House Build
We used our Woodland Mills HM126 sawmill to cut over over a hundred 2x4s that we'll use to frame our portable solar kiln.
We're in a race against time to mill the pine logs for our solar kiln and get them stacked and stickered before we leave Vermont for winter.
Find our why we decided to build a solar kiln to dry green, rough sawn lumber, and how we built a crazy strong floor assembly for our portable solar kiln.
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We've been researching tractors lately and in the past few weeks, we've been out shopping to try to find the perfect tractor for our land!
Land
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After assembling our brand new Woodland Mills HM126 Woodlander XL sawmill, we couldn't wait to mill our first log to make stickers, cants and saw horses!
After waiting more than 3 months, our Woodland Mills saw mill finally arrived! It took us about 2 days to get it assembled, but now we're ready to start milling!
Tools & Equipment
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We rented a Vermeer BC900XL brush chipper to see how quickly we could process our slash and log piles - can it really chip 9" logs?
We bought a brand new Kubota L3901 4WD HST compact tractor with attachments and accessories for helping build our house.
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We turned the trees cleared from our driveway construction into enough firewood for a LOT of campfires using a chainsaw, homemade sawbuck and hydraulic log splitter.
Less than 48 hours after seeing a For Sale sign at the side of the road, we had bought a 20ft equipment trailer!
Having great neighbors is really important to us, and our new neighbors threw us an amazing welcome party as we spent our first weekend in the RV on our own land.
We rented a 40ft high cube shipping container for temporary secure, dry storage for our tools and materials while we build our house, finally freeing up our truck bed!
We're taking an impromptu vacation this weekend but before we do, we had to clear some space for the arrival of a shipping container and our RV next week.
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With so much to do before we leave Vermont for winter, will we get everything done in time? It's been busy, but we decided to relax this Thanksgiving.
This week we picked up another 14TB Easystore drive in the sales, bringing our total to over 100TB of data storage in the RV - here's how we do it!
We've completed our move to Vermont, bought a new vehicle, cut more firewood than we know what to do with, and received a very exciting delivery!