Off grid cabin, anyone build one?

[Nick Muche]

Home away from home, and the fishing isn’t too bad either.

 

[Nick Muche]

The view isn’t too bad, winter or summer.

 

[Axle]

The view isn’t too bad, winter or summer. View attachment 1021565View attachment 1021566View attachment 1021567

Is this the same Nick from Tundra Talk? If so, can you please tell Tyler and the doctor we would like a podcast soon?

Also-awesome pics!

 

[NRA4LIFE]

Going to have one erected this summer at my place in MO. Maybe electric someday. Water may not be possible.

 

[HairyScandinavian]

The view isn’t too bad, winter or summer. View attachment 1021565View attachment 1021566View attachment 1021567

Holy smokes that's amazing.

 

[bbrown]

Is this the same Nick from Tundra Talk? If so, can you please tell Tyler and the doctor we would like a podcast soon?

Also-awesome pics!

FYI - a new one just got released

 

[MountainTracker]

I’ve been trying to find a place here in AK but everything I look at needs a plane to get to.


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[Nick Muche]

Quite a few properties up here with access available, yes plane would open more options up but if you are ok with winter only use there are many that have snow machine access all winter long. I can access my place Nov-Apr on a sled. Spend very little time out there in the summer, and it requires a flight, which is fine because there are too many other things to do from May through October.

Let me know if you need any help.

 

[rickjames80]

I want to build one in the worst way. The foundation design is hardest decision for me to make

 

[ben h]

I want to build one in the worst way. The foundation design is hardest decision for me to make

If you can get concrete or block there at a reasonable expense, that's probably your best bet. If it's remote, neither one of those will be an option (that you're willing to pay for) and you'll be left with some sort of post/beam foundation. This is how we did a friend's cabin in AK with drilled helical piers with adjustable post bases in the event it settled. We did this in 2005 and I'm unsure if they've ever had to make adjustments.

Seeing these photos makes me remember how much I hated digging through alder roots, the permafrost was easier to get through!

 

[HGL]

Back in the mid 90's some buddies and I built a "houseboat" in the old Santee swamp. That was when the duck hunting was still pretty decent. The cabin is long gone, along with the greenheads, but the fishing is still damn good.

It was floating on approximately (70) 55-gallon plastic drums we sourced from a local plastics plant. (Don't worry, we did actually clean them out and seal them up, lol.). We boated in the materials and worked with generators and waders, keeping a sharp eye out for the hydro-moccasins. It had a nice screened front porch with a fish cleaning sink, one bunk-room and kitchen, with a small back porch and generator stand. We had to bring our own water in but other than that it was totally off grid with propane cooking and heating.

Sadly, photography was not a strong suit of us youngsters in the 90s, so I don't have but a handful of crappy pics. But the memories are still very vivid and we still treasure the shared experiences chasing ducks, catfish, and Bush lights in the Lowcountry swamps....