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[treeboy]

Treeboy,
is the price of $200 for a 6' treated post a typo? I'm buying 8"x 8"x 12' square posts treated to .6 CCA for $58 per post. Treating to 2.5 is also available for not too much more. I know there is an exchange rate difference but surely not that much.
Quinton

Nope - I have used this company before for all my PT wood - they had the best price. I phoned him up and asked for 12"-14" diametre logs 6' lenghts (sort of match the log in the cabin). He said it was a special order and quoted me like $230 CDN, just under $200 US. I asked if I heard that right  , he said it's a special order. Plus with the life span - I will haul bags of concrete in slowly. I figure about 5 bags per 8" pier, including the pad. The ground I'm building on has lots of fines - slow draining - not too wet though.

[US Soldier]

New to the site and still in Hawaii, but I am on orders for Fairbanks Alaska.  I have 21yrs in the Army and am looking to live out my dream by building my own cabin from the trees off of a piece of land that I would like to purchase.  Is there anyone in the Fairbanks area that can give a Vet some guidance.  I hope to 10k when I land in June and want to get the land quick, so that I can get the logs drying for a yr.  Thanks, you folks are my kind of folks.

[beenthere]

Welcome
And we have member warbird, and member plicketycat at least in that area. Going to be some change to get used to after being in Hawaii.  ;D

Others in the area there as well, just not sure offhand how close to Fairbanks.

Here is the blog of Plicketycat  http://www.jenninewardle.com/

She and her husband are living another winter in a tent west of Fairbanks on 80 acre, building a cabin. Some pics and interesting trials and tribulations to read about. Apparently hunkered down in the tent, while the record low temps run their course.

A lot of other interesting reading to search here on the FF too.