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Post by brent on Nov 11, 2006 11:03:49 GMT -5
Hi everyone, I am wanting to know how did the folks living in the bush get there initial supplies and tools in. More importantly I am wondering if I can fly in a 4-wheeler or snowmachine on a plane and if so what size of plane. I remember loading 50 gallon barrels on Beavers but I don't remember if the side doors are big enough for a 4 wheeler. I also don't remember the weight limits for a Beaver. I know that an Otter can haul just about anything you would want to but I don't think I can have one land where I'm going unless I have them land on the Yentna and then drive the 4 wheeler and snowmachine in from there 6 miles to my place. I don't have a ton of money so I will need to make the most of the flights in that I can. I am lucky enough to have the Yentna that close as well as another river system so I can get within 3/4 of a mile with my boat, so I can get in most of my supplies and tools that way. I have been up and down those rivers dozens and dozens of times so I know that that is do-able. Its not the little stuff I'm wondering about, its the big items.
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Post by Chuck on Nov 11, 2006 12:06:23 GMT -5
We flew our 4-wheeler out on a beaver. They turned it upside down and strapped it to a wing strut. The snow machine was also flown in a beaver both doors were taken off the front was sticking out one side and the back end was out the other side. Where is Fish Lake? If it is near the Yentna you should be able to drive your snow machine out, that whole area is a big snow machine area.
As far otters there is only one that I know of and the folks who own it don't like hauling freight. Sometimes they will and other times they won't.
If you fly with an external load you can't haul anything inside the plane and you probably won't be able to ride in it either.
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Post by brent on Nov 11, 2006 20:44:59 GMT -5
Chuck, Fish Lakes is only about 20 miles N.N.E. of Hiline Lake. I'm actually on the farthest one up the chain and then due east half way between it and Lake Creek River. I know the Yentna is a major highway in the winter with sleds but I don't have a way back to town from my place in the winter to get it and drive it up there. I suppose I could go to one of the lodges and see if someone there wanted to make a hundred bucks or so and zip me to town, but I figured that it would be easier to just have it flown out. I don't know yet what to do. I do know that I could haul my 4-wheeler up the Yentna in my boat and then beach and drive it in from there. I'd just hate to hit a half submerged log and lose the 4-wheeler in the river. Wouldn't make me happy.. The last otter I flew on was "rust's" turbine otter and we hauled freight in with it but maybe they had a deal with my previous lodge owner to do that. I didn't know about the external freight and not taking passengers along. I did know that they don't let you ride with a load of gas on board.. Now, let me ask you this........If you could only have either a 4-wheeler or a snowmachine, which would you choose for helping with the work load? I don't care about cruising around the country side to see the sights, that's why God gave me feet, but for helping with pulling logs, cutting wood, hauling supplies etc. etc., which is used the most? I am leaning towards the snowmachine only because it would be my only means of transportation in the winter if something happened to me and I HAD to get help. Remember, I have the boat in the water months for getting supplies and mail and such so I don't need the 4-wheeler except to haul stuff 3/4 of a mile and I could use it for pulling logs in the warm months but other than that I don't think I would use it that much. I know with a sled I can haul my wood in the winter and use it as a winch if need be and tow things with it. What's your opinion and thoughts? Oh, I just had another thought. I would use the 4-wheeler for hauling game and the sled for trapping if the area was open for that and not already claimed.
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