Small Cabin

Small Cabin Forum
 - Forums - Register/Sign Up - Reply - Search - Statistics -

Small Cabin Forum / Cabin Construction / Lumber across hard water.......
Author Message
OwenChristensen
Member
# Posted: 22 Mar 2015 15:30
Reply 


No snow here anymore but there is still ice on the lakes. I spent a couple days hauling lumber for a guest cabin to an island in Northern , MN. The other nice thing was using a snowmobile and sled to slide the lumber up the hill from the lake to the cabin site. All in all we saved a lot of boat trips and hard labor. It's a wonderful thing! I can't tell you how happy it makes me.

Owen

trollbridge
Member
# Posted: 22 Mar 2015 16:39
Reply 


Great accomplishment....feels good I am sure!

OwenChristensen
Member
# Posted: 22 Mar 2015 16:45
Reply 


Yeah, We're looking at a relaxed build with fishing mixed in. I bought a nice 18' runabout today. all I have to haul in that is a few tools, the kids and fish.

Bevis
Member
# Posted: 22 Mar 2015 17:18
Reply 


Bet it was nice hauling all that lumber across the ice, instead of water...

creeky
Member
# Posted: 22 Mar 2015 17:29
Reply 


hope there's more of those nice walleye / pickeral in your future. enjoy the fishin'.

neb
Member
# Posted: 22 Mar 2015 18:48
Reply 


Any pictures OC?

bobrok
Member
# Posted: 22 Mar 2015 19:39
Reply 


Just wondering how thick/stable that ice is to haul loads over it??

Evidently it worked. Happy for you. Up in the Adk Mtns our li'l lake will freeze to 5' thick I'm told. Don't know for sure but one winter we had visitors, 5 friends each on their own sled, all parked in a tight 10' -15' circle on the lake.
I was nervous but they didn't seem to be.

OwenChristensen
Member
# Posted: 23 Mar 2015 17:04
Reply 


It was still over two feet thick. The snow has melted off the top and made the ice lightly checked with cracks. I might have even drove the truck onto it, but the edges where there had been snow were slushy or had been on warmer days. Although we had a warmer winter, we had very little snow, so the ice got thick. There wasn't even any spring hole opening up near creek mouths. still all in all I'm glad it's done. If the snow had been still there, that would be tough too, so timing it everything.
I didn't take pictures, but last winter about this time I rode out to see the cabin site. Here's from that trip.
Owen
the site of the cabins
the site of the cabins


gsreimers
Member
# Posted: 23 Mar 2015 21:09
Reply 


Not sure if it shows much, but here's a picture. Thanks for the hard work Owen, John, and Jake
Winter Cabin Photo
Winter Cabin Photo


OwenChristensen
Member
# Posted: 23 Mar 2015 21:53 - Edited by: OwenChristensen
Reply 


It looked too level in your picture.
I think your front yard is this second picture.
winter cabin
winter cabin
carry lumber up there.
carry lumber up there.


Your reply
Bold Style  Italic Style  Underlined Style  Thumbnail Image Link  Large Image Link  URL Link           :) ;) :-( :confused: More smilies...

» Username  » Password 
Only registered users can post here. Please enter your login/password details before posting a message, or register here first.