I almost, but didn't hijack the other thread with this silliness ~smile~ There's a show on Discovery - Edge of Alaska. I just watched season3 episode 3 It takes place following a pretty serious wind storm. There's multiple instances of tree cleanup and felling, using chainsaws and heavy equipment. I found it to be entertaining and educational to the point of what not to do. Anyways.. if you about some time to kill, try to catch it.
I love that show! That and Alaskan Bush People, and Alaska, the Last Frontier. My husband leaves the room when I watch them.
I have noticed that the saw that Jeremy uses looks as if it has the Mastermind Saw sticker on it .....
never seen Edge of Alaska. I cant stand Alaskan Bush People though. I watched a few episodes when it first came on, and it was so stupid I was actually hoping for something to happen to one of those morons.
I like edge of Alaska as well. I had never heard of the town McCarthy before. I also like Yukon Men. I was watching Yukon men one day and a guy was cutting the back cut on a tree while someone was right behind the saw pushing on the tree. I was a bit dumbfounded that this would be considered a good idea. Nothing like exposing your full torso to a chainsaw wielded by another man let alone what can happen to the tree. Mountain Men is fun as well. I like watching eustice in the blue ridge mountains do his thing. I love his wood fueled truck. Also find it cool seeing Marty fly his little plane around Alaska and make his income trapping. The last Alaskans is one I look forward to as well......
They're kind of cute. I like the way they sold out to the Discovery Channel, and now seem to have enough money to pay for cancer treatment, and to buy land in Colorado.
Someone else has mentioned it also.....each kid has a different accent. One thing about any of the Alaska shows, the scenery is great! But with the amount of doufus in most of those shows, well, thats enough of a reason not to watch! 99 likes them pretty much. One thing is for sure; it seems they all burn wood for heat. (As expected) Don't think any of them have heard of the three year plan!
Pretty sure the Kilcher's on Alaska the Last Frontier burn coal. There is a huge coal seam under their property. You can see it up on the bluffs in some of the beach shots. thats about the only show I watch of that type, because it doesnt seem to be made up bullchit. Seems to be about as close to real as you can get. Lots of redneck engineering, half finished homes etc. Granted they live off the land literally minutes from 21st century civilization though lol
No, they seem to go out and cut a standing beetle-killed tree whenever they run out of firewood! There's one who is building a house out of stacked firewood, with mortar between the splits.
I wish they'd get the new house moving. The whole firewood walls and mortar, has me scratching my head. I understand wanting to build the house as a "throw back", embracing the old ways,but, I'm not so sure about this one.
The firewood is the easy part. They are going to need a huge amount of mortar. I hope they have some sort of mixer they can kluge together from their junkyard.
We record that show and the one we watched last night showed a friend dumping a truck load of sawdust to use in making the mortar for the cordwood walls. That is different.
