PNW Cabin Building Adventure!

Use a climbing tree stand to put your wire where you want it. Trim off all the small limbs as you go up. It is safe and simple, and can be used later for hunting.

 

The tree isn't that straight for the skywire, but that doesn't matter as it will be taking the weight, more than anything else.

The height will be about 25 feet up in the air!

 

The weather has been very windy of late, it makes me wonder if one day I should have a wind-powered device to buzz-up some electricity as well as the solar.

Speaking of which.

I was getting very good solar from this neat little setup:





Power from being stored for nearly a year in a shed at 10,000 feet:



Power after two buzzing days of sun, 13.1 volts right here:



Cooking area has shade throughout the day:



No buildings or structures means I've gotta just use tarps for protecting tools and other gear:





I moved this ridge post log using the tirfor, I get about one foot of movement for about ten seconds of Tirfor action:



I'll try and get a video of it in action for you folks later.

 

Here's the water tank in action.



I fill it up at the well and drive it back to the Ryder's Retreat for decanting into jerry cans.

Once I get more trees cleared and felled I'll buzz the trailer into the heart of the acerage.

Here's one more tree felled for construction. It's a bit wonky, but should make an ok eave log.





It may seem slightly close to the power tent but I got it to fall where I wanted it with wedges to direct the fall.

 

straightness of the tree was just for the ease of climbing (straighter trees are easiest) and 25' is simple with a climber, as long as the tree is the right size for the climber to bite in. I know hunters who go quite a bit higher than that. (Especially if that tree overlooks a ridge top.) And it would be safer than that ladder.