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countrygirl
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# Posted: 4 Sep 2015 10:51
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your place looks awesome. I like the speed that you are working at. no messing around, just getting it done. well done!
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Coastal
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# Posted: 4 Sep 2015 11:00
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Thanks! Winter is coming too fast, no time to sit around!
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Coastal
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# Posted: 16 Sep 2015 23:52
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Heading to town tomorrow to buy a 6 way dozer blade for my bobcat track loader... Was doing some logging today.
 
So we've discovered the driveway turns to horrible mud really quick with rain, this was driving the kid to the school bus and back
Since I live on a volcano, there is literally non stop lava rock... I started mining it with my brush rake the other day....
Comes out nice!
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bldginsp
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# Posted: 30 Sep 2015 08:33
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Wow- if you don't mind- satisfy my curiosity a bit-
That military truck was quite an expense I'm sure. Roughly what do those cost? Was your plan to keep it to use for weekend picnics 15 miles from the closest jeep trail? No seriously- did you decide to buy it and then sell it later, or keep it for other projects? AMAZING investment to make for the sake of developing one parcel- but maybe cheaper than paying transport for your containers. You must have juggled a few numbers in your head before you bought- how did all that settle out?
Nice project.
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Coastal
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# Posted: 7 Oct 2015 09:02
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It was $6500 us. Pretty cheap for a virtually brand new truck! The US army did a complete refurbish on it before they liquidated it. I'm converting it to a dump truck next, might even put a plow on it. It's a tool that will have many purposes, including revenue as it will get places no other dump trucks can.
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Coastal
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# Posted: 7 Oct 2015 09:48
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And we have power now too!
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Coastal
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# Posted: 7 Oct 2015 09:50
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Next up.... Septic
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ColdFlame
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# Posted: 7 Oct 2015 10:33
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You're not wasting any time, are ya?  It's unbelievable how much you've already accomplished!
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Coastal
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# Posted: 7 Oct 2015 10:55
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No time to waste! Winter is getting close!
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abby
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# Posted: 7 Oct 2015 15:03
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just fabulous!!
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RedTailHawk
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# Posted: 8 Oct 2015 16:33
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awesome watching how diligently you work. keep posting pics (and more of the view too)
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Coastal
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# Posted: 9 Oct 2015 09:25
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Thanks everyone!
We installed our wood stove a while back too, forgot to post some pictures, it's a blazeking Chinook 30, and for a hearth I grabbed two huge slabs of granite, they are about 5' long, 14" thick, and 2' deep... I built a wall underneath the floor to support them!
They look a bit out of place with the unfinished interior... It will work when we're all done.
And we have heat!
As far as the cabin we're turning into a house goes, we hired sipbc to build and install sip panels on the exterior of the post and beam structure to properly insulate the place, they are also building a set of rough cut timber stairs we get tomorrow so we can actually access the loft.
Here is the preliminary design to get dimensions sorted out
My wife and I happened upon an awesome supply of stone for masonry work inside and outside the house... And it's free.
Did a quick dry stack wall to see how it was to work with. It splits nicely, and has tons of character.
This is the driveway at the bottom of the property were at the top of the mountain in the background
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abby
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# Posted: 9 Oct 2015 10:21
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I love all your photos and adore what you've done so far! so very, very cool.
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RedTailHawk
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# Posted: 9 Oct 2015 11:09
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how many acres do you have?
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ColdFlame
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# Posted: 9 Oct 2015 11:53
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Quoting: RedTailHawk how many acres do you have?
His property is 80 acres.
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Rowjr
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# Posted: 14 Oct 2015 14:51
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I like it !
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Rowjr
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# Posted: 14 Oct 2015 14:58
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you worry about the water freezing in the tanks ? Also what size pump are you using to supply cabin
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Coastal
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# Posted: 15 Oct 2015 02:10 - Edited by: Coastal
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Not worried about the freezing.... I plan to insulate the crawl space before it gets really cold.
The well pump gets me about 10gpm at the house, and then the grundfos pressure pump does the house, it's quite impressive, I have way more water pressure than I did with city water.
This is the pump
http://ca.grundfos.com/products/find-product/Water%20Supply%20and%20Pressure%20Boosti ng.html
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Coastal
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# Posted: 15 Oct 2015 02:12
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Started on the stairs, and got a beam in to span the loft full length to gain some space for bedrooms
 
Had to build an access road to the septic field area so I can get gravel in
And found a cool tiny Lake a few minutes behind my place
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Rowjr
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# Posted: 15 Oct 2015 16:20
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Very nice looking forward to seeing more
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