I still have the pallet you built out of scrap 2 x 6's - Pallet works real well!
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I still have the pallet you built out of scrap 2 x 6's - Pallet works real well!
Andre,
Ivan is your guy - he is close - but if you want to visit the UP - let me know
I did not have a lot of sap, but I had winter cut white pine... I drilled through a RPSL last year for a bracket and there is still some moisture - after 7 years
Got mine approved in the UP - Iron County - pretty easy to work with
Coleen - we are on the other side in the UP
let me know if you want to treck up North
I paid $100 per log 13" top 19" butt and 41' long
Does the UP count - come up anytime you want - Foundation, logs stacked and roof done - with a little chinking done as well
I am 3 years into the project and I hope to be under roof this year or next.... but I am almost 6 hours away and that represents a about every other weekend during the late spring, summer and early...
a lot cleaner and easier to use - great stuff!
our lot is 100' by 300'
I don't suggest anything less than 150' by 150'
Jane,
You will be amazed at the people who you have not met yet that will help you....
My neighbor two lots over is 75 and he just couldn't resist... (he brought his own sledge hammer and...
watch out for carpul tunnel... I peeled from March to October for 2010 and still have pain today when doing minor activities and sometimes it hurts when I do nothing at all
Surprisingly plenty of support and interest - I usually get a few funny looks when I tell them it was a 2 day course - which I usually follow up with the explanation of the help from the forum.
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Scoutman,
I bought my land and then found out about the LHBA. The class may or may not benefit you in
regards to your land decision.
We decided where we wanted the land and then what to...
Estimates
Anna,
I am in the very early stages and wondering the same things...
These are my estimates
10 years to build - hopefullly (of those 10 I will probably take 6 years off when kids...
nothing happens when I hit reply to this thread.... quick reply seems to be working fine
Testing my seeting changes - should have a new signature and avatar
Ronnie,
My wife started looking into "kits" and found this web site... I am now going to be starting on my own place and after visiting the other Ronnie's place, I am doing a very similar...
sorry to bring this back to the original topic...
Just made final arrangemetns with logger - $2.50 a foot for 40' white pines with 12" min tops - $3.50 a foot for RP which will be about 50' or so...
Christopher,
I have seen these same types of logs go from $70 to over $300 in my many many months of research (lots of comments on this fourm)...
I am currently days away from hand picking my...
I recall a thread where the super was well preferred because of the clutch brake...
do a search and you will find a lot of topic coverage on the hole hawg
Yoopers Pat
I heard a great comment once...
The only people qualified to tell you you can't do something is someone who has already done it... and chance are they will encourae you that you can!
I am...
I think it might be worth your while to contact "shark" - he is just south east of Indy...
Check out their web site...
http://www.jandjloghome.blogspot.com/
Yoopers Pat
Has anyone used Red pine and not treated them at all and have
success with decay resistance?
It looks like they will be easier to get then the white pine I desire...
Any feedback would be...
I got my windows for free... Once you pu the word out to enough people,
good things happen. A person in our parish told us they were replacing
most of their windows that were installed for less...