From Decrepit Aspens to Cabin Flooring with Alaskan Mill #96 

Saturday mornings used to be cartoons. As an adult I look forward to ringworm videos!

I really enjoy watching you on You Tube. Very good show and you are also very funny. Love it. Thank you from Sarah Ruiz Odessa, Tx. 4/2/'23

Hi Ryan. I know an old way that my grandpa did his floors. Get rope that is right size of floor & pack it in the cracks-then some poxy & let dry. He was born 1884 & started building his home when he was 13yrs old & home was done in 1899. Him & grandma lived their for 62 years & passed away. The home is still standing-beautiful & 2 story brick home. He painted it white & had 2 big maple trees in front. Each tree was the month-day-year each was born. When mom was born-her tree was put in back yard. They lived on the farm & grandpa cut all his own lumber. He got the property from his dad & got 50 acres for ($3000). He didn't owe anyone a dime. Had 100 acres when he passed--30 cattle & 2 little tractors from 1947 & did all his own plowing & no chemicals. O yes-the good old days. U are doing an awesome job on your cabin-can't wait to see it. U be careful-safe & God Bless.. Phoenix

I love your sense of humor the way you Adress the crapy comments like its an old timer trying give you advice

I always look forward to hearing a chainsaw, 4 wheeler, planer, and circular saw running to start my Saturday mornings 😄

This is probably a day late and a dollar short, but here goes. If I remember correctly, I once saw Boss of the Swamp build something similar. Before laying the floor, he rolled out and stapled bubble foil over the floor joists (he swears by that stuff for added insulation). After that, he laid the floor then covered that with a seamless heavy-duty tarp. This kept the floor from getting wet. He then built the walls right over the tarp and dried it in. Afterwards, he then simply cut the tarp out at the edge of the interior walls. Kept the floor dry the entire build simply sweeping rain out through the door opening throughout the build.

I don't know of any other channel where the person talking interacts with the viewers the way you do. You're so good at it that I have caught myself a couple of times starting to answer your queries, and I don't even live by myself in the woods.

Ants Pants (who is also incredibly funny) paints his foundations with used oil. He said it smells for a week or so, but zero cost preservative and no bugs. Just another handy hint. Another great video. Thanks as always.

It’s strange to me that a few comments still try to give “practical advice” here. It’s kind of hard to understand why they are watching if they don’t appreciate The Way Of The Worm. I guess it’s still good for Ryan’s channel that they are watching and commenting. I think he should just keep doing what he does. 😁 Thanks for the video Ryan!

When we did our place, we built the floor, then the building. When the roof was up, and everything was dried out, we went underneath from the bottom and stapled insulation, 2x thick, then the Tyvek, and then fine mesh wire to keep the rodents out. Good luck buddy. Your property reminds me of Carp River. Love it.

You know you love the content when you are willing to watch all the adds so that Ringworm Channel makes more money.

I had a camp in Jackman Maine in the past. I insulated the floor with a single layer of 1/2 in foil faced foam board sandwiched between the sub and finished flooring. As soon as you mentioned that it reminded me how well it wotked, you could wald around barefoot no matter how cold it was. On a different note I have watched you from the start and look foward to the next upload. thanks

Keep on Cutting my Friend! Dawns here ☀️

Hate to say it.....but I love me some ringworm in the morning!!😳🤷🏻‍♂️🤣🤣 have a day buddy!👍🇺🇸

Hello, I love your philosophy of life and your ways of working, my greatest sympathy to you, and always moving forward, good luck.👍

It is a very good job but you always do you are a pretty handy little devil and I enjoy watching you and I will keep watching so God bless

So much fun watching you build things “your way”.

28:15 Priceless XD I was slurping spaghetti when you said that line and i burst out laughing, thank you for all that you do for us.

Great job Ryan. Use bubble foil then insulation. Thanks 👍👍.

Your channel is the best “proof is in the pudding” for Stihl chainsaws! Such good saws.

Years ago I helped my hubby clear our lot by the house. HE did STEP One... felling the tree, working two saws for when it got jammed.. so yea, some real work. I was Part Two... the 'no glory' clean up crew. You KNOW I have GREAT RESPCT for the clean up crew. 👍 No time for navel gazing there.

Now you can see the scale of the cabin. Drone shot would be cool view of the deck. Looks fantastic. Thanks for sharing Ryan.

I can't wait to put all of your building techniques to use, I grew up building and remodeling houses and I like your way better when it comes to building my cabin in the woods.

Another Awesome Episode. " I think its Good Wood." Thats what she said. Hahaha Staying Tuned.

I personally feel the same way you do there's no other way experience you're doing an amazing job

I watch it whenever I can think you’re doing an excellent job I wish I could do that

Really enjoyed this one

Glad to hear ur doing wood stove!

BRING BACK THE QUOTES!

Tyvek on top ,batts in between foam underneath for thermal barrier ,just like a wall only horizontal.

I always rise early to get my worm fix. New cabin is looking awesome, almost too nice! I’ll keep my strong opinions to myself. 🤪

Bark...is the life blood of a tree In the Sequoya National Park in northern California there was thought to be the oldest tree on earth. It is called the "old grandmother". In the 19th century all her bark was removed as part of a train traveling side show. The train went to many cities across the US, at each town and city stop, a huge wire frame was erected with a crane and the old grandmothers bark was hung on the wire frame for all to see since personal travel was difficult back then... showing people this amazing huge old tree. As a result....the oldest tree on earth...the old grandmother died without her bark. Her dried dead trunk still stands today. It's was one of the saddest spectacles of man's greed.

I enjoy watching your Channel I do live up in the woods in Canada so I can relate

That cabin floor would make a nice dance floor.

Morning! Really a great way to start the weekend. We really enjoy your videos. If you are going board and batten on this new cabin, take a look at “Smokey Mountain Outpost “ for one called Great use for old slab wood from a couple weeks ago. Saves lumber, saves burning slab wood and can use “crooked wood”. Have a great week man.

so glad i found your channel!!!!

Those different pieces of lumber looked amazing. Tables tops, chairs, your twist on furniture. It’s gonna be nice.

What a lovely day to take out a tree or two . Beautiful job on the floor . Just Ringworm being Ringworm.

One day there will be Ringworm tours... like the Coral castle!🤣👍

Those 2 inch cedars are going to be some sweet projects

I've looked back,think I've seen every video you've published. My mill is in the mail, end of week. Had2cancel my this year's vacation to crystal falls this year, I'm not sure but think have gone by camps like yours on way to Marquette. My eagle scout n I love your state, we are so east iL. Absolutely love the U P not sure my wife could service your winters, her birthday in oct would be snow every year there, lol I'll keep watching, I'm looking for the state to retire, finding property is slow going. Even among the Amish, hmm 🤔

Making progress I can see your cabin soon you’re a artist you design things different than some people I think your designs are great very sturdy well Thought out thanks for the great video it makes my Saturday mornings extra special

Wow, that floor decking looks massive! 👌 plenty of room for the dog! Cheers, Eric

42:24 that lumber you're flattening was grown by the sun as well. You're using sun power to shape sun-grown materials to shelter you from the sun in the summertime and lack of sun in winter.

Board and batten siding would look great on your cabin!

My favorite channel!

This is only my second video. I didn't subscribe, after the first. I'm so happy to see another one! I'll continue watching whilst you continue to do all the work. Lol

Thank you for sharing the video with great content, wish you always happy and have a lot of strength and success in your work!!

Best vid yet dude 👏

Looking good! Very exciting!

I bought an echo 620p and a zozen chainsaw mill recently. I plan to mill enough lumber to make a 16x24 shed. But I've only got like 2 acres of forest and most of it is aspen and white pine. I'm unsure if I'll get the 500 boards I need out of what I'm willing to cut down but it should be fun. I plan to char the aspen shou sugi ban style. I'll probably build a fire then wire a few boards together in a triangle and put them over the fire like a chimney. That way I won't have to use a propane torch. I work with 8-10ft boards due to strength issues. I don't have any heavy equipment or even a four wheeler so it's all manual labor haha. I do have a handy rope trick for moving logs though. If you take a rope or tow strap, and loop it under the log, holding one end of the rope firm, you can pull the other end towards you and it rotates the tree towards you. You then just keep shimmying the rope to get your pulling length back. Really awesome and simple method that doesn't take a lot of effort. Sure beats lifting them. Another great tip is using a moving dolly, just load up the log on the dolly platform sideways and roll away! Great for long, wide open distances. I plan on adding some flat free 8in x 2in tires to my 3 ton engine hoist and use it to lift up and move logs. Not sure if it will work and pneumatic tires might work better but it gets used too little and I hate when my tires go flat. I'm not great on maintaining things 😅. I have big dreams but with my health issues who knows if I'll ever achieve them haha. I love watching your videos and I always learn something. I'm from Michigan too so it's cool to see what's possible in my own neck of the woods. It's very inspiring to watch you tinker out in the woods. I've always felt a calling to live out in the woods like you do. Have a great day, may God bless you! ❤

Love the work you do! Cheers.

You were almost spot on. Just watching with my hand down the front of my pants! It's comfortable that way.

Cabin coming along nicely big worm

Great way to start my day. The floor and the whole process/ramble is fun to watch, especially as I play with my navel. Yes, I have VERY STRONG opinions about how you should build things and as long as you are happy then it must be good, or good enough. Thanks again for sharing and bringing me along. Have an outstanding day!

Hello from the Netherlands and thanks for the video. Sincerely, Hollandduck

Forgive me if you already know... but... make sure you measure from the corners diagonally before you get too far along. The time to have done it was when the floor framing was completed. An 1/8" in the corner fit is a huge deal with cabins due to air leaks/water intrusion. Keep performing the same measurement check throughout the build.

Build the way you want it, because your the boss!!

Thanks for another great video, I can't even imagine how many hours of footage you edit for that roughly 45 min video. Very time consuming. I know you probably have the floor done but might be a good idea to put a layer of tyvek on the bottom of floor after you put the insulation in. I'm not a builder or anything but just reminds of the floor wrap on a mobile home. Might need to wear your chainsaw helmet with guard done to keep the black flies out. Me and the wife traveled many miles across the UP last week. From whitefish point to the lake of the clouds in the porkies. I just can't get enough of gods country up there. Take care until next video

My girlfriend hears Ryan's voice and says "are you watching your spirit animal?" 😆 yes ma'am!

love the way you build when i build my goal is warm and dry the rest don't matter

If you make a table out of everything you said would make a good table, your new cabin won’t have room for anything else lol. Love watching you!

👍👌Have a nice week

So cool to see your thought process...I 🤔

Bubble foil under the floor Boss of the Swamp swears by it

A great way to wake up a Saturday morning. Livin da life bro 😎.

Aspen trees are a mystery in my experience as well. I've taken some down that looked half dead that had a lot of dead limbs that were perfectly solid and I've taken perfect looking trees that were not even useable as firewood.

It's like this....and I DID IT MY WAY!!!! good job2all 🥶🐲

Suggestion! Most views on RU-vid are on videos that have "Building off grid cabin" in title. I love your channel and hope more viewers will connect. You are SO funny and your projects are awesome! Keep up the good work!!!!😃

well the floor is down thats awesome . you went through that stack of wood really fast . better to get busy and make some stacks up for what you need before the end of summer . its alot easier to dig a board out of a snow pile then to try and make boards in a snow pile . im sure im not the only one who is saying this . but hey looks great so far going to be a awesome little cabin . i would make it your living area for winter at least and if you need a work shop heck make a new one for that or even two . but this one i would make your home for now at least . you know one thing no one has mentioned or at least i dint see it is dude you need a bath room lol . out house with a composting toilet . would give you a great use for all that saw dust . would also be a great way to fertilize what ever . best part is you could do it cheap . little room with a five gallon bucket and a toilet seat would work . do your business and cover it with saw dust . make a area off in the woods some where for a compost site . still think you need a hand pump for water as well . you live in michigan brother you wont have to go down very deep . i bet 20 feet tops . you will thank your self later . just saying . if you did it and left the pump about counter level you could figure out how to set it up so its inside and use it next to a sink for running water indoors . it would be all gray water so you could run the pipes right out doors for run off and it would be fine . if you use it for the toilet thats black water and you would need a septic tank . now thats some real digging . so just thoughts on things you already know .

All floorboards, horizontal siding, and roofing lumber should have the end grain make a "frown", not a "smile". That really helps prevent cupping and also keeps water damage down. Just a tip.

That's Balm of Gilliad for you! Stuff seems to be a waste of nutrients & sunshine. I live northern MN; we've got those dang things here too.

You should clamp all the boards together and use your Granburg to cut to width save alot.of time vs 1 board at a time. Love the videos and builds.

Aspen is the tree most used on my property for milling. You just have to cut them all and see what's inside. It's usually a surprise good and bad.

Keep it up buddy great stuff

Live the dream . Right or wrong . You are doing more than most of us have . Be safe and burn ammo.

A good way to fill in those cracks that develop from the board shrinking is to do it the old fashioned way... use hemp/natural fiber rope... Adds a little interest to the floor as well.

Use the papers for under the wood stove for a heat shield that way you reduce the chance of fire. I love the unconventional builds. Keep it up

Just a few weeks ago, where I work, I sent a shopping container load of unused, solid timber doors to the tip shop - kinda like a ReStore. I needed the space in the container, and the doors had been written off by HQ years ago. Those guys were ecstatic about it - they never get stuff like that, so someone (probably quite a few people) is gonna get a real steal of a deal...👍

You must be Lovein your life style. 👍

I keep hearing about that thin foil covered insulation for flooring to keeping bugs n mice out or there is a sort of cloth mesh Ive seen on mobilhomes with insulation on top or swimming pool covers are kind of a mesh type material found at "repurposed materials" once in a while. Ideas for cheap materials but sometimes they have various types of insulation as well mostly the square rigid sheets like pallet loads. And of course pallets are a cheap source of building material for all kinds of things they used to make furniture out of them. years ago I bought a couple cheap wooden chairs made from pallet wood. pretty modern looking but cheap furniture.

looking good!!!!!!!!

Wrap your stacks of boards with ratchet straps on each end to hold straight. You can even get them really wet for a day or two and the. Wrap with ratchet straps and leave them on until your ready to use the wood

Yea ,Uncle Ryan is on !

The only thing i would say is, you're going to want some kind of wire mesh or something on the bottom there so that critters don't get up into your insulation and make nests. :) But really, IDC what you do lol. It's your cabin.

for a minute there I thought the little chick was gonna be your lunch lol.

Good morning from Albany New York. I’m a big fan of The Worm. Glad you made it through the storm last night. Have you thought about digging a little underground escape pod, in case of a windstorm? It’s probably too late to dig it under your cabin.

I’m a great helper to my husband. I’m the limb puller, log loader and now I ve learned to use the chain a good bit. But some of our trees are 24 to 36 inch diameter. White oaks , red oaks , live oaks and giant yellow pine. You might want a helper. Chain sawing alone is a bit sketchy.

Cabin coming along good 👍

Always check "Ray's List" when shopping at Menards... We always have stuff in ours they also tend to have stuff in the bargain area that has not made it on Ray's List....

Great video buddy

The cabin will be great for winter or any time. As far as cutting down those really high trees, a hydraulic lift with bucket for you to stand in would be great for cutting down the top parts of trees, whereby making it easier to fell them without them falling into something you dont want them to fall into, or whatever other reasons. That's if you can access a hydraulic lift. Just a thought. You have access to a lot of beautiful wood there.

I just started to post tube shorts milling to build my cabin. I'm having issues with my mill. I would love to pick your brain. Running a Stihl 661 with a 36" granberg bar and chain. All of a sudden it is pulling down into the log and not milling. I've been milling for the better part of 3 months.

Ryan sounds like you had the storm we had !!! Got 14 inches of rain in less than 12 hours thought of making a ARK haha really through thought big time on this tone !!!

Great stuff

Great video! As always! :)

We always put a 3 or 4ft stick wedged in the front of the 4wheeler it carches all the spidders

I think you should putting the underfloor insulation in and put 1/4in wire mesh over it underneath to keep critters of the insulation. after that do what you like. It' your place.

New to this channel and already my favorite! It's like watching crude HDTV without all the guilt! I'm too lazy to scroll through the questions but have you ever thought of building a solar kiln to dry your lumber out? Just curious. Love the content!

Mornin 👋😎👍