Off Grid Homestead Project '"Clearing The Land" 

I have been such a fan for years and years. I only now decided I wanted and should go back to the beginning and look at the early content. I am so thankful this content is up and still viewable. I am also thankful for how things have evolved. The Wranglerstar logo and music is so much more to my liking current day. Thank you and your family. I'm looking forward to seeing how things continue to evolve in years to come.

It is pretty neat to back to the beginning and watch videos I haven't seen yet. The quality is still really good for four years ago. Love all the cuts and blended scenes.

The original Wranglerstar. No commentary . Its good to see how the channel and content has evolved over time. Keep up the good work.

12 years ago we built our home in the woods. This was neat to watch. Brings me back. Thanks.

love the video wranglerstar, i would just like to bring up one thing as to safety. As a faller, i work heavily wooded forests. usually hardwood. I agree with all your safety equipment. I wear that same helmet, bucking, limbing and topping. But when it comes to falling, i have learned the hard way to leave one ear muff up. You want to hear every little crack, breeze, widowmaker, or even machinery coming your way. Like my 97 year old gramp told me, " you want all your witts about you when your looking down and cant see whats coming at you. I come from a long line of lumberman, lost one to a barber chair, one other hit by a skidder because he thought the operator had seen him. Anyway, just want to give others something to consider.

4:39 That's a mighty fine looking log. too bad you can't make some lumber with it.

Very cool, where I come from there is no big timber . I have never seen anyone fall a tree with wedges, so simple! That was exactly the info I was looking for. Thank you very much.

wow its crazy how far you have come Cody!

What a difference! It's strange not having the commentary. Keep up the good work Cody.

I'm starting my own full time homestead. I have seen a few of these videos, but I'm going to have to go through them all from the beginning. There is so much information to glean in these videos.

Excellent video Cody. Thanks for sharing with all of us!

I was just cutting big rounds of wood i was using a wedge and was struggling you make it look easy, well done!

Videos have changed so much in the past few years

Nice wood splitter! I much prefer this horizontal type to the vertical type, saves the back.

I like your method for towing the trailer/splitter up, easier than reversing with the trailer/splitter at the rear. Great job!

Looking forward to more Cody this was always my favorite part of you previous channel.

Tip on winching, do it with hill brake applied to avoid strain on transmission. Great video as always.

Great first video Cody!

Love the old videos Cody. You have come a long way.

There's nothing like a productive day on your own land!

Going to go through and watch them all. See you at the start!

Nice work. Thanks for sharing. I know the camera work adds a lot of time to your jobs but it's definitely appreciated. Also cool to see all those tools in your original series about logging/homestead tools and equipment shown in use.

that was super cool treemanship! never real understood how one person could handle a tree like that...now i know. thanks and blessings!

You made id look so easy! I can see you are a pro. Good video Sir.

sure miss this older content

Those wedges worked nice. I'll have to remember that.

Hard work and excellent craftsmanship. Blessings !

I don't know if Cody rewatchs these old vid but looks funny in blue jeans Using full size ax and figerglass handle in sledge hammer.

Wow! That was an amazing video! Thanks for posting it.

Love the sounds of a tree before it falls. there is something satisfying about the still silence mixed with the popping, followed by the crescendo of a ground shaking thud. It is a shame that the only way to experience it is by harvesting a beauty of a tree. But a properly managed forest will yield lumber for generations.

Cody, I swear it looks like that sledge has got a fiberglass handle!

These truly are my favorite videos. Great editing and content.

Thanks for sharing '"Clearing The Land" video!

That tree just was so reluctant to fall, good job it had an expert on the job eh ha ha ha!

i really enjoy and respect what u r doing and why u r doing it. keep it up. really isnt easy work (i work in the same environment (trees, wood splitting etc)) but once u have accomplished ur goal...it will feel great. respect!

Cody brings back the silent film.

You make it look easy!

As great as this old video is, i'm sure glad your style has progressed with the channel! The new material is just so capturing.

Very nice work. I watch a lot of your videos. I am a proffesional tree climber been doing it for 4.5 years since I was 14 and I notice when you cut you cut at an angle downwards. It would make for easier falling if you cut straight with your first front cut of the face. It pinches if you are at a diagonal. Anyways looks good!

That tree fell right where you wanted it to didn't it? Nice. I'm a novice on the subject of logging. It looks like the wedges make for a more controlled fall. I guess you can also fine tune the direction of the fall depending on which wedge you strike?

Going back and reviewing some of the earlier videos. I think this is the one that pulled me in. Was looking for something to give me some ideas for some parallel planning for a simpler way of life. I wanted to get off the train after 28 years of service

I'm reading your book "Modern Homesteading to my son (almost 11) as a bedtime story. We just reached the part where you talk about working this property. We are wathing the videos now along with it.

Cody did you have a lot your equipment before you made the move or have you accumulated it over the past five years? Jim

Just watched this after watching your most recent video. amazing how much easier this is with the new tech you use.

+Wranglerstar Hey Cody you have made my day, not only did I get to see your first upload, I also got to watch you starting your new kitchen project as well. Did you have a celebration in september for your 5 years anniversary or did I miss it? God bless,, Tony.

Wow, not a word. Some power equipment is a real labor saver eh...

My favourite part was the silence followed by the sound on the sledge on the wedge, no rhyme intended but that's how it goes I guess.

hey man saftey tip, use the chain saw face shield when using a sledge hammer just if a piece of metal comes flying back at you, your face is covered

Thank you, for all the great info.

One man army we have here!!!

Very cool

good job keep it up

That was very interesting.This is only one of the few vids I have seen of yours.Do you chop trees down for a living?

Pre-Tin Pants? You just don't look quite right without them Cody. :)

One of your old videos but it was great.

I have been watching a lot of your videos lately and I enjoy them very much. I'm working towards having the same lifestyle in the future. What is still puzzling to me however is how exactly do you get out of debt? Even if you follow Ramsey's advice, I don't see how you can just buy $100,000-250,000 farm land without a loan. Also, where does your income come from in such an area to cover the cost of basic utilities, repairs, food that you don't grow yourself, etc. All these details are still puzzling to me..

All in a days work on the homestead.

@88arau This is Cody but the Wranglerbarn channel and all of those great videos are sadly gone.

Awesome video :)

I'd love to do what you are doing. If I were a younger man I probably would. I'd love to know what prepared you for this? How is you know how to fall trees. And build timber frame cabins? Great videos. I can live vicariously

yes that good god time

It's Log!

in many subjects i am rather dependent on your information service

numero uno

did you actually clear out the lad you have today that is amazing i thought you bought a field for you house

Haha look at cody using throw away tools!

You cut up that beautiful tree for firewood?

G/day Cody- thought about using Dynema rope instead of the steel?

this is your first video?

now that what i call a tree

Woah

@ 3:26 why do you have the wedges in the top of the log if you were cutting from the bottom to avoid the bar pinching?

Your first video?

Cody, Do you have a playlist of this series?

Is this WranglerBarn's channel?

I improved the way I fell, too tall stump, the main bad cut.

Good way of showing your tools first.

What saws are you running in this video Cody? Nevermind, i see a Ms441 and what looks to be a 260

What do you do about the stump?

I love Stihl chainsaws.

those logs were straight - should have been lumber

now cut trees very differently

If you use wedges to fall every tree, you should probably learn the right way to fall a tree in the first place

what do you do about the stump

but what do you do with the stump?

this is your first video?????????

Is that wood?

I would hate to think how long, that would take without today's modern tools ! Ouch

Holy hell who stands that close while using a winch. Don't know if he's brave or just stupid.

6/14/2024

What is that thing at 4:09 used to pull the log called?

I really love your channel and have watched MANY of your videos......but for an "off grid" homestead, you seem to use a lot of power tools on a regular basis!

Was this your first ever you tube video Cody? Like the music, anyone know what it is?

1868 anyone

I wish I could explain to my brain/mind what I watched 😦

Anyone else here in 2017