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Posted: 9/22/2011 3:03:12 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Aviator]
Picked up just over an acre here in an area outside Wasilla. No power run the the area yet, but I am going in and picking up my solar/wind/battery system today. Have started cutting trees, and will be starting dirt work this weekend. Its a nice spot on a bluff that overlooks a lot of vacant land. On a clear day, you can see Denali from where the living room will be.
I'll be posting photos, as things progress and am glad to consider advise from the hive mind, just don't get butt hurt if I do not take it 
Arfcom cabin project located here... http://www.ar15.com/biz/engine/click.html?id=814&z=7 http://maps.google.com/maps?q=17571+lesser+canada+drive&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq&hnear=0x56c8c68bc636f3e7%3A0x75e122c3c177c62c%2C17571+W+Lesser+Canada+Dr%2C+Wasilla%2C+AK+99687&gl=us&ei=3wB0TuTGGvDWiAKO8u2zAg&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CBkQ8gEwAA Aviator PS, are you happy now 1Gunrunner? 
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Posted: 9/22/2011 3:04:43 PM EDT
[#1]
There's bears out there the size of the First Lady.
You be careful now... |
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Posted: 9/22/2011 3:04:53 PM EDT
[#2]
That will keep you a bit busy.
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Posted: 9/22/2011 3:05:25 PM EDT
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subscribed
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Posted: 9/22/2011 3:06:01 PM EDT
[#4]
Originally Posted By Strykewolf:
That will keep you a bit busy. Yeah, trying to maybe get something dried in before it gets bad. Thats why I have not been driving tanks 
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Posted: 9/22/2011 3:06:02 PM EDT
[#5]
Nice..so you have a few neighbors there I see.
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Posted: 9/22/2011 3:08:29 PM EDT
[#6]
Originally Posted By Dog1:
Nice..so you have a few neighbors there I see. Can't see any of them from the place. there are about 3 in close range. The guy to the East along the road sold me the land. The cleared area to my west is just cleared land and they guy lives in Oregon. Aviator |
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Posted: 9/22/2011 3:10:55 PM EDT
[#7]
What is the job market like up there?
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Posted: 9/22/2011 3:12:11 PM EDT
[Last Edit: lsujim]
[#8]
Originally Posted By Aviator:
Picked up just over an acre here in an area outside Wasilla. No power run the the area yet, but I am going in and picking up my solar/wind/battery system today. Have started cutting trees, and will be starting dirt work this weekend. Its a nice spot on a bluff that overlooks a lot of vacant land. On a clear day, you can see Denali from where the living room will be. I'll be posting photos, as things progress and am glad to consider advise from the hive mind, just don't get butt hurt if I do not take it
Arfcom cabin project located here... http://maps.google.com/maps?q=17571+lesser+canada+drive&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq&hnear=0x56c8c68bc636f3e7%3A0x75e122c3c177c62c%2C17571+W+Lesser+Canada+Dr%2C+Wasilla%2C+AK+99687&gl=us&ei=3wB0TuTGGvDWiAKO8u2zAg&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CBkQ8gEwAA Aviator PS, are you happy now 1Gunrunner? Wahhhhhh! Where are the pictures?
Congrats! |
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Posted: 9/22/2011 3:13:44 PM EDT
[#9]
You're living every man's dream. Enjoy and be careful!
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Posted: 9/22/2011 3:14:35 PM EDT
[#10]
Congrats on getting the land. So did you pay for it out of the gold you got this summer? If I am not treading on your toes what does a acre go for?
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Posted: 9/22/2011 3:14:49 PM EDT
[#11]
Originally Posted By Aviator:
Picked up just over an acre here in an area outside Wasilla. No power run the the area yet, but I am going in and picking up my solar/wind/battery system today. Have started cutting trees, and will be starting dirt work this weekend. Its a nice spot on a bluff that overlooks a lot of vacant land. On a clear day, you can see Denali from where the living room will be. I'll be posting photos, as things progress and am glad to consider advise from the hive mind, just don't get butt hurt if I do not take it
Arfcom cabin project located here... http://maps.google.com/maps?q=17571+lesser+canada+drive&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq&hnear=0x56c8c68bc636f3e7%3A0x75e122c3c177c62c%2C17571+W+Lesser+Canada+Dr%2C+Wasilla%2C+AK+99687&gl=us&ei=3wB0TuTGGvDWiAKO8u2zAg&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CBkQ8gEwAA Aviator PS, are you happy now 1Gunrunner? You living my dream !!! Damn, this is the kind of things i would gladly help to build ! I have watched Dick Proenneke video too many times ;) ! |
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Posted: 9/22/2011 3:15:20 PM EDT
[#12]
What does an acre outside Wasilla go for?
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Posted: 9/22/2011 3:15:40 PM EDT
[#13]
Nice location.
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Posted: 9/22/2011 3:18:21 PM EDT
[#14]
This is from the road. Driveway will be right here.
This is from about 50 feet from the road looking back up towards the road. 
This is a view from the lot to the West of me that is cleared. this is eventually what the view from my spot will look like this weekend. 
Aviator |
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Posted: 9/22/2011 3:18:28 PM EDT
[#15]
Originally Posted By Deej86:
What is the job market like up there? Sort of depends what part of Alaska and what you do. Engineers, of various types, are usually in demand, state wide. Think our unemployment has been hanging around 6%, or so. |
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Posted: 9/22/2011 3:19:55 PM EDT
[#16]
Originally Posted By Aviator:
This is from the road. Driveway will be right here. http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=33167 This is from about 50 feet from the road looking back up towards the road. http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=33166 This is a view from the lot to the West of me that is cleared. this is eventually what the view from my spot will look like this weekend. http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=33165 Aviator Ok, I now officially hate you ;) |
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Posted: 9/22/2011 3:20:32 PM EDT
[#17]
Originally Posted By scootr29: What does an acre outside Wasilla go for? You probably can't buy just one.
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Posted: 9/22/2011 3:21:00 PM EDT
[#18]
Hey OP, OPSEC.
Also, tagscribe. Fucking cool. |
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Posted: 9/22/2011 3:21:20 PM EDT
[#19]
Land out here varies a lot. A bunch of people are thinking if that bridge from Anchorage goes in the land out here will be worth a fortune. This is the only way Anchorage has to grow. It probably will happen. I paid 20k for this spot, which is a bit pricy, but the guy I bought it from dropped the price by 5k because he wanted me as a neighbor. The fact you can see Denali from it makes it a bit more valuable.
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Posted: 9/22/2011 3:21:31 PM EDT
[Last Edit: asicmsar]
[#20]
Beware the permafrost when building.
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Posted: 9/22/2011 3:22:04 PM EDT
[#21]
Can you see Russia from there?
TRG |
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Posted: 9/22/2011 3:22:17 PM EDT
[#22]
Originally Posted By Strykewolf:
Originally Posted By Deej86:
What is the job market like up there? Sort of depends what part of Alaska and what you do. Engineers, of various types, are usually in demand, state wide. Think our unemployment has been hanging around 6%, or so. I have a degree in recreation therapy..I doubt lots of senior citizens live in Alaska. Probably close to Anchorage since I like being around people. Or Wasilla since that seems smaller but close enough. |
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Posted: 9/22/2011 3:25:24 PM EDT
[#23]
Originally Posted By Shung: Originally Posted By Aviator: This is from the road. Driveway will be right here. http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=33167 This is from about 50 feet from the road looking back up towards the road. http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=33166 This is a view from the lot to the West of me that is cleared. this is eventually what the view from my spot will look like this weekend. http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=33165 Aviator Ok, I now officially hate you ;) Yup, time to hate on Aviator...  |
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Posted: 9/22/2011 3:25:57 PM EDT
[#24]
Originally Posted By Strykewolf:
Originally Posted By Deej86:
What is the job market like up there? Sort of depends what part of Alaska and what you do. Engineers, of various types, are usually in demand, state wide. Think our unemployment has been hanging around 6%, or so. Hmm. I'm an engineer... |
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Posted: 9/22/2011 3:26:25 PM EDT
[#25]
Originally Posted By Deej86:
Originally Posted By Strykewolf:
Originally Posted By Deej86:
What is the job market like up there? Sort of depends what part of Alaska and what you do. Engineers, of various types, are usually in demand, state wide. Think our unemployment has been hanging around 6%, or so. I have a degree in recreation therapy..I doubt lots of senior citizens live in Alaska. Probably close to Anchorage since I like being around people. Or Wasilla since that seems smaller but close enough. Wasilla would be a better choice. A lot of guys from Ft Rich are needing Physical Therapy. Not sure if thats the same thing... Aviator |
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Posted: 9/22/2011 3:26:51 PM EDT
[#26]
Originally Posted By Aviator:
Originally Posted By Deej86:
Originally Posted By Strykewolf:
Originally Posted By Deej86:
What is the job market like up there? Sort of depends what part of Alaska and what you do. Engineers, of various types, are usually in demand, state wide. Think our unemployment has been hanging around 6%, or so. I have a degree in recreation therapy..I doubt lots of senior citizens live in Alaska. Probably close to Anchorage since I like being around people. Or Wasilla since that seems smaller but close enough. Wasilla would be a better choice. A lot of guys from Ft Rich are needing Physical Therapy. Not sure if thats the same thing... Aviator Not quite... |
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Posted: 9/22/2011 3:27:09 PM EDT
[#27]
Originally Posted By TheRedGoat:
Can you see Russia from there? TRG Maybe if I climb one of my trees....
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Posted: 9/22/2011 3:29:50 PM EDT
[#28]
So, one nice thing out here is that there are no real codes. The only permit I need is for my driveway where it connects to the road. Other than that. whatever you wish to do, do it. There are people here that have been living in tar paper shacks with outhouses for years. Others (like me) will rough in the land, and build a garage with a bathroom, and live in it for a year or two while they build their house.
Its gonna be an adventure. Aviator |
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Posted: 9/22/2011 3:30:28 PM EDT
[#29]
Very cool. By the way, I ended up buying the 2011 sequel to Dick Pronnneke's original video. As another poster said, you're living the dream.
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Posted: 9/22/2011 3:31:13 PM EDT
[#30]
Originally Posted By stockshift:
Very cool. By the way, I ended up buying the 2011 sequel to Dick Pronnneke's original video. As another poster said, you're living the dream. I did also, it should be here in a day or so. Looking forward to getting it. Aviator |
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Posted: 9/22/2011 3:32:05 PM EDT
[Last Edit: bookertbab]
[#31]
I guess when we bought Alaska from the Russians we paid them 2 cents per acre, how much has the price gone up since then?
Edit: never mind I just finished the whole thread. |
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Posted: 9/22/2011 3:32:36 PM EDT
[#32]
Originally Posted By Deej86:
Originally Posted By Strykewolf:
Originally Posted By Deej86:
What is the job market like up there? Sort of depends what part of Alaska and what you do. Engineers, of various types, are usually in demand, state wide. Think our unemployment has been hanging around 6%, or so. I have a degree in recreation therapy..I doubt lots of senior citizens live in Alaska. Probably close to Anchorage since I like being around people. Or Wasilla since that seems smaller but close enough. You'd be suprised. I do hearing aids and many of my patients are in thier 80s and up; think my oldest is 103. I'm a bit farther north than you may want to tolerate since we hit 60-70 below zero at around the end of January. I have been seeing more senior packing up and leaving the last couple years, though. That's more because of fuel and energy costs around here than anything else. |
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Posted: 9/22/2011 3:33:30 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Aviator]
[#33]
Originally Posted By bookertbab:
I guess when we bought Alaska from the Russians we paid them 2 cents per acre, how much has the price gone up since then? Looks like x 1 million. Aviator ETA: I may be rich in 115 years. |
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Posted: 9/22/2011 3:34:27 PM EDT
[#34]
Originally Posted By Strykewolf:
Originally Posted By Deej86:
Originally Posted By Strykewolf:
Originally Posted By Deej86:
What is the job market like up there? Sort of depends what part of Alaska and what you do. Engineers, of various types, are usually in demand, state wide. Think our unemployment has been hanging around 6%, or so. I have a degree in recreation therapy..I doubt lots of senior citizens live in Alaska. Probably close to Anchorage since I like being around people. Or Wasilla since that seems smaller but close enough. You'd be suprised. I do hearing aids and many of my patients are in thier 80s and up; think my oldest is 103. I'm a bit farther north than you may want to tolerate since we hit 60-70 below zero at around the end of January. I have been seeing more senior packing up and leaving the last couple years, though. That's more because of fuel and energy costs around here than anything else. I bet my mom(almost 60) would love Alaska. She hates heat.
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Posted: 9/22/2011 3:34:40 PM EDT
[#35]
That's quite a view for sure. Looks like moose city down in the wetland there.
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MI, USA
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Posted: 9/22/2011 3:35:48 PM EDT
[#36]
Do you get cell phone service out there? How else are you going to surf GD?
I suppose you could go through satellite.
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Posted: 9/22/2011 3:36:18 PM EDT
[#37]
Originally Posted By Windustsearch:
That's quite a view for sure. Looks like moose city down in the wetland there. Tons of them down there actually 
The Iditarod trail runs right down below the cabin also. Aviator |
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Posted: 9/22/2011 3:36:21 PM EDT
[#38]
Well done!
Enjoy the building process, I personally like it.
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Posted: 9/22/2011 3:36:51 PM EDT
[#39]
Originally Posted By DTIguy:
Do you get cell phone service out there? How else are you going to surf GD? I suppose you could go through satellite. I get full bars and 3g on my cell phone there. Will pick up a MyFi unit. Aviator |
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Posted: 9/22/2011 3:37:32 PM EDT
[#40]
$20K for 1 acre???
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Posted: 9/22/2011 3:37:45 PM EDT
[#41]
Originally Posted By Aviator:
Originally Posted By Deej86:
Originally Posted By Strykewolf:
Originally Posted By Deej86:
What is the job market like up there? Sort of depends what part of Alaska and what you do. Engineers, of various types, are usually in demand, state wide. Think our unemployment has been hanging around 6%, or so. I have a degree in recreation therapy..I doubt lots of senior citizens live in Alaska. Probably close to Anchorage since I like being around people. Or Wasilla since that seems smaller but close enough. Wasilla would be a better choice. A lot of guys from Ft Rich are needing Physical Therapy. Not sure if thats the same thing... Aviator Even better––it means he's a hooker!
Whaaaaaaaaaaat??
What ELSE would "recreation therapy" be? 
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Posted: 9/22/2011 3:37:49 PM EDT
[#42]
Originally Posted By Aviator:
This is from the road. Driveway will be right here. http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=33167 This is from about 50 feet from the road looking back up towards the road. http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=33166 This is a view from the lot to the West of me that is cleared. this is eventually what the view from my spot will look like this weekend. http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=33165 Aviator Beautiful. And you've already started on your log crib tank traps and anti-marauding hordes obstacles. What kind of construction will you do - slab, basement, log cabin, SIP? |
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Posted: 9/22/2011 3:37:58 PM EDT
[#43]
OK. Off to the city to pick up my power system. Will post photos of that later.
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Posted: 9/22/2011 3:38:29 PM EDT
[#44]
Just curious, but what do you do for a living up in AK?
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Posted: 9/22/2011 3:38:53 PM EDT
[#45]
Fucking SWEET. Where's the gun-range gonna go?
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Posted: 9/22/2011 3:39:41 PM EDT
[#46]
Originally Posted By dedreckon:
Originally Posted By Aviator:
This is from the road. Driveway will be right here. http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=33167 This is from about 50 feet from the road looking back up towards the road. http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=33166 This is a view from the lot to the West of me that is cleared. this is eventually what the view from my spot will look like this weekend. http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=33165 Aviator Beautiful. And you've already started on your log crib tank traps and anti-marauding hordes obstacles. What kind of construction will you do - slab, basement, log cabin, SIP? Slab with in floor heat. Debating on either stick build two story with garage and workshop on lower floor, or a cabin and garage separate. Either way will be outdoor wood/coal boiler with a toyo stove oil backup. Aviator |
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Posted: 9/22/2011 3:40:47 PM EDT
[#47]
Originally Posted By MP15T:
Just curious, but what do you do for a living up in AK? Just retired from the Army. I do have a bunch of Microsoft certifications, a CDL, and a pilots license though. I also just completed a 2 year course in planning and installing renewable energy systems. Aviator |
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Posted: 9/22/2011 3:41:17 PM EDT
[#48]
I pick you for my BOLB
BOLB = Bug Out Location Buddy |
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Posted: 9/22/2011 3:45:21 PM EDT
[#49]
Originally Posted By Grunteled:
$20K for 1 acre??? This ain't Missouri farm land....
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Posted: 9/22/2011 3:47:03 PM EDT
[#50]
Originally Posted By derekv814:
I pick you for my BOLB
BOLB = Bug Out Location Buddy aka "incoming threat/target." 
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