NWMT Cabin

[stlaser]

I believe you’re officially in snow country now Shawn…
Gonna need a snowblower or two.

My neighbor just tells me this is the largest snowfall all at once they have had in 3 years he’s been here. I said “you’re welcome, I come up here and try to build a machine shop addition and this is what you get.” Skid loader is on the agenda already…..

[stlaser]

I believe you’re officially in snow country now Shawn…
Gonna need a snowblower or two.

time to get you a little bigger one of these shawn

Definitely needs a cab and heat…..

[EL TATE]

Day 2 of our first big snowstorm, they had called 8-14” and I believe we are at 18”+

It keeps coming and was supposed to have quit 2 hours ago already…..


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If you have a little creek nearby and you aren't winter trout fishing I'm not going to speak to you for a while.

[Bigdave_185]

Pure bliss right there once that fireplace is right.

I wanna sit on the porch surrounded by snow and have cup after cup of coffee all day long


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[Flyin6]

Pure bliss right there once that fireplace is right.

I wanna sit on the porch surrounded by snow and have cup after cup of coffee all day long


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Meee Tooo

[JR]

I could live with that. About what I get but its gone in a day or so. Guess for the view for the rest of the year it would work.

Warm rum drink would work great there!

[Bigdave_185]

I could live with that. About what I get but its gone in a day or so. Guess for the view for the rest of the year it would work.

Warm rum drink would work great there!

Now we are talking.  Party this winter at Shawn’s. We can toss sleepin bags on the living room floor and if we all bring a coffee pot we should be good for a few days.  Some Smirnoff butterscotch in morning coffee is good with me


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[JR]

You know, the good part is it is driving distance now for many of us vs heading to the east coast.

[Flyin6]

I could live with that. About what I get but its gone in a day or so. Guess for the view for the rest of the year it would work.

Warm rum drink would work great there!

Now we are talking.  Party this winter at Shawn’s. We can toss sleepin bags on the living room floor and if we all bring a coffee pot we should be good for a few days.  Some Smirnoff butterscotch in morning coffee is good with me


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Shawn may say it's OK, but my advice is to get permission from Miss Tonya before trying anything like that...

[stlaser]

Day 2 of our first big snowstorm, they had called 8-14” and I believe we are at 18”+

It keeps coming and was supposed to have quit 2 hours ago already…..


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If you have a little creek nearby and you aren't winter trout fishing I'm not going to speak to you for a while.

Lake creek, about 500 yards out my back door. However, for reasons I won’t delve into very deep on the interwebs I cannot get a mt st license until a couple things in Colorado get finalized. So I refuse to pay out of state fees atm. Sorry

[stlaser]

I think and it’s still snowing we ended up at around 2’ of snow. It was enough I pulled out a step ladder and swept off the enclosed trailer.

[KensAuto]

What was wrong in that stove pipe pic?

Sam caught it (no surprise) but to me it just looks like a pipe going into the roof flange.

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[stlaser]

What was wrong in that stove pipe pic?

Sam caught it (no surprise) but to me it just looks like a pipe going into the roof flange.

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Male end goes down not up. I didn’t realize it until I saw the creosote running down the outside which should not happen unless it’s backwards. If male end is down then it drips back into firebox.

Yeah, Sam knew right away but guessing he’s dealt with it a lot. I always hired someone to install and clean / service it annually back in Indiana. So admittedly I know enough about it to be dangerous apparently same as guy who installed this…..

Roof flange is dented up, the metal fabricator in me said “that looks like chit and would never leave my shop that way so something is definitely not right”. According to chimney expert you leave one stove pipe joint loose so as cabin (logs shrink) the joint can slip into itself. In turn not f up that expensive piping and roof flange.

[rpar86]

Some Smirnoff butterscotch in morning coffee is good with me


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Ew you lost me there.

[Flyin6]

Some Smirnoff butterscotch in morning coffee is good with me


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Ew you lost me there.

Not me...Actually had me thinkin'
;-)

[Sammconn]

I run an expansion joint in my permanent installs.
The main reason is for ease of installation.
It also allows he freeze thaw that my place goes through.
Would have saved the ceiling peice too for this one.
I’ve only found them in double wall however so a bit of tin bashing needed to connect them in.

If you use it a lot the chimney sweep stuff is simple and cheap insurance to eliminate chimney fires.
However, upon looking at outside pics, the location and roof make it less desirable.

[stlaser]

Went to Kalispell this morning with little trailer and picked up this 500# stove. Curt my neighbor helped me unload it up onto my covered front porch. About all we could do to get it up there with appliance dolly and two guys. Going to try and get a castered cart under it to bring it in the house early next week.

https://www.jotul.com/products/wood-stoves/f-500-v3-oslo

[wyorunner]

Went to Kalispell this morning with little trailer and picked up this 500# stove. Curt my neighbor helped me unload it up onto my covered front porch. About all we could do to get it up there with appliance donkey and two guys. Going to try and get a castered cart under it to bring it in the house early next week.

https://www.jotul.com/products/wood-stoves/f-500-v3-oslo

That should definitely keep your house warm, probably a bit on the hot side at times.

[EL TATE]

Day 2 of our first big snowstorm, they had called 8-14” and I believe we are at 18”+

It keeps coming and was supposed to have quit 2 hours ago already…..


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If you have a little creek nearby and you aren't winter trout fishing I'm not going to speak to you for a while.

Lake creek, about 500 yards out my back door. However, for reasons I won’t delve into very deep on the interwebs I cannot get a mt st license until a couple things in Colorado get finalized. So I refuse to pay out of state fees atm. Sorry

I will concede in that case. Same for me, had to be a full time resident for a set amount of time before i wasn't paying TRIPLE for licensing.

[Nate]

Day 2 of our first big snowstorm, they had called 8-14” and I believe we are at 18”+

It keeps coming and was supposed to have quit 2 hours ago already…..


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If you have a little creek nearby and you aren't winter trout fishing I'm not going to speak to you for a while.

Lake creek, about 500 yards out my back door. However, for reasons I won’t delve into very deep on the interwebs I cannot get a mt st license until a couple things in Colorado get finalized. So I refuse to pay out of state fees atm. Sorry

I will concede in that case. Same for me, had to be a full time resident for a set amount of time before i wasn't paying TRIPLE for licensing.

I just got my lifetime hunting and fishing license along with my lifetime nebraska parks pass (already have the national one). It also came with all the stamps and what not for anything except exotic game.

The cost was free due to my disability status.

[Sammconn]

Went to Kalispell this morning with little trailer and picked up this 500# stove. Curt my neighbor helped me unload it up onto my covered front porch. About all we could do to get it up there with appliance donkey and two guys. Going to try and get a castered cart under it to bring it in the house early next week.

https://www.jotul.com/products/wood-stoves/f-500-v3-oslo

Looks nice.
When I replaced ours this summer used a fooor Jack running on scrap laminate.
Worked like a champ.

[stlaser]

Went to Kalispell this morning with little trailer and picked up this 500# stove. Curt my neighbor helped me unload it up onto my covered front porch. About all we could do to get it up there with appliance donkey and two guys. Going to try and get a castered cart under it to bring it in the house early next week.

https://www.jotul.com/products/wood-stoves/f-500-v3-oslo

That should definitely keep your house warm, probably a bit on the hot side at times.

I can always open the patio door.

[stlaser]

Day 2 of our first big snowstorm, they had called 8-14” and I believe we are at 18”+

It keeps coming and was supposed to have quit 2 hours ago already…..


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If you have a little creek nearby and you aren't winter trout fishing I'm not going to speak to you for a while.

Lake creek, about 500 yards out my back door. However, for reasons I won’t delve into very deep on the interwebs I cannot get a mt st license until a couple things in Colorado get finalized. So I refuse to pay out of state fees atm. Sorry

I will concede in that case. Same for me, had to be a full time resident for a set amount of time before i wasn't paying TRIPLE for licensing.

I just got my lifetime hunting and fishing license along with my lifetime nebraska parks pass (already have the national one). It also came with all the stamps and what not for anything except exotic game.

The cost was free due to my disability status.

 

[stlaser]

Went to Kalispell this morning with little trailer and picked up this 500# stove. Curt my neighbor helped me unload it up onto my covered front porch. About all we could do to get it up there with appliance donkey and two guys. Going to try and get a castered cart under it to bring it in the house early next week.

https://www.jotul.com/products/wood-stoves/f-500-v3-oslo

Looks nice.
When I replaced ours this summer used a fooor Jack running on scrap laminate.
Worked like a champ.

Neighbor has one of these, gunna see if we can break it……




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[stlaser]

I run an expansion joint in my permanent installs.
The main reason is for ease of installation.
It also allows he freeze thaw that my place goes through.
Would have saved the ceiling peice too for this one.
I’ve only found them in double wall however so a bit of tin bashing needed to connect them in.

If you use it a lot the chimney sweep stuff is simple and cheap insurance to eliminate chimney fires.
However, upon looking at outside pics, the location and roof make it less desirable.

Copy, yeah 12/12 steel roof, I’d need a harness and tie off over the roof before I’d try that I think.

[rpar86]

Went to Kalispell this morning with little trailer and picked up this 500# stove. Curt my neighbor helped me unload it up onto my covered front porch. About all we could do to get it up there with appliance dolly and two guys. Going to try and get a castered cart under it to bring it in the house early next week.

https://www.jotul.com/products/wood-stoves/f-500-v3-oslo

I think my uncle has the same (or very similar) one. Yes, it was a pain to move!

[stlaser]

When you’re stuck in a Montana cabin property and the dining room is the best option to rebuild a customers t-case…..


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[oklawall]

That would go over like a fart in a diving helmet at my house


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[stlaser]

That would go over like a fart in a diving helmet at my house


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She’d rather have me at the cabin in Montana than spending more time in Colorado.

[Bob Smith]

Better than on a sheet of plywood in a snowbank

[stlaser]

Better than on a sheet of plywood in a snowbank

Or my uninsulated garage…..

[wyorunner]

When you’re stuck in a Montana cabin property and the dining room is the best option to rebuild a customers t-case…..


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Surprised to see the manual (or what I think is the manual) sitting there. I’d figured this like axles was back of hand type knowledge for you.

Good to see your still busy after the move.

[stlaser]

No, it’s good to have a reference for things handy. Even with axles I have several Yukon axle torque spec cards hanging around the shop. And as Tate can attest I still call him on occasion w/ stupid question of the day……

[Flyin6]

I personally think the man went psycho! Transmission, or transfer case, or axle, or anything like that........HAS NO Business in a setting like that!

Now build out your garage like that and just move in!

;-)

[JR]

For anyone having not done a rebuild or repair inside the house. Shame on you, comfort is king!

[stlaser]

For anyone having not done a rebuild or repair inside the house. Shame on you, comfort is king!

I like to feel my finger tips…..


Just unloaded the last enclosed trailer of two dirt bikes, household stuff and some misc garage items.

Deep freeze is sitting on front porch, think it’s official I’m a Montanan now……

[stlaser]

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[Flyin6]

For anyone having not done a rebuild or repair inside the house. Shame on you, comfort is king!

OK guilty, a 289 overhaul, but if it happened before you (the reader) were actually born, then it doesn't count. I can invoke the old-guy clause that covers much!

[oklawall]

For anyone having not done a rebuild or repair inside the house. Shame on you, comfort is king!

Oh I have done it that is why I said it would go over like a fart in a diving helmet. Even with the table being replaced she still reminds me of the scratch I put in it years later. One of many reasons I have an EX wife

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[oklawall]

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Do you even need to plug that in until the spring thaw?

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[stlaser]

Neighbors 1000# harbor freight cart for the win, if all goes as planned this will be installed on Weds.


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[Flyin6]

Well! How bout that!

[stlaser]

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Do you even need to plug that in until the spring thaw?

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It does not, wife asked yesterday if she could use it. I said why not, she walked out and stuck at least one thing in it. Works for me…..

[JR]

She could have just left it outside too. But if she is happy.

[wyorunner]

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Do you even need to plug that in until the spring thaw?

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It does not, wife asked yesterday if she could use it. I said why not, she walked out and stuck at least one thing in it. Works for me…..

What’s the bear population like at your place? My first thought is them buggers getting into your freezer, but maybe not a concern.

[stlaser]

Hibernating at this point, however 1 every square mile supposedly.

[wyorunner]

Hibernating at this point, however 1 every square mile supposedly.

That’s a pretty good sized population close to throw a rock and hit one type population.

[stlaser]

Turner, it’s definitely something to consider, along with those huge wolves & mountain lions.

Finalized something else today. I’ll just leave this here below.




https://www.jcb.com/en-us/products/skid-steer-loader/215


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[JR]

Hear those are way easier to get into. Soon?

[stlaser]

Hear those are way easier to get into. Soon?

They are, I contacted four different manufacturers dealers. This dealer was on it, very responsive and wanted the business. One dealer never responded and other two would take a couple days to reply.

So when I went to pickup the stove I stopped to talk to JCB first. After sitting in the cab I was sold. Maintenance is simple as filters are easy access etc. In addition the single boom has a lifetime warranty on it for $300 and has 20% more steel in it that conventional dual arm setups. The visibility is over the top as well. I drove a mid framed tracked unit and it was just too large for my needs having owned one prior. At $5500 to replace tracks I didn’t want that either. The fact I use mine as a forklift more often than not made the side door the only way to go. Add to this that as of January 1st two of the three dealers conveyed to me there was going to an across the board 6% increase on all equipment.

This one is coming in from a dealer down near Bozeman. It was the only small frame wheeled unit in the state. Should see it by weeks end. I signed papers this afternoon and they are bringing me a set of 60” forks along with the 66” wide bucket. Still trying to get a price on toothed bolt in cutting edge for bucket. I’ve also decided to build the new shop myself. The only thing I plan on subcontracting out is gravel & fill hauling along with concrete. The rest I’ll do myself, so the thought process is that the money I save in labor buys the skid steer.