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rayyy
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# Posted: 2 Apr 2012 09:47
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Keep in mind,it's work in progress.Still needs alot of finishing off.
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trollbridge
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# Posted: 2 Apr 2012 22:52
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Everything a man could need for living off grid right
But what this inquisitive mind wants to know is which oven the brownies were baked in??? Very cool old wood cook stove rayyy!!!
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neb
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# Posted: 2 Apr 2012 23:16
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very nice
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Red Bear
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# Posted: 2 Apr 2012 23:41
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Awesome, I'm inspired. Keep living the dream.
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hattie
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# Posted: 3 Apr 2012 00:09
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Very cozy and inviting. I love the old wood stove!!!
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tnky03
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# Posted: 3 Apr 2012 01:42
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Nice! I love your woodstove, too.
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naturelover66
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# Posted: 3 Apr 2012 10:55
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Looks great rayyy!
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TomChum
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# Posted: 3 Apr 2012 21:27
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Cool I like the stove too.
Is that nice pine or naughty pine?
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rayyy
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# Posted: 4 Apr 2012 17:11
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Would you believe that's the stove I wanted oh-oh so bad 35 years ago.Elmira Findly Oval,,,in white.It was over $2000.dollars then.Nowdays it's close to $6000.I googled the name of the stove oneday and low and behold it popped up in a classified ad from a lady in Ottowa Canada.A couple hundred miles north of me but I thought can't hurt to ask.Do you ever come down to the U.S. for anything,she say's all the time!I said owwwww,would you be interested in bringing it with you on your next trip,she say's sure.So I picked a spot about half way between us and we met there.Wow that's it allright,plunked out $700 bucks and loaded her and away I go.Awesome deal,great find.Oh and no,the brownies ,,,not in this stove not yet anyways.
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SE Ohio
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# Posted: 4 Apr 2012 17:57
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Great looking place!
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trollbridge
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# Posted: 4 Apr 2012 21:49
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You will have to become a master of that stove so you can do the brownies in there next time....bet they will even taste better coming out of that beauty! Congratulations on your buy and the way it worked out...never hurts to ask is right!
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rayyy
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# Posted: 5 Apr 2012 18:45
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couple more pictures of the stove and the water tank on the porch.The watertank will be boxed in and insulated befor next winter.That will keep it from freezing and also block out sunlight.
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trollbridge
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# Posted: 5 Apr 2012 22:53
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rayyy, we have the same basic water tank so it will be interesting to see what you do with yours. I was fetching water at our creek last weekend and I was thinking about how you do that too-how far is your creek from your cabin? Do you have any pictures? I would love to see then if you do.
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rayyy
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# Posted: 6 Apr 2012 06:10
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My creek is about 200 feet away.I just threw the generator,the pump,2-100 foot lengths of garden hose in the wheelebarrel and took it down.The pump in mounted in a plastic bucket with a 10 micron filter media sealed around it.Works pretty good.Took about 2 hours to fill the 275 gal tank.I found good info on line about clorinating drinking water.It calculates out to 8 ounces of Clorox for a tank of this size.It sure beats lugging them two 5 gallon jugs!
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trollbridge
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# Posted: 6 Apr 2012 12:37
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Thanks rayyy....we debate over collecting rain water or just pumping from the creek. Does your creek freeze over during the winter?
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rayyy
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# Posted: 6 Apr 2012 16:28
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No that's the beauty of it,It doesn't freeze over solid.It's always got a flow to it.That's great for my horses too,they can go down and drink all they want and I don't have to lift a finger.It's just a tributary but it's always got running water in it.I plan on only filling the tank when it's running optimally.You know when conditions are just right.Not muddy or algie green.
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trollbridge
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# Posted: 6 Apr 2012 19:07
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Ours doesn't freeze over either except for one year-but We could have easily drilled a hole if we had to. Do you have a picture of your pump in your bucket and your filter? Sorry....but I am "DUH" when it comes to this technical stuff!
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rayyy
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# Posted: 7 Apr 2012 17:28
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Here it is.It'n nothing but a one gallon bucket with a cheap sump pump with a garden hose connector in it.The top is rapped with a piece of air conditioner filter material.It will block most sediment and particles down to about 10 microns or so.I have a hole dug down in the creek that's about 2 feet deep.I just lower the pump and bucket down into that.Garden hoses hooked to it,plugged into the generator.Fire it up and away she pumps.
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trollbridge
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# Posted: 7 Apr 2012 18:19
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Thanks rayyy...looks easy enough- the 2 foot hole you dug does it fill in or isn't there much current? We would have to dig a deeper spot too for times when the water is low but I'm sure it would keep filling back in over time but maybe not.
Your horse is pretty-what is his or her name?
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rayyy
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# Posted: 8 Apr 2012 07:45
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It probably will fill in.I just dug it a couple of weeks ago.Makes life much easier filling that big tank .It was a lot of work just fetching 10 gallons of water manually.His name is smokey(the black horse)
Her name is boogie.They are my only pets.But I ride alot and we go camping with them throughout the summer.It's tough finding time for that right now with so much more to do on the cabin.Right now I'm filling in the rest of that floor so I can get going on the living room/dinning room part of the cabin.
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trollbridge
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# Posted: 8 Apr 2012 19:37
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They are beautiful! We have many horses down the street from our house. We live up on a hill and I love watching them run and play in the fields. There is a donkey also and boy is he noisy at times! I bet even the horses occasionally get annoyed by him!
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