cringe. UGH, I hate using them to build anything.
Tip: these are called "grinders" not "cutters". Use then accordingly just grinding bit by bit and you'll get the most out of the disks (without shredding them)
Exactly. A metal cutting blade on that sawzall would have cut that rail off in less than five minutes.
Its easier to just cut a slot for a flat blade screwdriver to fit into those bolt when theyre stripped like that. It would also make some of that wood salvageable
You and Timmy are going to look like the traveling cabin kings rolling around the Alaskan highways and back roads!!!😂👍
Fun! Great project. 😊
So strange to see you without your trademark green hoodie. Congrats to you and the family!
I found this video series very appealing, other than the fourth one with no narration. I enjoyed your music and watching you go through the process of the build was refreshing to see aside to make some frustrating mistakes. 0:02 I have the same trailer that you started your build on, and I’ve been contemplating a similar build. How much did your tiny cabin trailer weigh when completed?
That’s gonna b sweet. Glad to see you are good man! Catch you on the next one
Matt from Pennsylvania
Your doing a good job
Good looking baby and Mom seems very happy as well. That's what life is about. Expanding and growing. The build looks really good. So far I would do it much the same way. Hope the walls are tied together well from one side to the other. Lot of flex potential going around curves although I know you aren't in a race. Good thinking on the height issue. Sooner or later in comes into play. Good music from you and Forrest. I've seen a lot of trailers done up. Electrics, solar, water storage all many ideas on how to do it. Time has helped with technology. You did it at the cabin so just transfer a lot of that. Next time. You can sit on the porch and play baby and Mamma a tune.
I'm no expert, but on another youtube video that deals with trailer design the above deck angle iron adds rigidity to the trailer and by removing them you weaken the trailer frame. Not sure if your floor framing helps add enough strength though. You might want to look into that, and possibly add more support underneath the deck. Love your channel and congrats on the grand adventure of parenthood.
I’ll look into that, thanks!
One thing you can be sure of, the trailer is made to Florida's anti-hurricane code 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Matt mate you need to get an impact driver for all the screwing. Will be a lot easier than using a drill and less stripping
You might want to consider adding either some screws to your bottom plate or some strapping to the trailer frame. I would do both unless the wind never blows in Alaska and you drive Really slow.
Definitely like the idea
Love your videos, the struggle can be real when working solo but you got this. Wish I had the skills to do something like this, I'm good with plumbing, electrical and mechanical but for the life of me I can not build anything with wood.
the Milwaukee t-25 star drive bits are the best quality of all the manufacterers.
Congrats on the baby ! Hope youre all doing well, oh and great video
I certainly hope someone told you to use the spade drill first. The point will provide you with a dead center hole for the next drill bit.
P.S.you the man for doing this. We are the peanut gallery. 😅
For something that moves around that much I would’ve used 2x6, it also gives you much better insulation options.
Great job 👍 congratulations for the new born, greetings 😊
try to use thinner cuting discs for steel..some thing like 1mm ones...they cut fast ...alot faster.then the ones you used..
Wonderfull job!! Congrats from Brasil!!!
What you get all the weight on that trailer. You're gonna have to go around every tighten. All your bolts, because that's gonna press down on the insulation. Which will make that bolt loose.
Good call!
Congrats on your new baby!
I’m planning on building an 8 X 10 on an old trailer I have and was wondering how to enclose the bottom of the joists and I like your idea of using the 1” foam.
People often use thin aluminum sheets
You need to jack up the frame to be in level. Because the tyre pressure varies and the suspension also does what it is designed for.
Hi from Canada Job well done .Love Norm.
You are a good musician to
Nice to see you! How’s the baby??? Love the idea of a little cabin on a trailer. Great video! 😊😊😊
Good to see a vid from you. 😊 Your voice sure sounds just like the narrator in a Grand Teton vid I just played.
Hello from Sebastopol! Great work Matt.
Good job!
I love it you remind of myself ❤❤❤
🤘
i'm curious... how come you didn't use the pink fluffy stuff for insulating the floor?
Whelp, I just realized my 33' Morgan bumper pull camper trailer sucks cause it only has 7000lbs (3500x2) axles the same as yours, but its much larger. so I'm gonna have to use 2x3's and 3/8's sheathing instead of 3/4" or 1/2"or some kind of metal frame. I havent really figured out my options yet.
Hi Matt nice and informative 👍 video hope your all well my friend good to see family ect 😊Great content as always smashing 👍 Overland Dave 🇬🇧
So what ? did you do for that foam exposed too the debrie from the going down the highway and or gravel ,dirt roads? you could always replace the piece's of lumber you removed from the under side. or use 5/8 ply wood patch's.
Hello, I'm new to this channel, you can't screw, cut, nail gun or work without safety glasses and equipment. I see Asian people do this all the time, Then I don't watch them anymore or dislike their work or channel. Wonderful off grid life, Josh and his wife Erin. Deck building he shot the board air gun! Broke then ricochet and hit his left eye, his wife just said hey put your glasses on😢, just saying not being mean guess I'm old school.
God bless.
I assume you can manufacture and add new towing coupler to increase towing weight capability?
My thought exactly
what load can that foam board sustain?..i would have primed and painted the frame and have insulation inside..plus a nice sd100 foil under ..to stop any vapors coming towards the wood..
Just found your channel, looking forward to seeing more