You folks who are just visiting this forum have no idea how active and fascinating the member's side is. I frequently see 6 or 8 people viewing the public side while at that same moment there may be as many as 20 or 30 viewers on the private side with 6 to 20 new posts each day. Heck, I get to argue more on the LHBA forum (with people from all over the Country) than I do right here in my own house. It is an amazing spot on the internet where you could easily waste an hour of your precious time, each and every day, while gleaning the information and inspiration required to build a debt free Home for your Grandchildren to inherit. I wouldn't miss it for the world.
The problem is that the member's side is so durned active that some of the most thought provocative subjects get lost in the shuffle. I have started some nearly interesting threads over there, only to be snubbed with only 50 or 75 responding posts. Case in point, I posted about blacksmithing hinges for my front door and it was somehow overshadowed by the story of one of our member's four day project to get his 8,000 lb (1,974 kt) ridgepole up to its home 31' (9-1/3 ml) in the air using nothing but his yard tractor and a Leatherman tool to do it... in the rain. note from moderator... with consideration for our international viewers, we have edited in the metric translation of all of LHN's colloquial measurements I am paraphrasing his project, but you get the idea.
There is a lot of "non-loggy" information that the novice requires during a LHBA build and the simultaneous lifestyle changes that occur at the same time. You will find that info on the member's side of this forum. Don't beleive me? Currently, on the member's side there are active threads titled:
Old Style Harbor freight demo hammer being sold at Home Depot for Cheap
Choo! Choo! Where is the Train?
Project management
Why have a telehandler...
Why have block and tackle.
Questions about Living on Site While You Build
Laser
Feeling Overwhelmed...
allways makes me wonder why its so cheap
Wonky roof ?
Using neighbor's well
Free labor in upstate new York/northern PA
NY build help!
favorite firearms
Iowa Build
These are all real thread titles on the member's side that get an active crowd arguing and helping. Heck, "favorite firearms" has garnered 88 pages of response in just 5-1/2 years and it is nowhere near the most active thread!
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