The Cabin Kings are charged with building a rustic hunting cabin for farmer Mike Carney and Mike's 11 best friends. These buddies since childhood refer to themselves as "The Dirty Dozen", and they've been spending hunting season together since they were in elementary school. Mike has a big dream and an even bigger group of friends, but he's short on time and money. Paulie and Tuffy will repurpose a 100-year-old barn on their 300-acre property into a brand-new cabin.
The Cabin Kings are working with an ex-Navy SEAL who wants to build multiple camps to accommodate all his friends and families. While touring potential build sites on the property in The Beast a 1963 military cargo truck that the clients use to drive all over their land Paulie proposes a wild solution: taking the truck and turning it into a mobile cabin that you can drive anywhere on the property. The idea is just insane enough to work.
Paulie and Tuffy meet John Cangiano, a big-city Italian who is more often at home working a stove than a hammer. John has always dreamed of owning a cabin in the woods and though he has the land to build on, he wants a view of the sunset while his wife wants the sunrise. Tuffy has a ridiculous-sounding solution: the Cabin Kings will create a rotating getaway by building the cabin on top of an old excavator on the property.
Paulie and Tuffy arrive at the vast property of retired equine veterinarian, Reggie Tschorn, where they think they will have a nice, easy build for a change. However, instead of the meek, old retiree they were expecting, they meet a wily and energetic woodsman with a love for his land, rivaled only by his love for his friends and family. From the moment they start, Reggie lists a number of demands that will test the endurance and abilities of the Cabin Kings.
Pat and Ryan Sweeney have a father-and-son logging business and a pile of trash that's about to become treasure. Paulie pitches the idea of building a cabin fit for a logger, constructed entirely of materials found on the property. But they will have to contend with a steep mountain trail nearly a mile long. Paulie puts into action an idea to build the entire front façade of the cabin with stacked firewood to create a cordwood look.
This episode's client is Jeremy Pratico; he's an expert at teaching the fifth graders in his elemntary classroom, but he's a disaster at construction. Jeremy has a 100 item "Bucket List" he's working through, and next on the list is "Own My Own Log Cabin". The only problem? Jeremy's destined to be the least handy man the Cabin Kings have ever worked with, and Tuffy's fears only grow when Jeremy shows up for their first meeting without any work shoes.
Paulie and Tuffy arrive on client Jason's property with a shipping container and a plan: Jason will rally his friends to help Paulie and Tuffy transform the shipping container into a manly cabin getaway. Just getting the materials to the top of the muddy mountain is a feat of engineering. Tensions run high when get-'er-done Tuffy has to remind the more meticulous Paulie that time is running out.
Tim Fauler, a self-described redneck podiatrist, can often be found in the backwoods of his property competing in ridiculous man competitions. Tim wants to turn a piece of swampy hunting land into a sportsman's paradise with a cabin in the trees for his friends and family; however, his 30 acres of rough, mucky terrain will be tough for Paulie and Tuffy to tackle. They must find a way to build a getaway that will rise above the mud while supporting the weight of the cabin.
The Cabin Kings take on their wettest and wildest challenge yet, working with biologist and bird lover Jared Woodcock and his uncle Jan. Jan owns a huge piece of property that sits in the middle of a swamp. He wants the Cabin Kings to build a primitive duck blind so the whole Woodcock family will have a place to observe and appreciate nature. When it becomes clear how much of a bird lover Jared is, Tuffy begins making a Cabin Kings first: a man-sized eagle's nest.
Paulie and Tuffy set their sights on building the ultimate snowboarder's dream getaway at the top of a steep ski slope. Father and son clients Tim and Chris Waker love high-speed snow sports and they love to throw a good party. Dad Tim bought a run-down ski hill for a song and intended to share it with friends and neighbors. Now he and Chris want to build an ultimate snowboard party lodge that could become the crown jewel of the Cabin Kings' portfolio.
The Cabin Kings, noted designer Paul DiMeo and his rugged partner, Tuffy, have just one week to conquer the elements and build one-of–a-kind custom cabins. BUILDING WILD is presented by National Geographic Channel.
The Cabin Kings tackle their largest-ever build — a 1,350-square-foot cabin at the top of a mountain for a larger-than-life New York Jets fan. Their client, Sean Winters, wants a place where he and his team of family and friends can tailgate during Jets away games and enjoy his massive property’s 17 miles of trails on their ATVs and snowmobiles.
Ain't no mountain high enough, as Paulie and Tuffy struggle to build a mountaintop cabin over a waterfall. Their clients have long dreamed of a cabin that takes advantage of their property's incredible view of the Hudson River Valley.
Father and son fishing fanatics demand a cabin that can sail out onto their family pond. The Cabin Kings must hustle to keep their dream of a floating cabin afloat.
The Cabin Kings set out to build their heaviest and most logistically demanding cabin to date. Their client, Danielle Epstein, wants Paulie and Tuffy to build her a cabin made almost entirely out of stone. Danielle owns a parcel of land in Dorset, Vermont, including a marble quarry that was abandoned about 100 years ago. The quarry still contains many cut slabs of marble, some weighing up to seven tons. Danielle hopes to use these slabs to build a stone sanctuary that looks like it has been on the property for centuries.
Paulie and Tuffy have built many innovative cabins, but this episode’s aviation-themed cabin on a towering hilltop could be their most complex to date. Client Mike Steindl is a professional pilot who wants a cabin that reflects his two greatest loves — the wild blue yonder and the wild outdoors. Mike wants a four-season cabin for those rare days when he and his squadron of friends are not up in the skies and just want to kick back and enjoy the wild.
Building a cabin getaway high up in a maple tree in just five days; fulfilling a newly engaged young man's childhood dream of having his own treehouse on his family's 22-acre Vermont property.
This week, Paulie and Tuffy head to the Hynicks’ 83-acre, maple-covered property set in Cambridge, New York, to build one of their most challenging cabin combinations to date. Their clients, Glenn and Doug, are avid motorcycle riders who want to revive their maple syrup business after walking away from it 35 years ago. To build the Hynicks’ dream cabin, the Cabin Kings must not only learn how to make a functioning “Sugar Shack,” but also a bar/hangout for this motorcycle-loving family and their friends.
Chad Wysocki of Hoosick Falls, New York, is part of a new nationwide boom in home beer brewing. Chad works at a local brewery by day, but in his down time, he dreams of having a cabin in the woods to create his own special beer. Chad’s dairy farmer father, Jeff, longs for a place to relax after his hard days working on the family farm. The Cabin Kings are tasked with using materials found on the farm to build this backwoods brewing cabin — from a dilapidated corn crib with an old tin roof, to an 800-gallon stainless steel milk tank, to a rusted table saw.
Kyle Seifert and his father, Ron, are professional auctioneers and lifelong collectors of everything from antiques to machinery to building materials. They have barns filled with collectibles, and it has been their dream to incorporate these into a cabin that can still be livable and uncluttered. The challenge for Paulie and Tuffy is to incorporate as many collectibles as possible while maximizing space. The Seiferts don’t make it easy for the Cabin Kings, asking them to incorporate an old gas pump, a wall made almost entirely of windows and Ron’s rust-ridden 1956 car.
Paulie and Tuffy are revving up for one of their most unique builds yet: a mountaintop motorhead getaway for beloved family man Doug Marpe. Doug asks the Cabin Kings to create a “convertible” bedroom that slides out from the second floor, allowing the family to sleep under the stars. The build site is at the top of an unforgiving mountain road, and getting the family and supplies to the location looks like it’s going to be a problem.
