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  1. Yellowknife

    Spray foam insulation

    There are also better ways to do fiberglass than the old cut and fit batts as well. My current house we stapled netting to the studs and blew dense pack fiberglass in behind it. It makes for a near perfect install, with zero cold spots.
  2. Yellowknife

    Spray foam insulation

    Airflow is needed... but far better off to have it controlled, conditioned and filtered, rather than just leaking around windows and outlets. A modern house, built tight, will have mechanical ventilation. There are various ways to do it, but IMO a well sealed house with a Heat Recovery...
  3. Yellowknife

    Cabin Build/Engineering Question

    Switching to scissor trusses would basically require demoing the whole existing roof system. And really need to be at least 6:12 outside pitch to make any sense, as a 4:12 doesn't leave room from much interior pitch. It's certainly the preferred way of getting a cathedral ceiling though.
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    Cabin Build/Engineering Question

    Taperpins last posts are on track. You can't use a collar tie, as that serves a different purpose. Rafter Ties are what you would need. More on Collar Ties v. Rafter Ties. https://www.nachi.org/collar-rafter-ties.htm If you want to get rid of both the beam span issues AND the load path...
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    Cabin Build/Engineering Question

    Assuming your 67 lb/sq ft snow load is right (note, this is a very high snow load), you calculate your ridge beam loading as follows: Each of the two walls carries 1/4 of the roof load, and the ridge beam would carry 1/2. That means that each linear foot of ridge beam span is loaded with 10...
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    Cabin Build/Engineering Question

    Also, I'm confused how a ridge beam goes into place without totally demo'ing the trusses. Lots of questions with this plan. Usually if using a structural ridge beam, you need to have supports at regular intervals. Add a couple of mid-span posts, and you could have it, but they would need...
  7. Yellowknife

    Cooking Moose

    This whole tread is funny to me. I didn’t realize people liked it that much! Moose has been my primary protein for 40+ years and I rate it pretty average. Better than caribou by far IMO, but I’d take blacktail or mt goat roast over a moose roast every time. It makes fine cooking burger, but no...
  8. Yellowknife

    Tikka Safety

    Chamber always empty when on a pack. And empty in general unless I'm still hunting the black timber of Afognak. To keep the bolt closed on a Tikka, lower the hammer on an empty chamber. You can do this by holding the trigger back while slowly closing the bolt. The increased spring...
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    Rugged Alaskan 360 TI

    Picked up three blacktail bucks on Afognak Island last week with the .338 WM / 360Ti combo. As a hunting specific suppressor, this thing is money. Really takes the bite out of that gun and I give up nothing on the handling. Obviously a .338 is a touch large for blacktail... but not for...
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    Portable Generators--What Brand?

    This is not the case in my world. Honda 2000's and 2200i's are abused in the extreme in Alaska. Oil never changed, rattled around in the back of boats, planes, ATV's and utility trucks. Left for months or years at cabins and tent camps. Stolen and re-sold. I don't think the one in...
  11. Yellowknife

    Rugged Alaskan 360 TI

    I assure you it's much better than a bare muzzle. We are splitting pretty fine hairs on the amount of suppression going on here. And I've been hunting with a suppressor long enough I don't want to go without anymore.
  12. Yellowknife

    Rugged Alaskan 360 TI

    Negative. But that's fairly irrelevant for my uses. I have no doubt that a larger volume, more heavily baffled can will have better suppression, but length and weight were far more important considerations for me. Since the alternative in my case is a un-suppressed rifle, this one will do...
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    Rugged Alaskan 360 TI

    The Raptor 8 is about 50% heavier then. Still light overall, but the 360Ti is a feather. Another side note. The recoil reduction on a .338 WM is pretty substantial. Between the recoil reduction and the reduced muzzle blast I was surprised how much easier it made it to shoot. Other than...
  14. Yellowknife

    Rugged Alaskan 360 TI

    I'm going to go against the prevailing opinion a little here. Shot side by side with a Gemtech, I personally could tell no difference at the shooters ear when mounted on a 30-06. Perfectly acceptable unless you were simply going for maximum sound suppression for the sake of suppression. On...
  15. Yellowknife

    Suppressed .338 WM

    I put a Rugged Alaskan Ti on my .338 WM (Ruger 77 All-Weather). Cut the barrel down to 18" and used direct thread. Super happy with it. The weight of the suppress per/in is the same as the barrel I cut off, so no change in weight or handling. Only issue is the price on those Ti's is...
  16. Yellowknife

    RG 480 End of September

    Done it the first week of November. Goats were still high then. Snow was an issue (for me, not the goats) at that point, but October should be fine. Do not leave the tent without CRAMPONS. When the grass dies and lays over, it's a fast way to injury in bad weather. Trekking poles or a...
  17. Yellowknife

    AK Moose 2024

    Another, less math intensive way to use windage marks. The classic moose judging method is to estimate 10" from outside of eye to outside of eye. I have used the scope reticle to quickly gauge that distance (i.e. it might be three hash marks at a given range and power), and then check...
  18. Yellowknife

    Mechanical and Civil Engineering

    Can confirm. Specifically the geotech type. Took me a year to hire the last one. Retirements are outpacing new graduates at a good clip here in Alaska. Lots of good commentary on this thread, but I'll add my 2 cents anyway. Civil Eng can vary widely in scope. The traditional route is...
  19. Yellowknife

    Work Bench Build

    That looks pretty solid. The only thing I like to do on a workbench build is to rip 5/8" plywood in half and screw/glue it together to make a 1 1/4" thick x 24" wide laminated top. It gives me a sturdier mount for a heavy vise and resists the leverage of a reloading press better. I've...
  20. Yellowknife

    Getting equity out of rental property

    Not particularly important. To make it pencil, the engineering firm cash flow only has to cover the marginal difference between what the rental makes now and what it makes going forward, even if negative. If the company he's buying into is solid, he should be able to do that with room to...
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