My New Property 2/10/09
113.5 acres of vacant land about 20 miles NW of my house. Quite
remote for this part of the state. It has a large, flat, clean header at the
bottom and old logging roads going all over the place. Southern exposure,
great view once you get up there a bit. A small stream with many small waterfalls.
A large stream across the road. State land on one side and one corner. 1000's
of acres of State land nearby.
pic1 Looking west at Crane Mt.
pic2 Looking south
pic3 Looking SE towards the Hudson
pic4 Header at the bottom near the
road.
pic5 Stream. Across the road
pic6 Topo map
If you have Google Earth this file
is really cool
Portable, on demand hot
water. All you need is water, propane and 2 batteries.
4/10/09: Log skidding trailer for
my ATV. We tore down a trailer at the Barn and I salvaged these parts. It
cost me a few spoons of grease, some welding wire and some sweat.
4/18/09: I got to spend my 1st night on the land. I had to use
my ATV plow to push and hack away the snow bank by the road. There is still
a speed bump of ice but at least I can get in. It sprinkled all afternoon, rained
in the evening and there was a hard frost in the morning but Sunday was nice.
It's a large parcel, it's got both steep and flat areas. It was logged pretty
well 7-10 years ago but whoever did it was pretty responsible. I've got a lot
of trail clearing to do.
Big rock It's unusual because it's not in a field
of rocks. It just rolled off the hill and stopped here. Might be a good place
for a deer stand.
Camp 2, May 23-26 2009. I was able to get things much more comfortable.
Running hot and cold water, big tent, lots of food and beer, no frost. The mosquitos
were very bad all Saturday and Sunday mornng. It rained a few times and was
humid but cool. Monday and Teusday were beautiful. I didn't use bug spray at
all. I did some exploring and trail clearing. There are some great views from
up on top. I have a lot of Beech and was able to get about 1.5 cords down to
the clearing. I have a lot of work to do to make it a real camp. I met several
of the neighbors and they all seem like good people. Bob owns 600 acres behind
me and he took me all over it on ATV's. He's got trails going everywhere.
Pic 1..2..3
6/6/09 Log skidder in action.
3/20/10 It took 2 quads with plows and 4 hours to get a passable trail to
the clearing. 1 2
3
4/3/10 1st camp of the year. No bugs yet. 1
2
