"Two Years Alone in the Wilderness"

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Found this really interesting. Don't know where he was and I doubt he'll tell, but looks like far North NY, VT, Maine or even southern Ontario. Does everything manually.

License plates at the beginning look like Ontario. Yup, the needle says the city is Toronto.

 
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I love stuff like this. There is an old documentary ilike to watch from time to time called Alone in the wilderness.
 
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That was really cool to watch. I think many of us have that dream in our head that we could actually break away from society to do just that.
 
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My off grid cabin build has actually just started up in the Forestport area

Will never get to his level, but cabin will be solar, septic, well and back up generator if needed

Is in a gorgeous well forested area that needs to be cleared before my build can start

But really looking forward to it - a total getaway........... in fact, almost no cell service in the area either, so really switch off entirely, which is great

Working in Manhattan every day and commuting almost 4 hours each day, this is literally heaven

Won’t be moving on a permanent basis, but will use it as much as I can
 
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zorro said:
My off grid cabin build has actually just started up in the Forestport area

Will never get to his level, but cabin will be solar, septic, well and back up generator if needed

Is in a gorgeous well forested area that needs to be cleared before my build can start

But really looking forward to it - a total getaway........... in fact, almost no cell service in the area either, so really switch off entirely, which is great

Working in Manhattan every day and commuting almost 4 hours each day, this is literally heaven

Won’t be moving on a permanent basis, but will use it as much as I can
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If you do the solar right and have enough battery, you will not need a generator. We switched to solar in 2011. Since then, I used the generator once to power a pressure washer. Otherwise we run the cabin on four 6v Golf cart batteries and 606 watts of solar panels. Solar right now is the lowest I have seen it yet. You can get panels around .52¢ per watt. Thats dirt cheap. Wholesale solar will even design a system for you, just tell them what you want to power.

We make solar simple.
 
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Jmac00

Thanks very much for the link

Will look at that now

Was actually thinking along the lines of 600w panels and maybe 6/8 T105 batteries

Will have propane stove and refrigerator, but not sure that 600w power would run the well pump and that was the thought of the generator?
 
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What a great get away. Beautiful cabin in the wild. Tranquility. it's awesome that he built everything with hand tools.
(I'm always grabbing my power tools for any project. lol)

Thanks for sharing.
 
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Jmac00

Thanks very much for the link

Will look at that now

Was actually thinking along the lines of 600w panels and maybe 6/8 T105 batteries

Will have propane stove and refrigerator, but not sure that 600w power would run the well pump and that was the thought of the generator?
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there are a ton of resources out there. If you call Liberty Pumps, Zoeller pumps, or for that matter, any of the pump companies and tell them what you want to do, how much power you have, they will be happy to figure out what pump you need.

For me, I am actually looking at a Harbor Freight On demand Pump. 1 HP Stainless Steel Shallow Well Pump and Tank with Pressure Control Switch - 950 GPH

Im waiting for it to go on sale. LOL
 
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