So if I was an old bachelor, maybe a way to live would be a bolt hole trailer like this, set somewhere remote but with a lot of trout fishing nearby, where you'd draw no attention to yourself, coupled with a small place/cabin on the coast. Fish and drink Scotch all Summer, then when it started snowing seriously, batten it up, drain the pipes and head to the coast place, and weather the Winter there. Maybe a little shed too with some woodworking gear. Make little boxes or furniture to sell. All sorts of possibilities.
Put that under a pole-barn like shelter. That way you don't have to worry about it leaking, you protect it from rain and snow, and it allows you to toss some camo netting over the whole thing to make it disappear-ish. Make the barn big enough and you can have your house trailer and your shipping container workshop under the same roof.
ReplyDeleteHeck, get two 20' containers, space them 15-20' apart and put a roof over both and the space between, using storebought roof trusses. Use one for your 'house' with windows and doors you put in on the long sides, one for your workshop (especially if you open up the sides or get ones that have side doors (available from army surplus, no, really) and deck in between for your protected porch.
Makes a great deer camp. Or hideout for old grouchy men. Which is sometimes the same thing...
are shipping containers bear proof? I have had those guys get into the most amazing things. had them peel the roof off a chevy p/u up near kalispell back in the '70s
ReplyDeleteWhat I have seen of shipping containers (conexes in the military), they would be bear proof. The steel in them appears to be about 1/8th or 3/16ths thick. The State of Alaska Fish and Game Department states that they are bear proof.
DeleteSo long as the door is bear proof. While you're at it, make it pig proof unless they use explosives.
DeleteMy every night dream... just me and the dog and a girlfriend in the local town who does not have a key to the place. She has to like grouchy old farts too.
ReplyDeleteCW, you have any idea where this is at?
DeleteNot really, but judging by the trees, the mountains, I'd say Rockies, could even be in Alaska.
DeleteNail your shoes to the kitchen floor, lace 'em up and bar the door
ReplyDeleteThank your stars for the roof that's over you.
That description nearly fits my boss's dream of retirement. His sister has 10 acres of land near a lake. She sold him an acre for his homesite when he retires. He wants to live in a small trailer and go bass fishing as often as possible. No clutter, just simple outdoor life.
ReplyDeleteHe was raised on the Nueces River, running trot lines and hunting small game for the pot right after The Depression. He wants to return to simplicity - sounds like a plan to me.
The dream.....i have this dream every day for the longest time. I keep telling myself...one of these days, one of these days... But when to those days become today?
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