The cabin’s window has been repaired, but the wall in which they sit is mostly glass. It seems proper, notably upon the advice of men out here who have built their own homes, that the wall itself should be stabilized with a new supporting beam to bind the wall into the interior structure of the cabin.
I do not own a moisture tester but after some hiking and exploring, I found a tree, albeit fire scarred, that was dead before the fire, and is tall and straight enough for the task, with a proper diameter.
I dropped the tree, picked out a 25 foot section to extract, and using a technique that worked well in the past, drilled a hole, inserted a steel pole and attached it to the Jeep’s winch.
The cliff behind the house is very steep, and the winch really only works well while the Jeep is running, so I used an aspen to help the emergency brake hold the vehicle in place.
The Jeep has a really long (like 150 foot) cable on the winch, and it steadily pulled it up the hill.
Eventually, I was able to simply back the Jeep out, log still attached to the winch, and haul it into the driveway. It needs cleaning, hewing and shaping, but it is in the yard now.
