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Re: Living off grid
[Re: MC21]
#3136021
06/02/20 07:41 PM
06/02/20 07:41 PM
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Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 6,648 Trussville Alabama
inatree
14 point
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14 point
Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 6,648
Trussville Alabama
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We try to keep it real simple around here. We can bug out really quick to a good little place if needed.
Free men aren't equal and equal men aren't free! I choose to defend my freedom!
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Re: Living off grid
[Re: MC21]
#3136121
06/02/20 08:44 PM
06/02/20 08:44 PM
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Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 5,641 Henry county
coldtrail
12 point
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12 point
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 5,641
Henry county
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I live in my bug out place.
"And the days that I keep my gratitude Higher than my expectations Well, I have really good days" Ray Wylie Hubbard
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Re: Living off grid
[Re: coldtrail]
#3136157
06/02/20 09:11 PM
06/02/20 09:11 PM
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Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 22,476 Lickskillet, AL
Irishguy
a.k.a. Dingle Johnson
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a.k.a. Dingle Johnson
Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 22,476
Lickskillet, AL
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I live in my bug out place. Me too. If you are smart and resourceful, living off grid can have all the comforts of home.
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Re: Living off grid
[Re: Irishguy]
#3136355
06/03/20 07:16 AM
06/03/20 07:16 AM
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Joined: Mar 2016
Posts: 3,449 Central Alabama
MC21
OP
10 point
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OP
10 point
Joined: Mar 2016
Posts: 3,449
Central Alabama
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I live in my bug out place. Me too. If you are smart and resourceful, living off grid can have all the comforts of home. Irishguy. Your cabin set up is kind of what I’m talking about. I’m definitely thinking that having 10 acres or more with a small house or cabin in the middle of it is the way to go.
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Re: Living off grid
[Re: MC21]
#3136364
06/03/20 07:24 AM
06/03/20 07:24 AM
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Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 22,476 Lickskillet, AL
Irishguy
a.k.a. Dingle Johnson
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a.k.a. Dingle Johnson
Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 22,476
Lickskillet, AL
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I live in my bug out place. Me too. If you are smart and resourceful, living off grid can have all the comforts of home. Irishguy. Your cabin set up is kind of what I’m talking about. I’m definitely thinking that having 10 acres or more with a small house or cabin in the middle of it is the way to go. We don't have our's off grid, but I could do that with a little money and ingenuity. Putting together a solar system large enough to be totally off grid is certainly doable. I think on our cabin I could build a solar system and put in a well for about $20k. I could save some if I decided to put together a larger rainwater collection system there are tons of folks out west and on small islands that only use rain water collected from their roofs and store it in cisterns The thing about up here is power and water combined only cost us about $100 to $150 a month on the worst months of the summer. So it's hard to justify spending that kind of money to eliminate basically $100 a month in utilities. It would take me probably 18 years to amortize that kind of expenditure. . Now on the other hand if you were way out in the woods, getting power out there could get pricey. We do plan on eventually (When we move up here full time.) having a large garden, canning and putting up stuff to where we are providing most of our own food year round.
Last edited by Irishguy; 06/03/20 07:28 AM.
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Re: Living off grid
[Re: AU7MM08]
#3136371
06/03/20 07:28 AM
06/03/20 07:28 AM
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Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 22,476 Lickskillet, AL
Irishguy
a.k.a. Dingle Johnson
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a.k.a. Dingle Johnson
Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 22,476
Lickskillet, AL
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This Friday I'm going to look at a small piece of land. We'll see what comes of it.
Having a small green field, shooting range and eventually, maybe a house on it would be extremely nice. I need to figure out how to put a shooting range up here somewhere. Even if it's only 50 yards.
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Re: Living off grid
[Re: Irishguy]
#3136390
06/03/20 07:57 AM
06/03/20 07:57 AM
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Joined: Jun 2015
Posts: 13,978 Some Marriott/Auburn
AU7MM08
Booner
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Booner
Joined: Jun 2015
Posts: 13,978
Some Marriott/Auburn
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This Friday I'm going to look at a small piece of land. We'll see what comes of it.
Having a small green field, shooting range and eventually, maybe a house on it would be extremely nice. I need to figure out how to put a shooting range up here somewhere. Even if it's only 50 yards. I would love to get 400yds as the goal. Phase 1 range would be a simple 100yd range with a large wood spool for the bench. Phase 2 range would be 400 yards or so with a small carport for shade and a concrete shooting bench.
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Re: Living off grid
[Re: MC21]
#3136419
06/03/20 08:21 AM
06/03/20 08:21 AM
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Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 5,641 Henry county
coldtrail
12 point
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12 point
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 5,641
Henry county
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We have a nice spring running by the house. It looks to 50 gpm of flow and its year around. One day I hope to put in a micro hyro system. With that I can make electricity 24/7.
"And the days that I keep my gratitude Higher than my expectations Well, I have really good days" Ray Wylie Hubbard
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Re: Living off grid
[Re: Stob]
#3136420
06/03/20 08:22 AM
06/03/20 08:22 AM
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Joined: Nov 2015
Posts: 21,443 HSV AL
jmudler
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
Joined: Nov 2015
Posts: 21,443
HSV AL
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Its all good till summer. This guy gets it.
Isaiah 5:20 Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.
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Re: Living off grid
[Re: MC21]
#3136423
06/03/20 08:31 AM
06/03/20 08:31 AM
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Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 14,894 Right Behind You
William
Booner
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Booner
Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 14,894
Right Behind You
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Sounds like a really good idea some times. Started seriously considering this. It'd be nice to have an easily isolated place totally off the grid.
"The misery of being exploited by capitalists is nothing... compared to the misery of not being exploited at all."
Joan Robinson
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