BUILDING ANOTHER TRAPPER LINE CABIN DAY ONE

CLEARING THE SPOT

THE SCANDIC 800 SWT IS A GREAT WORKHORSE

    WELL .... WE'D BEEN HUMMING AND HAWING ABOUT WHETHER TO START OR NOT,  BUT THE WEATHER WAS JUST BEING TOO GOOD.  THE SPOT WE'D APPLIED FOR HAD A BUNCH OF STANDING DEAD BALSAM.  FIRST BRYAN WENT BACK AND FORTH WITH THE SCANDIC 800 SWT PACKING THE FOUR FEET OF SNOW DOWN TO 1 AND A HALF FEET.  THEN HE FELL THE DEAD AND DANGER TREES.  THE BASE LOGS ARE CUT 19' LONG.  CABIN IS TO BE 13' SQUARE 

A GOOD PRY BAR IS A MUST....LOG WAS TOWED 5 " PAST THE MARK

VIKKI USED THE HOE.... BRYAN THE SHOVEL

WITH AN OUTSIDE WOOD STORAGE PORCH.   BRYAN PULLED IN THE LARGE LOG AND PLACED IT.  THEN IT WAS ROLLED AWAY SO THAT WE COULD DIG DOWN TO BARE GROUND.  LOG WAS THEN ROLLED BACK AND INTO HOLE USING A PEE VEE.  THEN SIDES OF LOG WHERE FILLED IN WITH COMPACT SNOW.  THEN THE NEXT LOG WAS POSITIONED AND THE PROCESS REPEATED.
THE STANDING TREE IN THE CENTER OF THE BASE LOGS WILL BE FELL TOMORROW AND ROLLED UP ONTO THESE LOGS.  THIS CABIN WILL HAVE THREE ROUNDS OF LARGE LOGS AS A BASE.  FOR ONE ..... IT SNOWS HERE 30' AT A TIME, WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 14' OF COMPACT ON THE GROUND .... ALSO A HIGH CABIN MAKES IT A LITTLE HARDER FOR THE BEARS TO REACH THE WINDOW.

ONLY A FOOT AND A HALF DOWN TO GOOD GROUND

BACKFILL IN THE BASE LOGS SO THAT YOU DON'T SPRAIN YOUR ANKLE

MAKING SURE THE BASE LOGS ARE LEVEL

ALL THE UNSOUND WOOD IS CUT INTO BLOCKS OF FIREWOOD.  BRYAN WILL TAKE OFF BLOCKS UNTIL THE ROT HAS DISAPPEARED.  THEN THE LOG WILL EITHER BE FOR LUMBER OR 6 X 6 SIDE WALLS.  THIS CABIN WILL BE VERY SIMILAR TO THE ONE WE BUILT LAST APRIL BUT JUST A LITTLE BIGGER.











THEN VIKKI SHOVELED OUT ALL THE SNOW FROM AROUND THE TREE STUMPS SO THAT BRYAN CAN TAKE THE STUMPS DOWN TO GROUND LEVEL.  IF THEY ARE LEFT NEXT WINTER THERE WILL BE LARGE MUSHROOM CAPS ON TOP OF THESE LOOKING LIKE SMALL HILLS.