Terri
Old Timer
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Post by Terri on Jul 19, 2006 11:54:41 GMT -5
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Post by Washkeeton on Jul 19, 2006 13:19:19 GMT -5
Love the list Terry. lol Wonder how it would hold up today. lol Know the prices wouldnt.  Hey Linda, just a thought, if your looking to move up here, do you have a place to live? If yes, and you do know where it is and what you will be living like then buy for that. If not more than likely you will move to town first and look for property to move to. You then will be able to gather your supplies. When we moved out of fairbanks my first year up here I knew what we were going to live like. I went and bought things to make our life easier before we came up here. I waited to get here before I bought things like coats, and boots, and all the other warm gear we needed to survive and stay warm. |
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Post by Freeholdfarm on Jul 19, 2006 21:29:57 GMT -5
It is probably easier to find good cold-weather gear after you get to Alaska. Unless you plan to travel up there in the winter, you might want to just wait (or unless you already live someplace like North Dakota or Northern Maine!). I did manage to find good Sorel felt-pac boots here, but when I went looking for high-quality long underwear (Juniper and I had to go back to Tok this last January for my Dad's funeral) I couldn't find what I was looking for. We managed all right, but it was running around fifty below most of the time we were there, and if we'd broken down along the way we would have gotten pretty chilly!
Kathleen
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Post by smwon on Jul 19, 2006 22:39:03 GMT -5
Thanks guys...
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longrider
Musher
A country boy from LA ( lower Alabama)
Posts: 38
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Post by longrider on Oct 22, 2006 14:13:03 GMT -5
I have my list and it basically just started out with my Backpacking list for two weeks- then just expanded each catagory from there.
I have a small college notebook that i used to list everything i would load on my full sized truck. I got just about everything i could think of that i would need to live in the bush- keeping in mind that my first summer and winter-over would be have fewer "toys" than the next.
The one thing that i wont skip on it the Wood Stove. i am going 1st class right off.
a good rifle, mine is an M1A Scout/.308 very much the M14 i carried in the Navy. As well as 2 Ruger Vaquero .44 mag pistols.
a good generator. I like th 10,500 watts one Home Depot sells.
2 (two) Stihl 361's w/roll of chain.
Basic Alaskan Saw Mill 36"
Haddon lumbermaker
I also lived an hour away from the Lodge Cast Iron outlet last year. I bought over 20 pieces (most half off) for about $220 and so cooking gear is first rate- i love it.
I bought a set of Tenon bits and a set of Forstner bits for making all my furniture is useful too. both of which can be used with my generator powered drill or my Stanley Brace and Bit set.
My one big purchase that i have yet to make is a good size Tiller. I count on having a decent garden to put food by. you cant beat a tiller for doing the back breaking work.
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