OFF GRID CABIN BUILD: Gable Ends: Episode 15 

I love how you call Donnie your best friend. ❤️🥰❤️

Love this series. My dad would say, careful Stevie, if you move any faster you will melt you boots. Sarcastically, of course.

Joe should call his hammer “Lightning” because it never strikes the same place twice!

Great to see you building guys! I am from Holland in Europe (not Michigan!) Great respect also for the 80+ skilled craftsman! I am realy enjoying every episode... Thank you so mutch!

Awesome Job!! We need a material list. I have a nice spot that would fit perfectly on.

Relief from this crazy world. A wave from the coast.

Joe, thanks for taking the time to share the experience. Donnie is definitely a keeper ! Glad to see help arrived too

That moose moment must must have made it all worth it... Awesome 👌 I don't know if you Archery hunt but that is how we have been doing it the last few years... burnt the first tag years ago but have now figured it out. September 23 this year was our best.... 18 minutes opening day after legal time, Bull down. Cheers boys, great series!

Glad I found this series of videos that you are putting out. Donnie is an inspiration for sure. I’m still working at 70 and really hope at 80 I will be able to work liKe he does.

Progress! Keep up the good work!!! It's a lot of fun watching you guys work. lol

Got to love when neighbors stop over and hold things up

Heart-felt grief and consequences to you and your beautiful State of Maine during this unbelievably sad day.

I just started watching your vids and your buddy Donnie is pure gold Joe. Everyone should be so fortunate to have a buddy with the miles behind him like Donnie. Ha ...and I am all in on makin some Donnie doughnut's

Love watching this build, guys! Nice work...!

I remember a couple of moose grunting in the middle of the night back in 1972 in remote Alaska, and then what sounded like the entire forest was being broken and smashed and destroyed by those unseen giants of the forest fighting (or doing what moose do). In the morning I found where these behemoths fought, and it was frightening to see the damage these two had inflicted on the woods. I still have a sandwich bag with some of the hair I collected, it looked more like porcupine barbs than hair. To this day, when I suspect a moose in the vicinity (albeit rare in the mountains of Palm Springs), I give it all the room in the world.

Hi Joe, just found this channel a few days ago. I really love watching you guys tear into things, definitely my kind of people. Love Donnie to, he really gets around for 80 plus. Good luck for the rest of the build. Wish i lived closer, I'd help out for sure. Jay from central Pa.

What an amazing series! Thank you for taking the time and effort to record and edit all these we all appreciate you letting us tag along with you

glad you let us watch this cabin building process, learned alot so far!

Another great video, a lot of memories will be made at the new cabin throughout the years. Our hunting cabin in northern Minnesota was built by my dad and his buddies I was 14 at the time, I am now 70 and still making memories there. I can't wait for your next video!!

Another day of hard work and it's paying off. You guys are kicking ass. Looking forward to the next video. Thank you for sharing

A little late now but when building walls you should snap a line the width of bottom stud from edge. Toe nail bottom stud online with few nails not completely in. This way you stand wall up and it's in position. We would frame and sheath walls this way in Mass(making sure wall is square) so you just stand them up and nails(6 or 8 penny) would just pull out. No positioning, just nail it where it stands as it is on the line and level as it is level as long as it was squared. Without sheathing it you don't need to square it. With sheathing you just leave the sheathing hanging low the height of the bottom sill. You just leave the ends off to nail on later to cover the doublers. Not sure if you are using sheathing but just thought I would add how we did it back in the day

Good job guys. Can’t wait for next video.

Truly awesome, you guys are hard workers and Donny is a machine. I've built with hemlock before not easy. One more step closer. Thanks for sharing, stay safe. 😊

So exciting. My dream is to live in the north Maine woods in a small camp and hunt fish and trap and live free from the crazies in this world we live in

Great videos Joe. I’m standing by for the next one. Cow moose Tuesday 698 lbs Zone One.

Thanks for sharing this. Great job!

I always like before I watch!!

Looking really good fellas!

Looking good boys!

Looking good Joe, Donny and Stevie! Our crew are headed for the “North Maine Woods” tomorrow (Friday) to set up our remote campsite for the Maine Deer season can’t wait to watch the rest of the episodes when I get back after Thanksgiving. 🦌

Joe watching you shoot that nail gun right towards your junk and upper leg kinda scary I know most likely the nail will never go all the way through that hemlock but you never know and long way from help. Stay safe the Joe Holland nation look forward to the vids.

I remember seeing moose in Maine. One night I saw one off the side of road, pulled off and shined my lights at one and was surprised with how massive it was. About a month later I came upon a single car accident sitting in middle of road. I was thinking wtf happened here? Then upon getting to car I knew, it had hit a moose. It was the most gruesome thing I have ever seen in my life. The moose came over the hood with hardly any damage to front but the roof was peeled back and 2 front seat folks were dead with driver decapitated A person in rear was still alive barely. I did what I could which wasn't much and it seemed like forever till another car came along. That car raced off to get help but it had to be almost a half hour till help had come and the rear seater also expired. The thing was the moose was no where to found but the hair told the story. I don't think they knew what hit them as there was no skid marks at all. I was a mess, didn't sleep for days and was useless barely even eating. That was some 30 odd years and I still get queasy thinking about it.

A good habit to get into mail the bottom of your studs first. It keeps your hands away from getting shot with a nail. I learned the hard way once. Lol

What a neat project, Joe! Gonna be some cozy this coming winter. I have an idea that Donnie could easily out-work half a dozen young men - am I right?!?

I’m very interesting in your channel and can’t wait for the house turn out , are you going to build the loft too ? Great channel

This cabin is going to last many many years with that heavy rough cut lumber you guys milled

I am curious as to why you did not use a vapor barrier BEFORE placing the insulation between the floor boards. Since I see it rains a considerable amount on your series, I would think it might have been a good choice to minimize moisture rising up into the cabin thereby decreasing winter cold and increasing summer humidity within the cabin. Just wondering what you thoughts were for not doing this. Especially since you mentioned you may not put any other flirting in other than keep the subfloor. Thanks.

Am so glad to see all the vids coming up of the build, sure it’s all buttoned up now but was really hoping for some livestreams from the camp last month. Elon let ya down? I’m leaning more to you going headfirst at the task at hand, the cabin build. Later guys.

What's up from Pennsylvania

You calling in a moose or Bigfoot 😅

That is knot funny

“Look at those calves”. Haha has nothing to do with the time in Pro ball.. 😂🤫🤔

Sorry Joe this phone sux , Condolences

First one again yay

Not a criticism but why didnt you precut a lot of it , Had to mention my Dad when i see Donny out there doing it he is going to be 84 in early Nov retired General Contractor still impresses me with his work ethic

Condolences

I thought you guys were communicating with Bigfoot.

hot damn..you gents are going lickity split...speaking of which..are there any gals hiding in the foreground...donny does a heck of a job as chief cook and bottle washer..wheres he get his energy...like a professional boxer before a bout...no wimmin and no alcahol

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This is a crap house