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The forecast for the job this
week is cold and wet and mud,

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So other than the fact
that we need more

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Than one pair of underwear on,

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I think it's going
to be a good day.

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Typical "barnwood" weather.
It's raining.

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Yeah.

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It's typical ohio day, you know.

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It's raining, foggy.

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Yeah.
Cold, wet, muddy.

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-Yeah.
-This beats the hustle

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And bustle of that city life,
don't it, johnny?

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Yes, it does.

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What do you guys know
about this cabin, sherman?

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Oh, all I've seen
is pictures so far,

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And it looked like
a pretty good cabin.

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So I bought a cabin in ohio
a couple of months ago,

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And I never really got to see
the whole thing stripped.

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The owners, they took off
all the vinyl siding.

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They took the roof off.

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They took all the porches
around it off of it,

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And from what I hear, it's good,
but I don't know.

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What do y'all think?

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I like it.

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Here we are.

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Well, here we are.

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Here we are.

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Narrator:
The "barnwood builders"

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Are in two different places
at once.

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Extreme, extreme.

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Ah!

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Extreme.

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Taking down two different
pioneer structures

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In two very different ways,
but one thing is certain...

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Here's johnny!

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...It's going to be
a whole lot of fun.

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Yeah!

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Mark bowe as "log man."

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Mark bowe reclaims
pioneer cabins and barns.

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He gives them new lives
along with his team

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Of modern-day pioneers.

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North canton, ohio.

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This suburban neighborhood
is hiding a pioneer surprise.

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This log home was occupied
until a few months ago.

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After mark bought it, the seller
stripped off the roof,

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The porches and the siding.

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Now, sherman, alex and graham

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Are here
to save the hand-hewn logs.

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Man: Good looking building.

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I'll you what, somebody has done
a lot of work

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Already stripping it down,
ain't they?

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Yeah. Yeah, they don't normally
look like this, do they?

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That's awesome.

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You know, this is a big house.

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Yeah, look at those big logs.

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That oak, graham?

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I see a lot of oak down there.

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Maybe some poplar
and a little beech.

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Let's see what it looks like.

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Floor joists don't look bad.
Look like oak.

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Look at the beams.

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Big summer beam.

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Narrator: The summer beam forms
the spine of the joist system.

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This two-story log cabin
has a summer beam on each level

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To support
the 32-foot span.

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Man:
Because this is a big house,

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The span is just too long
so they put a beam in here.

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It's a way of shortening
the floor joist

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So they wouldn't sag,
which is a good idea, really.

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So being that it's raining,

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I'm going to do this
a little different.

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Instead of sitting in the rain
and drawing,

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I'll just take pictures,

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And then I'll sit in the truck
and draw with the heat on

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And the radio
and a hot cup of coffee.

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Mark: The guys are in ohio
taking down

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That original log cabin,
but I am so excited about it

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Because it's got summer beams.

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It's got floor joist.

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It is awesome.

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I've got some pictures
from the guys.

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I'm pretty fired up about it.

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But that cabin
cannot be restored

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Unless we have spare parts,

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So we're going to have
to work together

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In two different places,
and then come together

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At the end of the week
for the common goal,

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Which is to restore
that big baby on the boneyard.

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Narrator: To find the
replacement logs

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For this cabin in ohio,

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The rest of the guys
are 250 miles away

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In beckley,
west virginia.

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So as you know, we only got
part of crew here today.

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It's all we need.

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I sent the amateurs
up there to ohio.

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Yep.

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We'll let them do the finesse
part,

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And we'll do the rough
and rowdy part.

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How's that?

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We can do that.

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So what do you think?

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There's logs in there,
I promise.

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Yeah, I see some.

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That cabin up there in ohio
is the patient,

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And this is the donor cabin.

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Narrator: Even a donor building
has a history to explore.

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Mark: In this particular area of
west virginia, this is typical.

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You've got about
an 18-by-22-foot pin

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Inside of a barn,

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And what's awesome
about this building

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Is that it's got sheds built
all the way around it.

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That means that these logs
haven't seen weather.

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There's a lot of clues
to what this barn is used for,

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And I think
the more we explore,

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The more we'll figure out what
the purpose of this barn was

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And why it has
all these cut-outs.

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So here's what I'm thinking.

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I think that these right here
were tobacco poles.

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They were tier poled.

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Yeah, that would be
tier poles, yeah.

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I think at one time, this had
the corn crib in it,

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And this
also had tobacco in it.

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Probably was a combination
of things,

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But if you'll notice over here
in all these briars

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Through all this, there's
a cattle gate right there.

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See, there's a ramp that goes
right up to load the cattle.

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Yeah.

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So I'm pretty excited
for this particular

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Find in that
it does get to live on.

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It's just not going to live on
in its form that it is now.

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That's pretty awesome, man,
you know, that it's had a life,

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And then it changed
into another life,

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And then we're going to
give it a third life.

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Narrator: No matter where
the "barnwood builders" work,

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They always take time
to honor a cabin's history

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Before they take it down.

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This is chinking.

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This is the old,
authentic chinking.

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Mud chinking...

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Like, real mud,
clay.

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That's pretty cool.

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And then they just took handfuls
of it

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And splatted it in here,
smoothed it out a little bit,

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Kept the wind from blowing in,
kept the bugs out.

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Mark: If you think about going
up on that mountain

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Up there,
cutting down a tree

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And dragging it out
with a horse,

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And then getting the broad axe
and just starting to go to town

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And hew these logs,
it would have taken

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Probably one day for a team
of four people to hew out a log.

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So a barn like this would have
taken a long time

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To get up in the air.

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I love this old chinking.

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The crown notch is basically
crown to the center.

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This is really
a good locking notch.

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You can't hardly move that log
this way

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Because of the way
this is locked,

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But the way the grain
and the wood is,

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This piece of wood right here,

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If that gets bumped,
it breaks real easy.

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Maybe some of this is original.

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Man, might find
an arrowhead in here

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If you looked
around hard enough.

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I've always wanted to find
an old arrowhead

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Just mixed in with the chinking.

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Looky here!

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[ laughs ]

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An arrowhead.

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That's absolutely crazy.

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That's pretty rare.

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It's an indian arrow
they would use in bow and arrow.

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This little ridge right here
and that creek down there,

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That might have been
a settlement here,

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An indian settlement.

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That's pretty neat.

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Well, I guess
this is the first step.

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This sign right here
is making it a home,

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But we're getting ready
to take the whole thing down,

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So better to just give it
to the homeowner.

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This way they can still
get their mail.

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Y'all ready to get
some of these logs down?

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Yep. Let's do it.

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This is dangerous, guys.

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This might be the last time
we're inside of this one.

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It looks pretty bad.

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There we go.
Yeah!

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Mark:
Today is kind of a nervous day.

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This is dangerous, and I don't
know what I just bought in ohio.

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Narrator: Mark split his crew
into two teams

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To try to save
this ohio cabin

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And find replacement logs for it
in this west virginia barn.

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Mark:
This is a good parts barn.

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Narrator: Both teams have
brought in some extra help.

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Well, the crane's here.

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Narrator: In ohio, they hired
their old pal eric scott

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To lift the logs off this cabin
with an 80-foot crane.

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Let's start work.

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In west virginia, they called
in a buddy

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With a scrappier machine.

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Mark: We brought along
our buddy josh.

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Josh has helped us out over
the years with different things.

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So what we're hoping is going
to happen here

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Is that he's going
to be able to take

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This section
of the addition

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And pull it up and out and
separate it from the log pin.

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If that happens, then we'll do
that all the way around,

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And then we'll get to the...
What we came for, the logs.

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Just kind of loosen it up
all the way across.

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[ metal creaking ]

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There you go.

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Can you try to grab the wall
and get it out?

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There we go.

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Yeah!

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All right.

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See there, that's what we want
to happen right there.

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There we go.

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Perfect.

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-Narrator: Up in ohio...
-Eighteen.

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...It's a more delicate job.

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Twenty-three-seven.

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They have to measure...

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Let's get the total end here.

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...And tag every log
and every joist

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So they can rebuild the cabin
as it stands.

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Eighteen-foot-seven.

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We got the dance crew up there
in ohio

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Finessefully taking
down buildings.

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This is where the men go to work
right here, ripping and tearing.

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Hey!
There you go.

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[ telephone ringing ]

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Hello?

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Hey, where are you now?

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Hey, man, what's happening?

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Oh, I'm fighting the rain.

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Oh, man, it is nice down here,
baby.

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It is sunny and 75.

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Ooh, I'm coming.

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How's the house look?

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This is a pretty good
looking house.

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-Good.
-But I'll tell you what we need.

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Downstairs it has those
two windows

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On either side of the chimney,

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So we need the logs
that goes from window to window.

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They're 8 inches and they're
12-to-13-inch face.

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-What length?
-They're close to 12 foot.

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Okay.

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If you had three,
that would be good.

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-We've got that.
-Are they 8 inches thick?

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They're about 7 1/2.

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Oh, that'll work good.

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Hey, say "hey" to the guys.

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All right.
See ya.

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So sherman had called me
and said that they have

254
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A 12-foot section that's been
removed near the chimney side,

255
00:12:16,390 --> 00:12:19,020
And so the logs
are about 8 inches thick.

256
00:12:19,020 --> 00:12:21,460
There's 7 1/2.

257
00:12:21,460 --> 00:12:24,430
There's an 8-inch thick log
right there.

258
00:12:24,430 --> 00:12:30,130
So I've got some logs in here
that will make what he needs.

259
00:12:30,140 --> 00:12:34,400
Narrator: Mark is ready to start
saving these logs.

260
00:12:34,410 --> 00:12:37,410
But in ohio, they've still got
a lot of work to do

261
00:12:37,410 --> 00:12:39,910
Before these logs can come down.

262
00:12:39,910 --> 00:12:41,040
Man: These are the original

263
00:12:41,050 --> 00:12:42,680
Mortise and tenon joints
right here,

264
00:12:42,680 --> 00:12:45,750
And I'm drilling the peg out
that's holding them in place.

265
00:12:45,750 --> 00:12:48,320
But if you can't get a screw
in it and a pry bar

266
00:12:48,320 --> 00:12:50,850
And pry it out
and not break the peg,

267
00:12:50,860 --> 00:12:54,720
This is your best bet: Just take
a drill and drill it out.

268
00:12:54,730 --> 00:12:56,330
These pegs are tough.

269
00:12:58,530 --> 00:13:00,600
There might be a pine beam
right here,

270
00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:03,970
But these pegs are all oak.

271
00:13:03,970 --> 00:13:05,700
Narrator: The ceiling joists

272
00:13:05,700 --> 00:13:08,300
Attach to the summer beam
like a ribcage.

273
00:13:08,310 --> 00:13:11,840
Each joist is individually
mortised into the summer beam

274
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And secured with wooden peg.

275
00:13:13,810 --> 00:13:16,010
To save the mortise and tenon
joinery,

276
00:13:16,010 --> 00:13:19,480
They'll have to remove each peg.

277
00:13:19,480 --> 00:13:22,250
Man: The pioneers who built this
were really good craftsmen.

278
00:13:22,250 --> 00:13:24,750
I mean, they took the time
to mortise and peg

279
00:13:24,760 --> 00:13:27,290
Each one of these floor joists
so it can never move,

280
00:13:27,290 --> 00:13:29,290
And it might have saved them
a little money on nails,

281
00:13:29,290 --> 00:13:31,690
But it probably took a couple
extra days of their time,

282
00:13:31,700 --> 00:13:33,960
I'd guess.

283
00:13:33,970 --> 00:13:35,900
Narrator: And it's going to take
a lot of extra time

284
00:13:35,900 --> 00:13:38,770
To get those pegs out.

285
00:13:38,770 --> 00:13:41,140
They drill some pegs from above,

286
00:13:43,880 --> 00:13:45,070
Some from below...

287
00:13:49,980 --> 00:13:51,750
And knock out the pegs
they can.

288
00:13:55,320 --> 00:13:56,890
All the pegs are out.

289
00:13:56,890 --> 00:13:59,490
Narrator: Until finally they can
remove the joists...

290
00:14:04,460 --> 00:14:06,700
...One at a time, of course.

291
00:14:06,700 --> 00:14:08,060
Man: Once the pegs are out,
the only way

292
00:14:08,070 --> 00:14:09,330
You can get them out is by hand

293
00:14:09,330 --> 00:14:12,030
Without breaking
these tenons off.

294
00:14:12,040 --> 00:14:14,300
-Ready?
-Yep.

295
00:14:14,310 --> 00:14:17,210
Almost.
There you go.

296
00:14:17,210 --> 00:14:18,610
Last joist.

297
00:14:18,610 --> 00:14:22,680
I'm not doing no more
on this side.

298
00:14:27,150 --> 00:14:29,490
We have to push the chimney
out of the building

299
00:14:29,490 --> 00:14:31,420
Because we don't want it
over our head.

300
00:14:43,940 --> 00:14:46,170
Yeah, baby.

301
00:14:46,170 --> 00:14:47,840
Be careful, mark.

302
00:14:47,840 --> 00:14:49,740
Don't let that come back
and hit you in the eye.

303
00:14:49,740 --> 00:14:51,470
If it hits me...

304
00:14:51,480 --> 00:14:53,310
It looks like it'd hook
pretty good.

305
00:14:56,110 --> 00:14:57,410
Look at you.

306
00:14:57,420 --> 00:14:58,580
There we go.

307
00:14:58,580 --> 00:15:01,550
A lot safer now.

308
00:15:01,550 --> 00:15:03,520
Mark is my hero, you know?

309
00:15:03,520 --> 00:15:06,920
Yeah, that's right.
I'm the hillbilly superhero.

310
00:15:06,930 --> 00:15:10,090
Mark bowe as "log man."

311
00:15:10,800 --> 00:15:12,300
[ laughs ]

312
00:15:12,300 --> 00:15:13,860
What's your superpower?

313
00:15:13,870 --> 00:15:16,900
Manipulation.

314
00:15:16,900 --> 00:15:22,670
Getting people to go to ohio
to do things I don't want to do.

315
00:15:22,670 --> 00:15:26,540
Narrator: Meanwhile, in ohio,
sherman, alex and graham

316
00:15:26,540 --> 00:15:28,710
Have been struggling
for a full day,

317
00:15:28,710 --> 00:15:33,620
And they're just getting
the upper floor joists out.

318
00:15:33,620 --> 00:15:35,950
There you go.
You got him.

319
00:15:35,950 --> 00:15:41,560
That's our first load of joist.
They came out eventually.

320
00:15:41,560 --> 00:15:43,690
Things have been
a little slow for us.

321
00:15:43,700 --> 00:15:46,330
Still, we've saved a lot
of good craftsman work.

322
00:15:48,630 --> 00:15:50,370
I like these joists.

323
00:15:50,370 --> 00:15:52,070
I think they're pretty cool.

324
00:15:52,070 --> 00:15:54,770
I like it when somebody takes
the time to do it right.

325
00:15:57,740 --> 00:15:59,980
We'll put the loops on the side

326
00:15:59,980 --> 00:16:02,980
Because it'll turn it
this way and roll it up,

327
00:16:02,980 --> 00:16:05,580
And as it rolls it up,
it'll tighten that bundle up.

328
00:16:05,580 --> 00:16:07,980
If we put it right here,
it'll just lay kind of loose,

329
00:16:07,990 --> 00:16:09,920
And you can have one
slide out the end.

330
00:16:13,990 --> 00:16:16,030
That's tightening up
as it rolls.

331
00:16:18,600 --> 00:16:20,830
Come on up, sherman.
Yeah, y'all be careful now.

332
00:16:25,240 --> 00:16:26,370
Woo-hoo!

333
00:16:26,370 --> 00:16:28,140
You know, this has been
kind of aggravating,

334
00:16:28,140 --> 00:16:29,670
Drilling them
all out and everything,

335
00:16:29,670 --> 00:16:35,080
But you know, for the way it's
made, it's well worth saving.

336
00:16:35,080 --> 00:16:36,350
Looks good when you see it
right there...

337
00:16:36,350 --> 00:16:37,710
Yeah.

338
00:16:37,720 --> 00:16:38,750
...Them open notch.
It's a double notch like that

339
00:16:38,750 --> 00:16:40,750
And a tongue,
you know, on a mortise.

340
00:16:40,750 --> 00:16:42,320
That's just awesome.

341
00:16:44,520 --> 00:16:47,060
Narrator: For two decades,
these logs have been a home

342
00:16:47,060 --> 00:16:49,890
For regan and nadene robinault.

343
00:16:49,890 --> 00:16:50,830
Hi.
How you doing?

344
00:16:50,830 --> 00:16:51,960
How y'all doing?

345
00:16:51,960 --> 00:16:53,260
Narrator: Now, they plan to
build a new home

346
00:16:53,260 --> 00:16:55,600
On this lot.
Nadene. Nice to meet you.

347
00:16:55,600 --> 00:16:57,630
Thank you.

348
00:16:57,640 --> 00:16:58,800
So you lived in this house?

349
00:16:58,800 --> 00:17:01,040
Yeah, right up
till last thanksgiving.

350
00:17:01,040 --> 00:17:03,440
Wow.
Yeah.

351
00:17:03,440 --> 00:17:05,980
You know, we were here
for over 20 years.

352
00:17:05,980 --> 00:17:10,580
Our son grew up here, so kind
of get a little emotional.

353
00:17:10,580 --> 00:17:12,010
Was it cold?

354
00:17:12,020 --> 00:17:12,950
Sometimes.

355
00:17:12,950 --> 00:17:14,350
Yeah.

356
00:17:14,350 --> 00:17:16,720
It was pretty drafty in spots.

357
00:17:16,720 --> 00:17:17,990
When you all lived here,

358
00:17:17,990 --> 00:17:19,920
Did you actually know
it was a log building?

359
00:17:19,920 --> 00:17:23,690
Was anything exposed
or was it all covered up?

360
00:17:23,690 --> 00:17:25,060
Well, when we purchased it,

361
00:17:25,060 --> 00:17:27,600
We had to do some repairs
before we could get a loan.

362
00:17:27,600 --> 00:17:29,830
We were in the basement
actually fixing the foundation.

363
00:17:29,830 --> 00:17:31,100
You could see the logs
and it's like,

364
00:17:31,100 --> 00:17:33,740
"yeah, this really
is a log home."

365
00:17:33,740 --> 00:17:35,910
So my question to you is,

366
00:17:35,910 --> 00:17:37,940
Are you going to sell it
like it is,

367
00:17:37,940 --> 00:17:40,740
Or are you going to
use it, pieces and parts?

368
00:17:40,750 --> 00:17:43,750
No, it's too good a house
to do anything else with.

369
00:17:43,750 --> 00:17:46,520
It's got a couple logs that
we probably have to work on,

370
00:17:46,520 --> 00:17:48,950
But it'll definitely be put back
as a house like it is.

371
00:17:48,950 --> 00:17:50,650
That's nice to know.
Yeah.

372
00:18:00,130 --> 00:18:03,030
Our next lift is going to be
this central summer beam here,

373
00:18:03,030 --> 00:18:06,500
So got to free it up,
put some straps on it.

374
00:18:06,500 --> 00:18:08,670
It should come right out.

375
00:18:08,670 --> 00:18:10,140
This is a big beam,
so we got to use some

376
00:18:10,140 --> 00:18:11,710
Pretty big straps on it.

377
00:18:11,710 --> 00:18:13,340
These are 20-footers.

378
00:18:13,340 --> 00:18:16,110
I think it's a 36-foot beam.

379
00:18:27,490 --> 00:18:29,490
Boom down a little bit.

380
00:18:29,490 --> 00:18:33,800
Whoa.

381
00:18:33,800 --> 00:18:36,900
Here it comes.
You got it.

382
00:18:42,070 --> 00:18:44,710
First log!

383
00:18:44,710 --> 00:18:47,240
Now that the joist
and the summer beam are gone,

384
00:18:47,250 --> 00:18:49,280
Business as usual.

385
00:18:49,280 --> 00:18:50,950
Narrator: But business as usual

386
00:18:50,950 --> 00:18:52,880
Is tough
when you're shorthanded,

387
00:18:52,880 --> 00:18:55,620
So regan steps in to lend
a hand on the ground.

388
00:19:11,640 --> 00:19:13,170
Hey, alex.

389
00:19:13,170 --> 00:19:16,070
Can both of y'all get a bar
on both sides of that chimney

390
00:19:16,070 --> 00:19:17,540
While that log is there?

391
00:19:17,540 --> 00:19:19,580
You mean get the tag line
put around it?

392
00:19:19,580 --> 00:19:23,080
Yeah. We have to push the
chimney out of the building

393
00:19:23,080 --> 00:19:24,810
Because we don't want it
over our heads

394
00:19:24,820 --> 00:19:26,250
Once we get our building.

395
00:19:26,250 --> 00:19:28,020
So far, we're going to have
a lot of chimney above us,

396
00:19:28,020 --> 00:19:30,190
And it becomes dangerous
because the chimney can collapse

397
00:19:30,190 --> 00:19:31,750
Once it's freestanding.

398
00:19:31,760 --> 00:19:35,520
Do it.

399
00:19:38,500 --> 00:19:40,430
There, you got it.

400
00:19:40,430 --> 00:19:41,500
Hope that knot holds it.

401
00:19:41,500 --> 00:19:43,130
It ain't a very good one.

402
00:19:53,740 --> 00:19:56,050
Sweet.

403
00:19:56,050 --> 00:19:59,420
Well, that stuck together
better than any one I ever seen.

404
00:19:59,420 --> 00:20:02,150
Yeah, it done pretty good.

405
00:20:02,150 --> 00:20:03,790
Narrator: With the chimney
out of the way,

406
00:20:03,790 --> 00:20:07,420
They can go after the short
logs between the windows.

407
00:20:07,430 --> 00:20:11,230
Some can be nailed together
and lifted out in sections.

408
00:20:11,230 --> 00:20:12,900
Free as a bird.

409
00:20:12,900 --> 00:20:15,530
Others have to be taken
down by hand,

410
00:20:15,530 --> 00:20:19,030
Bundled and lifted out
in batches.

411
00:20:19,040 --> 00:20:22,500
Either way, they go to regan
who makes sure they land safely.

412
00:20:22,510 --> 00:20:24,070
Man: You know,
regan and his wife,

413
00:20:24,080 --> 00:20:25,980
They probably put a lot
in this house,

414
00:20:25,980 --> 00:20:28,410
And they got enough pride
to let it go somewhere else

415
00:20:28,410 --> 00:20:30,480
And live on
for another 200 years,

416
00:20:30,480 --> 00:20:32,350
So that's pretty cool.

417
00:20:40,790 --> 00:20:41,860
Smash and grab.

418
00:20:49,400 --> 00:20:51,300
Good morning, and I'm sorry.

419
00:20:51,300 --> 00:20:52,970
Narrator:
The "barnwood builders"

420
00:20:52,970 --> 00:20:55,800
Will go anywhere to save
a piece of american history.

421
00:20:55,810 --> 00:20:57,810
What's in there, graham?

422
00:20:57,810 --> 00:20:59,140
Deep in the woods...

423
00:20:59,140 --> 00:21:01,880
Ain't even a goat path
through here.

424
00:21:01,880 --> 00:21:03,510
...Way back in a holler,

425
00:21:03,510 --> 00:21:06,380
Or high up on a mountain ridge.

426
00:21:06,380 --> 00:21:08,520
Man:
What have you got me into, mark?

427
00:21:08,520 --> 00:21:10,820
We are knock in the middle
of nowhere,

428
00:21:10,820 --> 00:21:12,490
But you can see it from here.

429
00:21:17,660 --> 00:21:19,730
Narrator: This week,
the guys are in

430
00:21:19,730 --> 00:21:21,460
Two very different locations.

431
00:21:21,470 --> 00:21:25,000
Half of the team is taking down
a barn on a remote farmstead.

432
00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:29,070
How long before you think
this holler gets a bistro?

433
00:21:29,070 --> 00:21:30,370
You know, something
that understands

434
00:21:30,370 --> 00:21:34,410
What a real mocha latte
is all about.

435
00:21:34,410 --> 00:21:37,380
Narrator: The rest of the guys
are saving a pioneer log cabin

436
00:21:37,380 --> 00:21:39,480
In an unusual setting.

437
00:21:39,480 --> 00:21:42,580
We're taking down a cabin
in suburbia today.

438
00:21:42,590 --> 00:21:44,290
I've took cabins down
a lot of places,

439
00:21:44,290 --> 00:21:47,460
But never in
a metropolitan subdivision.

440
00:21:47,460 --> 00:21:49,830
This is different.

441
00:21:49,830 --> 00:21:51,760
It's not out in the country.

442
00:21:51,760 --> 00:21:53,600
A lot of houses around.

443
00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:56,100
Makes it a little bit harder
to get the equipment in here,

444
00:21:56,100 --> 00:21:58,200
And if we tear anything up,
we may have to fix it

445
00:21:58,200 --> 00:22:00,540
Because it's somebody's yard.

446
00:22:00,540 --> 00:22:03,640
Narrator: So they called in one
of their must trusted truckers,

447
00:22:03,640 --> 00:22:05,010
Mark babble.

448
00:22:09,180 --> 00:22:11,080
He nailed that first try.

449
00:22:11,080 --> 00:22:15,350
I'd say we did pretty good for
the shape we had to do it in.

450
00:22:15,350 --> 00:22:17,750
That's why we pay him
the big money.

451
00:22:17,760 --> 00:22:21,620
We here at battle trucking,
we don't play.

452
00:22:21,630 --> 00:22:23,230
Yeah, let's see what's going on.

453
00:22:23,230 --> 00:22:24,830
Ooh.
It's tight on that side.

454
00:22:24,830 --> 00:22:26,430
We won't go down there.

455
00:22:29,700 --> 00:22:31,330
Narrator: From the beginning,

456
00:22:31,340 --> 00:22:33,270
This cabin
has put up a fight...

457
00:22:33,270 --> 00:22:35,600
[ groaning ]

458
00:22:35,610 --> 00:22:36,910
Ah!

459
00:22:36,910 --> 00:22:39,340
Narrator: And it's not getting
any easier.

460
00:22:39,340 --> 00:22:40,880
Oh, yeah.

461
00:22:40,880 --> 00:22:42,510
There you go.

462
00:22:44,680 --> 00:22:46,820
That was more log
than I was man here.

463
00:22:51,220 --> 00:22:53,290
Narrator: Since the guys
are behind schedule,

464
00:22:53,290 --> 00:22:57,030
Battle gets a rare chance
to see a cabin still standing.

465
00:22:57,030 --> 00:22:58,990
Battle:
I never get to see it this way.

466
00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:02,130
Usually it's on the ground
by the time I show up.

467
00:23:02,130 --> 00:23:03,500
I like it.

468
00:23:03,500 --> 00:23:05,430
So how old is this here cabin?

469
00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:06,740
1830-something.

470
00:23:06,740 --> 00:23:08,240
That's crazy that y'all
are tearing that apart,

471
00:23:08,240 --> 00:23:10,010
And that was that long ago.

472
00:23:10,010 --> 00:23:12,040
That's just weird to think
about, man.

473
00:23:12,040 --> 00:23:13,280
I mean, when you get to looking
at it,

474
00:23:13,280 --> 00:23:16,350
That dirt
has been here since 1800s.

475
00:23:16,350 --> 00:23:18,250
You should have seen
the top of this thing.

476
00:23:18,250 --> 00:23:20,720
These floor joists
come over here,

477
00:23:20,720 --> 00:23:23,520
And then it was pegged
in that summer beam.

478
00:23:23,520 --> 00:23:24,920
That's how they got
their overhang.

479
00:23:24,920 --> 00:23:28,220
Right.
That's amazing, man.

480
00:23:28,230 --> 00:23:30,730
I can't believe they did
that stuff back in them days.

481
00:23:30,730 --> 00:23:33,630
I was just saying, it's just
crazy how much work these guys

482
00:23:33,630 --> 00:23:35,660
Went to to build
something so solid.

483
00:23:35,670 --> 00:23:38,230
I mean, and it wasn't like you
was going to do it in a week.

484
00:23:38,240 --> 00:23:41,270
I mean, this is a long time
to build this place, man.

485
00:23:41,270 --> 00:23:43,040
Plus, you had to go get it.

486
00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:44,670
No wonder everybody
was skinny back in the day.

487
00:23:44,680 --> 00:23:48,780
There was too much work
because you had to work on this,

488
00:23:48,780 --> 00:23:50,610
And then you had
to go find your food,

489
00:23:50,610 --> 00:23:52,310
And then you had
to cook your food,

490
00:23:52,320 --> 00:23:55,250
And then come back
and work on... That's...

491
00:23:55,250 --> 00:23:59,790
Man, they were
he-men -- and women.

492
00:23:59,790 --> 00:24:06,400
Yeah, man, our pre-guys,
they were tough.

493
00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:08,060
Bunch of us softies now.

494
00:24:11,870 --> 00:24:15,640
Narrator: Back in west virginia,

495
00:24:15,640 --> 00:24:17,240
No softies here.

496
00:24:19,910 --> 00:24:21,280
It's pretty heavy.

497
00:24:21,280 --> 00:24:24,280
It's a heavy-gauge metal.

498
00:24:24,280 --> 00:24:25,880
I love working on this stuff,

499
00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:29,650
Especially since we got to do it
to get to that stuff.

500
00:24:29,650 --> 00:24:31,190
I'm just kidding.

501
00:24:31,190 --> 00:24:33,620
Can I change my superpower?

502
00:24:33,620 --> 00:24:36,460
I want to change my superpower
to tin removal.

503
00:24:38,900 --> 00:24:40,730
Narrator: Once they can get
to the logs,

504
00:24:40,730 --> 00:24:42,560
Mark makes a plan
to get them down.

505
00:24:42,570 --> 00:24:43,770
Mark:
So that's what we should do,

506
00:24:43,770 --> 00:24:45,900
Just make it go
where it wants to go.

507
00:24:45,900 --> 00:24:47,300
Why fight it?

508
00:24:47,300 --> 00:24:51,340
The building is telling us
that it needs to go that way.

509
00:24:51,340 --> 00:24:53,940
That means we're going to
kick off the top two logs.

510
00:24:53,940 --> 00:24:55,780
These rotten ones
will start to fall down,

511
00:24:55,780 --> 00:24:57,650
And if we have any luck,

512
00:24:57,650 --> 00:24:59,780
Then that roof will start
to continue to collapse

513
00:24:59,780 --> 00:25:03,090
On itself
inside of the building.

514
00:25:03,090 --> 00:25:04,620
Piece of cake.

515
00:25:04,620 --> 00:25:07,490
It's just a real dirty
piece of cake.

516
00:25:07,490 --> 00:25:09,260
[ laughs ]

517
00:25:27,480 --> 00:25:28,710
That's perfect right there.

518
00:25:28,710 --> 00:25:30,950
Yeah.
Didn't hurt a thing.

519
00:25:33,150 --> 00:25:34,580
Josh is doing great.

520
00:25:34,590 --> 00:25:36,920
He's probably never taken
a cabin down before,

521
00:25:36,920 --> 00:25:40,190
But he's not a greenhorn
on that machine.

522
00:25:40,190 --> 00:25:42,590
He knows what to do.

523
00:25:42,590 --> 00:25:44,530
An experienced operator
makes it look easier,

524
00:25:44,530 --> 00:25:47,830
But you try,
it ain't that easy.

525
00:25:47,830 --> 00:25:49,770
You might watch somebody
and learn something,

526
00:25:49,770 --> 00:25:52,200
But sitting in there
and pulling them handles,

527
00:25:52,200 --> 00:25:55,600
And that's the best teacher.

528
00:25:55,610 --> 00:25:57,210
If I was taking down
this building,

529
00:25:57,210 --> 00:25:59,540
And I wanted to keep every log
and every notch,

530
00:25:59,540 --> 00:26:01,910
I would be a little
more meticulous with it.

531
00:26:01,910 --> 00:26:04,050
This is just a smash and grab,
baby.

532
00:26:10,320 --> 00:26:11,920
Good deal.
That's good!

533
00:26:13,960 --> 00:26:16,260
The two most important steps
of the smash and grab

534
00:26:16,260 --> 00:26:19,130
Are: Smash...

535
00:26:19,130 --> 00:26:22,100
And grab.

536
00:26:22,100 --> 00:26:23,700
Mark: There we go.

537
00:26:35,880 --> 00:26:39,180
Smash and grab.
Smash and grab.

538
00:26:39,180 --> 00:26:41,550
Awk! Smash and grab.

539
00:26:41,550 --> 00:26:43,320
Is it right on the money?
That's it, baby.

540
00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:45,750
I don't even know
why I check my work.

541
00:26:54,530 --> 00:26:56,160
I did one of those photo
selfies where you look,

542
00:26:56,170 --> 00:26:58,130
See what celebrity
you look like.

543
00:26:58,140 --> 00:27:00,470
[ camera shutter clicking ]

544
00:27:00,470 --> 00:27:03,340
It was steven tyler,
morgan freeman,

545
00:27:03,340 --> 00:27:05,840
And, uh... Uh...

546
00:27:05,840 --> 00:27:09,680
Tito jackson was my three.

547
00:27:09,680 --> 00:27:11,050
[ laughter ]

548
00:27:15,190 --> 00:27:17,790
Pull her down!

549
00:27:17,790 --> 00:27:22,020
Narrator: Alex, graham
and sherman

550
00:27:22,030 --> 00:27:25,490
Are working shorthanded
to get this ohio cabin down.

551
00:27:25,500 --> 00:27:29,560
-Hey, graham.
-Yep.

552
00:27:51,620 --> 00:27:53,590
Here comes the rain.

553
00:27:53,590 --> 00:27:56,090
I can feel it.

554
00:27:56,090 --> 00:27:57,660
Narrator:
The help that eric and regan

555
00:27:57,660 --> 00:28:01,000
Are giving is making
a big difference,

556
00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:03,400
But sherman still needs
to speed things up.

557
00:28:13,040 --> 00:28:14,280
Hey, battle.
What?

558
00:28:14,280 --> 00:28:16,180
Hey, can I get you
to help me load this truck?

559
00:28:16,180 --> 00:28:17,080
Well, I imagine.

560
00:28:17,080 --> 00:28:19,180
You can run that, can't you?

561
00:28:19,180 --> 00:28:20,920
Really?
That's what I thought.

562
00:28:20,920 --> 00:28:22,150
You know this.

563
00:28:22,150 --> 00:28:24,150
We here at battle trucking
is a full service.

564
00:28:24,150 --> 00:28:25,550
We drive.
We track.

565
00:28:25,560 --> 00:28:27,490
We do it all.

566
00:28:27,490 --> 00:28:29,120
That's right.

567
00:28:29,130 --> 00:28:31,590
Get in my green machine.

568
00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:33,100
Hey, does this thing got
a heater in it?

569
00:28:33,100 --> 00:28:34,860
Well, you know it.
Only the best for battle.

570
00:28:34,870 --> 00:28:36,770
That's what I'm talking...
And I got a windshield wiper.

571
00:28:36,770 --> 00:28:39,400
Yeah!
Only the best, man.

572
00:28:39,400 --> 00:28:40,970
I don't have mark,
johnny and tim,

573
00:28:40,970 --> 00:28:43,510
But I've got battle
and regan, though.

574
00:28:59,160 --> 00:29:01,190
Woo!
Oh, he's having a ball.

575
00:29:01,190 --> 00:29:02,390
You can bet on it.

576
00:29:02,390 --> 00:29:04,290
Is it right on the money?
That's it, baby.

577
00:29:04,290 --> 00:29:07,530
I don't even know
why I check my work.

578
00:29:22,050 --> 00:29:23,850
Oh!

579
00:29:26,450 --> 00:29:30,550
All I want to know is,
who's johnny?

580
00:29:30,550 --> 00:29:31,520
We got one now.

581
00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:35,020
Here's johnny!

582
00:29:35,030 --> 00:29:38,160
They'll be calling you
johnny battle

583
00:29:38,160 --> 00:29:40,060
Before it's over with.

584
00:29:40,060 --> 00:29:41,960
Narrator: Just like
the second-floor joists,

585
00:29:41,970 --> 00:29:46,300
The first floor joists are
pinned into the summer beam,

586
00:29:46,300 --> 00:29:49,040
But sherman is not going
to keep these joists.

587
00:29:49,040 --> 00:29:50,670
Regan wants them.

588
00:29:52,740 --> 00:29:56,410
I appreciate you doing
all this work.

589
00:29:56,410 --> 00:29:58,050
Anything I can do to help.

590
00:29:58,050 --> 00:29:59,850
Hey, I got a question for you.

591
00:29:59,850 --> 00:30:02,420
These joists, mark said
you wanted them, right?

592
00:30:02,420 --> 00:30:03,620
Yeah.

593
00:30:03,620 --> 00:30:05,250
Now, you're not going to use
them back

594
00:30:05,260 --> 00:30:07,090
As far as using
the tongue or anything?

595
00:30:07,090 --> 00:30:08,520
No.

596
00:30:08,530 --> 00:30:10,290
Okay, so we can cut the ends
right there, next to that beam?

597
00:30:10,290 --> 00:30:12,930
Plan is to make some doors
out of them.

598
00:30:12,930 --> 00:30:14,200
Okay.

599
00:30:14,200 --> 00:30:17,200
So, yeah, the ends are okay
if you cut them off.

600
00:30:17,200 --> 00:30:18,630
The homeowner is going
to keep these joists,

601
00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:20,670
And we have other joists
in my mind for this build,

602
00:30:20,670 --> 00:30:23,910
So we're just going to cut those
off right at the summer beam,

603
00:30:23,910 --> 00:30:28,410
And take the tenons out at
the yard and be a lot easier.

604
00:31:06,780 --> 00:31:10,720
[ back-up beeper ]

605
00:31:10,720 --> 00:31:14,290
We're fixing to take the second
summer beam off right here.

606
00:31:14,290 --> 00:31:16,990
This is going to be it.

607
00:31:16,990 --> 00:31:19,390
Take it a little bit.

608
00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:20,460
You got it.

609
00:31:42,350 --> 00:31:46,190
It's a little bit more emotional
than I thought I would expect.

610
00:31:46,190 --> 00:31:47,390
It's a lot of memories.

611
00:32:02,140 --> 00:32:04,710
A couple more logs.

612
00:32:04,710 --> 00:32:07,180
There's a big difference in,
you know, smash and grab

613
00:32:07,180 --> 00:32:09,980
And taking something down
that you're going to rebuild.

614
00:32:09,980 --> 00:32:11,610
When you're
taking something down,

615
00:32:11,620 --> 00:32:13,050
Like the guys are doing in ohio,

616
00:32:13,050 --> 00:32:14,850
That requires
a little more finesse.

617
00:32:14,850 --> 00:32:16,690
It requires a lot more thinking.

618
00:32:16,690 --> 00:32:18,690
It's still the same amount
of hard work,

619
00:32:18,690 --> 00:32:22,190
But you've got to think
a lot with it.

620
00:32:22,190 --> 00:32:26,460
I prefer to be on jobs
where I don't have to think.

621
00:32:26,460 --> 00:32:29,500
Perfect.
I think enough anyway.

622
00:32:39,510 --> 00:32:42,540
It was raining yesterday,
and now we've got snow.

623
00:32:42,550 --> 00:32:48,580
It's, like, extreme,
extreme, extreme.

624
00:32:48,590 --> 00:32:50,150
I was born in georgia.

625
00:32:50,150 --> 00:32:53,020
I like hot,
you know what I mean?

626
00:32:53,020 --> 00:32:54,960
I'm just a peach.

627
00:32:54,960 --> 00:32:58,030
I like hot weather, and that's
weird because I'm a ginger.

628
00:32:58,030 --> 00:33:01,900
I get, like, extra crispy,
you know what I mean?

629
00:33:01,900 --> 00:33:03,160
I'm not original recipe.

630
00:33:03,170 --> 00:33:05,200
I get extra crispy in the sun.

631
00:33:05,200 --> 00:33:08,700
But this here, this is not hot.

632
00:33:13,480 --> 00:33:15,710
It's not every day that we get
the homeowner out there

633
00:33:15,710 --> 00:33:17,180
Working as hard as we are.

634
00:33:17,180 --> 00:33:19,750
Regan and nadene both.

635
00:33:19,750 --> 00:33:21,750
This house must really meant
a lot to them to see them

636
00:33:21,750 --> 00:33:24,690
Just both out here willing
to help out and get muddy.

637
00:33:24,690 --> 00:33:26,990
I think they had some serious
connection to this building,

638
00:33:26,990 --> 00:33:29,820
And they just want to put
all they can into it.

639
00:33:39,540 --> 00:33:43,870
It's a little bit more emotional
than I thought I would expect.

640
00:33:43,870 --> 00:33:46,070
It's a lot of memories.

641
00:33:46,080 --> 00:33:48,780
I vacuumed those stairs
so many times.

642
00:33:48,780 --> 00:33:51,110
My son has run up
and down them.

643
00:33:51,110 --> 00:33:54,080
This house has been here
for 200 years,

644
00:33:54,080 --> 00:33:58,420
And our family is now
part of that history,

645
00:33:58,420 --> 00:34:00,460
And these logs
are so beautiful.

646
00:34:00,460 --> 00:34:04,190
They are so beautiful.

647
00:34:04,190 --> 00:34:06,090
You don't really think about it
when you're living

648
00:34:06,100 --> 00:34:09,030
In a home like this
until you start tearing it down.

649
00:34:14,440 --> 00:34:16,100
Last log.

650
00:34:16,110 --> 00:34:17,640
Last log.

651
00:34:17,640 --> 00:34:22,880
This is our last log,
and it's very emotional.

652
00:34:22,880 --> 00:34:25,510
It's very, very emotional.

653
00:34:25,520 --> 00:34:26,710
But at the same time,

654
00:34:26,720 --> 00:34:30,150
I'm very happy to build
our next home here.

655
00:34:30,150 --> 00:34:32,190
That's very, very exciting.

656
00:34:32,190 --> 00:34:35,960
We've always wanted to build
a home from our own hands,

657
00:34:35,960 --> 00:34:39,460
Just like these people
did with the log home,

658
00:34:39,460 --> 00:34:42,530
And those people
that will have this home

659
00:34:42,530 --> 00:34:45,600
Will put just as much love
into it as we had.

660
00:34:48,270 --> 00:34:49,600
It will be missed.

661
00:34:49,610 --> 00:34:51,910
It will be missed very much so.

662
00:35:05,420 --> 00:35:07,090
Narrator:
Before nadene and regan

663
00:35:07,090 --> 00:35:10,590
Can build their new home here,

664
00:35:10,590 --> 00:35:12,360
Alex has to clean the site...

665
00:35:12,360 --> 00:35:14,300
[ grunting ]

666
00:35:14,300 --> 00:35:17,200
...All the way down to
the foundation.

667
00:35:59,440 --> 00:36:01,580
Back at the boneyard.

668
00:36:01,580 --> 00:36:03,110
Hi, mark.
How you doing?

669
00:36:03,110 --> 00:36:04,950
Looks like you guys got
a whole truckload of a house.

670
00:36:04,950 --> 00:36:06,310
We did.
We got it all.

671
00:36:19,300 --> 00:36:21,000
Timmer, that's
the last one, buddy.

672
00:36:21,000 --> 00:36:23,930
Woo!
Last log.

673
00:36:23,930 --> 00:36:26,630
Every time.

674
00:36:26,640 --> 00:36:28,340
All right.
How many did we get?

675
00:36:28,340 --> 00:36:29,740
I think that's 20.

676
00:36:29,740 --> 00:36:32,770
We got one, two, three,
four, five...

677
00:36:32,780 --> 00:36:34,080
Seven, eight, nine.

678
00:36:34,080 --> 00:36:36,180
We came for 12.
We got 20.

679
00:36:36,180 --> 00:36:39,550
You know what, those are good
gambling odds any day.

680
00:36:39,550 --> 00:36:42,850
So what this means is with
20 replacement logs,

681
00:36:42,850 --> 00:36:45,620
I can go get two other cabins,

682
00:36:45,620 --> 00:36:50,290
And that is critical because
when we get to the boneyard,

683
00:36:50,290 --> 00:36:52,490
It's not like you can just go
buy these things, you know.

684
00:36:52,500 --> 00:36:55,430
You got to go get them,
and you've got to work hard,

685
00:36:55,430 --> 00:36:58,270
And you've got to be in places
that are not easy to work,

686
00:36:58,270 --> 00:36:59,600
But we need them.

687
00:36:59,600 --> 00:37:01,100
You can't run
a trucking business

688
00:37:01,100 --> 00:37:03,740
If you don't have spare tires,
you know what I mean?

689
00:37:03,740 --> 00:37:05,270
And we can't run our business

690
00:37:05,280 --> 00:37:08,180
Unless we have spare logs
and spare parts.

691
00:37:08,180 --> 00:37:09,410
This will make sherman happy.

692
00:37:09,410 --> 00:37:11,750
He'll get his 12-footers
that we was wanting,

693
00:37:11,750 --> 00:37:15,350
And we'll get a good start
on repairing another cabin

694
00:37:15,350 --> 00:37:16,950
That I've got in mind.

695
00:37:28,330 --> 00:37:31,200
Well, did you ever think you'd
see your house on a trailer?

696
00:37:31,200 --> 00:37:32,270
Oh, gosh, no.
Not at all.

697
00:37:32,270 --> 00:37:33,570
It's surprising.

698
00:37:33,570 --> 00:37:34,840
This is what it looks like.

699
00:37:34,840 --> 00:37:36,170
Hey, when we first moved in,

700
00:37:36,170 --> 00:37:38,570
I took a few pieces
off the front door,

701
00:37:38,580 --> 00:37:39,840
The original front door,

702
00:37:39,840 --> 00:37:42,580
So we've got the original
locks to give you.

703
00:37:42,580 --> 00:37:43,950
Wow.

704
00:37:43,950 --> 00:37:46,780
We think the new owner of
the house should get the locks.

705
00:37:46,780 --> 00:37:47,820
Yeah.

706
00:37:47,820 --> 00:37:49,280
Did they tell you
I was buying it?

707
00:37:49,290 --> 00:37:51,920
[ laughter ]

708
00:37:51,920 --> 00:37:53,120
Thank you.
All right.

709
00:37:53,120 --> 00:37:54,820
So do you want the key,
and I'll tell you,

710
00:37:54,820 --> 00:37:57,260
I'm going to be glad
to get this off my keyring

711
00:37:57,260 --> 00:38:00,090
Because it's really
uncomfortable in my pocket.

712
00:38:00,100 --> 00:38:02,600
And we saved a little
something off the house.

713
00:38:02,600 --> 00:38:03,700
Oh, wow.

714
00:38:03,700 --> 00:38:05,330
And you can maybe put it
on your new house.

715
00:38:05,340 --> 00:38:06,630
All right.
Thank you.

716
00:38:06,640 --> 00:38:07,670
You know, your house is gone,

717
00:38:07,670 --> 00:38:08,770
But the address
is going to stay,

718
00:38:08,770 --> 00:38:10,170
So that'll work
on your new home.

719
00:38:10,170 --> 00:38:11,740
We're going to keep the address.

720
00:38:11,740 --> 00:38:13,040
Yeah, that works, too.
Thank you.

721
00:38:13,040 --> 00:38:14,410
Regan,
we appreciate your help.

722
00:38:14,410 --> 00:38:16,410
You worked as hard as we have,
and we appreciate it.

723
00:38:16,410 --> 00:38:17,510
A pleasure.
Thank you.

724
00:38:17,510 --> 00:38:19,410
And you have a good afternoon.

725
00:38:19,420 --> 00:38:20,520
Yes, thank you.

726
00:38:20,520 --> 00:38:22,050
Thank you so much.
Give me a hug.

727
00:38:22,050 --> 00:38:24,750
Hey, nice to meet you, buddy.

728
00:38:24,750 --> 00:38:26,190
You, too.
All right.

729
00:38:26,190 --> 00:38:28,920
Yeah, you're going to
make me cry, aren't you?

730
00:39:16,010 --> 00:39:19,240
What's up, fellers?
And we're back at the boneyard.

731
00:39:19,240 --> 00:39:20,310
Good morning.
Hey, mark.

732
00:39:20,310 --> 00:39:21,810
Hi, mark.
How you doing?

733
00:39:21,810 --> 00:39:23,710
Doing great, man.
We had a good day.

734
00:39:23,710 --> 00:39:25,280
We got plenty of spare parts,

735
00:39:25,280 --> 00:39:27,980
And looks like you guys got
a whole truckload of a house.

736
00:39:27,980 --> 00:39:29,720
We did.
We got it all.

737
00:39:29,720 --> 00:39:31,350
How was your building?
It was good.

738
00:39:31,350 --> 00:39:34,490
We was hoping to get about 12,
you know, spare parts,

739
00:39:34,490 --> 00:39:35,790
And we ended up with 20.

740
00:39:35,790 --> 00:39:37,190
Nice.

741
00:39:37,190 --> 00:39:39,060
So, it looks rough now,
but once we cut the notches off

742
00:39:39,060 --> 00:39:40,600
And take the bows
out of them...

743
00:39:40,600 --> 00:39:42,360
There's some good ones.
There's some good ones on there.

744
00:39:42,370 --> 00:39:43,600
We'll need them.

745
00:39:43,600 --> 00:39:45,070
Why don't you say we just unload
these trucks,

746
00:39:45,070 --> 00:39:46,330
Figure out
where they're going to go

747
00:39:46,340 --> 00:39:48,240
And get ready to start
working on them.

748
00:39:48,240 --> 00:39:49,940
All right.
Let's do it.

749
00:39:58,150 --> 00:39:59,910
Being a team doesn't mean
that you have to work

750
00:39:59,920 --> 00:40:02,250
Together in the same spot.

751
00:40:02,250 --> 00:40:06,050
This week, we split up,
and we each had different jobs.

752
00:40:06,060 --> 00:40:08,620
There we go.

753
00:40:08,630 --> 00:40:10,060
Some of the guys in ohio,

754
00:40:10,060 --> 00:40:12,090
Some of the guys
in west virginia,

755
00:40:12,100 --> 00:40:13,560
But the important thing is

756
00:40:13,560 --> 00:40:15,600
We're all working
towards the same goal.

757
00:40:15,600 --> 00:40:18,100
We're trying to build
and restore 18th

758
00:40:18,100 --> 00:40:19,970
And 19th century log cabins,

759
00:40:19,970 --> 00:40:22,540
And sometimes that means
we have to split up,

760
00:40:22,540 --> 00:40:25,940
But we're still a team,
and that's what's important,

761
00:40:25,940 --> 00:40:28,640
And that's why we've been
in business for 22 years.

761
00:40:29,305 --> 00:41:29,575