1/ Need lumber Don't have a truck So...delivery. Lowes' website sucks, delivery costs $100. Local hardware store is great, but there's a building boom here outside the cities (...go figure!), and they can barely keep up. $500 min order for delivery, won't delivery under that
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3/ Small problem: lumber yard doesn't sell fencing. ...but they DO sell pressure treated 6"x6" posts, which I use like three of at every corner of the pasture, and another two for every gate. And they're pricey, which is good news (in a sense) when trying to hit a minimum.
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4/ ...and, you know, pressure treated. So I can just stack them in the corner of some pasture for five years if I want, exposed to rain and snow and sun, and they're none the worse for wear. So this is an excellent life hack: add 6x6PT to any order to get up to minimums !
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5/ Yeah, dude, I know. I had an SUV that could pull a trailer, but after replacing alternator, muffler, front wheel bearings, upper control arm ball joint, then the head and head gasket went bad and started leaking oil, and I said "F this" >>>https://twitter.com/Rudefire/status/1287747773421387777 …
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6/ And gave it to a charity for the $100 tax write off. That was maybe two years ago. Given that feed store and lumber yard both deliver for, like, $20 or $0 fee, I've really only NEEDED a truck like once a year.
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7/ Given alternate capital demands (fencing the orchard, another chest freezer, etc etc etc etc) a truck hasn't QUITE risen to the top of the list yet. It will, at some point.https://twitter.com/MorlockP/status/1287498139126108160 …
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8/ speaking of "alternate capital demands", one thing about homesteading is that the little blind is $500 and big blind is $1,000. "Need a chest freezer" throw in one or two chips Spring maintenance on tractor, riding mower, plus a jerry can and some chainsaw chains - one chip
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You might be able to rent a truck from U-Haul for cheap. Not sure these days. Random site:https://www.carandtruckrentalprices.com/u-haul-rental-prices/ …
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Surely you have a friend with a truck.
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