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Are we putting it past Dave that this was the plan all along?

Dave's got the shop....

Box??? The first I remember was a wooden keg!

DAMM - I'm OLD!!!!!

My dad and I were talking about nail kegs today! Funny.

+1

We have had some crazy winds lately which made tree house building fairly sporty.

We're really glad to have the walls up. Now we can get a roof on it, a couple of doors, then the rest will be finishing work. Trim, a railing on the little deck out front, maybe a railing on the ladder. Oh, the ladder, I have to show you guys what we did to cope with the movement of the trees, so the ladder wouldn't get ripped apart or tear up the house if the trees swayed and the ladder stiff armed the house.

I'll walk out there and snap a couple pics. Give a few minutes.

If that were in Texas, it would be called a Deer Blind!

We put the ladder on the back side.





I made these hanger brackets with some chain to allow for the house to move independently from the ladder.







The wind was blowing hard when I took these pics and the chain hanger system was working perfectly. Ugly but functional, and it's tied into the floor structure in 3 different places per hanger. It's pretty solid.

Need to build a railing for this little deck out front.



View is ok, It will be nicer when all this black dirt below greens up (grass seed is planted). And the field behind our property will soon green up as well, soybeans is what was planted this time.

I see a camp-out in your future!

Very soon I'm thinking.

You got a permit for that.?



Add some plumbing and you can rent it out to 3 families of illegals..

That'd go for about $900 a month here as a little house...

northern_dave,

Your kids are sure lucky to have you as a father!

Also, thanks for your posts here! Many have already noted that your thread made them smile -- and now there is a big smile here in Sweden too!

John
PS: I detect an acute lack of wiener dog in your photos. I hope Eeeener is doing well!

Eener is alive and well. He's a full time employee in my shop. (security guard)

"Bark-Bark-Bark-Bark-Bark-Bark-Bark!"

lol

Glad to hear that Eener is well (my apologies to him for mis-spelling his name!)

I have hunted roe deer in Sweden with dachshunds and it is an absolute hoot!

I watched the deer stop and let the slow-moving (and noisy!) dog come within about 20 yards of them multiple times, calmly teasing him -- then bounding away to repeat it several times as they stayed in their home range.

The dog got so excited that it would not have surprised me to see him drop with a heart attack. When I mentioned that to my host, he said that his family had hunted with many dachshunds over the generations, and that indeed a number of the little dogs had dropped in their tracks rather than quit.

Lots of personality in a small package!

John

Awesome project Dave but I see more windows in your future. You cant defend what you cant see.

Correct, may have to wait till the next trip to menards. Barn sash types are cheap there. lol.

As bare bones and as thrifty as we've been with a lot of used materials etc, tree houses still aint cheap!

Now Josephis has a place to bring all them chicks he's got on the string!