Cutting your own logs require you to have all the necessary equipment and machine from the tractor to the chainsaw to every accessory.
Build your own log cabin.
For each layer of your log cabin rotate the direction of each log i e.
Once you ve identified all of your trees.
The log cabin is taking shape as i comple.
Mark each tree and keep note of them as you walk round to keep a tally of how many you ve selected.
Using your selected notch technique keep stacking your logs and erecting all four walls.
Alternate between the log s butt and tip.
Build your log cabin as if it doesn t have doors windows or openings.
Place the joist and install the flooring in a horizontal direction from that of the joists.
Now it s time to build and rise your log cabin s walls.
This is an old trick to ensure the wall is kept roughly level due to the natural tapering of the log.
There are log cabin kits you can find for convenient and easy installation.
Your logs should be anywhere from ten to twelve inches in diameter with minor tapering in a sixteen foot long tree the tapering should be no more than two inches.