Fixing a cheap excavator and working on the old cabin 

Even though you said you made stupid mistakes in replacing the head, I still find it amazing how one has the knowledge to tackle a project like that! We all have our specialties but watching that still fascinated me!

Nice greetings from Germany. It hurts my heart that your trucks, excavators, etc. standing there in the rain. Your channel is called 99 projects, so why not another one and build a huge shelter for all your machines. They just don't get any better when they're exposed to the weather and rust even more. Otherwise I really enjoy watching your videos, in Germany such wooden huts are hardly ever built. It's interesting to see how you solve this for yourself. Warm greetings from Germany again :).

I can’t believe it’s been six months already. The cabin is coming alone great. I love the pine wood. I just adore Max he is a true dare devil not afraid of anything. Can’t wait to see the finish product. ❤❤

When you don't work on machines regularly, It's easy to overlook certain details. I wouldn't feel too bad about a few minor mishaps. The feeling of a good repair is a handsome reward! Good video Buddy.

I love how Max has no fear and will go wherever you are or ask him to go. He'd have been on that roof with you if he could. My husband and I used to live on a 41' sailboat and one time we did an in-frame rebuild of our Perkins engine - seeing you pull the head on that machine brought back many memories. Good job!!!

I think Max is my favorite part about your videos, not taking anything away from the work you do. 😊

I can't believe it's been 6 months, the progress you've made has been so interesting to watch. The pine looks amazing and really suits a cabin more than drywall would have anyway. My younger brother has done his share of drywall work and he says of all the jobs he's done drywalling is his least favorite. That seems to be a general consensus for a lot of people I know who have done it. Great job, I love seeing it all come together!

THAT PINE LOOKS BETTER THAN I THOUGHT. AWESOME!

I'm always impressed with your "Can Do" spirit and your tenacity. I was a "Seabee" (US Naval Construction Battalions), as a Steelworker, but we were expected to do anything and everything that we were ordered to do. You would have made a good one. BTW, that's quite a compliment. It is great that you have a company like "Friday Parts" to supply your various needs. I have been following this series since you first bought the cabin. I look forward to seeing it through.👍✌

It'd so cool to see this progress. From a forgotten house to a nice liveable home

A trick I used for leveling sags in floors, is laying down asphalt shingles under the new flooring. Just trim and arrange to your need, nails go right through it. Cheap too!

I cant believe I've been watching for 6 months

Just started watching your show couple days ago find it really interesting to watch because it reminds me so much of me to learn by doing and of course you’re gonna make mistakes along the way that’s how you learn love what you do you could only do so much to preserve history, but what it gets in the way of making something safe sound and long lasting. I believe you made the right decision flooring the porch and the mudroom. Thanks. Keep the content coming.

I'm glad you saved the cabin. It's to cute.

One of your vids just randomly made its way into my algorithm. And I'm not disappointed! Really enjoying seeing the cabin take shape.

Great work. Preassembling the small nailer pieces on the rafter add-ons, smart tip.👍🇨🇦

It really has come along way, To think... seven months, and you have managed all of this! I cant wait until we start work with furniture :D

99 Projects, you make mistakes, learn from them, and you acknowledge your mistakes. I am amazed what knowledge you do have, and all you do! You were were born to be mechanically and constructively, and your father too. He would be very proud of you and your videos. I did not know something could come together to get an excavator (learned the name of it) to start it. I learned what you replaced is called a track. I am seeing more what it is to do mechanically or constructively (or restoration), and a man's world with your videos. (I love your dog. He looks interested in what your doing, or loves being around you (sure of that). I love when you ask what does he think, and he gives some reaction. You are very busy, but you stop, and give him attention.) I am amazed what all you are doing to the cabin! (When you were helping your friend trim his trees, the first tree you trimmed, did you notice it looked like a heart shape (not carved) on the trunk of the tree (at least, it looked like it from my side)?) I am anxious to see the finished restoration of the cabin, and watching your videos that I can (educational too).)-(Would there be sand in dirt in Tennessee? Where my father is from, know there is a lot of clay in dirt there.)

That pine looks amazing! 🤩 Max is such a good boy! 💖

Great job! Your management of a complex, multi-step project, as well as your problem solving skills, is impressive.

thats a hundred plus yr old weeping willow amazing.

7:10 for you American, its just your car. But for a Dane like me, loving US trucks, loving the rumble of a V8, i am in LOVE with these clips ! Keep em’ coming 🥹🎶

Everything is coming together, great. I love the mix of renovation and machine repair.

I am just amazed how far you have come. You are such a hard worker! I just love watching the progress on this old cabin.

It’s really coming together now, you certainly are a man of many talents 😊

Great job on everything. Your dog is the bomb. Keep up the work. I really like your motivation.

It's relaxing to watch these videos, and seeing where you started and where it's at today is amazing. Great job

Cabin is coming along nicely, but made much more enjoyable with Max helping and inspecting!

you videos of you working hard are for some reason relaxing

Engaging, well edited, enthusiastic attitudes in the throes of inspection quality renovations….Well played Sir!

Home restoration/renovation, engine repair, and tree servcie all in one video! A jack of all trades. Very entertaining and informative. As always, thanks. Could you show the full property of the cabin in a future video? It would be nice to get a full appreciation of the setting the cabin is within.

You're getting there. Hang tight, it will come together. Please give Max a pat on the head for me. He's a grest helper for Dad!!!

I have V-groove pine boards on my walls and ceiling. I love it. I'll never do drywall again. It's a great look and perfect for your cabin.

I grew up in Oneida, NY and I currently live in Saratoga Springs. Love watching a fellow 315 guy getting after it.

That bucket lift truck sure has come in handy around there

Upstairs looks real good. Nice to see that excavator in prime shape now. Max is the stud of dogs!

Its coming along soo great.. from the beginning to now is a complete day and night difference

Love the fact you fix older stuff, one mans junk is another man's treasure.

The cottage is looking great. We did an "upstairs" loft on our cottage that looks very similar to your upstairs. I really enjoy watching. It feels like I accomplished something! : )

Love watching this show and a sweet puppers just makes it better.

I can't believe that this is the same cabin you bought from that video that was like 7 months ago. New subscriber here. This is just awesome work. I wish I knew how to do this I would fix up our house that was built in 1870.

How amazing the cabin looks now! Love your talent, vision & your machines!

In the future bring your outlet boxes level with finished wall for the cover to be flush and crack less..also because it makes the outlet to be more stable and stronger by sitting on the box flat and tight.

Max is so sweet. Nice job on the excavator repair!

I can't wait to see the cabin finished. I've been watching from the beginning of this adventure and love your videos, as well as your sense of humor. You are a very talented man not only in construction but your mechanical ability.

Greetings from Ukraine. Recently found your channel, and felt in love. Thank you for doing your job so interesting that i watch it every evening before going to bed ❤

Wow!! The house is coming along nicely!!

The cabin is looking good, there's not too many people using pine these days. I think it's going to look good when you are done.

The cabin is starting to come together!

Your drone skills are really impressive. Thanks for posting

Nice to see someone who knows the proper way to nail tongue and grove. Nice job!,

Looks great! Your attitude of, well it's broke so I'll fix it, is what I enjoy watching.

Really enjoyed this video. Nice job on the engine. Ei.ing wor, was neat and clean. Max is a good boy.

Love the pine walls!! Looks great!! ❤max

Like every time what you’re doing is awesome

Love the Cabin series! Mad respect!

Wow, great episode! A lot of progress plus a bunch of side projects. Max has got his spotlight as well. Great job!

The pine going in was wild. It shifted my perspective from from "old ruin" to "brand new".

I like that you show all parts of your projects…the good and the bad and how you overcome issues. Great job!

You replace a head on your excavator because the job needed to get done. My son complained about having to take out the trash and trim the weeds on the walkway. Now, he gets to spend his Saturday and Sunday with me, rebuilding a stone wall for a little 'attitude adjustment time'. Great job on the pine, it fits the spirit of the cabin! Hi Max! Good Dog!

I like watching your videos, it's amazing how you work on all your ( projects)... keep it up ,it's great. Roxanne Mobile Al.

Awesome job with the pine installation. The upstairs is really coming together.

Not looking for freebies of any kind, I couldn't use anything from the company anyway, I just wanted to say that Max is such a sweet puppy! Excellent job with the tongue & groove, except I bet you're kicking yourself for not positioning the receptacles out far enough to come to the surface of those boards. You're ok, I learn by making mistakes, most of the time, doing things 2 or 3, sometimes 4, times gets me to figure out what I should've done, and why. I'm on the NY/PA border close to where the horizontal starts to go South, I have the same soil. Would have copied and pasted the link to your brother's insulation business to my Facebook feed, but there isn't one in the description, does he have a website? I understand you don't want people showing up uninvited, I respect privacy, just wanted to give props 🙂

Been loving this cabin refurb look forward to every video drop,,,keep up the great work 👍👍👍

You remind me of my uncle. Jack of all trades, master of none. But always get the job done. Cabin is coming along great. Keep up the good work!

I enjoy watching your videos👍🏻Max is a good boy!

I honestly wish I had your knowledge on repairing things, you make it look easy and from experience I know it's not. Enjoy the hell out of these videos, good stuff.

Nice to see the progress, keep up the pace and you’ll be done in no time.

That will be a nice little house for somebody. I really like the tongue and groove pine boards for the walls and ceiling. A lot easier than drywall.

Another great video as always. And what a throwback song. Haven’t heard this in years.

I preferred your choice of for the interior walls. Beside being less expensive for you, I think the pine fits the aesthetics of a cabin. Love what you have been doing with the place!

Great work, great progress & fab music choices. love Max ❤

Love the way the cabin is turning out!

Nice work on the Excavator! Its amazing what even a small one can do!

Great video, working on old stuff is the best

Your hoarding is not a "Problem" Sir! It is a God Given gift! Some may say your "Super power"! So go forward and Yield your power for the good of Humanity! Like Spider Man's Grand dad said "With great power comes great responsibility"! Hoard on my friend, Hoard on!!!!!

I’m watching this after having just cut and glued up butcher block countertops for my kitchen build (it’s in an old house, but it’s WAY past a remodel). Keep on keepin’ on!

What a fun project this house is! Love it!

I was on the live on Monday. The cabin is coming together AWSOME!!! I love the series!

It's really coming along nicely. Can't wait to see it completed.

If you ever decide to cool the place, I suggest a small mini split upstairs and a larger one downstairs.

Love how raw your videos are. Good times, good laughs, happens to all of us.

So I learned a bit when you changed the head on the excavator. I learned how to look for the cracks in the head and that the tork ? Has to be equal when bolting on the housing? On the head. Learned lots more too. When I was a girl Dad wouldn’t let me do car mechanics cause I was a girl. Got to hand him tools… So yeah thanks. 😀. If you have a daughter let her do mechanics if she wants to. I also wanted a pony.

Hello Max Man. What a great dog.

Amazing progress, considering where it all started off. Give max a scritch for us.

Привет. Наткнулся на твой канал недавно. Видео прикольные, смотреть приятно. Так держать. Не терпится увидеть финальный результат работы над этим домом. Удачи.

I love this channel. You are so diverse in the content. You never know what you are going to see. Love that. Keep it up, I’ll keep watching.

Brother, when you close the window, pretty sound proof with all that on the walls and ceiling.

I will tell my husband about Friday Parts, as he's a mechanic. Thank you.

Max is great, the pine walls are looking great.

Overall, great videos and a really nice job. Can't wait to see it completed...hope you have another place to work on next!

I look forward to seeing Max in your videos.

Great Kit, Ive gone through two of them, never had a connection fail

It's so exciting watching the cabin come together. Can't wait to see all the things you do with it. My fave part of this video was when you were on your way back from picking up the insulation though, such a cool way to film.

My family used to own a cabin in rural Idaho similar to this house you are restoring. The entire up-stairs was like yours. Sloped rook and wood board! Even a tin roof. The only difference was the wood used was all cedar! Watching you do all that woodwork brought back memories of that lovely cedar smell and the sound of rain on the roof whenever I stayed there!

Glad to see the project is moving along. The pine on the walls and ceiling look terrific, old-school for sure. You may have mentioned it in the past and I just missed it, but what are the long term plans for this project?

The progress is unreal. It's really starting to look great. Nice job as usual!

I love knotty pine in a home. It is so warm looking! Keep up the good work! Give Max a pat for me. He makes a great foreman.

It's starting to come along... can't wait to see the finished cabin...good job ❤

It is nice to see someone admit mistakes! We all make them, and mentioning and leaving them in makes you more real, and relatable. Showing your work, will also help those of us who are not construction folks.😂 The giveaway is a nice addition. Congrats to the one that wins it!! Keep on working, and posting interesting vids... also, love that furry baby for all of us too.