Our Offroad Heaven family compound & Tiny home builds

[Deckin Around]

Warning: The words written in this post were done using a talk to text app which sometimes sucks at capitalization and punctuation and I blah blah blah run-ons.

Some people asked to see more pics of a little desert compound we are setting up. This is not, nor will it be anything nearly as awesome as the "Off the Grid" thread on here, It's just our little offroad heaven. 4 friends who grew up together and our families.

Start with worthless desert land that goes for $500-$1500/acre. The San Bernardino Tax auction is set-up like ebay and opens around this time every year. Bigger parcels are cheaper per/acre. Ours is 40 acre lot at the end of a un-maintained county road with 1 side bordering open BLM land. We bought our land in 2014.
In San Bernardino County, you can go in to the zoning department, show them a trail on Google maps around your property and you can name that Street for around 50 bucks. Then, then give you an address. The name just cannot be a proper name or a street name used anywhere else in the county.

I rented a front loader with a scraper bucket (450/day delivered with gas) and graded roads around our land. We have a 30' setback on all sides so I ran that far off the property lines per a gps plot map app. There were a few USGS brass monuments from the 50's I found that were within 10-15ft

Everything we graded became super soft. There was 1 hard packed ATV trail that ran across the property and that was the only place to really drive trailers in and around and park them without burying some of the trucks, mo-ho's etc.. I had a 50x50 chanin link "storage pen" installed with 2 gates and I left a toyhauler (empty) out there for the next year so I could trailer out my jeep + kids toys. No issues.

Randomly I went to a construction auction right after we bought this place and got a crazy deal on a few hundred 4"x6"x16' fire treated lumber with no clue what I was going to do with them so I dropped them in the pen along with a free semi truck load of old scaffolding boards hooked up by an RDP member Dylan "whiteworks"- I figured it was going to be 20 years of firewood and we only paid $400 to the semi driver- more on that later

We figured out quick that the bobcat rentals were not worth the $ there

After pricing much bigger equipment beyond the local rental stuff to do grading work, the $9-1200 trucking fees each way + rental + operator for a day wasn't an option. For a few months 2 years ago, Caltrans was doing a highway improvement project along the 247. Short story is that Caltrans uses subcontracted machines and drivers. I contacted the company and got a dozer out to the property at an hourly rate with driver with no trucking fees. The operator wasn't that great but was able to clear and berm up about 4 acres (1/10 of the property) in a day which worked good for our 4 families and friends to camp on.

The Dozer made a few big sand berms at different distances. It was a good place to set all of these nice pumpkins. Pew-pew-pew-pew

Also got one of these, it sure beats the hand thrower

An especially rainy season and LOTS of driving circles with trucks really helped pack things down in the compound. We have still managed to bury the Yucca Rentals delivery truck, container delivery truck, a crane truck and a few 4x4 trucks with trailers.

Fast forward, over the next 2 years.
We bought a 2500 gallon plastic water tank which can be filled up by local company with potable water for 100 bucks. Just the tank head pressure will run a hose to rv's and fill up tanks with no pump. 2500gal would last us in all of our trailers almost all season. County septic tank system and permits wasn't hard to do. We have thought about a well but the cost would be around $15,000. Even split 4 ways between partners, water tank fillups for $100 is better for the budget.
Edison told us that is we put in the poles, they will run the wire and give us a temp-pole. We are about 20+ poles away. ($30kish that can be split by neighbors and if any other neighbors want to connect in the next 10 years, they pay equally Example: Neighbor A & B get power for $30k and spend $15k each, Neighbor C will have to pay $10k to connect and A & B will each get $5k back

Most families who go to the desert have the same issue as us:
There are adult off-road toys and kids off-road toys + a shitton of stuff to go camping and it won't all fit in a toyhauler.

A 45' "High Cube" is bigger than any normal RV trailer and can be built-out cheaper than most new RV or toy haulers. We can all build tiny homes and just tow all of the toys out on open or enclosed trailers big enough to carry (In our case: a 4 seat can-am or a Jeep, 2 kids quads, 1 kids dirtbike and a RZR170)

First we figured out the layout we wanted for the containers and went with a "circle the wagons" approach. We had 2x2x2 footings poured for the single containers and 3x3x3 footings for the 2 story containers. This was mainly to keep them level over time. Some people drop them directly on sand, some people use railroad ties.

You pick out your containers out in Long Beach. All of the sales yards are the same and close to the same pricing. It's all about the condition you get them in and you can inspect them before purchase. The guys running the gigantic forklifts got pissy every time I said "let's just look through one more stack" These containers were graded as WWT which is wind and watertight. I was told they are between 6 and 10 years old.
They were all $3250 delivered and dropped on the property. Most "high-cube" containers (9.5'tall) are 40'. We searched and waited for good high-cube 45's. A 45' Container is the biggest that can be delivered on a drop trailer.

More later

 

[RodnJen]

Well done.

 

[gqchris]

SUBSCRIBED!!! Loving this thread. As I mentioned in my other thread, this is a dream of mine some day. Every man needs some desert land to call his own!!

 

[monkeyswrench]

Cool! I had thought of doing a shipping container setup. I figured a toybox /bunkhouse with the cutouts for the windows hinged like shutters or awnings. That way when it was unattended it was locked down. Berdoo county is huge...what town are you closest to?

 

[sintax]

super cool man, thought about doing this in or near cougar buttes for years. Glad someone is living the dream!

 

[Rondog4405]

So cool! You actually are doing what i constantly dream about! Looking forward to your progress!

 

[yz450mm]

I have a brand new Cat skid steer and 30 foot gooseneck equipment trailer, if you need any dirt moved let me know because I'm only about 40 minutes away in Apple Valley.

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[Deckin Around]

Rewind to some of the stuff we did before the containers to keep the kids busy. We built a few berm tracks and I also came across a church who needed their playground equipment removed.
Some background: All of us owners grew up together and are now in our late 30's. We have all known each other for 25+ years. Between the 4 families, we have 2 girls and 5 boys all aged 3-6 so it's the perfect little mob

shaping kids track #3

The first RC track

Here is the first thing we started using the old scaffolding boards for: Giant T-pee fires every weekend. On new years we stuff it with Christmas trees and nail one on top. Yes we use nail guns. I am almost always anti-nail and anti-pallet and anti-glass in fires in the desert but because it is our property and now a marked, rock surrounded fire-pit, it's ok. Do not question drunk desert tee-pee fire engineering.
These pics were rookie year 1. This past new years, it was 4 tee-pees inside each other all stuffed with tree stumps and logs which burned for 15 hours

The wives even do campfire gymnastics

Part 1 of the playground set I removed from a church preschool that closed. This was before extending the legs and setting in concrete

Patrol camp dog

The next thing we did was use our wood.
more than 200 4x6x16' beams became over 400+ 8' fence posts

I mentioned before Dylan "Whiteworks" member here hooked me up with a friend of his who owns a big scaffolding company. Dylan is a great guy and I have helped him pit/chase for the King of the Hammers race team he helps with.
There are allowable life spans for these scaffold boards. When the boards expire, the company just pays to have them dumped. They aren't good wood, just gluelams i think. The company had stacks banded in their yard and loaded a private semi-truck for us and we paid that company $450 to have the load delivered. I had a rented 4x4 forklift (190/day delivered) to move all the wood.
2000 12' scaffold boards and 400+ posts became the horizontal rails for over 5000' of fence. Almost a mile of fence around the property so far. All the post holes are 2'+ deep and have some amount of concrete. We started with 1 horizontal board and are now 2or3 rails all around. It just defines our land as private and keeps vehicles from going through and near our kids playing/riding and from entering our camp. There are only 3 gates in and out of the property.

Back to the containers:
We had a total of 6 containers delivered with 4 dedicated to being "living space"
They all made it from long beach and the transport truck only got stuck twice lol
My BIL and one of the co-owners

I welded a bunch of rectangular tube frames for window and door sizes at home and took them out there.
After 6 months of flake mobile fab guys, I found 2 guys who work for a shipping container depot doing fab and they knew what they were doing to cut in the frames and do other fab I didn't have time for.
Note: None of them have had any interior work done so dont think you will be seeing a turnkey model home yet ready for AirBnB

Cut and weld, cut and weld, and repeat

This one was a little different. I had seen 20' containers on 40' with a patio but I wanted a solid floor and roof for shade on my patio. This container became our second story "master bedroom, bathroom and patio. We used rolling steel warehouse ladders for easy and steep stairs. There are stairs on the inside and outside to access the 2nd story.

The Container transport truck and trailer can only get them so close to where you want without getting stuck. Sometimes the doors are loaded on the end side you want reversed so they need to be rotated 180... To position all of them correctly on the footings and stack the 2 story, we called in the heavy lifter to swing some stuff around

Exterior Ladder install and fab work on the deck and railing after stacking. All that railing I got from around a set of model homes when the builder finished the project and sold the models

We used some of the cutout panels and built an "outhouse" aka steel bathroom with a real flush toilet and small pedestal sink. Note: I only touch drain plumbing when fixtures and pipes are brand new. Also, the toilet house was not sealed or anchored in the pic and yes, it will have a door lol.

Installed a 25x25 shade sail. Rated at 50mph winds and a 2 year guarantee on Amazon, couldn't go wrong.

We still have windows to seal and trim, they are just screwed into place. We have insulation panels that are shaped to fit in container walls from a company called InSoFast.com or something close. I have plans to use 4x8' wainscot vinyl wall panels that wont rot, mold etc. at 8' I am installing steel stud track and studs across from side to side to create a ceiling area to run electrical and plumbing and hold can lights and ceiling fan boxes. I do a decent amount of kitchen remodels and already have 2 houses worth of kitchen cabinets, tops, sinks and some stove/micro/dishwasher appliances to use.

Painting the exteriors

Part 2 of the pre-school playground equipment use. BIG BIG Day. Every kid and adult used this slide over New-Years

Because the twisty slide was set so much higher than is was before, we engineered it to use a 2nd slide from the playset.

Here is how a few of them look now. I will try to get some work done when we are there for King of the Hammers week next month. Some interior framing and plumbing is first

In the middle of painting the insides, it was too windy to spray so we started sheeting the floor. Those are queen size bunk bed platforms welded to the walls, we just add smooth plywood and a mattress. The other crap is used cabinets

To be continued...

 

[yz450mm]

Rewind to some of the stuff we did before the containers to keep the kids busy. We built a few berm tracks and I also came across a church who needed their playground equipment removed.
Some background: All of us owners grew up together and are now in our late 30's. We have all known each other for 25+ years. Between the 4 families, we have 2 girls and 5 boys all aged 4-6 so it's the perfect little mob

shaping kids track #3

The first RC track

Here is the first thing we started using the old scaffolding boards for: Giant T-pee fires every weekend. On new years we stuff it with Christmas trees and nail one on top. Yes we use nail guns. I am almost always anti-nail and anti-pallet and anti-glass in fires in the desert but because it is our property and now a marked, rock surrounded fire-pit, it's ok. Do not question drunk desert tee-pee fire engineering.
These pics were rookie year 1. This past new years, it was 4 tee-pees inside each other all stuffed with tree stumps and logs which burned for 15 hours

The wives even do campfire gymnastics

Part 1 of the playground set I removed from a church preschool that closed. This was before extending the legs and setting in concrete

Patrol camp dog

The next thing we did was use our wood.
more than 200 4x6x16' beams became over 400+ 8' fence posts

I mentioned before Dylan "Whiteworks" member here hooked me up with a friend of his who owns a big scaffolding company. Dylan is a great guy and I have helped him pit/chase for the King of the Hammers race team he helps with.
There are allowable life spans for these scaffold boards. When the boards expire, the company just pays to have them dumped. They aren't good wood, just gluelams i think. The company had stacks banded in their yard and loaded a private semi-truck for us and we paid that company $450 to have the load delivered. I had a rented 4x4 forklift (190/day delivered) to move all the wood.
2000 12' scaffold boards and 400+ posts became the horizontal rails for over 5000' of fence. Almost a mile of fence around the property so far. All the post holes are 2'+ deep and have some amount of concrete. We started with 1 horizontal board and are now 2or3 rails all around. It just defines our land as private and keeps vehicles from going through and near our kids playing/riding and from entering our camp. There are only 3 gates in and out of the property.

Back to the containers:
We had a total of 6 containers delivered with 4 dedicated to being "living space"
They all made it from long beach and the transport truck only got stuck twice lol
My BIL and one of the co-owners

I welded a bunch of rectangular tube frames for window and door sizes at home and took them out there.
After 6 months of flake mobile fab guys, I found 2 guys who work for a shipping container depot doing fab and they knew what they were doing to cut in the frames and do other fab I didn't have time for.
Note: None of them have had any interior work done so dont think you will be seeing a turnkey model home yet ready for AirBnB

Cut and weld, cut and weld, and repeat

This one was a little different. I had seen 20' containers on 40' with a patio but I wanted a solid floor and roof for shade on my patio. This container became our second story "master bedroom, bathroom and patio. We used rolling steel warehouse ladders for easy and steep stairs. There are stairs on the inside and outside to access the 2nd story.

The Container transport truck and trailer can only get them so close to where you want without getting stuck. Sometimes the doors are loaded on the end side you want reversed so they need to be rotated 180... To position all of them correctly on the footings and stack the 2 story, we called in the heavy lifter to swing some stuff around

Exterior Ladder install and fab work on the deck and railing after stacking. All that railing I got from around a set of model homes when the builder finished the project and sold the models

We used some of the cutout panels and built an "outhouse" aka steel bathroom with a real flush toilet and small pedestal sink. Note: I only touch drain plumbing when fixtures and pipes are brand new. Also, the toilet house was not sealed or anchored in the pic and yes, it will have a door lol.

Installed a 25x25 shade sail. Rated at 50mph winds and a 2 year guarantee on Amazon, couldn't go wrong.

We still have windows to seal and trim, they are just screwed into place. We have insulation panels that are shaped to fit in container walls from a company called InSoFast.com or something close. I have plans to use 4x8' wainscot vinyl wall panels that wont rot, mold etc. at 8' I am installing steel stud track and studs across from side to side to create a ceiling area to run electrical and plumbing and hold can lights and ceiling fan boxes. I do a decent amount of kitchen remodels and already have 2 houses worth of kitchen cabinets, tops, sinks and some stove/micro/dishwasher appliances to use.

Painting the exteriors

Part 2 of the pre-school playground equipment use. BIG BIG Day. Every kid and adult used this slide over New-Years

Because the twisty slide was set so much higher than is was before, we engineered it to use a 2nd slide from the playset.

In the middle of painting the insides, it was too windy to spray so we started sheeting the floor. Those are queen size bunk bed platforms welded to the walls, we just add smooth plywood and a mattress. The other crap is used cabinets

Here is how a few of them look now. I will try to get some work done when we are there for King of the Hammers week next month. Some interior framing and plumbing is first

That's badass, if you're going to be out for King of hammers I'll be sure and stop by and check it out.

I've got a bunch of cabinets and other miscellaneous stuff in my shop that I need to get rid of, shoot me a PM and maybe you can use some of that stuff.

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[5oclocksomewhere]

Great thread!

 

[SJP]

The memories you are making for your family is unreal!! So cool and looks like a lot of fun. It will be cool to see this thread over time.

 

[J.P.]

A lot of Nice work. The containers are turning out really neat.

 

[nrbr]

Where is the hide a key for this deal?

 

[thmterry]

Thanks for sharing!!! KOH party at your place?

 

[DILLIGAF]

WOW! Doing an awesome job.

Won't you have to worry about some squatters or something like that when you aren't out there?

 

[Gelcoater]

Decking Around starts the New Year on RDP in epic fashion!
Great thread!!!

 

[LargeOrangeFont]

WOW! Doing an awesome job.

Won't you have to worry about some squatters or something like that when you aren't out there?

This??

 

[sprintcvx]

What a cool compound.. That would be awesome!

 

[TITTIES AND BEER]

Are those fence rails planks?

 

[gqchris]

Where is the hide a key for this deal?

YEs, if you ever need RDP "security", I have no problem helping out!! I will chip in for services also while there!

 

[Havasu blue label]

Nice job

 

[WhatExit?]

Thanks for sharing - really enjoying the build up of the site!

 

[Ol Man]

Thanks for sharing your build. I have known and wheeled with Cody for years and have watched your build from afar. Neat what is being done out there.

 

[Mandelon]

Love this.

He said the fence rails are old scaffolding planks. They are past their age rating for safety and were trash.

 

[TITTIES AND BEER]

I use them to , I make beams out of them , lq nails and screws

 

[YoPengo]

Looks awesome. Such a cool family camp.


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[stoker22405]

Very Cool....!

 

[Sandlord]

I like what you've done, and where you're going

 

[PaPaG]

That is amazing, great setup and execution so far. Very impressed with the work and progress...you and your friends are going to have a great place to hang out and have many years of enjoyment when all said and done. I can't wait to see the final compound.

 

[NicPaus]

I have a set of new vinyl Windows if needed. Would need to make openings to match. Also taking out 4 sliding doors on job I am at now. Big though 2 are 12' and wood clad Anderson also have 2 Windows to match.

 

[intense]

great thread

 

[Deckin Around]

These responses are from another thread where the questions of theft were raised

Ballsdeep said: ↑

Sounds like you have the ideal set up out there. Would be cool to see your pix!!

Do you guys ever have any issues with theft and vandalism out there from all of the high desert crack heads?

My family (M&D) have owned a "homestead cabin" on 5 acres a little bit farther from the lakebed (King of the hammers) for 40+ years that I grew up with my family and friends going to all the time. My grandparents added a mobile home in 1985ish. About 2.5 acres are fenced with chain link and we have 3 containers on that property. It has been broken into twice, 1980's and 2010
Rules:
Don't leave anything there you can't afford to loose.

A Geico policy on a whole family of UTV's & dirtbikes is under $500/yr. with collison and comprehensive even!
In 2010, we had a bunch of shit stolen out of a garage. I found my Jeep for sale 2 years later on Race-dezert.com- I got it back after Farmer's insurance had paid me. Long story. My cousin's dirtbike was found underwater in the CA aquaduct in Hesparia.

With this new property, If you are on our street, (a 1.5 mile private road with 1 way in&out) 2 of my full-time neighbors within 1/2 mile will greet you with a shotgun day or night. No Joke. If someone is inside our fence-line, bad news for them




Classic Daycruiser said: ↑

If it's not thief's, stealing your shit, it's Vandals tearing it up. Hope you got a hidden game camera. You'd be surprised what is sneaking around at night.

The cameras have been there and I haven't seen any game to hunt yet.

Just trying to keep the honest people honest, if someone wants something enough they are going to get it. I won't spend the time or money to add bars to windows or security doors to the containers. I might not even lock the doors. If someone wants bed sheets, a BB gun, camping chairs, a water pump and kitchen/bath stuff, I just would rather they not break-in to get it.

 

[milkmoney]

Bitchin [emoji106][emoji202]

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[Deckin Around]

a little bit about the neighborhood: You can say we know the community very well.
I've been riding around Johnson valley since I was a baby, my parents and my Aunt have owned a 5 acre property we call "the cabin" in Johnson Valley since the late 70's but closer to the main road. My grandparents addded a mobile home in the late 80's.
I don't have many pics of my parents place. It is about 3 miles away from my property. This is where we got a lot of the ideas on how to layout our property.
Me and the wife there 15 years ago

This is the cabin looking off the container top deck looking down toward the dry lake (KOH hammertown) and my property. you can see how populated the neighborhood is there.

I had my bachelor party there at the cabin in May '08

We know all the neighbors and they know us. (there is even a secret facebook page). There are probably about 40 different family plots in a 4-5 mile area that are almost all weekends only. One neighbor started a community poker run for Thanksgiving weekend where everyone helps out that has grown to over 400 people this year. We have the Tommy Burger catering truck come to the last cardstop and party place (someone desert house in the neighborhood.) I ran it for 2 years- it's a big job. My family has also run Cardstops for the poker run- Always a great time with the neighbors
This was 2014

 

[TeamGreene]

Very cool.

 

[Deckin Around]

Some random pics
I reused the chain-link fence gates from my pen on the other side of the property

Fire "helpers"

Someone asked and yes I sold the red truck

Container layout, this changed multiple times

Santa brought a new toy

 

[Deckin Around]

This gives you an idea of how the parcels are randomly divided around us. To the right is open BLM land

Gettin Wood

We aren't too far from Giant Rock- Look it up, no bullshit it is the largest rock in the WORLD. Seriously.

A long ride is out to Slash X for Lunch

Building Kid's berm tracks

Required

"Playpen"

Mama's Christmas present she let's me drive sometimes.

Stoked!!

 

[JDub24]

This is awesome!!! Same thing I would like to do on some hunting property in AZ one day.

I blame @wash11 for sure!!

 

[Deckin Around]

So Then and most recently: The cleared compound we had was not big enough for everyone + friends with all the trucks, trailers and toys..... not even close.
One of my best buds and fellow owner builds offroad race trucks/cars and is actually one of the 30 drivers picked to race in the new King of the hammers Trophy Truck race next month for $100k. He and his brother and their team have some sick rigs and travel all over the US and Mex so they are not going the container home route at this point.
Enter Phase 2 land clearing and RV setups they are expanding for their customers/team/family. This was done last month in preparation for KOH.

To be continued.

King of the Hammers is less than a month away Feb 1-9.
I have been trying to get RD out to Johnson valley for years and well,,, RD Sux. DAVE! KOH, just guys and no kids, bring the beer wagon- Just DooooooIt

 

[JSquared]

Man, that is awesome. Quite the compound.

 

[phuggit]

What does the rolled berm do? Erosion control, wind break?

 

[yz450mm]

What does the rolled berm do? Erosion control, wind break?

It causes the Lucerne Valley Tweakers to roll their 1996 Ford Exploder tweakermobiles as they approach the property to try and steal anything made of metal.



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[OutCole'd]

Awesome thread, following!

 

[DLC]

Great thread! This is awesome!

I have 20 acres in Ocotillo Wells and was looking to do something similar but not quite to your scale! Our friends kids got a trampoline and as there skills progressed they would jump from the top of the Container’s onto the tramp and back up to the top of the container, it’s a great way to keep the kids entertained and it’s cheap.... no body ever got hurt on it also

It’s truly amazing what you can find and find cheap once you start net working with friends and family etc.

I am surprised about the Container’s .... do you need a permit for them in your area? SD county you have to get one, code enforcement will drive by 15 illegal containers and contact you about your illegal container IF someone complains or files a complaint.... crazy.
My neighbor in OW has a well and a double wide mobile home all permitted so I was planning to tie into his system and give him a few bucks a month for water, you just need it for wash and flush....

I had planned to set set up a little covered outside kitchen, stove & BBQ area to cook as everyone always did a potluck and it’s nice to cook with everyone. We did the 55 gallon drum smokers ( UDS ) with ribs & whole chickens the works... great times!

We also had a skeet shooting range and set up the flinger on top of one of the bins / Container’s and the shooters were down below and the clays would come from behind you...

Thanks for sharing and keep us updated

Your making some great family and friend relationships/ memories and that will last a life time, some of my best times were out in OW!

 

[lf2]

So Then and most recently: The cleared compound we had was not big enough for everyone + friends with all the trucks, trailers and toys..... not even close.
One of my best buds and fellow owner builds offroad race trucks/cars and is actually one of the 30 drivers picked to race in the new King of the hammers Trophy Truck race next month for $100k. He and his brother and their team have some sick rigs and travel all over the US and Mex so they are not going the container home route at this point.
Enter Phase 2 land clearing and RV setups they are expanding for their customers/team/family. This was done last month in preparation for KOH.

To be continued.

King of the Hammers is less than a month away Feb 1-9.
I have been trying to get RD out to Johnson valley for years and well,,, RD Sux. DAVE! KOH, just guys and no kids, bring the beer wagon- Just DooooooIt

So your compund is with the Brenthels? I have been friends with jonathan and jordan for years, i was gonna stop by there and check it out new years weekend but never made it over there

 

[DaveC]

Sweet setup. Were the berms set up to obscure the view from the outside?

I see your adjacent to BLM land. I am curious what are the rules or restrictions on riding on public land? ( in any)

The reason I ask is there are extensive restrictions on forest service land here in Eldorado county. We can only ride on labeled roads of which the majority are not. Plus extensive seasonal closures

 

[DWC]

This gives you an idea of how the parcels are randomly divided around us. To the right is open BLM land

Gettin Wood

We aren't too far from Giant Rock- Look it up, no bullshit it is the largest rock in the WORLD. Seriously.

A long ride is out to Slash X for Lunch

Building Kid's berm tracks

Required

"Playpen"

Mama's Christmas present she let's me drive sometimes.

Stoked!!

How long to Slash X?

 

[Deckin Around]

Glad you guys like the project. I'll try to answer questions in order as I have time.

That's badass, if you're going to be out for King of hammers I'll be sure and stop by and check it out.

I've got a bunch of cabinets and other miscellaneous stuff in my shop that I need to get rid of, shoot me a PM and maybe you can use some of that stuff.

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At this point, we are good on materials but THANK YOU, it is much appreciated. It's the labor that is always the issue. I co-own a commercial and residential contractor company and have a ton of stuff already. 1 container is full of crap like bulletproof glass panels from a check cashing store we demo'd. I haven't figured out where to put that yet I have actually been taking dump trailer loads of stuff to trash that has been taken there in the last 4 years. Every time I go there without offroad toys, I take a bunch of construction stuff and firewood. The reality is our lil home will have all new everything except any appliances.
After stockpiling jobsite takeoff windows, we decided to use all new matching windows and sliders with the grids. The shutters aren't on yet

SUBSCRIBED!!! Loving this thread. As I mentioned in my other thread, this is a dream of mine some day. Every man needs some desert land to call his own!!

Amen!

Cool! I had thought of doing a shipping container setup. I figured a toybox /bunkhouse with the cutouts for the windows hinged like shutters or awnings. That way when it was unattended it was locked down. Berdoo county is huge...what town are you closest to?

We did too but at the end of the day I want to show up and do nothing to prep the site. If somebody wants something they are going to get it and I'm not going to let the possibility inconvenience me until then. The reality is there's not going to be much there that a pawn shop would even take
Our Address is considered Landers but it is deep un-incorporated Johnson Valley

I have a brand new Cat skid steer and 30 foot gooseneck equipment trailer, if you need any dirt moved let me know because I'm only about 40 minutes away in Apple Valley.

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You sir have a PM, we need to clear some room for the RDP KOH Party

Where is the hide a key for this deal?

Gate codes and electronic keypad locks. No keys needed to visit. After you have been evaluated and approved by the homeowner's association, you're in. Just leave more firewood that you came with.
One of the containers will be a "guest house" with 2 sets of queen bunks and a full bathroom. It will get all the used cabinetry. Flooring will be just like RV's some hard surface, some commercial type carpet.
Another container will probably be an open room with 1/2 bath only. This will serve as a community room aka "Playroom" and can be a common eating area for 20+ with the picnic benches moved inside. Also, a great place for people to hang out if it is windy.

Thanks for sharing!!! KOH party at your place?

I have no problem with that.

WOW! Doing an awesome job.

Won't you have to worry about some squatters or something like that when you aren't out there?

Neighborhood watch is no joke. Our 2 full-time close neighbors are in and out almost every day and drive around our property all the time. It is very easy to see any issues with the fence, any new tire tracks and even footprints. I have another large # of friends and neighbors around my parents place who do the same. We are far enough away that even the tweakers aren't going to show up by foot.

I have a set of new vinyl Windows if needed. Would need to make openings to match. Also taking out 4 sliding doors on job I am at now. Big though 2 are 12' and wood clad Anderson also have 2 Windows to match.

You sir are a brilliant man. Mainly because I think we are incredibly similar. Everything you post here construction related, every single answer and pricing estimate is almost verbatim the words that I would type. You save me a lot of time I appreciate the material offers but we are good currently.



I'll answer more ?'s when I get time. I'm glad you guys like the project, there is still a long way to go.

 

[Singleton]

That grey trailer in the posted pics looks very nice. Glad I took that off your hands

Tell us more about this KOH RDP event?

 

[monkeyswrench]

I believe the Johnson Valley race, years ago, was the one where the event organizers warned us to stay on the track. Apparently one or two locals had made threats to shoot at any race car to cross onto their property. Made damn sure to watch course markers! I haven't been out that way in probably 15 years now. One of the better places in SoCal for sunsets and clear night skies. Looks pretty cool!

If you end up with some extra BP glass, let me know! May be building a shooting lane next to my shop...mostly small cal.