I'm going to build a Cabin

doublejj

doublejj

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420God said:
I was thinking about that since I have a good size pile of telephone poles but I'm way to afraid of heights to do that to myself. I was trying to think for the longest time how I could build it then get it up in the air but that seems like too much work, I'm on a time frame being so far north. Might have only a few good months to work.
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Take a look at the corners of the cabin that I built. It's built with a butt method of construction. Faster & stronger building method & no notching...;-)
 
420God

420God

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doublejj said:
Take a look at the corners of the cabin that I built. It's built with a butt method of construction. Faster & stronger building method & no notching...;-)
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I noticed that. How did you secure the log end? Looks nice and clean.

I was gonna play with the chainsaw and see how hard the notching might be.
 
doublejj

doublejj

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420God said:
I noticed that. How did you secure the log end? Looks nice and clean.

I was gonna play with the chainsaw and see how hard the notching might be.
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Get yourself 8 pencils or straws. Lay 4 out in a square with each end butting into the end of the other. The second layer is reversed. Everything is pinned together with 18" spikes of 1/2" rebar. Buy a long 1/2" drill bit to pre drill the hole for rebar. Cut the handle down on a sledge hammer to drive the spikes. Cheap & easy...we used brick mortar in the gaps..
 
420God

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Was out in the woods for a few hours yesterday before the chainsaw started running funny. Suppose to be nice again today so I'll give it a tune up before I head out. It's been getting below freezing at night so the ground has been staying kinda hard making it easier to work back there. I did notice some sap on my arm after cutting a while so the trees are starting to wake up.

Starting to be able to see a field.

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I was also looking at different cabin styles and really like the saddle notch used on newer cabins. It's easy enough to do with the chainsaw and is made to deflect water while still leaving you room to adjust the logs.

 
neosapien

neosapien

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It's $90k which is a decent price for the area but the house itself is small at 930sq ft and only 2 bedrooms and although from the pics its looks like its been well kept it looks as though it hasn't been updated since the 80's. Decisions.

I don't want to move too far from this rental so I'm not commuting to work on it all the time. Ja know.
 
oldtimer54

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In 1975 my dad moved us to an area close to where he spent his childhood.
He had a home built on 10 acres and it took everything he had. After the house was built and we were living in it he realized how badly he needed an out building. He found 2 tobacco barns that were built in the 40's like log cabins. The farmer let us take them down and we moved the logs over a 2 week period and hauled them onto our property .Over the next 6 months we worked on that building . When it was finished we had used most of the 2 barns logs . We chinked between the logs to keep out the weather it had no Windows and 2 large openings in the front that we put two roll up doors on .He later went back and put a standard door in on the side so he wouldn't have to use those roll up doors .We used store bought lumber for the roof rafters and a new tin roof . In 1977 I moved away and in the mid 90's my parents moved onto my property and that old building was still in great condition 20 years later. The last time I went by the old house the old building was gone and was surrounded by new homes and that was about 10 years ago. Those old hand hewn logs held tobacco for over 35 years and housed my family's stuff for another 20 and eventually succumbed to the modernization of the area sometime in the early 2000's. It would have been nice to salvage some of that old building before it's destruction !
 
neosapien

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I went and looked at that house for shits and giggles. Everything is awesome about it besides the street to get there. Its basically the width of a one way street thats not 1 way for about a mile with 2 steep steep hills going down. I actually had to back up and let a person by in the 5 minutes I was there lol. Imagine that's why its 30k less than it ought to be. Oh well.
 
oldtimer54

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BarnBuster said:
Fuckin A, God, once again your industrious nature puts us lazy guys to shame. Way to go!!.. and I will get on your ass if you slack;)
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Hey, I was 17 years old and did what my dad asked me to do. I'd much rather have been talking to the farmers daughter but I was the oldest son and the old man needed the help.....and I knew if I helped him it would pay off for me later and I was right !
 
vostok

vostok

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You'd have to dry any wood out before use, that wood take some time

access difficult tho not impossible, with distant neighbors ..?

and swampy ground ,...

if I must I'd tow a trailer to the site and

rig up 3-4 tunnel houses

portable is good otherwise its tax paying time

as per the norm

..it will take a lot longer than you think and cost a lot more

at this stage I find very little in the deal other than playing escapism ..?

but good luck either way
 
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