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Aklogcabin
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# Posted: 31 Mar 2022 09:30
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Hey Mad , Skwetna is a nice location. 24' wide shouldn't be a problem. Can you get a design printed up from a truss factory that you can duplicate ? Build them out there after you get the floor done. Interior walls that can transfer the load to the foundation can support your roof.
Yeah the spruce that die from beetles doesn't last long because the bugs take all the moisture leaving them full of holes that let the Interior wood dry rot.
At least you have rivers to run to Skwetna. That's a lot of freighting. Was thinking that maybe you could cut smaller trees like 6-8" straight side them into beams and use them as roof joists off a beam.
Hey good luck, how are the rivers holding up ? Lots of leads can open up on those 2 mighty rivers. Should have good salmon fishing
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NorthRick
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# Posted: 31 Mar 2022 11:38
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Quoting: ICC Yeah, after a year or so the winds blow most over. It may be the shallow root system rotting away more than the trunk, but I don't know and hate taking chances on unknowns
Most of them don't get uprooted by the wind, they snap off at the base. When that happens to a 60 or 80 year old tree, that tells me that the wood is not as strong as it used to be.
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madmilitia
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# Posted: 31 Mar 2022 12:25
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the beetle kill isn't comeing from my skwentna property. it's hand selected from down south.
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madmilitia
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# Posted: 31 Mar 2022 12:43
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yeah i'm not using my skwentna wood for this, we have another area that has recently killed/still dieing trees that we are getting our wood from, this is also why we are trying to over build our little places. full 2x4 spaced on 12 inch for walls, and 6 x 8 beams for the foundation 4 x 6 posts. and so on.
everything i have ran trhough the mill is heavy and there is no sign of rot.
i ran a punky log thorugh the mill for the fun of it to see what that wood was like and nothing we are using is anything like that.
i'll take any advice on testing the lumber for strength.
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