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Minute of deer or elk works well then
Too much math reading.. :-\I know what you're saying.
Don, I favor, if time effort and money were not the primary considerations...Build a concrete foundation and walls about 8-10 ft high. Then use the red tractor thingy to gently mound soil up to near the top so you in essence have a basement on which you build a modest frame residence with a loft. From the front it looks like a normal house with no indication that there is a basement underneath. Landscaping helps the fabricated roll to the land look natural and you don't have to deal with sub terrain excavation and forming for concrete. You have a porch and the house appears to be a foot or so off the ground on piers, disguised by a wrap around porch. Inside you have a closet with hidden access to the basement. All the real supplies and stuff under the house and just enough diversionary goods semi secured in the main residence to make a would be intruder think they have stumbled upon something while never realizing that there is 1000+ sq ft of secure storage underground. Extra credit for 3ft concrete pipe from the basement to a location down hill about 100-150 ft away disguised by a planter, decorative garden Nome or other. If you don't want to go that far you can make a short exit that comes up next to the house underneath a second AC unit that is a shell so that you tilt it to one side on a hinge and exfil from the basement
Agree with you about Pole Barn option, with second favorite being small home with wrap around porch.Great photos of "Ranger" and her "handler"; thanks for sharing!BTW- John Deere "Tractor" and NOT A DOZER! From looks of trailer tire and rim, lost tire and then the rim got dented. Can't imagine how you didn't feel that poor Prius it vaulted over before then........
You going to be able to get Concrete Trucks back there?
So, Bobby...being the calculating trained warrior NCO that you are. Take the appropriate action, Execute!
your standard grunt level CQB is just putting rounds and rounds on scary stuff till it stops scaring you!
Quote from: cudakidd53 on April 22, 2015, 12:06:43 PMYou going to be able to get Concrete Trucks back there?I think soIf I contract the basement, it won't be my problem ;-))
Quote from: Flyin6 on April 22, 2015, 02:27:22 PMQuote from: cudakidd53 on April 22, 2015, 12:06:43 PMYou going to be able to get Concrete Trucks back there?I think soIf I contract the basement, it won't be my problem ;-))Ooohhh, double efficiency! Contract foundation, they widen the road by incidental contact!
I like the idea of low cost and a little known basement with escape/entry route, more than one,,,,,,,,,,,,I would dig down for the basement though, keeping the main structure just above the surroundings so it doesn't look out of place. Just be sure the basement is not to low compared to the surroundings or it will flood. Heck, even have secondary basement with the stores that leads to an access.You now, they are about giving away railroad ties as they do upgrades. Stack those against a container and you insulation and rust protection.As for batteries, look at a forklift battery. They say life spans are 20+ years with of grid systems. Don't go AGM, lead acid is better. I also see mono panels are going for .55 a watt now.
So that's why batteries last so long in my wife's Acura- crappy Illinois roads keep the scale shook off!Question for you on your land Don- do you own the mineral rights? Was one of the things a friend of mine in Ohio said I'd need to check into, were I to retire to the Blue Grass state- suppose it would include caves/caverns too?
hmmmm. Wonder if you'un gots some natural gas somewhere on that's property....that would be some steady income from heres to eternity!
So what was the loud bang....another tire?
The sound, sorta like an air bag popping was....
Quote from: Flyin6 on April 27, 2015, 03:50:51 PMThe sound, sorta like an air bag popping was....CMax's airbag in the rear end?
...trying to stay out of a mud hole...
That loaded trailer wasn't all that heavy. Was it just from the flexing of the rear axle on the truck compressing the bag? More heavy duty set needed?
sounds like square d might get running sooner than later so cmax can get some more modification