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Built Himself a Free House in the Mountains Alone
Posted on 9/30/25 at 10:55 pm
Posted on 9/30/25 at 10:55 pm
finna watch every minute of this hour-long video
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Posted on 9/30/25 at 11:51 pm to Harry Rex Vonner
okay see yall, I'm walking out into the mountains and disappearing from civilization and living in a rock/mud house
I'm never coming back
I'm never coming back
Posted on 10/1/25 at 6:30 am to Harry Rex Vonner
I wanna live there
Posted on 10/1/25 at 7:20 am to Harry Rex Vonner
Just how young are you?
Posted on 10/1/25 at 8:38 am to Harry Rex Vonner
I've seen several of these and I could totally live that lifestyle. I think the only issue to me would be being too far away from medical care.
Posted on 10/1/25 at 9:44 am to Harry Rex Vonner
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I'm never coming back
Just get Starlink so you can keep riling up the entire Arkansas fanbase.
Posted on 10/1/25 at 11:56 am to Armymann50
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Just how young are you?
I'm officially not a Boomer
Posted on 10/1/25 at 11:57 am to paperwasp
Posted on 10/1/25 at 11:59 am to kywildcatfanone
ironically, the house he builds in the video is not that same house shown on the front of the youtube
Posted on 10/1/25 at 1:02 pm to Harry Rex Vonner
Interesting how he installed the big, flat rock on the top of his chimney. Clever.
That's a lot of open flames in a wood/grass structure at the end of the video. Not clever.
That's a lot of open flames in a wood/grass structure at the end of the video. Not clever.
Posted on 10/1/25 at 1:08 pm to Harry Rex Vonner
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not that same house
There's something about these videos that make my skepticism tingle.
I just feel like there's a crew with equipment and materials right behind the camera (you can usually tell by the saw cuts, or generally how square things are).
Some folks can actually pull this primitive stuff off, though, and it's amazing when they do.
Posted on 10/1/25 at 1:28 pm to paperwasp
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There's something about these videos that make my skepticism tingle.
This post was edited on 10/1/25 at 1:29 pm
Posted on 10/1/25 at 1:57 pm to Harry Rex Vonner
Posted on 10/1/25 at 2:04 pm to kywildcatfanone
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I think the only issue to me would be being too far away from medical care.
Correct response!
When my old man sold the farm in the 1970's, they bought a ranch in town for the last few years of his life. As least I was smart enough to ask why.
No Stairs
Close to your doctors and the hospitals they affiliate with.
Now that I am old as dust, I am thankful I took his 2 answers to heart.
Posted on 10/2/25 at 5:46 am to Harry Rex Vonner
Very cool. My back hurts now.
Not sure how long that untreated wood will last
Not sure how long that untreated wood will last
Posted on 10/2/25 at 7:32 am to The Sultan of Swine
I wonder who held the camera? I don't think it was one of the dogs.
Posted on 10/2/25 at 11:49 am to The Sultan of Swine
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Not sure how long that untreated wood will last
he burned the ends going into the ground, I guess to petrify in some manner
I know if you have a nice chunk of wood cut straight from a tree and not treated, if you set it on you concrete patio under a roof for instance, it does not rot IMO (keeping it dry)
ETA: a couple foot clean cut (on both sides) stump that serves as a patio table
This post was edited on 10/2/25 at 11:51 am
Posted on 10/2/25 at 11:54 am to OlGrandad
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I wonder who held the camera? I don't think it was one of the dogs.
Pawpaw, those dogs were talented
Posted on 10/2/25 at 12:03 pm to Harry Rex Vonner
Yeah a big stump would probably last an eternity unweathered. Just not sure about some of those smaller logs. Also some are going to be exposed to temperature swings and high humidity (if the house is often lived in).
Although if you did all this by hand, you probably aren’t concerned about having to replace some wood eventually
Although if you did all this by hand, you probably aren’t concerned about having to replace some wood eventually
Posted on 10/2/25 at 12:04 pm to Harry Rex Vonner
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he burned the ends going into the ground, I guess to petrify in some manner
Noticed that, so he definitely took it into consideration, but when I’ve seen that done they scorch they usually scorch the whole log
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