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Tarmetto
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# Posted: 23 Mar 2015 09:48pm
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Funny story about the dock lumber. I was exhausted, ready for the closing to be over and done with, and not paying attention.
I had ordered 16 each 2x10's...12' long. Paid the guy, and pulled around to where he directed me. We loaded the lumber into my short bed F-250...and I noticed that the lumber was extending way beyond where I thought it should. Loaded, I strapped it down and drove below the speed limit for 9 miles back to the lot.
Pulled the lumber off one at a time and dragged it 100 feet to the site, and after unloading 4 of them it hit me that they were longer than I had ordered....measured them and they were all 16 footers!
Checked my bill and he had charged me for 12 footers!
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turkeyhunter
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# Posted: 23 Mar 2015 10:27pm
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Quoting: Tarmetto Checked my bill and he had charged me for 12 footers!
lol...more is better for sure...
I know you will enjoy working on your land and building your camp/cabin or cottage
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Tarmetto
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# Posted: 27 Mar 2015 01:03pm
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Quoting: turkeyhunter glad you got in your NAME....lake lot owner...and looks like you got busy quick!!!!
Yep!...and the wife and I are heading back down this evening to "hopefully" set some dock pilings by water jetting. We'll be adding 4 pilings to what we already have framed up, and possibly 4 more in open water.
We had the local lumber yard pre-cut the 2 x 6 decking to length, so that saved us a couple of precious on-site hours.
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Tarmetto
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# Posted: 6 Sep 2016 12:03pm
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Been awhile since I updated, we've been busy trying to make our place "usable" before we start the cabin build.
We've positioned a camper, under carport cover, and built a "bath-house". The addition has a full bath and laundry, and we tied the roof(s) together as well as the decks.
We finished the rigid dock, then built a floating dock.
We're WAY behind on starting the cabin, mainly because we've had terrible luck with tree guys! We've hired 3 thus far...and none of them ever showed up to do the work.
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pondjumpr
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# Posted: 9 Sep 2016 04:19pm
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The bath house is bigger than most small cabins on this site. All that new treated lumber looks great.
I live just North of you in Spartanburg county. I have acreage just over the line in union County (W. Springs) I have never heard of that lake you are on but it looks to be a nice, peaceful place.
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Ontario lakeside
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# Posted: 9 Sep 2016 06:36pm
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What is the cable outlet box for?
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toyota_mdt_tech
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# Posted: 9 Sep 2016 08:20pm
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Quoting: Ontario lakeside What is the cable outlet box for?
I'm betting its for ham radio gear. 
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Tarmetto
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# Posted: 19 Sep 2016 04:48pm
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Quoting: pondjumpr I live just North of you in Spartanburg county. I have acreage just over the line in union County (W. Springs) I have never heard of that lake you are on but it looks to be a nice, peaceful place.
It is very peaceful! There are folks a lot closer to us than you are that have never heard of the lake.
It's just north of hwy 252, closer to Ware Shoals than Laurens, but in Laurens County.
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Tarmetto
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# Posted: 19 Sep 2016 04:51pm
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Quoting: Ontario lakeside What is the cable outlet box for?
toyota_mdt_tech is correct! Coax connections for ham radio.
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