Best way to secure a remote cabin ?

[Palladin]

 

[EC1]

This was in the Springfield Sunday Republican today:

Mountain Man In Utah Out to Steal Cabins’ Coffee, Alcohol, and Guns



Read more: http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/02/19...cabins-coffee-alcohol-and-guns/#ixzz1msPqh300

seems to me they need a pack of bloodhounds and they would have him.

 

[Boghog1]

get in good with the locals and let them use it whenever you are not there, they will know who the trouble makers are in the area and will handle things accordingly

 

[biv200]

Love the peper spray trip wire! Just bought 4 thanks

 

[enbloc]

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[Tater]

Love the peper spray trip wire! Just bought 4 thanks

be sure to cover any furniture with old sheets... easier then wiping everything down.

 

[drgrant]

 

[ChevyGuy91]

This:

http://hepaestus.com/hepaestus/2010/12/14/steve’s-shipping-container-cabin/

That is awesome.

Maybe rent it out? My parents had a condo near Waterville Valley when I was a kid. I know it is not the same thing as a survival fortress, but my father rented it out when he wasn't using it. That way there was someone there using it and keeping an eye on the place.

 

[hurley431]

This, and all the other nasty tricks available. You've got the advantage of thousands of years of primitive warfare and trapping behind you! You might need a good lawyer though... or a backhoe...
Also, this could be fun! http://www.pyrocreations.com/inc/sdetail/11971

 

[digitaldon37]

This:

http://hepaestus.com/hepaestus/2010/12/14/steve’s-shipping-container-cabin/

I like!

 

[Chuck Would]

I have a place in VT. It's been broken into many times throught the years. So often we don't bother to report it anymore. Waste of time and effort. We haven't been broken into for several years now for a several reasons:

We leave nothing of much value there. Nothing that can't easily and cheaply be replaced.
We leave NO booze in camp. You leave a jug behind, last one out dumps it. There were tears over that by the way.
We keep the place looking lived in. The grass gets mowed just about every trip up.
We get up there as much as possible to have it BE lived in.
We have a couple good neighbors and we all watch each others property.
We know a few locals we also will keep an eye on the place for us. Helps to buy locally to get to know some of the locals.

If someone really wants to get in a chain saw will cut through almost any building material. A 4WD truck and a logging chain will pull almost anything over.

And even cement will burn if it gets hot enough - Remember 9/11 and the twin towers. They burnt. I had an old hunting buddy who had a camp made out of cinder blocks. He got burnt out.

One of our neighbors doesn't even lock his place. Hook and eye on the outside to keep the door closed while they're gone.

Hope that helps,

 

[justanotherparatrooper]

I grew up in the High Sierras back in the early 70's. No one locked the cabins for the reasons given already so it was accepted practice touse an unoccupied cabin but to leave it as clean or cleaner than you found it. You prepped the stove for the next "guest" and got firewood to replacve what you had used.It was a pretty good system.

 

[shootermike508]

I agree trooper.But a "tresspassers will be eaten" sign might work also Ever see Bigfoot up there trooper?????

 

[Coyote33]

With those "container cabins", isn't moisture buildup and mold an issue? I'd get claustrophobic without windows. By the time you rig one of those things and cut through all the metal the way you want it, you could have done the same cheaper with wood and customize it, plus get the added bonus that it is insulated and a little nicer; I think.

 

[Ham Slam]

When we were buying our farm up in NH we were also looking at remote cabins on large plots of mostly timber land. We opted instead for a smaller plot of land which already had a house, barn and large field. We also have about 25 arces or mostly hard wood, and some pine. We got a killer deal on the place, but it might be worth looking into. We use it a lot because of the house and barn. Its a nice place to go. PM me if you are seriously looking and i'll tell you more about it. The place came with two acres of strawberries, which is a big assest because we let a local farmer use these in turn for plowing, mowing, and monitoring of our secuirty system and cameras. We have never had an issue. We are planning on expanding the whole place into a working farm. At this point we just hunt drive four wheelers, and fun. But when SHTF will have water food, and everything ready to go.

 

[Jose]

I thought about concrete, but then my cabin wouldn't look very "cabin-y" or "retreat-y".... and everyone in the town would soon know about it because it would become a curiosity to the locals.

Line the outside with logs

 

[Boghog1]

log siding is cheap and readily available

 

[FSTC]

Treehouse