For 15 years I've been building a cabin in the woods and I decided to share my story with you and how my wife, Darci and I, were able to purchase our land and begin our cabin build.

Building an off grid cabin in the woods requires some planning and thinking and in this video I'm going to give you some of the things you should consider based on my 15 years of building experience in a remote location.

#offgridbuild #cabininthewoods #buildingacabin

00:00 Intro
00:20 Looking at Real Estate
02:19 Finding our property
03:30 Paying for it
04:29 Starting costs covered
05:45 What it takes to build a cabin in the woods
07:35 Financial Fitness
10:08 Our Budget
10:55 I bought a sawmill
11:58 Challenges
18:40 I take a job near by
19:55 Setbacks
23:28 Conclusion and final thoughts


Here are some of the tools I use on the mill, to seal logs and the camera's I use to film videos:
Split Duct for railing: https://amzn.to/3OSGG7c
Solar panel battery Maintainer: https://amzn.to/3GQc69G
https://amzn.to/3MHJWkJ -- My Rite In The Rain note pad, pens etc. It's awesome!
https://amzn.to/3ILpmNG -- Juice Box Battery (keeps my cameras running)
https://amzn.to/3uRVubU -- Jackery 500 (how I charge up my batteries)
https://amzn.to/3ONBa4b -- Anchorseal 2 -- it's what I use!
https://amzn.to/3tfLGur -- my big cant hook (now in Blue)
https://amzn.to/3LvOvfm - my small cant hook
https://amzn.to/3oVnPuK - my main camera
https://amzn.to/3QoXwZO - This is the media mod I use to get better sound and more
https://amzn.to/3Umbtur - GoPro Gooseneck Mount
https://amzn.to/3nXKlpJ - This is how I attach my mounts.
https://amzn.to/3nOgeRk - Granberg Portable Chainsaw Edging Sawmill

My website http://www.manleyportablemilling.com


[As many of you may know, making YouTube videos is hard work! It can take this Old Jarhead 10 to 12 hours of editing (and a liberal amount of cussing) to edit one video! To help pay for this the Old Jarhead is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com which may help cover some of the cost of camera gear etc in order to bring these videos to you!].