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Alaskaman
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# Posted: 4 Apr 2013 06:20pm
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Here is a link to the journey of building my cabin. It has all the information and honest life experience of one man trying to get out from the banksters and own his life again.
http://forums.homestead.org/forum_posts.asp?TID=21708&title=here-we-go
If you copy and paste the link it should work. Sorry, I'm new to this site and don't know how to get the link to work from within this post.
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241comp
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# Posted: 5 Apr 2013 10:44am
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Link works fine for me. Your place is amazing. It'll take me a while to get the whole way through, but as of page 38 I'm thoroughly jealous.
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Alaskaman
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# Posted: 5 Apr 2013 02:34pm
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Thanks, I tried to add the struggles and the triumphs. Keeping it real as it were. Nothing worth doing is easy.
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Alaskaman
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# Posted: 5 Apr 2013 02:41pm
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During my first winter it just had a flat deck that would eventually be my loft floor and some poly for a roof. I went through most of the winter with a blanket and some plastic for a door. I had oil lamps for light, wood cookstove for heat and hauled water.
Being close to the arctic and only having 3 hours of lights living like that is not for the timid.
Little by little I will get there. I live in it and have no bills. Well I do have a cell phone and Sat TV. other than that I own my life.
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a_pyrkin
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# Posted: 8 Apr 2013 04:43am
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Great work and nice place 
And the terrain is similar to the Russian 
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Alaskaman
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# Posted: 9 Apr 2013 01:03pm
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Yea I think we have similar climate and ecosystems. It's been snowing here for three days now. About this time of the year I have had enough of the snow and cold. It has been a cold winter for us we burned up a lot of wood this year just trying to stay warm.
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leonk
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# Posted: 11 Apr 2013 03:33pm
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Alaskaman,
I read through your saga on the other board. What a story!
I wish your trouble goes away soon. You know the saying -
It's going to be OK in the end, if it's not OK, this is not the end!
Your building skills and accomplishments are amazing.
Oh, there's a picture of you with a knife on top of a grouse (the pic said quail). Are grouse really that stupid over there..?
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Alaskaman
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# Posted: 11 Apr 2013 03:48pm
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Nope, he had actually already been dispatched for dinner.
Thanks for the kind words. I just keep telling myself, "Don't let the bastards win"
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Tobit
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# Posted: 13 Apr 2013 03:53pm
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AlaskaMan, I don't think you know what you are doing. 
LOL to everyone, sorry.. I'm just saying hello to Rob, we know each other already from another forum.
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leonk
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# Posted: 16 Apr 2013 12:56pm
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AlaskaMan,
How do you find log cabin for heating in the winter?
I think it's generally agreed that stick frame with insulation is faster to heat, but also cools down faster due to low thermal mass, while the logs are the opposite - takes longer to heat, but stay warm longer...
Some people argue log construction may not be suitable for occasional use building. Say you come in the middle of the cold winter and it takes long time to warm it up...
Just looking for an opinion
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