Posted: 8/13/2026 9:47:06 AM EDT
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Sorry, another looking to move thread. From the others I've read here, it seems most are looking east of Nashville, but how does the western part of the state fair? My preliminary search kind of landed on Waverly. I'm late sixties, retired, no family, so just me moving. On the fence about buying vs. renting, but the idea of a backyard range is enticing. All comments welcome. Thank you. |
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At least Waverly is on the correct side of the river, if you like heat and humidity 7-8 months out of the year, you’ll love it. It’s got to said, but if it doesn’t apply kindly accept my apologies, just don’t bring any blue politics down here as we already have too much. |
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That and there is no western Tennessee. Only carpetbaggers and scalawags use that term. It's codified in law the names of the "Three Grand Divisions" of Tennessee are: West Tennessee, Middle Tennessee, and East Tennessee. And I'll second the post above. I've figured out a lot of so called west coast and northeast "conservatives" are really classical liberals that just don't agree with the lunatic fringe of the left. The average Tennessee conservatives would likely be the right wing lunatic fringe in your home. Only come here if you want to assimilate. |
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| West Tennessee is a mixed bag. Memphis, Jackson, Dyersburg, Union City and many others have high crime rates and limited offerings. I guess I live on the "wrong side of the river" up in Buchanan over by Paris Landing-and I don't disagree, but I'm close enough to the right side that I can still see it across the river!. We love it here, but we are older and don't care for the city life. Waverly is relatively close to Kentucky Lake/Tennessee River which is awesome if you are a fisherman or a boater but you still are close enough to Dickson which will have much more to offer than just the Walmart and Tractor Supply. Outside of being next to Kentucky Lake I would not personally move any further west. |
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Didn't mean to ruffle feathers and the only thing blue on me are my jeans. I'm not locked on any area. I'll just some more investigating. Thanks all. |
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Originally Posted By Flex81: Didn't mean to ruffle feathers and the only thing blue on me are my jeans. I'm not locked on any area. I'll just some more investigating. Thanks all. Just an FYI. Ever since Covid , TN has seen a huge influx of out of staters, from CA and the NE. TN is not unlike a lot of other states as well. Montana comes to mind along with many other SE states. Unfortunately, they have brought with them their blue politics. One look at the metro Nashville area will illustrate this. This has continued into east TN as well. So, pardon our distrust, but we have no desire to end up like Nashville or VA especially when it comes to our 2nd Amendment rights. |
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Good to hear that OP! I used to drive all over Tennessee for work and I guess over the years I've at least driven through every county in Tennessee. Waverly always seemed like a good little town. Far enough from Nashville that you didn't have those problems but close enough if you had a serious medical emergency. I love the Cumberland area though. Lived here all my life. What draws your interest to Waverly? Not kicking it. I'm just curious how you've picked it. As said above it is on the better side of the Tennessee River. Which if you're into boats is right there close. |
I think one of the major problems with America today is not enough families sit down to a big plate of squirrels momma just fried up.
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Originally Posted By bodybagger: Good to hear that OP! I used to drive all over Tennessee for work and I guess over the years I've at least driven through every county in Tennessee. Waverly always seemed like a good little town. Far enough from Nashville that you didn't have those problems but close enough if you had a serious medical emergency. I love the Cumberland area though. Lived here all my life. What draws your interest to Waverly? Not kicking it. I'm just curious how you've picked it. As said above it is on the better side of the Tennessee River. Which if you're into boats is right there close. The Duck River is even closer to Waverly, and connects to the Tennessee River if your boat can handle shallow water. |
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The Duck is on my list of floats, it's 264 miles and the longest river entirely in the state. I have done all of the Barren Fork except for an upper stretch that I still haven't gotten to. I've done a bunch of the Collins but not all. There's not a lot of public access on the Collins. I have floated all of the Caney thats not pro level whitewater. Albeit having to take out for the dams. None of these have been continous through trips. Most has been broken up into one day floats in my canoe. I used the fishing boat on the upper part at Rock Island up to Big Bottom on the Caney Fork and on Center Hill Lake. Then back to the canoe from Center Hill Dam down to the Cumberland. Much of these I have floated and fished most of my life. It wasn't until I looked at the map that I discovered I had most of the Caney Fork and Barren Fork through fishing. When I was a teenager I did the Rocky River from Hwy 30 to where it empties into the Caney Fork. It's not fit to float much farther upstream than that. It's a thing I got in my head a while back to float as much of the rivers around here as I can. But the Duck is longer than them all. Idk when I'll get to it. |
I think one of the major problems with America today is not enough families sit down to a big plate of squirrels momma just fried up.
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I have lived in all three Grand Divisions, and West Tennessee is without a doubt the weakest link. Good news for you is Waverly is still Middle Tennessee. My parents built a house on some land south of Waverly about 15 years ago, across from the Loretta Lynn Ranch. My dad likes it. I’m sure my mom would rather live closer to a city, but she doesn’t complain. |
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Originally Posted By bodybagger: The Duck is on my list of floats, it's 264 miles and the longest river entirely in the state. I have done all of the Barren Fork except for an upper stretch that I still haven't gotten to. I've done a bunch of the Collins but not all. There's not a lot of public access on the Collins. I have floated all of the Caney thats not pro level whitewater. Albeit having to take out for the dams. None of these have been continous through trips. Most has been broken up into one day floats in my canoe. I used the fishing boat on the upper part at Rock Island up to Big Bottom on the Caney Fork and on Center Hill Lake. Then back to the canoe from Center Hill Dam down to the Cumberland. Much of these I have floated and fished most of my life. It wasn't until I looked at the map that I discovered I had most of the Caney Fork and Barren Fork through fishing. When I was a teenager I did the Rocky River from Hwy 30 to where it empties into the Caney Fork. It's not fit to float much farther upstream than that. It's a thing I got in my head a while back to float as much of the rivers around here as I can. But the Duck is longer than them all. Idk when I'll get to it. In the past, my parents had a place near Roberts Creek, in the Cuba Landing area, so I had spent quite a few weekends, and some weeks during the summers, fishing in various spots around there when I was in my early teens. One of the youtube shantyboat channels got me looking at the Duck River on a map, after I watched one of their videos and kept thinking that various spots looked familiar. After going through the video step by step to follow their position on the map, I eventually said something along the lines of "oh, I've fished in that spot." That got me following the Duck River on the map to see how many places I could remember fishing or even just crossing a bridge over the river. Planning out a canoe trip for the length of the Duck River, even if it was done in sections with someone dropping you off in the morning and then meeting you near the end of the day at a takeout point, seems like it would be an interesting challenge. |
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Originally Posted By JPN: In the past, my parents had a place near Roberts Creek, in the Cuba Landing area, so I had spent quite a few weekends, and some weeks during the summers, fishing in various spots around there when I was in my early teens. One of the youtube shantyboat channels got me looking at the Duck River on a map, after I watched one of their videos and kept thinking that various spots looked familiar. After going through the video step by step to follow their position on the map, I eventually said something along the lines of "oh, I've fished in that spot." That got me following the Duck River on the map to see how many places I could remember fishing or even just crossing a bridge over the river. Planning out a canoe trip for the length of the Duck River, even if it was done in sections with someone dropping you off in the morning and then meeting you near the end of the day at a takeout point, seems like it would be an interesting challenge. I've studied on this map. https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/f736acdf47ea44028420c5611291db5f Most of the put ins are 5-8 hours float time based on flow rate. The stretch between Centerville and Taylor Town is the longest stretch. I'll really need to scout those places out. |
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Originally Posted By bodybagger: I've studied on this map. https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/f736acdf47ea44028420c5611291db5f Most of the put ins are 5-8 hours float time based on flow rate. The stretch between Centerville and Taylor Town is the longest stretch. I'll really need to scout those places out. Originally Posted By bodybagger: Originally Posted By JPN: In the past, my parents had a place near Roberts Creek, in the Cuba Landing area, so I had spent quite a few weekends, and some weeks during the summers, fishing in various spots around there when I was in my early teens. One of the youtube shantyboat channels got me looking at the Duck River on a map, after I watched one of their videos and kept thinking that various spots looked familiar. After going through the video step by step to follow their position on the map, I eventually said something along the lines of "oh, I've fished in that spot." That got me following the Duck River on the map to see how many places I could remember fishing or even just crossing a bridge over the river. Planning out a canoe trip for the length of the Duck River, even if it was done in sections with someone dropping you off in the morning and then meeting you near the end of the day at a takeout point, seems like it would be an interesting challenge. I've studied on this map. https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/f736acdf47ea44028420c5611291db5f Most of the put ins are 5-8 hours float time based on flow rate. The stretch between Centerville and Taylor Town is the longest stretch. I'll really need to scout those places out. I don't know how well it would work, because the 'street view' cuts off a little farther up the river, but this stretch of road along the riverbank might be a possible option. https://www.google.com/maps/place/35%C2%B049 Looks like it's about half a mile downriver from this bridge. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Taylortown,+TN+37187/@35.8153809,-87.6256116,3a,75.7y,354.2h,82.49t/data= ETA: 'Street view' won't show anything on that road past this point, not too far from the bridge. https://www.google.com/maps/place/35%C2%B049 |
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Looks like at some point in the past, there was a way to access the Duck River at the highway 50 bridge a little farther down the river from the places in the previous post, but if you look at the 'street view' the only visible indication that the short road down to the riverbank was ever there, is a difference in the paving at the shoulder of the road. https://www.google.com/maps/place/35%C2%B049 There's a similar road on the opposite side of the river, and 'street view' shows that it is still there and appears to be in good condition for a dirt road (complete with a stop sign for traffic pulling out onto highway 50), but the satellite view shows it not quite reaching the river before it turns and runs parallel to the river, with it looking like it may be fenced and gated just past that turn. There's what looks like it may be another way to access the river at a highway 50 bridge near I-40, but that's getting closer to Taylortown and I don't know how much that would impact the spacing for how far to cover each day. https://www.google.com/maps/place/35%C2%B052 |
Earthsheltered house - a reinforced bunker that even the treehuggers consider to be socially acceptable.
Earthbag house - like an earthsheltered house, but cheaper and easier to DIY.
Earthbag house - like an earthsheltered house, but cheaper and easier to DIY.
At some point the Duck will be big enough to put something like this in which will be my reason to go ahead and build it. Just have to see where all the dams are. 
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I think one of the major problems with America today is not enough families sit down to a big plate of squirrels momma just fried up.
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Jeff Spira sold plans for various boats that he designed with the philosophy of 'people are more likely to build a boat if they can get the materials by going to a lumberyard and looking for exterior grade plywood and standard framing lumber'. Unfortunately, his plans business ended with his death, but pdfs of some of them are floating around the internet, with pdfs of the 'study prints' of most of the rest of his designs also floating around. One particular design is called the Matagorda Shallow Draft Catamaran. I haven't seen a copy of the full plans, but the two page 'study prints' can be found in a few places that have archived most of the website for his plans business. From what information I saw on his website, it was probably designed with flats and swampy areas in mind. Attached File Attached File 24 foot long, 8 foot wide, and it looks like it's supposed to have a draft of seven and a half inches when it is fully loaded. Hull weight is listed as 1150 pounds, with a max displacement of 2450 pounds, allowing 1300 pounds for the engine, fuel tanks, and whatever you build on the deck. Recommended outboard engine is 25 HP. The second page of the study prints shows the drawing for the frame that you would have to build a dozen of, but it doesn't include the dimensions, though you could probably take the image to a copier place and have them scale it to a size that would be convenient to take scaled measurements from (starting with the width of the skinned frame being eight feet) and print it out for you. That would leave sorting out how the transom is supposed to be framed, and the two frames in the bow. |
Earthsheltered house - a reinforced bunker that even the treehuggers consider to be socially acceptable.
Earthbag house - like an earthsheltered house, but cheaper and easier to DIY.
Earthbag house - like an earthsheltered house, but cheaper and easier to DIY.
| That is fantastic but honestly I'm looking at getting a ragged out pontoon as a starter. Then I'm stripping it to the deck or deck studs and just building a shed on it. It will already have a hull number so registering it will be easy. I'd need to find a long shaft motor as all mine are short but maybe I can find one with a motor when I buy it. |
I think one of the major problems with America today is not enough families sit down to a big plate of squirrels momma just fried up.
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Originally Posted By bodybagger: That is fantastic but honestly I'm looking at getting a ragged out pontoon as a starter. Then I'm stripping it to the deck or deck studs and just building a shed on it. It will already have a hull number so registering it will be easy. I'd need to find a long shaft motor as all mine are short but maybe I can find one with a motor when I buy it. Why do things the easy way? Put a sheet of 3/8 ply over the second frame forward of the transom, and you've created two stern lockers for fuel tanks. Use that as the point for the aft wall of your shed, leaving you with a small back porch over the fuel tank lockers. Do the same with the forwardmost of the duplicated frames, and you've got a storage locker on each side of the bow for anchors and other gear, along with a bulkhead that will keep the boat from sinking if the bow hits something hard enough to knock a hole in it. Same can be done with one or two frames in the middle, providing additional safety against sinking and more locker space below deck. In terms of hull shape, it's something of a hybrid between a pontoon boat and a jon boat. Or maybe a tunnel hull jon boat? |
Earthsheltered house - a reinforced bunker that even the treehuggers consider to be socially acceptable.
Earthbag house - like an earthsheltered house, but cheaper and easier to DIY.
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Originally Posted By JPN: Why do things the easy way? Yea yea I know. I do so many things the hard way. I might need a break on this one |
I think one of the major problems with America today is not enough families sit down to a big plate of squirrels momma just fried up.
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Here's that frame drawing, turned 90 degrees. You can try printing it out on a standard sheet of printer paper, then resize the drawing until you can get it to print with the distance from the top left corner to the bottom left corner being exactly 8 inches. Then just take measurements with one inch on the drawing being equal to one foot on the full-size frame. The first page of the study print would likely need to be printed out on something larger at a copier place, so that you can get the spacing for the frames and sort out the dimensions of the bow frames and the transom. Attached File |
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Earthbag house - like an earthsheltered house, but cheaper and easier to DIY.
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Originally Posted By bodybagger: Yea yea I know. I do so many things the hard way. I might need a break on this one Originally Posted By bodybagger: Originally Posted By JPN: Why do things the easy way? Yea yea I know. I do so many things the hard way. I might need a break on this one Every time I start on a boat project, the easy way seems to get thrown out the window within the first hour. I was lucky when I built my first boat, because I chose a set of plans from one of the outdoor magazines for a simple boat that was just under 8 feet long and 4 feet wide (designed to fit in a longbed pickup), and I made only a couple changes from the plans. It was my project for the final grading period of my second year of high school shop. The teacher wanted us to choose on our own what to build, though he offered a few project drawings for people who couldn't decide. I worked on parts of it in class, then would take the pieces home and work on them in the garage. Once it was done and painted, it got loaded in the back of the pickup, and my father brought it to school when it was time for me to be in shop class. The shop teacher stood at the tailgate and looked at it for maybe a minute, then said "you got an 'A'". I asked if he wasn't going to look it over more carefully before grading it, and he replied that I was the first person to build a boat as a project for one of his classes, and I finished it before the deadline, so that was enough for an 'A'. I put a trolling motor on it and used it for fishing around the Roberts Creek area of Kentucky Lake. Got stopped one time by a TWRA boat, and the guy did the check for the required safety gear and asked if I had caught anything, then asked about the boat. "You built this? For shop class?" He never asked for a registration, but it was my understanded back then that anything under 8 feet didn't have to be registered. Or maybe my understanding was off, but he decided that a boat paddle and a small trolling motor wasn't enough to make it a powered boat. That was the last time I made any sort of deadline with a boat project. |
Earthsheltered house - a reinforced bunker that even the treehuggers consider to be socially acceptable.
Earthbag house - like an earthsheltered house, but cheaper and easier to DIY.
Earthbag house - like an earthsheltered house, but cheaper and easier to DIY.
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Originally Posted By Flex81: Sorry, another looking to move thread. From the others I've read here, it seems most are looking east of Nashville, but how does the western part of the state fair? My preliminary search kind of landed on Waverly. I'm late sixties, retired, no family, so just me moving. On the fence about buying vs. renting, but the idea of a backyard range is enticing. All comments welcome. Thank you. @Flex81, I live in Clarksville, but currently work in Parsons (Decatur, Co). If you're willing to look at Waverly, also consider places along the TN River near I-40 like Benton, Decatur, Henderson, Hardin and Perry Counties. I know that's a large swath but they are much smaller towns compared to Clarksville or Nashville. I really like Parsons and the surrounding areas. If I didn't have middle/highschool kids already invested in these schools I'd probably move to Clifton, Parsons, or maybe Lexington area. |
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Originally Posted By romad99: @Flex81, I live in Clarksville, but currently work in Parsons (Decatur, Co). If you're willing to look at Waverly, also consider places along the TN River near I-40 like Benton, Decatur, Henderson, Hardin and Perry Counties. In know that's a large swath but it's a much smaller. I really like Parson and the surrounding areas. If I didn't have middle/highschool kids already invested in these schools I'd probably move to Clifton, Parsons, or maybe Lexington area. |
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Life has shattered my hopes and my dreams
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Originally Posted By romad99: @Flex81, I live in Clarksville, but currently work in Parsons (Decatur, Co). If you're willing to look at Waverly, also consider places along the TN River near I-40 like Benton, Decatur, Henderson, Hardin and Perry Counties. I know that's a large swath but they are much smaller towns compared to Clarksville or Nashville. I really like Parsons and the surrounding areas. If I didn't have middle/highschool kids already invested in these schools I'd probably move to Clifton, Parsons, or maybe Lexington area. |
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