Post by percypeaks on Dec 29, 2009 22:07:28 GMT -5
A few posts on the web asking for material donations for the Cohos Trail, wham, stuff begins to shake loose.
Pete and Lainie indicated they have 20 spruce logs they'd like to donate that could be sawn into dimension lumber. All we'd have to do is get a portable mill up to Pittsburg or the logs down to Stark.
Well, Bob Paradise said he'd mill out the logs if we could get them down to Stark. We'll find someone to haul the logs in the spring and make it happen. So we may have a great deal of lumber and boards to work with this coming summer.
And that's not all. Bob mentioned that there were four bunk beds discarded after the Mountain Recreation Co. yurts were removed from the former International Paper Company lands in Phillips Brook after the lease lapsed. The bunks were picked up by a local resident who kept them but didn't do anything with them. He was going to burn them, according to Bob, so Bob said he'd take them for Kamp Kirk. That's going to happen.
Now, if we can pull off a dollar-for-dollar match to augment the $600 gift from Nancy Spaulding, then we may be in a very good position in terms of being able to purchase goods for the camp. We could obtain materials, including: foundation pier sonotubes and cement, additional metal roofing, plywood sheathing, and hardware for the development of the shed/lean-to at Kamp Kirk. We would then be able to set foundation piers and run new permanent sills and even build the skeleton of the new kitchen area on Kamp Kirk. Depending on how much lumber we can saw out from the spruce logs, we may actually have enough dimension lumber to do a good deal of the job of strengthening most of the existing camp and framing out the kitchen.
Now, if we could just get another dozen or so logs out to Stark, we might be able to even rebuild the floor under the building, tie it into the new sills, add stringers below the second floor, and make the building safe enough to actually occupy (at least during the daylight hours).
If you think you could donate logs, let us know. If you could donate metal roofing, cement, sonatubes, Tyvek, galvanized nails, 2x6 planking, plywood, boards, cedar shakes for siding, or anything else that might work on our by-the-seat-of-our-pants restoration project, let us know. Contact us at cohos@cohostrail.org or call 603-538-6777.
If you have a big piggybank full of change to donate or can shake a few million from a rich Wall Street tycoon, let us know, as well.
percypeaks
Pete and Lainie indicated they have 20 spruce logs they'd like to donate that could be sawn into dimension lumber. All we'd have to do is get a portable mill up to Pittsburg or the logs down to Stark.
Well, Bob Paradise said he'd mill out the logs if we could get them down to Stark. We'll find someone to haul the logs in the spring and make it happen. So we may have a great deal of lumber and boards to work with this coming summer.
And that's not all. Bob mentioned that there were four bunk beds discarded after the Mountain Recreation Co. yurts were removed from the former International Paper Company lands in Phillips Brook after the lease lapsed. The bunks were picked up by a local resident who kept them but didn't do anything with them. He was going to burn them, according to Bob, so Bob said he'd take them for Kamp Kirk. That's going to happen.
Now, if we can pull off a dollar-for-dollar match to augment the $600 gift from Nancy Spaulding, then we may be in a very good position in terms of being able to purchase goods for the camp. We could obtain materials, including: foundation pier sonotubes and cement, additional metal roofing, plywood sheathing, and hardware for the development of the shed/lean-to at Kamp Kirk. We would then be able to set foundation piers and run new permanent sills and even build the skeleton of the new kitchen area on Kamp Kirk. Depending on how much lumber we can saw out from the spruce logs, we may actually have enough dimension lumber to do a good deal of the job of strengthening most of the existing camp and framing out the kitchen.
Now, if we could just get another dozen or so logs out to Stark, we might be able to even rebuild the floor under the building, tie it into the new sills, add stringers below the second floor, and make the building safe enough to actually occupy (at least during the daylight hours).
If you think you could donate logs, let us know. If you could donate metal roofing, cement, sonatubes, Tyvek, galvanized nails, 2x6 planking, plywood, boards, cedar shakes for siding, or anything else that might work on our by-the-seat-of-our-pants restoration project, let us know. Contact us at cohos@cohostrail.org or call 603-538-6777.
If you have a big piggybank full of change to donate or can shake a few million from a rich Wall Street tycoon, let us know, as well.
percypeaks