Comments by "Harry Mills" (@harrymills2770) on "" video.

  1. I reckon there's someone around, most of the time. They tried to keep it about Grandpa, but you don't want to do much of that kind of work, alone. Just too easy to get sideways and get disabled, no matter how careful you are. When he was manhandling the log, he was pretty careful, but that's enough weight, you want somebody at least within earshot. So many creakings, I wasn't sure if the snow was telling me it was severely cold, or if it was just the equipment. It doesn't look like it was super-cold, though. Love the shaggy draft horse. That's an animal that can work in the severe cold! Big, thick animal, built for the cold, for sure! I'd love to see them falling and trimming the trees. You can really see, though, how the primitive ways limit how much you can take out in one day. And especially in winter, I'd be more concerned about safety than production rate. Just kinda cool to think one guy with those methods building his own house from scratch, although I'd be OK with his buying his nails rather than make him go dig up some iron ore and smelt it, himself. LOL! But there are ways to build wood-frame without metal fasteners, too.
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