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gotto
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# Posted: 16 Nov 2019 02:12pm
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Hello everyone
noob here. i am looking to go off the grid. and i am wondering where to buy property as i want to do wind and solar
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Steve_S
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# Posted: 16 Nov 2019 02:26pm
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The world is a big place so help narrow that down some... Start with country, region or area your interested in.
Couple of things to ponder in with your search. Ensure the region / area has good potable water which you can tap into with a well. Look at the lands around the area, forested or not. If farmed, what kind of farming and any issues (agricultural runoff etc). Carry a "good" compass so when looking at property, you can quickly determine if the available exposure is suitable for the widest area.
Wind is tricky, it's not a universal thing and can be costly. To determine if wind is possible there are wind charts and such but they are a basic guide and not usually aimed at small residential types.
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silverwaterlady
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# Posted: 16 Nov 2019 08:39pm
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In a place far away from people.
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redneckpaul
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# Posted: 17 Nov 2019 04:32pm
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Agree with what silverwaterlady said. If you want to avoid building permits and all the other bs that goes with it, get as far as you can from people.
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Jrbrandt25
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# Posted: 17 Nov 2019 04:36pm
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Detroit
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paulz
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# Posted: 18 Nov 2019 06:53am
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Good advice above. Getting away from people was my main goal, however my wife brought up an important consideration: Emergency medical services. How young/old are you, how healthy, how far away from that do you feel safe?
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silverwaterlady
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# Posted: 18 Nov 2019 09:20am
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The hospital is one hour away. We are considered senior citizens but do not feel as such.
My husband bought our property in 1972 so distance to the hospital was not a issue at the time.
It still isn’t. I’m not going to live near a bunch of people, noise and drama because I’m worried about a medical issue that may never happen.
However, we took a no bleed class. We learned how to use a tourniquet. We are both certified to use one and bought the one recommended to us at class.
I also have a substantial first aid kit.
One thing we both need to do before the season is to take a Red Cross first aid class and become certified in first aid.
So if you are prepared for emergencies the distance to the hospital should not detour your decision to be further out.
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paulz
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# Posted: 18 Nov 2019 10:16am - Edited by: paulz
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We are also about an hour away from the hospital. However, ambulance and paramedic service take only 10 minutes or so. Helicopter transport is also available, although used infrequently for level 1 trauma care which is further away.
On the ambulance are backboards, cervical collars. gurneys, heart and blood monitors, defibrillators, IVs, medications, rescue equipment..on and on. Both on scene and in the ambulance the paramedics communicate with the emergency doctors for proper care en route to the hospital. As a fireman and EMR I respond to calls of all sorts and although I am a terrible medic I see, deal and train on these things constantly. We also offer community training on first aid, most of the rural folks are equipped and trained, however not a week goes by that a fall, car accident, stroke, anaphylaxis, or some other trauma or medical emergency call comes in requiring advanced medical care or transport. Lives are saved constantly by these professionals.
Again it depends on everyone's particular circumstances and level of comfort and training. With my wife being a wheelchair bound paraplegic I wouldn't want to be further out than we are. You can certainly live around other people without a bunch of noise and drama. We enjoy our little community and the comradery that comes with it. Most of the lots average 20-50 acres, that's isolated enough for me.
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toyota_mdt_tech
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# Posted: 18 Nov 2019 06:05pm
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We have a medial chopper that you pay $65 a year for your family. Med-star is the name and they have a landing pad near my cabin. This is a pre determined area of grass. When you call, they are on the way in minutes. This price is for the whole family.
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NorthRick
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# Posted: 19 Nov 2019 04:52pm
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Quoting: toyota_mdt_tech We have a medial chopper that you pay $65 a year for your family. Med-star is the name and they have a landing pad near my cabin. This is a pre determined area of grass. When you call, they are on the way in minutes. This price is for the whole family.
It keep meaning to sign up for a service like that and clear an area big enough for a chopper to land. Our cabin is a good ways from the nearest real hospital.
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Aklogcabin
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# Posted: 21 Nov 2019 10:22am
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Hello all. Rick we use Lifemed. $45 a year I think. But we have to have medical insurance. No insurance, no lifemed. I am going to build a landing pad from black spruce for a chopper to land on . Probably lay a couple of largest I can get there spruce. And corduroy the top with the black spruce. We certainly have plenty of dead standing spruce after the beetle infestation.
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